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Offline Lassar

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Problems with file system in dcore
« on: January 21, 2018, 04:12:55 PM »
Been using the xenial release of dcore.

Been having trouble getting to a directory in a partition on my hard drive.

Using puppy linux, no problem going in the directory.

I also have had a directory disappear in /home/tc/icewm/themes/

I guess dcore is not ready for prime time.

Offline Rich

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2018, 04:34:21 PM »
Hi Lassar
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Been having trouble getting to a directory in a partition on my hard drive.
That's not much to go on ......
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Using puppy linux, no problem going in the directory.
I think puppy runs as root, suggesting as user  tc  you don't have permission to access the directory in question.

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I also have had a directory disappear in /home/tc/icewm/themes/
I could see that happening with a non-persistent home directory. Create a directory, don't do a backup, reboot, and the
directory is gone.

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I guess dcore is not ready for prime time.
I think it's a little premature to come to that conclusion.

Offline Jason W

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2018, 09:01:17 PM »
Thanks Rich, your answer to the mentioned issues is complete and needs no addition to it.

But, if I may add..

Lassar - What you are seeing is not dCore specific but is the Tinycore way and is so by design.  I suggest getting familiar with Tinycore documentation before testing and troubleshooting.  Thank you.

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2018, 09:36:37 PM »
Hi Jason W
Thanks Rich, your answer to the mentioned issues is complete and needs no addition to it.
Thanks.

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But, if I may add..
OK, now that was funny. ;D

Offline Lassar

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2018, 08:55:03 AM »
Copied the icewm directory and files over to dcore home/tc.

On the vista directory that disappeared.

It disappeared during the same session that  I had copied the icewm directory and files over.

I looked in the icewm/themes directory, and the vista directory has disappeared.

I quickly copied the opt , and home directoy to ext4 partition on my hard drive.

Funny thing using puppy linux, I checked the that icewm directory, that I had copied
over, and the vista directory was in there.



 

Offline Lassar

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2018, 05:53:33 PM »
Yes the problem was user ownership and permissions.


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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2018, 06:07:33 PM »
Hi Lassar
Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Incorrect ownership and permissions can cause confusion. I started learning Linux using
Debian. If I tried executing a command I didn't have permission to run, it would return a  command not found  message.
Drove me a little crazy until I figured out what was going on.

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2018, 06:46:52 PM »
That is why I preferred xenialpup64.

But I am trying to make the lightest kodi system there is, and dcore seems like it might do the job.

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Re: Problems with file system in dcore
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2018, 11:16:39 PM »
Hi
Openelec is already a kodi's only distro
dCore user