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Offline byg

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gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« on: June 24, 2011, 09:47:56 PM »
Hi
I've been using Tinycore for quite a while and I thought it would be time to install a new desktop so being familiar with gnome I give it a try. After installation I reboot , tc went thru the start without visible errors, but at the end it default to TC@box prompt. Any help would be appreciated. Here is my setup:

TinyCore 3.6 on a 1g usb flash drive
Toshiba laptop 1.83 GHZ Microprocessor duo core, 2 Gb of ram
Monitor 1280x800

steps to install:
downloaded Gnome-Desktop-Base.tcz
downloaded Xlibs.tcz and Xprogs.tcz per info on forums
added Etc/shadow and Usr/......tree.xml to .filetool.lst
installation per gnome-desktop-base.tcz.info
step 1- ok no errors
step 2- ok no errors
step 3- filetool.sh backup give me an invalid device
sudo reboot and default to TC@box $ prompt
I did search the forums but could not find an answer
Thanks in advance for your help
byg

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 10:29:17 PM »
Hi byg

I believe step 3 is incorrect, try   filetool.sh -b   instead. Since the backup failed you wound up back
at the TC prompt after rebooting.

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 12:06:20 AM »
You also should not be backing up /usr.

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 12:14:48 AM »
Actually he's only backing up one file (tree.xml) in /usr. Is that still a problem?

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 10:54:24 AM »
Hi guys
Thanks for the replies, OK , I did try filetool.sh -b backup and I still get "invalid device backup" , I had a quick look at filetool.sh script and it seems that what it does is backing up filetool.lst, now "invalid device backup" what should  be the device it is backing up to ?
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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 11:16:37 AM »
Hi byg
Read my post again, just type

filetool.sh -b


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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 01:23:03 PM »
Hi Rich
Ok I did that and that worked , with no errors this time, but I still end up defaulting to TC prompt. I'm really lost, one thing that I found in /tmp there is a wm_errors file that says "/home/tc/.xsession line 3 gnome-desktop-base not found" and another thing should I be adding anything to my bootcode ?
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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2011, 02:04:00 PM »
Hi byg
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added Etc/shadow and Usr/......tree.xml to .filetool.lst
Linux is case sensitive. it should be  etc/shadow  and  usr/.....tree.xml

You might also try adding  etc/passwd  etc/group  and  etc/gshadow  to  filetool.lst

I don't know anything about Gnome but you might want to take a peek inside the file  /home/tc/.xsession
based on that error message.

Also post the output of  showbootcodes

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 03:51:37 PM »
Hi
thanks for staying with me on this.
- First the case sensitive were my typing errors, in the file it is OK
-Second I added etc/passwd and etc/group to .filetool.lst
-third here is my bootcode (I did add "tinycore desktop=gnome" as was mentionned on the forum)

bootcode
initrd=/boot/tinycore.gz tinycore desktop=gnome quiet vga=normal waitusb=5:UUID="F581-2E63" tce=UUID="F581-2E63" BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage

-fourth here is the .xsession content
.xsession
/usr/local/bin/Xorg -nolisten tcp &
waitforX
"$DESKTOP" 2>/tmp/wm_errors &
export WM_PID=$!
[ -x ./.setbackground ] && ./.setbackground
[ -x ./.mouse_config ] && ./.mouse_config &
[ $(which "$ICONS".sh) ] && ${ICONS}.sh &
[ -d ".X.d" ] && find ".X.d" -type f -print | while read F; do . "$F"; done

I'm not to sure what to do next I might start brand new, I have a flash drive that have TC 3.7 instal and
is working good , in case I made a mistake along the way.
byg

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2011, 04:33:58 PM »
I suggest using the ext2 filesystem.

Some problems can occur as a result of not using a Linux filesystem.

I don't know if this is the cause in your case, but if you use ext2 you eliminate this possibility.
Many people see what is. Some people see what can be, and make a difference.

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2011, 08:21:06 PM »
Hi Guy
I reinstalled gnome on a flash drive that TC3.7.1 with the Linux filesystem, it changed the error, but it still default to TC prompt. The /tmp/wm_errors says now "(gnome-session:16578) Warning : cannot open display". I'm not sure what to try next, we will see.
byg

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2011, 01:45:45 AM »
hi you should first setup Xorg-7.5 before installing gnome to make sure X server starts ok

see /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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Re: gnome-desktop-base.tcz
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 09:34:40 PM »
Thanks Arslan
You put me on the right track, once I got Xorg working gnome installed no problems. Again thanks all and specially to Robert and the gang, this is a great distro.
byg