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Mplayer-gtk2.tcz has an error when it starts - ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf

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^thehatsrule^:

--- Quote from: bigpcman on January 27, 2009, 10:01:30 PM ---It looks like the backup of the system at shutdown saves the state of the system as it relates to the extensions that were loaded at the time. When the system is started back up it restores the system (unless norestore is used) to a state that may be incompatible with the installation of new extensions.

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It backs up and restores files in .filetool.lst, excluding those in .xfiletool.lst

Jason W:
Basically if you delete a config file that lives in /home/tc and then do a normal backup without editing filetool.lst/xfiletool.lst the files you deleted are not restored.  Many apps create config files in /home/tc even though the extensions themselves do not have files in /home/tc.  Deleting them, doing a backup, and then rebooting is the same as deleting them and rebooting a hard drive install.

I am normally not a fan of putting files in an extension under /home/tc for several reasons, mainly as to not overwrite users own config files in /home/tc. with one included in the extension.  But for Mplayer the subfont file does not overwrite existing configuration and it makes use of a ttf font already in base.

As for extensions that are optionally installed, it does not hurt to have their config files persist across reboots as they will harmlessly sit there waiting to be used when the extension is loaded again.

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