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Started 12 years ago by aquario455
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mojo

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lxpanel files fail md5sum:

# tazpkg repack lxpanel

The previous command shows:

cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/panels/panel not created: newer or same age file exists
cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/config not created: newer or same age file exists

can't repack, md5sum error.

When lxpanel files are good:

tux@slitaz:~$ tazpkg repack lxpanel
Repacking : lxpanel-0.5.8.tazpkg
================================================================================
cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/panels/panel not created: newer or same age file exists
cpio: etc/lxpanel/default/config not created: newer or same age file exists

Package lxpanel repacked successfully.
Size : 124.0K lxpanel-0.5.8.tazpkg

Your not downloading/installing a fresh copy of lxpanel,are you connected to the internet?:

# tazpkg -gi lxpanel --forced

the previous comman shows: "installation of: lxpanel... lxpanel (0.5.8) is installed", but nothing happens.

You should see:

root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg -gi lxpanel --forced

Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
lxpanel-0.5.8.tazpk 100% |*******************************|   123k  0:00:00 ETA

Installation of : lxpanel
================================================================================
Copying lxpanel...                                                   [ Done ]
Extracting lxpanel...                                                [ Done ]
Extracting the pseudo fs...                                          [ Done ]
Saving configuration files for lxpanel...                            [ Done ]
Installing lxpanel...                                                [ Done ]
Removing all tmp files...                                            [ Done ]
================================================================================
lxpanel (0.5.8) is installed.

Posted 12 years ago #

aquario455

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hi christophe and mojo!

Then you suggest me to make a new installation, right?

ok, I will do it:

- download a new iso (slitaz-4.0.iso)
- make a bootable usb (I will use yumi because it can let me add many distros in the same usb flash drive)

I hope this time there wont be the same problems

thank you guys! see you later!

Posted 12 years ago #
Trixar_za

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Use core from http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/stable/flavors

You'll get better results with LiveUSB creation software using core iso rather than the default 4-in-1 iso.

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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saludos a todos!

As I told, I did a new installation

I erase the entire disk and installed first windows, second puppy linux:

- "/dev/hda1" "ntfs" "19.53 gb" "boot (flags)" (windows xp sp2)
- "/dev/hda2" "extended" "17.73 gb"
- "/dev/hda5" "linux-swap" "1.00 gb"
- "/dev/hda6" "ext4" "7.81 gb" (slacko puppy linux 533)
- "/dev/hda7" "ext3" "8.91 gb" (for slitaz 4.0)

then I downloaded slitaz-4.0 (official link), after that I made a bootable usb using yumi.

I can boot from usb (i have to use a floppy with plop boot manager)

at first the desktop had the panels (I was happy), but unfortunately they disappeared automatically in 10 seconds. So I guess I will have the same problems and I didnt installed slitaz on hd

now what am I expected to do? what's wrong? iso? yumi? plop boot manager?

but I have used yumi and plop with other distributions, and both of them worked without any trouble

hi Trixar_za!

are those versions the same? Are they different (kernel, desktop environment, etc.)?

I decided I will wait for more suggestions before to install slitaz

I installed windows for games, Slacko Puppy Linux because is another lightweight distribution (although it runs as root, the browsers have a weird kind of issues, it uses more ram, etc ). Ubuntu 10.04.4 lts works very good on this dell c600 (850mhz, 384mb ram, 8mb video, 40gb hd, etc.) but the support ends in april. So I didnt installed it because I would like to find another good distribution (lubuntu 12.04 doesnt work on this machine)

I wish slitaz can be what I am looking for

thanks for continuous support, bye!

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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Hi aquario455,

Do you ever read link that I gave you at the very beginning? Is this similar to your case?

quote:

On my laptop lxpanel always crashes with floating point exception (cause of laptop battery applet).

You want to find a way to edit lxpanel config manually and remove battery applet from it:

In your home directory, under ~/.config/lxpanel (“.config” is hidden directory, by the way) you can find several config files. Here folder “default” and “slitaz” (if you run lxpanel or lxpanel --profile slitaz). Open file in text editor. Search for word “batt”, find and remove this chunk completely:
```
Plugin {
    type = batt
    Config {
        HideIfNoBattery=0
        AlarmCommand=xmessage Battery low
        AlarmTime=5
        BackgroundColor=black
        BorderWidth=1
        ChargingColor1=#28f200
        ChargingColor2=#22cc00
        DischargingColor1=#ffee00
        DischargingColor2=#d9ca00
        Size=8
    }
}
```
Yes, you can have different numbers. Just delete this chunk from all config files. If your user is tux, look in these files:
/home/tux/.config/lxpanel/default/panels/panel
/home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz/panels/panel
Posted 12 years ago #
christophe

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i have struggled with the default lxpanel

In fact with 4.0, right after loging in, i

$ killall lxpanel
$ lxpanel --profile default

I found the profile that loads automatically (ie, lxpanel --profile slitaz) has problems if you try to change the layouts (but did not investigate much about why); using the default profile solved it, and i tuned it to my needs

You may want to try that if removing the battery plugin is not sufficient

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi Aleksej!

Well. I waited so long for suggestions..., now I did a new installation. this time I used the slitaz-4.0-core.iso

Unfortunately there are no panels

I cant edit lxde config file, because these locations are empty: "/home/tux/.config/lxpanel", "/home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz"

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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Hi aquario455,

Go to /etc/lxpanel/
Copy folders
```
/etc/lxpanel/default  → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/default
/etc/lxpanel/original → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/original
/etc/lxpanel/slitaz   → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz
```
Kill broken LXPanel with command: killall lxpanel
Launch new LXPanel with different profiles (one at a time):
```
lxpanel -p default
or
lxpanel -p slitaz
or
lxpanel -p original
```
Try to delete battery applet from config file as I wrote earlier (profile original already have not batt applet).
Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hey Aleksej!

good evening!

I copied the folders:

/etc/lxpanel/default → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/default
/etc/lxpanel/original → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/original
/etc/lxpanel/slitaz → /home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz

Then I tried to kill broken LXPanel with command:

killall lxpanel

the message I get is "no process killed" (I think there is something wrong...)

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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Omg!
Again and again. What's next? What I was wrote? Start lxpanel with various profiles?
I'm not a extrasence, I can't know if you started your lxpanel or not. You not wrote it. Or you not complete read my post yet?

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi Aleksej!

je, je... sorry if I do "unnecessary" questions...

let me explain this "missunderstanding":

- I have been using puppy linux and ubuntu. So I had a little experience with linux (I think they are very easy to use). So first I installed slitaz on hd by myself (I guess I tried 3 times), I just read some information... Unfortunately there were some issues (pausing..., kernel panic..., no panels, no grub, flash plugin issues, etc.). So I decided to ask for help (I decided to do only the suggestions you can tell me, because this time I don't want to do any mistake...). That's why I do a new question when some commands doesn't show an expected message or just doesn't work... I mean if some command doesn't work then I don't execute the next commands, then I "report" what happened, and if you tell me to execute the next commands I will do it.

- the first time you told me: "...maybe you have some broken files...", "... take a look ...lxde unstable..". That's why I did a new installation (I wanted to fix the "broken files") before to "edit lxde panel". unfortunately the new installation had the same problems (so I suppossed I didn't fix the broken files)

- next you said edit lxpanel (Just delete this chunk from all config files). If your user is tux, look in these files:

/home/tux/.config/lxpanel/default/panels/panel
/home/tux/.config/lxpanel/slitaz/panels/panel

but those directories were empty

- later you said: "copy those directories...", "Kill broken LXPanel with command: killall lxpanel", then "Launch new LXPanel with different profiles (one at a time)", I copied those directories sucessfully, but the message I got was "no process killed" (I suppossed the command didn't kill broken lxpanel...), thats why I didn't do the next part (launch lxpanel..., delete battery applet...). that's why I did another question before to do next steps (sorry)

anyway now I did the next steps (as you told me profile original already have not batt applet). then I executed:

$ lxpanel -p original

It works, I can see the bottom panel, but it's different to the default panels and if I close the terminal, then the panel dissappears again

Next I modified lxpanel as you told me (Just delete this chunk from all config files...). Fortunately this time there are no problems. The battery applet is gone but I have the panels (top and bottom). This method seem to work!

thank you guys! you are the men!

I think this post is solved! Now I will try to install some useful packages.

have a nice day!

Posted 12 years ago #
Aleksej

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Hi aquario455,

Oh, execuse me! I save my time and wrote:

Kill broken LXPanel with command: killall lxpanel

But, I had to write the following:

Before starting new lxpanel make sure that lxpanel is not running at the moment.
You should kill it if it running. How to check if it running? You can execute command: pidof lxpanel
If you see a number in answer to previous command, then lxpanel running. If you see no answer then lxpanel is not running.
How to kill lxpanel if it running? Execute command: killall lxpanel
If you run lxpanel as usual (tux) user, then tux user can kill lxpanel and root user can kill it; if root user run lxpanel then only root user can kill lxpanel.
But there is not a big error if you try to kill application that not running. You only will get message:
killall: lxpanel: no process killed
This is not fatal error.

Instead of this all (pidof, killall etc.) you can execute only last one command (killall lxpanel). Don't afraid if you get message "no process killed".

;)

Ok, ok. I know that there is no time to write that all. But… Really… Next time I'll try to write more specific posts.

Any way, congratulations! You solved this problem. It's very specific problem. By the way, what is your processor (CPU)?
Your processor breaks lxpanel. To show info about CPU execute hardinfo (command hardinfo in the terminal or SliTaz menu→System Tools→System Information) and click Devices→Processor in the left pane, and read info at the top right pane.
I don't know, if you'll see info or error message, but you can additionally run next command in terminal: cat /proc/cpuinfo

Posted 12 years ago #
aquario455

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hi Aleksej!

It's ok, I know you guys have many things to do. thanks for continuous help.

yeah. I think the problem about panel is solved. I mean I have succesfully installed slitaz 4.0 on dell latitude c600

I guess It was a specific problem.

according to Applications > System Tools > System Information > Devices > Processor:

- name: pentium III (coppermine)
- family, model, stepping: 6, 8, 6 (pentium III/pentium III Xeon/Celeron)
- vendor: intel

well, that's it. good bye! best regards!

I have to do a new post about a good firewall for slitaz

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