User Feedback :: new extensions in 0.7



When the fluxbox menu does not continue past a certain point, there is an error
in the /home/damnsmall/.fluxbox/menu file at the point where the menu quits.
Once you are booted up with the incorrect menu, see if you can get an rxvt open, and then look at the menu file, with scite, comparing it to a good one, and look at the area where the menu quits. That will have the error that prevents your menu from going all the way to the end.
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I work on a remaster, currently of 0.6.2, and the fluxbox menu has to be in another location in the file system to be loaded into the damnsmall linux you get.
On a filetool.lst restore, it is specified there, so one can get a custom made menu
upon restoration.
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Not sure how the extensions in 0.7 will affect the menu, but that may need to be looked into on a damnsmall that has a cut-off menu.
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libretto, It sounds like you are loading a bad extension. You didn't say if you are making one, or the source of those which you have choosen. But, one of them has a bad menu entry. Probably just needs a CR at the end of the menu line. It is a common mistake when one is first trying to make their own extension. Just unpack it with tar -zxvf name_of_dsl.dsl then go in and fix the bad menu item, then repack. You will be fine. This is a new concept so these things will happen until the concept becomes more familiar. Hopefully we will soon have a place to share extensions that have at least been somewhat  tested. Until then, as users past around their creations be aware of the common mistakes.
libretto,

I had the same problem you did many times...Extension runs fine (maybe! :) ...
Then you bring up the menu from the desktop, and all you see is the mydsl menu, and extensions, right??
This is what I did to fix the extension and menu.

Make sure your tmp directory is writable,readable,executable with this command...
as root, type     chmod 777 tmp

73
ke4nt
Roberts, the extensions I tried were off one of the mirrors (alien2k). Maybe I'll download the extensions from another server.

[EDIT]Right, downloaded some extensions off the 'repository' and managed to install SAMBA. :D Got a few problems with the apt and mplayer extensions, but i think a HDinstall would cure that.[/EDIT]

ke4nt1, crikey i'll have to read that tonight over a nice cuppa tea! Thanks for the help, I'll try it later ;)

73 2E1LOK (QRP)
Well, I haven't had it sent in yet, ke4nt1, but I'm just perfecting the extension, then I'll have it sent in.

I had a post up sayin' I was hosting it on Tripod, but that was a HUGE mistake.  Tripod corrupts the file before it's even 5k uploaded.  Oh well.  Once I've got it fully tested (should be about 15 mins) I'll make a post in the extensions board for it.  Especially since it's Firefox + Java plugin + Real plugin (I think...  Gotta check again).

Back soon,  73
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