Missing Desktop Icons (PL 5.0.1 Live CD)
Missing Desktop Icons (PL 5.0.1 Live CD)
Since opting to save the .sfs file to my hard drive, the desktop and taskbar icons are missing. How do I restore these?
There are currently generic ones in place of the fancy ones originally there.
There are currently generic ones in place of the fancy ones originally there.
Missing desktop icons
I had the exact same problem--I ran Puppy from a Live CD a couple times, no problem, very fun, then decided on the third run to save a file to my hard disk (I did light encryption). Then, next time I booted Puppy from the CD, the icons had changed! Many of the programs had no icons or generic ones. Any help?
Restore original PuppyPin file?
/root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
then restart pinboard
Sometimes you just need to restart pinboard.
/root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
then restart pinboard
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killall ROX-Filer && rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
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All my icons have disappeared now in snowpuppy 015. I am not a technician. Found and tried Menu, utilities, general utilities, ROXterm, pasted
killall ROX-Filer && rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
screen went dark for a second but nothing changed.
Anything more I can try?
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Note; Pfind, all files, not excluding initrd: pinboard, "no file found".
killall ROX-Filer && rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
screen went dark for a second but nothing changed.
Anything more I can try?
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Note; Pfind, all files, not excluding initrd: pinboard, "no file found".
Had the same issue and was stuck for a while. Eventually came across this thread, signed up, and while I was waiting for confirmation, fixed it! So now I'm here to provide a resolution.
In my case I had run off the CD a few times and tried to do a full install on to a HD. After failing to boot from the HD a few times, I fell back to the CD boot. It was so slow that on the last time I elected to save the session. No encryption, just the save file to the HD. Well this time boot from the HD worked, so when I saw no icons (except the generic red yield sign), and no background, I figured it was due to the boot from HD, not from the saving of the session. Reading your reports, I suspect it was the saved session at fault.
Anyway, after finding a bunch of "ROX-Filer: Couldn't recognize the image file format" entries in log files, I found a resolution here:
http://roscidus.com/desktop/node/91
Which in short, says simple to run this command in a console:
I then restarted X and boom, everything was back.
I'm not sure if anything else was affected but all seems well now!
In my case I had run off the CD a few times and tried to do a full install on to a HD. After failing to boot from the HD a few times, I fell back to the CD boot. It was so slow that on the last time I elected to save the session. No encryption, just the save file to the HD. Well this time boot from the HD worked, so when I saw no icons (except the generic red yield sign), and no background, I figured it was due to the boot from HD, not from the saving of the session. Reading your reports, I suspect it was the saved session at fault.
Anyway, after finding a bunch of "ROX-Filer: Couldn't recognize the image file format" entries in log files, I found a resolution here:
http://roscidus.com/desktop/node/91
Which in short, says simple to run this command in a console:
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# gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders > /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders
I'm not sure if anything else was affected but all seems well now!
Dejan,
Thanks! I just had a harrowing experience and your post saved me hours of labor reinstalling my system.
I attempted to use the "Underdog" option in Wary 5.3.3 and trashed my save file. When I finally got the system running again I booted into a gray background with drive icons and the jwm-tray. I was able to restore the background image with the wall paper manager, but the desk icons were gone.
I had no idea where to begin until I read your contribution. The problem was indeed PuppyPin. Somewhere in the crash and restoration process it got trashed. I "borrowed" the corresponding file from Slacko 5.3.3 that happened to be running on another machine and replaced PuppyPin. I restarted the pinboard as you suggested above - and all was restored!
Thanks! I just had a harrowing experience and your post saved me hours of labor reinstalling my system.
I attempted to use the "Underdog" option in Wary 5.3.3 and trashed my save file. When I finally got the system running again I booted into a gray background with drive icons and the jwm-tray. I was able to restore the background image with the wall paper manager, but the desk icons were gone.
I had no idea where to begin until I read your contribution. The problem was indeed PuppyPin. Somewhere in the crash and restoration process it got trashed. I "borrowed" the corresponding file from Slacko 5.3.3 that happened to be running on another machine and replaced PuppyPin. I restarted the pinboard as you suggested above - and all was restored!
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Thanks, dejan555.dejan555 wrote:Restore original PuppyPin file?
/root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
then restart pinboard
Sometimes you just need to restart pinboard.Code: Select all
killall ROX-Filer && rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin
Here's a picture of my desktop, in Lucid Puppy 5.28
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