pupget broken (files accidentally deleted)
- iamsofaking
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pupget broken (files accidentally deleted)
After installing various packages to an hd puppy, I seem to have broken pupget. It launches, but after I click on Install_or_remove_packages, I get a "usage for xdialog" screen. Has anyone else experienced this?
There are (at least) 2 theoretically possible things, that might be related to problems with Gtk:
1. You have set up a language, that uses a font not available or that has not all characters.
Try that in a console:
export LANG=C
pupget
2. You might have a corrupt Gtk-Theme
Did you install new Gtk-themes?
maybe it also is something different
Mark
1. You have set up a language, that uses a font not available or that has not all characters.
Try that in a console:
export LANG=C
pupget
2. You might have a corrupt Gtk-Theme
Did you install new Gtk-themes?
maybe it also is something different
Mark
- BarryK
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I got this Xdialog problem once when one of the files in /root/.packages got messed up.
Take a look at /root/.packages/alienpackages.txt, livepackages.txt, packages.txt, see if any line looks wrong, or any blank lines.
The problem I had was one of the dotpups inserted a corrupt line into alienpackages.txt.
I think I need to improve PupGet so it can check the format and repair these files.
Take a look at /root/.packages/alienpackages.txt, livepackages.txt, packages.txt, see if any line looks wrong, or any blank lines.
The problem I had was one of the dotpups inserted a corrupt line into alienpackages.txt.
I think I need to improve PupGet so it can check the format and repair these files.
- iamsofaking
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embarassing admission
EMBARASSING ADMISSION:
In a fit of stupidity, I mistakenly deleted everything in .packages. By mistakenly, I mean that for some reason I thought that it would be a good idea.
So, how do I fix that?
In a fit of stupidity, I mistakenly deleted everything in .packages. By mistakenly, I mean that for some reason I thought that it would be a good idea.
So, how do I fix that?
I also had this happen once... When it happened to me, I eventually figured out that I had just added an entry to themeslist in ,jwm/themes, and I had only typed one argument instead of the expected two... It seems a variety of small errors can cause this same symptom...
...Suggest backtracking every file you touched for any reason and double-checking your work
Regards,
kcin
...Suggest backtracking every file you touched for any reason and double-checking your work
Regards,
kcin
- BarryK
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Re: embarassing admission
The original files are inside images.gz ...you would have to uncompress it, then mount it by loopback device. It is an ext2 f.s.iamsofaking wrote:EMBARASSING ADMISSION:
In a fit of stupidity, I mistakenly deleted everything in .packages. By mistakenly, I mean that for some reason I thought that it would be a good idea.
So, how do I fix that?
Ah, if you were using the multisession CD/DVD, you would have the audit trail, all deleted files still existing on the CD/DVD.
- iamsofaking
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lesson learned
Thank you. Putting the default files in my .packages fixed it. I'll be a little more careful about what I delete in the future.
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