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lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

i have a full install of puppy 5.2.8 and a frugal install on the hdd

the frugal correctly displays the icon for my usb device sdb1

however the full install shows it as a floppy disk drive icon

i would like it to be the correct icon

any ideas help, thank you

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1416

Have a look at this thread.

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

thanks but that does not work

its a drive icon not an app icon

and i tried

for some reason it sees the usb drive and assigns the floppy drive icon

or thinks it is a floppy when its not its a usb drive

it still works etc just not right icons assigned

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

Try this:

Run menu>desktop>desktop settings>Desktop drive icons manager.

Choose TAG "Legacy".

Tick or untick "Tick box for floppy drive icon on desktop".

Maybe restart X is needed!

If this does not help, you should try connect the USB device after puppy has booted and X is running?

RSH

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

thanks for reply

ive tried that with no success

i repeated the install

1 full install to a partition ( have frugals as well)

on completion i reboot

and bang the icon is changed to floppy drive

now the hardware is an old evo n410c so to get the cd drive u have to dock it in its docking station which contins a floppy drive and cd

all icons show correctly from booting with live cd

i set up partition n install

then remove the docking bay so the floppy and cd are nolonger there

on rebooting and im not sure if i have to do this for full i followed the shutdown instuctions to make a pupsave and copy files from cd

then rebooted to see the usb as a floppy drive icon

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

try inserting a floppy in the floppy drive. if there is no floppy inserted, maybe that's the reason why floppy is not shown and then usb is shown as floppy.

try inserting floppy before boot; after boot and before connecting usb etc.pp.

Confused

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

i just edtiting last post to be clearer

after the install i remove the docking bay

so floppy n cd are now removed

then reboot

then see usb as a floppy icon as well as a floppy icon so now there are 2 floppy icons

still works ok though for usb

i can remove the legacy floppy as u said but the usb is still a floppy icon

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

disable the floppy in bios

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

bios is extremely limited in this is old compaq evo n410c p3 1200

no option in there i can see to disable floppy

its more like puppy isnt applying the correct icon if somethings changed eg floppy n cd are removed

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

stick a note on it and write USB to the note Laughing

Sorry, actually out of ideas... Confused

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

Karl Godt · Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 2675 Location: Kiel,Germany

The code for assigning the drive icons is in

/etc/rc.d/functions4puppy4

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

to RSH

lol yeah stick a note hehe

well after doing the install from cd and then reboot maybe its just the livecd asking and i dont need to, ill test it

to karl

thanks for that, im no espert coder or anything but its something i can look for

i think ill remove the usb device n reinstall n see what happens after i plug it back in

is there a way to force puppy to see it as a usb device with correct icon?

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1564 Location: Germany

lumi · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 61

yeah redone it RSH

ok reinstalled it all updated to 004 rebooted without usb in

plugged in usb which gets detected and the correct icon is shown

repeated take usb out reboot plug back in and correct icon

reboot leaving in nano usb and ....

back to floppy icon oh well