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zomboy · Joined: 11 Sep 2012 Posts: 3

Hi,

I've tried saving puppy save files to a partition on my HDD which has worked in the past but no longer works properly.

Having deleted the previous save file and made a new lightly encrypted one it will fail to access the save file properly and as such this error manifests in that it does not load the background image or the icon images. There are also some problems with the interface of the device mounter software for example and I am unable to locate the hard-drive file from the root menu etc. Shocked

What the hell is going on?

When restarting the x-server I get this message:
...f X failed to start, type "xorgwizard" to setup X"

Then it opens up SFS-Load on-the-fly, asking me if I want to load extra SFS files. I get the feeling this/these are something it should have loaded automatically and I don't know which files need to be loaded in this case.

Also: The error message associated with the background image reads:
"Couldn't recognise the image file format for /usr/share/backgrounds/defult.jpg, backdrop removed"

Any ideas?

I would really appreciate some help with this one, cheers

Flash · Posted: Tue 11 Sep 2012, 08:36 Post subject:

What version of Puppy are you using and how are you using it? (Frugal install, booting from CD with Save file on hdd, etc.) How much RAM has the computer?

Were the previous Save files, the ones that worked, also encrypted?

What do you mean you are unable to locate the hard drive file from the root menu? What hard drive file, the encrypted Save file?

Karl Godt · Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 2682 Location: Kiel,Germany

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zomboy · Joined: 11 Sep 2012 Posts: 3

Thanks,

Just going to add:

* It has worked with a non encrypted save that's 1.25GB - 2GB
* I always save as ext3, the same as the partition.
* The partition its saved to is within an extended partition.
* Normally, I can access the partition file system via the file browser (allowing me to see the save file).
* The computer has 2GB Ram

bigpup · Posted: Wed 12 Sep 2012, 16:54 Post subject:

What version of Puppy?
Frugal install to hard drive or run from live Puppy CD/DVD?

zomboy · Joined: 11 Sep 2012 Posts: 3

yeah, my bad

Its Slacko Puppy.

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5170 Location: Finland

In dpup, I had to copy /sbin/losetup-FULL from Barry Kaulers Puppy build to get encrypted savefile loaded. The problem was that the savefile encryption was not decoded right and the savefile didnt open at all with out switching the losetup-FULL.
I thought to report my experience though.