Hello prit1
Just did a FULL install of your Macpup_2.17.1_Alpha1b (nice job)
Installed GRUB, edited the menu.lst and rebooted.
Only to be confronted by the following:
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-sh error while loading shared libraries
libreadline.so.5: cannot open shared object file:
Error 20
unable to determine TTY name, got /dev/pts/0
root login on 'pts/0'
Looks like puppyluvr encountered the same problem:
see here
So i did a quick search of the forum,
and found this:
Can't boot full install from Grub
As Irihapeti notes in the 3rd post, the /usr directory was missing (not copied at install) only a text file called usr with some garbage in it.
Well this is exactly the same issue, only (in this case) the file (script) called usr has the following content:
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#! /bin/sh
exec defaultspreadsheet "$1"
So i booted the liveCD and copied the /usr directory to the partition with the FULL install on it.
Rebooted and i managed to get as far as choosing keyboard layout, then i chose xorg, but it would not work.
So i chose xvesa (just so i could have a mooch about).
Looking in /etc/X11
i looked at xorg.conf.NVIDIADEL515b (Yes, i have an nvidia card)
the thing that struck me was the Device Section,
it was trying to use the nvidia driver (which modprobe failed to find).
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia" #card0driver
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
So i edited it, to use the nv driver instead
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv" #card0driver
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
The following is as best as i can recall what i did next. (needless to say, it was a PITA)
I then re-ran the xorgwizard, but it still would not work.
So i again re-ran the wizard, when it would not work i edited the xorg.conf via Tweak,
i only edited the VertRefresh in the Monitor Section, still no go.
So i re-ran the wizard again, only this time i told it to use the "Generic Driver"
i ended up being left at a prompt, so i typed xwin and hit enter, and up came the desktop.
Biting the bullet, i rebooted and chose Macpup from the GRUB menu,
and bingo, it went right to the desktop without a hitch.
I hope this may help anybody having similar problems.
CatDude
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