Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2012, 02:09
Try SP 5.4.2.3.npierce wrote:This is a continuation of a Precise 5.4.2 discussion started on the Precise 5.4 thread.
(By the way, to avoid confusion, does the name of the Precise 5.4 thread (currently named "Precise Puppy 5.4 and 5.4.2") need to be corrected, and should this thread -- the real Precise 5.4.2 thread -- be made sticky?)
[url=http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=669830#669830]On Sat 08 Dec 2012[/url], backi wrote:During process of downloading from repo the whole letters which are indicating download suddenly changed to lttles squares ,became unreadable .[url=http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=670074#670074]On Sun 09 Dec 2012[/url], backi wrote:I am using the latest version of Precise .Hi backi,[url=http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=670561#670561]On Tue 11 Dec 2012[/url], backi wrote:grep PUPMODE /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE
PUPMODE=13
Although there are a number of reports of the symptoms you are experiencing (text characters turning into little squares when installing a package) from folks running in PUPMODE 2 (full install), this is the first I have seen for PUPMODE 13.
Barry has a fix for users running PUPMODE 2, but it applies only to that mode.
Since many things could cause the text characters to be corrupted, your problem may be something totally unrelated to the problem PUPMODE 2 users ran into. But because it happens during package installation (as was the case for the other problem), it could well be related to the other problem.
That said, I have not yet found anything in the code that would explain what you are seeing in PUPMODE 13.
I have no experience with PUPMODE 13, so may not be able to help with this. But I can suggest a few items of information that you could provide which might help someone else figure this out.
1. The problem experienced by PUPMODE 2 users also caused the desktop icons to change. Did this also happen for you?
2. Do you remember what package you were installing when you ran into this problem?
3. What output do you get for these commands?(This will tell us if those items are still symbolic links, as they should be, or if the installation of the package changed them to directories or removed them entirely.)Code: Select all
ls -ld /lib/i386-linux-gnu ls -ld /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
4. What output do you get for this command?(These variables are used by the installation script, so we need to see if they are set correctly.)Code: Select all
grep -E "PUP_LAYER|SAVE_LAYER" /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE