QUOTE(Yad2ckrU @ Oct 13 2005, 10:33 AM)
When I try to transfer some files from within Windows to my xbox it says files transer failed and it makes an folder of the file. It are files without an extension and are somewhere in the /save/root/
Do these files even need to be put on the xbox? I'm also new to sXb and this is totally different from installing debian, gentoox or dsl.
NO you do not have to include these files
but please make an empty save dir as its needed only in running
sxb.
/save dir is only for when you want to see what files were
changed etc so when you switch off sxb you can go in to dashboard
and on xbox and see what files were cxhanged,
So the save dir contains just the backup of the autosave feature
of sxb i use this also when i add new modules etc and see what
changes were made.
So the save dir is for me to test really
these files get deleted every time and new files added.
Save dir the files in there size will vary from 24 kb
and will never grow bigger than 400 kb.
The files are not really needed but i thought its a good
feature to have for testing and learning how sxb works.
For example say you changed network settiings etc,
or other stuff you edited so even after you switch sxb out
you can browse files in save dir to see what went on.
for example sxb debug file shows logs of all modules loaded
etc and what error in sxb when sxb started first bootuo
So again save dir is neded by sxb as a tmp dir to keep changes
then these changes are saved in to an auto save module
called zsxbsave.mo .
all this happens just before you boot.
you know when sxb reboots just before large writing comes up
saying saving to hd et,etc this is when save backup dir are
used to make our zsxbsave.mo.
i had to do it this way ok.
it might look long process but it takes 3 seconds
and hence a perfect autosave.
in fact it works so well that say you want to install
fluxbox ya
you do not have a fluxbox module ya
but say you have fluxbox.tgz slack pkg.
you can actually install this fluxbox.tgz as if
you were in real slackware not modular read only sxb.
so when you install anything this way in sxb
all the installed file go in to memory and
are saved in save dir so the fluxbox.tgz file we install
in sxb files are saved in save dir ya.
this will only be there temporary as it will get deleted
the second time you run sxb note not the first time.
This is so when sxb is switched off you can go in to
xbox dash and copy the save dir somwhere else on
other dir on hd as the second time these files will not be there.
Ok now we have a backup of save dir somewhere on xbox hd ya.
Why did we save this dir,because we want to make 100 percent
perfect fluxbox module for sxb out of fluxbox.tgz
as do not forget when we installed fluxbox.tgz in sxb
all the files were backed up in save dir ya
and by the way when we installed fluxbox
change wm by running wmconfig
to fluxbox now run xdesktiop again ya
setup fluxbox just as you want so all your
fluxbox config are also saved in save dir
so what this means now that the save
dir we backed up not only has all the main files
for fluxbox but also the saved config files also,
so now on xbox dasboard we go in save dir
and get rid of some of the files which are always
get saved yes after a while if you study sxb save dir
you will know what files are always there with pratice
they are not many. so once you get good at knowing
what files and dir alwats saved in save dir with
few clicks you get rid of this and you end up
with all fluxbox files and fluxbox config files
remember you saved your settings when
you ran fluxbox and got it just as you liked.
so all these are in save dir also now.
so now run sxb and in some terminal type mc
best to use dfbterm much clear ya.
and in mc go to the dir where we put our save
dir on dash ya.
so say we saved it at f hd in F/save ya
now we will build our perfect fluxbox module
which is pre configured just as you liked
remember the fluxbox settings you saved.
so now you will make a perfect ,precobfigured
module all tested and working in sxb and all
setting as you liked so ya your ow custom
module for sxb.
now we do is make your module
dir2mo /mnt/F/save fluxbox.mo
you have your custom module now you
can add this in modules dir run sxb
again choose wmconfig choose fluxbox
as default wm and you are running fluxbox
on sxb ok.
i know it seems a long process but with pratice
only 2 minutes or so.
So the normal and easy way to build fluxbox.tgz module is
dir2mo fluxbox.tgz fluxbox.mo very easy but not configured as you like.
harder way above but perfect module all running and
preconfigured in running sxb as you liked.
So people do not do this with very large slack pkgs
as xbox does not hane enough mem ok on pc
so do not make all modules this way
i was just giving you an example about the use of save dir
and why i added it to test modules changed files and to be noisey
So now you know what is a standard sxb module
and what is a preconfigured sxb module ok.
but 99 percent of the time all slackware 1.02 tgz pkgs
will work with standard method ok no problem.
I only made it other preconfigured way is because
i had to compile all xdirectfb directfd mediaplayers etc
from source as slackware does not have directfb supported
packges.
So all my directfb and apps stufff using dfb
were made as preconfigured modules
so i doubt it these modules converted back to other
packages will work in any other old sxb other linux distro,
or even other slaxkware installed on pc hd.
if they do work a bit they will get segment errors and crash.
So only in sxbnew ok.
