rcrsf wrote:Thanks for the input. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking with "check if the same happens with running the same Porteus (exactly the same modules loaded) and if the same error occurs". What should I be looking for? Sorry for the confusion.
I meant, run it on another machine but use all modules you used when the error happened, like, not leave some out you usually not load.
What I would like to do is save all my Porteus settings (desktop layout, firefox bookmarks), and then be able to either:
1) create a new iso from that Porteus configuration for writing to a CD
or
2) write protect that USB disk
… Either way, my goal is to know that my original setup/settings are never touched.
Similar to my approach. I use a local module, named 990-settings-YYYY-MM-DD.xzm for my settings, and I named all modules starting with numbers, also the ones I include like palemoon, geany, mtpaint, so that I determine the order of module loading.
[I do update my 990-* module every few days, but that's mainly because I have my own scripts in there as well, and also for saving the palemoon changes, e.g. bookmarks)
And it
is important that your settings module gets loaded last, of course, otherwise the more generic ones from other modules would overwrite your personal settings, and that's not how you want it.
So, re-naming all modules that get loaded at boot is a must, and best is using numbers at the beginning, the same style Porteus uses it for it's main modules, but including all other possible added modules. And your settings one must have a name that gets it loaded last. 990-* was a good choice for me, since it leaves some possibilities for adding modules even after that. Usually not needed, but did happen to me cause of debugging and such.
You seem to be saying there's a 3rd way to save my settings (as a module)... is there any documentation for that? Or would you (or anyone else) be able to provide an example of making one desktop change via a module?
I don't know if there is a doc or howto about that, but I could write one.
It is needed to look for the most recent files, e.g. in the home/settings folders, that differs between XFCe, LXQT, mate or KDE. I would explain how I do it with XFCe, and also the one-liner that only shows me the files that got changed, like, the very same minute as we have nor, or, say, it's 19:37, to show all files that got changed from 19:3? up to 19:37.
I think that would be a huge help for you, yes?