Porteus

The collection of log files could be considered useless by a "normal user"
-- [ define "normal user" ] -- if everything runs smoothly.
But if not, some of these log files are quite valuable.

Ed_P wrote: ↑

19 Sep 2020, 05:50

So, create a /var/log/spooler file

Yes

and comment out the dupe lines in /etc/logrotate.conf

I don't know if there is / was a reason to have entries in both files.

Do I need to add a command in one of the autorun files for it to run regularly?

No, only the spooler file is required.

Any ideas about these msgs? I don't see dupes in the file's code. Not there, but In /etc/logrotate.conf is this: # some packages install log rotation information in this directory: include /etc/logrotate.d > go there: The instruction to rotate /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp is also in /etc/logrota...

how does the run-parts command know which file to execute? # run-parts: Runs all the scripts found in a directory. The command posted is what would/should be executed daily -- see: crontab -l ........... # Run daily cron jobs at 19:30 every day: 30 19 * * * /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 1> /de...

Normally this is done by a cron job [logrotate] every day at 19:30 if the file size exceeds 500k Obviously it does not work. Run the command manually [root] and you can see why /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 1> /dev/null Create a /var/log/ spooler file and the command does its job. at least if r...

@Ed Activate the 05-devel module. Reason: the python-setuptools are needed. root@porteus:/home/guest# slpkg repo-list +============================================================================== | Repo id Repo URL Default Status +===================================================================...

No, apparently you need at least 390,138.

Check it out yourself > go here:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/
click on number of driver > click "supported products" > look for your card.

@afrodeity You need to clean your changes folder or savedat container. Because it is not the only "missing files" issue you have, it seems you screwed up your installation. As always in such a case: Boot into Always Fresh mode and check the content of /usr/lib/python2.7 The files/Folders are there. ...

@afrodeity Which version and DE of porteus and midori do you use. I did some tests based on guessing - porteus 4 32 Bit XFCE and I can not reproduce the errors you get. root@porteus:/home/guest# /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager restart Stopping NetworkManager: stopped Starting NetworkManager daemon: /usr...

Hi Ed
Where exactly was the Trash folder?

I have a NTFS formatted usb-stick with 5.0rc2-xfce on it and the Trash folder
/home/guest/local/share/Trash is inside the save.dat file.
[which I had to create using another version of porteus]

When the /porteus/rootcopy folder is placed on a FAT/NTFS filesystem, all files are given 777 permissions With 777 permissions, you are giving anyone full access to the files or directories with those permissions. They may alter them in any way they choose, including maliciously. To allow rootcopy ...

Yes, but how?
I would like to read / understand how you want to achieve this.

How exactly do you want to do that?

Ed, there's no need to buy a whole cow if all you want is some milk.

@MarcosMChS
look here:
Porteus - USM error (Post by donald #77009)

@fulalas I understand that FAT/NTFS is more compatible to whatever. But I don't understand the relevance... I put an OS onto an USB-drive and run the OS the best way possible. It's Linux, so install it with a suitable filesystem. Folder / file permissions / attributes must be observed. Do this drive...