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Post#31
by Ed_P » 09 Apr 2016, 06:25
The config file problem continues plus the alien flashplayer file is missing it's LIBS.TXT file.
USM getting to be unreliable.

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Post#32
by Ed_P » 09 Apr 2016, 14:49
If I stop and exit USM after the config file hang up and restart it and select Update All it updates the next database and hangs again. So I repeat the process until all databases are updated.
Is the config file hangup due to an error in one of the /etc/usm .conf files and can someone tell me how to fix it?
But the alien 616 flashplayer module is downloadable now.

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Post#33
by Jack » 09 Apr 2016, 15:01
I just updated USM and downloaded new alien flashplayer.
I just like Slackware because I think it teach you about Linux to build packages where Ubuntu is like Windows you just install programs you want.
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Post#34
by Ed_P » 09 Apr 2016, 23:45
Tried updating USM in terminal mode, same lock up on the config file. Couldn't get out of it so closed terminal and reopened it.
Retried and got this:
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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password:
root@porteus:/home/guest# set -x
root@porteus:/home/guest# usm -U all
+ usm -U all
Usm is already active.
If this information is not correct, you can remove the following file and rerun the script:
/var/lock/usm
root@porteus:/home/guest# ls /var/lock/
+ /bin/ls -F -b -T 0 --color=auto /var/lock/
lmt-invoc.lock lmt-req.lock sane/ subsys/
root@porteus:/home/guest#
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Post#35
by Ed_P » 10 Apr 2016, 00:48
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Post#36
by Ed_P » 10 Apr 2016, 23:15
This help?
Running USM GUI.
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usm -u all
sh-4.2# usm -u all
alien was updated 372 seconds ago. Skipping.
Starting salix database update
awk: fatal: cannot open file `/tmp/usm.OPcN0g/vercheck.txt' for reading (No such file or directory)
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: OPTIFEST.gz DONE
salix database updated.
Updating config file
While USM still attempting to update the config file:
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guest@porteus:~$ ls /tmp/
qtsingleapp-qlippe-2dfb-3e8= spacefm.tmp/ usm.OPcN0g/
qtsingleapp-qlippe-2dfb-3e8-lockfile usm/
guest@porteus:~$ ls /tmp/usm*
/tmp/usm:
/bin/ls: cannot open directory /tmp/usm.OPcN0g: Permission denied
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password:
root@porteus:/home/guest# ls /tmp/usm*
/tmp/usm:
/tmp/usm.OPcN0g:
about.tmp help-pkgtools.tmp sbo-categories.tmp searchType welcome
filelist isonline sbocategs term1.tmp welcome.bak
root@porteus:/home/guest#
Any clue?

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Post#37
by brokenman » 11 Apr 2016, 03:26
It's hard to know what is going on here. Perhaps a permissions problem. I would remove the USM files and install fresh. Try in fresh mode to see if it works.
How do i become super user?
Wear your underpants on the outside and put on a cape.
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Post#38
by Ed_P » 11 Apr 2016, 06:22
Thanks for the direction
brokenman.
I tried USM GUI Updates in AF mode and they all worked. I also checked for white files in my save.dat file and found these:
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/mnt/loop
You can unmount it by typing uloop
Here is a list of the files:
etc home opt root usr var
find /mnt/loop -name .wh.*
/mnt/loop/usr/lib64/.wh.libapm.so.1
/mnt/loop/usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/48/.wh.spacefm.png
/mnt/loop/var/usm/slackonly/.wh.PACKAGES.TXT
/mnt/loop/var/usm/slackonly/.wh.OPTIFEST
/mnt/loop/var/usm/slackonly/.wh.LIBS.TXT
which I removed.
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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password:
root@porteus:/home/guest# rm /mnt/loop/var/usm/slackonly/.wh.*
root@porteus:/home/guest#
Rebooted to my normal mode and the USM update config file hang continued so I ran your script from
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 697#p24697 and it ran to completion successfully. I will try a USM GUI Update tomorrow to confirm things work again.
Thanks again.

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Post#39
by Ed_P » 11 Apr 2016, 15:44
Problem solved.
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sh-4.2# usm -u all
Starting alien database update
Downloading: vercheck.txt DONE
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
File verification was good.
Optimizing manifest
alien database updated.
Updating config file
Starting salix database update
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: OPTIFEST.gz DONE
salix database updated.
Starting slacky database update
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
File verification was good.
Optimizing manifest
slacky database updated.
Starting ponce database update
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
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And while I am happy to finally get this resolved it's frustrating trying to figure out what I did that caused the problem. Solving problems is great but knowing how to prevent them from happening again is even better.
Interesting to see that the config file update only happens after the first database update and not all of them.
Thanks
brokenman.

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Post#40
by Ed_P » 17 Apr 2016, 05:11
A new problem.
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salix database updated.
Starting slacky database update
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2 DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT.gz DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz DONE
gzip: /var/usm/slacky/CHECKSUMS.md5.gz: unexpected end of file
==============================================================================
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
==============================================================================
One or more errors occurred while usm was running:
FATAL ERROR!
usm update_database 270
Could not decompress: CHECKSUMS.md5.gz
==============================================================================
sh-4.2#
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