Accidental deleting of jwm files (Solved)

[ion4449]

Apologies if this has been addressed already...in my zeal to customise the taskbar in jwm...puppy slacko 5.7 I inadvertently deleted some files....specifically the ones controlling virtual desktops,...everything else appears fine...any help with how or where to get and replace the missing file would be very much appreciated...thanks

[musher0]

Hello, ion4449.

There is a "virgin" copy of the .jwmrc-tray file at /initrd/pup_ro2/root.
So you would enter a terminal and type

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cp  /initrd/pup_ro2/root/.jwmrc-tray /root/.jwmrc-tray 

Then go back to your jwm menu, "session" section and click on "refresh jwm".

Alternatively, you can go back to the initial black console by typing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
and then typing

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fixmenus
xwin jwm

You'll be back in business, but of course, that tray file will the default one.

If you can remember your edits, when finished, make a back-up using a different
extension than *.bak. jwm uses that extension for its own purposes. Perhaps as
.jwmrc-tray.me or something like that.

I hope this helps. BFN.

musher0

[ion4449]

Tried the suggestion and unfortunately it did not work...it's not a deal breaker but I would like to remedy this...I downloaded the newest jwm manager from their website but haven't had much luck installing(a little wary of doing more harm)...I am not great from the cli but get by most of the time researching and copy/paste, that said I really like Puppy and will persist..

[stemsee]

are you using a full install?

[ion4449]

yes...it's a full install....and l found a couple other items in jwm manager that no longer work... l installed cairo dock hoping i could add virtual desktops that way but it uses the ones from jwm....not a huge problem....just an opportunity to learn l guess.

[stemsee]

So you will need to mount the original iso/cd and the mount the .sfs and grab the file/s from their as Musher0 indicated!

[ion4449]

Thanks....I some missed the mounting original cd part...my bad....Can I mark this as "solved" and how do I mark a post as solved?

[alphadog]

I think you just edit your first post (question) and put (Solved) by the side of your post subject.

[starhawk]

Alphadog is correct. Edit your thread title within the first post so that it has [SOLVED] or (SOLVED) or similar in there somewhere (at the beginning is probably the most readable place) and you're good to go.

Edit button is in the upper right-hand corner of the post, above the content

[ion4449]

Thanks All