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my desktop drive icons are gone
launcher icons gone
top tray gone
shows JWM is segfaulting error 10
/root/.jwmrc error is something like can't write for 5000milliseconds ...
How can / should I reinstall build in JWM?
How can startx use fluxbox?
.xinitrc seems to be able to detect KDE and XFCE
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They're not gone. They're just hiding. 
They are still in the READ-ONLY puppy_fossapup64_9.5.sfs file on your storage media which is copied into RAM on boot-up. What did you do --install/modify-- to frighten them? Whatever you did resides in your SaveFile/Folder WHICH takes precedence in your 'merged in RAM' file system. See, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=5818 and https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=6526
I'd rebuild your SaveFile/Folder unless you really want fluxbox. Creating a functional KDE or XFCE fossapup64 is a PITA. IIRC, someone already posted an xfce version. Do you know how to boot 'pfix=ram'? Can you boot into some other OS to edit your boot-menu?
FFR1, whatever you did; don't do it again.
FFR2, see https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 183#p97183 for how to boot as PUPMODE 13. Under PUPMODE 13 you can test anything you do without making it permanent>writing to you SaveFile/Folder. Just restart-x and test things likely to have been broken. If something has, reboot without Saving.
FFR3. when all is working well, boot pfix=ram and duplicate your SaveFile/Folder storing the duplicate in a place where it won't be used. Add a pfix=RAM listing to your boot-menu making it easy to ditch a broken Save and replace it with one which works.
Have you tried to do a reboot to get back to normal?
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The things you do not tell us, are usually the clue to fixing the problem.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be older.
This is not what I expected 
yes I have rebooted many times
Did find the culprit, I think
Screen would briefly show the icons, then vanish to be replaced by HOME TRASH icons,
after say 20 seconds the screen would go blank _
no killing X no console, nothing.
The culprit was ME plus adding pcman-gtk, it added another layer on the desktop hiding default JWM
and something else caused screen blank. rogue puppy event.
I thought JWM would be saved in save layer not RO,
maybe the timezones timestamps got flipped, who knows.
Back to a clean save file
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AUFS transparently handles this. It will always write to the RW layer and if there is none then it will fail as usual.
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