A few glitches with Daedalus

[oliverjames]

Now that I have Daedalus set to Grub boot from it's dedicated ssd partition I booted up (very fast) this morning to note that the sound icon (with mixer ans MSCW) was absent. Reloading jwm didn't solve that so I tried a roll-back to a snapshot made a couple of days ago.

Not only did the snapshot not restore the sound icon, but the initial setup window opened (choice of language, time-zone, keyboard...). That doesn't seem correct. Fortunately I'd taken a Clonezilla image yesterday; flashing that restored everything, except the sound icon. However a reboot with file system check brought back the sound icon. The ssd seems OK

The sound icon disappeared previously so I'm wondering why, and whether it can be restored; xfce allows backup of the panel setup, does jwm have something similar?

Another glitch relates to D control. It recognizes eDP-1 but does not switch to the HDMI monitor. I'm fairly sure that this option has been available on portable EasyOS.

Summary system report text added just in case:

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[pp4mnklinux]

@oliverjames I had some problems with daedalus too...

I’ve also had some issues with Daedalus. The latest and most critical one forced me to reinstall the entire operating system, as there was no way to restore it; it kept saying there was a kernel inconsistency error.

Given my past experience, I don’t mind using up disk space to create backups that allow me to restore the system, even if it’s not to the very latest moment. At least it saves me from having to reinstall everything from scratch. So, after installing version 6.5.5 of Daedalus, and since I was about to start tweaking aspects of the system, I made a complete backup.

I started programming, and when I realised I had messed up the system, I rebooted without saving, but it wouldn’t boot. This wasn’t a problem for me, as I had a backup. However, when I tried to boot from it, it didn’t work, and during boot, it said, "kernel damage..." So, after countless attempts, what I ended up doing was reinstalling version 6.5.5 of Daedalus from the .img file and installing everything I needed.

It took me about six hours to complete that task, but I ended up with a system that worked as quickly as it did the very first time I discovered it. For that reason, starting with version 6.5.5 of Daedalus, I’ve decided to update only when there’s a version upgrade (6.5, 6.6, 6.7...) because I feel that each minor update slows down the system (though perhaps it’s just a subjective perception).

Cheers,
PP4MNK

[oliverjames]

@oliverjames I had some problems with daedalus too...

I’ve also had some issues with Daedalus. The latest and most critical one forced me to reinstall the entire operating system, as there was no way to restore it; it kept saying there was a kernel inconsistency error.

Given my past experience, I don’t mind using up disk space to create backups that allow me to restore the system, even if it’s not to the very latest moment. At least it saves me from having to reinstall everything from scratch. So, after installing version 6.5.5 of Daedalus, and since I was about to start tweaking aspects of the system, I made a complete backup.

I started programming, and when I realised I had messed up the system, I rebooted without saving, but it wouldn’t boot. This wasn’t a problem for me, as I had a backup. However, when I tried to boot from it, it didn’t work, and during boot, it said, "kernel damage..." So, after countless attempts, what I ended up doing was reinstalling version 6.5.5 of Daedalus from the .img file and installing everything I needed.

It took me about six hours to complete that task, but I ended up with a system that worked as quickly as it did the very first time I discovered it. For that reason, starting with version 6.5.5 of Daedalus, I’ve decided to update only when there’s a version upgrade (6.5, 6.6, 6.7...) because I feel that each minor update slows down the system (though perhaps it’s just a subjective perception).

Cheers,
PP4MNK

It sounds as though Clonezilla could be very useful for you. Take an image of the Daedalus installation before your next programming session, which you can restore if something goes wrong. I've been using Clonezilla for years and it's never failed me.

[pp4mnklinux]

Thanks, but I prefer to use the default included EasyOS BackUp utilities.

Now I must test if they make errors.

Have a nice day.

CHEERS.

[oliverjames]

Thanks, but I prefer to use the default included EasyOS BackUp utilities.

Now I must test if they make errors.

Have a nice day.

CHEERS.

Hello, The App you show seems to be for making custom versions of the installed system. The App Snap2 appears to be destined for making backup images. My mistake, I think you meant the App called Pudd from the utilities menu.