Hmmm. Seems to be a perl related error rather than something in LiVES
itself.
Can you send the output of the following:
locate feature.pm
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 8:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've attached a screenshot with the results of those commands. (Er, plz
> ignore the typo lol.)
>
>
> -----Original message-----
> Sent: Friday, 18 July 2014 at 13:11:55
> From: salsaman <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Lives-users] Weird error
> (let's keep the mailing list in cc)
>
>
> (Reply is below....I hate gmail, because it does top posting automatically)
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:58 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Puppy Linux is a root-only system. The only way you can run anything is
> as
> > root.
> >
> >
> > -----Original message-----
> > Sent: Friday, 18 July 2014 at 05:28:05
> > From: salsaman <[email protected]>
> > To: "pam pam" <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: Re: [Lives-users] Weird error
> > Why are you running it as root ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://lives.sourceforge.net
> > https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:26 PM, pam pam <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, no .lives, ~/.lives-dir or anything else in $HOME. Starting lives
> > > from a terminal gives:
> > >
> > > "LiVES was unable to read from its configuration file /root/.lives
> > >
> > > Please check the file permissions for this file and try again."
> > >
> > > And there's still no lives-related files in ~. Creating /root/.lives
> > > doesn't help.
> > >
> > > The only time I can get it working is when I do a make install. But it
> > > doesn't work in package form, and doesn't work as part of a remaster,
> so
> > I
> > > can't share it.
> > >
> > > Thanks for taking the time to look into this. :)
> > >
> > >
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 8:46 AM
> > > *From:* salsaman <[email protected]>
> > > *To:* [email protected]
> > > *Subject:* Re: Re: [Lives-users] Weird error
> > > What is the exact error message? When does it occur ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://lives.sourceforge.net
> > > https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:26 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Doing make install DESTDIR=/folder creates a bad startup link for
> lives,
> > >> but that's not an issue. The thing is that it seems to only work after
> > I do
> > >> a regular make install, and then only temporarily? For example, I've
> > tried
> > >> doing a make install, verifying that it starts, and then remastering
> the
> > >> iso using the built-in Puppy tools. (I was getting desperate.) But
> then
> > I
> > >> get that same error about the .lives file permissions, whether the
> file
> > >> exists or not. Same with the package I create from the DESTDIR folder.
> > >>
> > >> I've built hundreds of packages and never had so much trouble as with
> > >> your fine program. 😀
> > >>
> > >> -----Original message-----
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 20:02:06
> > >> From: salsaman <[email protected]>
> > >> To: "LiVES users list" <[email protected]>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Lives-users] Weird error
> > >> Hi,
> > >> when you package it, make sure you do not include ~/.lives,
> ~/.lives-dir
> > >> or
> > >> anything else in $HOME.
> > >>
> > >> Should include only the files in lib, doc, share and bin.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Gabriel.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> http://lives.sourceforge.net
> > >> https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 2:20 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hi, trying to package this on Puppy Linux and it builds fine, and it
> > >> runs,
> > >> > but stops working when put into a package. Complains about the
> .lives
> > >> and
> > >> > its permissions, even though I'm pretty sure that's not really a
> > thing.
> > >> >
> > >> > Problem also exists upon remastering the iso. Very peculiar!
> > >> >
> > >> > What can I do?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks
> > >> >
> > >> >
> >
>
>
> OK, we will need to reproduce the steps that LiVES does on startup.
>
> Can you try the following, open a terminal window, and from the command
> line, type:
>
> smogrify report test
>
> then hit enter. Then:
>
> echo $?
>
> hit enter again. Then finally,
>
> ls -l ~/.lives
>
>
> Please let me know what happens.
>
>
> Regards,
> Gabriel.
>
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