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#91
General Support / Re: Trying to return [ SOLV...
Last post by Gordon - March 19, 2024, 06:37:31 PM
Hi VastOne,
YIPEE.
I'm at last on VSIDO again. It appears that I was only doing one thing wrong with adduser and that was that I was logged in as root and using sudo as well. I dropped sudo and all is well.
Thanks for all your help.
Got another problem now, how do I change the keyboard layout as I have no idea which layout it is using and that going to cause me problems with all my passwords, it's probable the reason that I can't  log on to the  website on my computer.
Cheers Gordon  :)
#92
General Support / Re: Trying to return
Last post by VastOne - March 18, 2024, 12:45:27 AM
Quote from: Gordon on March 16, 2024, 03:05:04 PMHi Vastone.
I've installed VSIDO now using the fsarchiver but now I have other problems.
It won't  use "sudo adduser" keeps comming up with "Please enter a username matching the regular expression configued via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the --allow-bad-names option etc" no idea what it mene or what to do.
I also can't sign into vsido even though i'm logged in on my tablet
Cheers Gordon

On this page there are several solutions to what is happening. In short you are using an invalid character that can be used if you use the allow-bad-names variable. That link will explain it in more detail.
#93
General Support / Re: Trying to return
Last post by Gordon - March 16, 2024, 03:05:04 PM
Hi Vastone.
I've installed VSIDO now using the fsarchiver but now I have other problems.
It won't  use "sudo adduser" keeps comming up with "Please enter a username matching the regular expression configued via the NAME_REGEX configuration variable. Use the --allow-bad-names option etc" no idea what it mene or what to do.
I also can't sign into vsido even though i'm logged in on my tablet
Cheers Gordon
#94
General Support / Re: Trying to return
Last post by VastOne - March 15, 2024, 01:35:41 PM
Gordon, I know that they are broken and will not install properly because the installation tool is broken and cannot be fixed. The 2019 ISO's are kept around to be used as a USB boot device with the tools necessary to troubleshoot a system AND to use in installing the preferred VSIDO install method with the fsarchver versions.

As stated before, if you already have a linux distro installed and I believe you said you had MX, you don't need the 2019 bootable disks as long as you can download fsarchiver. There is also a detailed How To here that takes you through multiple ways to successfully install VSIDO

Is this a perfect method for Linux? No, but it is a working method for VSIDO which has had to deal with 4 different installation methods die out for lack of support over the 12 years we have been doing this. There's plenty of help here to get you going with the fsarchver version
#95
General Support / Re: Trying to return
Last post by Gordon - March 14, 2024, 04:37:12 PM
Well, I managed to do it again, made a mess of it as usual so i now have to start by installing mx21 again as the vsido 2019 does just the same as the old one. For some reason or other it won't  intall just keeps comming up with error failed to install or a similar message. Back to the drawing board  :)
#96
General Support / Re: Trying to return
Last post by Gordon - March 14, 2024, 12:42:36 PM
Hi VastOne,
Thanks for that and I'm glad that you managed to sort the problem out.
I've  just downloaded the fsa file without any problem and I also download the 2019 iso again which I'm just about to burn onto a dvd.
hopefully I won't screw it up  :)
Cheers Gordon
#97
VSIDO News & Announcements / Re: New download site
Last post by dizzie - March 14, 2024, 03:07:34 AM
Very cool!

At the moment there is 13GB of 2TB in use. Should leave room for a "few" .fsa's  8)
#98
VSIDO News & Announcements / Re: New download site
Last post by VastOne - March 13, 2024, 11:58:31 PM
Fantastic RatMan, Thanks! 8)
#99
VSIDO News & Announcements / Re: New download site
Last post by PackRat - March 13, 2024, 11:57:08 PM
Working. Download took about 6-8 minutes.
#100
I've Got a Life / Re: Share your furbabies :)
Last post by PackRat - March 13, 2024, 11:56:02 PM