Opened 13 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#7724 closed bug (invalid)
VM image and ISO after booting show a blank "Preferences" folder
Reported by: | Jcink | Owned by: | nobody |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
Component: | Preferences | Version: | R1/alpha3 |
Keywords: | Cc: | ||
Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
Platform: | All |
Description
Problem: The preferences section is completely blank. It is as if the folder has nothing inside of it. I can create a new folder within it and put things in it, but that's it. Essentially, it's an empty folder.
Setup/Replication: Haiku alpha 2 and 3 have this problem on VMWare Workstation 7.1, running Windows 7 64 bit. Just install it, or use the provided image, that's all you need to do. GPU is ATI Radeon HD 4850 if that matters.
Change History (9)
comment:1 by , 13 years ago
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
<?php echo md5(file_get_contents("haiku-r1alpha3.vmdk")); ?>
output:
063a23443e629933ebacaec983d27056
comment:3 by , 13 years ago
Which of the preferences folders?
1.) /boot/preferences - empty folder on hard disk install via raw image (for 3rd party preferences analogous to /boot/applications??? I've never had a file in that one)
2.) /boot/system/preferences - contains applications ("Preferences")
3.) /boot/home/config/be/preferences - contains links to the preferences applications in 2.) (via leaf menu in deskbar)
follow-up: 5 comment:4 by , 13 years ago
I apologize for this bug report then; I was navigating to /boot/preferences. I was clicking on the little Haiku icon on the desktop and I attempted to adjust preferences from there. When I checked /boot/system/preferences, that showed up just fine.
If I may make a suggestion I think it would be nice if that folder in the root was removed or perhaps renamed if possible. Yes I know the argument will be that I should have read the documentation more carefully... but still, to a new user who might be used to clicking a "My Computer" like icon for example, to open the first preferences folder that they're presented with and have it be totally empty is just confusing.
Nonetheless thanks for the fast response on this report, looking forward to playing with Haiku. :)
comment:5 by , 13 years ago
Replying to Jcink:
[...] should have read the documentation more carefully...
AFAIK, the user guide doesn't mention /boot/apps (or /boot/preferences) at all but rather /boot/common/apps and /boot/home/apps (two folders I've not seen in a standard haiku install so far, but might be used when haiku gets multi-user support). The section "Filesystem layout" explains only the distinction between the directories /boot/system, /boot/common, and /boot/home. So reading the user guide would not have helped in this regard;-)
but still, to a new user who might be used to clicking a "My Computer" like icon for example, to open the first preferences folder that they're presented with and have it be totally empty is just confusing.
You're not the first one to wonder - I've found discussions concerning directory layout in the haiku-development mailing list from 2008 and 2009.
comment:6 by , 13 years ago
Even though it's just a stray empty directory, there is no reason not to fix it :-)
comment:7 by , 9 years ago
comment:8 by , 9 years ago
Just updated my VM on my VMware player machine to hrev50047 and I do not see an empty preferences folder. In the system folder I see a preferences folder but it contains data regarding applications.
comment:9 by , 5 years ago
Resolution: | → invalid |
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Status: | new → closed |
We don't have /boot/preferences any more what I can see. so not a bug any more?
To rule out file corruption, could you please run an md5sum check on your virgin vmdk file? The hash should be: 063a23443e629933ebacaec983d27056