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need help with loading modules Thread last updated on 2007-01-13 21:43:28

Posted by member 359315 on 2007-01-13 09:57:30

hi,
i have a poblem: if i change the theme to one from the internet (Obsidia-v1) then litestep brings a window with modules that needed. but if i click on download, this window become frozen. so i had no desktop, taskbar or something and can only open programms with the win taskmanager...

i have a win xp system and if u need further infos just ask.

Posted by member 1 on 2007-01-13 10:07:25 link

Do you use an Internet Proxy?

Posted by member 359315 on 2007-01-13 10:35:02 link

no i dont...but i have a router.
i also try to download the files manually but ls still dont find them...

Posted by member 1 on 2007-01-13 11:13:44 link

Well that is good...
Did you load the theme for the first time upon a reboot?
Did you download the right versions of the modules?

Posted by member 359315 on 2007-01-13 11:25:21 link

yes i download the right versions and i reboot the last time for the standart skin after install... i tryed some things too:

ok i have written the modules into step.rc and a xpaint is missing... i also download this file and let it load now ls is broken.
i restart ls(kill it and load standart skin), still broken...
hmmm i restart my pc ls load the desktop but there is something wrong with the taskbar, its black and win is waiting for something but nothing happens... ok i restore the step.rc and now i only see the desktop symbols and taskbar only if i rightclick the desktop.

i click on activate explorer and restart and my old win is back...

Posted by member 1 on 2007-01-13 12:10:52 link

That means that your theme is depending on some dependencies not recognized by NLM. xPaintClass would be a common one, so would some MS DLL's.

Posted by member 359315 on 2007-01-13 12:32:13 link

hmm and how can i find out these missing dll's?

Posted by member 1 on 2007-01-13 13:11:38 link

there is a program called dependecy walker or something like that. search the theme and module forums for a link.

Posted by member 5575 on 2007-01-13 21:43:28 link

Go and download the latest versions of xpaintclass and the other xmodules first, and follow the instructions regarding their installation. If you *still* have issues, then you may need to use dependency walker to track down missing DLLs.