topic title: antiX-12.5-alpha2 flavours available for public testing.
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#1
NEW! - 64bit versions of core, base and full!

The 486 flavours are bugfix and development releases from antiX-12. Since Debian Testing is relatively quiet development changes are predominantly with the antiX side.

Basic features.

Base and full use latest 3.6.6-antix kernel
Core is libre using latest 3.6.6-gnu-antix kernel.
Live scripts changes mean a faster boot.
Introduction of a dynamic fstab for running live.
Latest apps include 0.8.2 spacefm and 0.3.4-1 udevil.
gcc-4.7.1
Xorg-1.12.4-1
All apps: apt-get dist-upgrade on 09 November 2012.

Available here:


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OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#2
I installed the 12.5-alpha2 i486 base on a netbook. I noticed during installation that popups were labeled with"minstall" or something similar. These dialog boxes appeared when installing grub and confirmation of hard drive formatting. Otherwise very smooth.

john
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BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#3
OU812 wrote:I installed the 12.5-alpha2 i486 base on a netbook. I noticed during installation that popups were labeled with"minstall" or something similar. These dialog boxes appeared when installing grub and confirmation of hard drive formatting. Otherwise very smooth.
What would you like those window titles to be?
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OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#4
Perhaps they could be titled with something like"antiX installer". I believe the"minstall" titles are holdovers from when antix used mepis tools such as minstall. Retitling these windows would make it seem the installer was more of an antix tool.

john
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oldage beginner
Joined: 15 Nov 2012
#5
Is it possible just to update from alpha1 to alpha2?
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#6
oldage beginner wrote:Is it possible just to update from alpha1 to alpha2?
I don't think Anti made any Delta files for testing. If test 1 is working for you OK. I would just as root in terminal or via smxi

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Problem is. I don't think the developer repos are enabled so no changes from antix1 test to antix2 test will be accomplished going that route.
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BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#7
OU812 wrote:Perhaps they could be titled with something like"antiX installer".
Makes perfect sense. Thanks for answering my obvious question.
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kidx86
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
#8
Thanks for teh 64bit versions it run very nice.
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#9
Guess I should post my other testing install on my wireless IBM M57 Desktop PC. The wallpaper signifies how AntiX may look small on top but is way huge unseen underneath.

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@bikertest2:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: bikertest2 Kernel: 3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-base-amd64 Edelweißpiraten 07 November 2012
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 6075BHU version: ThinkCentre M57
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO Bios: LENOVO version: 2RKT41AUS date: 03/20/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2160 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 7181.74 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1800.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: vesa,intel (unloaded: fbdev) Resolution: 1280x1024@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci ver: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 11:0c.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e ver: 2.0.0-k port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST380815AS size: 80.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 11G used: 3.8G (38%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 3.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 89 Uptime: 3 days Memory: 460.8/1982.1MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.36) inxi: 1.8.24
When this baby goes final. I will be installing this on internal hard drive alongside Windows 7 on
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which is 64bit also. I have been incognito lately playing with my new born grand daughter born since I was last here.

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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#10
Fixing spacefm slow open and spacefm file search slow open.

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harry@bikertest2:~
$ apt-cache policy udisks
udisks:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.4-7
  Version table:
     1.0.4-7 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
harry@bikertest2:~
$ sux
Password: 
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@bikertest2:/home/harry
# apt-get install udisks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libqt4-gui
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libatasmart4 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libsgutils2-2
Suggested packages:
  sg3-utils xfsprogs mdadm
Recommended packages:
  policykit-1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libatasmart4 libdevmapper-event1.02.1 liblvm2app2.2 libsgutils2-2 udisks
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 747 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,078 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main libatasmart4 amd64 0.19-1 [27.1 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main libdevmapper-event1.02.1 amd64 2:1.02.74-4 [32.1 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main liblvm2app2.2 amd64 2.02.95-4 [347 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main libsgutils2-2 amd64 1.33-1 [80.0 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main udisks amd64 1.0.4-7 [260 kB]
Fetched 747 kB in 13s (56.0 kB/s)                                              
dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: No such file or directory
Selecting previously unselected package libatasmart4:amd64.
(Reading database ... 61938 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libatasmart4:amd64 (from .../libatasmart4_0.19-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64.
Unpacking libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64 (from .../libdevmapper-event1.02.1_2%3a1.02.74-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package liblvm2app2.2:amd64.
Unpacking liblvm2app2.2:amd64 (from .../liblvm2app2.2_2.02.95-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsgutils2-2.
Unpacking libsgutils2-2 (from .../libsgutils2-2_1.33-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package udisks.
Unpacking udisks (from .../udisks_1.0.4-7_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libatasmart4:amd64 (0.19-1) ...
Setting up libdevmapper-event1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.74-4) ...
Setting up liblvm2app2.2:amd64 (2.02.95-4) ...
Setting up libsgutils2-2 (1.33-1) ...
Setting up udisks (1.0.4-7) ...
Got this fix from
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I think I ran into this on test1 but blamed it on the having no floppy drive but I figured google would serve me better on this one this time since this is test2.
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#11
Fix for fdisk -l and blkid in 64bit 3.6.6 kernel

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harry@bikertest2:~
$ sux
Password: 
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@bikertest2:/home/harry
# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="343942EB578098A9" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: UUID="676d70d7-1c41-449b-be0f-2e04df874d86" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="a70b8580-b61d-4732-8109-b6f883ab58de" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="454f0f9b-3885-4a59-a3d8-eefe9bef04e6" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: LABEL="/" UUID="6439e2f7-c8a3-4ced-b422-0a29827738d4" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda8: LABEL="/" UUID="69f5ae2f-b286-455a-ab50-6440b01a21f4" TYPE="ext4" 
root@bikertest2:/home/harry
# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80 GB, 80031974400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
/dev/sda1   *           1          95      763056    7  HPFS/NTFS
Warning: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3              95        1352    10096852   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2            1352        9730    67296285    5  Extended
/dev/sda6            1352        6515    41471797   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 6 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda8            6515        7928    11349922   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 8 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda7            7928        9332    11277630   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 7 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5            9333        9730     3188902   82  Linux swap
Warning: Partition 5 does not end on cylinder boundary.
root@bikertest2:/home/harry
# cat / etc/rc.local

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will"exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

rmmod floppy
echo 2000 > /sys/block/sr0/events_poll_msecs

exit 0
Had same problem on test1 so I remembered what to google.

Fix posted from this thread on down through the page.
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kidx86
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
#12
I am impressed what is the latest 64bit version so i can test I have alpha 2 i think also can you add more File Systems in the install like XFS or JFS that would be nice also the latest from all FS would be neat as well like reiserFS4 I think this would be awsome.
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#13
I am impressed what is the latest 64bit version so i can test
antiX-12.5-full-alpha2-amd64.iso 2012-11-09 724.6 MB 68

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Don't forget to run a md5sum check of downloaded iso .
kidx86
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kidx86
Joined: 11 Dec 2012
#14
How do I check my version installed to see if its the latest?
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#15
Run Inxi -F in terminal.