antiX-12 series available for 'final' testing. - Page 4

shempshere · posted: 2012-06-15 16:21

masinick and anti, thanks for the feedback and suggestions, I am at work now but will give it a try to install synaptic this evening and let you know how things go.

as for the full installation, I am not sure what is happening as I am attempting to do an installation from a usb drive that I installed using unetbootin which is the same approach and usb drive that I used for the base version.

thanks, update to follow.

masinick · posted: 2012-06-15 16:31

I always forget which tools are available in which systems because I use a lot of distros, and I also set up numerous tools (su, sudo, sux, and usually one other GUI-based su tool, such as gksu or an equivalent). I also add synaptic whenever it's not included. That way, my creative thoughts, when I am working on something are not interrupted by the lack of a particular tool, so my apologies for not remembering the exact set of tools that antiX includes by default. (Besides, I trusted that anti would set us BOTH straight on the particulars).

shempshere · posted: 2012-06-16 15:08

OK, thanks again for both of your assistance here. I was able to use these suggestions to install Synaptic and all is good.

Thanks.

masinick · posted: 2012-06-16 22:43

shempshere wrote:OK, thanks again for both of your assistance here. I was able to use these suggestions to install Synaptic and all is good.

Thanks.

I am really glad to hear that! Don't hesitate to ask questions; many of us enjoy answering questions or pointing you to sources of information where you can learn more. Enjoy antiX!

shempshere · posted: 2012-06-17 12:57

Will do, thanks again.

masinick · posted: 2012-06-18 03:29

Friends, with antiX-base and the 3.4.1 kernel running, these are the statistics, keeping the system going for the past couple of days. I will try to do the same with the newer 3.4.2 and see how it fares in comparison; I have downloaded it and installed it, but have not yet rebooted; so here's what we have with 3.4.1:

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX Kernel: 3.4.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.0) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.8.3 (Gtk 2.24.9) Distro: antiX-base 04 March 2012
Machine:   System: Gateway product: MX8738 version: 3408450R
           Mobo: Gateway model: N/A version: 72.15 Bios: Phoenix version: 72.15 date: 04/16/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel CPU T2080 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6916.14 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 4000 bus-ID: 04:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600BEVS size: 160.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 20G used: 11G (60%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 113 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 306.2/2015.6MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

To go along with those statistics, let me just say that it has been working perfectly; these statistics represent an actively working system. I've been using the Iceweasel 10.0.5 ESR (Extended Support Release) web browser most of the weekend; it has been flawless. Today, I am using the Seamonkey 2.13a1 Nightly Build browser and it is flawless as well (running the test browser is what is driving up memory usage a bit).

Fast, stable, flexible, those are a few of the words to describe this, but it's more than that. For someone with nominal experience, it's not difficult to set up antiX very nicely. For someone with good experience, you can finely tune and hone the system however you want it and this antiX-base is one of the best at its craft. Of course, those of us who have antiX core also love it. Then there's the traditional full version, and it, too, has been excellent from the very beginning.

rokytnji · posted: 2012-06-19 15:02

Fresh install on a IBM A22M laptop I recieved yesterday via UPS from a guy at Ubuntu forums. Got it for free except have to pay for shipping (which is still a good deal). Running wireless B Netgear MA521 pcmcia card on it. This unit is not as strong as my other iBM A22M. This unit is P3, 700 hz cpu, 256mb of ram, 20 gig ide HD.

I installed Antix full i486. Made a 800MB /swap partition before running gui installer instead of cli-install. It handled the install ok that way in X.

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$ inxi -z -F
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.3.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-full Edelweißpiraten 26 May 2012
Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 2628ESU Bios: IBM version: KXET36WW (1.09 ) date: 05/08/2003
CPU:       Single core Pentium III (Coppermine) (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (sse) clocked at 700.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: ati,mach64 (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@87.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] driver: snd_cs46xx
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 driver: e100 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8180L 802.11b MAC driver: rtl8180 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 20.0GB (12.8% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: IBM size: 20.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 7.8G used: 2.4G (33%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 0.88GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: 47.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 83 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 69.4/247.8MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

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# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 20 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
/dev/sda1               1        1027     8249346   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2            1027        2326    10434217   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3            2326        2432      851445   82  Linux swap
Warning: Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/sda2 is just a ext 3 /data partition for now. I just powered this up so I won't be doing much testing today.
It's been averaging over 107F here the past few weeks and my A/C compressor for the house took a nose dive. So I will be busy on that issue till I get it fixed.

rokytnji · posted: 2012-06-22 23:32

Amrel RT 786 EX. Tap. Sound, everything hardware releated works. Ram usage after fresh isntall and nothing open was 54MB. inxi readout is ram usage with Icewm, Leafpad, Terminal, Conky, and AntiX 12 ful iso.

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Machine:   System: Intel product: Montara Family of Chipsets
           Mobo: Phoenix model: RT786EX version: 41118 Bios: Phoenix version: MGM-ALL1.86C.1009.D.0604271130 date: 04/27/06
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 600.00 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 8.0GB (32.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST68022CF size: 8.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 6.7G used: 2.5G (39%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 0.82GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 81 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 66.0/492.6MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

This laptop make and brand really likes AntiX.

masinick · posted: 2012-06-22 23:45

Looks like you have quite a bit of test hardware there, Roky, a lot more than I have! Glad you're finding units that work well with antiX! I do have three of them: a Dell Dimension 3000 desktop, 2004 vintage, that I installed antiX-Base M12.0 Pre Final on, and placed in the den for Mom to use. It has worked flawlessly. Then I have a Gateway 2000 Series 17" Model PA6A portable that I use for most of my work. I have antiX core from a previous release on it, and use Debian Sid to keep it constantly updated. I also run antiX-Base M12.0 Pre Final on this system and it works really well. Then I have antiX core and a Swift Linux 0.2.0 installation that uses both antiX and Linux Mint Debian Edition tools and packaging. I have those installed on my Lenovo 3000 Series Y410 laptop.

I do also have a prototype Google Cr-48 Chromebook, but I have not disassembled that one; I run Google Chrome on it in netbook mode. It's my slowest running system, but thanks to the SSD and Google's careful tuning, it boots faster than anything else I own - within ten seconds, and it hibernates and restores in about a second, so it is terrific when I'm out and about or when I just want to quickly check a few Email messages. Of course, I can check Email pretty quickly with my Droid Bionic too, so the Chromebook doesn't get a lot of use.

Colonel Panic · posted: 2012-06-24 10:45

Hi. I';ve downloaded and installed AntiX beta 12 and so far I haven't noticed any problems at all. Even Flash works out of the box, which it often doesn't in Linux distros these days.

Cheers,

CP .

afab4 · posted: 2012-06-25 02:20

I tried to access the iceWM Control Center in the menu but it wouldn't open.
Looked at the menu settings and it is supposed to be located at /usr/local/bin/icewmcc/icewmcc.sh

However, looking at the contents of /usr/local/bin/ there isn't any icewmcc directory and a search failed to find the icewmcc.sh script.

EDIT:

Weird....I looked into my basic frugal install (not upgraded freshly installed from the antix-486 full iso) and the icewmcc directory is there with all the scripts inside.

So it is apparently caused by something on my end... __{{emoticon}}__

After copying the directory and contents form my frugal install to sda1 install I can get the iceWm Control Center to open. However, most of the funtions are"non-funtional". The only item I can make work is changing the number of workspaces.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-06-26 17:35

Installed latest version on"new" test machine. HP Pavilion dm4 -1265dx. works really well. requires you to remove the noxorg cheat code to get a gui. the only real problem I have is with the wifi status light. It occassionaly cycles from red (supposedly off) to white (supposedly on). I don't know why, and it doesn't impact the wifi as far as I can tell (always on).

Tested the webcam...works fine.

The menu.lst from grub is still incorrect/incomplete for windows install parititions.

two finger scrolling (horizontal and vertical) works very well on this machine.

inxi -F

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System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.3.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-full Edelweißpiraten 26 May 2012
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC version: 0587110002242B10000022100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 146A version: 58.28 Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: F.26 date: 02/14/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 CPU M 460 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2534.00 MHz 2: 1199.00 MHz 3: 1199.00 MHz 4: 1199.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 driver: vesa Resolution: 1368x768@0.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:6d:81:b4
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:15:7b:a8:14
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 324.1GB (0.9% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Cruzer size: 4.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 18G used: 2.7G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      Error: No /proc/mdstat file detected!
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: 45.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 113 Uptime: 20 min Memory: 183.7/2459.7MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.2

masinick · posted: 2012-06-26 18:34

Here's an update on my antiX-base M12.0 configuration, running with the 3.4.2 kernel and today's Debian and antiX updates:

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX Kernel: 3.4.2-antix.2-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.0) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.8.3 (Gtk 2.24.9) Distro: antiX-base 04 March 2012
Machine:   System: Gateway product: MX8738 version: 3408450R
           Mobo: Gateway model: N/A version: 72.15 Bios: Phoenix version: 72.15 date: 04/16/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel CPU T2080 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6916.02 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 4000 bus-ID: 04:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600BEVS size: 160.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 20G used: 11G (60%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 105 Uptime: 2:31 Memory: 388.0/2015.6MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5

Still working great. I've used the 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 kernels for sure, possibly one or two others, and they have all worked well for me in this hardware configuration. The only issues I remember anywhere (but I'm not even sure I saw them in this antiX-Base instance, were some Wifi issues that were happening in some Debian repos and distros, though I cannot recall for certain whether I ever saw them here or not, but if so, they are long gone.

Very early in the testing cycle, I had one issue with wireless firmware, but only in the antiX-Full version, not in Base. That issue was a conflict between the Broadcom b43 firmware and the Broadcom STA firmware drivers, both of which, in theory at least, are capable of supporting my Broadcom 4311 wireless card. I've had nothing but problems with the STA firmware, and when both are present, they create further issues until you find them and blacklist one of them or remove one of them. I completely removed the STA firmware, ran the firmware-b43-installer, and have had no issues since.

I understand that anti is just about ready to release, but is waiting for the right time to do so, in order to find the Debian archives in good condition. The Debian freeze window, which is allegedly imminent, should provide that opportunity by June 30, if Debian remains on track, and then anti can release when he feels comfortable.

Along that line, I am going to look around for what still needs to be done. Not sure I can fill in all of the gaps, but if there is something that I can help with, I'll try to do so.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-06-26 23:57

got an odd issue... i installed today on the hp pavilion while I was at work. everything worked fine, including internet access. I come home and login to my home network and I'm getting some odd dns issues. I can get to sites like yahoo.com, but not mail.yahoo.com. all the google sites seem to come up, but not antix.freeforums.org. I've now installed the current antix full testing version on three machines (hp pavilion dm4-1265dx, eeepc 904ha, and sony pcgfxa32). Three different wireless chip sets, three different vintages of computer. all exhibit this same behavior. to test the home network, I've used my android phone and two windows computers to verify that the network is working correctly (I'm posting from one of the windows pc's now).

the one difference in networks is that at home I have a seperate wireless router configured as an access point (netgear 3700) and a seperate cisco unit acting as a straight router. this all ties into att dsl. at work its a linksys wrt54g acting as a usual wireless router. I'm baffled as to where to look to even diagnose this issue. Any thoughts?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-06-27 00:17

ok, I've eliminated the wireless access point and hooked directly to the router by wire. same behavior as I reported above. Frustrating, as I posted on this same machine from work.