topic title: antiX-13-beta1 available
anticapitalista
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Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#1
antiX-13-beta1 base isos available for testing in 32 and 64 bit. (c365MB)

3.6.11 kernel
dist-upgrade to 07 Feb 2013
more options in meta-installer
mupdf replaces epdfview and zathura
mc removed use ranger for cli filer
installers now give xfs, jfs, ext2 as options. btrfs is avaliable, but only use for data, not for installing onto.
numerous 'internal' changes to antiX scripts


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-linux/files/Testing/"
linktext was:"https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix- ... s/Testing/"
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Enjoy!
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dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#2
i was quite fond of mc __{{emoticon}}__ i'll give ranger a try to see how it goes.
mupdf seams simpler than zathura. my question is: how do i fit the page to the entire size of the screen? w seams to do the opposite.
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#3
Very nice so far. 64 bit runs 80mb @ idle.
The"edit login options" worked very well to change my default desktop to Fluxbox-no icons.
I could never get this to work on a hard drive installation in the 12.5 release.
On to more testing.
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#4
anticapitalista wrote: mc removed use ranger for cli filer
This is very disappointing. MC is (and has been for many years) the de facto standard for CLI file managers. Ranger simply isn't in the same class. I would request that the decision to omit it is considered again, and that it be retained for antiX-full.
anticapitalista
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#5
OK. mc will be put back in base. (It was not removed for full)
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male
Joined: 04 Nov 2011
#6

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male@antiX13:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX13 Kernel: 3.6.11-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-13-beta1_x64-base Ahmad Sami 7 February 2013
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 20564QG version: ThinkPad T500
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20564QG Bios: LENOVO version: 6FET83WW (3.13 ) date: 03/15/2010
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T9400 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1680x1050@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: xxxx
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: xxxxx
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (27.8% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HITACHI_HTS54501 size: 160.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 7.4G used: 1.5G (22%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0C mobo: 35.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A fan-1: 0 
Info:      Processes: 84 Uptime: 38 min Memory: 241.9/3853.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.34
Installation 10 min
Grub good on sda9

Network LAN and WLAN ok
Sound ok
Video ok

Mountbox ok (for the 1st time) Image
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#7
OK..on to doing an antixsnapshot and then using new_usb.sh to make a live USB from that snapshot.
Made the antixsnapshot and the USB successfully.
Used the USB and the cli-installer to do a hard drive install.
Booted the hard drive install and fstab is empty. Can't access any other partitions or devices with Rox-filer or mountbox.
I then tried the same process with live-init added to the USB but still nothing written to fstab.
I ran make-fstab and this successfully populated my fstab and Rox found every available partition and device EXCEPT I cannot mount my USB devices. My USB displays as device sdb1 but I cannot mount it __{{emoticon}}__
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#8

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# rutilt
Segmentation faul
t

text editor in rox won't open text file when rox filer is ran as
root. eg default run leafpad. Left click nothing happens. Right
click open as text nothing happens.

md5sum is good. Tap works. Sound
is OK.

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$ sux
bash: sux: command not found

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 apt-cache policy sux
sux:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.1-6
  Version table:
     1.0.1-6 0
        500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages
root@biker:/home/harry# apt-get install sux wicd wicd-gtk

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System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.6.11-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-13-beta1_x64-base Ahmad Sami 7 February 2013
Machine:   Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 5534 version: V1.10 Bios: Acer version: V1.10 date: 08/26/2009
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon X2 L310 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1196.972 MHz 2: 1196.972 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS780M/RS780MN [Mobility Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 250.1GB (0.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK2555GS size: 250.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 7.7G used: 1.4G (19%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 88G used: 12M (1%) fs: btrfs 
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0C mobo: 0.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 100 Uptime: 20 min Memory: 132.6/3704.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.34
At least I got a slim login screen instead of command line login
and startx. (or is it lightdm, only Anti knows for sure ____seeing double __{{emoticon}}__ )

Some weird stuff going on with rox though as a user.
Windows not opening in /media. AScreenshot to show what
I am talking about.

Maybe when I installed btrfs file system for /hoe partition. I induced
these screwups?

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# blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="PQSERVICE" UUID="84C0247FC0247996" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda2: LABEL="SYSTEM RESERVED" UUID="9C2425202424FF40" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="Acer" UUID="6AC2CA02C2C9D28D" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="26a54718-3581-4c8b-958a-a03d4ce2b96f" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda6: LABEL="/" UUID="36c9c5bd-8611-475c-91ed-b13b8ecfe729" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: LABEL="/home" UUID="55421c6b-4f54-41a2-979e-82ca2b7f2b1f" UUID_SUB="4a16b4e6-1f25-4024-9ebc-a6ff6b28c584" TYPE="btrfs"

excuse my FU post. Been drinking all day.

Screw it new screeny cuz I don't care
(as he chugs another beer and shoots a tequila)
New Conky after drinking
New Conky after drinking
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afab4
Joined: 17 Oct 2009
#9
The gui installer has a bug: __{{emoticon}}__
The selector box for time zone now says"Local" which is a good change.
However, the instructions in the side box still are referring to Universal time.
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masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#10
OK, I am snagging antiX-13-beta1 now. Since there has been quite a bit that has changed since antiX-12.5-Alpha2, I'll give this one a good wringing out, first running it live, then I'll install it over my existing image (though I've actually been VERY HAPPY with it! In fact, less than an hour ago, I was just complementing both antiX and MEPIS on their quality of anything past Alpha 1. Heck, sometimes even Alpha 1 builds work perfectly! In any case, I look forward to testing this one out, and thanks already, those of you who beat me to it, and to anti for putting together more good stuff, and also for listening to those who make suggestions. Great stuff! I'll give feedback once I get my hands on it again. __{{emoticon}}__
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masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#11
OK, I made it back here; I am running antiX-13-beta1 base in live mode.

Here is my configuration:

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.6.11-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) 
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.2 Distro: antiX-13-beta1_386-base Ahmad Sami 8 February 2013
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 pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6916.12 
           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: 1.12.4 drivers: vesa,intel (unloaded: fbdev) Resolution: 1024x768@61.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A Direct Rendering: N/A
Audio:     Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 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: 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: 83 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 153.3/2015.2MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.37) inxi: 1.8.34
So far, it looks good, but I've just started testing. I'll report again after I get a chance to install this and work on it for a while.
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masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#12
I just finished the installation. I installed the base implementation, reused sda7, where I had a previous test version, and I installed GRUB, not to the MBR, but to the sda7 partition. All of these parameters were accepted. I'll check it out next and see if I encounter any issues.

So far, I've run live, which I'm still doing, and I've reinstalled over a previous image, retaining home, and that appeared to work fine, as it usually does.
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#13
anticapitalista wrote:OK. mc will be put back in base. (It was not removed for full)
Yet another example of the open-minded, collaborative nature of this distro.
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masinick
Joined: 26 Apr 2008
#14
SamK wrote:
anticapitalista wrote:OK. mc will be put back in base. (It was not removed for full)
Yet another example of the open-minded, collaborative nature of this distro.
I could not agree more! Thanks, anti, for your flexibility, and thank you, SamK, for your kindness in recognizing what we have here and not simply taking it for granted.

Great stuff; running on the installed image now, and looking good!
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#15
anticapitalista wrote: mupdf replaces epdfview and zathura
If replacement pdf readers are being considered, Foxit-Reader is worth looking at. I have used it for a long time without a hitch. It is a good choice for both older and newer kit.
Main benefits:
  • It is tiny. Size after installation=6326kB
  • Has no dependecies
  • Requires very little RAM
  • Makes few demands on CPU
  • Is very responsive in use
  • How to use it is obvious and intuitive because its interface is familiar and simple

Edit: removed reference to obtaining from Debian repo.
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