antiX-15-beta3 available. - Page 2

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-06-04 00:57

really digging the personal menu now, especially now that I have an entry for synaptic.

fun tip: with menu manager, choose to add a personal menu item, then choose any program from the list. You'll note that synaptic doesn't have one. No worries, just choose any app, and you'll get a screen that will let you change the name and launch parameters, and icon, of the app. which you can use to conform to synaptic (gksu synaptic) and by choosing an icon to match.

I did the same with my netflix entry (google-chrome netflix.com).

BitJam · posted: 2015-06-04 01:54

fladd wrote:Looks very nice, but: RAM usage has more than dobuled since Antix 13! It is now 130MB directly after booting into the desktop.

For minimal RAM usage choose one of the min-$DESKTOP options from the F6-Desktop menu in the bootloader. Booting to the desktop using min-icewm takes only 87 Meg total here. Some memory monitors will report an even lower value. For example, htop says only 52 Meg are used. There was a tension between keeping the memory footprint low and adding goodies to the desktop. We added the min-$DESKTOP options to try to relieve this tension. The default is to get a bunch of goodies but it is easy to disable them all.

HTH

skidoo · posted: 2015-06-04 17:57

not posting this to the"development" thread b/c I doubt the suggestion to change would be welcome/popular
(waaaaah! grownups don't need no stinkin' clippydippy manager! Bleccch, it adds 8--12Mb to the memory footprint!)

Even if most antiX users are polyglots, all users would benefit from ready availability of a desktop clipboard manager.
With that in mind, for the non"min-" desktop sessions, I'm at a loss to understand why"keyboard switcher" widget is autostarted but"clipboard manager" is not.

related, for followup (I haven't checked):
If I'm in Toronto, Canada... or Perth, Australia and have set English + Timezone in boot menu, do I get an everpresent USA flag shoved into my tray?

anticapitalista · posted: 2015-06-04 19:09

Well we try to please, but there is conflict.
It was requested to NOT have clipboard auto started.

It was also requested (way back) to have the flag as a simple indicator for noobs to toggle their keyboard language.

min-* desktop does not (or should not) start the keyboard switcher.

skidoo · posted: 2015-06-05 01:51

Hey, it's cool. I do think the current build strikes a very good balance.

I personally like the riff raff filter that keeps some humans off our lawn.

NOT cool

rokytnji · posted: 2015-06-05 17:06

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demo@antiX1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full Killah P 31 May 2015
Machine:   Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU
           Bios: IBM v: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006
CPU:       Single core Mobile Intel Pentium III - M (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (pae sse) bmips: 2397 speed: 1200 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: S3 Graphics SuperSavage IX/C SDR bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 driver: vesa
           Resolution: 1024x768@61.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 18c0 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
           driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 6400 bus-ID: 02:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT2800 802.11n PCI
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 07:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 32.0GB (8.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: IC25N030ATCS04 size: 30.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 2.0GB
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 2.10GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0C mobo: 48.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 182 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 103.0/1004.8MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.2.16

IBM T23. Pentium 3. Savage Graphics. I picked Safe graphics boot Bitjam from past experience with testing.
Saw the xorg=safe boot cheat and grinned. Just a live session test. Wicd worked OK on wireless wpa2-psk.
Expect everything else to work also.

Happy Trailz, Rok

skidoo · posted: 2015-06-05 17:56

I posted a concern. If that was seen as nitpicking, oh well.
(Looking at the d/l stats since I posted that, I'm thinking"long time since a"core" version has been released. Nice to see it's getting exposure.")

Rok, I've no"problem with you", just a strong disagreement with the POV expressed in that post.
Build it, announce via distrowatch, publish to sourceforge...
When"friends we haven't yet met" arrive here, I'm glad to have them realize not all of us here are"real men" (133t?)

goantiX

Like someone already noticed, i have ext4 corruption issues without any cause.I checked all log files in /var/log and i everything seemed fine to me.Then i run badblocks on my USB to make me sure that there wasn't and hardware fault,but badblocks said that my usb has no badblocks.I solved by issuing"fsck /dev/sdb1" in a terminal from a live usb of antix.I have a acer aspire e1-522 with AMD e1-2500 CPU and HD 8240 APU and i installed antix on a 8 GB USB stick.

Alanarchy · posted: 2015-06-07 22:20

I understood the ext4 problems were kernel source related and not an antix fault. i.e. It's going to occur no matter what distro you use, so just use a 3 series kernel.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-06-07 23:14

there is a 4.04 kernel in the repos I do believe. might be in the testing repo.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5644

Shay · posted: 2015-06-08 01:22

The 4.04 kernel in the repos is in testing.

male · posted: 2015-06-08 11:51

Alanarchy wrote:I understood the ext4 problems were kernel source related and not an antix fault. i.e. It's going to occur no matter what distro you use, so just use a 3 series kernel.

Thanks for the hint.
I've been looking for days after the error, because the

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demo@antiX1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 Distro: antiX-15-beta3-V_386-full Killah P 31 May 2015
Machine:   System: QEMU product: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX 1996) v: pc-i440fx-2.3
           Mobo: N/A model: N/A
           Bios: Sea v: 1.8.1-20150428_134905-gandalf date: 04/01/2014
CPU(s):    2 Single core QEMU Virtual version 2.3.0s (-HT-SMP-) cache: 8192 KB
           flags: (pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 10665
           clock speeds: max: 2666 MHz 1: 2666 MHz 2: 2666 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Device 1234:1111 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: c000 bus-ID: 00:03.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: NA (-) ID-1: /dev/sda model: QEMU_HARDDISK size: 4.3GB
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 182 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 77.4/1972.6MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.2.16

can not be installed in a virtual disk.

Until the manual GRUB installation, tells me:
...
unknown filesystem
By contrast, there is no problem here, even with the latest kernel siduction and systemd. __{{emoticon}}__

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inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix14RD Kernel: 4.0.5-towo.1-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: antiX-14-a3-RD_x64-full Killah P 11 October 2014
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5Q-PRO v: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends v: 2102 date: 02/23/2009
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 21340
           clock speeds: max: 2670 MHz 1: 2003 MHz 2: 2003 MHz 3: 2336 MHz 4: 2003 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Barts XT [Radeon HD 6870] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1680x1050@59.88hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD BARTS GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Barts HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6800 Series]
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Card-2 Intel 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.5-towo.1-siduction-amd64
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
           driver: ATL1E port: cc00 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Techsan B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card
           driver: b2c2_flexcop_pci port: ec00 bus-ID: 05:01.0
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (0.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ST3250820AS size: 250.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdc model: WD2502ABYS size: 250.1GB ID-3: /dev/sda model: DriveXpert_HDD0 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 9.8G used: 4.7G (51%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb10
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 26.5C mobo: 41.0C gpu: 50.5
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 727 psu: 1461 sys-1: 217 sys-2: 788
Info:      Processes: 142 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 236.4/7989.5MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.331) inxi: 2.2.16

Alanarchy · posted: 2015-06-08 13:08

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can not be installed in a virtual disk.

So that's what's wrong __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__

And I was calling Virtualbox all kinds of rude names. __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-06-08 14:03

Alanarchy wrote:
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can not be installed in a virtual disk.
So that's what's wrong __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__

And I was calling Virtualbox all kinds of rude names. __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__

weird....I have it installed on a virtualbox machine, with ext4 filesystem. Its the machine on which I did all the theme testing. No problems so far...

rust collector · posted: 2015-06-08 14:27

my core install was tricky, as grub messed up. reinstalled grub from a live cd, and it was fine.
(regular install to disk)