antiX-17-a2 32 bit only for testing. - Page 3

kmathern · posted: 2017-03-22 20:09

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dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-03-22 20:09

kmathern wrote:
anticapitalista wrote:
eugen-b wrote:But clicking AMD/ATI flgrx installer in CC doesn't open any window.
see a couple of posts above yours
fglrx was removed from Stretch a year or so ago because it doesn't support Xorg versions 1.18 and higher (Stretch is using Xorg 1.19.2), so there's nothing to install.

oh yeah... is there a new amd driver to install in stretch?

kmathern · posted: 2017-03-22 20:13

dolphin_oracle wrote:oh yeah... is there a new amd driver to install in stretch?

There's the amdgpu driver, but that only works with newer AMD/ATI gpus.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-03-22 20:17

kmathern wrote:
dolphin_oracle wrote:oh yeah... is there a new amd driver to install in stretch?
There's the amdgpu driver, but that only works with newer AMD/ATI gpus.

I think there is an xorg package for that already.

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url was:"https://packages.debian.org/stretch/xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu"
linktext was:"https://packages.debian.org/stretch/xse ... deo-amdgpu"
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so I suppose nothing to do for amd proprietary drivers in stretch, right. then we can drop that function of ddm-mx.

anticapitalista · posted: 2017-03-22 20:25

Glad we sorted that out in alpha that's why we do this to check - good work kent.

eugen-b · posted: 2017-03-22 22:19

kmathern wrote:
dolphin_oracle wrote:oh yeah... is there a new amd driver to install in stretch?
There's the amdgpu driver, but that only works with newer AMD/ATI gpus.

Here is a pretty good overview about AMD drivers for"older/newer" hardware (GCN generations)

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url was:"https://github.com/Tids/mhwd-addon-amdgfx-hwe"
linktext was:"https://github.com/Tids/mhwd-addon-amdgfx-hwe"
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The driver video-amdgpu-experimental+ works on my GPU.

kmathern · posted: 2017-03-22 23:01

eugen-b wrote:Here is a pretty good overview about AMD drivers for"older/newer" hardware (GCN generations)

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The driver video-amdgpu-experimental+ works on my GPU.

I haven't really tried antiX-17-a2 yet, on my MX-16 install I can get it to use the amdgpu driver if I install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu and add the following to the kernel options

$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.1-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=ab940fe4-7c83-45ad-852c-8addf5ebee5a ro zswap.zpool=zsmalloc BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet radeon.modeset=0

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$ inxi -Gxxx
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8240 / R3 Series]
           bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9838
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,amdgpu (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,radeon)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KABINI (DRM 3.9.0 / 4.10.1-antix.1-amd64-smp, LLVM 3.9.1)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes

eugen-b · posted: 2017-03-22 23:16

kmathern wrote:
eugen-b wrote:Here is a pretty good overview about AMD drivers for"older/newer" hardware (GCN generations)

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://github.com/Tids/mhwd-addon-amdgfx-hwe"
linktext was:"https://github.com/Tids/mhwd-addon-amdgfx-hwe"
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The driver video-amdgpu-experimental+ works on my GPU.
I haven't really tried antiX-17-a2 yet, on my MX-16 install I can get it to use the amdgpu driver if I install xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu and add the following to the kernel options
$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.1-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=ab940fe4-7c83-45ad-852c-8addf5ebee5a ro zswap.zpool=zsmalloc BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet radeon.modeset=0
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$ inxi -Gxxx
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8240 / R3 Series]
           bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9838
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,amdgpu (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,radeon)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KABINI (DRM 3.9.0 / 4.10.1-antix.1-amd64-smp, LLVM 3.9.1)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes

Maybe Tids' configuration does s.th. similar. He writes that those are not different amdgpu drivers but differen install scripts.
And we happen to have very similar hardware.

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$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD KABINI (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.1-antix.1-486-smp, LLVM 3.9.1)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.5

eugen-b · posted: 2017-03-22 23:28

I created a new live USB stick, this time with GPT, wrote the ISO with dd and booted in UEFI mode. The UEFI menu is very attractive, IMO! I booted with toram option.
I tried to install again on a btrfs partition and got the same error as described before, step 3. stops at 3% if I say yes to format partiotion, it stops immediately if I select no, then it goes back to step 1.
Installing on ext4 works.
The option to install Grub to ESP is greyed out, even though I booted in UEFImode and there is a 256MB FAT32 partition.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-03-22 23:29

eugen-b wrote:I created a new live USB stick, this time with GPT, wrote the ISO with dd and booted in UEFI mode. The UEFI menu is very attractive, IMO! I booted with toram option.
I tried to install again on a btrfs partition and got the same error as described before, step 3. stops at 3% if I say yes to format partiotion, it stops immediately if I select no, then it goes back to step 1.
Installing on ext4 works.
The option to install Grub to ESP is greyed out, even though I booted in UEFImode and there is a 256MB FAT32 partition.

the 32bit cannot install in UEFI mode. we should probably have a warning pop up about that.

eugen-b · posted: 2017-03-22 23:32

dolphin_oracle wrote:the 32bit cannot install in UEFI mode. we should probably have a warning pop up about that.

I heard about that and it makes sense, but you often realize such facts when they hit you in your face. __{{emoticon}}__

skidoo · posted: 2017-03-23 03:20

eugen, for btrfs, what mount options should it specify?
? Something like"defaults,noatime,compress=lzo,commit=120 0 0"

AFAICT, here's how the installer currently attempts to handle btrfs

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https://github.com/antiX-Linux/antiX-installer/blob/master/minstall.cpp#L2459

FILE *fp = fopen("/mnt/antiX/etc/fstab","w");
     . . .
     } else if (isFormatBtrfs) {
           sprintf(line,"%s / auto defaults,noatime 1 1\n", rootdev);

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url was:"https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab"
linktext was:"https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fstab"
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Note: If the root file system is btrfs, the fsck order should be set to 0 instead of 1

skidoo · posted: 2017-03-23 03:24

1. when leaving icewm to another wm, then coming back, format of workspace area changes. (sometimes 1 2, sometime alpha, beta)

2. changing theme in icewm makes conky get a little weird

the `killall conky` during changeover isn't happening. The new WM session winds up with multiple, overlapped, conkies running.

ile · posted: 2017-03-23 09:29

hello anticapitalista and everyone
This Nvidia NV34M always works fine upon installs. Here has never need experience of other nvidia avenues. How would you wish this set-up tested? In a repository entry of deb multimedia Distribution shows"stecth." (is that normal?) The ram usage throughout upgrade rest below 166 M. Same usb that ran live the T42 for fifty hours installed here the D800. live used gparted to format target. install to entire drive. upgraded showing repositories ; is that right?

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System:    Host: phoema2x17 Kernel: 4.10.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 dm: slim Distro: antiX-17.a2_386-full keerfa 19 March 2017
Machine:   Device: portable System: Dell product: Latitude D800 Chassis: type: 8
           Mobo: Dell model: 0T1957 BIOS: Dell v: A11 date: 09/03/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium M (-UP-) cache: 2048 KB bmips: 3388 speed/min/max: 1700/600/1700 MHz
           CPU Flags: acpi bts clflush cmov cx8 de dts est fpu fxsr mca mce mmx msr mtrr pbe pge pse sep ss sse
           sse2 tm tm2 tsc vme
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200 64M] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0324
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1680x1050@60.01hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV34 GLX Version: 1.5 Mesa 13.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:165d
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
           driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq bus-ID: 02:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 16.0GB (32.8% used)
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
           deb http://repo.antixlinux.com/stretch/ stretch main nosystemd
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
           deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ stretch non-free contrib main
           deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates non-free contrib main
Weather:   Conditions: 32 F (0 C) - Clear Wind: From the NNE at 8 MPH Humidity: 34%
           Pressure: 30.55 in (1034 mb) Wind Chill: 25 F (-4 C)
           Location: Washington DC (US) Altitude: 12 ft
           Time: March 23, 4:33 AM EDT Observation Time: March 23, 3:52 AM EDT
Info:      Processes: 127 Uptime: 1:36 Memory: 258.2/1002.7MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.111 running in lxterminal) inxi: 2.3.8 
ihere@phoema2x17:~

eugen-b · posted: 2017-03-23 10:41

skidoo wrote:eugen, for btrfs, what mount options should it specify?
? Something like"defaults,noatime,compress=lzo,commit=120 0 0"

Note: If the root file system is btrfs, the fsck order should be set to 0 instead of 1

Best thing would be if the user could get the chance to enter his or her preferred mount options.
I used to apply the command in a separate terminal window

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sudo mount -o remount,compress-force=lzo,ssd(or autodefrag),noatime -t btrfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/antix

which saves me about 45% disk space.
For fstab I apply noatime,compress=lzo,ssd(or autodefrag when on HDD),commit=120 0 0. The zero at the end is not necessary, the fsck would be skipped with an error message anyway at boot.
But this might not be the preferred way for everybody. For example s.o. uses mutt and needs relatime. Or doesn't trust transparent compression. commit=120 delays disk writes to every two minutes, default is 60 seconds.

So, I would be careful to change mount default options and notify the user about them.