antiX-17-b1-full available for public testing - Page 7

Hierax_ca · posted: 2017-07-17 00:52

eugen-b wrote:
Hierax_ca wrote: Now my next question, is how to I get there to be 2 options in the Grub menu, one for the Full antiX GUI IceWM and one for cli only? I'm looking to be able to choose from the Grub boot screen which one to boot from (like if you install Linux as a dual boot with another OS, or even another Linux distro). Is there some sort of Grub Customizer utility like MX has that can do this that can be added to antiX, or how would the grub file itself need to be edited to get these 2 options? Or what would you recommend?
Copy a regular grub code for an antiX Grub entry to the file /etc/grub.d/40_custom, give the entry a recognizable name and add a 3 to the code line starting with"linux".
Undo your addition to /etc/default/grub where you added a 3 to the kernel parameters.
Then run update-grub.

Avoid grub-customizer, because it will reward you with double Grub entries after you chroot and repair Grub, to mention just one inconvenience.

Ok, Thanks! I'm slowly trying to learn to do this right and that worked!

Summary if anyone else wants to do this:
- Copy from: /boot/grub/grub.cfg
- Copy: menu entry ... }
- Paste to /etc/grub.d/40_custom
- Modify: menu entry"<_CLI antiX_>"{
... linux ... quiet <_3_>
}
- sudo update-grub
- sudo reboot

down from idle start of 122mb/1.97gb to 53mb! Should work well even on the older computers... Loving the flexibility of antiX!

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:09

Conky Bogus Monitors Status

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Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

17-b1

invalid monitor reports from Conky

This state is frequently observed. I suspect it is attributable to Conky because switching Conky off and on clears the monitors and they seem to behave normally thereafter. Restarting the WM also clears the monitors but only temporarily. Potentially this might be associated with the issue of the erroneous conky display. Perhaps this is not an issue with the adoption of Conky-Legacy.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:19

Conky Network Monitors

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Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

17-b1
NICs state from cold boot-up

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inxi -c0 -n -z
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>

Neither wired or wireless NICS operating.

inconsistent monitors display

It is inconsistent for conky to display the wireless monitor and not the wired monitor.
Because both NICs are down neither should be displayed.

NICs state after set-up of eth0 via Ceni

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inxi -c0 -n -z
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>

Wired NIC operating.

Undesirable NIC display

Both wired and wireless monitors are shown despite the wireless NIC being down and the wired NIC being up.
It has long been my understanding that it is regarded as undesriable and poor practice for a single system to obtain multiple IP adresses via DHCP. The Conky display should show only a single monitor of the NIC which holds the lease. If the NIC with the DHCP lease changes during a session, Conky should automatically update and display only the corresponding monitor.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:36

streamlight icon incorrect size in task bar

16.1
Streamlight and other icons used in private apps display OK

Correctly shown in antiX-16.1

17-b1
Streamlight and other icons used in private apps display incorrectly

Incorrectly displayed 17-b1

Potential cause
A similar state was reported on Google groups a few months ago. In this case the YAD dev, Victor Ananjevsky pointed to the answer which lay in the tray implementation.

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yad-common/bUGK07v4i7s"
linktext was:"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic ... UGK07v4i7s"
====================================

Whatever the cause, we need to fix this issue as it adversely affects existing and forthcoming apps.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:43

Icewm Clearview enu icons do not respect size change

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Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

Live Boot Params 16.1 & 17-b1

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cat / proc/cmdline
nosavestate vga=791 lang=en_GB quiet

16.1
By design, the Clearview theme shows the icons in the main menu at different sizes corresponding to the theme types, small, medium, large.
In this version of antiX it works OK as shown in the following screen shots of large and small.

Correct in 16.1

17-b1
In this version of antiX, although the task bar and height of the menu resize as expected, the icons in the main menu do not.
Additionally, something is affecting the font in the main menu.

incorrect in 17-b1

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:47

icewm workspace names wrong after switching desktop

Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

Live Boot Params 17-b1

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cat / proc/cmdline
nosavestate vga=791 lang=en_GB quiet

Correct before switching to Fluxbox

Correctly shown workspace names

Wrong after switching from Fluxbox back to IceWM

Incorrectly shown workspace names

The only way I can find to reset the error is to log-out and log-in again.

Just musing here...

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apt-cache policy icewm
icewm:
  Installed: 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
  Candidate: 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Package version in Debian Stretch, Buster, and Sid
icewm 1.3.8+mod+20161220-1

I don't remember the evaluation of 1.3.12+mod+20170325. Is it being done via the pre-release of antiX-17?

Between antiX-16 and 17-b1, has a change been introduced to the way in which desktop-session handles the switching of desktops?

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:49

imagemagick installed

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apt-cache policy imagemagick
imagemagick:
  Installed: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11
  Candidate: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11
  Version table:
 *** 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

It is not clear why this app is installed. Although I use imagemagick, it does not seem a good choice to ship in the ISO. In the interests of space footprint reduction, this might be a good candidate to leave out and for the user to make the decision to install it.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:52

Menu Button-->Update Menu Produces no action

Report only, cause not investigated.

In 16.1
The following steps produce the expected result i.e. Gweled is removed from the main menu.

In 17-b1

Delete (or move) /usr/share/applications/gweled.desktop
Menu-->Update Menu

Result
Gweled item is not removed from the main menu.

Has something changed between 16 and 17-b1 in the way menu updating is handled?

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:54

eth0 Not Set-Up

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Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

Live Boot Params 16.1 & 17-b1

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cat / proc/cmdline
nosavestate vga=791 lang=en_GB quiet

16.1
NIC State

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inxi -c0 -n -z
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>

ip addr show | grep eth0$
  inet 192.168.2.199/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global eth0

Network works as expected in this state

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ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8 icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=19.4 ms
...

17-b1
NICs

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inxi -c0 -n -z
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>

ip addr show | grep eth0$

No IP address leased to eth0

Network fails as expected in this state

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ping 8.8.8.8
connect: Network is unreachable

After set up of eth0 via Ceni an IP address is obtained and the ping works as expected.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 08:56

xbacklight fails to set screen brightness

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Graphics

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inxi -c0 -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2

In 16.1

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xbacklight -set 45

Produces the expected result i.e. the screen is dimmed.

In 17-b1

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xbacklight -set 45
No outputs have backlight property

The screen brightness does not change.

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 09:27

dolphin_oracle wrote:I kinda like the bigger text. Makes it all friendly.

Shay wrote:I prefer the larger text. Easier on the old eyes.

+1

figosdev · posted: 2017-07-18 10:42

i love the wallpaper. the metro is a pretty fantastic way to get places.

cyrilus31 · posted: 2017-07-18 11:33

SamK wrote:Conky Bogus Monitors Status

Report only, not investigated

Test via live USB not conventional install to hard disk.

17-b1
monitors prior to conky stop and restart.jpgThis state is frequently observed. I suspect it is attributable to Conky because switching Conky off and on clears the monitors and they seem to behave normally thereafter. Restarting the WM also clears the monitors but only temporarily. Potentially this might be associated with the issue of the erroneous conky display. Perhaps this is not an issue with the adoption of Conky-Legacy.

From antiX website
Known issues:
spotify does not install in packageinstaller (others?)
live boot - internet works ok with ethernet ootb, but does not work after installed. Use ceni to set it up again - make sure you use auto option.
conky blurs when switching themes in IceWM

SamK · posted: 2017-07-18 12:26

Re Conky Bogus Monitors Status

cyrilus31 wrote:...
conky blurs when switching themes in IceWM

As acknowledged in my post it might be associated to the blurring, however the report is primarily about the erroneous state of the monitor report graphs.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-07-18 18:05

SamK wrote:xbacklight fails to set screen brightness

Report only, cause not investigated.

Graphics
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inxi -c0 -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x900@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
In 16.1
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xbacklight -set 45
Produces the expected result i.e. the screen is dimmed.

In 17-b1
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xbacklight -set 45
No outputs have backlight property
The screen brightness does not change.

I can confirm this. the xbacklight package seems broken a little in stretch, at least with regards to intel hardware. according to some bug report posts I've read, possibly will work ok with a 4.11 kernel but I haven' tried it.

setting manually by"echoing" a value to /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness does work.