antiX-17-b2-full available for public testing

anticapitalista · 29 Jul 2017, 16:19 #1 2017-07-29 16:19

One month on from the release of beta1, we are ready to test out beta2.

Hopefully we managed to fix some of the problems identified in beta 1 such as automatic connection to ethernet on live device and installed to hard drive.

Decided to use conky-legacy and gufw-legacy versions (1. to save some space and 2. to save some RAM usage 3. They both seem more stable).

Installer now prompts for keyboard set up at the beginning rather than near the end. This *should* work much better for those who want/need multi-language support.

eudev seems to be working ok so we will ship with it rather than udev. (note it is packaged as udev to avoid dependency hell, but I assure you we are using eudev).

Still known issues since I have not found a fix.

* IceWM and jwm task bar icon for streamlight is half size
* IceWM themes do not increase size of icons
* Conky blur when switching themes in IceWM

The issue with IceWM is not because it is a later version built from git since the version in Debian stretch also has the issues mentioned above. My guess is its a (gtk3) theme issue.

Enjoy!

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Shay · posted: 2017-07-29 19:25

A file extension change error with screenshot. Removing the"." in front of jpg and replacing it works fine.
Firefox ESR is still slow opening.

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix17b2 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
           Distro: antiX-17.b2_x64-full keerfa 28 July 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6430 v: 01
           Mobo: Dell model: 0H3MT5 v: A00 BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 08/19/2015
Battery    BAT0: charge: 61.0 Wh 93.4% condition: 65.3/90.0 Wh (73%)
           model: LGC-LGC3.0 DELL J7KGM29 status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-3320M (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 10369
           clock speeds: max: 3300 MHz 1: 1222 MHz 2: 1202 MHz 3: 1289 MHz 4: 1200 MHz
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Card-2: NVIDIA GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1600x900@59.99hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile
           GLX Version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f060 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (8.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 103G used: 2.8G (3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.34GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 50.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 169 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 494.4/7893.2MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.21

Shay · posted: 2017-07-29 20:34

Hit the broadcom wall
lspci -vnn -s 0c:00.0
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
Memory at f6cfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: ssb, wl

jim@antix17b2:~
$ su
Password:
root@antix17b2:/home/jim# modprobe b43
root@antix17b2:/home/jim# lspci -vnn -s 0c:00.0
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f6cfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number db-67-3a-ff-ff-c4-00-1f
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb, wl

Now how do I get rid of ssb and wl as I already have wl blacklisted.??
Made the blacklisting changes, did the modprobe b43
but everytime I boot up I have to do the modprobe and still can not get wireless.

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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix17b2 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
           Distro: antiX-17.b2_x64-full keerfa 28 July 2017
Machine:   Device: portable System: Dell product: Latitude D630
           Mobo: Dell model: 0KU184 BIOS: Dell v: A15 date: 11/24/2008
Battery    BAT0: charge: 44.0 Wh 2953.0% condition: 1.5/44.0 Wh (3%)
           model: Sanyo DELL 62 status: Full
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7981
           clock speeds: max: 2001 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM GLX Version: 2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 09:00.0
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
           driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 0c:00.0
           IF: wlan1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 135.7GB (8.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Glide size: 15.6GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 103G used: 3.0G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.34GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 146 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 283.9/3946.3MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.21

Hierax_ca · posted: 2017-07-29 21:02

Issues from Alpha 3 and Beta 1 still happening in Beta 2:

- Thinkpad 600x Sound Test Failure

- Thinkpad x60t Tablet Screen Boot Failure

- Thinkpad x301 Optical Drive

Testing continues...

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-07-29 21:40

Shay wrote:Hit the broadcom wall
lspci -vnn -s 0c:00.0
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
Memory at f6cfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: ssb, wl

jim@antix17b2:~
$ su
Password:
root@antix17b2:/home/jim# modprobe b43
root@antix17b2:/home/jim# lspci -vnn -s 0c:00.0
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1500 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-card [1028:000a]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f6cfc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information: Len=78 <?>
Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number db-67-3a-ff-ff-c4-00-1f
Capabilities: [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb, wl

Now how do I get rid of ssb and wl as I already have wl blacklisted.??
Made the blacklisting changes, did the modprobe b43
but everytime I boot up I have to do the modprobe and still can not get wireless.
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$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: antix17b2 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
           Distro: antiX-17.b2_x64-full keerfa 28 July 2017
Machine:   Device: portable System: Dell product: Latitude D630
           Mobo: Dell model: 0KU184 BIOS: Dell v: A15 date: 11/24/2008
Battery    BAT0: charge: 44.0 Wh 2953.0% condition: 1.5/44.0 Wh (3%)
           model: Sanyo DELL 62 status: Full
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T7250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7981
           clock speeds: max: 2001 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM GLX Version: 2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 09:00.0
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom Limited BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n
           driver: b43-pci-bridge bus-ID: 0c:00.0
           IF: wlan1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 135.7GB (8.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Glide size: 15.6GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 103G used: 3.0G (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.34GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 146 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 283.9/3946.3MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.21 

please post your blacklist files containing b43 and wl. for b43, you also need ssb uncommented in some cases. the manual modprobe loads it for you, but the boot up sequence does not. and I suspect that wl isn't blacklisted correctly if its still loading.

if you boot a clean live-usb on a broadcom machine, there is a startup script that should automatically disable wl and enable b43 and ssb for your part. however, if you do an initial boot on a different machine, the check isn't performed again and you end up with the wrong driver.

Shay · posted: 2017-07-29 22:15

if you boot a clean live-usb on a broadcom machine, there is a startup script that should automatically disable wl and enable b43 and ssb for your part. however, if you do an initial boot on a different machine, the check isn't performed again and you end up with the wrong driver.

I finally remembered that and have done a clean install and things are working correctly now.
I apologize!

Francesco · posted: 2017-07-31 14:40

Tried antix 17 b2, seems really nice __{{emoticon}}__ .

I have found out that the background is drawn at 16 bit for pixel or even less, see here:

Btw the problem happens also on 16.2 on the same hardware, i haven't checked elsewhere.

Thank you in advance.

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System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.12+mod+20170325.1
           Distro: antiX-17.b2_x64-full keerfa 28 July 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Acer product: AOD255 v: V3.15_Vodafone(DDR3)
           Mobo: Acer model: JE02_PT v: V3.15_Vodafone(DDR3)
           BIOS: Acer v: V3.15_Vodafone(DDR3) date: 02/15/2011
Battery    BAT0: charge: 2.4 Wh 9.0% condition: 26.9/44.0 Wh (61%)
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom N455 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 1666 MHz 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel Resolution: 1024x600@60.03hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Pineview M GLX Version: 2.1
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet driver: atl1c
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: b8:70:f4:a2:d0:fa
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath9k
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: d0:df:9a:28:77:44
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 283.1GB (14.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST9250315AS size: 250.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: USB_DISK_2.0 size: 1.0GB
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: JumpDrive size: 32.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.6G used: 2.4M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.27GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 132 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 137.4/1993.6MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.21

male · posted: 2017-08-03 15:13

anticapitalista wrote:..
Hopefully we managed to fix some of the problems identified in beta 1 such as automatic connection to ethernet on live device and installed to hard drive.
..
Still known issues since I have not found a fix.
..
* Conky blur when switching themes in IceWM

I have made 3 tests today:

1. the ISO in a VM

It lacks only"audio", which is due to qemu settings. __{{emoticon}}__
everything else (DE change), from conky to LAN is i.O.

2. as a live CD (usb stick) on a laptop

everything is working normally. Conky i.O.
Network (LAN + Wlan change) on all DE i.O

3. Installation on HDD of desktop PC

On all DE conky is i.O. (I have a station clock inserted __{{emoticon}}__ )
I can confirm: LAN connection is not established. After manual
Connection setup stable (I prefer wicd and fluxbox) __{{emoticon}}__

Scripture at boot time. Looks great.
What kind of font is it?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-08-04 00:02

cli-aptix 's"all kernel" and"all antiX kernel" searches seem stuck on 64 bit kernels, even on the 32 bit iso, which I'm currently running. therefore, those search options return no results and report that"linux-image-*amd64" is not found.

BTW, 65 MB of ram at boot on the 32 bit live CD!

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-04 00:36

dolphin_oracle wrote:cli-aptix 's"all kernel" and"all antiX kernel" searches seem stuck on 64 bit kernels, even on the 32 bit iso, which I'm currently running. therefore, those search options return no results and report that"linux-image-*amd64" is not found.

Thanks. There was a bug that caused me to search for 64-bit kernels on 32-bit systems and vice-versa. I've pushed a fix. The fixed version is working on 64-bit. I will test on 32-bit soon.

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-04 00:41

I have a strange problem were it takes about a minute or so for ceni to find my networking hardware and connect. When I first run ceni right after a live boot, it shows no hardware for scanning. Then I scramble around trying to see what is going on and then ceni starts working and if I've supplied a wifi password on a previous boot then that wifi network gets connected.

Previously the networking hardware was available right away and if I had entered a wifi password on a previous boot then the network would be available right away.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-08-04 00:45

BitJam wrote:I have a strange problem were it takes about a minute or so for ceni to find my networking hardware and connect. When I first run ceni right after a live boot, it shows no hardware for scanning. Then I scramble around trying to see what is going on and then ceni starts working and if I've supplied a wifi password on a previous boot then that wifi network gets connected.

Previously the networking hardware was available right away and if I had entered a wifi password on a previous boot then the network would be available right away.

hmm... and the interface name is the same between boots?

I've seen problems with ceni scanning before. I had a problem on antiX 15 with a atheros chipset in an eeepc. ceni would totally freeze for a minute or two while looking for hardware, but would eventually work. I never did figure it out but that particular problem has gone for me, but maybe it has reared up again in a different form for you.

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-04 01:04

I get error messages like these in the output of dmesg:

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brcmfmac ... firmware: direct-loading firmware brcm/brcmfmac4350-pcie.bin
brcmfmac ... firmware: failed to load brcm/brcmfmac4350-pcie.txt (-2)
brcmfmac ... Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4350-pcie.txt failed with error -2
brcmfmac ... Falling back to user helper

There are others that are also related to brcm firmware. Google tells me this is a firmware problem that shows up on my xps-13 9350 machine. There are several solutions involving patches. Some people reported that wireless didn't work at all but perhaps they didn't wait long enough. It took about 2 minutes for the wireless to be available.

Again, things were fine and dandy with antiX-17.b1 and earlier versions of antiX and MX.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2017-08-04 01:16

any kernel changes?

that 2 minute thing sound very similar to my old eeepc. Have you tried with wiCD? I know it should work better, but it did on my eeepc.

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-04 02:55

The firmware is the same. The kernels are the same. The initrds under /boot differ but they are not used on the live system. I'll go back and see what happens with b1. I was testing the wired interface on b1 so I may not have noticed a wireless problem.