antiX-17-b3-full, base, net, core-libre for testing - Page 4

Jerry · posted: 2017-08-23 11:24

In the tiny realm of menu logic, why is Synaptic lurking under Applications > Preferences? It might as well be removed completely, since no one will think to look for it there. I looked for it first under System, then under Accessories and Internet, then gave up.

eugen-b · posted: 2017-08-23 13:24

Jerry wrote:In the tiny realm of menu logic, why is Synaptic lurking under Applications > Preferences? It might as well be removed completely, since no one will think to look for it there. I looked for it first under System, then under Accessories and Internet, then gave up.

I think this is where the upstream puts it. Where is it in Xfce? I mean in MATE it is under Preferecnces, too.

Jerry · posted: 2017-08-23 14:37

In XFCE it is under System

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-23 19:18

eugen-b wrote:I think this is where the upstream puts it. Where is it in Xfce? I mean in MATE it is under Preferecnces, too.

That's bizarre.

I looked in the .desktop file and it contains:

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Categories=PackageManager;GTK;System;Settings;

ISTM we need to have"PackageManager" or"System" override"Settings".

eugen-b · posted: 2017-08-23 21:36

I think, I resolved my issues with video playback on my VIA machine. (Video is slow, audio track ends while video is still playing for tens of seconds.) I'm using xine player. First it seemed that selecting the xxmc output in the settings of xine player doesn't work like it does when launching it from terminal with
xine -V xxmc '/path/to/video.mp4'
But after some testing I found out that it works both ways, just don't select any additional settings besides Settings -> Video -> video driver to use -> xxmc.

I would recommend to test xine, because if it work on my slow machine it might work for others better, too, maybe better than mpv.

thriftee · posted: 2017-08-25 05:10

When I tried to install xtron or kdegames with synaptic I get an error when I apply

W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/xtron_1.1a-14+b2_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

I found that xtron doesn't seem to work right anyway, and ksnakeduel is a newer version of the same game included in kdegames, which is why I was trying to innstall that.

I found that I can run ksnakeduel from terminal, but if I try it from the menu, it doesn't come up, which is odd.

skidoo · posted: 2017-08-25 05:53

W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/some_file_name.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

I've noticed this, but only occasionally, so I've never previously bother to investigate. Today I found:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://askubuntu.com/questions/908800/what-does-this-synaptic-error-message-mean%5Bquote"
linktext was:"https://askubuntu.com/questions/908800/ ... mean[quote"
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aptitude & synaptic utilize the user _apt to download packages.
This error occurs when _apt lacks write permission for either
/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ or an existing file /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/whatever_file_name.deb
so it downloaded the file as root.

solution:
ensure /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ and everything below it are writeable for _apt, e.g. by running
sudo chown -Rv _apt:root /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/
sudo chmod -Rv 700 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/[/quote]

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-25 06:21

Thanks skidoo! I will implement that solution in the live-init initrd script. We were already creating that partial/ subdirectory but we weren't doing the chown or the chmod. The live-init script is run chrooted into the final filesystem so it should be aware of the _apt user. Since changes to the live filesystem are carried over during an install, this should fix it for everyone.

Jerry · posted: 2017-08-25 09:57

@anti: same 20-30 sec pause on eth0

fj1 · posted: 2017-08-25 10:58

Hi. I'm new here and don't understand a lot of what has been said in the preceding discussion.
However, on both the frugal boot from the usb flash drive and the full install, when booting the 32bit version on two diferent 32bit computers i get a"Loading cpufreq kernel modules failed" message during boot, this happens for version 17b2 and 17b3 but not the current 16.2
On the 64bit version of 17b3 (64bit laptop) I have to switch on the wifi every time it boots. In other words it doesn't automatically connect whereas with 16.2 (32bit version on 64bit laptop) it does.
All 17b2 and 17b3 versions give me the pink underlining on the task bar.
I've not noticed any blurry Conky.

BitJam · posted: 2017-08-25 11:33

fj1 wrote:Hi. I'm new here and don't understand a lot of what has been said in the preceding discussion.

Welcome! Thanks for helping us debug.

However, on both the frugal boot from the usb flash drive and the full install, when booting the 32bit version on two diferent 32bit computers i get a"Loading cpufreq kernel modules failed" message during boot, this happens for version 17b2 and 17b3 but not the current 16.2

I will look into this. I think it is related to what kernel modules are compiled. It is an annoying message but it is benign. Cutting back annoying Debian boot message is like cutting back weeds. Or Kudzu.

On the 64bit version of 17b3 (64bit laptop) I have to switch on the wifi every time it boots. In other words it doesn't automatically connect whereas with 16.2 (32bit version on 64bit laptop) it does.

It works here. There is a short delay (10 seconds?) before the network connects. There was an issue with bugs in loading firmware causing a very long delay before the network started on some machines but that seemed to be fixed in b3. What do you mean by"switch on the wifi"? Did you need to select the network and enter the password again? What tool did you use, ceni or wicd? In antiX-full, both tools appear in the"Networking" tab of the control centre. I've had good luck with ceni even though the interface is command line oriented. Even on the live system, the password is remembered and the network comes up automatically.

Is this problem on both live and installed? We can't remember anything on a live-cd/dvd or on a live-usb made with the"dd" command. If you have one of those you can create a real live-usb after you boot by plugging in a new usb-stick and running the live-usb-maker-gui command. It will offer to clone your live system onto the new usb stick.

All 17b2 and 17b3 versions give me the pink underlining on the task bar.
I've not noticed any blurry Conky.

It is usually extreme helpful if we have information about your machine. The command"inxi -F" will print out most of the useful information we need. Open up a terminal window, run"inxi -F" (no quotes) and then try to copy and paste the output into a post here inside of [ code ] ... [ /code ] tags (no spaces). Here is an example:

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System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.4.8-antix.2-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.3) Console: tty 2
           Distro: antiX-16-b2.1_x64-full Berta Cáceres 26 April 2016
Machine:   System: Dell (portable) product: XPS 13 9350 serial: 2M9Y562  Chassis: type: 9 serial: 2M9Y562
           Mobo: Dell model: 07TYC2 v: A00 serial: /2M9Y562/CN129635B503FB/ Bios: Dell v: 1.3.3 date: 03/01/2016
Battery    BAT0: charge: 68.4 Wh 95.2% condition: 71.8/75.7 Wh (95%) volts: 8.5/7.6
           model: SMP DELL JHXPY53 Li-poly serial: 1117 status: Discharging cycles: 0
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-6200U (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9599
           clock speeds: min/max: 400/2800 MHz 1: 1378 MHz 2: 1674 MHz 3: 1584 MHz 4: 649 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 1916 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1916
           Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 driver: N/A tty size: 234x61 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X
Audio:     Card Intel Device 9d70 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d70
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.8-antix.2-amd64-smp
Network:   Card: Broadcom Device 43a3 driver: brcmfmac bus-ID: 3a:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a3
           IF: wlan0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 30:52:cb:82:1b:ad
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.1GB (0.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SSD_CM87 size: 128.0GB serial: S26NNXAG738099
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Flash_Drive_FIT size: 32.1GB serial: 0362315090012893-0:0
Partition: ID-1: / size: 6.2G used: 2.6M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 25.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 155 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 132.6/7918.5MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 3 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in tty 2) inxi: 2.3.0

It's way past my bedtime here so I'm probably making a lot of mistakes now.

fj1 · posted: 2017-08-25 14:26

(Middle of the afternoon here!)
Here's the details for my x64 laptop
System: Host: antixfj1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
Distro: antiX-17.b3_x64-full Heather Heyer 18 August 2017
Machine: Device: other-vm? System: FUJITSU SIEMENS product: AMILO Li 1718 v: -1
Mobo: FUJITSU SIEMENS model: AMILO Li 1718 v: Rev.A
BIOS: Phoenix v: V1.7 date: 06/14/07
Battery BAT0: charge: 42.8 Wh 100.0% condition: 42.8/44.0 Wh (97%)
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 T5300 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
clock speeds: max: 1733 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1067 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200M]
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1280x800@59.91hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1
Audio: Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.3-amd64-smp
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
driver: ath5k
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:c0:a8:f7:2e:d5
Card-2: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
driver: 8139too
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:16:d3:8e:f8:a9
Drives: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (5.2% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54321 size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 21G used: 5.9G (30%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: 47.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 153 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 417.9/1749.6MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.21

To turn on the wifi I clicked on control centre, then Network in the left-hand column then connect wirelessly, then switch on wifi, then refresh and then click connect on my network, which then connects fine - i don't have to re-type the password.
Automatically connect to this network is already selected.

I guess maybe i just need it to switch on the wifi automatically?!

fj1 · posted: 2017-08-25 14:32

Quote:
However, on both the frugal boot from the usb flash drive and the full install, when booting the 32bit version on two diferent 32bit computers i get a"Loading cpufreq kernel modules failed" message during boot, this happens for version 17b2 and 17b3 but not the current 16.2

I will look into this. I think it is related to what kernel modules are compiled. It is an annoying message but it is benign. Cutting back annoying Debian boot message is like cutting back weeds. Or Kudzu.
Unquote

I was just concerned that it might mean that it might be running the processor too fast or something?!

fj1 · posted: 2017-08-25 14:37

Here's the inxi for one x86 pc with cpufreq kernel fail

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System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.4.2
           Distro: antiX-17.b3_386-full Heather Heyer 18 August 2017
Machine:   Device: desktop System: OEGStone product: N/A
           Mobo: Intel model: DG965SS v: AAD41678-304
           BIOS: Intel v: MQ96510J.86A.1754.2008.1117.0002 date: 11/17/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium E5200 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2497 MHz 1: 2497 MHz 2: 2497 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood XT [Radeon HD 5670/5690/5730]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x1024@60.02hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp, LLVM 3.9.1)
           GLX Version: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series]
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.5-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card: Intel 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:16:76:d3:c7:c3
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1328.3GB (7.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HD322HJ size: 320.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Cruzer_Edge size: 8.0GB
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: Touro_Mobile_3.0 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 2.6G used: 3.5M (1%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 48.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 156 Uptime: 7:04 Memory: 174.1/3282.2MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.21

Sorry forgot the code tags last time.

greyowl · posted: 2017-08-26 01:24

I notice that Synaptic Package Manager is in the Preferences category rather than the System Tools category in the Applications menu.

Also, UNetbootin is omitted from the Systems Tools category. Is it planned to no longer offer it? If so, is there going to be a replacement?

I love the new wallpaper options.