antiX-test versions to play with (NEW) - Page 4

BitJam · posted: 2012-02-15 09:24

dolphin_oracle,

I am relieved. Sorry that I misunderstood. No need to look for CPU hogs.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-02-15 14:02

No prob BitJam.

In other news, the all-caps thing with the passwords did not happen on my second install, same PC. I guess I must have hit capslock by mistake. In the light of morning, it seemed more likely that I screwed the password thing up instead of something in the installer, and that turned out to be the case.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2012-02-15 23:34

The grubentry for windows looks like this in the default install...I've done this in two installs so far with the same result.

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title Windows 7 (loader) at sda1
map (hd0) 
map  (hd0)
rootnoverify ,0)
chainloader +1

For my particular install (win xp), it should look like this.

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title Windows  (loader) at sda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Cuttlefish · posted: 2012-02-19 13:31

Hello people, __{{emoticon}}__
I tried searching for this here, but I couldn't find it. I apologize if anyone has mentioned it already. nohwcrypt bug with the 3.2 kernel

I've had a bit of trouble trying to get my wireless to work with my ath9k wireless card. I believe, that I got it sorted out by going to
/etc/modeprobe.d
and creating a file called ath9k.conf. Then in that file I added the line: options ath9k nohwcrypt=1

After that I rebooted and here I am.

BTW, during install I did the iwconfig, ifconfig wlan0 up to get my wireless working and Ceni from the terminal, which carried over from the install.

Since I was unable to connect wirelessly I did not know if there was an update that fixed the nohwcrypt thing. I'm about to update now. I let you know if I notice any issues.

Dave

Cuttlefish · posted: 2012-02-19 15:03

First off, I know that this is test iso #1 and the issues that I experience are probably due to my lack of experience. __{{emoticon}}__

Just a couple of things I noticed. I saw that there were about 135 updates. I was hoping that when I booted up one of those updates would fix me having to startx, but then realized that it was probably just"my issue". I used sgfxi -N radeon to get slim and now boot up and login seem to work as they should. For this computer I prefer to use the free driver. It just works better. To use it, I needed to run sgfxi -N radeon after I logged in, before typing startx, as root.

I've got one other OS on this box and when I try to access it grub gives me a boot error.

Error 15: File not found. I'm not sure how to edit this to fix the problem.

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timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title antiX at sda8, kernel 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp root=/dev/sda8 nomce quiet nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
boot

title CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 root=UUID=61092632-e167-4981-aba2-bda11552fb47 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=9de6b52f-9eec-43cb-9b0c-2fd70ea8c147 ro
# kopt_2_6=root=UUID=9de6b52f-9eec-43cb-9b0c-2fd70ea8c147 ro nosplash quiet

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,7)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(init-3) 3

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        antiX-M11, kernel 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
root        (hd0,7)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=9de6b52f-9eec-43cb-9b0c-2fd70ea8c147 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp

title        antiX-M11, kernel 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp (init-3)
root        (hd0,7)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=9de6b52f-9eec-43cb-9b0c-2fd70ea8c147 ro 3
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp

title        antiX-M11, kernel memtest86+
root        (hd0,7)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

Thanks everyone!

Cuttlefish · posted: 2012-02-19 16:37

anticapitalista wrote:
Yes, there is a bug with installing grub to root partition. You can do it (with error) or chose not to install grub like afab4 did and edit your existing menu.lst (or whatever is the case for grub2).

Oops didn't see this. __{{emoticon}}__

lagopus · posted: 2012-02-26 20:51

Been a long while since I posted, hope everything is going well for all of you

I did a fresh install of antiX-test full on a desktop HP Pavilion, from CD (the bios does not accept booting from USB stick)

System: Host: pavilion Kernel: 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-full 01 February 2012
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 06 product: DA290A-ABF 764. version: 0410201RE101XENO3 serial: NL30821470 FR900
Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: MS-6577 version: 020 Bios: Phoenix version: 3.10 date: 01/09/2003
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 2533.107 MHz
Graphics: Card: nVidia NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]
X.org: 1.11.3.901 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card: Creative Labs SB Audigy driver: snd_emu10k1 Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Marvell 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Card-2: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:10:dc:aa:ad:4b
Drives: HDD Total Size: 84.0GB (-) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD800BB 80.0GB
2: USB /dev/sdc USB_SD_Reader 4.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 31G used: 2.4G (8%) fs: rootfs ID: / size: 31G used: 2.4G (8%) fs: ext3
ID: swap-1 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 92 Uptime: 31 min Memory: 266.4/501.8MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.28

Minor bug:
No icon for wicd in antixcc:
No icon file /usr/share/pixmaps/wicd_32x32.png
Found this under/usr/share/:
/usr/share/pixmaps/wicd-gtk.xpm
Other wicd-gtk.png icons under /usr/share/icons

Found the same issue as dolphin_oracle with grub's menu.lst:
Cannot boot windows

My partitions:
/dev/sda1 is a fat32 partition: original partition for restoring Windows XP
/dev/sda2 is a ntfs partition: original Windows XP Home, resized
/dev/sda5 is the antiX / partition

When I choose the Windows entry in the grub menu, I get the error:
map (hd0) Unrecognized error string

This is the menu.lst created by the installer (relevant part):

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title Windows NT/2000/XP at sda1
map (hd0) 
map  (hd0)
rootnoverify ,0)
chainloader +1

title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition at sda2
map (hd0) 
map  (hd0)
rootnoverify ,1)
chainloader +1

(Ok the installer presumes the first partition is a Windows partition, it cannot guess it is a restore partition)

1- Error with the map lines: we don't need this since the XP partition is on the first disk, and the syntax is incorrect for the map line
2- Syntax error in the chainloader line

The menu.lst, fixed:

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title Windows NT/2000/XP at sda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition at sda2
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Another point:
when I select the first entry:

title antiX sur sda5, noyau 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp root=/dev/sda5 nomce quiet nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
boot

slim does not start (black screen)

Things get better with the other option:

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title        antiX-M11, kernel 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=418eb4e7-6637-471e-bdab-666aa7994c43 ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp

Help needed
I have 2 wifi cards, different brands, same chipset 88w8335
I have to use ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -i xxx.inf installs the driver
The ndiswrapper command is present, but no ndiswrapper.ko module
I made all the invocations I could find for building the module

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apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-source ndiswrapper-dkms ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

or

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m-a a-i ndiswrapper

, but I fail with:

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make[4]: entrant dans le répertoire « /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp »
/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp/arch/x86/Makefile:39: /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type (No such file)
make[4]: *** Pas de règle pour fabriquer la cible (No rule to make target) « /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp/arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu ». Arrêt.

rokytnji · posted: 2012-02-27 12:33

You might need the Liqourix kernel as a backup using smxi in case Anti or Bitjam forgot the ndiwrapper.ko in kernel build. Just a guess though. Might save some time till Anti builds a new kernel . Or. Just wait I guess.

Then use the Liqourix kernel to load the
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://wiki.debian.org/libertas"
linktext was:"http://wiki.debian.org/libertas"
====================================

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-02-27 12:54

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper"
linktext was:"http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper"
====================================

Note: The kernel module is unable to be built in the testing distribution at this time (655223).

lagopus · posted: 2012-03-01 20:48

Thanks roky & anti

I solved my problem the simple way: I bought a Usb adapter Netgear WNA 1100 N150 (12 euros)
Works out of the box with antiX-M11, kernel 3.2.2-antix.1-486-smp
Connected using wicd, simple and easy

fsmithred · posted: 2012-03-02 19:02

I just downloaded antix-base-test1.iso and booted it up in vbox, mostly to see how much you had to change the snapshot scripts to get them to work in antiX. Let me add that it's exciting that something I wrote is good enough for someone else to use it.

Couple of minor things I noticed -
- The antix-snapshot.desktop calls antix-snapshot-gui, but the actual script name is antixsnapshot-gui.
- In the beginning of the comments, it says"based on antixsnapshot-8.04 by Dean Linkous". I'm guessing you ran sed on the script, and that one shouldn't have been changed.
- I see you used yad instead of zenity. I've been meaning to take a look at that, and now you've given me examples. Thanks!

Gotta run now - I'll play with it some more later.

anticapitalista · posted: 2012-03-02 19:10

fsmithred - well spotted re- antix-snapshot.desktop bug!

"based on antixsnapshot-8.04 by Dean Linkous". - yes. I'll change it back. Let me know, if anything else needs changing in terms of copyright notice etc.

yad, IMO and at the moment, is better than zenity (at least in Testing) as it doesn't need gnome apps, though I heard yad will soon be gtk3 based.

I have used antix-snapshot several times with success. The only 'failure' I had was using it on my antiX-sid system and the final 2.1GB iso not booting in VB. No doubt, not an issue with the adapted script (it ran fine).

fsmithred, is this ok?

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# adapted for antiX by anticapitalista@operamail.com 
# from version="refractasnapshot-9.0.1 (20110906)" by fsmithred@gmail.com (August 2011)
# which was based primarily on refractasnapshot-8.0.4  by Dean Linkous with ideas
# borrowed from dzsnapshot-gui.sh by David Hare, which was based on an
# earlier version of this script.
# fsmithred@gmail.com (August 2011)
# License: GPL-3
# This is free software with NO WARRANTY. Use at your own risk!

fsmithred · posted: 2012-03-03 00:41

Yeah, that's fine for the copyright notice. A few more versions bounced around between us and we may have to trim it down.

I had a no-boot image earlier today made from a wheezy installation. Turns out I had no /vmlinuz or /initrd.img links, because I had installed and then removed 2.6.32-5 kernel, and 3.2 (3.0.2?) was still linked as /vmlinuz.old. The config file (live.cfg) looks for /vmlinuz and /initrd.img. I made new links, and the next snapshot booted.