------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WARNING: this version is now obsolete, to get slax-remix-v05 check out this thread: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=57979
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WARNING: please do not upload any modules created by squashfs4-tools (sq4) on slax site cause it may confuse users of normal slax-6.1.2 and make bigger chaos in modules section, use external sites instead, thanks.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slax-remix FAQ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who may be interested in slax-remix?
- people who are having troubles with compilation of custom-kernel like described in this HOWTO: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=53917
- users with hardware not supported or not fully supported by standard slax-6.1.2 kernel: 2.6.27.27
- power users who wants to try/test out features of 2.6.32.7-zen6 kernel, more info: http://zen-kernel.org/included-code
- bleeding-edge users who are not afraid of using (not necessarily well tested) slackware-current software - bugs expected :)
How to make live-usb version?
Same as in normal slax: extract content of iso file to your usb stick and run bootinst.bat (Windows) or bootinst.sh (Linux) from /boot folder to make it bootable.
Which modules are included?
7 modules by now:
001-core.lzm,002-xorg.lzm,003-desktop.lzm,004-kdeapps.lzm,005-koffice.lzm,007-firefox.lzm and squashfs4-tools
Why 006-devel is not included by default?
2 reasons:
- mediafire.com gives 200MB as maximum on one file
- i presume that not everyone needs development package, if you still want it - check Download section.
Why 008-extra-stuff is not included by default?
I would like to keep 008-extra-stuff outside of slax-remix.iso cause i'll treat it as ServicePack (sounds familiar isn't it?) package. Any urgent fixes will be pushed into this module.
Is there a PAE enabled version of slax-remix?
Yes, if your PC has 4GB of RAM (or more) and you want to use whole amount, you can try PAE version: http://www.mediafire.com/file/z3k5omid5ay/slax-remix-v04-PAE.iso
md5sum: 07df03cdc370915f8e2e8ca40f522d0a
Be aware that PAE version contains 2 modules only: 001-core and 006-devel. You need to take other modules from standard remix release and create your own version of GPU drivers/Virtualbox etc. Remember: kernel dependent modules, from non PAE slax-remix wont work with this release! Please share your work and post download links in this thread (if any). Please also read this: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56694
How to convert slax modules between sq3 and sq4 formats?
download and activate this module: http://www.mediafire.com/file/lr20f2njnzt/module_conversion_in_konqueror.sq4.lzm
open konqueror, press right mouse click on sq3 (slax-6.1.2) or sq4 (slax-remix) module and choose proper conversion option.
screenshot: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1662/snapshot1k.jpg
Be aware that slax-6.1.2 doesn't support new sq4 format and slax-remix doesn't support old sq3 format so conversion must be done in case of moving modules between those two releases.
How to remaster sq4.lzm (squashfs4) module?
You need to have squashfs4-tools activated. Copy your sq4.lzm module to /root/squashfs4-tools directory and type in console: /root/squashfs4-tools/unsquashfs your_module.lzm
The content will be unpacked to /root/squashfs4-tools/squashfs-root directory. After making all necessary changes you need to pack it back so: /root/squashfs4-tools/mksquashfs squashfs-root/ your_module-1-sq4.lzm
be aware that you must execute mksquashfs from squashfs4-tools folder. Otherwise standard (slax-6.1.2) mksquashfs will operate and create sq3 module, which is not compatible with slaxremix release.
How to get my wireless card to work?
If you have a troubles with getting your wifi card to work you might have to download 008-extra-stuff module. It contains a firmware which is needed by some wifi cards, wpa_supplicant needed to create secured wireless connection and sns-tool utility which will let you setup your network settings in an 'easy way'. Launch it from console by typing sns-tool or through KMenu - it's placed under slax-Extra-Stuff submenu.
Any plans for switching to KDE-4x?
Not for now. Reason is simple: don't want to make slax-remix bigger than 200MB. All KDE-4* fans will have to wait for slax-7 or add KDE-4 themselves.
Why slax-remix default modules are little bit bigger than in normal slax-6.1.2?
They are packed with smaller block size, wider explanation can be found here: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=54463&anchorid=55131#postid55131
How to setup national language support in slax-remix?
WARNING: Settings below are only an example. You need to change all polish values like 'pl_PL.UTF-8' to proper one for your country. 1) to automount ntfs partitions with national characters in file/folder names you have to:
a) replace /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g symlink with a bash script: #!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=pl_PL.UTF-8
b) make it executable 'chmod +x script' and save as /slax/rootcopy/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g 2)edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh file:
a) comment out 'LC_ALL=C' and 'export LANG=en_US' locales
b) replace following string 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8' with 'export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8'
this file should look like here: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56910 3) download and activate two packages (second one needs conversion to sq4):
a) http://www.mediafire.com/file/dg5jzgzamqf/glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486.sq4.lzm
b) ftp://ftp.slax.org/slax-6.x/multi-language/6.1.2/polish/slax/base/polish.lzm 4) press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart KDE, enjoy national language support!
Be aware that some older apps still lacks of UTF-8 support, if you are not happy with it you can stick with traditional encoding (thanks Blaze89!): http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=57933
How to report a bug?
Try to recreate the bug first: boot slax-remix in 'always fresh mode' with basic slax-remix modules only. If the error appears again, post relevant bug report in this subject. Please attach links to the screenshots and logfiles (examples: /var/log/messages, /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/Xorg.0.log) if possible. For the log files please use external sites like pastebin.com and post web links only. Make sure that the bug wasn't created by the user error - save my free time! Thanks.
CHANGELOG
Changes comparing to slax-remix-v03:
1) kernel updated to 2.6.32.7-zen6, more info: http://zen-kernel.org/2.6.32-zen6-forever-and-never
2) kernel config changes:
Added:
a) Sipmle I/O scheduler is now the default in remix-v04 as it's designed mainly for flash drives (less i/o means longer stick life!)
b) aufs compiled with 1023 branches (thanks to ahz for reporting)
Removed:
a) WAN and TokenRing drivers (i believe that administrators can compile custom-kernel easily)
3) 001-core, 002-xorg and 006-devel modules are now fully based on Slackware-Current
4) 003-desktop - KMenu is now unlocked so you have all available applications under this button
5) 004-apps flashplugin moved to 002-xorg, following packages were updated: lame, gpart, Mplayer (to latest from SVN), Mplayer isn't compiled with gtk GUI due to extra dependency libs needed, please use frontends instead: smplayer, kmplayer, gnome-mplayer etc.
6) 001-core /sbin/mount.ntfs is now a symlink to /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g, you can type: mount /dev/sdx instead of: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdx
7) 008-extra added slax2usb script (thanks to jayflood)
8) 002-xorg added special hal rule for Toshiba laptops (thanks to andre5775), 3D acceleration seems to be fixed on all open source drivers
UGLY HACKS
1) 001-core - 'mount' binary used from older util-linux-ng 2.14.1 package to avoid annoying lag during boot time (newer mount binaries tries to mount empty CD/DVD five times! - anyone know how to change it?)
slaxremix KNOWN BUGS:
1) LC_ALL=C is missing from lang.sh file - added fixed version to 008-extra-stuff (bug closed)
2) on some PC's/notebooks mouse can behave strange - add usbmouse driver to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file (bug closed)
What you can find there?
- 006-devel package with crippled-sources v2.6.32.7
- 008-extra-stuff (include recent version of: wireless-firmware, wpa-supplicant, slax module tools, slax system info tool, slax network setup tool, slax2usb tool)
- Ati fglrx driver for HD2000-HD4000 cards
- Nvidia drivers for all cards
- VirtualBox
- Virtualbox Guest Additions - double click vbox-add-launcher icon on the pulpit to activate vboxmouse feature
WHAT NEXT?
Wil try provide Kernel Mode Setting by default on all GPU cards :)
hi fanthom, many thanks,file is downloading just now,for 64 bit you need a watch at LLS script if can work on 64 bit slackware installed,after this if possible do the initrd, btw it'is only a hint.
NTFS partitions with foreign/special
characters may still fail to auto-mount
it seems.
This command is HardWare specific:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 -o locale=fr_CA.UTF-8
...and user-specific too!...
The '/mnt/sda1' unit is seen as type
"media/hdd_mounted" in 'Konqueror'
(in my case). Is it possible to associate
a right-click gesture for this type of
object under 'Konqueror' so that this
ntfs-3g task can be semi-automated:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/'variable-1' /mnt/'variable-1' -o locale='variable-2'
...where 'variable-1' & 'variable-2' are
context-dependant...
@beny
i have decided to give up with 64-bit version, reasons:
a) don't know how to compile 64-bit busybox and samba-stripped packages as Tomas didn't left configs for them.
b) skype, rar, acroread, googleearth and few others are still not ported to 64-bits - they will need 32bit libs to run it
c) 64-bit packages are little bit fatter than 32-bit ones (200MB of iso is the border which i don't want to cross)
d) purpose of slax is to be a "live distro", which means "maximum compatibility", 64-bit slax won't work with older PC's.
e) We dont have 64 bit module repository!
if you still want 64-bit kernel, initrd and kernel modules i can send it to your mailbox. I wont publish it here as i dont want to support it officially.
@Moebius and @Bicephale
that's what i have done in 001-core: /sbin/mount.ntfs is now a symlink to /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g so all ntfs partitions will be mounted by ntfs-3g driver by default (now you can type: mount /dev/sdx instead of: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdx)
if you need automount you must replace /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g with bash script: #!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=fr_CA.UTF-8
pick up correct UTF encoding, give it chmod +x and save as /slax/rootcopy/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
Please report back if it works.
Regards
EDIT:
Yes Syntux - i have updated ntfs-3g package but sadly it causes a lot of problems now.
hi fanthom,of course i'am not qualified for make this job,i respect your philosophy, and slax too,that have been a good job,like a brain stormin'alias:when you think you do.
I'll try what you suggest.
Will report back soon.
I think my locale may be dutch, since the partition was made by a dutch vista. But i'll try the french/canadian.
(Could large dvd iso's be a cause? like 4,4 gigs)
@Moebius
plaese dont go with french/canadian as it was only an example, try google to fing dutch UTF encoding.
i have edited my previous post to reflect that - will have to add it to the FAQ section.
Bicephale wrote:
I wonder Moebius. Do you have 'kde-i18n-fr-3.5.10-noarch-1.sq4.lzm'
loaded? And if so, aren't you defining 'LANG' as "nl_BE.UTF-8@euro"?...
Euh... Or maybe it's "nl_BE.UTF8@euro" (without a dash!)... %-b'
Moebius wrote: Bicephale wrote:
I wonder Moebius. Do you have 'kde-i18n-fr-3.5.10-noarch-1.sq4.lzm'
loaded? And if so, aren't you defining 'LANG' as "nl_BE.UTF-8@euro"?...
Euh... Or maybe it's "nl_BE.UTF8@euro" (without a dash!)... %-b'
no it's not loaded
i guess i'll use the nl_be one
activate this moudule glibc-i18n-2.9-noarch-3 http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3071
and
try to use "en_US.UTF-8"
it works with me in Arabic names.
note: you should have a dutch font.
did some tinkering with nl_BE.UTF-8
but editing in linux is still hard for me
too much of a n00b right now.
This is what i tried (don't laugh!)
root@slax:~# #!/bin/bash
root@slax:~# /bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale-nl_BE.utf-8
ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '': No such file or directory
ntfs-3g 2010.1.16 integrated FUSE 27 - Third Generation NTFS Driver
XATTRS are on, POSIX ACLS are off
Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Yura Pakhuchiy
Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Szabolcs Szakacsits
Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Jean-Pierre Andre
Copyright (C) 2009 Erik Larsson
Usage: ntfs-3g [-o option[,...]]
Options: ro (read-only mount), remove_hiberfile, uid=, gid=,
umask=, fmask=, dmask=, streams_interface=.
Please see the details in the manual (type: man ntfs-3g).
@Moebius
to make a script you need to create text file:
touch mount.ntfs-3g
make it executable:
chmod +x mount.ntfs-3g
and copy this content inside: #!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=nl_BE.UTF-8
make sure that it works so:
./mount.ntfs-3g (partition) (destination)
in case of success, put your script in /slax/rootcopy/sbin directory and reboot slax-remix.
I'd favour a simple upload of the modules i used because
more than once i failed to make HowTos work for me. So,
a set of real-life tested samples would seem appropriate,
as far as i'm concerned... I need to verify which modules
are necessary to get the expected result and then i'll be
back with a DownLoad link. Starting from there it should
be possible for people from other nationalities to emulate
that solution and adapt it to fit their own needs. That's
the best i can do, in my opinion.
To install modules, put their folders in /slax/base/
Download the module c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.sq4.lzm from here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iymgx2hqtl1 unpacked and edit for your localization configure. After copy the module file c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.sq4.lzm to /slax/base/
For example, the mount command (Russian localization ru_RU_CP1251 C (sda1 or hda1) and D (sda5 or hda5) - SATA and IDE): # Листинг для SATA (вводить в консоли slax):
umount /dev/sda1
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
umount /dev/sda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
# Листинг для IDE (вводить в консоли slax):
umount /dev/hda1
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
umount /dev/hda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
fanthom wrote:
@Moebius
to make a script you need to create text file:
touch mount.ntfs-3g
make it executable:
chmod +x mount.ntfs-3g
and copy this content inside: #!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=nl_BE.UTF-8
make sure that it works so:
./mount.ntfs-3g (partition) (destination)
in case of success, put your script in /slax/rootcopy/sbin directory and reboot slax-remix.
@mark
could you boot v03 and make list of modules: lsmod >> mod.v03
then do the same for v04 and compare those files? in case of equal result try using xorg.conf from v03 in v04, please report back with all details possible.
@Blaze89
could you boot remix-v04 in fresh mode with basic modules + nvidia only? works fine for me along with MC.
this is your problem with s2-liplianin: gcc: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.11' not found
looks like wrong library version (remix-v04 is based on slackware-current), is there a newer version of s2-liplianin package available?.
i think that content of glibc-i18n package is the same as glibc - at least in 2.9 version.
will replace qiv with gpicview in remix-v05 - was thinking about it earlier, thanks.
@Moebius
one problem solved so - still many to go :)
@em
thanks for drivers - will add this link to the first post :)
@nimh
i'm doing some tests on kernel config which i would like to push in v05 and i have decided to stick with your advice about changing default power governor to cpufreq-ondemand cause it works really great! What about some kind of pushing button "Power Save Mode" which would do just simple job: load and unload acpi-cpufreq kernel module? My C++/qt skills are really poor but maybe someone could write it for us? Otherwise i'll do it through bash script :)
Hi fanthom,
Glad to hear that you decided cpufreq-ondemand as default
governor. I am not sure to understand your idea about the
button, what you mean?
There are not so much common buttons that can be maped
as special purpose buttons. Maybe a key combination?
But the main problem is that different cpus may not use
the same cpufreq modules, in general:
acpi-cpufreq = almost all intel cpu that have a frequency
scaling capability
powernow-k8 = all recent amd k8 and k10 cpu
powernow-k7 = "legacy" amd athlons and such
What we can test is trying blindly to activate all
of them and since only the good one will be active.
(I tested obviously, and you have just a "device not found"
error when not the appropriate driver is used)
@fanthom
optical mouse problem resolved
I add in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf the driver usbmouse
which appears since remix03 (lsmod confirms it)
My two mice work and run together well as .. yesterday!
thanks to you and everyone who gave me their advices
the solution was there .
@mark
pls look at bour59 post above, i thinks that you need to blacklist default usbmouse so hopefully kernel will try rest of modules and pick up the correct one.
@nimh
looks like i have mixed up kde-4 and kde-3 ideas (plasmoids). i wrote a bash script for loading and unloading those modules - will add it to 008-extra-stuff when remix-v05 arrives. thanks for all your suggestions.
@ahz
does this problem also appear on PAE version? look here for possible solutions: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=45734&highlight=/sbin/udevadm%20trigger http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=47295&highlight=/sbin/udevadm%20trigger
try to wait 10 mins and post output of dmesg here (use pastebin.com)
One thing more: i have done some tests with enabling KMS on intel and ati cards and i got mixed results - i'm not happy with it. Could you try to add proper cheatcode to slax.cfg and report back the result?
For intel cards it will be: i915.modeset=1
for all ati cards: radeon.modeset=1
example: title Example Linux
root (0,0)
kernel /example-kernel-2.6.29 root=/dev/root i915.modeset=1
be aware that you need to remove ati-fglrx module for doing this test as fglrx is not compatible with KMS!
please also remove all vga= parameters from lilo and grub configs as kernel will pickup best resolution automatically.
The only way I can boot is with cheatcode nohotplug. Booting the standard graphis mode this way the mouse and the keyboard are unusable. To generate the dmesg output I started v04 with nohotplug in textmode.
Cheatcode noudev has no effect. Booting with this or with no cheatcode hangs the machine completly (I turned it of after about 20 minutes :-).
No experiences with PAE version until now. I will try it tomorrow!
PAE version has the same kernel config (except support for 4GB mem) so no point for trying it out.
If you have standard PC try to unplug mouse, keyboard and plug it back when slax starts. if you have notebook you must find the driver which is causing problems and blacklist it in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file. I'm guessing it's usbmouse as other people had problems with this driver as well. Please report back.
good luck!
EDIT:
@bour59
could you post here which driver is now controlling your mouse after blacklisting usbmouse?
@fanthom
Neither adding usbmouse to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf nor the hot-fix worked for me. I guess it has something to do with the complete USB detection because here (standard PC's) the USB-keyboard is also unusable. On the laptop from yesterday evening I could use at least the keyboard.
I still wonder why I do not get this line here in v04 (the --type=failed is missing) like I saw it in v03:
@ahz
in case of slackware-current userland (new udev package) which may causing problems:
take 001-core form remix-v03 and replace content of /lib/modules with content of /lib/modules from remix-v04. So you will have userland from v03 and kernel from v04. build up new 001-core.lzm and replace with original one from remix-v04. Boot up slax-remix-v04 with remastered 001-core and check if error will be recreated. Hope it will help.
fanthom wrote:
this is your problem with s2-liplianin: gcc: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.11' not found
looks like wrong library version (remix-v04 is based on slackware-current), is there a newer version of s2-liplianin package available?.
i think that content of glibc-i18n package is the same as glibc - at least in 2.9 version.
@fanthom:
Thanks for your help until now. Indeed gives the remastering of 001-core.lzm a system that boots without any problems (udevadm problem has gone), but now keyboard and mouse are not avaiblable in KDE.
Hmm..., I think I will use remix-v03 which works without any problems and wait for the next remix version (I have no better idea until now).
@Blaze89
please try to build this package with basic remix-v04 modules only and no 'changes' cheatcode:
001-core.lzm (remix-v04)
002-xorg.lzm (remix-v04)
003-desktop.lzm (remix-v04)
004-kdeapps.lzm (remix-v04)
005-koffice.lzm (remix-v04)
006-devel-remix-v04.lzm
008-extra-stuff.lzm (remix-v04)
With my Hp pavilion dv1540ca laptop, I get further. However once in X environment it is not possible to start any program from the kde panel. In addition, if the mouse pad of the laptop is working, the logitech mouse plugged on the usb port moves the cursor only in a vertical fashion. The specs for this laptop are: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00588967&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=1838153
Note: The md5sum of my download is ok. I did burn the iso twice to make sure, but I did not verify the cd md5sum.
hi francois.e,
from my experience this message: Cannot read module data. Corrupted download ...
appears when:
a) module is damaged
b) module is in sq3 format
c) number of modules is bigger than number of loops defined in 'max_loop=' cheatcode
mouse issue is a known bug in remix-v04 (at least on some pc's) and i'm working to close it. i have send a download link to you and ahz with kernel recompiled against v03 config. Please check your mailbox.
@fanthom
It seems like remix04 tries to use the 1st hard slax/changes found
if it is 612's one then corrupted data occurs
also with cd boot
I solved this problem by renaming the 612 slax folder to slax612 + modifiing initrd.gz
this manip is indicated in the forum
so i can use 612 or remix04 without any problem these 2 versions are installed on hd
with easybcd to choose between Vista or one of the two slax versions
French-Canadian support is only a dream now, i thought
i had it but then i lost it and i'm still trying to figure out if
i imagined the whole thing! I'm back to square one. Were
there any language-related modifications in v04?...
bour59 wrote:
@fanthom
It seems like remix04 tries to use the 1st hard slax/changes found
if it is 612's one then corrupted data occurs
good point, it also can happen like that.
It's defined in liblinuxlive - it pickups first livecd.sgn which is found. Easy to prevent by using 'from=' cheatcode.
@eric
i have checked it and also opera can't find flashplugin without fx binary - what a c**p! if anybody know the solution please post it here.
If only i knew! All i can say now is that i can't manage to
get all of these three features working at the same time:
French-Canadian keyboard/characters using the console
French-Canadian filename/directory characters using NTFS
French-Canadian filename/directory characters using FAT32
I extracted the various configuration files and put them
in individual .LZM modules so i can easily experiment but
no combination/permutation will do it seems!... Someday
i'll probably happen to find the right magic spell again... I
keep hoping but life must go on.
@Bicephale
if you want to use French-Canadian initrd.gz you will have to replace all drivers manually and recompress it (initrd) with lzma algorithm. Easy pie - IMO.
good luck!
Edit:
@eric
did you try it? does it work? please confirm and i'll close this bug.
I keep getting vmalloc erro messages from nvidia driver with this remix (v3 was fine, and I've tried this on a couple of geForce based laptops). This can be related to that aufs branch size change, I think. Anyone else experiencing this?
Yeah, sure! Well, i guess i'll revert to v03 just in
case and try to reproduce what i done from my
notes. Maybe it's not the right time yet, maybe it
needs to stirr a little while longer. I'll let you know
what i find, i still have 'PureOS-Light (fr_CA)' after
all. I thought the matter was about to be solved
with 'slax', my mistake. Appologies.
At first i only intended to participate after i read a message
asking for volunteers about NTFS testing, French-Canadian
support was only a by-product: a bonus i didn't expect at
the end of a long day. I lost it, no bid deal. It's not like i'm
in a hurry to solve that one... I still have one thing to try so
please don't waste time/energy on it unless you've got lots
to spare. Thanks for offering, it's a frustrating issue which
bugs me since the 'slax' v6 transition but i got alternatives.
Forget these two posts of mine... I'm old, blind and stupid. The was was to add vmalloc=192MB as a kernel parameter, which I had from the very beginning, but with a small typo in it :-)
I'd still like to know how do I convert nvidia drivers into a single module tho' :-)
Thanks again for devoting your time to these releases, I'm sure I speak for all users in saying that we really appreciate your efforts.
Could you please add support for magic SysRq key in your next kernel config? It's there in the original 6.1.2 but when tried the latest remix the SysRq key combinations aren't working. They're very useful to shut down/reboot the system immediately if it hangs.
ETA: Actually, magic sysrq is a bit of a two-edged sword, while it's useful for me it might not be for other users... If you don't want to enable it I might have to learn how to recompile the kernel myself (thanks for the guide!).
@cpl_payne
no problem - added to my TODO list for v05, any other suggestions?
@beny
thanks a lot, great 'localization' HOWTO
@Blaze89
i forgot to thank you for you post in the same subject (doing it now). One question: where did you get this package: c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.sq4.lzm ? Looks like all necessary settings are there, can we get other packages for other languages as well?
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i'm working together with ahz to resolve 'mouse/udevadm/big module number' issue. here's my last mail to him:
thanks a lot for your great job on debugging this problem. Luckily i was able to recreate it on my PC. I have observed the same behaviour in v03 and v04. Tests were done with copy2ram parameter enabled. Here's what i have done:
a) I took 425 smallest packages from slackware-13 and converted them to sq4 format (fastest to do - i didn't try it with bigger module size) and moved to /slax/modules folder
b) without vmalloc= parameter i was able to load 214 modules then i got 'corrupted download' message on the rest, also some kernel modules (sound) were not loaded, message: 'could not allocate memory'. That explains why your mouse/keyboard were not working, probably some other kernel modules were not loaded as well.
c) with vmalloc=192MB i was able to load 324 modules, rest was the same as in case b)
d) with vmalloc=256MB all 425 modules were loaded succesfully and system booted fine, everything was working as expected.
e) with vmalloc=512MB all modules were loaded but after this i got 'Killed' message and system stopped booting.
Strange thing: total size of those 425 modules is: 14MB only !! Why it needs 256 MB of memory to mount them?
Second thing: My total memory amount is 2048MB. With basic slax-remix modules and copy2ram parameter i have 1.1GB free after booting. I persume that when i took 25% off and reserved it for kernel usage (case 'e' - vmalloc=512MB) there was too less free memory to boot the system and i got 'Killed" message.
You said that in your case everything was working fine in slax-612, remix-v03. Could you try to boot v04 with the same boot parameters (especially with the same vmalloc= parameter)?
Anyone with similar problem who would like to share his experience? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
fanthom
EDIT:
added new Q/A to slax-remix FAQ: How to report a bug?
added note about Mplayer to the changelog: Mplayer isn't compiled with gtk GUI due to extra dependency libs needed, please use frontends instead: smplayer, kmplayer, gnome-mplayer etc
fanthom wrote:
@Blaze89
i forgot to thank you for you post in the same subject (doing it now). One question: where did you get this package: c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.sq4.lzm ? Looks like all necessary settings are there, can we get other packages for other languages as well?
I made this module c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.lzm (http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3072) for russian speaking.
i can update existing packages but do we really need nano? mcedit works fine and users can add nano themselves if they need it (i can't cross 200MB !!)
By the way: did you finally build s2-liplianin package?
EDIT:
@beny
default number of branches for aufs is now 1023
fanthom wrote:By the way: did you finally build s2-liplianin package?
please try to build this package with basic remix-v04 modules only and no 'changes' cheatcode:
001-core.lzm (remix-v04)
002-xorg.lzm (remix-v04)
003-desktop.lzm (remix-v04)
004-kdeapps.lzm (remix-v04)
005-koffice.lzm (remix-v04)
006-devel-remix-v04.lzm
008-extra-stuff.lzm (remix-v04)
ithink-slax:/tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2# make all
......
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/wm8775.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/wm8775.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/xc5000.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/xc5000.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zc0301.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zc0301.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10036.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10036.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10039.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10039.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10353.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zl10353.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36016.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36016.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36050.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36050.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36060.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36060.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36067.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr36067.ko
CC /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr364xx.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l/zr364xx.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.32.7'
./scripts/rmmod.pl check
found 355 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2/v4l'
ithink-slax:/tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2# uname -a
Linux ithink-slax 2.6.32.7 #1 ZEN SMP Wed Feb 10 04:16:06 GMT 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9400 @ 2.53GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
ithink-slax:/tmp/s2-liplianin-06cc70e480a2#
But I can't send you complited code, because my kernel is diffrent with remix-v04
to build this package you need full kernel sources not the 'crippled' one. AppleWolf probably has full sources in his devel package. I have built it successfully so will add it to the download section soon.
Thanks for the time & effort spent over searching for a clear localization HowTo!
I'm back to 'slax-Remiv v03' and i made changes to the NTFS patch suggested by
Fanthom, the modules which are partly based on the same method as Blaze89 seem
to work again:
I did use the same CD of slax/remix for both laptops. And I did not add any module in addition to the original iso file that you had provided on your site. Maybe I should burn another one with a virgin CD.
Trying the 001-core.lzm, vmlinuz and initrd.gz files you send within hdd installed boot and slax folder with the slaxremix edition I got error 15 File not found on the hp pavilion laptop 1540ca. Thanks very much for the personal reply.
Using another copy of the iso on a virgin CD, it seems that I get some better results. However trying to get it run on hdd, my usual menu.lst does not work. Would anybody troubleshoot it, see:
timeout 3
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
slaxremix-v04/2.6.32-zen6/Slackware-current (original) sometimes does not boot up (slax Graphics mode (KDE)).
* looking for 'slax' data directory (searching for livecd.sng file)
Fatal error occured - slax data not found.
You are maybe using an unsupported boot device (eg. SCSI or old PCMCIA).
Workaround: Copy the directory slax from your boot divice to an IDE/SATA disk, eg. to /mnt/hda1/slax or C:\slax. Then try to boot again.
* Something went wrong and we can't continue. This should never happen.
* Please reboot your computer with Ctrl+Alt+Delete ...
@Blaze89:
There are least to reasons for this message:
1.) You have hardware that isn't supported by slax (and then it is mainly some very very special chipset that contols your disk devices - in my case it is a HP DC5750 PC (hope I remember the number right. Even Ubuntu cannot be started on this computer. To do so you need some special trickery. HP claims, that Linux cannot be run on this computers what is completely wrong, as I demonstrated. For slax I didn't work on a solution because it is not worth it: Standard slax runs on all other computers without any modification, so there is no need to help HP out of the mess: I tell people not to use these special type of HP machines). This error is always reproducable!
2.) I saw this error in very seldom circumstances with remix-v04 on PC's from which I knew that they didn't cause any trouble with slax in the past. The reason is not very clear at the moment. It must have something to do with a mechanism that hinders all modules to be loaded correctly (see the post oh fanthom above). This erro is not reproducable at all: Either you see it this time and next time it vanishes and you don't why.
As you are stuck with 2.): It would be interesting to know if slax 6.1.2 causes trouble too, if remix-v04 _without_ any other modules (just the plain ISO) causes trouble, how many modules you are trying to load, what parameters you use at boot time and how your slax.cfg looks like (esp. if you made any modifications there) and how often you see this message!
you definitely wont be able to boot remix with this menu.lst as it uses initrg.lz not initrd.gz since v03, i'm not sure about other settings
@Blaze89
i need to second ahz: does it happens with 'plain' slax-remix? Did you try dvb-007-3fix-remix-v04.lzm - does it work?
what about your nvidia blank screen issue - did you get rid of it?
hi fanthom it's ok i know lz suffix, the grub entry it's an old slax version showing only for the syntax.in the usb key grub installed are ok,intead hard disk installation i put slax on folder, if you have one partition in ext3 or xfs and have grub how boot all system you can put an entry that point to folder without trouble of hd installation.
ps:
title live
root (hd0,2)
kernel /live/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/boot/initrd.lz from=/live ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;telinit~4 changes=/live
initrd /live/boot/initrd.lz
it's a slaxremix 3 grub entry,location in the folder.
Finally, I manage to get remix ISO to work on the MSI x340 laptop. The problem was that I had a few copies of the standard slax on some of my partitions: one in ntfs (unetbootin slax installed partition) and another on a linux partition. I just renamed them to slaxold and also renamed boot as bootold.
However, as for the hp pavilion 1540ca, the computer freezes after sometimes the first stroke, sometimes the tenth stroke. This wathever the remix stock program I try to use. I did not add yet any other module.
this freeze issue: does it happen on slax-6.1.2 ? could you put changes somewhere and provide relevant log files (dmesg, messages, Xorg.0.log all placed in /var/log/ directory)
fanthom wrote:
i need to second ahz: does it happens with 'plain' slax-remix?
Yes, it does test with 'plain' slax-remix. My configure: http://www.motolink.ucoz.ru/ssinfo.txt
fanthom wrote:
Did you try dvb-007-3fix-remix-v04.lzm - does it work?
The module dvb-007-3fix-remix-v04.lzm does not work because was converted to the new squashfs4 format.
fanthom wrote:
what about your nvidia blank screen issue - did you get rid of it?
Yes, I get rid of it :) The module nVidia-x86-190.53-remix-v04.lzm - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tzedtxozgyx (thanks em) to helped me.
@Blaze89
my apologize - i'm such an idiot! i have uploaded wrong package (probably your one). This one should be good: http://www.mediafire.com/file/dvzgdntm0na/dvb-007-3fix-remix-v04.lzm
sorry once again. One thing: the firmware does not come from s2-liplianin package - can i use it in remix-v04 version?
Second issue: Fatal error occured - slax data not found
does it sometimes happen on slax-6.1.2 as well?
@abhi
without log files i can only guess: your wifi cards needs firmware and you forgot to download 008-extra-stuff. Am I right?
@kalla
well done! i have no idea how to debug printer issues - dont use any :)
@fanthom,
You are absolutely right. In this release you kept firmware in extra-stuff. Thanks for clarifications.
One thing puzzling me still, I used to pretty well work with wlassistant (with wpa-supplicants) in ver3 and now in ver4 it still shows up my network but "fails to connect". However if I use your sns script I connects without any problems.
So one thing is for sure that drivers are proper. I tried with and without the wpa_supplicant and wpa_passphrase etc from 008-extra-stuff (to ensure it doesn't conflict with my earlier packages), Wlassistan still fails to connect. When I see the log (/var/log/messages) I get something like this
Connection with AP xxxxxxx established
dhcpcd: wlan0 Broadcasting for a lease Requesting lease
dhcpcd: wlan0 offered 192.168.1.3 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd: wlan0 acknowledged 192.168.1.3 from 192.168.1.1
dhcpcd: wlan0 checking for 192.168.1.3
dhcpd: wlan0 leased 192.168.1.3 for 86400 seconds
dhcpd: wlan0 forking to background
dhcpd: wlan0 sending signal 1 to pid 7599
dhcpd: wlan0 waiting for 7599 to exit
dhcpd: wlan0 received SIGHUP, releasing lease
dhcpd: wlan0 releasing lease of 192.168.1.3
dhcpd: wlan0 removing interface
Could you suggest, what might have changed in this release that causes Wlassistant unable to connect.
this freeze issue: does it happen on slax-6.1.2 ? could you put changes somewhere and provide relevant log files (dmesg, messages, Xorg.0.log all placed in /var/log/ directory)
Okay, I got it. I think you changed the dhcpcd version in the ver4 which is not compatible with wlassistant. So for all who want to try goodies of ver 4 but don't want to give up on super utility called wlassistant. Do the following
1. Uncompress 001-core.lzm from ver3 (or even standard 6.1.2) in a folder, say /root/ver3
2. Uncompress 001-core.lzm from ver4 in other folder, say /root/ver4
3. Copy /root/ver3/sbin/dhcpcd to /root/ver4/sbin/dhcpcd
4. Compress /root/ver4 to 001-core.lzm
5. Replace the old 001-core.lzm in slax/base folder with newly made 001-core.lzm
@francois.e
that's a good news, must be a new driver so. Unfortunately without the log files i'm not able to guess. Please put changes to another partition and when error occurs give them to me. Obviously - when you'll have a chance.
@abhi
i can revert to older version of dhcpcd to save wlassistant compatibility, but i'm not sure if it's the right direction - we should move forward. KDE-3.5.10 is dead (well, i have heard that there are some plans to release another bugfix version but it's only a rumor), some other programs, strictly connected with this environment are also dead - Wlanassistant is not developed since 2007 ! Maybe you (we) should try to find a good replacement for it?
this is important so please excuse me that i'm writing one post after other.
slax-remix-v04-PAE has some files in /rootcopy uploaded by mistake (what a lame!), nothing really private so you wont be interested :) anyway please delete them as it may harm your current slax configuration.
@beny
just comment out proper sections in /etc/rc.d/rc.M file, like: # SCIM and other GTK+ input methods like this file kept updated:
if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 ]; then
echo "Updating gtk.immodules: gtk-query-immodules-2.0 > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules"
/usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 > /etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules 2> /dev/null
fi
hope it helps
@francois.e
does this hp pavilion 1540 has an intel GPU? look here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/295777
seems that there's an issue with intel cards and 2.6.32 kernel (2.6.31 is not affected). Hopefully 2.6.33 will fix that.
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Did anyone tried to enable KMS in slax-remix as described in this post: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56417
?
Any positive/negative experiences?
@Blaze89
next time when this error appears try to take those 2 steps from my HOWTO:
Section IV Debugging
When something goes wrong and you finish with:
"looking for slax data Directory"
you will have an access to the debug shell so take those actions:
1) run lsmod and make sure you have fuse, aufs and squashfs are loaded
2) mount your usb key manually:
mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
Sorry to ask, but why are you getting fedora kernels (that might/might not work?) This is unbelievable! I thought you guys used a build script that would crank out the kernel and build it from source. I would kindly ask you on how to build a new kernel(zen or not zen) to build a Slackware current livecd from a full installation and (NOT GET A FEDORA KERNEL from RAWHIDE) like u are doing :(
fanthom wrote:
@Gam-Phon
when you activated glibc-i18n: does all files with arabic names displays correctly? can you operate on those files (copy,move,edit,execute)?
I'm sorry for replay late-i was busy.
yes i can operate(copy,move,edit,execute) on arabic files and folders in ntfs and linux filesystem with "en_US.UTF-8".
not just for arabic names.there are some languages also.
I use slaxremixv04 now (boot from cd and usb), it's boot without problem in my pc, but when I use in my netbook (hp mini 110-1013TU) slax always stop working when :
Starting X11 session manager
I've added boot parameter noagp but nothing change. slax can boot only in text mode. In text mode, I still can't run xconf and startx. Help me please !
@kernel-2.6.33rc slax-remix kernel is build up manually, there's no script, genkernel app, or any other automation way. It's based on my own personal experience and slax community advices. probably it's far from being perfect, but we are working on it :) Here you can check how it was done: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=53917
You are not the first person who is asking about slackware-13/current and linux live scripts. I will have a look on it when i have some free time. I have some ideas what may cause the problem, but there's no point for guessing. Need to put my hands on it.
@Gam-Phon
thanks
@SonSoft
please run yor netbook in tekst mode, try xconf and startx commands, then copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/messages files to your pendrive. run your PC and upload them to pastebin.com, post the links only here. after this i might be able to help you.
This is a short note to let you know that i've tried my French-Canadian patching
module(s) with v04 and it seems to work again. I can also tell you that the How
To by Caitlyn Martin is incomplete at best.
@forum
thanks, seems that nvidia released newer version: 196.21, anyone tried it?
@Bicephale
well done! Can i count on small HOWTO? i would like to add it to Blaze89 posts.
@SonSoft
bad news - seems that GMA500 makes troubles under linux. Pulsbo driver doesn't exist under slackware, i can try to port it from gentoo but it's gonna take some time. Let me know if you are still interested.
Yes, even though i feel a bit depleted lately my intention
is to share my findings when ready. Right now i'm thinking
perhaps i should burn a CD to keep what has been gained
but i'm a damn perfectionist so i'll need some time before
there's something i can consider "definitive" and properly
worked-out for distribution...
root@slax:~# uname -a
Linux slax 2.6.32-zen6 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 2 17:27:26 UTC 2010 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor LE-1640 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
@fathom
GREAT JOB. I am amazed at the great job you are doing. I wish that Tomas takes into account all the work you have done, otherwise I think
I will jump ship with you and hope to be ready for more testing.
@kernel-2.6.33rc
well, it's not that hard once you go through all the stuff for the first time. kernel 2.6.33 it in rc8 state so hopefully in next 2 weeks it'll be released. I'll start working on remix-v05 then. Stay tuned.
@Blaze89
good repo, wish it would contain more recent packages - 90% are dated on May 2009. Think you should post it on main forum for every slax user.
@SonSoft
this should never happen: modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/modules.dep: No such file or directory
all paths to the kernel drivers are kept in this file. My guess is that you have at least 2 slax installations on your pendrive/harddisk.
Please remember that slax is searching for livecd.sgn file and will use first one which is found, no matter if it's correct one.
My advice:
a) move all other slax installations to temporary directory, lets say: /mnt/sda3/slax-Installations/slax-6.1.2,
b) boot slax-remix-v04 once again and make sure that /lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/modules.dep file exist - kernel version (2.6.32-zen6) is very important.
c) type lsmod and check if all modules are loaded - should be at least 20.
d) run xconf and then startx
e) if you get a blank screen once again, try to replace /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa or with similar, must have 'vesa' in name anyway (sorry - can't say exac name cause i'm at work now) and then try startx - don't run xconf now.
f) in case of fail please post same log files here once again.
blaze89 excuse me but my slax have only language module and mc run well,look with esc button,that show in konsole all programs installed if you have mc on yours slax version
Blaze89 wrote:
Quality of Bug Reports in slaxremix-v04/2.6.32-zen6. mc does not work for me.
Before you do a bug report, please read and do what's here: How to report a bug?
Try to recreate the bug first: boot slax-remix in 'always fresh mode' with basic slax-remix modules only. If the error appears again, post relevant bug report in this subject. Please attach links to the screenshots and logfiles (examples: /var/log/messages, /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/Xorg.0.log) if possible. For the log files please use external sites like pastebin.com and post web links only. Thanks.
Blaze89
i can bet for a bottle of whiskey, that when you run slax-remix in 'always fresh mode', with basic modules only - MidnightCommander will work - like a charm :D No dubt in it.
There must be something wrong with your configuration/installtion. Try to find conflicting module, please also report it as it may be useful for others.
Thanks for xcursor-theme, will have a look on it.
Does dvb-007 working for you as expected?
fanthom, my dvb card is TT-Budget-S-1401 PCI (Philips TDA10086 DVB-S | SkyStar3) had been defined. Look at this screenshot: http://i50.tinypic.com/23u7i15.png
But how should make the correct module dvb-007-3fix myself in slaxremix?
I run slax-remix in 'always fresh mode' mc does not work.
I have made a costume slax that work great on my pc, but when i tries it on other machines i cant access wlan.
maybe i need to modify this.. (wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0), so that it accept other wlan then 0. my other mashines uses wlan1 and so on..
(i used the sns tool to create and add the wlan config to the system.)
seems that some language settings were still turned on: rootcopy? modified slax.cfg file? Please revert back all changes and try once again with real fresh slax-remix.
Please give me more time, i'll post small howto for building dvb module asap
@kalla
exactly,
i would recommend to use sns-tool on every machine separately as some settings may vary: wlan device name, essid name, wep/wpa key etc.
fanthom you are right - error in ntfs-3g with Russian locale -> CP1251
(a-glibc-2.7-i486-17.sq4.lzm)
(b-glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-17.sq4.lzm)
(c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2.sq4.lzm) umount /dev/sda1
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
umount /dev/sda5
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/sda5 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251
Now I have slax with English localization and Russian hieroglyphs in the names of folder and file names :( but mc run well (:
messages.log Feb 18 15:58:31 (none) ntfs-3g[3903]: Filename decoding failed (inode 138): Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
Feb 18 15:58:33 (none) ntfs-3g[3899]: Filename decoding failed (inode 75058): Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
Xorg.0.log (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
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(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
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(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
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@fanthom,
Yesterday I tried using my wireless keyboard and mouse (logitech ex100) on ver4. Keyboard worked perfectly while the mouse only moved in vertical direction. Do you think I should also try blacklisting usbmouse driver in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, Or you have found some other fix. Thanks
Yes. Read what fanthom wrote under the topic "How to remaster sq4.lzm (squashfs4) module?" in this thread and follow his instructions for unpacking your sq4 module exactly. Afterwards you can pack again in either sq4 or in sq3 format.
@Blaze89
i have got mc to work with UTF-8 support, will post small HOWTO when ready.
This is what you need to build dvb-007 package on slax-remix-v04: activate /mnt/sdb1/slax/optional/006-devel-remix-v04.lzm
wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 -C /root/
cd /root/linux-2.6.32
wget http://downloads.zen-kernel.org/2.6.32/2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
lzma -d 2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
patch -p1 < 2.6.32-zen6.patch
cp /usr/src/linux/.config .
make oldconfig
rm /usr/src/linux
ln -s /root/linux-2.6.32 /usr/src/linux
it should work on every slax-remix release, just change kernel version, zen patch version and 006-devel version. when building of dvb-007 fails, you might have to compile kernel source so type 'make' in kernel directory and then try again to build dvb-007.
Good luck!
@abhi
please try to blacklist usbmouse driver and report back if it works, i need to collect as much information about problems with kernel config as i can, before releasing remix-v05.
Thanks
busybox "modprobe" seems to be incompatible with remix04 "depmod".
rebuilding initrd.lz using that renders it unusable
-> system doesnt boot anymore.
open /mnt/live/lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/depmode.dep
then do
modprobe -b /mnt/live
open /mnt/live/lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/depmode.dep again
and see what happend...
@Bill Gayds
it's a known issue: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56578
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slax-FAQ updated, UTF-8 issue seems to be sorted out now:
How to setup national language support in slax-remix?
WARNING: Settings below are only an example. You need to change all polish values like 'pl_PL.UTF-8' to proper one for your country.
1) to automount ntfs partitions with national characters in file/folder names you have to:
a) replace /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g symlink with a bash script:
#!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=pl_PL.UTF-8
b) make it executable 'chmod +x script' and save as /slax/rootcopy/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
2) edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh file and replace following string 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
with 'export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8', it should look like here:http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56910
3) download and activate two packages (second one needs conversion to sq4):
a) http://www.mediafire.com/file/dg5jzgzamqf/glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486.sq4.lzm
b) ftp://ftp.slax.org/slax-6.x/multi-language/6.1.2/polish/slax/base/polish.lzm
4) press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart KDE, enjoy national language support!
if you still have some problems please look here: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56345 http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56577
UPDATE:
seems that glibc-i18n is enough to handle UTF encoding (smaller than full glibc package). FAQ updated to reflect that.
Also i had some problems with changes which Tomas made in lang.sh file (currently placed in 008-extra-stuff). I would recommended to remove them, so this file should look like that: #!/bin/sh
# Set the system locale. (no, we don't have a menu for this ;-)
# For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
# locale -a
#export LC_ALL=C
# en_US is the Slackware default locale:
#export LANG=en_US
# 'C' is the old Slackware (and UNIX) default, which is 127-bit
# ASCII with a charmap setting of ANSI_X3.4-1968. These days,
# it's better to use en_US or another modern $LANG setting to
# support extended character sets.
#export LANG=C
# There is also support for UTF-8 locales, but be aware that
# some programs are not yet able to handle UTF-8 and will fail to
# run properly. In those cases, you can set LANG=C before
# starting them. Still, I'd avoid UTF unless you actually need it. export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
# Another option for en_US:
#export LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1
# One side effect of the newer locales is that the sort order
# is no longer according to ASCII values, so the sort order will
# change in many places. Since this isn't usually expected and
# can break scripts, we'll stick with traditional ASCII sorting.
# If you'd prefer the sort algorithm that goes with your $LANG
# setting, comment this out.
export LC_COLLATE=C
# End of /etc/profile.d/lang.sh
you need to edit UTF encoding and save this file as /slax/rootcopy/etc/profile.d/lang.sh so it'll override all previous settings. Works for me :)
I prefer cp1251 encoding. UTF-8 not for me. MidnightCommander work with my cp1251 Russian localization in slax-remix-v04 after some time interval. Please replace ntfs-3g in slax-remix on this module Ntfsprogs 2.0.0 (http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=336) for correct view cp1251 encoding (Russian localization). Thx.
I try to build dvb-007 package on slax-remix-v04 (My HOWTO): Copy 006-devel-remix-v04.lzm and wget-1.12.qt4.lzm to /slax/base/
Then open a konsole and type:
wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 -C /root/
cd /root/linux-2.6.32
wget http://downloads.zen-kernel.org/2.6.32/2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
lzma -d 2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
patch -p1 < 2.6.32-zen6.patch
cp /usr/src/linux/.config .
make oldconfig
rm /usr/src/linux
ln -s /root/linux-2.6.32 /usr/src/linux
cd /usr/src/linux
make oldconfig && make prepare
cd /usr/src/s2-liplianin
make
make install
I have some error in finish installization. Look at my log: http://www.motolink.ucoz.ru/zen6s2-liplianin.txt
P.S. The size of squashfs4 modules more than a size modules in formats squashfs3.
@Blaze89
Why UTF is not for you, could you explain a little bit? I can't replace ntfs-3g with Ntfsprogs cause they are completely different packages, with different functions.
dvb-007 - look what i wrote above: when building of dvb-007 fails, you might have to compile kernel source so type 'make' in kernel directory and then try again to build dvb-007
so it should look like that: Copy 006-devel-remix-v04.lzm and wget-1.12.qt4.lzm to /slax/base/
Then open a konsole and type:
wget http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 -C /root/
cd /root/linux-2.6.32
wget http://downloads.zen-kernel.org/2.6.32/2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
lzma -d 2.6.32-zen6.patch.lzma
patch -p1 < 2.6.32-zen6.patch
cp /usr/src/linux/.config .
make oldconfig make
rm /usr/src/linux
ln -s /root/linux-2.6.32 /usr/src/linux
cd /usr/src/s2-liplianin
make
make install
do not change anything and you will be fine.
sq4 has little bit better compression than sq3, try:
/root/squashfs4-tools/mksquashfs (source dir) package.sq4.lzm -b 256K
and you will see. Explanation is in the FAQ since ages, read here: Why slax-remix default modules are little bit bigger than in normal slax-6.1.2?
They are packed with smaller block size, wider explanation can be found here: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=54463&anchorid=55131#postid55131
hmm.. that makes things complicated indeed. I hope you'll find the compromise somehow.
Did you succeed with creation of sq4 module with 256K blocksize?
My computer has not consulted with s2-liplianin in slax-remix - No space left on device. ...........
LD [M] /usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-af9015.o
LD [M] /usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-pctv452e.o
LD [M] /usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-cinergyT2.o
LD [M] /usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-ce6230.o
LD [M] /usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-friio.o
ld: final link failed: No space left on device
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l/dvb-usb-friio.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/linux-2.6.32'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/s2-liplianin/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@slax:/usr/src/s2-liplianin#
Well and it is fine. Let's forget about it.
@Blaze89
never give up! unpack kernel sources to the hard drive and do the compilation there (not in the RAM). You will need around 850MB of free space on hd.
when you run dir2lzm command, then Tomas script raises sq3 block size to 256K (from default 128k). To compare sq3 and sq4 you need to raise sq4 block size too. Do as follows: /root/squashfs4-tools/mksquashfs freedroidrpg/ freedroidrpg_0.11-1.sq4.lzm -b 256K
and then compare the result.
I have done! dvb-007-3mix.lzm (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k3ywylnwjxb) with all changes (look at ghangelog the description of module dvb-007-3fix - http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=2833) for slaxremix-v04/2.6.32-zen6 thanks to fanthom ;)
I did it compared the result of two different modules:
root@slax:~# /root/squashfs4-tools/mksquashfs freedroidrpg/ freedroidrpg_0.11-1.sq4.lzm -b 256K
Parallel mksquashfs: Using 2 processors
Creating 4.0 filesystem on freedroidrpg_0.11-1.sq4.lzm, block size 262144.
[=========================================================================================================================================-] 6006/6006 100%
Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, lzma compressed, data block size 262144
compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments
duplicates are removed
Filesystem size 122684.80 Kbytes (119.81 Mbytes)
93.37% of uncompressed filesystem size (131392.29 Kbytes)
Inode table size 36098 bytes (35.25 Kbytes)
19.20% of uncompressed inode table size (188042 bytes)
Directory table size 29311 bytes (28.62 Kbytes)
17.38% of uncompressed directory table size (168684 bytes)
Number of duplicate files found 152
Number of inodes 5813
Number of files 5641
Number of fragments 125
Number of symbolic links 0
Number of device nodes 0
Number of fifo nodes 0
Number of socket nodes 0
Number of directories 172
Number of ids (unique uids + gids) 1
Number of uids 1
root (0)
Number of gids 1
root (0)
root@slax:~#
freedroidrpg_0.11-1.sq4.lzm = 119 МБ (125 632 512 bytes) vs freedroidrpg_0.11-1.lzm (sq3 - dir2lzm) = 119 MB (125 440 000 bytes)
root@slax:~# /root/squashfs4-tools/mksquashfs /tmp/aaaa/ dvb-007-3mix.sq4.lzm -b 256K
Parallel mksquashfs: Using 2 processors
Creating 4.0 filesystem on dvb-007-3mix.sq4.lzm, block size 262144.
[===========================================================================================================================================/] 468/468 100%
Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, lzma compressed, data block size 262144
compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments
duplicates are removed
Filesystem size 3794.80 Kbytes (3.71 Mbytes)
27.17% of uncompressed filesystem size (13965.33 Kbytes)
Inode table size 3730 bytes (3.64 Kbytes)
22.26% of uncompressed inode table size (16754 bytes)
Directory table size 4929 bytes (4.81 Kbytes)
42.44% of uncompressed directory table size (11614 bytes)
Number of duplicate files found 7
Number of inodes 521
Number of files 458
Number of fragments 42
Number of symbolic links 0
Number of device nodes 0
Number of fifo nodes 0
Number of socket nodes 0
Number of directories 63
Number of ids (unique uids + gids) 1
Number of uids 1
root (0)
Number of gids 1
root (0)
root@slax:~#
dvb-007-3mix.sq4.lzm = 3,70 МБ (3 887 104 bytes) vs dvb-007-3mix.lzm (sq3 - dir2lzm) = 3,70 МБ (3 887 104 bytes)
About 'ClamAV'/'KlamAV' (with multi-language GUI!) module making under 'slax-remixv04'...
I downloaded 'klamav-0.46-installer.tar.gz' from http://sourceforge.net/projects/klamav/files/,
extracted its contents and copied 'DoubleClickOrExecuteMeToInstallKlamaAV-0.46' to '/usr/bin/'
with '006-devel-remix-v03.lzm' and 'ClamAV' pre-installed then i executed it... The 'Arkollon'
GUI took over and this is the error message it generated:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
***** Dazuko
***** Running configure (./configure)...
checking host system type... Linux
checking for make utility... ok (make)
checking for C compiler... ok (cc)
kernel source in /lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/source... yes
kernel build source in /lib/modules/2.6.32-zen6/build... yes
acquiring Linux kernel code configuration... ok
checking if Linux is RSBAC patched... no
checking if devfs is enabled... no
discovered host system... Linux (2.6.32)
checking if security module support is enabled... no
error: security module support must be enabled in your kernel
***** Return value 1
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Any suggestions? I've been told 'Dazuko' is supposed to work...
3.3 What does "error: security module support must be enabled in your kernel" mean?
Dazuko uses the new Linux Security Model for Linux 2.6. This means that Security must be enabled in the kernel in order to support Dazuko. This will require you to configure and build a new kernel. bring a configure and read carefully ,you have enable security module on kernel, i suppose
@Bicephale
will add all necessary options to the 2.6.33 kernel in remix-v05, wait a little bit (hopefully next week it should be released) or try to compile custom kernel now.
Thanks for the report.
hi fanthom,i have tried to install initng, the programs configure make and make install build well,the difficult is adds grub entry for initrb, the ubuntu grub entry is more simple that slax entry, any hint for this trouble,thanks
Thanks Blaze89 for the link, i was wondering where 'ClamAV' came from...
Well, i have another question about 'ClamAV'/'KlamAV' for 'slax-remix':
using the contents of '/mnt/live/memory/changes/' i believe i was able
to collect the necessary files to create a working combined module but
i find it hard to tell which file belongs to which application and this may
be of importance when it comes to programs not related to 'ClamAV'.
I'm wondering if there wouldn't happen to be some way to ease my task,
under the form of a utility which records the whole directory structure
(except '/mnt/'!...) before and after an installer like the 'KlamAV' self-
extractible installer is executed, so that only the new files are copied...
This is a raw example of what i have in mind, it shows that there's some
documentation besides essential libraries which are forgotten in '/tmp/'
and that need to be displaced properly (this is an aproximative list):
easiest way: install your application and pick up all files from changes with latest creation time. On the other hand you can try to install everything to temp directory
@Bicephale
i have reconfigured v4 kernel and ./configuration script finished succesfully, unfortunatelly building process failed during 'make' stage. I have done some research and looks like you don't need to compile dazuko at all. Newer version of dazuko is called dazukofs: http://dazuko.dnsalias.org/wiki/index.php/Downloads
and it's in slaxremix already, just do modprobe dazukofs.
Other thing: could you explain to me how to use it? I suppose that ClamAV/KlamAV takes advantage of it, but how to force it to work with newer dazukofs? Is it possible at all?
Cheers
EDIT
ok - forget what i wrote above. I used newer version of dazuko-2.3.8, complied it from sources with redirfs support and everything went fine. Will post small HOWTO (if necessary) when remix-v05 is released.
@Blaze89
please remove all of your modules and settings (no changes cheatcode), boot 'plain' slax-remix and then do exactly everything what i wrote here:
How to setup national language support in slax-remix?
WARNING: Settings below are only an example. You need to change all polish values like 'pl_PL.UTF-8' to proper one for your country.
1) to automount ntfs partitions with national characters in file/folder names you have to:
a) replace /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g symlink with a bash script:
#!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=pl_PL.UTF-8
b) make it executable 'chmod +x script' and save as /slax/rootcopy/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
2) edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh file and replace following string 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
with 'export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8', it should look like here:http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56910
3) download and activate two packages (second one needs conversion to sq4):
a) http://www.mediafire.com/file/dg5jzgzamqf/glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486.sq4.lzm
b) ftp://ftp.slax.org/slax-6.x/multi-language/6.1.2/polish/slax/base/polish.lzm
4) press ctrl+alt+backspace to restart KDE, enjoy national language support!
you can also try to force UTF-8 encoding in Konsole
-> Settings -> Encoding -> Unicode (utf8)
Good luck!
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fanthom add in slaxremix two modules:
Beep media player 0.9.7.1 (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mhuhuk5jzvz) (http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3067). Screenshot: http://www.slax.org/modules/screenshots/3/3067_big.png The Beep Media Player (BMP) was a free audio player, based on the XMMS multimedia player. The lead developer was Milosz “deadchip” Derezynski. The BMP is mainly a port of XMMS to GTK+ 2 and, as such, integrates better with the look and feel of more recent versions of GNOME, Xfce, and, if using the GTK-QT theme engine for KDE, KDE desktop environments. Like XMMS, BMP looks like Winamp and even supports Winamp and XMMS skins.
KMPlayer 0.10.0c (http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=82) and delete Mplayer.
Finally it doesn't work to take note of the date/time stamps in my
'/mnt/changes/' directory! I'd need some kind of differential utility
that can take before/after snapshots of the directory structure to
extract the files directly related to my installation of 'KlamAV' only.
Well, i'm also trying to figure out how 'KDiff3-0.9.92' combined to
'krusader v1.90.0' (the last versions suitable for use under 'KDE3')
could be of use here...
@fanthom
Hi, Sorry for replying late on my issue of problems with wireless mouse. Just wanted to update you that with suggestion of blacklisting usbmose, both my wireless mouse models started working fine!!
Models are:
logitech ex100
iogear gkm551r
I follow your instruction: 1) to automount ntfs partitions with national characters in file/folder names you have to:
a) replace /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g symlink with a bash script:
#!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 "$2" -o locale=pl_PL.UTF-8
b) make it executable 'chmod +x script' and save as /slax/rootcopy/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
2) edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh file and replace following string 'export LANG=en_US.UTF-8'
with 'export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8'
...
and added in this module (russian-sq4.lzm -> http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?z5tjy5tezlh):
EDIT. I have done! Look at this screenshot http://i49.tinypic.com/29x6qyw.png but MidnightCommander work with interval and every time at the new booting I must umount & mount my HD (right mouse click on hd icon -> umount -> right mouse click on hd icon -> mount). The interface MidnightCommander is not full translation in Russian.
I deleted in the module russian-sq4.lzm:
/sbin/mount.ntfs-3g
/usr/bin/locale
and edited /etc/profile.d/lang.sh #!/bin/sh
export LANG="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_NUMERIC="C"
export LC_TIME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_COLLATE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_MONETARY="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_MESSAGES="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_PAPER="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_NAME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_ADDRESS="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_TELEPHONE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_MEASUREMENT="ru_RU.UTF-8"
export LC_IDENTIFICATION="ru_RU.UTF-8"
@Blaze89
you are progressing :)
if you wont get it to work properly we can try next week: Monday or Tuesday cause i'll be at work untill then.
good luck!
Correct translation is impossible in remix-v04 for me. Sorry. In slax 6.1.2 by Tomas M excellent translation. Excellent Russian - http://i49.tinypic.com/n2h649.jpg
@fanthom
be not disturbed at trifles. I don't worry 8> I'm happy :'-)
UTF-8 not for me... The cp1251 encoding for Russian slax users better than UTF-8 IMHO. I regret. Thanks a lot for your support!
Blaze86
Who said that cp1251 is better than UTF-8 for Russians? 0_0
I always used ru_RU.UTF-8 in slax and will use it in the future.
To each their own I guess... ;)
Ouch... I remembered that I have problems with slax-remix (at least with 03-PAE and 04-PAE).
My mouse Genius Ergo T555 Laser works weird. Everything's Ok if I move it left or right. But cursor doesn't go down and as for up, it moves VERY slowly, so to move it to the top of the screen I have to move mouse very-very far.
Will try to blacklist usbmouse as was suggested earlier...
fanthom
Err... My mouse was/is Genius Ergo T555 Laser...
BTW: Can you upload modules/files you used to translate slax-remix to russian somewhere?
I'm especially interested to know what "russian" module you used. Did you use standard slax 6.1.2 module for that?
Nice and that was quick! I'm wondering, would it be
possible to create an equivalent SquashFS3 module
for use by 'slax v6.1.2'? Bridging the gap between
the two in a symetrical way... I mean, 'slax-remix'
is backward-compatible, can 'slax v6.1.2' be made
forward-compatible?
@Bicephale
you mean sq4 to sq3 conversion under slax-6.1.2? No problem - can do it. Will add proper konqueror entry to my existing squashfs4-tools package - they will need it anyway.
@Blaze89
mail has been sent - by the way - do you know any web page with a chat where we could talk without 'emailing delay'?
that kind of 'chat box' could be very useful on this page - IMO
Yes, SQ3 <-> SQ4 conversion would save time to those who try
to experiment with both 'slax v6.1.2' and 'slax-remix', which is
what i did when testing 'Avast!': not having to reboot anymore
could be considered to be an advantage for some of us...
do you want also 'Extract sq4 module' and 'Create sq4 module' (from directory) options?
this is (not complete) changelog for v05: new kernel - 2.6.33-zen1 (not ready yet), features: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Linux-2-6-33-933312.html
kernel config:
- default power governor changed to 'cpufreq-ondemand', to activate power_save features of your kernel use 'Power-Save Mode' script form 008-extra-stuff
- mousedev is compiled as (*) so hopefully all mouse issues are gone
- Magic SysRq key is back
- 'different security models' enabled so dazuko can be compiled without an error
- multi scsi luns check
001-core
- added 'export LC_ALL=C' string to /etc/profile.d/lang.sh file
- disabled annoying 'new mail' notification in /etc/login.defs file
- updated mc, wget and other packages to latest available versions
002-xorg
- qiv replaced by gpicview,
- some firefox libs moved here to allow opera and konqueror recognize flashplugin correctly (todo)
- flashplugin updated
003-desktop
- new cursor theme
004-apps
- added beep media player
008-extra-stuff
- added 'Power-Saver Switch' script
- added 'slax-remix FAQ'
Squashfs4-tools: added Konqueror integration with converting between sq3 and sq4 formats
did i forget about something? any other requests? please write now as not much time left before releasing v05 :)
hi Blaze89,
i'm glad that you sorted it.
nice chat - is there a possibility to login without a password? maybe all slax users could use it to help each other?
I have one suggestion, it's about the boot-time splash screen.
The bottom space is such that typing any additional boot-codes
is rendered very difficult because of its reduced visibility... When
testing optional modules this can be an irritating issue (which i
corrected by changing the graphic file with something darker).
-=*=-
Thanks for the latest SQ3-SQ4 conversion module, i evaluated
it both under 'slax v6.1.2' and 'slax-remixv04' with success:
i verified that cross-compatibility is now possible by creating an
SQ3 module for 'slax v6.1.2' under 'slax-remixv04' and an
SQ4 one for 'slax-remixv04' under 'slax v6.1.2'... Of course,
the 'slax v6.1.2' users 1st must convert that module under
'slax-remixv04' to benefit from it under 'slax v6.1.2' later...
@Bicephale
do you mean 'ksplash' which starts after X11? or boot-splash - those one between kernel and X11? what i suppose to do with it?
a have reuploaded squashfs4-tools for 6.1.2 users with konqueror integration as well: http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3155
@Blaze89
really useful thing - post it on main forum page so more users can join
hello !
@fanthom
In this forum you said For a list of locales which are supported by this machine, type:
# locale -a slax612 says C- Posix remix04 says command not found
I'm happy without any locale !
But what is the use of locale except for ntfs.. as fully developped here
maybe I'have not seen the explanation in this thread or others's slax which said locale -a
I'm using loadkeys fr-latin1 without any cheatcode for utf8
my knowledge of linux is not had-hoc sure hi!
thanks to you always responding and giving explains
@Bicephale
yes, good idea (since v04slax-remix doesn't relay on slax-6.1.2 anymore - it's rather mix of slax, Slackware-current and LLS)
any propositions for replacing Syslinux boot image?
@bour59
'locale' app belongs to 006-devel package, activate it (along with 008-extra-stuff - check "slax-remix know bugs" number 1) and you will have same result :)
Switching to UTF-8 is best what you can do - check FAQ section.
@fanthom ...
I,ve forgotten to thanks you an others for yours .lzm allowing me
to understand how to use many commands
specially to last one squash fs3fs4 which will simplify my quest
It doesn't have to be that one specifically, the idea was
simply to select a picture with areas where the text will
be easy to read. In any case, here's my corresponding
configuration file to speed-up the demonstration:
'slax.cfg' # Adapted by Bicephale for LiveCD/LiveUSB Linux
KbdMap /Boot/CF.KTL
Display /Boot/Help.MSG
Default /Boot/VESAMenu.C32
Prompt 1
Timeout 50
TotalTimeout 600
Menu Background /Boot/Splash.JPG
Menu Title Options de d‚marage
Menu TabMsg Pressez la touche [Tab] pour ‚diter la commande...
Menu AutoBoot S‚lection automatique dans #...
Menu Width 40
Menu Margin 0
Menu Rows 9
Menu VShift 2
Menu HShift 6
Menu TimeOutRow 0
Menu HelpMsgRow 14
Menu TabMsgRow 18
Menu CmdLineRow 20
Menu Color Screen 37;40 #00000000 #00000000 None
Menu Color Border 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 None
Menu Color Title 1;36;44 #00000000 #00000000 None
Menu Color UnSel 37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 None
Menu Color HotKey 1;37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 None
Menu Color Sel 7;37;40 #ffffffff #ff60CA00 None
Menu Color HotSel 1;7;37;40 #ff808080 #ff60CA00 None
Menu Color ScrollBar 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 None
Menu Color TabMsg 31;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 None
Menu Color CmdMark 1;36;40 #ffff0000 #00000000 None
Menu Color CmdLine 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 None
Menu Color PwdBorder 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 Std
Menu Color PwdHeader 31;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 Std
Menu Color PwdEntry 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 Std
Menu Color TimeOut_Msg 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 None
Menu Color TimeOut 1;37;40 #ffaaaaff #00000000 None
Menu Color Help 37;40 #aaaaaa00 #00000000 None
Menu Color Msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #00000000 Std
F1 /Boot/Aide.MSG
F0 /Boot/Help.MSG
LABEL xconf
MENU LABEL slax Graphics mode (KDE)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;telinit~4 changes=/slax/ load=010,013,020,054,079,081,090
TEXT HELP
Run slax the best way we can.
Try to autoconfigure graphics card and use the maximum allowed resolution
ENDTEXT
LABEL fresh
MENU LABEL slax Always Fresh
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;telinit~4
TEXT HELP
Normally slax saves all changes to the /slax/changes/ directory
on the boot media (if writable) and restores them next time.
Use this option to start fresh system, no changes are neither
read nor written anywhere
ENDTEXT
LABEL cp2ram
MENU LABEL slax Copy To RAM
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw copy2ram autoexec=xconf;telinit~4
TEXT HELP
Run slax the same like above, first copy all data to RAM
to get huge speed (needs >300MB)
ENDTEXT
LABEL startx
MENU LABEL slax Graphics VESA mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=telinit~4 changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
Run slax with KDE, but skip gfx-card config. Force 1024x768
using standard VESA driver
ENDTEXT
LABEL slax
MENU LABEL slax Text mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
Run slax in textmode and start command prompt only
ENDTEXT
LABEL pxe
MENU LABEL slax as PXE server
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.lz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=/boot/pxelinux.cfg/start;/boot/pxelinux.cfg/web/start;xconf;telinit~4
TEXT HELP
Run slax as usual, but also initialize PXE server.
This will allow you to boot slax on other computers over network
ENDTEXT
MENU SEPARATOR
Label plop
Menu Default
Menu Ident 1
Menu Label ^PLoP BootManager v5.0.8
Kernel /PLPBtUSB
#Append InitRD=/plpbPLPBt.IGZ
Text Help
Lanceur USB & +, automatisation pouss‚e id‚ale pour d‚butant
EndText
LABEL memtest86
MENU LABEL Run Memtest utility
KERNEL /boot/mt86p
TEXT HELP
Don't start slax at all, but rather run the MemTest utility
to diagnose your computer's RAM for possible errors
ENDTEXT
I'm sure you can find a nice subject which will suit
'slax-remix' better. I'm curious to see what it's
going to be!
:)
Well, i hope you won't have too much trouble trying
to deal with '/Boot/Help.MSG': i put it there just in
case 'slax'/'slax-remix'/'PureOS-Light' refuses to
start in GUI (X) mode (if that occurs there are text-
mode applications such as 'MidNight Commander',
'Lynx', 'C-Kermit' and the like)...
Oups! Ah, and the "load=010,013, ... ,090" part is
because of the modules i'm testing: language patch,
'FireFox' language/bookmark patches, anti-virus, etc.
hi fanthom,you know, slackware current goig to 2.6.33.kernel and i have upgraded, but my nvidia it's silent with this kernel i have find a patch for nvidia driver but how to repack installer i am a little bit lost now ,the zen kernel git don't compile in my slackware make well but, when make modules install: no module installed only firmware.
@Bicephale
nice but don't forget:
[joke]We hate Windows![/joke]
@beny
2.6.33 zen kernel is nearly done. Zen team is doing great job in porting all stuff to 2.6.33 release. BFQ is still not ready yet. cheater1034 said that this release gonna be a 'big one'. Also promised to add something extra :) i think it's worth waiting...
I like the water-like texture of those letters,
that's certainly a great idea! Superposition
is easily achieved but i wouldn't know how
to get a similar label to begin with... Also, i
think the resolution i too high to keep some
nice features like that tree, you'd have to go
down a bit. By the way, wouldn't you want
the label to say "slax-remix" instead?
I use 'Xn-View' to limit the number of colours to 256
and then i copy/paste to 'MS-Paint' and save as a .JPG
image file. I'm certain there are other ways but that's
working for me so i didn't try to understand this issue
any further... I can see you've found pictures with a
lot of details which still allow high-contrast reading,
that's good! Just don't forget the CLI line as that's a
critical one.
Good idea Blade89, i think i'll add it to my 'slax'
favourites but there's a significant limit which we
must be aware of: the "Starter" plan is free but
it allows only one "chat room" with five visitors.
I tried to add AdBlock and it wasn't compatible,
as i recall... Perhaps AdBlock-Plus will differ.
I'm taking note of the recent URL for chatting,
it's more than sufficient in the event that two
or more users would happen to "rendez-vous".
The 007 'FireFox' module in 'slax v6.1.2' needs
to be replaced and my add-on modules didn't work
with it anyway so i used that of Fanthom which i
simply converted thanks to the new tools...
Perhaps web-cam support in the 008 package
makes ense, yes, but a FireWall is too serious
and i think it's worth one of its own.
Other things which i don't understand why they
were left out is the Debian DPKg item: 'Deb2LZM'
is there but won't work without it, for example...
'Lynx', a text-mode browser, is missing but what
am i supposed to use if 'KDE' isn't loaded? And,
of course, the SQ3/4 module manipulation tools:
those should go to the '/base/' or '/modules/'
directory in order to be installed by default!
About Russian language for slaxremix :) I have small problem with keyboard layout when I boot up again slaxremix - screenshot http://i49.tinypic.com/2d94j1z.png
and I want default in slaxremix this notepad -> leafpad-0.8.17 (http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=3677) because he is support auto codeset detection. Screenshot http://i45.tinypic.com/21awy0i.png
[joke mode]what a busy thread! Why don't you use a chat? [/joke mode]
@Blaze89
thanks for tweaking the image - will stick with it i suppose:) thanks to everyone for other propositions.
leafpad rejected - slax-remix is getting too big!!! i'll try to catch you on chat to solve this 'Russian language' issue, but not today.
@mark
will have a look on this webcam tool, thanks. Firewall - hmm... Bicephale is right, users should know if they need it, and how to use it.
@Bicephale
SQ3/4 module conversion tools will be merged to squashfs4-tools as they wont work without sq4-tools.
@Gam-Phon
yes, it's a spider. i hope that slax-remix users doesn't suffer on arachnophobia :)
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i have started merging apps from slackware-current (dated on 2nd of march) to slax-remix-v05. Obviously there are some troubles - udev-151 is simply pain in the ass. i'll probably stay with 141 version.
Xorg-server was bumped to 1.7.5 - unfortunately ati fglrx driver supports 1.6x branch only . Will have to stay with 1.6 for now.
Other apps were merged without problems.
Still waiting on Zen team - hurry up guys!!!
@Bicephale
hold on a while, remix-v05 needs some testing and will be out :) first i need to ask someone with mouse issue to confirm that this bug is fixed.
before i push slax-remix-v05 out i would like to ask you to test pre-release version called 'remix-next', you can get it from here:
file deleted
md5sum: 2ce521844b158ad2a4ab408d03a9c875
it contains vmlinuz, initrd.lz and 001-core.sq4.lzm (2.6.33-zen1 and slackware-current dated on 2nd of march) only, so need to add rest of modules from remix-v04.
Please report any issues with it immediately (especially check if mouse problems are gone).
hi fanthom,in yours pre-release,mouse work well,/media folder is empty, and if you want do something in yours hd are available in mnt folder,great work
@fanthom
after activating xorg, desktop,,kdeapps(from remix-04)
I confirm my mice work together well
after closing kde all's always ok in text mode as with gui
thanks for the reports guys!
at least i can recreate touchpad issue now :) should be fixed in time of releasing v05. The other thing - 'automounting of external devices' is worrying me much more. Seems that qt3.x/kde3.x applications are becoming less compatible with newer packages form 001-core (example: wlassistant and dhcpcd, qt3-dbus and newer hal). I might have to stick with userland from remix-v04. Will see.
thanks once again
EDIT:
tappig issue solved, now this crappy dbus/hal thing ;/
hi fanthom you are right,udev last version it is a pain,i have been trouble with 2.6.33 kernel, put in the 2.6.32zen6,at boot udev fault the partition where mounted slackware current,i have downgrade to 1.41 and work like a charm,btw compile kernel it's not my job,no luck with 2.6.33 zen1,LLS without compilation of the kernel inside slackware don't run.error on make initrd.
Euh... You mentioned an application with a name like 'Klipper',
i don't recall very well. It's an equivalent to MicroSoft's way of
allowing cut 'n paste operations... While you're at it i'd like to
write that the bottom bar is often a nuisance, it would be a
good idea to make it auto-hide after a few seconds. Oh and
when short on memory it helps to empty the trash can so i'd
say why not make it more accessible?...
for those who are interested in: slax-remix-v05 will be delayed, ati-fglrx simply sucks. it doesn't support xorg-server-1.7.5 and even 2.6.33 kernel yet. I have tried to patch fglrx-sources and driver builded up correctly. unfortunately it failed to load: fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, ANY' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
fglrx: Unknown symbol __cmpxchg_wrong_size
with nvidia certified 195.36.08 in 2.6.33 kernel build well, but don't work that in slackware current big update, in various tread solutions are blacklist noveau driver,i have do this with no luck
i have used a config of zen repository for 2.6.33 zen1 now all compile but aufs and other file system where are gone, when try to boot i have a multicolor kernel panic. it's joke mode on.
beny wrote:
it's joke mode on.
don't worry about zen kernel - i have build it without nouveau driver and it's working perfectly with nvidia GPU's. constant 'joke mode on' is with fglrx driver.
wish to go with open-source xf86-video-ati, but it still lacks of some features: http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonProgram
wait for amd/ati and remix-v05 will be pushed out.
- Firefox 3.6 slows extremly down once network connection is established (menu delays of about 2s).
- Wine 1.1.33 (other versions too) has a huge startup delay once network connection is established (winecfg, notepad needs about 30s).
Both working well when freshly booted without any network connection, having dhcpd disabled in "/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1"
- Screen refresh stops on intel GMA950 when the mouse is not moved constantly, even when watching video
(is there any linux distibution that works with the intel GMA950, without having randomly system crashes ?)
- depmod (modules-ini-tools-3.6) http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=56578
renders "modules.dep" unusable - Is it a bug or a new feature ?
the less annoying ones:
- wifi drivers for eeepc are missing
- some firmware for common usb-wifi missing
- some modules for common nic missing
- touchpad click emulation does not work (known issue)
All the above works pretty well with the official slax 6.1.2 release.
Any ideas ?
root@slax:~# gkrellm &
[1] 31253
root@slax:~# -bash: gkrellm: command not found
[1]+ Exit 127 gkrellm
root@slax:~# which gkrellm
which: no gkrellm in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/qt/bin)
Other than that, I can't complain. I'll test new remix when I have a chance. Thanks again for your hard work :)
@Bill Gayds
thanks for this detailed report:
a) Fx and Wine: works for me - tested on 4 different machines, don't know how to fix it
b) intel GMA950 - try to compile latest driver from sources: xf86-video-intel-2.10
c) depmod - sorted out already by the sed command
d) all firmware is in 008-extra-stuff, could you write which wifi drivers are missing? i'll be happy to add them in to v05.
e) touchpad - fixed already in v05
@unixino
check Download section for GPU drivers
@Gam-Phon
/media issue is sorted out in v05
@tonio
a) modules needs conversion to sq4 - check remix-FAQ
b) kernel issue - read FAQ: howto report a bug
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Any ideas how can i force users to read FAQ before they start their adventure with slax-remix?
@tonio
a) modules needs conversion to sq4 - check remix-FAQ
b) kernel issue - read FAQ: howto report a bug
On part a) I disagree with you
1) I am building from source directly (not using previous modules(because they don't work) :)
2) I tried using slaxbuild script I created and the resultant modues don't work as simple as that :(
3) The only packages that work are tgz/txz files built from Slackbuilds.org
On part b) I run into many kernel oops in Fedora and they get automagically reported :), here I have to load program kernel oops package or something like that, but apparently there was a problem with pppp, kernel module(s), i have encountered those before and also have dealt with them.
On another thing I want to report :
the mkfileswap command does not work, some files/commands that are on default slax are not in remix :(,
And BTW, I did read the documentation, that is why I try building from source/slaxbuild to run on slaxremix. I solved the mouse problem. I am trying. I still like your remix and can try any suggestions that you have :)
I apologize, I did not read this
be aware that you must execute mksquashfs from squashfs4-tools folder. Otherwise standard (slax-6.1.2) mksquashfs will operate and create sq3 module, which is not compatible with slaxremix release.
I believed that running mksquashfs from within slaxremix would produce a sq4 for it but apparently it produces an sq3 module, why did you not make it by default? This way I avoid the confusion :) How bout adding patches that Quax has that make it backwards compatible?
@tonio
in v05 all confusion with building sq3 and sq4 modules is gone, right mouse click will do everything. sq4-tools are not default cause i want remix users to contribute (create sq3 modules) for slax-6.1.2 as well. i didn't go with sq3 in recent kernels cause sq4 will be used in slax-7 anyway. We need to be ready (all our modules converted) when it arrives :)
BTW your kernel bug can be caused by drivers from 'staging area' i have enabled some of them on users request. still - better is to have 'buggy diver' than 'no driver' - IMO.
try to recreate it and in case of success i'll report it upstream.
'slax-remix' was a very positive experience for me, without it and the
recent user-friendly SQ3/4 solution i probably wouldn't have revisited
'slax v6.1.2' at all. Of course, the fact that 'KDE v3.5.10' is used also
had a determining effect of its own...
1. I unpacked the module 008-extra-stuff.lzm and removed a directory /etc/profile.d/.
2. Added in the module c-config-ru_RU_CP1251-0_0_2-noarch-2-sq4.lzm a bash script /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g #!/bin/bash
/bin/ntfs-3g $1 $2 -o locale=ru_RU.CP1251 cd /sbin/
chmod +x mount.ntfs-3g
3. Unpacked these modules: russian.lzm and glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486.sq4.lzm
4. Copied the directory /usr/share/locale/ of module russian.lzm and pasted into a local directory of module glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486.sq4.lzm
and edited the file slax.cfg for ru_RU_cp1251 localization (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mdvnmymmmin)
@Blaze89
wow - great work! i'll add your post to remix FAQ immediately, so people who don't like UTF-8 will be able to use traditional encoding - thanks :)
fonts - put them in /usr/share/fonts directory.
* Firmware
i am missing "Ralink rt73" (netbook) and "Zydas zd1211" (both USB Wifi) - the driver modules are still there.
* GMA950:
i got really horrible "I830WaitLpRing()" errors ramdomly crashing the system on different machines with intel 82945,
much less frequent with remix-v04 ;-) but still buggy - this is not a slax specific issue, same thing happens with all
other distros that i have tried so far, with the one and only exception of CDlinux - but i cannot figure out why...
what do i need for compiling "xf86-video-intel-2.10" ?
- devel module
- xf86-video-intel-2.10 source
- something more ?
* depmod 3.6
i think post processing "modules.dep" using sed is not really a solution, since it doesnt
correct "modules.dep.bin" nor the strange behavior of depmod
@Bill Gaydes
a) you must have missed slax-remix FAQ, did you? How to get my wireless card to work?
If you have a troubles with getting your wifi card to work you might have to download 008-extra-stuff module. It contains a firmware which is needed by some wifi cards, wpa_supplicant needed to create secured wireless connection and sns-tool utility which will let you setup your network settings in an 'easy way'. Launch it from console by typing sns-tool or through KMenu - it's placed under slax-Extra-Stuff submenu.
b) that's all what you need, don't forget to enable Kernel Mode Setting (set i915.modeset=1 in slax.cfg) cause intel drivers, since version 2.10 can't work without it.
c) 'sed' is soultion until it works, you have 3 options:
- rebuild busybox (good luck with it)
- replace busybox symlinks with apps from module-init-tools-3.11.1 (will bloat initrd)
- use 'sed' command (simplest - IMO)
Bill Gayds wrote:
@fanthom
c) maybe a 4th option:
replacing the busybox-modprobe symlink in "intrd.lz" with the full version of modprobe 3.6
thanks a lot
tried it and doesn't work, looks like it needs other binaries. i'm happy with 'sed' workaround anyway.
Cheers
EDIT:
please hold on for a while with compilation of intel driver - i have finally got fglrx to work with 2.6.33 kernel (needs two extra patches). I'm currently uploading remix-v05 to mediafire. should be in the air in couple hours.
fanthom wrote: Bill Gayds wrote:
@fanthom
c) maybe a 4th option:
replacing the busybox-modprobe symlink in "intrd.lz" with the full version of modprobe 3.6
thanks a lot
tried it and doesn't work, looks like it needs other binaries. i'm happy with 'sed' workaround anyway.
Cheers
EDIT:
please hold on for a while with compilation of intel driver - i have finally got fglrx to work with 2.6.33 kernel (needs two extra patches). I'm currently uploading remix-v05 to mediafire. should be in the air in couple hours.
@fanthom
I swapped my mobo from atom330+82945GC to atom510+nm10
and added i915.modeset=1, that works great with remix-v04 ;-)
Solved my strange Firefox "menu-delay" and "wine-startup-delay" issues, it was a too restrictive firewall setting.
you can simply check that behavior by typing:
root@slax:~# ifconfig lo down
