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xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 09 Apr 2017, 18:30
by francois
This is a thread for building the xfce4 environment with wifi and a few useful utilities.
Once into nemesis run:
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setup-pman[\code]
Build the necessary packages and move them from /tmp to /porteus/modules.
Packages needed:
pman-settings xfce4
[code]pman -S xfce4
Additional basic packages:
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xarchiver avahi-openrc gparted leafpad libreoffice-still manjaro-printer opera chromium simple-scan xorg-xrandr xorg-xkill
Other packages less oftened used:
Booting without a login manager.
Modifying ~/.xinitrc to boot xfce by inserting at the end of the file exec startxfce4 with a text editor like nano (command line) or mousepad (graphical environment):
exec startxfce4
Porteus.cfg syntax to boot directly into desktop.
.grub2
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menuentry "porteus PORTEUS 1_nemesis NEMESIS sda5" {
set root=(hd0,5)
linux /1_nemesis/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda5/1_nemesis changes=/1_nemesis sgnfile=porteus-v3.5-x86_64.sgn login=root
initrd /1_nemesis/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz
}
.syslinux
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LABEL gui
MENU LABEL Graphics mode (nemesis)
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz from=UUID:12f37982-7233-4a08-87ef-c567d200c914/64bit_nemesis sgnfile=porteus-v3.5-x86_64.sgn login=root changes=/64bit_nemesis
TEXT HELP
Run Porteus the best way we can.
Try to autoconfigure graphics
card and use the maximum
allowed resolution
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where UUID comes from command blkid
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root ~/Desktop # blkid
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop3: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="manjaro" UUID="629acbde-7a91-49ca-b9b8-b17e9e65bfb4" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000dceb7-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="e70b84a5-da6d-4005-809f-cec19c0694cc" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="000dceb7-05"
/dev/sda6: UUID="0d6e0fe4-79dd-4ea3-8d9b-24474cb96e49" TYPE="ext3" PARTUUID="000dceb7-06"
/dev/sda7: UUID="ad800b6d-428c-451f-8eb8-1ee7ecaac8f1" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="000dceb7-07"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="3F57-A0F0" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="6be088e5-01"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="12f37982-7233-4a08-87ef-c567d200c914" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="6be088e5-02"
root ~/Desktop #
Changes module after building xfce4 desktop.
You have to be in save changes mode and reboot into another porteus installation and transform the changes folder into a module.
dir2xzm changes xfce4-changes. Then erase the changes folder.
See also
My settings under porteus/arch and nemesis
This post is in progress and has been modified after suggestions from participants.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 10 Apr 2017, 02:30
by ncmprhnsbl
francois wrote:You have to be in save changes mode and reboot into another porteus installation and transform the changes folder into a module.
the dir2xzm command is present in nemesis..
also you can grab your changes more directly from /mnt/live/memory/changes ... so
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dir2xzm /mnt/live/memory/changes changes.xzm
will place a changes.xzm in the present directory...
francois wrote:Problem.
networkmanager network-manager-applet installation.
note that networkmanager-openrc and networkmanager-consolekit are present in 001-core.xzm (you dont want "networkmanager"(this is systemd version afaiui))..
in brokenmans lxde module there is:
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network-manager-applet
networkmanager-openvpn
networkmanager-pptp
networkmanager-vpnc
nm-connection-editor
other deps (i think) are gnome-keyring , libsecret, vpnc,..more(pacman/pman should find them)
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 02:21
by francois
Thanks for the info.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 09:23
by ncmprhnsbl
as of the latest update
networkmanager-consolekit is out, and standard
networkmanager is in 001-core
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 12:05
by francois
1) As there is changes on the system, even if I do nothing, and as my changes file is huge, using dir2xzm /mnt/live/memory/changes changes.xzm seems impossible:
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tempting to re-read
[===================| ] 42598/141264 30%
File /mnt/live/memory/changes/root/changes.xzm changed size while reading filesystem, attempting to re-read
[===================| ] 42598/141264 30%
File /mnt/live/memory/changes/root/changes.xzm changed size while reading filesystem, attempting to re-read
[====================| ] 44060/141264 31%
File /mnt/live/memory/changes/root/changes.xzm changed size while reading filesystem, attempting to re-read
[===================| ] 42598/141264 30%
etc. ... ... all night long
2) Thanks for updating networkmanager.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 23 Apr 2017, 12:36
by ncmprhnsbl
francois wrote: using dir2xzm /mnt/live/memory/changes changes.xzm seems impossible
looks like your trying to make your module in /root ? which creates a feedback loop... changes is detecting the change of /root/changes.xzm as it compresses
your changes.xzm needs to be made
outside the live filesystem or in directory that isn't included in /changes like eg. /tmp
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 24 Apr 2017, 03:05
by francois
This is enlightning. Effectively, I have the bad habit to work from root mode.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 04:20
by francois
ncmprhnsbl:
From guest mode in regular porteus, I did not get a result with the root user. Maybe I should try with sudo.
Will test that.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 05:41
by ncmprhnsbl
it has nothing to do with which user.(root or guest) ((although dir2xzm should be run as root))
it is to do with
where the module is being made. (and
where the folder originates)
if you dir2xzm from /mnt/live/changes/ to anywhere inside the live filesystem you are changing the the folder you're trying to compress...
so creating a loop that will never end.........................
so... either copy the target folder(/mnt/live/changes/) first then compress the copy
or dir2xm (/mnt/live/changes/) to somewhere outside the live filesystem (eg. a mounted partition)
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 11:24
by francois
Thanks. I will do that.
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 04 Jul 2017, 05:31
by ncmprhnsbl
@francois
could you post the list of packages in your xfce4 module(s):
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ls /mnt/live/memory/images/<nameofyourxfcemodule>.xzm
Re: xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 12 Jul 2017, 14:50
by francois
Sorry, I am presently on holiday for a couple of weeks, very seldom far from wifi or network reach.
