Porteus

compiled in port_4-xfce-x86_64 and also in port_5-xfce-x86_64 ...I think it was rc2
Same result with both of them.

Which GUI do you use?

?? GUI = DE ??

^^ What?? look: root@porteus:~# ldd /usr/bin/testdisk linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc027ba000) libncursesw.so.6 => /lib64/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007f9fecdbf000) libtinfo.so.6 => /lib64/libtinfo.so.6 (0x00007f9fecb93000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007f9fec97c000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so....

main page:
https://www.cgsecurity.org/

download page:
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

source:
https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk-7.1.tar.bz2

What happens if you download the source and change the version number in the Slackbuild?
VERSION=${VERSION:-7.1}

Yep, confirmed guest@porteus:~$ libreoffice javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment! Warning: failed to read path from javaldx terminate called after throwing an instance of 'com::sun::star::uno::DeploymentException' Fatal exception: Signal 6 Stack: /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/libuno_sal...

You have to be root to edit/save that file.
use a root filemanager or log in as root.

Yep, something is defenitely wrong/missing in the lxde module. Courious as I am i combined an older lxde module - made by jssouza for 3.2.2 -, together with the port_4 base modules...aaaand...LO runs. Not flawlessly - this was to be expected - but it runs. However, XFCE is the more mature desktop an...

--> Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01) <-- ...should be supported by the b44 driver. so maybe this network driver is probably blacklisted. open the broadcom blacklist files in /etc/modprobe.d/ in a text editor and if there is a line blacklist b44, comment this out ...

@ cad
My screenshot = LO running in stock Porteus-XFCE-v4.0-i586

Base modules kernel,core,xorg are the same.

Something to try:
replace 003-lxde.xzm with the xfce module > reboot into "always fresh" mode >
activate the LO module ....report.

cad wrote: ↑

20 Nov 2020, 18:11

Has anyone here been successful running Alien's latest LibreOffice i586 (ver. 6.4.6) on Porteus 4.0 i586?

Alien Bob's txz files.....the program was able to find its libraries in /usr/lib/libreoffice/program may be the libs are statically linked in alien bob's package. Some links to explore. http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/tag/libreoffice/ slackbuild: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/libreoff...

Hi cad The internal libraries are handled by the ldconfig program. This program maintains the library cache and automatically creates the necessary symbolic links to libraries. The library cache is located in the /etc/ld.so.cache file and contains a binary-coded list of all libraries known to the sy...

that only works when your system auto-saves changes I presume. Generally yes. My system doesn't save changes automatically. Once configured, it is read-only. [changes-ro] When I want to save changes that have been found useful, I am temporarily removing the cheat code on the splash screen [TAB] for...

^
Hmmm...wait,what?...and why?
I store youtube-dl in /usr/local/bin/
and run its upgrade command from time to time [youtube-dl -U]
...done.

youtube-dl is back..
https://github.blog/2020-11-16-standing ... l-is-back/