Porteus-v5.01 bug reports

[ncmprhnsbl]

Please mention your setup and which architecture (i586/x86_64) and which desktop your are using when posting bugs.

Things to remember:

This thread is for BUGS and not complaints or preferences.
Please confirm the bug on multiple hardware setups if possible.
Supply code or suggestions to rectify the problem where possible.

[benjibasson]

Hi,
I have 2 issues with Porteus v5.01 X86_64 XFCE. Guest session
I started in always fresh mode and with base_only.

Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/porteus64bit_v501/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda3/porteus64bit_v501 base_only resume=/dev/sda3 resume_offset=4268032 login=guest copy2ram ramsize=14% zram=43% noswap noauto

1)The first one is that network manager is brocken because right mouse on applet and 'enable networking is gray, forbidden, broken. I cannot go to he internet, neither by wifi, neither with the hotspot usb ( althought mtp work fine)

2) I cannot shutdown neither restart from guest session because it is gray. I have to log out before shutdown or restart

here is the configuration

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5287 (rev 01)
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)

and Dmesg
https://pastebin.com/kLuLAPXY

Wht Am I suppose to do to fix it?

[beny]

hi, you can try this on terminal:nm-connection-editor, the nm applet package is located on xfce.xzm, from the dmesg seem ok the device load firmware,try if work from terminal.

[Ed_P]

I started in always fresh mode and with base_only.

Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/porteus64bit_v501/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda3/porteus64bit_v501 base_only resume=/dev/sda3 resume_offset=4268032 login=guest copy2ram ramsize=14% zram=43% noswap noauto

In your Always Fresh mode try with just these boot parms:

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BOOT_IMAGE=/porteus64bit_v501/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda3/porteus64bit_v501 base_only

[benjibasson]

hi, you can try this on terminal:nm-connection-editor, the nm applet package is located on xfce.xzm, from the dmesg seem ok the device load firmware,try if work from terminal.

Hi, Terminal open the list but nm-applet still inactive and still gray 'enable Networking


Although in root I can enable 'enable Networking' and 'enable wifi' it doesn't see wifi network because 'device not ready



And logout still gray Restart, Shutdown, and delete the suspend like this



Only root can shutdown restart, suspend, hibernate.


https://pastebin.com/eZ0MbkrE

Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/porteus64bit_v501/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/dev/sda3/porteus64bit_v501 base_only

Cheers

[roadie]

@benjibasson

It seems that something is changing permissions for guest. Does the porteus/base folder contain any modules besides the stock Porteus modules?

If the porteus/rootcopy folder contains any files, you have to include the norootcopy cheatcode on the command line along with base_only.

[benjibasson]

@benjibasson

It seems that something is changing permissions for guest. Does the porteus/base folder contain any modules besides the stock Porteus modules?

If the porteus/rootcopy folder contains any files, you have to include the norootcopy cheatcode on the command line along with base_only.

Hi roadie, no: the porteus/base doesn't contain any module besides the stock Porteus Module.
I confirm the /rootcopy is empty.

[ncmprhnsbl]

@benjibasson hi, can you post the output of:

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$ loginctl list

when logged in to guest, and maybe:

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$ pstree

and to cover everything(as root and upload to pastebin):

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# psinfo

[Rava]

Not a bug per se, but it bugs me. Rava being in the process of installing the exploded Porteus-XFCE-v5.01-x86_64.iso…

I saved all md5sum or sha256 checksum text files locally and renamed them all since there can be only one highlander file with the same name in one directory, while I put all modules and the iso in one directory for ease of workflow; with the exception of some extracted stuff that goes elsewhere (e.g. kernel, initrd and cheatcodes.txt)

So I have these files with all the checksums:

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root@rava:/mybin/linux/porteus/5.0.1/x86-64# ls -o *txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest  514 2023-09-25 14:32 md5sums-bundles.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 2139 2023-09-26 15:15 sha256sums-modules.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest  775 2023-09-25 14:31 sha256sums-iso.txt

and I try to determine if the sha256sum or md5sum of initrd.xz is correct. But no luck, no checksum for initrd:

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root@rava:/mybin/linux/porteus/5.0.1/x86-64# grep initrd *txt
root@rava:/mybin/linux/porteus/5.0.1/x86-64# echo $?
1
root@rava:/mybin/linux/porteus/5.0.1/x86-64# 

Can someone please provide me with the sha256sum and/or md5sum of initrd.gz?

I renamed my initrd accordingly and this is my sha256sum :

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1b1bc2acb98c7bf985129b5ccc38560961ee98068b379f22759ccdc0a52f45be  initrd5.0.1.xz

and that is its md5sum:

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720467f70aa87452da234055a64f933d  initrd5.0.1.xz

Thanks in advance.

[benjibasson]

Hi, I don't understand: when I do base_only and norootcopy there is no bug and when I do base_only without norootcopy there is the bug: although rootcopy is empty
what should be the right of rootcopy?

Should I extract again the iso and keep initial right even if it is annoying to be root to add modules in modules folders or copy /home/guest in rootcopy?

[Rava]

what should be the right of rootcopy?

You mean its file mode bits?

porteus/rootcopy should be like so:

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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 2023-08-13 00:25 rootcopy/

owner root group root

I break it down from left to right in groups of 4 or 3 characters:
drwx means: directory - read for user - write for user - execute for user
r-x means: read for group - no-write for group - execute for group
r-x means: read for other - no-write for other - execute for other

This rwxr-xr-x can also be written in octal as 0755 as

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stat rootcopy

would show you (it also shows it as drwxr-xr-x)

more explanations with

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man stat
man chmod 
man chown

HTH!

[beny]

bash-5.2# sha256sum '/root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz'
1b1bc2acb98c7bf985129b5ccc38560961ee98068b379f22759ccdc0a52f45be /root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz is ok for me

bash-5.2# md5sum '/root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.gz'
720467f70aa87452da234055a64f933d /root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.gz
bash-5.2#

bash-5.2# sha256sum '/root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.gz'
1b1bc2acb98c7bf985129b5ccc38560961ee98068b379f22759ccdc0a52f45be /root/Scaricati/port5.1/boot/syslinux/initrd.gz
bash-5.2#

[Rava]

Thanks beny, when your sha256sum of your initrd and of my initrd match then all is well.

Now onwards finishing the setup process (mainly editing porteus.cfg) and checking paths and filenames more than once, then reboot.

[babam]

kernel 6.5.5 has problems with video hardware acceleration.

Intel Iris Xe + intel-media-driver

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$ mpv -hwdec=auto av1-4k60fps.webm

Porteus 5.01 Xfce (kernel 6.5.5)


Porteus 5.01 Xfce + Kernel 5.18.8

[Blaze]

babam, I don't have it

but I see

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Cannot load libcuda.so.1