xfce4 desktop for Nemesis-06-04-2017
Posted: 09 Apr 2017, 18:30
This is a thread for building the xfce4 environment with wifi and a few useful utilities.
Once into nemesis run:
Additional basic packages:
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
.syslinux
where UUID comes from command blkid
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.
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
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xarchiver avahi-openrc gparted leafpad libreoffice-still manjaro-printer opera chromium simple-scan xorg-xrandr xorg-xkill
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kodi gimp
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
}
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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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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 #
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.