PorteuX 1.7 has been released

[porteux]

@Kulle, do you mind testing one of the kernels above?

Also, what exactly happens when you try to use the Linux installer?

[Kulle]

sudo file -s /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb1: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x58+2, OEM-ID "SYSLINUX", sectors/cluster 64, reserved sectors 44, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/track 63, heads 255, hidden sectors 32, sectors 488570848 (volumes > 32 MB), FAT (32 bit), sectors/FAT 59626, reserved 0x1, serial number 0x86de5e1d, unlabeled

guest@porteux:/mnt/sdb1/boot$ ./porteux-installer-for-linux.run
Creating directory /tmp/porteux-installer
Verifying archive integrity... 100% MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing PorteuX Installer 100%
Please enter root password:
Passwort:
Only 'dos' or 'msdos' partition table is supported.
Format your storage media using partition table 'dos' or 'msdos' and try again

Which kernel should I test?
Where to download?

[Kulle]

Hi,
000-kernel-6.10.6.xzm doesn't work
000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm doesn't work

and now ??

[porteux]

6.11.4 new settings
boot successfull
well done

Do you mind also testing this one, please?

[porteux]

@Kulle, the message is clear, no? That's not a bug in the installer. You need to have a partition table compatible with dos or msdos, otherwise it's not guaranteed PorteuX will work.

Regarding the kernels, try this:

1. Boot into Text Mode and call 'startx'. If it crashes, please show us /var/log/Xorg.0.log
2. Have you tried in Always Fresh mode?
3. Have you tried to add fsck cheatcode during boot to check/fix partitions?
4. Have you tried to copy vmlinuz and 000-kernel-6.10.6.xzm from PorteuX 1.6 and put them in PorteuX 1.7 to see if PC-b boots?
5. Are you using current or stable?

[Kulle]

Hi porteux,
"You need to have a partition table compatible with dos or msdos, otherwise it's not guaranteed PorteuX will work."
Ok
But I use a brand new, unused, commercially available USB stick !

The installer must work, that's to be expected.

The porteus installer has always worked in such cases!
No problems.

I have never bothered with partitioning! I use the USB sticks as they are when I bought them, i.e. vfat
and not divided into partitions

[Kulle]

Hi porteux,
This kernel works: 000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm 163,7 MiB

But boots slowly !
And sometimes it freezes on "Loading /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz..."

I still use porteuX 0.4 Xfce 4.16
It boots reasonably fast on my 10 year old laptop.

And many modules of Porteus 5.0 work, including the language modules: de_DE-locales-files.xzm etc ...

But why does 1.7 boot slower than 0.4 ?

[Kulle]

Hi porteux,

I have now tried porteux 1.6 stable Xfce.

doesn't work for me:

INIT: ID "x1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
...
xinit : server error

Conclusion:
I continue to use porteux 0.4
because it works without any problems

[Kulle]

Hi porteux,
000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm 163,7 MiB works in 1.7 Xfce
sometimes it freezes on "Loading /boot/syslinux/vmlinuz..."
The freezing happens sporadically, but relatively rarely

The "paplay" command does not exist in 1.7, but it does exist in 0.4
Why?
The "xinput" I added in 0.4 doesn't work in 1.7 either, probably version?
etc. etc.
Various small adjustments are necessary.
It's annoying!

So you should not switch to newer versions too often

[bour59]

@porteux I confirm these modifs are OK for stable and current

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settings-stable
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 171634688 oct.  23 18:59 000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  25878528 oct.  23 18:59 06-crippled_sources-6.11.4.xzm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   9704448 oct.  23 18:58 vmlinuz*
settings-current
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 171061248 oct.  22 22:40 000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  25903104 oct.  22 22:40 06-crippled_sources-6.11.4.xzm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root   9839616 oct.  22 22:39 vmlinuz*

[porteux]

@Kulle, paplay is part of PulseAudio, but PorteuX has moved to pipewire a long time ago, so most likely you should use pw-play, instead.

Don't know about xinput, since we don't ship it with PorteuX, so maybe you should download the package again (getpkg xinput) and convert it to xzm. I just tested and it works.

Now, regarding the kernel, I'm not sure why your machine is randomly freezing at the kernel loading. It could be your USB stick not working properly, your hardware, your BIOS settings. It's really hard to know since no one can replicate this issue. Also, you haven't properly answered my questions here.

What is your machine full specs?

[porteux]

@bour59, are you saying that the kernel I posted here works for you 100%?

[porteux]

For all people having issues, please report pasting the output of:

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ls /mnt/live/memory/images/

And:

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uname -r

[bour59]

@porteux
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 26 Oct 23 16:58 000-kernel-6.11.4.xzm/
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 317 Oct 19 11:42 001-core-stable-20241019.xzm/
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 178 Oct 19 11:45 002-gui-stable-20241019.xzm/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 60 Feb 3 2023 002-xtra-stable-20241019.xzm/
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 95 Oct 19 11:54 003-xfce-4.18-stable-20241019.xzm/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 25 08:01 changes/
6.11.4-porteux
can confirm boot successfull
startx ok
firefox ok
are you saying that the kernel I posted here works for you 100%?
sorry but I am limited to test exemple I dont use wifi

[Kulle]

Hi porteux,
There are some peculiarities in version 1.7:

1.) For /mnt/sdb1, the following is displayed:

Size: 232.9 GiB, Free space: 238.4 GB
This looks odd: size 232, free space 238

Two different units of measurement (GiB and GB) are used within a single display.
This is confusing. Who came up with this nonsense?!
Is there a way to configure the system to use only one unit of measurement consistently?

2.) When double-clicking a desktop file, the "untrusted application launcher" window always appears.

This is very annoying. I haven't found a way to disable this.
In version 0.4, these bothersome windows did not appear.

3.) It's unfortunate that there's no backward compatibility.

Version 1.7 lacks commands that were present in version 0.4, such as xclip.