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PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 22 May 2023, 12:39
by porteux
- fixed a bug where in some cases the cheatcode 'from' was not working properly
- turned on low battery alert in LXQt
- changed vm.max_map_count from 65530 (default) to 16777216. This fixes issues in games with higher memory map limit, such as DayZ, Hogwarts Legacy, Counter Strike 2, etc
- GNOME is set to use wayland by default. Limitations: PorteuX keyboard application and cheatcode won't work; if nvidia proprietary driver is loaded X11 will run instead of wayland
- fixed a bug where Xfce 4.16+ was not always updating the application menu when a module is activated/deactivated
- dropped qpdfview in favor of atril for better PDF compatibility. LXQt is still missing a better Qt PDF reader
- in GNOME added adwaita backgrounds (light and dark styles)
- changed LXDM (login manager) style
- dropped Xfce 4.16 ISOs (it can still be built from source)
- GNOME updated to 44.1 (current only)
- KDE updated to 5.27.5 (current only)
- some critical packages have been updated, like mesa 23.1.0 (current only) and sysvinit (current only)
https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases/tag/v0.4
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 22 May 2023, 13:35
by Ed_P
No new 009 module?
Working so far.
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~# uname -a
Linux porteux.example.net 6.3.3-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 22 17:35:46 NZST 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
~# cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20230520
002-xorg.xzm:20230520
002-xtra.xzm:20230520
initrd.zst:20230426
~# ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.3.3.xzm : May 22 05:57
001-core-stable-20230520.xzm : May 20 01:21
002-xorg-stable-20230520.xzm : May 20 01:35
002-xtra-stable-20230520.xzm : Feb 3 09:59
003-cinnamon.xzm : Sep 25 2022
009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm : Jan 23 22:14
changes-2023-05-17.xzm : May 17 17:11
firefox-latest-111.0.1-x86_64-1.xzm : Mar 23 01:01
mynemobkmks.xzm : May 17 19:17
printing-porteux-stable-x86_64.xzm : Mar 17 13:48
~# cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.4/Modules kmap=us noload=mate;lxqt
ISO: /ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 22 May 2023, 19:34
by Kulle
dropped Xfce 4.16 ISOs
Why?
4.16 is compatible with Porteus 5.0
And the de-xfce_locales.xzm module from Porteus 5 also works in PorteuX ! (essentially)
Can I also use module 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230416.xzm in PorteuX 0.4 ??
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 22 May 2023, 20:31
by Ed_P
Kulle wrote: ↑22 May 2023, 19:34
Can I also use module 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230416.xzm in PorteuX 0.4 ??
Should work if you use the 009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm module.
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 23 May 2023, 02:48
by porteux
@Kulle, I added Xfce 4.16 modules (just the modules!) for both stable and current in the release page. But answering your question: you probably wouldn't find any problem using a desktop environment from 0.3 in 0.4 as long as you're using the stable version.
@Ed_P, thanks for the feedback!
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 23 May 2023, 15:54
by Ed_P
For Ventoy users this grub2 menu supports my ISO booting:
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menuentry " PorteuX 0.4 ISO - Cinnamon" --class slackware --class icon-porteux2 {
set iso="/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso"
set bootparms="volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.4/Modules \
kmap=us noload=mate;lxqt" # cinn"
search -f $iso --set=root
loopback loop $iso
linux (loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=$iso $bootparms
initrd (loop)/boot/syslinux/initrd.zst
}
Obviously the names of the ISO, location of the ISO, and extramod= folder must be changed to match the user's system.
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 25 May 2023, 09:04
by Kulle
I've tried v0.4 now:
000-kernel-6.3.3.xzm 001-core-stable-20230520.xzm 002-xorg-stable-20230520.xzm 002-xtra-stable-20230520.xzm 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230523.xzm
But did not work: Xorg failed to start up - ...
I then replaced the kernel 6.3.3 with 6.2.11
Now the system works
Why doesn't the new kernel work?
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 25 May 2023, 11:25
by porteux
Did you remember to also update vmlinux in /boot/syslinux?
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 25 May 2023, 13:25
by Kulle
yes, I used everything original from v0.4,
but the kernel 6.3.3 gives me the error : Xorg failed to start up - ...
That's why I now use the kernel 6.2.11
But why doesn't the new kernel work on my hardware?
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 05:31
by seed_clapper
compared ram usage after boot (stable)
kde 5.23.5 ---- 880mb
gnome 42.10 - 782mb
xfce 4.18 ----- 638mb
mate 1.27.1 -- 619mb
xfce 4.12 ----- 564mb
lxqt 1.3.0 ----- 520mb
lxde 0.10.1 --- 224mb
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PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 09:35
by porteux
@seed_clapper, that's a really nice test!
The huge difference in LXQt is probably because you're checking the memory usage using qps, and I have patched it in PorteuX 0.4 to get the real memory consumption, not the incorrect one provided by default.
If you want a more reliable way to check RAM usage across different desktop environments I recommend using the kernel information:
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echo $(( ($(grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}') - $(grep MemAvailable /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}')) / 1024 )) MB
Because PorteuX uses zstd (instead of xz) it's expected that it takes a bit more RAM. I tried my best to optimize other things to compensate but in some cases it's still not quite there yet, as seen in KDE. Gonna check this later.
Thanks!
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 09:38
by porteux
@Kulle, this is really odd. Can you try a ISO boot in AF? Put the original PorteuX 0.4 ISO in a known place and in the boot screen press TAB and add this (adapting the path accordingly, of course):
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 13:15
by Kulle
iso will not boot
I downloaded porteux-v0.4-xfce-4.12-stable-x86_64.iso
saved it to sda4.
renamed it to porteux.iso
On the boot screen I press TAB and add
from=/mnt/sda4/porteux.iso
"INIT entering runlevel 4" appears
and then it takes quite a long time:
blinking cursor, screen flashing now and then
and finally
Xorg failed to start up - ...
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 20:28
by Karmi
I just tried to use Clonezilla to make a backup image of PorteuX 4 xfce 4.12 (Cinnamon DE added) and Clonezilla said there was a problem — run fdisk or something? I mostly avoid fdisk 'n etc. Clonezilla works for Porteus 5 Cinnamon. It's a 16 GB SanDisk USB — 33MiB fat32 & the rest ext4. No biggie, just a point...
PorteuX 0.4 has been released
Posted: 26 May 2023, 20:41
by Ed_P
If you have access to a Windows system try running a chkdsk command on the drive's partition.