PorteuX 1.1 has been released

[porteux]

Highlights of this release include the removal of mozjs from core, being replaced with lightweight duktape, and better stripping in all modules.

1. Added support to `w` and `who` commands when using LXDM (thanks to TheUtopian)
2. Added `accountsservice` to KDE -- this fixes the user section in settings
3. Added `appindicator` and `libappindicator` in MATE
4. Added kernel .config file to `06-crippled_sources` (thanks to Blaze)
5. Replaced `gnome-polkit` with `mate-polkit` in Xfce
6. Removed `mozjs` from `001-core`
7. Removed some useless compressors and debug options from the kernel
8. Removed Xfce 4.16 -- old modules should still work
9. Removed `org.kde.plasma.emojier.desktop` in KDE
10. Moved `ldconfig` call during boot to `/opt/porteux-scripts/update-cache`
11. Renamed `002-xorg` to `002-gui`
12. Changed `polkit` dependency on `mozjs` to lightweight `duktape`
13. Changed boot to always update critical caches -- this improves compatibility between old and new modules
14. Changed kernel config `TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE` value to `MADVISE` to avoid high memory usage in kernel 6.7+
15. Improved stripping in many modules
16. Improved sudo.py application
17. Updated kernel to 6.7.8
18. Updated Nvidia driver to 550.54.14
19. Updated GNOME to 45.4
20. Updated MATE to 1.28.1
21. Updated many packages in both stable and current according to Slackware updates

Downloads available at: https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases/latest

[roadie]

Using PorteuX v1.1 Xfce4.12 stable in Always Fresh mode with 05-devel-stable-20240303.xzm, I get this error when compiling:

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  SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/confdata.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/expr.o
  LEX     scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c
  YACC    scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch]
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/menu.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/symbol.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/util.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
make[3]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:85: syncconfig] Segmentation fault
make[2]: *** [Makefile:689: syncconfig] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.8-rc6/Makefile:790: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2

No problems with PorteuX v1.0

[porteux]

@roadie, thanks. There was indeed an issue when trying to build. It should be fixed now -- same links.

[roadie]

@roadie, thanks. There was indeed an issue when trying to build. It should be fixed now -- same links.

Working fine now.

Not of major importance......the spectre of the empty .cache directory on / has raised it's ugly head again.

[porteux]

Oh, boy... This is a curse!

This time is update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders' fault. It's fixed, but will be available only in PorteuX 1.2 since it's not critical.

If you want to fix it in your local copy, edit /opt/porteux-scripts/update-cache (001-core) and change this:

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[ -e /usr/$lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders & > /dev/null 2>&1

To this:

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[ -e /usr/$lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root/.cache update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders & > /dev/null 2>&1

Thanks for the feedback!

[Ed_P]

Why not post an .xzm module with the fix. Or a script to make a module with the fix?

[roadie]

@porteux,

Yes, that fix works fine, and you're right, it's far from being a critical problem. I seem to be the only user to have ever noticed it, so it can't be much of an issue. I reported it only to let you know it had returned.

[Ed_P]

If you want to fix it in your local copy, edit /opt/porteux-scripts/update-cache (001-core) and change this:

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[ -e /usr/$lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders & > /dev/null 2>&1

What's the line number of the line that needs to be changed? When I look at the update-cache script I don't see it.

BTW Cinnamon 6.0.2 works with 1.1. I misspoke.

[kalo86]

Hello,
The cheatcode "kmap=it" seems to not be working in Porteusx v1.1 with KDE environment.
Can you please advise?

Thanks,
kalo86

[porteux]

Are you using Wayland?

Can you replicate with any other keyboard layout using Xfce or LXQt?

[Ed_P]

If you want to fix it in your local copy, edit /opt/porteux-scripts/update-cache (001-core) and change this:

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[ -e /usr/$lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && update-gdk-pixbuf-loaders & > /dev/null 2>&1

The 2 closest lines I see do not match your edit fix.
/opt/porteux-scripts/update-cache
line 20:

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[ -e $MOD/usr/$lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && touch $CACHES/pixbuf

line 28:

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[ -e $MOD/usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-*/*/loaders ] && touch $CACHES/pixbuf

[kalo86]

I just tested the cheatcode "kmap=it" on PorteuX XFCE v1.1 and here it works.
Then, the issue is only limited to KDE.

Thanks for the nice distro! It looks very nice and fully working!

Best regards,
kalo86

[porteux]

@kalo86, thanks for the feedback. There's indeed an issue with kmap and KDE. I'll take a look, but in the meantime what you can do (considering you have persistence enabled) is removing /home/guest/.config/kxkbrc and rebooting. It should work. If you don't use persistence, you can create kxkbrc file with no content in your porteux/rootcopy/home/guest/.config/

@Ed_P, if you download PorteuX 1.1 from Github will see the new update-cache script.

[Ed_P]

@Ed_P, if you download PorteuX 1.1 from Github will see the new update-cache script.

You mean this one?

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteux 6.7.8-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Mar  3 11:30:51 CET 2024 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20240303
002-gui.xzm:20240303
002-xtra.xzm:20240303
003-mate.xzm:20240303
initrd.zst:20230927

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.7.8.xzm : Mar 3 10:48
001-core-current-20240303.xzm : Mar 3 13:11
002-gui-current-20240303.xzm : Mar 3 13:28
002-xtra-current-20240303.xzm : Feb 3 2023
003-mate-1.28.1-current-20240303.xzm : Mar 3 15:24

[porteux]

The testing Cinnamon 6.0.2 module is now fixed for PorteuX 1.1 current:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4ze19alf ... 0122-2.xzm