PorteuX 0.3 has been released

[Kulle]

Printing on PorteuX doesn't work for me either.
But print test page on localhost:631 works:
- http://localhost:631/printers/HP5510
- maintenance
- Print test page

Other print jobs do not work
Print jobs are not displayed.

[Kulle]

Setting up the network printer using the hp-setup -i command worked without any problems in Porteus 5.0.
Look here:
Setting up HP printers and scanners

Obviously it doesn't work in PorteuX.
Why??

[Blaze]

Setting up the network printer using the hp-setup -i command worked without any problems in Porteus 5.0.

BTW you can use at start menu system-config-printer for this.

[Ed_P]

Using a Blaze print module I am able to find my network printer. This is what I used:

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteux.example.net 6.2.11-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 14 11:39:03 NZST 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20230416
002-xorg.xzm:20230416
002-xtra.xzm:20230416
003-lxqt.xzm:20230416
initrd.xz:20230121

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.2.11.xzm : Apr 14 00:02
001-core-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 17:36
002-xorg-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 21:11
002-xtra-stable-20230416.xzm : Feb 3 09:59
003-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 20:44
009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm : Jan 23 22:14
07-printing-x86_64-2023-02-04.xzm : Feb 4 17:17
firefox-latest-111.0.1-x86_64-1.xzm : Mar 23 01:01

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.3-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.3/Modules kmap=us noload=mate;cinn;

I clicked on the Porteux menu's System Tools > Manage Printing then Administration > Add Printer and it found my HP Officejet printer.

And the hp-setup -i command works.



A non-related bug I encountered was when I left the pc for lunch when I returned I got a:

Screen Saver Error

Failed to run "xdg-screensaver lock". Ensure you have a locker/
screensaver compatible ....

[Kulle]

Hi ED_P,
I have to describe it again.
I am using PorteuX with Xfce 4.16
But I can't print using Mousepad, Abiword, Libreoffice etc.

The printer is not displayed, only "Print to file" and "Print to LPR" appear

SimpleScan doesn't work either :

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guest@porteux:~$ simple-scan
simple-scan: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by simple-scan)

I left everything out for the test.
Only these modules loaded:
000-kernel-6.2.11.xzm, 001-core-stable-20230416.xzm, 002-xorg-stable-20230416.xzm, 002-xtra-stable-20230416.xzm, 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230416.xzm,
07-printing-x86_64-2023-04-22.xzm,
07-printing-lxde-lxqt-openbox-xfce-x86_64-2022-04-09.xzm,

First test:
I set up the printer via >System >Print Settings ...
successful, test page is printed

But not possible to print using mousepad
The printer is not displayed, only "Print to file" and "Print to LPR" appear

Second test
I set up the printer using the "hp-setup -i" command

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... ...
Device URI: hp:/net/Photosmart_5510_series?ip=192.168.178.24
Queue name: HP5510
PPD file: drv:///HP/hpcups.drv/hp-photosmart_5510_series.ppd
Location: lab1
... ...

successful, test page is printed

But not possible to print using mousepad
The printer is not displayed, only "Print to file" and "Print to LPR" appear

Can this error be fixed?

[Blaze]

Hi Kulle.
Can you print in myoffice app https://disk.yandex.ru/d/itNAAmQekQNhe ?

[Ed_P]

The printer is not displayed, only "Print to file" and "Print to LPR" appear

After I did the menu > System Tools > Manage Printing steps to add my HP network printer when I tried to print a text .cfg file with FeatherPad I only got the Print to File (PDF) option.

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteux.example.net 6.2.11-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 14 11:39:03 NZST 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20230416
002-xorg.xzm:20230416
002-xtra.xzm:20230416
003-lxqt.xzm:20230416
initrd.xz:20230121

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.2.11.xzm : Apr 14 00:02
001-core-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 17:36
002-xorg-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 21:11
002-xtra-stable-20230416.xzm : Feb 3 09:59
003-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 20:44
009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm : Jan 23 22:14
07-printing-x86_64-2023-02-04.xzm : Feb 4 17:17
firefox-latest-111.0.1-x86_64-1.xzm : Mar 23 01:01

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.3-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.3/Modules kmap=us noload=mate;cinn;menu6

ISO: /ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.3-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso

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BTW menu > Preferences > Print Settings does nothing for or with my HP printer.

A PorteuX problem or a 007 problem?

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The hp-setup -i command works.

[Kulle]

SimpleScan doesn't work

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guest@porteux:~$ simple-scan
simple-scan: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by simple-scan)

So far no one has commented on this.
Which version of glibc is inside PorteuX ?
I cannot print in PorteuX.
I still want to test whether I can scan.
Is the GLIBC problem easy to fix?

[beny]

you can tell us what is the porteux version,you know that is slackware 15 and current
/run/media/root/a49b5fff-f0a0-4bb3-a87c-09b5e166eedc/slackware64/l/glibc-2.33-x86_64-5.txz
/root/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/glibc-2.37-x86_64-2.txz

[Blaze]

Kulle,

1) do you have

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/usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/printbackends/libprintbackend-cups.so

for printing in gtk apps?

2) do you use stable or current PorteuX?

Compatibility with Porteus 5

Apart from 001-core, 002-xorg and 002-xtra modules, all Porteus 5 modules are compatible with PorteuX. In order to use a given Porteus 5 desktop environment (003-xx) you need to download and activate (during boot time) the compatibility module 009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm (or 009-porteus5-compatibility-current.xzm if you're using PorteuX current/unstable).

You might need to run cache-module in the terminal, answer 'y', copy /tmp/009-caches.xzm module to your /porteux/base folder and finally reboot.

https://github.com/porteux/porteux

3) do you try in in Always Fresh mode?

[Kulle]

Hi Blaze,
See #35 above
In No. 35 I have listed all the modules used
i.e. always fresh
Please read !!!

[Ed_P]

1) do you have

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/usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/printbackends/libprintbackend-cups.so

for printing in gtk apps?

I don't.

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guest@porteux:~$ ls /usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/printbackends/
libprintbackend-file.so*  libprintbackend-lpr.so*
guest@porteux:~$ 

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteux.example.net 6.2.11-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Apr 14 11:39:03 NZST 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20230416
002-xorg.xzm:20230416
002-xtra.xzm:20230416
003-lxqt.xzm:20230416
initrd.xz:20230121

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.2.11.xzm : Apr 14 00:02
001-core-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 17:36
002-xorg-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 21:11
002-xtra-stable-20230416.xzm : Feb 3 09:59
003-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-20230416.xzm : Apr 15 20:44
009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm : Jan 23 22:14
07-printing-x86_64-2023-02-04.xzm : Feb 4 17:17
firefox-latest-111.0.1-x86_64-1.xzm : Mar 23 01:01

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.3-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.3/Modules kmap=us noload=mate;cinn;menu6

ISO: /ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.3-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso

[Vic]

Too bad this has turned into a help thread. I believe Porteux will be great and deserving of it's own realm.

Vic

[Blaze]

Kulle, I tested PorteuX 0.3 and if you read my posts all your issues was fixed.

I don't.

that's the problem

[Ed_P]

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guest@porteux:~$ getpkg gtk+3
Searching in patches...
Searching in extra...
Searching in slackware64...
Downloading gtk+3-3.24.31-x86_64-1.txz...
guest@porteux:~$ txz2xzm *.txz
guest@porteux:~$ activate *.xzm
Updating shared library links:  /sbin/ldconfig
Updating glib schemas: /usr/bin/glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
Updating GTK immodules: /usr/bin/update-gtk-immodules
Updating desktop database...
guest@porteux:~$ ls -l /usr/lib64/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/printbackends/
total 191
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 150120 Dec 21  2021 libprintbackend-cups.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  26416 Dec 21  2021 libprintbackend-file.so*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  18072 Dec 21  2021 libprintbackend-lpr.so*
guest@porteux:~$ 

Added in 47 minutes 47 seconds:
System Tools > Manage Printing add my HP printer, attempt to print this page with Firefox and print to my HP printer is now an option.

Added in 30 minutes 16 seconds:
Copied the gtk+3 module to my /Modules folder.