Porteus Desktop Edition 3.0 rc1 bugs/feedback thread

[Rava]

Is there also an URL for customizing and download the 3.0rc1 ISO, like there is with the 3.0rc1 iso?

[brokenman]

No the rc's don't use the wizard. You can download the base ISO and then download the extras from the server in the testing folder.

[Rava]

^
OK...


I tried to co-install 3.0rc1 and 2.1 (both XFCe x86-64) on an external 2,5" USB harddisk (consisting of only one ntfs partition, like it was formatted by WD)

The cheatcode I used reads in the current cheatcodes file:

SPECIAL NOTE FOR USING CHEATCODES WITH 'LABEL' AND 'UUID':
If you specify a LABEL or UUID with a cheatcode, remember that all
portions of these commands are case sensitive. You should use a
unique label for each of your partitions if you wish to use device
labels with your cheatcodes. Use the 'blkid' command to view your
device's UUID and LABEL. Using UUID and LABEL can be quite handy
because they are unique to your device, and your data will be found
and properly mapped on different hardware configurations.
Every cheatcode which contains a /path can take advantage of 'UUID:'
and 'LABEL:' extensions.

Examples:
changes=UUID:STrING-0F-ChARACtERS/path/file.dat
extramod=LABEL:YourLabelName/path/to_folder/with_modules
from=UUID:STrING-0F-ChARACtERS/path/folder
rootcopy=LABEL:YourLabelName/path/to_folder/with_files

Now, my entry reads like so:

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LABEL 3.0rc1
MENU LABEL 3.0rc1 (xfce)
KERNEL 3.0rc1.x86-64.vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=3.0rc1.x86-64.initrd.xz from=UUID:CoRrEcTRaNdOmStRinG/porteus/3.0rc1 zram=20% fsck timezone=Europe/Berlin kmap=de acpi=force

"CoRrEcTRaNdOmStRinG" being the correct random UUID string of the boot device...

Loading of kernel and initrd is just fine, but then it tells me that the use of the from= cheatcode is wrong... The path to the base folder is like so: /porteus/3.0rc1/base/

Why is that so? I used the exact syntax as written down in 3.0rc1 cheatcodes text file... O___o


Could it be that I did the mistake tome already pointed out in this thread:

It can not be so:

/porteus/2.1_x86-64/base
/porteus/2.1_x86-64/optional [...]
/porteus/3.0rc2_x86-64/base
/porteus/3.0rc2_x86-64/optional [...]

it was for v1.2 but now must be
/porteus/2.1_x86-64/porteus/base
/porteus/2.1_x86-64/porteus/optional [...]
/porteus/3.0rc2_x86-64/porteus/base
/porteus/3.0rc2_x86-64/porteus/optional [...]

If so, then this should be in the cheatcodes.txt as well...


And back to my issue: I just move my base folder from /porteus/3.0rc1/base/ to /porteus/3.0rc1/porteus/base/ and all is well?

[jimwg]

And back to my issue: I just move my base folder from /porteus/3.0rc1/base/ to /porteus/3.0rc1/porteus/base/ and all is well?

Yes, this what I hoped was all that's neccessary for dual boot on same flash, but I'm still confused regarding rewriting the "cheat script". I can see how to tell the porteus.cfg to use a renamed core as 3.0rc's or even Puppy's core file but the cheat sheet somehow baffles me.

Jim in NYC

[fanthom]

from= cheatcode should point to a device/folder where the ISO is unpacked(or to the ISO itself). this info was in cheacodes.txt but is somehow gone now - will add for 3.0 final.
thanks

[Rava]

from= cheatcode should point to a device/folder where the ISO is unpacked

But... the iso is unpacked... so it should work, yes?

Again: Do I just need to move my base folder from /porteus/3.0rc1/base/ to /porteus/3.0rc1/porteus/base/ ?

[Rava]

Another issue... I need thunderbird, I presume the 2.1 x86-64 version won't run...

How to install/get that as a module without PPM working in 3.0rc1?

[tome]

Again: Do I just need to move my base folder from /porteus/3.0rc1/ base/ to /porteus/3.0rc1/porteus/ base/ ?

I think yes, because it is easier than using extramod=, and Porteus scripts don't see if you are using old or new paths.

How to install/get that as a module without PPM working in 3.0rc1?

download binaries from official mozilla site, as root create new root tree in new folder, extract thunderbird to correct folder in this tree, add launchers and icons and build module.

[brokenman]

How to install/get that as a module without PPM working in 3.0rc1?

open a terminal and type:

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usm -u all
usm -g mozilla-thunderbird

You can convert the slackware package afterwards using txz2xzm

Again: Do I just need to move my base folder from /porteus/3.0rc1/ base/ to /porteus/3.0rc1/porteus/ base/ ?

Here is my from= cheatcode:
from=UUID:d2c78202-d77d-4fea-a793-e3758ed1b438/v3.0

Here are the contents of that folder:
USB_INSTALLATION.txt boot/ porteus/

[Rava]

open a terminal and type:

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usm -u all
usm -g mozilla-thunderbird

You can convert the slackware package afterwards using txz2xzm

That gives me:

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root@porteus:/usr/local/bin# usm --help
-su: usm: command not found

Do I need to have the *devel* module installed?
/Edit: nope, usm is not in devel, I still get the above error...

edit2
you get it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/usm/files/

[Rava]

Sadly, updating the database gives me an error:

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[... snip ...]
Starting salix database update 
Connection is good
Downloading: CHECKSUMS.md5  DONE
Downloading: PACKAGES.TXT  DONE
Downloading: LIBS.TXT.gz  DONE
Downloading: OPTIFEST.gz  DONE
Downloading: MANIFEST.bz2  DONE
bunzip2: /var/usm/salix/MANIFEST.bz2 is not a bzip2 file.
          

==============================================================================
WARNING!        WARNING!        WARNING!        WARNING!        WARNING!
==============================================================================
One or more errors occurred while usm was running:                       
 
FATAL ERROR!
usm update_database 694
Could not decompress: MANIFEST.bz2
 
============================================================================== 

Strange, MANIFEST.bz2 is gzipped instead... But why?

Instead I updated all other data bases but salix, but it still results in this:

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usm -g mozilla-thunderbird

 Nothing found for:  mozilla-thunderbird 

[brokenman]

How to install/get that as a module without PPM working in 3.0rc1?

Are you using Porteus v3.0? I assumed from your question that you are. USM will not function with anything below Porteus v3.0.

[Rava]

Are you using Porteus v3.0? I assumed from your question that you are. USM will not function with anything below Porteus v3.0.

Yes, using 3.0rc1 x86-64... Sadly, I have no clue what's the issue with the salix /var/usm/salix/MANIFEST.bz2 database file.

[Rava]

And about the thunderbird:
I created the module by hand (maybe I create a pBuild one of these days...) via ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/r ... ux-x86_64/ ...

The 24.3.0 works like a charm. (On Port2.1 I used 24.0.3 ...)