Create Debian 9 (Stretch) minimal ISO similar to DebianDog

[dancytron]

Not sure portable application is exactly the right word, but to set it up outside the save folder.

I am using Porteus save on exit with a save folder on a ext* drive. I am not sure this will work with other setups with the paths I am using, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work if you used the correct path for each different setup.

1. Download the firefox install file from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ I clicked the "Advanced install options & other platforms" to make sure I got the right one. It will be a tar.bz2 file, the one I downloaded was firefox-57.0.tar.bz2.

2. Unzip it into the same drive that your frugal install is on. in my case sda2. This is also /live/image. So you end up with all the files in /live/image/firefox/.

3. Install apulse with apt-get or from synaptic.
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4. Edit firefox-apulse.desktop in /usr/shared/applications to change the exec line to:

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Exec=apulse /live/image/firefox/firefox -profile "/live/image/firefox/profile" 

5. In /live/image/firefox/, add a /profile folder.

6. Launch firefox-apulse.desktop. type "about:config" in firefox address bar , then search for "security.sandbox.content.write_path_whitelist", double click it and type "/dev/snd/" (without the quotes). Restart firefox.

That's it, the main firefox program and the profile and cache should all be under /live/image/firefox, with less than a megabyte of little stuff under /root. When it downloads the widevine stuff for netflix and if you install any addons, those seem to be going under /live/image/firefox too.

It remains to be seen if the internal firefox automatic update will work. I guess we'll have to wait for a new version to come out in order to see.

One issue I did have is that it locked up on my first time into Netflix while it was downloading the widevine and other files. I had Chrome open with probably 8 tabs and qbittorrent at the same time, so I think I just ran out of memory. Anyway, I shut it down with the power switch and when it rebooted everything was fine and Netflix was ready to go, so I don't think it is a repeating issue.

I don't see any reason this wouldn't work on Fatdog and/or Puppy with a few little adjustments.

[fredx181]

In case of running older build (with kernel 4.9.0-3), new package "upgrade-kernel" available
It can upgrade the kernel to 4.9.0-4 now, see also here for more info:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 872#975872

Fred

[dancytron]

In case of running older build (with kernel 4.9.0-3), new package "upgrade-kernel" available
It can upgrade the kernel to 4.9.0-4 now, see also here for more info:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 872#975872

Fred

Ran this, seems to have worked fine.

root@live:~# uname -a
Linux live 4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[fredx181]

In case of running older build (with kernel 4.9.0-3), new package "upgrade-kernel" available
It can upgrade the kernel to 4.9.0-4 now, see also here for more info:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 872#975872

Fred

Ran this, seems to have worked fine.

root@live:~# uname -a
Linux live 4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux

OK, nice! For info: Now you have 2 kernels installed, so you can uninstall the 4.9.0-3 kernel safely. (in Jessie it was different, upgrade-kernel just did replace the older kernel with the newer one)

Fred

[dancytron]

In case of running older build (with kernel 4.9.0-3), new package "upgrade-kernel" available
It can upgrade the kernel to 4.9.0-4 now, see also here for more info:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 872#975872

Fred

Ran this, seems to have worked fine.

root@live:~# uname -a
Linux live 4.9.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.51-1 (2017-09-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux

OK, nice! For info: Now you have 2 kernels installed, so you can uninstall the 4.9.0-3 kernel safely. (in Jessie it was different, upgrade-kernel just did replace the older kernel with the newer one)

Fred

I figured that out and already uninstalled it.

[fredx181]

Hi rcrsn51,

About peasywifi, you added the Names button for support of 'cryptic' interface names, but I can't make it connect to a wired connection (for me "ens1")
This in case of removed /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link (the workaround for getting the 'normal' names as set by default in Stretch-live build) and reboot.
Only way in this case to make it connect for me is editing /etc/pwf/interfaces and changing eth0 to ens1.(but maybe I'm missing something)
Can you have a look at it?

Fred

[rcrsn51]

@Fred: The Names function works for me.

I type a cryptic name in the box, click ETH0, click Done.

The file /etc/pwf/interfaces has been updated.

I restart PWF and configure the new name for DHCP.

The code is at line 587.

[fredx181]

Ah, I see, thanks, indeed works when clicking ETH0 button, I previously only selected name from the dropdown list and clicked Done. (assuming that clicking ETH0 would be wrong, that it would assign to the real "eth0")

Fred

[rcrsn51]

(assuming that clicking ETH0 would be wrong, that it would assign to the real "eth0")

The Defaults button does that.

[fredx181]

Added to repos: DropboxGUI by forum member mikeb.
EDIT: 6 december, new version 1.0.3, with modified 'dropbox_uploader.sh', see here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 339#976339
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/i ... .3_all.deb
Or install from Synaptic or from terminal:

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apt-get update
apt-get install dropboxgui

See here in "Dropbox Filemanager" topic my reply including mini-howto:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 123#976123

Fred

[rcrsn51]

On small screens, the volume control in the system tray can be hard to use. So here is a replacement that pops up AlsaMixer.

It launches from /root/.config/openbox/autostart

Remove the fake .gz extension.

[fredx181]

On small screens, the volume control in the system tray can be hard to use. So here is a replacement that pops up AlsaMixer.

Thanks, added to repos, just curious, what exactly could be the problem on small screens with volumeicon ?

@all, upgrade of package "dropboxgui" install v1.0.3 deb:
https://fredx181.github.io/StretchDog/i ... .3_all.deb
Or install with Synaptic or apt-get

Made improvement in dropbox_uploader.sh script, see also here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 339#976339

Fred

[rcrsn51]

just curious, what exactly could be the problem on small screens with volumeicon ?

Have you tried it with a touchpad?

[AndresC2]

Hi Fred

I make install stretch with will haley manual debootstrap

and when installing with apt-get this appear.

W:APT had planned for dpkg to do more than it reported back (58 vs 61). Affected packages: x11-utils:i386

some clue?

Thanks.

[fredx181]

Hi AndresC2, sorry, no clue.
If you do exactly the same again all over, you get the same warning also again ?

@ALL :
Package "gmplayer" upgraded in repos.
Changed default to x11 and added "zoom=1" in ~/.mplayer/config
If your graphics card supports xv, you can set it to "vo=xv" in the config file.

Fred

[rcrsn51]

Package "gmplayer" upgraded in repos.
Changed default to x11 and added "zoom=1" in ~/.mplayer/config
If your graphics card supports xv, you can set it to "vo=xv" in the config file.

Perfect. On a machine that only works with x11, I can run PeasyDVDPlayer and set all the other options. Then mplayer will get "zoom=1" from the config and play the DVD in full screen.

[AndresC2]

Hi Fred!

that is random.

I will try with another build.

put it in google:

W:APT had planned for dpkg to do more than it reported back (58 vs 61). Affected packages: x11-utils:i38

and is like a bug.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=850327

I talk you later

thanks

[fredx181]

Hi Fred!

that is random.

I will try with another build.

put it in google:

W:APT had planned for dpkg to do more than it reported back (58 vs 61). Affected packages: x11-utils:i38

and is like a bug.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=850327

I talk you later

thanks

Hi Andres, did a build with mklive-stretch just now, to see if I could reproduce what you got, but no such warning appeared for me.
Maybe it's a bug in apt, but note that it's just a *warning*, if it isn't followed by an error, everything could be just fine.
Did you check if your build booted and ran OK ? (despite the warning)

Fred

[AndresC2]

Hi Fred!

I build stretch with Will Haley manual and only like you say a Warning,

my build booted and ran OK, I think that "Apt-get upgrade" fix the problem,

beacause later I install fluxbox etc, and run fine now.

thanks.

[fredx181]

Upgradable packages from rcrsn51:
- Peasywifi :

The Encrypt feature was originally built with bcrypt. But Debian has declared bcrypt to be insecure and has disabled it.

So I have replaced it with ccrypt. I updated your latest 4.5-1 packages to 4.6 and have added ccrypt as a dependency

- Peasymp3 (v4.1-1), changed some minor things in the user interface

@rcrsn51, thanks, I had to change version number in control to 4.1-1 (you kept 4.1), otherwise it's not seen as upgrade by apt, also made two different packages for 32 and 64 bit (same as earlier peasymp3 packages,with added gnome-mplayer-* as secondary dependency besides gmplayer, to avoid forcing to install gmplayer if gnome-mplayer already installed, tell me if you think different)

Fred