EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020

[Billtoo]

I installed to a 32gb usb-3.0 flash drive for use on my HP desktop pc:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 4 Jan 2018 on Easy Pyro64 0.6.6 Linux 4.14.7 x86_64
0.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
Redwood PRO [Radeon HD 5550/5570/5630/6510/6610/7570]
oem: ATI ATOMBIOS
product: REDWOOD 01.00

X Server: Xorg Driver: radeon
X.Org version: 1.19.1
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.14.7, LLVM 3.9.1)
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.2

AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Core 0: @800 1: @800 2: @2000 3: @1400 4: @800 5: @1400 MHz

No problems so far,
Thanks.

[BarryK]

For those who prefer the "Ubuntu flavoured" builds of Quirky and Easy, here is EasyOS Xerus64, version 0.6.8:

http://bkhome.org/news/201801/easyos-xe ... eased.html

The big advantage of course, is the huge Ubuntu DEB repo.

If you run the PPM (package manager), the repo database is up-to-date, updated it yesterday.

I am keen to find out if the hanging problem still occurs, that a couple people reported. If so, then it is most likely a kernel configuration problem -- so the next step would be to substitute some other kernel (and modules), maybe an actual Ubuntu kernel, as long as it has aufs. or maybe a fatdog kernel.

[BarryK]

I couldn't get Samba server to work.

My second linux machine could see the shares offered i.e the share folder
(even multiple share folders) but wouldn't open them.
I didn't have a firewall setup and I did do

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 smbpasswd -a root

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It isn't necessary to run smbpasswd yourself.

With a pristine bootup, click the "share" icon. Then you just follow the steps, don't try and do anything else.

QuickSamba takes care of setting the password.

I will review the steps, make sure it is still working.

[BarryK]

There is a file /usr/local/bin/defaultpaint
however there is no defaultpaint.desktop
Not sure if this is important??

I looked in /usr/share/applications/
and the defaults list didn't mention 'mtpaint'.

When I tested Mypaint launching of external application with help
of defaults list I saw GIMP but there was no mention of mtpaint.
Normally it is on external list.
(see image)
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Earlier builds had more icons on the desktop, including a "paint" icon, that ran /usr/local/bin/defaultpaint.

Right now, I am running EasyOS Xerus64 0.6.8, and the content of defaultpaint launches mtpaint. So that is ok.

Just checked Pyro64 0.6.6, it is the same. So OK also.

Note, 0.6.6 has Gimp, 0.6.8 doesn't. The app launched by defaultpaint, or any other default* file, can be changed by:

menu -> Setup -> Default Applications Chooser

[BarryK]

Barry's News blog

There appears to be a suspension ...

The following works..

http://bkhome.org/news/

http://barryk.org/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
or http://barryk.org
is suspended??
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I am in a bit of a quandary about what to do. barryk.org was hosted at Hostgator.com, but I have allowed it to expire.

I am now with omnis.com

Two reasons for dumping hostgator. Firstly, they are very expensive. They do offer good into prices, like 60% off, but that's the marketing hype. Once you are past that two years, full price.

Omnis offers the same features for half the price. The Omnis site is staid, none of that flashy marketing, just a good on-going price.

The second reason was I had three PPLOG blogs running, which exceeded the allowed bandwidth, and Hostgator took my site down a few times, and made me remove stuff.

With Omnis, I am not using PPLOG, the entire site is static web pages, built with my shellCMS. The blog is also static.

The old PPLOG blogs have all been converted to static pages. http://bkhome.org/news has the last few years, before that, http://bkhome.org/archive/

The problem though, is that all the old barryk.org and links to the old PPLOG blogs are broken.
They are going to have to be gradually fixed.

[ally]

you're blog is well indexed at archive.org

could you point there?

https://web.archive.org/web/20150214015 ... .org/news/

[Sage]

Easy 0.6.8:
Same as 0.6.4/.6 - default video res. set still too high but usually gives a picture. Changing res. down now gives slightly too low bottom tray cut-of about half with 1280 - not adjustable; width OK.
DHCP not found again, neither SNS nor Frisbee - wired connection didn't work on 0.6.4/.6 either for NIC RTL8201CL/SiS900. This issue would benefit from urgent consideration for a range of Puppies, not least because it becomes a show-stopper for folks like me who struggle to try to load correct drivers, if available.
Default background more acceptable now; normally irrelevant but not if there are set-up issues.

[Billtoo]

I installed to a 16gb SDHC card.

System: Host: EASYPC5153 Kernel: 4.14.11 x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: JWM git-976 Distro: Quirky 0.6.8 xerus64
Machine: System: Acer (portable) product: Aspire V5-571P v: V2.17 serial: NXM49AA03531512EC36600
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire V5-571P v: V2.17 serial: NBM491100831501E946600
Bios: Phoenix v: V2.17 date: 02/27/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-3227U (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 800/1901 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169
Card-2: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
Drives: HDD Total Size: 516.0GB (0.3% used)
Info: Processes: 116 Uptime: 53 min Memory: 378.3/5764.8MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35

Having problems, It wouldn't boot on my Macmini or 10 year old Acer
Aspire intel core2 quad.
Booted on this laptop but keep getting a temporary freeze when opening
applications,moving window, just about anything.

The touchscreen does work.
Broadcom wireless not supported.

That's it so far,
Thanks.

[Billtoo]

I installed to a 64gb usb-3.0 flash drive for use on my HP desktop pc:

System: Host: EASYPC5444 Kernel: 4.14.7 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: JWM git-976 Distro: Quirky 0.6.6 pyro64
Machine: Device: desktop System: HP product: 260-p029 serial: CNV6240BWP
Mobo: HP model: 81B4 v: 01 serial: PFPSK0BWJ301LW UEFI: AMI v: F.04 date: 05/10/2016
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-6100T (-MT-MCP-) speed/max: 800/3101 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel HD Graphics 530
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) version: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.2
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Card-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8723be
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1063.3GB (0.1% used)
Info: Processes: 129 Uptime: 1:28 Memory: 207.9/3884.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.53

Quirky 0.6.6 is working well on this pc.

Thanks, will try 0.6.8 on this pc next.
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I installed to a 64gb flash drive for use on my HP desktop pc:

System: Host: EASYPC11 Kernel: 4.14.11 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM git-976 Distro: Quirky 0.6.8 xerus64
Machine: System: HP product: 260-p029 serial: CNV6240BWP
Mobo: HP model: 81B4 v: 01 serial: PFPSK0BWJ301LW Bios: AMI v: F.04 date: 05/10/2016
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-6100T (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 800/3101 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 148x31 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Card-2: Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8723be
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1063.1GB (0.1% used)
Info: Processes: 118 Uptime: 42 min Memory: 221.4/3879.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35

I added applications with PPM,
No problems so far.
Thanks.

The bios in this pc shows all UEFI and Legacy bootable devices on the
same screen, the bios on the laptop just showed Legacy devices but it
booted from that, should have turned off Legacy?

Thanks.

[don570]

I am still using Easy Pyro64 0.6.6
and I have found it stable - No crashes when using xine to play media files
unlike version 0.6.4.
Also it works well with mypaint and the latest stable Blender 2.79.

I tried the connect button to set up firewall and samba but still couldn't
make a server.

There was 2 new problems I found --->
1)Selecting shutdown from start menu . I got a black console window instead ,
so I had to shut off machine.
But no damage to my install . I could reboot again easily.

2) I experienced an old problem that I had seen with Rox filer windows
in early versions of pyro(but not in v0.6.4). Namely Rox keeps one window permanently
on the top of the other windows and the top window bar of rox disappears.
The window can't be resized or made to move,
so I am forced to do a restartx to start rox again.
It only occurs rarely fortunately.

I would suggest that you use fatdog's version of rox filer .
I've never had any problems with it. They have
put a git source up for downloading
https://github.com/jun7/rox-filer/
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Zigbert has upgraded pclock to version 0.8.2

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[BarryK]

The bios in this pc shows all UEFI and Legacy bootable devices on the
same screen, the bios on the laptop just showed Legacy devices but it
booted from that, should have turned off Legacy?

Thanks.

It is OK, the USB stick will boot from either. It has syslinux installed for legacy BIOS machines, and refind for UEFI machines.

If you have Legacy Boot enabled on your UEFI machine, and boot from that, no problem.

[BarryK]

I tried the connect button to set up firewall and samba but still couldn't
make a server.

Thanks for persevering. I will go through it again and test all the steps.

EDIT:
I tweaked a few things in /usr/sbin/samba.sh

Running 0.6.8, I discovered that the 'smbnetfs' DEB is broken. This means that the current machine will be visible to others on the network, however, won't be able to mount shared folders served by other machines.

I will fix that pronto.

Just now, I have tested 0.6.8 sharing with my other PC running Windows 10. samba.sh had a little hiccup, but nothing serious, and fixed it.

Next thing, I will bootup Easy on the other PC, and see if samba can talk to it.

[kuman11]

BarryK,

What are the min requirements for installing an Easy OS?

[BarryK]

BarryK,

What are the min requirements for installing an Easy OS?

If running from a USB drive, min would be 2GB, but recommend 8GB min for ongoing usability. Ref:

http://bkhome.org/easy/how-to-write-eas ... drive.html

If install to a hard drive, two partitions are required, one 640MB, another at least 2GB (8GB recommended), see instructions:

http://bkhome.org/easy/how-to-install-e ... drive.html

Regarding amount of RAM, probably 1GB min. The more, the merrier -- if have 4GB, the 'q.sfs' file will be copied into RAM at bootup, which gives snappier performance while running -- which is important if you are running from a very slow USB stick.

CPU has to be any 64-bit, from the early "nocona" Pentiums onward.
At least, I compiled the Pyro64 series (0.6.6) for nocona, don't know about Xerus64 (0.6. as it uses Ubuntu DEBs.

[Rodney Byne]

A bug observation as reported in previous Easy releases
which hasn't been fixed yet:

In pMusic 5.6.0 there is the built-in feature
Sound processing, basically a frequency
equaliser.

In the "flat" position, all faders are at the bottom
by default.

If you move them to the middle where they should be
and exit then re-launch, the faders have dropped to the
bottom again.
This bug also happens in pEqualiser.
When could someone finally sort this old problem out please?
Regards.

[Rodney Byne]

Bug:
At each re-boot the task tray volume control always
starts at zero, from where previously left at maximum.
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Is it possible to place a permanent working shortcut on
desktop, to the Seamonkey in container?
Have tried dragging the padlock to desktop from
usr/share/applications, which works only once.
After closing SM, the padlock changes to an exclamation
mark and so the launch link is lost.
If it were possible to access Menu/Internet/SM in container
properties, to pull a working shortcut from there------?

Help would be welcome.

Regards.

[Billtoo]

I added a second monitor to my 0.6.8 install and downloaded arandr from
PPM to configure the layout,then downloaded 2 1920x1080 jpg images and
used PeasyGlue to make them 1 image to use as wallpaper.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Sat 6 Jan 2018 on Easy OS 0.6.8 Linux 4.14.11 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 06)
oem: Intel(R) SKL Mobile/Desktop Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
Binary file (standard input) matches

X Server: Xorg Driver: evdevpowerbuttonvendor0product0x1
X.Org version: 1.18.4
dimensions: 3840x1080 pixels (1013x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.0.7

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100T CPU @ 3.20GHz
Core 0: @800 1: @800 2: @1000 3: @800 MHz

[don570]

I installed latest Xersus64 0.6.8 on IBM thinkcentre destop

Quick review -

1) Much stabler than Pyro64 0.6.6 - So far no crashes and I've been working with it nearly two days
No problems with Rox filer.

2) New version of pclock 0.8.2 works

3) To my surprise Samba server went smoothly.
I ticked off all the options except printer and didn't choose advanced.
Also I didn't even set up a samba user i.e. no smbpasswd -a was used.
My other computer saw the server, no problem.

4) Ethernet was automatically connected at first bootup. Good.

5) If pet package has multiple desktop files the start menu is updated properly.
I tested this with bash advanced guide
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=80501
Pyro64 wouldn't show the menu items in the start menu.

6) Mypaint works well, however there appears to be a strange default list
file in /usr/share/applications/

It doesn't list mtpaint as opening png files and I noticed ....

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image/bmp=eog.desktop
image/gif=eog.desktop
image/jpeg=eog.desktop
image/jpg=eog.desktop
image/pjpeg=eog.desktop
image/png=eog.desktop
image/svg+xml=eog.desktop
image/tiff=eog.desktop

which is confusing to me.

Two negative things....

7) The latest version of blender (v2.9) doesn't work with Xersus64 0.6.8
It worked well with Pyro64 . I have the same problem with fatdog 720.
The reason is probably MESA version and intel graphics chip.
I get this terminal message

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# ./blender
AL lib: (EE) UpdateDeviceParams: Failed to set 44100hz, got 48000hz instead
Error! Blender requires OpenGL 2.1 to run. Try updating your drivers.
# 

This is explained better HERE

8 ) Sound was muted at bootup and volume was zero, but it was easy to
set with aumix. The width of aumix window was too narrow so I widened it.

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[rerwin]

Barry,
With recent Puppies and Easy, I have encountered issues with the detection and connection of wired and wireless network interfaces. I have been working on solutions for the puppies and have now developed changes to rc.network_eth and the SNS rc.network for Easy and (probably) related distros. Running Easy Xerus64 0.6.8 from a USB flash drive, the following fixes work on my old 2008-BIOS Compaq Presario SR5413WM with a 64-bit AMD uniprocessor. I provide them here for your consideration.

The main problem is the slow starting of the network devices during boot-up, which necessitates increasing loop counts to wait up to 20 seconds, mainly for driver loading. My PC needs 12-18 seconds I have seen cases with both Easy and Xenialpup where dhcpcd does not appear to change resolv.conf (judging from the "MODTIME" values) even though a connection can be made if resolv.conf contains nameserver data (by ignoring the MODTIME test); clearing resolv.conf during initialization (in network_default_connect) and changing the MODTIME comparison logic seems to handle that special case.

Although I have yet to see an instance (with the change) of the MODTIME not changing, that might be because clearing of the resolv.conf content could force an initial update.

Also, adding a timeout value for dhcpcd seems to improve chances of success in connecting -- I assume that delays the return from dhcpcd, allowing more time for the resolv.conf update.

I also found that rc.network_eth does not find the wired ethernet device because it is a "bridge" ([0680]) instead of a controller ([0200]); I add a check for the bridge as long as it has "Ethernet" in its name (from lspci -nn).

Attached are difference listings and the updated scripts, as well as a hardware summary of my PC. The tarball should probably be extracted to /tmp or "home". For anyone desiring to test with the scripts, they should be installed as follows:

• network_default_connect ==> /usr/sbin
  rc.network ==> /usr/local/simple_network_setup
  rc.network_eth ==> /etc/rc.d

Richard

[Sage]

Good to see you back, rerwin, and thanks for the heads-up on problems with wired networks. So few following now that it's difficult to get good advice! Suspect most punters just head for the hills...