EasyOS version 2.3.2, June 22, 2020
nvidia
Always with a stop on nox. Rufwoof has given a good explanation for the needed stop on nox.Has anyone who uses a pc with Nvidia graphics card been able to get to the desktop?
On 0.9 and now 0.9.3 I can go straight to X with vesa, but I cannot get resolution 1280x1024, just 1024x768. It is also the only driver that works, no modesetting or whatever. I have also tried to compile the nvidia driver, without success so far because of the high kernel number of Easy and the driver is legacy 304.
suggestions for additional apps
With mc compiled for Easy, I must think of cmus, the commandline version of audacious, small and powerfull.
As an analog app for images and photo collections I'd suggest geeqie.
For convenience I always add Uextract and dillo.
As an analog app for images and photo collections I'd suggest geeqie.
For convenience I always add Uextract and dillo.
Re: suggestions for additional apps
I made a cmus pet, I run it a user spot by editing the .spot-status file in the root directory and then running loginmanager from the terminal.foxpup wrote: I must think of cmus, the commandline version of audacious, small and powerfull.
I think doing "man cmus" no quotes in the terminal will cause seamonkey to load the man page.
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thanks Billtoo for cmus
Hey, thank you for the cmus pet, Billtoo!
Any particular reason to run it as spot?
Any particular reason to run it as spot?
Re: thanks Billtoo for cmus
Cmus will play internet radio if you know the url of the station so I run it as spot.foxpup wrote:Hey, thank you for the cmus pet, Billtoo!
Any particular reason to run it as spot?
I had a list of stations but I've lost it, still looking for it.
Hi Sage,Sage wrote:Your music choice, Bill, also reminds me of my long gone youth...
As for mc, used to use it all the time 30+yrs ago. It's CLI isn't it or is there a graphical version now. Think there was an 8bit version, or somethiing resembling same?
Mc is still included in some of the new distros, Manjaro for one I think, it will run in a terminal or from the command line.
There are several mc-like filemanagers available.
I like the oldies music but some of the new stuff as well.
Rumour has it, if you listen acutely, you can hear Billy Bolden singing...I like the oldies
or
for the jazz&blues fans in the UK:
true musicians are reputed to live within the sound of Dobells'.
Young stags requiring explanations can speak to any oldie or PM me.
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EasyOS Pyro 0.9.3 (May 26)
@Barry
Thanks for the new Firefox, it's working well.
Thanks for the new Firefox, it's working well.
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Re: thanks Billtoo for cmus
Yes it can, I forgot.Billtoo wrote:Cmus will play internet radio if you know the url of the station so I run it as spot.foxpup wrote:Hey, thank you for the cmus pet, Billtoo!
Any particular reason to run it as spot?
I had a list of stations but I've lost it, still looking for it.
Isn't there a list (made) in pupradio or so?
I mainly use cmus with an external harddisc, or more then one, mine and others I borrow from friends for a while. I let cmus search everything on the discs and then kind of surf. Hearing one thing makes me search for something else and so on...
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Re: EasyOS Pyro 0.9.3 (May 26)
Good, the blog announcement is here:Billtoo wrote:@Barry
Thanks for the new Firefox, it's working well.
http://bkhome.org/news/201805/firefox-6 ... -pyro.html
I also attempted to compile chromium. Followed the instructions, it downloaded vast amounts of files, about 10GB, it took ages just to download, even with my new fast Telstra account.
Then, finally got to the step of doing the actual build, and it almost immediately gave an error. What is particularly annoying is that the error seems to be something internal, not due to the host system.
I have attempted to compile chromium before, never succeeded. I notice that it is offered in OpenEmbedded, but an old version.
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]
EasyOS Pyro 0.9.3 (May 26)
I made a pet of Lxtask, it creates an entry in the System section of the menu.
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Hi Barry, Bill and all,
Made a change from my usual 'frugal' installs, and installed Easy 0.9.3 to a 4GB USB stick, using EasyDD and the easy image from Ibibio. All went smooth, and it has been running for 72 hours straight now on this somewhat old Sony Vaio Core I3 laptop with 8GB ram.
Much thanks for compiling Firefox....installed it, immediately put it into a Container, and have not had a problem since. I could deal with Seamonkey, but my only problem with it is the utter lack of support for adblockers and such. No one supports it anymore ;-( Can't even get seatabX and/or colorful tabs working on it without it crashing Seamonkey constantly. Oh well, this nightly build of Firefox is working quite nicely.
Thanks again, Barry! Easy has really turned into something nice
Made a change from my usual 'frugal' installs, and installed Easy 0.9.3 to a 4GB USB stick, using EasyDD and the easy image from Ibibio. All went smooth, and it has been running for 72 hours straight now on this somewhat old Sony Vaio Core I3 laptop with 8GB ram.
Much thanks for compiling Firefox....installed it, immediately put it into a Container, and have not had a problem since. I could deal with Seamonkey, but my only problem with it is the utter lack of support for adblockers and such. No one supports it anymore ;-( Can't even get seatabX and/or colorful tabs working on it without it crashing Seamonkey constantly. Oh well, this nightly build of Firefox is working quite nicely.
Thanks again, Barry! Easy has really turned into something nice
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Is it just because I'm getting old, and belong to an earlier era...belham2 wrote:Much thanks for compiling Firefox....installed it, immediately put it into a Container, and have not had a problem since. I could deal with Seamonkey, but my only problem with it is the utter lack of support for adblockers and such. No one supports it anymore ;-( Can't even get seatabX and/or colorful tabs working on it without it crashing Seamonkey constantly. Oh well, this nightly build of Firefox is working quite nicely.
I like the traditional drop-down menus of SeaMonkey. Firefox has the new menu style which is phone and tablet touch-interface-friendly. The main problem with the new-style UI is that it has much less "information density", in other words, there are usually less options, or to put it another way, it is dumbed-down.
But, I guess it is what you personally prefer ...like some users hated my earlier green theme
Changing the subject, interesting things happening:
http://bkhome.org/news/201805/isolated- ... mount.html
[url]https://bkhome.org/news/[/url]
I like both of what you mentioned here. The reason I was using 0.9.2. the 0.9.3 is good as well, but it doesn't work with nvidia as well as 0.9.2.BarryK wrote:Is it just because I'm getting old, and belong to an earlier era...belham2 wrote:Much thanks for compiling Firefox....installed it, immediately put it into a Container, and have not had a problem since. I could deal with Seamonkey, but my only problem with it is the utter lack of support for adblockers and such. No one supports it anymore ;-( Can't even get seatabX and/or colorful tabs working on it without it crashing Seamonkey constantly. Oh well, this nightly build of Firefox is working quite nicely.
I like the traditional drop-down menus of SeaMonkey. Firefox has the new menu style which is phone and tablet touch-interface-friendly. The main problem with the new-style UI is that it has much less "information density", in other words, there are usually less options, or to put it another way, it is dumbed-down.
But, I guess it is what you personally prefer ...like some users hated my earlier green theme
Changing the subject, interesting things happening:
http://bkhome.org/news/201805/isolated- ... mount.html
the new idea is similar to TENS or LPS.
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Hey all thanks for the mc pets. Run fine in 0.9.1
On another note, I upgraded my Easy HD install from 0.9.1 to 0.9.3 and I got "failed to load q.sfs". I updated the BOOT_SPECS same as previously. I double-checked everything and seems to be set up fine, just won't load q. I'll see if I can get a snapshot of the screen message for you with my phone.
It (0.9.3) booted fine from USB, although intel sna started acting up again. I couldn't find a modesetting option in xorgwizard. Switched to uxa and settled down some. Things just seem flaky in general running from USB on this laptop (Toshiba P55-A5200).
On yet another note, I prefer seamonkey for its much more modest RAM requirements. Firefox is a major memory hog.
On another note, I upgraded my Easy HD install from 0.9.1 to 0.9.3 and I got "failed to load q.sfs". I updated the BOOT_SPECS same as previously. I double-checked everything and seems to be set up fine, just won't load q. I'll see if I can get a snapshot of the screen message for you with my phone.
It (0.9.3) booted fine from USB, although intel sna started acting up again. I couldn't find a modesetting option in xorgwizard. Switched to uxa and settled down some. Things just seem flaky in general running from USB on this laptop (Toshiba P55-A5200).
On yet another note, I prefer seamonkey for its much more modest RAM requirements. Firefox is a major memory hog.
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Barry, here is a screenshot of the startup for Easy 0.9.3 showing failed mounting of q.sfs
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EasyOS Pyro 0.9.3 (May 26)
I installed to a usb-3.0 SSD, computer is an Acer laptop.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 30 May 2018 on Easy Pyro64 0.9.3 Linux 4.14.41 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
oem: Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0
X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.19.1
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 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) Ivybridge Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.0.7
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3227U CPU @ 1.90GHz
Core 0: @1241 1: @1333 2: @1332 3: @1190 MHz
Works well, the touchscreen is supported.
Thanks.
video-info-glx 1.5.3 Wed 30 May 2018 on Easy Pyro64 0.9.3 Linux 4.14.41 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
oem: Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(R) Sandybridge/Ivybridge Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0
X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.19.1
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 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) Ivybridge Mobile
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 17.0.7
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3227U CPU @ 1.90GHz
Core 0: @1241 1: @1333 2: @1332 3: @1190 MHz
Works well, the touchscreen is supported.
Thanks.
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isolated bootup
Hi Barry,
just a question, as for your 'isolated bootup' project. If I correctly understood your explanation, while running your planned Easy OS from a flash drive which has 2 partitions you will enjoy 'complete security'.
Did you also figure out a way to protect this new Easy OS when the flash drive is plugged in after, for example, a Puppy which provides full root capabilities already is running in RAM, booted from a live-CD? I'm thinking of the risk that this new Easy OS - and the comprised data - still would be vulnerable to manipulation while being inactive.
Could your 'isolated bootup' system also work if the flash drive's second partition (the working partition) contains an encrypted filesystem?
kind regards
just a question, as for your 'isolated bootup' project. If I correctly understood your explanation, while running your planned Easy OS from a flash drive which has 2 partitions you will enjoy 'complete security'.
Did you also figure out a way to protect this new Easy OS when the flash drive is plugged in after, for example, a Puppy which provides full root capabilities already is running in RAM, booted from a live-CD? I'm thinking of the risk that this new Easy OS - and the comprised data - still would be vulnerable to manipulation while being inactive.
Could your 'isolated bootup' system also work if the flash drive's second partition (the working partition) contains an encrypted filesystem?
kind regards