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Copy2ram
Posted: Thu 23 Apr 2020, 16:17
by Matala
dancytron wrote:Here are my BusterDog menu.1st Grub4dos entries.
#More linux manual frugal installs
title BusterDog (sda2) noauto from=/BusterDog/ changes=EXIT:/BusterDog/ save changes on exit
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/BusterDog/ changes=EXIT:/BusterDog/
initrd (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/initrd1.xz
title BusterDog copy2ram (sda2) noauto from=/BusterDog/ changes=EXIT:/BusterDog/
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/vmlinuz1 noauto copy2ram from=/BusterDog/ changes=EXIT:/BusterDog/
initrd (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/initrd1.xz
title BusterDog for upgrade (sda2) noauto from=/BusterDog/ changes=/BusterDog/ save changes as they are made
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/BusterDog/ changes=/BusterDog/
initrd (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/initrd1.xz
title BusterDog (sda2) No Changes from=/BusterDog/
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/BusterDog/
initrd (hd0,1)/BusterDog/live/initrd1.xz
Hello.
Thanks for that beautiful distro.
Puppy can run totally in ram without touching any partition or hard drive.
Can this be done with BusterDog too ?
Thanks in advance.
Posted: Thu 23 Apr 2020, 21:14
by fredx181
Matala wrote:Puppy can run totally in ram without touching any partition or hard drive.
Can this be done with BusterDog too ?
Yes, with e.g. the second menu.lst entry that you quoted: BusterDog copy2ram
(without save it's totally running in RAM, leave out the changes=....)
Fred
Copy2ram
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 12:30
by Matala
Thanks again.
That worked.
The only difference with Puppy was,
that by default Puppy runs with device unmounted but with BusterDog had to unmount it manually.
I am using XFCE variant and so far everything is going well except changing thema on cursor.
Every time I do that when restart or just exit the cursor returns back to default setting.
May be i do something wrong.
Re: Copy2ram
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 12:40
by rcrsn51
Matala wrote:The only difference with Puppy was,
that by default Puppy runs with device unmounted but with BusterDog had to unmount it manually.
I can confirm that.
It's a bit annoying if you boot in "clean mode" to run something like Gparted and have to unmount a partition first.
But it's not worth breaking things to try and fix it.
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 17:10
by fredx181
Matala wrote:I am using XFCE variant and so far everything is going well except changing thema on cursor.
Every time I do that when restart or just exit the cursor returns back to default setting
Changing cursor theme works for me on a XFCE build (and persists after exit), did you use "Mouse and Touchpad" from the XFCE Settings ? (see pic)
Fred
Mouse coursor
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 17:58
by Matala
Yes.
I used exactly that,
but all the time no luck.
To have the black cursor back it's enough
even to change the size from let say
18 to 19 and the black thema comes back.
Thanks for trying to help me.
I found something similar to my problem here.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 038#972038
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 19:01
by fredx181
Mmmm... yes, now had same problem too after installing oxygen cursor theme and testing some more.
I think the problem is the /root/.icons/default folder, deleting it solved it for me (probably shouldn't be there), can you try that ?
(btw, changing cursor size for the aero theme doesn't work, adwaita is ok)
Fred
Mouse coursor
Posted: Fri 24 Apr 2020, 19:24
by Matala
Unfortunately for me still didn't work.
I will try with completely pristine system and will make another try.
Re: Mouse coursor
Posted: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 07:53
by fredx181
Matala wrote:Unfortunately for me still didn't work.
I will try with completely pristine system and will make another try.
Did some more testing and, although not 100% sure, I think the problem is because of that XFCE has its own settings in /root/.config/xfce4 and doesn't change the settings in /root/.gtkrc-2.0
So changing to Adwaita in /root/.gtkrc-2.0 should make it persist:
Or maybe better just remove /root/.gtkrc-2.0 , then it cannot override any XFCE settings.
Fred
Cursor theme
Posted: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 10:18
by Matala
Hi again.
The only way that half worked for me was to delete
/root/.icons/aero
/root/.icons/default
then after exit x" adwaita" doesn't change,
but returns back to default size.
May be that will help you in some way.
Re: Cursor theme
Posted: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 10:48
by fredx181
Matala wrote:Hi again.
The only way that half worked for me was to delete
/root/.icons/aero
/root/.icons/default
then after exit x" adwaita" doesn't change,
but returns back to default size.
May be that will help you in some way.
It's a bit of a mystery, but I still think deleting /root/.gtkrc-2.0 will fix the whole issue, did you try that?
(it sort of "confuses" XFCE)
Fred
Cursor
Posted: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 11:18
by Matala
Yes i tried with no luck.
It is a mystery and complicated.
I am surprised that too but could
live with that.
May be the reason is too deep and if we try hard
to resolve it will get worse.
Posted: Sat 02 May 2020, 10:46
by fredx181
Posted: Sat 02 May 2020, 17:08
by rcrsn51
I upgraded a Buster64 Starter Kit install to this k5.6.0 kernel along with the latest Palemoon v28.9.2. It looks good so far.
Test Report - ask Fred - re other breeds from this kennel
Posted: Sun 03 May 2020, 16:47
by mfb
The second snap below shows the actual sizes from a Desktop with a wide screen. On reflection - magnification might be simpler.
PS Remastering is masterly - you can just click and go,
My apology - the File name in yellow on red below - should read ".conkyrc-port". Also, in both the original and in the attached file - the MEM line needs an "iB" amendment to "B" to eliminate the double "ii" shown in both shots.
quick-remaster
Posted: Thu 07 May 2020, 16:49
by fredx181
Some changes for the "quick-remaster" program:
- v1.1.9, added mksquashfs zstd compression option. It is just as fast as lz4, but results in smaller file size.
- v1.2.0, added zstd option too, and very different method used now, previous versions were rather complex, (e.g. using mount bind, aufs overlay, temp folders etc...) and a forced reboot was required.
This works rather simple, basically by just "mksquashfs / 01-filesystem.squashfs" with added exclusions (for cleaning e.g. man and doc, log and cache files) and doesn't force a reboot (prompt yes/no to reboot when remaster is ready)
Install quick-remaster with synaptic or apt from terminal.
Fred
Re: quick-remaster
Posted: Thu 07 May 2020, 20:22
by dancytron
fredx181 wrote:Some changes for the "quick-remaster" program:
- v1.1.9, added mksquashfs zstd compression option. It is just as fast as lz4, but results in smaller file size.
- v1.2.0, added zstd option too, and very different method used now, previous versions were rather complex, (e.g. using mount bind, aufs overlay, temp folders etc...) and a forced reboot was required.
This works rather simple, basically by just "mksquashfs / 01-filesystem.squashfs" with added exclusions (for cleaning e.g. man and doc, log and cache files) and doesn't force a reboot (prompt yes/no to reboot when remaster is ready)
Install quick-remaster with synaptic or apt from terminal.
Fred
I just ran the new update on stretch.
How do I create the new 01-filesystem without the other .squashfs files included?
Dan
Re: quick-remaster
Posted: Thu 07 May 2020, 20:57
by fredx181
dancytron wrote:fredx181 wrote:Some changes for the "quick-remaster" program:
- v1.1.9, added mksquashfs zstd compression option. It is just as fast as lz4, but results in smaller file size.
- v1.2.0, added zstd option too, and very different method used now, previous versions were rather complex, (e.g. using mount bind, aufs overlay, temp folders etc...) and a forced reboot was required.
This works rather simple, basically by just "mksquashfs / 01-filesystem.squashfs" with added exclusions (for cleaning e.g. man and doc, log and cache files) and doesn't force a reboot (prompt yes/no to reboot when remaster is ready)
Install quick-remaster with synaptic or apt from terminal.
Fred
I just ran the new update on stretch.
How do I create the new 01-filesystem without the other .squashfs files included?
Dan
Sorry, that's the downside of this new method, you can't (except the kernel .squashfs, it will not be merged) (only possible to disable loading the others by renaming to .bak in the live folder)
Install v1.1.9 if that's an important option:
(but I'll think about how to exclude the others with this new method, won't be easy...)
Fred
Posted: Thu 07 May 2020, 21:08
by dancytron
For now, I'll just make unloading and renaming the 3 sfs's I use a part of the pre-remaster preparation and reconsider if I really need to be loading office and spotify every time any way.
edit: Does just unloading/deactivating the *.squashfs file keep it out of the remaster, or do you have to rename it too? If you are just copying directly from / then just deactivating should do it?
Posted: Thu 07 May 2020, 22:25
by fredx181
dancytron wrote:edit: Does just unloading/deactivating the *.squashfs file keep it out of the remaster, or do you have to rename it too? If you are just copying directly from / then just deactivating should do it?
Yes, unloading/deactivating before remastering will keep them it out of 01-filesystem.squashfs, no renaming needed.
If not unloading, merging the extra modules in the remaster, then I'd recommend renaming them (otherwise makes no sense loading at boot).
I may change the GUI adding info about this.
The older version is still OK to use, I just didn't like the complexity of it (with the chance of unmounting fails and therefore had to make as workaround a forced reboot after done)
Fred