TazPuppy 5.0 rc2

[oui]

Hi
as it is possible to convert the tazpkg's into *.pets, did some one already try to convert

libfirefox

and to use it in puppy to look some youtube's using little browsers (midori etc.)

[s243a]

I'm not sure if it's updated but in the last version "beta 23" I have two fixes for:

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/usr/bin/make-devx

The first suggestion is to make the script architecture independent by putting something like the following at the top of the script:

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if [ -f /etc/slitaz/slitaz.conf ]; then 
  . /etc/slitaz/slitaz.conf #Comment this line out if you don't want to use distro defualts. 
fi
WEBSITE=${MIRROR_URL:-"http://mirror1.slitaz.org"}
DIRPKG=${SLITAZ_RELEASE:-'next64'}

note that where I have 'next64' as the default, you would put 'cooking' as the default. The point is to take the mirror and the release from slizaz.conf.

related to this in the function "download_pkgs", one has to replace "cooking" with "$DIRPKG" in the line

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wget -nc --timeout=10 $WEBSITE/packages/cooking/$pkgname.tazpkg -O cooking/slitaz-devx/$pkgname.tazpkg

with gives:

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wget -nc --timeout=10 $WEBSITE/packages/$DIRPKG/$pkgname.tazpkg -O $curdir/slitaz-devx/$pkgname.tazpkg

My second fix is to create all the necessary build directories. Around line #20 (now line #24) I have replaced:

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 curdir="$1"
 
 if [ ! -e $curdir ]; then
  echo "Create working folder: $curdir"
  mkdir -p $curdir 2>/dev/null
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Failed to create working folder"
  exit
  fi
 fi
else 
 echo "Usage: $cmd1 [working folder]" 
 echo "Creates DEVX module for compiling" 
 exit 
fi 

with

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 curdir=`realpath "$1"`
 while read aDir; do
   if [ ! -e $aDir ]; then
     echo "Create working folder: $aDir"
     mkdir -p $aDir 2>/dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo "Failed to create working folder $aDir"
       exit
     fi
   fi
 done <<EOM
$curdir
$curdir/devx-rootfs
$curdir/slitaz-devx
EOM
else
 echo "Usage: $cmd1 [working folder]"
 echo "Creates DEVX module for compiling"
 exit
fi

#cd $curdir

I found one more issue. In the function process_package we need to make the path to the receipt relative. Currently it is:

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. /receipt

but it should be

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. ./receipt

[s243a]

Hi
as it is possible to convert the tazpkg's into *.pets, did some one already try to convert

libfirefox

and to use it in puppy to look some youtube's using little browsers (midori etc.)

Extract the package:

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tazpkg extract package.tazpkg

then use dir2pet to create a pet package.

[s243a]

I noticed something in the /etc/profile script that could be improved.

Around line one 170 we have the following code:

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for profile_script in $(ls -1 /etc/profile.d) ; do
    #xlog  "Sourcing $profile_script ..."
	[ "$(echo -n "$profile_script" | grep 'txt$')" != "" ] && continue
	. /etc/profile.d/$profile_script
done

The issue here is that sometimes in /etc/profile.d there are separate scripts depending on the shell. For instance if one installs "gawk" there is a script gawk.csh (for the c shel) and also a gawk.sh for bourne compatible shells like bash and ash. We need some kind of logic that checks for shell dependent implementations of the profile.d script and picks the version that best matches the shell (based on the extension).

For example in the csh version we have:

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alias gawkpath_default 'unsetenv AWKPATH; setenv AWKPATH `gawk -v x=AWKPATH "BEGIN {print ENVIRON[x]}"`'

but the setenv command only works for csh and not for bash, ash and dash.

[s243a]

I think TazPup has the following issue (I'll verify later) but the 64bit version I'm trying to make certainly has this issue.

I noticed the following error in the boot log:

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missing or unknown command

Usage: udevadm [--help] [--version] [--debug] COMMAND [COMMAND OPTIONS]

  info         query sysfs or the udev database
  trigger      request events from the kernel
  settle       wait for the event queue to finish
  control      control the udev daemon
  monitor      listen to kernel and udev events
  test         test an event run
  test-builtin test a built-in command

I was able to trace this error to line #32 to #35 of:
/etc/init.d/rcS

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if [ -d '/etc/udev/hwdb.d' ]; then
	echo 'Creating the udev hardware database...'
	udevadm hwdb --update
fi

hwdb is not a valid command for udevadm as per the manpage:
https://linux.die.net/man/8/udevadm

Some versions of udevadm have a --reload option which might do what this statement is trying to achieve. However, I don't believe that the version of udevadm that comes with slitaz has this option.

[oui]

Hi

As I did write divers messages with comments on SliTaz (without Pup) in the last day, and did see a new ISO serie appear at http://mirror/slitaz.org, I did try to make a step more in direction of TazPup and try to build with the old as well as with the new iso's. I did try it out Slitaz, out Tazpup and out Bionicpup64. as well 32 bit iso als 64 bit iso of course and as well local as onine

new iso's did be created, about 99 Mb. but no one able to start (kernel panik).

my goal would be have to build Tazpup64. Out whitch is for me total undifferent (I also die download als packages from SliTaz from above url .../packages/cooking and have them on the disk). Some examples of errors in the console:


root# ./clean-workspace.sh
Deleting slitaz-rootfs...
Deleting tazpup-preiso...
root# ./make-tazpup.sh
Preparing working folders...
Mounting slitaz-rolling-core64.iso...
Copying rootfs gz...
Extracting rootfs gz...
cpio: unsupported cpio format, use newc or crc
touch: cannot touch '/root/tazbuild/slitaz-rootfs/tmp/tazpkg-local.lock': No such file or directory
and 6 other for tazopkg0skipdep.lock etc.
...
Removing block device files...
/usr/bin/tazpkg: .: line 11: can't open '/usr/bin/gettext.sh': No such file or directory
and 14 such analog lines for, that is the question!

Is there perhaps a more detailled text as the READ.ME?

Kind regards

[s243a]

Hi

As I did write divers messages with comments on SliTaz (without Pup) in the last day, and did see a new ISO serie appear at http://mirror/slitaz.org, I did try to make a step more in direction of TazPup and try to build with the old as well as with the new iso's. I did try it out Slitaz, out Tazpup and out Bionicpup64. as well 32 bit iso als 64 bit iso of course and as well local as onine

new iso's did be created, about 99 Mb. but no one able to start (kernel panik).

I actually did get get mistfire's build script to work with the slitaz-rolling-core64.iso but as mistfire note's in another post, this iso actually only has 64bit kernal modules. The actual binary libraries on the iso are 32 bits.

my goal would be have to build Tazpup64.

I actually started trying to do this. The last updload of my modfied build kit is at:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/owr19jmja3fak ... ar.gz?dl=0

but there are some untested changes. The way, I'm doing it the Slitaz iso is only to create the build system. By that I mean that the package manager is executed in a chroot environment located at:

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$curdir/slitaz-rootfs

but the actual filesystem for the iso is located at:

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$curdir/slitaz-rootfs$prefix

This works because with tazpkg there is a --root option that allows you to install packages under a different root then the root which tazpkg is ran under. From the function install_pkg() (located within the file make-tazpup_functions.sh)

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tazpkg $options install $bname --root=$prefix

root# ./clean-workspace.sh
Deleting slitaz-rootfs...
Deleting tazpup-preiso...
root# ./make-tazpup.sh
Preparing working folders...
Mounting slitaz-rolling-core64.iso...
Copying rootfs gz...
Extracting rootfs gz...
cpio: unsupported cpio format, use newc or crc
touch: cannot touch '/root/tazbuild/slitaz-rootfs/tmp/tazpkg-local.lock': No such file or directory
and 6 other for tazopkg0skipdep.lock etc.
...

There isn't enough info for me to troubleshoot here. Try executing the script like this:

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sh -x  ./clean-workspace.sh 2>&1 | tee build.log

then open up build.log in a text editor like geany.

Removing block device files...
/usr/bin/tazpkg: .: line 11: can't open '/usr/bin/gettext.sh': No such file or directory[/size]
and 14 such analog lines for, that is the question!

Is there perhaps a more detailled text as the READ.ME?

Kind regards

Look in

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$curdir/slitaz-rootfs/usr/bin/gettext.sh

and see if the file is there. I suspect it isn't. You can either copy this file from a puppy or TazPup iso or you can install the gettext package.

P.S. if you actually try my buildscript then either edit or delete the file that says "defaults". For instance if you delete the following two lines:

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IMGPUP="/root/spot/Downloads/slacko64-6.9.9.9-uefi-k4.9-FF-LO.iso"
IMG="/root/spot/Downloads/slitaz-rolling-core64.iso"

then the script will prompt you for the location of these ISOs. Note that I don't don't have an ISO with a properly configured window manager yet, so you might want to wait a bit.

[mistfire]

TazPuppy beta 25 released

Changes:
* Basic cache cleaning. This will trigger the cleaner on the following scenarios:
+ Upon shutdown if the save session was a save file or in multisession mode
+ When periodic save on flash ran or execute save2flash
+ When the free disk memory was below 10%

This also can be run manually by typing this command

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sudo purge-cache.sh

* Basic Mouse Wizard for configuring mouse
* Some fixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UYze6N ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: c6b570bda89f5b4ce47af14235c22326


Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sNyesb ... sp=sharing

[wiak]

TazPuppy beta 25 released

Changes:
* Basic cache cleaning. This will trigger the cleaner on the following scenarios:
+ Upon shutdown if the save session was a save file or in multisession mode
+ When periodic save on flash ran or execute save2flash
+ When the free disk memory was below 10%

The only one I'm not personally convinced about is that last on - freeing up cache. I experimented with that years ago and certainly it appears nice when for example the 'free' command shows more free RAM available. However, I stopped using such purge cache routines because I now accept that Linux does a pretty good and more intelligent job at freeing up cache automatically when it needs more actual free RAM. Cache is important since it speeds things up when data needs to be re-used and Linux kernel itselfs will release cache when it is actually needed; I.e. it won't allow the system to collapse until really there is no free RAM left despite all cache having been auto-purged. You can prove that by observing free RAM plus cache by continually running the 'free' command whilst adding more and more heavy HTML paged to tabs in your browser: then you will observe Linux itself freeing up cache to provide the extra RAM these new tabs need. Eventually, no more cache is available to free up, the RAM free itself runs out, and the system will freeze...

But no manual purge cache script is required or even good.

wiak

[mistfire]

@wiak the basic cache cleaning was not cleaning ram, but it was cleaning the pup_rw layer in order to minimize the disk usage and utilize ang free disk space very well

[wiak]

@wiak the basic cache cleaning was not cleaning ram, but it was cleaning the pup_rw layer in order to minimize the disk usage and utilize ang free disk space very well

Okay, thanks mistfire.

[darry19662018]

TazPuppy beta 25 released

Changes:
* Basic cache cleaning. This will trigger the cleaner on the following scenarios:
+ Upon shutdown if the save session was a save file or in multisession mode
+ When periodic save on flash ran or execute save2flash
+ When the free disk memory was below 10%

This also can be run manually by typing this command

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sudo purge-cache.sh

* Basic Mouse Wizard for configuring mouse
* Some fixes

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UYze6N ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: c6b570bda89f5b4ce47af14235c22326


Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sNyesb ... sp=sharing

Wow late to the party. This has come along way Mistfire - very nice - a good pup indeed.

[thinkpadfreak]

Hello.

I heard from another user of tazpuppy that on beta 25 mplayer requires libjpeg.so.9 and that it does not start.
So I advised him to update libjpeg package, and mplayer started.

But he reports that, after the update, x stopped starting, complaining about missing libjpeg.so.8.

I wonder if this issue is due to slitaz system (repository or software database, or some other things).

[mistfire]

@thinkpadfreak take a look at this forum
http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/after-20t ... rt-its-gui

They upgrade the libjpeg

I suggest this solution:
1. Boot TazPuppy without X using pfix=nox boot parameter
2. On TazPuppy terminal login as root
3. Use this the following command

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tazpkg recharge
tazpkg upgrade

4. Restart the TazPuppy by typing reboot and press enter

[thinkpadfreak]

Thank you, mistfire.

I will tell Japanese Forum members about the solution.

[darry19662018]

Mmmm since upgrade I have had GDbus error at the start.

Other than that upgrade went smoothly.

[s243a]

Mmmm since upgrade I have had GDbus error at the start.

Other than that upgrade went smoothly.

This won't be enough info to help yet but might give some insite into what is going on:

gdbus
gdbus — Tool for working with D-Bus objects
...

....
call

Invokes a method on a remote object. Each argument to pass to the method must be specified as a serialized GVariant except that strings do not need explicit quotes. The return values are printed out as serialized GVariant values.
...
With this information, it's easy to use the call command to display a notification

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$ gdbus call --session \
             --dest org.freedesktop.Notifications \
             --object-path /org/freedesktop/Notifications \
             --method org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify \
             my_app_name \
             42 \
             gtk-dialog-info \
             "The Summary" \
             "Here's the body of the notification" \
             [] \
             {} \
             5000
(uint32 12,)

Monitoring all objects on a service:

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$ gdbus monitor --system --dest org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
Monitoring signals from all objects owned by org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit
The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit is owned by :1.15
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session.ActiveChanged (false,)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat.ActiveSessionChanged ('',)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session.ActiveChanged (true,)
/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Seat1: org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Seat.ActiveSessionChanged ('/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2',)

https://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/gdbus.html

Some potentially useful further reading:
GIO Reference Manual: Migrating to GDBus
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/371 ... us-signals

[darry19662018]

Thanks mate at work will give more details later.

[s243a]

Thanks mate at work will give more details later.

I have a wild hunch. Run the command:

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ps -aux | grep kit

I think for lxde you want to have either polkit or console-lot kit running. If they aren't running they can be manually started with the commands:

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/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd

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/usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon

The packages might also be able to be started via dbus if the permissions are right...I say this because when I was googling for this type of error, I didn't see anyone suggesting that we manually start these daemons...with the execption of the gentoo wiki. In gentoo there seems to be a script to start the consolekit daemon in init.d but this doesn't seem to be the case in SliTaz.

P.S. one might find more dbus related error messages in:

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/var/log/daemon.log

[darry19662018]

Hi s243a,

Here is the pop up message that appears when desktop starts

GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files