Create Debian 9 (Stretch) minimal ISO similar to DebianDog

[fredx181]

A little upgrade snafu.

A bunch of stuff showed for upgrade today, so I "Marked all upgrades" in synaptic and then his apply.

It aborted the upgrade, and this message popped up.

Quote:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gtkdialog_0.8.7-wiak-B_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/gtkwialog', which is also in package gtkwialog 0.8.5

.....
.....

Ah, yes, thanks.
The new gtkdialog package (which includes gtkwialog in /usr/bin) should remove older gtkwialog package when installing.
It will do now, if I did right, can you confirm ?

Fred

[dancytron]

A little upgrade snafu.

A bunch of stuff showed for upgrade today, so I "Marked all upgrades" in synaptic and then his apply.

It aborted the upgrade, and this message popped up.

Quote:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/gtkdialog_0.8.7-wiak-B_amd64.deb: trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/gtkwialog', which is also in package gtkwialog 0.8.5

.....
.....

Ah, yes, thanks.
The new gtkdialog package (which includes gtkwialog in /usr/bin) should remove older gtkwialog package when installing.
It will do now, if I did right, can you confirm ?

Fred

Yes it worked.

Before detail message in synaptic:

gtkwialog will be removed
precord will be removed
gtkdialog (version 0.8.3-2) will be upgraded to version 0.8.7-wiak-B-1

After details in synaptic:

debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (Can't locate object method "new" via package "Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 65, <> line 1.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
(Reading database ... 43308 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing precord (9.0.5) ...
Removing gtkwialog (0.8.5) ...
(Reading database ... 43303 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gtkdialog_0.8.7-wiak-B-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gtkdialog (0.8.7-wiak-B-1) over (0.8.3-2) ...
Setting up gtkdialog (0.8.7-wiak-B-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...

Thanks,


Dan

[fredx181]

....
Removing precord (9.0.5) ...
...

Another consequence of my mistake...
You may not need it, but anyway fixed that by removing precord 9.0.5 from repo, so now 9.0.3 is newest version (that can be installed as it doesn't depend on gtkwialog).
Also added new version package of cast2chrome (was also depending on gtkwialog)

Fred

[wiak]

Also added new version package of cast2chrome (was also depending on gtkwialog)

Fred

I think you mean removed new version. I'll probably revert both Precord and cast2chrome so both will work with gtkdialog (and thus gtkwialog) now that the -b option is not so important since gtkwialog supports bash on dash systems out of the box now.

Anyway, Precord is the ancestor of weX, hence closely related to it, and a small script really, so likely just to become part of future weX as I've said elsewhere.

wiak

[fredx181]

Also added new version package of cast2chrome (was also depending on gtkwialog)

Fred

I think you mean removed new version.
....

Hi wiak, no, I bumped up the package version (now 0.0.4-2)
Has in Depends: line : gtkdialog (>= 0.8.7-wiak-B-1)
It's your fixed version (to make it work with gtkwialog 0.8.5 (or higher)):
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 458#999458

All a bit confusing maybe because the newest gtkdialog package version (0.8.7-wiak-B-1) contains gtkwialog binary (and gtkdialog is symlink to it)
This construction seemed to me the most logical (and easiest )

Fred

[zagreb999]

deblive 32 bit xfce
vlc 3
----------
djview 4.10.6

there is not gtk

both apps can not see hard
drives?!
installed qt5ct-again no hard
drives!!!

what i have to do?

[rijsmier]

For my networking I switched to cell phone USB tehering connection. Using ObDog (Devian and Devuan versions) I can connect using frisbee without any problems. I then tried a Xfce4 version and frisbee installs but it does not show or connect when I try to open it. (It needed rfkill to be pre-loaded.)

I also tried connman with the same result.

I can't get peasywifi to work.

[fredx181]

Hi rijsmier,

I will test later today xfce build + frisbee and edit this post with my findings.

EDIT: Indeed some things are not right with frisbee on xfce4, the network tray icon doesn't show and not all splash dialogs displaying.
I think I've found a fix for it but need to test more, continued tomorrow.
In the meantime, maybe you can make it work using peasywifi (with the help of rcrsn51's suggestions).

Fred

[rcrsn51]

I can't get peasywifi to work.

USB tethering often works by creating an Ethernet interface named usb0.

Open the Ethernet tab and click the I/F button.

Then use the Names tool to enable it. Follow the instructions. Click Reconnect.

Also, if you are having rfkill problems, install the latest version of peasywifi from Fred's repo.

Check for rfkill blocks using the Status button.

[fredx181]

For my networking I switched to cell phone USB tehering connection. Using ObDog (Devian and Devuan versions) I can connect using frisbee without any problems. I then tried a Xfce4 version and frisbee installs but it does not show or connect when I try to open it. (It needed rfkill to be pre-loaded.)

I also tried connman with the same result.

I can't get peasywifi to work.

Perhaps you managed with peasywifi already, but anyway, added new frisbee (fixed) package to repos v 1.2-20181120 , install with Synaptic or apt-get:

Code: Select all

apt-get update   # update package lists
apt-get install frisbee

Fred

[rijsmier]

Sorry for the delay, had other things to do.


@rcrsn51

Thank you for your reply - but I could not get peasywifi to work.


@fred

Thank you, your frisbee-2018 version works correctly.


*But* I had to go straight into your github Included file to get it. Neither apt-get install or synaptic could find frisbee-2018 - after update or reload.

What I see in synaptic (Origin) is testing/Unknown and testing/main for fredx181.github.io . So it looks to me as if your Included file is not being looked into where frisbee-2018 is.

synaptic reports frisbee-2018 as the installed version and frisbee-2017 as the latest version.

All the above applies to DDog and ObDog for both the Stretch and Devuan builds.

-----------------------------------------

On another subject. I had a look at ceni and it works perfectly for usb tethering. Unfortunately it pulls in a lot of other files.

[fredx181]

Thank you, your frisbee-2018 version works correctly.

*But* I had to go straight into your github Included file to get it. Neither apt-get install or synaptic could find frisbee-2018 - after update or reload.

Glad it works for you now.

Yes, that's right, I assumed 2018 version would be seen as newest but obviously not.
Made it now version 1.2-20181120-dd and it shows as upgradable in Synaptic.
(for you it makes no difference because the package is exactly the same as you have now installed)

Thanks for reporting.

Fred

[wiak]

Woefully audio doesn't work in youtube. Audacious works fine. My laptop likes pulseaudio, so I installed all I could find, but pulse still doesn't work. Won't connect to server. Arrrggggg!

Hi Fred,

I'm coming back to this old post despite pulseaudio working fine for me on my XenialDog64 system with pulseaudio --start (despite a root user warning message).

On some other systems, for example, BionicPup64, I found a /etc/pulse/default.pa configuration issue that was preventing pulseaudio daemon starting up (resulting in a E: error message). Details here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 09#1011109

Note that the above 'fix' is probably just for systems that don't have console-kit installed or installed correctly. I haven't tested that. As I say, I don't need any of the above on XenialDog64 or BionicDog64; on these systems module-console-kit seems to load just fine anyway.

wiak

[belham2]

Hi Fred & all,

Family member just ran into this updating my Deb 9 (Stretch) build.....never had a problem before using Synaptic to update everything. This is a first. Here's a pic, of the update using terminal, to show what the problem is, occurred on trying to update chromium (which always worked no problems before):

[fredx181]

Hey Belham,

Sorry, I can't reproduce your issue, tried by first installing chromium 69, reboot with save and then install v70, no problem for me.

Did a web search for: dpkg "unable to make backup link of" , not much info (and I can't test), maybe you can try ?

Fred

[belham2]

Hey Belham,

Sorry, I can't reproduce your issue, tried by first installing chromium 69, reboot with save and then install v70, no problem for me.

Did a web search for: dpkg "unable to make backup link of" , not much info (and I can't test), maybe you can try ?

Fred

Hi Fred,

Thanks for trying. This one had and has me stumped.

Since I run everything as frugal with Porteus boot, and that I always keep back ups from when the build was pristine, I tried the following:

So, brand new frugal folder, set the menu.lst entry with the normal porteus entries I've always used, and started her up.

Opened Synaptic, all set all updates, and purposely forbid Chromium to update. And everything worked like a charm. The Stretch64 build brought everything up to date.

Then, I installed Chromium 69 (like you), which went well and it runs like crazy, real good.

Then opened Synaptic, hit "refresh", then "mark all upgrades", and the only upgrade was to Chromium 70.

And sure enough, the exact same dpkg:error message showed up.

Me thinks it is something in the debian repo and/or how they packaged Chromium 70. I can't figure out what else it would be.

Anyhow, just ditched Chromium, and installed the latest Google Chrome, and, weirdly, all is good now (or at least I think, haha ). I just added Google's PPA and gpg key, so the updates will happen automatically now from Synaptic.


Hope you are doing well, Fred, and in good health. They're saying we're (Benelux) are gonna get creamed this winter in terms of possible record cold temperatures along lack of precipitation.

Dang, after this very dry (low rain), high temp past summer, which nearly killed my garden and all my neighbors gardens, now we are supposed to get hit with a dry, brutally cold winter???

This is not gonna be fun! Who knew water (or lack of it, for gardens and drinking) would become such a huge issue to two countries like ours that are right beside the oceans! Incredible. I bet Denmark and Lux is gonna get hit too, maybe most of northern Germany.....hope so, misery always needs company (lol).

Be safe and good, and have a Happy Holidays (if I forget to come on here and say so )

[fredx181]

Some updated (custom) deb packages in repositories:

* xlunch, version 4.1.1
-- Generating entries is very fast now, by using Xlunch-menu (included in package),
-- Converting svg icons to .png will be done automatically (needed, because xlunch doesn't support .svg icons).
See about xlunch: Xlunch on Github and Xlunch website

* create-portable, v1.0.3
-- Can now create portable appimage directly from .squashfs or .sfs module (chroot mode only)
-- Doesn't depend on python anymore
Topic : http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114821

* redshift-gui-lite , v0.0.4
Fixed permission problem when running as normal user
See about redshift-gui-lite also here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=114353

Install or upgrade with Synaptic or apt-get.

Fred

[backi]

Hi Fred !

Create-portable.
Really great......if not outstanding.
No Doubt .
Another "State of the Art Product out of Fred`s Laboratory .
Surely an Award winning Gadget from your Product Line .Did not test up till now but as a big Fan of your Inventiveness/ Creativity i will do as soon as i can .

Cheers !

[johnywhy]

hi y'all

i'm getting back into Devuan/Stretch after being away for about 6 months. Starting at square one, kinda.

seems like fred has been busy since i've been gone. The script has some updates!

trying to to follow the examples from the isodata folder made by the script. but i noticed my grub doesn't understand the (hd0) syntax. One of my old working entries is:

Code: Select all

# DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce
menuentry "DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce" {
    search -f /DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce/live/vmlinuz1 --set=root 
    linux /DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce/live/vmlinuz1 from=/DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce changes=EXIT:/DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce/live/changes.dat 
    initrd /DevuanLive_ascii-i386-jwm-xfce/live/initrd1.xz}

does that mean i'm running a different version of grub than expected by the script?

i modified the first example given in the script, from:

Code: Select all

title Debian-PorteusDog (sda1) 
root (hd0,0) 
kernel (hd0,0)/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/ changes=/live/
initrd (hd0,0)/live/initrd1.xz

to:

Code: Select all

menuentry "Devuan will create automatically /live/changes" {
    search -f /Devuan/live/vmlinuz1 --set=root 
    linux /Devuan/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/ changes=/live/
    initrd /Devuan/live/initrd1.xz}

not booting. I'm getting something like "can't find vmlinuz1". Which makes sense-- there's no vmlinuz in the isobooter folder created by the script.

what was my error?

thx!

[fredx181]

Hi johnywhy, welcome back !

Assuming you did create "Devuan" folder and placed the live folder inside, this should work with GRUB2:

Code: Select all

menuentry "Devuan will create automatically /Devuan/live/changes" {
    search -f /Devuan/live/vmlinuz1 --set=root
    linux /Devuan/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/Devuan/ changes=/Devuan/live/
    initrd /Devuan/live/initrd1.xz}

There should be vmlinuz1 in the "live" folder, if not, something went wrong with the build, I guess.
The from=... needs to be parent of "live", so in this case: from=/Devuan
And note that changes folder works only on ext2/3/4

EDIT:

seems like fred has been busy since i've been gone. The script has some updates! Smile

Not that I know of

Fred