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XenialDog (Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' LTS, 32-bit)

#1 Post by fredx181 »

XenialDog (Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' LTS, 32-bit)
(Ubuntu minimal "live")

XenialDog is a fork of "DebianDog" which is a community project once started by forum member saintless.
See also Here for Debiandog history.
DebianDog full credits: Here

Thread Closed see also here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 626#957626

2016.06.22: Re-opened
I will continue to maintain this version.

=========================================
Edit: 18.01.2017 - New XenialDog iso image uploaded.
More info (changes, fixes) here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 919#939919
Information and download links below are updated
Edit: 22.01.2017 - Again new XenialDog iso image uploaded. See also here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 488#940488
download links below are updated
=========================================

From forum member "The Flying Cat":
HowTo upgrade to Yakkety (v 16.10) and YakketyDog, 2 versions for testing
Edit 2016-12-03: Updated YakketyDog by The Flying Cat Red and Blue

=========================================
Edit: 21.05.2016 - New iso image uploaded. List of changes read here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 053#905053

Edit: 21.05.2016 Fixed now in new ISO release:
*** Important Info, http address for repository is down ***
See here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 709#904709

=========================================


See for planned fixes and changes on next iso release in second post.

Very similar to DebianDog, but with the difference that it's Ubuntu based, so can be compared best with Mintpup, as Mintpup is based on Ubuntu also.

Full access to Ubuntu repositories by using apt-get (from terminal) or from Synaptic Package Manager (GUI)

Openbox is the main window-manager, the GUI setup is very much like DebianDog64

Differences compared to DebianDog or MintPup:
- Different applications, some are not present and some others added.
- Choices of window-manager are: Openbox and Jwm , see for specifications below.

Login details:
root with password root (default automatic login)
puppy with password puppy

Specifications:
Built from an absolute minimal Ubuntu full install (using mini.iso).
Kernel: 4.4.0-59-generic
Choice of Boot Methods: porteus-boot and casper-boot , see options at the XenialDog Wiki
Default WM - OpenBox (and option for Jwm, see below)
(with different choice of Desktop modes: tint2 icon-panel, cairo-dock or rox-pinboard icons, to choose, run 'Desktop Manager' from Menu)
Tint2 bottom panel or cairo-dock.
(replaced wbar (from previous (32-bit) version) with a minimal cairo-dock
Default File Manager - pcmanfm with option to use rox.
Default Internet Browser - Firefox.
Menu provided by Obmenu-generator (perl script)

Added: Quick-remaster and Upgrade-kernel tools

Option to switch to JWM (Menu > System > Start Jwm)

Full LZ4 squashfs support (compression and loading modules)

Systemd is enabled by default, to use upstart (the older Ubuntu initscripts), do in terminal:

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apt-get update # might be required
apt-get install upstart-sysv
And reboot

The Iso size became quite big mainly because:
- Big size of Ubuntu kernel 4.4.0-59-generic (in /lib/modules)
- Package 'linux-firmware' installed (has most firmware)
- Python and Perl installed

Download: Edit: updated to version 2017-01-22
Iso: XenialDog_32bit-openbox_jwm-2017-01-22-firmware-all.iso Size: 304MB
Md5sum: XenialDog_32bit-openbox_jwm-2017-01-22-firmware-all.md5

DEVX: 61-DEVX-XenialDog32-2017-01-18.squashfs
Locales: 99-locales-XenialDog32-2017-01-18.squashfs

XenialDog custom packages repository: Here

Special thanks to Toni (saintless), William (mcewanw), Terry (sunburnt) and all who helped by giving feedback on the DebianDog and Mintpup threads.

Fred

Screenshots:

Openbox with cairo-dock:
Image

Jwm:
Image
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#2 Post by fredx181 »

Edit: 21.05.2016 - New iso image uploaded. List of changes read here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 053#905053
Edit: 18.01.2017 - New iso image uploaded. List of changes read here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 919#939919

*** Changes, fixes and information planned for new release after 22.01.2017 ***

1.) Bug fix and changed GUI in "Desktop Manager" (desktop mode switcher (Openbox)
In case a pcmanfm window opened, switching to another desktop mode could lead to problems (e.g. overlapping modes),
To fix, install from terminal :

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apt-get update
apt-get install xd-desktop-manager
Or install via Synaptic, or install this .deb
https://debiandog.github.io/xenialdog/P ... .0_all.deb
2.) Bug fix for RemasterDog (script to remaster) (copy progress bar didn't show).
To fix, install remaster-scripts version 1.0.2:

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apt-get update
apt-get install remaster-scripts   # will install version 1.0.2 
3.) Bugfix for when using encrypted savefile:
If XenialDog is frugally installed and using "porteus-boot":
https://github.com/DebianDog/xenialdog/ ... rteus-boot
Replace initrd1.xz in the "casper" folder with the one from Here and encrypted savefile should work.
4.) Added to quick-remaster option to create ISO, see more here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 454#954454
5.) Fix for xenialdoginstall script, see backi's post here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 687#954687
And reply here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 700#954700
6.) Fix for conky display of external IP, see here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 953#955953
(Attachment: xenialdog-conky-fix.tar.gz)

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

Added new to XenialDog package repository:

- wifibox ,wifi-manager, see more info here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 080#910080
- quick-remaster, do a remaster in less than 10 seconds (LZ4 compressed)
- cairo-dock-minimal (minimal custom package)
- upgrade-kernel upgrade to latest kernel, for frugal install, see more here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 244#930244
- xd-desktop-manager bug-fix package for "Desktop Manager", (see above also)

Added new to XenialDog Extra-Modules (for loading with SFS-load):

EDIT: URL link fixed:
- skype_apulse-xendog.squashfs (Module for Skype using apulse instead of pulseaudio)
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=down ... HJGNGlOOHc

*** Tips and Tricks ***

- For those having the problem booting to a blank screen, see rufwoof's posts Here and Here (also about using TV-monitor)
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:D Hello,
Systemd....... :evil:
Close the Windows, and open your eyes, to a whole new world
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#5 Post by dancytron »

Did a manual frugal install with the following:

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title xz casperDog  (sda3) noauto from=/ changes=EXIT:/casper/
root (hd0,2)
kernel (hd0,2)/casper/vmlinuz noauto from=/ changes=EXIT:/casper/
initrd (hd0,2)/casper/initrd1.xz  
Everything seems fine so far. Will add to this post if I find or do anything interesting.

Another great job.

Dan

edit:

1. *.desktop file is missing for rox-filer, but it works from terminal.

2. Can't figure out how to put items on desktop. Won't drag and drop like rox. Putting links in /root/Desktop like in Debian Dog doesn't work. No "send to" right click choice like Debian Dog. Am I just missing something simple here?

edit again: Found the desktop manager and switched to rox pinboard, so I know how to put items on desktop now.

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#6 Post by mcewanw »

NIce. Hopefully Toni will help out on this one too since 32bit, and he can maybe suggest how to cut the size down a bit since we all know he is good at that.EDIT: Just noticed it comes with Python installed (as well as Perl) so that does account to some extent for initial size and it is becoming difficult to avoid Python being installed sooner or later anyway I've found (becoming a common dependency).

I'll certainly give it a run though I'm sticking with DD64 for the most part just now because I'm trying to get used to 64bit system in the sense of the issues that arise when we need to run 32bit software on it sometimes.

Cheers, William
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Re: XenialDog (Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' LTS, 32-bit)

#7 Post by mcewanw »

puppyluvr wrote::D Hello,
Systemd....... :evil:
fredx181 wrote:to use upstart (the older Ubuntu initscripts), do in terminal:

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apt-get update # might be required
apt-get install upstart-sysv
And reboot
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#8 Post by backi »

Hi everyone !

Could not find Wlan connection with Frisbee .

Toshiba Satellite 3000 .....
Ethernet controller Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Ethernet controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10).

Cheers !

oui

#9 Post by oui »

I am of course :idea: downloading now. here a view on my real lubuntu 16.04 64 bit minimal from yesterday and the day before yesterday :wink: (a lot of full installation "warm" my laptop so that the fan runs all the time! lubuntu 16.04 doesn't, exactly like DebianDogJessie64 or LazYUnicorn32; they are for this reason the systems I am really using!)

my full install includes (pls erase the dotdeb's at the end! They have to be dowloaded separately and installed using dpkg :!: . Over that I did add some hunspells in /usr/share/hunspell and link them into ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/nnnnnnnn/extensions !):

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sudo apt-get install menu 9menu ayttm bluefish clex cups deskscribe darktable didiwiki evince flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound fonts-alee fonts-cwtex-fs fonts-gfs-artemisia fonts-hanazono fonts-samyak-taml fonts-sarai fonts-uralic gramps grun hunspell-fr jwm merkaartor marble-qt mhwaveedit mtpaint paman paprefs pasystray pavucontrol pavumeter pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils ratpoison rox-filer sc synaptic tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-deu unrar unzip unrtf viewnior vokoscreen xfce4-appfinder xombrero xsane libtiff4_3.9.6-11_amd64.deb seamonkey-mozilla-build_2.39-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb ted-2.23-amd64.deb ted_de_DE-2.23.all.deb ted_en_GB-2.23.all.deb ted_fr_FR-2.23.all.deb
my /etc/jwm/system-jwmrc for original lubuntu minimal:

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<JWM>
   <!-- The root menu, if this is undefined you will not get a menu. -->
   <!-- Additional RootMenu attributes: onroot, labeled, label -->
   <RootMenu height="15" onroot="12">
      <Program icon="ed.png" label="Ed">bluefish</Program>
      <Program icon="rox.png" label="File browser">rox</Program>
      <Program icon="granule.png" label="Flash cards">granule</Program>
      <Program icon="gramps.png" label="Genealogie">gramps</Program>
      <Program icon="seamonkey.png" label="Html ed">seamonkey -edit</Program>
      <Program icon="merkaartor.png" label="Land maps editor">merkaartor</Program>
      <Program icon="marble.png" label="Marble">marble-qt</Program>
      <Program icon="messenger.png" label="Messenger">ayttm</Program>
      <Program label="Mixer" confirm="false">x-terminal-emulator  -T "Mixer" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/alsamixer"</Program>
      <!-- Program icon="mixer.png" label="Mixer">default_mixer</Program -->
      <Program icon="paint.png" label="Paint">mtpaint</Program>
      <Program label="Spreadsheet" confirm="false">x-terminal-emulator  -T "SC" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/sc"</Program>
      <!-- Program icon="sc.png" label="Spreadsheet">default_spreadsheet</Program -->
      <Program icon="ted.png" label="Ted">Ted</Program>
      <Program icon="terminal.png" label="Terminal">x-terminal-emulator</Program>
      <Program icon="waveedit.png" label="WaveEd">mhwaveedit</Program>
      <Program icon="xcalc.png" label="xcalc">xcalc</Program>
      <Program icon="xombrero.png" label="Web">xombrero</Program>
      <!-- Program label="HTML viewer light" confirm="false">x-terminal-emulator -T "retawq" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/retawq"</Program>
      <Program label="Vim" confirm="false">x-terminal-emulator  -T "vim" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/vim"</Program-->
      <Program label="Yap" confirm="false">x-terminal-emulator  -T "yap" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/yap"</Program>

      <Separator/>
        <Include>/etc/jwm/debian-menu</Include>
      <Separator/>
        <Program icon="grun.png" label="grun">grun</Program>
        <!-- Program icon="sudo grun.png" label="sudo grun">sudo grun</Program -->
        <Program icon="xfce4-appfinder.png" label="appfinder">xfce4-appfinder</Program>
      <Separator/>
      <Program icon="lock.png" label="Lock">
         xscreensaver-command -activate
      </Program>
      <Separator/>
      <!-- Program icon="reboot.png" label="Reboot">wmreboot</Program>
      <Program icon="poweroff.png" label="Poweroff">wmpoweroff</Program -->
      <Restart label="Restart" icon="restart.png"/>
      <Exit label="Exit" confirm="true" icon="quit.png"/>
   </RootMenu>

   <Group>
      <Class>Pidgin</Class>
      <Option>sticky</Option>
   </Group>

   <Group>
      <Name>gkrellm</Name>
      <Option>nolist</Option>
      <Option>sticky</Option>
   </Group>

   <Group>
      <Name>xterm</Name>
      <Option>vmax</Option>
      <Option>icon:terminal.png</Option>
   </Group>

   <!-- Additional tray attributes: autohide, width, border, layer, layout -->
   <Tray  x="0" y="-1" height="32" autohide="true">

      <!-- Additional TrayButton attribute: label -->
      <TrayButton label="JWM">root:1</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="grun" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/grun.xpm">exec:grun</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="xfce4-appfinder" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/xfce4-appfinder.xpm">exec:xfce4-appfinder</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="snapshot" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/ksnapshot.png">exec:mtpaintsnapshot.sh</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="rox" icon="/usr/share/rox/images/application.png">exec:rox</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="browser" icon="/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/default48.png">exec:seamonkey</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="snapshot" icon="/usr/share//pixmaps/mtpaint.png">exec:x-terminal-emulator  -T "Screensnapshot" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/mtpaintsnapshot.sh"</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton popup="mixer" icon="/usr/share/icons/Lubuntu/apps/48/multimedia-volume-control.svg">exec:x-terminal-emulator  -T "Mixer" -e sh -c "/usr/bin/alsamixer"</TrayButton>
      <TrayButton label="_">showdesktop</TrayButton>

      <!-- Additional Pager attribute: labeled -->
      <Pager labeled="true"/>

      <TaskList maxwidth="256"/>

      <Dock/>

      <!-- Additional Swallow attribute: height -->
      <Swallow name="xload" width="64">
         xload -nolabel -bg black -fg red -hl white
      </Swallow>

      <Clock format="%H:%M">xclock</Clock>

   </Tray>

   <!-- Visual Styles -->

   <WindowStyle>

      <Font>-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</Font>
      <Width>4</Width>
      <Height>20</Height>

      <Active>
         <Text>white</Text>
         <Title>gray30:gray60</Title>
         <Outline>black</Outline>
         <Opacity>1.0</Opacity>
      </Active>

      <Inactive>
         <Text>#aaaaaa</Text>
         <Title>#808488:#303438</Title>
         <Outline>black</Outline>
         <Opacity>0.5:0.9:0.1</Opacity>
      </Inactive>

   </WindowStyle>

   <TaskListStyle>
      <Font>-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</Font>
      <ActiveForeground>black</ActiveForeground>
      <ActiveBackground>gray80:gray90</ActiveBackground>
      <Foreground>black</Foreground>
      <Background>gray90:gray80</Background>
   </TaskListStyle>

   <!-- Additional TrayStyle attribute: insert -->
   <TrayStyle>
      <Font>-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</Font>
      <Background>gray90</Background>
      <Foreground>black</Foreground>
      <Opacity>0.75</Opacity>
   </TrayStyle>

   <PagerStyle>
      <Outline>black</Outline>
      <Foreground>gray90</Foreground>
      <Background>#808488</Background>
      <ActiveForeground>#70849d</ActiveForeground>
      <ActiveBackground>#2e3a67</ActiveBackground>
   </PagerStyle>

   <MenuStyle>
      <Font>-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</Font>
      <Foreground>black</Foreground>
      <Background>gray90</Background>
      <ActiveForeground>white</ActiveForeground>
      <ActiveBackground>#70849d:#2e3a67</ActiveBackground>
      <Opacity>0.85</Opacity>
   </MenuStyle>

   <PopupStyle>
      <Font>-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</Font>
      <Outline>black</Outline>
      <Foreground>black</Foreground>
      <Background>yellow</Background>
   </PopupStyle>

   <IconPath>
      /usr/share/icons/wm-icons/32x32-gant
   </IconPath>

   <!-- Virtual Desktops -->
   <!-- Desktop tags can be contained within Desktops for desktop names. -->
   <Desktops width="4" height="2">
      <Background type="scale">/home/f/.images/default.jpeg</Background>
   </Desktops>

   <!-- Double click speed (in milliseconds) -->
   <DoubleClickSpeed>400</DoubleClickSpeed>

   <!-- Double click delta (in pixels) -->
   <DoubleClickDelta>2</DoubleClickDelta>

   <!-- The focus model (sloppy or click) -->
   <FocusModel>sloppy</FocusModel>

   <!-- The snap mode (none, screen, or border) -->
   <SnapMode distance="10">border</SnapMode>

   <!-- The move mode (outline or opaque) -->
   <MoveMode>opaque</MoveMode>

   <!-- The resize mode (outline or opaque) -->
   <ResizeMode>opaque</ResizeMode>

   <StartupCommand>
        <!-- xli -onroot -fillscreen /home/f/.images/default.jpeg & -->
        conky -c ~/.conkyrc-live &
        setxkbmap us intl &
        skype &
        rm -rf ~/.mozilla
        cp -a ~/.mysettings/.mozilla ~/
   </StartupCommand>

   <!-- Key bindings -->
   <Key key="Up">up</Key>
   <Key key="Down">down</Key>
   <Key key="Right">right</Key>
   <Key key="Left">left</Key>
   <Key key="h">left</Key>
   <Key key="j">down</Key>
   <Key key="k">up</Key>
   <Key key="l">right</Key>
   <Key key="Return">select</Key>
   <Key key="Escape">escape</Key>

   <Key mask="A" key="Tab">next</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="F4">close</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="#">desktop#</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="F1">root:1</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="F2">window</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="F10">maximize</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="Right">rdesktop</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="Left">ldesktop</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="Up">udesktop</Key>
   <Key mask="A" key="Down">ddesktop</Key>

</JWM>

hm, difficult to download now;
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oui

#10 Post by oui »

Hm...
Download seem to be impossible.
Would not smokey01
or
archive.org be so kind to host those files like

https://archive.org/details/Puppy_Linux_LazYPuppy ?

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#11 Post by Terry H »

oui wrote:Hm...
Download seem to be impossible.
Yes, download from link in first post, kept failing. However, following many restarts, the .iso file was downloaded successfully. MD5Sum was checked and correct.

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#12 Post by fredx181 »

Hi oui, Terry H

Added a mirror in first post:
Mirror (from google-drive):
Iso: XenialDog-openbox_jwm-2016-04-30.iso Size: 287MB
Md5sum: XenialDog-openbox_jwm-2016-04-30.md5
Don't know why the download fails for you, for me it works OK using Firefox

@Terry H
I'm curious if you have the same sudo issues with this one as you reported earlier with DebianDog.

Fred
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#13 Post by fredx181 »

@dancytron

Thanks for testing, Dan!
1. *.desktop file is missing for rox-filer, but it works from terminal.
Well, it is in the Menu (System > Rox Filemanager) but not in /usr/share/applications, can't remember why, I put it in /usr/local/share/applications.

@backi
Could not find Wlan connection with Frisbee
You mean you could not connect?
Anyway, Wlan is not found because Network interface names have changed (with newer kernel)
For example wired connection name "eth0" has changed to "ens1"
And wlan0 has changed to something like wlp???

There's a fix to get back to the old interface names:
Add to your kernel boot line (after reboot the change will apply):

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 net.ifnames=0
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#14 Post by backi »

Hi fredx181 !

"There's a fix to get back to the old interface names:
Add to your kernel boot line (after reboot the change will apply): "

Code:

net.ifnames=0

I beg you please ...where exactly to place this line at the kernel boot line ?

Thanks in advance .

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#15 Post by backi »

Hi everyone!
Compared to Mintpup using 72 Meg of ram.....

Xenial uses 392 megs of ram on my machine...
Toshiba 3000 satellite .

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#16 Post by fredx181 »

Hi backi,
net.ifnames=0

I beg you please ...where exactly to place this line at the kernel boot line ?
I beg YOU please :) to provide some more information, e.g. how you boot xenialdog, from cd , frugal install from USB maybe, then... which bootloader (syslinux, grub4dos, etc...)

Anyway for me using grub4dos it's like this (in directory 'xendog' on hdd sda3) using porteus-boot:

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title XenDog - porteus-boot - save on EXIT changes=EXIT:/xendog/casper
root (hd0,2)
 kernel /xendog/casper/vmlinuz from=/xendog noauto changes=EXIT:/xendog/casper net.ifnames=0
 initrd /xendog/casper/initrd1.xz
Compared to Mintpup using 72 Meg of ram.....

Xenial uses 392 megs of ram on my machine...
Where you got the information from?
Conky, htop, top, free, what?

Yes it's probably more RAM consuming than Mintpup, but that much more?
For me at initial boot conky and htop show around 120MB (this should be minus buffer/cache)
But 'free' shows much less, I'm not sure what's right.

Fred

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#17 Post by backi »

hi fredx181 .
Installed to Usb flash stick .
My ram usage is shown from htop .
392 megs ram in Htop .

Yes that`s quite a lot .

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#18 Post by fredx181 »

backi wrote:392 megs ram in Htop .

Yes that`s quite a lot .
Yes, sure it is, is this the Htop output for you when just booted?
And what does 'free' say for you when just booted?
For me it is:

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root@xenial:~# free
                     total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        3092312       73904     2665328       37288      353080     2944404
Swap:        418812           0      418812
root@xenial:~# 
73904 KB is used (74MB), which is very much less as you reported from Htop.

Fred

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#19 Post by backi »

Hello fred .
Booted with savefile .
Htop shows 362 megs ram .

Applied your advice "There's a fix to get back to the old interface names: kernel /xendog/casper/vmlinuz from=/xendog noauto changes=EXIT:/xendog/casper net.ifnames=0 "
Frisbee says now Wlan0 .
Nevertheless can not find networks .

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fredx181
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#20 Post by fredx181 »

backi wrote:Htop shows 362 megs ram .
Ok, and what does free (in terminal) show?
Frisbee says now Wlan0 .
Nevertheless can not find networks .
Yes, I expected that already, did you try the 'Refresh' or 'Restart Networks' button, or else what's the output of:

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iwlist scan
It can be a "frisbee thing", you could try installing wicd-gtk:

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apt-get update
apt-get install wicd-gtk
Then in terminal;

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wicd-gtk
And see if that gives you choice of wireless networks.

If that also doesn't work it can be anything, I don't know then.

Fred

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