Fatdog64-810 Final [17 Jan 2020]

[ally]

hey don

been having some issues with the lick install, via cd/usb full resolution but only 800x600 using lick

I used ted dogs usb efi files and managed to get a usb boot working but the 2 computers my neighbour has, a HP laptop and an asus tower are having various issues

I need to get hold of the HP and sit down and play here at home, trying to troubleshoot remotely is too much hassle

I'm learning as I go which is good but I struggle to process new info now so it's slow going

I'm going through a period of mental atrophy but will get on the case again soonest

cheers

[znekk]

Hello,

I've been using the latest Fatdog64 release these days, all working fine except one thing : Evince.

This is what it reports when I try to open PDFs :

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evince: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18: file too short

Thanks for your help.

[jamesbond]

Does the problem happens only for some particular PDFs, or for all PDFs?
If only for some particular PDF, can you share that to me (use PM if the PDF contains sensitive information).

Also, please open terminal and type this:

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ls -l /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so*

and report back what you see.

@ICPUG: I sent you a PM with regards to your concern.

[znekk]

The problem occurs with all PDFs.

This is what I get :

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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 Jan 13 15:49 /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so -> libgailutil.so.18.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 Jan 13 15:49 /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18 -> libgailutil.so.18.0.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     0 Jan 13 15:49 /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18.0.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 80328 Jan 13 15:49 /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18.0.1.dbg

[jamesbond]

Here is your problem:

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root     0 Jan 13 15:49 /usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18.0.1 

That file has zero length, that is, empty. It shouldn't be. Something must have overwritten it. But no worries, you can restore it. In terminal,

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cp /aufs/pup_ro//usr/lib64/libgailutil.so.18.0.1 /usr/lib64

and evince should be happy after that.

[znekk]

Alright, it works fine now!

I have no idea what could have replaced it. I did install some updates using the Fatdog System Updater...

Anyway, thanks for your help.

[Konto]

There is a neat app to make USB bootable called "Etcher". This is cross platform. In Ubuntu etc this will start once you click on it.This is not the case for Fatdog 810.

Is there anything special that needs to be done?

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

[Keef]

The only missing dependency for me is gtk3

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# ./balenaEtcher-1.5.45-x64.AppImage 
/tmp/.mount_balenaXDfbC6/balena-etcher-electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

- although the list of dependencies on the website only mentions gtk+-2.0.
I've got a gtk3 sfs, but can't remember where from.

[p310don]

There is a neat app to make USB bootable called "Etcher". This is cross platform. In Ubuntu etc this will start once you click on it.This is not the case for Fatdog 810.

Is there anything special that needs to be done?

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

I have used Etcher on Fatdog to make a Raspberry PI microSD. The appimage worked fine for me.

Simply download, unpack the zip file, right click on the resultant .AppImage file, select permissions, click yes.

The click the file and it runs.

[step]

@Konto install gtk3 package from system menu > Setup > Gslapt package manager. Click update, then search for gtk3, tick "gtk3", click execute.

@p310don based on what I recall of your configuration, I'm guessing the appImage works for you OOTB because gtk3 is installed in your system as a dependency for Chrome browsers.

[LateAdopter]

@LateAdopter - I read the commit, it looks correct (we applied similar patches to all of our grub2 builds). I'm updating the packages as we speak and the update will be in final.

I can't advise you how to non-destructively "test" grub4dos installed in PBS; I simply can't remember, but I'm quite certain that you cannot just temporarily rename "grldr" with the new copy; as PBS has a pointer to the file and will fail to boot if you do so. If you have a throwaway flashdrive that you can use for testing, it will be a lot safer.

I have tested the updated grub4dos on my AM4 Athlon 3000G system. It now boots correctly with the large initrd with no won't fit error.
Luckily the change only affects Stage 2, so replacing grldr was all that was necessary. No installation needed, because Stage 1 searches for grldr.

Thank you.

[don570]

I heard about new compression method using more threads --> pigz
I compiled it and tried it out... and it is much faster.
I made a script to launch it from start menu.

Available: pigz-64bit.txz
Size: 75k
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Qz4m0 ... SwF2myCTbm

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Instructions to use pigz in terminal...

cd into directory that you want to compress.

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tar --use-compress-program="pigz --best --recursive" -cf ../archive.tar.gz *

or you can avoid CD into the folder with this command
where you just state the directory's name...

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tar cf - "New Dir"  | pigz -9 > archive.tar.gz

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[twigboy]

Is this the right place to ask? How would flatpak get installed on 810? So I can run the latest gnucash 3.8b. Thanks.

[don570]

If you're desperate for answer here's a try...

Here's pacman...
https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/packa ... 6_64-1.txz

The instructions for pinebook pro to install Flatpak...
https://hackmd.io/@dasgeek/BJLvGrWJ8

The half-way mark of this video actually shows it being done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaDkbe3C7E4
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[twigboy]

Nice game.

[don570]

Here are the instructions to install flatpak in pinebook pro
http://dasgeekcommunity.com/pinebook/
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[don570]

I couldn't get the recent openshot appimage to launch
Here is message at terminal...

# /mnt/sdc1/OpenShot-v2.5.0-x86_64.AppImage
Loaded modules from current directory: /tmp/.mount_rsisUF/usr/bin
app:INFO ------------------------------------------------
app:INFO Sun Feb 23 13:16:56 2020
app:INFO Starting new session
app:ERROR OpenShotApp::Import Error: libselinux.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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I couldn't get the nvidia driver SFS to work on fatdog64 810
Maybe it's wrong kernel??
https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/8 ... _44_92.sfs
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[step]

I couldn't get the nvidia driver SFS to work on fatdog64 810
Maybe it's wrong kernel??
https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/8 ... _44_92.sfs
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From the name of it, I would think that the SFS includes builds for four kernel versions, 4.19.24, 4.19.32, 4.19.44, 4.19.92. It's an incremental SFS that gets updated to include support for all kernel versions released with Fatdog 8xx series. Fatdog64-810 adds a build for kernel 4.19.92. Have you used previous versions of the nvidia driver SFS on your PC before? Does the nvidia 418.43 driver support your graphics card model?

[don570]

Odd thing ---> Same name of SFS is located in 800 branch of fatdog64

https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/8 ... _44_92.sfs

compare to
https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/sfs/8 ... _44_92.sfs

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[step]

The two "branches" are the same, single folder. The name 810 links to the folder named 800. Therefore you will find the same contents in both folders.