Quirky Xerus 8.6 (Aug. 16), Beaver 8.7.1 (Sept. 21), 2018

[L18L]

Yippee, Gummiboot works!

Gummiboot

[don570]

Fastest download site of the ISO

http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/quir ... erus-7.90/

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[slavvo67]

Hi,

I seem to be having a problem with Simple Network Setup saving connecting with saved network information from previous boot. I have to delete and reconnect with password.

Also, it seems that defaultchanger is not identifying installed items. For example, I don't see LibreWriter as an option to put in default box.

Slavvo67

[James C]

Live cd on another old non-UEFI box........ boots fine.

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# inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: puppypc16397 Kernel: 4.4.7 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.3.1)
           Desktop: JWM git-976 dm: N/A Distro: Quirky 7.90 xerus64
Machine:   Mobo: ASRock model: N68-S UCC
           Bios: American Megatrends v: P1.70 date: 03/03/2011
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips: 10854
           clock speeds: max: 2712 MHz 1: 2712 MHz 2: 2712 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a65
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: vesa)
           tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:05.0 chip-ID: 10de:03f0
           Card-2 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.7
Network:   Card: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet
           driver: forcedeth port: d480 bus-ID: 00:07.0 chip-ID: 10de:03ef
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 00:25:22:61:55:fc
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1250.3GB (1.1% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB serial: N/A
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB serial: N/A
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 8.49GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-2 size: 6.40GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID:      System: supported: raid0
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
free
Info:      Processes: 126 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 256.2/3958.2MB
           Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.01 running in urxvt) inxi: 2.2.35 

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# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       4053240     970292    3082948     346548      85212     628804
-/+ buffers/cache:     256276    3796964
Swap:     14540792          0   14540792

[Billtoo]

Running from a 32gb usb-3.0 flash drive on HP mini Stream desktop,
connected to a 32inch TV with a HDMI cable.

Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2957U @ 1.40GHz
Memory 1904MB (170MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Quirky Xerus64
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Wed Apr 20 11:12:00 2016
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH

OpenGL
Vendor Intel Open Source Technology Center
Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile
Version 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0
Direct Rendering Y_es

Sound is working, used retrovol to configure hw1:

Edit: later, works great.

[BarryK]

Quirky Xerus 8.0 final is out!

Announcement, links, etc. here:

http://barryk.org/news/?viewDetailed=00344

One thing I didn't get quite right is booting the ISO on my Asus E200HA baby laptop, yeah it boots OK with the UEFI-firmware, however at bootup it displays:

Scanning: mmcblk0p1 zram sda1

I had recompiled the kernel with support for MMC memory builtin, before it was modules. This is because my Asus has internal eMMC Flash memory.

Having booted from an ISO, a session can be saved, but then the scan must find it at next bootup.
There are actually mmcblkop1, 2, 3 and 4.

Don't know why they weren't found, maybe a little "sleep" is required in the 'init' script in the initrd.

[James C]

Live cd, booted and working. Will try an install to hdd shortly.

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# inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: puppypc10426 Kernel: 4.4.7 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.3.1)
           Desktop: JWM git-976 dm: N/A Distro: Quirky 8.0 xerus64
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx serial: 150545593600028
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 42161
           clock speeds: min/max: 1400/3500 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1400 MHz
           3: 1400 MHz 4: 3000 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a65
           Display Server: X.org 1.18.3 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: vesa)
           tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.7
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (0.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB serial: N/A
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB serial: N/A
Partition: ID-1: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID:      System: supported: raid0
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
free
Info:      Processes: 154 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 344.1/15964.2MB
           Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.01 running in urxvt) inxi: 2.2.35 

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# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:      16347356    1062760   15284596     343660      85616     630736
-/+ buffers/cache:     346408   16000948
Swap:      8396796          0    8396796

[Billtoo]

Running from a 64gb usb-3.0 flash drive, pc is a HP desktop.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory 12260MB (1694MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Quirky Xerus64
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Wed Apr 20 23:41:01 2016
Display
Resolution 3200x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Audio Devices
Audio Adapter HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
Input Devices
Logitech USB Receiver
Logitech USB Receiver
Power Button
Power Button
Video Bus
HDA Digital PCBeep
HDA Intel PCH Front Mic
HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic
HDA Intel PCH Line
HDA Intel PCH Speaker Front
HDA Intel PCH Speaker Surround
HDA Intel PCH Speaker CLFE
HDA Intel PCH Speaker Side
HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone
PC Speaker
Printers (CUPS)
CUPS-PDF Default
SCSI Disks
ATA ST2000DM001-9YN1
hp DVD-RAM SW810
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0
Generic- SD/MMC
Generic- Compact Flash
Generic- SM/xD-Picture
Generic- MS/MS-Pro
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 4.4.7 (x86_64)
Version #1 SMP Wed Apr 20 17:09:25 GMT-8 2016
C Library Unknown
Distribution Quirky Xerus64
OpenGL
Vendor Intel Open Source Technology Center
Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Desktop
Version 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0
Direct Rendering Y_es

I added some applications with QPM.

It's working well, thanks for Quirky Xerus64.

[James C]

Successful frugal install to sdb1, everything appears to be working correctly on boot.

Did notice that the window for the grub stanza was incorrect.Correct is (hd0,1) while the supplied was (hd19,0).
Don't think that would boot.....

[Sylvander]

Will xerus64-8.0.iso boot using ISObooter?

I have 1.88GiB free space available on my ISObooter sdb1 FAT32 partition on a Sandisk Cruzer Edge 8GB Flash Drive.

[BarryK]

Will xerus64-8.0.iso boot using ISObooter?

I have 1.88GiB free space available on my ISObooter sdb1 FAT32 partition on a Sandisk Cruzer Edge 8GB Flash Drive.

I have never tried ISObooter, so you will have to try Quirky ISO with it and report back.

I found this forum thread:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67235

If you have any old Flash stick, of 512MB or greater, you can just 'dd' the iso to it, and it will boot. My install page explains:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... readme.htm

[BarryK]

Quirky Xerus 7.90 (8.0beta)
Not wishing to appear greedy nor churlish, but a 'final' which fits on a CD-RW would still be invaluable in 32bit format for working with land-fill rescued machines. Perhaps one of the gurus circling the fold could take on the task?
Otherwise, working well on older 754 & 939 machines, except with VX5450/512 HDMI card, yes, even with v.11 FP/BBC. Default video setting 1600x??? bit too high for older HW and older users...
Not able to release UEFI kit for testing at present.

Sorry, I can't support x86 32-bit anymore, I just don't have the time.
The same story for ARM.

My intended future direction is to support 64-bit x86 touch-screen tablets and 2-in-1 laptops. There is too much going on in my life to have a wider scope.

[broomdodger]

If you have any old Flash stick, of 512MB or greater, you can just 'dd' the iso to it, and it will boot. My install page explains:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky ... readme.htm

@barry
In the Booting section, a small typo...
Should be

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turn OFF "Secure Boot"

See:

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The main thing that you have to do it turn of "Secure Boot" to be able to bootup an external operating system, as explained here:

[Billtoo]

I did another install to the same HP desktop but this time I used the
alternative method, there is a huge difference in the memory usage.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory 12260MB (105MB used)
Machine Type Physical machine
Operating System Quirky Xerus64
User Name root (root)
Date/Time Thu Apr 21 07:38:40 2016

[Sage]

Sorry, I can't support x86 32-bit anymore, I just don't have the time.
The same story for ARM.

Fair comment - glad of all offerings. Just floating the request in case one of the resident gurus feels moved.
If you were able to provide a version capable of replacing Android on smart mobiles and tablets that would be a massive contribution. A complete how-to would be required, though. Google seems to under something of a cloud(!) recently due to the exclusivity deals they've been forging. They also have a reputation for storing everyone's personal info.

[Rodney Byne]

Hi Barry,

please assist;

the 4install script to sdc usb started ok,
then stopped here as copy/pasted:

Creating 512MB FAT-32 first partition...

Sorry, syslinux version 6.x is required. Or at least these folders from 6.x:
/usr/lib/syslinux/efi64
/usr/lib/syslinux/efi32

Am using host Win7 64-bit laptop, with usb host linux Quirky 6.1.4

Are these above items required as extras and from where
do I get them?
Where have I gone wrong?
Thanks, regards.

[gcmartin]

Can anyone produce the latest uGet PET for Xerus?

@BarryK, what is required to have Puppy/Quirky listed here

Thanks in advance.

[linuxcbon]

Can anyone produce the latest uGet PET for Xerus?
Thansk in advance.

you can use ubuntu packages

[linuxcbon]

Can anyone produce the latest uGet PET for Xerus?

@BarryK, what is required to have Puppy/Quirky listed here

Thanks in advance.

you can find it here :
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/uget/download

and for other programs , here is the search page :
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

".deb" packages can be easily installed with a simple click.

[Sylvander]

1.

I have never tried ISObooter, so you will have to try Quirky ISO with it and report back.

I tried xerus64-8.0.iso file with ISObooter.
It began booting OK, but gave Error 15: File not found.
ISObooter is normally the easiest/safest method I can think to use to try various Puppies booting from a Flash Drive.
Using dd previously was really easy, but it lost me all of the content on 1 of my external HDD's [including about 99% of (the PC copies of) my family photographs...still have the paper originals].
Because...I made a silly simple error, by writing the image to the wrong drive.
recovered the photos using "Photorec", but lost all the info by losing the filenames and folder hierarchy that described where/when/who.

2.

I found this forum thread:

Yes, I am well acquainted with that thread, and now fairly comfortable using ISObooter.
I undid all done to try xerus64-8.0.iso with ISObooter.
Now back to:
gparted-live-0.24.0-2-i686-pae.iso
LxPupSc-16.03.1.iso
slacko-6.3.0.iso
tahrNOP-2a_6.0.2.iso