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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

HI All,
I sent some changes to our xinitrc and starttorios to lp, and sent the
request to build.
So, you can update soon and try to redo the tarball experience.

These changes are an experiment to see if everything will work
correctly.  Nothing should break with this update, but I want to be
clear that we are trying to fix a bug, and something may go awry.

That said, I mainly made logging better, and test things better before
running them.  As well as trying to run certain things a bit differently.

The main change I made before it broke was:
Set themes a nicer way (using gsettings rather than a .config folder
that can destroy everything)
-this might still be causing some issues, but I don't entirely see why
if it is.

If there is a better alternative to this (we cannot use the old .config
method, as it breaks existing installs of other DE) and you know, please
let me know :)

On 05/27/2015 03:25 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> 1. I fixed typing error concerning the size after expansion.
>
> The size is 513 Mibibytes, and it will expand to 7.8 GB (Gigabytes)
>
> 2. I attached a picture and a text file, from the IBM Thinkpad T42.
>
> Notice that problems due to slow searching for a floppy is solved by
> blacklisting, and that the Pentium M processor works with a pae kernel
> (with a little help from fake-pae).
>
> 3. Notice that these custom tarballs and this compressed image file all
> illustrate how you can create your own custom ToriOS.
>
> - Install programs and tweak your system
>
> - Create a tarball with zmktbl
>
> - Distribute the custom system by means of tarballs and install with the
> same version of the OBI as you used to create the tarball.
>
> - Or if you wish, clone your tweaked system (starting from the
> compressed image file with the OEM mechanism).
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2015-05-27 09:11, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> Hi all toriosadores,
>>
>> [See at the end of this mail]
>>
>> Den 2015-05-27 01:12, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>> Den 2015-05-26 23:34, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>>> Hi again Israel and Jack,
>>> ...
>>>> I made an OEM system (user oem, computer name oem) which seems to create
>>>> problems for the OBI-installer while my own version of the OBI for
>>>> precise works with it. (Also the standard OBI in Lubuntu Trusty works
>>>> with such systems.) This system has the two 3.2 kernels with and without
>>>> PAE and I will add fake-pae before uploading the tarball to Phill's
>>>> server. I will install geany and evince too, but nothing big.
>>>>
>>>> - It works to use the OEM mechanism and nm-applet works.
>>>>
>>>> - The shutdown menu works correctly when I select the JWM session, but
>>>> not in the ToriOS session. There is also a plain grey Openbox session,
>>>> that works as it should. Openbox is necessary for the OEM mechanism to work.
>>>>
>>>> See the attached file.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Nio
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Hi again Israel and all testers,
>>>
>>>
>>> Since before there is this text based version 2.9 or the OBI
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/dd_images/dd_precise-obi_4GB_29_text.img.xz
>>>
>>> that I have been using as a reliable and light-weight tool to make and
>>> use ToriOS tarballs. Use mkusb to install it to a USB pendrive.
>>>
>>>
>>> A few minutes ago I uploaded the following tarball
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/precise/tarballs/ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-precise.tar.xz
>>>
>>> which is the 'ToriOS-pae-OEM' tarball I tested in the previous mail.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>> This same system, that is stored as a tarball is also stored as a
>> compressed image file at Phill's server,
>>
>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/compressed-images/dd_ToriOS-pae-OEM_precise_7.8GB.img.xz
>>
>> The size is 513 Mibibytes, and it will expand to 7.8 GB (Gigabytes) to
>> fit in slightly undersized 8 GB pendrives.
>>
>> - Use mkusb [in linux, and use 7-zip & Win32DiskImager in Windows] to
>> install it to a fast USB pendrive or an internal drive. It will
>> overwrite the partition table.
>>
>> - Use gparted to the swap partition and after that expand the root
>> partition, so that the system will fill a larger part of the target
>> drive (often the whole target drive).
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> But if you want to leave an existing system on the target drive, for
>> example that you want to dual boot with Windows, please use the tarball
>> and the OBI method instead.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>
>


-- 
Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team