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[Cinque Port Computers <jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys,
I just tried Lubuntu 16.04.1 i386 iso and that comes up fine in the Live session in VB.
Cheers,JackT.

From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:46:53 +0100
CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial




Hi Nio,
Thanks for the tip; I tried those but the RtCtrl + F1 then F7 just leaves a black screen with non flashing cursor top left.
I'll browse around and see if Google finds anything useful on VB and Xenial workings.
Cheers,JackT.

> Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
> To: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx; israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:32:53 +0200
> 
> Sorry, instead you should use the compose key, probably the 'right 
> control' key (instead of ctrl + alt).
> 
> 
> Den 2016-08-21 kl. 13:25, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> > Hi Jack,
> >
> > Did you try
> >
> > ctrl + alt + F1
> >
> > followed by
> >
> > ctrl + alt + F7
> >
> > Sometimes it gets graphics working for xenial in virtualbox.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > Den 2016-08-21 kl. 12:22, skrev Cinque Port Computers:
> >> Hi israel,
> >>
> >> Live session in VB: Worked out username was 'root' and password 'torios'
> >> and tried to execute 'startx' but that failed 'no screens found'.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> JackT.
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> To: israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:49:28 +0100
> >> CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [Torios-dev] Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
> >>
> >> Hi Israel,
> >>
> >> Tried booting to Live session in VB several times but just got to the
> >> tty1 login screen each time; what's the Live username and password btw?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> JackT.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> To: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx; torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> From: israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:28:18 -0500
> >>> Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] OBI in xenial
> >>>
> >>> On 08/20/2016 12:33 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> >>> > [bottom posting]
> >>> >
> >>> > Den 2016-08-19 kl. 23:17, skrev Israel:
> >>> >> On 08/19/2016 10:45 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> >>> >>> Thanks for the update, Israel :-)
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Best regards
> >>> >>> Nio
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Den 2016-08-19 kl. 17:41, skrev Israel:
> >>> >>>> Hey Nio,
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I spent some time testing ISOmaker with Ubuntu Xenial just to
> >>> see how
> >>> >>>> well it would work out of the box.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> And honestly the ISOmaker scripts worked well, and only require a
> >>> >>>> bit of
> >>> >>>> adjustment, which were all good future-proofing adjustments anyhow,
> >>> >>>> which will allow easy implementation of future Ubuntu/Debian
> >> versions.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> The liveCD booted and worked well.... however OBI had a few issues.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> In *functions*
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> if [[ "$ltest0" == "/cow" ]] || [[ "$ltest0" == "aufs" ]] || [[
> >>> >>>> "$ltest0" == "rootfs" ]]
> >>> >>>> then
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> needed to include overlay (or at least I think this will work)
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> if [[ "$ltest0" == "/cow" ]] || [[ "$ltest0" == "aufs" ]] || [[
> >>> >>>> "$ltest0" == "rootfs" ]] *|| [[ "$ltest0" == "overlay" ]]*
> >>> >>>> then
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Secondly I modified the select_device()
> >>> >>>> to use a 'common' function
> >>> >>>> list_device_dialog()
> >>> >>>> which can also be used by grub-installer
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> This may introduce a bug... so I will test it, but if it works
> >>> as it
> >>> >>>> should it will simplify future modifications by using the same
> >> code to
> >>> >>>> list devices (similar to the list_device) script
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I will be testing it in a new xenial iso I am working on.
> >>> >>>> reverting the changes will be trivial (since we use bzr for version
> >>> >>>> control)
> >>> >>>> so if things don't work in xenial or mess up jessie it will be
> >> easy to
> >>> >>>> revert.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I think this test is important as the next Debian version may
> >> well use
> >>> >>>> the new format for the squashfs.
> >>> >>>> It may be that I need to rework things further and this will need
> >>> >>>> to be
> >>> >>>> put off but I want to let you know:
> >>> >>>> a) I am still working on things
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I will attempt to build a xenial and a jessie ISO and test both of
> >>> >>>> them
> >>> >>>> to see if the change breaks (or fixes) either of them.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I am much better versed in Bash these days, so making a change like
> >>> >>>> this
> >>> >>>> should be trivial, but there is a possibility that I do not fully
> >>> >>>> understand Nio's code and overlooked something important.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> The other important change is in *user-config*
> >>> >>>> I changed
> >>> >>>> DISTRO=$(chroot "${CHROOT}" bash -c "uname -v")
> >>> >>>> To:
> >>> >>>> DISTRO=$(chroot "${CHROOT}" bash -c "uname *-a*")
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> and added
> >>> >>>> [[ "${DISTRO/Ubuntu}" != "${DISTRO}" ]] && [[ "${DISTRO/ 4.?.?}" !=
> >>> >>>> "${DISTRO}" ]] && LOGecho "This release of Ubuntu kernel does not
> >>> >>>> support non PAE $DISTRO" && return
> >>> >>>> in the cpu() function after it checks the 64bit portion, as
> >> xenial has
> >>> >>>> no non-pae kernel so it is already a PAE kernel
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> I am building this in
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> ppa:israeldahl/obi-unstable
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> So there should be no issues with our current progress in jessie
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> --
> >>> >>>> Regards
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi Nio,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I tested it pretty well, and found the major bugs, and issues.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> i will rebuild in the unstable ppa and make an ISO for testing (if
> >>> you
> >>> >> like)
> >>> >>
> >>> >> The major issue was the needed harware detector for Debian (it checks
> >>> >> for missing firmware and installs it in Debian... non free
> >>> proprietary
> >>> >> stuff like wifi dongles etc...)
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> This is a good fix because we may want to base on Ubuntu again at
> >>> some
> >>> >> point, and both versions will be about the same, as I use Ubuntu to
> >>> >> build things (and run ToriOS in xenial) so I know the tools work.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > Yes Israel,
> >>> >
> >>> > It is a good idea to make an ISO for testing in Xenial.
> >>> >
> >>> > Best regards
> >>> > Nio
> >>> Here is the link for this test ISO.
> >>> http://phillw.net/isos/torios/ToriOS-2016-08-19-beta-xenial.iso
> >>>
> >>> Let me know how it goes. I tested it a few times, and the install (at
> >>> basic level) works.
> >>>
> >>> Network in the Live session did NOT work.
> >>>
> >>> Everything else worked as expected in the installed system
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>>
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