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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
Hi Guys,
So I switched from my Arch install to my LMint Xfce install and ran KVM/QEMU tests again.
Both Lubuntu 16.04.1 and LXLE 16.04.1 32-bit isos loaded into Live Sessions okay.
The ToriOS Xenial still failed with a kernel panic.
Cheers,JackT.
Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
To: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
From: israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:19:56 -0500
On 08/21/2016 02:50 PM, Cinque Port
Computers wrote:
Hi Guys,
I
get the same kernel panic trying the Lubuntu Xenial iso so
it must be my local machine problem trying to run KVM/QEMU.
Cheers,
JackT.
From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:39:25 +0100
CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
Hi Israel,
Tried Xenial ToriOS in QEMU/KVM but get a
kernel panic...
Cheers,
JackT
PS: I'll try Lubuntu in KVM as another comparison
test later.
Subject: Re: [Torios-dev]
Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
To: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
From: israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:55:23 -0500
Hi Jack,
I will install VirtualBox when I get a chance. I
highly recommend using KVM (virt-manager) if your
processor supports it.
It is MUCH better in so many ways, well at least for
my usage. I can easily copy the harddrive, or mount
a shared drive between the two.
It made work on the xenial OBI go much better, as I
could try something, and simply copy it over to my
VM and try something else.
Previously I would test (in VBox) by manually
editing things via nano....
The Lubuntu list has had quite a bit of chatter on
the VirtualBox graphics issues.... so there is
something there that doesn't always work right.
On 08/21/2016 07:42 AM, Cinque Port Computers wrote:
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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Yeah, some processors don't support KVM... there is a way to
check, but I don't know off the top of my head.
The md5sum for the ISO is
b21140806909f648785b1509488724f0
I will be updating the Jessie ISO in the near future, and then we
can test and I will add a zsync and symlinks for the Xenial ISO to
prevent the express need for MD5SUM hashes...
zsync is (of course) much easier for all of us.... but this is
the initial test phase just to see what we get. And for the first
iteration it was really pretty good.
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Follow ups
References
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OBI in xenial
From: Israel, 2016-08-19
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Re: OBI in xenial
From: Nio Wiklund, 2016-08-19
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Re: OBI in xenial
From: Israel, 2016-08-19
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Re: OBI in xenial
From: Nio Wiklund, 2016-08-20
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Re: OBI in xenial
From: Israel, 2016-08-20
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Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Nio Wiklund, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Nio Wiklund, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Israel, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Cinque Port Computers, 2016-08-21
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Re: Testing in VB: RE: OBI in xenial
From: Israel, 2016-08-21