Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:46 pm
zsync -i refracted_jessie_sysv-20141203_1737.iso http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/refracta/testing/jessie-sysv.3-20151126_0014.iso
Refracta_8_sysV (aka refracted-jessie-sysv, jessie-sysv.3) November 2015
CONTENTS
1. Login and Passwords
2. Package Manager Settings
3. Avoiding systemd libraries completely
4. Making a snapshot from an encrypted system
5. MPlayer
6. memtest86+ multi-boot and serial console
This is a beta version of Refracta 8, built initially on Debian Jessie
(Testing, Dec. 2014) and then later updated to Devuan Jessie (Stable
pre-beta, Nov. 2015).
LOGIN AND PASSWORDS
The live system will automatically log you into the desktop upon boot.
The installed system requires login to console. After that, you can
run 'startx' on the command line to start a graphical session. There is
no display manager, so there is no graphical login screen.
login name: user
password: user
Root password is "root".
Sudo is enabled ONLY for a few commands:
halt, reboot, pm-hibernate, pm-suspend.
This system uses Openbox window manager with some parts from lxde.
To add or remove programs from the autostart list,
edit ~/.config/openbox/autostart
PACKAGE MANAGER SETTINGS (Apt Pinning, etc.)
Any packages with "systemd" anywhere in the name are excluded.
Packages that were previously pinned to older versions in order to avoid
systemd dependencies have been replaced with Devuan packages.
There are still some packages that depend on systemd parts and will not
install with the current pinning. Run 'aptitude -s install <package name>'
to test.
If you edit 00pinsystemd and change "*systemd*" to "systemd*" and then
update/upgrade, you'll get libsystemd0, which will allow you to install
some things that were otherwise not available.
AVOIDING SYSTEMD LIBRARIES COMPLETELY
If you'd like to test some repackaged deb files that do not require
systemd or libsystemd0, you can uncomment one or more extra repositories
in / etc/apt/sources.list.d/nosystemd
Add the angband repo for most nosystemd packages.
Add the exegnulinux repo for:
sane-utils, consolekit2, eudev, apt-cacher-ng, newer cups* debs
/ etc/apt/preferences.d/00pinsystemd:
--------
Package: *systemd*
Pin: origin ""
Pin-Priority: -1
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/ etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00defaultrelease
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APT::Default-Release "jessie";
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/ etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02norecommends
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// Comment out the line below if you want Recommends
// automatically installed with packages.
APT::Install-Recommends 0;
APT::Install-Suggests 0;
--------
MAKING A SNAPSHOT FROM AN ENCRYPTED SYSTEM
To create a bootable snapshot of an encrypted system, you need to change
a few things. Note: THE SNAPSHOT WILL NOT BE ENCRYPTED!!!
- Add / etc/crypttab and / etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume to the excludes
list (/usr/lib/refractasnapshot/snapshot_excludes.list)
- Run nocrypt.sh (cli) or nocrypt2.sh (gui) to create a custom initrd
that does not contain conf/conf.d/cryptroot or conf/conf.d/resume files.
The custom initrd will be in your home directory.
- Set $edit_boot_menu to "yes" in / etc/refractasnapshot.conf
- Run refractasnapshot, and when it pauses to allow you to edit the
boot menu, copy your custom initrd into $work_dir/iso/live/
Be sure that the boot menu lists your custom initrd.
MPLAYER
MPlayer is installed. Really, it is. Right-click on a video file in the
file manager (spacefm) to start it. Or use the command-line.
MEMTEST86+
There is only one entry for memtest86+ in the boot menu. To change it back
and have entries for multi-boot and serial console, do the following as root.
cd / etc/grub.d/
mv 20_memtest86+ 20_memtest86+.modified
chmod -x 20_memtest86+.modified
mv 20_memtest86+.orig 20_memtest86+
chmod +x 20_memtest86+
mv /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin.bak
update-grub
Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:10 pm
Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:44 pm
ALSA error: No suitable mixer element found.
ALSA error: snd_pcm_open failed: No such file or directory.
Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:13 pm
Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:23 pm
diff -u /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac/gtk-2.0/gtkrc /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom1/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
--- /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac/gtk-2.0/gtkrc 2012-05-16 15:31:15.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom1/gtk-2.0/gtkrc 2012-11-13 11:53:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -758,3 +758,15 @@
include "apps/terminal.rc"
include "apps/thunar.rc"
include "apps/gmusicbrowser.rc"
+
+style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
+XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
+base[NORMAL] = "#000000"
+base[SELECTED] = "#94928d"
+base[ACTIVE] = "#b5b3ac"
+fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
+fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
+fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff" }
+
+# xfce4 stuff
+widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"
diff -u /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom1/gtk-2.0/gtkrc /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
--- /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom1/gtk-2.0/gtkrc 2012-11-13 11:53:25.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/share/themes/Greybird-Mac_custom2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc 2012-11-13 11:55:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -764,9 +764,10 @@
base[NORMAL] = "#000000"
base[SELECTED] = "#94928d"
base[ACTIVE] = "#b5b3ac"
-fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
-fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
-fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff" }
+fg[NORMAL] = "#000000"
+fg[SELECTED] = "#0000ff"
+fg[ACTIVE] = "#0000ff" }
Mon Nov 30, 2015 9:21 pm
fsmithred wrote:Open the file manager (the blue cube) and on the left is a panel with drives. Click on one to mount it, and it will open in a new tab. Right-click to unmount.
fsmithred wrote:I thought the amd64 iso had the latest backgrounds, but maybe they're the last ones before the last ones. I will be sure about it before the next build.
fsmithred wrote:The old custom themes that I made seem to work, but not exactly the same as I remember them. But that could be my new vid card. Lotta stuff looked different when I got that. Are you talking about the blue highlight around the text on whatever desktop icon you select?