Elive

root@Elive[~]# apt-cache search linux-source
linux-source-2.6.15.7 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.15.7
linux-source-2.6.18-elive - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.18-elive
linux-patch-debian-2.6.18 - Debian patches to version 2.6.18 of the Linux kernel
linux-source-2.6.18 - Linux kernel source for version 2.6.18 with Debian patches
linux-tree-2.6.18 - Linux kernel source tree for building Debian kernel images
root@Elive[~]# apt-get install linux-source-2.6.18-elive
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  libncurses-dev ncurses-dev kernel-package xmlto
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-source-2.6.18-elive
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 42.4MB of archives.
After unpacking 42.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Err http://www.vobcopy.org elive/main linux-source-2.6.18-elive 3.0
  404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://www.vobcopy.org/mirror/elive/pool/main/l/linux-source-2.6.18-elive/linux-source-2.6.18-elive_3.0_all.deb  404 Not Found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
root@Elive[~]# 

Be patient with these installs:

Wine + WinMed.player (ie6),localization of Firefox,loacalization of Thunderbird,VLC,maybe Xine or others..

These will overwrite default settings for plugins to firefox and is not very easy to get them back to be driven by MP Embeded plugin.Can’t be deleted or rerouted.

Not bug,just stupid made programs-they don’t ask,just do.

When installing Elive Revolution rl2 on hard drive (SATA drive), I asked the installer to place GRUB in the root partition (I wanted to keep the NT bootloader). However, my MBR was deleted and booting was impossible (actually I don’t know where GRUB was installed, if it was). I had to launch the installer again and ask to put GRUB on the MBR to recover a working system. So this is not a critical problem, but it can be stressing !

running .6.1 unstable as live...
after filling out info for wifi config (this version works at this point, see bug report 57) I then hit the ‘activate’ button
keyboard entry is locked immediately...
after ~one minute (and/or after clicking activation button for the second time, as wifi was not enabled) mouse clicks no longer work, although cursor can still move around the screen and to different desktops, and after another minute, movement of cursor is limited to current desktop... I have not witnessed cursor being immobilized, but imagine that would happen after another period of time...
(witnessed this in dreamlinux 4.2 which also has the 2.6.18 kernel)

Averatec 3270-eh1 ralink 2500

Doug

HOWTO ELIVE AND IBM ThinkPad

NOT FOR GREENHORNS BUT FOR STRONG USERS ;)

I started with Elive 5.04 beta, but if U start with for example 6.1, it’ OK.. SO HERE IT IS:

1. Install Elive, in Gparted make twice big SWAP as is your ntb’s memory

2. after install : apt-get update apt-get upgrade

3. Download Kernel source 2.6.20-rc5 because from version 2.6.20 IBM_ACPI is included and works better with acpi functions of IBM machine, KVM is included too (if U want to run forexample WinXP for any reason under Elive ;) )

Falko’s howto is included in attachement, source can be found on www.kernel.org my .config of kernel made for IBM T30 is included too. What U have to check is if your SWAP partition has the same pointer- for me it is /dev/hda6.If not, U’ll have to rewrite it in ACPI settings in the menuconfig. In menuconfig load my .config and after that make deb file and install new rc-5 kernel (Falko’s manual). If U have newer version of kernel, rewrite paths in grub config (/boot/) menu.lst- also attached.Menu is set for 2.6.15 included with 5.04 elive-2.6.18 should be in 6.01. Edit menu in MC or other text editor. Also splash is mine,not standart - remove it or rewrite.

4. After reboot U should be in Elive with 2.6.20-rc5, fully supporting FAN speed, LID switch and suspend and hibernate. What has to be manually made is: power button, dimm button:

5. U’ll have to hack /etc/acpi events like I have in attachements. Compare what works for U and what not. Dimm button FN+F3 after hacking works,but to turn radeon light back up, U will have to add hotkey like CTRL+F3 as I did in menu in hotkey/bind key editing with this exec: /etc/acpi/standby.sh
So, ACPI is done!!

6. CPU frequency and policy works well - set up in .config for kernel..

7. xorg.conf - If U want to use,as I do, 2 screens (great thing to watch movies on my 24inch screen 1900×1024,have another modules settings and view and on LCD is running GAIM and flashing LED when message is coming ) my xorg.conf is attached - is set to switch between two keyboards and use 24inch sony 16:9 screen, so U’ll have to edit this file to input there your second screen. When the X server is starting and no external screen is detected, mouse will not go over the edge on LCD.
This best xorg.conf is called by myself dualhead (/xorg/dualhead). If U want DRI in two screens,U’ll have to use “xineramaDRI” with merged frame buffer-good for play some games (DRI on both screens),but not for work-both screens must have the same physical resolution which is 1024×768 (in my IBM case) - so why have 2 so small resolutions for work if U can get more? And standart settings in called “standart” - DRI fully working, second CRT/LCD only cloning the primary.

8. Joypad and buttons - If your middle button is not working as a scroll button on mouse, you will have to remove function to switch between screens by scroll button.After that, middle button is like a scroll button.

9. thinkpad buttons, audio mixer
To have quick acces to audio mixer is aesy: apt-get install wmix
and add eap and .order to startup settings in your home directory in /e/e/app... like in attachement.

apt-get install tpb

TPB is OSD nice reporting deamon - reporting all IBM hotkey actions on LCD screen.

To have tpb automatically running, edit /etc/sudoers and insert there your username (under root) - TPB can run only root, tpb -d to run it like a deamon

10. To be sure to run all modules we need to, edit /etc/modules as I did..

11. hotswap for IBM multibay:
when removing CD/DVD run command (I did it through made EAP menu and run this app with gksudo (sudo settings to run app like root) hotswap OR khotswap in GUI (apt-get install khotswap hotswap)

12. Unbelievable is that it is possible to remove running notebook from the docking station.. Thx to new kernel experimental function dock (including in .config) ;)

And that’s it! 4 months of digging and testing...

Good to have installed for IBM TP:

gaim-thinklight

What is STILL NOT WORKING :

USB ports in docking station
KVM support for P4 mobile (future?)

Sorry for attachements,no possibility to upload them here,but I’ve sent them to Thanatermesis,so he’ll (I hope) give this article where it should be and complete... ;)

Two sound card configuration:
1.
I have in desktop PC two soundcards.After configuring them in elpanel,choosing one of them,I’m able to use sound through the choosen one. BUT after few restarts, the config autoswitch to the second one which means audio is OK,but play from the second sound card EVEN I have chosen other one.The audio mixer autoswitch to the proper features which support the sound card now playing.

2.
If I want to use one sound car for sounds and the other for forexample skype,there is something missing.. In XMMS I’m able to choose ONLY one soundcard,even I have two.I can choose the card which is set from elpanel..

In network manager (gnome one,default in Elive)
If I choose from pre-defined location setting (I have made by myself months before) network-manager switch but closes with error report.

If I switch from active network eth0 from static IP to dynamic IP, nothing is changed until I deactive network and active it again.

If I deactive eth0 (it disapper in the default network connection used), again active it with another setting,close down manager, again open manager, there is still NO default network used-no connection.

Mounted devices after unmounting still let their directory in /media/
visible and not been deleted.

After downloading .bin file (targed linux executable)
There is no signature for RUN the file.Must go to terminal and:
chmod +x file.bin logged as root. Better to do this automatically..

After installing OpenOffice (the ones for reading XLS and DOC already incuded in live CD are MUCH faster,but does not know everything :( )
there is wrong association with DOC in Thunar - associate with packing program is not what I expect from DOC file..

[polish] - ntfs directories which has polish national signs in their names are not visible after ntfs is mounted

The system freeze when configure in the menu panel the key binding settings.

When trying to build an eap the icon selector confuses and piles the folders randomly, so that is hard to browse for icons: most folders are hidden by other ones..
moreover selecting an icon is possible only with double click and that opens gimp.

I installed the num lock package for having num lock enabled in x sessions, however every time i reboot there is no num lock in my elive.

i tried to install cxoffice, and the installation goes fine, however no menu entry is created, even if everything works fine.
this happens with many programs and it is a pity

Hello
i wish to know if it would be possible to have a gimp unstable build, since the old gimp is almost unusable due to having menues completely crazy, the new one is totally stable i am currently using on ubuntu.

Hi

I have elive Rev rl2 on my IBM thinkpad and for some reason when I try to boot I end up with a black screen or a blackscreen with a non-flashing comand promt just as the entrance logon screen is about to load as though the system has crashed at this point. It didn’t happen when I first installed elive but then when I tried to boot a second time after installation it happened. I thought maybe it was something I did and tried to reinstall but this time it took about 10 restarts before even the eliveCD would boot entrance properly in live mode. Anyway I reinstalled it seemed to work for a while and then again just now, entrance would not boot properly again even in recovery mode. I finally got it up again after repeatedly turning the laptop off and on again.

When entrance loads elive 0.6+ rl2 works perfectly, (such a perfect lil distro my battery even lasts 3-4hr twice that that with any other OS) it just this issue with entrance not being booted properly that’s the problem.

Is there something I have to change in the monitor setup, i.e. frequency? how do I do this in recovery mode comand line?

Thank

I found out that if i browse with thunar then i launch mplayer for example to play a movie, it crashes if i close thunar window.
i tried the same with oxine but it doesn’t.

I’m absolutely unable to switch SMTP even I have two/three, thunderbird always takes the first one in que.Installing plugin with SMTP switch button does not solve anything..

Gateway 7422gx broadcom wi-fi makes system freeze. This driver is only able to be used in 64bit linux distros. Running this firmware on 32bit will cause a kernel freeze.

Proprietary drivers are stupid, buy linux compatible hardware.

0.6.5

will update with lspci info in a few minutes

During booting the system hangs and I have to unmount the battery to turn the thinkpad off. It works perfectly on my pc.
the last messages during booting:
Ramdisk: compressed image found at block 0
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invalid compressed format (err=1)
no filesystem could mount root, tried: cramfs
kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (1,0)

.6.6 Installer Issue - Floppy module hangs gparted weather floppy drive exists or not.

Many users are stuck with gparted trying to get drive information. They must close gparted and installer. Type su <enter>, rmmod floppy <enter> , then start installer again.

May not be elive-specific problem but does hang some people installing.

CPU plugin works,but if X desktop is in dualhead version, it shows the right info only on one of them,on the other there is something between 1-2% of CPU consuptation (left number).And the measuring looks like this:80% / 0% Zero is on both screens(right number).What does meen the next number - 0 ? CPU is Intel Pentium IV 1.8ghz

After the update via Synaptic, Opera does not start. I get the message “Speicherzugriffsfehler”.

The apt sources list was not changed to “etch”.

en livecd, o en la version instalada, (0.6.7) la webcam Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0ac8:305b Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. no funciona, es reconocida y la imagen sale en negro, en debian etch con el gspca-modules para su nucleo funciona, pero con el nucleo de elive no :/ eso es todo :D