Elive

It’d be great a non graphical installtion like debian’s one, so that older hardware with low memory (under 512mb) will be able to install the os without needing to swap and, possibly, taking less than a hour.

Please try hardly not to remove E16 from the next version of Elive, it is really simple, lite and very attractive to the Newbies. I like to much and really happy to have it so well configured under Elive. Its little buggy than E17.

FreeEagle

Hi there!

I would like to ask you to add the Hibernate Feature to Elive in the next stable version, this is a very handy feature especially for those who use Laptops.

Best Regards,
FreeEagle

Could be nice if we have an e17 module to limit the windows to be in the screen limits, instead to pass over it. This is a useful feature for non-experienced users.

Note: this report has somewhere (i dont remember where) a list of features needed, like which options to have on it (like: limit the windows to be in-screen, limit the windows to be not entirely out of the screen, allow the window to be partially out, etc etc), is needed to check this list first (in hackers or in dev ? i dont remember right now)

Useful code: iirk module

How do you alter the time on the background wallpaper changing. The default is way to fast

Xpdf is not a bad reader but I think they are very better pdf reader now:

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince (mulitpe document viewer)

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPdf (but now Evince remplace it)

Perhaps an other??

No access to my other partitions (Windows partition) for normal users. (Root user has access) This is not really a bug, but in the 0.4 all users had access.

When I put a usb key for exemple elive mount it on /media/XXX with the user option. Is not realy a bug but the user option implies noexec, nosuid, et nodev option. I think noexec is not a cool option because I have often program on my key and is not a security because you can start a script for exemple like this /bin/sh ./script.sh. my proposition keep the user option but remove noexec. more information here → http://linuxfr.org/forums/15/7853.html (french)

Ok, i have look thunar and its a perfect candidate, very good options, not big, nice features, and a look vision to the future, you can install it actually on your Elive via apt-get...

Use from now this application normally, and look options and stuff, if you look any thing to looks bad, write here in a comment... write also a list of the special options to you think to needs to are configured for Elive (no mime-types for launch the correct applications), and you put here in a comment, and then i start to implement it for the first 0.6-beta’s release :)

The current default GTK theme for the Night look is too dark in my opinion. OO.org2 has a dark background with blueish font colour which is a bit distrasting and hard on the eyes.
I found the following Neos theme at...

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=24229

It still maintains that dark look while allowing gtk applications to still have the traditional white background with black font. It also has nice rounded window borders.

I think Elive would look nice with a nice, polished grub boot menu.

This is a request to add gPodder to the Elive repositories. There’s already a Debian package at their website but it’s always nicer to pull in .deb goodness with apt!

http://perli.net/projekte/gpodder/index.html

gPodder media aggregator

gPodder is a Podcast receiver/catcher written in Python, using GTK. It manages podcast feeds for you and automatically downloads all podcasts from as many feeds as you like.
gPodder is released under the GNU GPL.
gPodder can copy podcasts to your iPod automatically, so you can take your podcasts anywhere you like.
gPodder is lightweight - it does not need much power and integrates nicely into your (GTK-based) desktop.

Would be good if the elive installer could detect what other OSs are installed and add them to the grub menu automatically. It didn’t find my OpenSUSE 10.1 install on hda1 anyway.

I was very happy to see both qjackctl and zynaddsubfx as part of the default elive packages so I presumed it was also going to come with a real-time kernel as I heard that, as of 2.6.18, this has entered the mainline kernel code. Sadly this doesn’t seem to be the case.

This is the biggest missing feature in elive for me, and other wannabe Linux musicians too I’d think. If real-time support can’t be enabled it the primary elive kernel for whatever reason then it would be great if it came with a second, rt-enabled one too.

Good opinion would be to install all programs through ALSA emulation to support SW mixing of sound for more than one voice/program grabbing sound.Who doesn’t have HW mixer supporting this,will have a nightmare (skype,XMMS,GAIM...)

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... ;)

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.

When USB device is mounted and not correctly unplugged/unmounted (for example my camera switched off after 10minutes of not using it),it is difficult to mount it again. System should remember what device was mounted where (for example for the time from startup the system)and if there comes message from device on USB,system should have a look if it was already mounted this session and write it again in FSTAB.

Hello!

I would like to ask you if you can in the next stable version add the Arabic Keyboard Layout, this will be very helpful to users that want to write in Arabic like me. Beside there is alot of the users that use Arabic, this is an advantage to Elive.

Best Regards,
FreeEagle

Hi all,

We can reduce the Boot time of Elive by disabling the wifi(Wlan)of the PC at the boot time ( Start time ) and enable it again when Elive enter the Desktop mode. Enabling WiFi will make the PC look for the last connected WLan before shutting down the PC and imagine that you are went back from the University to Home ( This means from Uni. Network to your Private Home Network ) In this case The PC will keep searching for the old Network try to connect itself to it, which will never find, and this will cost us just time in the boot Phase. Beside under Elive i find that we need a simple Programme to be added which can handle very simply Networks (WLAN) through the elpanel like small icon added to the Panel and with simple click enable the use to scan and then directly to connect the Pc to the desired Network.So such a Programme is a really need under Elive.

My best wishes
FreeEagle

http://wiki.elivecd.org/community

and

http://wiki.elivecd.org/community/en/forum

FreeEagle

Hi!

I can’t visit some Web pages because they support just IE or Firefox, although ICEWEASEL is the same Firefox, but there sever can not recognized ICEWEASEL as Firefox, and thus can’t visit these webpages.

FreeEagle

Hi ,

Can’t we go back to thunar?it was better integrated in Elive than PCMan.

Regards,
FreeEagle

Hello!

Can you please add VLC to the ELive library. It is a great Software to watch Online (TV) Streaming in the next Elive version. Such a Programme miss Elive.

Best Regards,
FreeEagle