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fsmithred

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## 606_beta2

Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:50 pm

I think I fixed all the problems we discussed. Here's a list of what changes I made in beta2. The iso is sitting on my hard drive. Let me know if I missed anything important, and if not, I'll upload it tonight or tomorrow.
beta2:
Made some changes in refractasnapshot and refractainstaller files.
(live-config, grub-legacy, exclude /live, su -c)
Added contrib and non-free to sources.list
Added but commented out debian-multimedia in sources.list.
Installed some wireless drivers and included .deb files for others.
Made wlan0 the default wireless interface in wicd.
Removed humorous video and replaced it with Mingus.
Changed the theme so that selected checkboxes are visible.
Added some missing software: gimp, xsane, abiword, gnumeric, sylpheed,
clamav (freshclam updated 2011-09-29)
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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:37 am

refracta git-repo from github at /home/user/xyz would be very good for troubleshooting
we spoke about localepurge
xfce4-xkb-plugin would be good for me
fsmithred

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:29 am

I knew I forgot to mention something. The git repo is in /home/github/refracta. To update it:

Code:
  `cd /home/github/refracta
  git pull origin master`

xfce4-xkb-plugin is added
localepurge not gonna happen. I thought about it, and one of the things that initially impressed me about linux was that it's available in so many languages. I don't want to mess with that.
fsmithred

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:01 am

From the directory where you have the beta1 iso, run

Code:
  `zsync -i refracta-6.0.6_beta1.iso http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/refracta/files/6.0.6/refracta-6.0.6_beta2.iso.zsync`

That'll create a beta2 iso next to your beta1 iso (without having to download the whole beta2 iso).
Or else just download the iso from here -
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... les/6.0.6/
meandean

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## Re: 606_beta2

Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:05 am

COOLBEANS!
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:28 pm

I'm having a bit of a problem. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8700 graphics card and x will not start. In fact, all I get when x tries to start is a blank screen. I have checked the md5sums and I have a good burn. Any ideas?
fsmithred

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:21 am

> jheaton5 wrote:I'm having a bit of a problem. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8700 graphics card and x will not start. In fact, all I get when x tries to start is a blank screen. I have checked the md5sums and I have a good burn. Any ideas?

I just tried it with a GeForce 5750, and I got the same thing. One thing I noticed is that I can ctrl-alt-F1, log in as root and issue commands (like reboot). I just can't see what I'm doing. I'm booting from my usb stick. This was the stick with the previous version (6.0.5), and I replaced the live folder (and copied the old boot folder). I notice that nomodeset is absent from the kernel line in grub.cfg, so I edited the boot line to add it at the grub menu, and I can get to a desktop.
If you burned the 6.0.6 iso to CD, then you're booting with syslinux, and nomodeset is present in isolinux/live.cfg, so I don't know what the fix would be. Try the third boot option (no probe). I can't remember
what key(s) to press to be able to type a custom boot line, but if you can get to that, you might play with some boot options. I'll copy the live.cfg below, so you see what the current boot options are. You can read about boot options in man live-boot.
I'll be AFK this weekend, so I won't be able to do anything with it until Mon. or Tues.

Code:
  `label live
  menu label Refracta (default)
  kernel /live/vmlinuz quiet nomodeset
  append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live ip=frommedia noxautoconfig nosudo noautologin nouser union=aufs
  label live2
  menu label Refracta (load to RAM)
  kernel /live/vmlinuz quiet nomodeset
  append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live ip=frommedia noxautoconfig nosudo noautologin nouser union=aufs toram
  label live2
  menu label Refracta (no probe)
  kernel /live/vmlinuz quiet noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nomodeset nosmp vga=normal
  append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live ip=frommedia noxautoconfig nosudo noautologin nouser union=aufs toram
  label memtest
  menu label Memory test
  kernel /live/memtest
  `

fsmithred

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:28 am

ntpdate is missing. It's supposed to be there for System --> Set time, timezone and keyboard.
No, it's not missing.
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:52 am

My keyboard is non-responsive. The capslock led blinks continuously and the numlock key doesn't turn on its led. <ctrl><alt>F1 seems to have no effect.

Code:
  `[login]"user"
  password "user"
  su
  password "root"
  shutdown -r now`

has no effect.
I have not tried Refracta since version 6.03,but that version worked just fine.
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:45 pm

I did another download of the iso and burned a new disk.
The first boot was successful but the resolution was 800x600 which I think means it was using vesa instead of the nvidia card.
Second and all subsequent boots were unsuccessful, exhibiting the same symptoms as before.
Additional info: I'm getting a lot of IO Errors during boot. It gets all the way to calling gdm and then the screen goes blank and the keyboard is useless.
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