Linux Lite 2.2 Beta Released

[Jerry]

So after testing and looking over everything why is LL 2.2 sticking with the 3.13 kernel instead of going with a later tested LL kernel? like 3.15 or 3.17?I mean if it is going to be the updated version of LL why not push the kernel up to a later one?

The kernel released with the 14.04 LTS, in this case 3.13.0-24, is more reliable with the proprietary video drivers.

[sysdrum]

So after testing and looking over everything why is LL 2.2 sticking with the 3.13 kernel instead of going with a later tested LL kernel? like 3.15 or 3.17?
I mean if it is going to be the updated version of LL why not push the kernel up to a later one?

[Teddy]

This release could be released as is. Don't let the "beta" nametag fool you from this release! Great job Valtam!

One thing I would like to mention is that the 32-bit torrent I had trouble downloading from. KTorrent (KDE's torrent client on my other *unnamed distro* Linux laptop) reported that it received some "invalid" information from the Bittorrent tracker URL. The 64-bit version did download perfectly fine. Could have been just my connection though (it's 3G as it's the only thing available in my area, other than "slower than Molasses" Dial-Up).

[Wirezfree]

Try a

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sudo -sto get you to a root prompt in vbox live run
and do a

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dmesg | tailIf it does not show in that. I would not sweat the error message myself.

Hi Rok,

Result from the above, nothing screams error, fail,warning..!!...

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root@vm-ll22:~# dmesg | tail
[   14.608682] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[   39.373510] audit_printk_skb: 105 callbacks suppressed
[   39.373512] type=1400 audit(1416067579.982:47): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=1982 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   39.373516] type=1400 audit(1416067579.982:48): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1982 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   39.373765] type=1400 audit(1416067579.982:49): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=1982 comm="apparmor_parser"
[  790.821651] FS-Cache: Loaded
[  790.847190] FS-Cache: Netfs 'cifs' registered for caching
[  790.848264] Key type cifs.spnego registered
[  790.848269] Key type cifs.idmap registered
root@vm-ll22:~#
I will carry on and see how it goes, about to stress my PC/LL2.0 with a few VM's
The stuff at 790 I assume was when I connected to my NAS,, mount using cifs.

Thanks... Dave

[rokytnji]

Try a

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sudo -s
to get you to a root prompt in vbox live run

and do a

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dmesg | tail
If it does not show in that. I would not sweat the error message myself.
Just a poke an hope from me though.

[Wirezfree]

I am sure the developers here appreciate all you users inputs. And at MonkeyMan. Don't compare your your short stint
using linux to my years of experience. It is like learning a new language. Like from English to Mandarin or Spanish or whatever.
It just takes practice like anything in life. You will get it. My education only goes up to GED. So I can be pretty dumb also.

So any testing  input from you will also probably be very much appreciated. At least by me. It is how I learn new things.

Happy Trails, Rok

Hi Rok,

All noted, I will try pass on whatever I can, with all my "goofs" along the way I have probably installed LL about 14+ times.(across 3 Machines)
I just installed it in a VM(Virtualbox) this morning to use as test instance, all appears to be working... BUT
I have an error in the dmesg.log file which is rather alarming that I need to investigate, a 2nd re-install is the same..??

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[5.881492] vboxguest: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernelI have not installed GuestAdditions yet... Not sure though if that is the issue.??

Dave

[rokytnji]

Hi,

I have an HP-Laptop also.. with integrated SD Card, Never really used, but noticed your comment.
I found an SD Card and tried it from a
Normal Boot, Shows straight away on desktop mounted,

Thanks for testing and posting your results. My situation was different and I as usual did my description in shorthand without going into much detail. My SD came out of my camera taking pictures of my desktop. I guess I could use this Linux Lite 2.0 laptop to edit my post later to upload the pics offsite and post them in that post.

My HP is a Desktop Computer in the motorcycle shop. The SD adapter was a external usb card adapter. I plugged it in after a live boot and was running live to see if I would get lucky and it would automount in the Thunar file manager on the left panel.

fdisk -l showed me it made it that far where the computer could see it. blkid would not even complete a readout after I typed that in.
I am skilled enough to run as root in a live session inside of lxterminal. There were no directories in /media other than cdrom.
If you look at my inxi readout. You will see NTFS, and other partitions on the 1 drive in it. They did not mount on boot of live session
and some are ext3 partitions and others are xfs partitions.

Since I do a bit of testing for Anti, Bitjam, Dave, and others  at AntiX. I do not panic or worry at all because I realize the kernel on a distro interacts on different hardware and hardware scenarios differently. All I can do is gather info and post my findings with no judgment/attiude interjected. Just like I try to do here. But my scooter tramp style can be a little hard to stomach for some.

For grins I tried

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eject to eject the plop cd as demo/user. Nope. No joy there. So I tried as root user in lxterminal

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eject /dev/sr0But received the loctl error. Like I said. I was just screwing around to see what I could do while in a live session.
My 2.0 installs are running just fine. So I won't be installing 2.2 anyways. My post was more for a proof of concept that
Linux Lite 2.2 will boot on usb 1.1 with help from a PLOP cd. That was the main goal.

Update... Feel rather silly. 
Did some Googling... I must have formatted and not removed it correctly at some time.??
So reformatted, un-mounted re-mounted and voila... Read/Write with me the own

In My case. The camera formats the card so we see another variable in a testing post. Way to go. 

I really appreciate your post/test results though. It shows that on a different HP. That results will vary a tad different.
You internal card reader picked up different than my external usb card reader. That is what testing is all about.
Sharing info. Showing what works and what does not work. On certain hardware and varied scenarios.

I am sure the developers here appreciate all you users inputs. And at MonkeyMan. Don't compare your your short stint
using linux to my years of experience. It is like learning a new language. Like from English to Mandarin or Spanish or whatever.
It just takes practice like anything in life. You will get it. My education only goes up to GED. So I can be pretty dumb also.

So any testing  input from you will also probably be very much appreciated. At least by me. It is how I learn new things.

Happy Trails, Rok

[Monkeyman]

5 mb/s via torrent.  Nice and fast.  Since I just installed 2.0 on my SSD, I might as well install 2.2 instead.  Since I'm probably the dumbest Linux guy here, I probably won't be much help but maybe my simple questions/suggestions will spawn better and more articulate questions/thoughts/suggestions.

[gcoulthard]

Wonderful beta release. One suggestion -- for the Install Additional Software dialog box, could we have a "Select All/None" toggle check mark or button (perhaps left-aligned at the bottom on the same vertical plane as the Quit and Install command buttons.)
Thanks again,
Glen

[anon222]

I've noticed that  Date & Time is not in the settings.
Here is how to add Date & Time to the settings

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gksudo leafpad /usr/share/applications/system-config-date.desktopChange Categories=... to

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Categories=XFCE;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-SystemSettings;or if you want it in the Hardware section

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Categories=XFCE;GTK;Settings;DesktopSettings;X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-HardwareSettings;Now it will show in the settings. Open it with

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xfce4-settings-manager

[Wirezfree]

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linux@linux:~$ inxi -zv7
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: HP Pavilion 061 product: DM170A-ABA a350n version: 0nB1211RE101YALE 10
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Yale version: 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 3.25 date: 04/27/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5599.84
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2799.921 MHz 2: 2799.921 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0181
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI nv18 x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.2 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: d800 dc00 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24d5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: b400 bus-ID: 02:0f.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
           driver: rtl8187 usb-ID: 001-004 chip-ID: 0bda:8189
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 206.0GB (0.4% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3160021A size: 160.0GB serial: 3JS21EB3 temp: 33C
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 2.0GB serial: 899810270000000000000041-0:0 temp: 0C
           3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: WD400BB size: 40.0GB serial: 0000000000000000W-0:0 temp: 0C
           4: USB id: /dev/sdh model: Card_Reader size: 4.0GB serial: 058F63666433-0:0 temp: 0C
           Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID: / size: 1.3G used: 60M (5%) fs: overlayfs dev: /dev/cow label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID: /cdrom size: 1.9G used: 769M (41%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 label: kingston uuid: 663A-1735
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
           label: N/A uuid: 85e762f3-0e7f-4f15-93ef-2b584ce53c45
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID: /dev/sda1 size: 7.54G label: HP_RECOVERY uuid: 22D1-40E3
           ID: /dev/sda2 size: 42.40G label: HP_PAVILION uuid: 5E78D2DF78D2B54D
           ID: /dev/sda5 size: 9.44G label: N/A uuid: f5c0044a-bf51-4fa9-a2f3-330b1ca4fc45 fs: ext3
           ID: /dev/sda6 size: 41.94G label: / uuid: 24c978fe-b939-4c0f-bed8-1386f80da1a7 fs: ext3
           ID: /dev/sda7 size: 56.57G label: /data uuid: 3BD1-3EB3
           ID: /dev/sdc1 size: 40.00G label: /Data uuid: 4B94-FBDD
           ID: /dev/sdh1 size: 3.95G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 168 Uptime: 34 min Memory: 368.1/2522.7MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 1.9.17


The card reader in inxi was to post pics of my screen and computer but no mount in live session is cooperating with me. I already did a

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mkdir /media/sdhBut I am having trouble mounting it manually  during a live session

Signing Off. Rok.

Hi,

I have an HP-Laptop also.. with integrated SD Card, Never really used, but noticed your comment.
I found an SD Card and tried it from a
Normal Boot, Shows straight away on desktop mounted,

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dave@hp-lappy1:~$ inxi -zv7
System:    Host: hp-lappy1 Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion TS 14 Notebook PC version: 0881100000305E00000620100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2161 version: 29.42 Bios: Insyde version: F.62 date: 03/06/2014
           Chassis: type: 10
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9179.12
           Clock Speeds: 1: 759.00 MHz 2: 759.00 MHz 3: 759.00 MHz 4: 900.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
           Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
           IF: em1 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee port: 4000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8179
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: em1 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (2.0% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 256.1GB serial: S1ATNSADB07491P
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: N/A rev: N/A dev-links: cdrom
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: N/A
Partition: ID: / size: 25G used: 4.5G (19%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           label: N/A uuid: d3ef0fe6-f47f-4ef2-90c1-2401901d36d7
           ID: /home size: 25G used: 184M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           label: N/A uuid: 933bd00d-68d0-40e7-acca-961f6dc2e78d
           ID: /mnt/files size: 148G used: 84M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
           label: N/A uuid: c20c9eff-c61d-47b1-91f5-05b67dc5ffea
           ID: /media/dave/sdcard1 size: 7.2G used: 17M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
           label: sdcard1 uuid: a3754fbe-a4b8-469a-8abe-105c9856e2b6
           ID: swap-1 size: 17.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
           label: N/A uuid: 651b1843-6aca-4a07-a0a9-53327e4d5b88
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID: /dev/mmcblk0 size: 7.96G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 387.8/15825.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 1.9.17

Then a Live Boot with 2.2 Beta, Shows straight away on desktop mounted,

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linux@linux:~$ inxi -zv7
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.6 (Gtk 2.24.23) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion TS 14 Notebook PC version: 0881100000305E00000620100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2161 version: 29.42 Bios: Insyde version: F.62 date: 03/06/2014
           Chassis: type: 10
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9179.1
           Clock Speeds: 1: 759.00 MHz 2: 759.00 MHz 3: 759.00 MHz 4: 759.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20
           Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 3000 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136
           IF: em1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee port: 4000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8179
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: em1 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter> IF: wlan0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 260.0GB (0.3% used)
           1: id: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 256.1GB serial: S1ATNSADB07491P temp: 0C
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: USB_DISK size: 3.9GB serial: AAQPASZOS6Z4HY8C-0:0 temp: 0C
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: N/A rev: N/A dev-links: cdrom
           Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: N/A
Partition: ID: / size: 7.8G used: 36M (1%) fs: overlayfs dev: /dev/cow label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID: /cdrom size: 3.7G used: 740M (20%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 label: UUI uuid: 1EE4-153B
           ID: /media/linux/sdcard1 size: 7.2G used: 17M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
           label: sdcard1 uuid: a3754fbe-a4b8-469a-8abe-105c9856e2b6
           ID: swap-1 size: 17.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
           label: N/A uuid: 651b1843-6aca-4a07-a0a9-53327e4d5b88
RAID:      System: supported: N/A
           No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
           Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID: /dev/sda1 size: 26.84G label: N/A uuid: d3ef0fe6-f47f-4ef2-90c1-2401901d36d7 fs: ext4
           ID: /dev/sda2 size: 26.84G label: N/A uuid: 933bd00d-68d0-40e7-acca-961f6dc2e78d fs: ext4
           ID: /dev/sda3 size: 161.06G label: N/A uuid: c20c9eff-c61d-47b1-91f5-05b67dc5ffea fs: ext4
           ID: /dev/mmcblk0 size: 7.96G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 204 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 449.0/15825.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11 running in x-terminal-emul) inxi: 1.9.17

Even though it is mounted, It is always mounted with "Owner" of "ROOT" shows under

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/media/dave/sdcard1/
Not sure how to make me owner.? "chown" .??

I know this doesn't help you directly, but if I can help.?
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Update... Feel rather silly. 
Did some Googling... I must have formatted and not removed it correctly at some time.??
So reformatted, un-mounted re-mounted and voila... Read/Write with me the owner.



Dave

[Jerry]

Hi Jerry,

Congrats to you and the team.
I will give it a try "Live Boot"
Having spent quite some time configuring & setting up 2 PC and a Laptop to all be the same on LL2.0
Not sure I'm ready to do them all again so soon.

ps
SourceForge shows 6635 downloads this week,
I assume this is all variants

Anything on 2.2 that is different from 2.0 you can easily install if you haven’t already. The bulk of the changes are in the form of software. re. Sourceforge, yes all variants. Existing 2.0 users are fine, remember, LL is aimed at new users to linux, they will benefit from installing 2.2

[stamper]

Thank you for bringing a new version of Lite.

[Wirezfree]

Hi Jerry,

Congrats to you and the team.
I will give it a try "Live Boot"
Having spent quite some time configuring & setting up 2 PC and a Laptop to all be the same on LL2.0
Not sure I'm ready to do them all again so soon.

"New Tool for 2.3"
Linux Lite Migration Tool

Dave

ps
SourceForge shows 6635 downloads this week,
I assume this is all variants

[Jerry]

Cheers Rok, thanks for the test. Good to know Plop works with the latest LL