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Amnon82 · 2010-01-09 02:20:42

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Chakra-Minimal Development Release [Aesop]

We can drive - why not using the gas pedal ?!?
Bleeding edge, So might be this development release based on Larch7.

This release is based on latest Geryon patches for larch7. It has
all new pkgs on it, like KDE 4.4 RC1 and newest developer versions
of Shaman2 and Chase.

Please visit the forum to report bugs.
Hope we will see Beta1 soon ...

With love,
Phil Miller - Chakra-ISO-Builder


System Requirements:

    * a Intel Pentium II or higher processor for the i686 version, or
    * a 64Bit-capable processor for the x86_64 version
    * 384MiB of RAM for running the live system and 512MiB of RAM for the installation (the more the better)
    * around 3 Gib of available hard disk space (the more the better)
    * a screen capable of 1024 x 600 or higher resolution
    * a reasonably fast internet connection, e.g. no modem (you wont have fun with this)



Most noticeable changes & additions since Alpha4:

Features:

    * Kernel-2.6.32 with lzma support
    * Xorg-Server 1.7.3.902-1
    * KDEmod 4.4 RC1
    * Chakra tools updated (aqpm, shaman, chase)
    * Catalyst support temp. dropped
    * NVidia-190 and NVidia legancy series are the only propertary drivers atm
    * using ARM state (2010.01.10)

64-bit Version notice:

    * printer-related pkgs removed to fit on 700 MB CD
    * removed arora and smplayer
    * virtuoso-opensource added to fix nepomuk issues

disc created by Phil Miller (Amnon82 - Chakra ISO-Builder)

Known Bugs:

* Cities missing in Earthball (again)

Downloads:

chakra-minimal-i686-2010-01-09-aesop.iso (hybridiso | 695 MB)
chakra-minimal-i686-2010-01-09-aesop.md5

chakra-minimal-x86_64-2010-01-10-aesop.iso (hybridiso | 701 MB)
chakra-minimal-x86_64-2010-01-10-aesop.md5

scio · 2010-01-09 03:12:16

Great stuff, will be testing this weekend.

P.S. it's gas pedal

Last edited by scio (2010-01-09 03:12:32)

Amnon82 · 2010-01-09 08:59:19

Whatever ... Just pushing it:

... we have to push it a little harder

Will fix the typo if I had to patch the iso but it seems it is just fine. It was 1 am as I compiled it ...

florut · 2010-01-09 15:42:36

OK, I just installed it on my laptop, nice work as always, i'll point on little things (and mainly post-install stuff):

- I get error messages on kde startup (livecd AND local setup):
Kglobalaccel - The application KMix has registered a new global shortcut
Kglobalaccel - The application Klipper has registered a new global shortcut

- Font anti-aliasing does not work AT ALL with kdm - username shows pretty ugly
(as for the KDM manager when loading it after giving the root pass)

- Konsole fonts either

Amnon82 · 2010-01-09 21:29:28

Florut, those notification messages are comming from KDE 4.4 RC1. Antialiasing and kdm is a known problem. Konsole fonts we have the problem since beta1. Seems terminus don't work with newest kde. Change it to monospace and you'll be fine.

scio · 2010-01-09 23:32:26

Just wanted to give an update, tried to burn the img to usb from windows and I get SQUASHFS errors followed by kernel panic.

Is there a different method to do than the usbimgcreator that used to work now that it's larch7?

florut · 2010-01-10 00:40:14

Florut, those notification messages are comming from KDE 4.4 RC1.

OK

Antialiasing and kdm is a known problem.

? well, OK i never noticed.

Konsole fonts we have the problem since beta1. Seems terminus don't work with newest kde. Change it to monospace and you'll be fine.

No problem, i can manage this type of "config issue"... It was just to say.

descendent87 · 2010-01-10 00:43:02

Is there going to be a 64bit version of this?

dryfit · 2010-01-10 11:22:22

Tested it in virtualbox and livecd iso is starting and works, but if it try to install it ( in virtualbox ) i have 2 problems. 1st problem is localization i have to hand pick it in pull down section, the marks on the map i can't see also not when i zoom in. And partition section i make 3 partitions / swap and /home but if i try next it say i did not selected a / ( root ). I'm sure i have done it and used ext2 ext3 and ext4 but a no go. The localization could be a virtualbox problem maybe but second problem i do not know.

Amnon82 · 2010-01-10 13:36:46

First of all: cities in earthball are gone again. It's a known bug from older development releases. Use the drop-downmenu for selecting locales.
Tribe is almost the same version like geryon has. It should work for partioning.

For the x86_64 release: I'm still struggling with addedpacks file to hit 700 MB target. Have to remove pkgs to get it on cd. For beta1 there might be no minimal-version for x86_64-arch since kdemod 4.4 pkgs are bigger now.

scio · 2010-01-10 15:03:25

Ignore my last message, I think I corrupted the iso when I was moving between machines somehow. Running in virtualbox right now and I'm only seeing the known problems.

descendent87 · 2010-01-10 16:07:08

Thanks Amnon82, no rush I was just wondering if there was a x86_64 release coming. Looking forward to testing it

DeeZiD · 2010-01-10 21:29:39

Great work so far.
Installation went successfully and was very fast! The 81% bug is fixed, right?
And X didn't crash during the installation (it did sometimes on alpha4 here).

Bugs I've found:
- KDM shows no Background after Installation - just black.
- After installation konqueror is still the default browser
- new Shaman always asks for user password for permission - but sudo is not enabled, I'm still using root
- Chakra Galaxair gets stretched on 16:9 devices - loogs ugly
- the new Galaxair Wallpaper should be set to "Scaled and Cropped" to fill the whole screen

Suggestions:
- Replace aurora with rekonq. It has FTP-Support, Google search in addressbar, Tab-Preview, Mouse sidebutton support, optimized for netbooks (statusbar, menubar...), private mode,
- Use ttf-android from aur as system font. Looks much better: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22528
- Use another terminal font for konsole (monospace or droidsans mono?)
- Are 4 virtual desktops neccessary?

Dennis

Last edited by DeeZiD (2010-01-10 21:46:37)

Amnon82 · 2010-01-10 22:40:55

First of all: thx for testing. Galaxair uses your screen resolution as wallpaper. Start tribe from console with

Code:

sudo tribe

and post the install log. Also check what background.jpg is linked. It works on my pc so. It totally based on your resoltution. Save file is 1280x800 sized.

x86_64 release:

It was close. 701 MB is it big. k3b should work since a 700 mb empty cd has 702.82 MB free space.
Tell me if that is a problem. Also report any bug back you find in this latest rls. I fixed some we found in 10-01-09 already.

nixy · 2010-01-12 00:50:51

Hi!

I confirm it works to burn the x86_64 version (701 MB) on to a "700 MB" CD with K3b. When I ran the Live CD installation I initially picked the default free packages/drivers, but that resulted in a black screen. I have an nVidia graphics card, so I made a new attempt and picked the non-free option, and then all the beautiful graphics appeared. I installed Smplayer, set up a storage disk, and for now all seems to work very well. Better than Alpha4

Amnon82 · 2010-01-12 01:00:28

Thx nixy for testing my new bleeding edge development release. KDEmod pkgs are even not final yet. With the x86_64 I fixed alot bugs we still have in i686 release of aesop. Will do a rebuild of i686 later this week. I changed some stuff since alpha4. Hope we will get our chakra-tools better since shaman2 might still not work properly. Also tribe still has it's issues in partition page. Also we need to tweak our addedpacks lists to see what should be on and off the disc. Getting it on 700 MB is getting harder ...

eric71 · 2010-01-12 09:26:07

Looked at i686 Aesop on two computers yesterday. At work, I booted it on my desktop computer that has dual Pentium 4 processors and Intel 828656G video. It booted up to KDM and I could not log in as either the user or root - it just bounced me back to KDM.

At home on my Thinkpad, also with Intel video, it booted directly to the desktop and I installed it to my main partition. Alpha 3 was the last Chakra live CD I used with this computer (alpha 4 wouldn't boot due to the intel video issues), and things seem to have come a long way since then. Tribe worked beautifully (aside from the cities not working on the globe). Install went without a hitch.

KDE 4.4 RC1 looks nice, and any font issues were tolerable on my thinkpad. Chase and Shaman2, even after playing with policykit settings, were the only things keeping it from being usable. But they are development versions and that should be expected, and I'll save comments on them for their respective threads. From a live cd/installer point of view, I was pretty impressed. Themes and artwork are looking very nice too. It would be really cool if plymouth with matching theming could make it into the beta release, as it looks great when following the instructions on the wiki.

Amnon82 · 2010-01-12 22:41:16

@eric71: sorry to inform you that I uploaded a total rebuilded version of aesop
Now it works like it should.

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