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Author: David Hare
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To: Boruch Baum
CC: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] devuan-minimal brief review notes
Boruch, the iso boots from isolinux, (isolinux/live.cfg), grub is not involved.

My notes (so far):

What is ${netconfig_opt} in live.cfg?

What is udevuan.cfg?

"vga=792" may fail in some case, probably best not set as default

Menu entry "(nofb)": Runlevel 3 has no special meaning for this iso
(Refracta uses it for console-only boot)

"username=devuan" is not on cmdline, causing error messages and sudo failure

Menu entry "nomodest" is removed (is useful for problem graphics cards)

There are 2x initrd in /live

inird('s) are not xz-compressed (in /live and the squashfs)

There is a symlink for /boot/initrd.img (which does not exist)

/usr/share/initramfs-tools/init is refracta-snapshot patched version
(as discussed earlier)

(IMO) Terminus font is ugly (why not vga?)

None of that is difficult to sort. Thanks for adding keymaps and great
work trimming the initrd.


D

On 18 May 2016 at 04:53, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@???> wrote:
> @KatolaZ (and everyone else): I just took the 2016-05-17 iteration of
> devuan-minimal for a short spin, and here are my notes. In summary, it
> seems to be a nicely prepared iso, with features that I've found
> overlooked in much larger distros that make attempts to be minimal.
> Nice work!
>
> devuan-minimal.org-emacs  -*- mode: org; mode:visual-line; -*-
> #+TITLE: devuan-minimal.org-emacs
> * devuan-minimal.org-emacs
> ** 2016-05-17
> *** qemu on E15
> + default boot option failed
>   + frame buffer related. Message is:
>     #+BEGIN_SRC
>     fb: switching to bochsdrmfb from simple
>     #+END_SRC
>     + Question: so how is it so many others claim success?
>   + when invoking qemu with an additional option '-vga vmware', the
>     frame buffer boot option succeeds, and the frame buffer feature
>     works, as described below.
> + successful boot with nofb option
> *** usb on E14
> + default boots to login
>   + boot process does not auto-recognize screen
>     + prompts for resolution selection, with a timeout.
>     + selected option 'y'
>     + possible solution: in file /etc/default/grub, comment out
>       parameter 'GRUB_GFX_MODE'. That should make grub default to
>       'auto'. However, I'm not really certain if that's necessary,
>       because I don't see a /boot/grub/grub.cfg, so it seems that the
>       iso is booting using isolinux. (true?/false?)
> + libcap2-bin not installed
>   + required to query or set capabilities.
>   + fbterm requires the following to be performed ONCE.
>     #+BEGIN_SRC
>     sudo setcap 'cap_sys_tty_config+ep' /usr/bin/fbterm
>     sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/fbterm
>     #+END_SRC
>     + for a livecd environment, neither command is easily possible,
>       because the root filesystem is not writable. (not tested)
>       + solution #1: perform the commands before burning the iso
>       + solution #2: mount an aufs partition over the root partition
>         and apply the changes on the overlay. (not tested)
> + frame buffer works!
>   + fbi renders images!
>     #+BEGIN_SRC
>     fbi /usr/share/doc/syslinux-common/examples/syslinux_splash.jpg
>     #+END_SRC
>     + AND it's a nice picture ...
>   + fbgs render pdfs!
>     + tip: Review the options on the man page before use. By default,
>       the program pre-renders the entire document, which can take a
>       while, and the default resolution isn't low so, for example, if
>       you have a large document and know you are interested in only
>       pages 250-260:
>       #+BEGIN_SRC
>       fbgs -fp 250 -lp 260 -r 300 your-file.pdf
>       #+END_SRC
> + thanks for the following features, which I have found that other
>   'minimal' distros skimp on:
>   + man pages
>   + locate, with updatedb pre-run
> + grub
>   + why is there no /boot/grub/grub.cfg?
> + missing
>   + everyone will have something to chime in here about, I would
>     prefer to be able to list things to remove.
>   + ncdu - ncurses answer to 'baobab', with more features and without
>     gnome-bloat.
>   + htop - not *really* necessary, since 'top' is installed.

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