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Old 04-07-2016, 05:13 PM   #16
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Odd. Either the install did not take, or (more likely) the boot setup did not take.
Try again?

Meanwhile, I am downloading antix15 full and will set up a virtual install here and give it a try.
Can't you just come over to my house and do it on my laptop?

I documented the whole inglorious procedure? Do you think it would be worthwhile to post it here?

Last edited by Gregg Bell; 04-07-2016 at 05:42 PM. Reason: added bit about documenting everything
 
Old 04-07-2016, 05:40 PM   #17
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The command should be

Code:
sudo reboot
Okay, I ran your command on my second attempt. Got:

Code:
--bash: /usr/bin/sudo: Input/output error
 
Old 04-07-2016, 05:47 PM   #18
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And then what? Will it be different somehow?
Then

Code:
 sudo reboot
AntiX shutdown and reboot is set up in /etc/sudoers.d

Code:
harry@biker:~
$ cd /etc/sudoers.d
harry@biker:/etc/sudoers.d
$ ls
antixers  README
harry@biker:/etc/sudoers.d
$ sudo cat antixers
# sudoers file.
 
%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot  

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/blkid 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk.distrib 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ceni 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rox 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-config

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-save 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/minstall 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/connectshares.sh

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/disconnectshares.sh 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chvt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/menu_manager.sh 

Defaults env_keep += "RESTARTED HOME"
Defaults  !requiretty
Defaults  !tty_tickets

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/update-default-desktop
I know this is going all over your head like a sonic boom. We customized our distro to exclude systemd and have some neato bold one of a kind scripts that do stuff no other distro does.

From installing flash to making our own kind of persistent pen drives.

Code:
harry@biker:~
$ cd /usr/local/bin
harry@biker:/usr/local/bin
$ ls
add-desktop                droopy                        search-and-replace.py
add-key                    droopy.sh                     search-bar
add-start                  ds-mouse                      search-bar-icon
alert_message_s            ds-mouse.py                   set-desktop-theme
alsa-set-default-card      du-excludes                   set-screen-blank
amz                        edit-as-root.sh               sgfxi
ansi-bars                  encrypt-antix                 slim-login
ansi-colors                env-info                      sm-lib-apt-tools
ansi-tput                  fancy-prompts.bash            sm-lib-clean-up
antix                      fancy-prompts.zsh             sm-lib-distro-conversion
antix2usb.py               fbres                         sm-lib-du-fixes
antix2usb.sh               findshares                    sm-lib-graphics
antixcckeyboard.sh         flashplayer-selector.sh       sm-lib-kernel
antixcc.sh                 gf                            sm-lib-kernel-install
antixccslim.sh             gg                            sm-lib-misc-tweaks
antiX-FileManager.sh       glances                       sm-lib-warning
antiX-paste                GM-set                        sm-versions
antixscreenshot.sh         group-management              smxi
antix-system.sh            grub-repair-antix             speedtest
archive-create.sh          guess-hwclock                 speedtest-cli
archive-extract.sh         icewmcc                       splash-select
batti                      id_version                    start-t
block-advert.sh            imdb                          status_s
BroadcomStartup            imdb-disc                     stp
build-jwm-themes.sh        imdbe                         streamlight-gui-launcher.sh
burniso                    inxi                          streamlight.sh
change-fluxmenu-theme.sh   inxi-gui                      time-x-start
change-icemenu-theme.sh    li                            toram-eject
change-jwm-theme.sh        live-remaster                 UM-set
cli-installer              menu_manager_applications.sh  unplugdrive.sh
configs_s                  menu_manager_personal.sh      update-jwm-themes.sh
conky-colors               menu_manager.sh               urxvt-style
conkytoggle.sh             mountbox                      user-management
connectshares              mps                           wallpaper.py
connectshares-config       mx                            wgetpaste
connectshares-config.sh    open-with-menu.sh             wiki
connectshares.sh           paneltoggle.sh                wingrid-bottomleft.sh
ddg                        persist-config                wingrid-bottomright.sh
debian.list                persist-enabled               wingrid-bottom.sh
desktop-defaults-run       persist-makefs                wingrid-close.sh
desktop-defaults-set       persist-save                  wingrid-left.sh
desktop-menu               psg                           wingrid-maximize.sh
desktop-menu-places        ps_initrd.sh                  wingrid-right.sh
desktop-session            ps_mem.py                     wingrid-topleft.sh
desktop-session-exit       remaster-live                 wingrid-topright.sh
desktop-session-wallpaper  remaster.sh                   wingrid-top.sh
desktop_tool.py            remove-desktop                xfce4-session-logout
dict-search                rox-as-root.sh                xmms
disconnectshares           roxuri                        yad
disconnectshares.sh        Rox-Wallpaper                 zram
diskusage                  run-mksquashfs
harry@biker:/usr/local/bin
Might be a wee bit complicated. But you can catch on eventually. I did. And I aint the sharpest pencil in the cup holder.
 
Old 04-07-2016, 06:34 PM   #19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji View Post
Then

Code:
 sudo reboot
AntiX shutdown and reboot is set up in /etc/sudoers.d

Code:
harry@biker:~
$ cd /etc/sudoers.d
harry@biker:/etc/sudoers.d
$ ls
antixers  README
harry@biker:/etc/sudoers.d
$ sudo cat antixers
# sudoers file.
 
%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot  

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/blkid 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk.distrib 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ceni 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rox 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-config

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-save 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/minstall 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/connectshares.sh

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/disconnectshares.sh 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chvt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/menu_manager.sh 

Defaults env_keep += "RESTARTED HOME"
Defaults  !requiretty
Defaults  !tty_tickets

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/update-default-desktop
I know this is going all over your head like a sonic boom. We customized our distro to exclude systemd and have some neato bold one of a kind scripts that do stuff no other distro does.

From installing flash to making our own kind of persistent pen drives.

Code:
harry@biker:~
$ cd /usr/local/bin
harry@biker:/usr/local/bin
$ ls
add-desktop                droopy                        search-and-replace.py
add-key                    droopy.sh                     search-bar
add-start                  ds-mouse                      search-bar-icon
alert_message_s            ds-mouse.py                   set-desktop-theme
alsa-set-default-card      du-excludes                   set-screen-blank
amz                        edit-as-root.sh               sgfxi
ansi-bars                  encrypt-antix                 slim-login
ansi-colors                env-info                      sm-lib-apt-tools
ansi-tput                  fancy-prompts.bash            sm-lib-clean-up
antix                      fancy-prompts.zsh             sm-lib-distro-conversion
antix2usb.py               fbres                         sm-lib-du-fixes
antix2usb.sh               findshares                    sm-lib-graphics
antixcckeyboard.sh         flashplayer-selector.sh       sm-lib-kernel
antixcc.sh                 gf                            sm-lib-kernel-install
antixccslim.sh             gg                            sm-lib-misc-tweaks
antiX-FileManager.sh       glances                       sm-lib-warning
antiX-paste                GM-set                        sm-versions
antixscreenshot.sh         group-management              smxi
antix-system.sh            grub-repair-antix             speedtest
archive-create.sh          guess-hwclock                 speedtest-cli
archive-extract.sh         icewmcc                       splash-select
batti                      id_version                    start-t
block-advert.sh            imdb                          status_s
BroadcomStartup            imdb-disc                     stp
build-jwm-themes.sh        imdbe                         streamlight-gui-launcher.sh
burniso                    inxi                          streamlight.sh
change-fluxmenu-theme.sh   inxi-gui                      time-x-start
change-icemenu-theme.sh    li                            toram-eject
change-jwm-theme.sh        live-remaster                 UM-set
cli-installer              menu_manager_applications.sh  unplugdrive.sh
configs_s                  menu_manager_personal.sh      update-jwm-themes.sh
conky-colors               menu_manager.sh               urxvt-style
conkytoggle.sh             mountbox                      user-management
connectshares              mps                           wallpaper.py
connectshares-config       mx                            wgetpaste
connectshares-config.sh    open-with-menu.sh             wiki
connectshares.sh           paneltoggle.sh                wingrid-bottomleft.sh
ddg                        persist-config                wingrid-bottomright.sh
debian.list                persist-enabled               wingrid-bottom.sh
desktop-defaults-run       persist-makefs                wingrid-close.sh
desktop-defaults-set       persist-save                  wingrid-left.sh
desktop-menu               psg                           wingrid-maximize.sh
desktop-menu-places        ps_initrd.sh                  wingrid-right.sh
desktop-session            ps_mem.py                     wingrid-topleft.sh
desktop-session-exit       remaster-live                 wingrid-topright.sh
desktop-session-wallpaper  remaster.sh                   wingrid-top.sh
desktop_tool.py            remove-desktop                xfce4-session-logout
dict-search                rox-as-root.sh                xmms
disconnectshares           roxuri                        yad
disconnectshares.sh        Rox-Wallpaper                 zram
diskusage                  run-mksquashfs
harry@biker:/usr/local/bin
Might be a wee bit complicated. But you can catch on eventually. I did. And I aint the sharpest pencil in the cup holder.
No, no, I get it all, honest. LOL Acutally I think the file I used has a bug because when I tried to clone it in mkusb it said
Code:
Libparted Bug Found!
(I like the exclamation point--as if I don't have enough stress in my life.) And the clone didn't go through yada yada yada.

I don't know what I was supposed to do with all your stuff. I only get a chance to enter info into the terminal when I'm pretty far into the installation.
 
Old 04-07-2016, 06:57 PM   #20
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playing

Tested anitx gui install using version 15 full. Worked fine.

Tested cli-installer, and it messed up the partitioning.
I manually partitioned it, rebooted, restarted using cli-installer, and it appeared to get much more done. I am taking slight actions to prevent any screen saver involvement. Got to Grub install (finally) and that took longer than expected. After that I was able to log out (shutdown), remove the CD mount, boot it up and it worked fine.

There is something wrong with the partitioning. Perhaps not always, but there is the trick: manually partition your disk (perhaps using some other install) without actually doing the antix install. Then you can do the antix install using cli-installer onto the prepared disk and it works fine.
 
Old 04-07-2016, 07:38 PM   #21
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Tested anitx gui install using version 15 full. Worked fine.

Tested cli-installer, and it messed up the partitioning.
I manually partitioned it, rebooted, restarted using cli-installer, and it appeared to get much more done. I am taking slight actions to prevent any screen saver involvement. Got to Grub install (finally) and that took longer than expected. After that I was able to log out (shutdown), remove the CD mount, boot it up and it worked fine.

There is something wrong with the partitioning. Perhaps not always, but there is the trick: manually partition your disk (perhaps using some other install) without actually doing the antix install. Then you can do the antix install using cli-installer onto the prepared disk and it works fine.
Thanks wpeckham. That was great of you to test it like that. But still being quite the noob (but getting better) your advice is still a bit of a tall order. (Like I don't yet know how to manually partition the drive.)

But before I do anything, I tested the file I used for its integrity and it didn't pass.

Code:
gregg@LG:~/Downloads$ md5sum antiX-15-V_386-core-libre.iso
b65e7186568099bd7546b006b8cf76f8  antiX-15-V_386-core-libre.iso
gregg@LG:~/Downloads$ md5sum antiX-15-V_386-core-libre.iso.md5
6b66b6680e93b4264560e36beb381085  antiX-15-V_386-core-libre.iso.md5
Do you think that could've been a part of the problem? But of course you encountered the partitoning problem and so even if the lack of integrity is a problem it's not the only one.

Also I thought the antiX instructions were lacking. Yes, I missed a step, but even after that, there were all kinds of questions that were nowhere in the instructions.

Oh well. To be continued. Thanks so much for all the help.

P.S. And I'd still like to see this but I'm going to put it on the semi-back burner for now.
 
Old 04-08-2016, 07:09 AM   #22
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Catch up with you later....

There are online pages and documents to answer questions, what you had was just an install cheat-sheet list of steps to install. Such lists are generally well tested (though not, obviously, on your hardware) and complete but sparce: a concise and minimal list of the required steps.

There are more complete install documents that cover every step in some detail, options, and advice. Few people have the patience to read them completely, thus the 'short form' you were using is quite popular.

I want to re-try the command line install and test different options. If it had failed for the developers, it would have been fixed before we ran into the problem. I have to believe that it is an easy issue to bypass.

First, you need a good download that is complete and intact. Installing a broken download just gives you a broken install, and at best results in a broken system.

I do wish we were close enough that I could pop over and show you a successful install. Alas, too many miles between and not enough time.

I have several USB keys loaded with ez2boot and various linux distributions, including antix15-full now. There would be a dozen options for (pretty automated) drive partitioning on the set.
 
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And then what? Will it be different somehow?
You shouldn't have removed the cd before rebooting. You will probably have to start all over again.
 
Old 04-08-2016, 08:11 AM   #24
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Also, using the core iso version isn't really meant for beginners (as you say you are).
 
Old 04-08-2016, 11:50 PM   #25
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There are online pages and documents to answer questions, what you had was just an install cheat-sheet list of steps to install. Such lists are generally well tested (though not, obviously, on your hardware) and complete but sparce: a concise and minimal list of the required steps.

There are more complete install documents that cover every step in some detail, options, and advice. Few people have the patience to read them completely, thus the 'short form' you were using is quite popular.

I want to re-try the command line install and test different options. If it had failed for the developers, it would have been fixed before we ran into the problem. I have to believe that it is an easy issue to bypass.

First, you need a good download that is complete and intact. Installing a broken download just gives you a broken install, and at best results in a broken system.

I do wish we were close enough that I could pop over and show you a successful install. Alas, too many miles between and not enough time.

I have several USB keys loaded with ez2boot and various linux distributions, including antix15-full now. There would be a dozen options for (pretty automated) drive partitioning on the set.
Thanks wpeckham. Thanks for explanation about the cheat sheet. Those complete install things are probably like those TOS on software downloads--yeah, I've got an hour to read this (and there will be five more on the other things you need to download).

I will make sure I've got a file that passes the integrity test next time.

I did what anticapitalista suggested and left the CD in (even when it told me to take it out!) and it booted up like it was going to install. I didn't have to go through all the preliminary set-up. It took me right to 'login.' (see screenshot) Then after I logged in, it ejected the disk, but when I removed the disc closed the tray and hit enter it did nothing. (see the screenshot)

So we'll see what happens next. I really appreciate all your help.
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Old 04-08-2016, 11:51 PM   #26
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You shouldn't have removed the cd before rebooting. You will probably have to start all over again.
Ah, it almost worked.
 
Old 04-08-2016, 11:52 PM   #27
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Also, using the core iso version isn't really meant for beginners (as you say you are).
You couldn't be more right about that. LOL
 
  


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