FaunOS: New USB Key Distro Based on Arch

pjeremy · 2007-05-26 21:37:44

Out of curiosity, why did you pick FaunOS as name?

raymano · 2007-05-27 09:21:47

pjeremy wrote:

Out of curiosity, why did you pick FaunOS as name?

Think of a faun as a highly evolved gnu.

Last edited by raymano (2007-05-27 09:22:14)

pjeremy · 2007-05-27 09:49:08

Ah, okay. I knew it was a reference to faunus, but didn't get the connection. Thanks.

lilsirecho · 2007-05-28 06:24:25

As reported earlier, I am unable to get a display on my LCD(VGA) but do hear the audio after KDE is opened.

So I replaced the LCD with a CRT and was able to obtain the desktop display of faunos.

I entered into /etc/x11 to examine xorg.conf.

It contains only xorg.conf.off which is very minimal in parameter options and likely prevents the use of LCD displays similar to mine.

There is much provided in the flash boot but not enough for my system's display.

Perhaps at some later juncture the LCD can be employed to display the flash boot system of faunos.

Raymond

raymano · 2007-05-28 06:48:55

As I mentioned in my previous email, the 01e version of FaunOS does not provide xorg.conf. Xorg in most cases recognizes the hardware and starts up fine.

However the next version of FaunOS will try to configure and create a xorg.conf using "Xorg -configure" before starting X.

The xorg.conf.off is for i810 cards and gets activated when the "i810 Graphics Driver Setup" icon near the system tray is clicked, with or without 3d acceleration.

Could you post your current working xorg.conf?

Thanks

lilsirecho · 2007-05-28 16:09:14

I noted the i810 setup icon on your desktop while booted to crt.

The following is my xorg.conf:
===================================================
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UsbMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "OQI"
ModelName ""
DisplaySize 320 240 # mm
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "GARTSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "PanelOff" # [<bool>]
#Option "DDCMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "MonitorLayout" # [<str>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "CRT2HSync" # [<str>]
#Option "CRT2VRefresh" # [<str>]
#Option "CRT2Position" # [<str>]
#Option "MetaModes" # [<str>]
#Option "MergedDPI" # [<str>]
#Option "MergedXinerama" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedNonRectangular" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedMouseRestriction" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" #
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" #
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" #
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" #
#Option "TunerType" #
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicClocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "BIOSHotkeys" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon R200 QL [Radeon 8500 LE]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
# DefaultDepth 32
DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1280" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 32.
# Modes "1600x1280" "1024x768" "800x600"
# EndSubSection
EndSection

bt · 2007-05-30 11:37:23

Report from the trenches.

I plan to use FaunOS as a fail proof business backup which always works, and which I can carry with me. A couple of problems.

1. I used pppoe-setup for a successful connection, and pppoe-status shows the connection up and running. But, neither firefox nor konqueror connect, and pacman -Sy does not operate, nor dies ping. Should these work automatically?

2. How do I save all of the configuraiton setups (for printer, xine, dsl, etc.) so that I don't have to repeat the configuration every time I log on, and .. how do I save any files I write to on the dvd.

Thanks.

raymano · 2007-05-30 17:38:48

bt wrote:

Report from the trenches.
I plan to use FaunOS as a fail proof business backup which always works, and which I can carry with me. A couple of problems.
1. I used pppoe-setup for a successful connection, and pppoe-status shows the connection up and running. But, neither firefox nor konqueror connect, and pacman -Sy does not operate, nor dies ping. Should these work automatically?
2. How do I save all of the configuraiton setups (for printer, xine, dsl, etc.) so that I don't have to repeat the configuration every time I log on, and .. how do I save any files I write to on the dvd.
Thanks.

Thanks for trying out FaunOS. Both of your questions will be answered in the next release of FaunOS:

The new FaunOS will give you about 100 megs of space on a 1G USB drive for newly installed software and configuration changes.
Thanks to gradgrind's great larch scripts it is possible to save changes, like newly installed software and/or configuration changes or even individual files, back to the USB key. This feature will be there by default in the next release (version 02a). The next version of FaunOS is also going to use the latest standard Arch kernel (2.6.21-ARCH) and aufs which seems to be more stable/scalable than unionfs.

So short answer to your question is wait for the next release which will be out hopefully by Monday June 4, 2007.

Cotton · 2007-05-30 18:59:50

This is superb raymano, well done.

Worked straight out the box for me as a livecd.

Only issue was running graphic progs as root required "xhost +localhost"

raymano · 2007-05-30 20:55:44

Cotton wrote:

This is superb raymano, well done.
Worked straight out the box for me as a livecd.
Only issue was running graphic progs as root required "xhost +localhost"

Thanks. Keep watching for the next release with more features.

Coming soon

EDIT: the xhost +localhost for root x progs is by design.

Last edited by raymano (2007-05-31 03:59:22)

lilsirecho · 2007-05-31 17:05:34

Raymano;

I performed the pacman upgrade in Larch and received additional packages along with the pacman upgrade which are necessary to support the pacman function. Perhaps your mirror is not fully upgraded.

This is my upgrade download setup---
==================================================libarchive-1.3.1-2 [################] 100% 242K 68.6K/s 00:00:03
libdownload-1.1-1 [################] 100% 50K 43.5K/s 00:00:01
pacman-3.0.4-3 [################] 100% 822K 65.6K/s 00:00:12

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Raymond

raymano · 2007-05-31 17:28:01

Thanks. I'll check the mirrors.

raymano · 2007-06-05 13:18:28

A new release is available at Faunos.com.

Discussion continued here.

Thanks,
Raymano

insulae · 2007-06-17 03:03:34

hi i am trying to put my Archlinux into a pendrive, i used in the past www.linux-live.org with slackware, but now i want to do the same with Archlinux and i can't, how can i do this with FaunOS?¿, meaby you can do the same as linux-live project for ArchLinux .

Grettings
insulae

lilsirecho · 2007-06-17 03:11:05

Faunos reqires 1gb minimum for the flash drive (pen drive).

raymano · 2007-06-17 05:16:09

insulae wrote:

hi i am trying to put my Archlinux into a pendrive, i used in the past www.linux-live.org with slackware, but now i want to do the same with Archlinux and i can't, how can i do this with FaunOS?¿, meaby you can do the same as linux-live project for ArchLinux .
Grettings
insulae

FaunOS makes the process real simple. You download the latest USB image from the FaunOS web site. And follow these instructions: http://faunos.com/?page_id=22

FaunOS now has it's own forums at http://forum.faunos.com. Please sign up and post your questions regarding FaunOS there. I'll be happy to help you out over there.

Raymano

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