larch-7 testing

gradgrind · 2009-08-23 18:34:57

A new version of larch is gradually taking form. This one boasts a rewrite in python - just using bash as a back-end - and a pyqt front end. It also has a few new features for the building of the live systems. You can download a test version and the documentation is just starting to get going, so click on down to the web-site, folks ...

ramiblanco · 2009-09-15 17:09:52

Hi gradgrind, thank you for your work. i've successfully builded a bootable pendrive with larch7, works great. the only thing that i've noticed is that there's a typo on xmini and xmaxi profiles, specifically on /rc.d/functions.d/larch-autologin in line 1, on the hook name:

 sysinit_end_larch_autolgin()  {

should be:

 sysinit_end_larch_autologin()  {

cheers!

gradgrind · 2009-09-17 06:02:29

Thanks for the report, I hope that is fixed now.

l3thal · 2009-09-18 11:13:18

great , iam testing it , but may i ask , why python ?

gradgrind · 2009-09-18 12:13:18

Er, why not python?

Earlier versions of larch were 99% bash. Given the desired features of this version bash was no longer a choice.
Python has good bindings to gui toolkits.
Python has very good libraries.
Python is relatiively quick and easy to code.

ig0r · 2009-09-18 12:51:51

hello, I run "larch -c" and I expect any help or usage output, but I have error

DeeCodeUh · 2009-09-18 16:36:58

What is larch?

lilsirecho · 2009-09-18 19:05:02

Live arch=larch

A system using CD or USB to install custom arch in LIVE format using squashfs.

l3thal · 2009-09-18 21:33:02

i don't care about the gui if its written in python , as long as i still can use the backend bash scripts just like in older versions

since i wrote some auto-iso-make script for my iso , thanks for you efforts ( never meant to doubt your own software )

gradgrind · 2009-09-21 05:46:25

ig0r wrote:

hello, I run "larch -c" and I expect any help or usage output, but I have error

Thanks for the report, I'll have a look at that.

gradgrind · 2009-09-21 05:49:26

l3thal wrote:

i don't care about the gui if its written in python , as long as i still can use the backend bash scripts just like in older versions
since i wrote some auto-iso-make script for my iso , thanks for you efforts ( never meant to doubt your own software )

larch-7 doesn't really have any bash scripts as the previous version did (there's no 'mklarch' or 'larchify'), it's really nearly all python. There is a command line interface, but it's different - see the docs. (And please test it if you have the time.)

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smartboyathome · 2009-09-21 15:50:12

How compatible is this with the old larch profiles? I may consider giving this a try if it isn't too much work to convert them.

gradgrind · 2009-09-21 16:01:47

smartboyathome wrote:

How compatible is this with the old larch profiles? I may consider giving this a try if it isn't too much work to convert them.

It has changed a bit, but (depending on what's in your profile) it might not be a big change. Have a look at http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_profiles.html, there's a short list of the main profile items.

richs-lxh · 2009-09-24 10:36:49

Great work gradgrind!

Currently testing it now, i'll post any feedback bugs as soon as possible.

rich

rdmelin · 2009-10-04 23:01:15

I am unable to reach ftp.berlios.de/pub/larch/ or http://larch.berlios.de/ lately.
I could set up a mirror if I could access the main site.

gradgrind · 2009-10-05 13:14:26

They're up now - I get the impression they're sometimes down at the weekend.

farvardin · 2009-10-18 13:44:59

I'm getting : "ui dead (!log:logtext.append_and_scroll ["/"]) when trying to run larch as root.

Is larchify still in this 7 version?

gradgrind · 2009-10-18 14:32:44

farvardin wrote:

I'm getting : "ui dead (!log:logtext.append_and_scroll ["/"]) when trying to run larch as root.
Is larchify still in this 7 version?

Could you give me some more details - or is this the only thing you get when you run it?

'larchify' as such is no longer in version 7, but there is a command line way of doing basically the same thing - there's a documentation page about the command line interface.

farvardin · 2009-10-18 22:30:51

It's the only thing I get when running larch, yes.

Larchify is mentionned in the larch 7 documentation, it's the reason why I thought it could the there.
I'll try the console version (described there http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_console.html ). The link to this page is broken, from the previous page http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_running.html

lilsirecho · 2009-10-19 01:23:54

Hello again!

Wondering if mdadm-based raid arrays can be utilized in Larch?

They usually are --assembled in initramfs through mkinitcpio with the arrays defined in /etc/mdadm.conf.

Thus, perhaps with session saving, the params could be generated in a session and then be permanent after saving.

This would change mkinitcpio hooks as well to include mdadm.

Maybe or maybe no?

gradgrind · 2009-10-19 07:18:56

farvardin wrote:

It's the only thing I get when running larch, yes.
Larchify is mentionned in the larch 7 documentation, it's the reason why I thought it could the there.
I'll try the console version (described there http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_console.html ). The link to this page is broken, from the previous page http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_running.html

I've just figured out what your problem with running just 'larch' must have been - without arguments it tries to start the gui, which in your case will not have been possible (probably because you were not in an xorg session, or else you were 'su -').

Thanks for the report about the broken link.

gradgrind · 2009-10-19 07:20:44

lilsirecho wrote:

Hello again!
Wondering if mdadm-based raid arrays can be utilized in Larch?
They usually are --assembled in initramfs through mkinitcpio with the arrays defined in /etc/mdadm.conf.
Thus, perhaps with session saving, the params could be generated in a session and then be permanent after saving.
This would change mkinitcpio hooks as well to include mdadm.
Maybe or maybe no?

I think this should be possible, though of course I haven't tried it.

Kampsun · 2009-10-19 11:49:37

gradgrind wrote:

farvardin wrote:
It's the only thing I get when running larch, yes.
Larchify is mentionned in the larch 7 documentation, it's the reason why I thought it could the there.
I'll try the console version (described there http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_console.html ). The link to this page is broken, from the previous page http://larch.berlios.de/doc7/larch_running.html
I've just figured out what your problem with running just 'larch' must have been - without arguments it tries to start the gui, which in your case will not have been possible (probably because you were not in an xorg session, or else you were 'su -').
Thanks for the report about the broken link.

So in larch 7 there is a GUI, but it GUI cant be used while su-, although larch has to be run as a root? How can I use GUI then? Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here.

gradgrind · 2009-10-19 12:07:22

If you have gksu or kdesu installed, they will be used automatically, otherwise you can use sudo or even 'su', but then without the '-' (otherwise you have problems with X-authentication).

Kampsun · 2009-10-19 12:30:30

sudo larch, gksu larch and su -c larch, all give me this error.

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