ArchBang 2.00 RC1

discovery · 2010-02-25 23:18:46

@willxtreme and sHyLoCk

I tried today Archbang in VM and it was really fast. As I said I like this project a lot.

Can I make my humble suggestions? First of all, let me assume my ideas; I think that AB (Archbang) should look polish, simple and professional.

1)I find the mouse cursor and the fonts strange and to be honest they give a funny impression of AB. Could we insert a normal mouse and normal fonts? The fonts make a little difficult also to read text.

2) The weather script is practical but not for everyone. Could we leave that option out? If we have internet, we can access weather through internet.

3) Can we include some tutorials, like the Arch Linux handbook?

Great job to all.
discovery

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wlake · 2010-02-26 01:32:40

This is great work. Downloaded the 64 bit version and put it on a USB key, works a treat. Is there a link on how to implement the persistence feature? Checked the wiki but I didn't see it. I second the comment on the fonts, hard for me to read. Can't wait for the installer. I actually installed larch 5 on Archbang 1.04 and tried to install it, but it didn't work for me.

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sHyLoCk · 2010-02-26 02:20:36

Not sure about including the handbook, will have to ask Dusty about it. Maybe include the package "arch-wiki-docs" ? I don't know how updated it is though!

Mr Green · 2010-02-26 09:04:50

The reason for having docs included would be if you had no network connection....

Handbook is such a general term, what information do you include that is not already widely available ?

Installer is the thing I want to test and work on, are you going for net install? or transfer Archbang to partitioned drive? How far are you going to hold the hand of the user? Very very concerned about keeping to the Arch way.

MrG

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-26 11:11:46

*rant aboout xfs*

fixt!!

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Mr Green · 2010-02-26 12:39:11

http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Doe … ith_XFS.3F

Not sure if that helps..

Above all remain calm, you testing in virtualbox?

MrG

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-26 13:59:34

@Mr.G

Yep. Anyway, got it working for now.

Shall I upload a small [with minimal set of packages] testing ISO or just the scripts?
I think I'll upload a testing ISO as the scripts will have to be placed properly.

Mr Green · 2010-02-26 14:39:17

Can I load scripts into 1.05? that way I can test in virtualbox first

minimal iso is fine but is slow to upload I would imagine

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-26 16:03:41

@Mr.G I think the scripts will work with 105 with a little tweaking. Gimme sometime.

@everyone

We need suggestions for:

- a new wallpaper
- icon theme
- font

Mr Green · 2010-02-26 16:26:38

Not a problem when you are ready, working away so not back until Sunday....

danielrmt · 2010-02-26 19:44:39

sHyLoCk wrote:

@everyone
We need suggestions for:

Wall: simplyblack from archlinux-wallpaper package.
Icon: Tango or AnyColorYouLike
Font: sans, keep it simple

lilsirecho · 2010-02-27 00:53:38

When using cp2ram, is the system thereafter all r/w?

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-27 02:21:52

AB2.00-rc1 Info

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sHyLoCk · 2010-02-27 02:43:34

@ People with intel

If you are facing kms issues please let us know!! Neither will or me use intel graphics!! We can't do testing in all sorts of hardware!
All bug-reports and feedbacks should come in this thread and not emails, so that everyone can see and try to provide solutions if possible!
Created a "possible" fix [again don't know if it will work as I can't test it!] will include that with AB2.00-beta/RC build so that you can test yourself.

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Misfit138 · 2010-02-27 03:08:09

Posting from 1.05 now on nvidia 7800GT; automatically detected and loaded driver 'nvidia':

[live@live ~]$ lsmod | grep nv
nvidia               8795767  28 
i2c_core               15369  2 nvidia,i2c_i801
agpgart                23331  2 nvidia,intel_agp

Sweet job...especially since the nv and nouveau drivers crash with this card.

anonymous_user · 2010-02-27 04:01:07

sHyLoCk wrote:

@Mr.G I think the scripts will work with 105 with a little tweaking. Gimme sometime.
@everyone
We need suggestions for:
- a new wallpaper
- icon theme
- font

Im partial to the GNOME-Colors icons.

If space is a problem then only include the Brave (blue) icons.

Mr Green · 2010-02-27 08:52:50

I had intel driver issues in 1.05 simply changed intel driver in xorg too vesa and it worked....

sHyLoCk · 2010-02-27 11:28:14

Hmmm, I wonder if I should sed the intel to vesa.

Mr Green · 2010-02-27 11:37:42

Its a question of it startx fails... how do check for that?

Can you not add a vega safe graf mode in grub so can be selected at startup?

That could also apply to run from ram too etc etc etc...

Sorry just my2c

MrG

MajorTom · 2010-02-27 17:08:17

Some ideas...

Perhaps add an Openbox menu option like "Use safe video driver" which runs a script that sets vesa. This would be useful if Xorg is up but there are some performance/weirdness issues.

If startx completely fails and it can be detected (exit codes?) then run that same script before trying startx again.

willxtreme · 2010-02-27 21:53:59

THIS IS IT THE INSTALLER IS HERE. Me & sHy are proud to announce the release of ArchBang 2.00 RC1

Now we need feedback & testing for ArchBang to be more robust !

Enjoy!

ancleessen4 · 2010-02-27 21:57:10

Perfect-looking forward to a test install a.s.a.p....
What is the ETA for 64bit release?

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Mr Green · 2010-02-27 22:07:31

Well Done... only just got 1.05 burnt lol.... cannot wait to test it out

MrG

omns · 2010-02-27 23:52:57

Nice work guys. Downloading now and will give it a plug on my blog

lilsirecho · 2010-02-28 00:50:47

Wish to try the installer into a CF flash card mounted with a sata2CF adapter.

Will the installer burp when it sees a Flash drive instead of a conventional hdd?

How much install space is required in the hdd (and/or flash device)?

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