Escargot64 1.0 (LinuxBBQ Base) Release News

[machinebacon]

LinuxBBQ is pleased to announce the immediate availability of LinuxBBQ "Escargot", the LinuxBBQ base installation featuring the Openbox window manager.

Escargot" is available as amd64 with 3.6.9 kernel by towo, fully compatible with Debian.

Aimed at intermediate users, "Escargot" is released with systemd, replacing the old and trusted SysV service manager, multiarch enabled and experimental repos added. This means that users can now download GIMP v2.9 and Inkscape v0.49, for instance. Non-free firmware and driver packages ensure best possible hardware detection.

GUI applications include:
- PCManFM file manager
- Roaster browser
- LXappearance theme switcher
- Leafpad text editor

CLI applications are:
- tmux terminal multiplexer
- mc, ranger file managers
- Ceni network manager
- moc, mplayer2 media players
- newsbeuter RSS fetcher
- various other tools and utilities

Note: This release replaces the previous Pihtije and Disznosajt editions. "Escargot" is the version that is designed to act as "Roast Your Own" base. With the bbqsnapshot tool users can create their own redistributable remasters as ISO file.

Username: bbq - Password: bbq

Direct link: http://linuxbbq.org/releases/Base64/lin ... rgot64.iso
md5: adda46ad29194878b858b6c4da1a0f57
Notes: http://linuxbbq.org/releases/Base64/lin ... enotes.txt

[dkeg]

Nice! Downloading now. Looks great from the scrots.

[vic]

exited to try this one out, will download etc as soon as possible:)

[dkeg]

machine, I have not installed yet, only ran live. Looks great! Question, it did not recognize my wireless card , broadcom, and when I ran ceni, still did not recognize. From reading the specs, I was surprised it did not pick it up. The other releases, like Oyster and Bauschpeck picked up my card. Sorry, its not too much detail, writing this from work....

[machinebacon]

dkeg,

the broadcom-sta staging driver is already installed, but if you need b43 please check the folder /home/bbq/b43-firmware

Some of the drivers exclude each other, so if you install one package it removes the other. The only way to 'fix' this was to add the .deb packages separately. They are easy to install (dpkg -i name_of_package.deb)
There's also a README in that folder and I have placed the Debian instructions (http://wiki.debian.org/wl and http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx) as offline documents. It's described in the README.

b43-firmware, firmware-brcm80211, iwlwifi and broadcom-sta are either already installed or packed in the folder. Simply too many similar drivers, I really hope you get it to work :)

By all means, let me know the "lspci --nnk" of your network devices for troubleshooting and future reference.

@vic: Get her :)

[dkeg]

oh cool, no problem. I only poked around for a few while feeding the kids and dogs this morning. Yeah, good with the deb files so that sounds simple enough.

Wish I was working from home today... :)

[machinebacon]

The root of all: https://plus.google.com/b/1018398984688 ... 9QiGJgCr7d

(Lengthy...., starting at comment #14 or so)

[dkeg]

thanks, good stuff

[dkeg]

hey machine, still having trouble. I have Broadcom BCM43225. In the README, it says to look at README_wl, but that does not seem to exist.

I took a scrot, but I guess it didn't save. I can't run any of the deb files in firmware directory, says either I don't need or it's already there.

When I go to configue CENI it's not picking up the card, only shows eth

what am I missing...

[machinebacon]

Sorry drew,

you need either http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211 or http://wiki.debian.org/wl

Actually, brcm80211 should be already installed (can't check it now), please look here: http://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211#Wheezy

Sorry that I cannot help much :/ Just follow the two guides., one after the other. Either must pick it up.

Edit: Found it - you need to blacklist or unload the driver in use. Thanks Debian. http://wiki.debian.org/wl#Wheezy

[dkeg]

okay, if I can tonight, i'll hardwire in and get this done. I'll post back. thanks man.

[machinebacon]

Hope you get it roasting. Pretty sure that the newly added staging driver that messes up the things, they're the only firmware I added since last time.

[Anaconda]

The iso @ http://linuxbbq.org/release_linuxbbq-1.0-escargot64.php seems to be the same one posted at the beginning of this thread but the md5sum given on the download page is not the same. I had downloaded from there and thought I had a bad download so tried a second time. Got the same md5 result the second time. It was only after this that I began to poke around some more and found this thread.

Seems my download was fine according to the md5sum listed here on the forum. The one given on the above mentioned link seems to be incorect.

Oh and after being away for a little while, I must say that i really do like the new look of the forums. Nice job.

[machinebacon]

Thanks anaconda for your message and sorry about the checksum issues. The main page is being reworked and the releases will point to forum posts. There are strange things happenening when iso's have a similar filename, the autogenerate script seems to fetch older checksums. I'll tell rhowaldt about it :)

Generally, using "wget -c url.to/the/iso.iso" will grab the copy in a reliable way, better than download managers in browsers. So, if you use USB sticks, simply check if the file size corresponds and dd the file anyway.

[rhowaldt]

ah well, that sounds sucky. here is where my autogenerate php skills become unveiled as being noobish :) we'll discuss how to facilitate this better. thanks for posting Anaconda.

[machinebacon]

Rho, we had no chance to test it in a real environment, so don't take the blame. I noticed that the autoreleases page didn't always update the md5, though in certain directories it did. Black magic!

One question though: what determines the sorting on the releases_autogenerate page? It's apparently not date and not alphabetical order. Black magic again? :)

[rhowaldt]

uhm... lemme think... i can't remember. check the php-code? :D
if i can program Black Magic i can at least die a happy man :D

[dura]

This is great. 1050 packages. Blazing quick. With systemd config'd better super fast boot up and halt. Super cool- never above 50c even watching video, etc. Tools and scripts built in are amazing. Very thoughtful userspace. Real good on resources- very stable and low power consumption. Never over 10w with video running. Very low base. I have TLP and Hardran's power savings script- but powertop is showing all options 'Good'. Very impressive, and great to use. Feels stable. I have encountered a couple of issues with iceweasel and video as well as with Roaster but that is all.