MX-14 beta 2

[richb]

gksudo is the equivalent for me in mX-14. Not sure if it came in by installing something else as I no longer have a clean install.

[golinuxgo]

gksudo is the equivalent for me in mX-14. Not sure if it came in by installing something else as I no longer have a clean install.

Question . . . is sudo set up as default in MX-14? Or can one set a root pwd during installation and avoid the sudo thing altogether? I've only run MX-14 from live cd. Seems at some point I opened a root terminal, entered 'root' as pwd and it worked but I may be imagining that I did that . . .

[richb]

gksudo is the equivalent for me in mX-14. Not sure if it came in by installing something else as I no longer have a clean install.

Question . . . is sudo set up as default in MX-14? Or can one set a root pwd during installation and avoid the sudo thing altogether? I've only run MX-14 from live cd. Seems at some point I opened a root terminal, entered 'root' as pwd and it worked but I may be imagining that I did that . . .

I should have said or gksu. Yes su is setup. You do not have to use sudo.

[lucky9]

You can always tell when I haven't gotten my nap in. I'm particularly unconscious about where I am on the Forum. Apologies to those that do know where they are....

[chrispop99]

I've found some odd behaviour when installing from the meta-installer.

I used it to install Firefox. It ran properly. I then right-clicked on its entry in the menu, and selected 'Add to Panel'. It added a launcher, but the launcher was devoid of any information. It was exactly as if I had placed a blank launcher on the panel from the Panel>Add New Items dialogue.

I deleted the launcher, logged out, then back in, and was then able to successfully add a functioning launcher.

I then installed something else from Synaptic. Once installed, I was able to create a working launcher as would be the expected behaviour.

It's not a huge problem, but would be confusing for a novice.

Chris

EDIT:

I've just tried this whilst running live, and was unable to replicate the behaviour, so it must be something I've changed.

I will try this on the next Beta.

[Jerry3904]

gksudo is the equivalent for me in mX-14. Not sure if it came in by installing something else as I no longer have a clean install.

Question . . . is sudo set up as default in MX-14? Or can one set a root pwd during installation and avoid the sudo thing altogether? I've only run MX-14 from live cd. Seems at some point I opened a root terminal, entered 'root' as pwd and it worked but I may be imagining that I did that . . .

I should have said or gksu. Yes su is setup. You do not have to use sudo.

And sudo is set up by default, so it can be used. Root is the password for, ummm, root in Live mode.

[rokytnji]

Re-install over previous Beta1. No change needed for grub4dos menu entry since I installed grub to root on /dev/sda2.
/home sits on /dev/sdb2 as a test of the installer.

Pretty freshly done so nothing new to report.

For the blinking cursor boot posts. I burned a cd on one computer that threw that up. My md5sum is correct because I have the same iso on a another computer. Anyhows. I tried the blinking cursor cd on a few computers. Then stopped because of no changes. I booted a 01-04-2014 Parted Magic cd I have to make sure my old dvdrom was OK.

Then burned another cd on another computer. Same cd -r Memorex cheapo walmart brand.
Booted up fine with copied iso on another computer.

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biker@biker:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.10) Distro: MX-14_13.98_386-xfce beta2 30 January 2014
Machine:   System: IBM product: 679421U
           Mobo: IBM model: IBM Bios: IBM version: 20KT46AUS date: 06/04/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 3588.19 clocked at 1794.099 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT] bus-ID: 01:00.0 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI nv05 x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.2 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 1840 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter usb-ID: 001-002
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 200.1GB (13.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3160215ACE size: 160.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: IC35L040AVVA07 size: 40.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 11G used: 2.7G (28%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 27G used: 109M (1%) fs: ext4 
           ID: swap-1 size: 1.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 25.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 127 Uptime: 1:42 Memory: 465.4/1134.5MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.37) inxi: 1.9.16 
biker@biker:~
$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda2: UUID="d42d2a5e-cefc-411e-b295-e0dc4c962740" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda1: LABEL="/data" UUID="ee7bdb53-cea8-4e61-ba99-2a4e6e1adf7a" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sdb1: UUID="5e6d4bb9-198e-4a6d-a39e-0d6451e8a949" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" 
/dev/sdb2: UUID="4b98406c-63db-4b9c-875f-34c68c3ea365" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sdb3: UUID="48072200-9a78-49a3-a8f2-2446cb94e45c" TYPE="swap" 
biker@biker:~
$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for biker: 

Disk /dev/sda: 160 GB, 160039272960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
/dev/sda1               1       18096   145356088   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2           18096       19458    10940265   83  Linux
Warning: Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Disk /dev/sdb: 40 GB, 40015987200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System 
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1167     9373896   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2            1168        4723    28555537   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3            4724        4865     1132582   82  Linux swap

I don't deal with shares on this rig as it is a playtoy for customers and I don't want them accessing my other gear.
Thats it from me.

[golinuxgo]

And sudo is set up by default, so it can be used.

UGH! Is there an option to NOT have sudo set up at all on install?

[dolphin_oracle]

some of the antix stuff requires sudo to be set up.

but you could remove it...or delete the contents of the sudoers file.

[golinuxgo]

some of the antix stuff requires sudo to be set up.

Is there a list of that 'stuff' somewhere? Thanks!