Booting MX-19 with runit

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Hold on a minute, the new fix doesn't seem to work in the live image

It certainly works in an installed system but the live environment is different for some reason.

I'll build another version with /etc/runit/2 modified so that the live desktop loads automatically but I prefer the sysv-rc-conf fix.

EDIT: that doesn't work either, I'll try editing /etc/skel/.profile instead.

EDIT2: adding automatic startx to /etc/skel/.profile works for the live image, uploading the new version now.

[Buck Fankers]

64-bit (amd64) image here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Y9Y_Q ... NkgrGBdNes
sha512sum: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rEoJ1 ... M4RtLeDxfw

Cool, this is going to my testing partition, many thanks!!!

[oops]

... I tried (a fast test) your iso MX19-runit (into VirtualBox), congratulation that's work. and I have only: 1116KB for xinit in use.

One problem for me is that I can not see the processus lightdm via the user demo (all is under runit)... so I can not change for an other user via lighdm easily (via switch-user). Nor via Ctrl+Alt=F7, Ctrl+Alt=F8 , Ctrl+Alt=Fn

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demo@mx1:~
$ pstree -p ${pid}
runit(1)─┬─ModemManager(3158)─┬─{ModemManager}(3183)
         │                    └─{ModemManager}(3192)
         ├─NetworkManager(3086)─┬─dhclient(3162)
         │                      ├─{NetworkManager}(3087)
         │                      └─{NetworkManager}(3090)
         ├─VBoxClient(3571)───VBoxClient(3572)───{VBoxClient}(3582)
         ├─VBoxClient(3581)───VBoxClient(3584)
         ├─VBoxClient(3590)───VBoxClient(3591)───{VBoxClient}(3592)
         ├─VBoxClient(3597)───VBoxClient(3598)─┬─{VBoxClient}(3599)
         │                                     └─{VBoxClient}(3600)
         ├─VBoxService(2799)─┬─{VBoxService}(2801)
         │                   ├─{VBoxService}(2802)
         │                   ├─{VBoxService}(2803)
         │                   ├─{VBoxService}(2804)
         │                   ├─{VBoxService}(2805)
         │                   ├─{VBoxService}(2807)
         │                   └─{VBoxService}(2809)
         ├─accounts-daemon(3110)─┬─{accounts-daemon}(3116)
         │                       └─{accounts-daemon}(3119)
         ├─acpi_fakekeyd(2612)
         ├─anacron(2834)
         ├─at-spi-bus-laun(3642)─┬─dbus-daemon(3647)
         │                       ├─{at-spi-bus-laun}(3643)
         │                       ├─{at-spi-bus-laun}(3644)
         │                       └─{at-spi-bus-laun}(3646)
         ├─at-spi2-registr(3649)─┬─{at-spi2-registr}(3655)
         │                       └─{at-spi2-registr}(3657)
         ├─avahi-daemon(3023)───avahi-daemon(3024)
         ├─cgmanager(2644)
         ├─colord(3833)─┬─{colord}(3839)
         │              └─{colord}(3841)
         ├─conky(4027)─┬─{conky}(4031)
         │             ├─{conky}(4032)
         │             └─{conky}(4033)
         ├─cron(2904)
         ├─cups-browsed(3198)
         ├─dbus-daemon(2935)
         ├─dbus-daemon(3545)
         ├─dbus-daemon(3557)
         ├─dbus-launch(3544)
         ├─dbus-launch(3556)
         ├─fbxkb(3732)
         ├─gnome-keyring-d(3741)─┬─{gnome-keyring-d}(3745)
         │                       ├─{gnome-keyring-d}(3747)
         │                       └─{gnome-keyring-d}(3754)
         ├─gpg-agent(3661)
         ├─gvfs-afc-volume(3892)─┬─{gvfs-afc-volume}(3893)
         │                       ├─{gvfs-afc-volume}(3894)
         │                       └─{gvfs-afc-volume}(3896)
         ├─gvfs-goa-volume(3887)─┬─{gvfs-goa-volume}(3888)
         │                       └─{gvfs-goa-volume}(3889)
         ├─gvfs-gphoto2-vo(3882)─┬─{gvfs-gphoto2-vo}(3883)
         │                       └─{gvfs-gphoto2-vo}(3885)
         ├─gvfs-mtp-volume(3877)─┬─{gvfs-mtp-volume}(3878)
         │                       └─{gvfs-mtp-volume}(3880)
         ├─gvfs-udisks2-vo(3859)─┬─{gvfs-udisks2-vo}(3860)
         │                       └─{gvfs-udisks2-vo}(3861)
         ├─gvfsd(3626)─┬─{gvfsd}(3627)
         │             └─{gvfsd}(3628)
         ├─gvfsd-fuse(3631)─┬─{gvfsd-fuse}(3636)
         │                  ├─{gvfsd-fuse}(3637)
         │                  ├─{gvfsd-fuse}(3638)
         │                  ├─{gvfsd-fuse}(3639)
         │                  └─{gvfsd-fuse}(3640)
         ├─gvfsd-metadata(3903)─┬─{gvfsd-metadata}(3904)
         │                      └─{gvfsd-metadata}(3905)
         ├─polkitd(3128)─┬─{polkitd}(3139)
         │               └─{polkitd}(3143)
         ├─pulseaudio(3672)─┬─{pulseaudio}(3691)
         │                  └─{pulseaudio}(3692)
         ├─python(3941)─┬─{python}(3986)
         │              ├─{python}(3987)
         │              ├─{python}(3994)
         │              ├─{python}(3995)
         │              └─{python}(3996)
         ├─rpc.idmapd(2124)
         ├─rpc.statd(2108)
         ├─rpcbind(2077)
         ├─rsyslogd(2661)─┬─{rsyslogd}(2662)
         │                ├─{rsyslogd}(2663)
         │                └─{rsyslogd}(2665)
         ├─runsvdir(2390)─┬─runsv(3339)───getty(3346)
         │                ├─runsv(3340)───login(3349)───startx(3458)───xinit(3497)─┬─Xorg(3498)─┬─{+
         │                │                                                        │            ├─{+
         │                │                                                        │            ├─{+
         │                │                                                        │            └─{+
         │                │                                                        └─xfce4-session(+
         │                ├─runsv(3341)───getty(3345)
         │                ├─runsv(3342)───getty(3351)
         │                ├─runsv(3343)───getty(3347)
         │                └─runsv(3344)───getty(3352)
         ├─systemd-logind(3081)
         ├─systemd-udevd(993)
         ├─tumblerd(3725)─┬─{tumblerd}(3733)
         │                ├─{tumblerd}(3736)
         │                ├─{tumblerd}(3897)
         │                ├─{tumblerd}(3898)
         │                ├─{tumblerd}(3899)
         │                └─{tumblerd}(3900)
         ├─udisksd(3863)─┬─{udisksd}(3864)
         │               ├─{udisksd}(3866)
         │               ├─{udisksd}(3869)
         │               └─{udisksd}(3874)
         ├─upowerd(3680)─┬─{upowerd}(3682)
         │               └─{upowerd}(3683)
         ├─volumeicon(3906)─┬─{volumeicon}(3907)
         │                  ├─{volumeicon}(3908)
         │                  └─{volumeicon}(3909)
         ├─xfce4-notifyd(3786)─┬─{xfce4-notifyd}(3795)
         │                     └─{xfce4-notifyd}(3796)
         ├─xfce4-power-man(3797)─┬─{xfce4-power-man}(3814)
         │                       └─{xfce4-power-man}(3816)
         ├─xfconfd(3548)─┬─{xfconfd}(3549)
         │               └─{xfconfd}(3550)
         ├─xfconfd(3651)─┬─{xfconfd}(3652)
         │               └─{xfconfd}(3653)
         └─xfsettingsd(3673)─┬─{xfsettingsd}(3675)
                             └─{xfsettingsd}(3676)

[Buck Fankers]

EDIT: that doesn't work either, I'll try editing /etc/skel/.profile instead.
EDIT2: adding automatic startx to /etc/skel/.profile works for the live image, uploading the new version now.

I installed your latest version, I did had to start GUI manually after entering password, but after install startx starts automatically. I'm keeping this one, thanks!

[Richard]

Thanks, Head_on_a_Stick.
Appreciate the pointers.
I had omitted a step.

Runit is interesting, but will be leaving the 32 bit netbook, running MX-18.3, with a friend in Columbia in a couple of days.

Will do trials on 64 bit in a few weeks.
Limited to Android until then.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

One problem for me is that I can not see the processus lightdm via the user demo (all is under runit)... so I can not change for an other user via lighdm easily (via switch-user). Nor via Ctrl+Alt=F7, Ctrl+Alt=F8 , Ctrl+Alt=Fn

Doesn't look like LightDM is running at all for you, I think I did have an image up without LightDM (briefly) so you may have installed that.

Check if LightDM is installed and use sysv-rc-conf to activate it for runlevels 2, 3, 4 & 5.

I did had to start GUI manually after entering password

Yeah, I'm going to add some stuff to startx automatically in the live environment. Watch out for a new version soon :-)

[oops]

...
Check if LightDM is installed and use sysv-rc-conf to activate it for runlevels 2, 3, 4 & 5.

... Yes it was installed, I launched it into the root account with success with your iso ... and after (or before, I don't remember), with the user demo, the loggin screen was automatic.

EDIT: OK, in fact I have to login first to root, then start lightdm, then disconnect the root user, and then connect to demo or the other users ... I will test more later.

EDIT2: FI: and the mxuser file is missing into my iso (I have only the antixers one) ceni instead - network-manager, etc:
/etc/sudoers.d/mxuser

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# sudoers file.
 
%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot  

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/blkid 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk.distrib 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-config

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/persist-save 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:SETENV: /usr/sbin/minstall 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /bin/chvt 

%users ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service network-manager restart

Defaults env_keep += "RESTARTED HOME"
Defaults  !requiretty
Defaults  !tty_tickets

I am waiting for your new/latest iso. (but you already did a good job)

[Head_on_a_Stick]

OK, in fact I have to login first to root, then start lightdm, then disconnect the root user, and then connect to demo or the other users ... I will test more later.

For the current image a manual console login is required for the live system (after which the desktop will launch automatically) but once the system is installed then LightDM should function as normal with no need for user intervention.

the mxuser file is missing into my iso

Hmm, yes, I didn't delete that but it certainly isn't there

Thanks for the feedback, I will investigate some more.

EDIT: the official MX-19_x64.iso also lacks /etc/sudoers.d/mxuser so I presume this is intended for that release.

[oops]

EDIT: the official MX-19_x64.iso also lacks /etc/sudoers.d/mxuser so I presume this is intended for that release.

... Good question, I don't know. (but I have it _ MX19 amd64)

[Huckleberry Finn]

Would it be possible for 18.3 , too ?

It looks runit is already installed here, (in MXPI) but it still needs to be done manually..
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By the way;

On 19 I did the changes via sysv-rc-conf then changed /etc/runit/2 back to original as "/etc/rc2.d"

Rebooted: Everything's fine :)