tinycore_v2.10rc2

[roberts]

The Second Release Candidate of v2.10 (tinycore_2.10rc2.iso), is now posted and ready for testing.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/2.x/release_candidates

tinycore_2.10rc2.iso
tinycore_2.10rc2.iso.md5.txt

Change log for Tiny Core v2.10

Release Candidate 1
* Updated Appbrowser - no popups - GUI redesign, added Status bar.
* Updated Appbrowser/tce-load - much improved recursion support.
* New hsetroot replaces Esetroot for improved logo png support.
* New background and logo.
* Updated Backgrounds/wallpaper for hsetroot support.
* Updated exittc to not call exitcheck, backup occurs within exittc.
* Added missing rule for mmc support.
* Added directory indicator for improved appsaudit "On Boot" selection.
* Updated tc-config PXE tftp http for onboot.lst support.
* Updated appsaudit/tce-audit to download dep to /tmp then move to tce dir.
* Removed unneeded libthread_db* from base.
* Removed full paths from cpanel.

Files that have changed that are likely in your backup:
/home/tc/.setbackground

Note: If you boot an existing system and get a black screen with no logo then
you need to:

cp /etc/skel/.setbackground /home/tc/.setbackground

then either exit to prompt and startx or type
./.setbackground

Release Candidate 2
* Deleted unneeded udev rules
* Fixed typo in setbackground for tile
* Major updates to tce-load for better recursion support.
* Updated appbrowser, added color to status area to indicate operations are complete.
* Updated logo image.

[meo]

Hi Robert!

Tinycore 2.10rc2 seems just great. Good job!

Have fun making tinycore better and better,
meo

[bmarkus]

'Exit to prompt' in exittc doesn't work after Xorg-7.4.tcz installed, system has to be restarted. In other situations including Xorg running it works as expected.

[jls]

'Exit to prompt' in exittc doesn't work after Xorg-7.4.tcz installed, system has to be restarted. In other situations including Xorg running it works as expected.

have u tried ctrl+atl+F1?

[bmarkus]

'Exit to prompt' in exittc doesn't work after Xorg-7.4.tcz installed, system has to be restarted. In other situations including Xorg running it works as expected.

have u tried ctrl+atl+F1?

Yes. It exits to prompt, but startx doesn't start X. After reboot Xorg starts and works as expected.

[jls]

'Exit to prompt' in exittc doesn't work after Xorg-7.4.tcz installed, system has to be restarted. In other situations including Xorg running it works as expected.

have u tried ctrl+atl+F1?

Yes. It exits to prompt, but startx doesn't start X. After reboot Xorg starts and works as expected.

when u are at the propt u can kill Xorg

[bmarkus]

'Exit to prompt' in exittc doesn't work after Xorg-7.4.tcz installed, system has to be restarted. In other situations including Xorg running it works as expected.

have u tried ctrl+atl+F1?

Yes. It exits to prompt, but startx doesn't start X. After reboot Xorg starts and works as expected.

when u are at the propt u can kill Xorg

Yes, I can do many different thing.

It was not a question but a bug report for Robert.

[meo]

Hi bmarcus!

You don't think that the problem is caused by the Xorg extension? I've had similar problems before with the Xorg extension.

Have fun scrutinizing tinycore,
meo

[bmarkus]

Hi bmarcus!

You don't think that the problem is caused by the Xorg extension? I've had similar problems before with the Xorg extension.

Have fun scrutinizing tinycore,
meo

Meo@

Maybe Xorg, do not know. I did not check it with 2.9 or 2.8.1 but it was working a while ago. In 2.10 exittc is changed, this is why I reported the observationhere.

[bmarkus]

Appbrowser status line shows '...tcz OK' with the previous downloaded extension name while downloading next. Showing '...tcz download in progress' for the current extension would be more informative; display 'OK' when all download finished only.

BTW, I like the yellow highlight at the end

[curaga]

I like the appbrowser update as well.

Wishlist:
However on larger downloads it would be nice to see a progress meter.

[bmarkus]

However on larger downloads it would be nice to see a progress meter.

Next to your wish. Maybe in 2.11 There are some crucial new features in 2.10 so would be good to see final now.

[roberts]

Supporting alternate X servers have not changed recently.
The major changes occured in v1.3 and then slightly in v2.3 see the announcemets and change log.

Trying to install Xorg from within and existing X, be Xvesa or Xfbdev, means you would have to:
1. Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to exit from Xvesa or Xfbdev
2. run xsetup.sh  This will update your .xsession
3. startx

If you are lucky Xorg will run confless.
Typically, I must copy xorg.conf.vesa to xorg.conf before I can run Xorg
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf

- or-

As instructed in the Xorg info file, run sudo Xorg -config

Either way, running Xorg is not always seamless.

[meo]

Hi y'all!

I totally agree with curaga. It would be very nice to have a progress meter in the app browser, It would benefit especially those using old computers (like me) and perhaps can't use the computer during the download. I usually do other things and take a peek now and then to see if the download is ready. So I think it would be a good feature that would be most appreciated (at least by me).

Have fun making tinycore  progress,
meo

[bmarkus]

Robert, my problem is not Xorg but exittc which doesn't exit to prompt. Simply nothing happens, system countinues to work as before. BTW, on my systems confless does the job, no configuration is need.