(X)(L)ubuntu (MATE) 16.04 LTS

[xeno74]

New ubuntu MATE system info:

[mechanic]

OK, here are the installation instructions:

1. Download the image from the following link: Amigaone_Ubuntu_16.04-Base-1.img.7z
2. Decompress the downloaded image with 7-Zip
3. Copy it with dd on Linux or with the USB image Tool on Windows to a USB flash drive.
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WHEW! It worked

I'm talking about your install at the top of page 8 in this thread. The only difference is that I used kernel 4.5 final.

I must have DL'd 200GB of all the other links and nothing would boot into X, base system only. This one worked for me.

Thanks to all involved.

Now, , , I would like to dd this to a HD. It looks like I would need to have a blank HD formatted for MBR since the USBstick has two partitions on it. I mean it seems like you cannot simply add it to the backend of a drive that already has a distro on it as it would be adding two partitions in place of one. Am I making any sense here?

[xeno74]

WHEW! It worked

Great!

I must have DL'd 200GB of all the other links and nothing would boot into X, base system only. This one worked for me.

Good to know.

Now, , , I would like to dd this to a HD. It looks like I would need to have a blank HD formatted for MBR since the USBstick has two partitions on it. I mean it seems like you cannot simply add it to the backend of a drive that already has a distro on it as it would be adding two partitions in place of one. Am I making any sense here?

Yes, you're right. You need a whole blank HD for the image. But ..... you could try to copy Ubuntu from the root partition on your USB flash drive to a partition on your hard disk.

In your root partition as root:

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cp -a * /media/ -- your name -- / -- partition on your hard disk --

-a corresponds to -dR --preserve=all

[zappa2009]

Hi all

You can with dd copy the USB-Partition to the Harddisk.

dd if=/dev/your-usb-partition of=/dev/your-harddisk-partition bs=1M Just make sure that you have bevore dd an empty partition.

After dd is ready use gparted for check an resize.

I have done this bevor with opensuse.img and fedore17.img. But beware you can damage your other OS (Aos4) if you have not an big enough empty partition !

So use Gparted and make an empty 10GB ext4 partitition and you can use dd or with cp to transfer your USB-Ubuntu to it.
And you must change your new root entry in /etc/fstab because UUID has changed !

[mechanic]

You can with dd copy the USB-Partition to the Harddisk.

Been busy with life stuff.

CP did not work at all. DD did the job. I used it to copy the USB partition 2 to my sda4 partition, however there is a problem.
On the USB and the HD as the system boots I get a message 'systemd failed to start Load Kernel Modules'.

Spent time looking that up and trying several cures but no luck. This happens on both the USB and the HD. Also, modprobe does not seem to work. It seems that either systemd can't find the modules or the systemd itself is broken.

Any hints?

[xeno74]

Also, modprobe does not seem to work.
Any hints?

First, please try sudo depmod -va and then you can load a kernel module with sudo modprobe kernel_module.

[mechanic]

The message 'systemd failed to start Load Kernel Modules' was caused by the file /etc/modules-load.d/cups-filters.conf.

It was trying to load 'lp', 'ppdev' and 'parport' modules which I can only guess do not have the drivers in the kernel and therefore could/would not load them. I blacklisted these, but that did not stop the message. I did comment # out these lines in the cups-filters.conf files which solved the problem.

The message 'systemd failed to START Load Kernel Modules' is very misleading.

Also in the cups-filters.conf file there is a line 'LOAD_LP_MODULE was 'yes' in /etc/default/cups'.
There is no cups file in /etc/default. I can only chalk this up to 'a new distro wierd crap'.

[xeno74]

The message 'systemd failed to start Load Kernel Modules' was caused by the file /etc/modules-load.d/cups-filters.conf.

It was trying to load 'lp', 'ppdev' and 'parport' modules which I can only guess do not have the drivers in the kernel and therefore could/would not load them. I blacklisted these, but that did not stop the message. I did comment # out these lines in the cups-filters.conf files which solved the problem.

The message 'systemd failed to START Load Kernel Modules' is very misleading.

Also in the cups-filters.conf file there is a line 'LOAD_LP_MODULE was 'yes' in /etc/default/cups'.
There is no cups file in /etc/default. I can only chalk this up to 'a new distro wierd crap'.

Many thanks for your explanation!

[vox]

After a new login I was surprised. This is really a nice desktop.

Thank you for the instructions.

It work, but these are the problems:

a) I copied usb to hdd, booted kernel from card and ... none of the ethernets was visible. With some thinkering it worked
b) There is a problem with the brltty package ... its difficult to remove, had to use synpatic. I am a social worker
and software for blind had to make a lot of mess
c) MATE seems laggy and often eats a lot of second core CPU, at least under 4.1.8 stable, seems things are better with 4.6 experimental

[xeno74]

OK, here are the installation instructions:

1. Download the image from the following link: Amigaone_Ubuntu_16.04-Base-1.img.7z
2. Decompress the downloaded image with 7-Zip
3. Copy it with dd on Linux or with the USB image Tool on Windows to a USB flash drive.
   
   For example with Linux:
   

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   dd if=Amigaone_Ubuntu_16.04-Base-1.img of=disk drive ID

   In my case /dev/sdh:
   

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   dd if=Amigaone_Ubuntu_16.04-Base-1.img of=/dev/sdh

4. The ROOT partition is very small (1.8GB). You can increase it with GParted if you like. I have a 64GB USB flash drive. I increased the ROOT partition to 58.36GB.
   
   
   
   
5. Turn on the AmigaONE X1000 and press F to enter the CFE prompt. Insert the USB flash drive.
6. Next enter the following at the CFE> prompt (pressing enter after each line):
   

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   setenv bootargs "root=the_ROOT_partition_on_your_usb_flash_drive quiet ro splash rootdelay=5"

   I booted my X1000 with Debian before and I saw that the ROOT partition on the USB flash drive is /dev/sdd2.
   
   In my case:
   

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   setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdd2 quiet ro splash rootdelay=5"

   I use the stable longterm kernel 4.1.18 on my CF card to boot Ubuntu 16.04 on the USB flash drive. You can use an other kernel if you like.
   

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   boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-4.1

   Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) Amigaone tty1
   
   Amigaone login:

7. The login details are as follows:
   
   Username of amigaone has the password amigaone
8. Please configure your network interface with DHCP with the following command:
   

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   sudo dhclient network_device

   You can figure out the correct network interface with /sbin/ifconfig -a.
   
   In my case:
   

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   sudo dhclient enp6s5

9. I installed the Lubuntu desktop with the following commands:
   

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   sudo apt-get update

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   sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

   - [this will take some time to complete depending on the speed of your internet connection]
10. After that shutdown your AmigaONE X1000 with:
    

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    sudo halt

    We need a xorg.conf on this system so we have to copy zappa2009's radeon xorg.conf file to /etc/X11 on the ROOT partition of the USB flash drive with an other system.
    

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    cp X.org.conf/Xorg.conf.radeon /media/_your_username_/_disk_id_of_the_partition_on_the_USB_flash_drive_/etc/X11/xorg.conf

11. Turn on the AmigaONE X1000 and press F to enter the CFE prompt. Insert the USB flash drive.
12. Next enter the following at the CFE> prompt (pressing enter after each line):
    

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    setenv bootargs "root=the_ROOT_partition_on_your_usb_flash_drive quiet ro splash rootdelay=5"

    In my case:
    

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    setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdd2 quiet ro splash rootdelay=5"

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    boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-4.1

13. The Lubuntu login screen appears. Please login.
    
    Username of amigaone has the password amigaone

Here you are.

I booted my X1000 with Debian before and I saw that the ROOT partition on the USB flash drive is /dev/sdd2.

You can figure out with lsblk where your thumb drive is.

Please test the version 16.04 of ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu.