Void Linux

[xeno74]

QEMU USB Audio works great with Void PPC in a virtual e5500 QEMU KVM-HV machine!

[kilaueabart]

Trying to install hplip for printing from void. I ran into this problem:

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INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
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note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)
warning: This installer cannot install 'libjpeg' for your distro/OS and/or version.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
[amigaone@void-live ~]$ sudo xbps-install libjpeg
Package 'libjpeg' not found in repository pool.

By the way, the installer wanted to know what is Void's closest Linux match. I had to make a wild guess: Linux From Scratch, but what is the correct answer.

[xeno74]

Trying to install hplip for printing from void. I ran into this problem:

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INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
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note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)
warning: This installer cannot install 'libjpeg' for your distro/OS and/or version.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
[amigaone@void-live ~]$ sudo xbps-install libjpeg
Package 'libjpeg' not found in repository pool.

By the way, the installer wanted to know what is Void's closest Linux match. I had to make a wild guess: Linux From Scratch, but what is the correct answer.

Did you install hplip with the command "sudo xbps-install -S hplip"?

[kilaueabart]

Did you install hplip with the command "sudo xbps-install -S hplip"?

No, I think I used this, [amigaone@void-live ~]$ sh hplip-3.21.10.run, which I found on the web. I have now used "sudo xbps-install -S hplip." It was very busy, and seemed to finish successfully, no error message, but if I open a file and click Print in the Menu, all I get is "Print to file."

Applications has System Tools > Manage Printing but if I click that I get Arctic Fox, telling me Arctic Fox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:631.

As usual, I am stumped.

[xeno74]

Applications has System Tools > Manage Printing but if I click that I get Arctic Fox, telling me Arctic Fox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:631.

Please activate the cupsd service with the following command:

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sudo ln -s /etc/sv/cupsd /var/service/

After that check if the service runs:

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sudo sv status cupsd

If it doesn’t run then start it with the following command:

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sudo sv start cupsd

Maybe you need the following command additionally.

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sudo hp-setup -i

If the cupsd service runs please try to configure your printer again.

Further information: Printing — docs.voidlinux.org

[xeno74]

Ideas for a new Void PPC img:

• xbps-install -Su for updating all packages
• Mesa 21.3.3_2
• Add gparted
• Add unzip
• Add autofs
• Add pipe-viewer
• Add youtube-dl
• Add zsh
• Update Arctic Fox to version 39
• Update ViewTube
• Remove all packages from /var/cache/xbps
• Clean the history with history -c
• Maybe there is an issue with libglamoregl.so after the update. If yes then I will rename the libglamoregl.so to libglamoregl.so.bak again. You can find it in the directory /usr/lib/xorg/modules/.

[xeno74]

I was able to install the NetworkManager on Void PPC today.

Instructions:

1. # xbps-install -Sv NetworkManager python3-dbus network-manager-applet
2. # rm /var/service/dhcpcd
3. # ln -s /etc/sv/NetworkManager /var/service/

Screenshot:

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I updated the Void PPC img today. It has a boot and root partition including the void-installer.

Download: void-live-powerpc-20220129.img.tar.gz 2.9G (Img size: 7.5G)
md5sum: 091e98f90252a2f19d8a964261cf9640

New:

• Packages updated
• MATE 1.26.0
• Added kernel 5.10.89, 5.16.0, and the RC1 of kernel 5.17 for the X1000 and X5000 to the small fat16 boot partition (There are also initial ramdisks for booting with a label for the X1000 and X5000 and device tree blob files for the X5000/20 and X5000/40 on the small fat16 boot partition. LABELs: "VOID_BOOT" for the small fat16 boot partition and "void" for the ext4 root partition)
• Added kernel modules for the kernels 5.10.89, 5.16.0 and 5.17-rc1
• Added Mesa 21.3.3_2 with fixes for old ATI R300~R500 GPUs
• Added gparted
• Added unzip
• Updated Arctic Fox to version 39.0
• Renamed the libglamoregl.so to libglamoregl.so.bak
• Added autofs
• Added pipe-viewer
• Added youtube-dl
• Added zsh
• Removed packages from /var/cache/xbps
• Changed to NetworkManager for the network configuration
• NOPASSWD for sudo commands for the members of the group wheel
• Accessing of partitions without password (polkit configuration modified)

You can image your USB stick with Void with the following commands (Example for sdb):

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   dd if=void-live-powerpc-20220129.img of=/dev/sdb

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   15695871+0 records in
   15695871+0 records out
   8036285952 bytes (8.0 GB, 7.5 GiB) copied, 2364.19 s, 3.4 MB/s
   

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   e2fsck -f /dev/sdb2

You can use GParted for enlarging the partition and resizing the root file system.

Booting Void from a USB stick (Example):

X5000:

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   X5000> usb reset

   Output: ... scaning usb for storage devices... 1 Storage Device(s) found ...

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   X5000> ls usb 0:1

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   X5000> setenv bootargs root=LABEL=void rootdelay=5

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   X5000> fatload usb 0:1 1000000 uImage-5.10

5. X5000/20:

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   X5000> fatload usb 0:1 1c00000 cyrus-p5020.dtb

   X5000/40:

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   X5000> fatload usb 0:1 1c00000 cyrus-p5040.dtb

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   X5000> fatload usb 0:1 2000000 uinitrd-5.10

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   X5000> bootm 1000000 2000000 1c00000

X1000:

IMPORTANT: Please connect the USB stick after you have reached the CFE with the f key.

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   CFE> setenv bootargs "root=LABEL=void rootdelay=5"

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   CFE> ramdisk -z -addr=0x24000000 -fatfs usbdisk0:initrd-5.10.img

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   CFE> boot -elf -noints -fatfs usbdisk0:vmlinux-5.10

You can log into this system as amigaone with the password "amigaone".

Installation

You can install Void with the installer (Desktop link) or image the ext4 root partition on the USB stick to a partition on your hard disk with "dd".

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dd if=/dev/sdd2 of=/dev/sdb6 && e2fsck -f /dev/sdb6 && resize2fs /dev/sdb6 && tune2fs -L void /dev/sdb6

The installer works very well. Please select the bootloader entry "none Manage bootloader otherwise" because we boot Void with U-Boot or with CFE on our AmigaOnes.

ViewTube is updated automatically in Arctic Fox and InterWeb. Maybe you have to configure ViewTube via the 3 dots under the video. I use the embed video with Embed and play it with VLC.



Cheers,
Christian

[sailorMH]

thanks Christian, it looks very nice.
in past I corrupted my Debian installation am was too lazy to repair it . This look like opportunity to install new linux on my X1000.

[xeno74]

thanks Christian, it looks very nice.
in past I corrupted my Debian installation am was too lazy to repair it . This look like opportunity to install new linux on my X1000.

It works great on my X1000. I would recommend you to install it.