Beginning with this thread, there will be scripts made available that will update users who have already installed VSIDO with the same updates

Attached is vsido_up.sh.  Simply save it to your /home directory and then follow these steps

Logout and drop to tty1 (ctrl + alt + f1)

chmod +x vsido_up.sh

sudo sh vsido_up.sh

At the end it suggests you reboot, but this is not necessary..

ctrl + d to log out of tty1

ctrl + f7  to get back to the login screen

Login

Profit

This particular update installs the correct conky menu xml and several new themes to Fluxbox and changes the Fluxbox menu to the normal default Fluxbox menu layout (for vrkalak)

Anyone doing a recent

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

will get an update of python to 2.7.3-4 and will most likely see a bug report and an error after updating which in turn will halt the apt process

All you need to do to correct it is to run:

sudo apt-get install -f

This will clear the error and allow python to update correctly and apt to clear

I have been running the new version of python for several days with no issues

I updated the ISO with the latest SID updates and to make sure that Fluxbox was correctly setup

I built, tested and installed with no issues

For some tips on things you do after the initial install, see the Did You Know Thread

A thread to park some tweaks that we do once installed

Here is one

For some reason, the tint2 icon for SpaceFM does not show up as it is supposed to

To correct it do this:

In SpaceFM go to View / Window Icon and put in

vsidosfm

Click OK and the issue is solved

##Post your March 2013 Scrots Here##

My latest:

Fluxbox in VSIDO using ElderV.LaCoste's fb_black style

fsarchiver (File System archiver) IMO is the absolute best for backing up and restoring not only the File System, but anything that you have on a partition

In this How To I am going to explain how I use it to backup the VSIDO build partition and use it on multiple machines

One of the greatest things about fsarchiver is that it does not care how big the partition is that you restore to, as long as it is big enough to handle the size of the original file system.  My build FS is right at the 5 gig mark and fsarchiver compresses that down to 1 gig... So you can put your FS on a thumb drive and take it anywhere and restore it.  Since my build process is pretty much hardware agnostic (except that it is 64 bit), you should be able to download the link I will provide and restore exactly the build machine / FS that I use to build VSIDO

Here we go.  fsarchiver a part of VSIDO already.  In this How To, I am going to describe exactly the steps I used on my machine

Backup the file system with fsarchiver

I am booted to sda1

Make sure that sdc2 is not mounted

1: Create the following directory in /mnt

sudo mkdir /mnt/iso

2: Run the savefs portion of fsarchiver

single-dual core PC with 1GB or less RAM,
sudo fsarchiver -z7 savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2

single-dual core PC with more than 1GB of RAM,
sudo fsarchiver -z8 savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2

quod core PC with 4GB or less RAM,
sudo fsarchiver -j3 -z8 savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2

quod core PC with more than 4GB of RAM,
sudo fsarchiver -j3 -z9 savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2

PC with more than four cores and a plenty of RAM,
sudo fsarchiver -j4 -z9 savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2

buildos.fsa is the file name being built, saved to /mnt/iso.  You can change this name to anything you want as long as it is with the .fsa extension

The save will take 1-3 minutes and when done you will see something like this:

vastone@vsido:~$ sudo fsarchiver savefs /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa /dev/sdc2
Statistics for filesystem 0
* files successfully processed:....regfiles=92361, directories=10723, symlinks=13608, hardlinks=21, specials=44
* files with errors:...............regfiles=0, directories=0, symlinks=0, hardlinks=0, specials=0

You can now take that .fsa file anywhere you need to for restore

Restoring a fsarchiver fsa file

I am booted to sda1 and I want to restore /mnt/iso/buildos.fsa to sdc8 and it cannot be mounted, if it is, unmount it

Step 1: cd to where the buildos.fsa is

cd /mnt/iso

Step 2: Run the restore process with this command

sudo fsarchiver -j 4 restfs buildos.fsa id=0,dest=/dev/sdc8

This will take 1-3 minutes to restore and when it is done, you will see something like this

vastone@vsido:/mnt/iso$ sudo fsarchiver restfs buildos.fsa id=0,dest=/dev/sdc8
[sudo] password for vastone:
Statistics for filesystem 0
* files successfully processed:....regfiles=90272, directories=10191, symlinks=12503, hardlinks=21, specials=44
* files with errors:...............regfiles=0, directories=0, symlinks=0, hardlinks=0, specials=0

Step 3: Change the uuid of your swap partition on the new restored device

Note - Do this only if you have a swap section in your fstab

First in terminal run:

sudo blkid

You will see something like this as one of the entries

/dev/sdb8: UUID="c462e964-62a3-4119-ac3b-1a0367905b95" TYPE="swap"

In SpaceFM mount the new drive you just created

Edit /etc/fstab and make sure the entry for swap has the same drive and uuid that you got from blkid

Step 4: Now make sure grub sees the new partition

sudo update-grub

Reboot and login into the build OS...

Profit!

NOTE - If you run this restore on the same machine, there will be a uuid conflict and it will not boot.  In the next message I will write up how to get around that by making a grub tweak

ElderVLaCoste is an old friend from the Buntu days and onto #!... He has always been a FluxBox user and tried to get me to try it many times in the past... I should have listened !

He created an incredible theme posted here on devaint art

This will be the default theme for FluxBox on the next ISO build...

In the meantime, it is attached... Simply download it and extrat it to ~/.fluxbox/styles directory, then Restart Fluxbox from Right Click menu on the dekstop..  It will then be a choice as fb_black in Right Click Menu / Styles

My gratitude to ElderVLaCoste!

Liquorix Kernel 3.7.0-9.dmz.1 has been release and smxi did another stellar job updating!

The VSIDO ISO has been updated, built, tested and uploaded. The single major change was adding Fluxbox as a WM that is now available along with Xfce 4.10 and OpenBox. Everything else has been brought up to date with today's level of SID packages

I want to thank vrkalak for his encouragement and assistance through the process of getting to know and building Fluxbox

I am impressed with it, of course this version has the VSIDO look and touches..

Let me know what you think..

Everything is looking, behaving and building quite nicely... I am happy but I am BORED!

I am not looking to change anything, or break anything.. I would like to hear some thoughts on what could be different and/or added... For example, I am now using the NewSlicknessBrushed Xfce theme that Sector11 brought to my attention... I never knew about it and now consider it a better theme than the SlicknesS default theme now

I would be interested also in any other WM thoughts any of you may have...

There have been grumblings that VSIDO is too shiny... I would like to hear more on how it could look less shiny..

Don't be shy, throw out some thoughts and lets see how we can make VSIDO even better

The only real thing I am stuck on is Tint2, simply because IMO there is nothing as good as it from a memory perspective.. that does not mean the default layout of Tint2 needs to stay the same.. If someone creative enough wants to showcase a better setup, I am all eyes and ears..

Bring it on VSIDO'rs

Interesting VSIDO Topic on #!

Thank you hinto for your review... 

New VSIDO ISO uploaded tonight

I fixed the Conky's to a generic that should fit all..

I corrected the VSIDO Persona in Firefox.  I was never aware it was an issue until I installed as a different user than vastone and saw it was washed out white

This has been corrected

Everything else is up to date SID as of 20FEB2013 18:45 CST

The upload will be completed in 20 minutes, thus the 18:45 CST time   

Installing from the latest ISO, and then upgrading to Liquorix 3.7.0-8 and nVidia beta drivers

On boot

113 MiB in use for Xfce

107 MiB in use for OB

Not bad for OOTB, IMO

New git updates today to correct issues with Artist Bio's not showing up in the layout

To update your git version to these latest changes simply follow this procedure in terminal

cd gmusicbrowser
git pull

I am now uploading the latest ISO and it will be done by 3:15 PM CST and the size has been reduced to 629 MiB raw

The changes were of the newest mplayer2 and config files and a general cleanup again

No need to reinstall anything, the How To for the latest mplayer2 is here

I have loaded mplayer2 and am now using it in GMB as the backend audio instead of gstreamer

I have found mplayer2 uses less resources than gstreamer and it sounds better on my HD audio setup

I installed mplayer2 from debian multimedia, it is the latest git version

sudo apt-get install mplayer2

You also have to do this from terminal once it is installed

cp /etc/mplayer/input.conf ~/.mplayer/input.conf

Then in GMB select mplayer as the Audio backend under Settings/Audio tab

All of this will be the default in the next ISO build

I have built 3 new machines, 3 new build environments, 9 new ISO's 3 from each environment, 27 new installs, and developed another forum / web space for my Golf Club here and kept up with duties at this forum, the #! forums and both IRC's...

All this while keeping tears off the keyboard knowing that my daughter is leaving the nest Sunday moving to North Carolina... 

It has been an interesting 3 days..   

I have built, tested, installed and uploaded the ISO. The changes were a fix to the Icons supplied and small corrections to several areas including the elimination of my autograph also known as VastOne_Config.  The download page has been updated

I do not see any needed updates to this ISO in the near future ...

Thank you!

I have updated, built, tested and uploaded a new VSIDO ISO

The major change is replacing wicd with ceni.  I also was able to get the size back down of the ISO

For those of you using wired connections, /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf will handle your Internet connection OOTB as long as your device is eth0

For wireless, there is a ceni How To here that jedi put together.  Thanks jedi!

If there are any issues with the install please let us know

Good Luck!

Crip is who makes the absolute best SMF themes... The dude is awesome, please see this link and you will know what I mean

Thank you Crip for what you have done for us here at VSIDO!  I am grateful for all you do