(look close)



some of that ugly conky is covered for obvious reasons...

Thanks VastOne, nice distro to be beautifying...



Just got the transparent panels going to my liking.   

Relaxation...


Clean...


Weather...


I know, lots of Cinnamon!  Makes VSIDO incredibly beautiful...

But the music still has a firm grip...

An anonymous friend of mine bought a $360 US dollars 'Vsee Box' that gets like 30,000 channels in perpetuity. He was some pissed off when I showed him VSIDO Linux could also play around the same amount!!! (Give or take a thousand, I'm not counting them all) The channels are from all over the world.



He brought this new device he bought over to my house and I noticed when it powered on it had a splash screen that said 'Android TV'.  I knew right then he'd wasted his money and could've done the same thing with VSIDO.  Once I started reading and researching, sure enough, I've been able to view multiple channels at once like being in a sports bar.  PPV, VOD, Tele Series, old and new movies, you name it, it's there!

back...

Ok so my issue with no wireless was pretty bizarre! I'll show you the list of pkg's I installed via dpkg in order to get network access.  Of course as with all VSIDO installs, the system is awesome!  VastOne has obviously built a very tight ship with VSIDO as we're all still here after well over a decade!  Thanks much VastOne, I'm still taking advantage even when you're not looking!  Believe it or not there's been nothing else on my pc's and laptop's since 2012 if memory serves, perhaps a little earlier than that!

Oh yeah, that stuff I installed in order to get connected!  brb with that...



Perhaps not all of the above was needed, but I couldn't get Network Manager to work from the fluxbox menu or the cli and Ceni wasn't picking up any hardware for wireless or ethernet.  That was a first for me btw.  When trying to run the Network Manager from the cli, or nmtui I would get a not installed or configured message that I've forgotten of course!  The last of the message however, was not forgotten or lost;

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager:
 network-manager depends on libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91); however:
  Package libbluetooth3 is not installed.
 network-manager depends on libndp0 (>= 1.2); however:
  Package libndp0 is not installed.
 network-manager depends on libnm0 (= 1.52.0-6); however:
  Package libnm0 is not installed.
 network-manager depends on libteamdctl0 (>= 1.9); however:
  Package libteamdctl0 is not installed.


I figure you're build sys is not a lappy!!!  Up until now that is!  Congrats on the 'new' hardware.  My last couple of good laptops came from a buddy in the tech industry!  Cheers...

Quote from: VastOne on May 08, 2025, 02:08:50 AMI downloaded the latest Debian ISO and it finally not only worked but also installed properly ONLY after I created a fat EFI partition.
 

You got it.  Debian has a signed EFI key somehow and Arch also will do an EFI boot and install,  Last I heard or read (i.e. more than a couple of years have passed) reFind used Debians signed key.

The FAT TYPE partition is required and has been since the get go. Though the size requirements continue to grow.  I go with 500Mb.  You also have to flag it EFS and check the bootable flags as well...

Your BIOS not allowing a Legacy boot environment is kind of surprising to me.  Should be a spot to disable Secure UEFI, then enable CSM Boot.  (i.e. Legacy boot mode)  After doing this you should also be able to boot to any USB/CD ISO you choose.

I'd for sure delete the signed MS EFI key if your able.  Totally personal choice I suppose but I consider it beneficial to all future installs on that laptop as long as MS isn't in your vocabulary!

That's it, all I know and remember without some actual digging.  From all the digging and research back then, I learned it was futile of me!!!  Don't end up in a rabbit hole VastOne!

Uhm, yup I did it again with the btrfs .fsa image this time which of course worked just fine (No go from spacefm though, had to use method 1 from the cli).  Updated grub rebooted and voila there's a VSIDO machine there!  Alas in the VSIDO version, after hours of trying and researching still no wireless.

My original sid/trixie install has wireless working fine.  I'm not currently configured to chase down these things anymore, just don't have the mental health for it!

I'll check back later to see if anyone noticed and has a quick fix...

Ok so I successfully installed the .fsa file "easy-peasy' using method 1.  It literally boots in about 5 seconds!!  Totally bummed out though as I haven't been able to get the wireless up and connected.  I think that for some of us having been using VSIDO for the last decade and a half, as the goto distro on I can't even imagine how many pc's, laptop's, server's, arm64 devices like Raspberry Pi and more at this point; we're spoiled!

I'm going to dl the latest .fsa again and try a little harder to get the net up and running properly.

The first method I should clarify was done on my own personal build of Sid.  It is a serious HOG.  The latest Cinnamon DE with LightDM for login.  Boots up to about 1.3Gb of RAM. That only leaves me 30Gb's or so for other things!  It's an incredible laptop a buddy gave me and truly runs like a champ.
Being as this is my 'personal' build of Sid, I also am not using the VSIDO installed Spacefm.  It takes considerably longer to boot as well.  But, network issues are non-existent.  Of course that is because Cinnamon is handling it I guess.  I haven't put any effort into it at all really...

So I'll post from VSIDO the next time I post to tell you what I did.  BTW, Laptop is an X1 Extreme 2nd Generation. 32Gb's RAM, 1 TB SSD, 6-core Intel Core i7-9750H (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 799/800/4500 MHz, with Kernel: 6.12.25-amd64 x86_64. It is NOT slow!!!

Quote from: jedi on April 27, 2025, 11:21:44 PMSo not able to restore the fsa from spacefm. 





Haven't tried the other 2 methods yet, just not on much lately...

I'll try the other 2 ways later!

i aint typing all that stuff again...

It's a new lappy.  Thinkpad X1 Extreme (2nd Gen) 32 GB of RAM a 1 Terabyte SSD drive and an Intel Core i7-9750H @ 12x 4.5GHz.

Debian sid the long way (trixie/sid) working flawlessly!  (via Buster 11 to Bookworm 12 to trixie/sid) Easy peasy.  GMB and Pithos, what more do you need?  Oh yeah the spacefm look and feel from VSIDO!  Using Cinnamon desktop.  Some XFCE4 tools.  Other things from the VSIDO pkg list...

   Haven't been around much due to some ongoing family tragedies but this is still home...

Quote from: VastOne on April 11, 2024, 03:04:25 PMIn whatever layout file you are using and in your favorite editor, find every instance of activate=queueinsert and replace it with PlayItem

Save the file and restart GmusicBrowser and you are set

I have also attached the edited file that Jedi needs

You are the HOST with the MOST!!! Thanks to you all is well in the world again that can be well...   

Great and timely fix guys much appreciated.  I had already gone my own route around this minor irritant and found my way back home to lxdm in less than 12 hours!

Nice job riV and VastOne!  Always a smart guy around to fix our stuff just because we're using your SID!