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#1

Installation / 32bit UEFI + 64bit Sparkylinux...

Last post by mekanik - May 23, 2023, 01:26:06 AM

Hi,
I am trying to make an intel atom laptop work with Sparkylinux CLI version. This is an Asus T100TAF , intel atom CPU device.
So it has 32bit EUFI with an 64bit CPU.
Regular 64bit liveUSB is bootable and i can start the installation. with manual partitioning 300mb EFI-fat32
3GB swap and 27GB linux system,
installation eventually fails at the end with an error.
i assume this topic is talking about same thing.
https://forum.sparkylinux.org/index.php?topic=5843.0

#2

Sparky applications / Re: Lightzone install missing ...

Last post by bin - May 22, 2023, 07:36:00 AM

There is libjpeg8 in Sparky core repos.
Anyway, libtiff5 and libweb6 were missing so uploaded to repos. Refresh package list and try again.

It was a problem on Sparky 7; Sparky 6 has all deps.
Thanks for reporting.

Thank you - this was a fresh test of 6.7. It seems it didn't complain about libtiff5 or libwebp6, or the error message may just have flashed by during loading.
I appreciate the quick response.

#3

Sparky applications / Re: Lightzone install missing ...

Last post by pavroo - May 21, 2023, 11:14:54 AM

There is libjpeg8 in Sparky core repos.
Anyway, libtiff5 and libweb6 were missing so uploaded to repos. Refresh package list and try again.

It was a problem on Sparky 7; Sparky 6 has all deps.
Thanks for reporting.

#4

Sparky applications / Lightzone install missing depe...

Last post by bin - May 21, 2023, 10:37:11 AM

Thanks for supplying the latest (sic) version of Lightzone.

There is a dependency on libjpeg8 which is not being pulled in - can you update the installer please?

#5

Sparky Linux kernel / Re: The difference between ker...

Last post by rektal - May 11, 2023, 07:26:25 AM

I have installed the newest sparky kernel 6.3.1 but there is an error on start:
wrong shim signature.
I had to use kernel 6.1.0-8 to start using a system.

#6

Sparky Linux kernel / The difference between kernel ...

Last post by rektal - May 11, 2023, 07:06:25 AM

I use Muon package manager. I am on 6.1.0-8 kernel now.
I found that there  are packages like:
- linux-headers-6.3.1-sparky-amd64
- linux-image-6.3.1-sparky-amd64
and
- linux-headers-6.3.1-sparky7-amd64
- linux-image-6.3.1-sparky7-amd64.

What is the difference between them?

#7

Forum settings / How to delete account?

Last post by Algy - May 10, 2023, 07:14:42 PM

Can't find how or who to contact re deleting this account. So....
Please completely delete this account and remove all and any information or data associated with it.   
Thank you very much.

#8

Installation / Re: Boot issues with LXQT Spar...

Last post by jgratero - May 10, 2023, 05:32:24 AM

Interesting Ai chat, that linux can't overcome critical hardware failure.

In the end, it was a hardware issue. The laptop worked perfectly with LXQT 5.16. Checking the hardware, I found no issues.

#9

Applications / Re: Imagemagick, possible EXPL...

Last post by SparkyBookworm - May 09, 2023, 06:10:28 PM

I think Imagmagick WAS once or still IS a LibreOffice dependency for image to pdf creation, explaining why it was installed.

Since Imagemagick is a standalone application explains why 'sudo apt autoremove' does not remove it.

Why Imagemagick was on all but one of my machines I have not figured out.  Imagemagick looks like a useful terminal application.

Thanks.

#10

Applications / Re: Imagemagick, possible EXPL...

Last post by pavroo - May 09, 2023, 05:36:38 PM

It could be installed as a dependency to a new package you have installed or upgraded.
It it not explolit for sure.