Elive Forum - Live mode

2.1.40 live USB with persistence?? (no replies)

wrayc — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:06 -0700

I have seen this same question on previous versions. Was wondering how to make persistent a live USB created with Unetbootin. I tried even with Topaz but never got anywhere. Hassle for me to use live usb with elive2.1.40 because I have to reinstall the b43 wifi driver each time, so persistence would be nice.

Otherwise great distro

thanks

in live cd 2.1.33 the screen freeze (4 replies)

charlyfox — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:09:43 -0700

Hi, after to start the cd, on the desk,I want to open the main menu with the mouse, the screen freezes, nothing is accessed.

3G-Modem-dialup (1 reply)

martinr — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:17:02 -0800

Hi
with new live-cd version 2.1 I can't establish internet-connection with 3G-Modem with my portuguese provider kanguru.pt, let it be with costumed APN (myconnection), let it be alterated (kanguru-portatil), let it be blank, what works at the moment at opensuse12.2
By the way, this zenith-installer does not give a lot of choices, what about including networkmanager-applet, what seems to be most effective in the moment?
Tried it with wvdial, but I don't remember well how to do this: angry
Anyway, nice to see Agust here also, after charming experiences with his themes in bodhi and lately in opensuse!

Martin

2.1.23 Initial Remarks (no replies)

down8ve — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:47:21 -0800

2.1.23 Alpha is looking great. I had some sound-related issues that were cleared up by the audio configurator, the only remaining one was getting my USB videocam's microphone to function during the test call on Skype. If I would have spent more time I think I could have resolved it.

Kdenlive was installed via Synaptic as I ran Elive from a USB key (just to see) and worked with my connected video camera. KDE apps look like crap at the moment, but I was thrilled to see updated applications throughout the system.

I really wanted to like Bodhi on my AMD APU system, but I think I like this better, even at alpha:

*only three repos instead of a dozen or more on Bodhi, just to get the software I want.
*Related to the above, the system is useful out-of-the-box, rather than all the work required to get Bodhi up to speed.
*I can select text size from the initial help screens, nice!
*Very fast and pretty. A lot of the little touches make this a very credible alternative to Windows and Mac.

Thanks to you devels for the hard work. Wow.

Resolution problem with live mode (2 replies)

kelevra_it — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:01:38 -0800

Hi,

i've a problem with a live mode using a resolution like 1920x1080. ( the same used in m$ windows )

I have tried to use also the "Automatic" mode and anyone resolution works fine.

The error is "out of range" by the monitor.

Any idea ?

Thanks

install elive without paying (2 replies)

rapace1370 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:00:15 -0700

how can i install elive without paying?

Live-cd (no replies)

Lennart — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:58:16 -0700

Hi, just downloadedthe new topaz 2.0 in order to try it as a live "cd" on a usb stick.
However at the end of the "install" process is that it wants o install, which i don't want to; as I want to try it only. What should i do?

New fresh (no replies)

herostart — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:56:55 -0800

Hello,Everyone

I'm new here,Glad to see U

US repositories are missing? (no replies)

she_died — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:10:15 -0800

Hi thanatermesis!

Once in a while I still boot up the live CD of Topaz when I'm at a public wifi station (It's actually a partition on my laptop, so no disc required). But when I try to reload in synaptic, I get 404s instead. I recall there was a patch for installed 'Elive' but I am not sure it will work with this live CD version. What are the current US elive repos now? (or what does the update do, under the covers anyway)

she_dyed

Invitation code ThanatermesisX( (1 reply)

gtnorte — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:57:28 -0800

Hi Thanatermesis, this is Luis A B, i am not sure how to reach you and ask for the invitation code in order to full install Elive Topaz2.0, i did wrote an article on facebook about this wonderful distro, also wrote it in distrowatch.com and they erased it i don't know why, however i also write again my article in english and spanish in this website: [www.taringa.net]

How Do you Make a Live CD Persistent? (no replies)

theblackpigj — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:04:15 -0800

I have a 500GB usb hard drive on which I have installed elive but if I plug that into a computer that won't boot from usb can I do something with the live cd so that any alterations that I make whilst running the live cd can be written to the usb (likePuppy)?

problem graphical sistem NO DEVICES DETECTED (no replies)

elivetopaz2 — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:41:52 -0700

hello!!

i don't speak well english sorry.

i have a problem when i want to install elive topaz 2.0 i have netbook asus eeepc 1015pem with resolution 1024x600 and i cant install because elive say (ee) no devices detected.

could someone help me?

how to do persistence? (1 reply)

nicogelo — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:59:15 -0800

can anyone help mo how to do persistence in my Elive Topaz 2.0? thanks

Error- Problem running the Graphical System (2 replies)

vaastava — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:51:01 -0700

I am very sad. After booting with elive bootable usb, i experienced the problem
running graphical system.
in boot process, i saw this error---

Problem running the Graphical System
(EE) No devices detected

when i searched in elive- forum about it.i found , it is not only my problem.
(For details click this topic link - [forum.elivecd.org])
And those people, who is experienceing this problem.They should wait for new updated
elive version.so i am ready to wait.
but i cant wait, because i had written an article
on elive linux and i have got an invitation code.And according to Thanatermesis, invitation code
has limited lifetime. I dont know, what is the valid time duration of invitation code.
But now, i am upset . What should i do?

Always i wanted to install elive in my laptop. So, please help & reply about it.

Wifi WEP Issue (6 replies)

ursabubo — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:56:38 -0700

I have Elive 2.0 Live running on a USB drive and wish to install to my laptop. However, I cannot get the it to connect to my wifi network. It shows the correct wifi card, it sees the network, I enter the right WEP key but after about 2 minutes of trying to connect it fails. Any advice would be appreciated.

How to (1 reply)

beast325 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:06:40 -0700

Hi, I am new to Linux and i would like to no how to connect to the internet using my usb Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EVDO modem. My carrier is sprint and sadly it is my only way of connecting to the internet and I would really like to start downloading stuff for Elive. If anyone could help me out I would really appreciate it.

Wifi on life mode (7 replies)

jurgen — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:48:45 -0700

Hello,

I just found out about Elive and tested it in a virtual machine.

I fell in love how beautifull this is! I tried Opengeu, yellow dog but they coulnd't statisfy my needs.
The Elive in the virtual machine experiencce was great. Time for phase 2, installing it on my Pavillion dm1.
At least, that's what i thougt. First I wanted to test in live mode if everything works.
Everything worked for me except one thing. The wireless connection.

It gave me an a error message that I needed to install it with the nurse(repair). I figured out that this option is only useable if you have the have the installed version. Which you can get if you pay for this OS. I would like to pay for a such beautifull OS if I only knew if everything works well.
I don't know this at the moment. So prepare yourself for here comes my question...
Is there any way to test if the wireless can work on the live mode?

I hope there is a way to do that.

Greetings Jurgen

No grub booting with USB stick (no replies)

ibux — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:05:08 -0800

Hello,

I downloaded the stable version iso of elive to test it, "burning" it on my USB stick. I used UNetbootin to put in on my USB stick and then followed the instructions given in the Howtos to configure grub. I t finally seemed working and I tried booting with USB, yet, the BIOS sees my USB device but won't boot on it even if I force it on the BIOS boot order sequence, instead it runs my usual grub menu. I tried the USB on my other machine and it worked perfectly. I wonder if my USB controller can't boot with the stick or if the issue comes from something else.
I tried burning a CD, but my CD recorder seems dead, I face some writing errors during burning. (It's quite old and I have some other problems with it sometimes).

I think I would have to give some infos about my USB controller but I don't know exactly which ones.
Thanks for your help.

USB install not working - Linux first timer (6 replies)

rasta — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:14:48 -0800

Hi I'm new to Linux - hoping to convert from windows, but I have been unable to boot Elive from USB. I think that I will stick with windows. Downloaded stable iso (elive_2.0_Topaz_new-kernel_up002) to hard drive. Down loaded special Elive Unetbootin file to USB stick and then followed instructions and installed the iso file to this boot disk. Everything appeared to finish and work during Unetbootin install. When I reboot the USB is not recognized as a boot disk and windows boots. I have just managed to make a USB boot for Backtrack 4 using Unetbootin which works fine on a seperate USB stick (I'm not totally computer inept!). My computer is set to boot from USB first. When I followed the Unetbootin (Elive) set up I specified the correct USB drive and source for the iso from harddrive. Seems to take a long time during install ( extracting/copying iso to boot file stage (last 2 files -98% seems to drag on for another ten minutes?), but in the end the boot file is produced and then prompted to reboot, with no joy.
Appreciate if anyone has any advice as I really loved the look of Elive, and was hoping to ditch windows all together, but no so sure now.
Appreciate any help.
Cheers Rasta

Squashfs filesystem failed to mount (2 replies)

ninjabeirut — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:31:18 -0700

Hi there!

i got a problem, when i boot the livecd Elive stable edition i get an error message "failed to mount squashfs filesystem"

And then (initframes)

I dont have a clue of what to do... Please help!

special for usb version of Elive & install prob (1 reply)

LaQuirrELL — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:24:21 -0700

Hi
I am anxious to try Elive gem, but want to do it right. I am not totally new to linux, but new enouigh to still be nervous. I have a couple of questions.

1] In the How To instructions under Advantages of putting elive on USB

it mentions special for usb version of Elive
I have looked all over your site and cannot find this SPECIAL VERSION
Where would I get it?

2] I downloaded the elive stable, checked my md5 sum, it was good.
I proceeded to format usb drive and install elive on usb as per instructions for Linux mode.
opened a terminal as root in /media/

grub-install --recheck --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/SNG800 /dev/sdd

It returned the error:
WARNING! You are trying to invoke the unsupported grub-install script
with a parameter. To really do this, call grub-install.unsupported.
You should rather call "yast2 bootloader" or create configuration files appropriate for the intended target.
The distro I am currently using is openSuse 11.2.
IN the Linux mode instructs it says "It is recommended to do this from an Elive system and specially the same version that you want to put on the USB, also from the same machine"
I don't have an elive system, but I am trying to get one.
Please help
Thanks

It still rotates through 3 different wallpapers (1 reply)

she_died — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:36:03 -0700

How do I switch it off? I have picked my wallpaper but whenever I restart the X session, it still shows me 2 of the 'sky' elive walls and the theme wallpaper, and then it will settle on the theme wallpaper, even though I had made a choice in a prior X session. How do I prevent this? They are nice but it should cycle once and once only, then get back to my preferred wallpaper, and stay there.

[SOLVED] Anyone else having problems with gpm? (1 reply)

she_died — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:47:50 -0700

I was wondering whether anyone else has tried highlighting text in virtual terminals. The mouse, even with gpm, refuses to do X-style copy and paste. It highlights the entire screen up to where the cursor is.

Maybe the changes to accomodate touchpads affected gpm? BTW this is live TOPAZ on a desktop which has no touchpad; I have also selected 'no' to the prompt asking if I want new settings for the mouse.

Drop shadows repeat on each workspace (1 reply)

she_died — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:39:22 -0700

I tend to disable drop shadows because it produces a weird effect: the shadow of each window is everywhere. The terminal window is on workspace 1, but when I go to workspace 2, 3 or 4 the shadow is also there, with an 'invisible' terminal. If I open up another terminal, or a browser, they will also throw their shadows on the other workspaces. I have an nvidia 6200 and Topaz picks newest nvidia drivers (heh, makes me feel like I have new hardware. Thanks, Elive!) Has anybody seen this effect, and fixed it? I would like to report it as a bug but that bug report page needs another password, not the forum password. BTW, right now, I am trying to enable the ecomorph dropshadow; all of the above is about the separate dropshadow module. I tried that first; ecomorph does not want to enable the effect, it seems.

How to make a Gtk theme appear on the list (2 replies)

she_died — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:42:03 -0700

I am using Verdega's awesome Antique theme. There was a matching Gtk theme suggested, and I downloaded it and unpacked it into /usr/share/themes. However when I switch e17 theme to Antique and gtk-chtheme dialog appears, Antique is not listed. How do I refresh the list to include the new Gtk theme?

lost of xorg configuration on host system (2 replies)

shadowind — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:05:38 -0700

Hi,

I've laptop with mandriva 2010.1.
I've run elive cd to try your distro, but unfortunately when i reboot on my original distro (without elive cd) the X configuration was modified. So i've enough knowledge to repair this. But I would like know if it's normal this append?

Cordially

roadmap for development (no replies)

mnzt42yd — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:08:07 -0700

just wondering if this is happening as doesnt seem to be any movement and no details

Live USB on Dell Mini 1012 producing an error on boot... (12 replies)

Isthmus — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:16:16 -0800

Hi folks, Just joined and this is my first question in your fine forum.

I bought a Dell Mini 1012 for the express purpose of installing Elive 2.0 on it as it's principal OS. I made a live USB of Elive and ran it on my old Dell Inspiron 700m laptop, where it loaded and ran perfectly. When running it on the new Mini 1012, the USB goes through the entire boot up sequence and ultimately fails at a point where it gives me a graphical system error. The error is as follows:

Problem running the Graphical System
(EE) No devices detected

It then sends me to a screen titled "Graphical System Finished" which gives me the following options:

* Start X - Restart your graphical session
* reconfigure - reconfigure your graphical system and launch it
* install - Install Elive in your computer
* console - Boot login console
* reboot - reboot your computer
* shutdown - shutdown your computer

I chose "reconfigure your graphical system and launch it" and reset the screen resolution manually to 1024x600; hit ok and got the same error.

The hardware specs on the machine are as follows:

* Processor: Intel Atom Processor N450 (1.66GHz, 512K L2 Cache)
* RAM: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (1 DIMM)
* HD: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
* Video: Intel NM10 Express
* Network Card: Dell 1397 802.11B/G Wireless Mini Card
* 6 Cell Primary Battery
* 10.1 inch Widescreen Display (1024x600)

If anyone has any idea what could be going on and how I might go about solving this I would appreciate it greatly. I REALLY loved Elive on my tests and think it woud be perfect on this machine, if I can get it running.

Thanks in advance for your help.

iso won't burn (2 replies)

ejames82 — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:56:02 -0700

i downloaded the 2.0 iso with a bunch of other distros for the sake of sampling.

i verified the md5 on all distros. elive wouldn't burn on k3b. some kind of error about the program not liking the medium.
i tried using imgburn on windows but received an error there as well. there was a difference between the size of the image and the size of the disk.
all of the other distros burnt fine and i went on to use the disk (that elive wouldn't install on) to install another distro that was totally functional.

i've heard good things about elive. i was hoping it would work out.
i tried to post this yesterday and for some reason, was unable to. it submitted properly, just never posted.
just thought you folks would want to know about this.

Graphical Mode, don't start, black screen. (no replies)

lucman — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:39:57 -0700

Hello, I've tested ELive Topaz 2.0 on a Virtual Machinne (VBox in Ubuntu ).
I really like it, I've burned to a CD.
When i start the CD (in Normal Mode), I have a Black Screen after start, but i can hear start music.
(I thing that this problem is because My Laptop (LenovoG550) doesn't support this kernel version.
(When I test Ubuntu Jaunty Live CD, i must run in "nomodeset" mode to start with graphical mode.)

I've tried to CTRL+F1, and restartx, but i get the same error.
The mode Graphical Safe, also doesn't work and the mode "Black Screen" also doesn't work.

Any idea for this "error" ??
Can i upgrade the linux kernel from live cd and make a new live cd??