Further work on the Intergration of Grub2config in KLV's

[rockedge]

We do have a working version of Grub2config in KLV-Airedale and KLV-Spectr so it is planned to install the program in KLV-Boxer. There has been some recent work done to the Grub2config script to update the program for Puppy Linux so to stay up-to-date I am looking at including those in the KLV version, which uses just about the same code.

Some small syntax fixes in probedisk seem to have straightened out the few errors generated. I have not integrated Grub2config in the KLV-Boxer PLUG fully yet but have it apparently working on a KLV-Boxer Pseudo Full Install (PFI) type installation.

command to identify WM_Class:

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xprop | grep "WM_CLASS"
WM_CLASS(STRING) =

using probedisk and probedisk2:

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Grub2config-2.0.8 running on KLV-Boxer-rc5-PFI

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Notice how dark the Rox pinboard desktop is caused by picom. The Conky clock is transparent and working.

[Sofiya]

[rockedge]

With advice from @Sofiya I have gone with xcompmgr to supply a compositor for KLV-Boxer which seems to work as expected.

There is an error appearing in runs of Grub2config-2.0.8 which seems to involve a missing function call

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/usr/bin/grub2config: line 837: guess_fstype: command not found

around line 837:

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if  [ "$BOOTPART"  ]; then
	TOFS=$(guess_fstype /dev/$BOOTPART) || fatal "Failed to guess_fstype /dev/$BOOTPART"
fi

I can't seem to find any other reference, calls or actual code for guess_fstype

[Sofiya]

With advice from @Sofiya I have gone with xcompmgr to supply a compositor for KLV-Boxer which seems to work as expected.

There is an error appearing in runs of Grub2config-2.0.8 which seems to involve a missing function call

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/usr/bin/grub2config: line 837: guess_fstype: command not found

around line 837:

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if  [ "$BOOTPART"  ]; then
	TOFS=$(guess_fstype /dev/$BOOTPART) || fatal "Failed to guess_fstype /dev/$BOOTPART"
fi

I can't seem to find any other reference, calls or actual code for guess_fstype

guess_fstype -- command "/bin/busybox"

create a link to ( /bin/busybox ) named ( guess_fstype ) and everything should be okay

[rockedge]

@Sofiya Looks like the version of busybox does not have the function!
Currently defined functions:

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acpid, add-shell, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arch, arp, arping, ascii, ash, awk, base32, base64, basename, bc, blkdiscard, blkid,
blockdev, bootchartd, brctl, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, chat, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chpasswd, chpst, chroot, chrt, chvt, cksum, clear,cmp, comm, conspy, cp, cpio, crc32, crond, crontab, cryptpw, cttyhack, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, depmod, devmem, df,dhcprelay, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsd, dnsdomainname, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, ed, egrep, eject, env, envdir,envuidgid, expand, expr, factor, fakeidentd, fallocate, false, fatattr, fbset, fbsplash, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk, fgconsole, fgrep, find, findfs,
flash_eraseall, flash_lock, flash_unlock, flashcp, flock, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, fsync, ftpd, ftpget, ftpput,
fuser, getopt, getty, grep, groups, gunzip, gzip, halt, hd, hdparm, head, hexdump, hexedit, hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, i2cdump, i2cget,i2cset, i2ctransfer, id, ifconfig, ifenslave, ifplugd, inetd, init, inotifyd, insmod, install, ionice, iostat, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc, ipcrm, ipcs,iplink, ipneigh, iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5, klogd, last, less, link, linux32, linux64, linuxrc, ln, loadfont,
loadkmap, logger, login, logname, losetup, lpd, lpq, lpr, ls, lsattr, lsmod, lsof, lspci, lsscsi, lsusb, lzcat, lzma, lzop, lzopcat, makedevs,
makemime, man, md5sum, mdev, mesg, microcom, mim, mkdir, mkdosfs, mke2fs, mkfifo, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.minix, mkfs.reiser, mkfs.vfat, mknod, mkpasswd,	mkswap, mktemp, modinfo, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mpstat, mt, mv, nameif, nbd-client, nc, netstat, nice, nl, nmeter, nohup, nologin,nproc, nsenter, nslookup, ntpd, nuke, od, openvt, partprobe, passwd, paste, patch, pgrep, pidof, ping, ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, pkill,pmap, popmaildir, poweroff, powertop, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pstree, pwd, pwdx, raidautorun, rdate, rdev, readlink, readprofile, realpath,reboot, reformime, remove-shell, renice, reset, resize, resume, rev, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, rtcwake, run-init, run-parts, runlevel,runsv, runsvdir, rx, script, scriptreplay, sed, sendmail, seq, setarch, setconsole, setfattr, setfont, setkeycodes, setlogcons, setpriv, setserial,setsid, setuidgid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha3sum, sha512sum, showkey, shred, shuf, slattach, sleep, smemcap, softlimit, sort, split, ssl_client,start-stop-daemon, stat, strings, stty, su, sulogin, sum, sv, svc, svlogd, svok, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd, tac, tail,tar, taskset, tc, tcpsvd, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, tftpd, time, timeout, top, touch, tr, traceroute, traceroute6, true, truncate, ts, tty,ttysize, tunctl, tune2fs, ubiattach, ubidetach, ubimkvol, ubirename, ubirmvol, ubirsvol, ubiupdatevol, udhcpc, udhcpc6, udhcpd, udpsvd, uevent,umount, uname, uncompress, unexpand, uniq, unix2dos, unlink, unlzma, unlzop, unshare, unxz, unzip, uptime, users, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,vconfig, vi, vlock, volname, w, wall, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, whois, xargs, xxd, xz, xzcat, yes, zcat, zcip

Checking with OctoXBPS shows that busybox is not installed so it appears during the original build the static busybox which does not include the function remains the installed version.

I will test by installing busybox..............might be a disaster but we'll see......

[Sofiya]

@Sofiya Looks like the version of busybox does not have the function!
Currently defined functions:

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acpid, add-shell, addgroup, adduser, adjtimex, ar, arch, arp, arping, ascii, ash, awk, base32, base64, basename, bc, blkdiscard, blkid,
blockdev, bootchartd, brctl, bunzip2, bzcat, bzip2, cal, cat, chat, chattr, chgrp, chmod, chown, chpasswd, chpst, chroot, chrt, chvt, cksum, clear,cmp, comm, conspy, cp, cpio, crc32, crond, crontab, cryptpw, cttyhack, cut, date, dc, dd, deallocvt, delgroup, deluser, depmod, devmem, df,dhcprelay, diff, dirname, dmesg, dnsd, dnsdomainname, dos2unix, dpkg, dpkg-deb, du, dumpkmap, dumpleases, echo, ed, egrep, eject, env, envdir,envuidgid, expand, expr, factor, fakeidentd, fallocate, false, fatattr, fbset, fbsplash, fdflush, fdformat, fdisk, fgconsole, fgrep, find, findfs,
flash_eraseall, flash_lock, flash_unlock, flashcp, flock, fold, free, freeramdisk, fsck, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, fsync, ftpd, ftpget, ftpput,
fuser, getopt, getty, grep, groups, gunzip, gzip, halt, hd, hdparm, head, hexdump, hexedit, hostid, hostname, httpd, hush, hwclock, i2cdump, i2cget,i2cset, i2ctransfer, id, ifconfig, ifenslave, ifplugd, inetd, init, inotifyd, insmod, install, ionice, iostat, ip, ipaddr, ipcalc, ipcrm, ipcs,iplink, ipneigh, iproute, iprule, iptunnel, kbd_mode, kill, killall, killall5, klogd, last, less, link, linux32, linux64, linuxrc, ln, loadfont,
loadkmap, logger, login, logname, losetup, lpd, lpq, lpr, ls, lsattr, lsmod, lsof, lspci, lsscsi, lsusb, lzcat, lzma, lzop, lzopcat, makedevs,
makemime, man, md5sum, mdev, mesg, microcom, mim, mkdir, mkdosfs, mke2fs, mkfifo, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.minix, mkfs.reiser, mkfs.vfat, mknod, mkpasswd,	mkswap, mktemp, modinfo, modprobe, more, mount, mountpoint, mpstat, mt, mv, nameif, nbd-client, nc, netstat, nice, nl, nmeter, nohup, nologin,nproc, nsenter, nslookup, ntpd, nuke, od, openvt, partprobe, passwd, paste, patch, pgrep, pidof, ping, ping6, pipe_progress, pivot_root, pkill,pmap, popmaildir, poweroff, powertop, printenv, printf, ps, pscan, pstree, pwd, pwdx, raidautorun, rdate, rdev, readlink, readprofile, realpath,reboot, reformime, remove-shell, renice, reset, resize, resume, rev, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route, rpm, rpm2cpio, rtcwake, run-init, run-parts, runlevel,runsv, runsvdir, rx, script, scriptreplay, sed, sendmail, seq, setarch, setconsole, setfattr, setfont, setkeycodes, setlogcons, setpriv, setserial,setsid, setuidgid, sh, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha3sum, sha512sum, showkey, shred, shuf, slattach, sleep, smemcap, softlimit, sort, split, ssl_client,start-stop-daemon, stat, strings, stty, su, sulogin, sum, sv, svc, svlogd, svok, swapoff, swapon, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd, tac, tail,tar, taskset, tc, tcpsvd, tee, telnet, telnetd, test, tftp, tftpd, time, timeout, top, touch, tr, traceroute, traceroute6, true, truncate, ts, tty,ttysize, tunctl, tune2fs, ubiattach, ubidetach, ubimkvol, ubirename, ubirmvol, ubirsvol, ubiupdatevol, udhcpc, udhcpc6, udhcpd, udpsvd, uevent,umount, uname, uncompress, unexpand, uniq, unix2dos, unlink, unlzma, unlzop, unshare, unxz, unzip, uptime, users, usleep, uudecode, uuencode,vconfig, vi, vlock, volname, w, wall, watch, watchdog, wc, wget, which, who, whoami, whois, xargs, xxd, xz, xzcat, yes, zcat, zcip

Checking with OctoXBPS shows that busybox is not installed so it appears during the original build the static busybox which does not include the function remains the installed version.

I will test by installing busybox..............might be a disaster but we'll see......

it is quite possible because you are trying to install Ubuntu software . I wouldn't be surprised if Void busybox doesn't have this command

[rockedge]

@Sofiya The Void Linux busybox does not have the commands fgconsole or guess_fstype but KLV-Airedale's busybox does ?? How does the Ubuntu busybox appear on any KLV?

I copied the KLV-Airedale busybox and Grub2config works on KLV-Boxer. The KLV-Airedale is an older version.

Something is not right.......

Grub2config is written for Puppy Linux though.....

[Sofiya]

@Sofiya The Void Linux busybox does not have the commands fgconsole or guess_fstype but KLV-Airedale's busybox does ?? How does the Ubuntu busybox appear on any KLV?

I copied the KLV-Airedale busybox and Grub2config works on KLV-Boxer. The KLV-Airedale is an older version.

Something is not right.......

Grub2config is written for Puppy Linux though.....

Since there is no "guess_fstype" in Void, I could only suggest this
remove the false .false.gz
put it in /usr/bin

[Sofiya]

in general, a bootloader is such a specific thing that is individual for each system

[Sofiya]

For the sake of interest, I downloaded a full Ubuntu distribution, there is no "guess_fstype" there either. I assume that in Puppy Linux "busybox" is patched

[rockedge]

KLV-Airedale version is BusyBox v1.31.0 it has no guess_fstype
KLV-Spectr version is BusyBox v1.35.0 it has no guess_fstype
Puppy Linux NoblePup64 version is BusyBox v1.36.1 it has guess_fstype

[rockedge]

@Sofiya You're correct....it is a patch -> https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... 256.sum#L2

[wiak]

@Sofiya You're correct....it is a patch -> https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... 256.sum#L2

That's typical Puppy for you. Let's write a patch that isn't needed and other distros don't provide and then write utilities that use it so only work in Puppy without manufacturing a workaround equivalent. And referred to here: https://bkhome.org/news/202206/guessfst ... moved.html

[wiak]

I don't know Grub2config requirements. For example if it needs to handle multiple boot devices like that patch allows for. But if it only needs a single shot one boot device check you probably could use a simple "guess_fstype" script - could use or modify/simplify/expand the attached (remove the dummy tar and place in executable PATH somewhere, but watch not to overwrite Puppy-style guess_fstype; I'm assuming you don't have that...). Probably could just use /bin/sh; I just put /bin/bash cos didn't feel like working that out...

But do understand, this is just a simple one-shot quickie that may not be applicable to Grub2config needs. It is not the multi-bootdev params capable patch version though you could always re-write it to provide the same. Better that, it seems to me, than have to have a specially patched busybox (sigh).

[wiak]

But I forgot to say that the guess_fstype script I included was just simple example since I already used such code, but I expect the above BarryK blog one I pointed to is more complete replacement. I haven't tried it, but presumably fits the grub2config needs.

EDIT: I looked at Barry's code now. Yes same basically. Mine is long winded because was for different purpose where I needed to do different things in case statement parts (mount format parameters in FR initrd).

[rockedge]

@wiak exaclty what I did! I used a [c]guess_fstype[/c] script that @Sofiya provided in another post.

It works well and I tested using the Void Linux repo busybox. So using the Puppy Linux version substituted in KLV works but to avoid that these guess_fstype scripts bring Grub2config to successfully install a boot loader.

Only thing now is to add code to identify a KLV and write the those boot stanza's. Right now I just am using Grub2config to install the boot loader and menu then using wd_grubconfig to generate the boot stanza's and I manually insert them.

Mine is long winded because was for different purpose where I needed to do different things in case statement parts (mount format parameters in FR initrd).

This might be the way to integrate Grub2config more into KLV variants!

[wiak]

I see @shinobar has now updated grub2config such that doesnt need guess_fstype

EDIT: Sofiya reports doesnt work with Void Linux based builds

[Sofiya]

I see @shinobar has now updated grub2config such that doesnt need guess_fstype

this won't work for Void

[Sofiya]

@wiak exaclty what I did! I used a [c]guess_fstype[/c] script that @Sofiya provided in another post.

It works well and I tested using the Void Linux repo busybox. So using the Puppy Linux version substituted in KLV works but to avoid that these guess_fstype scripts bring Grub2config to successfully install a boot loader.

Only thing now is to add code to identify a KLV and write the those boot stanza's. Right now I just am using Grub2config to install the boot loader and menu then using wd_grubconfig to generate the boot stanza's and I manually insert them.

Mine is long winded because was for different purpose where I needed to do different things in case statement parts (mount format parameters in FR initrd).

This might be the way to integrate Grub2config more into KLV variants!

@rockedge
install xbps-install -Su efibootmgr util-linux -- missing element for grub2 config
in (util-linux) there is an element that we need " blkid "

add " gtk2dialog " to have a nice window

in grub2config and grub4dosconfig

grub2config line 611 ( v2.0.1 ) ------- line 634 ( v2.0.8 )
grub4dosconfig line 563 ( v1.9.4 )