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Obviously, the June release was delayed, so starting a new topic for a July release. Early on it wasn't clear if linux 5.7 was usable or not as the next stable kernel, but things seems to have settled now that it is at 5.7.7.

Also not clear was how many of the new Calamares QML modules were ready for ISO use, it now looks like welcomeq & keyboardq can be used, localeq is not ready

As always, early test ISOs are minimal, very few apps, just a web-browser, file manager, text editor, GUI package manager. The non-free nvidia drivers are included since they are a big part of what needs testing.

Plan is to have Frameworks 5.72.0, KDE Applications 20.4.3, Plasma 5.19.3 and Linux 5.7.x on the final ISO.

The ISO is using packages from the build repo, but that repo is not enabled, so if you decide to install, make sure to add the build epo to your pacman.conf.

Debug packages for Calamares are part of all ISOs, run Calamares with gdb if you encounter errors.
provide the installation log, if you encounter any issue at all

You can start Calamares from the Welcome app, or run it with:

sudo calamares -d

The install log will be created in the home directory of the Live user, see ~/installation.log. It is available after the install in the target system in /var/log/installation.log
If run from cli, make sure to pastebin the full output, since no installation.log will be copied then, though that log is more complete.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/kaos-test/files/iso/KaOS-2020.07.02-x86_64.iso
SHA256Sum:

121a3c12103b88dbac111be6e62ace896aa61df25f934480e7c480959d90e6b5  KaOS-2020.07.02-x86_64.iso

On this ISO you will find:
Linux 5.7.7
systemd 244
gcc 9.3.0
Qt 5.15.0
Frameworks 5.71.0
Plasma 5.19.2
KDE Applications 20.04.2
Calamares 3.2.27
Octopi 0.9.0 with sysinfo & cachecleaner tool

Known issues:

  • Virtualbox in VMSVGA graphical mode will not scale the guest display. Either run in (older) VBoxSVGA or as root (sudo will not work, actually use su to become root): /usr/bin/VBoxClient --vmsvga, seems fixed in Live mode, not yet on installed system

For your Info only.
I've tried this Demm. It runs OK in Vbox although I've not installed it yet.
From a USB stick it fails to load and locks the system, which then needs a power off cycle.
I've downloaded the ISO twice, Copied it to 2 different USB sticks and verified it but still causes a lock up a lock up.
The boot menu comes up and I edit it to give en_GB, press enter and the screen changes to give a one line ( I think it is "systemd 244") then locked.

  • demm replied to this.

    nezzie From a USB stick it fails to load and locks the system

    Same system that has issue with kernel 5.7? That is what is on this ISO.

      Yes, Same system. The boot menu is showing a different screen than the Vbox menu. It's in large text, not the screen resolution., therefore lockup due to video.
      5.6.8.1 works OK on installed system.

      So the previous used disable CSM Support no longer works either in linux 5.7.7?

        demm
        No. Tried both, enabled and disabled. though I will try again tomorrow.

          demm
          Will do in the morning. On the wine now, so not such a good idea. Experience has told me so.

            No go. I've tried with and without CSM support on the USB ISO and on the installed system with kernel 5.7.7-1.
            Would a HDMI connection instead of display port cable make any difference.?

            Edit: I'll get an arch ISO downloaded with the new kernel and try that on a USB stick later today.
            Edit!: Sorry too much hassle as I have no spare disk.

            7 days later

            First full ISO is now up.
            Calamares stayed with the 2 new QML modules, localeq will have to wait for yet another ISO cycle...
            Kernel moved to 6.7.8, with intel IOMMU enabled, maybe it will solve some of the reported issues.
            For the rest, tons of updates since the previous (minimal) ISO, in all some 400, so thorough testing is needed to see if this ISO could be the next stable or not.

            https://sourceforge.net/projects/kaos-test/files/iso/KaOS-2020.07.12-x86_64.iso
            SHA256:

            ea355ff88d69dad60e761275238ae1cf0dbd711ab6473d7008fde7c0e49dedfa  KaOS-2020.07.12-x86_64.iso

            Bad news I'm afraid Demm.
            50 reboots later :- After many tries with this new ISO I still cannot get it to load.
            Setting i915.modeset=0 and deleting the "quiet" option shows that loads almost all the way before locking up BUT gives keyboard access to reboot by ctrl+alt+del. Intel_iommu=on makes no difference.
            It loads and appears to run perfectly on my AMD + Nouveau PC from what little I've tried.

            @nezzie Since no-one in KaOS so far confirms your issue (very specific hardware only?), and all upstream reports I can find point to users only having issues with intel iommu (which is now enabled since 5.7.8), there really is no choice but to go on with moving to the 5.7 kernel. 5.6 is End of Life, so no option.
            The 5.7 ISOs have been downloaded a good 60 times, no other reports. 5.7 has been in the repo as linux-next for over 6 weeks, again, no-one else reported an issue.
            So for you, add linux (& headers) to the ignore packages in your pacman.conf once the ISO is released and 5.7 moves to the stable repo.

            No problem with the 5.7.7-1-next kernel on this system. Loads and runs perfectly OK with the "CSM support" disabled in the BIOS.
            The new ISO just will not boot on this machine, no matter what I do.
            Just stumped if I wanted to re-install.

            • demm replied to this.

              One more full ISO is needed. Hardware detection is no longer working properly for newer NVidia cards, thus a change needed. This is too big an issue (and not a major fix) to leave for a new stable ISO, so new ISO is now up.
              Other changes since the first full ISO from last Monday is package updates only, among those:

              • ffmpeg 4.2.4
              • patched krunner
              • virtualbox packages 6.1.12
              • networkmanager-1.26.0-1
              • dhcpd 9.1.4
              • libcap 2.39

              https://sourceforge.net/projects/kaos-test/files/iso/KaOS-2020.07.15-x86_64.iso
              SHA256sum:

              4e151b47b2b4a8b0b69d41e317415a91a2f2b5bfb0c6303f1fe61d389067c6a2  KaOS-2020.07.15-x86_64.iso
              10 days later

              Demm, I'm sure you have better things to do but I am persistent in my efforts to get the latest ISO to boot.
              By amending the entries on the boot line I can now get it to boot and be able to log in OK, albeit, not with a graphical interface. Is there anything I can do to try installing or get graphics from the console please.??
              All kernels including the latest all run OK on the installed systems. Many thanks.

              Try to get as many logs as possible, maybe dmesg will help, journalctl, re/starting sddm from tty, maybe setting vesa to load on the kernelline.
              These are a few things I would try.
              And make sure to use any and all changes you need to make on your installed system.

              4 days later

              Demm: Food for thought.
              ISO on USB stick runs perfectly on other systems.
              On this intel system Calamares is not detected on boot, only boot menu shows.
              Editing kernel line to only give only the option "i915.modeset=0" enables the system to boot completely, with the graphics.
              The screen locks solid at this point, cntl + alt + F2, then log in ad live gives full usage.

              All systemd services started OK only error is "Live service failed. "Restarting SDDM has no effect.
              Tried startx and "x.log" file is attached, along with "systemctl status live" output and "dmesg" output.

              https://pastebin.com/sqjsPThL

              Also tried copying an "xorg.conf" file with intel driver, screen, etc file to /etc/X11 and running startx. Output says it cannot find i915.

              Thanks.

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