antiX-26-rc1 available

[ProwlerGrMember]

Thanks @masinick
I think I can see the problem with Dinit ( @anticapitalista modules.sh script needs to be aligned with runit/s6-rc & potentially a new scripted service for kmod-static-nodes is required)

For 66 I believe you just need to enable the modules for the boot@system module
sudo 66 configure -e nano boot@system
Change relevant line to:
MODULE_KERNEL=!yes
Then activate the change with command
sudo 66 reconfigure boot@system

[Brian MasinickModerator]

Thank you @ProwlerGr!

I’ll take care of it tomorrow.
Hopefully the permanent fixes will make the release too. [Thumbs up 👍]

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Maybe test the attached on Dinit & report back if it works well for you.
We will need to wait for @anticapitalista to get back before it is properly packaged for antiX

Attachments:

1. dinit-service-boot-module-antix_0.1.8experimental1_all.deb_.zip

[andfreeMember]

ProwlerGr wrote:

Maybe test the attached on Dinit & report back if it works well for you.

Thank you. I would like to test it on my regular installed system, but I purged dinit yesterday, after an “accident”. I thought that dinit had caused a problem to the whole system and that removing it could have solved it. It didn’t. I fixed my problem another way. Is there a simple way to reinstall dinit on the existing multi-init system? I tried
sudo apt install dinit
but it would reinstall only the specific package, not all the dinit related packages that have been removed.

I also tried to test your attachment on my frugal (static) system with kernel 6.6 (using the parameter init=dinit), but the “fuse” line is already there in /etc/modules file and although I delete it, when I reboot it’s still there. I have no explanation for this.

We had better luck on my frugal (static) system with kernel 5.10. I booted with init=dinit parameter and there was not a “fuse” line in /etc/modules file. It was a good start. Then I tried to execute the Ungoogled Chromium Appimage and got this message:

fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first

Cannot mount AppImage, please check your FUSE setup.
(...)

After that, I installed your .deb file:
sudo apt install /<pathway-to>/dinit-service-boot-module-antix_0.1.8experimental1_all.deb

When the installation finished, I rebooted and now the Appimage is executed properly. Your fix worked.

antiX utilities for processing PDF files (posted by ChPol)

[ProwlerGrMember]

andfree wrote:

Is there a simple way to reinstall dinit on the existing multi-init system?

Running the following should give you a functional graphic system
sudo apt install dinit-init-antix dinit-service-boot-module-antix dinit-dialogbox-manager dinit-service-slimski dinit-service-connmand dinit-service-turnstiled

Otherwise just boot an unaltered antiX-26-rc1 iso, take list of all the installed dinit related packages & install them all

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ProwlerGr wrote:

Running the following should give you a functional graphic system
sudo apt install dinit-init-antix dinit-service-boot-module-antix dinit-dialogbox-manager dinit-service-slimski dinit-service-connmand dinit-service-turnstiled

It has really done it. Thank you.
Now I have the pleasure of being able to confirm that your fix for dinit has already worked on my regular installed system as well.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by andfree.

antiX utilities for processing PDF files (posted by ChPol)

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ProwlerGr wrote:

For 66 I believe you just need to enable the modules for the boot@system module
sudo 66 configure -e nano boot@system
Change relevant line to:
MODULE_KERNEL=!yes
Then activate the change with command
sudo 66 reconfigure boot@system

It worked. Thank you.

I noticed an issue that I don’t know if it is already known and I have no time to search about it, so I just mention it.
I can’t “pass” directly from dinit to 66; rebooting fails. However, I can reboot without problem from dinit to runit and then from runit to 66.

antiX utilities for processing PDF files (posted by ChPol)

[Brian MasinickModerator]

ProwlerGr wrote:

Maybe test the attached on Dinit & report back if it works well for you.
We will need to wait for @anticapitalista to get back before it is properly packaged for antiX

Tried this one first: it works!

I’ll go on to the 66 fix next; thanks!

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ProwlerGr wrote:

Thanks @masinick
I think I can see the problem with Dinit ( @anticapitalista modules.sh script needs to be aligned with runit/s6-rc & potentially a new scripted service for kmod-static-nodes is required)

For 66 I believe you just need to enable the modules for the boot@system module
sudo 66 configure -e nano boot@system
Change relevant line to:
MODULE_KERNEL=!yes
Then activate the change with command
sudo 66 reconfigure boot@system

I got this working too, and now that I know where this is, I adjusted a few other parameters to suit my system and interests too.
One parameter that I can’t seem to get right is the correct timezone; default lists UTC. I wanted US Eastern or America/New_York, but what I put in didn’t have any effect, so the syntax is clearly wrong for what I entered.

Looking in the database, /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York is the complete filename.
For America/New_York, what should be the correct entry? I believe I tried America/New_York.

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Brian Masinick wrote:

For America/New_York, what should be the correct entry? I believe I tried America/New_York.

I believe the 2 entries you need to change are:

TZ=America/New_York
HARDWARECLOCK=localtime

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@ProwlerGr
DINIT works fine for me. After the last updates, however, when I boot the snapshot, I have to switch to DINIT from RUNIT. DINIT does not appear automaticaly (… @andfree).

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ProwlerGr wrote:

Brian Masinick wrote:

For America/New_York, what should be the correct entry? I believe I tried America/New_York.

I believe the 2 entries you need to change are:

TZ=America/New_York
HARDWARECLOCK=localtime

Thanks! I thought that I had both of them set; I’ll double check, then make sure to perform the entire sequence; otherwise, everything is working well!

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Brian Masinick wrote:

ProwlerGr wrote:

Brian Masinick wrote:

For America/New_York, what should be the correct entry? I believe I tried America/New_York.

I believe the 2 entries you need to change are:

TZ=America/New_York
HARDWARECLOCK=localtime

Thanks! I thought that I had both of them set; I’ll double check, then make sure to perform the entire sequence; otherwise, everything is working well!

Hmm, that IS what I have set; I’ll try it one more time; I made sure to do
sudo 66 reconfigure boot@system

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Brian Masinick wrote:

Hmm, that IS what I have set; I’ll try it one more time; I made sure to do
sudo 66 reconfigure boot@system

I did it again: MAYBE, to quote a line from the old movie, “My Cousin Vinnie” – for me, SIX times is a charm – it worked, and I didn’t change a single value; all I did was run the reconfigure step AGAIN; this time it worked!

With this resolution, I have all five init alternatives booting and running well, and the initial time is correct for my system too.

Wed Mar  4 09:34:31 AM EST 2026
ps ax | head -2
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/s6-svscan -t 0 -L 256 /run/66/scandir/0

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Wed Mar  4 09:37:25 AM EST 2026
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.4 GiB
    used: 1.67 GiB (11.6%)
  Processes: 333 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: Dinit
    v: 0.20.0 default: 5
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2043 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0
    Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: roxterm pinxi: 3.3.40-1

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