Grub-Customizer / autostart

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I have been testing antix for 2 days. And some questions have come up. Here are three of them:

First question: I installed the tool “Grub-Customizer” on the current version of antix-full, with icewm. The application runs correctly when I start it from the terminal and have previously done sudo su. But if I want to start it from the menu, nothing happens. The application starts in Q4OS Distro and opens a small window where I can enter the root password. Can I get that on antix too?

Second question: If not, is there a similar tool for antix, i.e. GUI, not coding?

Third question: antix runs quite slowly with Chromium. Are there any applications that are in autostart and occupy RAM? I only have 1GB. Can I stop such applications or remove them from autostart?

many thanks 🙂

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—-> I only have 1GB. Can I stop such applications or remove them from autostart?
Remove chromium and install Brave ( also based on Chrome, Is 3x faster and Half the ram
Furthermore, Waterfox G3 ( latest edition ) is lean and mean ( on my Lenovo Laptop, but not fast on my Compaq laptop.
Is your laptop not updatable to 2Gb ? Most of them are ! Will be a benefit for all Internet related things
Good luck

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Is there a .desktop file for Grub Customizer in /usr/share/applications? If there is you can edit that to change the launcher to use the sudo utility. Look at other *.desktop files to get the idea.

1gb is more than enough for antiX. You need to share your info with us so we can help you sort it out. Open a terminal and type

inxi -Fxz

and then copy the output to the forum.

Also, yes, you can disable some start up services. You can also use software that uses less memory. And you can tweak the settings in some program, like Chromium, to handle memory better.

There is lots of info on this subject here in the forum. Do a forum search on “light weight browser” or “memory resources” or something like that.

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some threads that may be useful:

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/some-apps-dont-launch-from-antix-cc-gui/

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/system-requirements-for-antix-and-other-debians/

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/antix-the-best-operating-system-for-my-p-iii/

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by seaken64.

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grub-customizer
But if I want to start it from the menu, nothing happens.

I installed it to test and found the same result.
from commandline “sudo grub-customizer” did launch the UI.

~/.desktop-session/startup
Here you can outcomment items which are slated to autostart at the beginning of each graphical desktop session

sudo sysv-rc-conf
This enables you to specify which services will be autostarted.
Booting typically brings you to runlevel 5 (starts SLiM + desktop-session). Editing the autostarts for other runlevels would probably be moot. Really, none of those “services” consume a significant amount of memory though.

Are there any applications that are in autostart and occupy RAM?

sudo htop
sudo ps_mem.py
These tools enable you to see which processes are running, amount of memory consumed, etc.

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!) Grub customizer
This is a policykit related issue. You need to install policykit-1-gnome and enable in ~/.desktop-session/startup the line:

# Use pkexec (you need to install policykit-1-gnome)
/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &

Or simply launch it from terminal using sudo and forget about launching from the menus.
sudo grub-customizer

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by Xecure. Reason: Noted what question is being answered

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

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Many thanks to everyone 🙂

Now I’ll work my way through the answers step by step.

It would be great if I could find a good browser that used less ram than Chromium, or could configure Chromium better. I’ll know more soon.

antix runs very well. It takes some getting used to with the graphical user interface, but it works 🙂

have a nice weekend!

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First the result:

antix@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.235-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: IceWM 1.8.3 
  Distro: antiX-19.3_x64-full Manolis Glezos 15 October 2020 
  base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite L305 v: PSLB8U-0SVAR1 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC serial: <filter> BIOS: INSYDE v: 1.80 
  date: 03/20/2009 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.4 Wh condition: 20.4/22.2 Wh (92%) 
  model: PA3533U-1BRS status: Unknown 
CPU:
  Topology: Single Core model: Intel 585 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core Merom 
  rev: D L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 4322 
  Speed: 2161 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2161 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics 
  vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel resolution: 1280x800~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express v: 2.1 Mesa 18.3.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.235-antix.1-amd64-smp 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems RTL810xE driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI 
  port: 2000 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8187B Wireless Adapter type: USB driver: rtl8187 
  bus ID: 2-6:2 
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 156.30 GiB used: 10.15 GiB (6.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD1600BEVS-26VAT0 
  size: 149.05 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdc type: USB model: UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G size: 7.25 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 48.41 GiB used: 8.21 GiB (17.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 173 Uptime: 10m Memory: 927.4 MiB used: 634.9 MiB (68.5%) 
  Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3 
  inxi: 3.0.36 
antix@antix1:~

policykit-1-gnome worked fine 🙂 Thank you!

Brave I am testing, right now 🙂 Looks as adblock plus needs also a lot of Ram!

Will look around for another 1GB Ram, of course. It’s a Toshiba Satelite, from 2010, nearly unused! Got it fro free 🙂

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You should definitely try Opera! It runs the best of all I’ve tried so far! Apparently Opera handles the memory much better than Chromium or Firefox. The options in the settings are strong, there is a built-in add blocker. I am really surprised by Opera 🙂

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