New AUR package "mhwd-chroot" to test !!!

[Esclapion]

Hi all 

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mhwd-chroot/

For the moment, tested with xfce and lxqt only. To install :

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yaourt -S mhwd-chroot
Screenshots :





It's more sane to quit the chroot with Ctrl-D or exit than to close the windows.


For more infos on chroot, see HERE. 

[excalibur1234]

this works beautifully.

i have tested it in virtualbox:
1. i installed manjaro net edition with lxqt packages from the AUR in virtualbox.
2. i put the latest manjaro lxqt iso image in virtualbox and booted it. then, i installed mhwd-chroot in it. i started "chroot" from the start menu and i could access 1. i could update 1. and install packages easily.

i have 2 questions:
- is there a terminal command to start mhwd-chroot from the terminal?
- is it possible to not be logged in as root? (so i can build and install packages from the AUR without being root)

[Esclapion]

Thanks for your tries 

1) to chroot in the same terminal, you can call :

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[sudo] mhwd-chroot-shell
2) from the terminal, to chroot in a new window :

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[gksu|sudo] mhwd-chroot
3) from the manual :

Only a privileged process (Linux: one with the CAP_SYS_CHROOT capability) may call chroot().

So, it seems not possible as simple user.

[excalibur1234]

i did some more testing with xterm, lxterminal, qterminal, and urxvt in the latest manjaro lxqt.
the commands you mentioned worked in all of them, except urxvt:

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo mhwd-chroot
/usr/bin/mhwd-chroot: Zeile 18: rxvt: Kommando nicht gefunden.

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ gksu mhwd-chroot

(gksu:3311): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

(gksu:3311): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
/usr/bin/mhwd-chroot: Zeile 18: rxvt: Kommando nicht gefunden.

but "sudo mhwd-chroot-shell works.

i remember it worked in my last test in urxvt. this is strange.


p.s.: i translate this line:

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Zeile 18: rxvt: Kommando nicht gefunden.


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line 18: rxvt: command not found.


[excalibur1234]

another question:
is there a way to specify the root partition of the manjaro i want to chroot into?

something like

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sudo mhwd-chroot sda3
or

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sudo mhwd-chroot /dev/sda3
would make sense.

[Esclapion]

1) I think the content of thour environment variable $COLORTERM is bad. Installation problem ? I must add a test on that.

2) no simple.    All is mounted (/boot, /home, etc...); but the chroot will always be done on the partition containing really the folder /etc.

[excalibur1234]

All is mounted (/boot, /home, etc...); but the chroot will always be done on the partition containing really the folder /etc.

ah. ok.
i am just concerned about what happens, when there are 2 or more linux installations on my computer. what will happen?
will mhwd-chroot choose the first /etc it finds (other than the system, which executes mhwd-chroot)?

it is nice, mhwd-chroot shows me the root (or rather /etc) partition.

[Esclapion]

i am just concerned about what happens, when there are 2 or more linux installations on my computer. what will happen?

I have 3 Linux installations on my PC, and I'm now on the main, sda6 :



maybe I will add more details in the future, but >= 3  Linux installations is a rare case.*

(edit)
Btw, I find a bug : It's not Entrer (french) but Enter (english). 

* I have also a W7, but it's ignored by the tool.

[excalibur1234]

this looks great!
i know that 3 linux installations on one systems are a rare case, but this makes mhwd-chroot feel more complete.


if you are looking for better english, just replace "list of the found systems" with

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List of found systems
or

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Found systems
or

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Found Linux systems


[Esclapion]

New version 1.1-1.



Some cosmetics changes (label added in the list, etc...), filter to avoid a bad value in $COLORTERM, better umount, comment lines of fstab filtered.

[Loup]

Hi guys, trying to install mhwd-chroot on a live system to access logs of non bootable system.

I get this error when installing mhwd

[Esclapion]

It's because yaourt is not good installed : it needs base-devel or a part of this, at least.

In your case, it miss binutils, to install with pacman :

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sudo pacman -S binutils
But it's strange that you don't have that.   

[Loup]

But it's strange that you don't have that.   

@ escalapion Im using manjaro-xfce-0.9.0-dev-x86_64.iso from 22-03-2015 to test calamares.

I'm trying to gather info to help resolve this issue : https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=21531.15

Thank's for your help

[Loup]

Hi guys,  i'm sorry this disturb again ... another error trying to install mhwd-chroot from still same live installer.

[Esclapion]

Always another piece of yaourt missing...  OK, we can use the simplest solution :

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sudo pacman -S base-devel