1.10

BUILD.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ After reboot, few final steps may be made to improve further the final image, ma
 - Set a wallpaper
 - Edit `/boot/cmdline.txt` replacing the default content with
   ```
-  root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw rootwait console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 fsck.repair=yes
+  root=UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX rw rootwait console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 fsck.repair=yes plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080@60D
   ```
 - start Kstars without acknowledging any message, start ekos simulator, go to the guiding tab and download the most common indexes
 - enable the resize script to do its magic on the user's first boot - run `sudo systemctl enable resize_once`
@@ -104,3 +104,20 @@ Using `pishrink` follow these steps:
 - `sudo ./pishrink.sh -za astroarch.img astroarch-X.X.X.img.gz`
 
 the gzipped image is ready to be distributed and can be flashed on other media
+
+## Building with an AstroArch script from an existing AstroArch version 
+## (according to this description https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_existing_Linux)
+
+Copy the AA_build_fromAA.sh and astroarch_build_chroot.sh files from the GitHub site https://github.com/sc74/astroarch/tree/1.10/build-astroarch to your Home directory
+
+Make them executable with the command chown +x followed by the file name. Mount a drive or disk and simply run the command AA_build_fromAA.sh
+
+The script will simply ask you which device you want to install on and the password for astronaut
+
+At the end of the process, you will have a working installation on your device and an image to install on another device
+
+The scripts are easily modifiable to create your own AstroArch. The first script allows you to pass the files needed for the build
+
+The second builds the OS. You can add packages, services, and any other files to customize your setup
+
+

README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ this likely means that unfortunately your raspberry pi rev cannot boot the image
 Once you are logged in the first thing you should do is update the system, open the terminal and type `update-astroarch` command
 
 # Set timezone
-Do not forget to set the right timezone! to do so run `sudo timedatectl set-timezone Foo/Bar` where Foo/Bar is something like `Europe/Rome`
+Here a small video that will show you how to set the timezone without the terminal
+
+https://github.com/devDucks/astroarch/assets/4163222/a935b491-5b7a-444d-9f89-a01a279063de
+
+If you want to use the terminal list first the available timezone with `timedatecl list-timezones` and then set the right one with `tsudo timedatectl set-timezone Foo/Bar` where Foo/Bar is something like `Europe/Rome`
+
+Do not forget to set the right timezone! 
 
 # Passwords
 To save you some time, here the default password you will need for AstroArch:
@@ -97,6 +103,8 @@ The followings are some useful commands that you can run from the terminal so yo
  - `use-astro-bleeding-edge` => install bleeding edge packages for Kstars and INDI
  - `use-astro-stable` => install stable  packages for Kstars and INDI
 
+The AstroArch Tweak Tool utility allows you to easily run all these commands
+
 # Connecting via browser (noVNC)
 By default `AstroArch` will start a hostpot called `AstroArch`, to connect to that WiFi network use the password `astronomy`
 
@@ -233,9 +241,11 @@ ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS (use these as guidelines):
 If you are having trouble getting the signal, you may need to protect your USB3 cables (they interfere with the GPS signal)
 if the device is not recognized (which is very unlikely on ArchLinux), we do not recommend using ttyXXX as it may point to other serial devices after a reboot
 
+These commands are in the AstroArch Tweak Tool utility
+
 # How to enable bluetooth
 By default there are no packages to enabling bluetooth, to install them and enabling bluetooth functionalities run the following command `bluetooth_on`, this command will install the BT packages and enable the bluetooth daemon to run automatically at boot.
-If you want to disable bluetooth daemon autostart just run `bluetooth_off` and if you want to remove it run `bluetooth_remove`
+If you want to disable bluetooth daemon autostart just run `bluetooth_off` and if you want to remove it run `bluetooth_remove`. These commands are in the AstroArch Tweak Tool utility
 
 # How to enable FTP
 Identical to Bluetooth, there is no default package to activate an FTP server.
@@ -244,7 +254,9 @@ To install and activate it, run the following command `ftp_on`. This command wil
 
 To connect from a remote station, use an FTP client such as FileZilla or other. All you need to do is identify yourself with the astronaut user, his password and the IP address where the server is located. You will easily find the IP address of your LAN or WLAN with the ifconfig command in a console. Once connected, you can very quickly transfer your files in both directions.
 
-If you want to disable the automatic start of the FTP server, simply run `ftp_off` and if you want to remove it, run `ftp_remove`.
+If you want to disable the automatic start of the FTP server, simply run `ftp_off` and if you want to remove it, run `ftp_remove`. 
+
+These commands are in the AstroArch Tweak Tool utility
 
 # Where to find more packages?
 If you want to install more packages you should look what is available here https://archlinuxarm.org/packages - if you find the package there you can easily install it running `sudo pacman -S PACKAGE_NAME`,

astroarch_build.sh

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ set -e
 # Grab the OS architecture for further forked logic
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
-# Parallelize pacman download to 5 and use pacman as progress bar
-sed -i 's|#ParallelDownloads = 5|ParallelDownloads=5\nILoveCandy\n|g' /etc/pacman.conf
+# Parallelize pacman download to 5
+# Use pacman as progress bar
+# Disable timeout on downloads (slow mirrors)
+sed -i 's|#ParallelDownloads = 5|ParallelDownloads=5\nILoveCandy\nDisableDownloadTimeout\n|g' /etc/pacman.conf
 
 # Add astroarch pacman repo to pacman.conf (it must go first)
 sed -i 's|\[core\]|\[astromatto\]\nSigLevel = Optional TrustAll\nServer = http://astroarch.astromatto.com:9000/$arch\n\n\[core\]|' /etc/pacman.conf
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ pacman -Syu base-devel pipewire-jack gnu-free-fonts wireplumber \
 	ksystemlog discover kwalletmanager kgpg qt5-serialbus \
 	qt5-serialport qt5ct udisks2-qt5 xorg-fonts-misc fuse2 \
 	fortune-mod cowsay pacman-contrib arandr neofetch \
-	astromonitor kscreen sddm-kcm flatpak --noconfirm --ask 4
+	astromonitor kscreen sddm-kcm flatpak ckbcomp astroarch-onboarding kdialog --noconfirm --ask 4
 
 # Allow wheelers to sudo without password to install packages
 sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ ln -s /home/astronaut/.astroarch/systemd/novnc.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/n
 ln -s /home/astronaut/.astroarch/systemd/x0vncserver.service /etc/systemd/system/x0vncserver.service
 ln -s /home/astronaut/.astroarch/systemd/resize_once.service /etc/systemd/system/resize_once.service
 ln -s /home/astronaut/.astroarch/configs/.astroarch.version /home/astronaut/.astroarch.version
+ln -s /home/astronaut/.astroarch/systemd/astroarch-onboarding.service /etc/systemd/system/astroarch-onboarding.service
 
 # Copy xorg config
 cp /home/astronaut/.astroarch/configs/xorg.conf /etc/X11/
@@ -121,10 +124,6 @@ su astronaut -c "cp /home/astronaut/.astroarch/configs/kwinrc /home/astronaut/.c
 # Enable now all services
 systemctl enable sddm.service novnc.service dhcpcd.service NetworkManager.service avahi-daemon.service nmb.service smb.service
 
-# Take sudoers to the original state
-sed -i 's/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
-sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
-
 # Copy wallpapers
 su astronaut -c "cp /home/astronaut/.astroarch/wallpapers/bubble.jpg /home/astronaut/Pictures/wallpapers"
 su astronaut -c "cp /home/astronaut/.astroarch/wallpapers/south-milky.jpg /home/astronaut/Pictures/wallpapers"
@@ -153,17 +152,17 @@ su astronaut -c "cp /home/astronaut/.astroarch/configs/kscreenlockerrc /home/ast
 timedatectl set-timezone Europe/London
 
 # If we are on a raspberry let's adjust /boot/config.txt
+sed -i 's/max_framebuffers=2/max_framebuffers=2\nframebuffer_depth=24/g' /boot/config.txt
+sed -i 's/dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d/dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,cma-512/g' /boot/config.txt
 echo dtparam=i2c_arm=on >> /boot/config.txt
 echo dtparam=audio=on >> /boot/config.txt
 echo disable_overscan=1 >> /boot/config.txt
 echo gpu_mem=256 >> /boot/config.txt
-echo disable_splash=1 >> /boot/config.txt
 echo 3dtparam=krnbt=on >> /boot/config.txt
-echo hdmi_drive=2 >> /boot/config.txt
 echo dtoverlay=i2c-rtc >> /boot/config.txt
+echo kernel=kernel8.img >> /boot/config.txt
+echo hdmi_enable_4kp60=1 >> /boot/config.tx
 echo i2c-dev > /etc/modules-load.d/raspberrypi.conf
-sed -i 's/dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d/dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d/g' /boot/config.txt
-sed -i 's/max_framebuffers=2/max_framebuffers=2\nframebuffer_depth=24/g' /boot/config.txt
 
 # Pi5 only settings should go here
 echo [pi5] >> /boot/config.txt

build-astroarch/AA_build_fromAA.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Exit on the first error, if any
+
+set -e
+
+# Grab the OS architecture for further forked logic
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+#paru -S pishrink-git
+
+# Choose disk to write and prepare
+count=0
+IFS=$'\n'
+for device_info in `lsblk -d -n -o NAME,TYPE,SIZE`; do
+count=$((count+1))
+device_name=$(echo $device_info | cut -d" " -f1)
+dev[$count]=$device_name
+printf '%s: %s\n' "$count" "$device_info"
+done
+
+read -rp "Select disk (numbers 1-$count): " selection
+
+DISK="/dev/${dev[$selection]}"
+PART1="$DISK"1""
+PART2="$DISK"2""
+
+echo "Installing on $DISK"
+echo "Are you sure ?"
+read -p "Press enter to continue"
+echo
+echo "Erase disk $DISK"
+read -p "Press enter to continue"
+sudo -S dd if=/dev/zero of=$DISK bs=440 count=1 status=progress
+echo
+echo "Make partitions on $DISK"
+#read -p "Press enter to continue"
+(
+  echo p;
+  echo o;
+  echo n;
+  echo ;
+  echo ;
+  echo ;
+  echo +537M;
+  echo t;
+  echo 0c;
+  echo a;
+  echo n;
+  echo ;
+  echo ;
+  echo ;
+  echo ;
+  echo w;
+) | sudo fdisk $DISK
+echo
+echo "Format partitions on $DISK"
+#read -p "Press enter to continue"
+sudo mkfs.vfat -n 'BOOT' $PART1
+echo y | sudo mkfs.ext4 $PART2
+echo "done"
+
+
+# Create folder and mount
+echo "Create folder root"
+if [ ! -d ~/root ]; then
+  mkdir ~/root
+fi
+echo "Mount partitions in folder"
+#read -p "Press enter to continue"
+sudo mount $PART2 ~/root
+if [ ! -d ~/root/boot ]; then
+  sudo mkdir ~/root/boot
+fi
+sudo mount $PART1 ~/root/boot
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+# Copy some files in chroot
+echo $DISK > diskchroot
+sudo cp ~/diskchroot ~/root
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+sudo mkdir -p ~/root/kstars/astronomy/
+sudo cp ~/.local/share/kstars/astrometry/* ~/root/kstars/astronomy/
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+sudo cp astroarch_build_chroot.sh /home/astronaut/root
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+# Install base
+echo "Install ArchLinux base"
+#read -p "Press enter to continue"
+# sudo pacstrap -K ~/root base base-devel linux-rpi linux-rpi-headers linux-firmware-whence linux-firmware linux-api-headers archlinuxarm-keyring
+sudo pacstrap -K ~/root base linux-rpi linux-firmware base-devel linux-api-headers archlinuxarm-keyring
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+# Enter chroot and install AstroArch
+echo "arch-chroot : install AstroArch"
+#read -p "Press enter to continue"
+sudo -S arch-chroot ~/root /astroarch_build_chroot.sh
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+# Umount disk and delete folder
+echo "umount" $DISK
+sudo umount -l $PART1
+sudo umount -l $PART2
+echo "delete folder root"
+sudo rm -R ~/root
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+echo "create image astroarch"
+sudo dd if=$DISK of=astroarch.img bs=8M status=progress
+echo 'astro' | sudo -S echo ''
+sudo pishrink.sh -za astroarch.img astroarch-X.X.X.img.gz