Slitaz Ultimate guide - personal notes

here another howto for sharing your internet connection from wired ethernet cable or usb thethering to wifi using your computer as an hotspot

overview :

    smartphone android device acting as tethering interface, is usb0
    wired or cable ethernet interface is eth0
    wireless or wifi lan, as WLAN, is wlan0

first, plug and enable your wan interface then regarding what type of interface...
for an usb tethering, ask for a DHCP lease to your phone, after enabled it on your android device :

    udhcpc -i usb0

for a cable/wired rj45 interface, as eth0 on your linux system, just do :

    udhcpc -i eth0

Now, setup the LAN side, as using the WLAN (for Wireless or Wifi Lan interface) as a router :

    ip l set wlan0 up
    ip a add 192.168.55.1/24 dev wlan0

so here we have a wlan interface with ip address on it, now let's enable hotspot on it :

• first install hostapd software
• then in /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf :

    interface=wlan0
    driver=nl80211
    ssid=myhotspot
    hw_mode=g
    channel=1
    auth_algs=1
    wpa=3
    wpa_passphrase=0987654321
    wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    wpa_pairwise=TKIP
    wpa_pairwise=CCMP
    beacon_int=100
    dtim_period=2
    max_num_sta=255
    rts_threshold=2347
    fragm_threshold=2346

then don't forget to install dnsmasq
then edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf :

    interface=wlan0
    bind-interfaces
    domain=example.com
    dhcp-option=3,192.168.55.1
    dhcp-option=6,192.168.55.1
    dhcp-range=192.168.55.10,192.168.55.30,12h

then dont forget to enable routing :

    echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

then iptables routing :

    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o usb0 -j MASQUERADE

then to start services !

    /etc/init.d/dnsmasq start
    /etc/init.d/hostapd start

normally, it shoud work itself

here you can see how to automount your HDD/windows partition when slitaz starts:

just enter in /etc/fstab :

    /dev/sdaN      ntfs     defauts

on some PC running slitaz, it happens that you are doing an activity which takes too much memory/ram.
in this case, your GUI/panel just goes down and disappear; it's a problem of memory, it could be restarted by the following one:

    /usr/bin/killall lxpanel && /usr/bin/lxpanel --profile slitaz &

if its not working, just do :

    lxpanel --profile slitaz&

english will follow

dans ce billet sont à disposition les navigateurs web version x86 (32bits) Opera et google chrome. Opera est disponible ici, et ici ; pour l'installer, il suffit de decompresser l'archive et de lancer le ./install en suivant les instructions;

pour chrome, il est disponible ici sous forme de tazpkg (fonctionnel sous slitaz 5), et permet donc d'etre installé en ligne de commande via tazpkg install xx.tazpkg

in this one are available x86 (32bits) web-browsers for Opera and google chrome opera is available here, and here. To install it, you just have to extract the archive and to launch the ./install following the instructions

for google chrome, it's available here, through a .tazpkg (working on slitaz 5) and could be installed in command line using tazpkg install xx.tazpkg

hope this helps

ADBLOCK+ for chrome:

chrome adblock plus :
install the extension by clic-dropping to the extension zone ( download adblock extension here )
click on install when asked
you can disable non intrusive advertising
enable both adblock lists
allow adblock in privacy mode

you probably get the following error :

    OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 1000100f, you have 1000004f

    Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated
    Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

or

    WARNING : Ignoring unknown option -X
    WARNING : Ignoring unknown option -C

that's mean your dropbear client doesnt support X11 xorg forwarding.
Dropbear server supports it, but not client one.

SO you will have to replace dropbear's ssh client with openssh client.

Firstly, download the follow :

    http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/libcrypto-0.9.8l.tazpkg

    http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/openssh-5.4p1.tazpkg

    http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/openssl-0.9.8l.tazpkg

you will need to remove openssh and openssl by :

    tazpkg remove openssl
    tazpkg remove openssh

answer Y for the first, N for the second, for both SSH/SSL to avoid removing dependencies

then, tazpkg install of all three downloaded packets.
then you have an ssh client working, just add these few lines to the .ssh/config to allow xorg forwarding :

then add in .ssh/config:

    Host *
    ForwardX11Trusted yes
    ForwardX11 yes

then it SHOULD work

Important Update!

to avoid SSL problems with ssh/wget/wpa_supplicants and more, please ensure that you have both : libcrypto.so.1.0.0 libcrypto.so.0.9.8 into your /usr/lib directory

otherwise some apps may not working at all

in the case to connect to an SSH server using X11 with XorgForwarding, you can get this error :

    OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 1000100f, you have 1000004f

that mean your openssl/openssh versions mismatch. To fix it, you have to find a way to get the same version for both of them. The better way is to uninstall both openssl/openssh, then installing them from a common repository, released at the same time, to avoid issues.

eg, with slitaz, you get the error :

    OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 1000100f, you have 1000004f

then you have to

    tazpkg remove openssl

answer first by Y and then by N then to

    tazpkg remove openssh

answer first by T then by N

then download or wget the follow :

http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/libcrypto-0.9.8l.tazpkg
http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/openssh-5.4p1.tazpkg
http://download.tuxfamily.org/slitaz//packages/3.0/openssl-0.9.8l.tazpkg


when downloaded, just do a tazpkg install package.tazpkg for all three.

then add in your .ssh.config:

    Host *
    ForwardX11Trusted yes
    ForwardX11 yes

it SHOULD work

Important Update!

to avoid SSL problems with ssh/wget/wpa_supplicants and more, please ensure that you have both : libcrypto.so.1.0.0 libcrypto.so.0.9.8 into your /usr/lib directory

otherwise some apps may not working at all

in slitaz to update the time, you can do : on slitaz 5 :

    ntpd -p pool.ntp.org

on slitaz 3 :

    rdate -s nets.org.sg

and after, to write it in the bios :

    hwclock -w

sous slitaz pour mettre à jour l'heure vous pouvez entrer: sur slitaz 5 :

    ntpd -p pool.ntp.org

sur slitaz 3 :

    rdate -s nets.org.sg

ensuite, pour mettre à jour l'heure du bios :

    hwclock -w

in slitaz sometimes you are blocked to a resolution depending on your graphic card, but which does not match to your screen resolution. For example, slitaz could set a resolution at 800x600 even if your screen allows 1024x768 or higher.

The solution described below permit to increase your screen resolution, by updating your xorg configuration as follow :


slitaz vous restreint parfois à une résolution en fonction de la carte graphique, sans prendre en compte celle de votre écran. Par exemple, il arrive que slitaz limite votre résolution à 800x600 meme si votre écran sait gérer 1024x768 pixels ou plus. Il faut alors mettre à jour votre fichier de configuration xorg comme suit :

    Section "monitor"
    HorizSync 28-73
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1024x768"

With this, your resolution should be updated

with slitaz, the best embedded-tool to set up time from the ntp servers is this one :

    ntpd -p nl.pool.ntp.org

then, it's possible to write it directly into the bios :

    hwclock -w

Forcefsck is the way to ask linux to do a filesystem check a the next startup. You can add manually your forcefsck file at the / root of your filesystem, but you may create it each time you need it.
There is a way to automatically create it on slitaz :
In root, edit the file :

    /etc/init.d/local.sh

and add the following just before the exit 0:

    /bin/touch /forcefsck
    /bin/touch /home/forcefsck
    exit 0

and now your computer will create at each startup the /forcefsck file in your root partition and your home partition (if separated) to ask a filesystem check the next boot.

FR : Forcefsck est une fonctionnalité permettant à linux de vérifier le système de fichier au prochain démarrage. Vous pouvez ajouter manuellement votre fichier forcefsck à la racine / de votre système de fichier ,mais vous devrez le recréer manuellement chaque fois que nécessaire.
Il existe un moyen permettant de le créer automatiquement sur slitaz :
en root, éditer le fichier :

    /etc/init.d/local.sh

et ajouter ceci juste avant le exit 0:

    /bin/touch /forcefsck
    /bin/touch /home/forcefsck
    exit 0

et maintenant l'ordinateur va créer à chaque démarrage le fichier /forcefsck dans la partition racine ainsi que la partition home (si séparée) pour demander une vérification du système de fichier au prochain démarrage