Parrot 4.7 beta testers

#1

What version of Parrot are you running?
4.7 testing Home edition

What method did you use to install Parrot?
usb DD command

Configured to multiboot with other systems?
no

List your hardware specs to include make, model and firmware (when applicable):
Asus netbook atom cherrytrail , 2GB ram , SSD 32 GB

If there are any similar issues or solutions, link to them below:

If there are any error messages or relevant logs, post them below:

When i select local , installer don’t take it ( i select FR and installer keep EN)

error Grubdummyfail , corrected by : start on live usb, rescu mode text

Grub work correctly

reconfigure locales (dpkg-reconfigure locales and tzdata)

To my first parrot-upgrade : Process apt/methods/https was very greedy of ram , netbook freez ( like all the upgrade was charged on ram ) no swap activities , hard reboot , second try to upgrade was ok , no swap activities ( btrfs partition since kernel 5 can manage automaticaly swap no ? or we need to add btrfs-swapon to manage it?)

Firmware missing ( i915) : corrected by : https://community.parrotlinux.org/t/dell-xps-missing-firmware/8337

HTOP is launch with Xterm ( it was with mate-terminal on memories)

#2

What version of Parrot are you running?
4.7 testing Home edition and upgrade to security ( by parrot-tools-full)

What method did you use to install Parrot?
usb DD command ( same usb to my other install)

Configured to multiboot with other systems?
no

List your hardware specs to include make, model and firmware (when applicable):
Asus netbook celeron 2 core, 4GB ram , SSD 32 GB

If there are any similar issues or solutions, link to them below:

If there are any error messages or relevant logs, post them below:

Install without problem ( no grubdummy fail , locales accepted)

First upgrade : apt/methods/https charged too but with 4 GB of ram , no freez)

Upgrade to security : it’s a big upgrade (more 8GB) , apt/methods/https “eat” all the ram , freez, hard reboot , second try was ok but full ram charged

Firmware missing (i915) : corrected by : https://community.parrotlinux.org/t/dell-xps-missing-firmware/8337

HTop : same problem , open on Xterm. ( change default terminal : x-terminal-emulator to mate-terminal)

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#3

I’m testing the 4.7 ISO from a live boot standpoint. Libreoffice crashes when attempting to run it various ways, and apparmor is reporting as ‘inactive (dead)’ with the message condition failed | ConditionPathExists=!/run/live/overlay/work was not met. Running both the same kernel, Libreoffice version on my installed (fully updated) system, Libreoffice loads just fine.

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#4

What version of Parrot are you running?
4.7 testing Home edition and upgrade to security ( by parrot-tools-full)

What method did you use to install Parrot?
usb DD command

Configured to multiboot with other systems?
no

Vokoscreen doesn’t record : corrected by : change recorder directory to : /user/bin/ffmpeg

#5

Testing home edition 4.7 in virtualbox, 1gb ram:
everything seems okay. the menu has mifare shortcut (pentesting tool) but the tool is not installed and the command is missing. This is a bug that i have to fix in the menu before the 4.7 release officially.
I am seeing both Firefox (quatumn?) and firefox esr in the menu. Using both version may break firefox profiles. I think we should remove ESR version (save some space).
I am seeing pre-installed packages and i think we can remove some to save more space

#6

Update 1: get firejail error: user is not allowed. User has to run sudo firecfg. Can we do something to add user during installation?

#7

Update2: the shortcut is here because of pre-installed lib

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