Sparky 4.6.1 STB

Last Updated on: 8th July 2017, 08:29 pm

There is an update of SparkyLinux stable line 4.6.1-STB “Tyche”.
This is Sparky edition based on Debian stable 9 “Stretch”.

New live/install media features fixes of 3 issues found in the 4.6 release:
1. system installed via Calamares sets wrong chmod 777 of the root directory “/”, (should be 755); it is NOT Calamares related issue, but happens using Calamares. The issue has been reported by lesio – thank’s a lot.
2. Wrong UUID Resume number, copied from the base system – it sets wrong configuration to GRUB bootloader
3. Calamares 3.1 features weak salt. In cryptography, a salt is random data that is used as an additional input to a one-way function that “hashes” a password or passphrase. Systems installed by Calamares up to and including Calamares 3.1 have a weaker password salt than they should. This weakness is important if an attacker has a way to obtain the password hash. The new 4.6.1 iso images are shipped with Calamares 3.1.1.

NO re-installation is required.

If you have Sparky 4.6 installed on your hard drive, you can manually fix the issues.

1. Wrong chmod can be fixed by the command:
sudo chmod 755 /

2. Wrong UUID Resume number.

Check your swap UUID:
sudo lsblk -f | grep swap

Check resume UUID:
cat /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume

If they are different, change (by a text editor, as root) resume UUID to the first one, has gotten by ‘lsblk’ command, and then update ram disk and grub:
sudo update-initramfs -u -t -k all
sudo update-grub

3. Weak password salt can be fixed by creating new password, via the command:
passwd

If you have separated root password, change it in the same way:
su
passwd

New iso image can be download from the download/stable page.

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  1. Sparky was able to work with my Dell 1563 studio laptop’s wireless card. It is the troublesome Broadcom chip, but after installing Sparky and crossing my fingers, I was able to hook it up to the office and library’s wireless networks. I was able to update/reload Repositories and thanks to Synaptic (and the hard work of the Sparky Linux team) I have an e17 desktop where Windows 7 used to be! No systemd nonsense and good old Debian under the covers. I am in the process of customizing my new desktop–thank you Pavroo, you do awesome work =)

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