Hi,
Currently I'm upgrading my K43U to 5.2-current. Using FTP install. But that's not my main point.
Calm Window Manager, or cwm has been in OpenBSD's base install since 4.2. But only now I have the privilege of knowing about it. Sheesh. I'm currently testing it and I can say that it's as fast as spectrwm. But I haven't configured any of it yet. As always, man is the way.
Upgrading 5.1-current to 5.2-current:
Most of the steps are the same as 5.1 amd64: Following -current & radeon 6.14.3 installation topic I posted before. The only thing that's different is the method I'm getting the snapshot files and updating the packages. For this one, I used my Celcom Broadband connection and retrieve all the essential files via ftp.
So first of all, I fired up the Celcom connection, you can check the 4.8 - Script to connect to Celcom 3G link. Bolded is my input:
# celcom3g connect
Connection Celcom3G...
Then it's time to get the files. My fav server is ftp.OpenBSD.org. I make sure I'm in the dir that I want to store all the files first:
# cd /mnt/snapshot/amd64/
# ftp ftp.OpenBSD.org
Connected to openbsd.sunsite.ualberta.ca.
220 openbsd.srv.ualberta.ca FTP server ready.
name (ftp.OpenBSD.org:karl):
Ah. Login name? Err. I just hit Return and got this:
530 User karl access denied.
ftp: Login karl failed.
Now it's getting interesting. After reading the manpage, I found that I should use "-a" to login anonymously. So back to ftp:
# ftp -a ftp.OpenBSD.org
*** Login successful printout ***
Great. Now to get the files.
ftp> cd pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> mget bsd*
ftp> mget *.tgz
ftp> quit
After this the steps are the same as my previous post. After I done upgrading the OpenBSD to 5.2-current, I updates my packages online (without downloading to local dir like I've always do before).
# export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/amd64/
# sudo pkg_add -vui
Then enjoy, wait, it'll take some time depending on how many stuff you installed already. After a brief testing last night, noticeable improvement is the radeon driver which is updated to 6.14.6. Previously playing 720p mkv movie will stutter like mad but now it's smooth although tearing effect is there. I still have to explore more to comment more on 5.2-current.
Oh, regarding cwm. What's the different between cwm and spectrwm? Short answer:
cwm = stacking
spectrwm = tiling
But cwm is already in base, and spectrwm is available in package. I still need to explore cwm more. Later.
Currently I'm upgrading my K43U to 5.2-current. Using FTP install. But that's not my main point.
Calm Window Manager, or cwm has been in OpenBSD's base install since 4.2. But only now I have the privilege of knowing about it. Sheesh. I'm currently testing it and I can say that it's as fast as spectrwm. But I haven't configured any of it yet. As always, man is the way.
Upgrading 5.1-current to 5.2-current:
Most of the steps are the same as 5.1 amd64: Following -current & radeon 6.14.3 installation topic I posted before. The only thing that's different is the method I'm getting the snapshot files and updating the packages. For this one, I used my Celcom Broadband connection and retrieve all the essential files via ftp.
So first of all, I fired up the Celcom connection, you can check the 4.8 - Script to connect to Celcom 3G link. Bolded is my input:
# celcom3g connect
Connection Celcom3G...
Then it's time to get the files. My fav server is ftp.OpenBSD.org. I make sure I'm in the dir that I want to store all the files first:
# cd /mnt/snapshot/amd64/
# ftp ftp.OpenBSD.org
Connected to openbsd.sunsite.ualberta.ca.
220 openbsd.srv.ualberta.ca FTP server ready.
name (ftp.OpenBSD.org:karl):
Ah. Login name? Err. I just hit Return and got this:
530 User karl access denied.
ftp: Login karl failed.
Now it's getting interesting. After reading the manpage, I found that I should use "-a" to login anonymously. So back to ftp:
# ftp -a ftp.OpenBSD.org
*** Login successful printout ***
Great. Now to get the files.
ftp> cd pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> mget bsd*
ftp> mget *.tgz
ftp> quit
After this the steps are the same as my previous post. After I done upgrading the OpenBSD to 5.2-current, I updates my packages online (without downloading to local dir like I've always do before).
# export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/amd64/
# sudo pkg_add -vui
Then enjoy, wait, it'll take some time depending on how many stuff you installed already. After a brief testing last night, noticeable improvement is the radeon driver which is updated to 6.14.6. Previously playing 720p mkv movie will stutter like mad but now it's smooth although tearing effect is there. I still have to explore more to comment more on 5.2-current.
Oh, regarding cwm. What's the different between cwm and spectrwm? Short answer:
cwm = stacking
spectrwm = tiling
But cwm is already in base, and spectrwm is available in package. I still need to explore cwm more. Later.
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