new kernel package ready to use

Re: new kernel package ready to use

moddy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:07:33 -0400

Hello.
I installed the gorgone-kernel on my dockstar because i wanted to use a DVB-S2-device (Tevii S660) for vdr.
I read that the devices is supported by newer kernels and hoped that it is enough to install gorgone's kernel, but after i rebooted the dockstar the device ist still not recognized correctly.

Do i have to modify something?
I need the S2-liplianin-modules but i can't compile them because i do not have the sources.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

chessplayer — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:03:28 -0400

Hi,

the reason is that Gorgone's kernel does not work with the new uBoot. I noticed that when I tried to run a stick I had produced about a year ago with a newly adapted Dockstar.

In the meantime I successfully adapted everything based on Wheezy install script (where I also use a separate Boot-Partition) and this works just fine. It was necessary to adapt Gorgone's prepare-script step by step (as well as install a few extras like nfs, samba, locales, dialog etc.).

I have attached the adapted script, which should run more or less out of the box. You just have to check for paths, as I did not want to clutter my stick with all the additional files and moved those to a docked HDD.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

chessplayer

Re: new kernel package ready to use

pendalf — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:44:33 -0400

gorgone Wrote:
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> Now 2.6.35.7.4 online
>
> fixed contrac sisusbvga(+consoleswitch)
> ntfs(readonly) hfs hfs+ support
> usbgadgets addet automount fixed add i2c code
>
>

> cd /tmp
>

> fetch the kernel
>

> wget 193.16.217.9/files/dockstarheavy.deb
>

> kernel install/overwrite (save the old one)
>

> dpkg -i --force-overwrite dockstarheavy.deb
>

> !!!!!!!!!! u must rename the old initrd or delete
> thanks to weo for the hint...
>

> mv /boot/uInitrd /boot/org.uInitrd
>

>
>

...none … LED off
>
...nand-disk … LED nand activity
>
...timer ... time controled LED
>
...heartbeat … LED blinks like the
> heartbeat
>
...default-on … LED allways on
>

> add this 2 lines to rc.local
> this disables heartbeat and sets the green LED on
>

> echo default-on >
> /sys/class/leds/dockstar\:green\:health/trigger
> echo none       >
> /sys/class/leds/dockstar\:orange\:misc/trigger
>

>
> add this line
>

> echo none >
> /sys/class/leds/dockstar\:green\:health/trigger
>

> under
>

> log_action_msg "Will now halt"
> halt -d -f $netdown $poweroff $hddown
>

> in /etc/init.d/halt
> this shows u when it is safe to remove disks and
> power cable
> on init 0 or halt command
>
> my modify full install with nfs samba and ftp(root
> access)
> with all fixes and script patches
> german howto
> http://
> ss4200.homelinux.com/dockstar/
>

> cd /tmp
> wget
> http://ss4200.homelinux.com/dockstar/gogo-dock.sh
> chmod 777 gogo-dock.sh
> ./gogo-dock.sh
>

Guten Tag, folgendes problem: nach dem ich Kernel update, und überschreibe, booten Dokstar nicht, versuchte ganzen script ausführen (ss4200.homelinux.com/dockstar/gogo-dock.sh) kommt das selbe raus, läuft nur wenn ich doozan image installiere. Woran kann das liegen?

Mfg. Pendalf

Re: new kernel package ready to use

squeezeplug — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:02:30 -0400

Hi Gorgone,
is it possible to get your Kernel-Config file?

Thanks a lot,
Thomas

Re: new kernel package ready to use

lolax — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:36:15 -0400

i installed the kernel from the first post, and after that i have my cpu usage is high

please help

Re: new kernel package ready to use

a5m0 — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:41:59 -0400

edit:errors were my fault

thanks for the awesome install script! It seems like it worked unedited for me! (currently watching the 'prepare' commands take effect)

Re: new kernel package ready to use

ingmar_k — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:29:06 -0400

Hmm, I just noticed a new kernel option in 2.6.38 and 2.6.39:

http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/EMBEDDED.html

Could be quite interesting for a dockstar running emdebian from flash. But I didn't have time to check it out thoroughly. So, take this as a sidenote for the time being.
Will see if I can try it out on my dockstar in the next few weeks.

Edit:
After a bit of googling I saw that the option has been there much longer than I initially thought. Don't know why I didn't see it before. But, ATM I don't really know if it could be useful for a dockstar kernel. Looks a bit like the dockstar is powerful enough for kernels without the extra embedded config.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

WaVeR — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:42:59 -0400

Mount the stick on another machine and remove or rename /boot/UInitrd to something like old.UInitrd

Re: new kernel package ready to use

varkey — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:38:40 -0400

^ Maybe this will help :)

http://dev.shyd.de/2011/03/dockstar-no-boot-self-compiled-kernel/

Re: new kernel package ready to use

Novo — Sat, 21 May 2011 08:41:47 -0400

I installed your dockstarheavy.deb over my Squeeze Kirkwood, reboot -> brick. Can not load uImage!
Now i have to reinstall! My settings .(

Re: new kernel package ready to use

chessplayer — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:42:15 -0400

Hello gorgone (oder lieber Hallo?),

first, I would like to thank you very much for your great work. However, having used your scripts as a basis for both a VDR as well as a MythTV installation (still can't quite decide which one it will be in the end, but leaning towards VDR), there are a few suggestions I have.

First of all, I have a problem with DHCP (a link to which is here DHCP Problem). The solution (as pointed out in the above link) is to say

apt-get install isc-dhcp-client
apt-get autoremove dhcpcd

So, maybe, you could include the isc client right from the start and not install dhcpcd?

Then, NTFS-3G seems to be missing, so that you might want to install this also right from the start

apt-get install ntfs-3g

Furthermore, you would do many people out there a favor (I beleive) if your system came with nano pre-installed, as there must be a lot of people like me, who are not too fond of vi, so

apt-get install nano

is a life saver for these people (I do realize, however, that anybody should be able to do this alone, but nonetheless ...)

Last but not least, system logging does not seem to be enabled. Is that intentional?

Other than that, as mentioned above, I am very impressed with your work and would like to thank you again very much for it!

Cheers,

chessplayer

P.S.: Also, I think it might be a good idea to make the OSCAM installation optional in your prepare script!

Pogoplug Pink lights don't work

Oleg — Sun, 01 May 2011 01:23:40 -0400

Gorgone, thank you very much for an easy script with updates!

Everything works well except the front LED light, it is completely blank. Not sure if anyone else experienced the same problem.
Again, really appreciate your effort!

Re: new kernel package ready to use

varkey — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:48:01 -0400

My 3G modem is not working with this kernel. I think its cause the 'option' driver is not included.

Will it be possible you to compile one with this module, would help a lot of users who are using the dockstar as a 3G gateway. :)

Re: new kernel package ready to use

Flo — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:10:22 -0500

I forgot to rename uInitrd, before i rebootet. Now my dockstar doesn't boot anymore. I unplug the usb pen drive, and rename uInitrd on my ubuntu pc. But it still doesn't work .

Re: new kernel package ready to use

ingmar_k — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:03:07 -0500

Mine should have XFS support in it. But I don't know what else you need. I pretty much stripped down my kernel due to size limitations in the NAND. You can always have a look at the kernel-config file first to se if it has what you need. ;-)

Oh and I think gorgone does ave a new "heavy" kernel ready. Link should be around here somewhere, too, if I' not mistakin'.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

optodoxie — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:46:03 -0500

gorgone Wrote:
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> sluk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > physis Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > but there is no such module in Gorgone's
> > > /lib/modules/2.6.35.7-dockstar/kernel/fs/
> > >
> > > Did I miss something ?
> >
> > It mean Gorgone's kernel did not compiled with
> XFS
> > support.
>
>
> yes sorry it will be fixed in the new build

Is there an new kernel anywhere to get ?
did not find anything...

Re: new kernel package ready to use

ingmar_k — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:43:35 -0500

OK, so now I finally registered here and thought that maybe some poeple running emdebian could be interested.

You can get my kernel-config and my new small 2.6.37 kernel deb-package here:

http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~ingmar_k/emdebian/

For the kernel installation just follow jeff's instructions!

Re: new kernel package ready to use

ingmar_k — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:02:41 -0500

Just wanded to thank you again guys! Great forum.

I finally restored my dockstar via JTAG and now have it running emdebian in NAND with the newest 2.6.37 kernel and zram enabled. Very nice indeed.
At first when I tried to slim down my kernel, I forgot to enable SCSI- and SCSI disk support and wondered why I couldn't boot from a USB stick anymore. The reason was quite simple (me=dummy :-D ). I just had the complete SCSI support disabled in my kernel config. Recompiled with it enabled and now have a nice slim kernel that only includes what I need.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

Chris — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:03:07 -0500

Hi,

I just wanted to thank you for this great work!

Re: new kernel package ready to use

Sagittarius — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:33:45 -0500

2.6.37 works great with an USB Wifi key Realtek 8188SU (EDUP 150Mbps Mini USB Wireless n):

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:8171 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
r8712u                277358  0

# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Mandriva_Linux"  Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 4A:39:BC:3D:BA:D0   
          Bit Rate:150 Mb/s   Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:****-****-****-****-****-****-****-****   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=94/100  Signal level=61/100  Noise level=0/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Thank you very much gorgone.

Older web cam with new kernel

RomanG — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:45:34 -0500

Hi gorgone,

Thanks for your hard work!!
I installed your new kernel in order to get my WiFi USB stick going. It works like a charm.
I described what I did in this post.

Now I am trying to get web cam going (which was working with Jeff's kernel 2.6.32-5). This is older webcam with OV7648 sensor that was working with zc3xx and gspca drivers.
Now when I plug it in, there is bunch of messages on serial console (attached) and when I try lsusb after, nothing works.

Any idea what may be the problem?

Thanks
Roman

Re: new kernel package ready to use

laprjns — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:43:53 -0500

hi gorgone,

I tried looking for your latest kernel config file for 2.6.37, but was unable to find it. Would it be possible to post a link to it. I would like to build a customer kernel for my dockstar running ArmedSlack
Thanks
Rich

Re: new kernel package ready to use

mibu — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:05:58 -0500

gorgone Wrote:
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> is this in the 2.6.37 kernel already ? or an
> external modul ?

it's part of the recent kernels: USBTOUCHSCREEN

it was available as module after installation with your script, but not @2.6.37

Regards, Michael

Re: new kernel package ready to use

gorgone — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:56:50 -0500

mibu Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Hello!
>
> 2.6.37 works great, thx for that! Would you mind
> to add 'usbtouchscreen' support with your next
> release?! I am running a displaylink usb
> touchscreen on the dockstar.
>
> Regards, mibu
is this in the 2.6.37 kernel already ? or an external modul ?

Re: new kernel package ready to use

mibu — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:39:15 -0500

Hello!

2.6.37 works great, thx for that! Would you mind to add 'usbtouchscreen' support with your next release?! I am running a displaylink usb touchscreen on the dockstar.

Regards, mibu

Re: new kernel package ready to use

physis — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:22:36 -0500

Thanks sluk & gorgone !

Re: new kernel package ready to use

sluk — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:34:10 -0500

ext3 should have a better chance to survive from power failure than a ext2 file system, fsck the rootfs by connect the USB stick to other machine should able to fix the problems in most of the cases.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

restamp — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:13:18 -0500

I have yet to have this problem on the Dockstar with Debian, but I was plagued with this on my SheevaPlug running Ubuntu.

Have you investigated how badly the file system gets corrupted? (Have you taken the thumb drive over to another computer and fsck'ed it, and if so, was it still unbootable afterwards?)

On the SheevaPlug, the following advice helped me:

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=4587.msg16672#msg16672

Perhaps this will be useful to you as well, although, as I said, my Dockstar/Debian has always been better behaved in this respect.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

sbp — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:24:13 -0500

Hi

I have this problem that after a power failure my Dockstar wont boot from the USB stick. The file system gets corrupted - then I need to burn a new image to the USB stick, and everthing is OK again.

I read that the ZFS file system is much better in dealing with file corruption, and that it recently has been added to the Debian Squeeze, so I would like to ask if it can be enabled in you new kernel package?
I know that the speed is slower than other systems, but I plan to only use it for the USB stic, whereas my FreeAgent Go HDD which contains all the data (music for squeezebox server) will continue to use ext3.

Re: new kernel package ready to use

gorgone — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:27:53 -0500

sluk Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> physis Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > but there is no such module in Gorgone's
> > /lib/modules/2.6.35.7-dockstar/kernel/fs/
> >
> > Did I miss something ?
>
> It mean Gorgone's kernel did not compiled with XFS
> support.

yes sorry it will be fixed in the new build