new kernel package ready to use

punter Wrote:
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> hi
> where do the system messages get sent? ie I was
> expecting a /var/log/messages
> is there an easy way of getting oscam installed?
> danke schön


wenn du meinen installer benutzt wird oscam runtergeladen
mit usbsupport gebaut
und mit watchdog installiert

Hi.
Read an earlier question in this thread about bluetooth support in your kernel.

Is there a possibility to get those modules included in your next kernel release?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I just installed Gorgone's kernel as described in your first post, and everything is ok.

Linux dockstar 2.6.35.7-dockstar #5 PREEMPT Mon Oct 18 12:22:45 CEST 2010 armv5tel GNU/Linux

I read this article to optimize my I/O performance : http://falkhusemann.de/blog/2010/10/optimize-maximum-throughput-of-the-modified-seagate-dockstar/

So I made an "apt-get install module-init-tools" and formated a xfs filesystem.

root@dockstar:/media# mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sdc1
meta-data=/dev/sdc1              isize=256    agcount=4, agsize=485784 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2, projid32bit=0
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=1943134, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

But I cannot mount it; here is the error I got:

root@dockstar:/media# mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs'

I tried modprobe xfs but I have this error "FATAL: Module xfs not found."
Then I looked in /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-kirkwood/kernel/fs/xfs/ and there is a xfs.ko module (the original kernel from Jeff), but there is no such module in Gorgone's /lib/modules/2.6.35.7-dockstar/kernel/fs/

Did I miss something ?

physis Wrote:
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> 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.

sluk Wrote:
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> 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

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.

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.

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.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2011 01:34AM by sluk.

Thanks sluk & gorgone !

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

mibu Wrote:
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> 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 ?

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

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

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

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.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2011 08:43AM by Sagittarius.

Hi,

I just wanted to thank you for this great work!

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.

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!

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...

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'.

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 .

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. :)

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!

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!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2011 03:58PM by chessplayer.

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2011 11:02AM by Novo.

^ Maybe this will help :)

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

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

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.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/2011 06:38AM by ingmar_k.

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)



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/2011 10:07PM by a5m0.

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

please help