Fatdog64-720 and 721 Final [11 Jan 2018]

[fatdog]

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 8518a7eaea5902e02bf38ee3b0a48a73  teamviewer-12.0.71510-portable.sfs 

That's the correct md5sum. If the binaries don't match, the binary is corrupt.

[step]

@snayak, I update my previous answer about python pip.
TLDR; Install pip with

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python -m ensurepip

[fatdog]

EDIT: Notice no longer applicable, so this post is deleted.

[Billtoo]

I installed to a 32gb flash drive:

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Thu 11 Jan 2018 on Fatdog64 721 Linux 4.14.12 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18 )
oem: Intel(R)Ironlake Desktop Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(R)Ironlake Desktop Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.19.5
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Desktop
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.2.8

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
Core 0: @3067 1: @1200 2: @1200 3: @3067 MHz

I installed FirefoxESR-52.5.3 from the Fatdog control panel.
There is a pause of 5-10 seconds when bookmarking a web site.

Thanks.

[Marv]

Note: 721 has been re-uploaded within a couple of hours of being published and it now includes the latest Intel microcode update dated 8 Jan 2018. If you have downloaded before you see this note, it's best if you download again. This note will be removed in a couple of days.

I've been running this kernel with pretty good sucess in several pups checking against meltdown and spectre vuln. The meltdown (kpti) patches are working correctly in all cases but I haven't yet gotten the microcode to work. The microcode version should cover my i5 2520. Going from rather distant memory, but I believe line 585 in the kernel .config needs to be set to CONFIG_MICROCODE=y to load code into the kernel at boot.

Thanks,

[jake29]

What is the correct way to upgrade from 720 > 721? I have installed to HDD. I replaced initrd and vmlinuz in /boot/. Upgrade appears to have worked (new Kernel and build number are there) but now I have this issue.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/795mqxr

[jamesbond]

@Billtoo: I will need to check on that FF slowness. Did you have KPTI enabled or not? (If you don't do anything on the boot line, it will be enabled).

I've been running this kernel with pretty good sucess in several pups checking against meltdown and spectre vuln. The meltdown (kpti) patches are working correctly in all cases but I haven't yet gotten the microcode to work. The microcode version should cover my i5 2520. Going from rather distant memory, but I believe line 585 in the kernel .config needs to be set to CONFIG_MICROCODE=y to load code into the kernel at boot.

We do indeed have it enabled. "zgrep MICROCODE /proc/config.gz" will confirm that. Every other configuration entries in .config are correct though, that CONFIG_MICROCODE is the only thing missing (added on the last minute but we didn't rebuild the kernel-source.sfs).

Your i5 2520 seems to be introduced in 2011 (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/I ... 0M%29.html). If what belham2 posted is correct (http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 933#979933) - I haven't verified it - then you're sadly out of luck; you won't be getting any fixes.

I've got two i5, one from 2012 and one from 2014. The one from 2014 gets an update (last update is Nov 2017), the one from 2012 doesn't (last update is 2015).

Btw you can see if your microcode is indeed updated by checking "dmesg | less" and reading the first line.

@jake29: You did correctly. The problem you showed has nothing to do with the upgrade (I think); I've got that occasionally too and so far has not been able to pinpoint the cause. I think it's lxqt-panel bug.

[jake29]

@jake29: You did correctly. The problem you showed has nothing to do with the upgrade (I think); I've got that occasionally too and so far has not been able to pinpoint the cause. I think it's lxqt-panel bug.

Restarting X has resolved it. Thanks for the quick reply.

[Marv]

I've been running this kernel with pretty good sucess in several pups checking against meltdown and spectre vuln. The meltdown (kpti) patches are working correctly in all cases but I haven't yet gotten the microcode to work. The microcode version should cover my i5 2520. Going from rather distant memory, but I believe line 585 in the kernel .config needs to be set to CONFIG_MICROCODE=y to load code into the kernel at boot.

We do indeed have it enabled. "zgrep MICROCODE /proc/config.gz" will confirm that. Every other configuration entries in .config are correct though, that CONFIG_MICROCODE is the only thing missing (added on the last minute but we didn't rebuild the kernel-source.sfs).

Your i5 2520 seems to be introduced in 2011 (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_i5/I ... 0M%29.html). If what belham2 posted is correct (http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 933#979933) - I haven't verified it - then you're sadly out of luck; you won't be getting any fixes.

I've got two i5, one from 2012 and one from 2014. The one from 2014 gets an update (last update is Nov 2017), the one from 2012 doesn't (last update is 2015).

Btw you can see if your microcode is indeed updated by checking "dmesg | less" and reading the first line.

Thanks both for the great kernel and the clear explanation. I've been forcing an update to be sure and checking the date and version of the update using dmesg | grep microcode and have come to the same sad conclusion. The 2520 processor is on intels covered list on their ucode download site but obviously it isn't. Grrrr!

Cheers,

[Billtoo]

@Billtoo: I will need to check on that FF slowness. Did you have KPTI enabled or not? (If you don't do anything on the boot line, it will be enabled).

I didn't do anything on the boot line so it's enabled.
I'm getting pauses in other things too, I opened Firefox and it wouldn't go fullscreen right away but it did after maybe 10 seconds.
Also opening VLC isn't immediate but opens and works fine after a pause, it's playing a movie dvd now.
Redrawing the screen isn't working properly at first, both firefox and vlc windows work fine now.
So I get random pauses.

This dual core i3 is around 8 years old.

[jake29]

This dual core i3 is around 8 years old.

Core2Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz, even older and weaker - yet exhibits none of your FF / VLC issues.

[jamesbond]

I didn't do anything on the boot line so it's enabled.
I'm getting pauses in other things too, I opened Firefox and it wouldn't go fullscreen right away but it did after maybe 10 seconds.
Also opening VLC isn't immediate but opens and works fine after a pause, it's playing a movie dvd now.
Redrawing the screen isn't working properly at first, both firefox and vlc windows work fine now.
So I get random pauses.

This dual core i3 is around 8 years old.

Ok. Can you try to boot with "pti=off" in the boot parameter? Just want to see if that's what's changed, or is there something else.

[Billtoo]

Ok. Can you try to boot with "pti=off" in the boot parameter? Just want to see if that's what's changed, or is there something else.

I tried that but I think I'll do a new install, the checksum of the iso matched but gparted took a long time to format the flash drive,maybe a problem there.

I'll give it another try in the morning on a different flash drive.

Thanks.

[Billtoo]

I prepared a 32gb flash drive with gparted live then booted the 721 DVD
and installed to the flash drive.
Did the setup and rebooted creating a 5gb savefile.

video-info-glx 1.5.3 Fri 12 Jan 2018 on Fatdog64 721 Linux 4.14.12 x86_64
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
oem: Intel(R)Ironlake Desktop Graphics Chipset Accelerated VGA BIOS
product: Intel(R)Ironlake Desktop Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0

X Server: Xorg Driver: intel
X.Org version: 1.19.5
dimensions: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Desktop
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 17.2.8

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
Core 0: @1200 1: @1200 2: @1467 3: @1200 MHz


It's working fine, no delays.
Thanks.

[Billtoo]

I installed to a usb-3.0 SSD:

System: Host: fatdog64-e81 Kernel: 4.14.12 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2 Distro: Fatdog64 Linux 721
Machine: Device: desktop System: LENOVO product: 7491B8U v: ThinkCentre M58e serial: MJ01509
Mobo: LENOVO model: N/A serial: INVALID BIOS: LENOVO v: 5HKT39AUS date: 06/17/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E8400 (-MCP-) speed/max: 2003/3003 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF108 [GeForce GT 430]
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.5 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 384.111
Network: Card: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
Drives: HDD Total Size: 508.8GB (9.0% used)
Weather: Conditions: 39 F (4 C) - light rain mist Time: January 12, 2:07 PM EST
Info: Processes: 142 Uptime: 1:03 Memory: 437.1/3949.1MB Client: Shell (sh) inxi: 2.3.53

Installed sfs files, proprietary nvidia driver.

It works well so far,
Thanks.

[Null_ID]

A Lenovo Thinkpad X201 with an issue here: No Wi-Fi. Can't connect to wireless. Wlan0 just... isn't there. I had to use ethernet to connect. This is disappointing after everything in the older Fatdogs, using the same machine, just worked. Series 6, and all of 7 up to ver. 7.10 was really smooth sailing, but now...
EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED. Firmware was missing.

Also, screen light won't turn on, unless I Suspend the machine from the Menu, and then turn it back on.

What do?

Also, an additional question: How do those Intel microcode patches work exactly? Is it a runtime patch done in RAM, or do they actually modify the software on the system board? Not that it matters to my machine, since it's now too old to enjoy official Intel support, but still.

[foxpup]

A Lenovo Thinkpad X201 with an issue here: No Wi-Fi. Can't connect to wireless. Wlan0 just... isn't there.

You probably need the right version of your driver. Do you know what kind of driver you need or the type of wifi card you have? To find out the card use pupsysinfo: Devices>network>network controller. Or something similar in fatdog.
Then google for the right driver for your card. When you know the right kind of driver, type dmesg in console, and in the output look up the right version(s) fatdog needs/looks for. Download that version of the driver (google!) and put it in /lib/firmware/

[Null_ID]

@foxpup:

Right, so PupSysInfo in Tahrpup 606 gave me the following:

Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 [8086:4238] (rev 35)
• Kernel Driver: iwlwifi
• Memory Used: 62.51 KB
• Path: /lib/modules/3.14.79/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko
• Driver Version: in-tree:
• Description: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux

"iwlwifi.ko"? As I recall it, this driver did exist in Fatty721, when I looked for it, but for some reason it just can't be bothered to activate now.

Just in case I remembered wrong, and F721 doesn't have that driver, can I transplant it from Fatdog 7.10, where I know for a fact it still worked?

[foxpup]

can I transplant it from Fatdog 7.10, where I know for a fact it still worked?

It is not the .ko you need (that is kernel specific), but the file "iwlwifi-6000....ucode" in /lib/firmware. On the dots is the version. Look in the output of the command dmesg in console to find which version(s) you need. One of the listed versions you will find is enough.
It is possible you find a fitting version in Fatdog7.10, but it is not sure. Newer kernels want newer versions.
You can google the version you want; add ubuntu to your search, for it is surely already in a ubuntu package.
BTW, this page tells you what kernel is needed for your intel network card:https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... rking.html The version there will probably not be the right one.

[jamesbond]

@Billtoo, thanks for testing. Glad that the problem seems to the flash related.

@Null_ID: @foxpup is right, it's most likely missing firmware.

To be sure, please do this: Open Control Panel, click the "Utilities" tab, scroll down, double-click "Bug Report Info Collector". When the process is finished, upload it somewhere where we can look at it. It saves us from playing 20 questions.

@foxpup: thanks for helping.