Some changes to -beyond

dtw · 2006-07-23 08:13:39

Another beyond, still working on that troublesome suspend2 update. If you've had any problems, please update to this one, and let me know how it works.

I have setup a bug tracker for beyond to make it easier to track and deal with any bugs that arise. If you have any problems, please post a bug at:

<strong><a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/bugs">Bug Tracker - http://iphitus.loudas.com/bugs</a></strong>

Beyond now also includes a majority of gentoo's <a href="http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/">genpatches</a>, which should assist with stability and keeping beyond right up to date.

<strong>Changes in beyond2.2</strong>
Updated suspend2 from 2.2.7.3 to 2.2.7.4
Updated genpatches from -4 to -5
Updated vesafb-tng
Added descriptions for some modules in series file

And the download links:
Complete Patch: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patch-2.6.17-beyond2.2.bz2" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patch-2.6.17-beyond2.2.bz2</a>

Individual Patches: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patches/" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patches/</a>
Series: Individual Patches: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patches/series" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/patches/series</a>
Individual Tarball: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/2.6.17-beyond2.2-broken-out.tar.bz2" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/2.6.17-beyond2.2-broken-out.tar.bz2</a>
Ebuild: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/beyond-sources-2.6.17_p22.ebuild" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/beyond/2.6.17/2.6.17-beyond2.2/beyond-sources-2.6.17_p22.ebuild</a>
Report Bugs: <a href="http://iphitus.loudas.com/bugs/" target="_blank">http://iphitus.loudas.com/bugs/</a>

Arch users, the package should already be in your repos.

Enjoy

James

[submitted by me on behalf of iphitus]

lefallen · 2006-07-25 10:28:09

I just changed to kernel-beyond and followed the wiki instructions (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gensplash) to install gensplash. I too am finding this error message appears though as I've just changed I cannot confirm that it's just with this beyond kernel.

The error I get is:

No 8bpp silent picture specified in the theme configuration file.

My /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title  Arch Linux Silent  [/boot/vmlinuz26beyond]
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26beyond root=/dev/hda1 devfs=nomount ro video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@60 splash=silent,theme:darch console=tty1 quiet
initrd /boot/fbsplash-darch-1024x768

I generated the fbsplash-darch-1024x768 image using:

splash_geninitramfs -v -g /boot/fbsplash-theme-1024x768 -r 1024x768 theme

I also made the modification in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf as per the gensplash install scripts instructions:

# Added fbsplash as per gensplash's instructions
HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems fbsplash"

FBTHEMES="darch"
FBRES="1024x768"

Wish I could help with this but not an area I know ANYTHING about. Any assistance would be welcomed and appreciated however.

[root@qk-mel210 ~]# hwd -s|grep Video
  Video      : Intel Corp.|865 Chipset Graphics Controller server: Xorg (vesa)

Regards,

benplaut · 2006-07-27 17:58:37

my suspend is dead, bug up.

Not really sure if it's a problem with beyond, or just a struggle between suspend2 and my laptop. I haven't tried it in the past.

nogoma · 2006-07-28 01:30:18

suspend2's dead here too; suspending freezed at "atomic copy" stage. I fired it off in text mode, and I saw that there's a kernel panic, but I didn't record what in particular the problem was (I'll make a note next time I have a chance).

Edit: Added the bug to flyspray.

vipernicus · 2006-07-28 20:36:50

How can you have genpatches 5 when 4 is the latest?

Edit: Maybe you mean Gentoo-Sources-r5?

damjan · 2006-07-30 17:10:32

Does the kernel26beyond package must depend on BOTH mkinitcpio AND mkinitramfs?

I already use mkinitcpio only, don't want to install mkinitramfs when I don't need it.

tomk · 2006-07-30 21:10:26

kernel26beyond will migrate to mkinitcpio only in the near future, but at the moment it required mkinitramfs as well, to accommodate all users. You have two choices:
- decide not to worry about having mkinitramfs on your system for a short while.
- install kernel26beyond with the -d switch to avoid the dependency check.

brain0 · 2006-07-30 22:15:38

damjan wrote:

Does the kernel26beyond package must depend on BOTH mkinitcpio AND mkinitramfs?
I already use mkinitcpio only, don't want to install mkinitramfs when I don't need it.

I've been using a workaround for a while now, try this:

pkgname=mkinitdummy
pkgver=10
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="mkinitrd/mkinitramfs dummy"
depends=('coreutils')
conflicts=('mkinitrd' 'mkinitramfs')
provides=('mkinitrd' 'mkinitramfs')

build() {
  cd $startdir/pkg/
  mkdir sbin
  ln -s /bin/true sbin/mkinitrd
  ln -s /bin/true sbin/mkinitramfs
}

vipernicus · 2006-08-04 20:51:09

beyond wrote:

vipernicus wrote:
How can you have genpatches 5 when 4 is the latest?
Edit: Maybe you mean Gentoo-Sources-r5?
if you were on the gentoo-kernel mailing list, you would have seen that genpatches5 was announced about a week ago:
[gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.17-5 release 
and its tagged in the CVS: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/li … /2.6.17-5/
seems the site just isnt updated.

Haha, that reminds me to check my email, thanks. Wow, so dsd is no longer maintainer?

benplaut · 2006-08-05 03:30:56

seems a new version is out!

/me waits for mirrors to come online

tomk · 2006-08-05 14:52:38

Not only is beyond3 out, but beyond 3 is, well, how should I put it.....?

Suspend2-o-rama!! Hibernate City!! Everything you expect from the Tux-in-an-Ice-Cube team!!

.... plus, of course, all the other meaty goodness that beyond brings us.

Thanks for all the hard work, iph, sorry, beyond* - it's been worth the wait.

*It's going to take a while to get used to that.

dtw · 2006-08-05 15:01:09

Not sure that is a permenant name change...

benplaut · 2006-08-06 01:59:52

the Tux-in-an-Ice-Cube team... i like it!!

Updating right now, i'll report back when everything works

/me crosses fingers on new madwifi drivers... every time anything about madwifi changes, mine breaks

dtw · 2006-08-06 09:10:48

This has been posted about - you need mkinitcpio from testing

MartinZ · 2006-08-07 03:57:03

lefallen wrote:

My /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title  Arch Linux Silent  [/boot/vmlinuz26beyond]
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26beyond root=/dev/hda1 devfs=nomount ro video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@60 splash=silent,theme:darch console=tty1 quiet
[b]initrd /boot/fbsplash-darch-1024x768[/b]

I guess the problem is here. Unfortunelly, the bootloader examples are very old, from before even intird was implemented in Arch if I remember well. You should just keep the initrd line as it was before, in this case

initrd /boot/kernel26beyond.img

I'll modify the gensplash wiki to include this and mkinitcpio changes, hope dibble doesn't get mad.

dtw · 2006-08-07 06:56:35

MartinZ wrote:

I'll modify the gensplash wiki to include this and mkinitcpio changes, hope dibble doesn't get mad.

I will if you don't go back and add in at least one example that does not use mkinitcpio! You can still do it the old way with a simple initramfs created by gensplashutils! The wiki was entirely correct as it was...this is just extra information that should have been added, not replace the previous stuff.

MartinZ · 2006-08-07 11:38:25

Sure it was right, but as initramfs will be soon deprecated as posted here, i think it is better to update all wikis to reflect that and keeping old stuff there may be confusing. I mean a wiki should be as clear as possible and not contemplate every single posibility you have to do something.

Of course, as this page is your responsibility, i may revert changes if you want me to. Maybe i should ask first, sorry.

dtw · 2006-08-07 12:49:11

The wiki was entirely correct as it was...this is just extra information that should have been added, not replace the previous stuff.

I did not realize that the bootloader section had been added specifically for kernel26beyond - therefore you did the right thing to update it to mkinitcpio. I guess my linked examples still hold examples for non-beyond users but that could be better explained.

MartinZ · 2006-08-07 16:50:25

Done.

benplaut · 2006-08-08 02:27:42

yay, i have suspend!!

Now, i just gotta figure out some shell scripting to get around this uber weird wifi card

Before suspend:
grab essid and key

After suspend:
bring interface down
set essid and key off
scan for networks
grab a network off the prefence list, and connect as usual.

It's so weird that i have to set the essid and key off before conencting again...

tomk · 2006-08-08 12:53:15

That's been dealt with in mkinitcpio 0.4.4, which is now in [current].

lefallen · 2006-08-11 14:31:41

Thanks for the help MartinZ.

Whatever the problem was (I'd say me stuffing something up anyway), I did an another Arch system this week and had no issues getting pretty screens going and all that so yeah - beyond is good - love the beyond.

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