Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB News => Final Releases => Topic started by: Juanito on April 09, 2017, 01:41:26 AM
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Team Tiny Core is proud to announce the release of Core v8.0
http://www.tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86/release
http://www.tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86_64/release
Changelog for 8.0:
* busybox updated to 1.25.1 and cpio patched for uid/gid error
* kernel updated to 4.8.17
* glibc updated to 2.24
* gcc updated to 6.2.0
* e2fsprogs base libs/apps updated to 1.43.3
* util-linux base libs/apps updated to 2.28.2
Note:
Most extensions have been copied over from the 7.x repo - note that the Xorg-7.7 extensions have been updated, the ncurses and readline extensions have changed major versions and the openssl extension has been factored out into openssl and ca-certficates.
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I'm not sure this is the right place to report/request this, but I'm having the same video resolution issues with TC 8.0 that I had when I first upgraded to 7.0. It turned out that I needed an updated version of xf86-video-nv.tcz. Could this be added to the 8.0 repo?
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Hi TinyCore Team,
I've just downloaded / burned to CD / bootified a TC-8.0 pendrive (usb3.0/16GB)
- DE-keyboard with äöüß can be set; ok on the editor, on the Aterm ???? instead
- alsa sound remains silent
- oss sound is not available (was a help for tc-7.2)
- firefox-ESR refuses to start
- firefox-getLatest.sh installs firefox-43.0.4 but does not even start
- icecat browser does start and works fine.
- Now I tried again to run firefox-getLatest.sh, installs the same old firefox-43.0.4; the actual is 52.0.2
- The hole to the net that had been punched with icecat now helps firefox too.
That's what I found for now, I will continue testing and reporting.
Many thanks for this tiny fine system!
greetings
chattrhand
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v8.0 does not appear to work within Hyper-V as a VM:
hv_storvsc is not loaded and when I try to load it manually I get the following:
tc@box:~$ sudo modprobe hv_storvsc
modprobe: can't load module hv_storvsc (kernel/drivers/scsi/hv_storvsc.ko.gz): unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
Any suggestions what to try?
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it looks like it depends on a module that is not loaded - does "modinfo hv_storvsc" show any dependent modules?
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Thanks - good suggestion.
root@box:/home/tc# modinfo hv_storvsc
filename: /lib/modules/4.8.17-tinycore/kernel/drivers/scsi/hv_storvsc.ko.gz
description: Microsoft Hyper-V virtual storage driver
license: GPL
parm: storvsc_vcpus_per_sub_channel:Ratio of VCPUs to subchannels
parm: storvsc_ringbuffer_size:Ring buffer size (bytes)
parm: logging_level:Logging level, 0 - None, 1 - Error (default), 2 - Warning.
alias: vmbus:4acc9b2f6900f34ab76b6fd0be528cda
alias: vmbus:32264132cb86a2449b5c50d1417354f5
alias: vmbus:d96361baa104294db60572e2ffb1dc7f
depends: hv_vmbus,scsi_transport_fc
intree: Y
vermagic: 4.8.17-tinycore SMP mod_unload 486
root@box:/home/tc#
oot@box:/home/tc# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
cpufreq_userspace 12288 0
cpufreq_conservative 12288 0
cpufreq_powersave 12288 0
squashfs 24576 60
loop 20480 120
hv_netvsc 24576 0
hv_utils 16384 0
cn 12288 1 hv_utils
hyperv_keyboard 12288 0
hid_hyperv 12288 0
floppy 45056 0
fjes 20480 0
hyperv_fb 12288 1
acpi_cpufreq 12288 0
pcspkr 12288 0
hv_vmbus 24576 5 hv_netvsc,hv_utils,hyperv_keyboard,hid_hyperv,hyperv_fb
root@box:/home/tc# modprobe scsi_transport_fc
modprobe: module scsi_transport_fc not found in modules.dep
Looks like it's missing scsi_transport_fc
I tried to rebuild the kernel drives, but running:
tc@box:~$ /usr/local/bin/linux-kernel-sources-env.sh
gave:
checking repo for linux-4.8.17-patched.tar.xz
Connecting to www.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
checking repo for linux-4.8.17-patched.txz
Connecting to www.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
source not found
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Looks like we need to add that module to base. It doesn't have any deps itself. For an instant fix, install the scsi-KERNEL extension.
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Thanks Juanito for posting the updated xf86-video-nv.tcz. Video issue resolved.
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To chattrhand, a shot in the dark but did you update all your .dep files and extensions? I did an install to the existing partition (USB) and there were a lot of updates needed when I checked against the 8.0 repo.
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curaga: thanks for the tip. tce-load -wi scsi-KERNEL does indeed get hv_storvsc loaded
However, I now get the same hanging behaviour which I get with tinycore 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2.
The symptom is that when I write a certain amount of data (I guess an amount large enough so that the journal then flushes to disk - I'm using ext4), the process which is requesting the write hangs. The kernel is still running, and new processes can be started, but kill -9 does not kill the process which is hanging.
It appears that the problem is known for 7.2 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=20449.0), and as you pointed out the problem reported in this post is not just due to a missing module - it's a HyperV/Kernel/both bug.
6.4.1 works fine, FYI.
I tried recompiling the 7.2 kernel, and got similar results.
Any suggestions on what the root cause might be / how to fix?
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I tried to rebuild the kernel drives, but running:
$ /usr/local/bin/linux-kernel-sources-env.sh
gave:
checking repo for linux-4.8.17-patched.tar.xz
Connecting to www.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
checking repo for linux-4.8.17-patched.txz
Connecting to www.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
source not found
This should be OK now
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Note that tc-install has been factored out into tc-install and tc-install-GUI and has been modified so that it works for both x86 and x86_64.
See here for details:
https://github.com/tinycorelinux/fltk_projects/tree/master/tc-install
Note that the changes have not yet been included in the CorePlus iso.
Thanks to polikuo for the work on this.
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The TC iso is missing the libSM and libICE extensions.
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Hmm - that's because there is no dep file for aterm in tc-x.x x86...
aterm dep file added and TinyCore iso reposted.
Also tc-install-GUI added to CorePlus iso and reposted.
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Just tried to install Xorg-7.7-3d.tcz and could not get Xorg to load required modules. Turns out ....when I compared to an earlier version where Xorg-3d was working correctly, graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz was not being loaded. When I manually added graphics-4.8.17.tcz to onboot.lst, everything worked fine. I think in earlier versions, the graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz extension was listed in the Xorg-3d dep file and got downloaded and installed automatically. Now it seems you have to know it has to be added independantly. Was this an intentional change?
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Yes, it was an intentional change - for the last two or three tc versions/kernel versions, loading the graphics-KERNEL extension fills dmesg with a whole bunch of error messages on my hardware..
...so I only load it when really needed.
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Would it be better to keep the dep, but blacklist the module on your system?
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The extension xf86-video-intel.tcz includes graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz as a dependency. I use xf86-video-ati.tcz, but graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz is not listed as a dependency, nor is it as far as I can see, listed as a dependence of the other xf86-video-*.tcz's.
(In some earlier versions I believe graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz was listed as a dependency for xf86-video-ati.tcz.)
In any case, I think a note in either Xorg-7.7.tcz, Xorg-7-7-3d.tcz, or in the individual xf86-video-*.tcz's , INFO file regarding the possible need to load graphics-KERNEL-tinycore.tcz, would be most helpful.
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note added to Xorg-7.7-3d info file
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/8.x/armv7/releases/RPi/src/kernel/ seems to contain modules for 4.4, not for 4.8 (or even 4.9?)
or am I missing something ?
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This is the thread for tc-8.x x86 and x86_64, not piCore...
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Broken scp in dropbear extension.
It requires links for scp and dbclient in /usr/bin to work properly.
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how did you generate the error and what was the error message?
[note that this thread is for tc-8.x x86/x86_64 base issues, dropbear is not part of the base]
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how did you generate the error and what was the error message?
[note that this thread is for tc-8.x x86/x86_64 base issues, dropbear is not part of the base]
Oh, sorry for that...
To generate the error just try to copy something from different host to tinycore:
scp test_file tc@172.16.1.69:/tmp
sh: scp: not found
lost connectionAnd another one, while coping from tinycore to host:
tc@box:~$ scp /tmp/test_file user@host:/tmp
/usr/bin/dbclient: No such file or directory
lost connection
tc@box:~$