Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB News => Alpha Releases => Topic started by: Juanito on March 07, 2017, 05:55:42 AM
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Team Tiny Core is pleased to announce that Tiny Core 8.0 Alpha1 is available for public testing:
http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86/release_candidates/
http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86_64/release_candidates/
This is an alpha level cut. If you decide to help test, then please test carefully. We don't want anyone to lose data.
Since this is an alpha cut, although the team has worked through several preview cuts, we ask that only experienced users test. This cut is not for general use. The features in any alpha are not fixed and may change before a public release candidate is available.
Most extensions have been copied over from the 7.x repo - note that the Xorg-7.7 extensions have been updated and the ncurses and readline extensions have changed major versions.
We appreciate testing and feedback.
If you use distribution files note that you need a new vmlinuz and core.gz (or rootfs.gz + modules.gz)
Changelog for 8.0 alpha1:
* busybox updated to 1.25.1
* 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
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Thank you Juanito, for your contribution to this wonderful system.
Just download and test it.
Here's the bug I found specifically for x86_64 platform.
The mke2fs, mkfs.ext* of the new kernel now create file systems with the metadata_csum and 64bit features enabled by default.
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem (http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem)
The new binaries conflict with tc-install64, the script needs some fixing.
To install on a new disk, user should manually add "-O \^64bit" when formatting.
How I install tiny core manually:
tce-load -w syslinux
tce-load -i syslinux
sudo su
fdisk /dev/sda
o
n
p
1
<just press enter twice to use the whole disk>
w
dd if=/usr/local/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda bs=440 count=1
mkfs.ext4 -O \^64bit /dev/sda1
rebuildfstab
mount /mnt/sda1
mkdir -p /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux
cd /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux
extlinux -i .
cp /usr/local/share/syslinux/vesamenu.c32 /usr/local/share/syslinux/libcom32.c32 /usr/local/share/syslinux/libutil.c32 /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux/
cp /mnt/sr0/boot/vmlinuz64 /mnt/sr0/boot/corepure64.gz /mnt/sda1/boot/
for installing boot loader.
Important, one must run mkfs.ext4 (or mke2fs) with "-O \^64bit"
FYI, here's my extlinux.conf:
vi /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.confDEFAULT 64
UI vesamenu.c32
LABEL 32
MENU LABEL 32-bit base
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
INITRD /boot/core.gz
APPEND quiet blacklist=pcspkr vga=788 lang=zh_TW.utf8 base norestore
LABEL 64
MENU LABEL 64-bit base
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz64
INITRD /boot/corepure64.gz
APPEND quiet blacklist=pcspkr vga=788 lang=zh_TW.utf8 base norestore
LABEL 32bk
MENU LABEL 32-bit backup
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
INITRD /boot/core.gz
APPEND quiet blacklist=pcspkr vga=788 lang=zh_TW.utf8 tce=UUID="1660e367-5775-4838-9d1a-2b6184e35e52"/tce32
LABEL 64bk
MENU LABEL 64-bit backup
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz64
INITRD /boot/corepure64.gz
APPEND quiet blacklist=pcspkr vga=788 lang=zh_TW.utf8 tce=UUID="1660e367-5775-4838-9d1a-2b6184e35e52"/tce64
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Hmm - didn't know what (and I use grub anyway) - thanks.
Maybe you could eventually adjust tc-install64 and submit for the tc-8.x repo?
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I'm finding that lxterminal (and lilyterm) require libncurses.so.5, but the provided version is 6. Because aterm is hopelessly broken when using VMware, without a working terminal I'm basically dead in the water. Can you update lxterminal please?
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What happens with aterm?
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Same as always. The aterm window doesn't refresh when text scrolls when using the VMware graphics driver in Xorg. Once it fills up you have to resize the window to get it to show what text comes after what's displayed.
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I'm trying out the alpha on a spare but mostly functional Toshiba Satellite A135-S4487 laptop.
Looks good so far, though I haven't gotten all that deep into it yet.
The firmware-iwlwifi.tcz from 7.x seems to work here, at least for the Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG hardware.
Having some wifi greatly simplifies further playing. :)
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I got some odd messages when making a backup, though it looks like the bqackup was successfully created. I haven't tried repeating this yet nort verified that I haven't done anything "unusual", though I'm pretty sure I haven't "Mullerized" it yet. :)
Here's a screen log:
tc@prpllxr:/mnt/sdb1/boot/core8.0a1/tce$ ls -lrt
total 24
drwxrwxr-x 2 tc staff 4096 Mar 11 12:06 ondemand/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 0 Mar 11 12:15 xwbar.lst
-rw-r----- 1 tc staff 0 Mar 11 12:20 firstrun
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 138 Mar 11 12:24 onboot.lst~
drwxrwxr-x 2 tc staff 12288 Mar 11 19:25 optional/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 168 Mar 11 19:40 onboot.lst
tc@prpllxr:/mnt/sdb1/boot/core8.0a1/tce$ filetool.sh -b
/usr/bin/filetool.sh: line 149: can't create /etc/sysconfig/backup_device: Permission denied
sed: can't create temp file '/opt/.filetool.lst4NpKsE': Permission denied
Backing up files to /mnt/sdb1/boot/core8.0a1/tce/mydata.tgz/
Done.
/usr/bin/filetool.sh: line 188: can't create /etc/sysconfig/backup_device: Permission denied
tc@prpllxr:/mnt/sdb1/boot/core8.0a1/tce$ ls -lrt
total 36
drwxrwxr-x 2 tc staff 4096 Mar 11 12:06 ondemand/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 0 Mar 11 12:15 xwbar.lst
-rw-r----- 1 tc staff 0 Mar 11 12:20 firstrun
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 138 Mar 11 12:24 onboot.lst~
drwxrwxr-x 2 tc staff 12288 Mar 11 19:25 optional/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tc staff 168 Mar 11 19:40 onboot.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8237 Mar 11 22:04 mydata.tgz
tc@prpllxr:/mnt/sdb1/boot/core8.0a1/tce$
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I'm finding that lxterminal (and lilyterm) require libncurses.so.5, but the provided version is 6
the vte-2.90 dep file contains ncurses5 - I'm guessing you didn't start tc-8.x with an empty tce folder ;)
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The firmware-iwlwifi.tcz from 7.x seems to work here, at least for the Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG hardware.
firmware-iwlwifi did not work for me...
Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
Copyright(c) 2003- 2015 Intel Corporation
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode failed with error -2
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Falling back to user helper
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7260-16.ucode failed with error -2
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Falling back to user helper
iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
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I'm guessing you didn't start tc-8.x with an empty tce folder
Actually I copied the TC 7 VM, booted into TC 8 with no extensions loaded, ran tce-update to update all the extensions, then rebooted.
tc@box:~$ ldd $(which lxterminal) | grep found
libncurses.so.5 => not found
It looks to me like the lxterminal executable is linked to ncurses 5. So not all the extensions were updated from TC 7 to TC 8?
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The vte-2.90 dep file changed, which is a recursive dep of lxterminal and lilyterm
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@andyj
Have you reported the bug against xf86-video-vmware?
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So far the only program with this defect is aterm:
tc@box:~$ aterm -version
aterm version 1.00.01 from 01 August 2007
(utmp,transparency,fading,NeXT scrollbar,XGetDefaults)
According to the aterm website:
Latest Version 1.0.1 was released on August 1, 2007
aterm is deprecated and in a maintenance mode only; there will be no further updates. Use rxvt-unicode instead.
I don't see me reporting an issue with a 10 year old abandonware program to anyone. It's why I don't ask for it to be fixed, I just use something else. I just want something else to work.
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If you modify vte-2.90.tcz.dep to read as per:
http://www.tinycorelinux.net/8.x/x86_64/tcz/vte-2.90.tcz.dep
and download ncurses5 from the repo, things should work with lxterminal and/or lilyterm.
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Thanks. But now lxterminal segfaults. :o
BTW, alsamixer wants ncurses 5 also.
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alsa dep file updated - thanks
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/etc/sysconfig should be root.staff, not root.root.
Same for /etc/sysconfig/backup_device.
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@andyj
It doesn't matter the app is old - it uses valid APIs and there's a bug in the VMWare driver. Without reporting they might never know about it.
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I decided to follow the advice on the aterm website and use rxvt instead. It works as expected: no scrolling problems like aterm, no strange window warping like lxterminal, no segfault like lilyterm, and the 256 color and true type fonts work. The apps browser downloads work and alsamixer works. I haven't tried unicode fonts. I'll submit it after I test it some more. If there is something else I could test I might give it a try.
When I ran tce-update shouldn't it have also updated *.dep files? I've come across some out of date ones. Or is there something I need to do different when using tce-update?
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I guess you'd need to use the apps gui -> maintenance -> dependencies and deletions.
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/etc/sysconfig should be root.staff, not root.root.
Same for /etc/sysconfig/backup_device.
The permissions for these have not been touched?
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/etc/sysconfig should be root.staff, not root.root.
Same for /etc/sysconfig/backup_device.
The permissions for these have not been touched?
Boot with base norestore and you will see that EVERYTHING in /etc is root.root.
This is not the case with 7.2 and is the reason for the error messages when running baqckup.
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I guess you'd need to use the apps gui -> maintenance -> dependencies and deletions.
Is there a CLI non-interactive way to do this on a text only system?
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Yes, "tce-audit updatedeps".
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Boot with base norestore and you will see that EVERYTHING in /etc is root.root.
This is not the case with 7.2 and is the reason for the error messages when running baqckup.
You're right, but at the moment I have no idea why :(
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OK - got it - the fix will be in the next release.
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Busybox cpio 1.25 had a bug:
https://bugs.busybox.net/buglist.cgi?no_redirect=1&quicksearch=9306