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Corepure64 / Re: No luck with vaapi

« Last post by Rich on June 25, 2025, 10:53:36 PM »

Hi Vaguiner
Maybe this is pertinent:
https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26242.0.html

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Corepure64 / No luck with vaapi

« Last post by Vaguiner on June 25, 2025, 10:36:19 PM »

Hi. I recently switched to a mini pc (intel n100) and I'm having trouble enabling video acceleration.

vainfo (from libva22-utils):

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libva info: VA-API version 1.22.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/local/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/local/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_22
libva error: /usr/local/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns -1
vaInitialize failed with error code -1 (unknown libva error),exit
I've tried them both: intel-media.tcz and intel-vaapi-driver.tcz. both at the same time and one on its own, always the same error.

A brief search on the internet indicates that:
i965 is not compatible with my integrated video, iHD is recommended.
Unfortunately tinycore's iHD was last updated in 2021. I'll try to manually compile an updated version to see the result.

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General TC Talk / Re: Noob ID10T question

« Last post by CNK on June 25, 2025, 10:15:01 PM »

For Firefox, install the firefox_getLatest.tcz extension, then run firefox_getLatest.sh from the menu or by typing it into a terminal window. This will get the latest stable Firefox release.

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General TC Talk / Noob ID10T question

« Last post by fsck on June 25, 2025, 09:50:13 PM »

I did look at all the pages listed before posting. I love TCL, but when I go to install a web browser it is so old that I can't use it. Please point me to info on how to install up-to-date software. thx

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Raspberry Pi / Re: Raspberry Pi 2 Wifi (nl80211, cheap dongle)

« Last post by bradwiggo on June 25, 2025, 10:12:20 AM »

Update 2: The TP-Link Archer T2UB Nano works fine on PiCore 16, using the firmware-ralinkwifi package.

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General TC Talk / Re: USB stick being dismounted

« Last post by PDP-8 on June 24, 2025, 06:34:58 PM »

patrikg has a point.  I had a similar issue with a flaky usb mouse that drove me nuts.  External ssd's too on usb once in awhile.  Usually spammed the logs and dmesg seeing it power down and wake up.

One cure may be to disable usb-port power saving with this kernel parameter:

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usbcore.autosuspend=-1
In most kernels this is set at 2, but the -1 (negative 1) shuts it off.  There is no space between the = and the -1 in the above.

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Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge / Re: Information technologies news

« Last post by neonix on June 24, 2025, 05:10:01 PM »

Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/firefox-140-new-features-update

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Off-Topic - Tiny Core Lounge / Re: XLibre - a fork of Xorg

« Last post by nick65go on June 24, 2025, 01:24:13 PM »

If it would be a one-man orchestra then it will fail. I also hope it will not.
Maybe a better future will have if it will be split in two pieces (with maybe a common code/part):
1. XlibreX11 - for compatibility with ALL old GPU devices. The job will finish soon as no/few new devices /quirk/patches.
2. XlibreX12 - cut the old stuff compatibility, concentrate only on Actual + new GPU devices. Plus No xWayland etc.
Without a split like this, it is too much work, limit in API advances + extensions, to keep pass with innovations in GPU cores.

Anyway, for a long time from now, still will be apps using X11, but under Wayland. What matters, for users of an OS, are the applications. As long as speed is good enough, it should not matter the "insecurities" of Xorg in a container/VM, or isolated machine.

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Other architectures / Re: Which board to support?

« Last post by Yleisajattelija on June 24, 2025, 03:32:13 AM »

I bought this one:

https://webstore.vlsi.fi/epages/vlsi.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/2015020901/Categories/%22Circuits%20and%20KITs%22/VSRV

They are audio IC experts, and I suppose this is first "general industrial use" -SOC. Phone codecs are very real time performance critical applications, so they know how to handle linux real time problems.

I think RISC-V MMU is unnecessary complicated, but simplifications need support from linux kernel and RISC-V development groups. I think kernel development and RISC-V groups like tc professional minimalistic approach and efficient code,  so I suppose, that support is possible if tc-port is considered...

...and with MMU-development linux problematic device driver mechanism updates automatically, too.

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General TC Talk / Re: tinycorelinux.net does not support SSL, Chrome blocks downloads

« Last post by CNK on June 23, 2025, 11:49:58 PM »

Many of our mirrors offer https. If you worry about MITM, please download from those.

No, you can't get authentic link of mirror from a hijacked non-https website.

There's a mirrors page on the Wiki, which uses HTTPS. But as it's a user-contributed wiki, there's no guarantee that the links are "authentic" anyway (same with the user-contributed extensions themselves).

Is there any reason tinycorelinux.net still isn't https, given that forum.tinycorelinux.net is https?

I wish the forums and wiki still allowed plain HTTP connections too (as well as HTTPS).