Slacko32/64 700 BETA 2

[gcmartin]

I had gotten the report before I noticed the last post encouraging the PET vs the ".gz file". I did look thru the report but did not spot anything. Sure I am overlooking something.

Attached is my Slacko64-V7a on the Intel with the HDMI audio problem.

[gcmartin]

New concern. This message from find command

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find / -name mscw*
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find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for '/proc/fs' (saw only st_nlink=12 but we already saw 10 subdirectories): this may be a bug in your file system driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.

This is a pristine RAM only PC with no local storage, excepting the USB DVD.

Is this a concern?

[Sailor Enceladus]

Maybe Mick will get 6.9.6 out soon.

I hope not too soon, the debug stuff has not been pushed to woof-ce yet.
I was rather hoping for at least 1 run in a real problem situation before pushing.

But such is life.

I agree. It's a shame that those with booting issues (James C, Billtoo)
did not post their debug results, considering how much work you put
into making it. Or did they PM you their data? If it's not resolved then
I guess the bug they experienced will also be in Slacko 6.9.5 32-bit.

[James C]

A new debug version of the init script is attached.
A new debug version of the initrd.gz has been uploaded to the same place as the previous version.
This version has been pushed to woof-ce rationalise.

It no longer has any dropout points, it just produces messages, but an improved set.

gyro

Placed the init script in the original initrd.gz.

Only thing to report is no boot and error messages zipping by faster than I can read them.

Something to the effect of can't locate var/vc/3 ,var/vc/4, and so on.

And it got up to pid1989 when I aborted.

[James C]

Switched to one of the earlier debug inits I'd downloaded, still no boot but got some output at least.

[James C]

And one more....

[gyro]

@James C,
Thankyou very much for testing.

I've only looked at the bootinit.log, and it's rather interesting.
Some variables are obviously empty when they should not be.
This results in the init failing to actually mount any thing.

I obviously need to do some more digging with your other files.
Then I will produce a test init that simply attempts to load a single partition.

Later edit:
Interestingly it should not be trying to cat '/sys/block//queue/rotational' unsless "pfix=trim" is specified.

gyro

[gyro]

A new version of the init script is attached.
An updated initrd.gz is available at http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/slacko64/initrd.gz.
It still includes the code to write debug messages to bootinit.log.

@James C,
Based on your data, I was finally able to reproduce a problem that looked a lot like yours. The bootinit.log looked almost identical to the one you posted.
This version should fix it. Well at least it fixes a real bug. So, please give this one a go.

Hmm.. If this doesn't fix it, it's back to a small test init that doesn't do much and building piece by piece.

The problem occured when attempting to mount a partition with a large number of partitions present.
If you try to mount sdb1 and sdb10... exist the problem is triggered. I had to add a lot of partitions so that mounting sdc2 there were sdc20...
It was a grep that expected a single response but in that situation gets multiple responses.

Edit:
Download is withdrawn, the latest version will always be on woof-ce.

gyro

[James C]

A new version of the init script is attached.
An updated initrd.gz is available at http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/slacko64/initrd.gz.
It still includes the code to write debug messages to bootinit.log.

@James C,
Based on your data, I was finally able to reproduce a problem that looked a lot like yours. The bootinit.log looked almost identical to the one you posted.
This version should fix it. Well at least it fixes a real bug. So, please give this one a go.

Hmm.. If this doesn't fix it, it's back to a small test init that doesn't do much and building piece by piece.

The problem occured when attempting to mount a partition with a large number of partitions present.
If you try to mount sdb1 and sdb10... exist the problem is triggered. I had to add a lot of partitions so that mounting sdc2 there were sdc20...
It was a grep that expected a single response but in that situation gets multiple responses.

gyro

I'll give the new init a try in a few hours when I free some time up.

Right now this box doesn't have my usual number of partitions (less) because of the tiny ssd. Most of the time there is a couple of rows of drive icons on the desktop ......

[gyro]

I'll give the new init a try in a few hours when I free some time up.

Excellent.

Right now this box doesn't have my usual number of partitions (less) because of the tiny ssd. Most of the time there is a couple of rows of drive icons on the desktop ......

In my test I only got up to sdc24 + 4 each for sda and sdb.

gyro

[James C]

A new version of the init script is attached.
An updated initrd.gz is available at http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/slacko64/initrd.gz.
It still includes the code to write debug messages to bootinit.log.

Swapped in the replacement initrd.gz linked above. Boots normally now.

All of my semi-new boxes have a minimum of 2 hard drives so I generally use lots of partitions.Getting ready to add a drive to this box when I find time,got a couple sitting in a box on the floor beside me ........ hard to pass up a good sale.

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-Computer-
Processor		: 6x AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
Memory		: 16309MB (498MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko64 Puppy - 6.9.5
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Fri 02 Sep 2016 06:45:03 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution		: 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko64 Puppy, version 6.9.5

Chip description:
unknown

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Modules requested to be loaded:       dbe 

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
  Loaded modules: dbe dri2 exa extmod fb fbdevhw glx kbd mouse shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

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# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:       16309388      323064    15147740      329820      838584    15446820
Swap:       8396796           0     8396796
# 

I'll test on another box or two over the weekend.

[James C]

Did a manual frugal install (as downloaded) on an old dual-core. Actually was booting until for some reason it decided to load a Slacko 5.7 sfs lodated in a different folder. I aborted.

I've now switched the initrd,gz so I'm expecting a successful boot in about a minute.

[James C]

Booted no problem with initrd,gz replaced.

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-Computer-
Processor		: 2x AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+
Memory		: 4041MB (456MB used)
Machine Type		: Physical machine
Operating System		: Slacko64 Puppy - 6.9.5
User Name		: root (root)
Date/Time		: Fri 02 Sep 2016 09:16:59 PM CDT
-Display-
Resolution		: 1440x900 pixels
OpenGL Renderer		: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
X11 Vendor		: The X.Org Foundation

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# report-video
VIDEO REPORT: Slacko64 Puppy, version 6.9.5

Chip description:
unknown

Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
  Modules requested to be loaded:       dbe 

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): nouveau
  Loaded modules: dbe dri2 exa extmod fb fbdevhw glx kbd mouse shadowfb

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1440x900 pixels (381x238 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

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# free
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:        4041556      316628     2900208      326608      824720     3192120
Swap:      14540792           0    14540792
# 

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# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
224 heads, 19 sectors/track, 459004 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x80895fa3

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   313343999   156568576    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       313344000   356351999    21504000   83  Linux
/dev/sda4       356354046  1953524250   798585102+   5  Extended
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5       356354048   372942847     8294400   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6       372944896   803024895   215040000   83  Linux
/dev/sda7       803026944   907474943    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda8       907476992  1011924991    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda9      1011927040  1116375039    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda10     1116377088  1220824353    52223633   83  Linux
/dev/sda11     1220827136  1427675135   103424000   83  Linux
/dev/sda12     1427677184  1532125183    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda13     1532127232  1636575231    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda14     1636577280  1741025279    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda15     1741027328  1845475327    52224000   83  Linux
/dev/sda16     1845477376  1953524250    54023437+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8c3f2c41

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *        2048    51199313    25598633   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2        51200000   104450047    26625024   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3       104450048   167938047    31744000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb4       167940094   488396799   160228353    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5       167940096   180432895     6246400   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6       180434944   237778943    28672000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb7       237780992   297172991    29696000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb8       297175040   329943039    16384000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb9       329945088   362713087    16384000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb10      362715136   395483135    16384000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb11      395485184   428253183    16384000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb12      428255232   461022810    16383789+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb13      461025280   488396799    13685760   83  Linux
# 

Several partitions on this one too.......

[Pelo]

The stork drop xenialpup of its bill, and took off immediately
Not only one trouble for install.
My P 7.0.7 running now has some latency in desktop
Nevertheless i keep this version, on an USB stick.
I become lost in versions numbers. 6.9.5 and 7.0.7..
Feed back for video users, version 2.2.2 VLC reads MP4 at Home (xenialpup 7.0.7)
Bino is a video player 3D,
My packages :
bino_1.6.1-1|bino|1.6.1-1||Multimedia;video|1706K|pool/universe/b/bino|bino_1.6.1-1_amd64.deb|+libass5&ge0.13.0,+libavcodec-ffmpeg56&ge2.4,+libavdevice-ffmpeg56&ge2.4,+libavformat-ffmpeg56&ge2.4,+libavutil-ffmpeg54&ge2.4,+libc6&ge2.17,+libgcc1&ge4.1.1,+libgl1-mesa-glx,+libglewmx1.13&ge1.12.0,+liblircclient0,+libopenal1&ge1.14,+libqt5core5a&ge5.0.2,+libqt5gui5&ge5.0.2,+libqt5opengl5&ge5.0.2,+libqt5widgets5&ge5.0.2,+libstdc++6&ge5.2,+libswscale-ffmpeg3&ge2.4|3D video player|ubuntu|xenial||
libfaac0_1.28+cvs20151130-1|libfaac0|1.28+cvs20151130-1||BuildingBlock|168K|pool/multiverse/f/faac|libfaac0_1.28+cvs20151130-1_amd64.deb|+libc6&ge2.14|AAC audio encoder library|ubuntu|xenial||

[gyro]

Swapped in the replacement initrd.gz linked above. Boots normally now.

Great news, another bug gone.
Thank you for persevering.

gyro

[gyro]

This bug in init where it failed in the prescence of lots of partitions, is now fixed in the rationalise branch of woof-ce.
gyro

[01micko]

This bug in init where it failed in the prescence of lots of partitions, is now fixed in the rationalise branch of woof-ce.
gyro

Great thanks gyro! I *should* have time tomorrow to build and upload a 32 bit version and update the 64 version.

Cheers!

[gyro]

I'm not going to provide direct downloads of the init script in the forum any more.
The latest working (at least for me) version, can always be found in the woof-ce 'rationalise' branch, at "initrd-progs/0initrd/init".
And it will also be available in the current initrd.gz at http://www.fishprogs.software/puppy/slacko64/initrd.gz.

Oh, the init in both these is not quite the same as the one most recently published here on the forum, but the changes are just slightly improved ways of doing the same thing.

Also on woof-ce, 'rationalise' branch, there is a new README.txt for the new init at "initrd-progs/0initrd/README.txt" that contains a lot of information about the new int script.
Thank you ninaholic and peebee for proof reading it.

gyro

[jlst]

There's a serious bug and a new alpha release is required...

https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... issues/870

[01micko]

There's a serious bug and a new alpha release is required...

https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/w ... issues/870

32 bit and 64 bit alpha 2 isos are uploading. Will be there soon barring any connection catastrophe.

See main post.