StretchDog

[rcrsn51]

Users of StretchDog and its variants might want/need a kernel upgrade from the stock k4.9.0. Here is an easy way:

1. Go here and get a DevuanDog ISO.
2. Extract it and locate the four files initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1, k-4.19.0-5-amd64.squashfs.
3. Drop them into the "live" folder of your Stretch install. The first three will overwrite the current versions.
4. Reboot.

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There have been reports of Puppy users trying to install various Puppies onto emmc drives. The boot fails with an "SFS file not found" error. I can confirm this with some (but not all) emmc setups.

FWIW, Fred's Dog builds have always been able to boot from an emmc drive for me.

[dancytron]

Users of StretchDog and it variants might want/need a kernel upgrade from the stock k4.9.0. Here is an easy way:

1. Go here and get a DevuanDog ISO.
2. Extract it and locate the four files initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1, k-4.19.0-5-amd64.squashfs.
3. Drop them into the "live" folder of your Stretch install. The first three will overwrite the current versions.
4. Reboot.

FWIW, Fred's Dog builds have always been able to boot from an emmc drive for me.

Thanks,

Nice to see you back.

[rcrsn51]

Here are some tips for working with cheap Windows "cloudbooks".

1. Some of them have bleeding-edge wifi devices that need a change to PeasyWiFi's config. Set DRIVER=nl80211.

2. Most on-board speakers are dreadful. Get a little Bluetooth speaker with an Aux input and plug it into the headphone jack. Even with mono output, this will give better sound.

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[gabtech]

Hi fred

Every time I use a screencastter my whole desktop freezes.

[fredx181]

Hi gabtech,

If you can provide more details, e.g. which screencaster you used, I will try if I can reproduce the problem and search for a possible fix.

Fred

[gabtech]

Hi Fred,

Thanks, I was trying out wex. It could be my laptop because even in tahr the desktop freezes.

[gabtech]

Hi Fred,

I found some ffmpeg commands online and modified them to suit my needs. I can happily record my desktop using the ffmpeg script attached but with some warnings. Could you refine it?

[sszindian]

@fredx-181

Is there a kernel 4.9.0-11-amd64 update available for StretchDog?

'thanks for stretch, proven itself to be a real CHAMP in the linux world'

>>>---Indian------>

[fredx181]

Hi sszindian, here's a tar.gz archive containing k-4.9.0-11-amd64.squashfs, initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1.
https://github.com/fredx181/StretchDog/ ... d64.tar.gz
Extract in 'live' folder (replacing initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1, better make backup of the original files first) and reboot.
If it works out ok you may want to uninstall the older kernel from synaptic.

Fred

[gabtech]

Hi people,

I'm trying to setup a wifi access point using Wlanmaker on stretchdog 32. The wifi adapter am using is Intel PRO/Wireless 4965. How do I enable master mode? The article here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/MasterMode says it can be done.

"For ipw2100/ipw2200, unfortunately there is no way to use them as AP, but this can be done for ipw3945 and ipw4965, maybe ipw2915 too, which are pretty good cards anyway, using fully open-source iwlwifi drivers, but it can't be done with old Intel drivers with closed microcode."

[rcrsn51]

You have not described the exact problem you are having with wlanmaker.

[sszindian]

'Thanks fred!'

Upgrade to 4.9-11 went well...

again 'thanks'

>>>---Indian------>

[gabtech]

Hello rcrsn51

See attached pic for the error am getting.

[rcrsn51]

That's a separate issue from wlanmaker. Possibly try

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rfkill unblock wlan

Do you have the WiFi card working in "regular" mode?

[rcrsn51]

No reply?

[gabtech]

Hi rcrsn51

Sorry for taking long to post a reply. I was busy checking some threads on the Ubuntu forum and from what I gathered the ipw4965 can't be used as an access point in linux distros. I guess I just have to look for a AP capable wifi adapter.

[gabtech]

I've just installed virtualbox in my stretchdog machine but when I try to run it I get the error in the attached screenshot.

[fredx181]

Hi gabtech,

I don't know how you installed vitualbox, anyway, first uninstall it, then this should work:

Add virtualbox.list to /etc/apt/sources.list.d :

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echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian stretch contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

Add Oracle VirtualBox public key:

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wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
apt-key add oracle_vbox_2016.asc

Install gcc make perl linux-headers virtualbox-5.2 :

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apt-get update
apt-get install gcc make perl linux-headers-$(uname -r) virtualbox-5.2

Taken from WIKI: https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox#Debi ... Stretch.22
(the way to install from stretch-backports didn't work for me, btw)

EDIT: Just found that above won't work if you boot with kernel version lower than 4.9.11 because "linux-headers-$(uname -r)" is not found then (not anymore in Debian repository)
I'll make a "package" for 32-bit 4.9.11 kernel later.

Fred

[fredx181]

Here's a tar.gz archive containing k-4.9.0-11-i386.squashfs, initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1. (for 32-bit)
https://github.com/fredx181/StretchDog/ ... 386.tar.gz
Extract in 'live' folder (replacing initrd1.xz, initrd.img, vmlinuz1, better make backup of the original files first) and reboot.

See above post, for installing virtualbox it's required to boot with the 4.9.0-11 kernel, when booted with older kernel, it doesn't work.

EDIT: when booted with kernel 4.9.0-3 (as is on latest Stretchdog ISO) you can also load the devx: https://github.com/fredx181/StretchDog/ ... 6.squashfs
Then as last step in previous post (install only virtualbox-5.2) :

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apt-get install  virtualbox-5.2

Fred

[sszindian]

Getting the below when trying to preform a system update from synaptc package manager... is something wrong or are they out of business for our StretchDog ?
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(this appears in a dialog box while Synaptic is displayed)

Synaptic:

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 78BD65473CB3BD13Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/d ... elease.gpg The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 78BD65473CB3BD13Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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>>>---Indian------>