EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.5.6

[LarryDC]

To Barry:

I'll open initrd and boost the P2M variable in the 'init' script. Thanks as always!

To libertas:

Didn't know about vfu file manager. What do you find great about it?

I do a lot at the command line and I'm too lazy, or dumb, to remember all the command parameters. Vladi has got almost all of them available from the vfu file manager screen with one letter commands. Plus it runs great in st terminal and using micro as its texteditor. I just compile it to stay with the latest code changes.

[BarryK]

Now up to 6.5.6. Announcement:

https://bkhome.org/news/202501/easyos-s ... eased.html

[FeodorF]

My old 2010 Lenovo BIOS box doesn't mind about the kernel swap.

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-Version-
Kernel		: Linux 6.12.10 (x86_64)
Version		: #1 SMP Wed Jan 22 00:35:57 AWST 2025
C Library		: Unknown
Distribution		: EasyOS Scarthgap64
-Current Session-
Computer Name		: EASYPC26052
User Name		: root (root)
Home Directory		: /root
Desktop Environment		: Unknown (Window Manager: JWM)
-Misc-
Uptime		: 2 hours, 27 minutes
Load Average		: 0.05, 0.94, 1.45

[FeodorF]

Hallo @BarryK !
Just found 1 problem relating to the kernel update via update icon.
The installed pci to usb-3.0 card will be identified as:

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-PCI Devices-
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
ISA bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
SMBus			: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
USB controller		: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])

-USB Devices-
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

but there exists no 3.0 root hub entry (main problem).

The only way to access the 4-TB usb hard drive is via usb 2.0 port connection.

messages.gz

(107.37 KiB) Downloaded 7 times

messages.0.gz

(200.1 KiB) Downloaded 8 times

(remove the 'gz')

usb-3.0-card.jpg (94.48 KiB) Viewed 639 times

[anilraj]

Hello Barry, thank you for all the great work you are doing. Few problems for me on Dell latitude 5420.

#1 Network Manager issues
First, it does not start and has errors as follows.
Trying to enable NetworkManager has same errors.
bus-manager: cannot connect to D-Bus: Could not connect: No such file or directory

#2 No sound. Not sure, whats the problem, but errors are as follows.
I took a quick look at /usr/lib/firmware directory and apprently this version has more fiels than 6.5.4.2. So seems not the case of missing firmware files.

snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: Direct firmware load for intel/avs/tgl/dsp_basefw.bin failed with error -2
snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: request firmware failed -2
snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: firmware boot failed -2

I will investigate further. By the way, this happens on both cases - a clean install of 6.5.6 and also when you update from 6.5.4.2

Regards,

[BarryK]

Hallo @BarryK !
Just found 1 problem relating to the kernel update via update icon.
The installed pci to usb-3.0 card will be identified as:

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-PCI Devices-
PCI bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
ISA bridge		: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
SMBus			: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
USB controller		: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])

-USB Devices-
Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

but there exists no 3.0 root hub entry (main problem).

@FeodorF ,
What command did you run to get the above output?

Also, I would like to see output what you get with the 6.6.x kernel.

It is going to be an awkward situation if the 6.12.x kernel is detecting the usb interface differently, as I did not, to my knowledge, make any changes in the kernel config that would affect usb operation.

[BarryK]

Hello Barry, thank you for all the great work you are doing. Few problems for me on Dell latitude 5420.

#1 Network Manager issues
First, it does not start and has errors as follows.
Trying to enable NetworkManager has same errors.
bus-manager: cannot connect to D-Bus: Could not connect: No such file or directory

#2 No sound. Not sure, whats the problem, but errors are as follows.
I took a quick look at /usr/lib/firmware directory and apprently this version has more fiels than 6.5.4.2. So seems not the case of missing firmware files.

snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: Direct firmware load for intel/avs/tgl/dsp_basefw.bin failed with error -2
snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: request firmware failed -2
snd_soc_avs 0000:00:1f.3: firmware boot failed -2

I will investigate further. By the way, this happens on both cases - a clean install of 6.5.6 and also when you update from 6.5.4.2

Regards,

@anilraj ,
To detect firmware problems, run this in a terminal:

# dmesg > dmesg.txt
# geany dmesg.txt

Then look through the file for string "firmware", see if it reports any problem.

Also look for "d-bus" or "dbus".

Open /tmp/bootsysinit.log and /tmp/xerrs.log in geany and look for any d-bus errors.

@FeodorF ,
It might be useful for you also to examine dmesg, see if any usb-related errors.
It is possible that the firmware requirements have changed.