EasyOS version 4.5.5 released

[wdt]

Well, the update went well, but..
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'mpt3sas': Operation not permitted
id shows me to be 0, I am at a loss
---more---
A bios boot. laptop does not even have EFI
nothing in dmesg,,,, alt-sysrq-x does nothing,,,
the various echo cmds , the directory does not exist
(# echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo x > /proc/sysrq-trigger)

[BarryK]

Well, the update went well, but..
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'mpt3sas': Operation not permitted
id shows me to be 0, I am at a loss
---more---
A bios boot. laptop does not even have EFI
nothing in dmesg,,,, alt-sysrq-x does nothing,,,
the various echo cmds , the directory does not exist
(# echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
# echo x > /proc/sysrq-trigger)

Does it show up when run this:

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# modinfo mpt3sas

if not, run:

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# depmod

[wdt]

Yes, modinfo shows it, ran depmod anyway, unchanged error

[BarryK]

Yes, modinfo shows it, ran depmod anyway, unchanged error

maybe do a search on the internet, in case this is a known problem

[wdt]

I have done this, mostly talking about secure boot,,UEFI
that is where those echo commands come from

[BarryK]

@wdt
Very interesting. I found what looks like a solution:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... -permitted

...um, no, reading more of that page, the fix might not work.

But you shouldn't be getting that error, as UEFI secure boot should be disabled, and you are logged in as root.

I just tried on my computer, "modprobe mpt3sas" works.

Oh, one more thing. You have to be running the same kernel for which the module was compiled, as it is a signed module.

[wdt]

When I put in the usb stick into machine with scsi drive, it just loaded module
All automatically, so I am guessing that the laptop that I did update with,
is too old (? ~11years?)
Other machines though will load mpt3sas(not ezos) even without any scsi drive
thanks for your efforts, sorry to waste your time

[RyPuppy]

I just installed EasyOS 4.5.1 and like it so far. I was unable to configure WiFi on my laptop.

Laptop : HP Pavilion x360
Age: less than 10 years old
WiFi: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless

FossaPup64-9,5 is my everyday Pup and there WiFi does work flawlessly.

With EasyOS-4.5.1, it looks like WiFi Driver failed during load.

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$> lspci | grep 3290

02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
02:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. RT3290 Bluetooth

$> modprobe -c rt2800pci | grep 3290 

alias pci:v00001814d00003290sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt2800pci
alias usb:v18ECp3290d*dc*dsc*dp*ic0Eisc01ip00in* uvcvideo

$> dmesg | grep 3290
[   25.147316] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt3290.bin'
[   25.147505] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rt3290.bin failed with error -2
[   25.147513] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware
[   25.148471] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt3290.bin'
[   25.148521] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rt3290.bin failed with error -2
[   25.148528] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware

Any suggestions on how to addresss WiFi issue ?

[don570]

alt-F6 message disappears

EasyOS 4.5.1 frugal install

I came across an unusual event while ripping a music CD

Instructions to duplicate behaviour...
In the main window I inserted CD in tray and successfully did ripping of CD in /root folder.
I had to unmute audio with mixer to listen to music.
Then I switched to Dunfell container and I tried to do the same ripping of the same CD
and it wouldn't proceed. Error reported.
...But then I noticed in switching back and forth between Dunfell container and the main window
that the info message for Dunfell users 'Use alt-F6 to switch desktops' in the middle of the Dunfell desktop had disappeared.
Edit : couldn't duplicate the error . Everything alright.
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Other observations...

1) wacom driver worked well with mtpaint and gimp after taking it off the blacklist with the boot manager.
2) ptm timer worked well in Dunfell container however container must be active for message to pop-up.
3) I could make the samba server work ie smbd task is running in background
but my chromebook laptop still doesn't recognize the server.
By the way I use ethernet (not WIFI ) to connect to router. Then my chromebook connects to router wirelessly.
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[BarryK]

I just installed EasyOS 4.5.1 and like it so far. I was unable to configure WiFi on my laptop.

Laptop : HP Pavilion x360
Age: less than 10 years old
WiFi: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless

FossaPup64-9,5 is my everyday Pup and there WiFi does work flawlessly.

With EasyOS-4.5.1, it looks like WiFi Driver failed during load.

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$> lspci | grep 3290

02:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
02:00.1 Bluetooth: Ralink corp. RT3290 Bluetooth

$> modprobe -c rt2800pci | grep 3290 

alias pci:v00001814d00003290sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt2800pci
alias usb:v18ECp3290d*dc*dsc*dp*ic0Eisc01ip00in* uvcvideo

$> dmesg | grep 3290
[   25.147316] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt3290.bin'
[   25.147505] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rt3290.bin failed with error -2
[   25.147513] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware
[   25.148471] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt3290.bin'
[   25.148521] rt2800pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rt3290.bin failed with error -2
[   25.148528] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware

Any suggestions on how to addresss WiFi issue ?

I'm interested to know if that firmware is in the full "linux-firmware" package
-- click on "pkg" icon, type "firmware" in the Find box, click "Go", choose "oe-dunfell" repo.

...of course, if you haven't got Internet access when running EasyOS then it is a "catch 22" situation.
Alright, in a Linux with Internet access, download this (257MB):

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64 ... all.tar.xz

...then boot EasyOS and click on the downloaded file. Or right-click on it to open it up.

If not, then you could copy it from another linux distro. It will be somewhere in /lib/firmware

[RyPuppy]

I just installed EasyOS 4.5.1 and like it so far. I was unable to configure WiFi on my laptop.

Laptop : HP Pavilion x360
Age: less than 10 years old
WiFi: Ralink corp. RT3290 Wireless
...

I'm interested to know if that firmware is in the full "linux-firmware" package
-- click on "pkg" icon, type "firmware" in the Find box, click "Go", choose "oe-dunfell" repo.

...of course, if you haven't got Internet access when running EasyOS then it is a "catch 22" situation.
Alright, in a Linux with Internet access, download this (257MB):

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64 ... all.tar.xz

...then boot EasyOS and click on the downloaded file. Or right-click on it to open it up.

If not, then you could copy it from another linux distro. It will be somewhere in /lib/firmware

@BarryK Thank You... WireLess is OK now and am able to connect to the Internet using my WiFi.

I was able to install the Firmware required by my Wireless Card.

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EasyOS: / # ls -al /lib/firmware/rt32*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Oct 29 11:28 /lib/firmware/rt3290.bin

Issue :
I did EasyOS 4.5.1 install by

1. Download easy-4.5.1-amd64.img
2. Create folder SDA6: /EasyOS
3. Extract & place the following files in /EasyOS folder
easy.sfs
initrd
vmlinuz
4. Add Grub2 entry

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menuentry '2. EasyOS 4.5.1 - [SDA6] ' {                                                                 
  linux  /EasyOS/vmlinuz rw wkg_dir=EasyOS wkg_uuid=37251c78-9dad-45e2-866e-c03fc7a2a3ac                
  initrd /EasyOS/initrd                                                                                 
}   

I have enabled Direct-Write for the session.

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During Reboot process, system gives me 4 choice like
1. .. use previous session
2. .. go back to pristine...
etc...
I have to go through initial configuration all over again.

What do I need to do to keep the configuration changes every time ?

[RyPuppy]

...
I have to go through initial configuration all over again.

What do I need to do to keep the configuration changes every time ?

I deleted all the files in my Install folder /EasyOS/* and repopulated the required 3 easyos system files.
Reboot EasyOS and went through the initial system configuration process one more time.
Went for SAVE at the time of Reboot.

Rebooted 3 times and looks like it is ok now.

[Ramachandra Iyer]

In old compaq laptop, wifi not working. Lack of B43 driver.

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64 ... fell64.pet

Now wifi working in old Compaq laptop. Some issue in display. Later with xwin booted into desktop 4.5.1

Please look into my very old issue pertained to booting from internal SSD.

[don570]

Note to Barry...

The created /etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/inode_directory:

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#!/bin/sh
exec pfind -d "$1"
...that should work!

pFind right click menu item wasn't set up quite right.

The way Zigbert wanted it set up ...

It should open /usr/local/apps/pFind

which then opens the script --> AppRun

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#!/bin/bash
"/usr/local/pfind/pfind" -d "$@"

This will then make the right click menu item open up pFind window
so that a search is done inside a given folder.
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[BarryK]

Note to Barry...

The created /etc/xdg/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/inode_directory:

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#!/bin/sh
exec pfind -d "$1"
...that should work!

pFind right click menu item wasn't set up quite right.

The way Zigbert wanted it set up ...

It should open /usr/local/apps/pFind

which then opens the script --> AppRun

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#!/bin/bash
"/usr/local/pfind/pfind" -d "$@"

This will then make the right click menu item open up pFind window
so that a search is done inside a given folder.
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Yes, I also discovered that. Posted in other thread:

viewtopic.php?p=73492#p73492

[anilraj]

Hello friends. Thank you for the great work you folks are doing for this OS.
I installed latest version-4.5.1 few days back. I have a problem with internet speeds. I think, the problem started with 4.5.0 version. Not sure.

Here is what the problem is.

-When I use usb internet dongle (Airtel 4G/LTE modem-India) with remote ndis connection, speeds are terribly slow. Here is what I see in ethtool and ifconfig outputs.. Particularly under ifconfig error count keeps on growing.
With ethtool, I see speed setting has a problem and it seems to be working ta hlaf duplex. IF I explicitely set it to full duples and 1gb, even then it has a problem.

-When I connect to this usb internel dongle over wifi-no problem
-On Windows, wifi and remote ndis works without problem.

I dont see problem with usb internet dongle as it works great in both modes in Windows (wifi and remote ndis) and on linux (under Wifi) great.
The only problem is remote ndis on Linux. Terrible speeds.

# ethtool eth1
Settings for eth1:
Supported ports: [ ]
Supported link modes: Not reported
Supported pause frame use: No
Supports auto-negotiation: No
Supported FEC modes: Not reported
Advertised link modes: Not reported
Advertised pause frame use: No
Advertised auto-negotiation: No
Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
Speed: Unknown!
Duplex: Half
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: off
MDI-X: Unknown
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
drv probe link

# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C6:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2a0:c6ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:13703 errors:13372 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:13366
TX packets:11299 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:12604953 (12.0 MiB) TX bytes:1714330 (1.6 MiB)

Please help. Thank you,

[BarryK]

Hello friends. Thank you for the great work you folks are doing for this OS.
I installed latest version-4.5.1 few days back. I have a problem with internet speeds. I think, the problem started with 4.5.0 version. Not sure.

Here is what the problem is.

-When I use usb internet dongle (Airtel 4G/LTE modem-India) with remote ndis connection, speeds are terribly slow. Here is what I see in ethtool and ifconfig outputs.. Particularly under ifconfig error count keeps on growing.
With ethtool, I see speed setting has a problem and it seems to be working ta hlaf duplex. IF I explicitely set it to full duples and 1gb, even then it has a problem.

I have no idea what could be causing your problem.

I wonder if it is the kernel?

I suppose that you should test prior to 4.5, to confirm that's when the problem started.

[BarryK]

I found a bug, fixed:

https://bkhome.org/news/202211/fix-top- ... artup.html

I don't know if it is causing any trouble.

[BarryK]

Please look into my very old issue pertained to booting from internal SSD.

@Ramachandra Iyer
Remind me again what model laptop it is.

For a Linux distro that does recognize the nvme ssd, after bootup, is there a "vmd" kernel module:

# modinfo vmd

And, is it loaded:

# lsmod | grep vmd

Alternatively, is vmd not a module, but is builtin? Look at file:

/lib/modules/<kernel version>/modules.builtin

[Ramachandra Iyer]

My Laptop is from HP 14s-DY2500T, purchased during the year 2021 and kept at home town. Sir now I am away from HP Laptop, so no access. Hope to given information about modinfo vmd tomorrow evening. I back to home town tomorrow night. Presently at working place. In the meantime, you may see the attached two file which was taken from Antix Linux. (already posted in forum and downloaded from forum).

Output from HP Laptop while booting

http://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.p ... 6510a99fa4

Detailed specification of HP Laptop

HP 14 (2021) Intel 11th Gen Core i3 14 inches(35cm) FHD Screen Thin & Light Laptop, 8 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10, MS Office, Built-in Alexa, 1.47kg (14s-dy2500TU), Black

[BarryK]

My Laptop is from HP 14s-DY2500T, purchased during the year 2021 and kept at home town. Sir now I am away from HP Laptop, so no access. Hope to given information about modinfo vmd tomorrow evening. I back to home town tomorrow night. Presently at working place. In the meantime, you may see the attached two file which was taken from Antix Linux. (already posted in forum and downloaded from forum).

Output from HP Laptop while booting

http://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.p ... 6510a99fa4

Detailed specification of HP Laptop

HP 14 (2021) Intel 11th Gen Core i3 14 inches(35cm) FHD Screen Thin & Light Laptop, 8 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10, MS Office, Built-in Alexa, 1.47kg (14s-dy2500TU), Black

I think that you mentioned EasyOS does boot ok from usb-stick on the HP, then after bootup can see the nvme ssd.

If my guess is right, kernel module vmd got loaded and that enabled the kernel to see the ssd.
This is easy to confirm by running "lsmod" which should show vmd has loaded.

The info about vmd is from here:

...it also suggests that the ssd can be changed in the UEFI setup from "RAID mode" to "AHCI mode". If that setting is available in your UEFI-setup then try that first.

[Keef]

Minor problem with SFSget. See the paths at bottom of screenshot:
I got rid of this by editing line 388:

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LOCALSFSPATHS="$(find /mnt/wkg/sfs -mindepth 3 -type d -not -empty | sort -u | grep -v '^settings'| sed -e 's%^/mnt/wkg/sfs/%%')"

Remove the '^' from '^settings' and it ignores the settings directory.

[BarryK]

Minor problem with SFSget. See the paths at bottom of screenshot:
I got rid of this by editing line 388:

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LOCALSFSPATHS="$(find /mnt/wkg/sfs -mindepth 3 -type d -not -empty | sort -u | grep -v '^settings'| sed -e 's%^/mnt/wkg/sfs/%%')"

Remove the '^' from '^settings' and it ignores the settings directory.

Keef, thanks for finding that, fixed:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit ... 25569a1072

[Ramachandra Iyer]

Below information taken from Antix Linux booted from internal SSD HP Laptop. Lamine installed in separate efi partition which was earlier used by refind.conf.

ramesh@antix1:~
$ modinfo vmd
filename: /lib/modules/5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp/kernel/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.ko
version: 0.6
license: GPL v2
author: Intel Corporation
srcversion: 2F0F97771F0E727CC624F59
alias: pci:v00008086d00009A0Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d00004C3Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d0000467Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d000028C0sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d0000201Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
retpoline: Y
intree: Y
name: vmd
vermagic: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
ramesh@antix1:~

ramesh@antix1:~
$ lsmod | grep vmd

vmd 16384 0
ramesh@antix1:~
$
inxi
CPU: Dual Core 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 (-MT MCP-)
speed/min/max: 2589/400/4100 MHz Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp x86_64
Up: 18m Mem: 1189.0/7603.0 MiB (15.6%) Storage: 238.47 GiB (22.9% used)
Procs: 159 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06
ramesh@antix1:~

[Ramachandra Iyer]

No option found to change from non-raid to AHCI. Sir, please note that Antix Linux and also Porteus mentioned in our forum (other distro topic) installed and worked fine in HP Laptop . Now uninstalled that Porteus Linux. It seem that Porteus was working in frugal method.

[Ramachandra Iyer]

see the screen shot of lib/module/kernel

[Ramachandra Iyer]

Please see the attached file lib/modules/kernel/builtin file ( saved as txt and fake gz)

[BarryK]

You already determined that vmd.ko is not builtin, when ran "modinfo vmd".

lsmod showed that vmd was loaded.

From the earlier link I posted, it looks like vmd.ko is required for the kernel to be able to see the nvme ssd.

Yes, others have reported their HP UEFI-setup does not have a setting to change "raid mode" to "ahci mode", so that one is out.

Note, I found all this information after a 5 minute search with google. In particular, the requirement to load vmd.ko

OK, I will compile the kernel with vmd builtin, not as a module, so that it is available at early bootup, in the initrd.

[Ramachandra Iyer]

Sir I do not know anything about linux or hardware. Also not any determination or idea about (vmd.ko is not builtin, when ran "modinfo vmd"). I have applied your commands in terminals.

[BarryK]

Sir I do not know anything about linux or hardware. Also not any determination or idea about (vmd.ko is not builtin, when ran "modinfo vmd"). I have applied your commands in terminals.

That's ok, I understand.

I work with this technical stuff everyday, so can read online posts and understand information that might be meaningless to someone else.

I have compiled the 5.15.79 kernel, with vmd.ko builtin:

https://bkhome.org/news/202211/kernel-5 ... iltin.html

Hopefully it will fix the problem. If it doesn't, then vmd.ko builtin might be only part of the fix.