Fienix - New PowerPC Distro

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I created a bug report because of the VLC issue with the kernel 5.1-rc2 and higher today.

Link to the bug report: Bug 110304 - VLC doesn't play videos anymore since the RC2 of kernel 5.1 -- bugs.freedesktop.org

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

I got an answer from Michel Dänzer because of the bug report today.

None of them directly affect the radeon driver.

It's quite likely that this is a PPC specific issue. Your best bet is bisecting between rc1 and rc2.

I haven't seen any other similar reports.

I was able to remove the PowerPC fixes 5.1-4 and 5.1-3 with the following commands:

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git revert 6536c5f2c8cf79db0d37e79afcdb227dc854509c -m 1

Output:

[master 4b4a8cf] Revert "Merge tag 'powerpc-5.1-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux"

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git revert a5ed1e96cafde5ba48638f486bfca0685dc6ddc9 -m 1

[master 0c70b7b] Revert "Merge tag 'powerpc-5.1-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux"

The removing of the PowerPC fixes 5.1-4 and 5.1-3 has solved the VLC issue.

The problematic code is definitely in the PowerPC fixes 5.1-3.

I created a new kernel package without the PowerPC fixes for testing.

Download: linux-image-5.1-rc3-2-X1000_X5000.tar.gz

Please test the RC3 and the RC3-2 with the VLC.

I posted my results to the Linuxppc-dev mailing list today. Link: VLC doesn't play videos anymore since the PowerPC fixes 5.1-3

Thanks,
Christian

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Great news!

The issue with the VLC in connection with the kernel 5.1 RC2 and higher is fixed!

Link to the test thread: VLC doesn't play videos anymore since the PowerPC fixes 5.1-3

Link to the patch: [PATCH] powerpc/vdso32: fix CLOCK_MONOTONIC on PPC64



Cheers,
Christian

[Tijatjj]

Hi I formatted a 64 gig usb on a pi using Ubuntu mate. No problem I’ll n sending over boot file but on sda2 the larger partition it will not give me permissions to do so.the sda1 can read/write but the sda2says its root .i can get in as su but don’t know what to write to change it for permission thanks

[xeno74]

Hi I formatted a 64 gig usb on a pi using Ubuntu mate. No problem I’ll n sending over boot file but on sda2 the larger partition it will not give me permissions to do so.the sda1 can read/write but the sda2says its root .i can get in as su but don’t know what to write to change it for permission thanks

If I understand you correctly, you tried to copy the Fienix image with 'dd' as root to an USB stick, didn't you? If yes, did you select the correct block device node for example "/dev/sdb"?

-- Christian

[Tijatjj]

Yes the partition won’t let me change partition permissions says it’s root but when I access it thru root cannot get the right script to allow /change them thanks . Yes to the question also.it says it’s sda1 and sda2 .its in media/tom/Fienix.the name of the unpacked file is Firnex-beta140916.img .not sure those numbers but generally that’s the name it unpacked with .its a verbatim store n go shows right up when plugged in. The CYRUSBOOT partition went ok file on there for bootup.but the FIENIX partition says it’s root and I do not have privileges.

[caseycullen]

Why are you trying to use dsync?
Just enter "dd if=/home/tom/Desktop/Fienix-Beta120418.img of=/dev/sda2" as root.
For further instructions refer to Instructions
-Casey

Yes the partition won’t let me change partition permissions says it’s root but when I access it thru root cannot get the right script to allow /change them thanks . Yes to the question also.it says it’s sda1 and sda2 .its in media/tom/Fienix.the name of the unpacked file is Firnex-beta140916.img .not sure those numbers but generally that’s the name it unpacked with .its a verbatim store n go shows right up when plugged in. The CYRUSBOOT partition went ok file on there for bootup.but the FIENIX partition says it’s root and I do not have privileges.

[Tijatjj]

Thanks totally clueless as to how or why I got into that dsync thing ,will try your suggestions

[nbache]

Thanks totally clueless as to how or why I got into that dsync thing ,will try your suggestions

And furthermore, if you really wanted to install dsync, you have to spell the package name right (hint: look at the hyphens in the error message and your following attempt to install in the shell window in your above screen shot).

(If you have problems with things like that, copy and paste is your friend.)

Best regards,

Niels

[xeno74]

Fienix PowerPC in a virtual e5500 QEMU machine

Take a look at the following screenshot where you can see the QEMU command and the download link for the kernel.