gmane.linux.distributions.voyage.general

Problems with booting and initrd (Wrap 1E)

Butrus Damaskus — 2013-05-11T15:46:07

Hello!

I installed the Voyage-Linux on a Wrap 1E machine at the beginning of the
January. As this machine was in another country
I did remote update over ssh (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade) at about
the end of the January.

However this update had also a new kernel and the result was that the
machine was no more able to boot.
Now I have a physical access to this machine and am trying to get the
system working but with no success.
I rerun the update-initramfs and lilo with several options
(core_ide.nodma..., all_generic_ide, etc.) but nothing
helped. (update-initramfs and lilo seem to actually work).

The problem seems to be that the initramfs doesn't get started.

Has anyone an idea how to get this machine boot? (without the need to
reinstall everything?)

Thank you!


Kernel messages over serial line say:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[    0.000000] Linux version 3.4.4-voyage (unknown

Voyage MPD 0.9.0 released

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-05-10T16:23:13

We are pleased to announce a new release of Voyage MPD[1] 0.9.0 release.

Voyage MPD
     [tarball] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage-mpd/voyage-mpd-0.9.0.tar.bz2
     [Live CD] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage-mpd/voyage-mpd-0.9.0.iso

Voyage MPD is based on Debian "Wheezy" 7.0 and Voyage Linux 0.9.0. This release updates MPD to 0.18 from git repository 
dated 2012-11-24, and fixes mpd hang issue when playing at the end of some DSD files.

See Change Log[2] for more information about changes in 0.9.0 release.

For support or get involved in Voyage Linux, please check at:
http://linux.voyage.hk/?q=getinvolved

For more information about Voyage MPD, please visit:
[1] Voyage MPD - http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-mpd
[2] Change Log - http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.9.0/config/includes.chroot/CHANGELOG

Voyage Linux 0.9.0 released

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-05-10T16:20:59

We are pleased to announce a new release of Voyage Linux 0.9.0, which includes 3.8.11 kernel and is based on Debian 
"Wheezy" 7.0.

Voyage Linux Distro:
     [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/voyage-0.9.0.tar.bz2
     [amd64] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/amd64/voyage-0.9.0_amd64.tar.bz2

Voyage Linux Live CD:
     [i386] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/voyage-0.9.0.iso
     [amd64] - http://www.voyage.hk/download/ISO/amd64/voyage-0.9.0_amd64.iso

README:
http://svn.voyage.hk/repos/voyage/branches/voyage-live/0.9.0/config/includes.chroot/README

CHANGELOG:
==========================================================
0.9.0 (10 May 2013)
- [kernel] linux-image-3.8.11-voyage_12.4-1
     - [wireless] add ar5523 and wil6210
     - [net] add batman_adv_dat
     - [drm] add various drivers: Intel GMA, i810, etc.
     - [io] add paraport support
     - [misc] add ptp1588 support
- [general/live]
     - meshlium : fix button order
     - live build : add firmware-atheros for atheros USB/ath9k_h

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-04-30T01:30:34

Hi Jim,

Where is the DSD128 and .dsf patch?  I can't find it anywhere.

On 4/30/2013 3:30 AM, Jim Salk wrote:

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Jim Salk — 2013-04-29T19:30:44

Punky - 

I installed it and have been playing the same files that hung MPD before.  I
have not had an issue since.

Perhaps we can get the other patches that Jurgen mentioned (.dsf pops and
DSD128 support) and I can test those as well.

Thanks much for your help on this.

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Punky Tse [mailto:punkytse-bXEzZViHzIBBDgjK7y7TUQ< at >public.gmane.org] 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:17 PM
To: Jim Salk
Cc: 'Demian Martin'; voyage-linux-lExHOHwqtxxaa/9Udqfwiw< at >public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files

Hi Jim,

Not tried yet, please see the new mpd package with the hang workaround fix:

http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/mpd/mpd_0.18.git20121124-2_i386.deb

Let me know if it works of not.

Regards,
Punky


On 4/28/2013 8:20 AM, Jim Salk wrote:

Re: Upgrading from one version to another

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-04-29T04:37:25

Possible, but I have no official upgrade guide for Voyage Linux.

Upgrading from one version to another

John Schultz — 2013-04-28T22:10:28

Guys, is it possible to do an in-place upgrade without removing the CF Card
while the appliance is "hot"?

Only thing I can think of is pexi and my cables are not long enough.

Any assistance would be most appreciative,
Thanks,
John
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Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Punky Tse — 2013-04-28T03:16:47

Hi Jim,

Not tried yet, please see the new mpd package with the hang workaround fix:

http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/mpd/mpd_0.18.git20121124-2_i386.deb

Let me know if it works of not.

Regards,
Punky


On 4/28/2013 8:20 AM, Jim Salk wrote:

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Jim Salk — 2013-04-28T00:20:57

Punky - 

Is it possible to incorporate Jurgen's patches to MPD?  Or is this a bad
idea?

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim-man 'Punky' TSE [mailto:punkytse-bXEzZViHzIBBDgjK7y7TUQ< at >public.gmane.org] 
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:15 PM
To: Jim Salk; 'Demian Martin'; voyage-linux-lExHOHwqtxxaa/9Udqfwiw< at >public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files

Hi Jim,

All of the .dff samples files downloaded from 2l.no have the same problem.

I need to used Korg AudioGate to convert the file to .dsf to resolve.

Regards,
Punky

On 4/22/2013 10:09 AM, Jim Salk wrote:
file.
set:


--
Regards,
Kim-man "Punky" Tse

* Open Source Embedded Solutions and Systems
   - Voyage Linux (http://linux.voyage.hk)
   - Voyage ONE   (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-one)
   - Voyage MPD   (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-mpd)
* Voyage Store   (http://store.voyage.hk)

Re: kernel headers

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-04-22T07:33:00

Although I don't understand why insisting on the kernel-headers as it could be re-generated by kernel source, but here 
it is:

http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/linux/linux-headers-3.6.9-voyage_12.2-1_i386.deb

I would contact the manufacture or the related developer to fix the vanilla kernel ASAP.  Doing so it would benefit the 
whole Linux community in a cost-effective way.

Re: kernel headers

Michael Hartje — 2013-04-22T05:32:12

Am 22.04.2013 03:27, schrieb Kim-man 'Punky' TSE:
Dear list, dear Punky,

thanks for the quick relply. Well, I understand that the headers are
provided with the release -- but what about the release candidates? the
last voyage release seems to be  0.8. If you select voayage to install
it on a new flash card system, you are looking for long duration fo
future operation even in this "frozen" state. So I decided to prepare
the system with 0.9rc2.
But with 0.9rc2 I selected the kernel version 3.6.9 as of end of 2012 --
is this too new?

out-of-kernel modules are sometimes a must when you have the Realtek
network chipset rtl 8168 since the kernel module r8169 has some problems
with this chipset. The module r8169 is loaded but the network does not
funtion with it. Some people recommend to use the manufacturers provided
driver for it -- and this seems to do the job. What is your idea how to
solve this situation?

Thanks for reading and thinking about

Michael
Bremen, Germany

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Demian Martin — 2013-04-22T02:59:04

I have not played with it much since I got it working. Jurgen Kramer is the
guy who put it together. I have not heard many complaints but that may be
due to the real lack of content for the format. He can be found on the mpd
dev mail list:  musicpd-dev-team-request-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f< at >public.gmane.org  . The few
times I tried it I did not see that behavior.  What platform/motherboard and
what DAC are you using?
       Demian

think.

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-04-22T02:14:36

Hi Jim,

All of the .dff samples files downloaded from 2l.no have the same problem.

I need to used Korg AudioGate to convert the file to .dsf to resolve.

Regards,
Punky

On 4/22/2013 10:09 AM, Jim Salk wrote:

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Jim Salk — 2013-04-22T02:09:27

Thanks.  I was able to play DSD files with the Auralic Vega by setting the
following:

usb_dsd  "yes"
mixer_type "disabled"

However, upon occasion, if a .ddf file plays to the end, MPD freezes.  This
does not happen in mid-song, only occasionally at the very end of a file.
In a playlist, for example, it fails to go to the next selection and I have
to restart MPD.

Any thoughts?

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+jsalk=salk.net-59MrfjRBeRo6ThAmvYpkag< at >public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of
Demian Martin
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:16 AM
To: voyage-linux-lExHOHwqtxxaa/9Udqfwiw< at >public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files

If you have MPD 17.2 or newer MPD doesn't resample but instead it repackages
the files into PCM frames using DOP when you have the following set:
dsd_usb "yes"# enables DoP 1.0

It will also package DSD into PCM and send it over spdif (but only up to
192/ DSD64)

If you do not have that set and you do have the sample rate

Re: kernel headers

Kim-man 'Punky' TSE — 2013-04-22T01:27:39

Hi Michael,

The header will only be provided during the release time, when a voyage kernel is frozen.

In addition, I don't think out-of-kernel modules is a good idea. Modules should be put into vanilla kernel.

Regards,
Punky

On 4/21/2013 9:36 PM, Michael Hartje wrote:

kernel headers

Michael Hartje — 2013-04-21T13:36:49

Dear list-readers,

if you must compile external modules - e.g. r8168 for network - you need
the kernel_headers.

Ok, you can produce them compiling the kernel and everything else. This
is a stony way if you do not find the mails on this list decribing how
to do it...

I like to ask what is the reason not to generate the kernel headers by
default with release or the nightly build?

if not produced by officials -- what is the reason not to make a short
shell script as voyage specific with the aim to produce it by the
individual who need it.

Thanks in advance for reading and thinking about it

Michael

--
Dr.-Ing. Michael Hartje

Bremen

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Demian Martin — 2013-04-19T04:16:17

If you have MPD 17.2 or newer MPD doesn't resample but instead it repackages
the files into PCM frames using DOP when you have the following set:
dsd_usb "yes"# enables DoP 1.0

It will also package DSD into PCM and send it over spdif (but only up to
192/ DSD64)

If you do not have that set and you do have the sample rate converters
enabled in mpd it will try to convert to PCM on the fly. Its obvious when
this is happening. Any of the following will be true. If you have an Alix or
an Atom processor and sinc_best is selected the system will stall. If
sinc_fastest, it will be noisy (and the Alix will still stall) if you  have
an i5/i7 at better than 2 GHz the processor use will spike near max. It
works but is not really the first choice I think.
        -Demian


I

in place upgrades

John Schultz — 2013-04-19T02:18:32

is it possible to do an inplace upgrade from one version to another? for
example going from 0.7.0 to 0.7.5
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Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Catalin Miu — 2013-04-18T17:20:07

Hi Jim,
    In order to be able to stream dsd over pcm you should add the following
to mpd.conf your device section:

    dsd_usb         "yes"

    please find below for exemplification my mpd.conf entry

    audio_output {
            type            "alsa"
            name            "Rockna - Audiobyte Silver Dragon"
            device          "hw:0,0"
            dsd_usb         "yes"
    }

    Catalin Miu

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Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Jim Salk — 2013-04-18T17:06:57

I have .dss and .dsf files already, so that is not the issue.  When playing
them back, they are converted to PCM at 176.4.  The Auralic Vega can handle
native .dss and .dsf files.  I was wondering if it is at all possible to
pass the files natively without having MPD re-sample them.  I have been
using Google to search on this, but I'm not coming up with anything.  

There are MAC and Win apps that can pass the files natively.  But I want to
use MPD if at all possible.  Perhaps this is too cutting edge at this point,
but I'm sure others will want the same functionality.  I don't know if this
is an ALSA issue or an MPD issue (just not familiar enough with it at this
point).

- Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Punky Tse [mailto:punkytse-bXEzZViHzIBBDgjK7y7TUQ< at >public.gmane.org] 
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:14 AM
To: Jim Salk
Cc: voyage-linux-lExHOHwqtxxaa/9Udqfwiw< at >public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files

On 4/18/2013 11:05 PM, Jim Salk wrote:
I used Korg's AudioGate to conv

Re: mpd.conf and DSD files

Punky Tse — 2013-04-18T15:13:56

I used Korg's AudioGate to convert my files to DSD64 and DSD128 to test 
on my exD audio USB-DSD interface.