14.2-RC2 Just hit the mirrors...

astrogeek · 04-15-2016, 05:20 PM

Great timing, I was planning a couple of installs over the weekend, time to treat them like releases!

Thanks Pat and friends!

offgridguy · 04-15-2016, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Great timing, I was planning a couple of installs over the weekend, time to treat them like releases!

Thanks Pat and friends!

Glad to hear.

Alien Bob · 04-15-2016, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Great timing, I was planning a couple of installs over the weekend, time to treat them like releases!

You can watch the Live ISO being generated: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sla...e/liveslak.log
Takes a little while to finish but it's fully automated. Triggered by an update to the ChangeLog.txt of Slackware64-current.
You can give the Live ISO a spin if you want to see what it does to your computer before actually installing it.

Gerardo Zamudio · 04-15-2016, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

You can watch the Live ISO being generated: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sla...e/liveslak.log
Takes a little while to finish but it's fully automated. Triggered by an update to the ChangeLog.txt of Slackware64-current.
You can give the Live ISO a spin if you want to see what it does to your computer before actually installing it.

Hitting F5 like a madman

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Chuck56 · 04-15-2016, 05:56 PM

Up and running on RC2! Gotta love how easy Slackware is to maintain!

astrogeek · 04-15-2016, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck56

Up and running on RC2! Gotta love how easy Slackware is to maintain!

Easy is right!

Installaitons now being served from my local repo via PXE ...

Alien Bob · 04-15-2016, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Installaitons now being served from my local repo via PXE ...

The Live ISO which is being generated right now is the first that is PXE-capable. So far I tested it on exactly one machine, a VMWare virtual machine. That worked well :-) Only tested legacy BIOS, not UEFI network boot.

I would welcome more testing. Specifically to see if your network card is supported by my new initrd, and whether the installation instructions are clear enough (http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:...ng_the_live_os).

astrogeek · 04-15-2016, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

The Live ISO which is being generated right now is the first that is PXE-capable. So far I tested it on exactly one machine, a VMWare virtual machine. That worked well :-) Only tested legacy BIOS, not UEFI network boot.

I would welcome more testing. Specifically to see if your network card is supported by my new initrd, and whether the installation instructions are clear enough (http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:...ng_the_live_os).

I'll be happy to provide a test or two or three for you!

Using your mirror script lets me rsync -current efficiently, but I'll have to download the ISO later tonight (not a problem, just slow DSL).

Thanks!

*** I can only test BIOS as well, no UEFI hardware here.

*** Update 2 : Looks like it finished building, downloading now...

*** Update 3 : 6 hrs later, I got 68% but must be high load, grinds to halt - I'll resume in the morning!

hitest · 04-15-2016, 07:12 PM

Very nice indeed! Many thanks to Pat and the entire Slackware Team.

Quote:

Fri Apr 15 20:37:37 UTC 2016
Finally got some fixes we were waiting for in this new kernel.
It's been almost a month since 14.2rc1 so we'll call this Slackware
14.2 release candidate 2. Almost there. Get in any last-minute
bug reports quickly. :-)

frankbell · 04-15-2016, 09:17 PM

Just updated. Fine so far.

mralk3 · 04-15-2016, 09:33 PM

All good here. My hardware is a ZaReason Strata 7440 with a haswell i7. I should probably test the wifi a bit more though.

Alien Bob · 04-16-2016, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

*** Update 3 : 6 hrs later, I got 68% but must be high load, grinds to halt - I'll resume in the morning!

Well, there were a couple more people trying to download it apparently ;-)
The server has been doing more than 100 MBytes/sec for most of the past 24 hours; as shown in the attached stats for this week, the new ISO generated quite a bit of extra traffic. This server keeps up with the load, it shows no signs of buckling under stress. WHich is good.
The gaps in downloads seem to be related to connectivity issues in the datacenter of Online.net.

hitest · 04-16-2016, 02:18 PM

Updated my -current boxes . All is well.

kjhambrick · 04-16-2016, 02:42 PM

All --

Updated my Work Laptop.

Still running the Huge Kernel + Eric's multilib + NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42 + VMWare Workstation 12.1.0

All is A-OK here, including my USB (<G> someone else reported USB issues so I updated with more than a little trepidation <G>)

-- kjh

Code:

# uname -a
Linux kjhlt6 4.4.7 #2 SMP Tue Apr 12 15:45:52 CDT 2016 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Code:

# lspci 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA controller [AHCI mode] (rev 31)
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Root Port #17 (rev f1)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #7 (rev f1)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1d.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #13 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 SATA controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a801 (rev 01)
3c:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
3d:00.0 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5250 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
3e:00.0 SATA controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device a801 (rev 01)
3f:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

Code:

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia_modeset        734501  3                                                                             
i2c_dev                 6188  0                                                                             
vmnet                  42888  20                                                                            
ppdev                   6286  0                                                                             
parport_pc             21558  0                                                                             
parport                37823  2 ppdev,parport_pc                                                            
vmw_vsock_vmci_transport    21057  1                                                                        
vsock                  27082  2 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport                                                    
vmw_vmci               54213  2 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport                                                    
vmmon                  76141  5                                                                             
appletalk              28103  0                                                                             
ax25                   48342  0                                                                             
ipx                    22078  0                                                                             
p8023                   1548  1 ipx                                                                         
p8022                   1633  1 ipx                                                                         
psnap                   2519  2 ipx,appletalk                                                               
llc                     4957  2 p8022,psnap
cmac                    2932  2
bnep                   11487  2
xt_nat                  2249  1
xt_limit                2287  3
xt_pkttype              1432  1
ipv6                  334699  44
xt_tcpudp               2811  18
xt_conntrack            3736  7
nf_log_ipv4             4511  13
nf_log_common           3678  1 nf_log_ipv4
xt_LOG                  1689  13
iptable_mangle          1943  0
iptable_nat             2251  1
nf_nat_ipv4             5968  1 iptable_nat
iptable_filter          1994  1
nf_conntrack_irc        4817  0
nf_nat_ftp              2218  0
nf_conntrack_ftp        7612  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_nat                 15131  3 nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_ipv4,xt_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4       8585  8
nf_defrag_ipv4          1857  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack           76469  7 nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_nat_ipv4,xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              17052  3 iptable_filter,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat
x_tables               20827  9 xt_pkttype,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_LOG,xt_nat,iptable_filter,iptable_mangle
fuse                   83890  5
uvcvideo               76917  0
hid_plantronics         2189  0
videobuf2_vmalloc       5260  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops        2011  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_v4l2         19966  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_core         23238  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_v4l2
v4l2_common             4447  1 videobuf2_v4l2
videodev              153794  4 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core,videobuf2_v4l2
usbhid                 38478  0
btusb                  30177  0
btrtl                   4402  1 btusb
joydev                 10496  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek    69937  1
snd_hda_codec_generic    61125  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
mxm_wmi                 2049  0
i915                 1172104  0
coretemp                6780  0
hwmon                   4199  1 coretemp
intel_rapl             11044  0
iosf_mbi                3821  1 intel_rapl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal     5609  0
intel_powerclamp        8914  0
kvm_intel             159245  0
kvm                   501356  1 kvm_intel
irqbypass               3519  1 kvm
crct10dif_pclmul        5461  0
crc32_pclmul            3238  0
crc32c_intel           13564  0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     39331  1
psmouse               110844  0
evdev                  13220  22
serio_raw               5146  0
nvidia              10059094  66 nvidia_modeset
drm_kms_helper        118644  1 i915
ath10k_pci             32568  0
intel_gtt              13810  1 i915
ath10k_core           251156  1 ath10k_pci
i2c_algo_bit            5962  1 i915
fb_sys_fops             1730  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea             3458  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect             3950  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt               2608  1 drm_kms_helper
ath                    21042  1 ath10k_core
mac80211              609045  1 ath10k_core
snd_hda_intel          29083  5
snd_hda_codec         108205  4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_core           52306  5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6656  1 snd_hda_codec
cfg80211              524168  3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
snd_pcm                92738  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core
i2c_i801               16204  0
sdhci_pci              17865  0
drm                   322472  5 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia
snd_timer              21853  1 snd_pcm
sdhci                  28748  1 sdhci_pci
snd                    68877  17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
alx                    28885  0
mmc_core              106528  2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
soundcore               6876  1 snd
agpgart                31796  2 drm,intel_gtt
mdio                    3973  1 alx
hci_uart               49401  0
btbcm                   7234  2 btusb,hci_uart
btqca                   3923  1 hci_uart
btintel                 8007  2 btusb,hci_uart
bluetooth             314134  26 bnep,btbcm,btqca,btrtl,btusb,hci_uart,btintel
wmi                     9259  1 mxm_wmi
rfkill                 18649  4 cfg80211,bluetooth
thermal                10076  0
fjes                   21479  0
pinctrl_sunrisepoint    17456  0
xhci_pci                4873  0
pinctrl_intel          10405  1 pinctrl_sunrisepoint
video                  27709  1 i915
mei_me                 18563  0
xhci_hcd              116606  1 xhci_pci
shpchp                 26296  0
i2c_hid                12843  0
mei                    62243  1 mei_me
tpm_tis                11588  0
intel_lpss_acpi         2477  0
hid                   107515  3 i2c_hid,hid_plantronics,usbhid
intel_lpss              5548  1 intel_lpss_acpi
tpm                    35481  1 tpm_tis
i2c_core               47925  10 drm,i915,i2c_i801,i2c_dev,i2c_hid,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,nvidia,v4l2_common,videodev
acpi_pad               10696  0
battery                13400  0
processor              26834  0
ac                      5248  0
button                  5722  1 i915
loop                   21270  0

Code:

# mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/thumb
# df
Filesystem     1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root      877173548 232779708 599812976  28% /
devtmpfs        32909532         0  32909532   0% /dev
tmpfs           32911784      1176  32910608   1% /run
tmpfs           32911784       808  32910976   1% /dev/shm
cgroup_root     32911784         0  32911784   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgmfs                100         0       100   0% /run/cgmanager/fs
/dev/sda2         999320    139808    790700  16% /boot
/dev/sdb2      882334188 413823904 423667276  50% /home
/dev/sdd1      443681952 130864040 290257144  32% /opt
/dev/sdc2         262144     25732    236412  10% /boot/efi
/dev/sde1       60688352      1088  60687264   1% /mnt/thumb

# ls -la /mnt/thumb
total 228
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 16384 Dec 31  1969 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root  4096 Apr 16 14:38 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    35 Jun 25  2015 AUTOEXEC.BAT
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 19099 Jun 25  2015 License.txt
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 16384 Feb  9 11:29 Samsung
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 16384 Feb  9 11:30 'System Volume Information'
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 66090 Jun 25  2015 command.com
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 45202 Jun 25  2015 kernel.sys

# umount /mnt/thumb

andrew.46 · 04-16-2016, 04:34 PM

I have been following -current for a while now and all is running well with RC2...