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Genode (x86_64) reboots on Thinkpad T420
by Valery V. Sedletski 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Hi, Genodians! Some days ago, I ordered a Thinkpad T420, which is listed in Genode unofficial HCL by cnuke. I set up Genode booting remotely via PXE+Intel AMT. It boots the system image (x86_32 arch) just fine on real hardware. But if I try booting an x86_64 image, it reboots on most kernels, or traps on Fiasco.OC. Last messages in the log I see are from "bender" [1]. This is when booting using NOVA kernel. If I try Fiasco.OC as a kernel ([2]), It goes until "bootstrap", and last I see in the log are "bootstrap" messages, until it attempts to start the kernel. And at the same time, I see the following trap screen from bootstrap: [3]. All registers are zeroes, except a few ones. So, with "foc" kernel, I see a Trap #0 (division by zero). In case of "NOVA" and "base-hw" kernel, it does not trap, but just reboots. I tried to remove the "novga" parameter from NOVA kernel, but I still see a blank screen. BIOS memory map is here: [4], [5] Looking at the memory map, I don't see any memory holes at the same place where modules were loaded. Any ideas? [1] Boot log with NOVA kernel: sculpt64-nova.log (attached) [2] Boot log with Fiasco.OC kernel: sculpt64-foc.log (attached) [3] A trap screen from bootstrap, Fiasco.OC kernel: ftp://osfree.org/upload/img/20190307_004.jpg [4] BIOS memory map (part 1): ftp://osfree.org/upload/img/20190307_001.jpg [5] BIOS memory map (part 2): ftp://osfree.org/upload/img/20190307_002.jpg WBR, valery

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Problems with some partitions detection/mounting
by Valery V. Sedletski 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Hi again! Also, in addition to problems described in my previous letter, I have two other ones (I can install Sculpt to a flash stick, though, so this is not so big problem): 1) Sculpt boots (only with x86_32 case, so far) fine until the desktop, it detects my Intel Gigabit LAN and Intel wifi just fine, and the network interface is up and assigned an IP. Also, it correctly detects the size of my 750 GB hard disk (actually, 698 GB, because 1 GB == 1024^3 bytes, not 1000^3 bytes). But the Leitzentrale lists only first three partitions, not all ones (see the screenshot below). My hard disk partitioning scheme is the following: [1]. The 1st primary partition is a 64 GB FAT32 partition. I tried to use it as a Genode partition, but Sculpt has problems mounting it, for some reason. The extended partition contains the following logical partitions within it: 1) a 3 GB HPFS partition with OS/2 2) another 3 GB HPFS partition (empty) 3) a 420 GB JFS partition, shared by OS/2 and Linux 4) 40 GB Linux swap partition 5) a 55 GB Linux ext3 partition 6) a 10 GB BeFS Haiku partition 7) a 90 GB freespace [2] is the Sculpt log (I commented-out the routing rules in the config file, so all logs go to the Core LOG service) [3] is the Sculpt screenshot when loaded, LAN interface up, and there was an attempt to mount a FAT32 partition. So, there are two problems: 1) Sculpt fails to mount a FAT32 partition 2) part_blk seems to detect not all existing partitions. The hard disk is a Seagate with a 4096 bytes physical sector, though, it is not aligned at 4096-byte boundary, but aligned on a cylinder boundary (which is a requirement for OS/2). So, I'd suspect some alignment problems here. Also, hard disk geometry in partition table is 127 sectors per track, 255 heads, -- maybe this could cause some problems too? Though, several OS'es had no problems seeing and mounting partitions. I tried Linux, OS/2, Haiku, KolibriOS, ReactOS, WinXP -- all these have no problems with seeing or mounting partitions. So, any help would be appreciated. [1] Hard disk partitioning: ------------------------------------------------------------ Disk /dev/sda: 698,7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xdf5ee156 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 * 127 134235824 134235698 64G c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda4 134235825 1271305559 1137069735 542,2G 5 Extended /dev/sda5 134235952 140550899 6314948 3G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 140551027 146865974 6314948 3G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda7 146866102 1054131749 907265648 432,6G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda8 1054131877 1136065799 81933923 39,1G 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda9 1136065927 1250314596 114248670 54,5G 83 Linux /dev/sda10 1250320207 1271305559 20985353 10G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT ------------------------------------------------------------ [2] Sculpt boot log: sculpt-nova32.log (attached) [3] A screenshot when booted: ftp://osfree.org/upload/img/20190308_001.jpg WBR, valery

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Window Manager help
by Joel Desermeau 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Hello friends :) Working on Sculpt CE with framework version 19.02. I've got Debian downloaded but I'm doing a terrible job of getting it to run. Running without any window manager has the Debian install boot up but I can't interface with it at all. So Im guessing I need to build my GUI software stack before it will work. I just have no idea where to begin! It was all done almost automatically with Sculpt VC. Can anyone show me how to properly setup the window manager so I can properly run vbox5-nova-sculpt? Joel

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Window Manager help
by Joel Desermeau 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Thank you Dr. Feske for helping me get used to the new system :) I appreciate it a lot. I've got Debian up and running and I'm getting myself excited for a new year of Genode. I have been using Genode as my primary operating system for several weeks now! What new programs should we expect to be able to run natively in Genode in the near future? What kind of obstacles would be needed to overcome before Firefox can run natively in Genode? Also, I am unable to get your vbox5-nova-sculpt depot pkg to run on my system. It doesn't boot up anything and the last error message is "Error: SystemPropertiesWrap : Cannot determine default Guest Additions ISO location. Most likely they are not available" Anyway, I'm really happy with everything on my system! Joel Desermeau

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Wish List
by Joel Desermeau 07 Mar '19

07 Mar '19

Is there an existing program/feature request list for Genode? What would all of you like to see on the list? I personally would like to see a way to store, organize, and read my ebooks :) My next would be an audio player but that's already planned for later this year! I can't wait to see Genode Sculpt evolve

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port patches
by Nobody III 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Is there a standard method/tool for easily generating patches for ports?

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Version release 19.02 fixes my problem :) Leaves me with a question...
by baconicsynergy＠protonmail.ch 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

I was successfully able to build a new sculpt disk image based on 19.02 :) Erased my VM and am starting from scratch again. What should I choose for my File System (Target) for cnuke's Download Debian procedure?

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