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Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:36 am
by anticapitalista
There are some firmware updates from Wheezy-backports now in the repo.

Could testers check that all is still running ok after upgrade.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:37 am
by ko
My wireles still works fine, so the new firmware-ralink package does its job.

part of inxi -Fxxx:

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Card: Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe driver: rt2800pci ver: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1814:0781
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:15:af:da:a8:1a

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:41 am
by chrispop99
I just applied all available updates to both machines in sig, and after a reboot everything still seems to be working.

Chris

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:25 am
by Stevo
Firmware-atheros updated, no issues with internal and USB Atheros wifi devices here.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:28 am
by DBeckett
 
I updated the 2nd machine in my sig. No problems with the wifi.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:36 pm
by Paul..
Anybody else getting this suggested removal of systemd?

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# aptitude full-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openssh-sftp-server{a} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt-notifier cups-filters dmidecode firmware-adi firmware-atheros 
  firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x firmware-brcm80211 firmware-intelwimax 
  firmware-ipw2x00 firmware-iwlwifi firmware-libertas 
  firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-myricom firmware-qlogic firmware-ralink 
  firmware-realtek haveged init-system-helpers{b} libcupsfilters1 
  libhavege1 openssh-client openssh-server rsyslog smxi-inxi-antix tar 
  udisks 
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  colord cryptsetup-bin 
27 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 6,059 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 init-system-helpers : Breaks: systemd (< 44-12) but 44-11+deb7u4 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     systemd                     

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:38 pm
by richb
pcallahan80 wrote:Anybody else getting this suggested removal of systemd?

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# aptitude full-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  openssh-sftp-server{a} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt-notifier cups-filters dmidecode firmware-adi firmware-atheros 
  firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x firmware-brcm80211 firmware-intelwimax 
  firmware-ipw2x00 firmware-iwlwifi firmware-libertas 
  firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-myricom firmware-qlogic firmware-ralink 
  firmware-realtek haveged init-system-helpers{b} libcupsfilters1 
  libhavege1 openssh-client openssh-server rsyslog smxi-inxi-antix tar 
  udisks 
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  colord cryptsetup-bin 
27 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 6,059 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 init-system-helpers : Breaks: systemd (< 44-12) but 44-11+deb7u4 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     systemd                     

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
Yes, I did and had it removed. I have not seen any detriment yet. (A VB install).

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:43 pm
by anticapitalista
Let it go. Final will not have systemd

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:48 pm
by JimC
New firmware working fine on an install of MX-14 RC2 after upgrades on my desktop (Dell XPS 8500), using a Realtek RTL8111/8168B chipset for wired ethernet, with an Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter. Both wired and wireless are working after the latest firmware updates using Synaptic, and a reboot of the computer to make sure it still worked OK.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:24 pm
by Paul..
anticapitalista wrote:Let it go. Final will not have systemd
Thanks, antiC...and thanks, Rich.

EDIT: no problems post firmware update...Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:58 pm
by james c
No problems after firmware updates here.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:42 pm
by PhilH
Working fine with wl still blacklisted and b43 "unblacklisted".

Phil
(in NC)

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:15 am
by Eadwine Rose
What I have, desktop and a wifi phone, all working still :smile: (though I have no idea what is in my system at this moment, I just used clonezilla to make a clone beforehand *giggle*)

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:28 am
by m_pav
I will test when I get to work in about 12 hours. I have a laptop that has a flaky wireless card. If it's too far away from the access point, (like 15 feet!) it will not connect, but when I bring it closer to the AP, it connects, then it works fine for the rest of the day and holds the connection for up to 35 feet before it drops the connection.

Re:OT! - Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:53 am
by chrispop99
m_pav wrote:I will test when I get to work in about 12 hours. I have a laptop that has a flaky wireless card. If it's too far away from the access point, (like 15 feet!) it will not connect, but when I bring it closer to the AP, it connects, then it works fine for the rest of the day and holds the connection for up to 35 feet before it drops the connection.
I had a laptop like this to repair; I eventually found that only one of the aerial connections to the wifi card had ever been pushed on! The owner insisted it had been like it from new, and was very impressed with its subsequent performance.

Chris

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:17 pm
by fleabus
All is well here, updated two machines,

The old hero, beater P3 desktop:
inxi -Fzxx, after a pause to reflect, wrote:System: Host: D815EEA2 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.10) info: xfce4-panel dm: lightdm Distro: MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
Machine: Mobo: Intel model: D815EE2U version: AAA52399-803
Bios: Intel version: EA81520A.86A.0039.P21.0211061753 date: 11/06/2002
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium III CPU family (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse) bmips: 2789.73 clocked at 1394.867 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:4150
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV350 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: e800 ef00 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:2445
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network: Card: Intel 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller
driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: cf00 bus-ID: 01:08.0 chip-ID: 8086:2449
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (-)
1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD800AAJB size: 80.0GB serial: WD-WCAV3C557217
Partition: ID: / size: 9.5G used: 2.7G (30%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.01GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 116 Uptime: 25 min Memory: 298.2/500.4MB Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5
Gcc sys: 4.7.2 alt: 4.6 Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 2.0.0
This P3 multiboots MX14rc2, antiX 13.2, SolydX, and WinXP, hence the "old hero" moniker...

And the workhorse test machine, HP dv7-1270 laptop:
NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1) - Nvidia 331.49 (smxi)
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02).

No issues on either machine with sound, wifi, or display. Or anything.

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:56 am
by m_pav
Lenovo E330 with the troublesome BCM 43228. Today was the worst ever, but if you take into account that this is the first ever Linux distro that could use the wireless on this machine, it is still the best, however, after about 20 attempts where it kept repeating a password prompt, I finally got it to connect and that was 2ft from the AP. I am now 15ft away and I have 4 bars running from a stock standard RC2 flash drive. Installed to HD and updated made no difference.

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.99_386-xfce RC2 09 March 2014
Machine:   System: LENOVO product: 33542LM version: ThinkPad Edge E330
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 33542LM Bios: LENOVO version: H3ET28WW(1.11) date: 05/18/2012
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i3-2370M CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2134.125 MHz 2: 1472.250 MHz 3: 1312.500 MHz 4: 1377.656 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl 
           IF: wlan1 state: up mac: 9c:b7:0d:e8:8b:2b
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: 3c:97:0e:00:aa:7a
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 152.0GB (5.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: INTEL_SSDSC2CT12 size: 120.0GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: USB_Flash_Drive size: 31.9GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 2.8G used: 119M (5%) fs: rootfs ID: swap-1 size: 3.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: 51.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0 
Info:      Processes: 155 Uptime: 34 min Memory: 247.5/3495.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.18

Re: Firmware updates in MX

Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:34 am
by m_pav
Interesting, I just remastered my flash drive with the updates, rebooted and this laptop connected on the 2nd try from 15 feet away. Is it a fluke or is it a difference caused by the firmware updates???? I just rebooted again with the remastered Live-USB and it connected first time!. Will have to try again tomorrow at work.
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