#22390 - 14/11/2000 03:49
persistent settings kernel hack
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Hi, I've been working lately on a kernel hack that improves the behaviour of the player with regard to savings settings across reboots. Some earlier versions got posted in the Saving settings... thread, this one supersedes them. The behaviour of the player is changed in the following ways: 1. Dual balance, loudness and beeps personalities. The player now remembers two different settings for these in the car and at home, similarly to the way volume is handled. 2. Preserved info setting when booting in the car. The player no longer switches to "info track" if the last setting was "info off" or "info line". No more buttons needed to get to the visuals! 3. Preserved last non-off info setting. Previously, if you select "info now&next", switch to "info off" with the bottom button, reboot (at home) and hold the bottom button again, you end up in "info track". Now you are taken to your last non-off info setting, i.e. "info now&next". There's one side effect - some fast switching of info modes happens immediately after a reboot (and a few beeps if you have them enabled). (Update: I've now silenced the extra beeps on reboot.) Here are the kernel images: mk2 kernel imagemk1 kernel imagepatch against the 1.01 kernelRefer to Tony's FAQ entry about upgrading the kernel. A few more points: - This is a hack. None of it really belongs in the kernel, but we don't have the source for the player, so... - It's only supposed to work with the 1.01 version of the player (and I've only tested it on a mk2). It's virtually guaranteed to break once 1.1 is released. - Neither empeg Ltd nor SONICblue have anything to do with this hack. It's not their fault if you crash your car while watching Funnelweb. Don't sue me, either . Please. And let me know whether it works. Borislav Edited by borislav on 14/11/00 04:43 AM.
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#22391 - 14/11/2000 08:04
Re: persistent settings kernel hack
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1. Dual balance, loudness and beeps personalities. The player now remembers two different settings for these in the car and at home, similarly to the way volume is handled.
1.1 will have this feature too...
2. Preserved info setting when booting in the car. The player no longer switches to "info track" if the last setting was "info off" or "info line". No more buttons needed to get to the visuals!
... but not this one.
3. Preserved last non-off info setting. Previously, if you select "info now&next", switch to "info off" with the bottom button, reboot (at home) and hold the bottom button again, you end up in "info track". Now you are taken to your last non-off info setting, i.e. "info now&next".
Sounds like a bug to me... I'll look into it.
Peter
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#22392 - 14/11/2000 22:38
Re: persistent settings kernel hack
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Bravo!!! Kudos!!! Thanks again!!
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#22393 - 09/01/2001 03:07
1.02rc1 version
[Re: borislav]
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I was going to wait for the final 1.02 but TeeMcBee challenged me so...
1.02rc1 mk2 kernel image
1.02rc1 mk1 kernel image
Nothing has changed from the previous version, just applied the same patch to the new kernel.
Enjoy,
Borislav
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#22394 - 10/01/2001 15:40
Re: 1.02rc1 version
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Cool, how about a 1.0.2 final? While I am asking would it be possible to add Frank van Gestel's Display Server IR patch in as well?
-Mike
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#22395 - 10/01/2001 16:04
Re: 1.02rc1 version
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Cool, how about a 1.0.2 final?
The 1.02rc1 images I posted already include the differences between 1.02rc1 and 1.02 final (workaround for an ethernet problem), so you can use them for 1.02 final too.
While I am asking would it be possible to add Frank van Gestel's Display Server IR patch in as well?
Sure, I'll do that tonight (GMT-8)
Borislav
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#22397 - 11/01/2001 12:47
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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#22398 - 11/01/2001 23:25
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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Hmmm, my empeg did not like that at all. With a nice fresh 1.02 Dev install I installed your MK2 kernel using Tony's logoedit downloader and the empeg hangs immediately after booting. I will give it another shot with empeg's download.c under FreeBSD in a minute and see if it makes a difference. Here is the serial output I am getting...
empeg-car bootstrap v1.00 20000601 ( [email protected])
If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux!
e000 v1.03
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
(data abort vector)
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#22399 - 11/01/2001 23:43
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: mcomb]
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Guess that is what a get for trying to do something under windows. A fresh download of your kernel from FreeBSD and an upload with download.c and everything is happy again.
-Mike
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#22400 - 12/01/2001 00:00
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: borislav]
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Thanks again for the upload....
I can't seem to bring up the display server in explorer.
All I am doing is entering the players IP in Explorer.
Java console is enabled. All I get is "The page cannot be displayed" and explorer has "res://c:\win98\system\SHDOCLC.DLL/dnserror.htm#http://115.105.15.15/"
Any clues?
Am I missing a step?
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#22401 - 12/01/2001 00:50
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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I can't seem to bring up the display server in explorer. All I am doing is entering the players IP in Explorer. Java console is enabled. All I get is "The page cannot be displayed" and explorer has "res://c:\win98\system\SHDOCLC.DLL/dnserror.htm#http://115.105.15.15/"
I tried that just now and it works as expected (with explorer, entering the IP address on a fresh install of 1.02 + my kernel image + displayserver). No idea what's going wrong, hopefully Frank or somebody more familiar with Windows can provide some insights.
Borislav
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#22402 - 12/01/2001 08:36
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: borislav]
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> I can't seem to bring up the display server in explorer. All I am doing is entering the players IP in Explorer. Java console is enabled.
> All I get is "The page cannot be displayed" and explorer
> has "res://c:\win98\system\SHDOCLC.DLL/dnserror.htm#http://115.105.15.15/"
It sounds like displayserver isn't running...
You can test by using windows telnet :
host name : empeg-ip
port : 80
If it can connect, displayserver is running.
set "local echo" to yes in terminal options and enter the following in the telnet window :
GET / HTTP/1.0
and press "enter" twice.
You should see some HTML-stuff come by in the telnet window
When you initially installed displayserver, it was probably installed under /usr/local/displayserver, which was overwritten by the 1.02 upgrade.
Did you reinstall displayserver?
Frank van Gestel
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#22403 - 12/01/2001 08:52
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: borislav]
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Ok I may in fact be missing somthing... I do not think my problem is related to windows as
you mention "a fresh install of 1.02 + my kernel image + displayserver" I also have a fresh install of 1.02 + your kernel image but I do not have displayserver" I thought all I needed was just the 1.02 image and your kernel image, Where is the display server piece??
Sorry for my ignorance.
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#22404 - 12/01/2001 11:38
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: borislav]
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In reply to:
"res://c:\win98\system\SHDOCLC.DLL/dnserror.htm#http://115.105.15.15/"
In reply to:
somebody more familiar with Windows can provide some insights
I suspect Microsoft would be telling the user to call their sysadmin for a "Major DNS-problem on IP 115.105.15.15" hehe... Frank van Gestel
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#22405 - 12/01/2001 12:38
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: mcomb]
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I'm concerned that my windows program failed to send the kernel properly. I haven't had anyone report any issues with it that made a kernel fail, assuming it was a good kernel file and the COM port was working right.
Did it show a big "happy face" symbol at the end of the download, but it failed anyway?
Also, sometimes there are issues with downloaded files- did you by any chance try to send it the gzipped version of the file without unzipping it first? (I dunno, linux might automatically unzip the file for you whereas windows doesn't?) Or perhaps the file got downloaded in ascii mode instead of binary or something? ___________ Tony Fabris
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#22406 - 12/01/2001 14:41
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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FWIW - I tried to download a custom kernel the other night, and had an identical error upon reboot. I assumed it was a problem with my kernel, but...
And, for the record, I got a smiley after download.
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#22407 - 12/01/2001 15:21
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: BillB]
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Can you report anything else that might help me?
For example, have you been able to properly send kernels to the Empeg in the past, or is this your first time?
If it is your first time, can you get Hyperterminal to talk to the Empeg OK on that COM port?
If it has worked in the past, can you try some different kernel files and see if it works for some but not for others? ___________ Tony Fabris
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#22408 - 12/01/2001 20:36
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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I also have a fresh install of 1.02 + your kernel image but I do not have displayserver" I thought all I needed was just the 1.02 image and your kernel image
That must be it. There are several parts to displayserver, the kernel image is only one of them (I'm just providing a substitute for this part that also includes the hack for the visuals). You can find the rest and instructions for installing it from Frank's page. I remember more detailed installation instructions posted on the BBS but I can't find them.
Borislav
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#22409 - 13/01/2001 01:13
Re: 1.02final + irhack
[Re: borislav]
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Thanks....
Ill get to work on setting it up soon.
Aside from that issue I am still sort of concerned somewhat due to the other side of things: "persistant Settings" is not working either. I can not get the unit to keep visuals comming up after power cycles.
I also used Mr. tfabris's Logo edit program to load the image on top of 1.02 developer - Got smiley face too.. Are there any other kernal download methods are available for us windows users??
I know Im doing this right because it used to work for me in 1.01
Thanks for your time and help.
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#22410 - 13/01/2001 01:13
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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The kernels that Borislav posted where not gzipped so that is not the problem. My guess is that Netscape under windows translated the line feeds in the kernel file (downloaded it as ascii) which Netscape under unix did not do. I did get the smiley face from your program and I could connect fine on com1 via hyperterminal. I don't normally run windows (I just happened to be running it at the time so I thought I would try your program) so I am not sure what Netscape's default behavior for things like this is. In short, I am more that willing to blame it on windows or Netscape if no one else has seen this problem with your program. Would it be possible for your program to verify the kernel file before uploading it? If you wanted to try you could duplicate some of the functionality of the unix 'file' program to verify that it is a kernel file before uploading. Probably more trouble that it is worth though.
-Mike
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#22411 - 13/01/2001 01:31
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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I can not get the unit to keep visuals comming up after power cycles.
It should come up with the setting it was on when you shut it down (hence persistant). Have you tried this in the car? Pull it out with visuals on, insert it again, it should switch the visuals on immediately after boot.
To test it at home, go to "now&next", then hold the bottom button to turn visuals on. Power cycle. Hold down the bottom button again. Without my patch you end up in "info track", with it you get "now&next".
Borislav
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#22412 - 13/01/2001 01:35
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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The kernels that Borislav posted where not gzipped so that is not the problem.
Maybe I should gzip them in the future. They don't compress much but if they uncompress at all you can be pretty certain they were not corrupted in transit.
Borislav
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#22413 - 13/01/2001 01:53
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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Then you may run into a problem that I have had in the past where Netscape under linux tries to uncompress the file for you and mangles it in the process.
-Mike
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#22414 - 13/01/2001 01:58
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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Then you may run into a problem that I have had in the past where Netscape under linux tries to uncompress the file for you and mangles it in the process.
True - that's an old favourite. I've never seen it actually mangle files, usually it just uncompresses them but leaves the .gz on. Mildly confusing, these days I'm trained to watch for it.
Borislav
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#22415 - 13/01/2001 11:58
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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My guess is that Netscape under windows translated the line feeds in the kernel file (downloaded it as ascii) which Netscape under unix did not do.
In my first attempts at installing RJLov's volume adjustment kernel, that is precisely what happened to me. I made Richard PKZip the files to solve the problem.
Although Linux users might not like the extra step involved in having to unzip the files, it does guarantee (on all platforms) that the file won't be corrupted by downloading issues. If the file can be unzipped, then you know for sure that it is byte-for-byte what the sender intended it to be.
Would it be possible for your program to verify the kernel file before uploading it?
Yes, if there was some way to scan the file for certain bytes to verify its integrity. However, since it's basically just a compiled ARM executable, and all executables can be different (everyone compiles their own code in, that's the point of a replaceable kernel), I'd guess that this would be very difficult.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about scanning the kernel file to verify its integrity? I know nothing about this unix "file" program that was mentioned. ___________ Tony Fabris
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#22416 - 13/01/2001 18:15
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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pooh-bah
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Does anyone have any idea how I might go about scanning the kernel file to verify its integrity? I know nothing about this unix "file" program that was mentioned.
File command does not generaly help detect corrupted files. It just inspects file content for known file type 'signature' at fixed location as described in its configuration file appropriatelly called 'magic' (generally near the beginning of the file - for example, MPEG audio stream files are supposed to have the first twelve bits 1).
Short of introducing checksums (as, for example, guys at SETI@home do), your method of zipping is about best that can be done.
Cheers!
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#22417 - 14/01/2001 03:30
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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File command does not generaly help detect corrupted files.
Right, but if it tells you that it is a kernel image at least you know that it is not still gzipped and that the user did not accidentally select the wrong file.
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#22418 - 14/01/2001 03:47
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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pooh-bah
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File command does not generaly help detect corrupted files.
Right, but if it tells you that it is a kernel image at least you know that it is not still gzipped and that the user did not accidentally select the wrong file. -Mike
Ah, the Unix version of uploading utility could check whether the file is in some of several compressed formats, call apropriate decompressor, perhaps check whether the result is indeed executable with correct magic... I haven't thought of that.
Which reminds me: it would be nice to incorporate an option in the file command to check whether every occurence of LF is preceded by CR (in the whole file or reasonably long first part of it), and, if magic otherwise points to binary file, warns of possible ftp corruption.
Actually, uploader could do that check, following the check for the correct magic (note for non-unixers: magic is nothing more than few bytes of signature - characteristic content - the file command uses to recognise.file types).
Cheers!
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#22419 - 19/01/2001 23:00
Re: 1.02final + irhack
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Aside from that issue I am still sort of concerned somewhat due to the other side of things: "persistant Settings" is not working either.
Did you get this to work in the end? If there's a bug there then it needs fixing...
Borislav
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