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    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Theodore Roosevelt on Sat Aug 15 23:06:05 2020
    Hallo Theodore!

    In the spirit of the subject, I took the liberty of updating "heatsink" which is a tiny industrial type single board computer which hosts a wireless access point for the local smartphone/tablet crowd in the neighbourhood as well as being a fidonet point known as "EuroPoint". Below is the important stuff;

    -={ '<Esc>:read !cat /proc/version' starts }=-
    Linux version 5.7.15 (root@heatsink) (gcc version 10.2.0 (GCC), GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.35) #1 SMP Sat Aug 15 01:45:48 UTC 2020
    -={ '<Esc>:read !cat /proc/version' ends }=-

    -={ '<Esc>:read !/lib/libc.so.6' starts }=-
    GNU C Library (GNU libc) release release version 2.32.
    Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
    There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
    PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    Compiled by GNU CC version 10.2.0.
    libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC ABSOLUTE
    For bug reporting instructions, please see: <https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.
    -={ '<Esc>:read !/lib/libc.so.6' ends }=-

    One more to go which is another single board computer that also hosts a wireless access point for the local smartphone/tablet crowd in the neighbourhood, as well as a fidonet node known as "Little Mikey's Brain". That one will take a tad longer as it is the slowest cpu I currently have running. The important thing is it has worked great for many, many years and has always been capable of looking after itself ... as well as other less capable systems such as smartphones and tablets which we all know are overpriced pieces of crap. :::evil grin:::

    These little machines live up to the true spirit of unix.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.18(1)-release (x86_64-heatsink-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Maurice Kinal on Sat Aug 15 23:55:12 2020
    Hey Maurice!

    That one will take a tad longer as it is the slowest cpu I
    currently have running.

    lscpu claims; Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N2800 @ 1.86GHz

    Almost ready to start. I am guesstimating we'll be back up to speed later today as long as nothing unexpected happens.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Don't cry for me I have vi.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.18(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Aug 16 15:08:56 2020
    Hello Maurice!

    15 Aug 2020 23:06, Maurice Kinal wrote to Theodore Roosevelt:

    These little machines live up to the true spirit of unix.

    +1


    Regards Benny

    ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

    --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.8.1-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64))
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Benny Pedersen on Sun Aug 16 16:15:47 2020
    Hey Benny!

    These little machines live up to the true spirit of unix.

    +1

    Actually +2/3 since this one isn't quite up to date yet. As we speak it is compiling x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu-gcc-10.2.0 from an extra-special toolchain.
    The entire x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu should be finished later today.

    --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.8.1-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64))

    I am sticking with 5.7.15 for now. fbdev2 is still flakey on 5.8.1 although it at least gives some output so I assume it is being worked on. There was no output on 5.8.0.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Don't cry for me I have vi.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.18(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Maurice Kinal on Sun Aug 16 18:16:54 2020
    Hello Maurice!

    16 Aug 2020 16:15, Maurice Kinal wrote to Benny Pedersen:

    Actually +2/3 since this one isn't quite up to date yet. As we speak
    it is compiling x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu-gcc-10.2.0 from an
    extra-special toolchain. The entire x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu should
    be finished later today.

    what ever this means for a server?

    --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.8.1-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64))

    I am sticking with 5.7.15 for now. fbdev2 is still flakey on 5.8.1 although it at least gives some output so I assume it is being worked
    on. There was no output on 5.8.0.

    while it did not display any output could you ssh to it ?

    in that case of yes, disable optimized fbdevs :)

    i had this problem once long time ago, but found i could solve it with disable brokken fb devices in kernel build


    Regards Benny

    ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

    --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/5.8.1-gentoo-x86_64 (x86_64))
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0)
  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Benny Pedersen on Sun Aug 16 18:43:43 2020
    Hallo Benny!

    The entire x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu should be finished later
    today.

    what ever this means for a server?

    That is the host machine for the Atom based wireless access point and fidonet node known as "Little Mikey's Brain". For my neighbours it means their smartphones and/or tablets can text message or facebook or whatever they do with those crippled devices. For me it is one of my fidonet accesses. I currently have two, one of which I am using to reply to your message. Note the tearline below. This machine is already up to date.

    while it did not display any output could you ssh to it ?

    I haven't done that in ages now. Both x86_64-heatsink-linux-gnu and x86_64-lmbrain-linux-gnu lack monitors, keyboards and mice. They do have sshd running on a private network where I access fidonet from x86_64-motorshed-linux-gnu which has all the required hardware to play movies, music, etc. It also has xorg which both the tiny single board computers don't. They don't need a gui.

    in that case of yes, disable optimized fbdevs :)

    I could but it really doesn't matter other than to x86_64-motorshed-linux-gnu where it is part of my testing procedure.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.18(1)-release (x86_64-heatsink-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)