Release Notes¶

October 2024 (version 9.8)¶

Overview¶

The October 17th, 2024 release of DietPi v9.8 offers improvements for the NanoPi M3/T3/R5S/R5C, ROCK 4/4 SE, Orange Pi 3B/Zero 3/Zero 2W SBCs, improvements for Portainer and NoMachine, and some bug fixes.

Enhancements¶

• Orange Pi 3B Added support for board revision v2.1, where Ethernet did not work with our previous kernel. Many thanks to @raphamotta and others for making us aware of this: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/20689
• DietPi-FirstBoot The network time sync mirror configured in dietpi.txt is now applied before the first time sync is done, instead of after login and initial DietPi update. Many thanks to @bigops for making us aware of this: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/21600
• DietPi-Software | NoMachine Our install option will now always download the latest NoMachine version, instead of a hardcoded one depending on the DietPi version. Many thanks to @tzvi208 for for figuring it out to version-agnostic download URLs: MichaIng/DietPi#7198
• DietPi-Software | Portainer It has been enabled to accept private/custom CA certificates by using the trusted CA certificates of the host, instead of the ones shipped with the container image. Many thanks to @oldboys92 for implementing this enhancement: MichaIng/DietPi!7217

Bug fixes¶

• NanoPi M3/T3 Resolved an issue where our recent image did not boot because the bootloader did not define a default device tree path anymore. Many thanks to @rozcietrzewiacz for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/2630#issuecomment-2322085507
• NanoPi R5S/R5C Resolved an issue where the Ethernet LEDs did not work on systems upgraded from the legacy Linux 5.10 kernel. Many thanks to @innovodev for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/21026
• ROCK 4 Resolved an issue where a false APT component was applied for your APT server, leading to errors and missing kernel/firmware upgrades. Many thanks to @cdlenfert for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/20771
• ROCK 4 SE Resolved an issue where WiFi did not work if Bluetooth was disabled. Many thanks to @MidG971 and @c00ldchan for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#6943
• Orange Pi 3B/Zero 3/Zero 2W Resolved an issue where enabling Bluetooth via dietpi-config did not work. Many thanks to @ridhoperdana for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/18808
• Bullseye images Solved an issue with our Bullseye images, where the FAT setup partition was not detected, preventing import of config files from it, as well as proper root filesystem expansion. Many thanks to @rozcietrzewiacz for reporting this issue and detecting the actual underlying reason for it: MichaIng/DietPi#2630
• DietPi-Tools | DietPi-Drive_Manager Resolved an issue where formatting the internal eMMC in drive mode on some SBCs, like Odroid N2, failed. Many thanks to @ankagar for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/20689/33
• DietPi-Tools | DietPi-Services Resolved an issue where the nfs-kernel-server service did show mode alias. nfs-kernel-server is indeed an alias for the actual service name nfs-server, which is now used.
• DietPi-Tools | DietPi-Config Resolved an issue where username and password in proxy settings could not be cleared, since the input box kept asking for an non-empty input. Many thanks to @dipisoft for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7211
• DietPi-Software | NoMachine Resolved an issue where the installation failed due to an outdated download URL. Many thanks to @tzvi208 for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7198
• DietPi-Software | Raspotify Resolved an issue where the service failed to start with the latest Raspotify release, since it contains a config, incompatible with the bundles librespot: dtcooper/raspotify!674
• DietPi-Software | Home Assistant Resolved an issue where the latest Home Assistant version did not start. Many thanks to @whyisthisbroken and others for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7231
• DietPi-Software | Folding@Home Resolved an issue where the installation failed. Due to larger changes in Folding@Home v8, v7 will be installed for now, before we find time to implement the needed changes for v8. Many thanks to @cruzadernl for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7187

As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: MichaIng/DietPi!7246