Update | RPi Stretch image is now default with DietPi v159

General Discussion
21

Hi John,

Thanks.

Lets check the logs, should give us info. Please paste results:

dmesg | grep brcm
dmesg | grep wlan
22

Hi Fourdee,

dmesg | grep brcm


root@Pi3:~# dmesg | grep brcm
[    5.032243] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[    5.173793] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: May 27 2016 00:13:38 version 7.45.41.26 (r640327) FWID 01-df77e4a7
[    5.202595] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code
[    5.287355] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code
[    5.700126] brcmfmac: power management disabled
[    5.735570] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ERROR: netdev:wlan0 already exists
[    5.740780] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ignore IF event
[    5.766882] brcmfmac: power management disabled
[    6.306635] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ERROR: netdev:wlan0 already exists
[    6.311331] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ignore IF event
[    6.565904] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_escan: Connecting: status (3)
[    6.570516] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_scan: scan error (-11)
[    7.575962] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_escan: Connecting: status (3)
[   10.584729] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_escan: Connecting: status (3)



dmesg | grep wlan


root@Pi3:~# dmesg | grep wlan
[    5.735570] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ERROR: netdev:wlan0 already exists
[    5.754924] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[    6.306635] brcmfmac: brcmf_add_if: ERROR: netdev:wlan0 already exists

John

23

Thanks John,

Thats a new one, i’ll add it to the list and take a look. :slight_smile:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/475#issuecomment-277354513

24

WiFi working fine under v144 - thanks again.

John

25

If we install this, will we able to upgrade to beta and then stable version finally?

or we should stick to stable version and then upgrade when this hits stable?

26

That is the idea, but there is no guarantee.
We’ll patch what we can, but there may be a need to replace the alpha image and reinstall. We won’t know this until/if it happens.

Ideally, stick with stable if you need a stable environment. If you want bleeding edge and are able to help us find bugs (at the risk of somethings not working), use the alpha Stretch image.

27

Report (just to help), Issues:

  1. NTPD - Problem (saw that this was solved, but then please upload an updated stretch-image->so its unusable for “normal user”->"Dietpi not regularily synchronized->DietPi will now exit->had 2 times to “echo …ntpd…”)
    (after auto-update to 1.51->same ntpd-problem…)

2.CONFIRMING: KODI + Chromium not possible to install…

no further issues…!!

Overall, a better user experience, (heavy) more ram-usage (about 100MB more->320MB)…
feels better !!

28

Hi,

I’ll update the Stretch image next chance I get: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/475#issuecomment-307791285

Aware of Kodi. Although Chromium was fully functional last time I tried it. I’ll check it again during image update.

29

okay, just for info:
Diet-Pi-Stretch, v1.54, Xfce-4, Xfce4-goodies installed…

Confirming JRiver Mediacenter 23 works !!

thats it for now :wink:

30

Is it still “alpha”? Or beta maybe rc?
Is there a date for the final?

31

Beta. Final when all software titles are functional (eg: kodi outstanding):
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/475#issue-171250292

32

Thx for answering and changing the title to beta. Alpha sounds a bit scary :rofl:

33

Hehe, :slight_smile:

When we use the word “Alpha”, its probably more stable than “Release”, abused by most Xbox/PS games. We’re “old school” :wink:

34

Installation of motioneye fails.

E: Unable to locate package libx264-142
E: Package 'libavcodec56' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libavformat56' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libmysqlclient18' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libswscale3
 [Failed] The apt cache may be corrupt, apt mirror offline, or you have held broken packages. DietPi-Software will now exit.

It searchs for “libx264-142”, but available is “libx264-148” or “libx264”.
And “libavcodec56” should be “libavcodec57” i think (same for “libavformat”).
“libmysqlclient18” → ???
“libswscale3” → ???
error.png

35

Hi,

Thanks for the report, we’ll investigate:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1155

36

Hi,

Thanks a lot for DietPi first. It’s a really nice piece of code to make my Rpi3 smooth and fast.

I’m ready to test a lot to improve DietPi.

37

MotionEye seems to be fixed now! Great job! :sunglasses:
But sorry i found other bugs… :thinking:
The WiFi is buggy.

  1. If you change the wifi settings and press “apply”, it does not work and shows an error “invalid argument” (see picture, this is the WiFi-Key).
    But after a restart it works.
  2. If the WiFi connection is lost, it does not reconnect. So far so good. For this there is the option “Auto Reconnect”.
    But after selecting this, the WiFi is not able to connect anymore at all! Sometimes on reboot you have WiFi for a short time, but then it drops.

Can someone confirm this bugs?

WifiError.JPG
WifiError.JPG2116×2004 1.08 MB

38

Can i test some on a Orange Pi plus?


ps: off topic. I am very happy with DietPi and homeassistant! (i can finally place images of my webcams/ip-cams on a webpage in DietPi)

39

Is it possible to get a VMWARE img please?

40

http://dietpi.com/downloads/images/DietPi_VmWare-x86_64-(Stretch).7z

Also on our main website, under downloads for PC/VM