DietPi v153
05 July 2017
New Image:
DietPi for Native PC (x86_64) is now available. This is currently under BETA status, please see the following ticket for updated information:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1007
Changes / Improvements / Optimizations:
General | NTPD updates: Increased verbosity of completion/errors: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/1035
General | GnuPG: Now installed by default on all DietPi systems. Required for OpenPGP key management, data signing etc:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1032#issuecomment-311995136
General | DietPi RPi Kernel: Updated to 4.9.35. Includes support for new dual mode outputs on Allo Piano DAC +.
Also includes patch for DSD pop during start of playback : https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1052
DietPi-Autostart | Added option for LightDM desktop boot (requires lightdm package to be installed).
DietPi-JustBoom | Added ability to configure Dual output modes on Allo Piano DAC + :
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1052#issuecomment-313089031
DietPi-Software | You can now uninstall software, if free space is below the 500MB threshold. Software installations are still prevented:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1037
DietPi-Services | You can now check status of all DietPi controlled services with “dietpi-services status”.
Many thanks to @joaofl for adding this feature!: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/1025
DietPi-Software | Stretch: Updated additional software (eg: Plex/Mosquitto etc) repos to use stretch repos, where available.
DietPi-Software | NZBget: Added optimizations to reduce load on CPU, and, write cache specific to total RAM:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1040
DietPi-software | BitTorrent (ALL): Write cache memory size is now set to 1/10th of total RAM. Previously 1/8th.
This is to prevent excess RAM usage in multiple software combo installations. This applies to new installations only:
https://dietpi.com/forum/t/few-bugs-with-sw-at-odroid/1369/1
DietPi-Software | NTPD check improvements: Added options to retry NTPD update, or, override NTPD, when NTPD fails to update.
DietPi-Software | Nvidia GPU driver: Now available for installation (Native PC image only). Can also be configured in DietPi-Config:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1007#issuecomment-312442384
Bug fixes:
DietPi-Autostart | Lower frame buffer for AmiBerry SDL2 now set correctly (480p).
DietPi-Autostart | Custom: Converted to SystemD service. This resolves issues with previously auto login system we used on headless devices:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1024
DietPi-Config | Changing NTPD modes, will no longer flood the over current screen with print: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/pull/1035
DietPi-Config | OPi Zero (H2+): Resolved an issue where setting 3.5mm output would not unmute lineout. Many thanks to @kurtjcu!
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1026
DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where Mono libary would fail to install on ARMv6. This effected Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, Jackett.
Many thanks to Larmo for reporting this: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1023
DietPi-Software | AmiBerry: No longer installs Mono libs.
DietPi-Software | Emby: Now installs required Mono libs.
DietPi-Software | Stretch, Fail2Ban: Installation now functional. Many thanks to @noplanman for the fix:
https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/475#issuecomment-310873879
DietPi-Software | Stretch, OpenSSH Server: Resolved an issue where uninstalling openSSH server would fail
due to apt package changes with openssh-blacklist*.
General | tmpfs /tmp: is now disabled for all devices with <= 512MB of RAM. This is to prevent out of space errors during mono
based sofware installs (and possibly others): https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1027
General | SystemD daily apt processing: Is now disabled by default, as this would interfere with apt/dpkg locks. DietPi-Software updates apt,
as needed during software installs: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1032#issuecomment-311942730
General | Resolved an issue where USB-DAC setting could lose the alsa HW:x,x device after reboot, in cases where USB kernel init takes
longer than when our boot service is launched: https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/issues/1051
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