X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/c43ce1efcd589ee0ea838d34c011366b1e3bc46a..5876f6fd93ae77a222af1d7a289f06c2d9fe8ce7:/blog/archive/2025/01/01.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2025/01/01.rss b/blog/archive/2025/01/01.rss index 4938c3bfbd..0c5d4c8ca6 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2025/01/01.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2025/01/01.rss @@ -6,6 +6,184 @@ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/ + + Frokostseminar om Noark 5 i Oslo fredag 2025-03-14 + http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Frokostseminar_om_Noark_5_i_Oslo_fredag_2025_03_14.html + http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Frokostseminar_om_Noark_5_i_Oslo_fredag_2025_03_14.html + Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0100 + <p>Nikita-prosjektet, der jeg er involvert, inviterer i samarbeid med +forskningsgruppen METAINFO og foreningen NUUG, til et frokostseminar +om Noark 5 og Noark 5 Tjenestegrensesnitt fredag 2025-03-14. Fokus +denne gangen er på bevaring og kassasjon. Seminaret finner sted ved +OsloMet, Pilestredet 46. Vi håper å få til videostrømming via +Internett av presentasjoner og paneldiskusjon. Oppdatert program og +lenker til påmeldingsskjema finner en via +<a href="https://noark.codeberg.page/noark5-seminars/2025-03-14-noark-workshop.html">arrangementets infoside</a>. Arrangementet er gratis. + +<p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>. Merk, +betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)</p> + + + + + 121 packages in Debian mapped to hardware for automatic recommendation + http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/121_packages_in_Debian_mapped_to_hardware_for_automatic_recommendation.html + http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/121_packages_in_Debian_mapped_to_hardware_for_automatic_recommendation.html + Sun, 19 Jan 2025 12:40:00 +0100 + <p>For some years now, I have been working on a automatic hardware +based package recommendation system for Debian and other Linux +distributions. The isenkram system I started on back in 2013 now +consist of two subsystems, one locating firmware files using the +information provided by apt-file, and one matching hardware to +packages using information provided by AppStream. The former is very +similar to the mechanism implemented in debian-installer to pick the +right firmware packages to install. This post is about the latter +system. Thanks to steady progress and good help from both other +Debian and upstream developers, I am happy to report that +<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/isenkram">the Isenkram +system</a> now are able to recommend 121 packages using information +provided via +<a href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/">AppStream</a>.</p> + +<p>The mapping is done using modalias information provided by the +kernel, the same information used by udev when creating device files, +and the kernel when deciding which kernel modules to load. To get all +the modalias identifiers relevant for your machine, you can run the +following command on the command line:</p> + +<pre> +find /sys/devices -name modalias -print0 | xargs -0 sort -u +</pre> + +<p>The modalias identifiers can look something like this:</p> + +<pre> +acpi:PNP0000 +cpu:type:x86,ven0000fam0006mod003F:feature:,0000,0001,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000B,000C,000D,000E,000F,0010,0011,0013,0015,0016,0017,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,001D,001F,002B,0034,003A,003B,003D,0068,006B,006C,006D,006F,0070,0072,0074,0075,0076,0078,0079,007C,0080,0081,0082,0083,0084,0085,0086,0087,0088,0089,008B,008C,008D,008E,008F,0091,0092,0093,0094,0095,0096,0097,0098,0099,009A,009B,009C,009D,009E,00C0,00C5,00E1,00E3,00EB,00ED,00F0,00F1,00F3,00F5,00F6,00F9,00FA,00FB,00FD,00FF,0100,0101,0102,0103,0111,0120,0121,0123,0125,0127,0128,0129,012A,012C,012D,0140,0160,0161,0165,016C,017B,01C0,01C1,01C2,01C4,01C5,01C6,01F9,024A,025A,025B,025C,025F,0282 +dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.18.1:bd08/14/2023:br2.18:svnDellInc.:pnPowerEdgeR730:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0H21J3:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct23:cvr:skuSKU=NotProvided +pci:v00008086d00008D3Bsv00001028sd00000600bc07sc80i00 +platform:serial8250 +scsi:t-0x05 +usb:v413CpA001d0000dc09dsc00dp00ic09isc00ip00in00 +</pre> + +<p>The entries above are a selection of the complete set available on +a Dell PowerEdge R730 machine I have access to, to give an idea about +the various styles of hardware identifiers presented in the modalias +format. When looking up relevant packages in a Debian Testing +installation on the same R730, I get this list of packages +proposed:</p> + +<pre> +% sudo isenkram-lookup +firmware-bnx2x +firmware-nvidia-graphics +firmware-qlogic +megactl +wsl +% +</pre> + +<p>The list consist of firmware packages requested by kernel modules, +as well packages with program to get the status from the RAID +controller and to maintain the LAN console. When the edac-utils +package providing tools to check the ECC RAM status will enter testing +in a few days, it will also show up as a proposal from isenkram. In +addition, once the mfiutil package we uploaded in October get past the +NEW processing, it will also propose a tool to configure the RAID +controller.</p> + +<p>Another example is the trusty old Lenovo Thinkpad X230, which have +hardware handled by several packages in the archive. This is running +on Debian Stable:</p> + +<pre> +% isenkram-lookup +beignet-opencl-icd +bluez +cheese +ethtool +firmware-iwlwifi +firmware-misc-nonfree +fprintd +fprintd-demo +gkrellm-thinkbat +hdapsd +libpam-fprintd +pidgin-blinklight +thinkfan +tlp +tp-smapi-dkms +tpb +% +</pre> + +<p>Here there proposal consist of software to handle the camera, +bluetooth, network card, wifi card, GPU, fan, fingerprint reader and +acceleration sensor on the machine.</p> + +<p>Here is the complete set of packages currently providing hardware +mapping via AppStream in Debian Unstable: air-quality-sensor, +alsa-firmware-loaders, antpm, array-info, avarice, avrdude, +bmusb-v4l2proxy, brltty, calibre, colorhug-client, concordance-common, +consolekit, dahdi-firmware-nonfree, dahdi-linux, edac-utils, +eegdev-plugins-free, ekeyd, elogind, firmware-amd-graphics, +firmware-ath9k-htc, firmware-atheros, firmware-b43-installer, +firmware-b43legacy-installer, firmware-bnx2, firmware-bnx2x, +firmware-brcm80211, firmware-carl9170, firmware-cavium, +firmware-intel-graphics, firmware-intel-misc, firmware-ipw2x00, +firmware-ivtv, firmware-iwlwifi, firmware-libertas, +firmware-linux-free, firmware-mediatek, firmware-misc-nonfree, +firmware-myricom, firmware-netronome, firmware-netxen, +firmware-nvidia-graphics, firmware-qcom-soc, firmware-qlogic, +firmware-realtek, firmware-ti-connectivity, fpga-icestorm, g810-led, +galileo, garmin-forerunner-tools, gkrellm-thinkbat, goldencheetah, +gpsman, gpstrans, gqrx-sdr, i8kutils, imsprog, ledger-wallets-udev, +libairspy0, libam7xxx0.1, libbladerf2, libgphoto2-6t64, +libhamlib-utils, libm2k0.9.0, libmirisdr4, libnxt, libopenxr1-monado, +libosmosdr0, librem5-flash-image, librtlsdr0, libticables2-8, +libx52pro0, libykpers-1-1, libyubikey-udev, limesuite, +linuxcnc-uspace, lomoco, madwimax, media-player-info, megactl, mixxx, +mkgmap, msi-keyboard, mu-editor, mustang-plug, nbc, nitrokey-app, nqc, +ola, openfpgaloader, openocd, openrazer-driver-dkms, pcmciautils, +pcscd, pidgin-blinklight, ponyprog, printer-driver-splix, +python-yubico-tools, python3-btchip, qlcplus, rosegarden, scdaemon, +sispmctl, solaar, spectools, sunxi-tools, t2n, thinkfan, tlp, +tp-smapi-dkms, trezor, tucnak, ubertooth, usbrelay, uuu, viking, +w1retap, wsl, xawtv, xinput-calibrator, xserver-xorg-input-wacom and +xtrx-dkms.</p> + +<p>In addition to these, there are several +<a href="https://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/bts-usertags.cgi?user=pere%40hungry.com&tag=appstream-modalias">with +patches pending in the Debian bug tracking system</a>, and even more +where no-one wrote patches yet. Good candiates for the latter are +packages +<a href="https://udd.debian.org/lintian-tag.cgi?tag=appstream-metadata-missing-modalias-provide">with +udev rules but no AppStream hardware information</a>.</p> + +<p>The isenkram system consist of two packages, isenkram-cli with the +command line tools, and isenkram with a GUI background process. The +latter will listen for dbus events from udev emitted when new hardware +become available (like when inserting a USB dongle or discovering a +new bluetooth device), look up the modalias entry for this piece of +hardware in AppStream (and a hard coded list of mappings from isenkram +- currently working hard to move this list to AppStream), and pop up a +dialog proposing to install any not already installed packages +supporting this hardware. It work very well today when inserting the +LEGO Mindstorms RCX, NXT and EV3 controllers. :) If you want to make +sure more hardware related packages get recommended, please help out +fixing the remaining packages in Debian to provide AppStream metadata +with hardware mappings.</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + + + What is the most supported MIME type in Debian in 2025? http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/What_is_the_most_supported_MIME_type_in_Debian_in_2025_.html