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by theypsilon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Hey y'all, I've compiled my own linux kernel to provide tailscale compatibility to communicate with my NAS when I'm away from home. I'm looking for a way to stop update_all from updating the linux kernel. Appending update_linux = false to downloader.ini does not work. Making a filter for !linux doesn't work either. Making a filter for !essential w...
by theypsilon
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Akuma wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:45 pm

Based on your questions, I don't think uploading a ZIP is necessary unless you disagree.

Makes sense.

Since you come from the older updater time, it's likely that you had some untracked files, but you should not miss anything that you see here: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distribution_MiSTer except the cheats

by theypsilon
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

It's not very humble for me to say this, but I think people now realize that the updating process is much more stable now than it used to be a couple of years ago. I found an small issue you might find interesting. It seems some files were missing and not detected by the script as missing. If you want I can ZIP up the old directories Were these fi...
by theypsilon
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Akuma wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:18 pm

I did an update yesterday and it ran fine after a year of not updating.

This is truly some amazing scripting, my friend :D

Thanks, I'm glad it worked fine :)

It's not very humble for me to say this, but I think people now realize that the updating process is much more stable now than it used to be a couple of years ago.

by theypsilon
Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

I had an issue with "update_all" on one of my MiSTers. The script always terminated with a "No internet connection" error message. The problem was a "bad" ssl cert, caused by a linux update (the internet connection was fine). I saw a "curl" error 77 when running the downloaded script by "update_all"...
by theypsilon
Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: MiSTer Updates & Changelog
Topic: MiSTer updates and changelog
Replies: 771
Views: 3442983

Re: MiSTer updates and changelog

Distribution repo: - Improved download_distribution.py utility to also work with branches and subpaths. - Added “mister_firmware” as filter term for matching just the MiSTer firmware file. - Fixed a bug on db_operator.py that caused the utility to not handle uppercase file hashes correctly. - Added a way to easily add extra single files to the dis...
by theypsilon
Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: MiSTer Updates & Changelog
Topic: MiSTer updates and changelog
Replies: 771
Views: 3442983

Re: MiSTer updates and changelog

Downloader: - Version 1.8 released. - Introduced a free space check before installing files. The minimum free space can be adjusted at your own risk using the minimum_system_free_space_mb and minimum_external_free_space_mb options in downloader.ini . More information is available in the README file. - Added the capability to back up and restore sy...
by theypsilon
Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:48 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Thanks @green_onion, your log looks fine, do you mind sharing your downloader.ini file too? it would be very helpful to gather the logs from @Hodoer and @SegaMan to see what is common between you 3. This is my last log: env: { "CURL_SSL": "--cacert /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem", "COMMIT": "6c67746", "LOCAT...
by theypsilon
Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Thanks @green_onion, your log looks fine, do you mind sharing your downloader.ini file too? it would be very helpful to gather the logs from @Hodoer and @SegaMan to see what is common between you 3.

by theypsilon
Mon Jun 12, 2023 1:27 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

I couldn't reproduce the cheats filter not working. Could any of you please attach the log at Scripts/.config/downloader/downloader.log ?
@Hodor @SegaMan @green_onion

by theypsilon
Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Update_all script
Replies: 5
Views: 1057

Re: Update_all script

The legend is: "." means that one download has been completed. "*" means that there are ongoing downloads and no downloads have been completed in the last seconds. "~" means there was some connectivity issue, and the downloads will be retried automatically. When you see a file that gets removed after being downloaded, ...
by theypsilon
Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: MiSTer Updates & Changelog
Topic: MiSTer updates and changelog
Replies: 771
Views: 3442983

Re: MiSTer updates and changelog

Downloader:
- Version 1.7 released.
- Database-scoped filters can now inherit terms from the global filter. (check changelog for more details)
- Added support for the yc.txt file.
- Added ntpdate mitigation code to the launcher.
- Optimizations to the HTTP client for more simultaneous requests.
- Various bug fixes and enhancements.

by theypsilon
Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

You don't need to include the parents tag, but you'll want to include "essential" to get firmware and menu updates, and maybe also "all_filters" if you wanna use that feature.

by theypsilon
Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: MiSTer Wallpapers
Replies: 180
Views: 206560

Re: MiSTer Wallpapers

Hi everyone, Here are some wallpapers I made for my system. Some of the artwork looks a little rough but on a 15khz CRT they look good. Most of the logos/artwork I got from the Launchbox website. When I've made some more I'll post them later. Enjoy! These look great, indeed! Would you mind sharing them with a GitHub repository? That way they could...
by theypsilon
Sun Dec 25, 2022 7:13 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Update_all Error
Replies: 8
Views: 1218

Re: Update_all Error

The Linux update is working fine, and the error messages you describe are not an issue. The code producing these messages is part of Downloader, not Update All. And actually, it's very old code since it wasn't written for Downloader even. Its code moved from the old updater, so you've been seeing these error messages for the last 2-3 years at least...
by theypsilon
Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:44 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Update All 2.0 Is Here
Replies: 22
Views: 11029

Re: Update All 2.0 Is Here

I've run Update All 1.4 a few times with Downloader activated from the Miscellaneous menu (there has been no pop up so I've activate it manually). It's done the usual job but I'm still on 1.4. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Could you try again? I updated the launcher recently to insert some ntpdate mitigation code and forgot to update the MD5 hash...
by theypsilon
Wed Dec 21, 2022 5:41 pm
Forum: MiSTer Updates & Changelog
Topic: MiSTer updates and changelog
Replies: 771
Views: 3442983

Re: MiSTer updates and changelog

Distribution repo:
- Improved filtering for MGL files and top folders by including the folders related to such content. For example, using the term !mgl will remove not only all MGL files but also all the associated 'games' and 'docs' folders. Or using !computer will do the same for all computer folders.

by theypsilon
Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:32 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: NTP Not Updating Automatically
Replies: 49
Views: 23846

Re: NTP Not Updating Automatically

As a mitigation, the updater launchers now try to ntpdate if they see that date command is off. If you use downloader, reinstall the launcher to get this new version. But this is no definitive solution and won't fix other clock usage problems in cores if you don't run any updater after booting or you don't have an internet connection. A better solu...
by theypsilon
Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Did the Update to the Updater Launcher Delete the Updater Log?
Replies: 5
Views: 905

Re: Did the Update to the Updater Launcher Delete the Updater Log?

They were there for sure, but when you rerun downloader, the log gets overwritten.

by theypsilon
Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:19 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Did the Update to the Updater Launcher Delete the Updater Log?
Replies: 5
Views: 905

Re: Did the Update to the Updater Launcher Delete the Updater Log?

You probably didn't notice before, but downloader and AO updates have already not been in the log for a couple of months. You can check the rest of the changes at Scripts/.config/downloader/downloader.log
I plan to combine the logs again at some point, but is not trivial work.

by theypsilon
Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:15 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Script to Test Connection Speed (Up and Down)?
Replies: 4
Views: 1321

Re: Script to Test Connection Speed (Up and Down)?

Do you have a RTC board add-on installed on your MiSTer?

by theypsilon
Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:56 am
Forum: MiSTer Updates & Changelog
Topic: MiSTer updates and changelog
Replies: 771
Views: 3442983

Re: MiSTer updates and changelog

Distribution repo: - Using the new Cores Wiki page (https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_MiSTer/wiki/Cores) as the source of truth to retrieve the list of cores. - Home folders are now read from that list, instead of extracting them from the CONF_STR. - Download script reimplemented in python. - Fixed bug that inserted NVRAM.dat file in Coleco gam...
by theypsilon
Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:30 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL
Replies: 5
Views: 1088

Re: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL

The script menu shows you a warning for this very reason. If scripts are showing up as cores, people will not be aware of the risk they imply.

by theypsilon
Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL
Replies: 5
Views: 1088

Re: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL

Scripts run with root privileges and have an internet connection available. If you run a malicious script, it could infect your MiSTer very quickly with any kind of malware.

by theypsilon
Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL
Replies: 5
Views: 1088

Re: MGL: Launch Scripts Via MGL

Scripts can do a lot of stuff that a core can't do. It would be very unsafe to open a way to run scripts from outside the Scripts menu (which shows you a warning for this very reason).

by theypsilon
Sun Nov 27, 2022 4:30 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

It's indeed a fact that cross-device symlinks are tricky, and your statement could be seen as a source of misinformation. They are tricky because they don't have a warranted valid path since the external devices could be unmounted or mounted in different locations. They also violate assumptions on software that are taken to prevent corrupting files...
by theypsilon
Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:20 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

jvas wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:10 pm
theypsilon wrote: Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:22 pm Hey jvas, I'm the main maintainer of this tool....
Thanks. Will check that if there is another update of main and will let you know...
So base_path entry can be completely deleted from the ini file?
Exactly. Yeah, let me know in the next main update
by theypsilon
Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: MiSTer Downloader Tool
Replies: 119
Views: 65851

Re: MiSTer Downloader Tool

Hey jvas, I'm the main maintainer of this tool. Sorry that you are facing this bug, but it's a hard one to reproduce. It's at this moment not fixed but still on my radar. GitHub issue is here: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Downloader_MiSTer/issues/24 For the setup you describe, you don't need base_path set to usb0, you ideally should just use the...
by theypsilon
Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:45 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: I Think “/media/fat” Should Be Depricated
Replies: 31
Views: 3191

Re: I Think “/media/fat” Should Be Depricated

My ZFS NAS is enormously more robust than a simple microSD card, and offers timed snapshots, so I can easily restore older versions of save files or savestates. (This has saved my butt at least once.) It's also a lot faster; the gigabit Ethernet port seems to actually have a dedicated gigabit, where the USB devices all have to share 480Mbps betwee...
by theypsilon
Thu Nov 24, 2022 11:32 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: I Think “/media/fat” Should Be Depricated
Replies: 31
Views: 3191

Re: I Think “/media/fat” Should Be Depricated

@jca, if I were you, I'd get rid of that symlink setup. All folders should be on the SD card, except games and docs that can stay on your external drive if you want. Once you have that, the default downloader.ini options will install "games" files on your external drive for each system that already has its folders there (same as what the ...