Measures 1.3.0 Beta 1 (Last test hopefully.

[wxrbbs]

Tested X86 install script with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS on Intel NUC, ran with no problems. 

But with 23.10, same error as PI

No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host.
      - Status: Installing... OK
  + Creating media folders... OK
  + Download LMS... OK
  + Download Snakeoil RestAPI server... OK
  + Download Snakeoil Blob... OK
  + Install Snakeoil RestAPI server... OK
  + Installing Snakeoil blob, please be patient... /usr/local/sbin/snakeoil-rest: 1: cannot open html: No such file
/usr/local/sbin/snakeoil-rest: 2: Syntax error: redirection unexpected
ERROR
# Install aborted with errors!

[font][font]I forgot about bad Internet connection. You might need to delete some files and re-run the installer. Can you try and run this and try again?[/font][/font]
 

Code:

Code:

sudo rm /media/snakeoil_cache/* -rf

[Snoopy8]

Code:

sudo rm /media/snakeoil_cache/* -rf

Thank you for suggestion. Just tried on Pi (easier to test), but there is still an error.

[uglymusic]

So, it looks as if it's my turn to own up to a FU.

In amongst trying to test Alpha and Beta SO, Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntus LTS and 23.10, RPi 4 and RPi 5 servers, and RPi 3 and RPi 4 clients, I got my SD cards muddled up.

What I thought was a fully functioning RPi 3 client machine running Alpha 2, was in fact, running SO 1.2.X, not 1.3. I discovered this when I went to upgrade from Alpha to Beta.

Now upgraded, I cannot get the HAT to work. I don't have time to chase down precisely what is happening until the weekend. 

Sorry for the muddle and and failing to notice I wasn't running 1.3.

[Snoopy8]

Sorry for the muddle and and failing to notice I wasn't running 1.3.

No need to apologise.  I am thankful that you and others have joined in the testing.

[uglymusic]

Sorry for the muddle and and failing to notice I wasn't running 1.3.

No need to apologise.  I am thankful that you and others have joined in the testing.

It's a pleasure to be able to support SO development.

[agent_kith]

Using Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) non desktop version in 1.3.0 Beta.  Some strange results with Mpd. It has MPD (dsd-018) which cannot be removed.  MPD (0.21.25) and MPD (0.23.5)  are running OK, but MPD (0.22.9), my normal version crashes.  Most frustrated because I do not know where to start to fix these problems ???  Have been using all 3 Mpd versions with no problems in 1.2.13.

Bookworm is a newer version of debian, and had to do a bit of funky change to the code base to make it compile (and compatible across 3 supported Snakeoil platforms). Maybe that's causing some issues. I will have to debug that to find out what the issue(s) is/are.

That might come come in 1.3.2 or later though. Ticket filed here.

I might add a filter in the WebApp to hide players you don't want to see... Will leave that later.

** Added, plus it does not reload NFS libraries on-reboot.  Have to manually load up.

That is more a system issue. There will be a WebApp feature allowing you to run a script on start up (and on shutdown). That will solve this. It will come somewhere in Measurements, but probably 1.3.2 or even later.

Successfully manually loaded CamillaDSP !

Nice. Yet to learn this though.. Unfortunately it's been a super crazy week...

With Ubuntu Server 22.0.04 LTS, all versions of Mpd are working as expected.  No stray install of MPD (dsd-018).  And all libraries loaded properly.  However, with implications for 1.3.1, cannot create loopback for CamillaDSP
 sudo modprobe snd-aloop
modprobe:  FATAL: Module snd-aloop not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-1034-raspi

If only I have that kernel build site up and running. This can only be solved by building your own kernel. I believe you have done this before?

[agent_kith]

But Ubuntu 23.10 64-bit Server still returns:

Need to say AMD/Intel or Pi now.. As they are all 64 bits.

This 23.10 issue I can only solve later in the next year. Unfortunately very much overwhelmed with work right now I just don't have any spare capacity after work.

Touch base with me on this next year as I will definitely forget this by then. However next year 24.02 LTS will be released, and that'll make 23.10 moot.

[agent_kith]

6. Yet Roon bridge can't be installed thru Snakeoil software menu, it needs the "Roon Bridge (armv8)"   in here, so I ran following line, then bridge is installed easily and successfully.
 

Code:

bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://download.roonlabs.net/builds/roonbridge-installer-linuxarmv8.sh)"

Whoop! I forgot that Snakeoil Pi is 64 bits now. Will need to update and download the 64 bit build. Even though 64 bit OS can technically run 32 bit applications, I'm pretty sure the stock image will not include the 32 bit toolchain to run 'em. Creating a ticket to fix this for 1.3.0 official. Hope to still do so this weekend. Thanks.

During installation, I rebooted several times to complete all the installations.  So far this beta didn't cause me any trouble.

That is strange. And what stage? I don't recall needing to do this, just need to reboot once.

Yet it's pity that even I've enabled the RT kernel (pro enable realtime-kernel) successfully, and in SO menu can select it (and saved), all the time Pi only boots the ordinary kernel.  Being a new Pi user, I'm quite disappointed for this, towards Ubuntu.  Furthermore, it doesn't have my favorite hpet clocksource.  I'll try this again when the SO official release come, then I'll fresh-install everything.  I'll do the RT patching before installing SO.  Fingers crossed.

This will be addressed in a later versions of Measurements. For now you should be able to update boot.txt to choose a kernel.

I don't believe Pi will have HPET clocksource. In fact I'm not sure it even have a hardware clock (Different to a real time clock). It may be possible to link a Pi to a hardware clock via GPIO? Do you or anybody have any details on this? Or possibly a CM4/CM5 module to an expansion board with a hardware clock.

And for the sound, I hope it would be better in the official release.

Probably not. Improvements will have to come from kernel tweaks, physical mods and so on.

[agent_kith]

Tried Ubuntu Server Server 23.10 64 bit.  Got the following error during script run:
...
  + Installing Snakeoil blob, please be patient... /usr/local/sbin/snakeoil-rest: 1: cannot open html: No such file

I'm almost certain if you look at the file /usr/local/sbin/snakeoil-rest, you'll see it's actually a HTML page, and specifically a 404 page.

This is because it will say file not found. Which is true because the system cannot download the bulid for 23.10 (Only jammy is installed). For folks who want to try Snakeoil on 23.10, just need to download the installer script, modify the code and download the jammy version. That'll fix it I think.

Edit: I'll see if I can work around this in the download server. But can't do this right now..

[agent_kith]

So, it looks as if it's my turn to own up to a FU.

In amongst trying to test Alpha and Beta SO, Raspberry Pi OS and Ubuntus LTS and 23.10, RPi 4 and RPi 5 servers, and RPi 3 and RPi 4 clients, I got my SD cards muddled up.

What I thought was a fully functioning RPi 3 client machine running Alpha 2, was in fact, running SO 1.2.X, not 1.3. I discovered this when I went to upgrade from Alpha to Beta.

Now upgraded, I cannot get the HAT to work. I don't have time to chase down precisely what is happening until the weekend. 

Sorry for the muddle and and failing to notice I wasn't running 1.3.

This makes me smile.. Thanks...

Microsd cards. They're tiny, and I/O isn't particularly good on Pi3 and Pi4.. I think the newer Pi5 have better throughput but I can't remember the acronyms to be sure. BTW, I believe you can boot the OS directly off a USB now with a firmware update (works for pi 4) too. So that might be a better option. But I have yet to try it.