Global IP TV Panel updated 2025MK2

ETP has updated this:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=689

I have updated the PET, see commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/0c1b869766074815cfb45418c94276d1153ba730     

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snd_soc_avs blacklisted again

In Easy Daedalus, have updated to the 6.12.x kernel, but no joy with Intel AVS sound. Here are a couple of earlier blog posts:

• Intel sound avs driver still too immature — February 02, 2025
• Linux kernel 6.12.12 configured without AVS and Xe — February 03, 2025
• Kernel 6.12.19 compiled for Daedalus with AVS enabled — March 16, 2025

Kernel 6.12.19 is in Daedalus 6.6.5, the current release. Federico has reported AVS broken:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=146430#p146430

Oh well. I've blacklisted the snd_soc_avs.ko kernel module, see commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/1d6119019edd75e9d115463ac9c6bc395426ea16

I suppose, next time compile the 6.12.x kernel, will go back to disabling AVS entirely.   

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Refine fix Exec line in .desktop has quotes

Previous post about this:

• Fix Exec line in .desktop file has quotes — April 01, 2025

Have refined some more, see github:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/6f66cd8cd7c1a3ece82d303e228445dcba552440    

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Fix Exec line in .desktop file has quotes

Alfons reported, installed gSmartControl via PKGget in Easy Daedalus 6.6.4. After updating to Easy Daedalus 6.6.5, the menu entry for gSmartControl had disappeared; /usr/share/applications/gsmartcontrol.desktop had been deleted.

When there is a version update, /sbin/fixlayers in the initrd runs, and one thing it does is check the .desktop files are still valid. It looks at the "Exec=..." line and checks that the executable is still there.

In the case of gSmartControl, this is the Exec line:

Exec="/usr/bin/gsmartcontrol-root"

...oh man, no one puts the Exec parameter in quotes! In all the years I have worked with .desktop files, never encountered this. Yes, I suppose it is theoretically legal.

/sbin/fixlayers got thrown by the quotation character. I have put in a fix:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/fd91f6e876ae3d6191043585ed0e6b37111de9c3   

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sudo-sh handle more parameters

Forum member Caramel posted about this limitation:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=14098

Solved, but solved the lazy way, just extending code already known to work. sudo-sh is now version 1.5, source here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/source/alphabetical/s/   

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PKGget tweaks

I'm running Easy Daedalus 6.6.5, and used PKGget to install SeaMonkey PET package. PKGget only offered to download the PET from ibiblio or nluug repositories. I have added aarnet:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/377244947dc4b1a60a1ac9b66745b94456f9aed5

PKGget asked if SeaMonkey is to be installed to run as the root user or non-root. SeaMonkey is a suite, with browser, composer, mail and address-book modules, and I think it complicates things if it is installed non-root. Therefore constrained to run as root only:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/8ee2ac3ec0610c0bc18abbd73a01fa9278f29cde   

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EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.5 released

Version 6.6.4 was released on March 11:

• EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.4 released — March 11, 2025

Highlights of version 6.6.5, since 6.6.4:

• sudo-sh fix — March 29, 2025
• More Limine Installer fixes — March 27, 2025
• EasyAPT launch from menu — March 17, 2025
• NeoAPT simplified replacement for apt utility — March 16, 2025
• Kernel 6.12.19 compiled for Daedalus with AVS enabled — March 16, 2025

Release notes:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2025/6.6.5/release-notes.htm

Download:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2025/6.6.5/

Beginner's notes:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2025/6.6.5/readme.htm

Feedback welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=145650#p145650    

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