April 2009 - Arch-releng - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-releng] Profiles
by Jud 05 Apr '09

05 Apr '09

# # A File to Match Conditions for the Automagic Profiles Loader # # Types of Rules/Filters: # Mac Address, CPU: Architecture, Brand, Model Name, Processers, Sockets, Speed, Family, Model, Stepping, Flags, # Total RAM, Hard Drive Capacity, Video Card Brand, Virtual Machine # # Put Generic Profiles to Bottom, Current Logic Will Use the Complete First Match # [BIGBANG] AuthenticAMD x86_64 8GB 1000HD VGA:ATI # Needs all to match 00:0E:0C:6D:41:CF [FRED_DESKTOP] i686 GenuineIntel # Shitbox [NOTEBOOK] 00:B0:D0:86:BB:F7 [SERVER] AuthenticAMD x86_64 8GB [DESKTOP-GNOME] 00:0E:0C:6D:41:CD 2GB 01:EF:AB:74:21:DF x86_64 [VIRTUALBOX] VBOX i686 0.5GB [SIMPLE] i686 [DEFAULT] # If no matches then fallback to default, select which profile will be chosen SIMPLE # End of File

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[arch-releng] dialog --tailboxbg weirdness
by Dieter Plaetinck 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

Hi all, while trying to figure out http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13835 I noticed something weird. When I run something like "dialog --no-kill --tailboxbg /var/log/dmesg.log 0 0" on my pc (or in a VM) in a shell, 2 dialog processes start (this should be normal. it forks itself in the background), and I get my shell prompt back. when new things are written to the log file, they show up, but since i'm back at the prompt this looks ugly. There is no nice ncurses interface in the foreground that follows the logfile, unlike when you run /arch/setup and install packages. working code: (/arch/setup) ( http://projects.archlinux.org/?p=installer.git;a=blob_plain;f=setup;hb=HEAD ) # display pacman output while it's running DIALOG --title " Installing... Please Wait " \ --no-kill --tailboxbg "/tmp/pacman.log" 18 70 2>$ANSWER I even tried imitating it completely: DIALOG() { dialog --backtitle "$TITLE" --aspect 15 "$@"; } DIALOG --title " Installing... Please Wait " --no-kill --tailboxbg /var/log/dmesg.log 0 0 The problem remains. Any ideas? Dieter

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[arch-releng] Basic Hardware detect for Profiles
by Jud 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

#!/bin/bash # Proof of Concept # Relate hardware to vendors specs aka as people know it # Try to use minimal dependencies # MAC address' - can return multiples mac=$(ifconfig -a | awk '/^eth/ {print $NF}') mac2=$(ifconfig -a | awk '/^wlan/ {print $NF}') echo $mac $mac2 # System Architecture uname -m # CPU Brand, Number of Processors, Flags #cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^vendor_id/ {print $3}') cpu2=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^processor/ {print $3+1}') # todo:sockets physical on board ie 2 for dual socket even if only 1 cpu populated cpu3=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flags | awk ' { for (i=3; i<=NF; i++) printf("%s ", $i) }') cpu4=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep MHz | awk '/^cpu/ {printf ("%5.2f",$NF/1000)}') # todo: stepping, family echo $cpu $cpu2 $cpu3 $cpu4 # Mainboard Model Number - need a much better way #lshw dmidecode mb=$(dmesg | grep RSDT | awk '/^ACPI/ {print $6, $7}') #mb2=$(dmesg | grep RSDT) echo $mb # Total RAM mem=$(cat /proc/meminfo | awk '/^MemTotal/ {printf ("%5.0f",$2/1048576)}') echo $mem # Hard Disk Capacity - Only as root , any ideas for a user? hdd=$(fdisk -l | grep /dev/sda | awk '/^Disk/ {print $3}') echo $hdd # Video Card Vendor/Type #vga=$(lspci | awk '/^VGA/ {print $1:$NF}') vga=$(lspci | grep VGA) echo $vga # VirtualMachines - how do I know if running? #VMware #VirtualBox # End of File

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[arch-releng] Get Mac Address for profiles - Proof of Concept
by Jud 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Just to get the ball rolling. This script would be started by the boot process outside of aif. Any ideas/comments welcome. #!/bin/sh # Proof of Concept # ToDo: # Work backwards - test for wireless then wired eth2/eth1/wlan1/wlan0/eth0 any others? # Make into function(s)? # More Sanity Tests? # Another layer - groups of mac address for a profile type - profile:desktop01:<mac>,<mac>,<mac> # How would the boot process call this script without interrupting the possibility of a normal install? # Get the MAC address for eth0 var=$(ifconfig -a | grep eth0) # We only need the MAC Address var=$(echo ${var: -19}) # Convert to be a filename for our purposes; Strip out ':' var=$(echo ${var//:/}) # Make sure it is Hex aka within the MAC Address specs and ifconfig output if [[ $var =~ [[:xdigit:]] ]]; then echo "$var".profile else echo "error"; exit 1 fi # Check if file exists and is readable if [ -r "$var.profile" ]; then # Start Auto Install, when finished reboot # Note: for auto-reboot the install drive should not be the primary boot device aif -p automatic -c $var.profile && reboot # End of File

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[arch-releng] TARGET_PACKAGES_EXCLUDE - Proof of Concept
by Jud 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Just to get the ball rolling. #!/bin/sh # Proof of Concept # ToDo: # Work out best place to add into the aif code # Sanity Checks? var="coreutils vi vsftpd kernel26 kernel26-firmware gcc gcc-libs file vi pam man-pages jfsutils perl iptables" remove="vi man-pages jfsutils iptables" result=$var for each_name in $remove; do result=$(echo ${result//$each_name/}) done echo $var echo $remove echo $result

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