On Thursday 22 April 2021 09:52:57 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 07:59:19PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 19 April 2021 14:24:09 deloptes wrote: > > > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > A warning to others, a "sudo apt install avrdude" did a just > > > > barely announced reboot of my machine, and it has taken me > > > > nomonally half an hour to restore everything that had x jerked > > > > out from under it. It killed x before it announced it on a text > > > > screen. The reboot was, shall we say, messy. No /var/run/locks > > > > were removed, so kmail had a cow when it was restarted. > > > > > > > > That was on my stretch system, it did not repeat on a buster > > > > install. But no TDE is in use there either. > > > > > > You've still not updated this stretch of yours - shame on you! > > > > Well, I did buy some 1/2T samsung SSD's a week ago, so I am making > > progress. Breaking in one of them in another machine right now. > > Working well in fact. Makes an elderly Dell act like the latest > > hardware. > > > > How soon is bulleye going live? > > Call is out for the final release to be in late May - 22nd, maybe? > [amacater is on the Debian images team]. > > The bullseye-RC1 iso files are out: Bullseye is frozen so there aren't > many files moving at the moment - now would be quite a good time to > try an installation - and tell folks how it went. > Well, it won't do a lot of good to keep the .ISO's URL a secret, now will it?
> > > > This device, a usb dongle labeled "USB ISP version 2.0" is > > > > apparently not well supported by avrdude. And unforch, the ATmel > > > > address in the man page is now re-directed to a Microchip site, > > > > ATmel I assume having since been bought by microchip, the > > > > product listing on that web page does not include the > > > > ATmega1284p, and while an option "-c usbtiny" gets a device > > > > listing that includes the ATmega1284p, this isn't a usbtiny. I > > > > am guessing from the instructions that this dongle has a memory > > > > area where the patches for marlin, the printers rs-274d driver, > > > > are kept, accessed and uploaded to the flash in the printers > > > > controller. But thats a WAG. > > > > > > > > I'll email the author by cc'ing, maybe he can help. > > > > > > > > Anybody have a better idea? > > > > > > I use mySmartUsb light (~16,-) with the avrdude and with a self > > > soldiered Atmel programmer board for ~12,-, but knowing your > > > skills and context, I am sure you need only the USB stick. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > All best, > > Andy C. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>