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v9.6
(2024-07-07)
New software:
- soju | This IRC bouncer has been added to our software catalogue. Many thanks to @subnut for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7124
Enhancements:
- General | Since we provide all kernel, bootloader and firmware packages from our own APT repository now, the Armbian APT repository is removed form all systems. In case you use an SBC which is not officially supported by DietPi, as generic device, it is however preserved.
- Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 | The extended attribute handler for ext4 security labels "CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY" has been enabled for these SBCs, required for some Docker containers. Many thanks to @gxsw for reporting this missing feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7102
- Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 | eBPF functionality for firewall and network monitoring software like Cilium has been added to our kernel builds for these SBCs. Many thanks to @kbrighton for reporting these missing features: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6834
- Orange Pi 5 | Older U-Boot builds caused the Ethernet MAC address to be random and change on every boot. Recent U-Boot builds solve this, but they are not flashed automatically on package upgrades. We hence inform users and offer to flash the latest U-Boot image during the DietPi update. Many thanks to @thuehlinger for reporting and testing the case: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6663
- DietPi-Config | Legacy Odroid C2 resolution and GPU memory options have been removed.
- DietPi-Config | The static DNS server menu now contains entries to select the default gateway/router or locally running DNS resolver (Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, Unbound, systemd-resolvd, ...), if detected.
Bug fixes:
- Network | Resolved a rare issue, where shutdowns could hang, when networking.service and [email protected] instances try to bring down the same network interface concurrently. Many thanks to @ioctl2 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7104
- Odroid C1 | Resolved an issue, where the kernel upgrade did not apply as intended. Many thanks to @th2j for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6332#issuecomment-2162959873
- VisionFive 2 | Resolved an issue where our new image did not boot, because of a false device tree name in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.
- NanoPi R6C | Resolved an issue where our new images did not boot, since the latest mainline U-Boot for R6S does not support the R6C anymore. Many thanks to @labmaster for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7109
- DietPi-Banner | Resolved an issue where incorrect RAM usage was printed with German and potentially other locales. Many thanks to @jwgn for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7107
- DietPi-Banner | Resolved an issue where logins as non-root user printed "No certificate found" if the Let's Encrypt cert status option was enabled, since non-root users have no permission to see the certificate files. In such cases, sudo is now used automatically, if the user has NOPASSWD permissions, else a meaningful info is shown. Many thanks to @FrapiFrance for implementing this fix: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7121
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Resolved an issue, where network drives and potentially mounts in general could be attempted to be unmounted on shutdown, before services which can access them are stopped, leading to hanging shutdown sequences and potentially even data loss. Many thanks to @polite-garlic for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/20542
- DietPi-Dashboard | Resolved an issue where the installation on RISC-V systems failed.
- DietPi-Software | Node-RED: Resolved an issue where reinstalls/updates failed because of incompatibilities between latest Node.js or global modules with older local instances. Many thanks to @thinkbig1979 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7128
- DietPi-Software | Fail2Ban: Resolved an issue on Debian Bookworm and above, where Dropbear login failures were not detected due to a non-matching default filter. Dropbear runs as native systemd unit since Bookworm, logging to the system journal via STDOUT, which results in a different log entry prefix. The default filter however has not been updated for this. The fix is as well applied to existing Fail2Ban installs, as long as no own override /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/dropbear.local has been created. Many thanks to @ThePlanplan for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6665
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7142
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v9.5
(2024-06-09)
New software:
- Forgejo | This Gitea fork has been added to our software library. Read about the background of this fork here: https://forgejo.org/2022-12-15-hello-forgejo/. Many thanks to @Cs137 for requesting and @jcnils for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/6133, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7071
Enhancements:
- Images | New DietPi images won't contain the "gnupg" package anymore, but "gpg" only, since other features of the suite are not required for our scripts anymore. E.g. "dirmngr" for interacting with keyservers, and "gpg-agent" for key passphrase inputs are hence missing. "gpg" however prints very clear error messages about what is missing. Let us know whether you find one of those GnuPG features too essential to not be pre-installed.
- Radxa ZERO 3 | Onboard WiFi does now work OOTB on early ZERO 3W revisions with AP6212 WiFi chip.
- Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 | dm-crypt/LUCS support has been added to the kernel for those two SBCs. Many thanks to @gxsw for reporting this missing feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7091
- DietPi-Software | Jellyfin: Since a while FFmpeg 6 is available for Jellyfin, but on old installs with the old FFmpeg 5 package, it is not upgraded automatically by APT. This DietPi update applies the FFmpeg upgrade to all affected systems. Many thanks to @gioxx and @WolfganP for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7080
- DietPi-Software | MediaWiki: Uploaded images are now preserved on reinstalls.
Bug fixes:
- Odroid C1/C2 | Resolved an issue on both SBCs where reboots could hang and a power cycle was required to get the device back up. Many thanks to @yandritos, @gociii and others for reporting this issue, and @gitmeister for providing the fix for Odroid C2: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5414, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6332
- Orange Pi Zero 2W | Resolved an issue where the onboard Ethernet adapter did not work.
- NanoPi NEO | Resolved an issue where LEDs of this SBC could not be configured, due to a conflicting kernel patch. Many thanks to @mhjessen for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5401
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where Advanced Options were not accessible on some SBCs. Many thanks to @thuehlinger for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6663#issuecomment-2108351878
- DietPi-Software | Snapcast Server: Resolved on issue where on RISC-V systems, the web interface was not available, since it is not included in the "snapserver" package from Debian. Many thanks to @hllhll for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7073
- DietPi-Software | Snapcast Server: Resolved an issue where on Bookworm systems, which installed the Snapcast Server before DietPi v9.4 and reinstalled it afterwards, the server failed to start due to a permissions issue, since the services of both packages use different users. Many thanks to @hllhll for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7073
- DietPi-Software | Shairport Sync: Resolved a DietPi v9.4 regression, where the AirPlay 2 choice did not have an effect, but the AirPlay 1 package was always installed. Additionally, uninstalling Shairport Sync will now also purge the AirPlay 2 package. Many thanks to @pulpe for fixing this bug: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7082
- DietPi-Software | Box64: Resolved an issue where an invalid build target was used on Raspberry Pi 5 with 16k page size kernel. This target was removed with latest Box64, as page size handling is now done at runtime.
- DietPi-Software | Jellyfin: Resolved an issue where the intended HTTP port change could not be applied, since the network config file is not created anymore at service start. We do now pre-create a minimal one, which is complemented with defaults automatically.
- DietPi-Software | ADS-B Feeder: Resolved an issue where the service start could have failed because of a missing Python module. Many thanks to @moonraka for reporting the issue and @dirkhh sending a fix quickly: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/ads-b-feeder-not-working/20601
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7098
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v9.4
(2024-05-12)
New images:
- ROCK 4C Plus | Since our Radxa ROCK 4 image has become incompatible with the ROCK 4C Plus, we provide a new image for this particular variant. Many thanks to @lfiorini and @arpegius5555 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6593, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6935
- Orange Pi 3 LTS | Added support for this Allwinner H6 based SBC.
- Radxa ZERO 3 | Added support for this Rockchip RK3566 based SBC, the 3E variant with Ethernet as well as the 3W variant with onboard WiFi.
- Orange Pi Zero 2W | Support for this small form factor SBC with Allwinner H618 SoC was added.
Enhancements:
- General | Our scripts do now internally enforce the default umask 0022. Many config and install options rely on this, hence it can cause issues when e.g. 0027 (deny read access for "other" users) has been applied on the parent shell. This affects only the (sub)shell of our scripts, while the current and default umask of parent and of shells/consoles remains untouched.
- NanoPi R5C | New images, or when flashing the new bootloader binary via dietpi-config > Advanced Options > Update MMC bootloader, support M.2 WiFi modules.
- Orange Pi 3B | Added an option for updating the SPI bootloader via dietpi-config > Advanced Options > Update SPI bootloader.
- Odroid XU4 | The kernel will be upgraded to Linux 6.6.
- DietPi-CloudShell | On Odroid XU4, when using the CloudShell 2 LCD, during configured auto screen off times, the backlight power of the LCD will be disabled as well, to safe energy and avoid still visible black display content. Many thanks to @smac for suggesting this enhancement: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/15331/55
- DietPi-Config | Added an option to the LCD display menu to toggle the Odroid XU4 CloudShell 2 LCD.
- DietPi-Software | Snapcast: 64-bit ARM and Debian Bookworm + Trixie will have the now available packages from Snapcast installed, instead of those from the Debian repository.
Bug fixes:
- NanoPi NEO3 | Resolved an issue where the Ethernet adapter was not available after reboots. Many thanks to @murraythegoz for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6987
- Orange Pi Zero 3 | Resolved an issue on the 1.5 GiB RAM variant, where the Ethernet adapter was not available anymore after soft/warm reboots.
- Orange Pi 5 Plus | Resolved an issue where the Ethernet interface names eth0/eth1 could swap on (re)boot. We add a udev rule which assures they are named persistently based on the PCI bus identifier. In case you created own udev rules to mitigate the issue, please check whether they conflict and decide whether to use ours or your solution. The DietPi update will also inform you about this change with a prompt. Many thanks to @dirkhh and many others for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6592
- DietPi-VPN | Resolved an issue where installing the IPVanish config failed, due to a changed URL, and startup failed on Bookworm systems since their configs contain a deprecated option. Many thanks to @DreamPhreak and @Michael-Robson for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7043
- DietPi-Imager | Resolved an issue where the imager could have failed on GPT partitioned images, if either the source image size did not leave space for the GPT backup partition table, or the first usable LBA/sector was above 34. The GPT backup partition table is now created only at the end of the image generation, not anymore additionally at the start, and the required size it takes is correctly obtained. Many thanks to @SelfhostedPro and @disablewong for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/7024, https://dietpi.com/forum/t/18035
- DietPi-Config | Resolved a visual-only failure message on non-RPi systems, when enabling Bluetooth, and an actual failure doing so on Orange Pi Zero 3, Orange Pi 3B and Orange Pi Zero 2W, since the required kernel module "sprdbt_tty" was not loaded. Many thanks to @b9AcE for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/19929/45
- DietPi-Software | Snapcast: Resolved an issue where version 0.27.0 was installed, because since version 0.28.0, Snapcast is provided with client and server packages wrapped into one archive, instead having individual downloads for each package.
- DietPi-Software | OctoPrint: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on RISC-V and ARMv6/7 Bullseye systems, due to changed dependencies.
- DietPi-Software | X.Org X Server: Resolved an issue where an important config file might have been missing on RPi 5 and potentially Amlogic S905 SBCs, if the config directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d did not exist and was not created as part of the related APT packages. Many thanks to @rmscode for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/19963
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7063
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v9.3
(2024-04-14)
Enhancements:
- General | We added an own APT repository at https://dietpi.com/apt for own software and kernel/firmware builds. This simplifies updates for software packages like Squeezelite, vaultwarden and Amiberry, as well as allows us to provide own up-to-date kernel and bootloader packages, applied via regular "apt upgrade". A goal is also to become independent of some 3rd party repositories, which are regularly affected by network errors or provide package updates too infrequently.
- DietPi-Config | Removed the 3.5mm audio option on Raspberry Pi 5, as it does not have a 3.5mm jack. Additionally, the KMS graphics driver is enabled OOTB when HDMI audio is selected, as the snd_bcm2835 driver does not work on Raspberry Pi 5. Many thanks to @denguido for making us aware of this: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/19760
- DietPi-Software | Mosquitto: The official APT repository added support for 64-bit ARM on Bookworm, which is now used for our installation.
- DietPi-Software | UnRAR: Debian added unrar packages for RISC-V, which are now used for our installation.
Bug fixes:
- Raspberry Pi 5 | Fixed X11/desktop startup if KMS is enabled. Many thanks to @denguido for reporting the issue and solution: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/19760
- DietPi-Software | Logitech Media Server: Resolved an issue where the install failed due to a changed download URL. Many thanks to @JRK0469 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6992
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/7016
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v9.2
(2024-03-16)
Enhancements:
- DietPi-Banner | Support for showing the current RAM usage was added. Many thanks to @Andr3Carvalh0 for the implementation: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6844
- DietPi-Software | It is now possible to run "dietpi-software list" concurrent to other dietpi-software instances, and as non-root user. This avoids an issue in DietPi-Dashboard, where opening dietpi-software in the Terminal and switching to the Software page, caused an infinite hang.
- DietPi-Software | Gogs/Gitea: Using repositories via SSH should now work OOTB with new installs and reinstalls. If pull or push operations via SSH fail in your case, try to give the respective user a default shell: "sudo usermod -s /bin/dash gogs" respectively "sudo usermod -s /bin/dash gitea". This is now included in our default setup. Many thanks to @din14970 for reporting this missing feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/6964#discussioncomment-8813390
Bug fixes:
- NanoPi R4S | Resolved an issue where Ethernet adapter of the "LAN" port could disappear after a soft reboot. Many thanks to @idaanx for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6342
- DietPi-Globals | Resolved an issue where a concurrent DietPi script detection could have prevented the start of a script, if a previous instance was killed via SIGKILL.
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where a WiFi connection, configured for the first time via dietpi-config from a local terminal session, was automatically stopped when exiting or logging out from the terminal session.
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue on RPi systems, where HDMI audio did not work if full KMS was enabled. The firmware/bcm2835 HDMI audio driver conflicts with the full KMS display driver, hence the VC4 HDMI driver needs to be used instead. That one however only supports the IEC958 audio format, which requires a complex ALSA config. This config is shipped with the "libasound2-data" package of the RPi APT repository, but it was overwritten by our /etc/asound.conf. For HDMI audio to work with KMS, the "default" or "sysdefault" ALSA PCM needs to be used by players. This is usually the case, but some allow to select a specific sound card, in which case the ALSA config and plugin for IEC958 conversion is bypassed, breaking HDMI audio. Many thanks to @Lollly2997 for reporting this issue. We are working with Amiberry on a solution for Amiberry in particular. This fix is for the underlying system level: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/19568
- DietPi-Software | PaperMC: Resolved an issue where installing the Geyser and Floodgate plugins failed due to changed download URLs, and a false syntax in the Geyser config file. Many thanks to @boterocamilo for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6898
- DietPi-Software | Nextcloud: Resolved an issue with the updated Nginx config where assets were served with the wrong MIME type. This fix was backported to v9.1 and a live patch offered. Many thanks to @howardroark for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nextcloud-theme-broken-after-upgrade-v9-1-1/19372
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue on x86_64 and ARMv8 systems where some core integrations did not work if no C++ compiler was installed. If you are affected by this, "apt install g++ && systemctl restart home-assistant" will fix it. Many thanks to @pdsakurai for fixing this issue in our install code: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6931
- DietPi-Software | DarkIce: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start due to false config file permissions.
- DietPi-Software | LXQt: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on Trixie and RISC-V systems, since we did not host a config archive for those Debian versions yet. Many thanks to @jtmoon79 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6939
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6955
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v9.1
(2024-02-19)
New images:
- Raspberry Pi 5 | Images for Raspberry Pi 5 and other Raspberry Pi models, based on the new Bookworm kernel and firmware package set from Raspberry Pi Ltd, are now available for testing. Note that some features, like changing screen resolution and camera module support, are not working yet: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/
- ROCK 4 SE | Since our Radxa ROCK 4 image has become incompatible with the ROCK 4 SE variant, we provide a new image for this particular variant. Many thanks to @janno for reporting failing boot on this SBC: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/radxa-rock-4-se-supported-not-booting/19263
- NanoPi R5S/R5C/R6S/R6C/T6 | Our new images for these SBCs use kernel and bootloader builds generated with the Armbian build system. This means that they have a single ext4 partition with kernel image, overlays and boot configuration located below /boot as usual. The kernel command-line arguments can hence be adjusted, kernel headers installed for compiling modules, and the kernel features are more streamlined with other SBCs. The R5S/R5C images ship with a much newer mainline Linux build, which means more modern kernel features and better code quality. But some edge case hardware features which have not been upstreamed may not work, like support for Rockchip's Media Process Platform (MPP) module, used for hardware-accelerated video encoding/decoding by some media servers/players. We are also testing the migration from our old images to the new kernel and bootloader packages, and will likely offer this with next DietPi update.
Enhancements:
- DietPi-Backup/Sync | Both scripts do now only error out when the "rsync" process is already running, rather than on any process which has the term "rsync" in its name. Many thanks to @zuble for implementing this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6918
- DietPi-Software | Domoticz: Enabled for x86_64 Bookworm and Trixie systems, since the latest x86_64 builds were compiled against libssl3.
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Along with a regular update, RISC-V support has been added.
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: The Python version installed with Home Assistant has been raised to 3.12.1, to align with official appliances. Many thanks to @whyisthisbroken for making us aware if it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6906
- DietPI-Software | Squeezelite: An update to Squeezelite v2.0.0-1465 will be applied during the DietPi update.
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-FS_partition_resize | Resolved an issue where on Bullseye images, the root partition and filesystem was not expanded on first boot. Many thanks to @naddel91 and others for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/increase-partition-size/19015
- DietPi-Software | Mosquitto: Resolved an issue where the global software password was accidentally applied as username instead of as password: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6886
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on 64-bit RPi systems. Many thanks to @JerichoCross for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6893
- DietPi-Software | GMediaRender: Resolved an issue where the default command arguments were not set correctly on a fresh install. Many thanks to @ransur0t for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/gmediarender-default-args-on-allo-image-for-raspberry-pi/19205
- DietPi-Software | Samba Server: Resolved an issue where our configuration file was not installed if the Samba Client was installed as well, or an SMB/CIFS mount done. Many thanks to @TheCrystalGipsy for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/samba-share-issues-need-help/19224
- DietPi-Software | Pydio: Resolved an issue where web access via Apache webserver did not work, due to an invalid config entry. However, Pydio 8 is not maintained since years, does not support PHP 8 and hence can only work on Bullseye systems. We will migrate to Pydio Cells, once someone finds time to work on this: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/3469
- DietPi-Software | OctoPrint: Resolved an issue where system restart and shutdown form the OctoPrint UI failed due to an invalid sudoers rule. Many thanks to @samjw-nz for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6915
- DietPi-Software | Squeezelite: Resolved an issue where in rare cases the service could have started before the network adapter was initialised, in which case it reports a MAC address of 00:00:00:00:00:00 to LMS servers. With multiple Squeezelite players, this could have lead to conflicts among them. Many thanks to @willefg for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-squeezelite-players-with-same-mac-address-000000-00/19312
- DietPi-Software | RealVNC: Resolved an issue where the installation was throwing an error, as it was attempted to write to a config file shipped by TigerVNC only.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6921
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v9.0
(2024-01-20)
Breaking:
- The minimum Debian version supported by our scripts has been raised to Bullseye. Buster systems will be migrated to a dedicated branch automatically. We highly recommend affected systems to either flash a new image or upgrade to Debian Bullseye, following this guide: https://dietpi.com/blog/?p=811. Once the upgrade has been done, the update to DietPi v9 will be offered on next update ckeck or when running "dietpi-update".
- The minimum DietPi version to support direct updates to DietPi v9 from has been raised to v7.0. Older systems will go through a two-stage process, being upgraded to DietPi v8.25 with a separate branch, and afterwards further to DietPi v9 via master branch if the Debian version requirement is met as well.
New images:
- Orange Pi Zero 3 | New images for the 1.5 GB RAM variant are now available for testing, before they are added to our download page soon: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/
Enhancements:
- Raspberry Pi | Further work has been done to better support the Raspberry Pi 5. Our firmware migration script to test it has been reworked to allow selecting/deselecting optional kernel packages, instead of always installing all of them: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6676
- DietPi-Banner | Instead of "Freespace", the "Disk usage" is now shown, including the total disk size and used percent. Many thanks to @Andr3Carvalh0 for implementing this change: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6837
- DietPi-Software | motionEye: Updated build dependencies for ARM and RISC-V, and switched to the recent pre-release from PyPI, instead of pulling from the repositories dev branch.
- DietPi-Software | Moonlight (CLI/GUI): Moonlight has been enabled on Bookworm, as packages are now available.
- DietPi-Software | Logitech Media Server: Re-enabled it for Bookworm and Trixie, now using the latest "stable nightly" builds instead of the "latest releases". Many thanks to @SteveInWA for informing us about the update: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/6847
Bug fixes:
- Orange Pi 3B | Resolved an issue where onboard WiFi and Bluetooth did not work because the related kernel module was not loaded. Many thanks to @jake5253 for reporting this: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6659#issuecomment-1887072641
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6860
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v8.25
(2023-12-16)
New images:
- Star64 | Support for the RISC-V StarFive VisionFive 2 clone from PINE64 has been added to DietPi. The images are highly experimental, like software support for the architecture in general. Find our images here, before they are added to our download page soon: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/
- Orange Pi 3B | Support for this RK3566 SBC has been added to DietPi. Find our images here, before they are added to our download page soon: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/
Enhancements:
- Raspberry Pi | We applied preparations for supporting the new official Raspberry Pi firmware and kernel packages, which implies support for Raspberry Pi 5. A script allows to the migration to the new package set, including the switch for the boot mountpoint from /boot to /boot/firmware. Please see the following topic about how to apply the script. Note that it is in beta stage for now, since the change might cause issues among our scripts which we did not detect yet: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6676
- Quartz64 | The kernel receives a major upgrade to Linux 6.6.7 and we switched to latest unmodified mainline U-Boot 2023.10. Among others changes, this implies a fixed onboard Ethernet MAC address, which was previously changing on every boot.
- DietPi-Software | NZBGet: We migrated to the repository of the new project maintainer, since the original author stopped development: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nzbget-new-maintainer-dietpi-software-already-updated/18425. Being on it, plain text file logging has been disabled in favour for journal logging, i.e. all NZBGet related logs are now combined in "journalct -u nzbget". The logging change will be applied on next DietPi update, the NZBGet upgrade itself can be done via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 149
Bug fixes:
- Proxmox | Now really resolved the issue where the QEMU guest agent was not always installed automatically on first boot.
- DietPi-Update | Resolved an issue on RPi 4 systems with 32-bit userland/OS (but 64-bit kernel enabled) where wrong package variants could have been installed during patch stages. Many thanks to @diment08 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6768
- DietPi-Backup | Resolved an issue where updating or restoring backups between different distro version may have been incomplete (particularly in case of Bookworm and Bullseye), since the /etc/debian_version is identical in size and mtime, and hence seen as identical by rsync (by default), while its content is different.
- DietPi-Software | Ampache: Resolved an issue on Bullseye and Bookworm systems where the initial web UI access failed because our pre-generated database was too old. A template shipped with Ampache will now be used, the initial admin user and music catalogue added via CLI. Many thanks to @mostly_offline for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/bypassing-ampache-update-page/17367
- DietPi-Software | Kodi: Worked around an issue on RPi Bookworm systems where installing Kodi failed due to a missing directory. Many thanks to @joshi0531 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6703
- DietPi-Software | TasmoAdmin: Resolved an issue where the web updater did not work with Lighttpd, due to a wrong rewrite rule. Many thanks to @Boebbele for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6805
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6808
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v8.24
(2023-11-18)
New images:
- ROCK 5A | We added support for this RK3588 SBC from Radxa to DietPi and images to our download page.
- ASUS Tinker Board 2 | We added support for this RK3399 SBC from ASUS to DietPi and images to our download page.
- Orange Pi Zero 3 | We added support for this Allwinner H618 SBC to DietPi and images for testing: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/testing/. Note that there is currently an issue with the Ethernet adapter being lost on reboots, requiring a power cycle to re-appear: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6594
Enhancements:
- ROCK 3A | A kernel upgrade from "edge-rk35xx" (Linux 6.1.11) to "current-rockchip64" (Linux 6.1.50 at time of writing) will be applied, which solves e.g. missing 3.5mm audio output. Many thanks to @wahono77 for testing the kernel upgrade: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6710
- Quartz64 | Along with the regular kernel upgrade, we added support for no-UI HID devices. Many thanks to @stormwyrm for the request: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?pid=120632
- DietPi-Software | openHAB: The openHAB APT repository will be migrated from testing to stable suite. Previously "testing" was used, as "stable" shipped openHAB 3, which does not support Java 17. In the meantime "stable" ships openHAB 4 as well. Many thanks to @twikedk for bringing this back to our attention: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6731
- DietPi-Software | Prometheus Node Exporter: This software option has been enabled for the RISC-V architecture, for which builds are now available via official GitHub releases.
Bug fixes:
- Raspberry Pi 4 | Worked around an issue on Bookworm systems, where the upgrade of the rpi-eeprom package pulled an incompatible raspi-firmware package, causing a failure of any APT upgrade. Many thanks to @piyushaswani55 and others for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6747
- Proxmox | Resolved an issue where the QEMU guest agent was not always installed automatically on first boot.
- DietPi-Globals | Resolved a v8.22 regression where the error handler and bug report template contained only the first line of the failed command's output.
- DietPi-Software | Resolved and issue where auto setup failed in case of trailing (non-integer) characters behind the "AUTO_SETUP_AUTOMATED=1" dietpi.txt setting. In this case, an automatic login was performed, but dietpi-software ran in interactive mode. It has been align now so that any trailing characters are ignored and either autologin and automated setup happens both or none. Many thanks to @inis17 for reporting a related issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6719
- DietPi-Software | Sonarr: Resolved a DietPi v8.23 regression where the install failed at an URL check for the APT key. Many thanks to @TheGitGuy00 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6699
- DietPi-Software | NFS Server: Resolved a DietPi v8.23 regression where the install failed because of a syntax error. Many thanks to @supertevran for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6722
- DietPi-Software | Shairport Sync: Resolved an issue where the install failed because of a missing service user required for the new NQPTP version. Many thanks to @vishnusure for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6735
- DietPi-Software | Nextcloud: Resolved an issue where, with Lighttpd webserver, a warning about missing "ocm-provider" rewrite was shown in some cases. Many thanks to @rubinski for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nextcloud-update-error-message-nextcloud-ocm-provider/18266
- DietPi-Software | NZBGet: Resolved an issue where the log file /var/log/nzbget.log was not created and used as intended, since the service does not have permissions to create it.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6760
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v8.23
(2023-10-21)
Enhancements:
- Raspberry Pi | On Debian Bookworm and above, the RPi APT repository will be migrated to its new Bookworm suite. This solves issues and should enhance performance with FFmpeg, Kodi and some other A/V software, where we used the Debian packages with less hardware support before. The packages should be upgraded automatically on DietPi update. Please report back if you experience any issues during this process.
- ROCK 5B | Added an option to dietpi-config "Advanced Option" to flash the SPI bootloader, which enables USB and NVMe boot for DietPi images.
- ROCK 4 | Added an option to dietpi-config "Advanced Option" to flash the SPI bootloader, which enables USB and in case NVMe boot for DietPi images. Note that not all ROCK 4 models ship with an onboard SPI storage. DietPi-Config will check for it, in case apply a related device tree overlay and suggests a reboot. If after the reboot an SPI device has still not been found, your board seems to have none. Report back if this is definitely wrong. Many thanks to @andreagdipaolo for doing this request: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6688
- VisionFive 2 | A major kernel upgrade to Linux 6.1 will be applied, including the needed configuration files to read and write the U-Boot environment, and a generic default environment. This allows booting from all filesystems of all partitions of all storage media, including NVMe SSDs, USB, eMMC, SD cards and DHCP/TFTP. This was necessary since the default environment of the latest StarFive U-Boot release does not support booting from any other then FAT filesystems on partition 3 anymore. It is hence necessary to apply our default environment before updating the SPI bootloader. After the DietPi update and a reboot, run "fw_setenv" to do that. Afterwards you can use this command and "fw_printenv" to edit the environment, including the "boot_targets" variable to define boot targets and priorities. Additionally this release will apply device tree overlays to enable 8 GB RAM and A revision Ethernet support. As this is a major change, we recommend a dietpi-backup or even an image backup. We are happy for any feedback: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6212
- DietPi-Software | Firefox: Enabled the software option for RISC-V, since Debian provides packages now. But do not expect good performance, as GPU-acceleration is missing.
- DietPi-Software | ADS-B Feeder: The uninstall has been hardened to rule out the removal of unused Docker images which were not created by ADS-B Feeder. Furthermore, beta tags are now correctly shown in the version string. Many thanks to @andreagdipaolo for reporting a related issue and @dirkhh for implementing the enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6587#issuecomment-1743744008
- DietPi-Software | DietPi-Dashboard: Experimental support for RISC-V has been added. Note that this will be an alpha build with alpha versions of certain dependencies, required to compile on RISC-V. Hence this is not suitable for production usage, which basically applies for RISC-V and the VisionFive 2 in general.
Bug fixes:
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue where the /dev/serial* symlinks were missing if binutils was not installed, which broke Bluetooth support among other things. Many thanks to @Rhiz3K for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6666
- Sparky SBC | Resolved an issue where our current image was not booting because the old initramfs did not support new ext4 filesystem capabilities. Many thanks to @tenoritiger for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/sparky-sbc-allo-not-booting-os/18011
- DietPi daily cron | Resolved an issue where daily APT update checks failed if daily DietPi update checks were disabled. Many thanks to @lz1aam for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6651
- DietPi-DDNS | YDNS has been added to the list of natively supported DDNS providers. Many thanks to @edmundlaugasson for requesting and @TDuffinNTU for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5128, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6674
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where the WiFi channel selection was not possible with 5 GHz mode enabled. Many thanks to @lukaszsobala for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6636#issuecomment-1734427451
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where motionEye failed to build on Bullseye systems since piwheels currently have no wheel for the latest Pillow version.
- DietPi-Software | frp: Resolved an issue where the frp client could not connect to the frp server, because of missing spaces around the equal sign for the token setting in /etc/frp/frpc.ini. Many thanks to @josemahj for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6647
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue where the install failed on ARMv6, ARMv7 and RISC-V systems, since new build dependencies are required.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6693
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v8.22
(2023-09-23)
New software:
- ADS-B Feeder | Track airplanes using SDRs and feed the data to ADS-B aggregators. Many thanks to @dirkhh for maintaining and implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6587
- Kavita | This open source comics/mangas/ebooks media server with a built-in web reader has been added to our software catalogue. Many thanks to @drahen for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6610
Enhancements:
- Images | DietPi images are now shipped with a trailing FAT partition which contains dietpi.txt and other config files for easier pre-configuration and automation from Windows and macOS hosts. The partition is removed automatically on first boot, after copying all supported config files/scripts. Related CLI flags have been added to our build scripts: "--add-fat-part" for dietpi-imager and "--no-fat-part" for dietpi-build. Many thanks to @dirkhh for implementing this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6602
- Images | All our images are now compressed via xz instead of 7z. These are a little easier to handle, especially on Linux hosts, and many flashing utilities allow to flash zx-compressed images directly to disk, without the need to manually decompress them first. As xz compresses files and no directories, the dedicated README.md and hash text files are not included anymore. The hashes for integrity checks within an archive have no real purpose, as the compression algorithms imply hashes internally (CRC64 in case of xz), which are checked and integrity of the content assured as part of the decompression.
- Images | SHA256 hashes and GPG signatures are now provided for all our images, linked from our download page or found here: https://dietpi.com/downloads/images/. Our public GPG keyring can be found at https://github.com/MichaIng.gpg.
- Images | Most of our images, those with do not ship with a very old Linux version, have no entropy daemon pre-installed anymore. Either rngd or haveged were required previously to assure that the system entropy pool remained sufficiently filled, otherwise boot, service starts, cryptography tasks or anything using random character from /dev/random could have hung. Recent Linux versions however fill the entropy pool from hardware random generators sufficiently by themselves, and have a HAVEGE-like fallback as well if no hardware random generator is available.
- DietPi-CloudShell | The date/time output format at the top of every 3rd scene is now localised.
- DietPi-Software | Docker: Enabled for Trixie and RISC-V via "docker.io" package from Debian repository.
- DietPi-Software | Portainer: Enabled for RISC-V as Docker is now supported on RISC-V as well.
Bug fixes:
- NanoPi R4S | Resolved a v8.21 regression where the Ethernet LEDs did not react correctly after the kernel upgrade. Many thanks to @idaanx for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6342#issuecomment-1697669420
- Orange Pi 5 | Resolved a v8.21 regression where the update may have lead to an unbootable system or caused other issues like missing HDMI output, because of a falsely set device tree file name.
- Odroid C1 | Resolved an issue where the latest kernel upgrade broke boot of the Odroid C1. We do now pin, in case downgrade, and set on hold "current" and "edge" kernel packages of Armbian to v23.02.2 (Linux 5.15.93 respectively 6.1.11) with this DietPi update, which are the latest known functional packages for this SBC. Many thanks to @oskar242000 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/odroid-c1-not-booting-after-kernel-upgrade/17818
- Bookworm | Resolved an issue where poweroff/reboot/halt commands did throw errors about missing dbus or logind. DietPi ships without dbus and with logind masked by default, as we do not see their features being used on a typical DietPi system. Instead, dbus is installed and logind unmasked on demand on certain software installs or when chosen via dietpi.txt. However, the newer systemd version since Bookworm attempts dbus > logind communication in any case when calling poweroff/reboot/halt, despite no wall message being sent, e.g. to handle shutdown inhibitors (like open SSH session being able to prevent shutdown), and throws errors if either dbus is not reachable or logind not running. Until in case dbus or logind are further tied into common system commands or features, we solved the issue by creating shell functions for poweroff/reboot/halt which call the respective systemd target directly to bypass logind (and hence dbus), but fall back to the original commands, depending on given command-line parameters.
- dietpi-bookworm-upgrade | Resolved an issue on systems with Armbian repository, where the system was still identified as Bullseye after the distribution upgrade to Bookworm. Reason was Armbian's base-files package, which was not upgraded as intended. On all DietPi systems, the original base-files package from Debian will now be enforced to prevent this and similar issues. Many thanks to @rogerthn2019 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6227#issuecomment-1713688577
- DietPi-Config | The menu option to update the SPI bootloader is now shown on Orange Pi 5 Plus as well, as intended. Many thanks for @zappydood for reporting its absence: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6501#issuecomment-1697175109
- DietPi-Software | Ampache: Resolved an issue where the latest version was not successfully detected on install, so that an older fallback version was installed instead. Many thanks to @bartolus39 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6598
- DietPi-Software | Bazarr: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on ARMv6 and ARMv7 Bullseye and Bookworm systems, since some pre-compiled Python modules are currently not available on piwheels, due to the currently running prioritised builds of all modules for Bookworm.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6626
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v8.21
(2023-08-26)
New images:
- Orange Pi 5 Plus | Support for the Orange Pi 5 Plus SBC has been added to DietPi with hardware ID 82. Images will be provided on our download page: https://dietpi.com/#download
Enhancements:
- Orange Pi 5/ROCK 5B | An update of the kernel to Linux 5.10.160 will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update.
- Orange Pi 5 | An update of the U-Boot package will be applied. When flashing it to SPI via dietpi-config > Advanced Options > Update SPI bootloader, it enables booting DietPi via NVMe and USB.
- RK33xx SBCs | All SBCs with RK33xx SoC and Armbian's "linux-image-current-rockchip64" kernel package will receive a major kernel upgrade to Linux 6.1.46, including lots of fixes and enhancements that have been applied upstream and by Armbian in the meantime. Since Armbian's APT repository has not seen any update since February 2023, we started compiling and hosting own builds. An own APT repository is being worked on to better distribute our own package builds.
- DietPi-Config | WiFi Hotspot: When applying settings, manually changed IP addresses in /etc/network/interfaces will now be preserved. Additionally, it is now assured that changing interface names, e.g. due to an additionally attached WiFi adapter, are now aligned across /etc/network/interfaces, hostapd and DHCP server configs.
- DietPi-Config | WiFi Hotspot: Toggles for enabling 802.11ac/WiFi 5, 802.11ax/WiFi 6 (Bookworm only) and 5 GHz WiFi respectively have been added to the menu.
- DietPi-Software | WiFi Hotspot: We added new dietpi.txt settings "SOFTWARE_WIFI_HOTSPOT_WIFI4", "SOFTWARE_WIFI_HOTSPOT_WIFI5", "SOFTWARE_WIFI_HOTSPOT_WIFI6" and "SOFTWARE_WIFI_HOTSPOT_5G" to have 802.11n/WiFi 4, 802.11ac/WiFi 5, 802.11ax/WiFi 6 (Bookworm only) and 5 GHz support respectively enabled on install.
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-Globals | G_GET_NET: Resolved an issue where the default route was not detected correctly if learned via OSPF or other routing protocols which change the output field numbers of the "ip route" command. Many thanks to @owendelong for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6561
- DietPi-Installer | Resolved an issue where building images for ARMv7 hardware was not possible on a ARMv8 host. Offered/accepted ARM hardware IDs are now based on the userland/OS architecture of the image instead of the CPU/kernel architecture returned via "uname -m". Many thanks to @dirkhh for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/6541
- DietPi-Set_swapfile | Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where zram swap space was not enabled automatically on boot due to missing syscall permissions, and the swappiness was not changed as intended. Many thanks to @magicfoxt-magicfox for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6511
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Resolved a v8.20 regression where Lighttpd did not start after applying or renewing the certificate due to a syntax error. Many thanks to @JappeHallunken for fixing this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6517
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where /etc/network/interfaces was created with missing key values if lines were previously manually removed. Defaults are now applied in this case. Many thanks to @huettenwirt for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/ifup-error-due-to-faulty-etc-network-interfaces/17605
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where the DHCP server failed to start after applying WiFi hotspot settings.
- DietPi-Software | TasmoAdmin: Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems with Nginx and Lighttpd webserver where login and logout did not work anymore as the rewrite directives pointed to a file which does not exist anymore since TasmoAdmin v3. Many thanks to @TBirth for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/tasmoadmin-not-found-after-visiting-login-page/17632
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6580
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v8.20
(2023-07-29)
New software:
- Homebridge | Bringing HomeKit support where there is none. Many thanks to @Zer0x00 for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6493
Enhancements:
- Quartz64 | Enabled support for the NFS kernel server and updated the kernel to Linux 6.4.7. The update will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update. Many thanks to @sewe75 for reporting this missing feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6502
- NanoPi R5S/R5C/6 series | An update of the kernel to Linux 5.10.160 will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update. Many thanks to @meco for informing us about this opportunity: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/new-kernel-for-nanopi-s-5-10-160/17325
- VisionFive 2 | An update of the kernel to Linux 5.15.123 will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update.
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Updated the Lighttpd SSL config syntax and options according to latest Mozilla SSL config generator recommendation with intermediate client compatibility. Many thanks to @JappeHallunken for implementing this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6481
- DietPi-Software | WiFi Hotspot: The default DHCP server settings have been cleaned up and enhanced, with the default lease time increased from 10 minutes to 12 hours, the max lease time increased from 2 hours to 1 day, and the IP range extended up to 192.168.42.250.
- DietPi-Software | Apache/ownCloud/Pi-hole: The X-XSS-Protection header is now set to "0" in default configs to match recent security recommendations. This change is also applied to all systems on next DietPi update. Many thanks to @Zer0x00 for implementing this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6491
Bug fixes:
- General | Resolved an issue where the automated first run setup could have failed as images were shipped with cron enabled, which could have led to concurrent APT executions. cron is now disabled first and enabled after first run setup has finished. Many thanks to @Timoses for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/during-initial-boot-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-apt-lists-lock/17385
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where FFmpeg and related A/V libraries and development headers could not be installed, since the raised epoch version of those from the Raspberry Pi repository is leading to conflicts with the newer ones from the Debian Bookworm repository.
- Odroid N2 | Resolved an issue where in rare cases the hardware random generator daemon failed because the kernel driver was loaded too late. Many thanks to @Zer0x00 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6483
- DietPi-Logclear | Resolved an issue where clearing files within sticky bit directories failed. Many thanks to @Timoses for fixing this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6507
- DietPi-Dashboard | Resolved an issue where an attacker could have caused a Denial-of-Service via parallel unanswered TLS handshakes (CVE-2023-38505). The update to the dashboard v0.6.2, which solves the issue, will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update: https://github.com/ravenclaw900/DietPi-Dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-3jr4-9rxf-fr44
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Resolved a DietPi v8.19 regression where applying the HTTPS certificate for Lighttpd fails. Many thanks to @midniteca for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6460
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where enabling Bluetooth on SBCs with Armbian firmware failed, because of a conflict between armbian-firmware and bluez-firmware packages. bluez-firmware will not be tried to be installed anymore if armbian-firmware is. Many thanks to @innovodev for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/upgrading-dietpi-from-bullseye-to-bookworm/15963/16
- DietPi-Software | Lighttpd: Resolved a DietPi v8.19 regression where the installation of Pi-hole, ownCloud, Nextcloud, Pydio and MediaWiki failed if Lighttpd was selected as webserver and HTTPS not yet enabled via dietpi-letsencrypt. Many thanks to @bruno-briner for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6455
- DietPi-Software | PaperMC: Resolved an issue where the install failed when selecting the Geyser and Floodgate plugins, as the download URL changed. Many thanks to @NatureHog for reporting and fixing this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6471
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Worked around an issue where since Bookworm the service could have failed to start if DietPi userdata were moved to an external drive. The update, which includes a bump to latest vaultwarden v1.29.1 and web vault v2023.5.0 will be applied automatically as part of the DietPi update. Many thanks to @huidbui25 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/automount-option-in-fstab-prevents-automatically-mounting-a-partition-in-due-time-on-bookworm/17463
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6498
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v8.19
(2023-07-01)
New images:
- NanoPC T6 | Our NanoPi R6S/R6C image runs as well on the new NanoPC T6. After some polishing, we merged the hardware IDs to be identified and named as "NanoPi 6 series".
New software:
- MediaWiki | The collaboration and documentation platform which was developed for and is used by Wikipedia has been added to our software catalogue.
Removed software:
- Spotify Connect Web | Development of this Spotify player stalled already in 2018, the underlying library has been deprecated even before that time. The process fails on Debian Bookworm and we have the functional alternatives Raspotify and Spotifyd: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6418. If you need to uninstall this software title after the DietPi update, have a look here: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6427
- Firefox Sync Server | As much as we like the browser and the idea of self-hosting its data sync, it stopped working already on Debian Bullseye, as it requires Python 2, which is EOL since 2020. Work has started on a new token server (one component of the whole stack) written in Rust, but it has been archived again. A sync storage server written in Rust exists, however, we are not able to compose a whole stack in Rust, respectively one that natively runs on modern OS versions. If someone is able to get a whole Firefox Sync Server up without Python 2, we would love to re-add it to our software catalogue. If you need to uninstall this software title after the DietPi update, have a look here: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6427
Enhancements:
- General | Initial detection and support for Debian 13 Trixie (the new "testing" version) has been added to DietPi. Everyone is invited to upgrade to Trixie to stay on bleeding edge. Just note that due to continued breaking changes coming with package upgrades, some features and software installs may break at any time. We are happy to receive your bug report then, to have necessary changes implemented in DietPi as fast as breaking changes in Trixie happen, until it becomes the new stable Debian release, expected in summer 2025.
- DietPi-Software | microblog.pub: On fresh installs and reinstalls, the pyenv Python version will be raised to 3.11.4, matching the version of the official Docker container.
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: The pyenv Python version has been updated to 3.11.4 to maintain compatibility with Home Assistant and align with Home Assistant OS and containers. Many thanks to @whyisthisbroken and others for informing us about this: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/home-assistant-finally-integrates-python-3-11/17033
- DietPi-Software | ympd: We migrated to own DEB packages based on SuperBFG7's ympd fork and enabled the installation option on Debian Bookworm and RISC-V systems. The update will be automatically applied for existing ympd installs as part of the DietPi update.
Bug fixes:
- Quartz64 | Resolved an issue where some iptables/nftables features did not work as of missing kernel features. Many thanks to @acelinkio for reporting the issue and pointing us at the solution: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6389
- Allwinner H3 SBCs | The analogue 3.5mm audio jack can now be enabled as intended via dietpi-config audio options. As it is done via kernel device tree overlay, a reboot is required when switching to or from analogue audio. Many thanks to @eurya and others for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6093
- DietPi-Software | Bazarr: Resolved an issue on Bookworm ARMv6/7 systems where the install failed because of missing dependencies.
- DietPi-Software | microblog.pub: Resolved an issue where the install failed on x86_64 due to a missing new build dependency.
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Since compiling the ha-av Python module for latest Home Assistant requires more recent FFmpeg libraries than provided on Debian Bullseye, sadly it now requires at least Debian Bookworm to install Home Assistant on ARMv6, ARMv7 and RISC-V hardware. Existing Home Assistant instances will remain functional, but on affected systems one cannot update/reinstall it until upgrading to Debian Bookworm: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/unable-to-install-package-ha-av/466286/39, https://dietpi.com/blog/?p=3128
- DietPi-Software | Java JRE: Worked around an issue on Bullseye systems where the JRE package install fails with an error which is gone when just retrying it.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6445
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v8.18
(2023-06-03)
Enhancements:
- Quartz64 | Enabled (software) RAID and LVM support. Many thanks to @dano6 for implementing this: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6370
- DietPi-Software | youtube-dl: Since the development of the original youtube-dl project stalled for some years, we migrated to the well known actively developed fork "yt-dlp": https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp. If you installed youtube-dl before, you can migrate via reinstall: "dietpi-software reinstall 195". For backwards compatibility, the "youtube-dl" command will stay valid as a symlink to "yt-dlp", but there are some differences you should be aware about when doing the migration on your system: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#differences-in-default-behavior. Many thanks to @rgabbo for suggestion and @pulpe for implementing this change: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/5670, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6380
- DietPi-Software | Pi-hole: With recent release, Pi-hole supports RISC-V and has been hence enabled for this architecture as well in DietPi. Many thanks to the Pi-hole team for making this possible to quickly!
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-DDNS | Resolved an issue where the IP sync failed because the API URL changed recently. Many thanks to @ma651851384 for implementing the update: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6375
- DietPi-Software | Restic: Resolved an issue where Restic was installed without executable flag. Many thanks to @lima1 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6350#issuecomment-1537656560
- DietPi-Software | Domoticz: Resolved an issue where the installation failed when trying to unpack the tarball. Many thanks to @mcnahum for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6369
- DietPi-Software | Domoticz: Resolved an issue where the service start failed because the new version of Domoticz depends on the GnuTLS variant of libcurl instead of the OpenSSL one. Many thanks to @IgrekLg for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6404
- DietPi-Software | motionEye: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on ARMv6, ARMv7 and RISC-V Bookworm systems due to missing build dependencies. Many thanks to @magicfoxt-magicfox for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6333
- DietPi-Software | LXQt: Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where the install failed since configs were missing.
- DietPi-Software | TigerVNC: Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where the VNC password was not set as expected since the tigervncpasswd command became a dedicated DEB package "tigervnc-tools".
- DietPi-Software | Deluge: Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where the install failed when trying to alter the service user.
- DietPi-Software | Mosquitto: Resolved an issue on Bookworm systems where the install failed. The official APT repository does not provide a Bookworm suite yet, and the Bullseye packages have Bullseye-only dependencies. On Bookworm the Debian repo packages will be installed instead now.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6406
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v8.17
(2023-05-06)
New software:
- openHAB | This long requested vendor and technology agnostic FLOSS home automation software has been finally added to DietPi. Many thanks to @just-jason and many others for requesting it and @MDAR for providing install instructions and valuable information: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/3857
- Moonlight (CLI) | This CLI game streaming client for Sunshine and NVIDIA GameStream has been added to our software catalogue. Many thanks to @mtekman for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6303
- Moonlight (GUI) | This GUI game streaming client for Sunshine and NVIDIA GameStream has been added to our software catalogue. Many thanks to @mtekman for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6339
- Restic | This fast, efficient and secure command-line backup program has been added to our software catalogue. Compared to the package available via APT, it is always the latest version. Many thanks to @goldfix for implementing it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6350
Enhancements:
- NanoPi R series | Updated udev rules for the Ethernet LEDs to not lid the LEDs of disabled Ethernet devices. If an Ethernet device has been detected by the kernel/udev already and an LED is configured to light on link (connected cable), it lights until the interface is set up and no link is detected. So for disabled interfaces, some LEDs remained lit. The udev rules have now been changed to quickly set up and down the interfaces for the LEDs to remain off until an interface has been successfully configured.
- NanoPi R6S | Since our image runs fine on NanoPi R6C as well, the device name in DietPi is now shown as "NanoPi R6S/R6C" to indicate this fact.
- ROCK Pi 4 | We followed Radxa and renamed the device to "ROCK 4", i.e. removed the "Pi" from its name.
- DietPi-Banner | Added a new option to show the Let's Encrypt certificate status (expiry date), when installed via dietpi-letsencrypt or Certbot. Many thanks to @gary2002 for implementing this option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6314
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | HTTP/2 is now enabled OOTB on Nginx when enabling HTTPS via dietpi-letsencrypt. Many thanks to @Isti6github for bringing up this topic: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nextcloud-memories-http-2-or-http-3-is-strongly-recommended-http-1-1-detected-nginx/16753
- DietPi-Software | MinIO: On fresh installs, the S3 API port will be 9004 from now on, to resolve a port conflict with Logitech Media Server. Furthermore the web access port (aka console port) will be set to 9001, as otherwise it will be randomly applied from a high port range, making reverse proxy and container setups impossible. Many thanks to @din14970 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/configuring-https-for-minio-through-nginx/16775
- DietPi-Software | Snapcast: The server and client install options have been enabled on ARMv8 and RISC-V, using the older but functional packages from the Debian repository.
Bug fixes:
- General | Resolved an issue where our recent images had the cron service masked accidentally after first run setup. Many thanks to @Johannes for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cron-service-is-masked/16544
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue where enabling the 3.5mm analogue onboard audio jack did not work if a HDMI device was attached, since due to a change with Linux 6.1 HDMI audio was not disabled correctly. Many thanks to @Gale for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/no-audio-from-rpi-4b-headphone-jack/16538
- Quartz64 | Resolved an issue where the kernel failed to load the WiFi regulatory database since the cfg80211 module was builtin and hence loaded before the rootfs was mounted.
- DietPi-Globals | Resolved a DietPi v8.16 regression where wrong CPU temperatures were shown on some devices. Many thanks to @duledxb for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6315
- DietPi-Config | Audio: 'firmware-sof-signed' required for functionality on some Intel devices, is now installed when selecting 'intel-sst-dsp': https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6281#issuecomment-1500990841
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where it was possible to install software titles via AUTO_SETUP_INSTALL_SOFTWARE_ID dietpi.txt entries on unsupported platforms.
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue where to installation on 32-bit ARM systems failed since Python cryptography source builds do now require pky-config. Many thanks to @retrofame for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unable-to-upgrade-home-assistant-to-2021-10-x/5823/7
- DietPi-Software | HTPC Manager/Synapse: Resolved an issue where to installation on 32-bit ARM Bookworm systems failed since Python cryptography source builds do now require pky-config.
- DietPi-Software | microblog.pub: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on 32-bit ARM devices since a Rust compiler is required for the cryptography Python module build. Many thanks to @kinoushe for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6304
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant/HTPC Manager/microblog-pub/Synapse: Resolved an issue where the install on RPi 4 with 32-bit image failed since rustup/cargo tried to compile for 64-bit. The issue occurred since the 64-bit kernel is used on RPi 4 by default since Linux 6.1, even if the OS/userland is 32-bit. Many thanks to @josh3003 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6306
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on 32-bit ARM systems due to newly required C++ compiler and FFmpeg libraries for compiling all required Python modules.
- DietPi-Software | Google AIY: Resolved an issue where the install failed on ARMv7 systems due to conflicting Python module dependencies.
- DietPi-Software | UrBackup: Resolved an issue where the installation failed since the use "latest" directory has been removed the download server. Many thanks to @mikeruss1 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/404-on-trying-to-install-urbackup/16744
- DietPi-Software | SABnzbd: Resolved an issue where the service start failed on Buster systems since SABnzbd v4 does not support Python 3.7 anymore. The latest SABnzbd v3 is now installed instead on Buster systems. Many thanks to @githubchonger for reporting this issue: https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/issues/2545
- DietPi-Software | SABnzbd: Resolved an issue where the install failed on RISC-V and ARMv6/7 Bookworm systems due to missing dependencies for Python module builds.
- DietPi-Software | UnRAR: Resolved an issue where the install failed on RISC-V systems, since the non-free "unrar" package is not available for this architecture yet. "unrar-free" is now installed instead.
- DietPi-Software | TasmoAdmin: Resolved an issue with Nginx and Lighttpd webservers where firmware updates failed as direct web access to the firmwares path was denied. Many thanks to @SimonPHP for reporting and fixing this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6328
- DietPi-Software | phpMyAdmin: Resolved an issue where an older version could have been installed since there are still v4 maintenance releases which may be dated after the latest v5 release.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6361
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v8.16
(2023-04-08)
New software:
- microblog.pub | A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog has been added to our software catalogue. Many thanks to @mtekman for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6246
Enhancements:
- General | Reworked GPU driver installations for x86 systems. This provides better control of GPU drivers for DietPi, adding support for Vulkan and resolves issues with Steam Proton. Users will be prompted to select a driver package during DietPi-Update.: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6262
- Network | When checking for one among multiple Ethernet adapters on first boot and generally when all Ethernet interfaces are disabled, all of them are enabled first to allow the detection of a carrier signal, i.e. a connected cable. Previously, eth0 was always chosen in this situation while users may have connected a cable to another adapter. Now one does not need to know or test which adapter is eth0 to have a successful automated first run setup on NanoPi mini routers, VisionFive 2 and similar SBCs with multiple Ethernet adapters.
- Network | The IPv6 connection check is now only done if both, an IPv6 default route as well as a global unicast address (GUA) is assigned. If any of both is missing, the system falls back to using IPv4 automatically, as far as we tested. It hence is not needed to force users disabling IPv6 in this case to assure connectivity to hosts with IPv6 (and IPv4) addresses. Many thanks to @taoteh1221 for reporting a case where our scripts do and fail the IPv6 check while there are no connection issues when ignoring it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6168
- NanoPi R5S/R6S | The kernel will be upgraded during the DietPi update to disable a writable clk DebugFS flag it was previously shipped with. Many thanks to @thinkpanzer for bringing this to our attention: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6136
- Orange Pi 5/ROCK 5B | The hardware random generator daemon rngd is used now in favour of the software random generator haveged. It will be replaced on DietPi update.
- Orange Pi 5 | Added an option to the dietpi-config Advanced Options menu to update the SPI flash bootloader. This may be needed to enable booting directly from NVMe SSDs. Many thanks to @michaelscott for bringing up this topic: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/orange-pi-5-boot-from-nvme/16457
- First run setup | When connected via local console and the keyboard layout has not been changed in dietpi.txt, an additional prompt allows you now to change the keyboard layout before you are offered to change passwords. This is obviously helpful since the password input fields are masked, hence false characters due to false keyboard layout may not be recognised but bite you later when you cannot login into your installed application. Many thanks to @LeFish1 for doing this suggestion: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5925
- DietPi-Services | The service handling for software installed via dietpi-software has received a major rework. Previously, services were "disabled" by default, so that the systemd init system did not start them automatically at boot. Instead, they were enabled at a late boot stage as part of the dietpi-postboot service via dietpi-services. The idea was to assure fast undisturbed early boot process and to have all services started up in a specific order, which guarantees that dependencies are running before dependants. But it had several negative implications: systemd is designed to speed overall services startup via parallelism, while our serial startup broke this benefit. "systemctl status SERVICE" showed services as "disabled", which caused confusion as they were still started at boot. Consequently the only way to prevent them from being started was to mask services or exclude them with our script or its config file, as "systemctl disable SERVICE" had no effect. Also it was not uncommon that APT package upgrades left the service stopped, respecting the "disabled" state. DietPi has now been aligned with how Linux distros with systemd handle services commonly. The most important startup ordering is instead done via systemd unit "After=" ordering directives to have e.g. webservers starting after PHP, and PHP after databases.
- DietPi-RAMlog | For unknown historical reasons, the /var/log tmpfs mount had 1777 mode, i.e. was world-writable with sticky bit. Since this does not match the Debian default for this directory, this mode has been removed from the mount options, so that the default mode 0755 is now used.
- DietPi-Config | Added an option to the dietpi-config Advanced Options menu to flash the current U-Boot bootloader to the MMC device if the linux-u-boot-* package of Armbian is installed (true on most SBCs aside of Raspberry Pi).
- DietPi-Config | Display Brightness: Now supports all valid and available sysfs entries in /sys/class/backlight/*. Multiple entries are also supported, allowing users to change brightness levels for all available backlights on the system. Menu system now uses percent based selection for brightness levels. NB: OLED panels (specifically laptops) require a 5.12 Kernel or higher to be supported with this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6288
Bug fixes:
- General | Added more generic support for obtaining the CPU temperature, covering some thin clients and potentially other systems where no CPU temperature was shown when running the "cpu" command or enabling it for the login banner.
- Network | Resolved an issue where WiFi connection may have failed or provided bad performance if the WiFi access point did not send a country code. If no CRDA is used, the country code is now applied via wpa_supplicant. If the access point sends a country code, it overrides the choice once the connection has been established. Many thanks to all community members who reported the issue, tested and provided a solution: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/wifi-drops-out-after-update-to-8-14-2/16082, https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rpi-wifi-stops-working-after-reboot-but-works-again-after-a-proper-shutdown/16406
- Orange Pi 5/ROCK 5B | Resolved an issue where the wrong serial console device name was expected. The correct /dev/ttyFIQ0 will be enabled on DietPi update and patched for a baudrate of 1,500,000.
- Raspberry Pi | With the recent official Raspberry Pi kernel upgrade, Raspberry Pi 4 systems do now boot with the 64-bit kernel by default, even if the underlying OS/userland is 32-bit. While we doubt in any practical benefits, dietpi-software has been patched to correctly deal with this case, i.e. installing 32-bit packages and binaries instead of relying on the "uname -m" kernel architecture output. Some 3rd party software installers may still fail to deal with this case, but we give it a chance for now and hope that affected installers can be relatively easily made compatible.
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where selecting the Nvidia driver on x86_64 systems did not actually install the needed kernel module if kernel headers were not installed before. Headers matching your kernel package are now installed automatically when selecting this option, to have the driver compiled and installed.
- DietPi-Software | Fail2Ban: Resolved a DietPi v8.11 regression where moving logs to systemd journal on install fails due to a typo.
- DietPi-Software | Portainer: Disabled the install option on ARMv6 RPi models since no Portainer Docker image is available for this architecture anymore. Many thanks to @intiplink for making us aware of this: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/armv6-bookworm-software-test-matrix-question/16380/11
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6282
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v8.15
(2023-03-11)
New images:
- StarFive VisionFive 2 | An experimental image has been added. For details, please read our related blog post: https://dietpi.com/blog/?p=2629
- ROCK 5B | Resolved an issue with kernel upgrades since the boot partition was too small. The image is now shipped without a dedicated boot partition. Many thanks to @isarrider and @skyuplam for reporting this issue and testing the solution: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6206
Removed software:
- Build-Essential | The C/C++ build tools and headers install option has been removed. It was used as generic dependency for other software options, but with the downside that often more packages were installed than required. When compiling is done, specific additional development headers are usually required anyway, so adding the required compiler and in case "make" per software option isn't such a burden. Hence, this has been done gradually and finally finished, making "Build-Essential" obsolete.
Enhancements:
- Quartz64 | Major kernel update to latest v6.1.16, stable U-Boot v2022.04 and enabled a lot of kernel features for various container engines and firewall/filter tasks: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6151. The kernel upgrade will be applied on DietPi update.
- Odroid C4/HC4 | Added support for HDMI audio to dietpi-config. The manual setup via a(lsa)mixer was very complicated. Many thanks to @MDAR for testing the solution: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6178
- VisionFive 2 | Updated Linux to v5.15.98.
- DietPi-Installer | Resolved an issue where conflicting network configurations were left in place, e.g. from cloud-init when running the script on a VPS Debian image. Many thanks to @mews-se for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6067
- DietPi-CPU_info | The script and "cpu" command do not require root privileges anymore. Many thanks to @hansratzinger for bringing this to our attention: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6196. The option to write available scaling frequencies to a file via command argument "2" has been removed as well. This was not documented anywhere and has no use for end users. Internally it was used by dietpi-config, where the code has now been moved to and overall shortened.
- DietPi-Config | VisionFive 2: Added an entry to "Advanced Options" to update the SPI flash bootloader.
- DietPi-Software | XRDP: TLS via snakeoil certificate is now enabled OOTB. This leads to a warning shown on Windows RDP clients until either a proper certificate signed by a trusted CA is used (e.g. by Let's Encrypt), or it is muted for the particular server via checkbox at the client. Many thanks to @amibumping for providing the needed step: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5976
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Our Home Assistant integration used two Python environments: A pyenv is used to install the "homeassistant" core module and its direct dependencies. Home Assistant itself installs its frontend with dependencies on startup, as well as dependencies for integrations on demand, internally into another Python environment. On Home Assistant reinstalls, pyenv is removed but the internal dependencies were left untouched. This caused issues when those dependency builds were incompatible with the new pyenv Python version, or conflicting with other pyenv module upgrades. Both environments are now merged and reset on every reinstall, which solves potential conflicts but means that the first Home Assistant startup after a reinstall takes longer. Many thanks to @maury77 for reporting a related issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6117
- DietPi-Software | WiFi Hotspot: hostapd and the DHCP server are not stopped and restarted on DietPi updates, software installs and backups anymore, since the hotspot might be used by the client which does this task and then cuts its own connection. Many thanks to @symbios24 for making us aware of this: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6166
- DietPi-Software | Box64: Added RISC-V support, as well as optimised builds for Raspberry Pi 3 and RK3588 boards, available since v0.2.2: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/releases/tag/v0.2.2
Bug fixes:
- Quartz64 | Resolved an issue where the system boots read-only on very first boot. Many thanks to @belveder79 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6149
- DietPi-Sync | Resolved an issue where the prompt after the dry run was shown even in non-interactive mode (input argument "1"), and when selecting "Cancel" or ESC, the real sync ran regardless. Many thanks to @Ruud for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/howto-call-dietpi-sync-1-without-user-interaction/15964
- DietPi-Config | Resolved a v8.14 regression where an invalid post-down interface entry was created when using WiFi Hotspot. Many thanks to @as-shura for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6224
- DietPi-Software | Docker Compose: Resolved an issue where installing and uninstalling Docker Compose could have failed if pip was installed without the distutils module. Many thanks to @bccarbone for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6153
- DietPi-Software | Pi-hole: Resolved an issue where Nginx, if chosen as webserver, failed to start due to an invalid variable. Many thanks to @Trimble-tech for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pi-hole-install-crashes-nginx/15960
- DietPi-Software | Python 3: Resolved an issue on Bookworm where installs of and via pip failed because the Debian Python 3.11 packages added a flag to prevent system-wide module installs without an override flag.
- DietPi-Software | Synapse: Resolved an issue where the install failed on Debian Bookworm.
- DietPi-Software | Koel: Resolved an issue where the install failed on Buster systems, since Koel 5.1.14 requires at least PHP 7.4. Koel 5.0.2 will now be installed on Buster, being the latest functional one supporting PHP 7.3. Many thanks to @bartolus39 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6226
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6231
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v8.14
(2023-02-11)
New images:
- Orange Pi 5 | Support for Orange Pi 5 SBC has been added to DietPi with hardware ID 80.
- Odroid N2/HC4 | New images have been generated with support for the default Hardkernel SPI bootloader petitboot. Thanks to this, boot from USB devices is now possible, and on Odroid HC4 it is not necessary anymore to erase the SPI flash or flash mainline U-Boot to it. Many thanks to @hstarcm and @Power-onoff for bringing up this topic and help testing adjustments to the boot script: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5634
- ROCK 5B | New images with ext4 boot filesystem have been generated, to solve possible issues and limitations of the previously used FAT filesystem. Many thanks to @isarrider for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6122
New architecture:
- Initial experimental support for RISC-V and the StarFive VisionFive 2 SBC has been added. This is all in playground stage currently, but if anyone wants to join the party, contact us.
Enhancements:
- WiFi | Since Linux 4.15, the kernel can read the WiFi country code from connected access points, and searches the regulatory database for related allowed frequencies automatically. The Central Regulatory Domain Agent (CRDA) has hence become obsolete and isn't even functional if the kernel feature is used. Linux needs to have the regulatory database in specific format stored below /lib/firmware for this, which is the case since Debian Bullseye. Additionally, if no Debian kernel is used (all SBCs), one needs to change the used regulatory database from a Debian-only one to the upstream one. New DietPi image ship now with this setup without CRDA, it is applied on next DietPi update on Bullseye and Bookworm systems, and it is offered to purge the obsolete CRDA package. This also fixes the issue on Bookworm SBC systems, where the limited global (00) country code was used, since CRDA is not available on Bookworm, but the Debian-only regulatory database used by default.
- NanoPi R2S/NEO3 | Video related kernel modules are now blacklisted on these headless SBCs, saving some bits of RAM and load at boot.
- DietPi-Globals | G_CHECK_NET: When hitting "Retry" from the error handler, the IPv6 connection check is now skipped as well when IPv6 is disabled via dietpi-config network settings or manually. The same is true for changes to the CONFIG_CHECK_CONNECTION/DOMAIN dietpi.txt settings, which can now also be changed right from the error handler. Many thanks to @derSebastian for reporting a related issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5667
- DietPi-Config | It is now possible to change the dietpi.txt network connection test settings CONFIG_CHECK_CONNECTION_IP, CONFIG_CHECK_CONNECTION_IPV6 and CONFIG_CHECK_DNS_DOMAIN via dietpi-config Network Options: Misc menu. Those are used when checking Internet access via IPv4 and IPv6 and DNS resolver functionality.
- DietPi-Config | The user experience of the network adapter options has been improved:
- When changing the WiFi country code, the network is not restarted anymore and the check whether the country code has been successfully applied, has been dropped. When the kernel applies allowed frequencies directly (see above WiFi changelog entry), the country code cannot be changed anyway, and there are other cases where this fails. It is not worth the hassle of a full network restart only to check whether the country code is valid.
- If WiFi settings are applied while no SSID has been configured yet, the interface is not tried to be brought up so that one does not need to wait for the DHCP timeout to continue.
- The dialogue which offers to purge WiFi packages is now only shown if any of those packages is actually installed.
- System services are not stopped and restarted anymore when applying network changes, but only hostapd and the DHCP server, if installed.
- Most WiFi handling is now done with the modern "iw" utility instead of the legacy wireless-tools set.
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | HTTP/2 is now enabled automatically when applying HTTPS on Apache. Nginx and Lighttpd have this enabled OOTB already.
- DietPi-Software | Gogs: Our ARMv6 build for Raspberry Pi 1 and Zero (1) models has been updated to latest version 0.12.10. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 49
- DietPi-Software | Docker Compose: Migrated to the plugin variant, installed from the Docker APT repository. On existing installs, the migration can be done via "dietpi-software reinstall 134". To call it, use "docker compose" (without dash) from now on. Many thanks to @isarrider for making us aware of this: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6135
Bug fixes:
- ROCK Pi S | Resolved an issue where the common serial console on UART0 did not show any output and login prompt. Many thanks to @Marsu31 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5972
- ROCK Pi 4 | Resolved an issue where onboard WiFi on ROCK Pi 4C Plus did not work, and potentially other variants than ROCK Pi 4B. Many thanks to @Marco for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/rock4c-no-wifi-hardware-found/15654
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Resolved an issue where KVM VirtIO virtual disk volumes were not handled correctly. Many thanks to @bennettp123 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6128
- DietPi-Software | Docker: Resolved a v8.13 regression where Docker dependants (Portainer, Roon Extension Manager) failed to install as the Docker socket was not activated. Many thanks to @omavoss for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6065
- DietPi-Software | ownCloud/Nextcloud: Resolved an issue where a global software password with dashes lead to a failing install. Many thanks to @maxmoonshark for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4199
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: Resolved an issue where intended initial configs were not applied correctly and web UI changes did not survive a service restart.
- DietPi-Software | X.Org X Server: Resolved an issue where the install failed on ARM VMs with KMS support, where the xserver-xorg-video-vmware package was tried to be installed. Many thanks to @mews-se for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6085
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Resolved an issue where using keyboard LEDs as power/activity indicators did not work, and stopping the service could hang. You can apply the fix by reinstalling Amiberry via "dietpi-software reinstall 108". Many thanks to @DJP75 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5536
- DietPi-Software | Synapse: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on 32-bit ARM systems. Many thanks to @Dark77 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/matrix-synapse-fails-to-install/15831
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6139
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v8.13
(2023-01-14)
New images:
- NanoPi R5S/R5C | Our NanoPi R5S image has been verified to work fine on NanoPi R5C as well, and the hardware model has been hence internally renamed to indicate this.
Enhancements:
- General | Reduced log level for kernel logs to console to omit warnings. This matches to what the "quiet" kernel command-line parameter results in and helps to prevent messy display with DietPi-CloudShell, Pi-hole PADD and similar. Many thanks to @Falconcrest for reporting a related issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/pi-hole-padd-problem-under-dietpi-v8-12-1/15299
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: On fresh installs, plain HTTP is now disabled completely but myMPD is accessible via HTTPS on port 1333 only. The myMPD CA for the default self-signed certificate is added to the systems trusted store to allow MPD fetching web radio playlists from myMPD.
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Updated to latest version 1.27.0 with web vault v2023.1.0. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 183
- DietPi-Software | NoMachine: Updated to latest version 8.2.3. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 30
- DietPi-Software | Transmission: The "cache-size-mb" setting is not set to anymore on fresh installs. It was set to 10% of RAM size, which is often too much for a pure download cache. It now defaults to 4 MiB instead. If you experience inconsistent download speeds on an existing install, you may edit or remove the setting in "/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json". Many thanks to @bbsixzz for bringing up this topic: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5069
- DietPi-Software | UrBackup: The backup path can now be pre-configured with a new SOFTWARE_URBACKUP_BACKUPPATH setting in dietpi.txt.
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Updated to version 5.5.1, including LibSDL2 v2.26.2. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 108
Bug fixes:
- NanoPi M2/T2/Fire2 | Updated our image with a device tree for the actual NanoPi M2 and a fixed device tree to allow boot on NanoPi 2 Fire. Many thanks to @NewbieOrange for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5555
- PINE H64 | Resolved an issue where our recent PINE H64 images did not contain a kernel. Many thanks to @DremOSDeveloperTeam for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6031
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Resolved an error with Nginx when multiple "server_name" directives were present in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default due to e.g. a repeating dietpi-letsencrypt/Certbot execution or manually added vhosts. Many thanks to @hemertje for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/nextcloud-problems-questions/15415/13
- DietPi-Software | Readarr: Resolved an issue where the installation failed because of a wrong download URL. Many thanks to @lambolighting for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5992
- DietPi-Software | Docker: Resolved an issue where the install failed if the kernel did not support nftables. Since iptables is installed as dependency along with the Docker package, it cannot be configured first to use the legacy API where needed. The Docker service is now masked before the package is installed, to prevent it from starting during the package install, before we can configure iptables. Many thanks to @tggjifdhn for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6013
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: Resolved an issue where APT updates failed since the myMPD APT repository key expired on 2023-01-01. Many thanks to @cpsjones for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6044
- DietPi-Software | Homer: Resolved an issue where reinstalls failed. Many thanks to @JappeHallunken for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/6060
- DietPi-Software | Grafana: Resolved an issue where APT updates failed if Grafana was installed, since the repo key was rotated on January 12: https://grafana.com/blog/2023/01/12/grafana-labs-update-regarding-circleci-security-updates/
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/6053
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v8.12
(2022-12-17)
New images:
- ROCK 5B | Support for Radxa's new flagship SBC has been added to DietPi with hardware ID 78. Many thanks to @docgalaxyblock for doing this request: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/discussions/5247
- NanoPi R6S | Support for FriendlyELEC's new flagship router SBC has been added to DietPi with hardware ID 79. Many thanks to FriendlyELEC for sending us free developer samples.
Enhancements:
- General | Informational kernel logs to console are now omitted, to avoid overlaps with login banner and informational logs, like regular network state changes caused by Docker. Many thanks to @TRENT7 and @vontainment for reporting related inconveniences: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/unfinished-services-during-boot-at-login-prompt/15145, https://dietpi.com/forum/t/network-state-filling-up-terminal/14401
- Radxa Zero | USB OTG is now enabled by default, so that the Zero can be attached via USB2/PWR port in gadget mode as peripheral to a host PC. Many thanks to @kazuoteramoto for suggesting this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5931
- DietPi-Backup | The free space check before the backup runs can now be disabled. Many thanks to @kriznik for doing this suggestion: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-backup-remove-dry-run-pls/13279
- DietPi-Backup | On NFS target drives, a fixed block size of 4096 bytes is now assumed. "stat -fc '%s' /dir" reports a very large network/protocol transfer-related size
- DietPi-Software | Java 17 is now installed on ARMv7/8 Raspberry Pi hardware with ARMv6 (Raspbian) image. The binary packages are now provided by Raspbian, as well as via Raspberry Pi repository.
- DietPi-Software | Koel: Updated dependencies, especially removed redundant PHP Composer call and dependency.
- DietPi-Software | Grafana: For ARMv6 RPi models, RPi 1 and Zero (1), bumped version to latest stable v9.3.0, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 77
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: On fresh installs, SSL is now enabled by default on the same port 1333 which was previously used for plain HTTP. For plain HTTP, now port 1332 is used, which redirects to HTTPS automatically, but currently cannot be disabled completely.
- DietPi-Software | RPi Cam Web Interface: Renamed to correct project name and removed obsolete motion dependency.
- DietPi-Software | Node-RED: The service user is now added to the "dialout" group by default, to allow using serial console nodes. Many tanks to @devifast for doing this suggestion: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/cannot-connect-serial-port-uart-to-node-red-raspberry-pi/15215
- DietPi-Software | Shairport Sync: Updated to latest version 4.1.1. The update be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 37
Bug fixes:
- ROCK Pi 4 | Resolved an issue where since latest kernel upgrade 3.5mm audio did not work. Many thanks to @jalsco for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5941
- Odroid C2 | Resolved an issue where USB devices were not detected. Many thanks to @esage85 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5963
- DietPi-Software | WireGuard: It was incorrectly still offered for legacy Odroid systems with vendor kernel, while recent WireGuard does not support those old kernel versions anymore. We hence did now disable the WireGuard install options for those. Many thanks to @brtravel for reporting the failed install: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/wireguard-install-failed-now-cant-do-anything-else-with-dietpi-software/15173
- DietPi-Software | PaperMC: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on Raspberry Pi ARMv6 images (with ARMv7/8 hardware), since latest PaperMC cannot run on Java 11. Since Java 17 binary packages are finally available via Raspbian and Raspberry Pi repositories, those can be installed now, allowing PaperMC to run. Many thanks to @blueyshark for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5668
- DietPi-Software | Grafana: Resolved an issue where the uninstall failed when trying to remove the "grafana" user. Many thanks to @enviousjag for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5935
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: Resolved an issue where the installation as well as the service start after latest myMPD release failed. Many thanks to @jalsco and @sofad for reporting these issues: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5936, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5919
- DietPi-Software | PiVPN: Resolved an issue where the unintended reboot from within the dedicated installer was offered again, and that dhcpcd was unintentionally installed. Many thanks to @dg3 and @jetlagalex for reporting dhcpcd related issues: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/static-ip-changed-but-retains-old-address/15175, https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-config-dns-settings-not-persisting/15204
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5985
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v8.11
(2022-11-19)
New images:
- NanoPi R5S | Our NanoPi R5S images have been updated to ship with WireGuard support and a cleaner rootfs built from scratch.
New software:
- Homer | Added a simple HOMepage for your servER to keep your services on hand, with software ID 5. Many thanks to @t3dium for implementing this software title: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5833
Enhancements:
- Quartz64 | The firmware package has been updated to ship with Linux v6.1.0-rc1 and firmware for onboard WiFi, respectively the PINE64 WiFi module. Furthermore, we moved to mainline U-Boot, which solves some boot issues with certain SD card and eMMC models. You will be asked during dietpi-update whether you want to upgrade it on your system.
- NanoPi NEO3 | Switched back to the again available NEO3 device tree, resolving potential hardware feature issues.
- NanoPi R2S/R4S | Enabled the Ethernet status LEDs by default. Many thanks to @TheLinuxGuy for bringing up this topic: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5538
- DietPi-Software | Shairport Sync: Updated to version 4.1 and added the option to install an AirPlay 2 ready build. The update and offer to switch to AirPlay 2 can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 37
- DietPi-Software | NoMachine: Bumped version to latest stable v8.1.2_1, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 30
- DietPi-Software | HAProxy: Bumped version to latest stable v2.6.6, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 98
- DietPi-Software | Grafana: For ARMv6 RPi models, RPi 1 and Zero (1), bumped version to latest stable v9.2.4, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 77
- DietPi-Software | Grafana: Updated the APT list to use the new repository: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/installation/debian/#repository-migration-november-8th-2022
- DietPi-Software | Webservers: The strict dependency on PHP has been removed. It is hence now possible to install any webserver via dietpi-software without having PHP installed forcefully as well. This became required for Homer, which is a purely static webpage.
- DietPi-Software | Nextcloud: Re-enabled the install option for ARMv6/ARMv7 systems. The decision by Nextcloud to drop support for 32-bit systems has been reverted. Many thanks to @PaulPink for bringing up the topic: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5888
- DietPi-Software | Remote.It: Update the product name (Remot3.it -> Remote.It), information and package to the latest and remove the old information "Weaved".
Bug fixes:
- ROCK 3A | Resolved an issue where the image wouldn't boot because of a wrong filesystem UUID.
- Quartz64/ASUS Tinker Board | Resolved an issue where Docker and K3s failed to start on these boards because of missing BPF cgroup support. Many thanks to @am9zZWY and @sandvaer for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5890, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5554
- DietPi-DDNS | Resolved an issue where IPv6 was forced when if was chosen to not force any IP family. Many thanks to @champymarty for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5830
- DietPi-Software | Navidrome: Resolved an issue where on reinstalls the config was was overwritten. Many thanks to @pedrom34 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5840
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue where some modules didn't work on ARMv6 and ARMv7 systems because of missing runtime libraries. Many thanks to @mail2rst and @HyperCriSiS for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/after-the-update-homeassistant-mqtt-broker-integration-broken/14719, https://dietpi.com/forum/t/home-assistant-issues-after-latest-upate/14749
- DietPi-Software | Go: Resolved an issue, introduced with DietPi v8.9, where the Go compiler and development tools were not added to PATH. Many thanks to @envious_jag for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/installation-snowflake/6566/10
- DietPi-Software | RoonBridge/RoonServer: Resolved an issue where the download fails as Roon downloads are now hosted on a different domain. Many thanks to @net-david for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5856
- DietPi-Software | Koel: Resolved an issue where the install failed on Buster and Bullseye systems since Koel v6 requires PHP 8.0 or later.
- DietPi-Software | Deluge: Resolved an issue on Bullseye and Bookworm, where Deluge by default did not listen on any port or torrent connections, since the port range feature seems to be broken. It does now listen on the single port 6882 only by default. Many thanks to @Tarrasque for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/deluge-does-not-download-anything/14376
- DietPi-Software | Xfce: Resolved an issue where the default desktop launchers/icons could not be executed without warning and confirmation due to missing execute bit. Many thanks to @HolgerTB for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | ownCloud/Nextcloud: Resolved an issue where the HSTS header was not set as expected (DietPi v7.8 regression). Many thanks to @caio1007 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/warnings-in-the-configuration-nextcloud/15002/13
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5885
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v8.10
(2022-10-22)
New images:
- ROCK 3A | Added support and images for Radxa ROCK 3A, based on the Rockchip RK3568 SoC, with hardware ID 77.
Enhancements:
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Updated to version 5.4, including LibSDL2 v2.24.1. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 108
- DietPi-Software | Squeezelite: Updated to version 1.9.9-1411, fixed install on Debian Bookworm and added support for the Opus audio codec format. Also the default command-line arguments have been enhanced to not enforce the audio format anymore, and they can now be easily adjusted via /etc/default/squeezelite. The update can be applied via reinstall: "dietpi-software reinstall 36". Many thanks to @scan80269 and @aposcic for doing this suggestions: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4428, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5791
- DietPi-Software | Shairport Sync: Updated to final version 3.3.9 release and added support for the "pipe" and "stdout" audio backends. The update can be applied via reinstall: "dietpi-software reinstall 37". Many thanks to @foxy82 for doing this suggestion: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4470
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Updated to version 1.26.0, including web vault v2022.10.1. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 183
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: The Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) is now installed by default. For existing installs, do a reinstall: "dietpi-software reinstall 157". To activate HACS, follow this guide: https://hacs.xyz/docs/configuration/basic/. Many thanks to @pbanj for pointing us to this option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/4709#issuecomment-1192069367
- DietPi-Software | GMediaRender: Updated to version 0.0.9 and aligned service name with Debian and upstream service and executable name. The update can be applied via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 163
Bug fixes:
- General | Resolved an issue where on some SBCs old initramfs images were not cleaned up.
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue where some I2C and SPI device drivers were not loaded. Many thanks to @f-laurens and others for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5789
- DietPi-CloudShell | Pi-hole: Fixed stats with recent Pi-hole version as the port file is not used anymore. Many thanks to @oradke for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5810
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Resolved an issue where it was not possible to disable the swap file with less than 2 GiB available free space on that drive. The check was meant to prevent the creation of a swap file with limited free space, while disabling/removing a swap file should of course always be possible. Furthermore the 2 GiB free space requirement has been removed completely, which has no point on non-system drives and is too strict even on system drives which, depending on the setup, can run fine with much less free space. Many thanks to @symbios24 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5749#issuecomment-1257169750
- DietPi-Software | FreshRSS: Resolved an issue where the install failed because of changed branches on the GitHub repository. Many thanks to @baptiste313 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5767
- DietPi-Software | Roon Bridge: Resolved an issue where the internal updater failed because of insufficient permissions. Many thanks to @Tristan_Harward for reporting this issue: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-bridge-on-dietpi-impossible-to-update-from-build-164-to-167-resolved-by-dan-knight-dietpi-creator/52303/80
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5814
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v8.9
(2022-09-24)
Enhancements:
- Raspberry Pi | The raspberrypi-sys-mods package has been replaced with an own one, using only the small subset of the contained tweaks, which are useful on DietPi as well. A recent update of the package added a large number of dependencies, required for rpi-imager setup steps on Raspberry Pi OS only: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5734
- NanoPi R5S | The Ethernet LEDs have been enabled. Many thanks to @3735943886 for providing the related sysfs triggers: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5679
- DietPi-Installer | The root user home directory and login shell are now reset to /root and /bin/bash, as expected by the fresh DietPi system. Many thanks to @symbios24 for reporting a case where root logins did fail because zsh was the login shell, but missing on a fresh DietPi system: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5749
- DietPi-Survey/DietPi-BugReport | From Debian Bookworm on, for survey and bug report uploads to DietPi servers, the deprecated RSA host key algorithm has been replaced by the modern Ed25519 algorithm. The known hosts entry has been additionally hardened to allow only connecting to a specific non-default port.
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | mergerfs fstab entries are now preserved. Many thanks to @paradix for suggesting this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5622
- DietPi-Software | Plex Media Server: The "plex" system group is now removed on uninstall. This was not done automatically on package removal, since we change the primary group of the "plex" system user to "dietpi". Many thanks to @mail2rst for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/plex-installation-broken-via-dietpi-software-after-uninstallation-of-docker-docker-compose/14130
- DietPi-Software | Go: GOPATH is not set anymore to /mnt/dietpi_userdata/go on fresh installs and will default to ~/go instead. This especially makes multi-user setups easier where usually every user wants its own Go workspace. Many thanks to @tlgs for bringing this to our attention: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5735
- DietPi-Software | HAProxy: Bumped version to latest stable v2.6.5, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 98
- DietPi-Software | phpBB: Bumped version for new installs to latest stable v3.3.8, update it by following the instructions on the web UI ACP.
- DietPi-Software | NoMachine: Bumped version to latest stable v7.10.1_1, update via reinstall: dietpi-software reinstall 30
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-Imager | Resolved an issue where the script could have failed because of a missing directory. Many thanks to @DrCWO for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5750
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Resolved an issue with the reserved blocks option where the entered value was accidentally applied as number of blocks instead of as MiB, leading to a much smaller reserved space as intended.
- DietPi-Software | ownCloud: Resolved an issue where the install failed because of a changed download URL. Many thanks to @DrMoshSince1988 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5739
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Resolved an issue where mouse movement did not work because of change in the latest libSDL2 version. Many thanks to @lilltonka for reporting this issue and @midwan for the fix in upcoming Amiberry v5.4: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5730, https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/issues/995
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5760
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v8.8
(2022-08-28)
New features:
- DietPi-Imager | It is now possible to skip the 7z archive creation but have the raw image file created only. Many thanks to @DrCWO for requesting this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5687
Enhancements:
- DietPi-Imager | It is now possible to shrink the originating image's/drive's filesystems and partitions only, instead of creating a new image file from it by passing/exporting the variable "SHRINK_ONLY=1".
- DietPi-Imager | The dietpi-fs_partition_resize.service is now enabled automatically on the source image/drive before it is shrunk. This way it is assured that the shrunk original system as well as the newly created image will have their root partition and filesystem expanded automatically on next boot. Many thanks to @DrCWO for suggesting this enhancement: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5672
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-Installer | The common Debian images on Linode VPS can now be converted into DietPi. This was previously failing since these images intentionally do not contain a partition table, so that GRUB cannot be flashed. Many thanks to @mews-se for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5691
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on Buster systems. Many thanks to @anubis-genix for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5681
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Resolved an issue where reinstalls onto existing pre-v1.25 vaultwarden installs lead to missing remote web vault access. Many thanks to @jetspeed for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vaultwarden-update-command-fail-then-vaultwarden-not-start-even-after-reboot/13350/68
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5715
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v8.7
(2022-07-30)
New images:
- NanoPi R5S | Initial support for FriendlyELEC's new router SBC has been added, with three Ethernet ports, up to 2.5 Gbps, based on the new Rockchip RK3568 SoC.
New software:
- Readarr | The ebook manager of the Servarr family has been added as dietpi-software option.
- Navidrome | An open source web-based music collection server and streamer has been added as dietpi-software option.
Enhancements:
- Quartz64 | The firmware package has been updated to ship with Linux v5.19-rc1. You will be asked during dietpi-update whether you want to upgrade it on your system.
- DietPi-Globals | The network connection checks during first boot, dietpi-update and dietpi-software installs have been enhanced: The timeout can be doubled and network settings can be entered right from the error handler menu. A dedicated IPv6 check is done and if it fails, IPv6 can be disabled from the error handler menu. The DNS check does no ping any more, but only tries to resolve the test domain.
- DietPi-Software | Prowlarr: Logging is now done to /var/log/prowlarr as intended. For this change to take effect, existing instances need to be reinstalled once: dietpi-software reinstall 151
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: DEB packages are now hosted on dietpi.com, replacing the time consuming in-place compiling. This also solves issues where builds failed due to insufficient memory.
- DietPi-Software | Pi-hole: The web interface and web server dialogues from the Pi-hole installer are now skipped. Since we force the installation of a web server and PHP, but allow to choose the web server freely, not installing the web interface as well as installing Pi-hole's Lighttpd setup are no reasonable choices.
Bug fixes:
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where "cgroup_enable=memory" was unnecessarily added multiple times on Raspberry Pi when installing or reinstalling container engines. Many thanks to @mdsjip for fixing this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5600
- DietPi-Software | Webmin: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start. Many thanks to @alucard87pl for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5594
- DietPi-Software | Raspotify: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start on ARMv6 RPi models (Raspberry Pi 1 and Zero (1)). It is not supported by latest Raspotify anymore, so we install the latest ARMv6-compatible version instead. Many thanks to @dvelluto for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5602
- DietPi-Software | Rclone: Resolved an issue where on ARMv6 the x86_64 package was attempted to be installed. Many thanks to @eddiermar for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5601
- DietPi-Software | Unbound: Resolved an issue on Debian Bookworm where the service failed to start because of missing root trust anchors. Many thanks to @smittyj for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5612
- DietPi-Software | Tailscale: Resolved an issue where APT updates failed after Tailscale was uninstalled. Many thanks to @SlowRaid for resolving this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5623
- DietPi-Software | Pi-hole: Resolved an issue where the dialog windows looked ugly when executed via SSH and keyboard inputs caused characters to appear on the screen.
- DietPi-Software | Bazarr: Worked around an issue where on ARMv8 systems the service failed to start since for some reason the previously working aarch64 unrar binary (which is actually an ARMv5tel one) does not work on recent arm64 Debian anymore. A fix with a real aarch64 binary has been sent upstream. Many thanks to @dioxide0363 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/bazarr-fails-to-start-on-freshly-installed-dietpi/13658
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5658
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v8.6
(2022-07-02)
New images:
- Quartz64 | Support and images for the PINE64 Quartz64 series have been added to DietPi, modern feature-rich SBCs based on the new Rockchip RK3566 SoC.
New software:
- Prometheus Node Exporter: A Prometheus exporter for hardware and OS metrics, written in Go, has been added to the DietPi software catalogue. Many thanks to @alexiri for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5551
- Tailscale: A new VPN server option has been added to the DietPi software catalogue. Many thanks to @goldfix for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5558
- Rclone: "rsync for cloud storage" has been added to the DietPi software catalogue. Many thanks to @goldfix for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5560
- ZeroTier: The free easy to deploy cloud-hosted VPN service has been added to the DietPi software catalogue. Many thanks to @AAS-Crypt for implementing this software option: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5567
New features:
- DietPi-Software | PiVPN: It is now possible to do an unattended install by placing a config file named "unattended_pivpn.conf" into the boot partition/directory. For example configs, have a look at https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn/tree/master/examples. Many thanks to @bastianpaetzold for implementing this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5546
Enhancements:
- DietPi-Software | HAProxy: It received some updates and enhancements, using v2.6.0 sources now, enabled support for prometheus metrics, updated cipher suites, and the initial password for the admin panel is now the global software password instead of hardcoded "dietpi". All config file changes affect fresh installs only, while reinstalls will never touch the config file, but update the HAProxy binary only: "dietpi-software reinstall 98"
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Our package has been updated to latest v5.3. Run "dietpi-software reinstall 108" to update your instance: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/releases/tag/v5.3
Bug fixes:
- Odroid N2 | Resolved an issue where our image didn't boot from Hardkernel eMMC modules with orange PCB. Many thanks to @greentea1 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/problem-for-my-n2/13426
- DietPi-VPN | Resolved an issue where NordVPN, IPVanish and PIA connections failed if the killswitch was enabled. Many thanks to @jonyskids for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-vpn-blocking-443/13348
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Resolved an issue where Lighttpd needed to be reloaded manually after certificate renewals to serve the new certificate. Many thanks to @Rednox for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/letsencrypt-renew-cron-issue/13471/6
- DietPi-Software | Radarr: Resolved an issue where the installation on ARMv6 Raspberry Pi models (Raspberry Pi 1 and Zero (1)) failed, since Radarr v4 does not support Mono anymore. The latest v3 will be installed now on these models. Many thanks to @eddiermar for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5537
- DietPi-Software | Lidarr: Precautionary, on ARMv6 Raspberry Pi models, the latest v0.8 will be installed from now on, since the upcoming v1 won't support Mono anymore.
- DietPi-Software | Jellyfin: Resolved an issue where the installation failed due to a missing config file. Many thanks to @TomEighty15 for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/jellyfin-installation-error/13402
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Resolved an issue where the installation could have failed due to insufficient system memory.
- DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Resolved an issue where the installation failed on Odroids because of a missing dependency. Many thanks to @Guchshenskaya for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5543
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5591
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v8.5
(2022-05-28)
New software:
- Prowlarr | The indexer manager of the Servarr family has been added as dietpi-software option.
Changes:
- Security | It is now possible to enter the WPA-PSK WiFi key as 64-digit hexadecimal key, as e.g. returned by "wpa_passphrase". It will be converted as needed, stored and applied to wpa_supplicant config automatically in this format. In case of using "dietpi-wifi.txt" on a fresh DietPi installation, please note that this requires an image with DietPi v8.5 pre-installed, i.e. dated after May 28, 2022. Many thanks to @robinemde for doing this suggestion: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5406
- Security | It is now possible to add public SSH keys to dietpi.txt, to be applied at first boot for public key authentication with "dietpi" and "root" users. Additionally, SSH password authentication can be disabled for all users or "root" only. Have a look at "AUTO_SETUP_SSH_PUBKEY" and "SOFTWARE_DISABLE_SSH_PASSWORD_LOGINS" settings in /boot/dietpi.txt.
- DietPi-Software | Dropbear/OpenSSH: Password authentication is now disabled if set via "SOFTWARE_DISABLE_SSH_PASSWORD_LOGINS" setting in /boot/dietpi.txt.
- DietPi-Software | Amiberry: Updated to latest version 5.2 and shipped now as DEB package. Also the included libSDL2 libraries have been updated to latest stable versions. Additionally builds for all SBCs and architectures, including x86_64, have been added, i.e. Amiberry is now available on all platforms.
- DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Build dependencies have been reduced so that only the actually required tools and headers are installed instead of the whole Build-Essential package.
Fixes:
- DietPi-VPN | Resolved an issue where applying a ProtonVPN connection or starting the killswitch could have failed, if the "gettext-base" package was not installed. Many thanks to @Wilford888 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5501
- DietPi-Software | Spotifyd: Resolved an issue where fresh installs failed because of a missing parent directory. Many thanks to @C0ntroller for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5484
- DietPi-Software | WiringPi: Resolved an issue where the install on Odroids failed as of a change in the build scripts of Hardkernel's fork. Many thanks to @MDAR for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5485
- DietPi-Software | Gitea: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start after a reinstall when Gitea was installed before DietPi v7.9. Many thanks to @twikedk for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5516
- DietPi-Software | vaultwarden: Resolved an issue where web access wasn't possible, since it binds to localhost with recent vaultwarden or web vault release. We restore the previous behaviour on fresh installs and reinstalls, but preserve any stricter value that may have been manually applied, like the local IP. Many thanks to @amibumpin for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/vaultwarden-update-to-1-25-web-access/13248
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5522
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v8.4
(2022-04-30)
New images:
- NanoPi M2/T2/Fire2 | We updated our NanoPi 2 series image to be shipped with Linux 4.4, the latest Linux version for the S5P4418 SoC, provided by FriendlyELEC. It is compatible will all FriendlyELEC S5P4418 SBCs: NanoPi 2, NanoPi M2, NanoPC T2, NanoPi Fire2A, NanoPi 2 Fire and NanoPi S2. Sadly systems running the old image cannot be upgraded, since the new U-Boot requires more space and hence a different partitioning. The new image ships with two scripts to flash U-Boot and to change the U-Boot environment/config: One can now edit /boot/u-boot/env.txt and apply the changes by running /boot/u-boot/flash_env.sh. Run fw_printenv to see the current U-Boot environment, also to get an idea of available settings. Kernel, U-Boot, firmware and these scripts are installed as part of a self-hosted "firmware-nanopi2" package. The kernel sources can be found at https://github.com/friendlyarm/linux/tree/nanopi2-v4.4.y, so that headers can be compiled. We will probably provide a kernel headers package as well, if there is a demand, e.g. to enable the DKMS-based WireGuard VPN server software option.
- Odroid XU4 | We updated our Odroid XU4 image to be shipped with Linux 5.4. Sadly systems running the old image cannot be upgraded, since the new U-Boot config requires a single ext4 partition without a dedicated boot partition.
Removed software:
- OpenBazaar | This software option has been removed from DietPi. The original project has been officially abandoned a while ago and a fork we recently switched to sadly doesn't show any activity anymore, leaving broken installs on ARM and no fully compatible clients. Since we really like the approach, as fast as there is a reliable and trustable revival of OpenBazaar, we will re-implement it, but for now it simply isn't functional. If you have OpenBazaar still installed on your DietPi system, see here for ways to uninstall it: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5465
CLI changes:
- DietPi-Set_software | The "apt-cache" command has been renamed to "apt" to better reflect its options, which do not cover the APT cache only, but APT lists and the location of the downloaded package archive as well. For backwards compatibility, "apt-cache" however remains valid for now.
Changes:
- Security | Access permissions for /etc/sudoers.d/dietpi have been hardened to comply with best practice. Many thanks to @fmunteanu for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5441
- DietPi-Config | It is now possible toggle APT list compression. APT package lists are xz-compressed by default on DietPi, which reduces disk writes during APT updates and disk usage of APT lists by about 80%. But it slows down APT installs/upgrades, especially when a large number of packages is installed/upgraded, since parsing compressed lists for e.g. building the dependency tree is done quite inefficiently. The option can be found in "dietpi-config" > "Advanced Options" > "APT".
- DietPi-Software | The webserver, desktop and browser "preference" menus have been removed, in favour of an interactive dialogue once respective dependant software is to be installed. Those menus have always caused confusion, since selecting e.g. a specific desktop didn't cause this desktop to be installed, unless another software was selected which requires a desktop to work. For automated first run installs, the respective dietpi.txt settings are still respected.
- DietPi-Software | Box86: On ASUS Tinker Board, compiling is now done with an optimised build target flag. You can update Box86 by reinstalling it: dietpi-software reinstall 62
- DietPi-Software | Box64: On Odroid N2, compiling is now done with an optimised build target flag. You can update Box64 by reinstalling it: dietpi-software reinstall 197
- DietPi-Software | VirtualHere: On new installs and reinstalls, VirtualHere is now installed to /opt/virtualhere to align with most other software options. Logging is now done to system log, viewable via "journalctl -u virtualhere", instead of using the /var/log/virtualhere.log plain text file. By default, the system hostname is now used as VirtualHere server name, instead of the hardcoded "DietPi". An existing config file is never touched on reinstalls.
- DietPi-Software | rTorrent: The ruTorrent web interface is now reinstalled cleanly, i.e. configs, 3rd party plugins and themes are preserved but all other files are removed before new ruTorrent files are installed. Many thanks to @shanew1694 for reporting a related issue with remaining obsolete files: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5161#issuecomment-1013286248
Fixes:
- Network | Resolved an issue on some Armbian based systems where the network interface naming changed unintentionally after a kernel upgrade.
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue on RPi where disabling and re-enabling Bluetooth failed, since the hciuart.service cannot be restarted until reboot after it was stopped once. In the same turn, this also resolved an issue in DietPi-PREP where the service is still running after package removal, while trying to disabling it fails as of the missing service file. Many thanks to @Mausy5043 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5435
- DietPi-Software | Chromium: Resolved an issue on Raspberry Pi Buster systems where the installation failed because of a syntax error. Many thanks to @bbmak for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | Tor/Unbound: Resolved an issue where IPv6 usage was assumed only based on the dietpi.txt setting instead of on whether IPv6 can really be used for Internet connections. E.g. when a VPN connection is established, usually IPv6 is disabled to prevent IPv6 leaks, without changing the general dietpi.txt setting. Tor and Unbound service starts however fail then, trying to bind to the IPv6 port. If the adapter has an IPv6 address assigned, but no IPv6 default route, binding to the IPv6 port succeeds, but Internet connections via IPv6 are not possible, which isn't better. On the other hand, using IPv4 only while IPv6 is enabled, has no real downsides. Many thanks to @Wgsem for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5412
- DietPi-Software | Python 3: Updated the workaround for ARMv6/7 Buster systems where installing numpy or any module which depends on numpy failed. It was accidentally applied only on Raspberry Pi 2 and earlier, while it should have been applied to all ARMv6/7 Buster systems. Additionally, all numpy >=0.21.5 versions are now blocked, since the recent v0.21.6 fails to compile for the same reason.
- DietPi-Software | Single File PHP Gallery: Resolved the failing installation since a new version is available and the old download link has become invalid. Many thanks to @dodo1967 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5415
- DietPi-Software | WiFi Hotspot: Resolved an issue where the WiFi country code was not applied when the WiFi Hotspot was installed via automated first run setup. Many thanks to @matteocarnelos for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5407
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5460
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v8.3
(2022-04-02)
New images:
- Container | Initial support for container systems has been added to DietPi, using hardware ID 75. For now it is assumed that the container guest does not require an own network stack, but uses the host network interface or one managed by the container engine. This works well with systemd-nspawn which we use for DietPi image generation and for testing DietPi features in CI/CD pipelines. Further support and images for specific container engines, like Docker or LXC with Proxmox and QEMU will follow.
New software:
- PHP Composer | The PHP package manager has been made a dedicated install option.
Changes:
- DietPi-Banner | It is now possible to hide the credits section from the DietPi banner. Run "dietpi-banner" to configure its content. Many thanks to @math-gout for contributing this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5355
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Adding an NFS drive now allows to select a specific export from an NFS server, detected via "showmount -e <IP/hostname>". Entering a custom path is still possible, including the single slash "/" which was always used before. If the NFS server has no root export defined via "fsid=0", this solves the issue that the full root directory structure is mounted and allows to mount multiple shares from the same server. Many thanks to @bamyasi for doing this suggestion.
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | NFS and Samba network drives can now be mounted to any directory on the server, not necessarily below /mnt.
- DietPi-DDNS | It is now possible to select the IP family to associate with your DDNS domain. For new setups, IPv4 is used by default for best compatibility. If you configured your DDNS domain already, no IP family is forced to not change existing behaviour, unless selected explicitly. We recommend to use IPv4 so that your server can be reached with any client from any network, regardless whether client and network support IPv6 or not. Many thanks to @TomBayne for suggesting this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5354
- DietPi-Software | motionEye: We worked together with other contributors to revive motionEye and port it over to Python 3, which also allowed us to re-enable it on Debian Bullseye systems. It requires further careful testing before a stable release can be done, but common functionality works. We enabled it with a "beta" mark in DietPi-Software. Visit the new home of motionEye, and if you want, contribute or help testing: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye
- DietPi-Software | Node-RED: The "nodered" service user is now added to the "spi" system group automatically, relevant on Raspberry Pi to grant it access to SPI-attached sensors and similar. Many thanks to @devifast for reporting a related issue.
- DietPi-Software | TasmoAdmin: Reduced the downloaded data size from ~150 MiB to ~4 MiB by downloading the runtime files of the latest release only instead of the whole GitHub repository archive.
Fixes:
- NanoPi NEO3 | Resolved an issue where the board became unbootable after an "apt upgrade" because the latest version of the Armbian kernel does not ship a NEO3 device tree anymore. On DietPi upgrade, it is switched to the NanoPi R2 rev00 device tree, which works regarding Ethernet, USB and general GPIO interface: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/20133-nanopi-neo3-dtb-gone-since-linux-dtb-current-rockchip64-22021/
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue where enabling and using onboard WiFi during first run installs was failing if a reboot was done after first run update due to a kernel upgrade. Many thanks to @matteocarnelos for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5391
- Network | Resolved an issue where the systemd network targets could have been reached before the network adapter was even detected. Many thanks to @Totila for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-WiFi-Monitor | The first default gateway check is now done after the first tick rate interval instead of immediately after service start. This adds another grace period at boot to reduce the chance that the WiFi monitor reconfigures the interface which is just about to be configured for the first time. This should usually not be required, but may help with cases where the initial DHCP lease or WPA authentication time out or fail.
- DietPi-TimeSync | Resolved an issue where the script threw a syntax error where it shouldn't, which however didn't affect functionality. Many thanks to @adminy for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5347
- DietPi-Login | Resolved an issue where a prompt about an unsupported SSH client terminal was incorrectly shown. Many thanks to @jahway603 and @Dagon for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5341, https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5366
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Worked around an issue on Bullseye with legacy Linux versions, where exFAT filesystems failed to mount since the exFAT driver for FUSE is not invoked automatically if the native kernel driver is missing. A symlink for "mount.exfat => mount.exfat-fuse" is now created in these cases to force this invocation, and it is removed as fast as due to a kernel upgrade, the native exFAT driver becomes available. Many thanks to @RunningUtes for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5166
- DietPi-Software | Kodi: Resolved an issue on Raspberry Pi Bullseye systems where libraries were missing to run Kodi via KMS/DRM. Many thanks to @derebo for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | Mopidy: Resolved an issue where there installation failed. Many thanks to @amibumpin for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | rTorrent: Resolved an issue where the web interface didn't work with Nginx because the PHP handler wasn't set. Many thanks to @vinhtq115 for providing the solution: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5375
- DietPi-Software | Webmin: Worked around an issue where the install failed. Many thanks to @omavoss for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5386
- DietPi-Software | WireGuard: Resolved an issue where the WireGuard module shipped with the kernel was not detected if it is shipped xz-compressed. Many thanks to @Carbonara for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | Chromium: Resolved an issue on Raspberry Pi Bullseye systems where pages did not load but a "Page Unresponsive" error prompt was shown after a while instead, if KMS/DRM was not used. Many thanks to @pastaholic for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5342
- DietPi-Software | Nukkit: Resolved an issue where the service failed to start because of an unintended single quote character in the service file. Many thanks to @richardpdunngb for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5396
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5397
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v8.2
(2022-03-05)
New images:
- UTM | Support for the UTM virtualizer on macOS has been added and an image is provided on our download page. It supports x86_64 natively and M1 systems via emulation, working but with performance downsides. A native aarch64 M1 image will follow soon.
- ESXi | A new VMware ESXi compatible x86_64 OVA appliance is now available for download. An ESXi-Arm variant will follow soon.
- Proxmox | A VM image for the Proxmox VM and container platform is now available for download.
- Odroid C4 | We replaced the legacy kernel image with a new mainline Linux image, built from scratch, using the methods used for the new Odroid N2(+) image.
New software:
- MicroK8s | The simplest production-grade upstream K8s. Lightweight and focused, added to DietPi as software option with ID 142. Many thanks to @silverraindog for the implementation: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5239
Removed software:
- Nvidia | Removed the dedicated proprietary Nvidia display driver install option. It can installed/uninstalled along with AMD and Intel drivers via dietpi-config display options on x86_64 systems, which is now done faster by skipping service restarts and overhead of dietpi-software around the actual package installs/uninstalls.
Changes:
- General | It is now checked in various scripts whether kernel modules for the loaded kernel are available, i.e. the directory /lib/modules/<version> which matches the kernel version reported by "uname -r", so that additional kernel modules can be loaded ondemand. This is not the case after kernel upgrades, when the previous kernel was replaced or autoremoved and a reboot outstanding to load the new kernel. In this transient situation, several system tasks and software installs can fail if they rely on loading additional kernel modules, which includes installs of container and emulation platforms, but also more trivial command calls like "ip".
- DietPi-Banner | If no DietPi or APT package update is available, the banner now informs you about an outstanding reboot to finalise a kernel upgrade.
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Users will now face an additional prompt if a reboot is outstanding to finalise a kernel upgrade, with the offer to perform the reboot now. The drive manager relies on this when mounting new filesystems which require kernel drivers, and to correctly detect whether the "autofs4" module is available or not.
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Reserved blocks on ext4 filesystem are now shown and can be set in MiB rather than in percent. This makes it easier to apply a reasonable value, which usually does not depend on the filesystem size but may be a fixed value to assure that root can perform maintenance or cleanup tasks.
- DietPi-Update | Users will now face an additional prompt after the update if a reboot is outstanding to finalise a kernel upgrade, with the offer to perform the reboot now. The reboot is done automatically on first boot of the DietPi system.
- DietPi-Software | The script cannot be used anymore if a reboot is outstanding to finalise a kernel upgrade. Users will face a prompt which offers to perform the reboot now. The reboot is done automatically on first boot of the DietPi system, when required, while usually this is covered by the proceeding DietPi update already.
- DietPi-Software | Roon Bridge: The service now runs as "roonbridge" service user instead of as "root". The install directory has been moved to /opt/roonbridge, the data directory to /mnt/dietpi_userdata/roonbridge and the log directory to /var/log/roonbridge, for consistency. The DietPi update does not enforce the migration, but a manual reinstall via "dietpi-software reinstall 121" applies it, while preserving all data and configs.
- DietPi-Software | Roon Extension Manager: The service now runs as "roon-extension-manager" service user instead of as "root" and the data directory has been moved to /mnt/dietpi_userdata/roon-extension-manager. The DietPi update does not enforce the migration, but a manual reinstall via "dietpi-software reinstall 86" applies it, while preserving all extensions and configs.
- DietPi-Software | Roon Server: The service now runs as "roonserver" service user instead of as "root" and logs are now done to /var/log/roonserver, i.e. the DietPi-RAMlog by default, aligning with Roon Bridge. The DietPi update does not enforce the migration, but a manual reinstall via "dietpi-software reinstall 154" applies it, while preserving all data and configs. When you do the reinstall, note that Roon remote apps will ask you to login again and unauthorise the connected Roon Server. This is however just a formal step required as of the service user change, while all your settings and libraries appear just the same.
- DietPi-Software | Docker Compose: We migrated from the Python-based v1 to v2, written in Go. Existing installs can be migrated with a manual "dietpi-software reinstall 134". Many thanks to @CommandLineN00b for making us aware of this major Docker Compose upgrade: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5034
- DietPi-Software | Chromium: It is now easier to autostart Chromium as non-root user, making use of systemd-logind and startx. The related change requires a reinstall of Chromium: dietpi-software reinstall 113
- DietPi-Software | Deluge: The web interface will now connect to the local Deluge server automatically. Many thanks to @jonyskids for doing this suggestion and @Jappe for providing the solution.
- DietPi-Software | Allo GUI: The Allo audiophile web interface received a major version update: It does caching and session storage via APCu memory cache, does not make use of the dedicated "allo" user anymore, and has undergone a bunch of updates, fixes, security hardenings and cleanups, including a database created from scratch. The migration will be done automatically with the DietPi update, which also provides further details. The source code is now hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi-AlloGUI
Fixes:
- DietPi-TimeSync | Resolved an issue where the systemd-timesyncd service was not stopped at boot as intended, when the time sync finished before DietPi-TimeSync started: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5256
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where the onboard audio selection for our new Odroid N2 image did not work. Many thanks to @Kreeblah for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5039#issuecomment-1038326411
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where via AUTO_SETUP_INSTALL_SOFTWARE_ID dietpi.txt settings it was possible to install software on first boot which is actually not supported on the platform. Many thanks to @eyduh for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5245
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue on RPi where on repeating container platform installs, multiple "cgroup_enable=memory" entries were added to /boot/cmdline.txt. The duplicates are removed automatically on DietPi update, when present. Many thanks to @isarrider for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5225
- DietPi-Software | Apache: Resolved an issue on fresh installs where the service failed to start due to a config file syntax error. Many thanks to @Camry2731 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5248
- DietPi-Software | Nextcloud: Resolved an issue where the install on an over 2 GiB RAM system failed. Many thanks to @p4cm4n for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5251
- DietPi-Software | Folding@Home: Resolved an issue where reinstalls failed since a removed SysV service is tried to be stopped. Many thanks to @eyduh for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5255
- DietPi-Software | Bazarr: Resolved an issue where the service entered an endless restart loop because of a missing dependency. Many thanks to @alleyu2 for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | Python 3: Worked around an issue on ARMv6/7 Buster systems where installing numpy or any module which depends on numpy failed: https://github.com/piwheels/packages/issues/287
- DietPi-Software | Pydio: Resolved an issue where the data directory was not writeable. Many thanks @holocronology for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5274
- DietPi-Software | Jellyfin: Resolved an issue where during install two settings failed to apply since the config file didn't exist yet. Many thanks to @echtfrank for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5279
- DietPi-Software | Firefox: Resolved a warning on startup about the missing libpci library, used to detect GPU details. Many thanks to @MDAR for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5278#issuecomment-1044381054
- DietPi-Software | X.Org X Server: Resolved an issue on modern Odroid C2 and NanoPi K2 (Amlogic S905 SoC) images where the X server (desktop) failed to start. Many thanks to all users who reported and helped resolving this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5234
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5330
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v8.1
(2022-02-05)
SBC support:
- Odroid N2 | Support for Odroid N2(+) with modern mainline Linux images has been added, including proper boot configuration, serial console selection, HDMI and 3.5mm audio selection and more. Sadly existing images cannot be migrated, a new image is available for testing: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5039
Changes:
- DietPi-Benchmark | During RAM I/O benchmarks, the CPU governor is now changed to "performance" so that the result is not affected by possible CPU frequency scaling but the raw/max RAM I/O performance is measured. A significant effect of this has been recognised on Odroid N2 images with modern mainline kernel. Since the CPU benchmark is done first, this has no effect on its score and CPU temperature results.
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | Btrfs subvolume mounts are now preserved in /etc/fstab. Many thanks to @laddde for implementing this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5176
- DietPi-Drive_Manager | The Samba mount dialogues do now indicate that a hostname can be entered instead of a server IP and a shared folder path instead of a share name only.
- DietPi-Backup | A notification is not printed when rsync dry-run to obtain required disk space is starting, since this can take a while. Many thanks to @whisdol for reporting the the impression of a hanging script: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5209
- DietPi-Software | iptables is now automatically configured to use either modern nf_tables API or legacy API, depending on whether nf_tables is supported by the kernel. This is helpful for Bullseye images with older kernel versions, where iptables is by default configured to use nf_tables, which fails.
- DietPi-Software | iptables rules are now applied for IPv6 as well in all cases (for VPN servers, WiFi and Tor hotspots) via ip6tables. This does not depend on whether IPv6 is actually enabled for interfaces, but enables general IPv6 support for affected software options. Many thanks to @vielka442 for reporting missing IPv6 support for Tor Hotspot: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5038
- DietPi-Software | Jellyfin: For new installs, the default web interface port has been changed from 8096 to 8097 to resolve a port conflict with Emby.
- DietPi-Software | Docker/K3s: The memory cgroup is now enabled as well on RPi and our new Odroid N2 image, when Docker or K3s is installed, to allow container memory usage monitoring. Many thanks to @isarrider for this request: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5225
- DietPi-Software | Raspotify: This software option has been disabled on Debian Buster systems but enabled for ARMv8 and x86_64 systems, to match the current state of the official Raspotify APT repository.
Fixes:
- DietPi-Services | Resolved an issue where service edits and process tool settings were not effective as they were stored to the wrong file path. Many thanks to @TopFord and @MicDG for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-LetsEncrypt | Resolved an issue where Certbot failed on fresh Apache installs since the 000-default.conf vhost by default does not contain any directive anymore. The ServerName directive with the entered domain name is now added to 000-default.conf instead of apache2.conf, with the benefit that it overrides the global ServerName directive in dietpi.conf, which uses the local IP address only.
- DietPi-Software/DietPi-AutoStart | Chromium: Resolved an issue where the Chromium kiosk autostart option failed on all non-RPi systems.
- DietPi-Software | Roon Extension Manager: It has been disabled for ARMv6 RPi systems where it cannot run currently. Many thanks to @JanKoudijs for applying this fix: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5231
- DietPi-Software | FuguHub: Resolved an issue where the uninstall failed as the service was not stopped and removed as expected, before attempting to remove the service user.
- DietPi-Software | PHP: Resolved an issue where the PATH variable was not available for PHP applications with Lighttpd and Nginx webservers. It is now set to the static value "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin", the default PATH excluding super user executables "sbin". Many thanks to @shanew1694 for reporting a related issue with rTorrent: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5161#issuecomment-1013381362
- DietPi-Software | MineOS: Resolved an issue where the install failed on Bullseye: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5181
- DietPi-Software | Cuberite: Resolved an issue where the server failed to start on ARMv8 systems: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5180
- DietPi-Software | MATE: Resolved an issue where the install failed when LXDE is installed already. Many thanks to @n0valis for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5214
- DietPi-Software | Ampache: Resolved an issue on Bullseye systems where Ampache v5 installs/reinstalls did not work because of a changed webroot directory: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5205
- DietPi-Software | OpenBazaar: Since the original project has been taken down, we migrated to a fork which keeps up the marketplace for the community: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5213
- DietPi-Software | X.Org X Server: Resolved an issue where VMs without KMS/DRM support failed to start the X server, e.g. Hyper-V. The classic framebuffer DDX is now installed when no KMS/DRM support is detected on VMs.
- DietPi-Software | Box86/Box64: Resolved an issue where the install failed when a kernel upgrade has just been done so that the "binfmt_misc" kernel module cannot be found for the loaded kernel.
- DietPi-Software | RPi-Monitor: Resolved an issue where the CPU temperature was not shown. Many thanks to @KamikazeePL for reporting this issue.
- DietPi-Software | Home Assistant: Resolved an issue with the latest Home Assistant version where restarting it via web interface made it remaining stopped. The fix is applied to all instances on DietPi update. Many thanks to @jchh for reporting this issue.
As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5229
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v8.0
(2022-01-08)
Stretch support:
- Support for Debian Stretch has now been removed, which allowed us to do a major code cleanup and migrate to some newer methods in different areas which are only available on Buster and above.
Changes:
- Network | For new images, the default DHCP timeout is not reduced to 10 seconds anymore. This could have been too short, in which case network targets of the boot sequence are reached before an IP has been actually assigned. Especially in case of AUTO_SETUP_AUTOMATED=1 this could have lead to connection test timeouts and hence abortion of the automated first run setup. Many thanks to @jpeg2600 for reporting such a case: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5143
- DietPi-Config | When configuring a first WiFi slot via scanning for SSIDs, the WiFi adapter is now not brought up via "ifup" but "ip l dev wlanX up". This way no DHCP and WPA client starts are triggered, which are doomed to fail when the WiFi adapter is not connected to any access point yet. Especially in case of the default 60 seconds DHCP timeout, this would otherwise cause an unnecessary long delay.
- DietPi-Dashboard | Added an option to view multiple dashboard nodes from one frontend web interface. Related to this, the backend can now be installed only, reducing memory usage and making it impossible to manually access the node outside of the backend API.
- DietPi-Print_large | This new script has been added which can be executed or sourced from /boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-print_large to print the string passed via first argument in large figlet style fonts. It currently only supports the characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, dot and dash, i.e. those commonly allowed in hostnames.
- DietPi-Banner | Added an option to print the system's hostname in large figlet style fonts, right below the banner header. In case it is enabled as well, the regular/small hostname line will then be skipped. Many thanks to @matellis for implementing this feature: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/pull/5113
- DietPi-Software | Mono: "mono-complete" won't be installed anymore but only "mono-devel" instead. This skips the XSP4 webserver service, which listens on port 8084 by default where it conflicts with File Browser. This only affects new instals. You can manually apply this change via "apt-mark manual mono-devel && apt --autoremove purge mono-complete". Many thanks to @jaguar489 for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5093
- DietPi-Software | FuguHub: The outdated official installer has been replaced with a fully automated own setup, removing the obsolete or even harmful interactive dialogues. On fresh installs, an admin account "dietpi" with global software password is created as well.
- DietPi-Software | myMPD: Installation is now done via official APT repository, which means quicker install compared to compiling from source, fewer dependencies and easier updates via "apt upgrade": https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5115
- DietPi-Software | Airsonic: Since the project has been archived by its maintainer and suffers from the critical Log4Shell security vulnerability, we moved to the advertised fork "Airsonic-Advanced" which also enables compatibility with Java 17 and hence Debian Bullseye. Airsonic will be reinstalled as part of the DietPi update to apply the migration. All data and settings will be preserved and migrated automatically.
Fixes:
- Raspberry Pi | Resolved an issue where unintentionally the turbo mode was enabled. This got backported to v7.9, to our existing RPi images and via live patch. Many thanks to @ayo-x and @whyisthisbroken for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5088
- DietPi-FS_partition_resize | Resolved an issue where in some cases the boot partition failed to mount on first boot since after the partition resize the system in some cases didn't get sufficient time to fully apply the change before continuing with the boot mount attempt. Many thanks to @Mausy5043 and @sistemicorp for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5006
- DietPi-Config | Resolved an issue where on Raspberry Pi, when the full KMS display driver is used, the sound card selection could have been falsely applied. With full KMS enabled, for each HDMI port an additional HDMI sound card appears (replacing the regular firmware HDMI sound device), even when no HDMI device is attached and with onboard audio disabled. This lead to an incrementation of external sound card indices. The appearance of the KMS HDMI sound cards is now aligned with the onboard firmware HDMI sound cards, i.e. if not onboard "auto" or HDMI is selected in dietpi-config, now the KMS HDMI sound devices are disabled as well, making use of the "noaudio" device tree overlay parameter.
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where on first boot, choice and preference menu selections triggered an error as the install state file did not exist yet. Many thanks to @bsheeres for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5080
- DietPi-Software | Resolved an issue where the deprecated AUTO_SETUP_FILE_SERVER_INDEX dietpi.txt option was applied inverted. "-1" should have installed ProFTPD and "-2" Samba, while it was done the opposite way. However, note that this setting is not present on current images and deprecated. Use AUTO_SETUP_INSTALL_SOFTWARE_ID instead to mark any one or multiple file servers for automatic install. Many thanks to @bsheeres for reporting this issue: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/5081
- DietPi-Software | Browsers: On the ARMv6 Raspberry Pi models Raspberry Pi 1 and Zero (1) since Bullseye, Chromium and Firefox fail to start due to hardware and build limitations which are outside of our control. Since those are currently the only two browser available from dietpi-software, they have been disabled together with the browser preference menu for those systems, until we find and implement a good additional compatible browser. Further info: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/chromium-browser/issues/21