MEGAsync for Linux - Signature Expiry Dust-Up - 30 JUL 2019

[VinDSL]

Here's an interesting one, for Peppermint Mega users...

This blog post is only relevant to Linux users who had MEGAsync installed prior to August 1st.

SOURCE: https://mega.nz/blog_55

I noticed that my Megasync pubkey disappeared today, when I was trying to do an incremental Peppermint 9 update. 

Personally, I prefer to update Megasync via Synaptic, using Mega's repo: https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/

I've been running ver 18.04 for awhile now: https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.04/

Since I had to reinstall the pubkey, anyway, I decided to upgrade => ver 18.10: https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.10/

Here's the code I used in CLI to reinstall the pubkey, so I could do the upgrade:

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╭─vindsl@Boogaloo-6 ~ 
╰─$ wget -q -O - https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_18.10/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -

Once the new pubkey was reinstalled, I updated the source in Synaptic (a pic is worth 1000 words):





I reloaded the package info in Synaptic, did a Smart Upgrade, and bada bing, bada boom 

It wasn't until I was done installing, and testing, the new ver that I ran across Mega's blog post. Reading through it, I guess it would work, but... I'm a lazy, oldskool, Synaptic/mintUpdate kinda guy - you know?

So, if you installed Megasync prior to August 1st, 2019, and your pubkey just disappeared, take your pick...

[PCNetSpec]

Seems a common thing for some devs not to keep their key updated and in sync with their software

Now I've said that, you can bet I'll forget at some point too

[VinDSL]

All is well that ends well

[VinDSL]

I'm having to individually reinstall the pubkey on all of my machines, as I do weekly updates.

Here's the latest - my 32bit P9 powered Dell Dimension 3000 doorstop:





I must say; the Megasync gui is looking much nicer, these days, on all of my Peppermint installs.

I wonder if Graeme got the Mega gui problems ironed out on his machine(s).

[VinDSL]

I got back into town and decided to update my machines, today.

Surprisingly, this 32bit doorstop had updates waiting for both Dropbox and Megasync.

The Dropbox update was unremarkable, but Megasync balked at an unmet depend (libpng12-0).

In order to shoehorn libpng12-0 into Peppermint, follow these links:

64bit deb download

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https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/libpng12-0/download

32bit deb download

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https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/i386/libpng12-0/download

I also purged Linux 4.15.x and installed Linux 5.2.x. It's working great, but that's fodder for another discussion 

Peppermint Rawks

╭─vindsl@Fenris-3 ~ 
╰─$ inxi --version | head -n1 && sudo inxi -CDGMSfmz && inxi -ixxxz
inxi 2.3.56-00 (2018-01-17)
System:    Host: Fenris-3 Kernel: 5.2.0-13-generic i686 bits: 32 Console: tty 0
           Distro: Peppermint Nine
Machine:   Device: desktop System: Dell product: Dimension 3000 serial: <filter>
           Mobo: Dell model: 0N6381 serial: <filter>
           BIOS: Dell v: A03 date: 01/05/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-MT-) cache: 1024 KB
           clock speeds: max: 2992 MHz 1: 2992 MHz 2: 2992 MHz
           CPU Flags: acpi apic bts cid clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx8 de
           ds_cpl dtes64 dts fpu fxsr ht mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr pae pat pbe
           pebs pge pni pse pse36 pti sep ss sse sse2 tm tsc vme xtpr
Memory:    Used/Total: 728.9/1940.3MB
           Array-1 capacity: 4 GB devices: 2 EC: None
           Device-1: DIMM_1 size: 1 GB speed: 400 MT/s type: SDRAM
           Device-2: DIMM_2 size: 1 GB speed: 400 MT/s type: SDRAM
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
           Card-2: NVIDIA G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.6
           drivers: intel,nouveau (unloaded: modesetting)
           Resolution: 1920x1200@59.95hz
           OpenGL: renderer: NV98 version: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.8
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (38.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Patriot_Flare size: 60.0GB
Network:   Card: Intel 82541PI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: df00
           bus-ID: 01:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:107c
           IF: enp1s2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter>
           IF: enp1s2 ip-v4: <filter> ip-v6-link: <filter>
╭─vindsl@Fenris-3 ~ 
╰─$

[close]

[VinDSL]

Man, this thing is flying!

12 sec boot, too 

Not bad for a 15+ year-old, 32bit PCI bus architecture, Dell doorstop, eh what?

[zebedeeboss]

We are all still waiting on an updated "How Fast is Peppermint 10  "

with all your latest "Tips n Tricks" 

Regards Zeb...

[VinDSL]

We are all still waiting on an updated "How Fast is Peppermint 10  "

with all your latest "Tips n Tricks" 

Regards Zeb...

Right 

I'm not sloughing off. It's just 'real life' getting in the way.  I'll just say it like it is....

I'm involved in a lot of time-sensitive legal matters that involve 100's of ppl, millions of dollars, and require perfect timing and many hours of meetings, collaboration, and travel. Believe me when I say, I would love nothing more than to surround myself with the machines I've collected and OS I love, and haxor away 16 hours a day; but that isn't in the cards, at the moment.

This too shall pass. Hang in there bro. That's what I'm doing...   

[VinDSL]

Ahem, that said...

BTW, the 'cowboy' kernel (I mentioned above) is working so well, I decided to install it on my 32bit P10-powered Asus Eee PC this morning. Actually, I went the extra mile and installed the linux-hwe-edge enablement stack; and, it worked a treat. That's what I'm using, as I type.

Do Little Wonders Never Cease?

╭─vindsl@Torb-10 ~
╰─$ hwe-support-status --verbose
Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2023.
╭─vindsl@Torb-10 ~
╰─$ sudo inxi -Fbxxxz -v 7
System:    Host: Torb-10 Kernel: 5.2.0-13-generic i686 bits: 32 gcc: 7.4.0 Console: tty 0 dm: lightdm
           Distro: Peppermint Ten
Machine:   Device: laptop System: ASUSTeK product: 1000HD v: x.x serial: <filter>
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: 1000HD v: x.xx serial: <filter>
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1401 date: 04/14/2009
           Chassis: ASUSTek type: 10 v: x.x serial: <filter>
Battery    BAT0: charge: 19.1 Wh 82.9% condition: 23.0/36.9 Wh (62%) volts: 7.8/8.4
           model: ASUS 1000HD Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging cycles: 0
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) arch: Dothan rev.8 cache: 512 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2) bmips: 1795 speed: 897 MHz (max)
Memory:    Array-1 capacity: 2 GB (check) devices: 1 EC: None max module size: 2 GB
           Device-1: DIMM0 size: 2 GB (Double-bank) speed: 400 MT/s type: DDR2 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits manufacturer: N/A part: N/A serial: N/A
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2592
           Display Server: X.Org 1.20.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x600@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 version: 1.4 Mesa 19.1.4 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:2668
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.2.0-13-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:001c
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet
           driver: ATL1E port: ec00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1026
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           WAN IP: <filter>
           IF: wlp1s0 ip-v4: <filter> ip-v6-link: <filter>
           IF: enp3s0 ip-v4: N/A ip-v6-link: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 314.1GB (2.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: MKNSSDRE250GB size: 250.1GB serial: <filter> temp: 49C
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Flash_Reader size: 64.1GB serial: <filter> temp: 0C
           Optical: No optical drives detected.
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 5.7G (31%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           label: PM10  (Root) uuid: 394bb5a5-134d-4eb4-bbdc-21e27229535d
           ID-2: /home size: 59G used: 419M (1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           label: PM10 (Home) uuid: 4696314e-ebb4-4d12-b87d-3eb024f24626
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7
           label: N/A uuid: ec97629e-47df-4235-830e-e6e07e99f4d8
RAID:      System: supported: linear multipath raid0 raid1 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 83.24G fs: NTFS label: Windows XP uuid: FEDC6E73DC6E265D
           ID-2: /dev/sdb1 size: 64.07G label: N/A uuid: 9C33-6BBD
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 970
Info:      Processes: 148 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 192.1/1933.7MB Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.4.0
           Client: Shell (sudo running in zsh) inxi: 2.3.56
╭─vindsl@Torb-10 ~
╰─$ systemd-analyze time                   

Startup finished in 5.984s (kernel) + 15.620s (userspace) = 21.605s
graphical.target reached after 14.244s in userspace
╭─vindsl@Torb-10 ~
╰─$ systemd-analyze critical-chain | more   

The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @14.244s
└─multi-user.target @14.220s
  └─mintsystem.service @7.112s +7.103s
    └─basic.target @7.063s
      └─paths.target @7.062s
        └─cups.path @7.061s
          └─sysinit.target @7.026s
            └─systemd-backlight@backlight:eeepc.service @14.956s +108ms
              └─system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice @14.933s
                └─system.slice @674ms
                  └─-.slice @661ms
╭─vindsl@Torb-10 ~
╰─$

[close]

Gotta love Peppermint, eh what

[PCNetSpec]

Gotta love Peppermint, eh what

Well YES