firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Michael Myers — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:52:40 GMT

Yup. I'd definitely suggest "-t" as a more standard mnemonic for "test", and "-f" for "force".

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Olivier LAHAYE — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:30:24 GMT

Tested with RHEL3 upgraded to CentOS3.9

It fails with the following error:

~ #/usr/bin/inventory_firmware
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/inventory_firmware", line 27, in ?
    import firmwaretools.clifuncs
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/firmwaretools/clifuncs.py", line 18, in ?
    from trace_decorator import dprint, decorateAllFunctions
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 71, in ?
    trace = decorator(trace)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/firmwaretools/decorator.py", line 119, in decorator
    return update_wrapper(lambda f : _decorator(caller, f), caller)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/firmwaretools/decorator.py", line 61, in update_wrapper
    infodict = getinfo(wrapped)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/firmwaretools/decorator.py", line 47, in getinfo
    module=func.__module__, dict=func.__dict__,
AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute '__module__'

Any idea of missing package or faulty package?

I've installed firmware-tools-1.5.6-1.el3

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Olivier LAHAYE — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:46:54 GMT

Wonderfull news. Would be so cool to have it on live distros (Mandriva Live and such.....) I didn't try yet, but is there a way to do: "upgrade all components that are upgradable on this system" a) using GUI b) without using GUI Aside that, can I upgrade my DS220 Raid5 bay. if yes, will it detroy its config (I mean: will flashing new firmware keep my volumes safe?) Once again: great job!

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Luca — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:28:38 GMT

Just to know, is it possible to set this up for an Ubuntu Debian system? The setup information is meant for rpm-based systems only...

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Michele — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:21:26 GMT

I LOVE you all Dell linux team! ;)

Now if you could just make me use under linux the beautiful Dell A-I-O 924 that you gave me for free togheter with my Inspiron 1300, this would be the tooooop!

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Leo — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:39:27 GMT

Michael,

This this is fantastic news. Thank you! Pls ignore all the nah saying (why didn't you do this or that, etc.)

I'm planning on upgrading to a Ubuntu Dell next time. I read the information page, but still I am wondering.

Are all these tools integrated in the Ubuntu version you distribute ? Does this mean people can buy a Dell Ubuntu and pop up this thing from the menu and upgrade part (if not all) of the firmware of the machine ?
Does this work in other non-Dell PC's ?

Again, many thanks!
Leo

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Bob — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:47:15 GMT

A Qt-based implementation (with PyQt/PyKDE) would have been better and probably easier to code, too.

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Ted — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:34:06 GMT

I usually find "-f" means force, not fake.

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Lars Lehtonen — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:07:28 GMT

CLI, to me, means something along the order of:

do -vvvv -r -P3 'something' > /dev/firmware

The syntax of which would never be committed to my memory, as I so seldom need to upgrade firmware.

Because of the ubiquity of ssh, I use ncurses-based utilities such as "zttool" or "module-assistant" on a daily basis. I have never run X on a server. More importantly, I have never configured a piece of hardware from anything other than the console or a terminal window.

re: firmware-tools update—Brand-spanking-new GUI.

Lars Lehtonen — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:03:12 GMT

Perhaps this was a job for ncurses?