Norns: update 191016

zebra · 2019-10-17T07:54:47.364Z

cool thanks.

yea after looking more i can’t actually get a crash even with the memleak, eventually it goes virtual. so i’ll be curious to look at your code tree. we’ve had one or two other reports of weird behavior with large numbers of scripts and it would be nice to understand them.

ether · 2019-10-17T10:09:22.360Z

What exactly is “scanning” doing?

tehn · 2019-10-17T10:47:53.188Z

will get on this right away.

edit: pulled in @zebra’s memory fix and re-uploaded the files.

anyone who has installed can re-run the update by deleting the file /home/we/version.txt (ie, via SFTP or SSH) and re-running the SYSTEM > UPDATE.

please post here if you see further problems.

“scanning” is simply collecting the list of scripts from the dust/code folder. i have a few page-fulls of scripts and it barely blinks on my screen. but importantly, it doesn’t stall out lua, so if you have (for example) a drum sequencer triggering tons of sounds, you won’t get a sync hiccup (and huge smash of noise) when entering the SELECT menu.

buma · 2019-10-17T11:58:25.608Z

tehn:

anyone who has installed can re-run the update by deleting the file /home/we/version.txt (ie, via SFTP or SSH) and re-running the SYSTEM > UPDATE.

I just did that and now for some reason my Norns on RPI install won’t start anymore. The screen is not displaying anything and Maiden can’t connect to Matron. That’s strange.
With the previous 191016 update (one hour ago) it was still working (minus a Supercollider fail error that I was trying to solve). I should probably try a fresh install of the whole system.

tehn · 2019-10-17T12:18:45.804Z

oh, i know the problem. new files in two minutes.

EDIT: the files have been updated. please try them again. i apologize for the re-upload trouble.

buma · 2019-10-17T12:34:45.259Z

Thanks @Tehn . Quick question, i’ve deleted the version.txt via ftp but is there a command for running the update via ssh ? The screen shows nothing so I can’t run the update directly from the device. Edit: I’ve found it, I’ll download the .tar and run update.sh manually.

Edit: Yep, it’s back, it’s working again. thanks

GoneCaving · 2019-10-17T12:47:50.474Z

Installed no problems. I didn’t notice the shutting down message that I think I should have seen from the code. I wonder if extending the sleep prior to shutdown would make sense?

ioflow · 2019-10-17T21:22:54.422Z

norns didn’t show any available updates after i deleted version.txt, but after powering norns off and on, checking for updates again showed the revised 191016 update, which then installed cleanly from within norns.

mmml · 2019-10-19T22:12:39.754Z

Just updated via the norns hardware and, following the on-screen text ‘complete.’, the screen went black and norns is utterly unresponsive (although wifi adapter is lit, and so is the rear status light). First time this has occurred and not sure where to go from here?

UPDATE: approx 30min after first update process, screen came alive again and showed update being available. Followed installation, but now back to a black screen and unresponsive interface. Maiden shows “update complete.” as final line, but I can’t seem to do anything with the hardware.

GoneCaving · 2019-10-19T22:27:29.588Z

When the update isn’t complete, press key 3 and the Norns will shutdown. Restart it as normal.

mmml · 2019-10-19T22:30:13.739Z

Ahh…many thanks. I thought I had done that the first two efforts, but obviously not.

tehn · 2019-10-20T00:32:55.913Z

i would’ve thought any key would’ve shut it down but wow i am sorry. i will fix this.

mmml · 2019-10-20T00:50:25.877Z

Thanks @tehn. I’m not ruling out a small sprinkling of user error…it’s been one of those days…but it was a new issue in the handful of updates I’ve made.

pcnclghtnng · 2019-10-23T13:40:16.254Z

Hi, there used to be a way to update offline. I can’t seem to find the info for that. Is it still possible to do, and if so how? The wifi settings at my work are a little troublesome.