norns: update 230405 (hotfix 230614)

0netwo0netwo · 2023-06-23T22:21:25.644Z

im not gonna ruin anything with repeated attempts?
it just scared me a little that every attempt would make it start with a deeper negative number when it said Downloading, -12, -30 etc etc…

tobyclbain · 2023-07-10T10:46:45.547Z

Hello kind people of Lines. (sorry if I’m posting in the wrong place)

I turned on my norns today, I thought I’ve not checked for an update in a while, so I went to system > update. Sure enough there was an update. I said yes please install the update. I got the usual update complete press button to shutdown.

Upon reboot, I have the red light and the “not red” light is blinking slowly every so often, but the screen is blank/black, and there’s no sound. I can see it’s still connected to my phone’s hotspot, but I can’t connect to it via norn.local…

Any help would be very gratefully received. Should I just flash the card with a fresh install?

Thanks as always, Toby

xmacex · 2023-07-10T10:54:05.767Z

I am not sure how much I might be able to help, but just checking that you tried to connect to norns.local (with the “s” in there), and “norn.local” was a typo in your forum post?

tobyclbain · 2023-07-10T10:55:12.923Z

Yes, sorry good spot but it was just a forum typo sadly

xmacex · 2023-07-10T11:06:01.083Z

Can you see the IP address of norns somewhere on your phone where the hotspot is running? If yes, you could try connecting to the IP address instead. My Android hotspot always has this issue.

One (kind of advanced and possibly long-winded) thing would be to try getting an SSH connection and checking first that the disk is not full, and then investigating the system logs but that’s a bit of a rabbit hole.

tobyclbain · 2023-07-10T11:16:08.424Z

Hey, so I can connect to it from my computer and see it as an external drive. I found the log file, but I have no idea what to look for in the log.

As a complete guess it kind of feels like maybe the screen is just off. Not sure if that’s a thing.

LLK · 2023-07-10T11:38:24.245Z

If you haven’t updated in a while, I just wanted to make sure you’ve made the critical update norns: new image 220306 which is necessary and requires an actual disk wipe, which is a quite cumbersome but nevertheless simple enough process, but after that you’re all good.

If you already have carry on and don’t mind my remark !

tobyclbain · 2023-07-10T11:48:00.557Z

Oh yeah that will almost certainly be my problem! Thanks for the help.

gnome666 · 2023-07-31T03:46:39.156Z

Been having an issue with old scripts ever since I updated to 230614. It only happens with certain scripts like lessconcepts, animator, mouse. When I load the scripts I get the initial splash screen but then the scripts seem to unload itself and i end up at the main page with it showing no script loaded, or script load error fail message. it only seems to be doing this with old scripts. newer scripts like dreamsequence seem to be fine. Awake seems to work fine too. Any thoughts on what the issue might be?

EDIT: Figured it out. I was working from a fresh disk image of norns so didnt have any of the old scripts loaded. All my scripts that didnt work required certain other scripts to work like molly the polly, passerbye, and the bangs. mystery solved

radioedit · 2023-07-31T04:56:49.155Z

Does the Maiden console show any error?

Lizards_Case · 2023-08-09T21:36:47.870Z

Really sorry for childish questions ( But - norns and MBP are on the same network, I can install scripts from a command prompt. But when going to SYSTEM>UPDATE on Norns it show “checking for update” forever. What have I missed ?

radioedit · 2023-08-10T05:56:55.483Z

Not a childish question at all! What version of Norns are you currently running?

Lizards_Case · 2023-08-11T21:17:52.779Z

Hmmm. I was on 220306. After multiple identical tries it could load and install the update. Will check if things are working.

Thanks !

LC

Interzonez · 2023-10-16T12:55:35.089Z

When I choose system update on my Shield, it just hangs on ‘checking for updates’.

Is there a way for me to upgrade from 22036 to 230526 without going this route?

Thanks!

Jensu · 2023-10-16T13:35:46.268Z

If your norns version is too old, it is not updatable through the systems menu, but see the instructions referenced here for a relatively easy fix: WiFi / update / files | monome/docs

Interzonez · 2023-10-17T05:06:09.058Z

Thanks for your reply, I have 220306 firmware installed, on a Norns Shield. From what i have read, the only way to update this particular version is through the system update on the device. I was wondering if there is another way, because system update doesn’t work, just hangs.

Jensu · 2023-10-17T06:55:01.087Z

I think that you should go for the same backup and reflash procedure as described in the link. Then you can be sure that you have the very newest version installed.

Interzonez · 2023-10-19T11:52:02.193Z

That’s my issue - I have 220306 and I’m using Norns Shield - I cannot flash the 230526 as it’s for regular Norns. And my Norns won’t update from System > Update - maybe network issues.

What I’d like then is to SSH into my Norns and maybe update from command line - or is there another way? Norns shield downloadable firmware latest is 220306 - if System Update is working would my Norns install a later version than the one at Github March 7 2022 ?

Ultimately I want to update to use the Concrete script which isn’t loading. Getting init errors.

Thanks!

zbs · 2023-10-19T12:11:12.048Z

have you tried on multiple wifi/wired networks, and have you done a full reboot?

Justmat · 2023-10-19T12:32:02.759Z

have you tried reaching out to monome for support? lines isn’t really a place to get direct help/product support, more just community discussion and advice. for direct support, reach out to: help@monome.org