13th May 2016 Changes to the Raspbian Jessie Desktop

[fruitoftheloom]

13th May 2016

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/anothe ... e-raspbian

Main highlights:

Bluetooth
SD Card Copier
Linux Kernel 4.4

[Fidelius]

Is the new Raspbian image already on the download page? I only see the older Raspbian image from March 2016.

Same with

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

… list zero updates for me so far.

Is there a command to see if the Pi runs the recent Jessie? I know "uname -a", however it lists the kernel (4.1.19-v7) but not the word "Jessie". :-)

[fruitoftheloom]

Is the new Raspbian image already on the download page? I only see the older Raspbian image from March 2016.

Same with

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

… list zero updates for me so far.

Is there a command to see if the Pi runs the recent Jessie? I know "uname -a", however it lists the kernel (4.1.19-v7) but not the word "Jessie".

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian

RASPBIAN JESSIE
Full desktop image based on Debian Jessie
Version:May 2016
Release date:2016-05-10
Kernel version:4.4

[B.Goode]

Kudos, congratulations and thanks to @joan, a regular contributor here, for the inclusion of the pigpio library.

[Fidelius]

Thanks Fruitoftheloom, now the download page does allow to download the new version indeed.

Anybody already did an "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" ?

[DirkS]

Anybody already did an "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" ?

Tried it, but the repo has not been updated yet.
Just try again later today or so.

[Fidelius]

DirkS, will do, thanks!

[DirkS]

DirkS, will do, thanks!

See https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/anothe ... nt-1258088
And they *have* caught up now

[liz]

I came here to post exactly that.

[Forris]

'unable to locate package piclone'

Have to try again later?

[DirkS]

'unable to locate package piclone'

Have to try again later?

You have to run 'sudo apt-get update' first.
I just installed it, so it's available now.

[DirkS]

Apart from the desktop stuff there are some useful changes 'under the hood'.

Kernel + modules are split off from raspberrypi-bootloader into a separate package (raspberrypi-kernel)
And there is a new package with the kernel headers: raspberrypi-kernel-headers.
raspberrypi-bootloader now only contains bootcode.bin, start*.elf and fixup*.dat

[Forris]

'unable to locate package piclone'

Have to try again later?

You have to run 'sudo apt-get update' first.
I just installed it, so it's available now.

Yes, I did that. The other 2 items installed ok, but not piclone (even tried it on it's own).

LIVE UPDATE: Done it now!

[ShiftPlusOne]

Apart from the desktop stuff there are some useful changes 'under the hood'.

Kernel + modules are split off from raspberrypi-bootloader into a separate package (raspberrypi-kernel)
And there is a new package with the kernel headers: raspberrypi-kernel-headers.
raspberrypi-bootloader now only contains bootcode.bin, start*.elf and fixup*.dat

Well spotted. The kernel also works with dkms now, so out-of-tree modules are easy to keep up to date.

[B.Goode]

Another real gem, tucked away at the end of the write-up:

When flashing a new Raspbian image, the file system will automatically be expanded to use all the space on the card when it is first booted.

[Fidelius]

Is it possible to disable Wlan and Bluetooth on a Pi3 with this new Raspbian release?

Or do I still have to use the previous apporach which works well but is uneasy to handle:
/etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf

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# Wlan
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmutil

# Bluetooth
blacklist btbcm
blacklist hci_uart

[ghans]

We have a raspberrypi-kernel-headers package now ??

[ShiftPlusOne]

We have a raspberrypi-kernel-headers package now ??

Unfortunately, it has a huge number of files and dpkg will calculate an md5 digest for each of them, so it takes forever to install.

[gregeric]

The kernel also works with dkms now, so out-of-tree modules are easy to keep up to date.

I googled that, it's a most welcome addition.

[ShiftPlusOne]

The kernel also works with dkms now, so out-of-tree modules are easy to keep up to date.

I googled that, it's a most welcome addition.

Note that raspberrypi-kernel-headers would need to be installed first. Otherwise, dkms will try to pull in the wrong headers package.

[Rive]

I am already running 4.4.9, is there an "apt-get install" just for the bt (replace blueman), and sd copier? I do not want to do a dist-upgrade.

Bluetooth
SD Card Copier

[DirkS]

I am already running 4.4.9, is there an "apt-get install" just for the bt (replace blueman), and sd copier? I do not want to do a dist-upgrade.

I think you can do that with just update / upgrade and then install piclone

[ShiftPlusOne]

I do not want to do a dist-upgrade.

Why not exactly? The theme bug you reported a while bag has been fixed.

[Fidelius]

When I "sudo poweroff" the Pi3, in contrast to former Raspbians the green (SD?) LED really turns off after some blinking, leaving only the red power LED on.

That's nice.

[Rive]

I do not want to do a dist-upgrade.

Why not exactly? The theme bug you reported a while bag has been fixed.

I am on the rpi-update (4.4.9), is the dist-upgrade the exact same?