h3consumption doesn't work on 5.38 Orangepione_Debian_stretch_next_4.14.14

[eejeel]

I have tried to run the h3consumption monitor program (https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/packages/bsp/h3consumption) in an up to date Armbian 5.38 stable Debian Stretch 4.14.14 on a PiOne.

After the command 'sudo h3consumption -h' and other commands it gives
'This tool requires legacy kernel on H3 devices. Exiting.'

Is there any solution for this?
Can I change the 3.4.*) to 3.4.*|4.14.*) in the script without any problems?

 

https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/180112d72d31ec3629896f272a1d59ef3d83dc8d/packages/bsp/h3consumption#L123
 

# check platform and kernel
    case $(uname -r) in
        3.4.*)
            HARDWARE=$(awk '/Hardware/ {print $3}' </proc/cpuinfo)
            if [ "X${HARDWARE}" != "Xsun8i" ]; then
                echo "This tool works only on H3 devices. Exiting." >&2
                exit 1
            fi
            ;;
        *)
            echo "This tool requires legacy kernel on H3 devices. Exiting." >&2
            exit 1
            ;;
esac

 

Edited February 15, 2018 by eejeel

[Igor]

1 hour ago, eejeel said:

Is there any solution for this?

Nope. Few things will work, for other hard to judge. From few weeks to months of work. Go, try, report back, submit fixes ...

[eejeel]

Thanks Igor.
I'am not a Linux expert. My first and only project is the PiHole on a PiOne. It's running for 10 months without any problem on the jessie Armbian, latest on 5.38.
But the latest update of PiHole needs DNSmasq 2.73 and higher. Thus I start with installing the stretch OS from scratch.

So, getting the h3consumption monitor working on stretch, for me it costs year(s).

I'll need the program for turning off the GPU/HDMI.
Maybe this wil work.

[Igor]

9 minutes ago, eejeel said:

I'am not a Linux expert. My first and only project is the PiHole on a PiOne.

It is never too late to start learning and becoming one
 

9 minutes ago, eejeel said:

So, getting the h3consumption monitor working on stretch, for me it costs year(s).

I'll need the program for turning off the GPU/HDMI.

The problem is that with a new kernel, dealing with low-level things can be completely different. Unfortunately Stretch is not possible with an old kernel ... while modern one is still considered testing. There might be some bugs out there. 

[guidol]

2 minutes ago, eejeel said:

My first and only project is the PiHole on a PiOne. It's running for 10 months without any problem on the jessie Armbian, latest on 5.38.
But the latest update of PiHole needs DNSmasq 2.73 and higher. Thus I start with installing the stretch OS from scratch.
So, getting the h3consumption monitor working on stretch, for me it costs year(s).
I'll need the program for turning off the GPU/HDMI.
 

I got 2 OPi One running latest Pi-Hole = Pi-hole Version v3.3 Web Interface Version v3.3 FTL Version v3.0

while using
ARMBIAN 5.38 stable Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 4.14.18-sunxi

Linux opi-one-main 4.14.18-sunxi #24 SMP Fri Feb 9 16:24:32 CET 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

 

Whats the special need of turning off the GPU/HDMI?
less heat? less power? or more memory (while not using the GPU)?

 

My 2 OPi One doesnt get hot and do run stable with unused but powered GPU/HDMI.

 

The pi-hole install script curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
did install here the following version of dnsmasq:
dnsmasq                             2.76-5+deb9u1                     all          Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
dnsmasq-base                    2.76-5+deb9u1                     armhf     Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server

 

[eejeel]

Turning off the GPU/HDMI is only for power consumption and some more memory and not for heat. I use SSH so HDMI is not needed on my PiOne.

With the old Jessie Armbian Pi-hole works without any problem. And I also implemented a 1 CPU core and low DRAM clockspeed during the night (as a some Linux learning on the job).
See running-h3-boards-with-minimal-consumption

For now I left the H3consumption program behind me.