Tails

#2 Updated by ioerror 2014-07-27 01:24:02

I think I can confirm this as impacting at least one of my attempts to make a Tails build: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7661#note-13

#3 Updated by cypherpunks 2014-07-27 14:11:33

I tried to build this branch and had a failure:

$ git checkout feature/linux-3.14-2
Switched to branch 'feature/linux-3.14-2'

I ran the build process as root:

lb clean --all && lb config && time lb build

...

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refresh-translations failed (3).

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-27 15:17:40

> I tried to build this branch and had a failure:

I think that’s totally unrelated to this ticket. Let’s please keep the discussion about it on Bug #7661. Thanks!

#6 Updated by dawuud 2014-07-27 20:11:03

I tried a series of patches to Tails to build in vagrant on my Wheezy system.

here’s an early patch that didn’t quite work:
http://vbydyg7rcotccilo.onion/uri/URI:DIR2-RO:zoy2g44valzyhe7cqmazx6scgy:hffifgnbq6hlmjivcilvs3nokpm75bp5onnekrbq2fu5fp66seeq/tails_diff1

later i got the build to work with this patch against the devel branch:
https://github.com/david415/tails/commit/8c1fca97185df2d3e96ccb34db4ab7a0ca7c23f7

My new Tails iso image has the linux-image-3.14-2-amd64 kernel.
I dd’ed it to a USB disk and tested it out; everything worked as expected.

#7 Updated by ioerror 2014-07-27 22:40:59

I’ve tested this kernel on a Coreboot/SeaBIOS enabled X60 and it works well. All the usual devices (wifi, ethernet, screen, disk, etc.) seem to work as expected.

I’ve also tested the kernel (and my Tails build from devel) on a 2013 13" Retina Macbook Pro. It worked but the network didn’t function. I attached an atheros wifi usb device and it was able to use the internet as expected. The thunderbolt usb ethernet device that comes with modern macbooks did not function, sadly. I believe this isn’t a regression but just the state of network hardware in modern Apple computers.