SteamOS update 148 pushed to alchemist_beta

[Pierre-Loup]

Update 148 changes:

• eglibc - Fix crashes with Dota 2 and Dead Island

Update 147 changes:

• Updated NVIDIA drivers to 343.22
  
• Updated AMD graphics driver to 14.9
  
• Linux kernel rebased against 3.10.60
  
• Improved performance of timing system calls for 32-bit applications by backporting i386 VDSO changes from upstream kernel and adding eglibc support for them
  
• Fixed "XCOM: Enemy Unknown" not focusing on startup

Security fixes and upstream updates:

• axis - Debian 7.7 update
  
• base-files - Debian 7.7 update
  
• ca-certificates - Debian 7.7 update
  
• curl - CVE-2014-3707
  
• debian-archive-keyring - Debian 7.7 update
  
• debootstrap - latest upstream release
  
• elfutils - Debian 7.7 update
  
• exim4 - Debian 7.7 update
  
• file - CVE-2014-3710
  
• flac - CVE-2014-8962, CVE-2014-9028
  
• hawtjni - Debian 7.7 update
  
• iceweasel - CVE-2014-1587, CVE-2014-1590, CVE-2014-1592, CVE-2014-1593, CVE-2014-1594
  
• iceweasel - latest iceweasel
  
• iso-scan - Debian 7.7 update
  
• keyutils - Debian 7.7 update
  
• libdrm - Debian 7.7 update
  
• libgcrypt11 - CVE-2014-5270
  
• libtasn1-3 - Debian 7.7 update
  
• libvdpau - Debian 7.7 update
  
• libxml2 - CVE-2014-3660
  
• mysql-5.5 - CVE-2012-5615 CVE-2014-4274 CVE-2014-4287 CVE-2014-6463 CVE-2014-6464 CVE-2014-6469 CVE-2014-6478 CVE-2014-6484 CVE-2014-6491 CVE-2014-6494 CVE-2014-6495 CVE-2014-6496 CVE-2014-6500 CVE-2014-6505 CVE-2014-6507 CVE-2014-6520 CVE-2014-6530 CVE-2014-6551 CVE-2014-6555 CVE-2014-6559
  
• net-snmp - Debian 7.7 update
  
• netcfg - Debian 7.7 update
  
• nss - CVE-2014-1568
  
• perl - Debian 7.7 update
  
• postgresql-9.1 - Debian 7.7 update
  
• tzdata - Debian 7.7 update
  
• xdg-utils - Debian 7.7 update

[Balderick]

nice one. cheers.

[Balderick]

Steam > Settings > System - SteamOS version can not be completely read. DISREGARD as i watched client update only....

[Shark]

Thanks for the update, I'll be testing this tonight.

I'm quite sure what vdso mean, does it improve performance in games? Do we need to install or change anything to use the vdso patch?

[Shark]

For the people wondering, this Nvidia driver added support for the GTX 900 series cards and dropped support for the G8x, G9x and gt2xx.

A changelog can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/77844/en-us

[dubigrasu]

Thank you.
Successfully updated my system now but only after I manually upgrade some packages with Synaptic.
The system kept asking for restarts in order to upgrade but still failed to apply every update.
This are the packages that the system was unable to update:

Commit Log for Fri Dec 5 08:11:22 2014

Upgraded the following packages:
libgl1-nvidia-glx (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
libnvcuvid1 (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
libnvidia-compiler (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
libnvidia-encode1 (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
libnvidia-ml1 (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-alternative (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-driver (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-kernel-dkms (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-opencl-common (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-opencl-icd (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-smi (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-vdpau-driver (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
nvidia-vdpau-driver:i386 (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (340.32-1+bsos1) to 343.22-2+bsos1

Installed the following packages:
libcuda1 (343.22-2+bsos1)
libcuda1-i386:i386 (343.22-2+bsos1)
libcuda1:i386 (343.22-2+bsos1)
libegl1-nvidia (343.22-2+bsos1)
libgles1-nvidia (343.22-2+bsos1)
libgles2-nvidia (343.22-2+bsos1)
libnvidia-eglcore (343.22-2+bsos1)
libnvidia-ml1:i386 (343.22-2+bsos1)
nvidia-driver-bin (343.22-2+bsos1)

I made also a couple of benchmarks before and after this 147 update, but I see no significant difference:
http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1412051-PL-STEAMOSUP35&obr_sor=y&obr_hgv=147

[Mohandevir]

Youhou! SteamOS is on the move again! :)

@dubigrasu : The access to your benchmarks is denied :
"Access To This Result File Is Not Permitted."

Snif!

[Stanky Rich]

Is there an iso with these changes?.. or do the nvidia drivers get installed with the first update once going through the install process.. i just don't fancy being presented with a black screen...

[Balderick]

After a week or so on beta repo the update will be pushed to main repo. The main repo is source for installers. Users have to opt in to the beta repo to get the latest updates.

[WarOffice]

exim4 - Debian 7.7 update

Why does it need exim4?

[Stanky Rich]

Originally posted by 40-1PvtBalderick:

After a week or so on beta repo the update will be pushed to main repo. The main repo is source for installers. Users have to opt in to the beta repo to get the latest updates.

can the beta be activated and everything updated from the recovery terminal or whatever its called

[dubigrasu]

Originally posted by Mohandevir:

@dubigrasu : The access to your benchmarks is denied :
"Access To This Result File Is Not Permitted."
Snif!

Try again: http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1412051-PL-STEAMOSUP35&obr_sor=y&obr_hgv=147
But like I said, the differences are minimal.

[Shark]

Originally posted by MidgetSaw:

Originally posted by 40-1PvtBalderick:

After a week or so on beta repo the update will be pushed to main repo. The main repo is source for installers. Users have to opt in to the beta repo to get the latest updates.

can the beta be activated and everything updated from the recovery terminal or whatever its called

You can install it through a terminal. If you go to the desktop and open a gnome terminal you can set a password with:

passwd

Then you can enter the beta by installing the package with the beta repo like this:

sudo apt-get install steamos-beta-repo

[Stanky Rich]

Originally posted by Shark:

Originally posted by MidgetSaw:

can the beta be activated and everything updated from the recovery terminal or whatever its called

You can install it through a terminal. If you go to the desktop and open a gnome terminal you can set a password with:

passwd

Then you can enter the beta by installing the package with the beta repo like this:

sudo apt-get install steamos-beta-repo

no i cannot get to the desktop thats my point LOL

[Balderick]

Thanks for updating the benchmark link dubigrasu. The benchmarks are now viewable.

[Balderick]

@midgetsaw Do you agree desktop should be activated by default?

You may just need to activate desktop!? You will find this option in bpm settings.

OR

use ssh or tty. ctrl + alt + (F1-F6) will open tty. just log on as desktop user and follow sharks's advice.