Can't check kernel version on arm64 systems

On 28/07/2022 13:10, Jaap Winius wrote:

Hi Christoph,

Thanks for your reply. I tried applying your patch to /usr/lib/xymon/client/ext/libs (and then changing 'armhf' to 'arm64'), but alas: the situation remains unchanged. Should something else be added as well?

Hm, in our case (bananapi with armbian), this fixed the issue, maybe it needs a little refining with your architecture... :-/

Cheers
Christoph

The current kernel image on this Debian 11 Odroid system is called /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.277-arm64 in case you're interested.

Cheers,

Jaap


Quoting Christoph Zechner <user-249716582ccc@xymon.invalid>:

Hi,

we had the same problems on our pi, my colleague came up with this patch for the libs [1] check:

--- libs.orig
+++ libs
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
???? if (-x '/usr/bin/dpkg' and `dpkg --print-architecture` =~ /sparc/) {
???????? $kernel_image_read_command = "zcat '$newest_kernel_image' | strings";
???? }
+??? if (-x '/usr/bin/dpkg' and `dpkg --print-architecture` =~ /armhf/) {
+??????? my $offset = `grep --only-matching --byte-offset --binary --text '\x1f\x8b' '$newest_kernel_image' 2>/dev/null| head -1 | cut -f 1 -d :`;
+??????? $offset =~ s/\n//g;
+??????? $kernel_image_read_command = "dd if='$newest_kernel_image' skip=1 bs=$offset 2>/dev/null | gunzip 2>/dev/null | strings";
+??? }
???? $kernel_image_read_command .=
???????? " | egrep '^$kernel_image_release|^Linux version '";


Hope it helps!

Cheers
Christoph


[1] /usr/lib/xymon/client/ext/libs


On 28/07/2022 11:46, Jaap Winius via Xymon wrote: