From 10c706b6e124b6539f712e74ce13fca3218129e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Duke Leto Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:49:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update 'mining/solo-mining.md' --- mining/solo-mining.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mining/solo-mining.md b/mining/solo-mining.md index 8d7f79b..ae273b1 100644 --- a/mining/solo-mining.md +++ b/mining/solo-mining.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For this setup we will have our computer running hushd and we will have our ASIC First we need to setup the Hush configuration on our computer. -1. Open your HUSH3.conf, which should be located in your home directory at ~/.komodo/HUSH3/HUSH3.conf. +1. Open your HUSH3.conf, which should be located in your home directory at ~/.hush/HUSH3/HUSH3.conf or it could be at ~/.komodo/HUSH3/HUSH3.conf for old legacy installations. 1. Make sure you add the IP address of your ASIC miner into the conf file. The following is an example using 192.168.33.66 as the ASIC miner's IP: ``` From 6a3f20fad135299d89d17c4df41d2e8744a7bcf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fekt Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:50:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Documentation for creating SilentDragonLite MSI --- ...ite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md | 82 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md diff --git a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a2a7e57 --- /dev/null +++ b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +# Creating SilentDragonLite MSI installer for Windows with msitools and wixl +This documentation is for creating a SilentDragonLite MSI installer for Windows using msitools and wixl. Documentation for msitools is here: https://wiki.gnome.org/msitools Documentation for wixl can refer to WiX toolset as it tries to share the same syntax: https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/ +This was tested on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS +## Install msitools and wixl +``` +sudo apt-get -y install msitools wixl +``` +## Download latest SilentDragonLite Windows release and unzip +Latest releases located here: https://git.hush.is/hush/SilentDragonLite/releases Example below is for SilentDragonLite 1.5.2 +``` +wget https://git.hush.is/attachments/37c68ff3-725c-4ceb-b28a-8c131739585c +unzip 37c68ff3-725c-4ceb-b28a-8c131739585c +``` +This will unzip into a directory named SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win +``` +cd SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win +``` +## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragon directory +The icon file `silentdragon.ico` is currently not included in release zip, but is required to create an MSI installer with a smaller size. Setting icon SourceFile in the .wxs file to SilentDragonLite.exe will duplicate the .exe and make the installer over 100MB instead of ~80MB. How you get this .ico file is up to you. I extracted from .exe on Windows. Maybe it will be included in .zip release in the future to make this easier for anyone trying to create a MSI file for the first time. + +## Create WiX source file (.wxs) +This is an XML file. You should name it what you want the .msi file to be named IE: `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` +Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragon-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ +``` + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +``` +## Build MSI file from WiX source file +``` +wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs +``` + +This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations! \ No newline at end of file From 06673d1ffd13bd2a3388799614bc067c7bc1ca37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fekt Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:11:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Minor typo fixes --- ...-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md index a2a7e57..5c82b0f 100644 --- a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md +++ b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The icon file `silentdragon.ico` is currently not included in release zip, but i ## Create WiX source file (.wxs) This is an XML file. You should name it what you want the .msi file to be named IE: `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` -Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragon-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ +Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ ``` @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragon-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that G - From 2f0ed73a79be6cc4cb5ee5663e3dfb743128ba25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fekt Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:42:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Notes on work-around for corrupt cabinet file --- ...ite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md index 5c82b0f..dc9dab9 100644 --- a/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md +++ b/advanced/creating-silent-dragon-lite-msi-installer-for-windows-with-wixl.md @@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ This will unzip into a directory named SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win ``` cd SilentDragonLite-v1.5.2-win ``` -## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragon directory +## Copy silentdragon.ico to SilentDragonLite directory The icon file `silentdragon.ico` is currently not included in release zip, but is required to create an MSI installer with a smaller size. Setting icon SourceFile in the .wxs file to SilentDragonLite.exe will duplicate the .exe and make the installer over 100MB instead of ~80MB. How you get this .ico file is up to you. I extracted from .exe on Windows. Maybe it will be included in .zip release in the future to make this easier for anyone trying to create a MSI file for the first time. ## Create WiX source file (.wxs) This is an XML file. You should name it what you want the .msi file to be named IE: `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` -Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragon on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ +Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file. Note that GUID's all need to be unique. This will create shortcuts to SilentDragonLite on desktop and in the start menu as well as have uninstall support from Add/Remove Programs. A tutorial that explains the basics of creating these files can be found here: https://www.firegiant.com/wix/tutorial/ ``` @@ -79,4 +79,23 @@ Below is a copy of the contents of the `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs` file Note th wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs ``` -This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations! \ No newline at end of file +This will create a `SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.msi` file in the same directory which can then be distributed. If it created without error and is larger than 0kb, congratulations! + + +## Potential known issue and work-around if wixl generates MSI with corrupt cabinet file +There is a known issue where wixl may generate a corrupt cabinet file, causing the Windows installer to fail with a corrupt cabinet file error. This appears related to the file size of `SilentDragonLite.exe` and reported issue with gcab: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gcab/-/issues/16 + +File size where this becomes an issue is not exactly known, but it has occurred when `SilentDragonLite.exe` was ~100 MB. There is no cabinet file corruption when compressing `SilentDragonLite.exe` to ~80 MB. UPX is used to compress the executable and then MSI is created again: https://upx.github.io/ + +### Install UPX ### +``` +sudo apt-get install upx +``` +### Compress SilentDragonLite.exe ### +``` +upx SilentDragonLite.exe --force +``` +### Re-create MSI using compressed exe ### +``` +wixl -v SilentDragonLite-1.5.2.wxs +``` \ No newline at end of file