Windows 10 now supports viewing multi-partitions USB devices

waterwingz

Finally, something useful for older cameras that need to use dual partition schemes to run CHDK on SD cards larger than 4G.

link > Windows 10 Creators Update Allows Multiple Partitions USB Drive

dmitrys

I regret to inform you that I tried a dual-partition card formatted by CHIMP on my notebook (Asus U31) running Redstone 2, and neither partition was visible.

msl

Works for me with a manual dual partition CHDK installation for the A720.

But CHIMP seems only handle the first partition. A CHDK update installation with CHIMP is not possible. This would be a nice feature.

msl

waterwingz

dmitrys
I regret to inform you that I tried a dual-partition card formatted by CHIMP on my notebook (Asus U31) running Redstone 2, and neither partition was visible.

msl
Works for me with a manual dual partition CHDK installation for the A720. But CHIMP seems only handle the first partition. A CHDK update installation with CHIMP is not possible. This would be a nice feature.

Sorry to hear CHIMP is having trouble creating a valid dual partition card.

Just to be sure Win10 works as the article I posted promises, I tested on my Win10 machine (upgraded online for Win7 last year). Works just fine!

I'm using a 4G SD card (that's all I had handy for my old A560) configured with a 10M FAT16 small partition and 3.8G FAT32 large partition using Linux Manual Method #4 (which turned out to be way easier than I remembered!).

dmitrys

msl
But CHIMP seems only handle the first partition. A CHDK update installation with CHIMP is not possible. This would be a nice feature.

Could you be a little more specific? Are you using the latest version of CHIMP on Windows 10?

If you believe you have found a bug, please create an issue per instructions.

Thanks

dmitrys

waterwingz
Sorry to hear CHIMP is having trouble creating a valid dual partition card.

Nice try 😁

Linux Manual Method #4 (which turned out to be way easier than I remembered!).

BTW have you tried running CHIMP under Wine?

waterwingz

dmitrys

waterwingz
Sorry to hear CHIMP is having trouble creating a valid dual partition card.

Nice try 😁

Huh? I've spent way too may posts helping people try to install CHDK. Not sure what your problem is here but I was sincere with my comment.

Linux Manual Method #4 (which turned out to be way easier than I remembered!).

BTW have you tried running CHIMP under Wine?

Yes. It died right away not finding a whole slew of libraries that were apparently needed. I suspect that can be fixed but it doesn't exactly " just work" and will take some effort to get working.

dmitrys

waterwingz
Huh? I've spent way too may posts helping people try to install CHDK. Not sure what your problem is here but I was sincere with my comment.

I apologize if I have somehow offended you, but that comment being addressed to a guy with a CHIMP avatar and an "Author of CHIMP" signature sounded a lot like trolling.

Yes. It died right away not finding a whole slew of libraries that were apparently needed. I suspect that can be fixed but it doesn't exactly " just work" and will take some effort to get working.

That's probably .NET 4.5.2 that you neglected to install, which is only a couple of clicks from "just works"...

msl

dmitrys

Could you be a little more specific? Are you using the latest version of CHIMP on Windows 10?

My test was with an older version same days ago (0.4 or 0.5). CHIMP saw both partitions on the sd card, but CHDK was only installed on the first partition. I will try the latest version. Then I will try give you more and better test result.

But at the moment I am on vacation.

msl

dmitrys

msl
My test was with an older version same days ago (0.4 or 0.5). CHIMP saw both partitions on the sd card, but CHDK was only installed on the first partition. I will try the latest version. Then I will try give you more and better test result.

I see. You have two FAT32 partitions with CHDK installed on both. That should be supported with ~~more recent versions~~0.9.2 via the Switch partitions action (which currently requires CHIMP to be re-run).

Enjoy your vacation!

P.S. Would anyone over at CHDK-DE be willing to translate CHIMP?

Edit: I was wrong, that would bring about quite nasty consequences. See my next post.
Edit 2: Fixed in 0.9.2

waterwingz

dmitrys
That's probably .NET 4.5.2 that you neglected to install, which is only a couple of clicks from "just works"...

Well, I have mono installed - which is pretty much all you get with a standard wine install.

Here's what I see when I run the CHIMP.exe using wine :

$ wine CHIMP.exe
fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 2.10 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
fixme:dwmapi😁wmIsCompositionEnabled 0x6dcf45d4
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x69ed0eb8, context 0x8c7140, init_notify 0, handle 0x11ae1c0): stub
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x6a0dc3c8, context 0x938e10, init_notify 0, handle 0x116e794): stub
wine: configuration in '/home/a/.wine' has been updated.
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"configSections" in state 2
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"sectionGroup" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"section" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:parse_supported_runtime sku=L".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2" not implemented
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"dependentAssembly" in state 0
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"assemblyIdentity" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"bindingRedirect" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"dependentAssembly" in state 0
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"assemblyIdentity" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"bindingRedirect" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"dependentAssembly" in state 0
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"assemblyIdentity" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"bindingRedirect" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"dependentAssembly" in state 0
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"assemblyIdentity" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"bindingRedirect" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"userSettings" in state 2
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"ChdkUtility.Properties.Settings" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"setting" in state 6
fixme:mscoree:ConfigFileHandler_startElement Unknown element L"value" in state 6
The entry point method could not be loaded due to Could not load file or assembly 'PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf2854ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. assembly😛resentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf2854ad364e35 type:<unknown type> member:<none>

I can run other windows executables that way.

dmitrys

dmitrys
I see. You have two FAT32 partitions with CHDK installed on both. That should be supported with more recent versions via the Switch partitions action (which currently requires CHIMP to be re-run).

On a second thought, that wouldn't work. CHIMP would interpret the card as a dual-partition install and overwrite files in the root directory of the other partition. So don't try that!

dmitrys

dmitrys
On a second thought, that wouldn't work. CHIMP would interpret the card as a dual-partition install and overwrite files in the root directory of the other partition. So don't try that!

That's probably not what would have happened, but CHIMP was definitely misbehaving.

I just released CHIMP 0.9.2, which should solve this (and a few more multi-partition-related bugs).

msl

dmitrysP.S. Would anyone over at CHDK-DE be willing to translate CHIMP?

Yes of course. I can make a translation.

msl

dmitrys

msl
Yes of course. I can make a translation.

msl

Thank you! I'll clean up the resx file and post it here.

dmitrys

I'm attaching the localization files:

Resources.resx - primary localization source. The format is XML (kind of human-readable), but using Visual Studio (or its likes like Xamarin Studio) is highly recommended.
intro_tips.txt - well, intro tips. The format is JSON, so it's human-readable.

Notes:

Strings starting with _, product names etc. shouldn't be translated. I did my best commenting on each.
Special attention should be paid to the length of the step names. Since German words tend to be longer than English ones, some abbr. might be required (Russian example).
CHIMP is work in progress. As new features are added, additional strings will most likely require translations.

Thanks again!

intro_tips.txt

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dmitrys

dmitrys
CHIMP is work in progress. As new features are added, additional strings will most likely require translations.

That's already happening! I just added 4 more strings to the resx:

Software_Status_prealpha
Software_Status_alpha
Software_Status_beta
Software_Status_final

Please use the updated version.

philmoz

waterwingz

dmitrys
That's probably .NET 4.5.2 that you neglected to install, which is only a couple of clicks from "just works"...

Well, I have mono installed - which is pretty much all you get with a standard wine install.

Here's what I see when I run the CHIMP.exe using wine :
[code]
$ wine CHIMP.exe
fixme:winediag:start_process Wine Staging 2.10 is a testing version containing experimental patches.
fixme:winediag:start_process Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
fixme:dwmapi😁wmIsCompositionEnabled 0x6dcf45d4
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x69ed0eb8, context 0x8c7140, init_notify 0, handle 0x11ae1c0): stub
fixme:iphlpapi:NotifyIpInterfaceChange (family 0, callback 0x6a0dc3c8, context 0x938e10, init_notify 0, handle 0x116e794): stub
wine: configuration in '/home/a/.wine' has been updated.
...
The entry point method could not be loaded due to Could not load file or assembly 'PresentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf2854ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. assembly😛resentationFramework, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf2854ad364e35 type:<unknown type> member:<none>
[/code]

I can run other windows executables that way.

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/wpf/

Doesn't look like mono will support WPF anytime soon.

Phil.

dmitrys

philmoz
http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/wpf/

Doesn't look like mono will support WPF anytime soon.

Phil.

Thank you, Phil.

Did you get a chance to look at my modular localization proposal? I'd really appreciate your feedback on that.

dmitrys

Since there have been more changes in Resources.resx, I removed the attachment for the time being.

I'll post updated files along with the next version of CHIMP.