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00:00.36kergothhehe
00:01.10kergothsorphin: no that was last month
00:01.12kergothsorphin: hehe
00:01.34sorphinmy check next week is gonna have a bit more since my standby time didn't manage to make it onto the last check
00:01.41sorphinonly 11 hours, but still
00:02.21kergothcool cool
00:06.40ade|deskdoh got a computing exam in 9 hrs time .. whoops
00:06.46ade|deskforgot to revise
00:19.20*** part/#elinux TomW_gone (tom@147seg-pc-1624-14.msns.str.ptd.net)
00:24.27BZFlaghttp://rikers.org/tmp/tsop56zifa.jpg http://rikers.org/tmp/tsop56zifb.jpg http://rikers.org/tmp/tsop56zifc.jpg
00:24.36BZFlaganyone know where to get some of those?
00:27.15jacqueswhat the heck is that?
00:27.26anderseeBZFlag: flash chip socket?
00:28.41Russ|werkBZFlag: triad might
00:32.53Russ|werkhttp://alphazee.webstrikesolutions.com/tutorials/leaper10notes.htm
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00:38.05prpplagueyo yo
00:40.13prpplaguegotten quite in here
00:42.58BZFlaghttp://www.meritec.com/Pages/products/sockets/tsop.html
00:43.18BZFlagyeah, tsop-56 (intel flash) socket.
00:44.14prpplagueBZFlag: what usage did you have in mind for that?
00:44.24BZFlaghttp://alphazee.webstrikesolutions.com/tutorials/tsopsocket.htm
00:44.57BZFlagcustomer want's in for some early development boards. the vercel dev boards have them.
00:46.07prpplagueahh
00:46.18prpplagueBZFlag: so the vercel is still moving along?
00:47.56prpplagueBZFlag: interesting
00:49.08prpplagueBZFlag: you still interested in getting the lineo package configured for the hack kit?
01:40.32BZFlagprpplague: our part of the vercel thing is done.
01:41.02BZFlagprpplague: with things up in the air, I'd like to postpone it.
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02:00.22prpplagueBZFlag: so has the PR bomb hit yet?
02:01.39sorphinprpplague: have noticed an EMP yet? :P
02:01.55prpplaguesorphin: ?
02:02.02sorphinbomb
02:02.03sorphinEMP
02:02.16prpplagueElectro Magnetic Pulse?
02:02.18BZFlaghttp://store.yahoo.com/romtools/tsop56.html
02:02.20sorphinyes
02:02.58sorphinBZFlag: umm
02:03.04sorphinisn't that a bit pricey?
02:03.26BZFlagprpplague: nope, about a week away still I'd bet.
02:03.33BZFlag$100 for 6?
02:03.42BZFlagsounds ok to me.
02:03.56sorphin16$ for a socket
02:03.59prpplaguea little pricey
02:04.05BZFlagnow if I were ordering 1000 or something that'd be different.
02:04.20sorphinBZFlag: i dunno where you normally order things from ;)
02:04.34BZFlagok, better source for a similar socket?
02:04.44sorphinprpplague: yo joebob
02:04.50sorphin;)
02:05.01sorphinBZFlag: i'll dig around
02:05.02prpplaguesorphin: what?
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02:05.16sorphinprpplague: thought maybe you might know of anywhere :P
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02:05.39prpplaguesorphin: no, just sounded expensive
02:06.36MonMothaI wouldn't think that would be a really common item...
02:06.53MonMothamost distributors, even if they will sell them to you, probably won't have them in stock
02:07.01sorphinMonMotha: never know
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02:08.28bhimaI'm building an old kernel - 2.4.6. make image finds multiple definitions of symbols in fs/fs.o and drivers/net/net.o (inflate/defalte/etc)
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02:10.00sorphinprpplague: make up your mind ;p
02:10.18prpplaguesorphin: learning the usage of chanserv and nickserv
02:11.06sorphinah
02:11.13prpplagueBZFlag: i was suprised to see rmk in #blob this morning
02:11.46jacquesdang
02:12.04jacquesif I ever see him I have a few choice words about tslib
02:12.08sorphinhehe
02:17.53prpplaguelol, i think that is why he sneaks around
02:19.29jacques:-D
02:19.35jacquesi would too
02:27.29prpplaguethis eagle pcb stuff is nice
02:27.56prpplaguei'm impressed with the linux version
02:32.35bhimaI like eaglecad too.
02:32.40bhimaI've done four boards with it so far.
02:32.48bhimaI just want a big version. :(
02:33.33bhimaOlimex (Bulgaria), CustomPCB(Malaysia) and Advanced Circuits (4pcb.com; USA) have all done reasonable work.
02:35.09bhimaAlso, note that EagleCAD limits the places you can put components - wires and vias can go anywhere.
02:35.19bhimaso if you want to do stuff the hard way, you can make bigger boards.
02:36.13prpplaguebhima: big version?
02:36.25bhimawell, version that lets me do big boards :)
02:36.32prpplagueoh
02:36.43prpplaguebhima: are you using the eval version?
02:37.33bhimayeah.
02:37.59bhimaI made an 8x10" board - needed something to fit in my dashboard.
02:39.17prpplaguebhima: ahh, i'm testing out the eval, i think i might order the eagle light
02:39.31prpplaguebhima: i can't imaging doing 4 layer boards
02:40.27bhimaactually, I think you could twist it into doing power/ground plane four layer boards.
02:40.33bhimadesign your board, save it.
02:40.48bhimathen remove all wiring from the bottom layer - leaves pins, vias, etc. in there.
02:40.52bhimacreate a big cop
02:41.00bhimacopper fill for your ground plane.
02:41.18bhimaoutput the gerber file for it.
02:41.28bhimachange the copper fill to power.
02:41.30bhimarepeate.
02:44.27prpplaguebhima: ahh, what i meant though is that i'm new to pcb layout, i've don't schematics, but never the layout stuff
02:44.44prpplaguebhima: i mainly need small custom pcb's for prototype projects
02:45.40bhimaahh. sorry. yeah. I'm referring to layouts.
02:45.43bhimaI'm relatively new to it too.
02:45.55bhimaonly been doing it for two months or so. well, only using CAD for it.
02:46.08bhimapreviously I've done it by hand, but very simple layouts.
02:46.43prpplaguebhima: you used any of the press on stuff used with laser printers
02:49.12bhimaonce. wasn't that happy, and the cost was too high IMHO.
02:49.15bhimashould try it again.
02:50.59prpplaguebhima: you had pretty good luck with 4pcb?
02:51.28bhimaif you're a first time customer, until march, they'll do their three/$99 deal for you for free.
02:51.50bhimayou need to send email to free@4pcb.com and ask for a code number.
02:52.09prpplaguebhima: cool
02:52.29prpplaguebhima: they sent me a set of coasters made from pcbs
02:52.47bhimayeah, I have one of those :)
02:53.07prpplaguebhima: i wanted some with the silouette of naked ladies :)
02:53.11bhimaif you want a single board, or a small board, others are better.
02:53.23bhimaolimex is good if you want lots of features on a small board.
02:53.41bhimacustompcb for featureless baords - $26 for two, shipped, 4"x5.5".
02:53.49prpplaguebhima: i've been doing perf board for so long i don't think complex anymore :)
02:53.50bhima(single sided, no legend, etc)
02:54.03bhima4pcb.com is good if you want everything and want it big.
02:54.11bhimadouble sided silk screens even.
02:57.36prpplaguebhima: what does it mean "one part number per order" ?
03:00.08bhimait means they won't make a board that has more than one desisgn.
03:00.23bhimaso, say, if you have two different 3"x3" boards, they wont' consider that one 3x6 deign.
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03:01.35TomWI still have my money...
03:01.56prpplagueTomW: what?
03:02.20prpplaguebhima: ok but what if i put 3 of the same design on one board?
03:02.50TomWmaybe the webpal is some kind of Christmas joke.   Dunno, but I would expect a surplus dealer to hop to it to get any fool's money that wanted to purchase his junk?
03:03.04prpplagueTomW: i dl'd eagle, workds great
03:03.14sorphinummm
03:03.16sorphintom
03:03.17TomWFairly good product.
03:03.21bhimaprp: no.
03:03.23TomWsorphin: yo?
03:03.24sorphinbe patience for pete's sake
03:03.26sorphin:P
03:03.34TomW>:-O
03:03.43TomW>>:-O
03:03.46prpplagueTomW: i expect i'll call tomorrow to confirm my order
03:03.58sorphinnot everywhere is instant on that day ;p
03:04.05TomWno?
03:04.09sorphinno
03:04.17sorphinc'mon you know that
03:04.36prpplaguebhima: hmm, that makes an expensive board a $33
03:04.37TomWHmm, maybe he checks his web operation every two weeks or so, you may be right.
03:05.00prpplagueTomW: i bet i doesn't clear until in the morning
03:05.02sorphinor MAYBE you haven't gotten mail cuz.. *gasp* it hasn't shipped yet
03:05.06sorphinand
03:05.12bhimaprp: unless you get a big board, yeah...
03:05.24sorphinhmm.. could it be... $ xfers aren't always instant either
03:05.31sorphinw/ credit cards
03:05.34TomWsorphin: I'll show 'em, I'll cancel my order with them and fsking get it someplace else!  >:-O
03:06.02TomWheh, felt good to say that, stupid, but good.
03:06.07prpplaguebhima: what does a 2 layer 3x3 usually cost?
03:07.21TomWsorphin: you know, he is probably like BZFlag.  He cannot take the order until he goes down into the basement to see if he has any left.  
03:07.24bhima"usually". hrm.
03:07.48bhimaprp: for quantitiess like that, usual is not really defined.
03:08.51prpplaguebhima: http://www.4pcb.com/www.htm
03:10.42bhimaI'm not sure if that's good or lame. bizarre.
03:11.13TomWprpplague: if you start a web account at 4pcb.com, you can use their PCB calculator to see _exactly_ what they would charge you to do a board.  They guarentee the price that the calculator gives you.
03:11.44TomWjacques: you gone, or really here?
03:12.27TomWprpplague: hey, how come they made you a sysop?
03:15.12prpplagueTomW: just did
03:27.47bhimablob 2.0.5-pre3, flash kernel syas:
03:27.55bhimaconfigured for kernel in ramdisk. invalid argument.
04:43.01kergothhey
06:03.49MonMothahttp://www.dream-multimedia-tv.de/cat_eng/produkte/boxfeatures.php4
06:03.55MonMothatoo bad the work's already been done
06:11.24MonMothawow that has to be a record
06:11.31MonMothathere's at least 7 "first posts" on this /. story
06:11.48MonMothaoh, and a imagine a beowulf...
06:28.52bhimahmm. the 0.6 image seems to not have an init or something. odd.
06:55.40bhimahow do I give blob a different kernel on the boot command line?
07:05.51bhimaanybody? I can't figure out how to load a different kernel via jffs2.
07:15.38BZFlag~fishslap TomW for picking on BZFlag
07:15.39ACTION slaps TomW up side the head with a wet fish for picking on BZFlag
07:16.42BZFlagbhima: current tux blob can not take a different kernel. would be easy to add, but nobody has done it yet.
07:32.08BZFlag~seen kergoth
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15:01.11prpplaguemorning guys
15:01.28prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i got a UPS tracking number on my webpals
15:15.14sorphinditto
15:15.22sorphin11pm EST last night
15:15.33prpplaguei got mine early this morning
15:15.34sorphinDate: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:07:06 -0500 (EST)
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16:02.12kergothmorning
16:02.19sorphinlo
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16:15.37TomWpaypal paid the surplus people.
16:15.46TomWgoodie!
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16:17.32prpplagueTomW: ya i got a UPS tracking number this morning
16:18.03TomWoh, I haven't checked my "discard" email account for anything yet.
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16:20.13prpplagueTomW: well, made a little progress with eagle last night
16:20.47TomWyou "made a little progress" or "made little progress"?
16:20.49prpplagueTomW: i ordered some of the laserjet paper
16:20.59prpplagueTomW: the first
16:21.00TomWheh
16:21.43prpplagueTomW: i guess i'm lame, but i really like that autoroute function :)
16:21.49TomWCheck plots are needed to check the footprints.  Yeah, I usually make sure I have the parts that will be mounted on the boards, especially with SMT devices.
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16:22.38prpplagueTomW: i'm gonna try making a couple of voltage regulator boards by hand
16:22.51TomWit seems that manufacturers of SMT parts want to have their own device naming: S0-8, SOP-8, SSOP-8, TSS0P-8, etc.
16:23.18TomWthen they come up with crap like: MINI-8, SHRINK-8
16:24.12TomWprpplague: you mean "tape & etch" your own boards?
16:24.30sorphinTomW: haven't etched a board in a while
16:24.37sorphinwas a pain w/ what i had to do it w/
16:24.39prpplagueTomW: ya using that that laserjet image paper
16:24.57sorphinprpplague: hope you have a good iron ;)
16:25.21TomWsorphin: niether have I, I got tired of the chemical mess & smells in my house.  I got out to a PCB house now and keep a budget just to make boards.
16:25.32sorphinyeah
16:25.40sorphini prolly will do that soon
16:25.53sorphinfor me it took too damn long to actually etch
16:26.05prpplagueTomW: http://www.techniks.com/
16:26.07TomWsorphin: then you have to drill the boards, then you have to fill the via's.
16:26.12sorphinall i had was the lil plastic etch tank
16:26.18TomWprpplague: BTDT
16:26.30prpplagueTomW: ahh
16:26.44prpplagueTomW: not worth the time for a beginer?
16:26.53sorphinTomW: yeah, i never had vias tho, thankfully nothing of mine was THAT advanced
16:27.32TomWprpplague: no, I didn't say that, just that it is great for single sided boards.  Double sided boards are a pain to build, 'cause you got to align the layers.
16:27.47sorphinprpplague: self etching is fun at 1st, but it gets annoying after a while, plus what tom just said
16:28.00sorphinthen there's cleanup ;)
16:28.09sorphinand the smell
16:28.12TomWsorphin: I did some 2 sided boards with the press-n-peel, you can do it, but, man(!), what a lot of work that is!!!
16:28.14sorphinand the drilling
16:28.30prpplaguesorphin: ahh, right, i was only planning single sided
16:28.33sorphinTomW: the drilling is so much fun w/o a press
16:28.42prpplagueTomW: i like to make small steps......
16:28.49sorphinprpplague: even still
16:29.02sorphinprpplague: go ahead and do it.. you'll learn ;)
16:29.10TomWsorphin: I was even looking at getting setup with some of the conductive ink & multilayer 'at home' processes.  Then I had what they call
16:29.28TomW"an awakening", as in 'what the fuck am I doing?'
16:29.34sorphinTomW: indeed
16:30.07sorphinTomW: ya know, those conductive ink pens are nice, but they suck if you're using there where you have to solder
16:30.15sorphinfucking burns the ink away
16:30.27TomWprpplague: if it ain't gonna break your bank account, use APC and accept the fact that you will probably mess a couple of boards up from time-to-time.  
16:30.41sorphinor
16:30.51sorphinuse 4pcb.com's free initial boards ;p
16:31.35TomWsorphin: naw, this was some process which you smeared ink onto virgin fiberglass, baked it on, then used UV light & a mask to burn off the un-needed ink.
16:31.40sorphinok, so who of us lives closest to the surplus place?
16:31.49TomWNE PA
16:32.06sorphinTomW: um.. ok, you WERE insane to wanna try that ;p
16:32.06TomWheh, I live in Peeyay.
16:32.23sorphinTomW: eh.. go play on the turnpile ;p
16:32.33sorphinyes, i said turnPILE
16:32.37TomW?
16:32.46TomWI though you meant Turnpike.
16:32.49sorphinjust an affectionate name for that turnpile
16:32.53sorphinerm
16:32.54sorphinpike
16:33.01TomWactually, I live in Pennsyltuckey
16:33.04sorphinpile of shit ;p
16:33.10sorphinheh
16:33.19sorphinmy sympathies
16:33.56TomWyeah, PA is the Crossroads of the NorthEaster US, just like Tennesse is the CrossRoads of the South...
16:34.11sorphinhmm
16:34.17sorphinok so they're in santa clara
16:34.25sorphinshould take 6 days to get here
16:34.30sorphinabout
16:34.45sorphinsince it's shipped just before the rush
16:34.54TomWPlus, I like in what is called the Pocono Mountains, we get an influx of Touristas on a regular basis.  Clogs our roads up.
16:35.14sorphinTomW: you should get yours by new years... maybe ;)
16:35.52sorphini hope everyone was smart enough to just use ground ;)
16:35.56sorphinelse they got raped :P
16:36.01sorphinmoreso than we did
16:38.46prpplagueTomW: ya i just want to do a few boards just so i can get the feel of using eagle
16:38.58prpplagueTomW: then get some boards made at 4pcb
16:39.10prpplagueTomW: i'm gonna get some boards made for the hack kit
16:39.15sorphinbah
16:39.35sorphinprpplague: wear gloves
16:39.45prpplaguesorphin: lol
16:39.48sorphini'm serious
16:39.59sorphinetchent is not fun on your hands
16:40.07sorphins/etchent/etchand/
16:40.09sorphingrr
16:40.13sorphinyou know wha ti mean
16:40.50TomWyeah, etchant stains the hell out of anything you get it on.  It will stain formica counters, clothing, etc.
16:40.58sorphinskin
16:41.28TomWFerric Chloride will, dunno about the Hydrated etchant, never used the Dry Etchants.
16:41.28sorphinprpplague: you'll want something to agitate it well
16:41.39prpplaguejeeeze where i can find some of the geek woman on thinkgeek
16:41.44sorphinTomW: umm
16:41.55sorphinTomW: it's the same thing
16:41.59sorphinjust dehydrated
16:42.00TomWoh,ok
16:42.11sorphinsafer to transport dry actually
16:42.21TomWthought it was a different chemical.
16:42.32sorphinnon dry etchant is a "hazardous chemical"
16:42.51sorphinUPS/FedEX won't touch it
16:43.14sorphinwith good reason ;)
16:43.23sorphinif it leaks
16:43.25TomWWell, I got my tracking number, looks like the stuff may be here next Tuesday.  Did you see the shipping weight?  10 pounds per unit?!
16:43.26sorphin.....
16:43.42sorphinTomW: doesn't surprise me
16:44.10TomWno wonder the shipping costs were a bit high.  For me, that is a reasonable rate to ship 10 lbs. from Ca to Pa.
16:44.21sorphinhow much was your shipping?
16:44.25sorphinprolly the same as mine
16:44.54sorphinheh
16:44.57sorphinSched Delivery
16:45.00sorphinDec 16th
16:45.10TomWWell, they charged me $25.75 to ship 30 lbs.
16:45.35sorphin2    Newcom Webpal w/ Wireless Keyboard & ModemCES10150     $12.95    $25.90
16:45.35sorphin1    Unibrain 1394 3-Port  Ti PCI Firewire CardCRD10086     $12.95    $12.95
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16:45.49TomWprobably double the cost, but then you have handling...  (handling == profit).
16:46.04TomWsorphin: where you at?
16:46.07sorphinMO
16:46.12sorphinst louis
16:46.13TomWk
16:46.21sorphingrand total
16:46.27sorphin$57.90 :P
16:46.40TomWok, so you did go for two of them.  
16:46.45sorphinyup
16:46.50sorphinand a firewire card for $13
16:47.05TomWprobably going to be like the Tux, you get a couple, then are sorry you only got a couple.
16:47.06sorphinTI chipset
16:47.13sorphinhehe
16:47.20TomWsorphin: you going to use firewire on it?
16:47.24sorphinno
16:47.28sorphintis for other use
16:47.30TomWoh
16:47.40sorphinthere's no pci slot anyways ;p
16:47.52TomWall my computers have firewire built in already; http://www.freetech.com
16:47.58sorphinheh
16:48.04sorphinmine all have usb 1.1 :P
16:48.13sorphinheh
16:48.14sorphinshit
16:48.27sorphinit shipped from sunnyvale
16:48.30TomWI have several of their GT168 cases, they are the same size as a 2.5" thick three ring binder
16:48.48sorphini coulda had my friend nick pick the damn things up and ship to me for cheaper ;p
16:48.53TomWheh
16:48.55sorphinor even jacques
16:48.59sorphinhe lives in sunnyvale
16:49.02TomWnaw, not jacques
16:49.09sorphindon't trust him? ;)
16:49.47TomWjacques doesn't have the time, not that I don't trust or anything like that, just he is so busy running around looking for work.
16:49.58TomWweb techie
16:50.01sorphinheh
16:50.08sorphinhe had time when i was out in sunnyvale
16:50.27TomWsunnyvale in the north / south CA?
16:50.28sorphins
16:50.36sorphinsouth bay
16:50.47TomWSan Francisco then
16:50.49sorphinno
16:50.59sorphinsan fran is west bay ;p
16:50.59TomWLA?
16:51.09sorphinuhh too far south ;p
16:51.22TomWI spent a summer in Santa Cruz (southwest of San Jose)
16:51.33sorphinit's south of san jose a lil
16:51.39TomWlotta drugs, man.
16:51.53TomWwhew, the lost summer.
16:52.10sorphinnever even tried any drugs
16:52.12TomWLSD, Qauludes, and Reds.
16:52.12sorphinnever will
16:52.36TomWsorphin: good way to do it, no drugs.
16:52.43sorphinand not because my mommy said not to, nor because of these useless commercials
16:52.48TomWI wasted a lot of years on that shit.
16:52.57sorphinjust because i have better things to do w/ my time
16:53.16sorphini'm fucked up enough w/o help ;p
16:53.45sorphinok, so i'll get mine before you
16:53.58TomWI recall having a job that required a security clearance one time, I had to quit 'cause I couldn't remember just where I was most of that year...
16:54.00sorphinprpplague: what's the delivery date on yours?
16:55.44TomWI always order three of something:  one for me, one to destroy, and one for parts / replacement.
16:56.30TomWI think that I am going to have to reverse engineer the electronics so if I need to modify it, I can.
16:56.51sorphinapparently the flash on htese things sucks
16:57.01TomWHave you ever looked at the RESET specs on those Cirrus chips?
16:57.03sorphinwonder if i's the same kinda flash simms cisco uses
16:57.09sorphinif so
16:57.11sorphini have some of those
16:57.35sorphin4M'ers
16:57.41sorphinand up
16:57.49TomWnaw, they use the 28Fxxx stuff wasn't it?  That uses a 12volt line to allow programming, they are not single supply.
16:58.04sorphin29
16:58.05sorphinnot 28
16:58.14sorphinbut they're simms
16:58.25sorphinwhich is what made me wonder
16:58.42sorphini'll see when they show up what htey have
16:59.19sorphinmostly atmel and sst tho
16:59.47TomWyeah, the atmel 29Fxxx series, IIRC that is a single supply
16:59.55sorphinno
16:59.57sorphinnot atmel
16:59.58sorphinAMD
17:00.24TomWHmm, I have a 2Meg Flash simm here that I purchased for the CL-PS7500FE EVB that I have.
17:01.53kergothwhatll the performance be like on the webpals?
17:02.09prpplaguekergoth: about that of the agenda :(
17:02.09TomWthat EVB has 28F160 chips on the Flash SIMM
17:02.21prpplaguekergoth: or like a 486dx-33
17:02.27TomWkergoth: about that of a 486-DX33
17:02.28sorphinkergoth: 486dx33'ish
17:02.30sorphinheh
17:02.47TomWkergoth: about 40 MIPS
17:02.48kergothheh, gotcha
17:02.48sorphinin other words, i wouldn't compile ON it ;p
17:02.51kergothhehe
17:02.57kergothfigured, was just curious
17:03.05TomWkergoth: did you order one?
17:03.08sorphinman i rememebr taht shit
17:03.18sorphinwhen a kernel compile took me 2 hours
17:03.25sorphinman that sucked
17:03.34TomWsorphin: yeah, I recall doing kernel compiles on a 486-DX2/66
17:03.38kergothTomW: nah didnt have time last night, will likely do so now
17:03.44kergothTomW: wonder how many those guys have in stock
17:03.45sorphinkergoth: heh
17:03.57TomWkergoth: better NOT find out and get one now.
17:04.00sorphinkergoth: you may not get it before xmas now ;p
17:04.03TomW:)
17:04.22sorphinthe cutoff before "the rush" was 3pm PST yesterday ;p
17:04.30kergothTomW: good point
17:05.09sorphinhope these damn HDDs show today
17:06.20TomWheh, it would be cool to have your telephone integrated into your TV, eh?
17:06.35sorphineh?
17:07.04sorphinput down the bong and explain yourself :P
17:07.20TomWAhh, computer show this weekend.  Think I'll go and see if there are any more surplus notebook IDE drives available.
17:07.26TomWsorphin: heh
17:07.43TomWsorphin: cigars only now.
17:07.51sorphinanyways
17:07.53sorphinexplain :P
17:07.59sorphinwhere'd that phone+tv come from ;p
17:08.27prpplaguei heard someone say that the webpals are sold out
17:08.57sorphinkergoth may be sol
17:09.03sorphinnothing new there ;)
17:09.21TomW5.4GB EIDE 12MM 2.5 NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVE  
17:09.29TomW$32 on pricewatch.
17:09.35sorphinheh
17:10.28sorphini just love garbage like this
17:10.30sorphinDate: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:55:29 UT
17:10.30sorphinFrom: Technical Advisor <reply-89127460-6803@mailtonic.net>
17:10.30sorphinTomW: Dan Stagner <dans@fysh.org>
17:10.30sorphinSubject: Caution: Your Internet connection really needs to be fixed
17:10.34sorphinumm
17:10.36sorphinno it doesn't
17:10.58TomWsome of those used parts dealer seriously brain-damaged!  One guy wants $99 for a 3.2Gig pull.
17:11.02TomWsheesh.
17:11.03sorphini love the scam behind these "net connection boosters"
17:11.26prpplagueTomW: ya and you have to watch out for used dealers who intentionaly sell bad parts
17:11.28sorphinand feel sorry for anyone that actually buys/uses the shit
17:11.41TomWsocial engineering: scare Mom & Pop into purchasing "the solution".
17:11.54sorphinyup
17:12.09prpplaguemy mother-in-law actually paid for a product that install sub-7 on her winblows pc
17:12.20sorphinsub-7 ?
17:12.34prpplaguesorphin: a back orifice type app
17:12.41sorphinoh, lovely
17:12.45TomW<PROTECTED>
17:12.51TomWNew for $81
17:13.01prpplaguesorphin: $29.95
17:13.12sorphinprpplague: and people wonder why i don't buy sw ;p
17:13.25prpplaguelol
17:13.50sorphinoh wait, that's right.. i'm unethical :P
17:13.58TomWI got to move to California, seems like most of the computer parts dealers are out there.
17:14.07sorphinTomW: duh
17:14.12TomWfor what I'd save on shipping, I could pay the rent.
17:14.21sorphinthe silicon valley is still the silicon valley ;p
17:14.41sorphinand i doubt it
17:14.46sorphinrent tain't cheap
17:15.02TomWheh, yeah, about as expensive as living in New Jersey.
17:15.11sorphinmy friend daniel pays $1700 a month (last i asked him) for a 1 bedroom apt in walnut creek
17:15.19TomWand, just as many screwball laws too.
17:15.35sorphinwho would WANT to live in jersey? :P
17:15.42TomWheh
17:15.47TomWDemocrats
17:16.10sorphin"I think i'll go buy a place in south central LA" :P
17:16.19TomWthe Democrats have created their own sanctuary, it is called "New Jersey"
17:16.40sorphinTomW: democrats, republicans, it doesn't matter
17:16.42sorphinthey all suck
17:16.53kergothsorphin: here here
17:17.10sorphinpeople don't go into politics to "make a difference"
17:17.13TomWthat is why PA is so heavily Republican, they emmigrated here from NJ
17:17.29sorphinthey might think they are at 1st, but they're REALLY going in because they want the power/money
17:17.41kergothsorphin: as douglas adams said, those who are capable of getting themselves in charge should by no means be allowed to do the job
17:17.49sorphinright
17:18.04TomWI am a registerd "Non-Partison", meaning I didn't like "any of the above" political affilations when I registered to vote.
17:18.25sorphinwhen i was registered to vote
17:18.36sorphinit was done when i renewed my drivers license :P
17:18.41sorphini'm non affiliated ;p
17:18.43TomW"name the three branches of the Federal Government"
17:18.51sorphinTomW: that's easy
17:18.55TomW"crooks, liars, and theives"
17:19.05TomWheh
17:19.06sorphinDemocrats, Republicans and Liberals
17:19.08sorphin;p
17:19.15TomWnaw, "crooks, liars, and theives"
17:19.24sorphinnah, that's just 1 branch ;)
17:19.31sorphinx3
17:19.50TomWoh? then that was the beaurocrats I just named then?
17:20.00sorphinprolly
17:20.08TomWk
17:20.17sorphinthis last election
17:20.37TomWgot to work now, :(
17:20.42sorphindoesn't matter which screwball gets voted for, they all fuck everything up
17:20.53sorphinhave "fun"
17:22.39sorphinexiting? when the hell did he even sneak in?
17:28.09Russ|werkmorning
17:28.16sorphinlo russ
17:28.49sorphineh?
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18:09.31sorphinok, who of you freaks is a zaurus junkie? :P
18:10.05sorphinkergoth: that must mean you're one ;p
18:10.11sorphindamn digis
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18:11.16sorphin~fishslap kergoth
18:11.17ACTION slaps kergoth up side the head with a wet fish.
18:11.21sorphinget back here bitch
18:11.32kergoth~rlart
18:11.39sorphin;)
18:12.11sorphinanyways
18:12.18sorphinkergoth: so are you or are you not one? :P
18:12.20Russ|werkkergoth: you have really bad aim
18:12.22sorphin(i ask for a real reason)
18:12.39kergothRuss|werk: hehe
18:12.50kergothsorphin: something like that. what do ya need?
18:13.01Russ|werknuttin
18:13.05Russ|werkor, sorphin
18:13.09Russ|werker
18:13.12Russ|werkoh, sorphin
18:13.27sorphingo back to sleep russ ;)
18:13.35sorphinkergoth: thikning about buying one
18:15.09Russ|werkheh
18:15.12kergothsorphin: k...
18:15.33Russ|werkif we order from 4pcb, we have to make it *apear* that the board isn't panelized to avoid a $50 charge
18:15.48sorphinRuss|werk: that should be fun
18:15.56sorphinkergoth: i was looking for opinion on it :P
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18:16.28Russ|werksorphin: just make some traces connecting the different boards, make some rows of hears around the edge, add some qfp's in the dead space
18:16.36Russ|werks/hears/headers/
18:16.50kergothsorphin: well, for the most part its a solid unit.  its stuck on 2.4.6 and its driver code leaves a lot to be desired, but it works well in general.
18:17.46sorphinRuss|werk: think it'll be enough to get by their QA ?
18:18.41Russ|werksorphin: hopefully, especially if some shanip2 boards are mixed in
18:18.50sorphinyeah
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18:50.51CosmicPenguinGood morning
18:51.05sorphinlo jordo
18:51.09CosmicPenguinwhats up?
18:51.34CosmicPenguinAny news on our toys?
18:51.45sorphintracking #s all around
18:51.56sorphincept kergoth who didn't order yet ;p
19:09.50CosmicPenguinI have a tracking number as well... :)
19:10.44CosmicPenguinprpplague: how many times have I told you not to listen to me?
19:11.16Russ|werkI have *a* tracking number
19:11.16CosmicPenguinprpplague: I looked at those RS232 widgets last night, and the pins are already angled in the right direction, so chalk one up for me being an idiot
19:11.34Russ|werkI'd like to get a secord tracking number...aparently there is some issue with the boss
19:11.49sorphinCosmicPenguin: you should get yours 1st
19:11.54sorphinso let us know how it is
19:17.41CosmicPenguinsorphin: yep, I should see mine tommorrow
19:18.00sorphinwon't happen
19:18.10sorphinups is required to try one attempt
19:18.15sorphinnow... if it were fedex
19:18.15CosmicPenguinbastards
19:18.25sorphinyo ucould call now and tell em to hold it ;p
19:18.30CosmicPenguinWell, then, I guess I won't get mine first
19:18.48Russ|werkjust have them deliver to your office instead of home
19:18.51sorphinUPS = Useless Piece of Shit after all
19:19.01sorphinRuss|werk: dunno if he can get them to reroute
19:19.05sorphinups is really picky
19:19.23sorphinleast not till the 1st attempt
19:21.45prpplagueCosmicPenguin: lol
19:21.58CosmicPenguinCan I leave a note on the door that says "Dear Mr. UPS guy, please leave it on the back porch, love Cosmic"?
19:22.05prpplagueCosmicPenguin: ya well, you should remember not to listen to me either....
19:22.17sorphinCosmicPenguin: nope
19:22.24sorphinwelll
19:22.25sorphinmaybe
19:22.34sorphindepends on if "signature required" is flaged ;p
19:23.10sorphinno neighbor(s) you trust?
19:23.58prpplaguesorphin: he lives in utah, can't trust anyone there :)
19:24.13sorphinprpplague: thought only texASS was like that? ;)
19:24.40prpplaguesorphin: no you can trust just about everyone in texas :)
19:24.46sorphinriiight
19:24.55sorphintrust them to shaft you ;p
19:24.56prpplaguesorphin: hell, i don't lock my house and i usually leave my keys in the ignition
19:25.04sorphinumm
19:25.14sorphinprpplague: you're also a naive country boy ;)
19:25.47prpplaguelol, well i'm not along
19:26.05sorphinalong ?
19:26.31prpplaguesorphin: remember, in texas its legal to kill anyone you find in house or car
19:26.33prpplaguealone
19:27.02sorphinprpplague: well, considering our current president is a product of texas
19:27.06sorphinthat says a lot ;)
19:27.08CosmicPenguinprpplague: lol
19:27.55CosmicPenguinWell, either way it doesn't matter until we get this RS232 thing out of the way
19:28.03CosmicPenguinOtherwise, I'll just have a pretty box to look at
19:28.38Russ|werkhmmm...google downtime
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19:34.02CosmicPenguinprpplague: why do I get the feeling that the pins on your RS232 adapter don't exactly match the pinout on the board?
19:35.17Russ|werkrs232 adapters can go one of two ways
19:35.24Russ|werkat least the 9 pin ones
19:37.42CosmicPenguinQuestion - how does an @ sign translate in a URL?
19:43.48prpplagueCosmicPenguin: ahh spam the legal way for assholes to let 10million people know they are assholes
19:46.51CosmicPenguinprpplague: it fasinates me.  They have some l33t skillz, thats for sure... :)
19:51.23sorphinCosmicPenguin: translate ?
19:51.52CosmicPenguinsorphin: obviously, the @ isn't part of the URL - so how does the browser deal with it?
19:51.53sorphinin a url an @ goes before the hostname and after a login:pw
19:52.17sorphinit knows that if htere's an @ there's authentication info before it and just tosses it along
19:52.41prpplagueyou guys feel as helpless as i do with regards to these DMCA cases?
19:52.59sorphinprpplague: he who has the $ wins the case
19:53.25sorphinre: spam, i'm glad that shithead got a taste of his own medicine
19:53.26prpplaguesorphin: thats normally true when the masses don't take heart
19:53.35prpplaguesorphin: ya mee too
19:53.47prpplaguesorphin: i just wish it would continue
19:53.56sorphini get at *minimum* 26 spam emails a day
19:54.09sorphinusually more
19:54.21prpplaguei just feel like i need to do something to help with the DMCA shit
19:54.33sorphinspamassassin is fairly good at catching it, but sometimes lets a couple through or flags something as spam that isn't
19:54.56prpplaguei can't seem to get the korean spam filtered
19:55.13sorphinheh
19:55.20sorphinusing
19:58.37prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hey does term support 25 lines?
20:00.07CosmicPenguinprpplague: yeah, whatever LINES says
20:00.38CosmicPenguinIf you are using *less* than 25 lines, though, you may quietly and violently revert back to VT100 mode
20:04.02CosmicPenguinsorphin: lots of IDE pains on the kernel mailing list doay
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20:05.48sorphinsjhill: there you are
20:05.55sjhillhere i am
20:05.57sorphinCosmicPenguin: i told you :P
20:06.37sorphinCosmicPenguin: that "new code" is crap
20:08.31prpplagueCosmicPenguin: hmm, i'm not seeing a LINES entry in the docs :(
20:17.50prpplagueoh hell no, i know i didn't just get spamed by m$
20:17.57sorphinhehe
20:18.08sorphinprolly not a legit M$ addr
20:18.15sorphinmost headers are forged
20:19.56prpplaguesorphin: this was legit
20:20.31prpplaguesorphin: i can't figure out how i got on the mailing list, i _never_ do anything with m$
20:20.37sorphinhmm
20:20.43sorphinmaybe someone did it to torture you :P
20:21.11prpplaguePlease note that it can take up to eight weeks to update customer
20:21.12prpplagueinformation in our database; therefore, you may receive e-mail from us
20:21.12prpplaguewithin that time period.    
20:21.12prpplague<PROTECTED>
20:21.30sorphinhahaha
20:21.38prpplaguewhat the hell? is their db software that bad?
20:22.07prpplaguethey can register you fucking xp in 30 seconds yet they can't update their spam list in 8 weeks?
20:24.22prpplagueDMCA, DeCSS, IE only web sites, hardware vendors that don't/won't support linux
20:25.48prpplagueCosmicPenguin: well, i tend to disagree, most anti-microsoft ppl are they because of non-open standards
20:25.57prpplagues/they/there
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20:26.43prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i mean look at scifi channels web site, who do they think is their audience?
20:26.59prpplagueCosmicPenguin: why make sooo many pages that are winblows only pages?
20:27.13prpplagueCosmicPenguin: or the LotR page?
20:27.15CosmicPenguinprpplague: sadly, you gotta market to your audience
20:27.27CosmicPenguinprpplague: even /. sees well more than 50% IE usage
20:27.52prpplagueCosmicPenguin: ya but it doesn't take much to make a page usuable cross-platform
20:28.12prpplagueneither do i
20:28.19prpplaguebut that doesn't make it right
20:28.23CosmicPenguinprpplague: not if you are running on a IIS server with Frontpage... :)
20:28.33prpplagueCosmicPenguin: granted
20:29.20prpplagueCosmicPenguin: but you'd think that the marketing ppl with places like scifi and LotR sites would realize that their audience is more than likely to be geeks
20:30.24CosmicPenguinheh, well, like I said... more than 50% of /. readership is running M$, but your point is well taken
20:30.38prpplagueCosmicPenguin: and what about the DeCSS stuff? hell, i've found two programs for sale in the US for duplicating dvds under winblows, and no one has charged them with DMCA violations
20:31.01CosmicPenguinSadly, though, you could take all of the Linux geeks in the world and ship them to Mars, and it still wouldn't make a wit of difference... :)
20:31.14CosmicPenguinI think our biggest problem is that we don't realize that
20:31.23prpplagueCosmicPenguin: agreed, but its better than it was 4 years ago
20:31.33CosmicPenguinprpplague: I don't know what to say about DeCSS - thats all crap and they know it
20:32.30CosmicPenguinprpplague: not that I'm a huge Microsoft fan or anything, but I do know that no matter how elitist I act, it won't matter
20:32.51CosmicPenguinIt will just piss off the sales guy at Circuit City, but thats enjoyable in its own right... :)
20:33.11prpplagueCosmicPenguin: agreed
20:33.23CosmicPenguinprpplague: just let me say that the license to get the CSS code is $10,000
20:33.38CosmicPenguinSo don't ever think that money doesn't fit into the equation.... :)
20:33.40prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i'll never forget the guy's look when i broke my free XP cd in half and asked him to put it in the trash
20:34.44prpplagueCosmicPenguin: well thats the other thing, acording to the DeCSS case testimony, several companies tried to buy the license to use under linux and they wouldn't sell it to them
20:35.58prpplagueCosmicPenguin: same here
20:36.47CosmicPenguinprpplague: Well, there can't be a risk to open it up
20:37.01CosmicPenguinprpplague: but anyone can buy the Redbook, you just have to sign lots of NDA forms
20:38.03CosmicPenguinhttp://www.dvdforum.org/format-format.htm
20:40.24prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i'll have to go back and re-read the testimony again
20:41.03prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i'm just worried about broader implications of the DMCA
20:42.01CosmicPenguinprpplague: I support all the court cases we can muster
20:42.12prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i mean, will i be prosecuted if i write a shell script to rip a video tape to vcd?
20:42.25CosmicPenguinprpplague: see, you won't be prosecuted, they'll just use the law to bully you
20:42.39CosmicPenguinprpplague: because if you get prosecuted, they run the major risk of getting the law struck down
20:42.55prpplagueCosmicPenguin: agreed
20:43.27prpplagueCosmicPenguin: well i've been going to local GOP meetings trying to inform ppl, but its dam hard getting ppl to think about the bigger picture
20:43.35CosmicPenguinprpplague: Whatever we do, we can't eliminate the basic American right to "guity by reason of smaller bank account" </sarcasm>
20:43.48CosmicPenguinprpplague: I'm sure a good amount of that falls on dead ears at a GOP meeting
20:44.18prpplagueprpplague: well, the listen, i'm not sure they understand
20:44.27prpplagues/the/they
20:51.58CosmicPenguinhmm.....  My VIA audio is finally in 2.4.20-ac2.  Should I bail outta alsa?
21:10.19CosmicPenguin"as an avid RPGer, I know we have nothing to do with cool. While we're sitting in a basement rolling dice, swilling Mountain Dew and other snacks while pretending to be mighty warriors in an alternate universe, cool people are out doing lines off naked women because they can."
21:10.37CosmicPenguinThats a geek with a sense of perspective... :)
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21:12.20prpplagueCosmicPenguin: where did you see that?
21:12.42CosmicPenguinprpplague: it was in one of the stories about RPG design on /.
21:13.07prpplaguelol, ya that pretty much sums up my views
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21:30.27sorphinre tim
21:31.27sorphinprpplague: i'm like that every day
21:32.29prpplagueif i have to test one more usb flat bed scanner i'm gonna go insane
21:35.30prpplaguesorphin: as long as they aren't usb
21:35.33prpplaguescsi ok
21:35.38prpplagueparport ok
21:35.41prpplagueusb bad
21:35.42sorphinnope
21:35.45sorphinthey're all usb ;)
21:36.50sorphinprpplague: just strangle file w/ em ;)
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21:37.58prpplagueMorn: welcome there
21:38.13Morn:-)
21:38.26Russ|werkyou mean "welcome here"?
21:39.41CosmicPenguinwhere ever you go, there you are.... so welcome there is a perfectly valid greating
21:39.49CosmicPenguinor greeting
21:40.14sorphinCosmicPenguin: morn was looking for you anyways ;p
21:40.32MornJordan: I was just hoping to get an update on pixil
21:40.40sorphinprpplague: btw.. you got lucky and didn't mention this channel after file appeared... DON'T tell him, please ;p
21:40.46CosmicPenguinMorn: bbias
21:46.21prpplaguesorphin: its in the #tuxscreen topic
21:46.45sorphinprpplague: well, since he's not in here, i doubt he reads that ;p
21:46.54prpplaguesorphin: good point
21:46.56sorphini was just meaning don't give him any more hints ;p
21:47.47prpplaguehmm, i'm wondering if i can etch boards after having a 6 pack of guinness......
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21:47.56sorphinprolly
21:48.15Russ|werkhow can you welcome someone somewhere you aren't at
21:48.33CosmicPenguinprpplague: you can do it, but your skill will be approximately equal to mine at that point
21:48.47CosmicPenguinMorn: still no news, I've been lazy and working on other stuff lately
21:49.07CosmicPenguinMorn: but I have been working on getting the latest MIcrowindows ported to the tuxscreen, so I guess that counts
21:49.40Morncool
21:49.41CosmicPenguinMorn: add in that I injured my back somehow, and factor in the 3 hours of Simpsons Skateboarding that I have been playing lately, and you've got yourself a good excuse
21:49.43CosmicPenguinRIght? :)
21:50.12Mornwhen I tried the latest buildroot the resulting microwindows image didn't even boot fully
21:52.50CosmicPenguinMorn: yeah, tis broken
21:53.10sorphinCosmicPenguin: then it's inline w/ the picogui i had to work around ;)
21:53.28CosmicPenguinsorphin: what?
21:53.39sorphinif it's broken
21:53.56sorphinit' slike the picogui stuff i had to have scanline tell me how to work around the other day ;)
21:57.51CosmicPenguinsorphin: yeah, I guess.  
21:58.04CosmicPenguinsorphin: but Microwindows doesn't work as well as Picogui, so your comment wasn't very factual...
21:58.17sorphinCosmicPenguin: i was trying to be nice ;)
21:59.02CosmicPenguinsorphin: at this point ,we don't need your pity.  Everyone else tells us that we suck, you might as well too
21:59.13sorphinnah
21:59.55CosmicPenguinBut I have a real live copy of Win98 right here, so its ok... :)
22:00.01sorphinuh huh
22:00.01BZFlaghttp://msdn.protier.com/admin/skins/vsdemo/vssignup.aspx <- "Try Visual Studio .NET for free" ... hides most of the required input fields if you are not on window. hahahaha
22:01.24BZFlagwell in mozilla at least. lynx seems to work.
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22:03.03sorphinhmm
22:03.05sorphinsince i'm bored
22:03.18sorphini know how morn got her nick, and obviously how tim got his...
22:03.27sorphinkergoth: how'd you get yours digiboy?
22:04.11kergothsorphin: completely random, pulled it out of my ass
22:04.35sorphinheh
22:04.52kergothsorphin: you?
22:05.36sorphinpicked it when i was mudding.. i had a mage named morphy, needed a new name for my triple class, somehow came up w/ sorphin
22:07.44CosmicPenguindangit
22:07.50CosmicPenguinMy fonts have gone screwy.. :)
22:07.52CosmicPenguinbrb
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22:11.07sorphini'm not even gonna ask where cosmicpenguin came from ;p
22:12.11CosmicPenguinsorphin: there is some head shop in town called the Cosmic Penguin.  I heard the name on the radio and I thought it was pretty cool
22:12.31sorphinthought it mighta been linux related ;)
22:12.43CosmicPenguinWell, the penguin bit is of course
22:12.50sorphinyeah
22:12.53CosmicPenguinif it would have been the cosmic elephant it wouldn't have been as cool
22:13.26CosmicPenguinheh - cosmicpenguin.com still hasn't been renewed - I might be able to grab it
22:13.31sorphintrue
22:13.32sorphinand yup
22:13.42sorphinASSUMING it ever actually expires expires
22:13.51sorphini've seen expired domains sit there for months
22:13.57sorphinthey never get "retracted"
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22:36.12bhimaI have googled a lot, and can't figure out - how do I get blob to boot a different kernel via jffs2?
22:40.11CosmicPenguinMy fiance will be happy... :)
22:41.44bhimayour fiance likes microsoft fonts?
22:41.55CosmicPenguinbhima: as far as I know, it fires up /boot/zImage
22:42.15bhimait fires up /boot/linux :)
22:42.20bhimaand I want to test a new kernel.
22:42.29CosmicPenguinbhima: Ok, so replace the files
22:42.31bhimawithout having to reflash the filesystem each time uing blob.
22:42.40bhimaerm. I don't know if the kernel work.
22:42.43CosmicPenguinIts JFFS2 - you can change individual files you know
22:43.58bhimasure. I tried that. it didn't like my kernel. I do not know why it didn't like it. and it's tedious and annoying to reload everything slowly over serial when I have ethernet there.
22:45.25MornDec 11 17:46:25 laptop kernel: ttyS15 at 0x1c00 (irq = 10) is a PCTel
22:45.30Mornwhy ttyS15?
22:45.40MornI don't have 16 tty's
22:46.14Mornerr 16 serial devices
22:46.49CosmicPenguinMorn: maybe it was just trying to be nice
22:46.59Mornand I'm using devfs
22:47.04Mornjust seems odd
22:47.20Russ|werkcould be a device that keeps getting replugged
22:47.22Russ|werkis it USB?
22:47.31bhimait doesn't want to insult your manliness by suggesting that you only have one or two serial ports.
22:47.33Mornno, pctel winmodem
22:47.55CosmicPenguinMorn: most likely, it didn't want to take the time to figure out what serial ports you have available, so it picked a nice round number
22:49.03Morntrouble is when I open minicom with /dev/ttyS15 I don't get anything
22:49.12MornI'm wondering if the driver is not devfs aware
22:49.33sorphinnot many things are
22:49.46Morndevfs is the default in Mandrake
22:49.52MornI usually turn it off
22:49.56Mornbut I didn't yet on the laptop
22:50.05sorphini tried it once, it sucked ass, i turned it back off
22:50.10bhimahow do I create a downloadable jffs2 image on a device without flash?
22:50.54Mornwell, I'm going to turn devfs off
22:50.58MornI'll be back in a few
22:56.51prpplagueme too
22:57.00prpplaguemy package is already in mesquite texas
22:57.20CosmicPenguinSparks, NV for me
22:57.38CosmicPenguinThat would be cool
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22:58.02CosmicPenguinExcept that maybe there would be too many complaints - people would call up and complain that the driver was slacking off
22:58.13bhimabandwidth?
22:58.17CosmicPenguin"Tell him to get his fat ass out of the donut shop and deliver my damn package"
22:58.21bhimaUPS has lots of trucks.
22:59.16MonMothanote to self: don't ship via MBE
22:59.41MonMothathey use their own tracking system which sucks, and the UPS tracking number they gave me doesn't seem to work (either that or UPS doesn't have it in yet, even though they should have the package)
23:03.34bhimaare there any updated tuxscreen kernel build instructions around? I'm trying to figure out why my kernel is fscked...
23:07.40MonMothawhat's it doing?
23:07.45bhimanothing.
23:07.52MonMothanothing as in hanging?
23:07.54bhimajust hangs.
23:07.59MonMothawhere at?
23:08.11bhimaafter blob, it says "loadign kernel...."
23:09.22MonMothadid blob mention any trouble loading the kernel from flash?
23:09.39MonMothaI know I had a problem with blob not being able to load my kernel from jffs2
23:09.53MonMotharebuilding everything from scratch solved it...never figured out the problem
23:10.00bhimanot that I recall. It did not do anything different from when it worked using pre=built kernels.
23:10.11bhimaeverything==...?
23:10.33CosmicPenguinmmmm...... Macrovision free.....
23:10.45bhimaI jussst want a way to make blob load up a different kernel so I can do faster updates.
23:11.20CosmicPenguinbhima: well, if you have a borked kernel, there is nothing thats going to help you there
23:11.41MonMothabhima: you can always xmodem the kernel over then type boot
23:11.48MonMothathat will load the kernel from ram, rather than flash
23:12.11bhimacosmic: being able to test it faster would at least help a bit :)
23:12.27bhimamon: ahh, so "xdownload kernel; boot" will make it boot from RAM?
23:12.40MonMothayep
23:12.58CosmicPenguinbhima: I don't understand what you're saying - you can easily copy over the kernel if you have a working kernel, but a broken kernel means that you will have to reflash
23:13.07MonMothayou can also upload a new version of blob, then run "reblob" to check parts of your new bootloader out
23:13.18CosmicPenguinSo if you have a bad kernel, speed won't help you
23:13.35MonMothaCosmicPenguin: not really...if you can get a working kernel on and get the system booted, you can then change the kernel in jffs2 out
23:14.15CosmicPenguinMonMotha: thats what I said
23:14.29bhimacosmic: right now (before monmotha's info) I need to copy a kernel over, replace it on the internal flash, test it, if it failss, I musst replace the jffs image over serail, and recopy a new kernel.
23:14.41CosmicPenguinbhima: correct
23:14.43MonMothaCosmicPenguin: oh, I thought you meant reflash the entire root fs
23:14.47MonMothaI'm doing kernel in jffs2 btw
23:14.48bhimacosmic: my goal would be to copy a kernel, reboot testing it, then reboot using the working kernel.
23:15.00CosmicPenguinbhima: hows your ARM assembly then?
23:15.44bhimacosmic: rusty. but do you understand how this would be faster?
23:16.26CosmicPenguinbhima: yeah, but the feature doesn't exist.  Most of us just don't upload buggy kernels... :)
23:16.42MonMothaCosmicPenguin: I have :)
23:16.57bhimamost people don't do their first kernel hacking on the tuxscreen.
23:17.31MonMothabhima: I did :)
23:17.56bhimamon: excellent :)
23:18.03bhimaI've never really needed to kernel hack anything else.
23:18.13MonMothanor have I
23:18.18bhimaand all I want to do right now is get rid of the UCB1200 support.
23:18.33bhimaI'm not sure how I am eventually going to add touchscreen support.
23:18.38MonMothabhima: btw, in wheaties.c there's a race condition you might want to fix if you're getting panics
23:18.53bhimamon: what does wheaties.c deal with?
23:19.05bhimais wheaties the DSP?
23:19.18MonMothaamong other things
23:19.22CosmicPenguinMonMotha: are you going to ever post that patch to the Tuxscreen mailing list, or did I miss it?
23:19.30MonMothaCosmicPenguin: oh, thanks for reminding me
23:19.40bhimaahh. that's simple enough. I'll remove the wheaties support.
23:19.44MonMothano, I never posted it :)
23:20.00CosmicPenguinseesh - holding back patches that people need.... thats something I would do
23:20.10bhima(since, erm, there is no wheaties on my new board :)
23:20.37MonMothathere are now ;)
23:21.10CosmicPenguinbhima: bottom like, grab the blob code and start hacking
23:21.21CosmicPenguinbhima: and make sure you have a jtag handy
23:21.32MonMothaCosmicPenguin: what needs hacking?
23:21.44MonMothaI know you can upload a kernel on the fly and boot it...
23:21.54MonMothaI did it for quite a while when I was playing with my broken image
23:21.56bhimacosmic: I don't have a jtag handy, and monmotha told me how to do the equivalent to what I wanted without hacking.
23:22.16MonMothaI think I may have a JTAG setup around here somewhere... :)
23:22.22MonMothaprobably in a box somewhere
23:23.32Russ|werkbhima: what are you trying to do?
23:23.53bhimaruss: I'm repackaging a tuxscreen usign its standard motherboard and a custom daughterboard.
23:24.15Russ|werkah, cool
23:24.22bhimait's going in my car.
23:24.29bhimaI have a board that fits in perfectly.
23:24.53bhimaa PIC is gonna hang off one of the serial ports to do tousch screen an i2c control of other stuff in the dashboard.
23:35.51MonMothaheh
23:37.19MonMothabhima: you know, there is an SPI bus in the tux
23:37.29MonMotharun off a few GPIOs on the SA-1100 IIRC
23:38.08bhimamon: I was under the impression that that was the case, yes. but I found some nifty i2c stuff I wanted.
23:38.12bhimamight just do both.
23:38.51MonMothabhima: I was saying it was probably easier to hook the PIC up to a SPI bus than an RS-232 port
23:38.57MonMothasince you'd need a UART for taht
23:40.03bhimaahh. perhaps. though the pics usually use a UART for both.
23:40.17MonMothafor SPI?
23:40.19MonMothaSPI isn't async
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23:47.55CosmicPenguinWell, its probably time to head for home
23:48.16CosmicPenguinSee if I can't get Microwindows finalized for Morn... :)
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