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00:00.04cp15Mailing list? There isn't one, I think... well, xanadux@lists.sourceforge.net maybe
00:00.19collin_workno hh.org port list?
00:00.28cp15Actually xanadux-general@lists.sourceforge.net
00:00.36cp15Don't think so. Do you think we need one?
00:00.53collin_workI don't know ... I'm not on your port-team :)
00:01.04leOncp15: specific mlists are always nice
00:01.04cp15leOn: The DOC works actually similar to an integrated SD card
00:01.04leOn=)
00:01.53leOncp15: does the regular windows reside in that DOC? or is that DOC the place where the original system stores its data?
00:02.40cp15It is a bit more complicated. Windows actually resides on PXA Flash
00:03.08leOnany chance on putting linux into that ?
00:03.35leOnat least the base system ... extra apps could go into that DOC place...
00:03.39cp15The DOC is split into two partitions: The first one contains additional packages which are installed into ram for additional applications and customizations. The second partition is free for the user
00:04.26cp15I am thinking about a union mount: PXA flash contains the base system, DOC additional apps, customization and user data
00:04.44leOnsounds about right to me =)
00:05.11cp15All writes will go to DOC only, so there will be no wear-off of the pxa flash and you always have a chance of getting a clean system by reformatting DOC
00:05.17leOnso you think it'll be possible to write the base system into where evil lives ...
00:05.20leOn=)
00:06.15cp15Using the PXA flash for this should be pretty simple, but right now we still need haret for booting
00:07.57leOnfrom what i know from talking to people and reading in articles, many linux ports for embbeded devices fail because they don't get to replace the base system, making people have to use bootloaders or similar tricks to boot linux... not only it's feels like a patch but also cuts down the device functionality regarding available memory
00:09.37leOni really don't know much (say almost nothing) regarding low level stuff, but i'd be glad to make available ported apps from my own system
00:09.45cp15Should be not that problem on the BA. The HTC Bootloader is quite nice, I even managed to get suspend working (at least the part regarding the bootloader works)
00:10.26leOnhave done some playing with cross compilation for other projects
00:10.39leOnsome actually worked
00:10.41leOn=P
00:11.13cp15Ok, the lowlevel stuff is relatively stable now, but the apps would need some polishment
00:12.09cp15The gpe image was created with openembedded (ok, and some additional handwork I have to confess)
00:12.28leOnmake me a promess that you will get the thing working on the PXA Flash, along with support for all the hardware and i'll get myself a QTEK and start playing
00:12.31leOn=)
00:13.48cp15Sorry, can't promise anything... But the chances PXA flash will be used soon are very high
00:14.26cp15colin: Do you know how to create a hh.org mailing list?
00:14.37leOncp15: that's all i needed to "hear"
00:14.39leOn;)
00:16.25cp15Which part of portugal are you from?
00:17.15leOnright now i'm in lisbon
00:17.27leOnlive here for some years now
00:17.38leOnbut originaly from the north, Aveiro
00:17.40cp15I once had a job in portugal, but I know only lisbon and pamela
00:17.48leOnpalmela
00:17.50leOn=)
00:18.05leOnpamela is nice too ... nice "airbags"
00:18.07leOn;)
00:18.17cp15Oh... Yes
00:18.36leOnsay ... from the QTEK family ... only 9090 is supported?
00:19.08leOni saw somewhere that S100 is the same as VPA Compact
00:20.37cp15Well, the 9090 will definetly work best 2020 takes some more work to get it at the same level, 1010 will be even harder, all the rest does not work at all right now
00:20.45leOnhmmm ... many QTEK 2020 on sale on a portuguese auction site
00:21.00leOnk .. i'll aim for the 9090
00:21.10leOnalso is the only one with keyboard, right ?
00:21.12cp15How much is a 2020?
00:21.27leOnlemme see
00:21.53leOni'd say around ¤350
00:22.24leOnit's possible that you get a better deal over there
00:22.28cp15Wizard (don't know if it is also resold by qtek) also has a keyboard, but no linux right now
00:22.44cp15I auctioned two BAs for about 300 Euro last weekend
00:22.52leOntech stuff in portugal is still a bit expensive comparing to other EU coutries
00:23.28cp15How does that come?
00:24.21leOnportugal still has some problems understanding that the more the intermediates, the more expensive a product gets
00:25.12leOnso, many times you have official distributers -> area distributers -> resellers -> client
00:25.32leOneach wants it's own piece of the cake
00:25.38cp15:-) A Himalaya on german ebay is between 200 and 250 euro
00:25.43leOn=P
00:25.53leOntell me something
00:26.18leOndo you think you could get me a QTEK9090 or equivalent with a nice price
00:26.24leOnnew or as-new ?
00:26.54cp15Hmm... Let me check
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00:27.57cp15There is one flashed to dead at 120 euro
00:28.23cp15I am nearly sure it can be reflashed
00:28.41_cronos_hie all
00:28.49_cronos_i have a pb for change :0
00:29.11cp15But it still runs 19 hours, and I have seen a MDAIII with a broken display for 200 Euro and OK ones for 260 Euro
00:29.15cp15So I will see
00:29.31_cronos_i have this msg : portmap start stop daemon nothing in /proc
00:29.36cp15cronos: Yes? Hope it is a short one, I want to go to bed soon
00:29.39leOnjust saw a new 9090 + 256 sd card for 450¤
00:29.54leOnway too expensive
00:29.57leOn=/
00:30.18_cronos_ok
00:30.18_cronos_np
00:30.28cp15A good price for a new device, but a used one is normally ok for development
00:30.28_cronos_i go to see in the log
00:30.48cp15cronos: Have you added the boot_mmc=y parameter to startup.txt?
00:31.55_cronos_yep
00:31.59leOncp15: looking at some possibilities in ebay.co.uk
00:32.01_cronos_it s just after that
00:32.31leOnseveral auctions running ... bidding goes around 150£ now
00:34.09cp15cronos: Can you tell me the first few lines after "Executing /linuxrc"
00:34.40_cronos_arf
00:34.45_cronos_tomorow
00:34.49_cronos_i will go to bed
00:34.53_cronos_but thank u
00:34.57_cronos_and good night
00:34.57cp15Ok, good night
00:35.12leOncp15: get to rest
00:35.45leOnyou're gonna need all your strenght to put that thing running from PXA ... ;)
00:36.12leOncp15: i'll be around to nag you some more..
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00:36.36cp15leOn: I will bid for the defective BA tomorrow. If it can be fixed, I then I think I will make you a good offer, if not, I will keep it for spare parts
00:36.59leOnthanks! =)
00:37.04leOnok ... i'll be in touch
00:37.11leOnthanks for your time
00:37.49leOncp15: got the addy?
00:38.15cp15Yes
00:38.19cp15But for now good night
00:38.39leOng'nite =)
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10:48.57cp15Good morning
10:49.10etiennehello
10:49.20cp15Hi etienne
10:52.11cp15Did you encounter any problems with linux on your BA?
10:52.55etiennehoo
10:53.20etiennei have to much work at this time
10:53.29etiennei can't breath ;)
10:53.40cp15Ok :-)
10:53.44cp15What are you working?
10:53.55etiennewhat ?
10:54.06etienneho
10:54.25cp15Yes, what is your job?
10:54.25etiennei 'm working as project manager in an french it system
10:54.41etienneon sms mms telephony web etc etc
10:54.48etiennemany hosting
10:54.55etienneand tv sms games
10:55.08etiennesome minitel too
10:55.36cp15What is minitel?
10:55.53etiennea french thing
10:56.06etiennelook like an old vt
10:56.17etiennesmall box which has 20 25 years
10:56.42etiennehttp://pficheux.free.fr/xtel/images/minitel.jpg
10:56.50etienne80 columns
10:56.58etienneyou have many many services in france
10:57.12etiennewith this
10:57.24etiennes/have/had/ ;)
10:57.35cp15Ah, seems quite similar to the german BTX. But it has been disconnected long ago
10:58.08etiennewe still make money with it
10:58.15etienneno more developements
10:58.18etiennebut hosting
10:58.30etienneand you what are doing in real life ?
10:58.35etienne+you
10:59.15cp15I own a little company which offers IT consulting and service
11:00.38etienneho
11:00.46etiennewich sort of services ?
11:01.10etiennenot websphere consulting ? ;)
11:01.20etienne(i'm fioghting with ws as at this time)...
11:02.48cp15Mainly unix/linux installation and maintenance, a little bit of DB2 and other applications
11:02.57cp15I don't like websphere
11:03.08etienneso do i
11:03.32etiennegot a big project with db2 and ws ...
11:03.35etienne...
11:03.49cp15But one of my customers use it as a gateway to an ibm z series
11:04.07etiennei don't like z series
11:04.08cp15db2 is nice, actually I find it much cleaner than oracle
11:04.20etiennesome remains of  my work in university
11:04.30etienneyeah got a training on db2
11:04.34etienne8.2 look nice
11:04.43etiennebut we have to work with 8.1 ..
11:06.15cp15Should be also ok... But if I remember correctly I had some problems with a dying db2 processes, leaving the database unusable until you restart it.
11:06.59etienneyou know we have to deploy db2/ws platform
11:07.15etiennefor 300 mo of DB and perhaps 1000 hits/day
11:07.23etienneof basic select/update
11:07.44etiennesome customers have **really** too much money
11:08.28cp15Probably IBM convinced them that they have the best products
11:08.38cp15On which platform does it run?
11:08.42etiennelinux
11:08.46etiennerh as4
11:09.02etienneit's an "old school" society
11:09.17cp15At least not windows
11:09.24etiennethey don't want to hear about apache jonas/tomcat and mysql
11:09.37etienneyep i have the choice between rh/solaris 2.7/ windows 2000
11:09.42etienne....
11:09.49etiennewunderbach ;)
11:11.41cp15Pretty old stuff
11:11.59etienneyep
11:12.07etiennethe wonderfull solaris 2.7
11:12.12etiennei hate it
11:12.16etiennelike his cousin 2.6
11:12.28cp15But this gives additional business when a upgrade is needed ;-)
11:12.37etienneyep
11:14.32cp15I always wondered why solaris is so wide-spread. Without additional software and tools, it is a very poor unix
11:19.05etienneold unix
11:19.28etienneand less cost against hpux or aix 10 or 15 years ago
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15:33.38FunklordI was using solaris before linux
15:33.58FunklordI think it was because suns hardware always was good
15:34.38bhima|airplaneI'm on an airplane right now. I'm showing off. :)
15:35.11etiennehaha
15:36.41Funklordcool
15:38.14cp15Do you get a real IP in the plane or is it just a NATed one?
15:38.42bhima|airplaneNAT :(
15:39.01cp15Wireless LAN?
15:39.57bhima|airplaneyup.
15:40.25etiennei saaw there are some company who offer wifi in plane
15:40.35cp15How much does it cost?
15:40.45cp15And how is the round trip time?
15:40.48bhima|airplane$30
15:40.55etienneit's on business class isn't it ?
15:41.00cp15For the whole flight?
15:41.12bhima|airplanewifi. everywhere. whole flight.
15:41.17geersyou can ever use sip telephony, we tested this: http://www.phonzo.com
15:41.26bhima|airplane700ms ping times.
15:41.33etienneouch
15:41.33geerss/ever/even/
15:41.46bhima|airplaneYes, I will have to do some IP telephony :)
15:42.10cp15Not really good enough for VOIP. Well, you could do simplex, better than nothing
15:42.11geershmm, you would suffer from severe delays with this ping time
15:42.40bhima|airplaneIt beats $7/minute.
15:43.07geersright, and with a blueangel in your pocket...
15:43.19bhima|airplaneblueangel stayed behind :(
15:43.24bhima|airplaneco-worker will be using it.
15:43.42bhima|airplaneOnly got an h6315 with me, and an h5555, and a Dell Axim x51v, and a Nokia 770.
15:44.18geerswhaow, someone is doing serious buying:)
15:44.49geersis there a sip client for N770?
15:45.16geersguess kphone is possible to port
15:45.42bhima|airplaneI think I may get a Nokia N90 too. :)
15:46.02geersare they for sale now?
15:46.19etiennedon't know which phone i would order...
15:46.28etiennedo you know any exciting phone ?
15:47.06bhima|airplaneHmm. Exciting. Godo question.
15:47.16geersthere is allways a more exciting phone just around the corner...;)
15:47.23etienneyep
15:47.30etiennei have d500
15:47.37etienneand m2000
15:47.56etiennei'd like a 3g phone
15:48.10etiennebut didn't found one which seems real funny
15:49.56geersme neither, so I just bought the Z800i with 1G flash
15:50.08cp15HTC Universal would be interesting, but it has some deficits
15:50.43bhima|airplaneI want a series 60 phone.
15:50.48bhima|airplaneI want series60, though.
15:50.50geersso has my Z800i I still need to bring it to a upgrade station
15:51.05bhima|airplaneerm.
15:51.05bhima|airplaneLag.
15:51.05bhima|airplaneThat was a lot of lag.
15:51.09bhima|airplaneI forgot I had said something. :)
15:51.14geers:9
15:52.21geerscya soon, got to run...
16:01.44ohoHello everyone
16:02.14cp15Hi oho
16:04.52ohoI am just trying to understand the code of gomunicator and gomunicator itself, but when I start it I get the error msg: can't attach default card mixer startSound(/usr/share/gomunicator/R&C_them e.raw) - I just checked and it doesn't exist, do I have to set a symlink to the sound ?
16:08.38cp15Ok, for the "can't attach default card mixer" check whether /dev/mixer is a symlink to /dev/sound/mixer and /dev/sound/mixer is read/writable for your user
16:09.20cp15Also check if /dev/snd/controlC0 is read/writable for your user
16:10.10cp15The ringtone has to be in a file named /usr/share/gomunicator/R&C_theme.raw and of the format S16_LE, 2 channels, 16000 Hz sample rate
16:10.39cp15By default it doesn't exist... Maybe we should look for a solution for this
16:11.22ohoI am just checking all the above and will think of an installation solution, one way could be to include the ringtone and the symlinks in the ipkg
16:12.07cp15The symlinks are not reboot-resistant. We have to set them up each boot
16:13.03ohotrue - I wrote a script for mine, but couldn't we do this using a gomunicator file in init.d/ ?
16:13.17cp15I will create a new image soon
16:13.35ohook
16:15.14ohohmm I don't have any sound device, I think this is due to the alsa which was missing in the image and where you gave me an ipkg
16:15.58ohoIn the mean time I will keep studying the code....
16:18.54cp15Do you want to test the new image?
16:20.37cp15Hmm... I think there got something wrong when packing gomunicator
16:22.32ohoI am happy to test the new image, as I am not using the BA as my phone yet
16:29.30cp15Ok, http://gnulinux.biz/files/blueangel/sd/gpe-ba.tar.bz
16:29.50cp15Now with gomunicator included
16:31.50ohothank's I will give it a go right away
18:16.32ohocp15: I just loaded the image, but I encounter the same problem as before: the crosshairs calibration doesn't work. The last time when this happened the kernel was not compatible with the image. I am using the kernel and initrd from 18-Nov- any ideas ?
18:19.49cp15Hmm... No, if you got them from the same location, they should be ok
18:20.49ohothe initrd and kernel are from http://gnulinux.biz/files/blueangel/sd/linux/ and the image is from http://gnulinux.biz/files/blueangel/sd   ---   the new one you asked me to test
18:26.11cp15Hmm... Remove /etc/rcS.d/S03bootsplash, boot again and look for any strange messages
18:27.11ohook - will do
18:43.58ohoit says some think like: can't find device SIOCSIFMET..... goes pretty quickly
18:52.22cp15Anything about module loading problems?
18:52.51ohohmmm... I will look again, but it goes pretty quickly and it doesn't seem to write a log
18:53.03cp15First, change something
18:54.23cp15remove /etc/rc5.d/S99gpe-dm so no (useless) gpm will be started
18:55.53cp15Then add "c0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 tty0 vt100" to /etc/inittab
18:56.07cp15If at least blueangel_kp will work, you can login then
19:02.40ohonow it stops after : Starting at daemon: atd           ser_stuart_gpio_config 1
19:08.21cp15No login?
19:09.15ohono - I can't get a connection
19:10.47ohobut wait, that might be due to another problem with my hardware.... I am just checking
19:15.37ohoI thought me use networking is not up, but it is working fine with another device - so no login on the BA
20:20.18ohoI am off now - good night ! see you all tomorrow
20:35.58cp15Good night... I will test the image myself when I get my development BA
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23:27.45cp15Good night

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