IRC log for #neo900 on 20141002

02:57.05OksanaQuiet...
02:59.12jonwilis busy examining the list of closed things to figure out what to reverse engineer next
03:01.32jonwilmight play with osso-systemui-emergency, that looks interesting
03:02.02jonwilor maybe hildon-plugins-notify-sv
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03:22.21jonwilmy god vmware is taking forever to install
03:25.07jonwilfinally, its done :)
04:05.59OksanaHow are you?  hildon-plugins-notify-sv sounds interesting. I did not know that yellow banners could be accompanied by sound and vibrations :)
04:08.59jonwilhildon-plugins-notify-sv is for ringtones and alarm tones and things I think
04:09.30jonwilok, I got the Maemo SDK image running in vmware and soon I will be getting scratchbox going and then have a (somewhat) usable Maemo dev environment again
04:10.14jonwilI used to have an old Pentium 4 running Gentoo as a dev box but that was too old to be worth bringing when I moved across the country
04:10.31jonwiltoo old and too worn out
04:10.50jonwilhence the need to go virtual :)
04:34.47DocScrutinizer05wonders if - given ther general mood of some of those fools like "when he's saying something, I oppose it, no matter what" - if I maybe should argue in favor of abolishing council and telling whole maemo community to p*ss off, so a few selected active members of *my* MCeV was all I need to cope with. ;-P
04:36.38DocScrutinizer05would probably instantly result in woody, win7mac, chemist, estel et al crying out loud and claiming that we need to keep council because when I think it should vanish that must be the wrong thing.
04:36.40jonwilThe good thing about scratchbox is that I can take the scratchbox install from the SDK VM (the contents of /opt/scratchbox or whatever) and the scratchbox stuff sitting on the dump of my old Gentoo box and compare the 2 to see which files are different and use that as a guide to which files I need to copy across or install or whatever to get it back to how it was
04:39.45DocScrutinizer05isn't VM comprehensive re SB?
04:39.58DocScrutinizer05maybe less rootstrap
04:40.13jonwilThere are definatly things not installed that I had installed before
04:40.27DocScrutinizer05that's possoble
04:40.28jonwili.e. packages that didn't exist at the time of the Maemo SDK VM image being made such as systemui-dev
04:41.02DocScrutinizer05somebody should publish an updated VM image
04:41.15jonwilyeah one running on a modern version of Ubuntu maybe
04:41.56DocScrutinizer05isn't hre OS version inside VM rather "irrelevant" (from a devel's POV)?
04:42.19jonwilyeah probably but if you are going to make a new VM you may as well use a new OS :)
04:42.33DocScrutinizer05yep, agreed :-)
04:44.47DocScrutinizer05osso-systemui-emergency is the 911 screen
04:45.23DocScrutinizer05dunno how much more than that is inside. Never played too much with it, for obvious reasons ;-P
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04:46.28DocScrutinizer05actually a funny thought for going to have a chillout: how to test osso-systemui-emergency
04:46.57DocScrutinizer05already ponders to get a nano-bts
04:47.08DocScrutinizer05or a CMU200
04:47.53DocScrutinizer05AAAAH! Mickey had a modem-emulator software
04:48.12DocScrutinizer05(AT API level)
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04:48.41jonwilyeah when I briefly worked for Motorola years ago we had a doohicky that could emulate a cell site that was connected to the prototype phone via a cable of some sort
04:48.44DocScrutinizer05prolly simply answering "OK^M" all the time ;-)
04:49.09DocScrutinizer05:nod:
04:49.15ds2NO CARRIER
04:50.11DocScrutinizer05ds2: actually a nice idea. Limit (battery) power so modem collapses as soon as it activates TX
04:50.34ds2sounds like some stuff I designed a while ago ;)
04:51.00ds2if I had not already - good luck with the power supply design :D
04:51.17DocScrutinizer05hmm?
04:52.15DocScrutinizer05on Neo900 we could accomplish immediate shutdown of modem the very millisecond TX goes "on air"
04:54.12OksanaOperators of emergency services telephone numbers, such as 911 and 999, report receiving many false alarms that are likely a result of pocket dialing. So, actually calling an emergency number while REing the software should not be a huge problem. Though, a dedicated 'test' number (like 007 :) ) would be useful.
04:54.58DocScrutinizer05yeah, just such test number doesn't get recognized as emergency call in osso-systemui-emergency
04:55.43DocScrutinizer05iirc network actually can signal which are the list of allowed emergency numbers. Prolly then gets stored to SIM
04:56.14DocScrutinizer05I wonder how that's supposed to work on roaming / without SIM
04:56.51OksanaWhy? Is it hardcoded? Is it possible to binary-replace 911 with 007 or something? Without SIM the phone itself (or the modem firmware?) remember a wide list of common emergency numbers.
04:56.57DocScrutinizer05Dear customer.
04:56.58DocScrutinizer05A parcel was sent to your home address.
04:57.00DocScrutinizer05And it will arrive within 3 business day.
04:57.01DocScrutinizer05More information and the tracking number are attached in the document.
04:57.09DocScrutinizer05(fedex)
04:58.49DocScrutinizer05DAFAQ! attached "FedEx Shipping Delivery Slip pdf.zip"
04:59.07DocScrutinizer05prolly SPAM
04:59.21jonwilprobably either malware
04:59.30jonwilor something designed to get you to hand over personal details
04:59.39DocScrutinizer05malware
04:59.41DocScrutinizer05From:"FedEx Delivery Customer Service (FedEx@fedex.com)" <trusplus@sify.com>
04:59.52jonwilyeah
04:59.55OksanaPhone 999, WAIT until answered & explain that you are making a test call & why (new system install & previous error) the emergency operator will probably also take your name but you will not face any problems for abusing the system.
04:59.56OksanaAs a Telecom engineer I have carried out this process on a number of occasions, it is accepted as it is the only way to 100% prove the service.
04:59.58OksanaIf you hangup before getting answered expect a vehicle with a pretty blue light on the roof to arrive shortly!
05:00.29jonwilyeah I have heard of that being done here in Australia with our 000 number too
05:00.30DocScrutinizer05incredible how that mail arrives just in time. Somebody really trying to attack me with tailored stuff?
05:01.06jonwili.e. call it, tell them why you are calling it and they will probably record the details and that will be it
05:02.52DocScrutinizer05I guess they are not amused here when you do that
05:03.05OksanaIt would work once, but would they tolerate calls made every day by the same engineer?
05:03.11jonwilNo they wouldn't
05:03.32jonwilhence why you do it once and only once when you have finished setting things up
05:03.56jonwilIn any case I suspect osso-systemui-emergency (if we needed to RE it) is probably the sort of thing where you could RE it once, test it if necessary (one call) then be done
05:04.04jonwilIts not very big or complex-looking
05:04.33jonwilcould probably even test it with numbers other than emergency when doing the initial RE then later test with real emerg numbers
05:04.37jonwilif you needed to
05:04.59DocScrutinizer05here they even blocked 911 calls without SIM a year or 3 ago
05:05.09OksanaNot nice :(
05:05.21DocScrutinizer05indeed
05:05.33ds2the call out for modem power is pretty insane
05:05.39ds2multiamp peaks
05:05.53DocScrutinizer05particularly for "have a emergency call phone for poor remote locations"
05:06.29DocScrutinizer05they used to collect old featurephones and refurbish them and place them on mountain huts etc
05:06.56DocScrutinizer05ds2: yep, up to 3 or 4 iirc
05:07.24ds2doesn't that put the worse case peak at like 5-6A when everything is running?
05:07.43OksanaHidden Battery Power : http://www.hoax-slayer.com/mobile-phone-tips.shtml
05:07.45ds2and most Li batteries (non RC rated ones) recommend no more then 2C discharge max
05:08.03DocScrutinizer05dunno if I can find a photo of that "battery cable" we had at Openmoko lab. was made of 30 red and 30 black woven 1.5mm wires
05:08.13DocScrutinizer05;-)
05:08.49DocScrutinizer05(maybe it's only ben 15 + 15. Rather fat a cable anyway)
05:09.36DocScrutinizer05seem the critter and thought "W*T*F??!"
05:09.44ds2fatter then a 00 sized cable?
05:13.26DocScrutinizer05no idea about 00
05:14.06DocScrutinizer05figure the red and black wires that run to your PC's power plug (secondary) that plugs into PSU
05:15.06DocScrutinizer05now take 10 red and 10 black ones and lace a braid
05:15.21DocScrutinizer05nach at least 20 of each color
05:15.57DocScrutinizer05you could jumpstart a car with that thing. Easily
05:16.27ds2but for stuff like this, isn't lower inductance more important then resistance
05:16.55DocScrutinizer05the idea being that the whole cable shouldn't significantly add to the source impedance of power source which is supposed to be in the milli-ohm range
05:17.21DocScrutinizer05(inductance) that's why it been woven
05:18.47DocScrutinizer05dunno, my memory might be cloidy meanwhile, since that's already 6some years ago when I seen it
05:19.34DocScrutinizer05anyway I been pretty impressed when I seen that thing growing out of a lab PSU
05:20.56ds2ah right (regarding the woven part)
05:25.37OksanaSo is there any hope for dome sheets pre-included? Or will users craft them by hand?
05:53.56OksanaShould I pre-order 5 dome sheets to Neo900 postal address?
05:54.01OksanaOr 25...
05:58.18OksanaQuiet...
06:21.58OksanaQuuuiiieeettt...
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15:26.47freemangordonjonwil: I think I found a solution for the missing armcc
15:27.01jonwilyes?
15:27.03freemangordoni can use gcc 4.7.2 to compile to .o files
15:27.21freemangordonand make that a part of the source package
15:27.32jonwilok, if that works
15:27.43freemangordonwhy not?
15:27.49jonwilok, if that works great
15:27.51jonwilgo for it :)
15:28.03freemangordonwell, it is too early :)
15:28.12jonwilwhat version of GCC does Fremantle stock use?
15:28.21freemangordon4.2.1
15:28.50jonwiland upgrading gcc across the board is a problem why?
15:29.10freemangordonlack of will :)
15:29.19freemangordoncssu-thumb ;)
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15:46.47jonwilfreemangordon: do we need to care about libcmtspeechdata?
15:46.54freemangordonsure
15:47.01freemangordonI am packaging it ATM
15:47.39jonwilthe libcmtspeechdata in meego repos is a fair bit newer that what was linked into the fremantle blobs
15:47.53jonwiland may well not be compatible with the rest of the system
15:49.05freemangordoncheck that one https://gitorious.org/meego-cellular/libcmtspeechdata/commit/95c4c5f2ba5bf5325ee1e4ae5fd99e0a3946fc72 :)
15:49.34jonwilyeah I saw that
15:50.15freemangordonthat should be exactly what we have in fremantle
15:50.26jonwilnope its not
15:50.45freemangordonwhy do you think that?
15:51.06jonwilcmtspeech_version_str in Fremantle blob returns 1.6.2.1
15:51.37freemangordonhmm
15:51.47freemangordonanyway, the modem interface is the same
15:52.02jonwiland the kernel interface?
15:52.15freemangordontoo
15:52.18jonwilok
15:52.21freemangordoneven in the latest upstream
15:53.10freemangordonwell, I'll check for differences between what we have and the binary blob
15:53.33jonwilit should be possible to match libcmtspeech to the blob
15:53.39freemangordon:nod:
15:54.05freemangordonlets have the packaging in place first
15:54.09jonwilok
15:54.27freemangordonbtw, is there any similar debian packaging I can reuse?
15:54.36jonwilno idea
15:54.39freemangordonok
15:55.14jonwilbtw I will probably fiddle with hildon-plugins-notify-sv next maybe
15:55.18jonwilor maybe libplayback
15:55.51freemangordonok
15:55.57jonwilhmmm yeah there were some interesting unresolved questions about libplayback, maybe  a clone of it can answer those
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21:52.38OksanaShould I pre-order 5 dome sheets to Neo900 postal address? Or 25...
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22:01.50DocScrutinizer05250 :-)
22:02.14DocScrutinizer05no kidding
22:04.01DocScrutinizer05any amount highly welcome
22:04.21DocScrutinizer05and of course Neo900 UG will refund you
22:08.26OksanaAfter they arrive.
22:08.58OksanaNo point in refunding me if they arrive one year later :)
22:10.06OksanaI have already ordered 25 dome sheets from gerry-mobilfunk.de
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22:15.05OksanaJust hoping that they include free shipping inside Germany, because I have seen no charges for shipping.
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22:17.26wpwrakDocScrutinizer05: so you think we'll find enough of the original ones ? or do have to seriously consider making a replacement ?
22:17.42wpwrak#s/do have/do we have/
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