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00:15:50jacqueshello
00:20:04as_Hi jacques.
00:44:32jacques: Something failed in connecting to the NOAA web server. Try again later.
00:44:32jacquesibot: weather ksjc
00:44:32jacquesyeah yah
00:52:45everybody is, like, sleeping like little babies
00:52:45jacquesibot: where is everybody?
00:52:52jacques:-
00:52:54jacques:-\
01:09:29anderseeis back (gone 02:24:11)
01:17:43SammyHi All
02:58:06jacquescrap does links actuall not do authentication????
03:02:47jacquesso sourceforge has started directing all downloads to mirrors
04:07:47BZFlagtries to resurrect dq
04:14:34andersee  /me feels sad for a moment
04:14:43anderseethe feeling passes
04:18:42BZFlagheh
04:19:09BZFlagyou read ?lb???t?h written here on the floor
04:24:32anderseeYou hear someone cursing shoplifters
04:24:32anderseewalks off with 4 phones
04:24:32BZFlagmisses andersee
04:25:02BZFlaglooks mostly alive again.
04:25:26anderseequaffs a turquoise potion, and feels MUCH better!
04:25:44anderseeWas it indeed libpthread?
04:26:04BZFlagyeah. rtc.o is not loading, and looks like pthreads wants it.
04:26:17BZFlagso really it's the kernel, but it's pthreads that dies.
04:26:26anderseeAhh
04:26:47anderseeI wonder if that updated mips kernel source from sgi might be in better shape?
04:27:42BZFlagyeah, 2.4.17 is the next one I'll try.
04:41:36BZFlagandersee: well it's as alive as it's ever been. hack on.
04:41:46BZFlagfeel free to build me a new kernel ;-)
05:38:24pmisfitis back (gone 23:59:47)
05:38:48pmisfitdoes happy dance
05:39:00pmisfitok well pppd runs, using ttySA1
05:39:56pmisfiti know it's been compiled before, but not sure if anyone actually tried to USE it.  confirming for the record: it works.
05:40:41pmisfitjacques: hey i had an idea on how to workaround oomkiller. check irc logs, or let me know email, i'll send patch.
05:41:01pmisfitis tired, so speaks in me tarzan you jane
05:41:47pmisfitgets BATT_LOW warning from his body
05:42:52pmisfitis away: going into hibernation mode.... resume timer set for tomorrow morning....
06:44:37BZFlagandersee: you round? dq has sshd and apache in inetd.conf, /dev/hda in dma mode now, should be a bit faster for builds now.
06:57:16anderseeBZFlag: yup, I'm still here...
06:57:32anderseeI'll give it a try in a few
06:58:32anderseeBZFlag: thx
08:27:38fontenotmy god qt3 is HUGE
08:27:53fontenotthe compressed source is almost 15MB
08:28:33fontenotand their ftp site sucks ass
08:31:43fontenotau mirror is 3x faster than the US one
12:23:39fileg'day
12:23:46ctry0
12:24:20filewaddup?
12:25:16ctrnot much
12:26:03file9:30am....
12:44:31sjhillanyone awake?
12:44:55fileme of course
12:54:23filehi Morn
12:54:59Mornhi
12:55:01Morncan someone tell me why XP is more stable on this box than linux?  it doesn't make sense
12:56:51fileyour hallucinating
12:57:09MornI wish I was
12:57:16fileyou are
12:57:22filefills Morn up with drugs
12:57:26MornI can't keep this box up more than 3 hours at a time
12:57:34filewhy?
12:57:45Mornit keeps locking up
12:57:53MornI thought it was just the AGP/AMD bug
12:57:57Mornit appears to be more
12:58:00fileuh oh
12:58:38Mornif I run glxgears I can crash it in 30 seconds
12:58:44file:(
13:16:28fontenothi TomW
13:36:12TomWfontenot: Good morning.  I have some classical music on this morning, so I didn't hear you "beep".
13:45:25fontenotnp im playing with my new scanner
13:51:37TomWI am looking to do something like an initrd on the Tux. Maybe..  I need to build up a module that I can use to control the IDE drive.  Do you know anything about modules?  Do I need to keep recompiling the kernel so that the versions match, or can I just "make modules", Zmodem the new on over to the Tux and do an "insmod" to test it (using the same Tux kernel each time)?
13:52:46fontenotthat should work
13:53:15fontenotsometimes they even work between different kernel versions - it depends on if the interface they use is changed
13:53:45TomW... 'cause the kernel versions itself, the module will pick up on the same version number (from the Symbols file) and the kernel would accept it?
13:54:43TomWI have done kernel drivers under uClinux, but those drivers were integrated into the kernel, the insmod didn't work (at that time) with the uClinux kernel, so I am not sure about modules details.
13:54:47fontenotsomething like that - I;m not sure
13:55:13fontenoti know you can build the kernel to be more or less strict about module versioning
13:55:17TomWok, I'll give it a try.  I cannot get Familiar / pivot_root to work for me.
14:35:06CosmicPenguinMorning
14:35:14CosmicPenguinAnyone here still using a Mr Flash CF?
14:36:15TomWMr?
14:51:38CosmicPenguinI kid you not - Mr. Flash
14:59:35TomWCosmicPenguin: no, I am using Lexar here..
15:19:07MornI think my linux box may be a little more stable now
15:19:12Mornand I can stop complaining
15:30:32GPSFanCosmicPenguin: I have 3 Mr. Flash 64M CF cards on is in my CerfCube with a web site on it. I have 2 I use with my iPaq, one for WinCE one dual boot WinCE/Linux ext3. no problems to date.
15:30:52GPSFans/on/one
15:31:15CosmicPenguinGPSFan: Oh, thanks.... we actually dug one up around here.
15:31:33CosmicPenguinWe had a client that was trying to use our image on it, and I had to dig up the disk geometry
15:31:41GPSFanI also hear that they have a Mr. Fusion device comming out RSN ;>)
15:33:01CosmicPenguinGPSFan: Isn't that a few more years in the future?  IIRC, Dr. Brown went 40 or 50 years beyond 1985, so we're looking at 2015 before we see Mr Fusion... :)
15:33:15CosmicPenguinNot that I'm not excited about it... :)
15:34:51GPSFanCosmicPenguin: the way most marketing types use RSN 2015 is just around the corner :-)
16:06:16scanlineis away: poof... and he's gone
16:15:57TomWanyone using the new jffs kernel?  I cannot seem to get pcmcia working..
16:40:16TomWI surrender, that new jffs2 kernel doesn't look promising.  I am going back to the other kernel & blob for now.
17:39:48mallumhi
17:42:33CosmicPenguinhello mallum - hows matchbox these days?
17:42:55mallumCosmicPenguin: good good
20:13:40andersee was last seen on #tuxscreen 13 hours, 15 minutes and 8 seconds ago, saying: BZFlag: thx [Tue May  7 07:58:32 2002]
20:13:40sjhillibot: seen andersee
22:06:43DarkDreamhello :)
22:06:53DarkDreamI can't believe what I've seen
22:07:06DarkDreamBZFlag: are u crazy ? :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
22:09:02DarkDreamWho use that TuxScreen ?
22:09:38prpplagueDarkDream: lots of ppl do, but mainly for education and development
22:09:59DarkDreamNice to meet u prpplague
22:10:55DarkDreamI'm from belgium what is the jtag ?
22:13:13prpplagueDarkDream: http://www.tuxscreen.net/wiki/view/Main/jtag
22:13:49DarkDreamIs it possible to use xwindow on it ?
22:14:13DarkDreampossible to upgrade the memory ?
22:14:17DarkDreamsorry to annoy u :)
22:15:57prpplagueDarkDream: the memory upgrades are limited at this point
22:16:11prpplagueDarkDream: x will run on the unit
22:16:25prpplagueDarkDream: as well as many other gui's
22:16:46kde is somewhat sluggish on a 32Mb iPAQ... totally untested on a 64 so far
22:16:46DarkDreamkde ?
22:17:47DarkDreamThere is no hard disk
22:17:49DarkDreamBut
22:17:59DarkDreamIf the pcmcia slot works
22:18:04DarkDreamI've an idea ;)
22:18:48prpplagueDarkDream: you anywhere near the Chimay Abbey? lol
22:18:54DarkDreamYou can use memorystick from sony into a pcmcia card adapter
22:19:04DarkDreamAnd in few years
22:19:14mallumDarkDream: I think you should spend some time browsing the wiki, you'll find most answers there ...
22:19:18DarkDreamSony will provide memorystick of 1 GB or even more
22:19:34mallumDarkDream: CF cards are better and cheaper
22:19:39prpplagueDarkDream: sony is not very linux friendly when it comes to the memory stick
22:20:03prpplagueDarkDream: if you check ok the wiki, many options for data storage are available
22:20:05DarkDreamprpplague: I often use memory stick on linux :)
22:20:26DarkDreamAre u BZFlag ?
22:20:48prpplagueDarkDream: no
22:21:15DarkDreamIs it complicate to install all ?
22:21:29prpplagueDarkDream: i didn't say you could not use them, i just said sony was not friendly, why support someone with your wallet when they don't help you?
22:21:55DarkDreamprpplague: are u ready ? :)
22:22:06prpplagueDarkDream: there are complete instructions on the wiki step-by-step, as well as docs on my experimetns
22:22:08DarkDreamI work for Sony lol :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
22:22:41DarkDreamBut CF cards are better that's right mallum
22:22:50prpplagueDarkDream: well your one up on the rest of the linux community on linux support for the memory stick
22:23:12DarkDreamprpplague: I use the memorystick from work
22:23:23DarkDreamI'm not crazy. i'm a poor boyyyyyyyyy
22:23:25DarkDream:)
22:23:56DarkDreamSo it's possible to install window maker
22:24:08DarkDreamno tweat for the memory ?
22:24:10DarkDreamtweak
22:24:38DarkDreampossible to connect also a gps on the serial port ?
22:25:36prpplagueDarkDream: it is possible to install a window manager such as icewm, or one like mallum's matchbox which designed for embedded/low resource enviroments
22:27:02DarkDreamMaybe I will put it on my car :) http://www.kraftvoll.at/software/
22:28:54DarkDreamI'm far of Chimay but it's in my country. You like it ?
22:54:49prpplagueDarkDream: one of my favorites
22:55:42DarkDreamU are from USA ?
22:56:05DarkDreamThere are chimay  ? :)
22:57:19sjmwaves good morning
23:00:10prpplaguesjm: Morning
23:00:24prpplagueDarkDream: yes
23:01:00AelhazI wouldn't say icewm is designed for environments with limited resources, just that it stays out of your way and does it's job quietly.
23:02:13Aelhazif Gnome or KDE could provide me with the sort of ease of function that I got from Object Desktop 1.5 on OS/2, I'd switch to them in a heartbeat. But unfortunately, all they are is gibbering masses of squishy bits all over the screen, eating up oodles of megabytes of ram
23:03:15Aelhazall these "desktop environments" for X are really just collections of gargoyles for your entertainment
23:03:59AelhazI've never found them to be entertaining
23:04:48Aelhaz(Did i mention i use icewm on all the systems I've ever run which had XWindows?)
23:07:03DarkDreamSO
23:07:12DarkDreamI will use icewm ;)
23:07:25DarkDreamBut windowmaker is a light wm no ?
23:08:48AelhazI guess so
23:09:17AelhazI don't have any problems with windowmaker other than the espoused design philosophies of it's authors
23:09:19prpplagueAelhaz: lol, we i like the fact that i can configure icewm easily for the screen
23:11:35Aelhazit's the "feel is more important than look" window manager
23:12:17Aelhazintuitive defaults that you can change, keyboard hotkeys that do useful things, etc
23:13:56mallumAelhaz: I like blackbox, but Im now using metacity
23:14:09Aelhaznever heard of metacity
23:14:28Aelhazi used blackbox for about 5 minutes in 1999, and it annoyed the hell out of me
23:14:44mallumAelhaz: http://cvs.gnome.org/lxr/source/metacity/README
23:14:52Aelhazso i don't have a developed opinion of it, other than that it's default look/feel was extremely repulsive for me three years ago
23:15:00mallumAelhaz: it dont need gnome though ..
23:15:13mallumAelhaz: yes, you need to bend it around a bit to make it nice
23:15:21mallumAelhaz: I liked it cos its very snappy
23:15:43mallumAelhaz: now there is fluxbox and openbox which are both forks / improvements
23:17:32AelhazThe problem i saw with a lot of the more logic-driven WMs, like blackbox, windowmaker, etc, was that typically the designers seemed to have espoused a rigid set of logic and then stuck with it no matter how much it made something suck
23:17:58mallumAelhaz: say hello to the ICCCM :)
23:18:09Aelhazi remember with blackbox there was some issue with hotkeys
23:18:24mallumyeah I used bbkeys to make it work
23:18:39Aelhazbut i remember something about blackbox hotkeys not working when netscape had focus
23:18:53Aelhazbecause maybe some of the netscape hotkeys conflicted with blackbox or something
23:19:03mallumAelhaz: hmm, I never experienced that
23:19:22Aelhazso i had to give the root window focus before i could switch to another desktop, or something
23:19:25Aelhazannoyed the hell out of me
23:19:54mallumAelhaz: yeah that would piss me off
23:19:54BZFlagdrops in
23:20:00BZFlagDarkDream: what's up?
23:20:18mallumAelhaz: what WM do you use now ?
23:20:25Aelhazin icewm, the window manager always gets the key binding, unless scroll lock is on, and then the app with focus gets it
23:20:29DarkDreamBZFlag: first, you are crazy ! :)
23:20:31Aelhazmallum: ice
23:21:15Aelhazand with icewm, all the hard-coded keys can be disabled, and you can define as many new ones as you like. so if there's some conflict, you can change the wm
23:21:28mallumAelhaz: yeah I wanna try that on my dual head box upstairs
23:21:35Aelhazso all the wm hotkeys work at the same time that nearly all the app hotkeys work
23:21:51Aelhazbest of both worlds, i think
23:21:58BZFlagDarkDream: why? cause they are so cheap? heh.
23:22:37mallumAelhaz: WM's are a pain to write
23:22:45mallumAelhaz: a real experience
23:23:24AelhazI haven't used windowmaker since '98, but i recall that the first thing that annoyed me was that it doesn't obey window manager hints in a client's properties
23:23:39Aelhazand the second thing that annoyed me was that the authors defended this as a feature
23:24:22Aelhazif an x client has the hint for "no title bar", then dammit, it shouldn't have a title bar unless i went out of my way to make sure it does
23:24:28Aelhaznot the other way around
23:24:54mallumAelhaz: yeah but there is no 'standard' hint for no title bar
23:25:07mallumAelhaz: most wm's pick up old motif hints
23:25:10mallummwm
23:25:17Aelhazmallum: there are various sets, tho, mostly the motif hints
23:25:27Aelhazwhat's wrong with trying to support them?
23:25:34mallumAelhaz: nothing
23:25:38DarkDreamSleep time :)
23:25:41DarkDreamBye ;)
23:25:46Aelhazmallum: but the window maker project leader had a problem with them, aparantly
23:26:06mallumAelhaz: maybe they were just trying to force a better standard
23:26:18mallumAelhaz: freedesktop.org is trying to do exactly this
23:26:23AelhazThe third thing that annoyed me about window maker was an essay the project leader at the time had written on how forcing a standard is more important than ease of use
23:26:47Aelhazhe explained, in detail, how, in the end, it's better for the user if apps don't have menu bars
23:26:52Aelhazeven tho users like them and expect them
23:27:17Aelhazthat, according to his well-thought-out rules, it should have a "menu" icon that fans out into sub-menus with tearoffs
23:27:25Aelhazand he admitted that people will hate this
23:27:37Aelhazbut argued extensively that it's the way things should be, Anyway, Just Because
23:27:39mallumwm supported dockapps though and the way they work is very non standard ( and stupid IMHO )
23:28:08Aelhazyeah, the dockapps are silly at best
23:29:12mallumAelhaz: any new work as yet ?
23:29:37Aelhazmallum: No
23:30:05Aelhazmallum: TimeSys has been bothering me to respond to an email survey they sent me, but everything about them is telling me that i don't want to work for them
23:30:27AelhazIt would be nice to work for another linux company, especially another embedded linux company
23:31:02Aelhazbut don't want to relocate to the east coast to work for a company that, from the looks of things, isn't any closer to turning a profit than lineo was
23:31:12mallumAelhaz: I gotta find some work too very soon
23:31:20mallumAelhaz: beggining to get a little worried
23:31:37Aelhazand I don't want to work for a company that, point blank, tells me they want to know exactly how much i made at my last job, and that they expect me to prove it with a W2 or pay stub.
23:31:46Aelhazbefore they even mention the possibility of an interview
23:32:06Aelhazit's like me demanding that they document the salaries of my prospective coworkers before i consent to an interview
23:32:16mallumAelhaz: thats bad
23:32:17Aelhazexcept that there's more people looking for work than there are jobs
23:32:23mallumAelhaz: can they legally do that ?
23:33:02Aelhazmallum: tell me how much other people make? Well, legally, yes, and if anyone found out, then they'd be likely to get sued by everyone involved
23:33:23mallumAelhaz: I gotta go to bed
23:33:28Aelhazmallum: cya
23:33:29Aelhazgood luck
23:33:35mallumAelhaz: getting moaned at by lady friend ...
23:33:40mallumAelhaz: you too
23:33:47Aelhazcya
23:35:20mallumnight

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