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[04:16:18] <crazymonkeypants> Looks like the LPC915 has the same basic functions it did in the Z1
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[07:06:56] <unrest> haha! curtris works on the z2, too
[07:07:08] <unrest> (source on the yahoo mailing list)
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[08:54:22] <drmikecrowe> Morning
[08:55:46] <jhaluska> I didn't sleep much last night
[08:55:55] <jhaluska> Ever try to program with little sleep, it doesn't work
[09:04:55] <alyawn> jhaluska, half of my career I spent programming asleep :)
[09:07:07] <jhaluska> alyawn: heh
[09:07:24] <alyawn> hey, my z2 is now running OE base image :)
[09:07:55] <alyawn> now I get to dig into OE and see how to build apps for it
[09:07:56] <jhaluska> I need another mini sd card.
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[09:08:16] <alyawn> I thought I needed another one last night, but finally got it working
[09:09:04] <drmikecrowe> alyawn, did you get the ext2 partition working too?
[09:09:11] <alyawn> yep.. it all works now
[09:09:13] <drmikecrowe> awesome
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[09:09:43] <alyawn> the thing that worked (and I can't verify this) was that I reformatted the card in my old camcorder
[09:09:57] <alyawn> then ran the prepSDcard.pl and everything was happy
[09:10:55] <drmikecrowe> very interesting.
[09:11:10] <alyawn> also, crazymonkeypants had me reboot very quickly also
[09:11:16] <alyawn> so pick your theory
[09:11:52] <drmikecrowe> yeah, I hadn't considered the card's speed. glad to know that
[09:11:54] <alyawn> it's weird... my SD card came with 4 partitions, on of which was a Novell Netware partition
[09:12:02] <jhaluska> alyawn: Weird
[09:12:06] <drmikecrowe> very
[09:12:18] <alyawn> but... I'm happy to sit here and watch the cursor blink now
[09:12:38] <jhaluska> I still havent' seen the cursor blink :(
[09:13:11] <alyawn> did you ever get an image?
[09:13:34] <jhaluska> alyawn: yeah, but I need a non SDHC card now
[09:14:25] <alyawn> maybe try resetting then immediately pressing the green button
[09:14:37] <jhaluska> I left my Z2 at home again
[09:14:38] <alyawn> that worked for me
[09:14:48] <jhaluska> I'll try it at home.
[09:16:32] <alyawn> now I have to start reading OE docs to learn how to build apps
[09:16:33] <alyawn> yippe
[09:18:21] * jhaluska cracks his knuckles and decides to code
[09:18:26] <jhaluska> Awake or not!
[09:33:06] <alyawn> FTW!
[09:33:43] <alyawn> so now that I have a kernel, I shouldn't have to build that again, right. I can just build my app
[09:33:49] <alyawn> and toss it on the card
[09:44:31] <alyawn> so I have the gpe image running...
[09:45:35] <alyawn> how do I get X to rotate :) it's a little awkward looking at it sideways
[09:58:52] <alyawn> can you do a Ctrl-Alt-1,2, etc to switch to a terminal while running X on a zipit?
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[10:56:54] <unrest> alyawn, linux.zipitwireless answers this ;)
[10:57:43] <unrest> btw: i got tetris and moon-buggy running on my z2 ^^
[10:58:28] <unrest> Foxx, do you have this c64-like sound that's played at the beginning of each episode bsod as a mp3 lying around somewhere? i want it as my cell phone ringtone.
[10:59:23] <alyawn> unrest, yes I found it
[10:59:40] <alyawn> thx anyway
[11:06:33] <crazymonkeypants> alyawn: if you have an environment up and building the Aeronix-patched kernel, I would love to send you some diffs and get a kernel of my own back from you
[11:06:41] <crazymonkeypants> Or if you have it working on Darwin, that would be even niftier
[11:07:01] <alyawn> I built following the openzipit.org instructions
[11:07:20] <crazymonkeypants> *sigh* This means I have to have a Linnex machine, doesn't it?
[11:07:33] <alyawn> if you can send me patches to that, I'd be happy to build
[11:09:25] <crazymonkeypants> Oki. I'll see what can be seen
[11:55:57] <unrest> those using OE as distro: does anyone of you want the binary for curtris (tetris) and/or moon-buggy?
[11:56:15] <Limp_Trizkit> sure
[11:56:57] <Limp_Trizkit> means i can do more than just use links or ssh into my other boxen
[12:04:00] <unrest> Limp_Trizkit, can you get dcc sends?
[12:04:38] <Limp_Trizkit> sometimes
[12:04:45] <Limp_Trizkit> sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
[12:04:48] <Limp_Trizkit> hang on a second
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[12:05:56] <Limp_Trizkit> you can try now
[12:07:10] <Limp_Trizkit> that didn't work :/
[12:07:18] <unrest> wait a mo
[12:07:23] <Limp_Trizkit> aye
[12:08:40] <unrest> silenceisdefeat.org/~unrest/curtris
[12:08:46] <unrest> and [...]/moon-buggy
[12:08:48] <unrest> are the binaries
[12:09:47] <unrest> curtris, btw, is a program i "stole" from a greek coder and got his permissions to trim down thecode to run on a zipit z1
[12:09:58] <unrest> this morning i discovered it runs just fine on the z2, too
[12:10:54] <Limp_Trizkit> well, getting his permission makes it not stealing
[12:10:58] <unrest> yeah
[12:10:59] <unrest> well
[12:11:01] <Limp_Trizkit> consider it 'relicensed'
[12:11:09] <unrest> i stole - meaning, trimmed - it and then asked.. ^^
[12:11:36] <Limp_Trizkit> ah
[12:12:23] <unrest> hf with it
[12:16:12] <Limp_Trizkit> i will
[12:16:59] <unrest> does it work or complain about missing libraries?
[12:17:27] <Limp_Trizkit> lemme load em on the zipit
[12:21:03] <Limp_Trizkit> Error opening terminal vt102.
[12:21:16] <Limp_Trizkit> (for moon-buggy)
[12:21:19] <unrest> hmm
[12:21:39] <Limp_Trizkit> same for curtris
[12:21:55] <unrest> strrange
[12:22:43] <Limp_Trizkit> hmm
[12:24:52] <unrest> i'll try to create a OE recipe for it..
[12:25:51] <Limp_Trizkit> i think i know what's missing
[12:29:06] <unrest> so?
[12:29:18] <Limp_Trizkit> one second
[12:33:22] <Limp_Trizkit> well, no vt102 error this time
[12:33:30] <Limp_Trizkit> oh there it goes
[12:35:35] <Limp_Trizkit> moon-buggy works as well as one would expect
[12:36:13] <Limp_Trizkit> tip for future reference - make sure you install termcap
[12:57:34] <unrest> me?
[12:57:47] <unrest> oh.. for curtris:
[12:57:52] <unrest> q - rotate brick
[12:57:56] <unrest> o - move brick left
[12:58:02] <unrest> p - move brick right
[12:58:06] <unrest> SPACE - drop brick
[12:58:15] <unrest> arrow key - pause
[12:59:33] <unrest> hth ;)
[12:59:57] <unrest> Limp_Trizkit, ^
[13:02:45] <Limp_Trizkit> yeah i figured that out
[13:02:55] <Limp_Trizkit> thanks though
[13:04:47] <unrest> nevermind =)
[13:16:07] <unrest> Limp_Trizkit, did you fiddle with the gpe image yet?
[13:27:00] <Limp_Trizkit> don't think i know what you're talking about
[13:27:03] <Limp_Trizkit> or else i'm just an idiot
[13:28:50] <unrest> minimal-gpe-image for/from openembedded
[13:28:58] <Limp_Trizkit> oh
[13:29:00] <Limp_Trizkit> no, i haven't
[13:36:15] <_someguy_> is anyone aware of a source for the Zipits in the UK?
[13:40:58] <unrest> _someguy_, no. i (germany) had to buy from the us of a. a "european" source'd have been far etter, but there is none
[13:41:09] <unrest> better*
[13:44:46] <_someguy_> caould I ask who you got it from all the internet sites linked from the official website say that they won't ship outside the US
[13:48:35] <unrest> ebay
[13:48:42] <unrest> guy/seller named "martolina"
[13:48:55] <unrest> costed me 90usd (incl. shipping)
[13:49:12] <Limp_Trizkit> ack
[13:49:15] <Limp_Trizkit> i paid $20
[13:49:47] <unrest> usa and amazon, i guess?
[13:49:56] <unrest> _someguy_, http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130235818348&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:DE:11
[13:51:10] <Limp_Trizkit> yeah unrest
[13:52:36] <_someguy_> nice one!
[13:52:40] <_someguy_> thanks dudes
[13:52:52] <unrest> _someguy_, no problem
[14:16:49] <_someguy_> seems ebay is the best bet for getting one shipped to the UK... ...one last question before I order one of the Z2 Zipits:
[14:16:51] <_someguy_> How long do the batteries last in your experience?
[14:17:55] <unrest> it's said to last 4 hours
[14:18:05] <unrest> i didn't let it run empty yet, though
[14:18:34] <_someguy_> thanks again ;-)
[14:19:00] <Limp_Trizkit> sme
[14:19:01] <Limp_Trizkit> *same
[14:22:43] <alyawn> man, I really like ipkg
[14:26:56] <Limp_Trizkit> lol
[14:27:02] <Limp_Trizkit> except it's missing the super cow powers of apt
[14:28:25] <alyawn> right... but compared to the way you used to have to do this sort of thing
[14:28:46] <alyawn> OE has come a long way
[14:34:44] <unrest> does anyone of you know how to install all those gpe "components" to a base-image?
[14:38:20] <alyawn> I was just looking into that
[14:38:35] <alyawn> I didn't want to reflash my card
[14:39:41] <alyawn> greping for it now
[14:43:48] <unrest> i found it
[14:43:52] <unrest> and have done it
[14:44:03] <unrest> you gotta build the minimal-gpe-image though
[14:44:18] <unrest> and then: ipkg install gpe-dm gpe-login gpe-ownerinfo gpe-question gpe-terminal gpe-theme-clearlooks
[14:44:35] <unrest> you might wat to set up a ipkg repository on your box - makes things _MUCH_ easier..
[14:44:46] <unrest> want*
[14:46:39] <alyawn> I have built the minimal-gpe-image
[14:46:50] <alyawn> thanks for the list... I've already setup apache and the repos...
[14:47:00] <alyawn> life is easier :)
[14:47:05] <unrest> indeed =)
[14:47:19] <alyawn> almost like using a desktop
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[14:54:32] <alyawn> hmm... how do you switch from tty to X?
[14:54:45] <unrest> executegpe-dm
[14:54:51] <unrest> +WHITESPACE
[14:54:52] <unrest> ^^
[14:57:27] <alyawn> my Xserver keeps crashing :(
[14:58:14] <unrest> define crash
[14:58:46] <alyawn> Xserver pid 1831 exited with status 2
[14:58:55] <alyawn> when launching gpe-dm
[15:03:48] <unrest> strange...
[15:03:57] <alyawn> it seems x isn't all on here
[15:04:12] <unrest> bitbake xserver-kdrive
[15:04:15] <unrest> and then install it
[15:04:35] <alyawn> did that
[15:04:51] <unrest> and if this doesn't work bitbake/install xserver-kdrive-xfbdev (or similiar)
[15:05:44] <unrest> -fbdev
[15:05:45] <alyawn> ok.. just did ipkg install xserver-kdrive-fbdev and it works
[15:05:50] <unrest> see =)
[15:05:56] <alyawn> he
[15:06:00] <alyawn> *heh
[15:06:04] <unrest> do you get behind the login?
[15:06:33] <alyawn> nope... loops
[15:06:50] <unrest> any idea how to fix it?
[15:06:59] <alyawn> how do we enable logging for all this stuff
[15:07:02] <alyawn> no clue
[15:07:05] <unrest> idk
[15:07:15] <unrest> i'm fiddling with gpe (login) as long as you are..
[15:15:54] <alyawn> hmm... can you run the gpe-dm rotated?
[15:17:14] <unrest> yup
[15:17:20] <unrest> wanna know how? ;)
[15:17:25] <alyawn> sure...
[15:17:36] <alyawn> I tried the instructions, but don't work for the dm
[15:17:37] <unrest> shall i be mean or nice? ;)
[15:17:46] <alyawn> I looked at the website... mean
[15:18:00] <unrest> rtfm for xrandr
[15:18:04] <unrest> well..
[15:18:05] <unrest> /etc/X11/Xinit.d/01xrandr
[15:18:10] <unrest> change normal to left
[15:18:15] <alyawn> heh
[15:18:17] <unrest> and you get your rotated server ;)
[15:19:18] <alyawn> nice
[15:19:19] <alyawn> thx
[15:19:39] <unrest> :)
[15:19:52] <unrest> had that done 5 minutes before you asked
[15:19:57] <unrest> we are almost the same speed... :)
[15:24:34] <unrest> let's hope karosium answers
[15:24:53] <unrest> i remembered correctly that he coded a softmouse driver for the z1 (viewml)
[15:25:39] <unrest> so i asked him to disclose the code or at least info about it and to come here..
[15:32:03] <alyawn> I see a bunch of syslog calls in the gpe code, just trying to figure out how to enable it
[15:32:26] <alyawn> the syslogd on this is a lot different than the normal one
[15:34:01] <unrest> do you have the syslogd installed/running?
[15:34:27] <unrest> apparently it doesn't log to /var/log/syslog..
[15:34:58] <unrest> root@zipit2:/home/unrest$ /etc/init.d/syslog restart
[15:34:58] <unrest> Stopping syslogd/klogd: /etc/init.d/syslog: /etc/init.d/syslog: 67: start-stop-daemon: not foun
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[15:36:54] <alyawn> it logs to /var/log/messages
[15:37:12] <alyawn> it's running on my z2 now
[15:37:24] <alyawn> 1091 root 636 S /sbin/syslogd -n -O /var/log/messages -s 32 -b 1 -m 20
[15:38:16] <alyawn> no messages comming from gpe `cat /proc/kmsg`
[15:39:42] <unrest> http://zipit.pastebin.com/m235ff652
[15:39:46] <unrest> that's one login cycle..
[15:40:01] <unrest> (on messages)
[15:40:48] <alyawn> yep.. I get the same
[15:40:51] <alyawn> not useful
[15:40:56] <unrest> sadly..
[15:41:12] <unrest> i found some messages stating that it was missing matchbox (windowmanager)
[15:41:19] <unrest> so i installed it
[15:41:20] <unrest> but
[15:41:25] <unrest> it didn't work out
[15:41:35] <alyawn> this is better
[15:41:41] <alyawn> `/usr/bin/gpe-dm -n`
[15:41:47] <alyawn> starts it as nodaemon
[15:42:07] <alyawn> now we can see all the bad stuff
[15:42:18] <alyawn> doesn't look goodf
[15:42:28] <unrest> not in messages..
[15:42:35] <unrest> where's it spat out at?
[15:42:42] <alyawn> on the tty
[15:43:00] <unrest> ah k
[15:43:19] <alyawn> http://zipit.pastebin.com/d1d64535
[15:43:21] <alyawn> JIC
[15:46:36] <alyawn> a bunch of "not founds"
[15:46:55] <unrest> yep
[15:47:11] <unrest> and all of those can be bitbaked sic
[15:47:21] <alyawn> I just did xset, xrdb
[15:47:29] <unrest> and?
[15:47:39] <alyawn> updating package-index :)
[15:47:41] <unrest> keylaunch's missing, too
[15:47:47] <unrest> so you might want to bitbake it, too
[15:47:52] <alyawn> k
[15:48:01] <unrest> and tslib
[15:48:11] <unrest> (i got that one already ^^)
[15:51:20] <alyawn> hmm... can't install
[15:51:30] <unrest> dependancies.. ;)
[15:51:33] <alyawn> yep
[15:51:42] <unrest> am running into them, too.. :/
[15:58:29] <alyawn> giving up for now
[15:58:34] <unrest> why?
[15:58:39] <alyawn> have to run out
[15:58:43] <unrest> :/
[15:58:47] <alyawn> sry
[15:58:55] <alyawn> I did get keylaunch to install
[15:58:59] <alyawn> still not happy, though
[15:58:59] <unrest> dito =)
[15:59:13] <unrest> well.. there are other packages like console-tools that are obviously needed..
[15:59:22] <unrest> catch you later alyawn =)
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[16:30:42] <unrest> http://zipit.pastebin.com/m4467f61a
[16:30:56] <unrest> this appears to be the "reason" for x (gpe) not starting
[17:04:31] <unrest> some smart guy in here?
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[23:44:32] <alyawn> anyone had any luck with the gpe image?
[23:48:55] <crazymonkeypants> Just noting for GPSFan/g1powermac: the TI chip by the battery connector appears to be a Texas BQ2403x battery charger IC
[23:50:50] <crazymonkeypants> http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/bq24030.htm
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