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01:17.12chuckrI have this IR keyboard titled "pockettop", anyone know if it can be made to work with opie + Zaurus?
01:17.52chuckrso far, by enabling IR, I have accomplished precisely nothing
01:25.37chuckrLooking for usser-level newbie question support, is that outside the charter here?
01:26.15chuckrNot trying to abuse your patience, so if I oughta go hit a mailing list, don't be shy about telling me that
01:26.49PendalarI have an IR keyboard .. travelboard or something (normally for PC.. prewireless keyboard)
01:27.00Pendalarnever got it to register a signal on the zaurus, so I'm not the one to ask
01:27.25chuckranyhow, first one?  Light and power keeps on bouncing me back into suspend after being awake 5 seconds, and once every 5 times it gets the idea that it's not on a.c. when it is in fact on the mains
01:27.44chuckrthat causes it to go to dim
01:28.27chuckrthat's once every 5 wake-ups.  The bouncing to suspend is 80% of the time, so thats the more serious problem
01:30.15chuckrPendalar, the browser was hiding your response, I didn't see it until now, my ir keyboard is clearly labelled "pockettop" so I know it's parentage, and I bought it myself froma Staples, it's not hot
01:31.03chuckr(I have a friend who's not so punctiious about things as I am, maybe I'm a bit sensitive about that today)
01:31.59chuckranyhow, how do I get the pockettop tochat, ir-wise, to the Zaurus?
01:32.34chuckrOR, back to suspend, how do I get it to stop bouncing me off to suspend-land?
01:33.06chuckrOR, hey I have a million of them!  I can start asking about the console!!
01:33.35chuckrok, I'll be kind, I'll lay off for 30 minutes now.
01:33.53chuckrChuckr->listen-mode now
01:34.21chuckrI can read the opie docs I just found
01:34.49chuckr(not t he developer docs that Kergoth found for me last night, the user-level ones)
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01:53.02cshieldsso does the opie media player 2 work for anyone else on a c760?
01:55.58chuckrI can't see where the IR sensor is, anyone know where that l'il sucker is?
01:56.31cshieldswhat model?
01:58.30Pendalarit's probably just a small black area
01:58.39Pendalaryou won't actually see some blinking light or something
01:58.49Pendalarabout 1/3 inch long by 1mm high or something
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02:01.42cshieldsso is it possible to install multiple WM's (say Opie and E) and switch between them somehow?
02:06.18cshieldsnm, found the docs
02:06.24cshieldssorry for the unnecessary ?s   :)
02:17.00chuckrcshields, that's my own plan, but ZI'll have the 3000 to dio it in, honestly, if you want to do it with like ht 760, you'll need a whopping big flash
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02:18.13chuckrHey folks, howcome, in console, I keep on getting these extraneous blanks interspersed with my text?  Like, not "ls -ll" it';s instead "l s  - l"
02:18.35chuckrit doesn't happen on output, only on what I type
02:19.08chuckrcan I supporess that somehow?  It's making me nuts, and that's too short a trip already, sir!
02:19.13W8TVIbroken space bar?
02:19.19chuckrnah, too easy
02:19.49chuckrin fact, that settings on the terminal ALL seem to be broken
02:20.15chuckrthen keep on snapping back to previous settings.  Whomever did that wasn't thinking of users
02:20.40chuckrit's probably something that works, but it's very far from obvious as to how it works
02:20.57chuckranyhow, I need to suppress those extra spaces
02:21.31chuckrthen, I can get the IR keyboard working (I found a driver, oh joy!)
02:25.38cshieldschuckr: would an SD card work?
02:25.53cshieldsI've got a 256 SD
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02:46.39chuckrI have an sd card installed with a linux fs, and I want to use ipkg to install a couple of ipk's to the sd ... I can't find the command that forces ipkg to install to /mnt/card, anyone remember what that is?
02:48.00chuckrcshields: I have a small 256 I use as a shuttle flash.  It's a matter, of opinion, you understand, but to run 2 wm's, no, it doesn't come close, IMO.
02:48.18chuckrI would begin considering 2 wm's at 1G
02:48.48chuckrbut, maybe I want a lot, this is VERY MUCH my own opinion
02:49.40chuckrI would ask, oh, kergoth, he and I often disagree, he'll give you a contrasting opinion, I would think you'd appreciate that.
02:50.41chuckranyhow, back to my question ....
02:50.51chuckrI have an sd card installed with a linux fs, and I want to use ipkg to install a couple of ipk's to the sd ... I can't find the command that forces ipkg to install to /mnt/card, anyone remember what that is?
02:52.00chuckrI remember it was something *like* ipkg -dpath install, but I can't remember for sure, and I do remember that the cost of getting it wrong was permanently screwing things up
02:52.40chuckror very nearly permanent.  Seeing as I couldn't find out how to fix a busted ipkg setup, permanent was nearly corect
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03:28.53cshieldschuckr: yeah, I imagine I'll be getting one of these soon:  http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GS1022C-N
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04:01.02icemanThey, question........y is OZ extremely buggy??
04:01.18kergoth_because its an UNSTABLE, DEVELOPMENT branch?
04:01.26kergoth_3.5.x is called unstable for a _reason_
04:01.46icemanTwell debian has an unstable branch
04:01.54kergoth_oz is not debian.
04:01.56icemanTbut u dont see it crashing every 5 secs
04:02.01kergoth_oz has like 4-5 core people working on it
04:02.03kergoth_not thousands.
04:02.09icemanTguys ...im not here to offend
04:02.11kergoth_if you want it to improve, get off your ass and help
04:02.16kergoth_or wait for future releases
04:02.17chuckrI am a little surprised, but only a little, at the console program being so terribly buggy.  It's not flashy enough to attract folks
04:02.31icemanTim here to try and find an OZ release thats smooth and nice
04:02.34kergoth_and make damn sure you report the bugs
04:03.01kergoth_icemanT: the best oz release is always the one that isnt yet released.  improvements occur continuously.
04:03.04chuckrfrom what I see  on the website, the bugs are quite well reported,
04:03.24kergoth_note that opie specific and gpe specific bugs really need to go to their bug tracking systems
04:03.27kergoth_rather than ours
04:03.33icemanThehe
04:03.34chuckrthey're rather huge, like the really goofy spacing which I thgought was ME doing something wrong
04:03.38kergoth_generally speaking, we arent opie and gpe developers (with exceptions)
04:04.00chuckrwell, I feel odd making a bug report on something like that, I shoujd fix it
04:04.02icemanTi first tried gpe.........nice look but  its core is crap
04:04.06kergoth_grab OE and build yourself a current OZ.  help us test. close bugs that are fixed. report those that arent.
04:04.16kergoth_i use gpe every day.  works wonderfully for my needs
04:04.30kergoth_gpe vs opie is a personal decision.
04:04.30icemanTthen i tried opie.....its a bit better but still u cant have ur zaurus live w/ it
04:05.19chuckrOK, I will see about getting an OE environment.  I need my sole Linux machine critically for work, and from what I've seen, if I do a bunch of compiling on it, it's not stable enough to withstand things
04:05.20icemanTim having difficulty using the package manager at the moment
04:05.33icemanTi already setup an internet connection to the zaurus
04:05.46chuckrI am going to have to juggle stuff.  Is there any chance of getting and OE environment hosted on FreeBSD?
04:05.47icemanTand the PM is able to update from the http feeds
04:06.17kergoth_the package manager is known buggy.  if you havent read the release notes on http://openembedded.org/oe_wiki/, do so.
04:06.19icemanTbut everytime i install a package....the sys crashes and i have to reboot
04:06.26icemanTok
04:06.45icemanThttp://openembedded.org/oe_wiki/
04:06.49kergoth_chuckr: it's been done in the past.  there are even notes about it at the bottom of the GettingStarted page.
04:06.50icemanTthanx
04:07.16chuckrIt also depends on  what you use at ipkg.  If you did what I did about 5 months ago, you grab the C sources from familiar, compile them, and they work ok.  The shell script stinks.
04:08.04chuckrI needed to rewrite all my own Makefiles, not a big deal for me, I do that all the time, but it might be harder for some folks, I guess
04:08.13icemanTanyone know a stable rom for the Z other than the sharp original?
04:08.16kergoth_oz includes the latest C ipkg.
04:08.25kergoth_and we work closely with the ipkg maintainer.
04:08.28kergoth_he's usually in #oe
04:08.31kergoth_the problem isnt ipkg.
04:08.33kergoth_its the guis
04:08.48chuckryeah, the one from pdaXrom, but it's in far, far worse shape vis-a-vis development
04:09.31icemanTdoest it work on SL5500
04:09.51kergoth_pdaXrom could be more stable right now, but it doesnt have nearly the momentum or development tools and resources that we do
04:09.58cshieldskergoth_: what do you use for your build environment  (cross compiling)?
04:10.00kergoth_if we havent passed them yet, its just a matter of time.
04:10.03kergoth_cshields: oe.
04:10.10chuckrIf I knew how it worked, I would rather quickly gen up a python-pygtk interface.  I am fairly good at it, but I don';t know how things in ipkg work, and reading rthe code is rather hard, it's really all over the place.
04:10.26cshieldsoh so you do it native vs a linux distro on a desktop
04:10.36chuckrnot impossible, buit I gave that up some time back for some reason
04:10.36kergoth_cshields: _everything_ we build is crosscompiled.
04:10.48icemanTdo u think that the 3.5.3 release in march will solve all the known bugs?
04:10.50chuckrneeds to be, really
04:10.53kergoth_cshields: OE's repo has over 1,300 unique crosscompilable packages that emit over 5,000 ipks, at the moment.
04:11.10cshieldscool.
04:11.28kergoth_icemanT: itll solve many. i wouldnt say all. we just dont have that large a developer base working on things.
04:11.34chuckrnot too bad.  Compares ok, with like OPenBSD or FreeBSD.
04:11.37kergoth_icemanT: opie has like 4-5 core devs, if that.  same for OE.
04:12.03icemanTone more question, i was tryin GPE 3.5.2
04:12.17icemanTdidnt find a suspend/reboot option
04:12.21chuckrkergoth: you ever heard of getting a OE envir together on FreeBSD?
04:12.39chuckrworth myu time cheicng it out?
04:12.49chuckrsorry worth my time checking it out?
04:12.53cshieldskergoth_: how hard is it to get into making your own builds, coming from a Gentoo guy use to building everything   :D
04:12.57icemanTand when i hold the on/off button for 2 secs it turns off...but never turns on again w/ that button....did that happen to u ?
04:13.10kergoth_actually, i think nowadays opie is down to more like 3 or 4
04:14.05kergoth_?
04:14.05kergoth_chuckr: i already answered you.
04:14.05kergoth_cshields: OE was based on portage's codebase.
04:14.05kergoth_cshields: with heavy modifications to directly parse our 'ebuild' format
04:14.05kergoth_cshields: and support crosscompilation.
04:14.07kergoth_cshields: you should be right at home.
04:14.09kergoth_22:06 < kergoth_> chuckr: it's been done in the past.  there are even notes about it at the bottom of the
04:14.11kergoth_<PROTECTED>
04:14.33cshieldskergoth_: excellent..  so you've probable worked with solar in the past then?
04:14.54chuckrcool, then I have a good chance of having the machie resources without cutting my throat.  I have my marching orders for tomorrow, then.
04:15.00chuckrthanks
04:15.15kergoth_cshields: yep.  he occasionally sends people over to us whose needs are better met by oe.
04:15.30kergoth_i used to idle in #gentoo-embedded, but i dont think its in my autojoin anymore
04:15.31chuckrI need to stop looking at my Linux system as available
04:15.55chuckrgentoo is very, very neat
04:16.22chuckraw, well, good night, all
04:16.55cshieldsyeah.  there is a big push in the embedded market right now.  I had a nice chat with Raster when I saw him at LWE last august, he's even into the embedded game with E which is sweet.  he's got some neat stuff coming down the pipe
04:17.20kergoth_cshields: http://oe-devel.bkbits.net:8080/openembedded/anno/packages/hydra/hydra_4.5.bb@1.1?nav=index.html
04:17.21kergoth_cshields: for an example of one of our packages
04:17.21kergoth_indeed he does
04:17.26kergoth_there are .bb files for OE in e17's cvs.
04:17.59kergoth_i'd love to use an environment on my Z based on the e17 core libs
04:18.05cshieldsoh yeah, a lot like an ebuild..
04:18.29kergoth_thatd be smooth
04:18.32cshieldswell, the one he was showing off was the cleanest yet flashiest mobile interface I've ever seen
04:18.35kergoth_cshields: again, directly parsed, so you cant just throw shell in the middle of the file.  only in tasks and stuff.  gives us more control over the data.
04:18.41kergoth_cool
04:19.59cshieldswell, I'm off for the night..  about to move across country next week so you'll probably see more of me in a couple of weeks
04:20.24kergoth_cool. ttyl
04:20.43cshieldsthanks for the help, and moreso for OZ..  it's rocking!
04:21.02kergoth_np.  as always, we'd welcome any assistance
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15:43.52OSS542I'm trying to get rfmon mode working with the orinoco driver
15:45.02OSS542when I apply the patches to 0.13, build it and it gets loaded, the monitor ioctl doesnt show
15:45.14OSS542and kismet can't get to it
15:45.22OSS542any ideas anyone ?
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15:46.33OSS542I'm using OZ 3.5.2 with the supplied kernel.....the WIRELESS_EXT shows as 16
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15:47.54OSS542If I try to use the 0.15 orinoco driver, the module load fails with an unresolved symbol for wireless_send_event
15:48.12OSS542is anyone alive out here ?
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15:53.42OSS542hello ?
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16:02.15petyahi
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16:53.34CosmicRayyet everything runs as root and puts files under /root
16:53.39CosmicRaywhat is the point of having a separate /home?
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17:38.54kolla_CosmicRay: hm? there are two filesystems??
18:34.32CosmicRaykolla_: yeah
18:34.49CosmicRayroot@shepherd:~# df -h
18:34.49CosmicRayFilesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
18:34.49CosmicRay/dev/mtdblock2           53.0M     40.1M     12.9M  76% /
18:34.49CosmicRay/dev/mtdblock3           68.0M     20.4M     47.6M  30% /home
18:34.49CosmicRaytmpfs                    30.3M     72.0k     30.2M   0% /var
18:34.49CosmicRay/dev/mmcda1             472.5M    285.8M    186.8M  60% /mnt/card
18:34.55CosmicRayso what I'm wondering is why nothing uses /home
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18:42.49kolla_CosmicRay: strange
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18:52.53CosmicRaythis is not the default?
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23:00.17Craigwd_200004 01I'm having a permissions issue with Minimo, it appears I don't have execute permission for it even as Root.  When I tried to use chmod +x minimo I got an error about not having enough free space despite knowing my Zaurus SL-5500 had plenty...  How do I fix the permissions?  I'm running OZ GPE 3.5.1...
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