**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Dec 03 02:59:57 2008 Dec 03 05:40:33 Hi, I have an iPAQ h3950 and when I run the Opie image of angstrom from my sd card with the angstrom bootloader, it boots fine but consumes a HUGE amount of RAM. I've used Familiar with Opie and memory is not consumed to the point of near brick-like speed. Is this anything I could do better to fix this? Dec 03 08:29:46 hi everybody Dec 03 08:30:31 can i use random brand sdhc and sd to use with angstrom and other zauri distro? Dec 03 08:31:56 as long as you use the angstrom (or possibly) yonggun kernel Dec 03 08:32:06 I recommend against adata cards as I've had trouble with them Dec 03 08:32:42 ahhh my favourite helper ... :p Dec 03 08:33:02 it's a quiet channel :) Dec 03 08:33:29 yeah. ever used unknown branded sd john Dec 03 08:34:08 ill use for multibooting pdaxrom and oe based distro Dec 03 08:34:09 I use the cheapest cards that I can find Dec 03 08:34:42 ever have any trouble except with adata? Dec 03 08:35:38 i read that some cf (oem branded) sometimes cant be used to boot kernel Dec 03 08:35:42 er, had trouble with the following: a-data 4GB SDHC, and a PQI 2GB Dec 03 08:35:55 ah, you mean to re-flash? Dec 03 08:36:00 yeah, I've heard that too Dec 03 08:36:37 so it is just like mystery then :) Dec 03 08:37:06 yeah, kinda :/ Dec 03 08:37:25 though only one of my PQI 2GB SD cards was bad. the other works fine Dec 03 08:37:35 and I have an a-data 8GB SDHC that works as well Dec 03 08:37:52 so it might just be bad cards that would work fine in a camera, but don't work when pushed to hard :) Dec 03 08:40:43 what sd and cf card have u ever use trublefree with z? Dec 03 08:42:09 My 4GB SDHC card from "ALL-WAYS" works fine, and so does my 8GB a-data SDHC Dec 03 08:42:23 I need to test my transcend 4GB SDHC before I recommend it... Dec 03 08:42:30 one of my PQI 2GB cards works fine Dec 03 08:42:49 and I have an old. old 128MB SanDisk CF card I use for flashing Dec 03 08:42:55 has some bad sectors but works fine Dec 03 08:43:15 just for my ref, because of limited choice of branded one here in my country Dec 03 08:43:24 ok, nevermind...I just plugged it back in and it caused a kernel oops Dec 03 08:43:33 hmm, well that's no good Dec 03 08:43:45 :) yeah no good Dec 03 08:45:04 non sdhc card 4 gb was said to be compatible for cacko and pdaxrom, do u know something about this john? Dec 03 08:45:17 but not all of brand Dec 03 08:45:35 I've never tried a 4GB non-sdhc card Dec 03 08:58:16 ok john thank you for today flash-thing direction :) Dec 03 08:59:28 sure :) Dec 03 12:44:29 hi, how can I recreate the modules tar.gz archive? Dec 03 12:44:33 I deleted it accientally Dec 03 12:44:40 and have not yet found out which package generates it Dec 03 12:45:48 hmm Dec 03 12:46:41 (regardless of the fact that I still haven't been able to make my kernel boot -.-) Dec 03 12:47:45 ah, wait, this is in OE, right? Dec 03 12:47:50 yup. Dec 03 12:48:07 should be generated by bitbake linux Dec 03 12:48:11 ok. Dec 03 12:48:17 thanks :) Dec 03 12:48:17 or whatever kernel you're using specifically Dec 03 12:48:28 yeah, linux-handhelds-2.6-2.6.21-hh20 Dec 03 12:48:30 but nvm ;) Dec 03 12:48:43 morning all Dec 03 12:48:44 right, should do the trick Dec 03 12:48:45 who maintains opkg? Dec 03 12:48:59 I'll just reinstall/compile it Dec 03 12:49:05 was going to anyway as I changed the kernel config ... Dec 03 12:49:25 specifically, I need to file a bug report related to using opkg-native on Ubuntu Ibex (yet another FORTIFY_SOURCE error) Dec 03 12:49:57 jerm^, http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/changeset/4755/trunk/src/target/opkg/AUTHORS Dec 03 12:51:08 johnx: rtfm eh? thx Dec 03 12:51:44 well, there's lots of names. I don't know who you want Dec 03 12:52:29 yeah, I'll just send a note to both of the opkg guys Dec 03 12:52:52 I imagine a bug on bugs.openembedded.org would go over better, unless you've already done that Dec 03 13:36:40 hello,many applications that use X segfaults: for instance fennec: 0x41b203c4 in __real__X11TransFreeConnInfo () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 Dec 03 13:50:13 hello,many applications that use X segfaults: for instance fennec: 0x41b203c4 in __real__X11TransFreeConnInfo () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6. but also, e-17,scummvm ... Dec 03 13:51:24 maybe they were compiled against a different libX11? Dec 03 13:51:30 are they from the same feed? Dec 03 13:51:45 yes...angstrom feed...i didn't compile apps for angstrom yet Dec 03 13:52:12 could it be the X/Kdrive driver? Dec 03 13:52:39 probably not Dec 03 13:52:48 it looks like something in the library Dec 03 13:52:52 ok thanks Dec 03 13:53:52 here are my feeds: http://rafb.net/p/xUsvOW90.html Dec 03 14:03:55 johnx, so what should I do, compile a new libX11? (it would take a lot of time because i canceled oe's TMPDIR...) Dec 03 14:04:32 I really don't know. maybe you should submit a bug report and if you don't get an answer, ask on the mailing list Dec 03 14:05:36 ok thanks... Dec 03 14:31:04 w0000t! my h3600 is finally booting! Dec 03 14:31:08 I don't believe it ... :DDDDD Dec 03 14:31:18 woo! awesome Dec 03 14:31:21 yup... Dec 03 14:33:03 I#m just wondering whether it is correct Dec 03 14:33:07 that I get no futher serial output after Dec 03 14:33:11 [ 4.070000] VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem). Dec 03 14:33:11 [ 4.070000] Freeing init memory: 100K Dec 03 14:33:49 (using the base image) Dec 03 14:34:06 anything on the framebuffer console? Dec 03 14:34:15 umm... I only see a white screen :D Dec 03 14:34:22 so... the fstab might be wrong... Dec 03 14:34:30 did you compile in framebuffer console support to your kernel? Dec 03 14:34:36 that's a good question tbh Dec 03 14:34:37 I think so. Dec 03 14:34:47 but let me check Dec 03 14:35:15 yeah Dec 03 14:35:17 i did. Dec 03 14:35:29 well... anyway. Dec 03 14:36:42 at least it's working so far :) Dec 03 15:11:35 let's try running opie now... Dec 03 15:11:41 -.- serial is soo~ slow Dec 03 15:54:01 mmh... right, next porblem Dec 03 15:54:03 *problem Dec 03 15:54:19 it appears that my kernel is always freezing after Dec 03 15:54:19 [ 7.150000] VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem). Dec 03 15:54:19 [ 7.160000] Freeing init memory: 100K Dec 03 15:54:24 how could I fix / solve htis? Dec 03 15:55:07 figure out some way to get more debugging info Dec 03 15:55:36 any ... idea? Dec 03 15:55:40 well... probably some kernel options Dec 03 15:56:49 I'm afraid kernel hacking is over my head :( Dec 03 15:57:29 yeah Dec 03 15:57:32 mine too Dec 03 16:55:38 th0br0: at that point kernel passes control to userland Dec 03 16:55:47 yeah I found out so much by googling Dec 03 16:55:51 but no ... proper information. Dec 03 16:56:34 I'm afraid that it's some problem with busybox Dec 03 16:56:54 but I don't know how to solve that one... Dec 03 16:57:04 as I'm not given any information Dec 03 16:57:37 have you got any ideas, psokolovsky ? Dec 03 16:57:41 you'd start by checking ABI type of your userland. h3800 is strongarm, so doesn't support EABI proper, its userland must be OABI Dec 03 16:58:00 ok. Dec 03 16:58:25 #CONFIG_AEABI=n Dec 03 16:58:25 CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT=y Dec 03 16:58:28 these two options? Dec 03 16:58:55 userland Dec 03 16:58:58 and afterwards, do I have to recompile some stuff? Dec 03 16:59:00 ok. :D Dec 03 16:59:05 but for the kernel options ... ? Dec 03 16:59:33 yes, AEABI should be off Dec 03 16:59:38 and OABI on ? Dec 03 17:00:40 yep. or doesn't matter Dec 03 17:00:50 ok. Dec 03 17:01:04 then I'll just recompile the kernel Dec 03 17:02:02 afterwards, is anything else required? Dec 03 17:02:23 read this carefully: OABI userland Dec 03 17:02:31 I do. Dec 03 17:02:36 but I don't really get it :D Dec 03 17:03:02 might you be willed to enlighten me on that topic? Dec 03 17:03:08 or rather on what you're trying to tell me... Dec 03 17:03:32 rootfs you load must be built with oabi Dec 03 17:03:34 th0br0, what he means is that he thinks your userland stuff got compiled as EABI Dec 03 17:03:41 aw... Dec 03 17:03:44 that'd be... bad. Dec 03 17:03:46 how can I check this Dec 03 17:03:49 or which option? Dec 03 17:04:03 by telling us what do you boot and where you take it from ;-) Dec 03 17:04:07 right. Dec 03 17:04:11 I'm compiling openembedded myself Dec 03 17:04:27 http://rafb.net/p/IDVt8h81.html Dec 03 17:04:30 that's my local.conf Dec 03 17:04:38 otherwise, I'm so far only compiling the base-image Dec 03 17:05:09 well, that should build OABI then Dec 03 17:05:18 yeah. Dec 03 17:05:34 it might've been just that one option after all Dec 03 17:06:01 (which I hope, as I already had to mess quite a lot with the drivers/mtd/maps/ipaq-flash.c file -.-) Dec 03 17:06:18 (which took me 2 days ... well... I should read the code before doing any false assumptions but still...) Dec 03 17:07:03 well, dunno then. I booted some angstrom stuff on h3600, so it used to work Dec 03 17:07:12 without any further modifications? Dec 03 17:08:02 any modifications I had are in OE ;-) Dec 03 17:08:07 ;) Dec 03 17:08:13 but that was long ago. do you build .dev? Dec 03 17:08:19 umm Dec 03 17:08:30 I'm building trunk... wiat Dec 03 17:08:31 or .stable? Dec 03 17:08:55 it's a good question :D Dec 03 17:09:06 if I read this git confi right Dec 03 17:09:24 wait Dec 03 17:09:28 .dev Dec 03 17:09:53 BBFILES := "/programming/angstrom/org.openembedded.stable/packages/*/*.bb" Dec 03 17:09:55 yet: Dec 03 17:10:01 DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1" Dec 03 17:10:18 I doubt that 2008.1 is supported in stable Dec 03 17:10:23 I just named the dir that way out of lazyness Dec 03 17:10:27 :D didn't want to edit the source.me Dec 03 17:10:35 ;-\ ;-) Dec 03 17:11:08 so well, OABI used to work for me long ago, but .dev has lot of changes since Dec 03 17:11:13 ok. Dec 03 17:11:18 I hope that it's still working. Dec 03 17:11:21 I don't say it's broken, just give some ideas ;-) Dec 03 17:11:27 ok. Dec 03 17:11:38 ah, seems to work very recently from the feeds at least Dec 03 17:11:49 I've been playing with it on a collie actually Dec 03 17:11:56 (also strongarm) Dec 03 17:12:02 ok. Dec 03 17:12:18 by the way, which boot loader did you use for the h3600 back then, psokolovsky ? Dec 03 17:12:52 th0br0: mine had hh.org bootldr Dec 03 17:13:01 same here. Dec 03 17:13:10 (and I do quite like it :D) Dec 03 17:14:30 yep, good bootloader, lot of effort was put into it in the corresponding times Dec 03 17:14:35 yeah Dec 03 17:14:41 too bad that hh.org is dead though :/ Dec 03 17:18:01 right Dec 03 17:18:03 let's boot the kernel Dec 03 17:18:09 yeehaaa! Dec 03 17:18:10 :) Dec 03 17:18:26 it was that obi stuff Dec 03 17:18:51 [ 21.190000] IPAQ flash bank 1: buffer write error (bad VPP) Dec 03 17:18:51 [ 21.190000] Write of 76 bytes at 0x003bc868 failed. returned -5, retlen 0 Dec 03 17:18:51 [ 21.200000] Not marking the space at 0x003bc868 as dirty because the flash driver returned retlen zero Dec 03 17:19:01 eeh OABI Dec 03 17:19:06 i don't like that error though Dec 03 17:19:14 I was probably being a bit too hacky there :S Dec 03 17:19:45 th0br0: so, you changed option in kernel config and it booted? Dec 03 17:19:49 yup. Dec 03 17:19:51 awesome... Dec 03 17:20:06 now I just... got to remove all the debug options from the kernel, recompile it and load up the opie image -.- Dec 03 17:20:12 i hate the serial bus Dec 03 17:20:14 it's taking ages Dec 03 17:20:28 th0br0, haha! that's awesome Dec 03 17:20:51 mmh Dec 03 17:20:58 i definitely got to fix that buffer write error first though Dec 03 17:21:18 th0br0: exactly, why I guess I'm not going to play with h3600 - until someone will fix usb ether driver, if that will ever happen Dec 03 17:21:38 ^^ Dec 03 17:21:43 you mean that usbnet stuff? Dec 03 17:22:05 th0br0: but it's strange a bit, why we have EABI enabled for SA machine in OE then? ;-) consider submitting a patch. Dec 03 17:22:13 yep, usbnet Dec 03 17:22:21 it doesn?t work? aww... Dec 03 17:22:52 that is ... bad. Dec 03 17:23:03 http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2171 Dec 03 17:23:22 reading that bug makes me thing it works for collie...it should be similarly applicable to most strongarms, right? Dec 03 17:24:04 th0br0: it barely works. NFS boot is great luck. Dec 03 17:24:19 well... I wnat a stand alone system though Dec 03 17:24:22 some... productive one :D Dec 03 17:29:06 patch is 750Kb o_0 Dec 03 17:29:25 th0br0: that patch is to you to test ;-) Dec 03 17:29:38 i'm going to Dec 03 17:29:47 though... Dec 03 17:29:54 i fail to spot it -.- Dec 03 17:31:14 th0br0: that bug by url above mentions git rev where it was committed Dec 03 17:31:28 yeah Dec 03 17:31:39 so ... it should be in dev anyway ... ? Dec 03 17:32:22 yep Dec 03 17:32:41 packages/linux/linux-rp-2.6.26/usb-gadget27bp.patch Dec 03 17:32:56 well... I'm using a different kernel. Dec 03 17:33:09 linux-handhelds-2.6-2.6.21-hh20 Dec 03 17:33:18 but I'll try patching anyway Dec 03 17:33:53 yeah, the keyword is "kernel patch" ;-) Dec 03 17:34:41 indeed Dec 03 17:36:15 is there any other handheld currently out there that is ... somewhat similiar to the h3800 and that is supported by OE? Dec 03 17:37:16 th0br0: collie, simpad, h3600 Dec 03 17:37:34 ok Dec 03 17:37:52 which simpad models are supported? Dec 03 17:38:38 all according to wikipedia Dec 03 17:39:05 th0br0, check bugs on bugs.openembedded.org before making purchases :) Dec 03 17:39:08 collie --> zaurus? Dec 03 17:39:14 aye JaMa Dec 03 17:39:15 eeh johnx Dec 03 17:40:05 yeah, zaurus 5500 Dec 03 17:40:48 mmh... the flash is so small Dec 03 17:41:04 are any newer ones supported, too? Dec 03 17:41:36 the newer ones are supported much better :) Dec 03 17:42:10 like the sl-c3200? Dec 03 17:42:23 especially the c750, c760, c860, and all the c3x00 and c1000 Dec 03 17:42:27 ok Dec 03 17:42:39 other ipaqs have more recent support too Dec 03 17:42:43 yeah. Dec 03 17:42:45 though they look horrible Dec 03 17:43:38 I'm sorry, but the h3800 is pretty hideous :P Dec 03 17:43:40 i just wish that those new zaurus devices were cheaper :s Dec 03 17:43:54 why? I like it :D Dec 03 17:44:02 what about, say the rx3400? Dec 03 17:44:20 also, have you heard of the Nokia Internet Tablets? N800 and N810? Dec 03 17:44:40 mmh Dec 03 17:44:44 the rx3400 looks nice Dec 03 17:45:19 they aren't sonld anymore though, are they? Dec 03 17:45:29 yeah, guess not Dec 03 17:45:41 I saw one used in a local 2nd hand shop Dec 03 17:45:44 ah . Dec 03 17:46:46 mmh those nokias look nice Dec 03 17:47:09 do they work as real phones, too? ;) Dec 03 17:47:15 gah :P Dec 03 17:47:19 it's not a phone Dec 03 17:47:24 i know, I was just jokin Dec 03 17:47:25 g Dec 03 17:47:40 ah, I totally went for it :P Dec 03 17:47:41 they're quite budget-friendl,y too :D Dec 03 17:48:04 :D Dec 03 17:48:17 and faster than a zaurus, plus more RAM, modern software being developed and a great community Dec 03 17:48:21 yeah Dec 03 17:48:27 are you running OE on it? Dec 03 17:48:47 actually, dual booting between Nokia's Maemo (OS2008) and Ubuntu Dec 03 17:48:54 mmh Dec 03 17:48:57 that's possible o.O? Dec 03 17:49:11 Ubuntu? Dec 03 17:49:16 nah rather the dual boot. Dec 03 17:49:26 though I'm wondering whether I should rather buy an openmoko at this point :D Dec 03 17:49:35 yeah, OS2008 is on the internal flash and Ubuntu on an SDHC card Dec 03 17:49:41 ah ok Dec 03 17:50:13 I think I'll just flash the h3800 back to the opie 1.2.1 version available from hh.org Dec 03 17:52:52 the openpandora looks nice though, too... Dec 03 17:53:23 gosh I'm really torn apart Dec 03 18:00:03 but I think that I'll go for the openpandora ;) Dec 03 18:04:57 thanks so far though, bye. Dec 03 18:51:23 hi ! Dec 03 18:51:46 First, sorry for my bad english, i'm french Dec 03 18:52:39 i'm looking for an answer : does Angstrom work on Zire72 ? And can i use some debian applications or other on Angstrom ? Dec 03 19:14:22 profgryzzli, i don't know if there are builds for such machine ...but...oe has a palmz73.conf in its machine directory Dec 03 19:32:28 thank you Dec 03 19:32:40 and can we use debian application on angstrom ? Dec 03 19:33:08 i wouldn't count on it Dec 03 19:33:22 some will probably work, if you pick the right version of debian Dec 03 19:35:00 only angstrom applications will work? Dec 03 19:36:40 (i'm really newb, and it's hard for me to understand the website ) Dec 03 19:38:50 it's like comparing one linux distribution to another Dec 03 19:39:12 ok Dec 03 19:39:13 if you have all of the required library versions, things will probably work Dec 03 19:39:27 i'm seeing that it accepts X11 application, doest it ? Dec 03 19:39:33 ok Dec 03 19:39:53 of course with arm, there are also (at least) two different binary formats, so you have to be using the same binary format Dec 03 19:40:05 (there are debian ports for both arm and armel) Dec 03 19:40:51 ok Dec 03 19:40:57 i think i understand Dec 03 19:41:02 thank you a lot sketch Dec 03 19:41:32 Example Dec 03 19:41:40 I install Angstrom and Opie Dec 03 19:41:48 if i want to use X11 application Dec 03 19:41:54 i dll X11 libs Dec 03 19:41:57 and run games Dec 03 19:42:01 yes ? Dec 03 19:42:38 if the games require x11, you'll need the x11 libs Dec 03 19:43:32 ok Dec 03 19:43:36 so i've understand Dec 03 19:43:42 you're fun guys Dec 03 19:43:47 (gnutoo and sktech ;) ) Dec 03 19:44:00 Bye ;) Dec 03 19:44:08 and thanks a lot one more time Dec 03 19:44:27 basically stuff built for the distro you are using should just work, other stuff may require some tweaking or recompiling to get working Dec 03 20:07:51 Sketch, hi...you seems active here...could you help me with this bug? http://bugs.openembedded.net/show_bug.cgi?id=4896 Dec 03 20:08:09 Sketch, because most of the apps I want to run segfault... Dec 03 20:13:20 Sketch, i've even recompiled the lib...and tried an old version of it(don't know if it was installed becase opkg list_installed showed the new version's numbers) Dec 03 20:40:28 does anyone have a libx11 that work or that doesn't work? Dec 03 23:41:11 hi! **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu Dec 04 02:59:57 2008