**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed May 02 03:00:04 2018 May 02 13:00:22 forwarding a question someone asked me via PM on the forum: does anybody know how's the current status of cellular support under Linux (voice calls/SMS/data)? May 02 13:01:42 VartiWork: TheKit claims it does work if you use ofono May 02 13:01:50 I expect my gemini today so I'll be investigating May 02 13:02:15 3g/4g internet is a bit tricky to configure, but just checked and it works with ofono commands like in http://smart-e.org/blogPosts/2013-06-30-raspberrypi-3g-and-ofono.html May 02 13:02:17 great, thanks for the reply May 02 13:02:51 can't wait to try it myself, too May 02 13:03:16 Worked on Sailfish so I assume it works on Linux May 02 13:03:41 androvex[m]1: sailfish uses an Android kernel May 02 13:03:57 I have no idea what userspace components sailfish uses for 3g/telephony May 02 13:04:43 SMS messages shouldn't be a problem too then (they are all handled by AT commands), I wonder if voice calls are automatically routed through the speaker/microphone though May 02 13:06:00 I would be surprised if they were, but my last experience with phone cell modems and non-Android Linux was with the N900 which had a particularly awful and completely idiosyncratic way of handling voice May 02 13:06:13 so perhaps things are better than that here May 02 14:02:16 this might mean my fi keyboard gemini arrives later this month "We recently got 1300 units but only UK and US keyboards. Then a further 70 odd with some other keyboard layouts but mostly German. Rest will come as part of mid May delivery now. R" May 02 14:02:35 the excitement comes out of my ears! May 02 14:02:57 I hope that mine is in that batch too, but i'm not keeping my hopes too high :P May 02 15:26:07 as someone with a wifi order we are treated like lepers so I'll just be glad to get it in 2019 May 02 17:00:46 the online perk checker seems to be offline, can anybody confirm? May 02 17:01:01 http://planetcom.co.uk/checker or http://planetcom.co.uk:8080/ May 02 17:03:25 yeah seems not responding May 02 17:11:37 working again now May 02 17:15:33 must have been getting hammered :P May 02 17:18:48 I guess so :) May 02 17:25:59 woohoo! note from robin. mine, 3968 4G US, has shipped! no word whether accessories are with it. May 02 18:34:29 * akik is jelly (22xx) May 02 19:05:32 still order placed May 02 19:06:12 the order checker has been updated "If you did not select a US or UK keyboard layout OR your Order ID is over 4500, your unit will ship end of May." May 02 19:06:36 great! i'll be getting my gemini in june! May 02 19:08:54 depscribe[m]: argh, I'm 3926, but I'm in EU :( May 02 19:50:25 wifi-only, 26xx, US kbd, now scheduled for the May run. Step back from "your order has been produced" *sigh* and yes, it'll be June. May 02 19:58:23 Gemini is pushing the "it will be at least one year late" -border that i originally thought :) May 02 20:30:08 Varti (IRC): i'm starting to think that the order numbers may not mean anything at all. May 02 20:31:48 my feeling is that they roughly try to follow the order, but they have to group the manufacturing basing on the keyboard layout May 02 20:38:02 Order number: 1471 May 02 20:38:02 Status: If you selected a US or UK keyboard layout AND your Order ID is 1-4500, your unit will ship out before mid May. May 02 20:38:03 If you did not select a US or UK keyboard layout OR your Order ID is over 4500, your unit will ship end of May. May 02 20:43:37 Just got my Gemini :] May 02 20:43:46 congrats May 02 20:44:24 I feel bad for those who haven't. I really wish they'd managed that whole aspect better. May 02 21:17:46 Varti: you're probably right. otoh, i ordered both the gemini and the connection set or whatever it is called separately, and they had separate numbers (will be interesting to see if they arrive together). i'm curious as to whether my gadget gets here on friday, as DHL says. May 02 21:17:56 then comes the scary part! May 02 22:32:03 just got my gemini, has anyone managed to get the Linux version of flashtool working? May 02 22:34:56 I can't figure out what sequence of "click 'readback'", "press power on gemini" and "plug gemini in over USB" to use May 02 22:38:16 does it need root? May 02 22:43:19 it does need root, apparently May 02 22:43:27 and the Qt GUI fails catastrophically when given root May 02 22:43:45 so I'm running: `sudo ./flash_tool.sh -d MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin -s ../Gemini_Debian_TP/Gemini_Debian_TP/Gemini_Debian_TP_Scatter.txt -c firmware-upgrade` May 02 23:04:03 lordy, the debian install is *insanely* slow May 02 23:04:18 is there any networking supported on it? May 02 23:09:16 ah, there's a connman GUI May 03 02:02:03 Has anyone else had issues extracting Gemini_Debian_TP.zip? May 03 02:31:12 I used `unzip` via `dtrx` on Arch Linux and had no problems May 03 02:31:29 but it did have an extra layer of folder nesting and an __MACOSX folder May 03 02:31:46 some folks have reported issues and had to extract it on a Mac, I believe May 03 02:37:27 I don't have Arch, but I could give that a try if dtrx isn't available for my distro, thanks. May 03 02:38:00 Captain_Harlock[: dtrx just invokes unzip May 03 02:38:54 "UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Info-ZIP." **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu May 03 03:00:05 2018