**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Feb 07 02:59:58 2012 Feb 07 08:05:34 hello everybody \o/ Feb 07 08:05:54 i want to ask a lil question about flashing if ppl are still awake n reading :o Feb 07 08:06:04 well the q is Feb 07 08:06:18 i have kp48 installed along with multiboot and android Feb 07 08:06:52 not last night i tried my best to flash my device, but nothing worked, the flasher always wud get stuck in "waiting for device" msg Feb 07 08:07:12 flashing from ubuntu 32 bits btw Feb 07 08:08:30 now rebooted n900, flashed the stock kernel from n900, through the removal command of kp Feb 07 08:08:52 and then turned off n900 and then flashed again and the flashing worked Feb 07 08:09:22 so my question is, that can a combination of multiboot and kp on n900 prevent device from getting flashed from the pc? Feb 07 08:22:41 anything is possible with multiboot, afaik Feb 07 08:22:47 ~multiboot Feb 07 08:22:52 ~multi-boot Feb 07 08:22:59 ty Sicelo Feb 07 08:23:04 what my concern is Feb 07 08:23:04 ah, infobot's away Feb 07 08:23:36 that if i somehow mess up the device in such a way that its not booting up, and multiboot is still installed Feb 07 08:23:46 so i wont be able to flash like ever? so its stuck? Feb 07 08:24:30 but i thought that through the flasher, no matter what problem occured in the software, you shud be able to flash the device back to the reset state Feb 07 08:24:48 boot loaders etc shud not be able to stop the flash process Feb 07 08:25:41 i do think it should still flash.. but multiboot is, from what i can gather, a dangerous tool to use Feb 07 08:27:21 hmm yea, cuz i also think that the device's flash process shud be hardwired, and shud take priority over everything, no matter what is there or what is not or what has been overrided Feb 07 10:35:56 ping X-Fade Feb 07 10:36:49 Pali: pong Feb 07 10:37:03 X-Fade, there is problem with package kernel-power-settings Feb 07 10:37:11 bad md5 hash Feb 07 10:37:34 Pali: Then it got uploaded twice? Feb 07 10:37:56 There was missed last version v13 in extras-devel, so I uploaded it Feb 07 10:38:30 and seems that in repository is old md5 hash for that package Feb 07 10:39:01 You should never ever ever ever ever upload the same file with different content. Feb 07 10:39:13 I uploaded same file Feb 07 10:39:18 same tar.gz Feb 07 10:39:21 Then the md5 can't change Feb 07 10:39:21 same diff Feb 07 10:39:31 but autobuilder builded new deb Feb 07 10:39:42 and deb has new md5 Feb 07 10:39:56 problem is with builded deb package Feb 07 10:39:58 But you must always increase version number Feb 07 10:40:32 Anyway, the way to fix this now is to just increase version number and upload again. Feb 07 10:40:44 will it work? Feb 07 10:40:59 of course Feb 07 10:41:05 ok I will try Feb 07 10:41:21 As long as you don't change numbering scheme or something else weird with the numbering. Feb 07 10:41:33 just +1 should work fine. Feb 07 10:41:53 actual version is 0.13 Feb 07 10:42:04 should I upload 0.13.1 Feb 07 10:42:05 ? Feb 07 10:42:14 0.14 is fine? Feb 07 10:42:31 Numbers are free, don't complicate things too much :) Feb 07 10:42:38 ok Feb 07 10:42:46 so I push 0.14 Feb 07 10:44:23 Canonical is pulling funding for in-house developers to work on the KDE-based Kubuntu flavor. Canonical now seems committed to its single vision of a GNOME-based Unity as a desktop and other Ubuntu flavors will now have to rely on community support and some infrastructure from Canonical. Feb 07 10:45:02 Pali: but you can always check yourself with dpkg --compare-versions Feb 07 10:45:33 ok Feb 07 10:45:52 I uploaded 0.14, now waiting for autobuilder... Feb 07 10:46:38 Pali: dpkg --compare-versions 0.14 gt 0.13 && echo true Feb 07 11:45:59 is maemo.org down again? Feb 07 11:55:56 Pali, http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/maemo.org Feb 07 11:57:18 andree__, ok. I think that now I have problems with KDE :D Upgrade needs reboot... Feb 07 12:10:17 DocScrutinizer: o/ Feb 07 12:10:46 at work Feb 07 13:40:47 hi Feb 07 13:41:52 Too quiet around here :P Feb 07 13:47:33 we tired ourselves out bitching about nokia Feb 07 13:52:00 hey, if I have an ssh connection to my phone, how do I make it take a photo through bash Feb 07 13:53:07 the cover would already be open obviously, but how would I make it take a photo? and could you make it focus or anything first? Feb 07 13:53:41 phone-control package is the easiest to use Feb 07 13:54:23 is that in the devel repository Feb 07 13:55:31 i don't remember .. my n900 is off atm.. possibly extras though Feb 07 13:56:47 do you know the line of sight range of the wifi? Feb 07 13:57:02 if my phone is up in the air attached to a kite and I'm using a netbook to control it Feb 07 14:03:46 u will have to wait for hardware gurus here :) Feb 07 14:04:42 all i know is that u will be better off disabling power-saving for wifi when u do that Feb 07 14:40:18 jonwil: what parts of microb browser did you RE? Feb 07 14:41:35 I produced a dev package for browser-neteal Feb 07 14:41:46 which is the library used by microb to talk to the browser daemon Feb 07 14:43:21 -dev package produced using a bunch of bits and pieces from around the net (specifically those bits of the N900 browser that are open plus also some stuff from various older SVN repos containing browser code) Feb 07 14:44:59 I also made the microb-eal-dev package (source code for which is available as part of the microb-eal source but binary was not in SDK repos) Feb 07 14:45:54 I also took older source code I found for the browserd daemon Feb 07 14:46:04 and modified it so it matched the N900 PR1.3 browserd Feb 07 14:48:40 And also I took the browser-neteal-dev package I made and combined it with the tablet-browser-view-dev package and other packages and then proceeded to clone tablet-browser-view-test Feb 07 14:48:52 which is a simple test app that tests out the tablet-browser-view widget Feb 07 14:49:09 which IMO is the easiest way to embed the microb browser in your app Feb 07 14:49:25 as it does lots of work for you Feb 07 14:49:53 Thats all I reverse enginereed Feb 07 14:50:11 I never reverse engineered much of the browser UI because that was too complex to do Feb 07 14:50:17 why did you want to know? Feb 07 14:53:07 guess he went AFK :P Feb 07 14:53:12 Pali: ping Feb 07 14:54:20 I'm asking to know how many components has microb closed Feb 07 14:54:34 and how hard is to rewritre it Feb 07 14:54:45 and use new upstream gecko engine Feb 07 14:56:36 Given that the browserd daemon and all the important bits it links to are open source, replacing Gecko with a new one is in theory possible Feb 07 14:56:55 Biggest issue would be the plugins and modules (specifically the Flash plugin and the Nokia Maps bits) Feb 07 14:57:05 if the plugin API has changed and those things aren't compatible Feb 07 14:58:21 the actual browser UI is still very much closed Feb 07 14:58:35 but that has basically no links to the underlying Gecko engine Feb 07 15:03:43 flash plugin using standard NPAPI interface Feb 07 15:08:41 yeah true but Nokia Maps is different and is using all sorts of Gecko APIs Feb 07 15:09:40 should be Feb 07 15:11:33 jonwil, any success with opened MCE? Feb 07 15:11:44 nope Feb 07 15:12:10 I tried to take oldest MCE source I could find and then reverse engineer N900 MCE to try and get a match Feb 07 15:12:21 but too many changes between N900 Fremantle MCE Feb 07 15:12:32 and oldest MCE in MeeGo GIT repo Feb 07 15:13:31 I think that other app only using dbus for communicating with MCE, so the dbus api was changed? Feb 07 15:14:04 it wasn't the DBUS API so much, it was differences in other parts of Feb 07 15:14:09 other parts of the system Feb 07 15:14:22 in any case it just isnt possible to get open MCE going without Nokia releasing source Feb 07 15:14:33 or and ARM guru showing up to reverse engineer things Feb 07 15:16:00 and what is problem with opened mce? could not be full fremantle mce replaced by opened? Feb 07 15:16:32 nope, as I said, too many differences in important places between Fremantle MCE and published MeeGo MCE source Feb 07 15:17:14 and what is different? Feb 07 15:17:52 I know that 3 fremantle mce modules missing in meego mce Feb 07 15:18:39 mce modules only communicate with kernel or not? Feb 07 15:18:47 I dont know exactly what the things that are different do Feb 07 15:18:52 but I know they do things that look important Feb 07 15:19:29 I actually tested various things built from the open MeeGo MCE source on my N900 PR1.3 phone and nearly bricked it in the process Feb 07 15:19:52 so that;'s why I feel comfortable saying that we cant do it without Nokia or an ARM guru Feb 07 15:27:33 has anyone here installed ubuntu on an n900? Feb 07 15:28:03 debian Feb 07 16:03:29 so Pali, do you actually plan to do any work on browserd or otherwise or are you just asking for interests stake? Feb 07 16:04:20 jonwil, I just asked, because I saw some your emails about RE browserd Feb 07 16:04:38 ok Feb 07 16:06:03 I did browserd because it was fairly easy and it was the only notable closed-source component in that particular chain. Feb 07 16:07:48 And I did the other stuff because I wanted to make it possible for people to embed the browser widget the same way Nokia does it Feb 07 16:07:54 and talk directly to the browser daemon Feb 07 16:08:01 instead of needing to pull all of Gecko into their app Feb 07 16:16:36 Anyone here know anything about QT on the N900? Feb 07 17:44:59 Pali ping Feb 07 17:45:15 silly me, he isn't here anymore :D Feb 07 19:33:03 I am toying around with my N900 and one thing I notice is that all kernels available are at most 2.6.28.. Do the newer kernels lack some essential drivers that would prevent them from working? E.g. would 3.3.0-rc2 not work on N900? Feb 07 19:38:47 yes Feb 07 19:39:10 Is that "Yes, it would not work" or "Yes, it would"? :D Feb 07 19:39:22 yes :) Feb 07 19:39:31 userspace is a problem Feb 07 19:39:58 In the context of Meego/Mer/Neomobile there's newer kernel Feb 07 19:39:59 I am going to install Gentoo anyways, just for the sake of doing it Feb 07 19:40:11 And I thought to get a modern kernel while at it Feb 07 19:40:13 but Maemo userspace is kinda locked to 2.6.28 Feb 07 19:42:40 That was kind of short-sighted from Nokia. Then again, they killed Maemo, so.. Feb 07 19:42:54 chem|st: 9/ Feb 07 19:43:00 WereCatf: that's unfair Feb 07 19:43:07 calling it short-sighted Feb 07 19:43:17 it's more like 'by-design' Feb 07 19:43:37 a device gets certified for a network based on its complete stack (more or less) Feb 07 19:43:50 changing the kernel could easily leave it w/ an uncertified stack Feb 07 19:44:10 should nokia have provided a perpetually free certification lab for all future kernels? Feb 07 19:44:29 (that's a complete building or payment supply to rent someone else's testing/validation services) Feb 07 19:46:01 WereCatf: no modern smart phones are supported for >4 years Feb 07 19:46:12 you're an Apple user if you get 3 years Feb 07 19:46:49 so how long till i must head either to cssu or another flavor ? Feb 07 19:47:25 timeless: what kinda cert r u talking bout here? Feb 07 19:48:04 depends Feb 07 19:48:21 * ShadowJK is still using stock diablo kernel and OS on N8x0 :P Feb 07 19:48:58 ok Feb 07 19:49:10 timeless: unlike a@lot of andridiot phones where network/modem and APE kernel share same RAM, on N900 you got a built in USB 3G dongle Feb 07 19:49:16 DocScrutinizer51: there are things that have to be certified, i didn't get to keep the diagrams, i left nokia :) Feb 07 19:50:27 those 'things' (like abiltiy for 911) apply only for factory state of device Feb 07 19:51:06 it's up to the user to deliberately break them with a kernel update Feb 07 19:51:16 :) Feb 07 19:52:02 as long as you can't turn the phone into sth rogue, regarding general public Feb 07 19:54:52 dose the cssu have all the functionality of the stock and far as all chips supported? Feb 07 19:55:06 eeverything workiing? Feb 07 19:55:08 as that'smy domain now ;-) Feb 07 19:55:27 yes Feb 07 19:56:19 kool Feb 07 19:56:42 i mean like thoes bits that were propriataary and aaall Feb 07 19:57:28 cssu is an update Feb 07 19:58:08 i havent read much on it other than cant go back if i do it so imm just getting all theiinfo i can Feb 07 19:58:09 as the name gives away Feb 07 19:58:51 k Feb 07 19:59:44 cssu aka maemo1337 Feb 07 19:59:54 thnx DocScrutinizer Feb 07 20:00:11 were you able to go back from maemo13 to 12? Feb 07 20:00:11 ive not been paying attention for a while Feb 07 20:00:35 i geuss i never thought about it b4 Feb 07 20:01:12 you not think about going back from cssu to stock either :) Feb 07 20:01:26 and do you know what pkg the chat feature was a part of so i can deal with the notice that it no longer exists Feb 07 20:01:46 lol Feb 07 20:03:57 well i just didnt want to go forward to the left and wind up with a papereweight Feb 07 20:04:57 ont happen Feb 07 20:05:05 wont Feb 07 20:05:08 :))) Feb 07 20:05:22 kool thnx DocScrutinizer Feb 07 20:05:32 you aleviate my fear Feb 07 20:05:42 i just like this soooo much Feb 07 20:06:16 sill Feb 07 20:06:19 still Feb 07 20:08:12 Yeah, I wouldn't run stock anymore since CSSU is just maemo with things fixed and features added. Feb 07 20:08:37 indeed Feb 07 20:08:45 YEAH? Feb 07 20:09:00 lofty306, it just essentially took over the updating since Nokia obviously wasn't gonna fix everything they left slightly borked. Feb 07 20:09:28 okk Feb 07 20:09:47 so this is what i was waiting for then! Feb 07 20:10:29 get nokia outta the way and things got doone Feb 07 20:10:54 as far as we were able Feb 07 20:12:06 so they still holld back some Feb 07 20:12:24 soome of the code Feb 07 20:12:26 ? Feb 07 20:13:21 sure Feb 07 20:14:19 updates still push the same way ? Feb 07 20:14:30 sure Feb 07 20:14:43 i thinks thats my last q Feb 07 20:15:18 as until you get blue in the face :-D welcome Feb 07 20:15:25 ask* Feb 07 20:15:32 kool Feb 07 20:17:17 i realy think that is all the cssu i have to install from pc? Feb 07 20:17:38 the major pita being the closed PIM+dialer integration, as you can't break out a single block and recode it like moh did with mediaplayer Feb 07 20:18:09 lofty306: you don't install cssu from PC Feb 07 20:18:17 u dooont? Feb 07 20:18:24 glad i assked Feb 07 20:18:33 no, it's an update! Feb 07 20:19:34 * lofty306 looks Feb 07 20:20:08 ~cssu Feb 07 20:20:29 eeeew infobot gone again Feb 07 20:20:32 bitch Feb 07 20:21:33 lol do i gotta grab it via apt-get or zypper it thats still around? Feb 07 20:23:20 lofty306: Nu-uh. Browse with your N900 to http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU and click on the CSSU flavour you want to install, it'll happen then. Feb 07 20:24:06 thats what i read that makes sense Feb 07 20:32:17 thnx Raimu-X , DocScrutinizer maybe after lunch if theppaainters dont drive me out of here Feb 07 20:32:33 thnx Raimu-X , DocScrutinizer maybe after lunch if the painters dont drive me out of here Feb 07 20:32:45 Take your time, you know. Feb 07 20:32:48 Read up on it. Feb 07 20:33:29 Know the difference between "stable" and "testing" and think about it. Feb 07 20:34:54 i do Feb 07 20:35:29 but will read gotta read Feb 07 20:39:38 I wholeheartedly recommend CSSU-stable Feb 07 20:42:31 lofty306: ideally you'll wonder if you succeeded at all to update, after you "installed" CSSU-Stable Feb 07 20:43:43 lofty306: as in stable everything should default to "stock alike" settings, so OOTB the experience on CSSU-S should be almost indistinguishable from stock maemo.1.3.1 Feb 07 20:44:29 until you enable some of the enhancements, via gconftool or cssu-tweaker or whatever the names Feb 07 20:44:49 MHD alone is worth it Feb 07 20:49:26 lofty306: (from http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools, too lazy to write it again :-D ) :: Feb 07 20:49:41 # set ctl-BS to my preferred operation mode, ''also for CSSU!!'' Feb 07 20:49:43 # Feb 07 20:49:44 # As it seems I haven't documented it elsewhere, here are the nifty Feb 07 20:49:46 # keypress-sequences. Feb 07 20:49:47 # (C=control, B=backspace, Cd=control-press-and-hold, Cu=control-release) Feb 07 20:49:49 # Cd,Bd = open taskswitcher; Bu,Bd = roll forward; Cu,Cd = roll-backward Feb 07 20:49:50 # Bu,Cu = select upper leftmost / Cu,Bu = keep taskswitcher open Feb 07 20:49:52 # with taskswitcher open: Feb 07 20:49:53 # "q"|"w"|"e"\"a"|"s"|"f"... select app at that pos Feb 07 20:49:55 # Shift+"q"|"w"... close that app Feb 07 20:49:56 gconftool-2 -s \ Feb 07 20:49:58 /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/key-actions/ctrl_backspace_in_tasknav -t int 5 Feb 07 20:52:06 . Feb 07 20:52:10 http://share.ovi.com/media/joerg900.screenshots/joerg900.10092 video Feb 07 20:53:42 so friigin cool that your iPhone friends will get green of envy Feb 07 21:44:47 DocScrutinizer: gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/key-actions/ctrl_backspace_in_tasknav -t int 0 to revert back? Feb 07 21:45:16 err sure Feb 07 21:45:26 or delete the whole key Feb 07 21:46:06 DocScrutinizer: how? Feb 07 21:46:28 gconftool --help Feb 07 21:48:15 thn DocScrutinizer i see the paste Feb 07 21:48:24 was doing lunch Feb 07 21:51:47 nice vid Feb 07 21:57:24 video? Feb 07 21:58:19 just the outta focus thing of the task switcher Feb 07 21:58:46 http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Joerg_rw/tools that Feb 07 21:59:23 err... that >> http://share.ovi.com/media/joerg900.screenshots/joerg900.10092 Feb 07 22:08:14 lofty306: yeah, sorry for the poor focus Feb 07 22:08:38 hard to do decent sceenshot vids with a video camera like N900 :-D Feb 07 22:09:06 esp when you got no and free to hold the friggin cam Feb 07 22:11:26 I mean, if at least that thing had a holder with stand, or sth Feb 07 22:11:52 don't ask me how I managed to take that video ;-P Feb 07 22:17:41 hehehee Feb 07 22:18:01 been there dooone that Feb 07 22:18:36 but geet the gist Feb 07 23:00:25 woah, the movie "Seeking Justice" has a nokia n900 in it o.O Feb 07 23:00:28 http://i.imgur.com/gWqCA.jpg << Feb 07 23:02:57 hi Feb 07 23:07:24 DocScrutinizer: are you here? :p Feb 07 23:08:55 no Feb 07 23:09:50 hehe Feb 07 23:10:13 DocScrutinizer: have already checked my issue on "USB hostmode beta release" section in forum :p Feb 07 23:10:25 hmm? Feb 07 23:10:50 DocScrutinizer: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65232&page=99 Feb 07 23:12:21 sorry, this looks like pali's bq24150 kernel charger thingie, nfc about that Feb 07 23:13:56 http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1023402#post1023402 Feb 07 23:15:14 wtf, all the links are *self Feb 07 23:16:13 k, thought that pali bounced that thing to you :p Feb 07 23:16:22 hmmm maybe I try that Feb 07 23:17:22 DocScrutinizer: I just need to get active usb-hub working in hostmode + charging n900 at the same time Feb 07 23:18:13 Y' Feb 07 23:18:16 ...fuck Feb 07 23:18:45 This is probably a noobish question, but what do the full-intermediate-off toggles in the WiFi power saving menu for n900 actually do? Feb 07 23:19:16 It's just "yeah do this" here and "no do that" there and I just didn't find a thread or a wiki that explained anything. The manual, I recall, wasn't informative on it either. Feb 07 23:19:47 Vib3: there's a hostmode-charging post on this thread, posted by me, and working Feb 07 23:22:05 Vib3: can't find the bookmark, you may ask infobot as soon as she joins again: ~hostmode-charging Feb 07 23:22:11 or Feb 07 23:22:17 ~powered-hostmode Feb 07 23:22:19 iirc Feb 07 23:22:42 DocScrutinizer: you mean this? -> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=921203#post921203 Feb 07 23:23:10 yes Feb 07 23:30:44 DocScrutinizer: that link to charge script not working anymore.. Feb 07 23:33:54 found another and fixing it cos it has corrupted marks Feb 07 23:34:24 http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/usr/sbin/booston Feb 07 23:36:11 http://enivax.net/jk/n900/old/charge.sh.txt Feb 07 23:36:36 it has what? Feb 07 23:37:40 charset issue.. Feb 07 23:39:18 thx Feb 07 23:54:48 its charging, mmmmm Feb 08 00:06:38 more tomorrow, sleep -> **** ENDING LOGGING AT Wed Feb 08 02:59:57 2012