**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Jul 01 02:59:59 2012 Jul 01 03:00:18 I think the process is different Jul 01 03:00:19 maybe Jul 01 03:01:07 blah i have to go see about getting the stuff for this Jul 01 03:02:05 http://us.shuttle.com/scgforum/tm.aspx?m=3212 Jul 01 03:02:19 that's the same exact problem mine had ;) Jul 01 03:04:05 the 1800uF/6.3v ones are bulging heh Jul 01 03:06:53 cobalt-60 found on petco dog bowls Jul 01 03:06:58 wtf are these chinese doing?? lol! Jul 01 03:11:11 http://www.filmcapacitors.com/SeriesMF1206 Jul 01 03:11:20 i'm guessing that place won't sell me 6 caps huh? :) Jul 01 03:11:52 ShadowJK: what is a place to get good high quality caps? Jul 01 03:12:04 bonus points if you can find me caps made in the US :) Jul 01 03:14:31 I don't think there are any Jul 01 03:14:48 (any US production of capacitors) Jul 01 03:16:14 But like, uh, rubycon and Nichicon? Jul 01 03:19:46 digikey mouser or whatever Jul 01 03:39:06 friend of mine is going to order me some when he orders parts for work Jul 01 03:39:32 so i can just wait on those... lol.. but yeah.. finding us made caps would be impossible Jul 01 03:39:41 he said some place in ohio makes them still Jul 01 03:39:50 all US caps are like... special order bulk orders only Jul 01 04:13:25 This isn't limited to just capacitors Jul 01 04:14:11 Just about anything is so much easier to get from asia than from the us Jul 01 04:16:01 Like, I know some things where a US company designed something to be manufactured in china, and actually has good enough control of the factory in china, the product gets shipped right away to usa, but it's easier and cheaper to have it shipped back to china and sold from china Jul 01 04:16:12 than to try do business with the us company Jul 01 04:16:14 heh Jul 01 04:17:24 except if you live in the us, that is Jul 01 05:07:44 ShadowJK: yeah that sucks Jul 01 05:07:47 that's most places now Jul 01 05:08:28 but every now and then you find some company that is actually in the united states Jul 01 05:08:31 lol Jul 01 05:12:48 DocScrutinizer, feel silly continuing this topic, but re IRc and referendum - you're wrong, as usual. While I agree that it would be idiotic idea - and I used it as comparision - actually, chan imperator is working closely with Council, so TMO could - following your twisted logic - make referendum to have Council ask X-Fade about removing You frokm chanop Jul 01 05:12:58 and X-fade would do that, per Council request Jul 01 05:13:26 again, it's just "mind experiment" don't worry, it was just about showing how You pivot rules to your liking, in my humble opinion, which you have, of course, right to not agree. Jul 01 05:14:10 If You think that referendum can be used to remove volunteers form volunteering, it can be used to make anything. It's kinda wrong, as AFAIk, referendum is something started by Council, to see if poeople support some dieas or not. Jul 01 05:14:40 after all, council doesn't do anything alone, cause it's not fuckin goverment, despite fact, that almsot everyone is trying to apply political filters. Jul 01 05:15:18 i.e. Council can say "we're doing this and that", but without other volunteers wanting to do that, Council can kiss own ass, if manage to. Jul 01 05:15:31 it's all about collaboration. Jul 01 05:16:39 due mtot his reason, applying copy& paste from real-world goverments and politics is stupid. Not to mention, that even in real life, You have election every 4-5 years, and goverment can't be forced to go away (in legal ways, not by guns ;) ) even if have only 1% of support Jul 01 05:17:25 fortunately, despite how You see it, maemo is also absed on meritocracy. Fact that we have election of *volunteers* doesn't mean it becomes political. Jul 01 05:18:02 anyway, whatever, I'm sure that You won't agree, and everyone have better things to do, so... :) Jul 01 05:35:35 the woman who plays targaryen in game of thrones is way hotter as a blonde Jul 01 05:56:30 Macer, You're talking about it for week already, have You feel into platonical love, or what? Jul 01 05:56:37 Better tell me how cooking N900 in oven went Jul 01 05:56:46 oh... damn. i totally forgot all about that heh Jul 01 05:56:55 I knew that. phew. Jul 01 05:57:06 Am about to flash my N900. Remind me again: I only use the -R flag on the second of the two operations (1. flashing firmware and 2. flashing eMMC) whichever is done last, right? THe page at http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware#Linux is unclear. Jul 01 05:58:09 seen alex Jul 01 05:58:12 Estel_: i was working on getting some caps for a mboard with bad caps Jul 01 05:58:13 heh Jul 01 05:58:23 6 of 8 of them are bulging Jul 01 05:58:56 kwtm2, You flash emmc first witohut reboot, then, rootfs Jul 01 05:59:04 if You feel masochistc, You may do other way around Jul 01 05:59:15 no gain, and every accidentla reboot kills Your integrity Jul 01 05:59:32 emmc first without r and disabling it after by removing battery + flashing rootfs with -R later is best way Jul 01 05:59:44 Macer, well, caps happen :) Jul 01 06:00:21 it's an older shuttle k45 Jul 01 06:00:29 they were notorious for it Jul 01 06:00:58 i bought another one like 3 weeks after the first one and it is still working like a champ... the first one must have gotten the fake black market caps Jul 01 06:01:39 or just bad luck :) Jul 01 06:01:39 my buddy is getting me some new ones from his job... they are pretty easy to replace Jul 01 06:02:07 lovely times before everything got made for robots only, eh? Jul 01 06:02:36 well... caps are rather large.. somewhat difficult to not make them easy to replace Jul 01 06:02:52 K45s were awesome tho Jul 01 06:02:58 when the caps didn't explode :-P Jul 01 06:03:08 Don't underrate invention of designers :P Jul 01 06:04:00 You will see, when we will start to have caps with balls soldering ;) Jul 01 06:04:11 just for the sake of it. Jul 01 06:32:59 thx Estel_ Jul 01 06:33:42 ok wait... Jul 01 06:33:53 is rootfs firmeware, then? Jul 01 06:34:28 s/firmeware/firmware/ Jul 01 06:34:29 kwtm2 meant: is rootfs firmware, then? Jul 01 06:35:08 is the -R flag for rebooting, then? Jul 01 06:39:27 once I failed to be able to flash firmware, causing problems that have plagued me to this day. That was the most recent time (although I had flashed it half a dozen times prior to that, some time before). Hope it works this time. Jul 01 06:45:04 kwtm2, yea Jul 01 06:45:11 emmC is just partition layout of eMMC Jul 01 06:45:16 Okay, failed again. Says "missing image". I wonder about a number of things that are unclear on the wiki. Jul 01 06:45:18 rootfs is... rootfs:p Jul 01 06:45:35 in fact, nothing is uncleare there, it seems that you're missinterpreting something. Lets try to work through it Jul 01 06:45:38 Estel_: I see that I have 2 files. (This is from when I flashed a long time ago) Jul 01 06:45:50 first of all - if You use flasher without any arguments, it will show you list of options and meanings Jul 01 06:45:53 My two files are called EMMC and FIRMWARE. So rootfs would be part of the firmware? Jul 01 06:46:01 yes. Jul 01 06:46:21 RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin Jul 01 06:46:22 Also, the unclear part: after the flasher exits, is the N900 supposed to sit there unmoving? Jul 01 06:46:28 ^^^ vanilla eMMc. you don't need it, most of the times. Jul 01 06:46:40 wait, wait, first things first Jul 01 06:46:49 ok. Pls go ahead. Jul 01 06:46:50 RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin Jul 01 06:46:57 ^^^ FIASCO image Jul 01 06:47:02 containing many trhings for rootfs Jul 01 06:47:04 things* Jul 01 06:47:09 aka combined Jul 01 06:47:40 now, You just do as per wiki - if You want to flash with eMMC image restoration, you feed it by that image... Jul 01 06:47:53 flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f Jul 01 06:48:00 first, big -F is about "file" Jul 01 06:48:03 it must be path to file Jul 01 06:48:14 it depends on system, etc, but it's either relativer or absolute path Jul 01 06:48:23 then, -f is "flash" Jul 01 06:48:42 or other way around, maybe I've messed upercase and lowercase f - in any case, od as it is in wiki :) Jul 01 06:48:55 The unclear part is some things that I wonder about as a noob, about which I would like reassurance. Maybe it's just that I need something from my perspective as someone who may possibly brick my n900. :) Jul 01 06:49:00 so, you flash eMMC, and then, when it reports that I've finished with success, You remove battery from N900 Jul 01 06:49:11 I see. Jul 01 06:49:17 so, you don't remove cable, etc, just battery Jul 01 06:49:29 … Jul 01 06:49:32 after that, You may remove cable if You feel it fancy, then You feed flasher with COMBINED Jul 01 06:49:46 Well, the wiki says "you MAY have to remove battery" but it doesn't say you should, and previously I didn't remove battery. So it's not so much that I don't understand the wiki as that there is conflicting info. Jul 01 06:49:48 if you don't remove the cable, removing the battery doesn't really do anything Jul 01 06:50:08 in my experience Jul 01 06:50:12 luke-jr, true, i just said to remove batteyr first. On second though, it doesn't matter Jul 01 06:50:23 kwtm2, it's because you may disable N90 0by other means than removing battery Jul 01 06:50:30 but it's said in wiki, that You must not allow it to reboot Jul 01 06:50:33 after eMMC flash Jul 01 06:50:39 anyway Jul 01 06:50:43 then Yo0u feed flasher with Jul 01 06:51:00 flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R Jul 01 06:51:09 just watch uper and lwoer case f, i may have mixed them Jul 01 06:51:13 againt, first one is file Jul 01 06:51:18 I see. So after eMMC flash I *must* disable N900 somehow, e.g. removing the battery... I cannot just continue automatically with flashing firmware. Jul 01 06:51:18 then, "flash" command Jul 01 06:51:21 and last is reboot Jul 01 06:51:31 You may ommit the -r command, and reboot Yourself, but it's more conveinent Jul 01 06:51:37 yes. Jul 01 06:51:42 Estel_: I do have the commands in a bash script that I wisely wrote when I first learned to flash. Jul 01 06:52:01 if N900 reboots between eMMC and COMBINED, your flashing gone fubar. Jul 01 06:52:10 Ok, another thing that is unclear is... how do I reboot? the power button doesn't do anything, and I don't know what's supposed to happen. Jul 01 06:52:10 nothing irrevertible - You just need to start from scratch Jul 01 06:52:31 when do You want to reboot? After Combined? Jul 01 06:52:44 Ok, I will redo the flashing, removing the battery in between. In answer to your last question, Jul 01 06:53:13 I plan to flash both eMMC and firmware, so I guess I'll do that in that order. But after firmware (last time) I tried to reboot but the device wouldn't respond. Jul 01 06:53:41 So finally I took out the battery for a moment, replaced it, and it said "missing image". So anyway, I will redo it the way you have told me. Jul 01 06:53:46 kwtm2, You may reboot using flasher - either provide -R at end of flashing command (combined only, not after eMMC0, or just do flasher-3.5 -R after flashing Jul 01 06:53:57 because it went fubar after eMMC flashing :) Jul 01 06:54:19 basically, you flash eMMC, without -R command to not allow it reboot - after flashing, You have quite unlimtied ammount of time to remove battery and unplug cable, no need to haste. Jul 01 06:54:21 Estel_: Right, I've put -R now but previously I did not put -R and I thought I could reboot manually, which the wiki leads me to believe, but I see that this is not true. Jul 01 06:54:39 then, You flash combined, via same way as before (plugging device while holding "U"), but this time you may add -R command at end Jul 01 06:54:42 Estel_: I did not reboot after eMMC, so I don't know why it went fubar. Jul 01 06:55:04 kwtm2, You *may* reboot manuall,y by issuing "flasher-3.5 -R" after flashing Jul 01 06:55:16 it';s just dividing it to two steps, unnecessary. More conveinent is to reboot after combined. Jul 01 06:55:19 Estel_: ?? Do I need to plug the device in again while holding U? That was not clear -- I thought I flashed the firmware immediately last time and it worked. Jul 01 06:55:36 theoretically, removing batteyr again, inserting it, and booting normally shgould work too, haven't checked Jul 01 06:55:42 Ah, I reboot manually by issuing "flasher-3.5 -R" from my laptop. That part is also unclear. Ok. Jul 01 06:55:45 You flashed eMMC Jul 01 06:55:59 after eMMc, you remove battery AND unplug cable, as luke mentioned Jul 01 06:56:06 so you need to somehow plug it again to flash combined ;) Jul 01 06:56:14 and, you need to bring it into flashing mode agasin Jul 01 06:56:17 so, holding "U" Jul 01 06:56:47 basically, to flash including eMMc, You do two separate flashing, separated by removing battery. To flash normally, you just flash combined. Jul 01 06:57:00 warning - if You have done custom partition layout, it will be gone after flashing eMMC vanilla. Jul 01 06:57:14 Ah. That part was completely unclear. There were 2 sections in the wiki, and they sounded independent, like written for people who only wanted to flash one or the other. It was not clear that the U part was still necessary and could not be skipped if I wanted to do both. Ok, I will put that in my script file. Jul 01 06:57:21 Otherwise in 2 years I will forget again. Jul 01 06:59:03 kwtm2, thats true, wiki was written by different people. Jul 01 06:59:07 You could also upgrade wiki Jul 01 06:59:18 making it better source of knowledge not only for You, for later, but for others too Jul 01 06:59:25 but please, do it only after successful flashing :) Jul 01 07:01:55 Estel_: Well, I successfully flashed about half a dozen times when I first got the device, two years ago, and wished I had updated the wiki then. :P Jul 01 07:02:28 so do it this timer, cause there is high chance that You will be using Yuor N900 after next 2 years too :) Jul 01 07:02:34 sorry for typos. Jul 01 07:04:56 Estel_: Yes, I probably will; seeing Nokia's sinking ship, I bought an extra N900 because I don't want to give up my investment in all the scripts I've written for the N900 (and I don't want to have to learn Android or Apple). Jul 01 07:05:15 That's partly why I dare to reflash my N900 now: I have an extra one in case something goes wrong. Jul 01 07:05:35 The previous times it was out of necessity. I learned firsthand about the ~/.profile bug. :P Jul 01 07:06:06 hehe. Jul 01 07:06:16 Yea, no really suitable devices on horizon Jul 01 07:06:16 eMMC flashed. So now I *must* not remove the USB cable when I remove the battery? Or I *may* remove the USB cable before I remove teh battery? Jul 01 07:06:36 you may either buy android that got 21432453543543543543543 MHZ and RAMJ, just to spy on you more effectively, but don't allow You to use that horsepower... Jul 01 07:06:42 on anything usable... Jul 01 07:06:58 or stick to Your good N900 that does circles around multi-core devices, in terms of real life usability :) Jul 01 07:07:06 I had such high hopes for The Samsung Linux Phone Secret Project. Jul 01 07:07:15 you may do it hoever you want Jul 01 07:07:23 But I need to knwo. Can I remove the cable before the battery? Ah, I can. Ok. Jul 01 07:07:24 just be sure to, at the end, have both batteyr and cable unplug Jul 01 07:09:10 Ohh!!! I see the firmware flashing now. It did not do that previously, but listed all the stuff it was going to flash, and then exited to prompt, so I thought it had flashed already. Someone should program the flasher to say "I did not flash"!!! I thought the list of stuff was shown as it was flashing, and it was done. Geez, no wonder. Jul 01 07:09:36 Now I will have to go flash CSSU. I want the power kernel that lets me do mobile hotspot. Jul 01 07:09:59 Oh, and it's even rebooting. Look at that. Jul 01 07:12:25 Holy cow, I must put in the wiki that it will flash does 5 dots for 67 seconds. I was worried it had gone into infinite loop like the other time with the ~/.profile bug. Jul 01 07:18:17 wait, the CSSU is just a package to be installed? It does not need flashing? Jul 01 07:26:22 seen anyone Jul 01 07:26:49 kwtm2, yes CSSU is meta packge which install all updated packages Jul 01 07:27:21 Ok, Pali. Question about the power kernel (boy the web page is very ambiguous). Jul 01 07:28:26 I'm reading wiki.maemo.org/Kernel_Power It says with the stable kernel you can change the frequency limits, the voltages and DSP frequencies online." Does that mean I *cannot* do the mobile hotspot (tethering)? Do I need the unstable kernel for that? Jul 01 07:28:58 It says of the unstable kernel "This kernel version contains additional experimental features and patches. " But it doesn't say which additional features. Jul 01 07:29:39 kwtm2, kernel-power is stable now Jul 01 07:29:40 v50 Jul 01 07:29:53 The page "http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/kernel-power-flasher/" lists features. Jul 01 07:30:16 last version (v50) which is in Extras (and also on that link) is stable Jul 01 07:30:19 Pali: Oh, so there is only one version of power kernel that I need to install, and it is both stable and contains the ability for hotspot? Jul 01 07:30:35 yes Jul 01 07:30:36 Also, it does not list hotspot but it lists NAT. Is NAT what is required for hotspot? Jul 01 07:30:50 yes Jul 01 07:30:54 ~wiki NAT Jul 01 07:30:55 Ok. Hmm, someone (probably me) should sort through that wiki and update it. Jul 01 07:30:58 At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT (URL), Wikipedia explains: "{{Redirect|NAT||Nat (disambiguation)}} In computer networking, 'network address translation' ('NAT') is the process of modifying IP address information in IP packet headers while in transit across a traffic routing device. The simplest type of NAT provides a one-to-one translation of IP addresses. RFC 2663 refers to this type of NAT as 'basic NAT'. It is often also referred to as Jul 01 07:31:07 I know what NAT is. Jul 01 07:31:21 I did not know that that is what is required to run hotspot. I thought all Linux came with NAT. Jul 01 07:31:35 Anyway, now I know. Will install CSSU and power kernel. Jul 01 07:31:38 Thx. Jul 01 07:31:55 you can disable it when building linux kernel Jul 01 07:32:25 Pali: Right, but I never figured Nokia would actually disable it. it almost kills the point of having Linux. Well, I am glad I can reenable it. Jul 01 07:35:45 kwtm2, wiki says about long time for 5 dots Jul 01 07:35:58 i remember, that it's written somewhere, about long time of first run due to optification Jul 01 07:36:37 Estel_: Yes, but I think people would benefit from knowing a more absolute number. 15 seconds seems long to me (after all, the clock ticks at 600 million times a second, you'd think it would be done in 5 seconds). Jul 01 07:36:48 Pali, I remember now, thatone aprt of my tonight's dream was about forwarding info to You about osso-backup source codes being released Jul 01 07:36:52 I need vacation, I think Jul 01 07:37:10 kwtm2, there is no absolute number, it may be longer or shorter Jul 01 07:37:20 generally, it's just longer than usual Jul 01 07:44:11 Wow, does the N900 change its mac address after reflashing!? Jul 01 07:45:42 incredible! So the firmware must have something that generates a MAC address after it's reflashed. Jul 01 07:50:06 kwtm2, no. mac address is stored in CAL NAND (/dev/mtd1) Jul 01 07:50:34 and maemo system read it from nand at startup and send address to wifi chip Jul 01 07:50:45 well, my n900 just got a new MAC address. So maybe the nand is updated? Jul 01 07:51:15 kwtm2, it could be corrupted Jul 01 07:51:27 or some app removed/changed your mac address in nand Jul 01 07:52:06 can somebody forward maemo.org website bugs to X-Fade? Jul 01 07:52:25 bug 12581 Jul 01 07:52:27 04Bug https://bugs.maemo.org/12581 Not possible to browse history of Developer forum Jul 01 07:52:37 bug 12623 Jul 01 07:52:38 04Bug https://bugs.maemo.org/12623 Do not auto log out on maemo.org midgard Jul 01 07:52:46 bug 12633 Jul 01 07:52:47 04Bug https://bugs.maemo.org/12633 Maemo.org website via HTTPS not working for anonymous users Jul 01 07:52:55 Estel_ ^^^ Jul 01 07:53:01 Pali: It could be. I have a record here that my N900 MAC address changed on 2010-06-19, so it's happened before. Jul 01 07:53:28 2010? Jul 01 07:53:46 also *original* mac address is somewhere on n900 box Jul 01 07:57:05 Really? I don't know if I still have the original box. In any case ... it changed again. Jul 01 07:57:09 Not that I mind. Jul 01 10:29:40 Macer: (bulging caps) you MUST use low-ESR types for replacement, usually Jul 01 10:34:14 Estel_: yes, you're absolutely right about possibility of council asking x-fade (or - as group contact employer - Nokia in general) to change anything in IRC. I'm sure x-fade will follow _reasonable_ requests, to the degree his company policy allows (e.g. he mustn't give up control over channel, even if he maybe wasn't averse to do ;-D ) Jul 01 10:34:50 Estel_: still I don't feel I pivot rules Jul 01 10:36:05 Estel_: let's agree that we disagree sometimes about how to read any existing rules Jul 01 10:36:27 zeq: trying GTK build with HW acceleration enabled, it was a mistake (or better said ignorance :) ) by my side when I said the enabling GLES with GTK does not make any difference. There is about:config value that defaults ot"HW acc disabled", but I find it after i've tried GTK Jul 01 10:36:47 GTK build uses 10-20 less MB, I think that is the option we have to find a way to use Jul 01 10:37:07 freemangordon: Of real memory - PSS ? Jul 01 10:37:23 yep, RAM, according to conky Jul 01 10:37:38 That's misleading, it's probably using RSS, which has issues Jul 01 10:38:03 you don't care about - for example - the amount of RAM used for mapped libraries that are mapped by system processes Jul 01 10:38:14 SpeedEvil: well, Qt is not mapped ;) Jul 01 10:38:18 (libs) Jul 01 10:38:21 k Jul 01 10:38:24 while GTK is Jul 01 10:38:33 I just woke up, so I may be say ing crap. Jul 01 10:38:38 :) Jul 01 10:38:46 http://www.selenic.com/smem/ Jul 01 10:38:56 Works fine on n900 - the python bit, not the graph Jul 01 10:39:02 I found it useful. Jul 01 10:39:07 even with thumb, newer compiler, etc,etc, Qt is still HUGE Jul 01 10:39:14 Some of the trivil nokia resident stuff is _very_ lightweight Jul 01 10:39:18 trivial Jul 01 10:40:04 and if we find a way to get rid of it for fennec(which itself is a memory hungry animal), we will gain some speedup,whatever Jul 01 10:40:47 also i tried flash with fennec, it works, but it is SLOOOW. And I can bet it is because of Qt Jul 01 10:41:27 Flash is crap, and should die. But it's very useful :/ Jul 01 10:41:45 back in the days I was tring to make my own Qt/WebKit based browser, it was PITA to run flash without performance penalty because of Qt Jul 01 10:42:08 Not that I did not succeed, but it was PITA Jul 01 10:42:42 anyway, lets see how GTK will behave with GLES acceleration enabled Jul 01 10:44:24 Estel_: (( If You think that referendum can be used to remove volunteers form volunteering,...)) please reread my post - I *never* suggested _anything_ like that. Such a referendum would be outright silly, unless it was about massive (criminal) lapse of one particular council member, in which case I guess most democracies know the concept of removing immunity from politicians. In same context: I think applying rules known from good Jul 01 10:44:25 democratic constitutions / politics is the only thing we got for most "common sense" questions regarding council and maemo 'administration' at large Jul 01 10:44:29 SpeedEvil: in the meantime I agree with you re flash. But on the other hand if we have a working plugin on n900, why not use it? Jul 01 10:44:53 Totally agree. Jul 01 10:47:06 Estel_: the basic concept however is always same, no matter how silly the request: first you collect supporters for your idea; if you can find sufficient number of supporters it will get attention of the administrative entity which then decides (based on whatever rules) if they will start a referendum about that topic Jul 01 10:49:22 it's one of the most honourable duties of the administrative entity to make sure common sense applies to any such request and that no reasonable well supported request goes unheard Jul 01 10:50:51 changing rules of council elections is a reasonable request in my book, if that change cures a perceived flaw in the present rules Jul 01 10:55:11 so MfE is one hell of a beast on N900. m.google.com for server does not put any packet at all on outgoing pipe. it's like this thing is set to ignore m.google.com. otoh, its IP address works, but gets stuck because the certificate only mentions m.google.com Jul 01 10:55:41 Sicelo: do you have newer libcurl3 installed? Jul 01 10:56:16 i had older one yesterday. same thing. then i upgraded, same thing too Jul 01 10:56:46 no offence, which libcurl3 version you have now? Jul 01 10:57:34 it should be 7.25.0-1maemo7 Jul 01 10:57:39 7.25.0-1maemo7 Jul 01 10:57:39 Sicelo:^^^ Jul 01 10:57:42 ok Jul 01 10:57:45 yeha Jul 01 10:59:44 freemangordon: this is a bad one? Jul 01 11:00:03 it is good Jul 01 11:01:14 just interesting why MfE doesn't send anything at all. i would understand if it sends wrong or incompatible stuff. but here, nothing at all (according to wireshark) Jul 01 11:01:43 Sicelo: did you restart after installing libcurl3? Jul 01 11:01:55 any other url/ip does at least result in some sent packets, except m.google.com Jul 01 11:02:08 hmm, i don't remember. let me do it just in case Jul 01 11:02:14 :nod: Jul 01 11:04:24 moo folks, btw Jul 01 11:07:20 lulz, works after a reboot. thanks freemangordon :P Jul 01 11:07:36 :P Jul 01 11:10:52 i'm still puzzled why it exhibits this behavior Jul 01 11:12:16 DNS type AAAA records Jul 01 11:29:12 Sicelo: :o) Jul 01 11:30:27 * DocScrutinizer send Sicelo off for 6 moths windows training, to learn about "you changed position of mouse - please reboot to make the changes to pointer take effect" Jul 01 11:31:48 hmm,:P Jul 01 11:32:08 lulz. Jul 01 11:34:16 anyway, freemangordon I guess we *need* a mandatory system reboot in libcurl postinst Jul 01 11:35:50 maybe a tiny bit of overkill (since in RL a restart of all services using libcurl should probably suffice), but MEH Jul 01 11:36:09 i know i did reboot, but i suppose now that it was before this libcurl update. that said, i guess i should have known upgrading a lib would need a reboot Jul 01 11:36:20 DocScrutinizer: anyway, libcurl3 is not supposed to be distributed through extras-devel Jul 01 11:36:30 LOL right Jul 01 11:38:41 what's the name of the friggin service that waits til apt-worker and HAM and whatnot all have quit, then notifies user "now boot is pending! you can't dismiss this requester!" Jul 01 11:39:41 (assuming there has to be such process/script/tool already) Jul 01 11:42:57 DocScrutinizer, so in fact, we completely agree. Jul 01 11:43:06 You were describing process for "any" big change Jul 01 11:43:18 which, of course, fall for referendum Jul 01 11:43:24 falls under* Jul 01 11:44:00 in context of person asking question etc. it could be, hoever, interpret as Your suggestion, how he shoul.d proceed ikn *his* case Jul 01 11:44:32 i.e. someone not satisfied by CA results -> referendum about removing councilor(s). That was why I called it silly Jul 01 11:44:44 I think that You mean procedure as whole, generaly Jul 01 11:44:52 remove CA Jul 01 11:44:54 problem solved Jul 01 11:44:58 in which case, as said, we totaly agree Jul 01 11:45:07 jacekowski, ca is removed, it's ended :P Jul 01 11:45:47 DocScrutinizer, just keep in mind that I wasn't only one who took Your answer there as invitation to make silly trollstorm referendum - it seems that lma got same feeling, and, possibly, other readers Jul 01 11:45:58 just problem of misscomunication and context :) Jul 01 11:46:08 freemangordon, ping Jul 01 11:46:17 pong Jul 01 11:46:24 about cssu-thumb Jul 01 11:46:34 (if You have time now) Jul 01 11:46:39 what about it? Jul 01 11:47:00 what are plans for painless integration with current, erm, ecosystem (joking :P) of programs depending on KP? Jul 01 11:47:10 i.e. will kernel-cssu "provide" kp in future? Jul 01 11:47:34 I feel silly changing control files and repacking everything that want to see KP and have kernel-cssu instead Jul 01 11:47:49 ...from kernel-power-settings, to cleven and h-e-n Jul 01 11:47:58 so far there are 2 packages which don't like kernal-cssu - KPS and compat-wireless-power Jul 01 11:48:02 disclaimer - I'm not demanding or whinning, just curious Jul 01 11:48:05 h-e-n has no problem Jul 01 11:48:14 ough, so I did it without reason Jul 01 11:48:33 so it's rather packages in question problem, not kernel-cssu one? Jul 01 11:48:35 Pali, ping Jul 01 11:48:46 freemangordon, pong Jul 01 11:48:47 Estel_: yep Jul 01 11:49:01 Pali: will you push newer KPS? Jul 01 11:49:06 also, is there anything depending on cssu (normal, not thumb) that cries when thumb one is present? Jul 01 11:49:14 Pali, I've seen bugs about web, forwarded them Jul 01 11:49:21 none I am aware of Jul 01 11:49:35 Pali: maybe new KP too Jul 01 11:49:39 Estel_, ok Jul 01 11:49:51 Pali, yes, please, newer KPS would be greatly appreciated - as I presume, it will work with both KP and KCSSU with no problems Jul 01 11:49:55 with the fix for FMTX Jul 01 11:49:55 from now on Jul 01 11:50:06 wut fix for ftmx? Jul 01 11:50:16 freemangordon, there was problem with kernel-power-settings some shift problem when user has old config file Jul 01 11:50:25 Pali: I know Jul 01 11:50:32 do you have log? Jul 01 11:50:41 I'd like to fix this too Jul 01 11:51:03 Estel_, echo 1 > lock for fmtx not worked Jul 01 11:51:03 Pali: no Jul 01 11:51:12 I see Jul 01 11:51:19 but printf 1 > lock worked (e.g omit \n) Jul 01 11:51:24 erm, what this echo was supposed to do? Jul 01 11:51:33 lock or unlock fmtx Jul 01 11:51:36 (actually it causes sh to use 100% CPU) Jul 01 11:51:40 ouh Jul 01 11:51:48 understood Jul 01 11:51:56 kernel-cssu also contain fix? Jul 01 11:52:01 no :) Jul 01 11:52:04 freemangordon, it seems that linux-backports-modules-power depends on KP too Jul 01 11:52:13 Hurrian: yep Jul 01 11:52:22 and guess who is the maintainer :D:D:D Jul 01 11:52:42 ~span freemangordon Jul 01 11:52:45 ~spank freemangordon Jul 01 11:52:45 * infobot bends freemangordon over his knee and tatoos 'ibot' on freemangordon's pasty white buttocks. Jul 01 11:52:51 it should probably be inlined into the kernel now Jul 01 11:53:18 freemangordon, seriously though, to this day I wonder, what is use for those bluetooth modules? Jul 01 11:53:22 compat one? Jul 01 11:53:29 what use is* Jul 01 11:53:36 whelp, ran out of time this weekend, but come next weekend, I'll try winging it and simply replacing the driver trees and rebuilding Jul 01 11:53:43 Hurrian: a better solution is Provides: kernel-feature-wireless-compat-VNN Jul 01 11:53:51 Pali: ^^^ Jul 01 11:53:51 agree. Jul 01 11:53:55 what do you think Jul 01 11:54:19 freemangordon, agreed Jul 01 11:54:20 Estel_: (problem of context) quite likely. I strictly answered on this one post of zogg - not even reading the prev thread Jul 01 11:54:56 Estel_: NFC what these BT modules do, better as whoever was the author of wireless-compat drivers Jul 01 11:55:02 i've just packaged it Jul 01 11:55:04 DocScrutinizer, this answers it. Of course it's not Your fault, but You may consider (or not) some clarification, as, per what I know, 100% of readers took it as support for zog's idea Jul 01 11:55:08 also, imo kp-based kernels should provide kernel-feature-poweruser or something to indicate presence of augmentations Jul 01 11:55:30 freemangordon, aye. So we're not using them anywhere? I wonder if anyone tried loading them Jul 01 11:55:37 and live to tell tale about effects Jul 01 11:55:51 Estel_: NFC. You're free to try them :P Jul 01 11:56:05 freemangordon: I'll be about later this afternoon. I agree, we need to go with whatever works best qt vs gtk, and memory consumption is a big one! Jul 01 11:56:24 GTK! GTK! just for the sake of it :P Jul 01 11:56:46 zeq: yep, unfortunaltely GTK build spits "Attempting load of libEGL.so Jul 01 11:56:46 Failed to create EGL config!" Jul 01 11:56:57 Hurrian, see u-boot thread for initrd Jul 01 11:57:00 does it fail to find libEGL.so? Jul 01 11:57:12 it fails to create EGL config Jul 01 11:57:43 freemangordon, where to add Provides? Jul 01 11:57:51 DocScrutinizer, stupid question mode on - considering N900 board layout, are there any chances for hassle-free inclusion of active cooling, as prrof-of-concept? Or due to sandwitched chips, it would be placebo? Jul 01 11:57:53 * freemangordon reboots the device in an attempt to make that work Jul 01 11:58:07 to package linux-backports-modules-power? Jul 01 11:58:08 Pali: in KP Jul 01 11:58:13 freemangordon: similar to the situation with qt with egl enabled? Jul 01 11:58:20 zeq: no Jul 01 11:58:27 zeq: use one, and only one Jul 01 11:58:29 Qt port works Jul 01 11:58:32 Estel_: Cooling is largely pointless Jul 01 11:58:38 SpeedEvil, hm? Jul 01 11:58:48 Estel_: Issues with overclocking are not due to temperature. Jul 01 11:58:53 of course Jul 01 11:58:58 Pali: right now compat-wireless-power depend on KP ==== v50 Jul 01 11:59:07 == Jul 01 11:59:09 I'm not telling, that it will create devices with 1.7 GHZ Jul 01 11:59:14 freemangordon: we'll need to look into where all the memory is going Jul 01 11:59:20 Just woke up. Sorry, there is now a kernel-cssu which is not kernel-power? If I want mobile hotspot, do I need kernel-power or is kernel-CSSU enough? I dont' need to overclocking; I just want mobile tethering for my portable wifi devices like the non-cellphone-enabled iPad we have. Jul 01 11:59:27 SpeedEvil, I'm thinking about it as attempt for counter-electromigration Jul 01 11:59:33 kwtm2, kernel-cssu is kernel-power Jul 01 11:59:34 prolonging live of device Jul 01 11:59:36 zeq: it is Qt by itself Jul 01 11:59:37 just... rebranded Jul 01 11:59:46 and, generally, cooler cpus works better :P Jul 01 11:59:53 Estel_: (cooling) terribly complicated and of rather questionable benefit Jul 01 12:00:15 ahh, cheers SpeedEvil Jul 01 12:00:25 freemangordon: so all other qt apps so similar usage? Jul 01 12:00:33 freemangordon, ok, so you need some provide line kernel-power-flasher and kernel-power-bootimg Jul 01 12:00:39 yep, even worse without thumb Jul 01 12:00:41 i.e. applying radiator to part of SoC being most top one isn't going to help? Jul 01 12:00:43 Estel, the most we're putting into the N900 is a small heatsink Jul 01 12:00:45 I see. I must have misunderstood [04:47] I feel silly changing control files and repacking everything that want to see KP and have kernel-cssu instead Jul 01 12:00:51 what it is, btw, one-nand? Jul 01 12:00:56 Estel_: You are putting stress on the ram-chip Jul 01 12:01:05 If they are the same, then that's ok. In fact, I fell asleep trying to upgrade the kernel on my N900. Jul 01 12:01:06 the onenand sits on top of the CPU Jul 01 12:01:10 Estel_: which has issues of its own. Cooling the board is probably better. Jul 01 12:01:20 Estel_: regarding EM it's pointless since due to very local and sub-millisecond hotspots on chip you physically can not transport temperature away fast enough Jul 01 12:01:35 Hurrian, sure, heatsink sounds reasonable... Jul 01 12:01:52 DocScrutinizer, understood. General chip temperature, prolonged, doesn't affect it, though? Jul 01 12:02:19 it would when you could cool down the chip by 100 or 150 200 °C Jul 01 12:02:26 SpeedEvil, cooling the board? using what? liquid nitrogen? :P Jul 01 12:02:33 on the more extreme side, with the addition of another battery, you may be able to strap on a peltier cooler Jul 01 12:02:46 Hurrian, peltier would introduce more heat Jul 01 12:02:52 to take it out Jul 01 12:02:56 + isolation Jul 01 12:02:58 cooling the chip means cooling the whole board as the board is chip's heatsink Jul 01 12:03:01 Estel, we just have to drain it fast enough, somehow Jul 01 12:03:35 again, impractical but cool Jul 01 12:03:48 bottom line: interesting idea - but forget it ;-) Jul 01 12:03:55 Hurrian, more 1337 is using 75 percent potasium and 25 percent Na - melting point 25 celsius degrees under zero. Call it liquid metal cooling :P Jul 01 12:04:05 DocScrutinizer, lol Jul 01 12:05:02 SpeedEvil, so generally applying heatsink to EMI shields (as they're connected to mass, ground plates inside board) is as much practical as fancy cooling of chip itself? Jul 01 12:05:21 making a cooler for the N900 wouldn't be all that hard, there's a lot of free space for a milled/stamped out passive heatsink Jul 01 12:05:25 btw, emi shields are not soldered, but simply "put" on borders, borders itself are soldered Jul 01 12:05:34 Hurrian, yep. Jul 01 12:05:38 optionally an "active" heatsink, with the addition of blowing air Jul 01 12:05:53 Hurrian: won't help anything, as the bottleneck is the case itself Jul 01 12:05:56 I got just crazy ideas for my first prototype of aluminum body replacement :P Jul 01 12:06:06 some of them containing heat pipes Jul 01 12:06:10 :P Jul 01 12:06:25 I know, silly, I was thinking about it as a proof of concept, rather Jul 01 12:06:33 I have a salvaged copper laptop cooler on my table, and I was imagining all morning how easy it'd be to stamp one out, and thermal-tape it to the SoC Jul 01 12:07:15 Estel_: with an alu body the whole thing changes a LOT Jul 01 12:07:22 well, I wonder how cooling one-nand (being the topmost part) would propagate to SoC and rest of noard Jul 01 12:07:26 DocScrutinizer, yea Jul 01 12:07:33 not at all Jul 01 12:07:36 Estel_, just regular heat propagation, but slower Jul 01 12:08:16 I would like to most effectively transfer heat from board/chip/memory to alu body Jul 01 12:08:25 SoC has power eating CPU in sandwich between board and RAM POP Jul 01 12:08:30 and I'm searching for best "contact point" or points Jul 01 12:08:32 yea Jul 01 12:08:42 cooling RAM POP won't earn you much Jul 01 12:08:52 alu/copper sleeve that wraps around the entire SoC+PoP assembly? Jul 01 12:08:55 wait, so ram is topmost, not one-nand? Jul 01 12:08:56 you need to cool the board Jul 01 12:09:08 ground plane of board to be specific Jul 01 12:09:17 DocScrutinizer, yea, suspected that Jul 01 12:09:51 generally, they did awesomely good job of propagating heat transfer to board. Now how to take it out effectively, without big direct contact point with ground plane? Jul 01 12:10:12 emi shields are just "put" at top, not soldered Jul 01 12:10:12 Estel_, encase the whole SoC and PoP in a sleeve? Jul 01 12:10:25 since there ate few plain void areas on board, you have a hard time to physically attach a heatsink to it Jul 01 12:10:33 Hurrian, it is some idea, but I'm rather thinking about taking it out from shields inside board (out heat) Jul 01 12:10:53 ah, without taking off the shields? Jul 01 12:10:53 maybe scrap solder mask somewhere? :P Jul 01 12:11:07 Hurrian, yea, or with, as my alu body is shield in itself Jul 01 12:11:11 so it matters less Jul 01 12:11:23 EMI shields don'T help - it's iron, very thin iron. A rather poor heat conductor Jul 01 12:11:31 exactly Jul 01 12:11:43 + it is in just "touch" contact Jul 01 12:12:46 first idea was to put heatsink on chip itself, attached via liquid metal as a thermal paste (seriously), it's easy doable, but rather poor at cooling board Jul 01 12:13:15 well, helps a little due to stressed ram being cooled... but... Jul 01 12:13:17 you might (given the bizarre nature of whole topic) consider sealing SoC shield can hermetically, then attach two nozzles and pump cooling liquid thru the whole compartment Jul 01 12:13:36 0_o Jul 01 12:14:02 :-D Jul 01 12:14:12 N900 underwater project :D Jul 01 12:14:21 probably some special mineral oils would work Jul 01 12:14:30 or some high alcohols Jul 01 12:14:38 yea, but they're bad as coolers :P Jul 01 12:14:50 Estel_, mineral oil board immersion? Jul 01 12:14:51 nah, glycol is not that bad Jul 01 12:14:58 Hurrian, yea :P Jul 01 12:15:19 I can see TMO filled with requests for a special fiberglass mineral oil case Jul 01 12:15:23 but I guess it's too hygroscopic to be a good isolator Jul 01 12:16:11 we have some points where keyboard case and such things touch ground planes Jul 01 12:16:22 or generally, parts of body Jul 01 12:16:53 putting them in contact with alu body - in good contact - is probably going to help a lot Jul 01 12:16:56 realistically your best bet is moving air across the 'backside' of PCB Jul 01 12:17:09 Ion cooler :D Jul 01 12:17:19 2KV in Your N900's backside Jul 01 12:17:28 why not Jul 01 12:17:36 we should do that without cutting a large hole in the phone and decreasing resistance to water drops Jul 01 12:17:44 would be cool, and could dubble for a neon light power source Jul 01 12:18:57 otoh ther are extremely small fans available or you can build them from RC-components Jul 01 12:19:04 I think that, realistically, touching ground plates where applicable is best idea, + part touching chip without emi shielding as a extreme case Jul 01 12:19:13 huh? Jul 01 12:19:24 power suckers :P Jul 01 12:19:30 a bit Jul 01 12:19:33 not that bad Jul 01 12:19:49 way less than the energy they move out ;-P Jul 01 12:19:53 we were joking a little, but seriously I'm thinking now about realistical ways to increase cooling, having alu body Jul 01 12:20:04 DocScrutinizer, yea :D Jul 01 12:20:42 BTW, You know that someone did thievery on my idea and is selling phone chargers based on flame and heat? Jul 01 12:20:44 find plain void areas of PCB, glue headsinks/-pipes to them with CPU cooler sticky pads Jul 01 12:21:15 DocScrutinizer, sticky pads are suckers at effective cooling, I'm using liquid metal instead :P but generally, agree Jul 01 12:21:39 my idea was stirling engine charger powered by pocket lighter Jul 01 12:21:58 someone decided, that incorporating room where You put a little wood and burn it is better, lol Jul 01 12:21:59 liquid metal doesn't isolate, a mandatory property of your heat conducting stuff you use to attach to PCB geberally Jul 01 12:22:26 DocScrutinizer, but I'm attaching metal part to ground, why should it isolate? Jul 01 12:22:34 current N900 case is grounded too Jul 01 12:22:46 backside of screen, metal frame around it Jul 01 12:22:55 don't mess with groundplane design! Jul 01 12:23:05 it's not a static thing, electrically Jul 01 12:23:06 ? why, it's interesting Jul 01 12:23:16 any loop you create may cause massive trouble Jul 01 12:23:49 whole groundplane is also part of all antennae Jul 01 12:23:52 I see, so why they have, practicaly, attached back of screen and our metal loop around screen to ground plane? or i missunderstood something? Jul 01 12:24:24 they evaluated this particular way they did this, and you mustn't change it basically Jul 01 12:25:32 sure, I'm just interested why, natural curious. BTW, I got electricized by N900 frame around screen, once Jul 01 12:25:49 general rule: keep any existing ground connections, don't create any new ones Jul 01 12:25:54 my modified charger was screwde in one point, and applied AC voltage to USB case Jul 01 12:26:39 harging worked fine, but voltage from outer part of USB case (not 220V, lower) was transfered to N900's usb case Jul 01 12:26:52 and through it, to metal frame around screen Jul 01 12:26:59 nice anti-thievery protection :P Jul 01 12:27:22 I heard of somebody getting this effect on headset earplugs X-P Jul 01 12:27:30 it was lying on my desk, and every time I reached my notebook (which have metal case), something was biting my arm Jul 01 12:27:32 lol Jul 01 12:27:52 then I started to suspect something - for first, I though that my notebook metal case is on voltage Jul 01 12:28:00 started to emasure it with multimeter Jul 01 12:28:03 THIS must go directly to your brain! ;-P Jul 01 12:28:36 to the point where I touched notebook and N900 metal case via multimeter - notebook to this point have small brown point, burned out Jul 01 12:28:44 just on surface, but still Jul 01 12:29:25 Estel_: either you switched your MM to ampere, or you used a really really crappy MM Jul 01 12:29:27 Part of charger pcp cut through isolation while assembloing unit, and was touching one capacitor or whatsnot, anyway, it was creating initially small, yet getting bigger and bigger voltage Jul 01 12:29:35 the latter :P Jul 01 12:29:53 impedance of a MM at voltage range should be several M-Ohms per volt Jul 01 12:29:58 exactly. Jul 01 12:30:07 which convinced me to buy new MM :P Jul 01 12:30:15 good :-P Jul 01 12:30:47 anyway, using ampere in search for wandering voltage would grant me honorable mention at darwin awards Jul 01 12:31:23 btw I'm glad my device wasn't screwed due to this, fortunately, board is wisely designed Jul 01 12:31:44 (i.e. AC 40-60V applied to ground plane didn't affected N900at all) Jul 01 12:31:51 it was working whole time :P Jul 01 12:32:29 btw I wonder what the hell made voltage AC that was initially less than 1V and was raising with time Jul 01 12:33:27 Sorry, how do we know/show that kernel-power is installed ? (apart from apt-cache policy or otherwise apt *saying* it's installed.) Can we tell from uname in terminal? Some settings screen that says "I now feel omnipotent" or something? Jul 01 12:35:04 uname Jul 01 12:36:17 DocScrutinizer, I waas thinking about this preserving ground plane design and something came to my mind: Jul 01 12:36:36 1. We know, that metal frame and backside of screen is connected to ground plane. Jul 01 12:37:01 2. So, by touching metal frame to any metal, even accidentaly, we change groundplane design! Jul 01 12:37:04 yep? Jul 01 12:38:11 i.e. when N900 lies on desk, touching box for cigarettes (metal one) ground plane is different, yes? Jul 01 12:45:16 Estel_: better? http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1229427&postcount=46 Jul 01 12:45:29 Finnish technews-site is gathering information on Maemo/Meego/Meltemi -story. Author's first words on topic http://tinyurl.com/75ao493 Will be interesting to read the article when it's ready. Jul 01 12:48:19 (ground plane design) basically yes. Really nasty problems are created by loops though, which obviously need 2 touchpoints Jul 01 13:07:47 DocScrutinizer, sure (edit) Jul 01 13:20:26 Wow, the built-in backup manager on the N900 froze (on both of my N900's). Wonder if it's a bad microSD card? Jul 01 13:36:58 kwtm: backup manager works on "plugins" for apps to tell what they want to get backup'ed and how. If such a plugin is broken by design, it might freeze whole backup manager I'd guess Jul 01 13:44:03 DocScrutinizer: Ok. But I was just trying to restore from a reflashed clean system. It asked me what I wanted to restore (communications, apps list, etc.) and when I pressed ok on the default (which was all 4 of those items to be restored) it froze. Wouldn't even let the sliding switch lock the screen/keys. Jul 01 13:44:36 Perhaps by that time it had already installed a broken plugin? I don't know. Anyway, I removed the battery to reboot. Jul 01 13:58:48 strange thing is that my device yesterday also semi-froze, wasn't able to unlock screen anymore, though other stuff still worked evidently (I was able to tell from my playswoosh sound attached to kbd slide open event) Jul 01 13:59:46 also had to remove battery to recover Jul 01 14:00:32 since not even 10 seconds press of powerbutton helped to shut it down gracefully Jul 01 14:01:37 I'm still wondering what caused this Jul 01 14:03:54 DocScrutinizer; oh hey, I need your paypal address Jul 01 14:16:37 ShadowJK: i need your clothes sunglasses and motocycle Jul 01 14:17:05 have a twinkie Jul 01 14:18:58 ShadowJK: there's a "support my work" link under each tmo post of me Jul 01 14:19:02 hello Jul 01 14:19:53 how much did the n900 cost you? Jul 01 14:20:08 er, some 250..260 Jul 01 14:20:36 lemme check Jul 01 14:21:15 255 Jul 01 14:22:19 Pauly12: let me guess - you got a N900 to sell? Jul 01 14:22:32 :-) Jul 01 14:22:34 no Jul 01 14:23:06 ooh sorry, then my memory failed Jul 01 14:23:21 DocScrutinizer: wanted to know if you can take RAW pics on n9? Jul 01 14:23:42 I don't know Jul 01 14:24:02 anyway I guess #n9 or #harmattan are the better channels to ask that Jul 01 14:24:04 at least there is no setting for that Jul 01 14:24:21 the Fcam api is in harmattan but i have no idea if there is an app Jul 01 14:26:44 DocScrutinizer: ya i regret selling my n900 Jul 01 14:42:21 hello Jul 01 14:42:49 hello? Jul 01 15:25:15 zeq: http://hg.mozilla.org/users/romaxa_gmail.com/embedipc_queue Jul 01 15:25:26 https://wiki.mozilla.org/Embedding/IPCLiteAPI Jul 01 15:28:26 Wow, when I reinstalled old apps from a list, I got a nice widget on my Maemo desktop screen that shows a phone dialpad where I can actually dial without going to the phone app. How can I find out what widget this is called? Jul 01 15:52:49 ~ugt Jul 01 15:52:49 methinks ugt is Universal Greeting Time. Created in #mipslinux, it is a rule that states that whenever somebody enters an IRC channel it is always morning, and it is always late when the person leaves. The local time of any other people in the channel, including the greeter, is irrelevant. http://www.total-knowledge.com/~ilya/mips/ugt.html Jul 01 15:57:38 dafaq, AsianFemale24 Jul 01 15:57:40 LOL Jul 01 15:58:37 hmm, sounds good, where did you find her :P Jul 01 15:58:53 10 lines up Jul 01 15:59:44 kwtm: try googling "maemo rotary dialer" Jul 01 16:00:04 unfortunately by that time my windoze was slowly creeping south :D Jul 01 16:00:54 freemangordon: that sounds like what we want if we're aiming to replace microb Jul 01 16:01:02 yep Jul 01 16:01:13 looks like WIP though Jul 01 16:01:19 DocScrutinizer: Thanks! But how do I, in general, find out what the widgets are on my desktop? Is there a ~/.maemo/.desktop/*.widget sort of directory/file? Jul 01 16:01:34 freemangordon: try direct nmap! ;-D [314] AsianFemale24 ~Admin 213.87.121.46 * purple purple Jul 01 16:02:22 freemangordon: I wonder how that relates to native fennec? Jul 01 16:02:24 zeq: i finally managed to turn GTK EGL acc on, unfortunately it segfaults in libEGL.so, now trying without --enable-egl-xrender-composite Jul 01 16:02:46 zeq: most probably not related Jul 01 16:03:14 if I got your question right Jul 01 16:03:19 freemangordon: I tried to build qt with --enable-egl-xrender-composite, it didn't compile though... did you get that to work? Jul 01 16:03:37 same here, it does not compile Jul 01 16:03:51 no just me then :) Jul 01 16:03:52 but GTK version compiles Jul 01 16:03:56 s/no/not/ Jul 01 16:03:57 zeq meant: not just me then :) Jul 01 16:04:12 unfortunatel Qt build is SLOOW with flash enabled :( Jul 01 16:04:32 some 1-2 fps Jul 01 16:04:32 I read ^^^ you've some experience with that Jul 01 16:04:38 full Qt build is impossible on N900 natively :/ Jul 01 16:04:45 yeah, but i was using webkit Jul 01 16:04:55 luke-jr: what? Jul 01 16:05:01 Qt-WebKit will lock the system swapping so hard that it watchdog-reboots Jul 01 16:05:03 you mean on the device Jul 01 16:05:05 yes Jul 01 16:05:09 ok... I wonder why it's slow... and how relevant it is any more... Jul 01 16:05:21 it spits something about XEmbed Jul 01 16:05:37 not using shm or something Jul 01 16:05:42 NFC Jul 01 16:05:43 that would do it Jul 01 16:06:03 if it's having to copy pixmaps around all over the place Jul 01 16:06:08 yep Jul 01 16:06:25 but that is strange, as webkit works pretty ok Jul 01 16:06:36 must be a bug Jul 01 16:06:46 (with some hacks) Jul 01 16:06:49 something with the plugin container Jul 01 16:07:08 something up* Jul 01 16:07:23 yeah, this new IPC is lots of problems AIUI Jul 01 16:07:44 not that we can fix it :D Jul 01 16:07:47 looking at the specs now Jul 01 16:08:02 which specs? Jul 01 16:08:24 HTML5 is the future I hear ;) Jul 01 16:08:38 aah, fennec scores pretty well, 363 or so Jul 01 16:09:05 better than my desktop mozilla :P Jul 01 16:09:26 LOL Jul 01 16:09:33 fennec/qt? Jul 01 16:09:38 yep Jul 01 16:10:07 I think there's a page-loading bug with the snapshot we're using, it seems to take too long to start loading pages Jul 01 16:10:42 that's pretty impressive, beating your desktop though Jul 01 16:11:20 BTW could you pull the latest source, I saw some memty leaks fixed Jul 01 16:11:48 zeq: well, I have all of the history disabled on my desktop, that is why ;) Jul 01 16:11:48 I've got a remote setup on my local repo Jul 01 16:12:12 so? Jul 01 16:12:16 I'm actually test building rebased upstream on upstrean now Jul 01 16:12:19 would you pull the latest? Jul 01 16:12:31 aah, push it please Jul 01 16:12:50 I'll push it to master if it works :) Jul 01 16:12:54 i saw some gl stuff fixed too Jul 01 16:13:31 build should be finished soon Jul 01 16:14:10 ok Jul 01 16:16:54 zeq: damn, there is this toolkit option too "cairo-gtk2-x11" Jul 01 16:17:12 i am lost now Jul 01 16:17:19 goodness knows Jul 01 16:17:32 what were you using before? Jul 01 16:17:37 cairo-gtk2 Jul 01 16:17:58 you'd imagine that was the same thing..? Jul 01 16:18:06 don't think so Jul 01 16:18:47 maybe in enables x11 extensions outside the scope of gtk2? Jul 01 16:19:03 yep Jul 01 16:19:50 I'm typing really badly today :/ Jul 01 16:20:06 * SpeedEvil passes zeq a finger-sharpener. Jul 01 16:20:18 thanks SpeedEvil :) Jul 01 16:21:00 weird errors though in/it??? I think the problem is higher level than my fingers... Jul 01 16:21:50 or should that be lower-level? :) Jul 01 16:22:10 your head or your feet? Jul 01 16:24:47 seeing if a medicinal beer helps :) Jul 01 16:57:07 yummy, medical beer Jul 01 17:05:46 freemangordon: when I said the build should be completed soon, I'd forgotten how long a full build takes! Jul 01 17:06:08 I think it's finally linking Jul 01 17:07:06 I do feel much better for a medical beer! ;) Jul 01 17:21:28 microB's UI isn't really intuitive Jul 01 17:21:53 I'm not surprised if there's still hidden features that I don't know of, that requires strange cryptic gestures Jul 01 17:22:53 microB had better days Jul 01 17:24:08 I mean, *after* I''ve learned about the mouse thingy to mark text, it took me several months before I got the hang of doing it correctly Jul 01 17:24:21 before, I just randomly did things, hoping it would work Jul 01 17:24:57 FIQ: serious question: how would you do it? Jul 01 17:25:26 I place my finger at the leftmost place of the phone, slowly going right before the mouse activates Jul 01 17:25:42 the leftmost, as in, before even the touch screen begins Jul 01 17:26:07 i do it with the nails Jul 01 17:26:11 lol Jul 01 17:26:24 I meant nails :p Jul 01 17:26:26 more precision Jul 01 17:26:28 Most genious gesture ever Jul 01 17:26:33 Who came up with that? Jul 01 17:27:01 I mean how would you do it differently? Jul 01 17:27:40 I actually quite like the UI, but then it did take a while to figure it out, so I can't argue with the intuitiveness of it! Jul 01 17:27:43 Oh, well, I never understanded how you did it, just that it was possible Jul 01 17:27:59 So I randomly did things before it did what I wanted Jul 01 17:28:16 I knew it was something with the left part of the screen, but not more Jul 01 17:28:21 So yeah.. :p Jul 01 17:28:24 FIQ: Imagine, you could start again... What would you do to achieve the same functionality? Jul 01 17:28:38 place it in the top menu Jul 01 17:29:01 it's slower, but at least more available Jul 01 17:29:04 Like: "Activiate pointer"? Jul 01 17:29:16 that, or "mark text" :p Jul 01 17:29:23 (as is the widest usage) Jul 01 17:29:30 it does more that mark text though Jul 01 17:29:40 Yes, it does, but that is the main thing, no? Jul 01 17:29:56 It's *a* thing :P Jul 01 17:30:28 if you need to select certain elements it's often necessary too Jul 01 17:31:41 or long press, and have a feature for activate pointer Jul 01 17:31:53 kinda like Opera does Jul 01 17:31:56 ok, that sounds more usable Jul 01 17:33:02 I still prefer the MicroB gesture though ;) Jul 01 17:33:15 Me too, but the long press is not bad either Jul 01 17:33:59 the gesture is definetely usable, it's just.. not obvious at all Jul 01 17:34:09 good luck finding the feature on your own, etc Jul 01 17:35:08 it took me more time to figure out the history browser lol Jul 01 17:35:54 Not me :p Jul 01 17:36:03 Mostly because I activated it by mistake all the time Jul 01 17:36:33 And, tbh, I rarely use back/forward on microB Jul 01 17:36:39 mostly because it need a page reload Jul 01 17:36:55 and microB isn't really the fastest browser ever created... Jul 01 17:36:59 http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Shortcuts_and_Gestures Jul 01 17:37:02 FTW Jul 01 17:37:08 FIQ its starting to get really sluggish on these new pages Jul 01 17:37:26 its pissing me off more and more everyday Jul 01 17:37:35 My old phone was a Sony Ericsson P1i Jul 01 17:37:37 one great problem with microb is Jul 01 17:37:42 I used Opera Mobile 9.5 on it, and loved it Jul 01 17:37:59 Sure, it's probably slower *today* than microB Jul 01 17:38:00 (exists since... 04:43, 17 January 2010) Jul 01 17:38:00 you can use opera on n900 too, but there's no "fullscreen" mode that only gets rid of the top bar Jul 01 17:38:01 that you cant access history without loading a random page at startup Jul 01 17:38:05 There used to be a bookmark in the browser, which took you to a page which explained all those gestures. I think if oyu tap that bookmark today though, you get redirected to advertisements for lumia Jul 01 17:38:11 but with that stats, it was awesome Jul 01 17:38:30 it always hides the bottom bar. which is why i dont use. having to switch fullscreen/windowed all time to change tab is not cool Jul 01 17:38:31 no refreshing on back/forward, fast, *proper* UI Jul 01 17:38:53 qwazix_900 that annoys me too Jul 01 17:39:04 the only problem with opera mobile 9.5 on P1i was that it was a beta, and crashed from time to time Jul 01 17:39:07 I actually like the swipe for pointer but it could use an icon in the menu for new users Jul 01 17:39:23 and somehow took the OS with it.. a problem I solved when swiss manager elite came out for that OS Jul 01 17:40:02 after that, the phone was really decent, and nice, to the level that I sometimes feel that I would prefer it over microB today Jul 01 17:40:17 Eh, you can tap bottom right in opera and it brings up tabs, iirc? Jul 01 17:40:29 ShadowJK and turns off fullscreen. Jul 01 17:40:46 i once managed to get it fullscreen, without hiding the bottom bar. Jul 01 17:40:54 the problem is that i could never reproduce it again Jul 01 17:41:26 opera scrolling is usually more stutterish, but it always show the page and loads faster on most of the cases Jul 01 17:41:43 also it doesn't incredibly bog down when showing large images, unlike microb Jul 01 17:41:56 Well it goes back to fullscreen once you've used the UI Jul 01 17:41:58 Delete character. Works in Notes App, entering URLs in Browser. Does not work in Abiword. Jul 01 17:42:10 why was things like this not implemented simply as the key Delete? Jul 01 17:42:20 instead of letting apps implement it on their own Jul 01 17:42:32 ?? Jul 01 17:42:34 on their own? that's X Jul 01 17:42:59 ShadowJK it makes switching tabs and etc very unpractical for me Jul 01 17:43:30 oh? Jul 01 17:44:00 it's one more extra click and a screen "flash" Jul 01 17:44:30 I'm using vimperator in firefox. it's ok Jul 01 17:44:40 for some reason it didn't want to accept pentadactyl Jul 01 18:05:48 FIQ: RiD : the limitations of microb are why freemangordon and I are working on Fennec. Jul 01 18:06:28 I used fennec once, and when it crashed on the exact same page 4 times, I stopped Jul 01 18:06:43 Lagged very much Jul 01 18:06:46 Ideally we'd like to re-implement a native UI like microb Jul 01 18:06:57 That being said, I tried it several months ago, maybe it's better Jul 01 18:07:29 FIQ: We'll get good performance of out it. Jul 01 18:07:39 zeq, did you see that new thread on tmo about native ui fennec? Jul 01 18:08:01 qwazix_900: I'll take a look... Jul 01 18:08:21 looks like romaxa posted sth about interfacing qt and xul Jul 01 18:11:41 http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=85191 Jul 01 18:15:53 zeq well, good luck with that :) Jul 01 18:20:55 (I was able to tell from my playswoosh sound attached to kbd slide open event) Jul 01 18:20:57 tell me more about that Jul 01 18:21:03 (5 hours later) Jul 01 18:22:17 freemangordon: To get html5 video working via gstreamer we need to bump the version. Can that be done while keeping the binary codecs working? Jul 01 18:24:13 freemangordon: there's a problem with my rebased fennec, it give an error "Object::connect:: No such slot MozQWidget::orientationChanged() ... I'm looking into it. Jul 01 18:24:26 zeq: push it Jul 01 18:24:41 ther is no such slot, because I added it :) Jul 01 18:24:50 in mozqwidget.h Jul 01 18:25:09 zeq: the version of what needs to be bumped? Jul 01 18:25:15 gstreamer Jul 01 18:25:19 no way Jul 01 18:25:25 why is that? Jul 01 18:25:38 not possible? Jul 01 18:25:39 what our gsteramer is missing Jul 01 18:26:25 some codec or what? Jul 01 18:26:27 I haven't tried removing the configure version check to find out Jul 01 18:26:34 aah :) Jul 01 18:26:44 most probably it will compile Jul 01 18:27:01 In general, trying to do h264 in software will have pretty catastrophic performance :P Jul 01 18:27:27 and if we lack some definitions, we could easily add them, i have some experience because of gst-dsp Jul 01 18:27:35 ShadowJK: : nod: Jul 01 18:28:04 freemangordon: I know it's essential to keep the accelerated codecs working :) Jul 01 18:28:12 zeq: please push the new version :) Jul 01 18:28:22 zeq: we will, i promise Jul 01 18:28:32 even with our outdated gstreamer Jul 01 18:29:03 what we need is gst-dsp and i have some experience with it ;) Jul 01 18:29:33 zeq: in case you are not aware - http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=77695&highlight=720p Jul 01 18:29:43 :P Jul 01 18:30:54 Just need a higher res screen ;) Jul 01 18:31:10 no, you don't it is down-sampled Jul 01 18:31:21 I know :) Jul 01 18:31:33 it's a shame it doesn't have HDMI out though Jul 01 18:32:10 yeah. and it is even bigger shame that it does not have HDMI oou given the HW is capable of Jul 01 18:32:32 are you pushing the new version :P Jul 01 18:32:34 freemangordon: can you check the repo is ok? Jul 01 18:32:52 doing git pull Jul 01 18:33:02 ok Jul 01 18:33:54 widget/qt/faststartupqt/nsFastStartupQt.cpp: needs update Jul 01 18:33:54 widget/qt/nsWindow.cpp: needs update Jul 01 18:33:54 widget/xpwidgets/nsBaseWidget.cpp: needs update Jul 01 18:34:06 git status Jul 01 18:34:07 here are your missing functions Jul 01 18:34:14 damn Jul 01 18:34:41 not sure how that happened Jul 01 18:34:52 I will merge the changes and will put them back Jul 01 18:34:55 ok Jul 01 18:34:56 thanks Jul 01 18:40:24 zeq, don't know what is wrong on your side, once i reverted changes i did aftel last commit, everything merged just fine Jul 01 18:40:44 there was some debug code i added Jul 01 18:40:50 oh ok Jul 01 18:40:58 so there is nothing to push Jul 01 18:41:02 update was fine then? Jul 01 18:41:06 yep Jul 01 18:41:18 that's something :P Jul 01 18:41:23 you may try git rest --hard HEAD Jul 01 18:41:34 lleme check if it is still buildable Jul 01 18:41:47 git reset --hard HEAD Jul 01 18:44:24 hmm, don't like that note: Jul 01 18:44:26 I was previously testing on a local branch. It could have been resolved when I moved to master Jul 01 18:44:26 # depend on >= 0.10.33 as that's when the playbin2 source-setup signal was Jul 01 18:44:36 :( Jul 01 18:44:46 anyway, it is for the future Jul 01 18:45:47 build started, lets see how it will end :) Jul 01 18:46:39 :fingers crossed: Jul 01 18:46:47 zeq: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/gstreamer-commits/2011-February/047159.html Jul 01 18:47:01 we can just backport that (if it is not already there Jul 01 18:47:03 ) Jul 01 18:47:52 also i like this note from the patch: This is functionally equivalent to connecting to the notify::source signal, but more convenient. Jul 01 18:48:11 it tells me that we ca workaround it for maemo5 Jul 01 18:48:22 s/ca /can / Jul 01 18:48:23 freemangordon meant: it tells me that we can workaround it for maemo5 Jul 01 18:49:27 it doesn't seem insumountable Jul 01 18:50:24 what a compilicated word, thank you google translate :D:D:D Jul 01 18:50:56 :) Jul 01 18:54:20 zeq: btw which fennec version is that? Jul 01 18:54:27 16a1 again? Jul 01 18:54:52 I don't think they bumped it Jul 01 18:55:28 ok Jul 01 18:56:24 Pali: any progress? Jul 01 18:56:35 :( Jul 01 18:56:40 WTF? Jul 01 18:57:09 zeq: saw my query? Jul 01 18:57:43 freemangordon: same version AFAIK Jul 01 18:58:04 for fennec? Jul 01 18:58:31 seems to be Jul 01 18:58:36 aah, ok Jul 01 18:58:58 again: did you see my query (query as PM in IRC) Jul 01 19:10:32 when i try to flash a kernel via x-term i face this problem: could not connect to '127.0.0.1' what's the problem? Jul 01 19:59:48 zeq: this version is broken :( Jul 01 20:00:04 withouw HW acceleration it is slow Jul 01 20:00:13 need to find what broke it Jul 01 20:02:58 :( Jul 01 20:03:33 bisection is going to be fun Jul 01 20:03:54 yeah Jul 01 20:04:09 * SpeedEvil wonders if chronological bisection would be better. Jul 01 20:04:29 As most of the time, your subsystem is not going to be the one being patched Jul 01 20:04:38 SpeedEvil: the trouble is the build-time ... Jul 01 20:04:42 I guess. Jul 01 20:04:55 SpeedEvil: I mean whatever method Jul 01 20:05:30 we need to look for a suspicious commit Jul 01 20:07:43 Is this kernel? Jul 01 20:08:15 fennec Jul 01 20:08:22 ah Jul 01 20:08:23 Oh Jul 01 20:08:31 even worse :) Jul 01 20:08:31 that does take a rather longer time to build. Jul 01 20:08:44 Assuming it's about the same as firefox Jul 01 20:08:46 especially in scratchbox! Jul 01 20:09:11 I assume you can't duplicate the bug in x86, running remotely? Jul 01 20:09:14 yeah :( Jul 01 20:09:22 SpeedEvil: nfc Jul 01 20:10:08 zeq: the good news is that HW acceleration is smoother and crashes rarely Jul 01 20:10:17 (i.e. when enabled) Jul 01 20:10:19 with qt? Jul 01 20:10:24 yep Jul 01 20:10:31 ok, that's something :) Jul 01 20:10:40 obviously being worked on Jul 01 20:10:57 maybe that's what broke non-hw accel Jul 01 20:11:03 :S Jul 01 20:11:03 could be Jul 01 20:11:24 anyway, I am afk for a while Jul 01 20:11:59 freemangordon: np Jul 01 20:12:28 zeq; I wonder should we prepare a patch agains previous tree Jul 01 20:12:56 (and who will prepare it :) ) Jul 01 20:13:02 * freemangordon is afk Jul 01 21:47:00 * vi__ is upgrading to thumb... Jul 01 21:47:31 what is the thumb? Jul 01 21:49:08 thumb is the most exciting thing to happen since overclocking... Jul 01 21:50:38 brb Jul 01 21:51:57 lol Jul 01 21:52:37 LaoLang_cool: thumb(-2) is an alternative command set known by ATM CPU Jul 01 21:52:40 ARM* Jul 01 21:53:17 it's supposed to be some 20% smaller in codesize than genuine ARM instructionset code Jul 01 21:53:34 blah. i'd really like to get some caps to replace the bad ones on this board Jul 01 21:55:15 LaoLang_cool: so freemangordon is our steve jobs explaining to us the benefits of moving a whole OS to a different "architecture" (well, the analogy to powerPC->intel architecture switch of macOS is not that perfect, but you might get the idea) Jul 01 21:55:38 heh Jul 01 21:55:44 * Macer misses ppc based stuff Jul 01 21:56:05 i feel like buying ibm based stuff just to make a ppc system Jul 01 21:57:41 Macer: make damn sure you get special low-ESR types of capacitors (if those are - usually - the caps in switch mode PSU of CPU) Jul 01 21:58:43 'nomal' electrolytic C will survive something between seconds and days under those 100s of A DC Jul 01 21:59:05 DocScrutinizer: probably a little longer than that ;) Jul 01 21:59:16 depends Jul 01 21:59:22 not to mention the "low-esr" ones were the ones the taiwanese were throwing out into the world Jul 01 21:59:27 which is why these are bad to begin with Jul 01 21:59:54 yep, known issue, though I thought this story is >10 years old Jul 01 22:00:05 yah heh Jul 01 22:00:25 >15 now it seems ;) Jul 01 22:00:45 sounds about correct Jul 01 22:01:24 meanwhile a lot of board manufs use ceramic C for that Jul 01 22:01:45 yeah well.. shuttle didn't ;) Jul 01 22:01:53 i got the board in 2008 and in 2009 it broke Jul 01 22:02:01 i never really investigated it too much until today Jul 01 22:02:04 hey, I got several hundered 350uF here ;-D Jul 01 22:02:17 and noticed that all of a certain type of cap are broken Jul 01 22:02:18 X7R or sth Jul 01 22:02:29 well. these are 6.7v/1800uF Jul 01 22:02:50 some looked good until i noticed they were raised up off the board heh Jul 01 22:02:58 ie: top vent wasn't bulging Jul 01 22:03:08 yeah, usual Jul 01 22:03:31 ah well.. my buddy works as an electronic engineer for a medical equipment company and is going to order me some to replace them Jul 01 22:03:36 sometimes you can tell as they seem to stand in a puddle of own pee Jul 01 22:03:42 it's for a shuttle k45 ;) Jul 01 22:03:49 well.. none of them seemed to leak Jul 01 22:04:12 just bulge and die i suppose Jul 01 22:05:09 let's see... 5 of my 350uF should nicely replace one of your obsolete elcos ;-D Jul 01 22:05:31 I literally got hundereds of them Jul 01 22:05:36 a whole reel Jul 01 22:05:48 er... i figured these things were kind of specific weren't they? Jul 01 22:05:54 have to match them up or something? Jul 01 22:06:16 nah, ceramic X7R should just do fine Jul 01 22:06:25 esp when using 5 in parallel Jul 01 22:06:46 or just non-crap caps ;) Jul 01 22:06:48 would work too Jul 01 22:07:08 they are just the lame "counterfeit" taiwanese ones i'm sure Jul 01 22:07:14 dang, again no dump for those critters Jul 01 22:07:16 i bet if they were REAL japanese caps they'd still be fine ;) Jul 01 22:07:45 i honestly dont' know much about electronics tbh Jul 01 22:09:02 just enough to desolder/resolder some new caps on :) Jul 01 22:09:41 so let me tell you about the difference: while normal cheap elcos have a series impedance of up to several ohms @ 1MHz, those low-ESR types are supposed to have max 1/00 of that Jul 01 22:09:44 1/100 Jul 01 22:10:39 http://us.shuttle.com/scgforum/tm.aspx?m=3212 Jul 01 22:10:51 that is exactly what is wrong with my same exact board ;) Jul 01 22:11:06 and the effective AC current running thru them is actually up to 100s of Ampere, in those CCPU regulators Jul 01 22:11:41 DocScrutinizer: but if the caps were not crap ones don't they still have a much longer life regardless.. somewhere around 10-15 years? Jul 01 22:12:58 the high virtual Effective ohms Series Resistence impedance together with the high AC will heat the C up to the point where it boils and bursts Jul 01 22:13:47 this can happen after seconds, or after months Jul 01 22:13:59 DocScrutinizer: these bad ones lasted over year ;) Jul 01 22:14:09 since the boiling/heating increases ESR further Jul 01 22:14:24 so it's a runaway effect Jul 01 22:14:29 DocScrutinizer: like i said tho.. isn't it more a manufacturing problem where the chemistry to make them was wrong? Jul 01 22:14:39 yes Jul 01 22:14:45 possible Jul 01 22:14:51 ie: good quality caps last 10-15 years whereas bad ones last 10-15 months? Jul 01 22:14:53 or they were mere fakes Jul 01 22:15:08 i'd consider bad chemistry to be fakes ;) Jul 01 22:15:51 rumor was that the taiwanese companies got an incomplete formula Jul 01 22:16:03 that they stole from the japanese lol Jul 01 22:16:24 quite usual problem is leaking sealing, resulting in electrolyte literally evaporating Jul 01 22:17:16 hmm, sounds more like mainland china, but yes. Sounds familiar Jul 01 22:17:57 actually meanwhile Taiwan is hightech Jul 01 22:19:17 which doesn't mean you can't find counterfeit crap there, just manufacturing usually is done at mainland china nowadays, as the personal costs like 1/10 there Jul 01 22:20:10 well... these caps didn't leak.. they just bulged and died Jul 01 22:20:25 which i guess is a better case for repair Jul 01 22:20:36 that's what they always do finally Jul 01 22:20:51 i would assume depending on the problem some explode Jul 01 22:20:54 even with a vent heh Jul 01 22:21:22 well, yes. Some leak after bulging Jul 01 22:21:29 i'm curious Jul 01 22:21:39 i have a plasma television with half the display no longer working Jul 01 22:21:50 ouch Jul 01 22:21:54 it works for a while then turns on and off and on and off .. maybe i should look for bad caps on that as well Jul 01 22:22:07 quite possible Jul 01 22:22:10 the screen itself is fine Jul 01 22:22:16 it's one of the boards that is messed up Jul 01 22:22:29 and it is actually quite easy to take apart Jul 01 22:23:36 just please be careful! there's really nasty high voltage in those Jul 01 22:23:46 yeah.. i'll let it discharge for a day heh Jul 01 22:23:56 even then Jul 01 22:24:03 i actually tried tap testing it to see if it were a loose connection Jul 01 22:24:07 couldn't find it by doing that :-/ Jul 01 22:24:44 you might want to "clean" the whole solder side of PCB with some black conductive foam Jul 01 22:25:15 to discharge any C, prior to touching anything with your unprotected fingers Jul 01 22:26:33 I got shocked by PSUs that were in a drawer for weeks(!) Jul 01 22:27:05 wow really? LOL Jul 01 22:27:28 i figured the internal led would discharge everything Jul 01 22:28:06 there are several voltage domains. Some have no real discharge path once the device is shutdown Jul 01 22:30:10 the bulging caps keep a charge? :) Jul 01 22:30:36 quite possibly that's particularly the case for high voltage supply domain in a plasma screen, where gas discharge won't happen for any voltage <1000V at all Jul 01 22:30:52 nope, those quite likely won't Jul 01 22:31:14 the plasma has an awesome picture too Jul 01 22:32:16 well.. i'll open it up and see if i see any bad ones Jul 01 22:32:32 if i don't i'll have to track down the board that controls the left side of the screen Jul 01 22:32:40 and see about replacing it.. usually the boards are pretty cheap Jul 01 22:32:42 put left hand in your pocket Jul 01 22:32:45 i guess it is the screen that is expensive Jul 01 22:33:03 how about my right? ;) i'm left handed Jul 01 22:33:31 doesn't matter unless your inner organs are mirrored Jul 01 22:33:51 left hand as heart is left side Jul 01 22:34:27 heh Jul 01 22:38:46 or you press a sheet of black conductive foam against the solder side of PCB, as I suggested above (preferably use a pliers with isolating coating handles for that) Jul 01 22:40:11 a few seconds should suffice to discharge any C Jul 01 22:42:40 scnr: you got the right to protect your left Jul 01 22:44:02 hmm, probably not as funny as I thought Jul 01 22:45:45 ShadowJK: all ok with that "support my work (donate)" link? Jul 01 22:45:47 * vi__ is now rocking the new thumb kernel Jul 01 22:45:58 ShadowJK: (actually never been used by anybody so far) Jul 01 22:47:24 vi__: I hope you're doing proper free et al logs, before/after Jul 01 22:48:23 Black conductive foam may do essentially nothing. Jul 01 22:48:27 If it's just antistatic. Jul 01 22:48:33 nope Jul 01 22:48:44 It will not significantly discharge capacitors if it's megohms per square Jul 01 22:49:00 I recently tested mine here for ~10k, amazingly independent of distance between probes Jul 01 22:49:11 It varies a lot Jul 01 22:49:43 You get static dissipative - at a few megohms per square typically - this is to make sure no charge can build up itn the packing. Jul 01 22:49:50 well ok, it's the "hard" variant Jul 01 22:50:03 And you get 'conductive' at a few hundreds to thousands of ohms Jul 01 22:50:14 probably there is a continuum Jul 01 22:50:55 :nod: Jul 01 22:51:37 the very cosy soft version quite possibly isolates more than it conducts Jul 01 22:52:11 or it is completely unrelated, who knows Jul 01 22:52:42 use a damp cloth ;-P Jul 02 01:06:04 how do I play to apple airplay? Jul 02 02:57:10 DocScrutinizer, wouldn't usage of aluminum foil (cooking one) be better than conductive foam? Jul 02 02:57:25 I.e. it's elastic too, and when applied properly, should touch all things on solder side Jul 02 02:57:29 or is it bad idea? Jul 02 02:58:52 What does it mean when my N900, with kernel-power installed, says Jul 02 02:59:04 ****ing Enter key too close to the quote key. Jul 02 02:59:22 What does it mean when my N900, with kernel-power installed, says "An unexpected reboot occurred. Your custom kernel settings were NOT reloaded." Jul 02 02:59:55 Does that mean I have to reboot again, or that I just have to type as root kernel-power --bla --blee --bloo and it will load the settings? **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Jul 02 02:59:58 2012