**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed May 14 02:59:57 2008 May 14 05:59:14 is barracudadrive usable on the debian release? http://barracudadrive.net/blog/2008/03/BarracudaDrive-for-Linksys-NSLU2 May 14 07:43:29 I've got a problem running rtorrent and libtorrent on SlugOs 4.8-beta (it crashes when I add a torrent) and was wondering if somebody could lend me a hand with that. May 14 12:19:22 lapar May 14 12:43:27 anyone here got lenny installed? May 14 12:43:40 I want the flashed image May 14 15:24:40 g'day. just got my nslu2, I see there are 3 main firmware choices (debian, slugos, openwrt). essentially I watn something that's linux w/ ssh shell that I can install wget on and works reasonably well. any one of those should be on the top of my list? May 14 15:25:00 I use debian as a desktop, so I'm inclined to use that, but have zero knowledge of the others May 14 15:25:39 I guess this is useful http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/FirmwareMatrix May 14 15:27:04 falz: Go with Debian, unless you absolutely need to keep the linksys web interface. May 14 15:27:22 I dont- it seems the only drawback to debian is it may need to store packages on the attached disks May 14 15:27:32 I'd assume you can put what you can fit onto the itnernal flash, anything else on disk? May 14 15:28:02 Debian won't fit on the flash, not by a long shot. May 14 15:28:29 hmm, I'm not quite as fond of that idea May 14 15:28:38 perhaps ill try one that will fit and see if it will suit my needs May 14 15:28:48 I'd like it to run independant of the hdd's attached May 14 15:28:49 Alright. May 14 15:28:56 i guess I could get a USB hub and a dedicated memory stick or something May 14 15:29:11 Yeah, that should work fine with Debian. May 14 15:29:28 Hubs don't go so well with Unslung, IIRC. May 14 15:29:56 I think I'd only have to use that w/ a 'real' distro such as debian since I'd have two spinning hdd's attached May 14 15:30:12 I'd assume the distro could run off of a pen drive, hdd's are just hdd's with filesystems that are mounted May 14 15:30:40 Yep, I run my debian installation on a USB flash pen. May 14 15:30:52 how much RAM does this thing have? May 14 15:31:09 64 MB, I think. May 14 15:31:09 all I really want to do is run nfs, possibly smb, ssh, and have some tools like wget or many lynx May 14 15:32:29 AFK, BBQ. May 14 15:32:49 32MB RAM May 14 15:33:42 The flash is so very small that in all but the simplest applications one needs an external memory stick or disk, regardless of firmware. But OpenWrt will have the most open space on the firmware - a paltry few MBytes. May 14 15:34:04 I may start with that since I dont have a pen drive handy currently May 14 15:37:33 its readme skims past installation. http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/nslu2/releases/OpenWrt-kamikaze-7.09-README.txt since I have the latest linksys real firmware on it now, am I just supposed to 'upgrade' from the built in web iface? May 14 15:37:48 (openwrt) May 14 15:39:48 You can. But I would recommend that you try the alternate methods (entering upgrade mode via the reset button, and using upslug2 or the windows firmware download utility). You'll need to use that anyway, as soon as you flash anything other than Linksys firmware. May 14 15:40:31 ok, found the tutorial on that. thanks. May 14 15:40:47 is that using tftp or dhcp? I dont want it to conflict with an existing dhcp server on my lan May 14 15:47:15 wow i get my slug running from my pc's usb port May 14 15:48:59 bizkut: cool May 14 15:51:25 but the port only supplied 500mA, so not enough power to fire up any usb disk May 14 15:51:31 ok, upslug2 working fine, seems quite simple and I'd trust that more than an http upload for sure May 14 15:52:04 but i will works fine for using with self powered external disk May 14 16:27:50 I must say, this nslu2 is pretty awesome after only 20 minutes of use May 14 16:27:56 except that portmap segfaults May 14 16:32:29 falz: portmap segfaults on openwrt-ixp4xx, right? May 14 16:32:46 i've seen that, and found a fix May 14 16:32:50 oh yea? May 14 16:33:06 one second, let me try to find it May 14 16:33:35 lots on google it looks like May 14 16:33:45 you can google and find the patch, just it needs rebuild May 14 16:34:56 rebuilt in some cross compiler environment? May 14 16:35:16 right, rebuilt in openwrt environment May 14 16:35:31 i may have the right ipk somewhere, just need to find it May 14 16:37:00 must be http://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-tickets/2008-January/009451.html May 14 16:37:07 let me know if you find it May 14 16:37:11 I dont have an env set up at all May 14 16:37:35 nor do I have linux at home, just freebsd. sorta hard to cross compile in that! May 14 16:43:43 sorry, i cannot find it at the moment May 14 16:44:01 when i find it, i'll post to nslu2-linux yahoo group May 14 16:45:50 ok, thanks May 14 16:46:13 do packages not easily make it into the standard repository for ipkg then? May 14 16:48:47 just looked at portmap/Makefile 6.0-2 should have the fix May 14 16:50:22 I'm having trouble finding a tutorial on setting up cross compile environment for openwrt/nslu2 May 14 16:53:12 unless I'm supposed to install tools directly on it, which would seem slightly disk intensive space-wise May 14 16:54:00 no it's almost always cross compiled with openwrt May 14 16:54:22 i don't know how openwrt feeds are updated May 14 16:54:27 same cpu/architecture on most of the openwrt stuff? May 14 16:54:43 since right now it's still portmap 6.0-1 in the feed May 14 16:55:10 openwrt has different feeds for various arch May 14 16:55:27 i suggest you ask in #openwrt May 14 16:55:36 aye May 14 17:48:51 falz: I uploaded a portmap_6.0-2_armeb.ipk in file section of nslu2-general yahoo group May 14 17:49:39 sweet thanks. May 14 17:49:44 * falz hopes it's not a rootkit :) May 14 17:59:02 thanks, seems to start. startup script is a different syntax, but that should be no biggie May 14 18:09:35 so, if done right, the resistor removal for the proper clock speed has no other ill side effects? May 14 18:09:50 I'm assuming that resistor just adjusts the multiplier or something? May 14 18:12:42 falz: i think so May 14 18:13:27 I wonder why the hell they would have done that. May 14 18:13:36 unless there's stability/heat issues, I cant seem to find any record of it May 14 18:42:04 falz: many many people have investigated this, and found no rational reason. Also, recent Linksys units ship at the higher clockspeed. We are left with the conclusion that it was an undetected flaw in the hardware, either in design, or more probably in layout or manufacturing. May 14 19:05:45 maybe linksys thought it's a nice way to trow out their extra R83 resistors **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu May 15 02:59:56 2008