**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Oct 15 02:59:57 2010 Oct 15 07:11:26 GrueMaster: I think they're amazing Oct 15 07:11:48 GrueMaster: I already have quite a few Cobras, but Kings are awesome Oct 15 07:28:57 hello Oct 15 07:59:17 "apt-build world" can compile all arm source code package ? Oct 15 08:00:08 Can I re-compile all soft package ? Oct 15 08:00:21 You can certainly recompile everything. Oct 15 08:00:29 I'm unsure if that syntax is correct for apt-build. Oct 15 08:00:39 I'm not sure why you'd want to recompile everything though. Oct 15 08:01:25 maybe i want to use a newcompiler ? Oct 15 08:02:41 persia Oct 15 08:03:08 do you compile ubuntu 10.10 for arm ? Oct 15 08:04:24 do you have any document about compile ubuntu for arm ? Oct 15 08:04:51 asmcos: you have lot of arm cpu power to waste? Oct 15 08:06:44 hi njpatel Oct 15 08:07:30 没有 Oct 15 08:07:39 你是linux forum的hrw? Oct 15 08:07:43 hrw, hey dude Oct 15 08:08:09 hrw:no Oct 15 08:08:46 asmcos: recompilation of whole ubuntu on arm hardware will take ~month if not more... Oct 15 08:09:12 for arm, Oct 15 08:09:15 now on arm Oct 15 08:09:28 not on arm Oct 15 08:10:09 use cross compiler Oct 15 08:10:12 asmcos: cross compilation of ubuntu packages is not working for lot of packages Oct 15 08:12:29 is nothing,i need part packages Oct 15 08:13:15 I need know the compilation methods Oct 15 08:14:34 how many do ubuntu 10.10 have packages? Oct 15 08:16:40 apt-build support cross-compile ? Oct 15 08:17:47 asmcos: you need to get used to xdeb Oct 15 08:18:24 hrw:thank you Oct 15 08:18:43 cross-compilation *can't* work for lots of the packages. Oct 15 08:19:34 And the number of packages that will fail to cross-compile only increases as people implement more built-time test suites (which we consider best practice) Oct 15 08:21:38 oh Oct 15 08:22:11 Note that everything there now is native-compiled. Oct 15 08:22:30 compile ubuntu on arm ? Oct 15 08:22:41 From what I understand, nobody has ever done large-scale extensive testing to ensure it is safe to mix native- and cross- compiled code. Oct 15 08:22:45 Yep. Oct 15 08:36:30 Hi ogra, I saw you released images for the AC100 (http://ac100.gudinna.com/); nice! Oct 15 08:36:39 yep Oct 15 08:36:41 well Oct 15 08:36:50 kind of "images" :) Oct 15 08:36:58 And a personal release, really :) Oct 15 08:37:02 its just a hacked up rootfs :) Oct 15 08:37:11 yeah, spare time fun Oct 15 08:37:39 The kernel is at http://gitorious.org/ac100; how comes you don't have a branch in maverick kernel already ? :) Oct 15 08:37:51 maverick is frozen. Oct 15 08:37:59 persia: Oh, right, I forgot. Oct 15 08:37:59 For natty, needs someone to maintain it. Oct 15 08:39:31 On another topic, I found an interesting "side effect" of the netbook edition; bug #661003 Oct 15 08:39:33 Launchpad bug 661003 in software-center (Ubuntu) "Debconf dialogs are hidden (affects: 1) (heat: 10)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/661003 Oct 15 08:39:49 Not very "user friendly" :) Oct 15 08:40:05 vstehle, What priority did you set the debconf prompts? Oct 15 08:40:20 persia: No idea; I'll check. Oct 15 08:40:40 right, they neew to be high or critical to be shown iirc Oct 15 08:41:00 vstehle, the kernel is 2.6.29 ... we wont pull that into the distro :) Oct 15 08:41:14 I hope not! Oct 15 08:42:10 nor will there ever be "real" images unless someone pays or the community steps up to get them (but in a more proper way than "untar that to your SD") Oct 15 08:42:38 Mostly just needs one or two folk. A kernel maintainer and someone to do image verification. Oct 15 08:43:01 Mind you, getting hosting on cdimage is a bit more opaque and complicated, but in theory. Oct 15 08:43:39 well, first of all it would need a way to wrtie the kernel updates to the device somewhere :) Oct 15 08:44:04 One can't do that even after booting a proper kernel? Oct 15 08:44:12 hi there Oct 15 08:44:14 nope Oct 15 08:44:26 trying to test #637947 SRU Oct 15 08:44:28 you cant access the boot bits on the emmc Oct 15 08:44:46 berco, a bit premature :) Oct 15 08:44:48 ogra: use kexecboot Oct 15 08:45:09 berco, the kernel was just accepted a few minuted ago ... and alsa-utils wasnt yet Oct 15 08:45:09 ogra: I just received the notification, thought I could test :) Oct 15 08:45:19 give it time to build ;) Oct 15 08:45:20 ogra: you put kexecboot kernel in flash, it boots, search on sd/flash for distro kernel and kexecs it Oct 15 08:45:31 so that's normal I get maverick-proposed not found Oct 15 08:45:31 hrw, if kexec works, yeah Oct 15 08:45:43 ogra: Zaurus guys do that for quite long time Oct 15 08:45:44 in sources.list? Oct 15 08:45:48 hrw, we had a spec for that to replace u-boot about three releases ago Oct 15 08:46:16 berco, yes, you need to enable it deliberately, -proposed is for update testing Oct 15 08:46:44 berco, packages go to proposed first, only if they recieved enough testing they go to -updates Oct 15 08:46:46 It's been 90% done for a couple releases as well, just nobody ever really wanted it enough to finish it. Oct 15 08:46:57 its kind of a staging archive Oct 15 08:49:43 ugh Oct 15 08:49:56 ogra: but does it exist yet? I get 404 not found on it Oct 15 08:50:09 Probably not built yet. Oct 15 08:50:14 so i was testing the sound fix for the last half hour ... suddenly hearing nothing anymore since i started today Oct 15 08:50:36 And you discovered that your headphones were unplugged? Oct 15 08:50:39 .... and i just noticed my headset is plugged into my laptop Oct 15 08:50:44 yeah Oct 15 08:50:46 lol Oct 15 08:50:57 having team calls at night is NOT helpful ! Oct 15 08:51:00 Heh. +1 for the "is it plugged in" method of troubleshooting :) Oct 15 08:51:17 ok, works all fine Oct 15 08:51:24 * ogra calms down again Oct 15 08:51:33 ogra: persia: thanks, that's good news Oct 15 08:51:38 now that really woke me up at least Oct 15 08:52:07 berco, we're still missing one part Oct 15 08:52:21 ogra: what do you need? Oct 15 08:52:22 the pulseaudio profile file isnt there yet Oct 15 08:52:37 so currently HDMI isnt exposed in the UI Oct 15 08:52:54 has abduenas sent you anything? Oct 15 08:53:02 not yet Oct 15 08:53:17 persia, I checked the debian/preinst of the concerned package, and all the 'db_input' I see there have a "critical" priority. Also, the window is presented, only it appears in the background, so I don't think this is related to the prio after all. Oct 15 08:53:17 * ogra checks the longish mail thread again ... i probably missed it Oct 15 08:53:18 ogra: how can I take your changes to test on my side? Oct 15 08:53:36 I have abduenas file, I could probably share this with you too Oct 15 08:53:38 vstehle, Indeed, it's not. I think it's related to maxiumus or whatever replaced it. Oct 15 08:53:47 berco, you would need to compile alsa-utils and the kernel from the source package ... better just wait Oct 15 08:53:51 ogra, You understand these WM oddities better than I: any ideas? Oct 15 08:54:09 ogra: switch to using BT headsets for calls Oct 15 08:54:12 persia, might be a timestamp issue Oct 15 08:54:48 ogra, persia, you know, the message actually _is_ presented. Its window is just "below" the software center, I think... Oct 15 08:55:22 persia, i havent done much with WMs for the last 1.5 years but i think metacity introduced a timestamp thing, would probably be a question for mvo if sw-center has "always on top" set or some such Oct 15 08:55:38 that might override the timestamp Oct 15 08:55:59 vstehle, in any case file a bug against sw-center Oct 15 08:56:03 ogra, timestamp? for wnck-placement stuff? (and I haven't done anything with WMs in >15 years, so you're closer) Oct 15 08:56:16 (mvo might reassign it to debconf-gkt or so) Oct 15 08:56:19 *gtk Oct 15 08:56:24 661003 is definitely the right bug. Oct 15 08:56:29 But yeah, probably needs mvo. Oct 15 08:56:31 ah, alsready there Oct 15 08:56:36 ogra, yes Oct 15 08:56:46 bug 661003 Oct 15 08:56:47 Launchpad bug 661003 in software-center (Ubuntu) "Debconf dialogs are hidden (affects: 1) (heat: 10)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/661003 Oct 15 08:57:10 heh, you're to fast vstehle :) Oct 15 08:57:15 ogra, the only problem with this is that it is "user unfriendly" :) Oct 15 08:57:25 vstehle, That's a bug :) Oct 15 08:57:26 yes, agreed Oct 15 09:00:29 hmpf Oct 15 09:00:36 ogra: persia: just updated #637947 with proposed profile Oct 15 09:00:45 my alsa-utils fix can need some improvement Oct 15 09:00:49 can you test if HDMI works? Oct 15 09:00:51 damned Oct 15 09:02:29 no biggie, but alsactl init is only actually needed if no state file exists (it does no harm if its run when it exists but is a useless extra call) Oct 15 09:02:51 So it's only needed the first time? Oct 15 09:03:25 yes Oct 15 09:03:48 i'll update the fix with a check for the state file i think Oct 15 09:04:12 i mean i could as well leave it in ... the mixer volumes are properly restored etc Oct 15 09:04:23 but its not "clean" Oct 15 09:20:56 berco, your pulseaudio.rules wont work Oct 15 09:46:51 what's wrong with this file? I just uploaded the file from our audio team Oct 15 09:49:48 berco, it will only work on blaze ;) Oct 15 10:26:25 ogra: agree. Oct 15 10:28:09 is that possible to "or" in the ATTRS{id} field of the rules file? I guess the conf file can apply to both blaze and panda boards Oct 15 10:31:19 ogra, !! (just felt like shouting your name) :P Oct 15 10:31:36 devilhorns, !!! Oct 15 10:31:46 hehehe Oct 15 10:33:04 berco, either that or switch inside the conf and use something else in rules Oct 15 10:33:10 i'll have to inspect that Oct 15 10:35:19 berco, once the basics are in i'll look at pulse (unless someone beats me to it) Oct 15 13:20:22 morning Oct 15 13:25:11 hi all Oct 15 13:26:57 hey asmcos Oct 15 13:27:09 Were you able to get maverick running on your 3530? Oct 15 13:27:09 hi persia Oct 15 13:28:46 i should try Oct 15 13:29:03 i want to compile source code Oct 15 13:29:30 OK. Any code in particular? Oct 15 13:32:22 i see Oct 15 13:32:54 i need a example Oct 15 13:33:41 The "hello" package is the classic example. Oct 15 13:33:54 yeah Oct 15 13:34:14 So, apt-get source hello should get you the source. Oct 15 13:34:32 But I still think you want to install 10.10 on your 3530 before you proceed. Oct 15 13:34:43 debuild -nc -us Oct 15 13:35:39 You could. I'd probably do `debuild -b -us -uc` Oct 15 13:36:46 ok Oct 15 13:37:40 i hope do a command to compile some packages ,not a package Oct 15 13:37:55 so i use apt-build world Oct 15 13:45:54 What do you expect `apt-build world` to do? Oct 15 13:46:33 cleanup my house ! Oct 15 13:46:50 and do the dishes indeed :) Oct 15 13:51:44 vstehle: ogra_ac: https://edge.launchpad.net/~tiomap-dev/+archive/release Oct 15 13:51:47 awesome! Oct 15 13:52:05 let me try with the ti icon Oct 15 13:53:01 rsalveti, well, enable universe/multiverse first Oct 15 13:53:08 true Oct 15 13:53:54 * ogra_ac will upload the fix for that fater the call Oct 15 13:57:34 argh Oct 15 13:58:00 no ndec, damned Oct 15 13:58:13 his -config package will completely break audio Oct 15 13:58:56 it collides with the fix thats in the archive nw Oct 15 13:59:00 *now Oct 15 14:02:52 hello, after writing the image (ARM/OMAPMaverickInstall wiki) EXT4-fs (sdc2): bad geometry Oct 15 14:04:08 how extract it manually Oct 15 14:05:43 rsalveti, you will need to enable universe/multiverse Oct 15 14:06:22 vstehle, are yu near ndec ? we're all waiting for the chair ... Oct 15 14:06:36 ogra_ac, I'll got get him :) Oct 15 14:06:37 vstehle: just did that, will now try with the icon Oct 15 14:06:46 vstehle, thanks :) Oct 15 14:07:00 sebjan_: Is there a meeting today? Oct 15 14:07:27 lag, patience is golden Oct 15 14:07:36 * lag just hung up Oct 15 14:07:46 He's back Oct 15 14:07:50 good Oct 15 14:08:01 Do you mean "patience is a virtue" Oct 15 14:08:17 yes Oct 15 14:13:23 Unapproved packages in maverick-proposed: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+queue?queue_state=1 Oct 15 14:51:15 vstehle: ogra: interesting: Total size: 80.9GB to download, 80.9GB when installed Oct 15 14:51:16 hehe Oct 15 14:51:22 using ubuntu-omap4-extras Oct 15 14:53:27 Some blueprints links: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/~davidm/+specs?searchtext=%27-n-%27 is about as close as I can figure out how to find the ones davidm is looking at. Oct 15 14:53:48 https://blueprints.launchpad.net/sprints/uds-n is the set that shall be discussed at UDS. Oct 15 14:54:44 http://blogs.arm.com/software-enablement/going-maverick-ubuntu-10-10-for-arm/ Oct 15 15:03:37 ndec: these are the x-loader changes we made for panda: http://gitorious.org/~rsalveti/pandaboard/rsalveti-x-loader/commits/omap4_panda_es2.1 Oct 15 15:03:51 would be nice to check this performance difference we have on blaze Oct 15 15:04:15 rsalveti: thanks. we will look into this. vstehle, see ^^^ Oct 15 15:05:48 rsalveti: where is the branch for the MLO for blaze? Oct 15 15:06:05 ndec: I'm using the same one for panda and blaze Oct 15 15:06:13 just build it for sdp4430 Oct 15 15:06:18 rsalveti: ok. Oct 15 15:07:05 rsalveti: looks like we don't have this one for blaze: http://gitorious.org/~rsalveti/pandaboard/rsalveti-x-loader/commit/71d0d1faf3c40a2c394c73869fc6030ca56b3d12 Oct 15 15:07:25 ndec: yup Oct 15 15:07:40 because no one was complaining of sync lost with it Oct 15 15:09:04 but let me check what clocks are being used for blaze... Oct 15 15:11:05 ndec: we don't need this patch for blaze because it was already with these values Oct 15 15:11:32 from sebjan_ commit it seems it was changed at panda because of the 6 layers board Oct 15 15:12:21 rsalveti: right Oct 15 15:22:01 how extract preinstalled img with netbook ubuntu to directory ? Oct 15 15:24:18 you mean to SD card ? Oct 15 15:24:48 or do you want to extract the content ? Oct 15 15:25:20 extract content Oct 15 15:25:57 well, easiest is surely to extract to SD and then just grab stuff from the second partition Oct 15 15:26:07 with sh -c 'zcat . ...' - EXT4-fs (sdc2): bad geometry Oct 15 15:26:16 alternatively you can gunzip and loop mount Oct 15 15:26:18 Actually, it is easier to mount the partition. Oct 15 15:26:29 ext4 fs ? Oct 15 15:26:38 yep Oct 15 15:26:45 the image doesnt contain any ext4 Oct 15 15:26:52 only vfat and ext3 filesystems Oct 15 15:27:08 hm, i use ext4 driver for ext2 and ext3 Oct 15 15:27:08 how exactly did your command look like ? Oct 15 15:27:17 gmdq: First run "gunzip < > " Oct 15 15:27:25 To uncompress it. Oct 15 15:27:29 did you extract to a filesystem instead of a disk ? Oct 15 15:27:32 i know Oct 15 15:27:48 Then type "file " to determine partition start block. Oct 15 15:28:09 one second Oct 15 15:28:29 To mount it, type "mount -o loop,offset=$((512*))" Oct 15 15:29:00 GrueMaster: that should be in the wiki page Oct 15 15:29:01 example: sudo mount maverick-preinstalled-netbook-armel+omap.img mnt/ -o loop,offset=$((512*63)) Oct 15 15:29:20 I think it is, just can't remember *which* wiki page. Oct 15 15:29:27 hehe Oct 15 15:29:31 * rsalveti out for lunch Oct 15 15:29:43 GrueMaster: thx Oct 15 15:29:56 The above example is for the boot partition. Oct 15 15:49:07 GrueMaster: I tried booting from the the image and I get a CRC error on the Kernel. Oct 15 15:50:17 Compare md5sums with the md5sums file in the release directory. If they match, write /dev/zero to your sd card & reflash the image. Oct 15 15:50:44 * GrueMaster out for an hour. Driving to Portland. Oct 15 16:38:13 hello! Oct 15 16:42:00 ogra: GrueMaster: do you know where the cdimage.ubuntu.com server is located? is it UK or US? Oct 15 16:42:12 UK Oct 15 16:45:35 london ... Oct 15 16:45:40 want the address ? Oct 15 16:48:04 yes Oct 15 16:48:06 :D Oct 15 16:56:38 ogra: thanks! no need for the address! Oct 15 16:56:55 :) Oct 15 16:57:08 ogra: the 'ports' are mirrored on ubuntu standard mirros. I am talking about cdimage mirror, not archive. any reason? Oct 15 16:57:30 nothing is mirrored Oct 15 16:57:51 neither cdimage.u.c nor ports.u.c Oct 15 16:58:08 (probably worth putting up an UDS spec about that ;) ) Oct 15 16:58:42 ogra: how about https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+cdmirrors Oct 15 16:59:04 just space issues, i think the reason is to not put off mirror admins by wasting their space for rather rarely used images Oct 15 16:59:07 ogra: oh this is r.u.c, right? Oct 15 16:59:11 yep Oct 15 17:12:34 ogra_ac: what bogomips do you have on the ac100? Oct 15 17:13:05 2x ~2000 Oct 15 17:14:52 k, 1998 && 1992 on the harmony board Oct 15 17:14:58 wonder why they're different Oct 15 17:15:24 how are they different ? Oct 15 17:15:35 oh, you mean between the cpus ? Oct 15 17:15:38 yep Oct 15 17:15:40 same here Oct 15 17:16:01 no idea though, probably one has the gpu directly attached Oct 15 17:22:24 Um, there are some cdimage mirrors, but most of them aren't very complete. Oct 15 17:27:36 hello, channel! Oct 15 17:27:56 this is my first time here, gving a try to an omap board named igep Oct 15 17:29:21 your mileage may vary with the igep2 Oct 15 17:29:41 there are still some patches missing to make the images properly work on them Oct 15 17:29:49 ok Oct 15 17:29:54 ogra_ac: latest update should have most of the fixes Oct 15 17:29:59 ah, k Oct 15 17:30:05 actually , i purchased it with a working ubuntu 9.04 SD Oct 15 17:30:25 then i'm not up to date, rsalveti is your man ;) Oct 15 17:30:30 hm, actually some of them are not yet released, just at the repo Oct 15 17:30:34 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-maverick.git;a=summary Oct 15 17:31:52 i'd like to upgrade to the LTS: if i add a line such as deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports lucid main multiverse universe then i dist-upgrade, that sould do the trick? Oct 15 17:32:15 no, use do-release-upgrade Oct 15 17:32:36 http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/upgrade Oct 15 17:35:24 yeah, already tried it but without adding the lucid line Oct 15 17:35:39 back in a few minutes Oct 15 17:35:45 hopefully for cheers Oct 15 17:45:15 hmm, says no new release found Oct 15 18:22:29 hi can anyone post links on rootfs (preferably busybox) images? Oct 15 18:22:49 and pxa270 arm images? Oct 15 18:22:55 kernel Oct 15 18:23:06 we only have preinstalled omap3/4 and live dove images Oct 15 18:23:17 for other rootfses see the channel topic Oct 15 18:23:46 thnx one more question kernelimage will output something without rootfs? Oct 15 18:24:03 not on serial..via display Oct 15 18:24:25 kernel is up to you, we dont have a kernel for that HW Oct 15 18:25:16 i compiled kernel for arm but dunno if it works.. currently it jsut blank via haret boot Oct 15 19:02:35 I just ran the updater for the first time on a clean image today for the Pandaboard build... All of the updates show as being 704MB, when downloading it says 2MB to download Oct 15 19:04:34 cpearson: yeah, that's weird, as I said in the morning, when getting packages from ppa it showed me 80.9GB to download Oct 15 19:04:41 hehe Oct 15 19:04:54 probably a bug somewhere Oct 15 19:06:24 someone is dividing by close to zero eh? Oct 15 19:10:42 hehe, probably something like that Oct 15 19:13:03 also, when installing ubuntu-omap4-extras the license is set as unknown Oct 15 19:13:27 it should be proprietary or oss/proprietary, something like that Oct 15 19:16:27 hello Oct 15 19:16:44 just failed a release upgrade, machine is stuck Oct 15 19:17:25 libc-bin broke libc6 package Oct 15 19:18:56 now everythin segfaults Oct 15 19:19:07 even cat or cd Oct 15 19:19:24 ouch Oct 15 19:19:27 not cd Oct 15 19:19:29 bug ls Oct 15 19:19:43 is it recoverable? Oct 15 19:19:45 oli44: which release did you use as base when upgrading? Oct 15 19:25:07 And what platform? Oct 15 19:25:53 jaunty on omap (igep, beagle board like) Oct 15 20:04:27 ok, seems at least sgx, wifi and bt are working fine from ppa Oct 15 20:24:48 rsalveti: this is cool! Oct 15 20:25:16 rsalveti: http://trailers.apple.com/ to test video from firefox, using GST plugins Oct 15 20:26:17 cool, will check gst Oct 15 20:26:20 mpoirier: Did you want to submit a track on alsa soc for UDS? Oct 15 20:26:34 ndec: should it work with 720p and 1080p? Oct 15 20:26:42 rsalveti: yes Oct 15 20:26:45 nice Oct 15 20:28:03 rsalveti: for such resolution you need to have a full hd monitor, if you use a standard monitor, you need to play full screen, we currently have a bug when downscaling too much Oct 15 20:28:04 GrueMaster: to explain how the thing work in the kernel ? Oct 15 20:28:58 More of what can be done in the kernel drivers to improve userspace interaction. Oct 15 20:29:21 Have you gotten any detailed info on UCM? Oct 15 20:30:45 My quest was related to how the ABE, PDM and FE worked together - I did not looked into UCM specifically Oct 15 20:30:56 I got my information on the former. Oct 15 20:31:41 I'm still thinking about the "to improve userspace interaction"... Oct 15 20:32:33 ndec: yeah, saw that bug while at ti Oct 15 20:33:53 GrueMaster: I don't see how that interaction could be improve - the current implementation is the ultimate in terms of flexibilty. Oct 15 20:34:13 GrueMaster: unless you have ideas. Oct 15 20:38:35 ndec: awesome, trailers.apple.com works nicely :-) Oct 15 20:39:42 rsalveti: eheh... and the cool thing is the CPU load ;-) Oct 15 20:40:12 yeah, around 15% Oct 15 20:57:25 GrueMaster: I think we could fix our other omap3 boards using the same solution that was implemented to fix panda. After all, the all export a distinct string in /proc/asound/cards. Oct 16 00:36:00 G'day all - trying to install Maverick on a SD card for BeagleBoard and the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAPMaverickInstall result in me getting a "bash /dev/sdc permision denied" error Oct 16 00:36:09 anyone know how to fix this? Oct 16 00:36:46 My relevant terminal session is: Oct 16 00:36:46 sudo sh -c './ubuntu-netbook-10.10-preinstalled-netbook-armel+omap.img.gz' > /dev/sdc Oct 16 00:36:46 bash: /dev/sdc: Permission denied Oct 16 00:36:51 You get the error at trying to write the SD card? Oct 16 00:36:58 yes Oct 16 00:37:03 Oh, right. the redirect needs to be inside the quotation marks. Oct 16 00:37:10 oh... Oct 16 00:37:17 Because you need the elevated permissions for > not for zcat. Oct 16 00:37:50 Thanks - yeah I usually use DD or other commands, not really familiar with this one - cheers Oct 16 00:38:16 zcat ./ubuntu-netbook-10.10-preinstalled-netbook-armel+omap.img.gz | sudo tee /dev/sdc > /dev/null` might do almost the same thing, but I'm not sure I trust tee that much. Oct 16 00:38:56 Oh, for dd, just unzip the image, and then `sudo dd if=${img} of=${SD} bs=1M` or something Oct 16 00:39:39 Thanks so much - my SD card is be written to as we type **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Oct 16 02:59:58 2010