**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Oct 02 02:59:59 2015 Oct 02 05:24:26 In what situation, Nokia N900 would, instead of booting up, just show bright white LED and then dim it out? Battery is fully charged Oct 02 05:25:59 Oksana: corrupted 1st stage BL? Oct 02 05:31:28 How to flash it, if possible? Oct 02 05:31:47 Okay, http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware/Cold_Flashing Oct 02 05:32:24 What will go wrong if HW revision is incorrect? Oct 02 05:32:54 wron 1st stage BL will be flashed :) Oct 02 05:32:57 *wrong Oct 02 05:33:14 And so it will same white LED dimming out? | Do I need root access on Linux computer to run flasher-3.5 ? Oct 02 05:34:46 well, even with wrong 1st stage BL, it should still boot. But I am not sure how it will behave - for example 2101 and 2204 have different PoP RAM chips (2x128 vs 1x256) Oct 02 05:35:08 and yes, you need root iirc Oct 02 05:35:23 so, you'd better flash the correct 1st stage Oct 02 05:35:41 How do I find HW revision? Is it printed on the device itself? | Okay, so workplace-Linux computers are out: I do not have root access to them. Oct 02 05:36:49 Oksana: No idea, try to remember it Oct 02 05:36:53 *recall Oct 02 05:37:37 BTW, it could be coorupted 2nd stage (aka NOLO), so first check if the device can be flashed in a normal way Oct 02 05:38:04 and only then try cold-flash Oct 02 05:38:39 Okay, will check. flasher-3.5 -i . Any tricks with using flasher-3.5 on Windows XP (32bit) ? Oct 02 05:39:06 nothing special iirc Oct 02 05:40:53 * Oksana hopes that there is still flasher-3.5 and libusb on the computer, because I did not use flasher-3.5 for a very long time Oct 02 05:45:28 you can download it Oct 02 06:08:16 What's the mirror of Nokia repositories? Cannot seem to find it Oct 02 06:08:22 ~maemo-repos Oct 02 06:08:22 rumour has it, maemo-repos is http://wiki.maemo.org/Repository#List_of_Maemo_repositories Oct 02 06:09:47 * Oksana does not see flasher-3.5 Oct 02 06:10:00 ~flashing Oct 02 06:10:00 rumour has it, maemo-flashing is http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware, or - on linux PC - download&extract http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/patches_n_tools/maemo-my-private-workdir.tgz, cd into it, do sudo ./flash-it-all.sh Oct 02 06:12:41 flasher is in the tgz Oct 02 06:12:48 unless you need windows one Oct 02 06:14:17 Hooray! And yes, at the moment I am trying to use the fact that I have admin access on my workplace Windows 7 Enterprise computer Oct 02 06:15:28 http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/telephone/n900/tools/ Oct 02 06:15:33 here you can find mirror Oct 02 06:15:42 but check md5sum just in case Oct 02 06:15:53 and get 3.5.x not 3.12 by mistake Oct 02 06:15:59 recovering from an extraordinary failure on device side by using a non-standard (i.e. 'windoze') PC sounds like begging for trouble that could and should be avoided Oct 02 06:17:21 Well, it can hardly get worse. And I will follow the instructions at http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=849980&postcount=20 and http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware/Cold_Flashing Oct 02 06:17:55 hmm, i wonder if nokia/m$ would mind if maemo.org hosted firmwares and tools Oct 02 06:19:01 They probably would. But you can ask. Just keep local mirror, in case they take down all Internet mirrors Oct 02 06:19:24 mirroring that fladnag side, just in case Oct 02 06:24:56 http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/dirsnapshot.png Oct 02 06:25:21 no windows tools Oct 02 06:25:40 Oksana: I *strongly* recommend to NOT coldflash the device unless you know exactly it's needed Oct 02 06:27:48 asking Nokia about hosting those tools is wasted energy and possibly detrimental to maemo - it has been done a dozen times before and Nokia told we should stop asking since there's no way it ever will happen Oct 02 06:28:02 pity Oct 02 06:28:12 do they have a reason for denying it? Oct 02 06:28:47 maemo is below M$ radar, and we want to keep it like that Oct 02 06:32:19 Oksana: connect device to linux machine, check syslog, see if NOLO enumerates USB Oct 02 06:33:03 or use flasher -i and see if NOLO answers, in that case you a) have HW version, and b) don't need it since NOLO is working Oct 02 06:34:42 What's interesting, flasher-3.5 says suitable device not found, waiting, and inf-wizard says that it is in storage mode, not update mode Oct 02 06:35:32 are you sure battery i ok? Oct 02 06:35:37 *is Oct 02 06:35:54 Now update mode, I needed to press U Oct 02 06:36:25 battery is fully charged, yes Oct 02 06:36:30 remove battery, plug in USB, hold U(!), insert battery. See if NOKIA screen with USB icon comes up Oct 02 06:37:29 storage mode is only possible when linux booted, so what's your problem? Oct 02 06:39:14 probably your device is busy for hours with fsck, and you want to ruin it by coldflashing a wrong hw version NOLO Oct 02 06:39:23 Problem is, nothing on display. I could try a different display, yes Oct 02 06:39:48 But if it was just display, it should have given sounds. But it could be in silent mode Oct 02 06:39:56 you could listen Oct 02 06:40:00 remove battery, plug in USB, hold U(!), insert battery. See if NOKIA screen with USB icon comes up Oct 02 06:40:08 No, it does not. Oct 02 06:40:28 Display is ever-ever black Oct 02 06:40:39 could be Oct 02 06:40:44 Vajb: 1) too little information, 2) completely useless if battery data is somehow missing. bnf isn't serving my needs at all. i don't keep software on my N900 if i don't use it :) Oct 02 06:40:45 then when it even shows up in device manager of PC, it's highly likely the display is defect Oct 02 06:41:24 however you can't debug such stuff with a windoze PC, at least I don't know how Oct 02 06:41:41 pity n900 requires working lcd module, otherwise it would be a nice to just attach tv Oct 02 06:41:47 or some tv grabber card Oct 02 06:42:20 at least sscreen swap is easy and quick Oct 02 06:44:35 * Oksana is waiting for screwdrivers Oct 02 06:44:51 you just need size 00 or 000 philips screwdriver Oct 02 06:45:07 torx is only needed if you want to get to mobo Oct 02 06:46:17 Yes, I remember but I don't have a single screwdriver at hand, at the moment Oct 02 06:46:25 hum Oct 02 06:46:36 ask someone? Oct 02 06:46:47 some people do carry such things Oct 02 06:46:49 ;) Oct 02 06:47:18 btw white indicator light is no hw feature, NOLO needs to set it Oct 02 06:47:54 IOW white indicator means at least NOLO starts and runs until talking to LP5523 indiactor LED controller chip Oct 02 06:48:39 Okay. And if I just plug in USB, then it has orange blinking charging light. So, it could be case of "display not working". Need to check that. Oct 02 06:48:50 actually the white indicator gets ramped up and that's also NOLO doing this Oct 02 06:49:15 Though it would be convenient to get flasher-3.5 working Oct 02 06:49:16 connect TV Oct 02 06:49:42 you listen to whatr I'm pasing in here? Oct 02 06:50:23 Yes, that most likely NOLO is fine, and if I find TV cable for N900, I could try to check with this Oct 02 06:50:38 most likely your os booted Oct 02 06:51:11 oh nm, no windows software either Oct 02 06:51:35 Booted, right. And I don't know how to shut it down. Because LED blinking is not long enough to tell me when it completely shuts down. Oct 02 06:51:50 prolly there's no such thing like a windows flasher-3.5, there is Nokia-suite Oct 02 06:51:57 oksana, press power button for a few sec? Oct 02 06:52:06 Actually, it could be stuck at welcome screen... Oct 02 06:52:55 oksana, try booting rescueos and disabling welcome screen Oct 02 06:53:33 Hooray, flasher-3.5 works. HW revision 2204 Oct 02 06:53:45 windows? Oct 02 06:53:54 Yes, Win7Ent 64bit Oct 02 06:53:56 though if you didnt set your device to automatically connect to wifi you will still not get there Oct 02 06:54:05 what's the name of that file? Oct 02 06:54:15 maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.exe Oct 02 06:54:21 http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/telephone/n900/tools/ Oct 02 06:54:39 Yes :-) And nice instructions: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=849980&postcount=20 Oct 02 06:55:16 thanks! /home/jr/maemo-mirror/tabletsdev/explicit/maemo-dev-env-downloads/files/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.exe Oct 02 06:55:18 By the way, libusb-win32-bin-1.2.6.0.zip , aka newer than at time of the post Oct 02 06:55:33 also, that fladnag site has maemo sdk virtual image Oct 02 06:55:41 work mirroring somewhere Oct 02 06:55:54 *worth Oct 02 06:56:07 Maemo_Ubuntu_Lucid_Desktop_SDK_Virtual_Image_Final.7z Oct 02 06:56:10 1457450621 bytes Oct 02 06:56:20 Oksana: so maybe you are listening what I post here, others don't Oct 02 06:56:55 http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/dirsnapshot.png Oct 02 06:58:49 Nice... You have MADDE installer? Somebody was looking for MADDE... Oct 02 07:00:06 that's why I placed it there Oct 02 07:01:12 I think that he was directed to http://web.archive.org/web/20110704181414/http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/sdk/host/repos/ubuntu/10.04/i386/ for the madde .deb , it was almost a month ago Oct 02 07:01:47 At #maemo-ssu Oct 02 07:01:48 I think web.archive.org doesn't backup any .deb and similar files Oct 02 07:02:08 but I know somebody directed him to right location ;-) Oct 02 07:02:37 Good :-) Oct 02 07:03:12 again, when *anybody* dares to post a full URL to that stuff, it will vanish same minute Oct 02 07:03:27 * Oksana did not expect Web Archive to be that stubborn. To be fair, the files are too heavy for it Oct 02 07:04:35 And, web.archive.org does backup .exe ... sometimes ;-) /not posting the full URL / Oct 02 07:08:38 err, I didn't worry about web.archive URLs Oct 02 07:08:54 rather about URLs that are invisible Oct 02 07:09:28 or "forbidden", like http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/fiasco+co/ Oct 02 07:09:54 rather http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/fiasco+co/* Oct 02 07:11:46 if you need any other file from "good old times", just holler. I guess I got everything Oct 02 07:15:15 well, maybe except maemo repos Oct 02 07:16:08 THOSE should get mirrored! Oct 02 07:16:55 actually eventually Nokia encouraged creating mirrors of those repos ;-) Oct 02 07:17:41 I guess they were not aware of the token "protection" when they did Oct 02 07:18:24 or maybe they were :-D Oct 02 07:18:50 most of Nokia maemo devels were wuite nice guys Oct 02 07:18:57 quite* Oct 02 07:21:55 * Oksana wrestles with disk space. Or actually, I could just feed flasher-3.5 long path, instead of trying to move the *.img file Oct 02 07:26:00 dammit, already having https://ahrefs.com/ messing with my box Oct 02 07:29:11 sooo... let's see how much that stops Oct 02 07:29:40 flasher-3.5 says that everything went well with launching RescueOS. Only, even when I 'mse', I do not see a sign of Windows saying "here is something attached to USB" Oct 02 07:29:48 sorry for your bookmarks Oct 02 07:30:17 Relocating? Oct 02 07:30:23 :nod: Oct 02 07:31:00 don't worry, you can figure it out Oct 02 07:31:40 anybody with a brain could, just spiders and similar crap can't Oct 02 07:32:47 * DocScrutinizer05 idly wonders if REFERER might give away 'secret' URLs to arbitrary websites Oct 02 07:33:42 and prolly there are sites that actually harvest such referers Oct 02 08:07:10 how to use Vk.com chat on maemo? Oct 02 08:07:51 Now bq says my Polarcell has 1601 mAh Oct 02 08:08:03 maxd: cool Oct 02 08:08:11 be happy Oct 02 08:26:17 Oksana: archive.org is 45PB Oct 02 08:26:20 and still growing Oct 02 08:26:26 they dont worry a lot about diskspace Oct 02 08:26:44 buzz: nice, do they have a backup? Oct 02 08:26:46 ;) Oct 02 08:26:49 all mirrored on 4 DCs Oct 02 08:26:55 nice2 Oct 02 08:26:56 so yeah Oct 02 08:27:15 * Maxdamantus only has 11 TB of space on his filesystem :( Oct 02 08:27:35 i just have 3TB at home Oct 02 08:27:41 16TB at hackerspace Oct 02 08:27:52 and so many smaller systems here and there Oct 02 08:29:13 i have 3TB just for steam drive Oct 02 08:29:23 and another 3TB for linux stuffs Oct 02 08:45:43 (( they dont worry a lot about diskspace)) I think they are asking for donations to extend their storage space, so maybe they actually do worry a little bit Oct 02 09:47:28 hmmpf. otterbox makes operating of sliding lockswitch pretty hard Oct 02 09:53:38 maybe it's because you have fat fingers Oct 02 09:54:45 hardly, and even long fingernails Oct 02 09:55:06 i stopped using mine because i don't really see the point Oct 02 09:55:11 time to cut them. Maybe because the button is already worn on this device Oct 02 09:55:36 also one of the tabs that hold the screen part in place is brok :( Oct 02 09:56:05 :nod: I nly have this donated one here, just examined it a bit Oct 02 09:56:31 What's the metal frame for if not absorbing energy into dents? Oct 02 09:57:38 sometimes for looks Oct 02 09:57:58 but in colder climates it not a good idea anyway Oct 02 11:26:30 hi, a friend gives me a n900, where to begin with please? (for example: updating kernel/softwares, check for up-to-date /etc/sources.list, etc) Oct 02 12:45:32 arteta: wiki.maemo.org and talk.maemo.org Oct 02 12:45:38 two main sites Oct 02 12:45:41 ~flashing Oct 02 12:45:41 maemo-flashing is, like, http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware, or - on linux PC - download&extract http://maemo.cloud-7.de/maemo5/patches_n_tools/maemo-my-private-workdir.tgz, cd into it, do sudo ./flash-it-all.sh Oct 02 12:46:07 ~maemo-repos Oct 02 12:46:08 methinks maemo-repos is http://wiki.maemo.org/Repository#List_of_Maemo_repositories Oct 02 12:46:38 if you have any questions, dont be afraid to ask Oct 02 12:46:56 ok, thx KotCzarny :) Oct 02 12:47:13 and once it's all fresh and flashed, dont forget CSSU Oct 02 12:47:22 ~cssu Oct 02 12:47:22 [cssu] http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU, or (Community Seamless Software Update) Oct 02 12:47:22 ~cssu Oct 02 12:47:27 1st! Oct 02 12:47:35 ty Oct 02 12:54:00 ~list Oct 02 12:54:01 one warez list being sent Oct 02 12:54:04 nono Oct 02 12:54:10 try help Oct 02 12:54:11 gimme list of all factoids :P Oct 02 12:54:13 ~help Oct 02 12:54:24 sweet, ty Oct 02 12:54:33 also, i think it has more than 100k factoids Oct 02 12:54:35 so.. Oct 02 12:55:28 yeah Oct 02 12:55:38 needs to get exported ;) Oct 02 14:51:18 ghe Oct 02 14:51:30 gonna see how well kernel 4.2.0 will compile for the n800 Oct 02 14:51:40 so i can say i 420'd the n800 Oct 02 16:06:57 curious if/when i'll get a desire for serial console ^_^ Oct 02 16:09:31 depends what you are doing/going to do Oct 02 16:10:13 trying to run mainline 4.2.0 on it Oct 02 16:10:22 on a n800* Oct 02 16:10:28 remember n8x0 can easily do usb hostmode, so you can just attach usb-serial Oct 02 16:10:34 ah right right Oct 02 16:11:01 mainline kernel, and debian rootfs :P Oct 02 16:11:59 also, you can install boot menu, log to sd card and reboot back to diablo Oct 02 16:12:19 or boot to sd card and leave maemo on nand Oct 02 16:12:48 i think i have boot menu already Oct 02 16:13:01 at least, i have community os2008 on sd card Oct 02 16:13:25 and get to select that during boot :P Oct 02 16:13:53 also, speaking of hostmode, usb-keyboard Oct 02 16:14:42 :) guess i should dig up a usb hub Oct 02 16:14:58 you dont even need a hub if device draws <100mA Oct 02 16:16:05 well, but just a single port .. Oct 02 16:16:20 ah well, compiling kernel on a ancient atom, it'll take 4 weeks Oct 02 16:16:21 np Oct 02 16:16:22 :) Oct 02 16:17:17 grab some cheapo dual core celeron and let it serve as scratchbox machine? Oct 02 16:24:30 ^_^ guess i could Oct 02 16:24:38 i'm trying to avoid using scratchbox Oct 02 16:24:51 and just using common linux crosscompiling Oct 02 16:24:58 as close to 'normal' as possible Oct 02 16:26:25 atom n270 btw :) Oct 02 16:26:27 then you need qemu Oct 02 16:26:34 or use an arm machine Oct 02 16:26:40 ;) Oct 02 16:27:02 yes, preferably highclocked multicore arm monster Oct 02 16:27:05 i think debootstrap can get pretty far without native code execution Oct 02 16:27:13 if you say so Oct 02 16:27:19 we'll see Oct 02 16:27:23 (I don't think so) Oct 02 16:27:24 :D Oct 02 16:27:33 worstkaas i have a rpi2 i could use Oct 02 16:27:42 but if you need recompiled gcc, you need some arm system Oct 02 16:27:48 either native or emulated Oct 02 16:28:05 for stage2 and 3 Oct 02 16:32:04 nah i just gonna grab debian's prebuilds Oct 02 16:48:29 buZz: pir is not armv7 Oct 02 16:48:45 buZz: you could just untar a gentoo stage Oct 02 16:48:52 and then from the gentoo stage, install debian Oct 02 16:48:55 pir? Oct 02 16:48:59 pi* Oct 02 16:49:04 oh right Oct 02 16:49:05 or is the pi2 arm7? Oct 02 16:49:06 pi2 isnt Oct 02 16:49:09 yeah Oct 02 16:49:11 ah Oct 02 16:49:13 fun times Oct 02 16:49:13 pi1 is armv6 Oct 02 16:49:21 dont make a picture with flashtorch of it though Oct 02 16:49:26 I heard it is camera-shy Oct 02 16:49:49 :) yeah Oct 02 17:07:10 i know this is a tad OT, but myqsl vs. postgresql ... which would you recommend over the other? Oct 02 17:07:14 postgres Oct 02 17:07:21 because it's a relational database Oct 02 17:07:32 as opposed to mysql which is a joke Oct 02 17:20:12 Sicelo: depends on usage Oct 02 17:37:47 ~botsnack Oct 02 17:37:47 DocAvalanche: aw, gee Oct 02 17:44:47 thanks Pali :) Oct 02 17:45:15 will research further the relative strengths & weaknesses of either of these Oct 02 20:18:36 sicelo: mysql went commercial Oct 02 20:18:47 free one was forked and renamed mariadb Oct 02 20:18:53 or something Oct 02 20:52:53 really? so no more dual licensed mysql? Oct 02 20:55:38 ds3: basically mysql renamed and the corporate forked under the old name Oct 02 20:58:58 the nice thing about dual license is it provides a level of assurance of compatibility Oct 02 21:54:26 heya Oct 02 21:55:11 just ordered this for my n810 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/390941404054 Oct 02 23:27:57 nice delt :) **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Oct 03 02:59:58 2015