**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Feb 11 02:59:57 2007 Feb 12 01:30:43 hello Feb 12 01:33:37 howdy Feb 12 01:35:22 hey Feb 12 01:36:04 so im new to the project, trying to fingure out which way is up Feb 12 01:36:49 Well, are you in the Northern or Southern hemisphere? Feb 12 01:37:05 i have a slug with an older version of openslug... would like get more involved in the nuts and bolts of development Feb 12 01:37:10 Nothern Feb 12 01:37:17 northern Feb 12 01:38:00 Then your up is here : ^ Feb 12 01:38:17 :) Feb 12 01:38:31 cool Feb 12 01:39:20 This is a developer's channel so if you're building OpenSlug, ask away. General questions should go to #nslu2-general Feb 12 01:39:42 i see Feb 12 01:40:14 Hi, can I ask anyone a quick question on building openslug-3.10 from the tarball? Feb 12 01:40:21 Ask!~ Feb 12 01:41:14 I downloaded the tar and I'm trying to do a 'make openslug-distro' and I'm running into the following errors: Feb 12 01:41:28 ERROR: function do_compile failed Feb 12 01:41:29 ERROR: see log in /home/slugdev/slugos-3.10-beta/openslug-nslu2.tmp/work/glibc-2.3.5+cvs20050627-r6/temp/log.do_compile.5997 Feb 12 01:41:29 NOTE: Task failed: /home/slugdev/slugos-3.10-beta/openslug-nslu2.tmp/work/glibc-2.3.5+cvs20050627-r6/temp/log.do_compile.5997 Feb 12 01:41:47 This is being done on a debian-etch machine. Feb 12 01:42:01 What is the error in the file? Feb 12 01:42:18 hang on... let me get it. Feb 12 01:42:35 And I'd recommend that you just do a "make slugosbe" or "make openslug" Feb 12 01:42:47 You probably want a newer version than 3.10 Feb 12 01:44:12 arggghhh.. never mind... my bad... 'df' shows my disk full. Feb 12 01:44:54 I tried to build a newer version using the master makefile, but I could not get the image to work Feb 12 01:44:55 :) Feb 12 01:45:06 with the pl2303 USB/RS232 serial. Feb 12 01:45:09 I love the easy questions! Feb 12 01:45:29 do you know if there are any problems with the latest build and the USB/RS232 serial? Feb 12 01:45:32 The newer versions of openslug are much better. Feb 12 01:45:42 I don't know of any problems with it. Feb 12 01:45:56 I don't know of any successes with it either. No experience... Feb 12 01:47:21 when I built the system from the master makefile to get the latest openslug build, I found that the ipkg for the kernel-module-pl2303 was tagged for .19 kernel, but the latest build gave me the .20 kernel. Feb 12 01:47:53 There was some flux in kernel versions. The kernel is now a .20 one. Feb 12 01:47:55 I've never built kernel modules before, so I'm trying to figure out how to rebuild the kernel-module-pl2303 Feb 12 01:48:00 do you have any hints? Feb 12 01:48:05 ptan: if you build your own kernel, you must use the kernel-modules that are built along with your kernel. Feb 12 01:48:08 See if it is in your ipkg directory Feb 12 01:48:25 I could not find a .20 version in the ipkg directory. Feb 12 01:48:44 ipkg install gave me the .19 version. Feb 12 01:49:19 kernel-module-pl2303_2.6.20-r3.686_ixp4xxbe.ipk Feb 12 01:49:37 That's what's in my ipk directory after building the latest openslug version... Feb 12 01:49:55 ok, I'll try rebuilding it again and see if I can find it. Feb 12 01:50:14 ptan: If you haven't done any customizations, you may just want to nuke the tmp directory, update, and rebuild. Feb 12 01:50:31 It may also free up a goodly amount of disk space. ;) Feb 12 01:51:21 I'll give that a try. Thanks! Feb 12 01:53:56 Good luck! Feb 12 01:55:19 ptan: there was a short period in time when the kernel build was bad and produced wrongly versioned modules - you must have been unlucky and hit that. Feb 12 01:55:26 nuke tmp and start again is the easiest. Feb 12 01:55:50 That's probably what happened. I'm nuking tmp and trying it again right now. Feb 12 01:56:25 but be prepared for a major upheaval in a couple of days time. Feb 12 01:57:14 And that is why I have 2 slugs... :) Feb 12 01:58:12 lol... Feb 12 01:59:12 I'm the mentor for a FIRST robotics team, I'm helping them using a slug for their robot as a co-processor Feb 12 01:59:33 I've got 1 week to help them get a stable platform before the competition. Feb 12 01:59:55 so hopefully I can get a stable build today ;) Feb 12 01:59:57 Neat. The slug is a good starting point for computing. I know a bunch of people using the gumstix for robotics. Feb 12 02:01:38 the question is.. when will the house cleaning robot finally be here? :) Feb 12 02:01:50 That is called a wife. :) Feb 12 02:01:55 lol.. Feb 12 02:01:58 ;) Feb 12 02:01:59 * joshin hopes his wife never reads that... Feb 12 02:03:42 problem with wife is that they're not cost effective :) Feb 12 02:04:10 and they make lots of noise too, I've heard Feb 12 02:10:21 Yeah. They are pretty expensive. And replacing them is REALLY expensive. Feb 12 02:17:15 :) Feb 12 02:17:27 no refund, huh? Feb 12 02:19:15 ptan: if you want a stable platform, you should use the 3.10 release. unless you need something from the later version. Feb 12 02:19:36 slugos head is in a state of flux at the moment, and it will only get worse over the next week. Feb 12 02:20:04 make openslug-3.10-beta should work if you have enough disk space. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Feb 12 02:59:57 2007