**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Oct 10 02:59:57 2010 Oct 10 06:52:03 Hi Oct 10 06:52:37 I am new here and have just downloaded the maverick for arm Oct 10 06:53:06 I have made the image to the SD card and booted on the beagleboard C3 Oct 10 06:53:19 but there is not display can anyone help? Oct 10 06:54:10 the sd led lights are blinking so it is reading from the card and atm this computer I cannot connect it to a serial port Oct 10 06:54:22 so i cannot actually see whats going on Oct 10 08:52:06 hi all, i have installed ubuntu armel 101.10 xfce4 but it looks like red in color Oct 10 08:52:19 may be need any setting Oct 10 08:52:21 ? Oct 10 08:53:48 Um, from where/how did you install that? Oct 10 08:54:38 Also, please confirm that you're talking about 10.10, rather than having run into an accident related to the prior-state backup facility in the 2101 fall release. Oct 10 08:57:17 persia, yes i have installed 10.10 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ maverick/main Oct 10 08:57:35 So just `apt-get install xfce4` ? Oct 10 08:57:44 persia, yes Oct 10 08:58:04 persia, i have created rootfilesystem using rootstock Oct 10 08:58:06 Ah, yeah, that gets the raw, unfiltered, base configuration, which may not be ideally integrated. Oct 10 08:58:18 in which i have given option as xfce4 Oct 10 08:58:33 persia, so i need to do ? Oct 10 08:58:37 There's been no reported testing, but I'd strongly suggest installation of "xubuntu-desktop" to get an XFCE-based integrated desktop experience. Oct 10 08:59:09 persia, which is best light wdesktop environment Oct 10 08:59:10 That should pull all the right extra libraries, themes, settings packages, etc. Oct 10 08:59:20 lxde or xfce4 Oct 10 08:59:33 I disbelieve that "best" means anything in this context. Oct 10 09:00:14 Personally, I tend to use a GNOME-based environment (with a few bits removed). I know several people who swear by XFCE and Enlightenment, and there's lots of folk who seem to believe LXDE is even better. Oct 10 09:00:16 persia, if i install xuduntu-desktop then it actually installs many packages which i dont need Oct 10 09:00:40 dhiry2k, Try `apt-get --no-install-recommends install xubuntu-desktop` Oct 10 09:01:18 persia, if i have a debian source what will be the way to recompile this for arm Oct 10 09:01:21 But yeah, it probably installs more than you need: it's supposed to install a fully integrated environment (although I don't think any of the Xubuntu guys use armel). Oct 10 09:02:10 persia, for armel which desktop environment normally prefereed in ubuntu Oct 10 09:02:15 Trivial recompile: `apt-get --compile source ${PACKAGE}` with deb-src lines pointing at Debian. Oct 10 09:02:40 hi Oct 10 09:02:42 package is locally available not at debian or ubuntu repo Oct 10 09:02:57 There are three tested images: Ubuntu Netbook 2D (GNOME/EFL), Kubuntu Desktop (Qt), and Kubuntu Mobile (Qt). Oct 10 09:02:58 i mean source is at local system Oct 10 09:03:22 Oh, for a local package, I tend to prefer to use pbuilder or sbuild. Some folk just dpkg-source -x the package and debuild -b it. Oct 10 09:03:40 I have a beagleboard C3 Oct 10 09:03:41 Using pbuilder/sbuild is much cleaner, but requires some setup. Oct 10 09:03:48 but it may need to setup cross toolchain Oct 10 09:03:54 voipster3, Hey. Saw your message from earlier. how is the display connected? Oct 10 09:04:02 HDMI Oct 10 09:04:17 dhiry2k, Why a cross toolchain? Just compile natively. All the packages in Ubuntu are compiled natively. Oct 10 09:04:27 It seems that the omapfb is not starting Oct 10 09:04:53 Does even the text in the beginning when jasper does the resize not show? Oct 10 09:04:53 persia, but i need to install it in armel i.e arm board os Oct 10 09:05:13 dhiry2k, OK. So, build it on an ARM board. Oct 10 09:05:30 voipster3,dmesg can tell much regarding error of omapfb Oct 10 09:05:42 persia, you mean do chroot and build Oct 10 09:05:44 dhiry2k, Hard to use with no serial console and no display :) Oct 10 09:06:08 dhiry2k, pbuilder and sbuild use chroot, but you can also just build in an installed environment, if you aren't concerned about repeatibility. Oct 10 09:06:46 voipster3, You might try mounting the SD somewhere else, and looking at the logs. I suspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log would contain some hints. Oct 10 09:07:47 persia, is .net application works fine with mono in armel Oct 10 09:08:06 may be some games which is created using .net Oct 10 09:08:33 Mono is ported. There are some bugs. The Mono team always appreciates help. Oct 10 09:09:18 dhiry2k I can't type anything in there it is stuck Oct 10 09:09:43 voipster3, do you have minicom setup? Oct 10 09:09:51 not at this computer Oct 10 09:10:10 From what I saw the other day it just booted but no display Oct 10 09:10:12 voipster3,what actually it shows on LCD Oct 10 09:10:16 nothing Oct 10 09:10:20 white screen? Oct 10 09:10:22 no Oct 10 09:10:25 no signal Oct 10 09:10:32 voipster3, Turn it off, extract the card, mount it somewhere else, and examine the logs. With no display and no console, you'll have a very hard time getting useful information out of the booted system. Oct 10 09:10:33 if i remove the sd card Oct 10 09:10:41 the beagle dog show Oct 10 09:11:03 ok i will look at the log Oct 10 09:11:20 voipster3, its better to debug using minicom Oct 10 09:11:23 also tks for the tips greatly appreciate it Oct 10 09:11:32 probably uboot environment is wrong Oct 10 09:11:35 dhiry2k, We don't enable the serial console by default, which makes that tricky :) Oct 10 09:11:41 yes i know just this computer dont have a serial port Oct 10 09:12:01 the uboot environmoent for booting is ok Oct 10 09:12:11 jsut that the display driver is not activating Oct 10 09:12:22 the read write leds blink fast Oct 10 09:12:32 voipster3, printenv bootcmd Oct 10 09:12:40 after a minute of blinking only read led is blinking Oct 10 09:12:41 voipster3, This is with a published image, or a custom image? Oct 10 09:12:54 published Oct 10 09:12:59 Which image? Oct 10 09:13:02 ompafb.mode=? Oct 10 09:13:12 didnt set any of those Oct 10 09:13:14 dhiry2k, jasper should be setting that automatically. Oct 10 09:13:16 it just booted Oct 10 09:13:27 but sometime it may go wrong Oct 10 09:13:31 better add manually Oct 10 09:13:54 from minicom? or is there a config i can edit? Oct 10 09:13:54 True, although I tend to examine logs, hating to do anything manually when there is automation available/ Oct 10 09:14:24 voipster3, its better to have minicom Oct 10 09:14:44 if not then try different value omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60 Oct 10 09:15:13 Much better to select a value based on one's actual connected display, rather than based on a guess. Oct 10 09:15:18 if you have HDMI port for LCD then omapfb.mode=dvi:hd720-24@60 Oct 10 09:15:19 can i send you the log file? Oct 10 09:15:29 persia, correct Oct 10 09:15:33 I think I heard a rumour once that the HDMI port only provided DVI-D signals, although I may be mistaken. Oct 10 09:15:36 voipster3, yes Oct 10 09:15:43 !paste | voipster3 Oct 10 09:15:44 voipster3: For posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic. Oct 10 09:16:02 voipster3, Use a pastebin rather than sending, in case someone lurking has an idea. Oct 10 09:16:26 ok you got to excuse me since i am not an avid irc user Oct 10 09:16:35 persia, while installing packages in chroot environment getting error as omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60 Oct 10 09:16:39 sorry Oct 10 09:16:53 error as Unsupported ioctl: cmd=0xc020660b Oct 10 09:17:07 Then use a chroot on an armel device, rather than a qemu-chroot :) Oct 10 09:17:22 Otherwise ignore them: most of them don't matter, although you may have issues with some. Oct 10 09:18:32 http://paste.ubuntu.com/509963/ Oct 10 09:18:44 this is for the X log Oct 10 09:20:47 Jan 1 00:00:13 acorn kernel: [ 2.059570] omapfb omapfb: failed to allocate framebuffer Oct 10 09:20:49 Jan 1 00:00:13 acorn kernel: [ 2.065063] omapfb omapfb: failed to allocate fbmem Oct 10 09:20:51 Jan 1 00:00:13 acorn kernel: [ 2.070007] omapfb omapfb: failed to setup omapfb Oct 10 09:20:53 Jan 1 00:00:13 acorn kernel: [ 2.074798] omapfb: probe of omapfb failed with error -12 Oct 10 09:20:55 This is from the kern.log Oct 10 09:22:52 dhiry2k need to see dmesg file too? Oct 10 09:24:03 * persia suspects some missing "MEM" or "VMEM" or somesuch setting and hunts docs Oct 10 09:24:23 http://paste.ubuntu.com/509966/ Oct 10 09:24:30 this is the dmesg file Oct 10 09:25:31 I think jasper didn't run correctly: you ought have a "VRAM=12M" argument set, which should prevent the "omapfb: failed to allocate fbmem" bit. Oct 10 09:26:22 I've never seen "omapfb.vram=1:4M,2:4M" passed previously. Oct 10 09:27:35 so i need to manually type it at boot each time or is there a way to permanently change it? Oct 10 09:28:03 I think you'd permanently change it in uboot settings Oct 10 09:28:22 so i need to do it from minicom? Oct 10 09:28:28 And I suspect the "omapfb.vram" parameter is hitting my attempt to prevent stomping on user-supplied values, and causing vmem=12M not to be set. Oct 10 09:28:35 No. Oct 10 09:28:54 You can change the settings in the uboot configuration on an SD, and boot using the uboot on SD. Oct 10 09:29:02 ok Oct 10 09:29:10 so i just directly edit the file? Oct 10 09:30:25 May as well try. Just make a backup first. You're unlikely to damage anything playing with kernel command line parameters. Oct 10 09:31:34 atm i dont have minicom here can i just use a desktop to edit the file? Oct 10 09:32:23 the answer is now :P Oct 10 09:32:27 no Oct 10 09:32:44 Of course you can. it's just a text file. Oct 10 09:33:03 umean the u-boot.bin file? Oct 10 09:33:27 Isn't there something like a boot.scr or similar? Oct 10 09:33:33 yes Oct 10 09:33:40 I think that's it. Oct 10 09:33:40 but it says its a binary file Oct 10 09:33:51 ok i'll try from cli Oct 10 09:33:57 Hmm. You might want someone else to advise you then. Oct 10 09:34:13 I tend to just complain until someone makes a bootloader work, and then stick to userspace. Oct 10 09:34:32 hehe understand Oct 10 09:34:41 tks for the time though Oct 10 09:36:36 the boot.scr has the setting of vram=12M Oct 10 09:37:01 fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd Oct 10 09:37:03 setenv bootargs vram=12M omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60 root=/dev/mmcb$ Oct 10 09:37:05 bootm 0x80000000 0x81600000 Oct 10 09:37:17 Dunno then. That's the bit on my C4 that makes it not have issues with memory for the framebuffer. Oct 10 09:37:54 it seems the bootm address maybe wrong Oct 10 10:46:35 * persia grumbles about cannot-redistribute clauses, and retailers who remove all such software when selling devices, even though that makes them useless :( Oct 10 10:47:42 dont buy such hw then :P Oct 10 10:48:32 But it cost half the price of the Dynabook AZ, and amitk might have a working kernel for it... Oct 10 10:48:46 (plus the Dynabook AZ has *even more* unredistributable software) Oct 10 10:49:01 the dynabook has a working kernel too :P Oct 10 10:49:41 2.6.36? Oct 10 10:50:38 Anyway, it's not that hard to download the recovery image, and reinstall from the vendor (although I kinda wish the instructions didn't expect you had a working device to use to build the recovery image to recover the non-working device, but ...) Oct 10 10:53:45 no, 2.6.29 but sources are public Oct 10 10:57:44 I've public working Ubuntuised 2.6.29 sources, plus a known tree that is targeting 2.6.36 that *should* work. Mind you, I still end up with unredistributable firmware for the WiFi, but... Oct 10 11:09:35 Hrm. This might be going back to the shop tomorrow. Full reinstall from the vendor site, and still no working WiFi :( Oct 10 11:10:54 sad Oct 10 11:11:08 got a link with specs and pics ? Oct 10 11:11:23 oh ! Oct 10 11:11:24 To the PC-Z1? Oct 10 11:11:31 There's heaps of them. Oct 10 11:11:33 * ogra_ac just found a flashlite that might run on the ac100 Oct 10 11:11:40 Nifty. Oct 10 11:11:53 extracted from the netwalker apparently :) Oct 10 11:12:11 This is (theoretically) the same device I dropped in my sink in April, except this one doesn't work :( Oct 10 11:12:20 ah Oct 10 11:12:44 Strange. The Netwalker doesn't ship with Flash: it's a bonus for registering for use. Someone broke terms of service. Oct 10 11:13:26 http://www2.jkkmobile.com/FlashLite3.1_Firefox_plugin.tar.gz Oct 10 11:13:31 Be warned that it will be an ARMv5 binary. Ought work, but may not have the optimisations you'd prefer. Oct 10 11:13:41 http://carrypad.com/2010/10/02/coming-to-you-from-ubuntu-on-the-arm-based-ac100-its-working-well/ Oct 10 11:13:46 from the comments there Oct 10 11:13:56 Oh, yeah, that there site often seems to ignore redistribution provisions of licenses. handy in many ways. Oct 10 11:13:57 i havent tried it yet but got the tarball on disk Oct 10 11:14:06 all help is in japanese :P Oct 10 11:14:30 even the script comments in the install script are Oct 10 11:14:30 Of course. Why would anyone want anything less concise? Oct 10 11:14:39 haha Oct 10 11:15:09 I can recommend some books to learn how to read, if you like ... :p Oct 10 11:16:02 nah, looking at the code most stuff is easy to figure out Oct 10 11:17:13 See, Japanese is intuitive, like all good iconographic languages. Oct 10 11:17:41 Plus, you're already used to verb-at-the-end-of-the-sentence-placing grammer :p Oct 10 11:18:05 ogra_ac: can't you use gnash or swfdec? Oct 10 11:18:43 armin76, you might, havent tried it yet Oct 10 11:19:08 * ogra_ac isnt after flash so much i just dont say no if i find it :) Oct 10 15:20:39 ogra_ac, So, for all my whining earlier, the solution turned out to be me discovering that Fn+1 turns on and off WiFi :) Oct 10 15:22:44 lol Oct 10 15:22:54 arent HW keys fun Oct 10 15:24:33 I guess. If nothing else I've verified the OS restore procedure, enabled support for my USB ethernet, and practiced reading (even learned some new grammar to understand a post on a gentoo forum having the same issue) Oct 10 15:31:05 ogra_ac: Are you still in Tx? Oct 10 15:31:57 lag, nope Oct 10 15:32:01 home again Oct 10 15:34:23 How did everything go? Oct 10 15:35:40 lag! You'd know. If I have a git tree, how do I get a kernel .deb? Oct 10 15:36:45 Compile and package it :) Oct 10 15:37:04 In that order? Oct 10 15:37:39 I was kinda hoping there was some wiki doc that let me add some base debian/ to the results of git clone... Oct 10 15:38:02 Which tree are you trying to complile? Oct 10 15:38:07 compile* Oct 10 15:38:18 And which arch? Oct 10 15:38:28 http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/amitk/linux-2.6.git for armel Oct 10 15:38:46 fakeroot debian/rules clean Oct 10 15:38:58 fakeroot debian/rules binary-omap Oct 10 15:39:06 There's no debian/ directory... Oct 10 15:39:36 Then you can use make-kpkg Oct 10 15:39:43 Is it safe to just copy a random kernel debian/ directory, and then fight with the ABI checker ? Oct 10 15:40:30 Heh. OK. I remember how to do that. I just thought there might be some Ubuntu way (and haven't built my own kernel since moving from sarge-in-process to warty) Oct 10 15:41:01 The Ubuntu way is to build our own kernels, which do have a debian directory :) Oct 10 15:41:33 lag, well, we have a release on time ... so it went well i'd say Oct 10 15:41:51 lag, we still have to do an SRU for fixing the sudio issue though Oct 10 15:41:57 lag, Doesn't support my hardware. I'd be happy to use your kernels, if you want to build for my HW. Oct 10 15:42:04 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev Oct 10 15:43:07 persia, the upstream kernel has a script for rolling debs Oct 10 15:43:30 make deb-pkg should be sufficient Oct 10 15:43:49 * ogra_ac plans to use that for the ac100 kernel Oct 10 15:44:11 * persia has an inbuilt distrust of all upstream methods of making .debs, regardless of upstream, and with full irrationality enabled Oct 10 15:44:24 yeah, it wont be great Oct 10 15:44:28 but give you a deb Oct 10 15:44:38 with the files in the right places at least Oct 10 15:44:51 i dont think it includes any maintainer scripts Oct 10 15:45:11 Indeed. Oct 10 15:45:21 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild looks *almost* like the right bit. Oct 10 15:45:40 Yep Oct 10 15:46:08 The one in our repos is broken though Oct 10 15:46:18 You need the latest version Oct 10 15:46:24 You can get it from the Debian repos Oct 10 15:46:26 What? Oct 10 15:46:39 Why didn't that get updated? Oct 10 15:47:03 *shrugs* Oct 10 15:47:15 Ask userspace Oct 10 15:47:28 because nobody encourages custom kernel builds ? Oct 10 15:48:11 Yeah, I know. Part of why I switched to Ubuntu was a blog comment about never compiling one's own kernels. Oct 10 15:48:33 (and now I'm at it again anyway) Oct 10 15:49:00 bad HW choice :) Oct 10 15:49:53 rofl Oct 10 15:51:07 I'm off for something to eat Oct 10 15:51:11 Enjoy Oct 10 15:54:25 ogra_ac, At least it ships with Ubuntu, unlike what you're currently using :p Oct 10 15:54:44 * persia is careful to not so denigrate ogra or ogra_cmpc Oct 10 15:54:55 heh Oct 10 15:55:14 * ogra_ac just built an androidless kernel Oct 10 15:55:29 will test that after dinner Oct 10 15:56:14 * persia will finish building kernels in the morning, having a great desire to hide from the side-effects of having just edited wiki.ubuntu.com/ Oct 10 15:56:33 heh Oct 10 20:13:38 anyone with a tegra harmony board here? Oct 10 20:16:09 I'm just wondering if the u-boot code at git.chromium.org/u-boot.git actually boots Oct 10 20:25:48 marvin24_DT: i have, didn't work for me Oct 10 20:26:04 marvin24_DT: ojn is one of the ppl doing the work Oct 10 20:26:12 armin76: when did you tried it? Oct 10 20:26:34 one/two weeks ago Oct 10 20:28:28 the i2c and keyboard driver was added just a few (4-5) days ago Oct 10 20:28:52 seems that seaboard was tested and worked Oct 10 20:29:13 yeah, saw that Oct 10 20:43:50 marvin24: also there's no doc about setting it up, so... Oct 10 20:45:00 marvin24_DT: i tested it right now, ojn told me passing the uboot binary as kernel should do it, but nothing shows up Oct 10 20:46:09 I though it should be loaded as a bootloader Oct 10 20:46:17 nvflash --bl Oct 10 20:47:09 you sure that wouldn't brick it? Oct 10 20:47:34 the --bl command does not flash anything, it loads into the memory Oct 10 20:47:50 like nvflash -w --bl uboot.bin --go Oct 10 20:48:19 I do this on an other board every day Oct 10 20:50:16 downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000 Oct 10 20:50:16 sending file: /tmp/ye.bin Oct 10 20:50:16 - 791694/791694 bytes sent Oct 10 20:50:16 /tmp/ye.bin sent successfully Oct 10 20:50:16 waiting for bootloader to initialize Oct 10 20:50:34 it stays there Oct 10 20:51:37 nothing on the console? Oct 10 20:51:43 nope Oct 10 20:51:44 mmh Oct 10 20:51:50 ok, thanks! Oct 10 20:52:04 yw Oct 10 20:54:44 marvin24_DT: what is a seaboard? Oct 10 21:04:21 armin76: seems that there are many (>5) development boards made by nvidia Oct 10 21:04:38 there is no official list of it I know of Oct 10 21:04:56 ah Oct 10 21:05:02 k, thanks Oct 10 21:05:43 looks like harmony is one of the first production boards Oct 10 21:05:51 and seaboard is newer Oct 10 21:06:56 yep Oct 10 21:07:03 there's also whistle Oct 10 21:07:48 and e116x (from u-boot tree) Oct 11 01:27:14 http://www.slashgear.com/pandaboard-offers-ti-cortex-a9-omap4-to-imaginative-devs-04105681/ Oct 11 01:27:16 Spiffy. Oct 11 01:27:23 So the Pandaboard is really close. Oct 11 01:30:04 Though, it looks like form-factor may be just different enough to make it incompatible with Beagle expansion boards. Oct 11 01:30:32 http://pandaboard.org/ is already taking developer applications... Oct 11 01:31:54 Is the "retail availability" date still NDA? Oct 11 01:32:06 No idea :) Oct 11 01:32:30 As a result, I believe the answer is probably "Yes", because otherwise I would expect to have heard something. Oct 11 01:39:54 That's a good answer. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Mon Oct 11 02:59:57 2010