<Mehhh>
So i'm just balling all crazy with random screens
<slapin>
Mehhh: when I attach android to my small tv, everything becomes quite big, and resolution shown is 720x480, and when I set it to 1080p, it is just black screen without display.
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<libv>
or pay iirc 700+ for suitable crimp tools
<libv>
now cheap chinese crimp tools are available too
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<libv>
now that unichrome is a dead end chipset, it doesn't matter anymore
<slapin>
libv: why?
<libv>
who still buys VIA based hw?
<rm>
is there even any VIA-based h/w to buy :)
<libv>
of course there is, but there is no point
<libv>
atoms are cheaper and way better supported
<libv>
more reliable
<libv>
better performing
<libv>
VIA is as dead as it gets
<libv>
and it was always a bit of a playground for a member of the chen family
<slapin>
lots of Russian customers buy epia chips packed in PC104 equipment for lots of $$$ because of marketing
<libv>
slapin: i was self-employed selling consulting services around my unichrome graphics driver work in 2006 and the first half of 2007
<libv>
plenty of contacts, but financially a very very negative endeavour
<libv>
it wasn't a useful way of spending anyones time then
<libv>
and this was more than a year before the atom was released which killed off VIAs market completely
<slapin>
libv: actually quality currently is no concern
<libv>
it's always been cheap crap
<libv>
and the customers were equally good.
<slapin>
libv: as all embedded market here
<slapin>
libv: the products found their customers
<slapin>
finally
<libv>
well, this is how the allwinner stuff should be treated from our point of view as well
<libv>
use it as marketing, use it to scratch your own itch
<libv>
and if you are lucky, you can make a few bob on the side selling services around it, but only if you are really lucky
<libv>
don't sell it full time, or you'll starve
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<libv>
in any case, unichrome was huge in 2006 compared to what it is in 2012/2013
<slapin>
they sell a board with a lithium battery, as device complying with -40 +85 C temperature range, without additional requirements, and everything is fine to everyone
<slapin>
no support calls ever
<libv>
an even though i have a about 35 different unichrome devices, from mini-itx to atx to laptops and netbooks, sitting around in this playroom/office of mine
<slapin>
huge government contracts
<libv>
i will not waste time developing it anymore
<libv>
and the old laptop scrounged panels i have, and the ton of lvds modules, will never get wired up
<libv>
i will from time to time, pluck some rare board with interesting display bits off of ebay though, but that's not rational behaviour
* slapin
thinks how much will cost for Chinese devs to add -40 +85 C claim to A10 devices, in addition to some cheap GSM and GPS module?
<libv>
-40 +85 is a lie
<libv>
for VIA, it is a massive lie
<slapin>
libv: it is always a lie
<libv>
many unichrome devices i have have developed cold joints over the years
<RaYmAn>
it probably makes a good deal of assumptions on the enviroment, lol
<slapin>
libv: but that's current govt requirement in .ru for equipment
<libv>
i should have them reflowed, but again, i cannot be arsed
<slapin>
so there is massive lie. if you won't lie, govt agents will buy stuff from your neighbor, who lies better than you :)
<slapin>
so at the moment I need some dev who won't be afreid to claim -40 +85C to standard A10 stick design
<libv>
you're on your own with that.
<slapin>
libv: I claim all the responsibility
<libv>
then find out the testing requirements and start testing the cubieboard or something similar
<mnemoc>
i think i read that was the range for the SoC itself, not the boards
<slapin>
libv: that's too cumbersome for me, I just need customized devices (from 10000 to 100000 pcs.) with that claim (and papers supporting the claim), no testing will occur here (and actuall running environment will be +10 - + 60 C)
<Mehhh>
libv, have you ever seen an LVDS look-a-like, possibly LVDS output to HDMI and USB from the same connector?
<libv>
Mehhh: no, and if so, there would be dedicated electronics for it
<slapin>
Mehhh: can you take picture of it somewhere?
<Mehhh>
Good luck, people are going nuts tracking them down to sell on ebay
<Mehhh>
prob your best bet
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<rz2k>
hardkernel sent first shipment of odroid-x2's.
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<Mehhh>
slapin
<Mehhh>
are those figures correct for your mk802.c file
<slapin>
Mehhh: ?
<slapin>
Mehhh: what do you mean?
<Mehhh>
That mk802.c file you made
<Mehhh>
on github
<slapin>
you mean memory settings?
<slapin>
that one was for original 512MB version
<slapin>
these are quite pessimistic values, so these do work for all variants I have
<Mehhh>
Awesome.
<Mehhh>
I'm using some of them to clean up this mess
<Mehhh>
then i'll overwrite my own 1GB to get a solid 1GB file up
<slapin>
Mehhh: better add new machine name for different settings
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<Mehhh>
nononono, i only took the ram settings
<Mehhh>
;)
<slapin>
Mehhh: don't do dangerous things with them, please
<Mehhh>
I'm not
<Mehhh>
They were using really out-dated fex files and had tons of missing values for the MK
<slapin>
Mehhh: that's cool, but it'd be better if you helped with new things, like new spl-based u-boot, DT, machine support, and not playing with random things, buy who am I to tell people what to do
* slapin
is back to $$$ work
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<Mehhh>
:P
<Mehhh>
Holy crap... Hexxeh?
<Mehhh>
Someone peel me away before i scare him off
<orly_owl>
nah
<Mehhh>
slapin, i'm just here for the MK802, so i'm trying to automate the creation. You'll be happy to know i'm making a bash to populate the bsp folders
<Mehhh>
This wack-a-mole file slapping has to be more organized
<slapin>
Mehhh: what bash?
<rz2k>
someone should check new patches @ ml and approve them to main branch or to staging/
<Mehhh>
Bash script
* rz2k
too noobish in git for that
<Mehhh>
The BSP should just be pulling from the other repos entirely
<slapin>
Mehhh: what automation? You make script to build device image or what? can you help somewhat building OE image for MK802's? It requires some compiling, but builds from source, not tossing binary files...
<Mehhh>
I'm talking about populating the folders
<Mehhh>
which aren't
<Mehhh>
notice how the board folder on the BSP repo has older files
<Mehhh>
if you simply run a bash script that populates the folders with the latest, it's never a problem
<mnemoc>
rz2k: I can do the merging, but after people acks them
* slapin
does have that list subscription problems
<mnemoc>
rz2k: the ts patches for example have been 2 weeks waiting for someone to test on android
<slapin>
mnemoc: can you subscribe me to the list? google group opens ok over web, but not subscription
<mnemoc>
slapin: try sending an empty mail to linux-sunxi+subscribe@googlegroups.com
<mnemoc>
rz2k: the stage branch probed itself useless. zero feedback and several problems reported after merging it to the main branches
<libv>
too few people spread too thinly :(
<slapin>
mnemoc: mail sent, but no reply at all, will wait a few hours, but it seems it won't work this way too.
<Mehhh>
Are you guys against having a bash script to populate each?
<Mehhh>
for the BSP
<Mehhh>
for example, one in the main folder, or perhaps each subdir
<mnemoc>
slapin: give me your name/address on /q to send you an invitation
<Mehhh>
for cloning the latest from the official section
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: the bsp clones the subprojects itself, when needed
<Mehhh>
How do I make it need it?
<mnemoc>
`make foo`
<mnemoc>
if foo is not cloned, it will do it
<Mehhh>
If you do a file compare, it's just not the case
<Mehhh>
ahhh kk
<mnemoc>
considering how fat some repos are it makes no sense to force people to clone them when they aren't going to be used
<Mehhh>
So you're saying I can prune the kernel ? ;)
<slapin>
can we somehow git gc repo on github?
<Mehhh>
500MB :<
<mnemoc>
slapin: github seems to keep a single repo for all forks and only distinguish heads
<slapin>
some original Allwinner repos are extremely large
<mnemoc>
you can tell git to only clone certain heads
<slapin>
mnemoc: I think it just uses --reference
<slapin>
mnemoc: see pm
<mnemoc>
slapin: pick a hash of any random fork or subfork of linus' tree
<mnemoc>
slapin: and then access it from any other random fork or subfork of it
<slapin>
mnemoc: --reference
<mnemoc>
:)
<slapin>
mnemoc: that doesn't removes the need to git gc repo from crap
<slapin>
mnemoc: because AW repo does have too much crap it downloads for too long time, unlike Linus's or mine
<Mehhh>
yes
<Mehhh>
they don't even exclude any folders
<Mehhh>
rofl
<slapin>
mnemoc: if you push+ a lot, or rebase, your repo contains unlimited amounts of crap
<mnemoc>
i suppose the ideal is to clone only the `sunxi-3.0` head
<mnemoc>
slapin: /q
<slapin>
mnemoc: replied
<Mehhh>
ok so
<Mehhh>
does anyone mind if i place the git info in the subdirs
<Mehhh>
of the bsp
<Mehhh>
so you can at least pop a term up and pull
<Mehhh>
lots of things aren't
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: it feels like you are trying to solve the wrong problem
<Mehhh>
just trying to make it automagic
<mnemoc>
it is automagic
<Mehhh>
Automated
<Mehhh>
I have one target device so I need to make the steps as fast as possible for crapping out images on the fly
<mnemoc>
`./configure mydevice; make`
<Mehhh>
I still have to figure out an easier way to add commonly requested features...
<Mehhh>
prob python + GTK
<Mehhh>
mnemoc, that doesn't do all the Mali crap
<mnemoc>
`make` alone will only do `make hwpack`
<Mehhh>
yeh
<mnemoc>
and that includes mali libs
<Mehhh>
that imports the rp0/0 ones or whatever though
<Mehhh>
which suck w/X
<mnemoc>
as long as the kernel has p0, the bsp will have p0
<mnemoc>
so again, you are "fixing" the wrong problem
<mnemoc>
bbl
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<Mehhh>
now i'm getting errors
<Mehhh>
Odd, after config'd: make[1]: *** No rule to make target `mk802'. Stop.
<mnemoc>
that means u-boot doesn't know about that board
<slapin>
well, people have you ever read u-boot README. which recomments doing make board_config then make all?
<slapin>
I don't see any changes preventing you from doing this
* slapin
does a lot of typoes today, but speacs a lot due to caffeine
<slapin>
s/speacs/speaks/
<slapin>
samn
<slapin>
*damn
<mnemoc>
mk802_config will fail in the same way as there is no mk802 board
<mnemoc>
but yes, I agree that needs to be change in the bsp's Makefile
<mnemoc>
${board}_config instead of ${board}
<oliv3r>
slapin: have you tried to unsubscribe and resubscrube to the googlegroups list? I've had the same issue (different group) and that seems to work
<slapin>
oliv3r: mail interface ignores my another email address
<slapin>
oliv3r: at all, while it is already subscribed to another google group, which works and mail arrives.
<slapin>
oliv3r: this is wicked bug of google groups
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<Mehhh>
slapin do you know which line he was talking about? I'm like sleepy zombie status atm
* rz2k
done reading g2d stuff
<rz2k>
should be easy to wire it with EXA, only 4 ioctls + bit masks.
<rz2k>
anyone wants to help&
<rz2k>
?
<slapin>
Mehhh: which line of what? I'm a bit out of context here
* slapin
got a monday problem
<Mehhh>
[08:36] <mnemoc> mk802_config will fail in the same way as there is no mk802 board [08:37] <mnemoc> but yes, I agree that needs to be change in the bsp's Makefile [08:37] <mnemoc> ${board}_config instead of ${board}
<Mehhh>
i have a sleep problem :P
<Turl>
slapin: tried unsubscribing and then subscribing again?
<slapin>
Mehhh: the line, which builds u-boot
<slapin>
Mehhh: dunno which one
<slapin>
but that line looks weird
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<slapin>
Turl: I can't do it from web interface and from mail interface, it totally ignores all attempts.
<rz2k>
thats an interesting statement from ARM: http://forums.arm.com/index.php?/topic/16334-opencl-for-arndale-board-and-nexus-10/page__p__40152#entry40152
<oliv3r>
linux-sunxi+unsubscribe!
<oliv3r>
@googlegroups ..
<Turl>
slapin: email to linux-sunxi+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com doesn't work?
<slapin>
oliv3r: totally ignored
<slapin>
oliv3r: as subscription email
<Turl>
slapin: maybe your mail server is spammy? :)
<Turl>
try using another smtp if you can
<slapin>
Turl: mail is reported delivered
<Turl>
slapin: I think mnemoc can invite people from the admin too I think
<Turl>
s/I think$//
<slapin>
Turl: and I receive another google group eithout problems, and mail otherwise works including google's
<oliv3r>
i have had the same happen to me on a different google groups list. I could sent it anything I wanted, but it would not post anything to the list. My mail server reported all was fine. I received other peoples mails just fine. linux-sunxi worked just fine in the meantime
<oliv3r>
so i re-subscribed and now it works again :D
<slapin>
oliv3r: I will wait for a few days. I'm paying google's customer and will try to find where is some kind of support, if that will not fix it then
<ssvb>
rz2k: let's see if you can make a g2d driver faster than me :)
<focus_well>
Hi, releasing first SoM board - 2 x 100 pin ARMs on SO-DIMM - its just a stepping stone to A10 SoM board later http://www.gplsquared.com/SoM1/SoM1.html
<focus_well>
Its in KiCAD - play with it to heart's content - feedback appreciated
<ssvb>
rz2k: I'm trying a totally different approach, but don't want to announce anything before I'm satisfied with how it works
<mnemoc>
slapin: want me to remove your @gmail from the group?
<focus_well>
The idea is KiCAD is a game changer and we can all learn KiCAD and communicate PCBs through exchanging GPL'd design files
<slapin>
mnemoc: don't
<rz2k>
ssvb: just looking at their c2d it seems like they did it somewhat right, so.. any ETA/status atleast?
<mnemoc>
slapin: ok
<rz2k>
ssvb: I'm trying to do it in xf86-video-mali, by the way.
<rz2k>
so we have 3d and 2d at same time.
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<ssvb>
rz2k: hopefully before Christmas
<ssvb>
g2d kernel driver is quite buggy and poorly designed
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<Mehhh>
mnemoc, which line from the makefile? This right? $(Q)sunxi-tools/fex2bin sunxi-boards/sys_config/$(SOC)/$(BOARD).fex > $(BUILD_PATH)/$(BOARD).bin
<slapin>
Mehhh: it should be something with make in it.
<slapin>
Mehhh: like make board -> make board_config\n\tmake all or something
<rz2k>
ssvb: cool, I will wait, then. bugs in allwinner code is standard thing.
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: without context or any hint of what you consider invalid there. that like is ok
<mnemoc>
s/like/line/
<ibot>
mnemoc meant: Mehhh: without context or any hint of what you consider invalid there. that line is ok
<Mehhh>
oh sorry i'm exhausted
<Mehhh>
i need to output the correct config
<Mehhh>
for the mk802 which apparently is missing or the args are contextually inaccurate
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: rest a bit ;-) and then tell what is the *real* problem you are trying to solve
<slapin>
Mehhh: go to sleep then
<Mehhh>
The real problem is i need to get this done :)
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: and?
<slapin>
Mehhh: it seems you nees to start from beginning
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: blaiming random lines in a Makefile you don't understand won't take you anywhere near solving anything
<Mehhh>
I already did this fine manually
<Mehhh>
if it was up to me i'd redo this all in python, but i have days not months
<Mehhh>
to use
<Mehhh>
I'm not here for a history lesson i'm here to get this ironed out so that anyone can get their mk802 done
<slapin>
Mehhh: what is what you want to get, what expected output and what goes wrong, what git repo are you playing with and what file to look at? I've got about 10 mins to look
<Mehhh>
I need the uboot to build from BSP
<Mehhh>
but it's passing the wrong args
<slapin>
and?
<slapin>
Mehhh: what to clone and which file to look at?
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: I've told you 3 times already that you need to add mk802 board support on u-boot
<Mehhh>
and i think i had to add to boards
<Mehhh>
earlier
<slapin>
Mehhh: are we speak about leechie stuff?
<slapin>
why don't use hno/uboot-allwinner.git?
<Mehhh>
...
<Mehhh>
Here's exactly what I did to waste more time
<mnemoc>
slapin: that's the development tree
<Mehhh>
I first git the entire project
<Mehhh>
did it manually
<Mehhh>
fine
<slapin>
Mehhh: it is always important to show all the context.
<Mehhh>
Then, knowing it was all fine in my own hands I then went to the BSP
<Mehhh>
and jesus christ overload holes, which i am more than willing to debug and fix
<mnemoc>
but not willing to listen
<Mehhh>
I did what you said
<Mehhh>
exactly what you said
<mnemoc>
and what's the problem?
<Mehhh>
I already told you
<mnemoc>
no, you pasted the line that generates script.bin
<Mehhh>
i already added to boards
<mnemoc>
that doesn't count as telling what's failing on you
<Mehhh>
and for some reason now it's trying to arch armv5
<Mehhh>
rofl
<slapin>
Mehhh: could you get full build output of what is wrong somewhere on paste?
<slapin>
Mehhh: learn to make proper reports full of context
<Mehhh>
It's an entire page
<Mehhh>
hold
<mnemoc>
.oO(what's a page in this context?)o
<Mehhh>
of errors
<mnemoc>
what's the lenght of what you call a page?
<slapin>
Mehhh: it is very hard to help without even knowing what you're working on
<Mehhh>
50 terminal lines ~
<slapin>
Mehhh: paste it on fpaste.org
<Mehhh>
slapin, all you need to know is i am automating BSP because it is fail
<Mehhh>
I've already fixed a few things already
<Mehhh>
I am here for one device
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: you still haven't said what is failing. just whining
<Mehhh>
the MK802 / MK802 1GB
<rm>
<mnemoc> what's the lenght of what you call a page? <- a page is typically 4K on ARM
<rm>
:)
<mnemoc>
rm: :)
<Mehhh>
I don't know why you're more concerned with fighting
<Mehhh>
instead of fixing
<Mehhh>
i'm in git atm
<Mehhh>
so unless you have a direct line please
<Mehhh>
leave me be
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: we want to help you. but you don't give proper information about the problem
<Mehhh>
slow and steady is better than nothing and not ready
<slapin>
Mehhh: I don't use BSP at all, but I could help if you show what a problem is a proper way - terminal outputs, files, and repository links.
<Mehhh>
By that point i'd have it done myself
<Mehhh>
if you can't see the obviously broken parts i just don't even.
<Mehhh>
It's even set to the wrong arch in some places
<mnemoc>
the BSP assumes there is a $board.fex in sunxi-boards for a valid board $board in u-boot-sunxi
<Mehhh>
I did that
<Mehhh>
did it did it did it
<rm>
I wonder wtf are you even doing :) the MK802 is a solved problem, it just works with ready-made stuff, bootloaders and etc; it's not like you are on the cutting edge of anything and need to patch stuff manually and then rebuild
<mnemoc>
show your diff, and the complete output
<orly_owl>
which is the best mk802/latest revision? with power protection? mk802 II?
<Mehhh>
rm this isn't for me
<rm>
wtf is even a BSP
<Mehhh>
or the public
<mnemoc>
rm: a bunch of scripts to help lazy people. sunxi-bsp repo
<Mehhh>
lazy? i already made my own image manually
<oliv3r>
BSP = Board Support Package :p
<Mehhh>
and it is crude to do that each time if you have to pump them out
<slapin>
BSP is marketspeak gibberish usually in Linux/android context = crappy boot loader/nadly ported kernel/crappy rootfs full of obsolete stuff
<slapin>
s/andly/badly/
<Mehhh>
i'm doing none of that, heh
<slapin>
s/nadly/badly/
<ibot>
slapin meant: BSP is marketspeak gibberish usually in Linux/android context = crappy boot loader/badly ported kernel/crappy rootfs full of obsolete stuff
<Mehhh>
Ok, why can't i edit bsp files on git
<Mehhh>
ah ah
<Mehhh>
amazing you hotlinked
<mnemoc>
what?
<mnemoc>
can you please make a paste of the error you get and the changes you have done?
<Lantizia>
i'm just looking to put something different on it - and instructions how
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<Mehhh>
Bro, you didn't allow the original mk802 title in. Jesus, I thought politics with stupid stuff was bad in the USA.
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<Lantizia>
rm, i'd be very grateful for any help you or anyone else might be able to give to someone new to doing this kind of thing
<Mehhh>
I just have the need to get things done.
<rm>
Lantizia, my advice would be to throw it away and buy that $100 netbook based on the A10
<Lantizia>
I already was throwing it away lol - this is just an excuse to play, I don't really need a netbook
<rm>
it's likely to be an order of magnitude faster, will have a better screen (both size and resolution)
<rm>
Lantizia, what's the OS currently on it?
<rm>
WinCE or Android?
<Lantizia>
what gets me is it *already runs linux* and since it was shipped
<Lantizia>
it's got some kind of distro on here, but although it has iceweasel it's definately not debian
<rm>
WELL
<rm>
if it already runs GNU/Linux
<rm>
this kind of makes things an order of magnitude easier
<Lantizia>
yeah but an extremely retarded copy of it!
<rm>
don't throw it away then :D
<Lantizia>
ok so what are my options?
<rm>
try replacing it with debian, fail, brick it, and THEN throw away
<Lantizia>
right *how* would I go about putting proper debian on it?
<rm>
tbh I don't know how to begin explaining what you'd do
<rm>
if you have zero experience with this
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<Lantizia>
zero experience with putting another OS on a Datawind Ubisurfer yeah... but not zero experience with linux, open source and generally doing weird shit with firmware
<rm>
first of all, find out what's the storage in there
<Lantizia>
been doing that stuff for years
<mnemoc>
Mehhh: I just pushed support for two boards into u-boot-linux. look at the commits
<rm>
does it just run a normal distro from its internal flash in an FS like Ext3, or are there some weird tricks with MTD / cramfs / unionfs involved
<rm>
how much free space does that flash has
<Lantizia>
lemme check...
<rm>
then debootstrap a minimal "armel" architecture debian system and try replacing the one you already have, with ti
<rm>
it*
<rm>
EXCEPT for the kernel
<rm>
most likely you will absolutely need to keep the original kernel
<Lantizia>
ok its slowly booted up and i'm on the terminal,,, /dev/root seems to be 1gb
<Lantizia>
nothing unusual mounted - no sign of cramfs or uniionfs
<rm>
uname -a
<rm>
?
<Lantizia>
oh but /dev/root is fs type yaffs2
<Lantizia>
Linux ubisurfer2 2.6.21.5-cfs-v19 #423 Tue Nov 17 15:28:50 EST 2009 armv5tejl unknown
<Lantizia>
mount basically says.... rootfs on / type rootfs (rw), /dev/root on / type yaffs2 (rw), proc on /proc type proc (rw), sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw), devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw), tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
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<Lantizia>
/etc/issue claims it's something called "PocketSurfer Linux"
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<Lantizia>
rm: it's also got xfce's thunar on it, unfortunately no openssh-server :(
<rm>
thing is, I don't know how would you recover if after some experiments it no longer boots
<Lantizia>
thing is, I won't give a *uck :P
<rm>
but that would be disappointing
<rm>
since from what you describe it's basically 95% "there"
<rm>
("there" being running a modern lightweight Debian system)
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<Lantizia>
nah it's not debian
<Lantizia>
all i said is it has iceweasel
<rm>
so what
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<rm>
did you check if you have "dpkg" and "apt-get"?
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<Lantizia>
yup it has neither
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<Lantizia>
rm, what would your suggestion have been... simply replce all the files on the yaffs2 /dev/root filesystem with other files - somehow?
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<Lantizia>
i've got it on the network, but without an ssh server or ftp server or anything on it - i don't see how i'm gonna get such files over
<rm>
not somehow but with cp and mv
<rm>
:)
<rm>
but wait
<rm>
maybe a better approach would be to slowly convert it into debian
<rm>
you may end up with a mess, but since it has iceweasel perhaps it doesn't deviate from debian much
<Lantizia>
to be fair i just did a bit of digging in /var/lib and it looks like aptitude 'used' to be installed
<Lantizia>
but isn't no longer
<rm>
(i.e. based on it)
<rm>
so as the first step, get some old armel package with "dpkg"
<Lantizia>
i can ship files over to it using my sd card :)
<rm>
unpack it and place all files where they have to be manually
<rm>
to */bin/, */lib/ etc
<rm>
then check if it runs
<rm>
then try installing some simple package with it
<rm>
etc
<Lantizia>
it'd first help if I can determine approx which debian release it is based on
<Mehhh>
Wheezy babyyyy
<rm>
well does it have bash?
<Lantizia>
maybe - just had to reboot it as it spazzed when i took out the sd while mounted :S
<Lantizia>
the terminal drops you in to busybox though
<Turl>
print an informative warning too if you'd like
<Turl>
techn_: enabling scaler didn't work from what I see
<techn_>
:(
<Turl>
do I need to enable it for all outputs?
<Turl>
I only did on fb0
<techn_>
you can try.. I havent studied that so far
<Turl>
nope no luck
<techn_>
Turl: and no code modifications?
<techn_>
hmm.. could it be that it works only with hdmi :/
<Turl>
I'll keep on doing fake vsync on an userspace thread then
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<Turl>
techn_: lol, with scaler on my recovery system shows 4 screens with all fail colors :P
<techn_>
strange :)
<Lantizia>
rm, still about? :D you'll never guess what I've done :P
<techn_>
Turl: Oh.. I know.. it must be becouse recovery system has some other colorspace
<techn_>
scaler layer supports only 32bpp and some yuv formats :/
<Lantizia>
rm, I googled for any old debian armel rootfs and got this... http://tinyurl.com/cr6axkz - I've then literally untarred the lot straight on to / :D took a bit of effort but now seems stable again and i've got dpkg/apt-get too (it's installing openssh-server right now :P)
<Lantizia>
trouble is I'm now a tad worried what'll happen if I reboot :D