<DocScrutinizer05>
hmm, seems Hetzner is quite busy with maintenance today, so dunno if it's vHost891 that's the problem, or our server, or even Hetzner network
<bencoh>
traceroute stops at hos-tr1.ms-ex3k1.rz16.hetzner.de
<DocScrutinizer05>
aaah thanks
<DocScrutinizer05>
I don't feel up to dealing with it right now anyway
<useretail>
nothing new. any ideas what encryption is used?
<fling>
Will you guys add some news to the webpage?
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<jonwil>
hi
<DocScrutinizer05>
Pali: please check backscroll!
<DocScrutinizer05>
err chanlog
<DocScrutinizer05>
you found (or re-animated) a bug in xchat
<DocScrutinizer05>
or rather in gtk iirc
<DocScrutinizer05>
hi jonwil
<DocScrutinizer05>
fling: sorry, our webmaster dos1 isn't active and I lack the competence to maintain the website
<jonwil>
how does the neo900 work these days?
<DocScrutinizer05>
fling: I know I need to do sth about that, alas I have no idea what
<DocScrutinizer05>
jonwil: I'm still not at all up to 100% performance, but we nevertheless managed to make 512MB of the 1GB RAM PoP work, and I hope for the remaining 2nd bank to get reported as working (after resoldering SYSBOOTn jumpers on the BB-xM) any day
<jonwil>
thats great
<jonwil>
what about the software stack, has there been any useful progress on that lately?
<DocScrutinizer05>
I also am about to secure a presumably sufficient number of N900 to revamp
<DocScrutinizer05>
well, the 1GB issue is about sw stack a bit. For the rest - that's Pali's and freemangordon's domain
<jonwil>
despite a few minor cosmetic things and the occasional "no SIM" error that requires me to reboot my phone, my N900 continues to soldier on as my daily-use phone :)
<bencoh>
jonwil: switching to offline mode is not enough to make the SIM error go away ?
<jonwil>
nope
<bencoh>
did you try to bend the SIM cover and/or put a piece of paper ?
<jonwil>
That I didn't
<jonwil>
but I will try that next time it happens
<jonwil>
try the "put pressure on the SIM to hold it in place" thing
<bencoh>
:)
<DocScrutinizer05>
bending the PCB is exactly what triggers the problem (snapped open BGA ball solderpoints on modem) to begin with
<bencoh>
not the PCB oO
<DocScrutinizer05>
SIM and SIM-tray are not the culprit regularly
<DocScrutinizer05>
occasionally the SIM contacts (pads) canuse some cleaning
<DocScrutinizer05>
for that I recommend unvarnished carton
<DocScrutinizer05>
and thorough wiping
<DocScrutinizer05>
carefull wiping of the contact springs in SIMtray also OK
<DocScrutinizer05>
take care not to bend those
<jonwil>
Sounds like what happened to one of my chip bank cards where the contacts on the card wore out and the thing wouldn't read in terminals reliably and I had to get the bank to send me a new card
<DocScrutinizer05>
(shouldn't be a problem unless you can't fill spaghetti into a pot without breaking them)
<DocScrutinizer05>
jonwil: on bank cards contact surface may wear out, yes. On SIM it's commonly just dirt that collects
<jonwil>
ok
<jonwil>
In any case it doesn't happen very often, if it happens again I will try to deal with it
<jonwil>
At least I dont have the dreaded usb-port-of-doom on this particular N900 with my port holding up just fine
<DocScrutinizer05>
mind you, the SIM is sitting there often for years and never gets significantly moved
<DocScrutinizer05>
the usual "No SIM" error however is caused by midem chip popping off the PCB when pressure to the kbd keys bends the PCB
<DocScrutinizer05>
modem*
<DocScrutinizer05>
see "spring fix"
<DocScrutinizer05>
which tries (and for some time usually succeeds) to fix the issue by adding springs into the cans that press down the modem chip and companion chips
<fling>
DocScrutinizer05: I'd like to help you uploading new content there. Or to setup some kind of automation for you.
<fling>
DocScrutinizer05: so you will be able to post news/updates the easy way.
<fling>
This is what most interested people want to see on the site.
<DocScrutinizer05>
fling: yes, I know we oughta have way more updates, the website is out of date since November
<DocScrutinizer05>
thanks for offering help, I need to think about how to implement it
<DocScrutinizer05>
the problem is I myself don't really grok what's going on on the server
<DocScrutinizer05>
it's been dos1 who administrated it
<fling>
DocScrutinizer05: What actually happened to dos1?
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<DocScrutinizer05>
dos1: I think that's up to you to answer. Also could you maybe consider how to allow e.g. fling to help with server admin and website update?
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<DocScrutinizer05>
((<fling> DocScrutinizer05: so you will be able to post news/updates the easy way.)) it's not only the upload, somebody also has to redact that stuff. I'm an abysmal writer, and I'm busy with other stuff es well
<DocScrutinizer05>
maybe we need a newsletter team that's not encumbered with workload about R&D and orga, just does a weekly summary e.g. like https://git.devuan.org/Envite/devuan-weekly-news/wikis/home. We could publish the news/summaries on neo900.org website (when we find a way to upload), and I can help by sharing facts and answering questions - just like I already do
<DocScrutinizer05>
Oksana already did some work similar to this. I think you folks could easily build up an anarchic team with somebody doing the merging and redaction of contributions, and finally the stuff gets published via neo900.org
<infobot>
Factoid search of 'SIM' by key (10 of 92): abrasimn ;; annoy simonrvn ;; another simple prob with his design ;; be simonrvn barbie ;; cmd: assimilate (.*?) ;; http://www.simtec.co.uk/sa110eval.php ;; i don't have the answers, i'm simply saying there ;; i'm wondering how similar the tuxscreen ;; jargon pessimal ;; jargon pessimizing compiler.
<ShadowJK>
DocScrutinizer05; ya, it was mentioned in the original forum thread. :)
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<DocScrutinizer05>
Pali: looks like sth I'd prefer not to touch
<DocScrutinizer05>
to be more specific I hope we never will need this or any similar file
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<freemangordon>
Pali: yes
<freemangordon>
Pali: that comes from n9 kernel afaik
<Pali>
yes, that branch is harmattan kernel
<freemangordon>
unfortunately we can't have much usage of it, as we miss the signing key :(
<freemangordon>
Pali: otherwise we could write an PPA and call it from the aes driver to enable whatever needed from the secure world :)
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<freemangordon>
well, not PPA, but PA
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<DocScrutinizer05>
~ppa
<DocScrutinizer05>
~wiki ppa
<infobot>
At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPA (URL), Wikipedia explains: "'PPA' may refer to: * US Pension Protection Act of 2006 * Point pattern analysis * Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, U.S. federal law * PPA (complexity), a class of search problems * Purchase price allocation {{TOC right}} * Palpatio per anum Latin medical term for a rectal examination. * Parahippocampal place area located within the parahippocampal gyrus * Phenylpropanolamine * Primary ...
<freemangordon>
Primary Protected Application
<DocScrutinizer05>
ta
<DocScrutinizer05>
though I like some of the wiki definitions ;-D
<DocScrutinizer05>
and I first time in my life considered and understood what's the meaning/origin of hippotalamus
<freemangordon>
Pali: well, seems like harmattan kernel does exactly that - it loads a couple of PAs and calls them. see what is in /lib/firmware on your n950 :)