IRC log for #gllug on 20080401

00:00.04Copesure
00:00.31Leedsactually, it doesn't matter so much
00:01.03CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
00:01.06CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
00:01.08CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
00:01.11CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
00:01.11Leedsit's always slightly disconcerting when one goes to download a radio show, and it happens so fast that you miss the download happening
00:01.14CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic
00:01.17CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
00:01.23CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm OS
00:01.24CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
00:01.27CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0
00:01.31CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: visor 2-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
00:01.34CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
00:01.37CopeApr  1 00:54:39 gavial kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
00:01.40Copeheh
00:01.43Leedsokay, that looks good
00:01.46Copeanyway, so the treo says: the connection couldnt' be established
00:01.48Copecheck my config
00:02.00Leedsright, because you need to actually run some software on the PC
00:02.40Copeaha
00:02.45Leedsare /dev/ttyUSB[10] persistent, or do they get created when you hit the button?  i.e. are they there now?
00:03.17Cope# ls -l /dev/ttyUSB[01]
00:03.17Copecrw------- 1 stephen uucp 188, 0 Apr  1 00:57 /dev/ttyUSB0
00:03.17Copecrw-rw---- 1 root    uucp 188, 1 Apr  1 00:57 /dev/ttyUSB1
00:03.30Leedsokay...
00:04.23Leedstype "install-user -p /dev/ttyUSB0" but don't hit return... hit the hotsync button, wait for the Treo to try to connect, then run that command
00:05.19Copeit asks me to press the button
00:05.37Leedswhat does?
00:05.48Copethe install-user command
00:06.01Copeit says:
00:06.06Cope<PROTECTED>
00:06.07Cope<PROTECTED>
00:06.37Leedsokay, a little bit of background for you
00:06.52Leedsthere are two Palm USB drivers - one in the kernel, one in userspace, using libusb
00:07.25Copenods
00:07.27Leedsthe kernel one, which is the one you are trying to use, unfortunately creates two ttyUSB devices, and it's a bit random which one you need to use...  also, you need to get the timing somewhat correct
00:07.30Cope(   Error read system info on /dev/ttyUSB0
00:07.32Cope)
00:07.50Leedsthe userspace one is faster and simpler, but less well supported - or at least less widely
00:08.15Leedsanyway, I want you to try the same thing again, using ttyUSB1
00:08.26Copeokay
00:08.38Cope<PROTECTED>
00:08.41Copeimmediately
00:09.05Leedsyou can only connect to the treo while the hotsync is running
00:09.22Copeit is trying
00:09.27Leedsto be honest, I tend to use the SD card method nowadays...
00:09.47Leedsanyway...
00:09.49Copenods
00:09.58Leedsokay, let's brute-force it
00:10.01Copestill, would be ace to get the two synced
00:10.35Leedsdon't run the install-user until the Treo is actively trying to connect - but run it *twice*, so you have one instance for each possible port :-)
00:12.04Leedsincidentally, I'm sure you know/guessed, but you don't need to use the hard button to start the hotsync - you can hit the big on-screen button instead
00:12.21Copeok. it says it is connected on the pc side
00:12.37Copeon 1
00:12.51Copethe phone doesn't agree
00:12.54Copeyet
00:13.15Leedsinstall-user doesn't do very much - all it does is read or set the registered username on the Treo, which tends to be used as the identifier for generating registration codes for shareware
00:13.23Copeok
00:14.26Copeok it grumbled and died on the phone side
00:14.27Leedsso the PC thinks it's connected, but the treo disagrees?
00:15.39Leedsoh well...
00:16.17Leedstry running "pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b <backupdir> " - just for a laugh, run it before you start the hotsync
00:16.24Leedsit'll create the backupdir if it doesn't exist
00:19.52Copeit said:
00:22.43Cope[root@gavial ~]# /usr/bin/pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b /home/stephen/foo
00:22.43CopeListening to port: /dev/ttyUSB1
00:22.43CopePlease press the HotSync button now... Connected
00:22.43CopeError read system info on /dev/ttyUSB1
00:22.43Cope[root@gavial ~]# /usr/bin/pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b /home/stephen/foo
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00:22.45CopeListening to port: /dev/ttyUSB1
00:22.48CopePlease press the HotSync button now...  Error accepting data on /dev/ttyUSB1
00:23.03Copei need to get to bed, but i'd like to try again another time :)
00:27.23Leedsokay, sure - we should try the user-space driver some time
00:27.43Leedssleep well :-)
00:27.48Leedshmm... did BST happen?
00:29.03NafalloTue Apr  1 01:29:03 BST 2008
00:29.58Leedsthanks
06:11.48etorixhttp://petermerel.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1399411-melting-ice-shelf-exposes-ancient-antarctic-city
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11:27.05mikejwis loving' Gentoo the more I use it :D
11:27.24mikejw*lovin' *he uses ig
11:27.27mikejw*it
11:27.32wethrinstrange fellow :)
11:27.44mikejwwethrin: hey there you are
11:27.54mikejwd'ya have a good day yesterday?
11:28.05wethrinI did. I had whisky.
11:28.10wethrinAnd got an oscilloscope.
11:28.24mikejwcool :D
11:32.11antiphaseDual trace CRT?
11:33.24wethrinIt has two inputs. I've not had a chance to study the front panel properly
11:33.37wethrinIt's not a storage scope, though
11:33.46wethrin100MHz, so not too shabby
11:33.55antiphaseBetter than a poke in the eye
11:33.58wethrinIndeed
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12:25.15ElPenguinhttp://digg.com/comedy/Spoonfed_Fun_Forecast Please digg and/or watch this. it's very londonish
12:26.40antiphaseIt's all pink
12:26.54ElPenguinso is the website. not my choice
12:33.49gregjhttp://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=0AYvD6sLdeQ
12:34.00gregjgeniune kick ass
12:34.07wethrinhi gregj
12:34.17gregjyellow
12:34.26wethrinhow's life?
12:34.58gregjdid you guys heard, that microsoft publicly apologised for screwing up their clients, and bribing politicians Today
12:35.04gregjgood, busy as hell
12:35.27gregjif that project won't bring money, it will mean - me in UK again
12:35.28gregj:)
12:35.40wethrin:)
12:35.44wethrinSo you're still in .pl, then?
12:36.07gregjyup, just installed new blindings upstairs
12:36.24gregjI can sit behind me desk in daylight , and it won't burn me eye
12:36.30wethrinyay
12:36.37gregj;]
12:36.56gregjaye
12:37.36gregjand here's how I've spent Saturday evening last weekend ;)
12:37.37gregjhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NyZB3NUbD8&feature=PlayList&p=8ADD83B16B6993FA&index=3
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12:38.38dick_turpinwindow hide 4
12:38.47gregj<PROTECTED>
12:38.55dick_turpinOops
12:38.59gregjspoo
12:41.09wethrinIs there something dodgy in your window 4 that you need to hide it from us?
12:41.30dick_turpinwethrin: My hopes and dreams
12:41.33gregj;]
12:41.46gregjyou should not hide it than
12:41.52wethrinHave they not been shattered yet?
12:41.58gregjface it, and amke your way towards it
12:42.20dick_turpinYes 40 minutes in here will do that for you :)
12:42.31wethrinIndeed
12:43.43dick_turpintwiddles his thumbs
12:44.47gregj;]
12:52.36dick_turpinwonders if there is a way to create a single feed that collects every single 'planet' feed
12:53.14wethrinDoesn't planet re-export its stuff as RSS feeds?
12:54.23dick_turpinYes but rather than having single 'planets' e.g. planet suse planet fedora just one single location
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12:57.30wethrinJust set up a Planet Planet
12:58.37dick_turpinH'm thats what I thought, I have an idea, somewhere in me nether regions, but its probably crap
12:59.53antiphaseYou should have tried to hold on a bit longer
12:59.57Nafallo/nick Nafallo-THM
13:00.55dick_turpinantiphase: I was, can you not see the bite marks in the desk?
13:02.11antiphase/nick WhoUses/AwayAnyway
13:02.15antiphaseOops
13:02.37dick_turpinantiphase: copy cat
13:02.54Nafallothat wasn't an away. that was an NafalloOnHighSpeedConnection nick ;-)
13:03.18wethrinBecause a high-speed connection makes *so* much difference to IRC...
13:03.38Nafallowethrin: well, this server is always on a high-speed connection ;-)
13:03.50wethrinmmm. :)
13:04.08Nafallowas more to let hali know I'm around though :-P
13:04.28wethrinis that easier than saying "hali: I'm around!"? :)
13:04.43halii have to babysit some colt blokes
13:04.44Nafallowethrin: naah. just more geeky ;-)
13:04.50Nafallohali: haha
13:04.51antiphaseI always consider IRC to be asynchronous, which is why people have away logs
13:04.53wethrinferrnuff
13:06.19Nafalloantiphase: I'm around the building where hali is presumably ;-)
13:10.27haliwhere is that?
13:10.53haliclifton street?
13:11.06haliim about 2 minutes away
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13:23.00dick_turpinboudiccas: You old queen
13:23.54boudiccasdick_turpin; not at the moment, i've just had to swap a monitor because the old one was going on the fritz and am still sorting out the new one
13:24.48dick_turpinboudiccas: Sorting out? just plug the bloody thing in girl
13:25.45boudiccasdisplay needs to be aligned proplery
13:26.17boudiccasandnow i need to put stuff back that i shifted to get the old one out and the new one in
13:26.50dick_turpinboudiccas: Huh the moniter I have now has no stand and is supported by two Laptop fdd drives
13:27.10dick_turpinThe monitor opposite me has a smashed casing
13:27.38dick_turpinThe only decent one is in reception
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14:22.09rhowe_afternoon
14:27.02wethrinhi rh-work
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14:34.21secretlondonhi
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14:42.00dick_turpinApril fool http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20080401_virgle.html
14:46.04secretlondonthis is poor http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/01/jimmy_wales_resigns_from_wikipedia/
14:56.19rh-workhm, any CVS gurus handy?
14:58.01wethrinNo, but the manual is online :)
14:58.08rh-workheh, git
14:58.23wethrinYou could use git, yes :)
14:58.33wethrinYou could ask the question, though...
14:59.02rh-workI've got a repository with some subdirectories
14:59.08rh-workwebsite/apache and website/java
14:59.45rh-workI want to split it into two repositories, website-java and website-apache
14:59.56rh-workbut if possible, retain the version history
15:00.13wethrinugh
15:00.26rh-workYeah, that's what I thought you'd say :)
15:00.36wethrinCan you create two new repositories, then copy the appropriate files *within* the repository?
15:00.42dick_turpinwethrin: You seem a bit techy today?
15:00.46rh-workIf it's nontrivial, then I'll just checkout and then import
15:00.52wethrinI'm always techy!
15:01.08wethrinAt least, that's what I'd try
15:01.19wethrinChecking out and importing would work, but you'd lose the history
15:02.07rh-workwethrin: *nod*
15:02.09dick_turpinthinks wethrin is a wonderful person with a rare gift, diplomacy :-P
15:02.19wethrinDiplomacy is overrated :)
15:02.24rh-workwethrin: I don't really care so much - the history is there in the other repository, which can stick around
15:02.35rh-workwethrin: It just won't look as good in statcvs output :)
15:02.48rh-workMaybe I'll ask at Flag & Bell tonight
15:03.10wethrinmm, free beer
15:03.16rh-workwethrin: I could always massively abuse the branching features of CVS, I suppose :P
15:03.25rh-workwethrin: an 'apache' branch and a 'java' branch :)
15:03.27wethrinBut, anyway. Try just copying the files in the repository
15:03.29wethrinyuck!
15:03.40wethrincp -a /home/cvs/apache/java /home/cvs/apache-java
15:03.53rh-workhmm
15:04.02rh-workhow much harm can it do, I guess :)
15:04.17wethrinYou may need to edit the cvs moduleinfo file in the CVSROOT repository
15:05.29rh-workheh, whaddya know, it works?
15:05.36wethrinbows
15:07.23rh-workwell, checkout and log both worked
15:07.29rh-workWhat else do you need? :)_
15:08.47wethrinnot much :)
15:13.00rh-workNow I can load my Java webapp into an IDE
15:13.03rh-workand see what it makes of it
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15:16.22mikejw_rh-work: you mean emacs?
15:19.47rh-workheh, er, yeah ;)
15:20.20rh-worknot eclipse or netbeans, oh no :)
15:22.40mikejw_:D
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16:19.29Leedsmy tax stuff is finally bloody sorted
16:20.05boudiccasLeeds; ah, but. you enjoyed the challenge really :)
16:20.32Leedsbloody nightmare it was
16:20.44LeedsI first submitted the form in January 2007
16:20.50Leedsit was approved a couple of weeks ago
16:21.16Leedsand they wonder why people try to screw the taxman
16:22.59Leedswhen I saw the letter, I was dreading opening it, seeing they'd rejected me again
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17:15.20halithe fox?
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18:04.38AndyMillarhali: is accross the road from me
18:04.47AndyMillarand is an annoying organic gastropub
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18:38.35secretlondonmorsing!
18:38.51secretlondonoh he's\not even here, no benefit to getting in first
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19:21.37DiscordianGood evening
19:22.37etorixhmm .. new red baron film
19:22.41etorixhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJghJNAjc1k
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20:47.37jpatrickevening secretlondon
20:47.51secretlondonhi jpatrick
21:02.58haliAndyMillar: fuck off, i work in that building
21:03.04haliAndyMillar: i work on paul street
21:03.27haliAndyMillar: it's a shit pub yes, but beer is still beer :)
21:16.57AndyMillarheh
21:17.00AndyMillardifferent pub then :p
21:21.10halimust be, i work in the building across the street from a pub called The Fox :)
21:22.05AndyMillarbah, i've forgotten where you work (what part of london :p)
21:24.33AndyMillarhttp://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/debian/2008040101-renaming-directories.html
21:24.39AndyMillardoes it really matter what they're called?
21:25.00AndyMillaroh
21:25.00AndyMillarnm
21:25.08AndyMillarthe date today is a shit one
21:25.25AndyMillari have just been informed of my shitness
21:29.18halii work just north of liverpool st
21:30.16haliwtf, ubuntu is adopting "broken"
21:30.26haliwhat's wrong with /usr
21:30.44AndyMillarhali: dalston north, or less north?
21:31.31NafalloAndyMillar: think datacentres ;-)
21:31.45AndyMillarNafallo: ah, so old street way :)
21:32.09NafalloAndyMillar: Clifton Street actually :-)
21:32.14haliless north, like 4 minutes north of old street
21:32.17haliyes
21:32.31halihm, south of old street!
21:32.34AndyMillarwell, i live about 10 mins from where you work ;)
21:32.42halibetween old street and liverpool street
21:33.02haliand i live 10 mins in the other direction... down towards the river
21:33.07AndyMillarwhat dc?
21:33.10halilives and works and will probably die in zone 1
21:33.13halitelehouse
21:33.33haliold school
21:33.33Nafalloand CLL
21:33.39Nafalloalso, IOM
21:33.39haliwhere is CLL?
21:33.48haliand where is IOM?
21:34.01AndyMillarNafallo: i know there's about 6 around there :)
21:34.01haliINX isn't far either
21:34.06Nafallohali: further up from THM, on the other side of the road for CLL. IOM is a street away I think.
21:34.18NafalloAndyMillar: I know about three of them then.
21:34.37halil3 is just up the road too, almost
21:34.44AndyMillarlevel3 have one around the corner
21:34.54AndyMillarthere's NDR (hardly a DC, but it kinda counts) there as well
21:34.54NafalloAndyMillar: if you don't mean in a broader sense, then I know about 6 too ;-)
21:35.03haliand hmm, is it globix that's in moorgate?
21:35.11AndyMillari mean within 5 mins(ish) of oldstreet
21:35.27NafalloTHM, CLL, IOM, GOS, BRA and INX :-)
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23:35.30DiscordianHi
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