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00:00.40emtereason i ask is that i have a course in building bootloaders comming up in a couple of quarters
00:03.26emtehmm there is a palm-linux ...
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00:07.57emteWARNING. The PalmLoader (which uClinuxPalm.prc uses) erases all of your handhelds RAM. It doesn't however touch your ROM/Flash, so regardless you can "reset" and get back to a "factory" PalmOS with no data. Always do a complete backup before running. This is alpha software and as such comes with no warranty of any kind.
00:08.00emteinteresting
00:08.26emteso if you drain your battery good-bye linux
00:08.36emtesounds like a normal palm device
00:09.25emte4/23/2001 - Just recently put picoGui on my Helio... works well and I'm looking forward to putting iv (vi replacement from handhelds.org) in the distribution and eventually making it work for Palm Linux also.
00:09.40emtelooks like they arre/were using part of familiar ...
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00:13.08icefoxHey everyone, long time no see
00:13.40kergothhey ben
00:13.47kergothhow's life?
00:13.54icefoxGood, working in NYC now
00:14.00kergothcool, where at?
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00:14.08icefoxSIAC, making the NYSE machines
00:14.18kergothah
00:15.01icefoxFinsihed the embeded linux project at Symbol at which they really wern't going to do any more linux stuff and I was going to start doing Windows CE stuff and was getting job offers... so I jumped
00:15.09icefoxHow is oe?
00:15.49kergothgood. openzaurus 3.5.1 released in console, gpe, and opie incarnations
00:15.57kergothhttp://openembedded.org/oe_wiki/index.php/SuccessStories shows the current folks using it
00:16.07kergoths/it/oe/
00:16.12icefoxcool, every once in a while  I get an e-mail with a question about my apps that are still on my website
00:16.31kergothi never use my zauruses, but i use oe built root filesystems on OMAP dev boards and stuff
00:17.20icefoxyou working for HP or TI?
00:17.24kergothti
00:17.41kergothin their omap software group.  doing driver bringup and stuff on new OMAP processors and dev boards
00:17.57kergothmostly boring, occasionally get to do something interesting
00:18.13icefoxhehe sounds like a job
00:18.18kergothyep
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00:18.28Servo888afternoon all
00:18.38kergothhey Servo888
00:18.45Servo888Hey there
00:18.53kergothicefox: so what else is new?  married life still treating you well?
00:18.55icefoxAfter the Zaurus I was really disalusioned about it all and really just dropped out
00:19.02kergothyeah, know how ya feel there
00:19.50icefoxyah, still happily married, more transformers then ever.  Own a mac (well my wife does, but I'll be getting one real soon), comuting on the train everyday gives you lots of time to read, and the usual tons of kde hacking all the time
00:19.59kergothhehe
00:20.01kergoththats cool
00:20.54icefoxbeen teaching jen to drive a stick
00:21.02icefoxthat was been fun
00:21.24kergothi bet
00:21.44icefoxShe likes the sport Brume brakes on the G35 much more then the saturns :)
00:22.09icefoxWhat about you?
00:22.15icefoxAll moved, having fun in TX?
00:22.22kergothi've been wrapped up in work for what seems like years.  finally got out and enjoyed the nightlife in dallas here some lately.  got a tattoo, bought a car a couple months back, got depressed, fixed that
00:22.56icefoxby getting the car or girl or?
00:23.02kergothmedication
00:23.08kergothfeel better than i have in many years
00:23.41icefoxhehe yah, when I go off my caffine pill....
00:23.44icefoxman
00:24.16icefoxWhat car did you get?
00:24.22icefoxat least no snow there
00:24.26emtei dont suppose eitehr of you have an archive of Inmos datasheets ...
00:24.44zeckekergoth: oh I didn't know that
00:25.05kergothicefox: '04 chrysler crossfire
00:25.07kergothicefox: http://openembedded.org/dl/kergoth/crossfire/crossfire6.jpg
00:25.18kergothfun little thing
00:25.24icefoxooh, was behind that yesterday, fun thing
00:25.51icefoxin lickable red too
00:26.13emtelol
00:26.47emtei guess lickable is betterh then other assorted actions
00:27.00icefoxWay back in the day when I had grand ambutions about making a directory based app distrobution for the zaurus there was a linux project going on that kinda did that, anyone remember?
00:27.23kergothyeah i remember that
00:28.10icefoxremember the name of the project?
00:28.10Servo888Crossfire =-( man at the autoshow (in Detroit) I sat in one. And it was tight (like not very roomy). I sat in a mini, and BMW 323i, and they were more roomy =\
00:28.33icefoxServo888: well you don't buy the Crossfire for its cargo space
00:29.05kergothif i were tall i probably wouldve had to buy the convertible.  has more head room
00:29.08kergothheh
00:29.29icefoxis 6speed stock?
00:29.42Servo888lol yah head room =-)
00:29.49kergothnope, automatic.  has the benz .. whatever its called.. that lets you shift it manually
00:30.03icefoxServo888: sorry, you at least need room to put the seat down for that
00:30.11icefoxthe auto-shift thing?
00:30.17icefoxAutoStick
00:30.19kergothyeah. the response time in it sucks ass
00:30.22kergothlag
00:30.24kergothhehe
00:30.32icefoxstupid lag, everywhere you go
00:30.36kergothi thought about the manual, but then i remembered that i dont know how to drive one
00:30.37kergoth:)
00:30.42Servo888I'm 6' 1" - don't fit into many small cars =\
00:30.58kergothServo888: ahhh yeah, a crossfire is definately not for you
00:31.07icefoxhow is the accel?
00:31.17kergothi was going to get a bmw 325 or 330, but i saw this, test drove it, and bought it on the spot
00:31.26kergothits quick.  only around 220hp or so, but its damn light
00:31.50kergothhandles beautifully.  took it up to 120mph on my road trip up to mn
00:31.51icefoxand a nice thing to look at
00:32.02Servo888How big is the engine kergoth?
00:32.05kergothyeah, i get a couple random people commenting on it a week
00:32.43kergothServo888: 3.2L v6
00:33.07kergoththe crossfire srt-6 has the supercharged v6 right out of the benz AMG models.  330hp in that sucker
00:33.07Servo888kergoth: ah ok - so 220hp is without any force induction.
00:33.10kergothlike $10k more though
00:34.18emteicefox: gobo?
00:34.39icefoxhaha someone else mentioned that, but no that isn't what I am looking for, thanks though
00:35.10emtemissed it, cleaning/rearranging the room
00:35.25kergothicefox: have you looked at autopackage?
00:35.36icefoxa few years ago
00:35.36kergothi keep an eye on what those guys are up to
00:36.07kergoththats more installation ease than anything else. still puts things in the usual places on the hd
00:36.13kergothnot self contained -after- install
00:36.15icefoxyah
00:36.45icefoxI just continusly am amazed as I download open source "packages" for my ibook and they just poof work
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00:37.19icefoxtotal install instructions are "copy the file inside the zip to where you want it"
00:37.36emtemac was originally targeted at the incompetent user
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00:37.50Servo888emte: ...has that changed?
00:37.56icefoxemte: hehe, but now the techno elite are coming!
00:37.56trekecool. I have a real desk again
00:37.56emtea little
00:38.09trekewow icefox appears
00:38.21icefoxhow many linux convenstion have you been to where you havn't seen a powerbook
00:38.23icefoxhey treke
00:38.32emteapple is still sinking maybe they will come back but i doubt it
00:38.41kergoththat reminds me, jason was pestering me about something last time he was on irc, but i wasnt around.  should email him
00:38.42Servo888emte: apples float
00:38.44kergoth~seen masticator
00:38.45ibotmasticator <~masticato@ool-43512bbd.dyn.optonline.net> was last seen on IRC in channel #debian, 24d 16h 52m 55s ago, saying: 'mwilson: yeah, well, we Jews like a good bargain'.
00:38.52emtelol
00:38.55icefoxhaha
00:39.07emteits a very bad sign when you build systems "on demand"
00:39.15icefox?
00:39.39emteapple has been building systems on demand for about the last year
00:39.59emtehence the long shipping delays
00:40.07icefoxoh, well I havn't a clue if they are going to be around or not, but their hardware is nice and debian loads on it fine so I am 100% happy
00:40.23emtetrue
00:40.39icefoxand OSX has some really interesting software paragams that i ponder every once in while
00:40.44Servo888I just want an apple because they looks sexy =\
00:40.51icefoxyah that does help
00:40.53Servo888look*
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00:41.05emteosx is getting better
00:41.05Servo888I mean no other company has such sleek designs.
00:41.21icefoxwhen I left sharp my boss traded my former laptop (17" powerbook) for another employee under him with another boss
00:41.21Servo888On the other hand no other company charged 3,000 for the PC with out a monitor...
00:41.30emtebut if it will be enough in time to capture significant enterprise area remains to be seen
00:41.54icefoxand when I chatted with the HR vp he told me I wasn't allowed to have a better laptop then him hehe
00:42.27emtelol
00:42.34Servo888icefox: what do you do for a living?
00:42.42emtenot if you like your job anyway :)
00:42.43icefoxeverything linux
00:43.17Servo888Does is pay good?
00:43.17icefoxqt, kde, linux, system, driver, tons and tons of shell (how the $& did that happen?)
00:43.18icefoxyah
00:43.18Servo888Can you make like a living just with Linux?
00:43.25kergothheh, are you joking?
00:43.32Servo888lol
00:44.02Servo888I'm a student right now - who't not sure what he's going to do in his life...
00:44.12kergothsearch for linux on dice.com sometime
00:44.16icefox1) don't do Java
00:44.20icefox2) don't do MS
00:44.29icefoxboth are jobs that are low pay
00:44.36Servo888J2EE jobs pay well
00:44.39icefoxunless you learn COM
00:44.49icefoxwindows COM jobs pay really well cause no one wants to do them
00:44.57icefoxlike 150K
00:44.57Servo888lol
00:45.24kergothi like working in embedded linux, particularly kernel work.  its an in demand field.  unfortunately there arent *many* positions, so to take another i'd *have* to move again
00:45.30icefoxhang out with people that you want a job with
00:45.48icefoxhaning out with java interns probably wont get you the linux kernel driver job
00:46.12kergothyep, networking is where its at (social, that is)
00:46.24icefoxjoin the linux janitors group
00:46.35Servo888yah... Hopefully in college I can find some good connections
00:46.40icefoxor whatever the group is that you want to be part of, from there the job should find you
00:47.14kergothicefox: whatever happened to that venture jason was pursuing?
00:47.16icefoxSpend the monty to go to trade shows and (usual free entrance if you sign up far enough in advanced) meet people/developers/manaers
00:47.17kergothseems like it just fell through
00:47.19icefoxkergoth: money
00:47.22kergothah
00:47.26icefoxdidn't come
00:47.31icefoxdon't think it even has yet
00:47.35kergothjeeze
00:47.39icefoxyah
00:47.45icefoxgood thing I didn't wait
00:48.06Servo888money shivers   lol my bank hasn't transfered any money to college and my late fees are ridiculous
00:48.09kergothyeah, thats what i was gonna say
00:48.10kergothheh
00:48.11icefoxhttp://www.csh.rit.edu/~benjamin/articles/linux_pda.php <- the biz plan in article form
00:48.28kergothyep, i remember that
00:49.09kergothti is a great company to work for, but its pretty boring and unchallenging.  still keeping an eye out for opportunity
00:49.57emteyou could try to get on the new ocean sensor project ... i am sure ti is sponsoring part
00:50.14emtegot approved a couple months ago
00:50.39Servo888Icefox is that you in the greenshirt next to the infiniti?
00:54.22icefoxon my site?
00:54.31icefoxyah
00:54.33Servo888yah I think
00:54.39icefoxhttp://www.csh.rit.edu/~benjamin/gallery/phpquickgallery/photo.php?gallery=2003/G35/&file=08310004.jpg
00:54.44icefoxlot longer hair now
00:54.54Servo888ah ok - yah that's the pic
00:55.05Servo888You could get a haircut =\
00:55.24icefoxna, it is finally long and through that aquard ugly stag
00:57.08Servo888damn it hostap module compile failed...
00:58.49Servo888http://www.pastebin.com/109779 <= if anybody wants a gander
00:59.12icefoxI think what surprises me the most about being a linux programer is the amount of shell script I write
01:00.11emtei forget the name of it off hand, one of my instructors is involved with it    basically its a distributed data aqusition project to simultaniopusly gather samples at key locations around the world
01:00.29Servo888Sort of like SETI?
01:00.51icefoxspyware?
01:01.00emtelol
01:01.11emteyeah sorta like seti
01:01.20icefoxanyone here use distcc?
01:03.44Servo888Can somebody check if they have a Makefile in: oe_dictory/build/tmp/staging/arm-linux/kernel/arch/Makefile
01:08.15emtei believe its the MARS/Venus projects
01:16.58Servo888Aha just created an emtpy makefile and it's going again =-)
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01:22.29df00zAye!@
01:22.40df00zAnyone ever use libmad?  What an awfully documented library
01:23.08Servo888I would have to say alsalib is poorly documented =\
01:23.32df00zheheh
01:24.32Servo888sigh 50 cents for a sticker - $6.50 for shipping...
01:25.23df00zUh
01:25.31df00zI have a pointer to a char array..nothing im setting
01:25.39df00zbut its a random position in a char array
01:25.39df00zi think
01:25.52df00zso like..i have char whatever[1024]
01:26.07ljpi know about libmad
01:26.08df00zthe function returns a pointer to like char[####] and i dont know what it is
01:26.12df00zOh, you do?
01:26.17ljpyerp
01:26.31df00zknow the callback input?
01:26.36ljphavent touched it in a long time, though
01:26.38df00zits called when the decoder wants more input
01:26.58df00zanyway, if i just feed it the next section of the mp3..it breaks..like it plays back all garbled
01:27.01ljpoffhand I dont. opieplayer has a libmad plugin
01:27.10df00zhm.
01:27.19ljpyou could look at that
01:27.56df00zya.
01:28.40df00zUh, you good with C though?  While its downloading, i want to try to figure this out
01:28.41df00zthe function gets a pointer to mad_stream, in that structure there is an unsigned char const *next_frame
01:29.07df00zi assume thats a pointer to some place in the char array i fed it
01:29.18df00zis it possible to get the index location?
01:29.23df00zlike my char buffer[4096]
01:29.32df00zits giving me a pointer to char buffer[some number]
01:29.51df00zoh wait, is it something like what it returns - &buffer
01:29.57df00zcuz arrays are stored in order in ram?
01:34.04df00zHah, that seems to be it.
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02:04.15Servo888I just oemake opie-image but I can't find the image...
02:04.24Servo888it's not in the deploy directory
02:10.13Servo888there should be an image directory there.. hmm
02:10.37Servo888gr ill figure it out tomorrow - atleast I got opie-imageto compile with out error
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03:08.28df00zWoot!
03:08.31df00zi have libmad working
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03:08.43df00z(as in...in my program im making)
03:31.32df00zhahah
03:31.38df00zi wonder if theres any chance of this working on palms
03:31.45df00z(mp3 player im writing using libmad)
03:31.51df00zthe ones with the slow arse DB processors
03:32.59emteit doesnt fully work until you can compile it clean from a bare tmp
03:33.19emtei have that slight issue with my sdl setup atm
03:37.18mjcanyone had any luck with the dazzle zio 10in1 SD/CF reader?
03:37.25mjcit doesn't want to let me write to it
03:38.36mjchmm nm. seems to work now