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02:06.13MrJesseHi everyone
02:07.02mowglyhello
02:07.26magnethi.
02:11.30MrJesseWell, I replaced the LCD in my colie today. Actually only the touchscreen was broken, but since the LCD+Frontlight+Touchscreen are all sealed together to keep dust out, I just swapped out the whole mess.
02:13.22MrJesseAlso, this time I'm trying out the 64-0 kernel instead of the 32-32.
02:35.21MrJesseHi!
02:36.25johnXYou'll probably like the 64/0 kernel better
02:36.34johnXI always found myself running low on memory with 32/32
02:36.41MrJesseyeah
02:36.56MrJesseI simply had to use a swap partition when I had 32/32
02:37.41MrJesseI'll still want to use a swap partition just in case I bump the limit of 64 since running out of memory with no swap = crash
02:40.12MrJessewell I'm going to lag out here, since I'm on dialup and going to download a 9 meg tarball for opie
02:40.18johnXah
02:41.45MrJesseDo you use opie?
02:43.27MrJesseMy old 32/32 system had no means to restart the graphical user interface if it died, so I wrote a script to restart it when it died. I really should learn how to do it with init, though.
02:44.33johnXI use gpe
02:44.54johnXwith 64/0 I never had any problems with opie running out memory
02:45.04johnXI guess I tend to use more memory hungry apps in gpe though
02:46.39MrJessewell, I'm lagged at about 30 seconds round-trip.
02:47.01MrJesseWhat's gpe like? does it automatically restart if it dies?
02:47.36johnXwell the x server automatically restarts if it dies, but probably not the panel or the desktop
02:47.44johnXI've never had either of those crash though
02:47.58MrJesseI started using opie because that's what came on my used pda when I got it. Seems to work well, but I'm interested in trying other user interfaces
02:48.40johnXin opie I found that some applications could lock up the whole desktop when they crashed but that doesn't really happen in gpe
02:48.45MrJesseDoes gpe use a regular xserver that listens on port 6000, just like normal linux desktop PCs?
02:48.52johnXyep
02:49.07MrJesseahh, interesting.
02:49.16johnXthat's why I switched to it
02:49.45MrJessecool! so I could export my display variable and do it that way! (where 'do it' means run X aps on my desktop, but display on PDA, or versa visa)
02:50.03johnXyep
02:50.05johnXeasy as pie
02:50.28johnXyou can also just ssh -X my-zaurus from your desktop and run stuff
02:51.01MrJesseI found that a lot of times when an app seemed to have locked up opie that it was usually related to running out of memory with no swap (at least 95% of the cases) and that opie had actually just crashed and exited, and could be restarted without rebooting.
02:51.22MrJessewow cool! okay I've gotta try gpe
02:51.28johnXhmm...I guess I never realized that
02:51.36johnXI didn't even think about that actually but it makes sense
02:52.19MrJesseI can imagin that running a 'full' X-server probably does take a bit more memory then whatever runs opie
02:52.34johnXwell the x server is actually very light
02:52.44johnXand the panel and desktop are straight xlib applications
02:53.15johnXI think it's mostly the actual applications that drag all of gtk2 in and soak up a bit more memory
02:53.21MrJesseyeah, I wrote a little bash script that would sit in the background and check every 10 seconds -- and if opie wasn't running, it'd restart it. so if it crashed, I just had to wait a minute, and it'd come back. (And any apps that had been running stayed running in the background at 100% CPU, so after opie started back up, I'd have to go kill all the old apps haha.)
02:53.49MrJesseyeah...
02:54.23MrJesse"Oh Look! THis is cool! We can run a 12Mbyte GTK app on here without much edtra work!
02:55.26johnXall the core PIM stuff is from scratch and impressively light...but a lot of the extra stuff I use is just normal gtk applications
02:55.58MrJesseyeah, that makes sense
02:58.26MrJesseWhat's gpe like to use? Pretty much "pda-like" or is it more like a regular linux box with login prompt?
02:59.16johnXpretty much pda like
02:59.37MrJessecool
02:59.42johnXlet me dig up some screenshots
02:59.51johnXhttp://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/
03:00.04johnXsome of those are out of date, but it gives you some kind of idea
03:00.23MrJesseI'll be trying it out here real soon :-)
03:00.23MrJessethanks
03:00.46MrJesseyeah
03:02.19johnXI have a 5500 and a C1000...In general I found the Opie apps to be better tuned to the screen resolution of the 5500 and a little lighter on resource usage
03:02.29johnXI prefer GPE on the C1000 though
03:03.01MrJesseis the C1000 bigger/better/faster?
03:03.40johnXthe C1000 has a faster processor and a 640x480 screen
03:04.06MrJesseI'm pretty new to the zaurus scene. I got a used sl5500 a month or two ago, and had a lot of fun, but then broke the touchscreen (free tip: don't let wad of keys swing into screen!) and today I put in a new (used) screen
03:04.21johnXcool
03:04.42MrJesseand my brand new 1G SD card developed a bad spot half way through, so that's why I just reinstalled
03:04.45johnXI had a 5500 since early 2003 and in the summer of 2005 I picked up a C1000
03:05.10johnXI've had more than one SD card go belly up on me
03:05.11MrJesseahh, is that 640x480 frontlit or backlit? transflective?
03:05.31johnXbacklit, transmissive
03:05.46johnXnot so great in the sunlight, but looks very pretty indoors :)
03:06.00MrJesseahh, how is that in full sunlight?
03:06.12MrJessehehe yeah :=)
03:06.26MrJesseI once had a CF card die on me, but it was a cheapo noname brand...
03:06.40NAbyss_MrJesse: Very readable if you turn the backlight up... I've had mine going in the mdidle of summer here in aus... no issues
03:06.53MrJesse(from some online pricewatch guy with a yahoo online store or something.)
03:07.07MrJesseBut the recent SD was a brand name sandisk from walmart
03:07.22MrJesseNAbyss_, cool
03:08.45MrJesseI got the 5500 for several reasons -- I could get it for $150 (used with small flaw), it ran Linux (I've been using linux as desktop for years) and it was supposed to be well readable outdoors.
03:09.33MrJesseAnd outdoors is important, because I need some sort of outdoor readable display computer for another project I'm working on (http://jesseg.nikola.com:8080/foamboard/ ) where I need to read heading, altitude, speed, and the like, outdoors.
03:09.46MrJesseNAbyss_, how long does it run on the battery with backlight all the way up?
03:10.32NAbyss_MrJesse: Not sure, I usually use mine indoors
03:10.47NAbyss_MrJesse: also, I have the 3100, not 1000.. so the HDD'd suck a bit more juice.
03:10.53NAbyss_Same screen though, AFAIK
03:11.00MrJesseahh
03:11.11johnXthat plane is very cool
03:11.28MrJesseahh. How long does it run indoors?
03:11.42MrJessejohnX: it's pretty fun
03:12.02NAbyss_MrJesse: I've had it running as a mp3 player for a good 7-8 hours
03:12.18johnXindoors with wireless card off, I've had my 1000 last more than 4-5 hours
03:12.23MrJesseMy 5500 really doesn't last long with the backlight on, but it runs about 8 hours with it off.
03:12.38MrJesse7-8 hours isn't bad. is that with the backlight on?
03:13.03johnXI should add that that was with the backlight just about as low as was readable
03:13.21NAbyss_MrJesse: Backlight on sporadically for fiddlign around with it, or changing song... say, 20-40% of the time... that'd be using it at work for music/calendar/email
03:14.17MrJesseI'm thinking about building a nice folding protective case for mine which includes a clear cover over the front so I don't break it again, and also includes more batteries, perhaps totaling 5 amp hours or so.
03:15.07MrJessemy linksys 802.11 card gets nice and toasty, and drains the built in battery in a few minutes haha.
03:15.26MrJesseI don't know if there are any real low-power wifi cards out there or not.
03:16.20MrJessewell I just finished compiling my kernel, gotta reboot.. May be back in a few.. thanks guys!
03:16.27johnXlater
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03:40.07MrJessealright, my new kernel worked, and fixed the errors about my mini DV firewire capturing..
03:40.50MrJesseand my 9 meg download finished
03:40.59johnXcool
03:41.07johnXI've been reading about foam RC planes
03:43.52MrJesseTHinking about trying one out?
03:44.12johnXI just might
03:44.43johnXI was always interested in RC planes but it seemed like they were so fragile and there such a high cost to even get started
03:44.43MrJesseI'm looking forward to when I have a GPS on mine so it can fly itself home if it gets caught in a cloud bank (as once happend. but it didn't fly home haha.)
03:44.43johnXheh
03:45.10MrJesseYou can get some tiny little toy planes for about $40 or so, but they aren't like real planes
03:45.20NAbyss_MrJesse: The GPSes are cheap... I picked up a hancom hi204iii for AUD$130 the other day
03:45.28NAbyss_USB or serial
03:46.19MrJessethe cheapest I've managed for a 'real' model plane was about $200 (USD) for 4 channel transmitter, receiver, 3 small servoes, motor, and battery (and propeller)
03:47.06MrJessethen I used fiberglass reinforced strand tape and styrofoam toy airplanes which are cheap
03:47.36MrJessethe transmitter and servos, electric motor and batteries you can use for many planes if you don't lose the plane haha.
03:48.04MrJesseand your many crashes while learning mostly beat up the styrofoam, which is cheap and pretty tough per weight.
03:48.19johnXdid you ever figure out where it got to? (the one that disappeared into a cloud bank)
03:48.51MrJessethat's how I started, with little cheap 54 inch wingspan white styro toys, modded with motor and servos
03:48.56MrJesseoh yeah I got it back.
03:49.50MrJesseI was flying about a thousand feet  on a partly cloudy day, when the cloud level dropped to 100 feet. I put it in a right-hand circle, which turned out to be too tight. It came down in a swirling nosedive at about 50mph.
03:50.08johnXugh
03:50.31MrJesse(it normally flies 20mph hahaha.) it came down nearby, hit very hard, you could hear it like echoing off all of the trees around there, haha.
03:50.43MrJessebut it was pretty tough. I taped it up and flew it again the next day
03:50.53johnXwow
03:51.26MrJesseI built it with way too much styrofoam, so it took an inordinate ammount of bad landings before I finally retired it
03:52.38johnXreally, a durable larger wing span plane like that interests me a lot more than an expensive, fragile scale model
03:53.22johnXespecially with the increased payload for camera/gps/etc
03:53.34MrJesseyeah, me too. I've never built any model except hacked together stuff like the pink foamboard one
03:56.27MrJessebrb -- gotta reboot
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03:59.26edbarrettHow do I select more than one message in opie mail? (SL5500, OZ3.5.4)
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04:08.19tpddHas anyone seen a fix for alarms on the tosa yet?  or will that be someting we will see in the new kernel?
04:08.31MrJessenot I
04:08.49tpdd:(
04:10.11MrJesseWell, I've got the gpe tarball downloading
04:11.26MrJessewhich means I'm lagged out pretty well
04:12.16johnXI'm going to grab someting to eat, so I'm AFK for a while
04:12.22MrJesseI can just put a tarball on a CF card and try out gpe without actually reflashing my inbuilt 14M, right/
04:12.38MrJesse?
04:13.05MrJesseCya later, John
04:19.25MrJessegoodbye
04:19.36MrJesseI'm off.
04:34.42mithrohrm, I think i've been hacked
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04:42.36bronsonmithro, what, your zaurus?
04:42.44bronsonor another computer?
04:42.51AlefBetHow do you change the font size in a terminal?  Under Look and Feel/Termianl, I've selected a 7 pt Monospace font (and my .Xdefaults file also specifies 7pt), but it looks like it's displaying at 4pt.  Any ideas?
04:44.24mithrobronson: on my gateway box
04:47.09johnXAlefBet, and you've already logged out and logged back in to let the .Xdefaults changes take place?
04:54.06AlefBetYes.  I've also init 6'd.
04:54.12AlefBetSorry, I was AFK for a while.
04:54.43AlefBetI changed the color of the font in .Xdefauts and that took effect, but the font size is still tiny.
04:55.22johnXI'm just thinking out loud here, but could the DPI setting in /etc/X11/Xdefaults be confusing things?
04:56.56AlefBetThat's interesting.  In /etc, it specifies a 16 pt font.
04:57.05AlefBetShould I try changing the .dpi setting?
04:57.29johnXmaybe, just take it into account and change font size to compensate
04:57.51johnXif you change the dpi setting all the fonts throughout GPE will change accordingly
04:58.00AlefBetI've changed the font size to a few different sizes to see if I could compensate, and it always seemed to ignore it.
04:58.04AlefBetI'll try again, though.
04:58.16AlefBetThe other fonts are reasonably sized.
04:58.49johnXmy fontsize line in ~/.Xdefaults looks like this: Rxvt*font: xft:Mono:pixelsize=16
04:59.04AlefBetLikewise.
05:00.06AlefBetHmm.  I changed my font size to 12 and it's now about 6pt, so I guess it's making a difference.
05:01.23johnXI just thought of something: I think the font size for the GPE stuff is in points rather than pixels
05:01.30AlefBetI guess I can live with that.  I'll just have to double my desired font size for the terminal.
05:02.14AlefBetAre points about twice the side of pixels, then?
05:02.36johnXI have no idea
05:03.24johnXbut it would at least explain the discrepancy
05:05.20AlefBetOkay, I guess I can work around that.  Thanks for the tip.
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08:47.56jtdhey guys?  does the e17 image work right yet?
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17:45.56sdjfhello?
17:46.54hrwhi
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18:58.34ZuseHi to all
18:59.15Zusedo anyone got WPA-Wifi  working under the latest hentges-ROM ?
19:47.10hrwZuse: I did
19:47.34hrwZuse: install wpa-supplicant from upgrades, configure wlan0 like in wiki and it will work
19:52.25JaMaSeems working for me too, but when it's associating with AP with EAP/LEAP on my AsusSpaceLink it always fails
19:52.43JaMaBut maybe is problem somewhere else..
19:52.52hrwwpa-psk?
19:53.02JaMaI haven't enough time to figure it out.
19:54.32JaMahttp://pastebin.ca/61825
19:55.23hrwaes module loaded?
19:57.45JaMadon't know, I'll check it next time, thanks
19:58.46hrw<rc4 lacked this in rootfs
19:59.15hrwI configured my AP to do wpa2-psk and added all needed modules into base system
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20:01.58tpddis it possible to use the special guylhem tosa kernel with Openzaurus?
20:02.50hrwit will boot but no warranty
20:04.23tpddI think i voided my warranty :) im just wanting to try OZ with a kernel that will wake up from alarms
20:04.44hrwget patchset from guylhem then
20:06.41tpddpatchset?  Does he have something special in his kernel, other than the default sharp stuff?
20:07.07hrwman.. default sharp kernel source is something which noone use...
20:08.44tpddthats cool, I saw his source around someplace.  He does not seem to be on much but I will see if I can find something.
20:10.02jtdDo none of the standard kernels wake up from alarms at the moment?
20:10.27hrw2.4/tosa? looks like
20:10.38hrwwe have 2 tosa users in OE/OZ team only
20:10.54hrwDirk work on 2.6 kernel, Mickeyl work on his Ph.D now
20:10.55jtdNo, I mean (e.g.) 2.6/Akita.
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20:59.36MrJessehi guys
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21:07.44Zusehrw: sorry was away... thanks hrw, for your feedback. Hmmm.. I did the same but not lucky yet.... wpa_supplicant does not find my AP ?! Did upgrades as well.
21:08.33Zusehrw: Unforuntaley, I have to left now. Hope to solve the problem soon. Bye
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23:23.00sdjfanyone up for a keyhelperconf question?
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