IRC log of #maemo-devel for Friday, 2010-04-23

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csaavedrawhere do I find the pymaemo people?12:05
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lcukcsaavedra, morning \o anderson.lizardo is afaik principle maintainer http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2009-October/021433.html12:15
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csaavedrawhere can I find him?12:17
lcukcsaavedra, his mail address is here https://garage.maemo.org/users/lizardo/12:19
lcukhes not online atm from what i can see12:20
csaavedraok, thanks12:22
lcukcsaavedra, also on gitorious http://gitorious.org/~lizardo12:22
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zokieri have trouble installing maemo sdk on ubuntu lucid lynx13:43
zokierhttp://zokier.net/stuff/maemo-sdk-install-wizard_5.0.log13:43
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tongtongzokier: No users were chosen, so no users were added to Scratchbox.14:57
tongtongzokier: from the log.14:57
tongtongzokier: shouldnt you always supply a user?14:57
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zokier"Scratchbox user account for user zokier added15:13
zokier"15:13
zokieror am i missing something here15:14
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tongtongzokier: yes, i saw that later on.15:34
tongtongzokier: this looks like a messed up install procedure, nothing more. if its not possible to prepack things in a way that solves dependencies, its just not usable.15:39
tongtongzokier: to make three attempts, just to make things work, is just sad.15:39
tongtongzokier: and to fail as a bonus, pathetic.15:39
tongtongzokier: one way to try to salvage it might be to pick the most central packages thats fail and do them by hand and rerun the script.15:40
tongtongzokier: but thats just a wild guess.15:40
zokiertongtong, it seems that adding users inside scratchbox doesn't work because mmap fails15:41
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zokierand thats why many packages fail15:41
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tongtongzokier: ok.15:43
zokierdowngraded back to karmic anyways.. works just fine, even if its bit brown15:43
zokierbut if sdk doesn't work on lucid its going to be a problem to nokia15:44
Wolfiewhat do they care? they've abandoned ship and moved on to meego ^_^15:45
zokieris there any news on meego sdk, will it be similar to maemo5 or completly new?15:47
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marcvs2Hi there, got some trouble booting after mv /var /home; ln -s /home/var/ /var18:41
marcvs2Any hints for a live-cd to boot from sd or so?18:41
marcvs2help greatly appreciated18:42
SpeedEvilyou can't.18:49
SpeedEvilyou've got to flash it - as I understand it.18:49
marcvs2thanks!18:53
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joorinand another one bites the dust on account of nokias boneheaded partitioning.21:11
joorini found a youtube video with someone using a Qt gui together with despotify. is this still in development or are there binaries in some repository?21:13
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fralsif it was qtify he stopped developing it after yaspot was released afaik21:25
joorinfrals, oh, ok.21:31
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joorinfrals, apt-cache search yaspot gives me nothing. should i do something special to be able to find it?21:34
joorin(i dont know much about the debian package system.)21:35
joorinoh, extras devel, thats the very experimental one or extras testing is?21:36
lcukdevel is very unstable, testing is more stable, extras is mostly stable21:38
joorinlcuk, ok, thank you. i always switch testing and devel around.21:38
lcukheh21:38
joorinand now i wonder if its very wise to point someone whos not very linux experienced at the deb file and let them do local install.21:40
joorinxterminal is a big nono. i forewee lots of support...21:40
joorin"foresee"21:40
joorini think i wont.21:41
joorini was thinking about compiling despotify myself and using the ncurses client.21:41
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joorinbut i dont use spotify that much.21:42
joorinbut i did manages to provoke my first N900 bug today. or perhaps late last night.21:45
joorini managed to confuse the wireless layer so much that it couldnt connect to my accesspoint. had to restart to fix it since the driver had loocked itself in some way.21:46
joorinalways a sense of gloom to restart. ;(21:46
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joorinand now its acting up again. not being able to connect to it. at all. and now it stopped getting data from the internet.21:53
joorinbut loging in on the LAN side of the AP works just fine. so weird.21:54
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joorini do wonder i ive stumbled on something fun in the kernel. if i start a ping against my AP, log in via ssh and set power management for wifi to off, my connection dies.22:29
joorinthis kind of suggests that something in the system doesnt play nice.22:29
joorinas a bonus i cant wake the device up by pressing keys on the keyboard, have to use slidey button thingie on the side.22:30
joorinand ive changed it so the screen wont go black when its plugged in to a USB cable and charging.22:31
joorinperhaps a combo.22:31
joorinvery interesting nonetheless. i was ready to throw my AP out the window.22:32
joorinah, if i have set it to off earlier, and then turn it back ON, the connection dies.22:32
joorinso much fun.22:32
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joorinbut im almost there in regards to figuring libiw out. at least the parts i want to tinker with.22:33
joorinsoon time to write the GUI.22:33
joorinand now it woke up by pressing ^P in the Xterminal. this is so weird.22:35
joorinok. change power setting, kill the network. activity no the device and the network wakes up again.22:37
joorinand changing power setting while logged in via ssh causes it. how the hell is this wired?22:39
joorinand now power sawing mode is set to on again.22:40
joorin"saving"22:40
joorintheres a poltergeist in the device.22:40
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joorinsomething in the device is fucking with my settings.22:43
joorinwhy all this magic? if i set it to off, hands off!22:43
joorinbut, im guessing its the network genie thats re-setting it to on since thats whats saved in the connection settings if i use the settings tool.22:44
joorinand if i were to guess, this is saved somewhere in gconf, making it stupidly hard to find/alter by hand.22:45
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joorinwhich leaves me with this retarded ping hack to keep the wifi alive. of perhaps ill try to get this IP ove USB thing to work. bah!22:47
joorinand my ssh connections dies like a puppy on PCP.22:48
* SpeedEvil has never fed puppies PCP.22:49
* SpeedEvil wants to see the peer-reviewed-research.22:49
SpeedEvilodd22:50
SpeedEviljust works for me22:50
lcukmeeto22:50
SpeedEvilwell - it will ocasionally get into a non-working condition when it goes out of range and back again - I need to debug that22:50
joorinspeedevil, do you change it with iwconfig or in the connections tab under settings?22:51
SpeedEvilconnections tab, when I change it22:51
SpeedEvilI always - generally - leave it on22:51
SpeedEvilworks fine set to 'full'22:51
joorinspeedevil, but 9 clicks to change a setting, it hurts.22:51
SpeedEvilyes22:51
SpeedEvilalternative is to have two identical netconfigs22:51
SpeedEvilone with powersave, one not22:52
SpeedEvilalso, there is a desktop connection switcher widget - which you could use with that22:52
joorinspeedevil, the proper solution is to use iwconfig and not have the connection manager fiddle with it.22:52
joorinor ioctls as i planned to do...22:52
SpeedEvilwell - yes.22:52
SpeedEvilI would welcome a complete replacement for the connection manager.22:52
joorinwhich would have given me a simple widget/app with one button, on/off, and link strength. done!22:53
joorinwith that id be able to switch at leasure, no 9 clicks.22:53
joorinbut as it stands, thats not possible.22:53
SpeedEvillink strength is easyt22:53
SpeedEvil /proc/net/wireless22:53
SpeedEvilbut22:53
joorinspeedevil, parsing ascii for teh lose. ioctl/libiw for teh win.22:54
SpeedEvilI assume connection switcher is a closed part?22:54
SpeedEvilmaybe22:54
joorinmy first idea was to just piggyback on iwconfig, but then i got curious.22:54
jooriniwlist/iwconfig together in some python hohah, easy as pie.22:54
joorinbut, libiw looked interesting and good to know.22:55
joorinso i wont view this as a total failure.22:55
joorinto write something that wont interfere but work as the connection manager feels like a big mission.22:56
joorinperhaps there is a flag to tickle. in gconf. somewhere.22:57
SpeedEvilindeed, the connection manager seem to have its hands in everything22:57
joorinXML, if you want to suffer for a while.22:57
joorini was planning to include control over fragmentation and resend limits too. but this kind of stumped my inspiration.22:58
joorinjust to let people tweak their net if they know what theyre doing. with some GUI and help.22:58
joorinthis is so ... windows. "We know what you want, just play along, don't stray from the path.".23:00
joorinwould have been a nice way to get to know GTK+. last time i fiddled, it was GTK1.2. ;)23:01
SpeedEvilI'd love a simple way to switch gateway for example.23:01
SpeedEvilCurrently I've got two internet connections setup with different gateways.23:01
SpeedEvilIt'd be nice if I could flip them wth cron23:01
SpeedEvil(due to stupid ISP reasons,one goes down over midnight)23:02
joorinroute?23:04
joorineven though im not impressed by the implementation in the busybox. retarded command.23:04
joorinthe default gateway setting is "just" a setting in the kernel routing table.23:05
joorinyou can change it with the route command.23:05
joorinso, using cron it should be easy to change it. unless the connection manager "helps" you back again...23:05
joorini didnt buy any alcohol just cause i knew id be able to stay up all night coding. and now this. ;(23:07
joorinmeh.23:07
SpeedEvilyes - I knwo23:09
joorinand compiling despotify for fun to get a client on the N900 looks a tad futile since they dropped PA support, by the looks of it.23:12
joorinand no libvobis-dev in the reps. bleh.23:16
joorin"libvorbis-dev"23:16
SpeedEvilreplacing PA on the n900 would be good :)23:17
joorinyou dont say. ;)23:18
joorini dislike this beast.23:18
joorinand i did some reading about gconf earlier today. CORBA to manage settings?23:20
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joorinoh well, on to my next planned application. no rest for the non-drinking.23:24
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joorinand no new mythbusters episode. ;(23:28
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* SpeedEvil has been having a generally unproductive day. Haven't really gotten outof bed.23:29
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SpeedEvilfeeling lousy for no good reason23:29
joorinwell, if you at least can say that youve learned something, from wikipedia or whatever, its not totally wasted.23:31
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SpeedEvilTrue.23:33
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SpeedEvilI've been playing with ideas for an energy profiler23:33
SpeedEvillook at every process for if it's run - and how many times in the last 5 seconds, what teh overall power consumption was.23:34
joorinoh?23:34
SpeedEvilIf it's run, or if it's allocated power-consuming resources - apportion to it a part of the consumed power for that period23:34
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joorinso, you want per process granularity?23:35
SpeedEvilSort of like powertop, but run constantly, with constant logging of power use per process23:35
SpeedEvilyes23:35
SpeedEvilwhich is somewhat hard23:35
SpeedEvilbut I think possible - usefully - if you accept some inacuracy23:35
joorinhow will you measure your own power consumtion?23:35
joorinona normal idle system, your powertop will be the most CPU intensive process.23:36
SpeedEvilit's just another process23:36
joorinok.23:36
SpeedEvilAnd it's looking like ~70-100ms per 5s23:36
SpeedEvilwhich is not unreasonable.23:36
joorinwhich tables will you look in to see if a process has been in the CPU?23:37
SpeedEviliterate over proc is the only realistic - though annoying - choice.23:37
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SpeedEvil /proc/nnn/shcedstat23:37
SpeedEvilor stat23:38
joorinok.23:39
SpeedEvilI don't think there is a bette way otehr than poking into teh kernel memory, which has its own issued23:39
SpeedEvils23:39
joorinyes. if you pick a good way to traverse /proc, id say youd get 2 magnitudes easier a task.23:40
joorini dont know how much of a bottleneck fstat calls are. especially not on a flash drive.23:41
SpeedEvilerr23:41
SpeedEvil /proc/ is never on a drive23:41
joorinoh, d'oh, of course not. ;)23:41
SpeedEvilUnless you've done something _really_ wacky23:41
joorinwacky is fun.23:41
joorinbut that wa s a brain fart. pardon the smell.23:41
joorinso, whats stopping you?23:42
joorinjust setting up a data collecting backend would be enough fun.23:42
SpeedEvilBasically mental energy lacking.23:43
joorinah, hard to fix that.23:43
SpeedEvilI've got post viral fatigue syndrome - which can mean some days I have very, very little energy.23:43
joorinoh. something treatable?23:44
joorinor perhaps i should google that first.23:45
SpeedEvilNot really. The condition is poorly understood.23:45
SpeedEvilIn some it's a short-term condition, in others it can persist for years - alas. It's a sort of metabolic disorder, that hasn't really been understood fully.23:45
joorinok. wikipedia looks a tad sketchy. but, no matter what, get better.23:47
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joorinand this dbus thing, again with its config junk to keep spying eyes out.23:51
joorinany idea why "apt-get update", when running into a GPG error, tells med to run "apt-get update" to fix the problem?23:56
joorin"tells me"23:56
joorinand i get it for the Extras repository. waah!23:57
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