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persiankostop: lspci might help01:19
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=== persia changed the topic of #ubuntu-mobile to: This channel is for conversations around the Ubuntu UME development version | Info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded | Please read the FAQ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded/FAQ | Testing information available from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Cases/UMEinstall
DNishi is there an howto for install the rc2 ?10:40
DNisit boot on my htc shift10:40
DNisand prompt "will mount root from /dev/sdb"10:40
DNisand still in this state about 5minutes10:40
DNisago10:40
persiaDNis: There isn't, although it'd be great if you could take notes and write one.10:41
persiaYou're booting off a USB key with the install image?10:41
DNisyes10:41
DNisit writes found usb flash drive at /dev/sdb10:43
DNisthen will mount...10:43
DNisand nothing more10:43
DNisi have taken the image for mccuslin10:43
persiaHmmm..  I don't have the right image on my key to replicate right now.  Be a bit to burn the right one.10:43
DNisi shoud try with rc1 ?10:44
DNissould*10:44
persiaYep, McCaslin would be right for the HTC Shift.10:44
DNisshould*10:44
persiaNo, RC2 is more likely to work than RC1.10:44
DNisany idea of what can i do right now ?10:44
DNis(and sure i will make an howto if it works10:45
DNis)10:45
persiaUnfortunately, I've not installed enough times to recognise the prompt.  Once my key burns with the right image, I'll be able to follow along and figure out where you are stalled.10:45
persiaAt that point, I might have a suggestion (although I can't promise anything)10:45
DNistell me so :)10:47
DNiswhen ur done10:49
persiaDNis: Has it already formatted your hard drive?11:02
DNisno11:06
DNisi was able to reboot on vista11:06
DNiswith this kind of installation i will not be able to dual-boot ?11:07
DNisare you aware about wubi ?11:07
DNisis it possible to mix it with ubuntu mobile ?11:07
DNishttp://wubi-installer.org/11:09
persiaWubi might be able to work with Ubuntu-Mobile, although I don't think anyone has tested it.11:12
persiaThe install image does autoformat the disk on first boot.  Maybe it's a good thing it didn't work.11:13
persiaOn the other hand, I'm not sure why it failed.  Maybe there's some hardware quirk?11:13
loolpersia: The scripts assume things such as /dev/sda being the name of the hard disk IIRC11:14
loolIt's likely to fail because of this in many cases11:14
persiaDNis: That's it then.  Looks like the buggy script is the reason your harddrive wasn't formatted.11:15
persialool: Thanks.11:15
persiaAre we documenting success/failure on devices anywhere?  Might be nice to have a wiki page.11:15
loolpersia: I wouldn't think it's too helpful for hardy as we're freezing it, but definitely something we want to do for intrepid11:18
persialool: See, I'd argue the opposite way.  It'd be interesting to have a supported devices list for Hardy so people play with it.11:19
persiaFor intrepid, we can look to expand this list.11:19
loolpersia: Would we really care about bug reports for hardy?11:21
persialool: I'm not thinking about bug reports.  I'm thinking about hints to get the install working on the hardware that people already have.11:22
persiaJust a wiki page with a note as to whether a given device is supported or not, and if supported, if any special work is required to complete the install.11:22
loolOk11:24
persiaThe idea is to save people like DNis from needing to ask, when we could just reference the device list in the wiki.11:24
loolpersia: That's always a good idea :)11:35
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DNispersia: my hard disk is recognize as /dev/sda13:14
persiaDNis: Hmm.  I'm confused then (but it's late here).13:15
DNispersia: sorry for waking you up so lol13:17
persiaDNis: No worries :)  I'm just unlikely to understand why your image didn't install tonight.13:17
DNisi can retry but as i remeber, my hard disk was recognized first13:18
DNisand then the usb key was on /dev/sdb113:18
DNisi'm not sure it will help you...13:18
samjamI'm interested in an armel build of ubuntu mobile for the HTC Universal phone device. I'm running armel debian right now, mostly a result of other peoples work.13:34
DNissamjam: as i know ubuntu mobile is reserved for x86 architecture13:36
samjamBut I suppose I could recpompile for another architecture13:36
samjamor recompile, even13:36
DNissamjam: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded13:36
samjamthats helpful, thanks13:37
DNissamjam: maybe you right, but i precise i'm not from the dev team13:37
samjamDo you know if the mobile and embedded strategy involves cut-down versions of anything?13:39
DNissamjam: i don't know, maybe persia can answer13:40
persiasamjam: There was talk about recompiling Ubuntu for ARM at UDS, but no schedule was established.  You may find the work at mojo.handhelds.org to be an interesting place to start, but Debian ARMel is likely more interesting.13:42
samjamthanks, persia13:43
DNispersia: will there be an install with live-cd style ?14:17
persiaDNis: The live images I've used weren't install images.14:17
DNispersia: but there is for ubuntu, isnt it ?14:18
persiaDNis: Yes.  Ubuntu has a livecd that is also an installer.14:19
DNispersia: oh .. i'm talking about ubuntu mobile sorry14:19
DNispersia: and there will not be for ubuntu mobile ?14:19
looldavmor2: How are you building your VM against the new platforms?15:02
looldavmor2: I would suggest trying ./simple-mobile-builder --platform menlow-lpia-ume15:03
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persiaMight be good to update the wiki page as well15:04
davmor2lool: current not I take the mic image and on smb I simply use the command originally given which now works fine with sound also :)15:04
davmor2lool: I shall give it a go now though :)15:05
davmor2lool: --platform is not supported15:08
looldavmor2: Uh?15:08
looldavmor2: What's the error?15:09
davmor2Error: "--platform" is not a supported vm15:09
looldavmor2: Oh, you still need kvm hardy in front, sorry15:09
lool./simple-mobile-builder kvm hardy --platform menlow-lpia-ume15:09
loolor mccaslin-lpia-ume15:10
davmor2okay cool I'll try again15:10
davmor2lool: that's working15:10
davmor2lool: I'll ping you after if I get a successful build15:14
sjovanhey guys. is Installing UME test environment using the [WWW] Image Builder (preferred). <--- the ubuntu-mobile install? is it functional?15:15
loolsjovan: What's the [WWW] Image Builder (preferred)?15:18
loolsjovan: Depends if it's for real hardware or for a vm15:18
sjovanlool: it's from this wiki ---> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded15:19
sjovanoh... nvm15:19
sjovanthat's work i progres15:19
loolsjovan: Do you want to install on real hardware, or in a VM?15:20
sjovanreal hardware15:20
sjovanor isn't the prog in that stage yet?15:20
davmor2sjovan: what hw15:20
loolsjovan: The install script relies on particular hardware assumptions, it will format your whole /dev/sda hard drive15:21
loolThis is all hardcoded15:21
loolIt will also use a hardcoded xorg config etc.15:21
loolAnyway, for real hardware, grab a daily or a released image, write to an USB stick, and boot on that15:21
sjovandavmor2: not any spesific hw. just checking out some stuff for a colege of mine :)15:21
looldavmor2: Let me know what errors if any you get from creating this VM15:21
davmor2lool: no probs.  It's hit a few duplicated repos but that's it so far it seems to building quite happily :)15:22
sjovanlool: so where can i finde a image of ubuntu mobile? how is it working on the the different phones in  Samsung 15:24
sjovanoops15:24
sjovanhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileAndEmbedded15:24
loolCheckout the FAQ, wont work on phones15:24
sjovanah, k15:24
loolWe should have an ume-friendly-bot auto-answering any line with "phone" in it ;)15:24
sjovanaaa15:25
sjovanit's for pocket computer not smart-phones15:25
sjovanmy bad :)15:25
sjovanjust googeld  Samsung 15:25
sjovanQ1 Ultra 15:25
sjovan:)15:25
davmor2anything with any hw other than samsung Q1u 15:25
sjovansoo... what linux distro can you guys recomend for "smart"-phones then :)15:26
samjamsjovan, it won't "not" work on smartphones, there's just more work, and no-ones doing it right now15:27
samjamsjovan what smartphone do you have?15:27
sjovansamjam: as i stated earlier on. just a co-worker of mine that want a phone with linux15:27
sjovanso i'm just findeing out stuff for him15:27
suihkulokkiI don't think there is (yet) any other linux phone to seriously consider than the openmoko15:28
samjamThere's nothing for a while, and no shortcuts. I'm using an HTC Universal (XDA Exec) with titchy-mobile, an armel debian derivative15:28
sjovansamjam: so you could always recomend a good smart-phone and a distro that works well with it15:28
samjamsjovan, no, and the openmoko isn't really ready yet IMHO for non dev use.15:28
suihkulokkisamjam: do you have info of tichy mobile?15:29
suihkulokkisamjam: well everything else is even less ready :P15:29
samjamhttp://wiki.neilandtheresa.co.uk/Titchy_Mobile15:29
samjamI bought an old HTC Universal on ebay once I heard linux was largely working on that, and am doing "fine" with titchy-mobile which is to say it is a linux device with a sort of phone on it. it "works"15:30
samjamBut I hope I can take advantage of all the UME hard work and only have to re-compile.15:30
samjamHowever it only has 64MB of RAM although 80 UK pounds or so will upgrade it to 128MB15:30
sjovansamjam: what's your defenition of "fine" and "works"?15:30
samjamIt means it's only good for techies who enjoy using their skills to reduce the pain.15:31
samjamit means there is no integrated contacts and dialler and pda, but there is a bash shell and awk and gtkdialog15:31
suihkulokkisamjam: you could already recompile the UME packages using debian/armel as base15:31
suihkulokkisamjam: there is debian/maemo project I started for that, but I've been lackign time to finish it15:32
samjamyeah, thats my plan, but I don't know how to cross compile packages yet.15:32
samjamso I'm compiling native15:32
samjamwhich is not wise with SD card as swap15:32
samjamsuihkulokki, if you can hint me on cross compiling debs for armel, I'd be grateful. I'm assuming it's some args to deb_build once I have the cross compiler setup. I guess glibc will be the first to do.15:33
suihkulokkiwell I'm native-compiling too15:33
samjamfair enough. Maybe I will do NFS-swap15:33
samjamso I'll probably just compile the UME debs natively on top of my debian build15:34
samjamsuihkulokki do you have links to your debian/maemo project?15:35
suihkulokkisamjam: http://wiki.debian.org/pkg-maemo15:37
samjamta15:38
samjamwhat device were you using?15:38
suihkulokkiNokia N800 is the target, but for compiling we have Thecus N2100 NAS devices15:38
samjamoohhh. want one15:39
samjamis it wireless?15:39
samjamI'm using an NSLU2 but the lack of RAM is hurting me15:40
suihkulokkiwireless, what?15:42
samjamwireless network NAS, but I see that it isn't. A bit expensive too, for no disks in it.15:42
loolsamjam: You can add a wireless mini PCI, not sure whether you'll find a supported one though15:43
loolThere's supposedly an antenna plug, I'm not sure how easy it is to use it though15:43
samjamI'm looking for a well priced linux-hackable wireless NAS to replace my NSLU215:43
samjamhmm15:43
suihkulokkiWe (Debian armel) use Thecues as buildd's as they are the fastest and most ram-extensible arm systems *now* available for general shops15:44
samjamI didn't realise you could increase the ram on it. How much do you get it up to?15:45
suihkulokki512MB15:45
samjamoooohhh15:45
samjamhas it got usb?15:45
suihkulokkiyes15:45
samjamI think I gotta get one.15:45
suihkulokkithe main drawbacks are noisy fan and price15:45
samjamand you run debian on it?15:46
suihkulokkiwe have debian-installer support for it15:46
loolThe fan is also a bit borderline to cool off two disks properly (at least mine)15:46
suihkulokkilool: are you keeping the box vertically?15:46
samjamdo you have to solder to add the RAM?15:46
loolPoor davmor215:46
loolsuihkulokki: No; good idea though :)15:47
suihkulokkisamjam: it has a DDR dimm slot15:47
loolsuihkulokki: Grid on top I guess?15:47
suihkulokkilool: if positioned vertically, the heat will flow easier to the fan (from between the disks)15:48
suihkulokkihorizontally the lower disk will just heat the top one15:48
loolYeah15:48
samjamDoesn't look like there was any airflow design at: http://techgage.com/print/thecus_n210015:49
loolThe top one is usually 1 or 2 °C hotter15:49
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cl0sis Ubuntu Remix pretty much just Ubuntu MobileAndEmbeded??21:42
cl0ssorry looking at it now.. def not..21:43

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