[12:04] <napster> Can I use ubuntu on http://www.hawkboard.org/ ?
[12:06] <ogra> napster, thats ARM9 so i fear only jaunty will work on it (if you have a kernel and bootloader, see the RootfsFromScratch wikipage)
[12:07] <napster> ogra, I've karmic koala. I'm new to embedded linux. Can you spare a few moments for me?
[12:07] <ogra> well, ubuntu essentially doesnt do anything in the embedded area (yet)
[12:07] <ogra> the armel port is like any other ubuntu
[12:08] <napster> ogra, You know the hawkboard?
[12:08] <ogra> nope
[12:08] <ogra> but i looked at the tech specs on the page you pointed me to
[12:09] <napster> ogra, OK, Can I ask you a few question?
[12:09] <ogra> sure
[12:10] <ogra> http://blog.binaerwelt.com/2010/02/ubuntu-on-the-hawkboard/ seems to have a guide for ubuntu on that device btw
[12:10] <napster> Can I install the arm port on a USB stick and boot from it?
[12:10] <napster> ogra, I already read it :(
[12:11] <ogra> sure
[12:11] <ogra> make sure your kernel commandline points to the USB key
[12:12] <ogra> you will likely need to have kernel and uboot on SD
[12:12] <napster> ogra, Sd card?
[12:12] <ogra> well, or whatever else the board boots from
[12:12] <ogra> usually such boards support booting from SD so bootloader and kernel live on the card
[12:13] <napster> Can I install it to a USB card, from my laptop?
[12:14] <ogra> with rootstock you can extract the tarball to usb from any machine you like :)
[12:14] <napster> ogra, Do I need any extra softwares for the purpose?
[12:14] <ogra> your first step should be to find out how exactly your bopard boots though ... i.e. where do kernel and bootloader live
[12:15] <napster> ogra, OK
[12:15] <ogra> apart from rootstock and a machine that knows how to extract a tarball to a USB key you shouldnt need anything else
[12:15] <ogra> probably a serial port to access the bootloader
[12:16] <napster> ogra, ok
[12:16] <napster> ogra, I'll update you soon about it. Where are you from?
[12:17] <ogra> gernamy
[12:17] <ogra> heh
[12:17] <ogra> germany
[12:17] <napster> I need your help anyway. Can you?
[12:17] <ogra> just ask your questions here if you have any
[12:17] <napster> Hope you will be here... Thanks for your help... :)
[12:18]  * ogra is here all day during european business hours
[12:18] <napster> ;)
[12:18] <ogra> i.e. likely for another 3-4h today
[12:18] <napster> ok
[13:15] <ogra> bah
[13:15] <ogra> suddenly installing the netbook task works in qemu but still fails in rootstock
[13:15]  * ogra sighs ... i'm running out of ideas how to debug that
[18:11] <Martyn> Do we have a system image from one of the buildd's?
[18:11] <Martyn> ojn: Are you back in Austin?
[18:17] <ojn> Martyn: I am. Should I swing by tomorrow?
[18:18] <Martyn> I could use the debug cable, yeah.  Want to come to the austin hackerspace movie night?
[18:18] <Martyn> www.austinhackerspace.org/events
[18:22] <ojn> Sorry, today/tonight isn't a good match for me. And that seems to be all the way down in south austin. :)
[18:28] <Martyn> The movie night -is- tomorrow
[18:28] <Martyn> 7pm-midnight :)
[18:28] <Martyn> I'm also poking around here in the North today though.  Maybe meet up after work?
[19:48] <|nfecteD> anyone have any idea why im not getting any picture or sound in snes9x-gtk on my beagleboard?
[19:48] <|nfecteD> It loads the rom and the CPU usage goes to 100% but it just sits there
[19:48] <|nfecteD> i can load another rom and configure stuff so it doesn't lock up
[19:49] <|nfecteD> can it be because snes9x-gtk doesn't like/work with 16bit color?
[19:59] <Martyn> UGH .. I hate Time Warner sometimes
[19:59] <Martyn> Office lost connectivity
[19:59] <Martyn> ojn, you still online?