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rsalvetirsavoye: hm, are you using currently maverick's kernel?00:26
rsavoyeyes, it should be00:26
rsavoyeit's about 2 months out of date00:27
rsavoyeI was curious if the xM worked yet with maverick :-)00:27
rsalvetirsavoye: yeah, it should work, at least it was tested with the pre-installed image00:29
rsalvetithat's why it could happen that you got a bug while upgrading it00:29
rsavoyeso maybe I should grab another image and reflash the mmc card ?00:30
rsavoyeor will it segfault all the time like it used too ?00:31
rsalvetirsavoye: depends, if it's easier for you :-)00:31
rsalvetirsavoye: what is your xM rev?00:31
rsavoyeBeagle xM Rev A00:31
rsalvetihttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAPMaverickInstall00:31
rsavoyeDie ID #6ac80000061000000156166b0a01002a00:31
rsalvetidon't know if the software is getting when you're using rev A2 or A3 already00:32
rsavoyeit had memory problems before, but at the time you though it might be kernel related00:32
rsalvetihm, at least my rev A now works fine00:32
rsavoyebefore even throttling it down to 800Mhz didn't hel[, but that was weeks ago00:33
rsavoyecourse my A board could have the dreaded RAM bug00:33
rsalvetiyeah, but give the latest image a try and see if it works better00:42
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JakeJBaileyhello04:51
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: hey, did you try the ubuntu sgx packages for omap3?04:51
JakeJBaileyim still installing04:52
rsalveticool04:53
JakeJBaileyhoe long is this uspposed to take05:01
JakeJBaileyhow*05:01
JakeJBaileyno serial so idk how im supposed to know its doing anything05:12
JakeJBaileybeen sitting just blinking as it does when idle05:13
JakeJBaileyhasnt done anything in a while05:25
JakeJBaileyyea its just sitting, followed these instructions https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAPMaverickInstall05:36
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: it usually takes around 4, 5 for the first boot06:05
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: then at your second boot it should display the oem-config after 3, 4 minutes06:05
rsalvetithen you just finish the installation and you're ok06:05
JakeJBaileyuhh06:05
JakeJBaileymines been sitting here 45mins06:06
rsalvetiouch, nothing on the screen?06:06
JakeJBaileynope06:06
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: what board are you using?06:06
JakeJBaileyC406:06
rsalvetioh, that's weird, it should work without any change06:07
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: could be something got wrong during your progress06:07
rsalvetiyou should be able to see something on your monitor from the first boot06:07
JakeJBaileyprogress?06:07
JakeJBaileynothing06:07
rsalvetiit should show you it's resizing the sd card06:07
JakeJBaileyi got the uncompressing linux and boot in the serial and that was it06:07
rsalvetiok, try writing the image again and then edit the boot.scr file to get the serial working06:08
JakeJBaileyany tips on that? the link goes to no page in the tutorial06:08
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/BeagleEditBootscr06:08
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: after writing the image with dd, mount the sd card06:09
rsalvetiat the first partition give: dd if=boot.scr of=boot.script bs=1 skip=7206:09
rsalvetithen edit the boot.script file06:09
JakeJBaileyhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/BeagleEditBootscr06:09
JakeJBaileywill that work?06:09
JakeJBaileyoh sry, haha06:09
rsalvetiadd console=ttyS2,115200n8 to the bootargs line06:09
rsalvetiwrite the new boot.src file with: mkimage -A arm -T script -C none -n "Ubuntu boot script" -d boot.script boot.scr06:10
rsalvetiumount the card and boot it on your board06:10
rsalvetiyou should be able to see what's happening at least06:10
JakeJBaileysudo sh -c 'zcat ./ubuntu-netbook-10.10-preinstalled-netbook-armel+<omap image>.img.gz >/dev/<device name>'06:13
JakeJBaileyis that equivalent to dd?06:13
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: yup, just that by giving zcat you don't need to first gunzip it06:17
rsalvetiin case you want to use dd you first need to gunzip it, then run dd with the img file06:17
JakeJBaileyepic fail06:19
JakeJBaileywas the monitor06:19
JakeJBaileyplugged into a different one and now it works06:19
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: haha :-)06:21
rsalveticool, ping us later in case you need any help with ubuntu06:21
rsalvetiI'm out now, quite late already06:22
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JakeJBaileyhello17:27
JakeJBaileyfollowing this wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OMAP/Graphics i get that none of the packages are found17:28
JakeJBailey"unable to locate package"17:30
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: you need to activate the universe and multiverse repo first17:30
JakeJBaileydid that17:30
ndecJakeJBailey: omap3 or omap4?17:31
JakeJBaileyomap317:31
JakeJBaileybeagleboard c417:31
ndecJakeJBailey: ok... so that is for rsalveti then, not me ;-)17:31
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: after apt-get update you should be able to see it17:32
rsalvetitry giving apt-cache search sgx17:32
JakeJBaileywait there are two checkboxes now for the repos17:32
JakeJBaileyI checked them off in the list style box but there is also a menu where they must be checked\17:32
JakeJBaileyokay while I am waiting can you guys tell me if there is a nice way to handle choosing a wifi connection from within fluxbox or some other light window manager?17:35
rsalvetiJakeJBailey: you an always try to start nm-applet17:37
ogra_acstalonetray17:37
rsalvetiif you have a window manager with systray, you're ok17:37
ogra_acthat gives you a floating tray area17:37
JakeJBaileyokay thanks for the suggestions17:37
JakeJBaileyokay i think i was enabling it in the other software tab instead of the ubuntu software tab17:41
JakeJBaileyits working now, thinks for your help guys. Can anyone edit the ubuntu wiki that i linked? if so i will add some clarification to it17:43
JakeJBaileywhen i get packages from the repo for armel im guessing those are compiled to have support for the most chips so would it be very beneficial to compile for my specific armv7a?18:01
ikke-tDo you have sound on your bb with maverick netbook install? I don't, shouldn't I?19:44
ikke-tC4 hw19:44
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cipheris there anyway I can get the ubuntu toolchain used to build for the beagleboard as described here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu21:50
ndeccipher: what exactly are you looking for?21:53
zumbi_cipher: emdebian.org has cross toolchains. For ubuntu, those were integrated via some ppa, not sure if already on maverick, try to search for gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi21:53
ndeczumbi_: cipher: maverick has armel gcc cross compiler. it's even possible to install them in lucid21:54
cipherndec: I'd like to be able to build a binary for a beagleboard that is I believe running the maverick build21:55
ndecfor maverick: apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi should work21:55
ndecand to install it on lucid: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/CrossCompilerOnLucid21:56
zumbi_ndec: do you know if some work has been done for bare metal toolchains?21:57
cipherso my host machine isn't an ubuntu box but a debian lenny21:57
cipherndec: does that make things a little more challenging?21:57
zumbi_cipher: then use emdebian.org (wiki.debian.org/EmdebianToolchain)21:58
ndeccipher: you could still build in a chroot.. that's what I do even if I run maverick.21:58
ndecotherwise I don't think there is a bare metal toolchain available. maybe hrw or lool would know.21:58
cipherndec: can you elaborate? I know what a chroot is, but would I then have to setup an entire maverick install inside the chroot?21:59
ndeccipher: yes: just create a maverick buildd chroot, and install the arm cross compiler inside.21:59
cipherhttps://wiki.linaro.org/UsingXdeb like this?22:00
ndecexactly I was going to point you to this ;-)22:00
cipherexcellent, thank you.22:00
ndecit does not mean that you have to use xdeb, though.22:00
cipherzumbi_: I will look at what you've mentioned as well.. not ignoring you :-)22:00
ndeccipher: zumbi_: i don't think embeddian would have support for amrv7, though.22:01
ndecwith the linaro/ubuntu cross compiler you have access to the very same gcc that was used to build the entire ubuntu archive.22:02
zumbi_ndec: if you use mabi mcpu options, does not make any difference22:02
cipherndec: I'm almost thinking of just trying to build the rootfs of the beagleboard from scratch seeing as I need a very basic functionality... essentially I just want a linux kern with hidraw and some USB support. the rootfs actually doesn't need much at all I just want to be able to cross compile for the target platform. I was handed a beagleboard with an ubuntu install on it and so i thought this might be the fastest way to get going. 22:02
zumbi_ndec: debian and ubuntu tools are the same22:03
zumbi_ndec: not exactly, but those share the same base22:03
ndecsure22:03
ndeccipher: so you want to rebuild the rootfs? why exactly? why can't you just use the existing rootfs or build a minimal (console only) rootfs with rootstock for example22:04
cipherndec: like I said I'm open to suggestions. I'm just kind of new to this and have kind of a hobby project22:04
cipherso if you have any pointers to that I am happy to look. I'll check on rootstock22:05
ndeccipher: np... so you might want to check this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch22:05
ciphereverything atm is kind of fragmented in my mind. kind of aware some of the pieces but not sure how to put them all together22:05
ndecyou can create a minimal rootfs with console only + apt-get installed in a few minutes.22:05
ndecwith rootstock you create the ubuntu rootfs that you want, you choose all the packages you need.22:06
cipherso then I just need to build a kernel myself or does that handle that part as well22:07
cipherI assume not, so then I jump back to the other link you mentioned about cross compiling and just roll from the vanilla linux with omap support22:07
cipheror using an ubuntu kernel, i.e. maverick22:08
ndeci don't recall this exactly. i think you can give it a prebuilt  .deb and it would install it, not sure though. otherwise, you can just build your kernel.22:08
ndecwe wrote this a while ago: http://omappedia.org/wiki/Get_started_with_ubuntu_on_omap4. might be a bit outdated, but that could help you understanding the process of building your rootfs22:09
ndecif you plan on using ubuntu rootfs, i recommend you start using the ubuntu kernel. that's the one we test ubuntu on... so it's safer.22:10
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ndeccipher: i need to go... out of battery and no plug around... we can catch up later if you need.22:12
cipherndec: all right, thanks.22:12
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