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kyleN_Hi all16:01
kyleN_#startmeeting16:01
meetingologyMeeting started Fri Dec  7 16:01:04 2012 UTC.  The chair is kyleN_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology.16:01
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kyleN_This is the weekly Ubuntu Nexus 7 meeting16:01
vanhoofo/16:01
janimohi16:01
sfeole\o/16:01
ogra_moo16:01
kyleN_Today Alex Chiang, who normally runs the meeting, is in Korea, so I will moderate16:01
kyleN_First, I'll summarize the news16:02
kyleN_Then folks can give status16:02
kyleN_then we'll have discussion/Q&A16:02
ayano/16:02
kyleN_So here's the news:16:02
kyleN_The nux fix has landed, and raring "works" (ogra will discuss this after the summary)16:02
ogra_will i ?16:03
kyleN_Ubuntu Nexus 7 Installer is almost ready for raring support. version1.7 will be available shortly16:03
ogra_seems i will :)16:03
kyleN_Work to develop a nice approach for finding memory leaks with valgrind is progressing16:03
kyleN_So, if ogra is willing, perhaps he can take it up now, or sfeole16:04
kyleN_#topic raring/nux16:04
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ogra_well, no issues with unity and nux anymore in raring16:04
vanhoofogra_: drop shadow on the top panel as well?16:04
ogra_the "panel shaddow is black bar" issue is still there16:05
janimoogra_, as of today's image?16:05
* vanhoof hasn't updated today yet :)16:05
ogra_janimo, as of wednesdays image16:05
ogra_vanhoof, no, the fix for that one hasnt landed16:05
ogra_beyond that i got plymouuth to half work on the images16:05
bcurtiswxWhere can we find the plans for the nexus 7 for raring ?16:06
ogra_oem-config works fine but since xnox switched it to compiz it seems to have input issues16:06
vanhoofogra_: as of late?16:06
ogra_usually a reboot fixes these ... (you land in oem-config again automatically until it is done)16:06
vanhoofogra_: I got through an install (and plymouth \o/) no issues yesterday16:06
sfeole<~~~ no issues here as well16:07
ogra_vanhoof, yeah, the change is two weeks old or so16:07
ogra_it doesnt seem to happen always or to everyone16:07
janimobcurtiswx, the strictly nexus related plans are to make current ubuntu robust on it and support at least some hw features (sensors, webcam)16:07
ogra_and the reboot not always fixes it16:07
ogra_so expect some support questions if people start using it widely16:07
ogra_oh, and before i forget ...16:08
ogra_we have a serial debug shell via USb by defautl now16:08
janimobcurtiswx, the plans are mostly in Launchpad blueprints and in the stated goals of the project but not written up as plans anywhere AFAIK16:08
kyleN_bcurtiswx, the genera plan is to make Ubuntu raring "work" on nexus 7. We are mostly concerned with system level stuff as opposed to GUI for now16:08
ogra_attach the nexus to your PC and run: screen /dev/ttyACM0 11520016:08
bcurtiswxjanimo, ubuntu right now on a small screen like the nexus 7 is had to work with. It would be nice to develop "home" screen for them, maybe like the dash but with the users choice of apps, and they would always be fullscreen?16:08
ogra_and you will get a login prompt16:08
kyleN_ogra, nice. should that be put in the wiki/16:09
bcurtiswxkyleN_, OK, maybe I'll turn into an idea/thinktank for the GUI aspects16:09
kyleN_?16:09
ogra_kyleN_, that would make sense yeah16:09
kyleN_sfeole, can you please add that to the wiki?16:09
ogra_it prevents users from having to set up wlan and install ssh16:09
janimobcurtiswx, I agree, however this particular project only concers itself with making this hw a good enough platform to test such new UIs on, not actually have them done by 13.0416:09
ogra_to get debugging stuff done16:09
ogra_i think thats all wrt images atm ...16:10
ogra_the touchscreen bug is still there in raring16:10
janimoogra_, and that serial should work after a dist-upgrade, no need for a fresh raring install?16:10
sfeolemight want to comment on bluetooth in raring...16:10
ogra_oh, and brcm-patchram isnt in raring atm, so even though we have BT fixes in kernel it wont work yet16:10
kyleN_[action] sfeole to add usb debug shell instructions to wiki16:10
meetingologyACTION: sfeole to add usb debug shell instructions to wiki16:10
ogra_janimo, right16:10
ayanogra_: I'm working on getting it in asap.16:10
ogra_ayan, getting what in ?16:11
ayanogra_: you can find the daily build here: https://code.launchpad.net/~ayan/+recipe/brcm-patchram-daily16:11
ayannot that it is changing often.16:11
janimoogra_, till just commented on LP that his BT on raring is not fixed by the kernel patch16:11
janimoit was only 12.10 that worked16:11
ogra_ayan, i dont think we want the hack in the archive16:11
ayanthe hack?16:11
janimowhich is unfortunate, but bluez did not seem to change that much since 12.1016:11
ogra_ayan, loading the firmware is/should be part of the driver ... not of a userspace tool16:12
ogra_there are patches upstream that even seem to have gone into mainline for this16:12
* ayan nods.16:12
ogra_but there arent any for our kernel version16:12
ayanokay.16:12
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kyleN_ok, so BT support is pending16:13
ogra_if we would use the hack, i would just upload the ppa package to the archive ... untouched16:13
janimobcurtiswx, here is the work item status for 13.04 http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-raring/group/topic-raring-desktop-targets-for-embedded.html16:13
ogra_which is the last resort solution if kernel cant work16:13
ayanit isn't quite a 'hack' though.  it is software writen and maintained by a broadcom developer.16:13
ogra_yeah, true16:13
ayan(software of questionable quality though.)16:14
ogra_but there are upstream efforts for getting patchram support into the kernel itself16:14
ayanright.  understood.16:14
* janimo sees this as a helper tool like with many hw peripherals (usb modeswitch for ex)16:14
ogra_if we could make use of teehse that would be great16:14
ogra_if we cant we still have the fallback16:14
janimonot ideal but if it is the only way to get it work properly now...16:14
ogra_janimo, well, our x86 kernel can handle patchram stuff just fine16:14
janimoit is at 3.7 though no?16:15
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janimoa lot of our issues would go away if we had a 3.7 kernel too (and we'd likely have some new)16:15
ogra_the patcches went into mainline ... so it feels a bit odd adding a userspace hack for something that doesnt need one on other arches16:15
bcurtiswxjanimo, thx16:15
ogra_yeah, no 3.7 for us until the binary drivers fullly work with it16:15
ayanogra_: it needs to be on other archs.16:16
ogra_ayan, on other arches the BT stack of the kernel performs the patchram call16:16
ogra_while we do it in userspace and by replacing hcitool completely16:16
vanhoofthats device by device though I thought, what has landed upstream doesn't cover all brcm combo cards /me thought16:17
* ayan wasn't aware that it actually landed upstream.16:17
ogra_bug 106540016:17
ubottuLaunchpad bug 1065400 in linux (Ubuntu Raring) "Support for loading Broadcom bluetooth firmware" [Medium,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/106540016:17
ogra_it was at least requested16:17
ayanokay.16:17
ogra_anyway, if we could use that approach that would be a ton better16:18
ogra_if we cant we can still pull the package in16:18
kyleN_Sounds like we have a plan A and a possible hack/fallback/plan B16:18
ogra_right16:18
kyleN_done, ogra?16:18
ogra_yeah, wrt images i am :)16:18
kyleN_ok, thanks16:19
ayanso should i continue with the brcm-patchram userspace stuff?16:19
vanhoofayan, i'd say as a fallback, perhaps ping jesse to see about raring and the device in the n716:19
ayangot it.16:20
kyleN_thanks ayan16:20
ogra_awesome16:20
kyleN_OK moving along to the installer supporting R16:20
kyleN_I understand installer pkg 1.7 will support R16:20
kyleN_but it is not yet available - will be soon16:20
vanhoofit is now :)16:20
sfeoleit's avail now16:20
vanhoofhttps://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-nexus7/+archive/ubuntu-nexus7-installer16:20
kyleN_aha16:21
ogra_great16:21
sfeolewiki is already updated16:21
ogra_usb-creator work is still pending16:21
kyleN_vanhoof, thx, and sfeole.16:21
vanhoofwith the raring dailys looking nice I've moved over to raring now16:21
ogra_i think i'll start with that with xnox after the vacation days16:21
vanhoofsame process as before, it'll pull the daily if its new(er) than what you have locally16:21
ogra_we might change the image output format mind you16:22
ogra_i.e. we peobably will merge both files into one etc16:22
ogra_*probably16:22
vanhoofogra_: ok, if you do, no biggie to fix-up on my end if needed16:22
kyleN_ogra, can you pls explain the usb creator approach and how it differs from the installer approach?16:22
ogra_but i'll shout if that happens16:22
vanhoofcool16:22
xnoxogra_: yeap, ideally i would like to have a quick chat about the format with you.16:23
ogra_kyleN_, a supported distro toool thats installed in all ubuntu installs to do the flashing16:23
ogra_instead of a separately maintained installer script16:23
kyleN_ogra, to flash an attached n7 'disk' directly, or via an external media?16:24
ogra_kyleN_, the plan is to have usb-creator generally support android flashing16:24
ogra_it should function similar to the script installer ....16:24
ogra_download on demand etc16:24
ogra_xnox, yeah, lets do that after the meeting in #ubuntu-arm16:25
kyleN_ok, thx ogra16:25
kyleN_I forgot to announce the Installer topic -oops16:25
kyleN_[topic] valgrind mem leak work16:25
=== meetingology changed the topic of #ubuntu-meeting to: valgrind mem leak work
kyleN_Alex chiang's patch to valgrind to accept a path to a dir with debug symbols was commited16:26
kyleN_upstream16:26
kyleN_We are working on modifications to apport to:16:26
kyleN_create a dir with the debug symbols for the app you want to valgrind16:27
kyleN_valgrind it and produce a log file that can be used to identify memory leaks16:27
kyleN_in the longer run, we hope to normalize those log files and upload them if they are 'unique' in a manner that lets people find them and act on them16:28
ogra_will that in any way influence "normal" apport behavior for normal users of armhf ?16:28
kyleN_ogra_, no16:28
ogra_great16:28
kyleN_[topic] QA updates16:28
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kyleN_sfeole, putting you on the spot without warning here16:29
kyleN_sorry - anything to add?16:29
sfeolesure16:29
sfeole If some of you want to dist-upgrade from 12.10 -> 13.04 then you may hit some known issues.16:29
sfeolePlease refer to the following bugs:16:29
sfeole#108729516:29
sfeole#108733516:29
sfeoleit's not a smooth transition, requires a little bit of work.16:30
sfeolebut other than that should function as expected16:30
kyleN_sfeole, is there any reason to do dist-upgrade instead of using the new installer R support?16:30
ogra_and generally we encourage re-flashing anyway16:30
sfeolenope, up to the user, as ogra_ just said we encourage a re-flash16:30
ogra_(so people have proper user, tomezone and language setup)16:31
sfeoleyes16:31
kyleN_perhaps the wiki should make that clear, if it doesn't aleady16:31
sfeoleThats it for now, I have been updating the Nexus7/KnownIssues page every day and bringing it up to speed. So be sure to check it out16:31
ogra_its just for the hardcore guys that insit on upgrading :)16:31
sfeoleAlso16:32
sfeoleall of the other exciting announcement that we have covered today will be on the Wiki in about 5 minutes.16:32
sfeole<-- done16:32
ogra_wrt known issues and wikippages ....16:32
kyleN_thanks sfeole16:32
ogra_the FAQ link now takes you to askubuntu ....16:32
ogra_from the main wiki page16:32
sfeoleyea, that was our goal to migrate most of the questions to AU16:33
ogra_on askubuntu the amount of FAQs seems to be ratrher sparse while the actuall FAQ wikipage is pretty full ... but its not easily discoverable anymore16:33
ogra_will anyone transfer these faqs, or should we have a "wikiFAQ" link or some such to not lose alll the answers ?16:34
sfeolemost of the questions in the wiki faq should be already up on Ask Ubuntu, simply search for the Nexus-7 tag16:34
kyleN_+1 on migrate faq to AU and delete from wiki16:34
kyleN_ogra, one follow up question16:35
kyleN_ogra, your comment above about timezone/language/etc is that if you reinstall/reflash, you will use oem-config, which prompts you for timezone, language, and creates a user account with your specifics, right?16:35
sfeolekyleN_: correct16:35
ogra_http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nexus-7?sort=faq&pagesize=50 only has 8 FAQs16:35
ogra_kyleN_, exactly16:35
kyleN_so sfeole, pls massage the wiki/AU faq situation16:36
sfeoleogra_: I'll take that action item to add the remaining questions to that faq16:36
ogra_i think chris was working on that16:36
ogra_k16:36
kyleN_[action] sfeole to handle faq migration from wiki to askubuntu16:36
meetingologyACTION: sfeole to handle faq migration from wiki to askubuntu16:36
kyleN_OK, so that's it for the agenda.16:36
kyleN_any comments/discussion/etc?16:37
* ogra_ has some personal announcement ....16:37
kyleN_go for it16:37
ogra_this is officially my last day ...16:37
ogra_... for this year :P16:37
kyleN_-116:37
kyleN_+1 ;)16:37
sfeolehaha,16:37
* ogra_ sees pale faces :)16:37
vanhoofogra_: dont make me grab my heart medicine16:37
vanhoofkthx16:37
bcurtiswxI think all of freenode will be gone these next few weeks16:37
ogra_i.e. i didnt take my vacation in a timely manner16:37
kyleN_picks up jaw and gets back into chair16:37
ogra_but even though i'm vacating i'll largely be around16:38
bcurtiswxogra_, why call it a vacation? :P16:38
ogra_bcurtiswx, yeah, its more like a free month16:38
kyleN_So I will leave it to Alex Chiang to schedule this meeting respecting upcoming holdiay season16:38
kyleN_we can expect dholbach to announce as usual16:38
kyleN_dholbach is out today16:39
ogra_right, the llast ten days everything is shut down anyway16:39
ogra_we only have two of them before new year16:39
kyleN_ok, anything else?16:39
kyleN_ogra, and all, Happy Holidays!16:40
kyleN_going once...16:40
ogra_heh, thx16:40
kyleN_going twice...16:40
kyleN_cheers and thx all16:40
vanhoofthanks kyleN_, you too!16:40
kyleN_#endmeeting16:40
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tgm4883So there is suppose to be a Ubuntu-TV meeting in here right now. We've got nothing to discuss at the moment, but I'm free to answer any questions I can that anyone has18:16
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