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mhall119wasn't expecting a promotion this afternoon, but man it makes me happy :)01:24
cwaynemhall119: has anyone tried out our rss template yet02:51
squintyno bluetooth devices supported right now besides audio related, is that correct?  Any other bluetooth support coming later down the line or....?03:07
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mhall119cwayne: for scopes?03:45
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popeymzanetti: \o/ http://popey.mooo.com/screenshots/device-2014-08-09-130043.png12:01
mzanettipopey: hehe :)12:48
mzanettipopey: hope you like it12:48
mzanettipopey: the circle around the ISS is white when its in daylight and gray when its in earth's shadow.12:49
ybonHow do one close an app in the new promoted image? :)13:02
ybonpopey: who should I bug to know about the last update on QtLocation?13:03
mzanettiybon: you can close apps in the right edge spread13:04
mzanettiybon: what up with qtlocation? maybe I can help13:04
ybonmzanetti: I just read some news that it has been updated, plus the deal with Here/Nokia, plus https://bugs.launchpad.net/osmtouch/+bug/1351046, so I'm just wondering what should I do on OSMTouch13:06
ubot5Ubuntu bug 1351046 in OSMTouch "osmtouch is causing denials in apparmor you can now use the location service to get around this" [Undecided,New]13:06
ybonlike if the aGPS is active, I would love to start using it :)13:06
Mirvqtlocation itself hasn't been touched for a while, but the location-service etc is evolving13:06
ybonoh, I think I'm mixing both13:07
ybonwhat's the location-service?13:07
ybonmzanetti: got it for closing apps, very nice :)13:09
nik90Mirv: do you know when aGPS will be enabled by default?13:09
nik90Mirv: I need it for the clock app13:09
mzanettiybon: not really sure what the problem with apparmor denials are. how are you getting the location?13:09
ybonI really really love the UI of Ubuntu Touch, and very change makes it better and better :)13:09
ybonmzanetti: I think the problem has been fixed13:10
nik90popey: in the mood for testing?13:10
ybonI was just trying to have a bit of info of what have changed, in case I can better my code13:10
mzanettiybon: mhm... well, I only use the QtLocation api as it ever existed and it seems to work and not causing any issues13:10
ybonmzanetti: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1352977 this is the fix I think13:10
ubot5Ubuntu bug 1352977 in QtMir "Creating a prompt session for an app without a surface does not show the prompt" [Critical,In progress]13:10
mzanettiinteresting...13:10
ybonmzanetti: ok, for example, do you know if the aGPS is now available?13:11
Mirvybon: location-service is just middleware, usage should be as usual through Qt. hmm, regarding the apparmor denials and such, it's possible that bug is already fixed now and nothing needs to be changed in OSMTouch, but need to re-check next week maybe with davmor2 directly13:11
ybonMirv: yes, I think you are right, it's fixed13:11
mzanettiybon: I don't think so. but I heard its close now13:11
ybonnow when I launch OSMTouch, I'm prompted about giving access to my location13:11
ybonmzanetti: ok, cool13:11
Mirvybon: one real problem was that the popup for allowing/denying location for the app was hidden, but that was fixed. regarding apparmor, there were some warnings/errors but it remained unclear to me whether something needs to be fixed in an app or not.13:12
mzanettiybon: but I don't have any more knowledge on their timeline and progress... just heard rumors, so maybe try to confirm with someone else, like tvoss13:12
Mirvnik90: no, I don't know about the plans other than reading from the mailing list.13:12
ybonmzanetti: ok, do you know if tvoss is sometimes here around on IRC?13:12
Mirvhopefully really soon, I actually thought at some point that maybe it has been already, but then noticed I did not get a location indoors so probably not.13:12
nik90Mirv: ah ok..eagerly waiting for it.13:13
mzanettiybon: he is, mostly during work hours. You have to be a bit lucky to catch him on weekends.13:13
Mirvnik90: me too :)13:13
* nik90 hates the placeholder "location" text in the clock app13:13
mzanettinik90: hey, how is it going with the network stuff?13:13
ybonmzanetti: ok, thanks, I will try in the working hour next week so :)13:13
ybonthanks mzanetti and Mirv for your infos :)13:14
ybonIn summary, nothing to do on my hand right now13:14
nik90mzanetti: I haven't had a chance to work on it yet. Something else came up.13:14
mzanettiok13:14
ybonAside that I will need to update the UI not to use the bottom toolbar anymore soon13:14
nik90mzanetti: but I looked through your code example briefly again and plan to rewatch your tutorial video to jog my memory a bit13:14
nik90ybon: cool :)13:15
ybonon this side, I'm not sure what's the ideal UX when you have a full screen app, btw13:15
nik90ybon: may be look at other app from other platforms for reference and see if you can relate it to the ubuntu touch UI13:16
popeynik90: sure, wassup?13:34
nik90popey: https://code.launchpad.net/~nik90/ubuntu-clock-app/add-vibration-support/+merge/22932713:34
nik90popey: you will need image #18013:34
popeyi have that.13:35
popeyis this a pig to build?13:35
popey( a click )13:35
nik90yeah13:35
popeygot a click? ☻13:35
nik901 sec13:35
nik90popey: http://people.ubuntu.com/~nik90/com.ubuntu.clock.devel_0.1_armhf.click13:39
popeygot it13:41
nik90popey: in the manifest file, what should the arch read? For the old clock app it was "all" since there was nothing to build.13:42
popeyhmm, hang on, this is called "clock"13:42
popeyis this going to replace my existing clock?13:42
popeyoh, clock.devel13:43
popeyarmhf13:43
nik90it is using the clock devel id instead of my personal id that I change manually before every store upload13:43
nik90popey: for the new clock app, I technically need "all" since I test on armhf phone and on i386 emulator, wouldnt I?13:43
popeydo "all" packages contain multiple binaries?13:44
nik90popey: I haven't tried recently since the emulator has been broken recently, but in my tests, I always use "all" and it runs on my phone properly13:46
nik90however just to be on the safe side, all click packages to you and the store have been armhf packages13:47
popeyhmm, installing that click...13:50
popeyhttp://popey.mooo.com/screenshots/device-2014-08-09-145007.png13:50
nik90yup that makes sense13:50
nik90popey: 1st (old clock), 2nd (new clock with my personal id nik90), 3rd (clock.devel id that I just gave you)13:51
popeyok, found the right one! http://popey.mooo.com/screenshots/device-2014-08-09-145109.png13:51
nik90popey: yup, sry for the confusion. It will all go away once we replace the old ancient clock with the new one :D13:52
popeyheh, np13:52
popeyyour tab doesn't disappear when pulling up from bottom...13:52
popeyhttp://popey.mooo.com/screenshots/device-2014-08-09-145240.png13:52
nik90tab?13:52
popeyhttp://popey.mooo.com/screenshots/device-2014-08-09-145246.png13:52
popeythe tab you grab hold of, apparently its now design decision that it should disappear, check the screenshots13:53
nik90ah, that's because I forgot to merge trunk which has that fix13:53
nik90the store also has that fix13:53
popeyah okay13:53
popeysweet!13:53
nik90I just merged them all13:53
popeyso am I testing alarms with no sound?13:54
popeyor alarms with sound _and_ vibrate?13:54
nik90both sound + vibrate13:54
nik90and with just sound13:54
popeyshould it play them when choosing an alarm sound?13:54
popey(it doesnt)13:54
nik90choosing the alarm sound from the UI doesn't work yet since I am waiting on the SDK fix to land first13:55
popeyadded an alarm, takes some seconds still to appear13:55
nik90this MP is just for the vibration support for alarms. You control whether you want vibration when an alarm is triggered13:55
popeyok13:55
popeyset for 3pm, so 5 mins time we'll see13:55
nik90ok13:55
popeysound+vibrate works14:00
nik90sweet :D14:01
popeynik90: when setting a new alarm, it defaults to 00:00. Would make more sense to default to now+1 IMO14:05
popeytakes ~6s for an alarm to appear in the list14:06
nik90popey: I will have to check with design, quite easy to implement14:06
nik90popey: bug report for the 00:00 default pls14:07
nik90as for the 6s that is long, it takes a second or two for me at most. But it has to be EDS crunching numbers as usual14:07
popey14:09
popeyvibrate off works too14:10
ogra_rsalveti, wired tethering: DONE ;)14:13
ogra_(well, in 181)14:13
nik90popey: ok so that MP is done pretty much. balloons feel free to give your +1 as well to the vibration branch. The indicator-datetime branch it needed landed in #180 mako :)14:14
* nik90 proceeds to review other MPs meanwhile14:15
popeyyay14:24
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cousteauIf Ubuntu Touch is still in development, wouldn't have been better to version it as 0.1 rather than 1.0?19:16
cousteau1.0 sounds like "Pick me! I'm ready to go!"19:16
cousteauRecently saw a review on it and it wasn't very optimistic; they tagged it as promising but still a work in progress.19:18
rsalvetiogra_: awesome19:19
cousteauDo Ubuntu phones have a "lock" button to turn the screen on/off, or not even that?19:25
Beldarcousteau, There is no ubuntu phone yet.19:37
cousteauI saw some bq models on the Internet19:37
Beldarcousteau, Link?19:37
cousteau("Ubuntu phones" meaning "phones that natively come with Ubuntu Touch", not "phones branded by Canonical" like the Ubuntu Edge)19:38
Beldarjust the ubuntu touch install as of now as far as I know19:38
cousteauwell, these models aren't selling yet I think19:38
Beldarcousteau, Exactly.19:38
cousteauhttp://www.cnet.com/products/bq-aquaris-ubuntu-edition/19:39
cousteaubut they seem to be developed19:39
cousteauas in, they may be on stores soon19:39
Beldarthere has been a try of getting interest from a phone purveyor, however this is a small user base at this point. The link has a key word, "prototypes"19:40
cousteauI was asking because, although apparently Ubuntu Touch needs no buttons, maybe the user wants to install Android on it as well19:40
BeldarI would think it will be a standard phone of sorts19:41
Beldarreleasing a limited access makes no sense19:41
cousteauafaik the Ubuntu Edge was planned to have both Android and Ubuntu (which I think is a good idea, since Touch seems to be experimental and maybe users don't like it; this way they'd always have Android as a backup plan)19:41
cousteauok, that makes sense19:42
Beldarthe touch sits on top of a android base I believe.19:42
cousteau(although having an unused key doesn't...  although I guess Touch could be programmed so that buttons do specific actions)19:42
cousteauhuh?  I thought it was something more from scratch19:43
Beldarthere are dual boots for the nexus 7 a tablet and the nexus phones not sure which model through an app at google play, dual boots are not that difficult, just knowing how is all.19:43
cousteaucan I install normal Ubuntu programs on Touch, btw?19:43
Beldarnot sure to be honest, I'm hoping the original idea of a phone that docks as the OS will materialize.19:44
cousteaubecause that's one of the things that has most of my attention; being able to run normal Linux programs on a cellphone (although the UI may not be prepared for this)19:44
Beldarcousteau, The ubuntu os was installable for awhile, not as of now in a supported form is all.19:46
cousteauI see, so I could install Ubuntu (not Ubuntu Touch) on a smartphone since it's basically a computer, but then I could barely do anything on it19:48
cousteau(no keyboard, no optimized programs, maybe the touchscreen needs installing something more...)19:49
Beldarcousteau, Not a OS that is within support ubuntu has limited support times is all, not really a good idea.19:49
cousteaumy question is whether I can pick a random Ubuntu program (say, XChat) which is available in the repos for that architecture, and install it in Touch and use it19:51
Beldarcousteau, Not sure myself.19:59
cousteauthat would be a very useful thing19:59
cousteauI didn't figure out if the "button-less" interface of Ubuntu Touch means that it doesn't even have a lock button as most tactile devices have (even PDAs used to have!)20:23
cousteauif that's the case, that sounds like it'll have to be constantly checking the touchscreen, which sounds rather battery-consuming20:24
cousteau(although I have no idea whether it'd actually be)20:24
Beldarcousteau, The phones you show in the link have buttons on the side.20:25
cousteauoh, I didn't see them20:25
popeyyes, power and vol+/-20:25
cousteaualthough I was asking about ...ok20:25
Beldarlooks like a volume and another, or a port20:25
popeyyou can lock with the power button20:25
popeysame as other phones20:26
cousteauhaving soft power button sounded like a rather bad idea, and vol +/- probably comes in handy too20:26
cousteau...although a wheel may be easier to use...20:26
popeynot sure how a soft power button would work20:26
* cousteau starts thinking on a clickable wheel, like the ones computer mice have20:26
popeyarguably they're all soft buttons20:27
cousteaupopey, yeah, didn't think the cellphone needs some way to power on20:27
popeyvia the power of your mind!20:27
cousteauI meant "soft" as in "not hardware", i.e. not an actual button that will be there always20:27
cousteaupopey, or connecting it to a PC20:28
popeyright, no we dont have those virtual buttons like android20:28
cousteauduh, I forgot I was playing a video and my PC was at full load20:28
cousteauwell, you can have all the virtual/soft/whatever buttons you want, in-app or in-OS, but there definitely have to be some hard ones20:29
cousteau...maybe one is enough; not sure the volume ones are that important20:30
anpokbuttons are good concepts when they are tactile ... you have your feedback and know that you hit them before you press them... touch screens are better used with gestures..20:30
cousteau(although a mute one may be important too...  friend of mine had some trouble with his tablet in a meeting)20:31
cousteauanpok, problem with gestures is that you can't see them20:31
cousteauyou can always have a button that says "Play", so you know touching there plays, but for a "Play" gesture that consists on "sweeping with two fingers from the top right", you somehow have to instruct the user about that.20:32
cousteau(and the user may not be good at remembering them)20:32
anpokif they are consitent across most of the applications they go into muscle memory20:33
anpoki still use webos gestures on my nexus 420:33
cousteauwell yeah, you could say the same about keyboard shortcuts for example20:40
cousteau(except with LibreOffice and the damn localized shortcuts...  oh, how I hate those)20:40
squintyany plans for ubuntu touch to support bluetooth for other devices besides audio related ones?21:16
popeyyeah, i believe so, beyond the first wave of devices21:18
matv1has the toppled osk been reported yet? osk opens sideways(so in lanscape mode) when device is held upright when using scopes search21:19
matv1on r179 and mako21:20
matv1what package would such a bug that be filed against?21:28
popeymatv1: how do you reproduce that exactly?21:29
matv1well the video scope came up empty. so i wanted to see if results would come if i did a search. When i did OSK lauched sideways and sticks there21:31
matv1lemme try and reproduce21:31
matv1i just did :)21:32
matv1popey if you can confirm and tell me what the related package is, iwill see if anything has been filed. If not i will file.21:33
popeydoesnt happen here21:36
popeykb is right way up21:36
matv1popey but you will be on a devel proposed channel I assume?21:36
matv1i am on latest promoted21:37
popeyi have 179 and 18021:37
matv1hmm21:37
matv1i can do a screenshot if you want buts its pretty much what i just said21:37
matv1popey hang on let me try a reboot21:38
popeyk21:38
matv1popey no longer happening after reboot21:41
matv1wont bother filing a bugrep now. If i get repeats, i will21:42
popeykk21:45
matv1popey sorry I am trying to get my head around some appearent flakiness.. after that last reboot, my osk prob was gone but now network indicator failed to show up in the indicator panel att all. after another reboot that too reappeared22:13
matv1also video scope remains empty for me all the time22:14
matv1any suggestions?22:14
matv1general troubleshootingwise22:14
popeyi bet you have run out of disk space22:18
popeythat causes odd behaviour22:18
matv1popey not according to storage panel from system settings22:20
matv1not by a mile actually22:20
popeywhat about "df -h"22:21
popey/dev/mmcblk0p23                 5.7G  2.9G  2.6G  53% /home22:21
matv1popey nope loads of room there22:27
matv1popey calling it a day. lets see what a good nights sleep will do for both me and this blasted machine. Thanks as always22:45

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