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PLA1Hi. Trouble creating a Kit. I have tried on several machines 14.04, 15.10, 16.04. I have a BQ M10 tablet. The Kit creation fails with: The following packages have unmet dependencies:00:57
PLA1ubuntu-sdk-libs:armhf : Depends: ubuntu-html5-container:armhf  Complete log here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/15958310/ What is best route for getting the SDK up and running? TIA, PLA00:57
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Espionage724hi; was wondering if Ubuntu Touch was getting a bump to 16.04 at the same time it releases on the desktop (tomorrow)?02:26
sebsebsebEspionage724: no I don't think so02:55
sebsebsebEspionage724: since Ubuntu Touch releases are done a bit differnetly02:55
Espionage724ah02:55
sebsebseband there was just a major update OTA 1002:55
sebsebsebEspionage724: it will say like based on Ubuntu 15.04  0r 16.04 or whatever in the info, but02:56
sebsebsebit doesn't follow the desktop relase cycle I would say02:56
sebsebsebdoes it's own thing02:56
sebsebsebmajor updates every few months or so it seems02:56
sebsebsebproper over the air updates02:56
sebsebsebEspionage724: it's also quite differnet in a good way from Desktop Ubuntu :)02:57
Espionage724nice; thanks for the info02:57
sebsebsebaltough now with the tablet can start installing DEsktop software on it to02:57
sebsebsebcomes with things like FIrefox by default :)02:57
sebsebsebgot mine what's now yesterday for me :)  well the cheaper one, I'l get the other later on.  but that was my 3rd Ubuntu touch device :D02:57
sebsebsebEspionage724: buy a tablet if you want something interesting with Ubuntu Touch02:58
sebsebsebthe BQ M10 yes02:58
Espionage724I have a Nexus 4 currently; I started using Ubuntu Touch a few days ago and so far it's pretty nice02:59
sebsebsebEspionage724: yeah I think you can get some of the converged apps working on that to actsaully02:59
sebsebsebbut the actsual Ubuntu devices are nice02:59
Espionage724ah03:00
sebsebsebEspionage724: I would of had a NExus a few years back, 2012 bu was sold out etc03:00
sebsebsebEspionage724: so no I don't have a NExus,  so far trying to buy all the Ubuntu touch devices though, but money doesn't quite align03:00
sebsebsebhowever three out of the currennt six not bad :d h e h03:01
sebsebsebor make that 7 even if the versions of  the Ubuntu tablet count as being differnet enough03:01
Espionage724ah; yeah I picked up a N4 back around launch and ended up selling it shortly aferwards; just recently I bought another for like $60 though03:02
sebsebsebEspionage724: wehre did you buy from?03:02
sebsebseband yeah a NExus whatever only point really to buy enough would be to put other OSes on, not sure how to do that03:03
sebsebsebaltough stock Android is meant to be quite nice too03:03
sebsebsebEspionage724: NExus 4 is the old one?03:03
sebsebsebthe thing they started doing UBuntu touch with?03:03
sebsebsebI Think so?03:03
Espionage724eBay; won it in an auction but the average price is about $50-$80 depending on what size you get; yeah the N4 was the first Nexus to get Ubuntu Touch03:03
Espionage724the N7 2012 got a release for regular Ubuntu desktop first though, but I don't think it ever got updated to Touch03:04
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MarkusDB1Hi, I'm looking for a really easy to install on android tablet. I know there is ready made tablets currently, but I want it cheaper. Is the nexus 7 (2013) a good option?04:11
lotuspsychje!devices | MarkusDB104:11
ubot5`MarkusDB1: You can find the full list of devices, official images, community images, and works in progress at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices04:11
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: nexus7 wifi model works like a charm04:11
MarkusDB1lotuspsychje: What I like is that it's from 2013 (plenty of full forums) and also is avaiable for about $100 on ebay currently.04:12
lotuspsychjeyeppers04:12
lotuspsychjei bought me a new nexus7 specially for ubuntu touch04:13
MarkusDB1I'm about to get one04:13
MarkusDB1just realized that 1920x1200 tablets had gotten expensive04:13
MarkusDB1so the nexus 7 seems like a nice option04:13
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: or buy a BQ m1004:14
MarkusDB1google might have made too many, since there seems to be stockpiles being sold off.04:14
kurroshow does recovery mode work on the M10 for ubuntu-device-flash touch? I got the recovery-frieza.img from http://people.canonical.com/~jhm/avila/ but can't figure out how to make ubuntu-device-flash happy. When i choose "reboot to bootloader" it sits at a black screen with "=> FASTBOOT mode..."04:14
MarkusDB1lotuspsychje: yeah, I know that is about $100 more though04:14
MarkusDB1lotuspsychje: if you're very used to linux and the command line, and no backups needed of tablet.. how long would you estimate it takes to install and get going on the nexus 7?04:16
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: 10min04:16
MarkusDB1ah great =)04:16
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: just follow the install wiki in topic04:16
MarkusDB1ah great04:17
MarkusDB1lotuspsychje: thanks for your friendly support =)04:17
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: no sweat :p04:17
MarkusDB1Is it also possible to run "desktop" ubuntu on the nexus 7, or is that included in the touch version (like a mode)? I'm a total ubuntu touch noob, so trying to figure it all out.04:32
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lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: ubuntu-desktop is for running on laptops, desktops and x86 tablets04:34
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: ubuntu-touch is installed on specific devices, supported04:35
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: with the new 16.04 and unity8, it will be able to run unity8 on x86 tablets aswell04:35
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: so you will have an ubuntu-touch feeling, on so many devices04:36
MarkusDB1I was wondering if I could get an experience similar to a laptop with ubuntu tough and an external usb-keyboard?04:36
MarkusDB1*ubuntu touch04:36
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: of course04:36
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: both android and x86 devices with blutooth keyboards04:37
MarkusDB1any x86 device that is an easy install currently for 16.04?04:37
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: but your choice if you will choose for an android like devices that supports touch, or buy an x86 tablet with unity8/16/0404:37
MarkusDB1I've seen microsoft is really pusing away those atom z bay trail tablets for cheap bundled with windows.04:38
lotuspsychjeyeah, they recenlty sacked 10.000 workers at intel lol04:38
MarkusDB1lotuspsychje: what x86 tablet device should I look for?04:38
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: well in theory, every tablet that can run windows8 could be installed ubuntu-desktop on04:39
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: just keep in mind, some devices are harder to tweak04:39
lotuspsychjelike custom kernels n such04:39
MarkusDB1I've understood that, but it there seems to be..  UEFI-locked??/DRM problems with some devices?04:39
lotuspsychjein some cases that could be04:40
MarkusDB1any x86 compatible device list yet?04:40
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: hmm thats gonna be hard to find, as so much brands out there04:40
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: best way is really install it, and see..04:40
MarkusDB1takes time to order though =)04:41
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: wait the 16.04 release, and follow the unity8 development04:42
MarkusDB1Yeah I guess so04:42
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: im sure youtube will hit much stuff pretty soon!04:42
MarkusDB1yeah I guess so04:42
MarkusDB1I think I get an ARM tablet now, and the x86 after the summer04:42
MarkusDB1since canonical is somewhat invested with the ARM too with the aquaris04:43
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: i think the goal will be able to install ubuntu on all devices04:43
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MarkusDB1that is a great goal04:44
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: i have already bq 4.4, nexus7,netbook and desktop all running ubuntu04:44
MarkusDB1great04:44
MarkusDB1I got a ton of machines running ubuntu, no tablets or phones yet though04:44
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lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: experiment with unity8 yourself then on your machines?04:45
MarkusDB1Yeah I guess so. I got a pretty specific application for the tablet though.04:46
MarkusDB1so even if I can play around on my other machines, I doesn't really help me =)04:47
lotuspsychjeok04:47
lotuspsychjewhat kind of app is that MarkusDB104:47
MarkusDB1it's a monitoring application04:47
MarkusDB1I want to monitor some stuff..  with the tablet04:47
MarkusDB1think.. "mini" digital signage04:47
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: terminal based?04:48
MarkusDB1browser based.04:48
lotuspsychjecool04:48
lotuspsychjeMarkusDB1: did you test it on webbrowser-app already?04:48
MarkusDB1yeah04:48
lotuspsychjegreat04:48
lotuspsychjewell nexus7 is cheap indeed and working great on touch04:49
MarkusDB1I want ubuntu for ssh remote management amongst other stuff04:49
MarkusDB1btw.. speaking of intel.. they seem to be reconfiguring to mobile/vr.04:50
MarkusDB1and it seems rough going =)04:50
lotuspsychje:p04:51
lotuspsychjetechnology is caging mankind04:52
MarkusDB1overall I feel that cpus have stagnated, only benefit is great deals on ebay =)04:52
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bhdouglasshey beuno, did your log searches bring up anything? It seems uApp Explorer was adding and removing apps again :(12:57
beunobhdouglass, wes has been firefighting a bit today as welll12:58
bhdouglassoh no! I'm sorry guys, I hate it when that kind of stuff happens. I think I'll turn off the app parsing for now12:59
bhdouglassbeuno / wesleymason if you guys don't mind, could you let me know when you get the fire out?13:01
wesleymasonbhdouglass: for all intents and purposes the fire should be gone, we switched back to our old API instance, the disappearing/reappearing apps was probably during the fire13:05
bhdouglasswesleymason: thanks for the info, I'll leave uApp Explorer running and let you guys know if it runs into any problems again.13:06
wesleymasonbhdouglass: ta!13:06
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peat-psuwitabeato: I've sent a pull request for oFono. Could you please have a look? https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono/pull/23913:33
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saaventohi14:11
saaventois there anyway to install a media player on the tablet?14:12
ogra_there is one installed14:12
saaventoyes14:13
ogra_(actually a media player and a music app)14:13
saaventobut cannot reproduce streaming14:13
saaventoor can it?14:13
ogra_yeah, thats on the TODO i think14:13
peat-psuwitabeato, awe_: I've sent a pull request for oFono, could you please have a look? https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono/pull/23914:15
* ogra_ blames jhodapp for only working 24h per day14:15
abeatopeat-psuwit, we'll do, thanks14:15
ogra_you really need to double that !14:15
jhodappogra_, haha14:17
jhodappogra_, so we need to invent a time warping device so I can work more than 24h14:17
jhodappsaavento, what type of streaming?14:17
Sleep_WalkerI'll buy it too, I can use it for sleep14:18
* ogra_ would be happy with .m3u8 support :)14:19
dobeyjhodapp: we have those; they're called amphetamines :P14:19
jhodappdobey, ha!14:19
saaventojhodapp rmyp or rstp or even m3u814:24
jhodappsaavento, yeah not set up to do any of those yet14:24
saaventotypo: rmtp not rmyp14:24
saaventooks just asking14:24
saaventovery happy with the tablet :)14:25
ogra_i got vlc running in a libertine container in /home/phablet here ...14:26
ogra_sadly it is useless due to X11 not being accelerated in any way14:26
saaventoogra_ did you have to change ro to wr on the partition?14:27
ogra_no14:27
saaventooks14:27
ogra_i have a hackish script to create a container in the writable space14:27
saavento:)14:27
ogra_that saves me from touching the readonly partition14:28
saaventoyes i dont't want to mess with that14:28
saaventofor the moment :)14:29
_5a54a_Hello14:53
_5a54a_Did receive my BQ Ubuntu tablet.14:54
_5a54a_(pre-order)14:54
_5a54a_I am not clear about some things on this tablet14:54
_5a54a_Is the bootloader locked? How to activate FDE? Is it save to use apt-get?14:55
ogra_the bootloader is never locked on any bq devices14:56
ogra_for full desktop experience you need to attach mouse and kbd ... or you can toggle the switch in the session indicator14:57
ogra_and no, apt-get on the normal system shouldnt be used, but you can create a libertine container to use it in for installing additional apps with it14:57
_5a54a_Thank you! Have you/anybody tried to change OS (from ubuntu to ubuntu-gnome or something else) on this tablet14:59
ogra_(why would i :) )14:59
ogra_if i want a laptop UI i use it on a laptop :)15:00
_5a54a_Okay. Fine. I am already using ubuntu-gnome on my laptops, but might also be a good experience on the tablet.15:01
_5a54a_FDE: I ws referring to full disk encryption15:01
_5a54a_Just wondering if the OS can be replaced easily.15:02
dobey_5a54a_: to use gnome you would need to build a whole new image and phone os built around gnome itself, for it to be particularly useful on a phone/tablet15:02
ogra__5a54a_, lol15:03
dobeythere is no disk encryption yet on the phone/tablet images15:03
ogra__5a54a_, *that* FDE is on the roadmap ... but might probably wait til the phone and tablet switches to a snappy base15:03
dobeyand yes, you can replace the OS easily, but it will probably be a poor experience if you do15:03
_5a54a_snappy base is on 16.04? So FDE will arrive soon :)15:06
_5a54a_Any how-to available to change to OS. Just to try.15:06
_5a54a_?15:07
dobey16.04 and snappy on the phone is probably a bit far from "soon"15:10
dobeyi'm sure there's probably a "how to install a linux os on an android device" or 50, somewhere on the web15:11
ogra_yeah, perhaps a year out or so15:12
ogra_the phone uses its own archive and is still based on 15.0415:12
ogra_i.e. there is no systemd yet15:12
popeyI just updated my rc-proposed e4.5 and the apps scope is blank15:13
_5a54a_Well, then I just have to wait for a year to see FDE. Will search on the how-to.15:14
ogra_i noticed it was a biot slow to refresh on my MX4 this morning when i upgraded15:15
ogra_popey, oh, refreshing it now gets me an empty one as well15:15
ogra__5a54a_, the update mechanism kind of relies on being able to access the partitions ... if you tinker with it it will likely break ...15:16
dobeyogra_: i'm sure it will break anyway if one is attempting to install ubuntu-gnome on it15:18
ogra_heh, yeah15:18
ogra_popey, i wonder if it is a bandwith issue due to release day15:19
ogra_refreshing it now gets me icons again15:19
dobeyyou could probably do disk encryption then, but might end up impossible to type in the passphrase in the boot loader15:19
dobeyogra_: for the store maybe, but not for the local apps scope it wouldn't be a network issue15:20
popeyogra_: damn well shouldn't be15:20
popeyseeing what apps I have locally shouldn't depend on anything online15:20
dobeylocal apps scope only hits the network when you open app previews15:20
popeyIMHO15:20
popeynow I refresh it works again15:20
ogra_dobey, doesnt it query the store on refresh ?15:20
ogra_k15:21
dobeyogra_: no, why would it? the apps are installed15:21
_5a54a_ok, doesn't sound to be easily to change OS to ubuntu-gnome. But if ubuntu-gnome is installed there is no need to update the ubuntu tablet edition anymore?15:22
dobeyif it comes up blank then either it crashed, the query wasn't run, or something caused enough disk i/o that it couldn't read the .desktop files15:22
_5a54a_so, breaking it doesn't matter to me15:22
_5a54a_..it seems..15:23
dobeyogra_, popey: hmm, worked just fine here, on both mako and hammerhead after today's update15:24
ogra_how would you run ubuntu-gnome ? there is no xserver for that HW available15:24
_5a54a_so, actually you can't run ubuntu-gnome on the tablet at all (as no xserver is available)? Then there is no point trying to.15:26
ogra_(you could run Mir and Xmir but i suspect thats horribly slow for a full DE )15:26
dobey_5a54a_: sure you can run it. but like i said, you have to build a whole new custom image built to run a regular ubuntu system, to do that15:31
dobeyogra_: you could presumably install a regular ubuntu arm build in the same way that one installs a regular ubuntu arm OS on a nexus tablet15:31
dobeyit's really not worth the trouble to do so though15:31
ogra_dobey, and use xorg-fbdev ?15:32
_5a54a_it is probably me, but after 1 day or 2 of playing with the tablet, I just do not like the scope very much.15:33
dobeyogra_: i guess15:33
ogra__5a54a_, time to write your own then .... one that you like to have as homescreen :)15:34
_5a54a_yeah...maybe that is the best solution :)15:38
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kurroshow does recovery mode work on the M10 for ubuntu-device-flash? I got the recovery-frieza.img from http://people.canonical.com/~jhm/avila/ but can't figure out how to make ubuntu-device-flash happy. When i choose "reboot to bootloader" in system recovery it sits at a black screen with "=> FASTBOOT mode..." but u-d-f still says waiting for bootloader18:02
troyreadyI was wondering about that too18:05
kurrosI was trying to change to rc-proposed for something in stable-phone-overlay but have appear to made a $300 brick. doesn't boot past the BQ splash screen anymore18:11
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troyreadykurros: so you need to start the tablet in bootloader (fastboot) mode and reflash it right?18:35
troyreadyI'm curious in how it goes since I've been getting prepped to start hacking on mine and want to make sure I have a solid recovery plan just in case18:36
kurrosthat seems to be the plan i'm not sure how because I can't seem to make u-d-f get past "Expecting the device to be in the bootloader... waiting". on either the System Recovery screen or when I choose "reboot to bootloader" (which says fastboot mode but nothing happens there).18:47
kurrosi'm not sure if adb is supposed to see the device at that point or not18:48
dobeythere is no adb in fastboot18:50
dobeyi'm not sure if the bq devices can be flashed in fastboot even (i don't have one myself though)18:51
kurros:(18:52
moxiehi all. is there a way to change the keyboard layout for X11/Xmir applications as well?18:53
dobeymoxie: the keyboard indicator should do that i think18:53
moxieah, i forgot to say that i meant an external bluetooth keyboard18:54
kurrosguess I need to find out if BQ will help me if I ship it back18:54
dobeymoxie: a keyboard is a keyboard18:55
troyreadykurros: have you tried contacting them yet? There's got to be some way to flash it back without having to ship it back18:55
dobeykeyboard indicator doesn't care if it's bt or usb or whatever18:55
moxiehmm, but what do you mean with the indicator applet? in the language settings i was able to define a layout for the external keyboard but it does not seem to apply for x11 applications18:56
moxieit works on touch apps like the touch terminal of course18:56
moxiei am on a bq tablet18:57
dobeymoxie: i mean, is there not a keyboard indicator in the top panel when you pull down?18:57
moxieon regular ubuntu i guess so, but i cannot see it here18:57
dobeyi don't have one, but i thought it was supposed to get an indicator too. maybe i'm wrong18:58
moxiei tried to use localectl but it does not work due to the read only fs18:59
dobeykurros, troyready: btw, you don't need to reflash to switch channels. you can do it directly on the device with "sudo system-image-cli -vvvv --switch $channel"19:00
kissielGood evening!19:02
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moxiedoes one know if there is a way to access the FF downloads folder from outside the application ?19:08
moxieit does not seem to make use of the regular download folder19:08
kurrostroyready: i've opened a ticket. fingers crossed19:09
kurrosdobey: i had tried that but got a python error. don't have the scrollback anymore. does that require a writable fs?19:10
dobeykurros: no19:11
dobeykurros: just requires network access19:11
kurrosokay. will try again if I can get back to a bootable tablet :)19:12
dobeymoxie: where did it download to?19:13
kissieldobey: I guess that's what moxie is asking ;-)19:14
dobeymoxie: legacy apps like firefox are run inside a container, and /home/phablet is not bind-mounted for security, afaik. so it's probably downloading files to some place inside the container and you will have to look inside it to find them19:14
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kissielwhat FS i should format my SD card to work with U-T?19:44
ogra_just format it in teh device19:46
ogra_with the Sd card management tool ...19:46
troyreadykurros: cool, let me know what you hear. If there's anything I can help test (my m10 fhd is still completely stock) let me know19:46
kissielogra_: oh, it makes it a FAT19:46
kissielogra_: 4GiB limit is .... ugly as f*.*19:46
kissielogra_: I tried ext4, ntfs, vfat19:47
ogra_well, needs to be compatible with media players, cameras, mac and windows etc etc19:47
kissieleverytime I placed it in m10, it complained19:47
kissielis there any way to make M10 understand exfat?19:47
kissielas this is weapon of choice for most media today?19:48
chchmaybe by paying the fee to microsoft19:48
ogra_not out of the box ... that would require hackery in the readonly bits of the system and likely break after an OTA19:48
kissielogra_: thanks man, and that makes me cringe a bit ...19:50
dobeydo you have a 1TB sd card or something?19:51
kissiel64G19:51
kissielwanted to push some FHD content for a long flight19:52
kissielI think I'll recode that to fit 4G limit19:52
kissielbut that's subperfect19:52
dobeyvfat should surely work19:52
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dobeythe 32GB sd in my mp3 player is vfat anyway19:54
dobeyoh, i guess you mean file size limit, not the partition size19:55
ogra_yeah19:56
ogra_for full hd movies thats kind of tight19:56
kurrosdoes the touch media player support split files?19:56
dobeykurros: you could format it ext4 perhaps, but you have to mount it manually on the tablet19:56
ogra_and need to deal with permission issues etc etc19:57
JanCogra_: why would the sd card in a phone/tablet necessarily have to be compatible with cameras, macs and windows?19:57
dobeypermission issues?19:57
ogra_yeah ... you need to mount with uid option and such19:58
ogra_JanC: to share files ?19:58
dobeywell, as long as all the files on the card are readable by everyone shouldn't be a problem19:58
ogra_supporting non vfat systems has a lot more complexity19:59
kissielI don't care about mounting it on macs/win systems19:59
ogra_dobey: thats more about writing indeed :)19:59
dobeynot really19:59
kissieljust want my content :(19:59
JanCogra_: all my USB sticks & several SD cards are ext4 formatted, so bye bye compatibilty ;)19:59
dobeykissiel: format it ext4 and mount it manually on the phone19:59
ogra_and sharing it with other machines (where you woint even have the phablet uid)19:59
ogra_it is surely fine as a personal hack20:00
ogra_but for having something like ext4 supported by default there needs to go some work into the system20:00
dobeyogra_: well, there's really no good reason we shouldn't handle ext4-formatted sd cards as at least read-only things20:01
ogra_JanC: talking about your moms windows computer indeed ;)20:01
dobeyand mount them automatically that way20:01
kissieldobey: thx man, definitely will try it out, but I wanted to give this device to my SO so she can enjoy it; manually mounting FS20:01
kissielkinda sucks20:01
dobeywill make it easier for some people20:01
ogra_dobey: we dont support readonly, you woul dbreak things like the camera app ;)20:02
JanCmy mom has a dumbphone that doesn't even have an sd card reader  ;)20:02
ogra_so thats the first thing you'd need to fix20:02
kissielbtw. gentlemen, why not exfat/20:02
dobeyogra_: why does camera app have to write stuff to the sd card?20:02
kissielit's built for that kind of media20:02
dobeykissiel: ask MS why not exfat20:02
troyreadykissiel: it's not freely licensed iirc20:02
JanCis exfat usable without patent-licenses nowadays?20:02
ogra_dobey: it doesnt have to, but it currently can20:02
kissielah, shit20:02
kissielsorry for being ignorant20:02
ogra_dobey: if you enable that feature on a readonly target i doubt the app will be happy :)20:03
kissielso what does android default to? (never had android device)20:03
dobeyogra_: has anyone even tested what happens when the sd card is mounted read-only? that clearly sounds like something that needs to be tested during qa20:04
dobeyogra_: ie, what happens when you flip the switch on the sd card to RO and then plug it in? :)20:04
ogra_dobey: no, nobody has tested it, thats my point20:04
ogra_i'm sure you will find a lot of interesting corner cases20:04
ogra_the camera is an obvious one20:05
ogra_in any case, there needs to be work done before we can support ext4 or readonly SDs20:05
ogra_(it should definitely happen ... but will take time and someone to do it)20:06
kissielogra_: are you suggesting that SD card is the only HW that can be r/o?20:06
dobeyno20:07
dobeykissiel: he's saying that SD card is not currently handled as being RO20:07
ogra_no, i'm saying that ro mode will cause issues that nobody has thought of yet20:07
ogra_+and that will first need fixing before you could make such a thing a default option20:08
kissielmkay, so what about just supporting 'normal' ext4 volumes?20:08
kissielah20:08
dobeybecause permissions problems20:08
ogra_*potential* permission probs :)20:09
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ogra_back then we simply picked the most compatible option ... which was vfat for everything you can share with another machine20:09
ogra_it had been on our roadmap to extend that ...20:09
ogra_not sure what todays phone team plans for this though20:10
kissielhmmm, from a user's point of view, that's a PITA (the 4GiB limit), from power-user's POV, that's circumventable20:13
* ogra_ loves how scribus is installing in a libertine container in teh background while i IRC on the M10 ....20:13
ogra_kissiel: how about from your gandmas POV ?20:14
kissielall grandmas dead20:14
ogra_she surely rather wants the SD to work between her camera and the tablet :)20:14
dobeyogra_: if the sd is exfat, it won't work :)20:14
ogra_so that she can look at th epics she took on teh bigger screen20:15
ogra_dobey: heh20:15
kissielthat's a good point, still, for me it's more about high-cap storage more than x-platformness20:15
roadmrkissiel: hey :)20:15
ogra_kissiel: but you are able to hack it :)20:16
kissielroadmr: hey, I asked, as ogra_ was taking about vfat that you suggested I should try20:16
roadmri see20:17
JanCIIRC Microsoft only sues device makers for exfat, so Ubuntu/Canonical would be fine, but I'm not sure if bq/Meizu would be20:17
ogra_they wouldnt ... it is also usually the device makers that are the ones that pay20:18
kissielJanC: "only sues" seems so friendly ;)20:18
JanCwell, it's possible they already pay20:18
ogra_indeed20:18
JanCpay without actually using it...20:19
dobeydoes android support exfat?20:19
kissielugh... I really wish that EU would stick more to low-level things like FSs than to android in general20:20
JanCit certainly can support it20:20
dobeywell, so can my NES if i write a driver for it; but that wasn't the question20:20
ogra_ubuntu can certainly support it too20:20
JanCsome Android devices certainly support it20:20
ogra_because the vendor paid20:21
JanCUbuntu desktop/server have exfat support in universe  :)20:22
kissielyeah, like exfat-{fuse,utils} is the one of the first pkgs I install20:23
dobeyyeah, userland junk though20:23
JanCso is ntfs-3g20:23
JanCand it's not "junk"20:24
dobeydo any android devices support exfat in kernel space?20:24
JanCit's based on the same codebase as the in-kernel drivers from the same vendor20:24
dobeymy honda is based on the same physical principles that a ferrari is, but that doesn't make my honda a ferrari either :)20:25
lam_how can i update the nexus 10 to the newset version of ubuntu touch20:25
dobeylam_: ubports.com20:26
lam_dobey: i20:26
lam_dobey: i've tried that it causes boot issues20:26
dobeylam_: what channel?20:27
dobeylam_: rc-proposed is the latest stuff20:27
JanCdobey: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-exfat-embedded/20:27
lam_from ubports20:27
lam_?20:27
dobeylam_: yes20:27
lam_i'll look into it20:28
lam_i was going from official servers20:28
kissielJanC: thay wanted my money for ntfs support on a osx machine... I wonder how much of the earned money they pay back to ms20:29
dobeyJanC: was that page supposed to tell me something useful?20:29
JanCthey sell exfat to Android device makers20:30
JanCin-kernel exfat20:30
dobeybut no mention of what makers and what devices have it20:31
lam_dobey: now after flashing from ubports i havean eprom with red cross in bacground20:33
lam_dobey: now after flashing from ubports i havean eprom with red cross in background20:33
dobeyi don't know what that means or how you flashed20:33
lam_using ubuntu-device-flash20:34
lam_its says "this phone needs restoring from a pc"20:35
dobeyubuntu-device-flash has many options20:35
dobeyand you can flash from fastboot or via developer mode or from recovery20:36
lam_sudo ubuntu-device-flash --server=http://system-image.ubports.com touch --channel=ubuntu-touch/stable --device=manta --bootstrap20:36
dobeyyou don't need to run ubuntu-device-flash with sudo20:38
dobeyunless perhaps you manually ran adb with sudo too or something weird like that20:39
dobeyand you shouldn't need to pass --device either20:39
dobeyi'd say reboot to the bootloader, and try again without the sudo and without the --device options20:40
lam_trying now20:42
lam_no luck spits out the same error "device needs to be restored from pc"20:44
kurroshahahaha20:46
kurrosubuntu-device-flash is working on the m10 now. it got past the "Expecting the device to be in the bootloader... waiting" when I used sudo20:47
kurros(i've never ran adb with sudo)20:47
troyreadyinteresting -- udev issue maybe?20:48
kurroscould be20:48
troyreadyLet me know where you end up -- I really want to be able to play around on mine with assurance that I can get back to stock20:50
lam_hmm seems to push files to the device while in recovery but on boot it refuses to flash them20:54
kurrostroyready: yay she boots. back to stock. used the stable channel image for now. i've had enough stress for today.20:58
troyreadyNice :)20:58
lam_dobey: does the Ubports install require you to be on a spesific version of android before flashing20:58
dobeylam_: what os was on the device when you tried to flash?21:01
lam_dobey: ubuntu touch devel v2 from ubuntu.com21:04
akunz05how do i put ubuntu touch on my nook color21:04
dobeyakunz05: port it21:04
akunz05i need steps on how to do so21:04
dobeylam_: ok. go download the original 4.4.2 or 4.4.4 android images from google, flash it on using the included tool, let the device boot to the android welcome screen, reboot to the bootloader, and try to flash ubuntu again21:05
dobeyakunz05: see the topic21:05
akunz05thank you21:05
lam_dobey: ok21:06
lam_dobey: no luck21:09
kurrosnow that i have bootstrapped with the proper recovery image for my BQ M10 do I need to use --recovery-image in the future every time or is it there for good now?21:10
troyreadykurros: I was just reading about the adb enabled recovery images -- where did you get it for the m10?21:11
dobeylam_: you are not very forthcoming with information are you?21:11
dobeyand i can't believe you did all of that in only 3 minutes21:11
dobeykurros: afaik you need to use it every time21:12
kurrostroyready: i found it by poking around jhm's site with the E4.5/E5 images: http://people.canonical.com/~jhm/avila/21:12
dobeykurros: but really, you don't need to reflash the device to switch channels; you can do it on device just fine21:12
kurrosdobey: yeah, i just did the system-image-cli --switch now, its doing its thing :)21:13
lam_dobey: error as before " you need to connect to a pc to restore"21:13
dobeylam_: ok, well either you are doing something wrong or something is wrong with your hardware (device, cable, usb port), but i can't help you any more.21:14
troyreadykurros: cool, thanks21:16
troyreadykurros: so your m10 is the non-fhd one right? I'm trying to figure out how different the fhd (codename 'cooler' if I've seen right) model is21:17
troyreadySpecifically if I can use the same recovery21:17
kurroshmm, no I have the FHD model21:17
kurrosive read the processor is clocked to a different speed by i don't know if its actually different21:18
troyreadyoh, ok sweet -- that's reassuring. Glad you verified the frieza recovery worked :)21:19
troyreadyIt's interesting that they're separate product codes and images, but the About page on the device just lists it as frieza21:20
derZarhi, somebody there?21:56
pmcgowanlots of people may be here22:08
ogra_only 24722:09
pmcgowanogra_, are you dyslexic? I see 27422:10
ogra_I so am!!22:10
derZar:o22:11
derZarso many people!22:11
derZarI've got a bq e5 few days ago22:12
derZarto improve my app developement skills and linux by itself22:12
derZarbut the terminal and I...22:13
derZarwe aren't friends atm22:13
derZari want to install some extension packages to run some apps... and my question is how?22:14
pmcgowanderZar, the best way is to add a chroot, dobey  explained how to somewhere22:15
ogra_Use a chroot in /home/phablet22:15
pmcgowanltr22:15
ogra_yeah, somewhere on askubuntu22:15
derZarltr?22:15
ogra_http://askubuntu.com/a/62331122:17
derZarye thats it22:19
derZarthx :)22:19

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