[12:37] <JoeBorn> finally got Tivo2go running.
[12:56] <Inc> woohoo
[13:00] <JoshMalone> dangit - this board is ignoring my input
[13:27] <JoeBorn> uh oh!
[13:30] <nerochiaro> JoeBorn: what ?
[13:32] <JoeBorn> Sorry "JoshMalone: uh oh" is what I should have said
[13:41] <JoshMalone> gotta go wrangle a ethernet cable and a different serial adapter
[13:41] <JoshMalone> figure out whats wrong...
[13:41] <JoshMalone> bbl8r
[13:43] <JoeBorn> how much consideration do I have to give to Linux compatibility when buying a new Dell laptop?
[13:45] <Inc> not much
[13:45] <Inc> but dells suck
[13:45] <Inc> they are over priced
[13:46] <Inc> it's all I guess what oyu will be using it for and your budget
[14:35] <JoshMalone> okay - serial port on work PC works
[14:35] <JoshMalone> dangit
[14:43] <JoshMalone> grrrr....can't change the baud rate
[14:45] * JoeBorn  bites nails in anticipation
[15:07] <JoshMalone> man this board resets quick
[15:07] <nerochiaro> how quick ?
[15:09] <JoshMalone> < .5 seconds
[15:09] <JoshMalone> just to get uboot running again
[15:09] <JoshMalone> u-boot was quite slow on ADS boards
[15:11] <JoeBorn> what's the total bootup time now?
[15:11] <JoshMalone> not sure - wont boot yet :)
[15:11] <JoeBorn> so total bootup time is 2 days and counting or something, seems slow.
[15:12] <JoshMalone> lol
[15:17] <JoshMalone> installing tftp server on lappy now :)
[15:17] <JoshMalone> we;'ll get it up
[15:17] * JoshMalone  needs to update u-boot w/ one that supports a baud rate my USb serial works right with
[15:17] <JoshMalone> ....
[15:26] <JoeBorn> tftp server is some kind of ftp server, I assume?
[15:26] <JoshMalone> trivial ftp :)
[15:27] <JoshMalone> boot protocol used by low-level bootloaders to fetch files
[15:27] <JoeBorn> oh, interesting.
[15:28] <JoshMalone> finally!!!
[15:28] <JoshMalone> stupid ifplugd was dropping the ethernet interface on my laptop
[15:28] <JoshMalone> programming flash now :)
[15:30] <JoshMalone> www.cv.nrao.edu
[15:30] <JoshMalone> session log from my terminal
[15:30] <JoshMalone> see the boot process if anybody's interested
[15:33] <JoshMalone> hold on
[15:34] <nerochiaro> what were these access violations on TFTP ?
[15:34] <JoeBorn> URL doesn't work yet, I guess.
[15:34] <JoshMalone> fixed : try this:
[15:34] <JoshMalone> www.cv.nrao.edu
[15:35] <JoshMalone> nerochiaro: that was my laptop's tftp server messed up
[15:35] <nerochiaro> ah, ok
[15:36] <JoshMalone> now booting linux :)
[15:36] <JoshMalone> refresh the page
[15:37] <JoshMalone> guess I shouldn't have stripped the modules, huh? :)
[15:38] <nerochiaro> yeah, looks like it didn't like that
[15:38] <nerochiaro> you said you stripped them to save space ?
[15:38] <JoshMalone> had to
[15:38] <JoshMalone> ramdisk is only 3megs compressed
[15:38] <JoshMalone> thats okay
[15:39] <JoshMalone> linux sees the CF card fine - I can mount root from ext2 on CF
[15:40] <nerochiaro> speaking of the CF card, you used one of your own ?
[15:40] <JoshMalone> yeah
[15:41] <nerochiaro> need to get a cheapo one off of ebay then. i have only SD cards lying around
[15:42] <JoshMalone> it has SD slot
[15:42] <JoshMalone> not sure if ti work in linux yet
[15:42] <JoshMalone> I have no SD card to test with
[15:43] <nerochiaro> hmm, i'll ask in ML
[15:43] <Inc> zoom
[15:43] <Inc> who's nerochiaro ?
[15:43] <nerochiaro> me ?
[15:43] <JoshMalone> mounted my microdrive
[15:43] <JoshMalone> refresh page
[15:43] <Inc> yes you.
[15:43] * Inc  just was curious.
[15:44] <JoeBorn> nerochiaro is one of the original neuros hackers
[15:44] <Inc> I see cool.
[15:44] <JoeBorn> probably one of hte most senior people here.
[15:44] <Inc> hehe
[15:44] <JoeBorn> much more interested in audio than video tho.
[15:45] <Inc> JoeBorn, your lokoking for a laptop?
[15:45] <nerochiaro> Inc: it just looked like a strange question
[15:45] <Inc> *looking
[15:45] <Inc> nerochiaro, no wories seeing nero made me think of neuros so I wondered if you were involved with them
[15:45] <Inc> plus your in teh topic
[15:45] <JoeBorn> but, actually since you asked, Inc, who are you and how did you come across us?
[15:46] <JoeBorn> Inc: yep, I'm looking for a laptop (for obvious reasons)
[15:46] <nerochiaro> Inc: yeah, i've tried to get that topic removed since forever, but it's going to be impossible. anyway, no, i don't work for neuros
[15:47] <JoeBorn> Nero: we'll get it changed, it will just take some persistance.
[15:47] <nerochiaro> JoeBorn: i'm starting to give up
[15:48] <Inc> well I was looking for PMP. Specifically linux ones weighing all my options. Ran into something about neuros somewhere checked out the site and figured Id join to learn more about it. I do some development in linux specifically on arcane and do some programing and though this might be fun to look at for being apple to code some stuff for an application. I ran into someone mentioning joeborn I said who's he because adamsomethingorother mentionted you and h
[15:48] <Inc> That's about all.
[15:48] <nerochiaro> JoshMalone: why your ls output has these weird char codes in it ?
[15:49] <nerochiaro> JoshMalone: or is it an artifact of the browser ?
[15:49] <JoshMalone> artifact of raw ascii dump
[15:49] <JoshMalone> those are bksp :)
[15:49] * Inc  is curious when apples speech will be.
[15:49] <JoeBorn> Inc: cool, well, welcome aboard. Don't be discouraged by me, there are lots of intellegent folks in the neuros community :)
[15:49] <Inc> and when we will find out if 60gb ipod will be replaced heh
[15:50] <nerochiaro> JoshMalone: what is a backspace doing in there ?
[15:50] <Inc> JoeBorn, haha no worries I don't consider you stupid we all need help. I do myself at times.
[15:50] <JoshMalone> i typed it
[15:50] <nerochiaro> JoshMalone: you typed it into the output of `ls -l cfc`
[15:50] <nerochiaro> ?
[15:50] <JoshMalone> ??
[15:51] <JoshMalone> Oh
[15:51] <nerochiaro> i see lines like this
[15:51] <nerochiaro> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Jul 15 1903 32mDesktop DBm
[15:51] <JoshMalone> that's ansi
[15:51] <Inc> JoeBorn, I recomend a hp that's 64bit for a laptop
[15:51] <JoshMalone> colorzied output in busybox
[15:51] <JoshMalone> sorry :)
[15:51] <nerochiaro> JoshMalone: ah, fine
[15:53] <JoshMalone> well - can't change baud rate to 38400
[15:53] <JoshMalone> so i'm screwed with my current USB-serial
[15:53] <JoshMalone> :(
[15:53] <JoshMalone> (I think)
[15:53] <nerochiaro> aren't serials quite cheap ?
[15:53] <JoshMalone> ?
[15:54] <JoshMalone> this is only one I've been able to get working with debian
[15:54] <nerochiaro> if you need to get another i mean
[15:54] <JoshMalone> good ones are $30-$40
[15:54] <JoshMalone> iirc
[16:07] <JoeBorn> Inc: I'm not sure I really need anything very fancy.
[16:08] <nerochiaro> JoeBorn: i've seen there are vendors that sell laptops with linux preinstalled, maybe you can find something that suits you among these offerings ?
[16:10] <nerochiaro> saves you some hassle and you get an hopefully guaranteed working system
[16:10] <Inc> well they have them for cheap and it would be best you know
[16:10] <Inc> amd64 is good
[16:10] <Inc> what's your budget?
[16:11] <nerochiaro> my guess he's not really under budget constrains ;)
[16:16] <JoeBorn> well, it's just that I'm just not a very demanding user really.
[16:16] <JoeBorn> I mean, I'll be pretty happy if I can get "hello world" to compile for a neuros
[16:17] <JoeBorn> also, I have no weight contstraints.
[16:18] <JoeBorn> long battery life
[16:18] <JoeBorn> reasonably priced spare batteries, important
[16:19] <Inc> JoeBorn, tell me are you within 1,000 or above or below?
[16:19] <JoeBorn> pre-installed might be good, although honestly, a big part of my goal with setting up the machine is learning
[16:20] <JoeBorn> $1000-$1500 something like that.
[16:20] <nerochiaro> JoeBorn: on notebooks that is more tricky than on desktops, AFAIK
[16:20] <nerochiaro> can be, at least
[16:21] <JoeBorn> Linux on notebooks?
[16:22] <nerochiaro> installing it
[16:22] <nerochiaro> don't have first hand experience, but that's what others told me
[16:23] <JoeBorn> right, looks like getting wireless working is not necessarily a snap.
[16:23] <JoeBorn> Also, I have a great setup with my cell phone that I love.
[16:23] <JoeBorn> EVDO dialup via bluetooth.
[16:24] <JoeBorn> so I have internet everywhere in Chicago.
[16:24] <Inc> JoeBorn, ok I'll find some good stuff
[16:24] <JoeBorn> I even have it working on my Dell Axim, thanks to Druish's help
[16:25] <nerochiaro> sounds nice
[16:29] <Inc> JoeBorn, have what?
[16:29] <Inc> oh
[16:54] <JoeBorn> srobertson: you there?
[16:54] <JoeBorn> I want to put a statement on the wiki about adopting open standards and I'm not sure where to put it.
[17:19] <JoeBorn> what do you all think of DEFCON?
[18:20] <dos000_> anyone explain to me why you need wine to compile neros fmw ? isnt there a linux tool chain available ?
[18:20] <JoshMalone> thats referring to the old c54xx firmware
[18:20] <JoshMalone> not the new one
[18:21] <JoshMalone> the c54xx TI compiler is win32
[18:24] <dos000_> ah !
[18:25] <dos000_> JoshMalone, how mush flash is available in the new r3 ?
[18:26] <JoshMalone> not sure - the board I have has 4mb
[18:27] <dos000_> tow ! at the very least how much the os with minimal apps will take ?
[18:28] <dos000_> i want to compile mozilla or xcomp for this thing
[18:28] <JoshMalone> all :)
[18:28] <JoshMalone> mozilla is OUT of the question
[18:28] <JoshMalone> however - there is minimo under development
[18:28] <JoshMalone> (i think)
[18:29] <JoshMalone> of course - you can run stuff off the HD on some units....but that has
[18:29] <JoshMalone> battery impact and soforth.... :)
[18:31] <dos000_> i ve seen minimo .. thats what i meant. at the very least getiing a minimal stuff going
[18:32] <dos000_> the plugin an js stuff will be nice
[18:34] <JoshMalone> thinking to make r3 into a set-top 'net box?
[18:35] <dos000_> yes !
[18:36] <dos000_> that would be nice in fact .. i could never get my hand on those set top boxes .. now i have a chance
[18:36] <dos000_> with the ethernet port .. i hope someone does not decide to remote it at the last minute
[18:36] <dos000_> remove
[18:43] <JoshMalone> want a msn webtv?
[18:44] <dos000_> noo ... just mythtv
[18:45] <dos000_> but having the xpcom scriptability/flexibility will be awsome
[18:46] <JoshMalone> :)
[18:46] <dos000_> according to www.theneuros.com R3 will get 8M flash ..
[18:47] <JoshMalone> prolly
[18:47] <dos000_> there ar so many vertical market ideas i can not disclose now tho ;-)
[18:50] <JoshMalone> lol
[18:51] <dos000_> so how far are you in the bsp compile ?
[18:52] <dos000_> i wiil prolly order a dev board as soon as they are available
[18:53] <dos000_> how can i use an x86 machine for the testing ?
[18:53] <JoshMalone> i have bsp running on the target
[18:53] <JoshMalone> easy
[18:53] <dos000_> nice !
[18:54] <JoshMalone> bsp includes a cross-compiler and cross-debugger
[18:54] <JoshMalone> re nero
[18:54] <nerochiaro> re
[18:54] <dos000_> i want to use netboot to start testing the ui code
[18:55] <JoshMalone> u can do that w/o dev board
[18:55] <dos000_> but use an x86 (old k7) macxhine as target platform
[18:55] <dos000_> exactly ...
[18:56] <dos000_> can i make the bsp target x86 ?
[18:56] <JoshMalone> svn co svn://svn.neurostechnology.com/Nano-X/trunk
[18:56] <JoshMalone> just check-out and run the main app
[18:56] <JoshMalone> atm, audio and video dont work if running on x86 host
[18:56] <JoshMalone> but the UI and interface do (or so I hear)
[18:58] <dos000_> tow ! .. that reposit does not seem toexist .. going to see the svn web now
[18:59] <dos000_> hmm .. semms there !
[19:07] <dos000_> JoshMalone, getting the sources ...
[19:10] <JoshMalone> good
[19:24] <dos000_> JoshMalone, i guess no one has written the "your first neuros app " .. gonna try to find about nanox hello world app