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[08:22] <beyond_> qgis porting to beagleboard help?? anyone here?
[08:37] <beyond_> qgis porting to beagleboard help?? anyone here?
[08:38] <LetoThe2nd> beyond_: smart questions, anyone read?
[08:39] <LetoThe2nd> beyond_: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
[08:44] <beyond_> qgis porting to beagleboard ubuntu error.. Help please
[08:45] * LetoThe2nd sighs and heads back to work.
[09:55] <lilstevie> LetoThe2nd, I like it
[09:57] <LetoThe2nd> lilstevie: what specifically
[09:58] <lilstevie> the smart-questions faq
[09:58] <LetoThe2nd> lilstevie: its awesome. too bad nobody ever reads it.
[09:59] * lilstevie is reading it right now
[10:37] <ogra_> rsalveti, bug 1045491 for you
[10:37] <ubot2`> Launchpad bug 1045491 in pvr-omap4 "Moving mouse messes up the desktop" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1045491
[11:10] <ogra_> rsalveti, hmm, i struggel to get any monitor output on the server image ... is there any trick to make that work if no xserver and no pvr driver are installed ?
[11:17] <ogra_> yippie, my new ac100 screen arrived
[11:20] <ogra_> marvin24, do you happen to know if i still need the kernel hacks if i want to use a 1280x720 panel with the 3.1 kernel ?
[11:21] <marvin24> ogra_: yes, the resolution is hard coded
[11:21] <ogra_> k, sad
[11:21] <marvin24> maybe we could read out the edid
[11:21] <marvin24> but I have no idea how
[11:21] <ogra_> well, i guess it would be fixed if i used a kms enabled kernel
[11:22] <marvin24> not really
[11:22] <marvin24> no edid, no autoresolution
[11:22] <ogra_> oh
[11:22] <marvin24> the schematic says something about a ddc connection, though
[11:22] <ogra_> i thought kms would rely on EDID data
[11:23] <ogra_> anyway, first i need to replace the HW :)
[11:23] * ogra_ is a bit scared to remove the bezel
[11:24] * LetoThe2nd hands ogra_ an "r"
[11:24] <ogra_> lol
[11:24] <ogra_> bavarians ...
[11:24] <LetoThe2nd> \o/
[11:25] <LetoThe2nd> a bavarian would never call it "brezel" though, but "brezn"
[11:25] <ogra_> oh, indeed
[11:28] <marvin24> ogra_: yes, kms needs it
[11:28] <marvin24> but there's a hard code hack ...
[11:28] <ogra_> lovely
[11:28] <marvin24> seems the ddc data path is only connected to the hdmi port
[11:28] <ogra_> well, i'm willing to live with a hack if needed, after all 720p panels arent std on the ac100
[11:29] <ogra_> (and i wouldnt have bought it if one of my ac100s wouldnt have a cracked screen)
[11:44] <rsalveti> ogra_: what is the issue with the server image? in theory you should be able to get the boot log or the console login interface just fine
[11:44] <rsalveti> unless your panda is not recognizing your monitor from the kernel side, at least not during boot
[11:45] <rsalveti> and the modeseting from pvr-omap4 is the one enabling and starting your monitor properly
[11:45] <ogra_> rsalveti, it works just fine when doin a serial install, but without console= set no screen comes up on the monitor
[11:45] <ogra_> there is no pvr on server installs
[11:45] <rsalveti> ogra_: and thanks for the buglink, got the kernel to build here, will give it a try now
[11:45] <ogra_> we cant ship X there
[11:45] <rsalveti> that's fine, the kernel should still be able to set up the correct resolution and get everything in place for you
[11:46] <rsalveti> even if you're not using X
[11:46] <ogra_> you mean if i dont have pvr installed ?
[11:46] <rsalveti> let me boot with text and see if I can reproduce your behavior
[11:46] <rsalveti> yup
[11:46] <ogra_> i dont even get a console after install :/
[11:48] <ogra_> [ 0.288848] omap_sr_disable: omap_sr struct for sr_iva not found
[11:48] <ogra_> [ 0.291564] omap_hwmod: sl2if: _wait_target_ready error: -16
[11:49] <ogra_> thats the only error i find in dmesg
[11:49] <ogra_> well, a few more omap_sr errors
[11:49] <rsalveti> adding drm.debug=7 omapdss.debug=1 might help us understanding what is happening
[11:49] * ogra_ does
[11:53] <ogra_> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1185592/
[11:55] <rsalveti> ogra_: here it seems to work fine, after booting with 'text'
[11:55] <ogra_> rsalveti, what is bothering is that it works just fine on desktop ...
[11:55] <rsalveti> the monitor turned itself on while opening the tty1 console
[11:55] <ogra_> on a server image ?
[11:55] <ogra_> note that desktop has no issues here either
[11:55] <rsalveti> no, desktop, but with 'text' the X11 it not even started
[11:56] <ogra_> and it didnt with the alpha release (where we had no pvr)
[11:56] <rsalveti> let me check the logs
[11:57] <rsalveti> ogra_: when booting your desktop image, do you always see the splash before X11 starts?
[11:57] <ogra_> hmm, i didnt check, i think i didnt see it after install, but before
[11:58] <ogra_> i.e. booting the image showed it ... but it was gone after booting into the installed system
[11:58] <rsalveti> ogra_: also, can you check what happens when you use the dvi output instead of hdmi?
[11:58] <ogra_> already tried, no change
[11:58] <ogra_> i would blame my monitor (LG) ... if it wouldnt work just fine in desktop
[11:59] <ogra_> with the same kernel
[11:59] <ogra_> [ 508.846771] omapdss DISPC: channel 1 xres 1920 yres 1080
[11:59] <ogra_> [ 508.879577] omapdss HDMI: hdmi_runtime_get
[11:59] <ogra_> [ 508.879608] omapdss HDMI: hdmi_runtime_put
[11:59] <ogra_> [ 508.879608] omapdss HDMI: Enter hdmi_display_disable
[11:59] <ogra_> seems thats printed over and over in dmesg now
[12:02] <ogra_> ogra@panda:~$ who
[12:02] <ogra_> ogra tty4 2012-09-04 14:01
[12:02] <ogra_> ogra pts/0 2012-09-04 13:51 (192.168.2.91)
[12:02] <ogra_> after logging in blindly ...
[12:02] <ogra_> so getty is there and i can log in ... just cant see a thing
[12:03] <rsalveti> there's a lot of sync_lost as well...
[12:03] <ogra_> yes
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[12:07] <rsalveti> let me just give the new kernel a try (with in theory fixes the flickering issue)
[12:07] <rsalveti> this new kernel changes quite a few bits at the dss and display driver
[12:07] <rsalveti> and reverts a few changes for omap5 as well
[12:07] <ogra_> ok
[12:08] <ogra_> if you think it hleps i can test here too
[12:08] <rsalveti> sure
[12:19] <ndec> rsalveti: so you decided to go with the ~try kernel?
[12:20] <ndec> where do you host the code? it's not coming from tilt-3.4..
[12:20] <rsalveti> ndec: not yet, still checking what would be the side effects
[12:20] <rsalveti> we're using robclark's tree
[12:20] <ndec> yeah, i know.
[12:21] <ndec> but it breaks some display interface such as DSI at least. not sure if some of your users will care about that.
[12:21] <rsalveti> yeah, that's one of the issues I noticed here as well
[12:22] <ndec> DSI? you mean DVI, no?
[12:23] <ndec> there is a cleaner solution that has been designed in omapdss, to fix the same issue. and that is being planned for upstreaming in the upcoming kernel.
[12:24] <rsalveti> what is the current state of that?
[12:24] <rsalveti> because we either go with the same solution from ~try or decide to backport the proper one that will land upstream later on
[12:24] <ndec> i am hoping that we will get omapdss changes in our upcoming 3.6 tree.
[12:24] <rsalveti> but there are a bunch of omap5 related changes at our tree as well
[12:25] <ndec> and i am also interested in a backport of the 'clean' solution.
[12:25] <ndec> omap5?
[12:25] <rsalveti> because we got the tree from ti-3.4 branch
[12:25] <ndec> and what do you call 'our' tree in fact? is it Andy's tree?
[12:25] <rsalveti> yup
[12:26] <ndec> yes, tilt-3.4 has some support for OMAP5, even though it's still missing a few bits. we have another tree we use for full releases on OMAP5.
[12:27] <ndec> we will get a tilt-3.6 eventually with similar 'feature' set as tilt-3.4. except that our primary 'dev' and test platform will become OMAP5, instead of OMAP4.
[12:27] <ndec> and that we will get the rework from omapdrm/omapdss.
[12:27] <ndec> for OMAP4 'products' we will continue to use tilt.3.4, well our TI tree based on tilt-3.4
[12:28] <rsalveti> got it
[12:37] <robclark> rsalveti, DVI should be working on my branch
[12:39] <rsalveti> robclark: yup, but for some reason I'm not even getting my hdmi out to work
[12:39] <rsalveti> still trying to understand why
[12:40] <rsalveti> had to disable OMAP2_DSS_VENC and OMAP2_DSS_DSI for it to build
[12:42] <robclark> rsalveti, hang on, I can pastebin my .config for you to cross check against
[12:43] <robclark> rsalveti, http://hastebin.com/raw/gopiweniqi
[12:43] <rsalveti> robclark: thanks, will check here
[13:04] <robclark> rsalveti, btw, the weston shader optimizations were pushed to master last fri.. this should give a nice performance boost w/ pvr
[13:04] <rsalveti> robclark: cool, nice to know
[13:04] <plars> ogra_: heya
[13:05] <plars> ogra_: on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/+bug/1045788 - I was trying ubuntu-server on my panda this morning and I'm seeing something very different
[13:05] <ubot2`> Ubuntu bug 1045788 in linux-ti-omap4 "screen on quantal server images stays black" [High,New]
[13:06] <plars> ogra_: with hdmi plugged in, I see the language selection screen come up, but my keyboard does not work
[13:06] <rsalveti> plars: hey :-)
[13:07] <plars> hey rsalveti
[13:07] <plars> rsalveti: your name sounds familiar...have we met?
[13:07] <plars> :-b
[13:07] <rsalveti> plars: ;-)
[13:08] <rsalveti> plars: so I guess you're at least getting your screen to work properly?
[13:08] <rsalveti> the usb issue is a bit weird
[13:08] <rsalveti> I'd not be surprised if this screen issue is related with the monitor you're using
[13:08] <rsalveti> as I'm able to get it to work here just fine as well
[13:09] <rsalveti> and ogra_ seems to be getting a bunch of hdmi_display_disable messages after boot
[13:10] <plars> rsalveti: yeah, likely
[13:25] <plars> rsalveti, ogra_: also, even with serial, mine appears to get stuck at some point... just have a black screen now after going through a couple of steps
[13:25] <rsalveti> :-(
[13:26] <plars> wow, not sure what that was
[13:26] <plars> I got it back though
[13:26] <plars> no ^c or ^z, I think ^d finally did it
[13:26] <plars> it was after network detection, after it asked me for hostname
[13:26] <plars> screen just went black
[13:26] <plars> now after ^d it continues though
[13:27] <plars> if you didn't see this, maybe I will try to reimage this and reproduce in a moment... let me get through it as is for now thoug
[13:29] <plars> oh, you have to manually make a partition on it now?
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[14:20] <ogra_> plars, ??
[14:20] <ogra_> plars, you need to install to USB nowadays
[14:20] <ogra_> or yes, jump through several hoops and pre-partition the SD (with / and swap at minimum)
[14:21] <ogra_> apart from the screen issue both, omap and omap4 server images work fine for me
[14:28] <elfy> I have finally managed to get omap4 installed - happened to see an "omapdss HDMI error : failed to enable GPIO's" in a tty - is that a known thing or should I report it - if so what should I report it against - thanks for any help :)
[14:29] <elfy> or is it tied up with https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pvr-omap4/+bug/1045491
[14:29] <ubot2`> Ubuntu bug 1045491 in pvr-omap4 "Moving mouse messes up the desktop" [High,Confirmed]
[14:29] <ogra_> does your system behave as expected otherwise ?
[14:29] <elfy> I believe so ogra_ - this is the first time I've managed to get installed :)
[14:30] <ogra_> i think it prints that every time you swithc the display context ... i.e. from X to a tty or back, i see that here too
[14:30] <elfy> aah ok - thanks
[14:32] <elfy> though it is very very slow to respond to mouse
[14:32] <ogra_> hmm, i didnt find it slow
[14:32] <ogra_> i found firefox extremely slow though
[14:32] <ogra_> everything thats 3D rendered seemed fine
[14:33] <ogra_> (i dont think it is slower than unity-2d was with the framebuffer driver in 12.04)
[14:33] <ogra_> but thats indeed totally subjective :)
[14:34] <elfy> 7 seconds to report back from free -m in aterminal, 20 secs to give the me the shutdown menu, a long time for nautilus to show anything
[14:34] <ogra_> oh, thats disk I/O ... i thought you referred to graphics
[14:35] <elfy> I was responding to " does your system behave as expected otherwise"
[14:35] <ogra_> well, using USB for / simply limits you to the max 24MB/s you can pump through a USB bus
[14:35] <ogra_> thats still a lot more than with SD, but its just USB after all
[14:36] <elfy> aah ok - so that is 'expected' - if I'd thought more I'd have not asked lol
[14:36] <ogra_> also note that there are a lot of tasks running right after install
[14:36] <elfy> ok - so yea - as far as graphics - I just have that bug I linked then
[14:36] <ogra_> update-xapian-index ... locate ... lots of processes that put a horrible load on the little panda
[14:37] <elfy> yep
[14:37] <ogra_> try to let it sit fro 30min until all these bits are done
[14:37] <elfy> ok
[14:37] <ogra_> and also do an additional reboot, that helps ureadahead to set up a better profile
[14:37] <ogra_> (i think it uses three runs (each run at a fresh boot) to actually build the proper profile
[14:37] <ogra_> )
[14:38] <elfy> ok - will do that - and then see how it looks - thanks ogra_
[14:38] <ogra_> thanks for helping !!!
[14:38] <ogra_> :)
[14:38] <elfy> welcome :)
[14:39] * ogra_ is happy about every additional tester
[14:39] <elfy> lol
[14:39] <elfy> I blame balloons - so you are safe :)
[14:39] <ogra_> haha
[14:40] <elfy> I test this and xubuntu - ubuntu has enough people :)
[14:40] <ogra_> true
[14:41] <ogra_> (though i bet plars would disagree ... )
[14:41] <elfy> :)
[14:41] <elfy> I guess there's never enough people testing in truth
[14:41] <ogra_> yeah
[14:41] <balloons> hah!
[14:43] <elfy> ohai balloons
[14:47] * balloons waves at elfy
[14:48] * elfy would wave back but the channel's logged ... :p
[14:49] * ogra_ ponders if having the bootloader partition automounted after install is a bu or not
[14:49] <ogra_> *bug
[14:49] <ogra_> we used to hide it in the past
[14:54] <ogra_> yay, my ac100 kernel with 1280x720 hack works
[14:55] <lilstevie> ogra_, nice, I kinda want an ac100
[14:55] <lilstevie> seems like a bit of fun
[14:56] <ogra_> buy one then :)
[14:56] <lilstevie> hah
[14:56] <LetoThe2nd> far too expensive.
[14:56] * lilstevie doesn't think he could convince the mrs that he needs it
[14:57] * LetoThe2nd repeatedly thought hard about if he needs another arm tablet/notebook device. i couldn't find any use case, so the answer obviously is no.
[14:57] <ogra_> LetoThe2nd, http://www.amazon.de/Toshiba-AC100-10V-Netbook-Android-schwarz/dp/B003YJ67T2
[14:57] <ogra_> 169€
[14:57] <xnox> hmm... good price.
[14:57] <xnox> ogra_: do they ship to UK?
[14:58] <ogra_> i think you can still get them used on amazon.co.uk somewhere :)
[14:58] <LetoThe2nd> ogra_: jsut for _having_ but not _using_ 170€ is still too much.
[14:58] <ogra_> xnox, you likely dont want a german kbd :)
[14:58] <xnox> ogra_: yes. I want US one
[14:58] <ogra_> there are no US ac100's
[14:58] <plars> ogra_: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/+bug/1045855 any suggestions what else I could try here?
[14:58] <ubot2`> Ubuntu bug 1045855 in linux-ti-omap4 "usb keyboard doesn't work during installation of ubuntu-server on panda" [Undecided,New]
[14:59] <ogra_> uk, fr, russian, german iirc
[14:59] <TypoNAM> ogra_: US never gets the cool toys :/
[14:59] <ogra_> plars, do you have a serial console enabled when it doesnt work ?
[14:59] <xnox> ogra_: according to amazon.co.uk 169 EUR is 287 GBP, instead of 133 GBP
[15:00] <ogra_> i have seen d-i take the input from serial while displaying on framebuffer before
[15:00] <plars> ogra_: I do, but when I switch over to the serial pre-env, it seems that nothing is shown on the graphical display, so there's nothing to interact with
[15:00] <ogra_> xnox, heh, yeah, they are bad at math ... especially when it comes to GBP
[15:01] <plars> ogra_: I did try pressing keys on the serial console, just to see if it would affect what was happing on my screen, no luck
[15:01] <ogra_> plars, well, for laughs, try hitting the up/down keys in your serial console and watch the monitor
[15:01] <xnox> ogra_: i think they thing they are rather good with math, and customers aren't
[15:01] <plars> ogra_: yeah, tried that
[15:01] <ogra_> ah, you did
[15:02] <plars> I'll play with it some more later... let me get through some more tests
[15:02] <ogra_> yeah, as lon as seerial works i'm not too concerned
[15:02] <ogra_> plain serial installs are fine for server ...
[15:03] <ogra_> (not that we dont need to fix this, but its not a beta blocker imho)
[15:03] <plars> ogra_: right
[15:03] <plars> I know what you mean :)
[15:03] <plars> it's possible to install for sure, so it's good enough for beta
[15:03] <ogra_> yep
[15:03] <ogra_> i'll have to write a little novel for the release notes though
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[16:16] <GrueMaster> Not sure if anyone has seen this yet, but it looks interesting. http://cubieboard.org
[16:17] <ogra_> like a beaglebone :)
[16:18] <GrueMaster> Except half price & with video + SATA.
[16:19] <prpplague> that an all-winner based?
[16:19] <prpplague> ahh right
[16:19] <prpplague> yea A10
[16:20] <ogra_> the headphone jacks are really clever placed
[16:29] <prpplague> indeed
[16:34] <suihkulokki> someone needs start mainlining the allwinner stuff
[16:34] <prpplague> hehe
[16:54] <rsalveti> another allwinner based board?
[16:54] <wookey> yep
[16:54] <wookey> very cheap, and mali GPU
[16:54] <rsalveti> suihkulokki: I think there are a few folks working on that already
[16:55] <rsalveti> problem is that people got it all wrong at the beginning, it needs rework before being able to send anything upstream
[16:55] <wookey> It looks a lot like what luke was trying to get done with PCMCIA-format A8, but only 1GB RAM :-(
[16:58] <prpplague> wookey: yea it has some nice features and good size, but between lack of good mainline support and low amount of ram.....
[17:07] <rsalveti> robclark: argh, worked fine with your config, need to check what caused the issue with the original one I used
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[19:14] <prpplague> rsalveti: have a fun trip back home?
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[19:38] <jimerickson> well omap4+armhf is working better than it did except for some wierd flashing in unity. why are fonts corrupted in the terminal in openbox?
[19:41] <prpplague> jimerickson: because they hate you
[19:41] <jimerickson> i thought as much!