| 00:41 | rabeeh | anyone tried the new cubox installer? |
| 00:41 | rabeeh | http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=817 |
| 00:42 | Wizzup | I haven't |
| 00:43 | Wizzup | How is the XMBC effort and 3d driver in general going? |
| 00:46 | rabeeh | Wizzup: i think in general XBMC is in a good shape. not the best. |
| 00:46 | rabeeh | Geexbox and XilkaX are the best two (Geexbox uses Eden and XilkaX uses Frodo) |
| 00:46 | rabeeh | I tried with sraue getting openelec/frodo up and running but we had lots of issues with audio sync |
| 00:47 | rabeeh | tomlohave claims this is mainly because of Audio Engines support in frodo |
| 00:47 | Wizzup | hhmm |
| 00:47 | Wizzup | I'd prefer one mainline distro |
| 00:50 | rabeeh | Wizzup: which one? |
| 00:50 | rabeeh | Arch has xbmc built; but i have not idea what is it's status |
| 00:56 | Wizzup | rabeeh: gentoo ;D |
| 00:56 | Wizzup | I really want to work on it but cannot atm due to time contraints |
| 00:56 | Wizzup | I think when I have the x11 driver working with accel it should be pretty simple to make an ebuild for xbmc |
| 01:01 | rabeeh | Wizzup: there is a basic gentoo port already for CuBox. |
| 01:01 | rabeeh | is that your work? |
| 01:01 | Wizzup | yes |
| 01:01 | Wizzup | I wrote the wiki page |
| 01:02 | Wizzup | The stage-3 was just a drop, unpack and it worked |
| 01:02 | rabeeh | do you know janne from libav? |
| 01:02 | Wizzup | I've been using the cubox as pulseaudio network sink for the last 4 months now :) |
| 01:02 | Wizzup | I don't think so, no |
| 01:02 | rabeeh | he is also a gentoo lover :) |
| 01:03 | Wizzup | Most libav devs are ;) |
| 01:03 | rabeeh | well; i'm trying to get to him to port vmeta to libavcodec |
| 01:03 | rabeeh | and he mentioned that he would like to push gentoo too. |
| 01:03 | rabeeh | maybe you can collaborate |
| 01:03 | Wizzup | #gentoo-embedded has lots of gentoo lovers for embedded, but right now I think I'm the only with a cubox in there |
| 01:03 | Wizzup | yeah, sure. Right now I don't have time though :((( |
| 03:35 | ptl | does anyone have a way to install something on a 8 GB SD Card without having a pendrive? |
| 03:35 | ptl | I would like to install the xbmc ubuntu distro |
| 04:25 | Punkley_ | so u don't have any way if plugging the SD card into another computer? |
| 04:45 | ptl | Punkley: of plugging the sd card, yes. I can plug it into my ubuntu laptop. |
| 16:08 | not_relevant | It seems that dist.list (CuBox installer) is located on dropbox.com! Why not on solid-run.com ? |
| 16:09 | not_relevant | and the rest of the scripts. They seem to be small |
| 17:44 | av_jui | hi |
| 17:44 | av_jui | any one online? |
| 17:44 | av_jui | have a little Problem with the installer |
| 17:45 | N30N | av_jui: It's normally quiet here on the weekends |
| 17:46 | av_jui | so you are the Person I look for :-) |
| 17:47 | N30N | I've not used or looked into the installer. |
| 17:49 | av_jui | i am not shure that it is a installer problem i always stop on "booting the kernel." |
| 17:49 | av_jui | also when i install geexbox my self |
| 17:51 | av_jui | is there any way to make a hardware reset on cubox |
| 17:54 | N30N | av_jui: Like this? http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=727&start=80#p4376 |
| 17:55 | av_jui | yes |
| 17:56 | av_jui | it always stop on this |
| 17:58 | N30N | I changed 1920x1080 in my boot.scr to fix this |
| 17:59 | av_jui | ok i will test it |
| 17:59 | N30N | read you can also ATL+F1/F2 a few times but never tried it |
| 17:59 | ptl | my cubox seems to be slow for some movies. How can I ensure HW accel is being used, or get new / improved codecs? |
| 18:00 | N30N | Hi ptl, what are you playing them with? |
| 18:00 | N30N | Without HW accel it'll look like a slide show |
| 18:01 | ptl | xbmc |
| 18:01 | ptl | I installed the XBMC distro with Ubuntu 10.04 |
| 18:06 | N30N | Might wanna try GeeXboX or Xilka(X) |
| 18:06 | ptl | will it be better if I install Ubuntu precise or 12.10 ? |
| 18:07 | ptl | geexbox/xilka are based on ubuntu? |
| 18:07 | N30N | I never tried with ubuntu so can't say |
| 18:07 | ptl | I'd prefer Ubuntu because that's what I use on all my computers |
| 18:08 | ptl | I also plan to use CuBox as my gateway, being a dhcp server, NFS server, torrent downloader |
| 18:08 | ptl | Just have to get a little more acquainted with it |
| 18:09 | av_jui | @N30N this seems not the probleme on boot.src of the installer are following env |
| 18:09 | av_jui | setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 video=dovefb:lcd0:1920x1080-32@60-edid,lcd1:1024x600-16@60' |
| 18:11 | ptl | is there a CuBox manual or something like that? |
| 18:15 | N30N | av_jui: I use video=dovefb:lcd0:1280x720-32@60-edid clcd.lcd0_enable=1 clcd.lcd1_enable=0 |
| 18:15 | av_jui | ok I will test it |
| 18:16 | N30N | av_jui: you using mkimage to create the boot.scr file? |
| 18:17 | av_jui | yes |
| 18:17 | N30N | ptl: nope there's no manual, just the wiki, forum and search engine of choice |
| 18:20 | av_jui | after test it is the same |
| 18:20 | av_jui | i think my box was defect |
| 18:21 | av_jui | this problem comes after i have test cec build of geexbox :-( |
| 18:24 | N30N | here's another post with same problem: http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=377&start=40#p2950 |
| 18:29 | av_jui | that´s also not my problem :-( |
| 18:30 | ptl | N30N: ah, ok. I have no problem with that, and anyway CuBox is a developer platform, most buyers would skip the manual anywayu |
| 18:35 | ptl | N30N: but anyway, something that I can't find: how do I prepare the pendrive with those uInitrd images? Should I just make a boot/ directory then copy it here and try to boot through the pendrive, or are there any additional instructions? |
| 18:47 | pt | 18:47 * ptl think he might be making stupid questions. :-/ |
| 18:59 | ptl | is CuBox omap, omap4 or armadaxp? |
| 19:06 | ptl | I take it back :-/ I need a manual! |
| 19:06 | ptl | please someone point to a simple tutorial on how to install through the Ubuntu netboot uIinitrd images. |
| 19:06 | ptl | at times, gather scattered information from Google is not that fun! ;-/ |
| 19:13 | ptl | ah, c'mon people, at least a hint to where I could start with that, please??? |
| 19:18 | ptl | <- will try a do-release-upgrade to ubuntu 12.04 |
| 20:32 | dung | ptl, just copy and load with u-boot. or skip cp and load over network |
| 20:34 | dung | except u-boot it's the same on pc. load kernel and initrd without root paramter |
| 20:35 | dung | ptl, none of the kernels from the installer directories ran on my Cubox |
| 20:44 | dung | shesselba! is it difficult to implement loop mount, like grubs loopback command? |
| 20:47 | dung | maybe this doesn't make sense, cause there're no live-/install-cds for arm? |
| 20:48 | ptl | dung: ah... |
| 20:48 | ptl | dung: I just upgraded ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 and now X does not start. How do I make it work? Do you know? |
| 20:55 | dung | linux 2.6 ? |
| 20:59 | dung | could you do the upgrade in one step ? |
| 20:59 | ptl | yes |
| 20:59 | ptl | yes, I could |
| 21:00 | ptl | I am logged in through ssh |
| 21:00 | ptl | should I install additional packages or such? |
| 21:00 | ptl | I don't know which Xorg driver I should be using. |
| 21:00 | dung | which linux version? |
| 21:01 | ptl | 2.6.32.9-dove-5.4.2 |
| 21:03 | ptl | so... anyway to recover? :( |
| 21:04 | dung | you need another kernel. 2.6 needs udev-accept4.patch, 3.5 needs another glx and video driver |
| 21:04 | ptl | ah, ok |
| 21:05 | ptl | do you know if I should apt-cache search for some string, or download it elsewhere? |
| 21:05 | ptl | does it use grub? |
| 21:05 | dung | the wiki is your friend |
| 21:05 | ptl | or uboot replaces grub? |
| 21:05 | ptl | yes |
| 21:05 | ptl | I am searching through it |
| 21:05 | ptl | I have no idea what I should search |
| 21:06 | ptl | I am also browsing through the forums |
| 21:09 | dung | building linux and drivers |
| 21:10 | ptl | ! |
| 21:10 | ptl | I have to recompile? |
| 21:12 | ptl | "Clone Linux from Solid-Run / Community development" |
| 21:12 | ptl | ok |
| 21:12 | ptl | let's find the git url |
| 21:14 | dung | if you try the new cubox installer, i fear you end up with geexbox, but have an up-to-date linux. |
| 21:14 | ptl | what is that one? |
| 21:15 | ptl | geexbox is based upon which linux? |
| 21:15 | ptl | I might try it |
| 21:15 | ptl | I am still experimenting |
| 21:15 | ptl | I mean |
| 21:15 | ptl | i saw the geexbox link |
| 21:15 | ptl | but not 'the new cubox installer' |
| 21:17 | ptl | "This is the first and initial release of the CuBox installer. The installer is intended to grab around all the distros that has a CuBox port and put it in a convenient way for the users to install. " |
| 21:17 | ptl | does not seem to be the 'new' cubox installer |
| 21:21 | dung | well, i haven't tested. i prefer ubuntus software repositories, and building linux / cubox drivers. |
| 21:23 | dung | atm |
| 21:23 | ptl | yeah, me too, except for the part 'building linux / cubox drivers'. |
| 21:31 | ptl | great... this installer makes my TV stop saying 'video format not supported' :-/ |
| 21:31 | ptl | maybe it's doing something |
| 21:34 | ptl | CuBox is hot, this installer seems to be doing something |
| 21:34 | ptl | tried to plug my monitor and it also accused out of range |
| 21:36 | ptl | USB stick is also hot, lol |
| 21:39 | ptl | and git clone still running |
| 21:40 | ptl | installing gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf |
| 21:42 | dung | you should have serial console |
| 21:44 | ptl | via USB? what is the connector? that last one on the right? |
| 22:40 | ptl | <- trying serial console |
| 22:41 | ptl | what are the settings for it? |
| 22:41 | ptl | it's outputting garbage here |
| 22:41 | ptl | /dev/ttyUSB0 |
| 22:42 | ptl | found it |
| 22:44 | ptl | it's going |