| 04:32 | ChrisG_ | anyone out there? |
| 05:08 | cbxbiker61 | ChrisG_, what's up? |
| 05:08 | ChrisG_ | just recieved my cubox, trying to work through the learning curve... |
| 05:08 | ChrisG_ | i think i made it past the first hurdle... |
| 05:09 | ChrisG_ | the installer kept saying my uboot was up to date, but it wasnt |
| 05:09 | ChrisG_ | i found the instructions to update it manually, and installer is running now |
| 05:10 | ChrisG_ | i have a feeling it si going to be a long night :-) can't wait to get this thing up and running |
| 05:10 | cbxbiker61 | are you Linux savvy? |
| 05:11 | ChrisG_ | i'm an old fart, and a little rusty, but yes |
| 05:11 | cbxbiker61 | do you have a plan for the cubox yet? |
| 05:11 | ChrisG_ | yes, not sure it will work, but grand plans... |
| 05:11 | ChrisG_ | i plan to use it as a traffic monitoring device outside my firewall |
| 05:12 | ChrisG_ | a little snort/snorby, and maybe some yaf for netflow IPFIX |
| 05:13 | cbxbiker61 | it should work fine for that, i have one of my cuboxes acting as a firewall |
| 05:14 | cbxbiker61 | i compiled snort for the cubox, but I haven't really taken the time to work through configuring it |
| 05:14 | ChrisG_ | the plan is to make it act as a passive sniffer, one NIC listening on send and one listening on receive |
| 05:15 | ChrisG_ | using USB nics from think penguin |
| 05:15 | ChrisG_ | https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-usb-20-hi-speed-10100-fast-ethernet-network-adapter |
| 05:15 | ChrisG_ | with the built in NIC being the internal mgmt interface |
| 05:15 | ChrisG_ | anyway, that's the plan :-) |
| 05:15 | cbxbiker61 | have fun |
| 05:15 | ChrisG_ | i have a feeling since i'm working with ARM, i will be spening the next few days watching it compile |
| 05:16 | ChrisG_ | any good distros yet, or am i pretty much looking at compilling source? |
| 05:16 | ChrisG_ | i'm looking at installing arch linux |
| 05:16 | cbxbiker61 | i have distcc setup, with matching compilers on my 8 core fx-8350 |
| 05:17 | ChrisG_ | nice |
| 05:17 | cbxbiker61 | so my compiles on my cuboxes usually runs about 16 jobs at once, with most of them on the fx-8350 |
| 05:18 | ChrisG_ | how many do you have, and what are you using them for? |
| 05:18 | cbxbiker61 | well i have a distro "Xilka" that is pretty good for the do-it-yourselfer |
| 05:19 | cbxbiker61 | one firewall, and a couple for client xbmc duties |
| 05:19 | ChrisG_ | cool |
| 05:19 | ChrisG_ | sweet... me haz r00t |
| 05:19 | cbxbiker61 | i haven't updated Xilka in quite a while though, and where it's at now is quite a bit from where it was for the last release |
| 05:21 | ChrisG_ | have you used any USB NICs with it? |
| 05:21 | ChrisG_ | i'm guessing on the firewall you are using multiple interfaces |
| 05:23 | cbxbiker61 | yeah, the usb network adapter i have works perfectly |
| 05:23 | cbxbiker61 | pretty sure it's a dlink, but a lot of them use the same chips |
| 05:25 | cbxbiker61 | no Windows boxes in this house, but you wouldn't believe how many linux boxes i have |
| 05:26 | cbxbiker61 | even a Samsung TV running Linux |
| 05:29 | ChrisG_ | :) |
| 05:29 | ChrisG_ | mostly Mac here... but let's just call that BSD :P |
| 05:32 | cbxbiker61 | yes, at least I can respect Apple for using a strong core architecture, Windows on the other hand has always made me laugh at all of the artificial hurdles you run into because the core is so lame. |
| 05:33 | ChrisG_ | :-) |
| 05:36 | ChrisG_ | nice... USB nics loaded right up, this is going better than i thgouht |
| 05:39 | cbxbiker61 | later, i'm going to catch an episode of Fringe |
| 10:39 | niteye | those micro SD cards are too damn small |
| 11:05 | NotRelevant | NotRelevant http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/12/26/135-armbrix-zero-exynos-5-development-board-is-now-available-for-pre-order |
| 11:05 | NotRelevant | http://www.armbrix.com/ |
| 16:22 | pioj | hi. Is anyone there? I need some help, I think my cubox is bricked |
| 16:22 | michaelcubox | hello |
| 16:22 | michaelcubox | what was your last setps you did? |
| 16:22 | pioj | Im in a putty terminal from Ubuntu |
| 16:23 | michaelcubox | putty over ssh or serial? |
| 16:23 | pioj | because last time I put a distro on a SD the device didnt boot at all and nothing in the screen appeared. |
| 16:23 | michaelcubox | did u use cubox installer? |
| 16:24 | pioj | so, Im connected in ubuntu to the microusb, to the cubox, and.. |
| 16:24 | michaelcubox | what does happen if you powrcycle your cubox? |
| 16:24 | pioj | I cant recall if I did, I think I didnt |
| 16:24 | pioj | ok ok, let me explain |
| 16:25 | pioj | Im getting the next on the terminal putty: |
| 16:26 | michaelcubox | you can also use http://pastebin.com/ if that is easier for you ;-) |
| 16:27 | pioj | yep |
| 16:27 | pioj | its what i was doing right now |
| 16:27 | pioj | http://pastebin.com/qhPPH3wA |
| 16:27 | pioj | sorry for the delay |
| 16:28 | pioj | from putty , on poweron , my cubox gives this |
| 16:28 | michaelcubox | can u please plug out power, replug it and show me full og? looks like it cant find a boot.scr |
| 16:28 | pioj | everytime Im booting a distro nothing appears, no signal , nothing, only the back red light from the machine inside |
| 16:28 | pioj | ok |
| 16:29 | michaelcubox | could u please use cubox installer to get a distro on your sdcard. it is the easiest way for beginners and fastest. |
| 16:29 | pioj | is there a way I can dump that log to a file? |
| 16:30 | pioj | yep, sure. thats what Im tryin to do , in the end |
| 16:32 | pioj | ahhhh |
| 16:32 | pioj | im seeing now |
| 16:33 | pioj | wait, i think I can boot actually |
| 16:33 | michaelcubox | u can use a fat usb stick to lad cubox installer |
| 16:33 | michaelcubox | and output is either serial or hdmi |
| 16:33 | pioj | yes. |
| 16:33 | pioj | and, btw, Im logged. I pressed a key at time |
| 16:33 | pioj | :) |
| 16:34 | michaelcubox | logging is availablein settings from putty btw |
| 16:35 | pioj | yeah I followed that guide some minutes ago |
| 16:35 | pioj | Thx I think I can continue from now on |
| 16:35 | michaelcubox | from which country are you, if you don't mind i'm asking ;-) |
| 16:36 | pioj | spain. Sorry if I writing weird |
| 16:36 | michaelcubox | ok |
| 16:42 | pioj | hey, this is so cool |
| 16:47 | pioj | ok one question |
| 16:47 | michaelcubox | yes |
| 16:47 | pioj | in the cubox installer guide |
| 16:47 | pioj | Do I need to have a microsd already formatted ? |
| 16:47 | michaelcubox | no |
| 16:48 | michaelcubox | your sc ard will be wiped by cubox installer and formatted |
| 16:48 | pioj | ok, so only needs an storage to mount it later, perfect |
| 16:48 | pioj | ahhh I see. |
| 16:48 | pioj | k thx |
| 19:01 | punkt | hello everyone |
| 19:03 | rabeeh | hi punkt |
| 22:00 | ChrisG_ | anyone got time for a kernel question? |
| 22:25 | cbxbiker61 | i'm here, what's up? |
| 22:26 | cbxbiker61 | ChrisG_, i should have told you that I had to patch 3.5.7 on my firewall |
| 22:27 | cbxbiker61 | it was locking until I backported a 3.6+ patch |
| 22:27 | ChrisG_ | it seems that the 3.5.7 kernel that is installed with the install tool does not have bridging enabled in the kernel |
| 22:28 | cbxbiker61 | get my 3.5.7 from my website, hang on |
| 22:28 | ChrisG_ | looks like the only way i'm going to get that is to recompile, and i'm a little worried about the correct process |
| 22:28 | ChrisG_ | i found it here --> https://github.com/vDorst/linux |
| 22:29 | ChrisG_ | and here --> http://www.kernel.org |
| 22:30 | cbxbiker61 | http://www.xilka.com/xilka/distro/cubox/updates/UPDATE-CUBOX-KERNEL.sh |
| 22:33 | ChrisG_ | all i really want to do is recompile my existing kernel with one additional option |
| 22:34 | cbxbiker61 | http://www.xilka.com/sheeva/3/3.5/3.5.7/source/linux-3.5.7-remove-skb-recycling.patch |
| 22:41 | ChrisG_ | wow, your own distro :-) |
| 22:41 | ChrisG_ | very nice |
| 22:41 | ChrisG_ | unfortunately i'm running ubuntu |
| 22:48 | rmull | ChrisG_: That should be pretty straightforward |
| 22:49 | rmull | You have the kernel sources? |
| 22:49 | cbxbiker61 | ChrisG_, the kernel is distro independant |
| 22:50 | cbxbiker61 | my kernel has all of the netfilter code enabled |
| 22:51 | ChrisG_ | ok, but i need bridging |
| 22:52 | rmull | You can add it yourself |
| 22:52 | rmull | run 'make menuconfig' from the root of your kernel soures |
| 22:53 | cbxbiker61 | yes, it looks like I didn't have bridging configured on my kernel |
| 22:53 | ChrisG_ | @rmull - i'm there now, just digging thorugh to find it :P |
| 22:55 | cbxbiker61 | quite often it's easier to just edit the .config manually then "make oldconfig" it will prompt for new features |
| 22:55 | rmull | ChrisG_: you can use the '/' key to search for a substring |
| 22:57 | ChrisG_ | where is my current .config? |
| 22:58 | ChrisG_ | i found it in menuconfig |
| 23:00 | cbxbiker61 | you could start with copying http://www.xilka.com/sheeva/3/3.5/3.5.7/release/2/cubox-3.5.7.config to .config, should be pretty close to what you want |
| 23:01 | ChrisG_ | place it at the top of my src tree? |
| 23:02 | rmull | ChrisG_: Your current (running) configuration should be at /proc/config.gz - you need to gunzip it |
| 23:02 | rmull | The .config file should be placed at the top of your kernel source tree, yes |
| 23:02 | ChrisG_ | i looked in /proc and could not find it there. i though it would be there too |
| 23:03 | ChrisG_ | odd right? |
| 23:05 | rmull | It's usually there, but it has to be compiled into your kernel for it to be there |
| 23:05 | rmull | A stock ubuntu distro should have it there |
| 23:06 | ChrisG_ | ok, i have cbxbiker's config file at the top of my src tree (/usr/src/linux) |
| 23:07 | ChrisG_ | and edited to include CONFIG_BRIDGE=y |
| 23:09 | ChrisG_ | sweet, that went much better :-) thanks |
| 23:09 | ChrisG_ | i gues because i had no starting config, EVERY option was new |
| 23:10 | ChrisG_ | your start config was much better |
| 23:13 | ChrisG_ | ok, make is running. stepping away. thanks again |
| 23:13 | ChrisG_ | i will read through your kernel update script and might add that |