| 00:07 | cbxbiker61 | http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Samsung-exynos5-Octa-8-Core-chip,20345.html |
| 00:09 | cbxbiker6 | 00:09 * cbxbiker61 wonders if Marvell is going to be able to compete in the crazy arm world |
| 03:04 | dbsx | Can someone assist with uboot prob? I have 2 cuboxes, a V1 and a V2. Booting off the same uSD. The V1 works fine with u-boot-tools (fw_printenv), and I get |
| 03:04 | dbsx | # cat /proc/mtd |
| 03:04 | dbsx | dev: size erasesize name |
| 03:04 | dbsx | mtd0: 00400000 00001000 "spi0.0" |
| 03:04 | dbsx | the V2 has nothing in /proc/mtd |
| 03:51 | dbsx | and the answer is: |
| 03:51 | dbsx | V2 SF: Detected M25P32 with page size 64 kB, total 4 MB |
| 03:51 | dbsx | V1 SF: Detected W25Q32 with page size 4 kB, total 4 MB |
| 03:52 | dbsx | so the V2 has different flash? |
| 09:26 | dbsx | biker? |
| 13:29 | ascent | hmm the cubox installer looks pretty easy.. prep a usb drive, have an empty microsd ready and go.. |
| 14:09 | ascent | Any news on shipmentterms for the pro? |
| 18:29 | ascent | okay.. now trying to boot the cubox v1 from usb |
| 18:29 | ascent | oh lol.. it works.. that easy |
| 18:29 | ascent | hmm there was xbmc 12 installed.. |
| 18:30 | ascent | thats not released with geexboxyet |
| 18:38 | ascent | ah... softfp geexbox doesn't work from installer, but devel does |
| 18:40 | ascent | so.. should I want xilka lite or geexbox.. |
| 18:59 | purch | is there a list of working microSDHC cards? |
| 20:25 | cbxbiker61 | purch, sandisk has worked perfectly for me on cubox/sheeva |
| 20:28 | purch | I ordered 2x transcend 16GB class 10 microSDHC |
| 20:30 | purch | well if they dont work with cubox, maybe then in camera or pi |
| 20:31 | purch | 4GB card too small for lucid -> precise |
| 20:33 | cbxbiker61 | transcends have been good for me also, an interesting point about the sandisks is that they perform above their spec |
| 20:33 | cbxbiker61 | sandisk class 4 seems to perform as well as other class 10's |
| 20:34 | purch | well I ordered an esata dockstation and red caviar 3TB sataIII |
| 20:34 | purch | then I can finalize my multitask server :) |
| 20:34 | purch | still thinking about cubox pro with 2GB RAM |
| 20:35 | cbxbiker61 | fyi, there is a great system utility called glances that is written in python |
| 20:36 | purch | hmm, lets see |
| 20:36 | cbxbiker61 | it shows "real" memory use as well as allocated memory use |
| 20:36 | cbxbiker61 | quite useful when deciding whether you really need more memory |
| 20:37 | cbxbiker61 | Used: 30.9G (1.7G) |
| 20:38 | cbxbiker61 | that's on my main server with 32Gigs, only 1.7G is in actual use, the rest is filesystem caching |
| 20:38 | purch | old server runs still for azureus, and I am swithing to deluge as it has daemon. Have to test a bit more if it fits to cubox too |
| 20:39 | purch | apache and deluged can choke cubox eventually |
| 20:40 | cbxbiker61 | i use transmission on my sheevaplug, it's about as light as it gets and does have a web interface |
| 20:40 | purch | can it handle rss feeds? |
| 20:41 | cbxbiker61 | i'm not sure |
| 20:41 | michael_cubox | hello, what does happen to wiki? so much spam that recent changes is not usable at alll. |
| 20:41 | purch | I used transmission some years ago, but nice to automate some work with rss feeds |
| 20:44 | purch | cbxbiker61: any hint or easy guide for ubuntu precise in cubox w/o GPU memory reserved. I've never compiled a kernel myself |
| 20:47 | cbxbiker61 | purch, all i know about eliminating the gpu reserved memory is what's in the forums, it appears you have to change a setting in the u-boot env |
| 20:47 | cbxbiker61 | and use a kernel compiled without gpu support |
| 20:48 | purch | that sounds what I understood, too |
| 20:49 | purch | I think I have to use tht cubox installer on usb stick as I have the original media that came with cubox |
| 20:57 | cbxbiker61 | i'm doing some rather tedious work at the moment...rebuilding all of the packages that were linked to libffi.so.5 to link to libffi.so.6 |
| 20:58 | cbxbiker61 | it's a real pain when they change the api on a library that's used as much as ffi |
| 21:05 | purch | cbxbiker61: thanks for glances |
| 21:06 | cbxbiker61 | yep |
| 21:06 | purch | until today I used free, htop, iotop |
| 22:21 | ascent | do you all run xbmc on the cubox? |
| 22:21 | dbsx | nope |
| 22:22 | Thirsty_Away | I like to. But old HTPC runs better with XBMC |
| 22:22 | Thirsty | But, they make good progress |
| 22:23 | ascent | okay. I borrowed a cubox from a friend of mine but I'm not overly satisfied with it's xbmc performance |
| 22:23 | Thirsty | I going to try the latest geexbox snapshot |
| 22:23 | ascent | and I'm afraid that the v2 won't be ththat much better |
| 22:23 | ascent | I tried that one tonight |
| 22:23 | ascent | runs with frodo, which is nice |
| 22:24 | Thirsty | I still want to try the HDMI CEC support. So I don't need a seperet remote |
| 22:25 | ascent | so, is there a good alternative to xbmc regarding mediacenter function? |
| 22:26 | Thirsty | I think not. XBMC is one of the best. |
| 22:26 | Thirsty | 10 years ago i used freevo. |
| 22:26 | ascent | hmm okay, so I still wonder which htpc hardware I should buy. |
| 22:28 | Thirsty | I got an old pentium mobile with a cheap nvidia GT210 HDMI videocard. |
| 22:28 | Thirsty | Also with geexbox |
| 22:28 | ascent | colleage of mine has a zotac.. |
| 22:28 | Thirsty | and is plays everything |
| 22:28 | ascent | they're nice too |
| 22:29 | Thirsty | I think every modern hardware will do. |
| 22:29 | ascent | I think 800Mhz is just not enought anymore for a GUI + XBMC |
| 22:30 | Thirsty | that is not the problem. |
| 22:30 | Thirsty | Not all the hardware features are used. |
| 22:31 | Thirsty | for example: JPEG pictures are still redered by the cpu. But GPU can do that to and a lot faster |
| 22:31 | ascent | but spending money now on something that is not done yet and may or may not be great in the end is a bit of a gamble.. |
| 22:31 | ascent | hmm |
| 22:38 | Thirsty | depents, I bought one to get more knowledge about arm cpu's and linux. |
| 22:39 | Thirsty | And i liked the small side and full features. |
| 22:39 | ascent | they are nice, I'm sure of that. |
| 22:39 | ascent | look at arms in phones.. they're pretty good |
| 22:39 | ascent | but not that well supported on xbmc yet |
| 22:41 | Thirsty | same problem is with the cubox.... drivers! |
| 22:41 | ascent | :) |
| 22:41 | ascent | perhaps I should just go zotax |
| 22:42 | ascent | but they're bigger and have fans ... :/ |
| 22:42 | Thirsty | but many people are working hard to get it working. |
| 22:42 | ascent | :) |
| 22:43 | ascent | but will it work fluently when everything is done... |
| 22:45 | cbxbiker61 | zotax with amd starting with the e-350 using the XbmcXvba port and proprietary drivers works nicely |
| 22:45 | Thirsty | I sure about it! |
| 22:45 | cbxbiker61 | still enough horsepower to software decode mpeg |
| 22:46 | Thirsty | A cheap AMD A4-5400 will do too |
| 22:46 | cbxbiker61 | yes, i continue to plug away on CuBox/Xbmc |
| 22:47 | dbsx | biker: an you help with http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1093 ? |
| 22:49 | cbxbiker61 | rabeeh will have the ultimate answer for that |
| 22:51 | Thirsty | It seams a different brand. |
| 22:51 | dbsx | ascent: methinks that many people use cubox as a cooler, nicer replacement for earlier ARM machines. It makes for a good always on headless machine |
| 22:51 | ascent | dbsx: it sure does! |
| 22:52 | ascent | and I think it plays video just fine, but the xbmcmenu is just stuttery all the way.. and that's too bad .. |
| 22:53 | dbsx | ascent: I have not tried yet, but I am told the latest snapshot is faster with XBMC menus. CEC works perfectly for me. |
| 22:54 | cbxbiker61 | starting with jdk7u10 oracle is supporting armv6/armv7, i'm installing it now |
| 22:54 | Thirsty | dbsx: I want try it. |
| 22:55 | ascent | latest snapshot of geexbox? |
| 22:55 | Thirsty | `geexbox-devel-20130107-r15738.cubox.tar.bz2 |
| 22:55 | ascent | installed that tonight using cubox installer |
| 22:55 | ascent | hmm |
| 22:56 | Thirsty | http://download.geexbox.org/snapshots/geexbox-xbmc-armada5xx-cubox/20130107/binaries.cubox/geexbox-devel-20130107-r15738.cubox.tar.bz2 |
| 22:56 | ascent | is that the same as the cubox installer installs? :) |
| 22:56 | Thirsty | I don't no |
| 22:57 | Thirsty | I never used cubox installer. |
| 22:57 | dbsx | ascent: yes, the 0107. I am a heretic and do not use the installer anymore. Much simpler I find without it |
| 22:58 | rmull | Thirsty: How'd your move go? Any updates coming in for your github sources? |
| 22:59 | Thirsty | rmull: Move is fine. I did get finally some rest to play with the cubox again. |
| 22:59 | Thirsty | I was searching for some new updates for the kernel. |
| 23:00 | dbsx | Thirsty/biker: I am like a physicist seeking the GUT. I am seeking the GUK (grand unified kernel). There are good things in rabeehs, bikers and thirtys kernels, I just wish they were consolidated into one. |
| 23:02 | Thirsty | dbsx: want I did with the 3.5 kernel was easy. gather the patches and put them in a git repository. |
| 23:03 | Thirsty | but with the new kernel versions 3.6 and higher. It is not that easy to merge the old code with the new stuff. |
| 23:04 | Thirsty | thay changed a lot of things. |
| 23:04 | Thirsty | shesselba did a lot of the work to get the cubox in the mainline kernel |
| 23:05 | Thirsty | but that only for the basic cubox functions like ethernet, flash and UARTS. But not the GPU driver. |
| 23:06 | dbsx | So thirsty, with your current kernel do you have this problem? http://www.solid-run.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1093 |
| 23:09 | shesselba | Thirsty: gpu will come some day but first there is basic stuff to do. |
| 23:12 | Thirsty | dbsx: I also have a V1 |
| 23:13 | rmull | I have a v1 with a Thirsty kernel, though a modified config, and I just have column headers in /proc/mtd |
| 23:13 | Thirsty | shesselba: good to know. I think my github will over time be useless. |
| 23:13 | rmull | aww. |
| 23:13 | shesselba | thirsty: can you pastebin your kernel log from v2 boot? |
| 23:14 | Thirsty | shesselba: I don't have v2 version. |
| 23:15 | shesselba | then dbsx? |
| 23:15 | dmitrijus | i do |
| 23:15 | dbsx | Thanks rmull. That means that it is just kernel difference. I am using 3.5.4 based on bikers kernel (with a few different config options). It works a treat on the V1 |
| 23:15 | Thirsty | the geexbox snapshot runs pretty smooth. I seems a big improvement! |
| 23:15 | dbsx | yes shesselba will do give me a minute |
| 23:19 | shesselba | rmull: your spi0 issue sounds like missing mtdparts= cmdline - pastebin your log too |
| 23:19 | dbsx | http://pastebin.com/kFsaXRzT |
| 23:20 | ascent | v2 is the pro, right? |
| 23:21 | shesselba | dbsx: can you post the one from v1 also? |
| 23:21 | shesselba | just want to check if there should be an mtdparts= cmdline at all |
| 23:21 | ascent | how do you guys already have the prop? |
| 23:22 | shesselba | v2 doesn't have it - so there is no way for the kernel to determine partitions on spi flash |
| 23:22 | shesselba | s/v2/v2 bootlog/ |
| 23:22 | shesselba | I don't have a pro |
| 23:23 | dbsx | http://pastebin.com/9zrsF2ed |
| 23:24 | Thirsty | ascent: V1 is "kind of proto" version, v2 is the release version the CE marking. |
| 23:24 | Thirsty | Pro versions the sames as V2 but with more ram. |
| 23:24 | dbsx | the two boxes are booted of the same boot.scr so same kernel parameters |
| 23:27 | shesselba | m25p80 spi0.0: unrecognized JEDEC id 20ba16 |
| 23:27 | shesselba | from v2 bootlog |
| 23:27 | shesselba | your kernel doesn't know about the flash type |
| 23:28 | dbsx | shesselba: so I do I fix it? |
| 23:29 | shesselba | actually the flash is called n25q032 and was introduced in 3.7-rc8.. |
| 23:29 | shesselba | you just have to add the corresponding line in drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c |
| 23:29 | rmull | shesselba: Yes, I don't have the mtdparts= cmdline |
| 23:30 | shesselba | I was wrong about the mtdparts= cmdline |
| 23:30 | shesselba | there is none required |
| 23:30 | rmull | ah okay |
| 23:30 | shesselba | rmull: pastebin your bootlog |
| 23:30 | rmull | shesselba: Sorry, I do not have it available at the moment |
| 23:31 | dbsx | so spi_board_info has nought to do with it? |
| 23:31 | rmull | I'll get in touch when I do |
| 23:32 | rmull | Actually, I can get it |
| 23:32 | shesselba | dbsx: in cubox_setup.c ? no it is irrelevant because the driver is m25p80 and handles all known spi nor flashes |
| 23:33 | rmull | shesselba: http://sprunge.us/RZEi |
| 23:33 | rmull | I also have the spi0.0 unrecognized JEDEC |
| 23:34 | shesselba | and if there is jedec support (basically a identification register) kernel will fix the wrong "w25q32" from spi_board_info and just complain about the mismatch |
| 23:34 | shesselba | rmull: give me a second to work out dbsx's issue |
| 23:34 | rmull | No rush, I wouldn't have noticed if he didn't bring it up |
| 23:39 | shesselba | dbsx: posted a patch on forum |
| 23:40 | dbsx | shesselba: You have my undying gratitude |
| 23:40 | shesselba | please first try the patch ;) |
| 23:40 | dbsx | will do |
| 23:40 | shesselba | rmull: looks like the spi flash was also changed within v1 production. you need the patch too |
| 23:42 | dbsx | Will post back here when I have rebuilt kernel |
| 23:54 | cbxbiker61 | dbsx, why aren't you using 3.5.7? |
| 23:55 | dbsx | biker: I am about to |
| 23:55 | dbsx | time |
| 23:57 | cbxbiker61 | i've just put a newer 3.5.7 online with the patch |
| 23:57 | dbsx | ok will try that first |