| 01:57 | ichthys | anyone here using Debian on the cubox and know how to get wireless working |
| 02:09 | ichthys | :L |
| 06:52 | _dab_ | jnettlet: Is this FEC pause problem fixable (other than changing the switch) ? The problem is the negotiation, yes/no? |
| 06:59 | jnettlet | _dab_, the question is who is at fault. with rmk's new code the FEC seems to be doing the proper thing. |
| 07:00 | jnettlet | is that switch managed at all? |
| 07:03 | _dab_ | if you mean can I change phy parameters, no. It is not only me switch, a customer of mine tried it on dozens of different popular consumer routers |
| 07:03 | _dab_ | s/me/my/ |
| 07:08 | jnettlet | I would need to see the list. many consumer routers could use the same chipset with the same bug |
| 07:08 | jnettlet | I have tested on 4 here and none of the problem. |
| 07:08 | _dab_ | My customer says they are not prepared to buy a new switch/router for their many clients, just so they can use a cubox |
| 07:10 | _dab_ | d-link netgear asus, belkin (I am told) have the problem |
| 07:12 | jnettlet | my d-link is fine |
| 07:13 | jnettlet | dir-655 |
| 07:14 | _dab_ | http://imx.solid-run.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1045#p7740 |
| 07:15 | _dab_ | cheaper seems to be the problem |
| 07:19 | jnettlet | but if you look at the last comment you see that 3.15 and enabling flow control helped his problem a lot |
| 07:22 | _dab_ | yes and it helped mine a bit, but sadly not enough. If I cant show 300Mbit iperfs to the customer, they are not interested |
| 07:36 | jnettlet | _dab_, do you have ethtool installed on your box? |
| 07:36 | _dab_ | yes |
| 07:37 | jnettlet | try this. ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off rx off tx on |
| 07:39 | _dab_ | kernel oops when I ran iperf |
| 07:40 | _dab_ | ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off rx off tx on |
| 07:40 | jnettlet | what compiler are you using? |
| 07:40 | _dab_ | linaro |
| 07:40 | jnettlet | 4.8, 4.7? |
| 07:40 | _dab_ | WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 0 at net/sched/sch_generic.c:264 dev_watchdog+0x27c/0x2a0() |
| 07:40 | _dab_ | NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (fec): transmit queue 0 timed out |
| 07:40 | _dab_ | 4.8 |
| 07:42 | _dab_ | http://pastebin.com/qVysQ6Jr |
| 07:44 | jnettlet | oh disable CPU_IDLE for now. |
| 07:45 | jnettlet | there is a patch to fix FEC with CPU_IDLE, but for now just disable it |
| 07:45 | jnettlet | that is a bug in the SOC |
| 07:46 | _dab_ | # CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is not set |
| 07:47 | _dab_ | CPUFREQ is set |
| 07:50 | _dab_ | i.e. # gzip -dc /proc/config.gz |grep CPU_IDLE |
| 07:50 | _dab_ | # CONFIG_CPU_IDLE is not set |
| 07:50 | _dab_ | # CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED is not set |
| 07:54 | jnettlet | hmmm, can you reboot and test again. |
| 07:54 | _dab_ | yes |
| 07:58 | _dab_ | repeated 4 times. first two worked, 3rd failed, 4th worked |
| 07:59 | jnettlet | interesting. Can you test the performance when it succeeds. |
| 08:00 | _dab_ | I get 421/135 and lots of overruns |
| 08:03 | _dab_ | jnettlet: I need to go out for half hour, back shortly |
| 08:43 | _dab_ | back |
| 09:17 | _dab_ | jnettlet: fec 2188000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off |
| 09:18 | _dab_ | surely we are screwed from this message onwards |
| 09:18 | _dab_ | flow control is Rx, is what we wish to see yes/no? sorry if it is a dumb question |
| 09:40 | jnettlet | _dab_, that is just what is negotiated with the router/switch |
| 09:42 | jnettlet | the problem is that as soon as TX flow control is disabled you see a max throughput of the cubox receiving drops to around 167Mbps |
| 09:43 | _dab_ | ok |
| 09:44 | _dab_ | I get closer to understanding |
| 09:49 | _dab_ | and my problem would be that the switch does not recognize what I set. ok |
| 12:17 | ralix | morning! |
| 12:19 | rabeeh | hi ralix |
| 12:58 | _505 | hi, got a question on the *old* cubox (armada) which is serving as my NAS |
| 12:59 | _505 | I have a failing USB hard disk, so I'm trying ddrescue |
| 12:59 | _505 | I bought a new USB drive, and both are connected to the CuBox |
| 12:59 | _505 | Now I started dd, but the transfer steed averages at 436kB/s (with max 720) |
| 12:59 | _505 | For a 2TB drive, it would take 50 days to do a full copy |
| 12:59 | _505 | Question: is this cubox hardware related, kernel, or faulty drive? |
| 13:00 | _505 | it's running Debian armhf headless, with a 3.6.9 kernel found on the forum |
| 13:02 | dz0ny | _505: dmesg should tell you if usb is disconnecting |
| 13:03 | dz0ny | usb drives are even more problematic |
| 13:03 | dz0ny | becouse if they detec faulty block |
| 13:03 | dz0ny | they reset usb connection |
| 13:03 | dz0ny | :D |
| 13:21 | rabeeh | _505: Armada 510 USB should do ~27MB/sec on read |
| 13:21 | rabeeh | i recall something > 20MB on write |
| 13:25 | _505 | dz0ny: nothing really in syslog. only some messages right after dd started about read errors. but that is to be expected since the drive is corrupt |
| 13:26 | rabeeh | so what's happening is that the drive is trying to recover those bad blocks |
| 13:26 | rabeeh | as i recall Linux SCSI subsystem upon read error tries to narrow the read request to smaller parts to recover as much as possible data |
| 13:27 | rabeeh | so a single read failure might be tried multiple times |
| 13:27 | rabeeh | for the speed; if you are lucky enough then the failure is in few cylinders that once dd has passed them then the speed would become normal |
| 13:28 | _505 | ddrescue is now running for about 12hrs. it recovered 21GB (of 2TB) with 245kB in errors (5 in total) |
| 13:28 | rabeeh | ooh; that's not bad at all |
| 13:28 | _505 | well, that is 1% of the disk in 12hrs |
| 13:29 | rabeeh | yeah but 5 errors only ! |
| 13:29 | rabeeh | btw - why are you trying dd? can't you just mount it? |
| 13:29 | _505 | I can mount, but trying to read something will lock up that command |
| 13:29 | rabeeh | anything? |
| 13:29 | rabeeh | i mean any read? |
| 13:30 | _505 | no, only some files I guess |
| 13:30 | rabeeh | just don't try reading the same file on every trial |
| 13:30 | _505 | but 'ls' is even problematic sometimes |
| 13:30 | rabeeh | my guess is that if you have only 5 errors in total for 21GB then you might be on a safe side just to mount and first copy the important files, then just try digging in |
| 13:31 | rabeeh | oh; so it's on the root inodes then |
| 13:31 | _505 | tried fsck, but that fails with error 9 (and count find the docs on error codes) |
| 14:00 | _505 | mm, signal 9 means SIGKILL, probably meaning the kernel killed the process |
| 14:00 | _505 | what would be considered the latest stable kernel for armada? |
| 14:04 | rabeeh | 3.6.9 |
| 14:07 | _505 | this one, correct? --> https://github.com/rabeeh/linux |
| 15:52 | bacobart | does cubox-i have european distributors? |
| 15:52 | bacobart | if i order from the website, where will they ship from (do i have to pay customs for importing it...?) |
| 15:57 | Marmotte | bacobart: I didn't buy a cubox-i, but I know someone who had to pay 40EUR customs |
| 15:57 | Marmotte | I don't know if it's always or not |
| 15:57 | Marmotte | (in France) |
| 15:58 | davorin | where do you live bacobart? |
| 15:58 | davorin | i usually only deliver locally to .ch and sometimes to .de |
| 15:58 | davorin | but distributors are mentioned on their website |
| 15:59 | davorin | http://www.solid-run.com/company/distributors-partners |
| 15:59 | bacobart | i'm in .nl |
| 15:59 | bacobart | yeah i found that page, but the distributor in .uk doesnt even list the latest models i think |
| 15:59 | bacobart | seems outdated |
| 16:00 | davorin | #define latest model? |
| 16:00 | bacobart | the i4-pro |
| 16:00 | davorin | what they do list instead? |
| 16:01 | Marmotte | New-IT only lists Cubox and Cubox Pro :) |
| 16:01 | Marmotte | not the -i |
| 16:01 | bacobart | yeah |
| 16:01 | davorin | ah right... |
| 16:01 | davorin | https://shop.klingler.net/category.en.php?id=10015 |
| 16:02 | davorin | currently all models on stock here |
| 16:02 | bacobart | tbh im looking for a local distributor, i'll probably have to pay custom tax when i buy it abroad |
| 16:02 | davorin | depends... |
| 16:02 | bacobart | i'm reading up on some dutch forum and ppl there got if from israel and they had to pay import tax |
| 16:03 | davorin | i guess you won't pay taxes when ordering in .de, right? |
| 16:03 | bacobart | also around 30-40e |
| 16:03 | bacobart | no probably not |
| 16:03 | davorin | generally within the .eu |
| 16:03 | davorin | well..as i'm close to german border i sometimes drop off a dhl package for german customers |
| 16:03 | bacobart | but .ch is not not part of the european union trade zone i think |
| 16:03 | bacobart | you're in .ch? |
| 16:03 | bacobart | ah |
| 16:03 | davorin | yepp |
| 16:04 | bacobart | you're a distributor :P |
| 16:04 | davorin | it is mostly faster then shipping from within .ch |
| 16:04 | davorin | and germans don't need to pay customs (o; |
| 16:04 | bacobart | okay, so if i order from klingler i'm probably good on the customs is what you're saying? |
| 16:05 | davorin | didn't ship so far from .de to another .eu country (o; |
| 16:05 | davorin | have to check the dhl website if the package needs to be declared with customs numbers |
| 16:05 | bacobart | hehe okay |
| 16:05 | bacobart | usually orders from amazon.de come in without problems |
| 16:05 | bacobart | its outside .eu that causes custom issues |
| 16:05 | davorin | so doesn't pass customs? |
| 16:05 | bacobart | no i dont think so |
| 16:06 | davorin | and nothing declared outside of the package? |
| 16:06 | bacobart | now you got me doubting:P |
| 16:06 | bacobart | but last time i ordered from amazon.de i dont remember anything about customs |
| 16:06 | davorin | hmm..euro 14.99 shipping costs |
| 16:07 | bacobart | well thats better than a 30e custom tax :P |
| 16:07 | Lou_ | hey there |
| 16:07 | bacobart | well actually |
| 16:08 | bacobart | $129.99 = 93e + 30 would be 123e |
| 16:08 | bacobart | and CHF 159.00 = 130e |
| 16:08 | bacobart | so i'm probably better of orderering from the official site then i guess |
| 16:08 | davorin | yes...as you won't have to pay the customs i paid (o; |
| 16:09 | bacobart | well even if i order from the official site and i do get the customs |
| 16:09 | bacobart | it would be about the same then |
| 16:09 | Lou_ | sry to interrupt, but does one of you know how to put my hdd to standby in geexbox? the hdparm package seems not available? |
| 16:09 | davorin | i just read recently that for example the new bananapi board gets sometimes sent back to china or being destroyed at german customs (o; |
| 16:09 | bacobart | hehe that would suck:P |
| 16:10 | bacobart | but thats probably when you refuse to pay the customs |
| 16:11 | davorin | not really...apparently due to missing ce labels on the package |
| 16:12 | davorin | could be dangerous and kill german people |
| 16:12 | davori | 16:12 * davorin off to post office |
| 16:13 | bacobart | thanks for the info |
| 16:42 | dz0ny | Marmotte: yu must pay customs if shipment is from non EU country, the only omission are postcards |
| 16:42 | dz0ny | you* |
| 16:43 | midacts | What OS do you guys recommend for the Cubox-i4-pro? I havent had any luck getting an OS where the wireless actually works (I've tired Ubuntu and Debian)- i couldnt get arch linux to boot |
| 16:43 | dz0ny | in my country they even billed me for opening package :D |
| 16:43 | dz0ny | midacts: arch :D |
| 16:43 | Marmotte | dz0ny: ok :) I never bought outside EU |
| 16:44 | midacts | http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=ArchLinux is this the guide taht you used to install Arch? |
| 16:46 | dz0ny | yep |
| 16:46 | dz0ny | and this for wlan http://download.geexbox.org/snapshots/geexbox-xbmc-imx6-cuboxi/latest/binaries.cuboxi/packages/firmware-wifi-brcm80211_20140206-d7f8a7c81a3-1_armv7.opk |
| 16:47 | dz0ny | someone should turn that to aur package |
| 16:48 | midacts | Will i have to do anything special to install that wlan firmware? |
| 16:53 | dz0ny | extract opk with tar |
| 16:53 | dz0ny | move it to usr/firmware |
| 16:53 | dz0ny | add config file from buildgblocks repo |
| 17:01 | mal- | aloha |
| 17:03 | davorin | from balboa |
| 20:58 | midacts | is there a listing for all the available cubox OS images? |
| 21:04 | dz0ny | midacts: on wiki |
| 22:22 | dz0ny | midacts: fyi updated wiki on wifi drivers info |
| 22:43 | bartoli | Hello people, got a problem |
| 22:43 | bartoli | I don't get any output on the hdmi |
| 22:44 | bartoli | The red led on the front is on |
| 22:44 | bartoli | so the bootloader is loaded |
| 22:44 | bartoli | I tried different images |
| 22:45 | bartoli | Archlinux, debian, ubuntu |
| 22:45 | bartoli | Geexbox |
| 22:45 | bartoli | Tried different cards |
| 22:45 | bartoli | sd cards that is |
| 22:46 | bartoli | I get a blue screen |
| 22:47 | bartoli | No network connection, the router sees nothing |
| 22:48 | bartoli | Checked the hdmi cable |
| 22:48 | bartoli | Any ideas? |
| 22:49 | LangeOortjes | bartoli: do you have an i2ultra or i4pro? |
| 22:50 | bartoli | Sorry, id4pro |
| 22:51 | bartoli | I have the cubox-i4 pro |
| 22:54 | LangeOortjes | alright, you should be able to connect to cubox via a serial connection, http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=Serial_console, maybe that can help you diagnose the problem? |
| 22:54 | bartoli | Tried that also |
| 22:54 | LangeOortjes | and? |
| 22:55 | bartoli | I get a sort of timeout failure |
| 22:55 | bartoli | I used minicom |
| 22:56 | LangeOortjes | bartoli: hopefully someone else might have an idea what could be wrong then, I am afraid I don't, sorry. |
| 22:57 | bartoli | ok, toch bedankt |