pandian - 01

[vandyswa]

Small gotcha, I hope I can save somebody a little time.

I was in Firefox (well, Iceweasel) and couldn't get sync working.  Turns out the system time after boot is back

in 2000 or so, which keeps any certificates from being accepted.  I installed ntpdate and corrected the clock,

and then all my crypto certificates started working, as did Firefox sync.

Andy

 

[smilnovi]

Small gotcha, I hope I can save somebody a little time.

I was in Firefox (well, Iceweasel) and couldn't get sync working.  Turns out the system time after boot is back

in 2000 or so, which keeps any certificates from being accepted.  I installed ntpdate and corrected the clock,

and then all my crypto certificates started working, as did Firefox sync.

Andy

Also - on Debian ntpdate package should install hooks into the network up/down scripts, so that every time you go online it updates the clock automatically.

 

[KickAss]

@Binky:

looking totally awesome! thanks

 

[vandyswa]

I copied /etc/asound.conf and /etc/asound.state from the SZ install; without these I was finding mplayer unable to play many kinds of streams.  I believe the SZ ALSA config adds a software module which provides rate/format adaptation.  Anyway, I now have movies and radio streaming working via Debian's standard mplayer2 package.

 

[KickAss]

still struggeling with bluetooth here.

concerning bt kernel configuration seems to be identical to super zaxxon (as far as i can tell).

cat config | grep CONFIG_BT_ > btkernel_*.conf

and

diff btkernel_pandian.conf btkernel_zaxxon.conf

didnt bring up anything. still i cant get bt to work. it wont find any bt device.

in saxxon bt is brought up messing with gpio. how do i do that in pandian? any ideas would be much appreciated!

 

[Linux-SWAT]

From SL4P build system:

Get bluez 4.91, get OP patches, compile from source.

patch -p1 < $CWD/patches-pandora/0001-hciattach_tialt-Implement-texas_change_speed-functio.patch
patch -p1 < $CWD/patches-pandora/firmware_path.patch

 

 

[vandyswa]

I've been running Pandian as my primary OS for several days now.  It'd be nice if there was a utility for aligning the touchscreen, as I still haven't

gotten around to pulling the alignment data from the SZ partition.  Also, a battery status applet would help when mobile, as there doesn't seem to

be any way to tell battery state unless you grovel around in /sys or /proc.  Iceweasel runs so well that I haven't gotten around to trying Chromium or

anything else.  In general, the Pandora has turned into an excellent Debian system, and I would find it very hard to go back to an environment

where the Debian repos weren't available!

 

[KickAss]

Also, a battery status applet would help when mobile, as there doesn't seem to be any way to tell battery state unless you grovel around in /sys or /proc.

lxde features a battery monitor app in it's panel (you just need to add/activate it).

From SL4P build system:

Get bluez 4.91, get OP patches, compile from source.

patch -p1 < $CWD/patches-pandora/0001-hciattach_tialt-Implement-texas_change_speed-functio.patch


patch -p1 < $CWD/patches-pandora/firmware_path.patch

you sir are a god amongst men!

(so far bluez keeps failing to build, but im on it - will report back)

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I only followed Notaz's instructions.

 

[mcobit]

If you need space, you can pm ED. He offers free webspace for developers. Maybe you can even host a repo there.

 

[KickAss]

okay, so bluez 4.91 compiled and installed fine.

but the patches fail. they seem to be based on an earlier version (4.62)?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Dunno. I use this on SL4P, and it works fine.

 

[stackshadow]

If you need space, you can pm ED. He offers free webspace for developers. Maybe you can even host a repo there.

Ah, this is also a nice idea. I've played around a bit with debian repository for pandian. It's working very well.


I try to implement some statistical analyse to ensure, that the server have enough performance.

Yes, i already pm ED but i don't get any answer yet ( it is not a criticism, i can imagine that he is very very busy )

Something about the next release:

I'am working on the open points which are mentioned here, and which i also found out ( for example USB-Networking is a little bit tricky, you need to disable the network-manager, because the mac-address of usb0 is changed on every reboot, so the network-manager thinks all the time its a new interface and creates a new connection ) mainly i try to use debian-sid ( unstable ) for the next release.

Whats in your mind?

Please post or pm me if you have some package-suggestions or improvement requests for the next release

 

[vandyswa]

I had a situation where it would've been nice to have my USB-ethernet connection instead of Wifi.  The USB appears to be off by dfault; how does one enable it?

 

[KickAss]

Dunno. I use this on SL4P, and it works fine.

the firmware_path patch includes a simple:


- sprintf(fw, "/etc/firmware/%s.bin", c_brf_chip[brf_chip]);
+ sprintf(fw, "/lib/firmware/%s.bin", c_brf_chip[brf_chip]);

i checked the target file and it already has the patched code. you obviously patched the files before packing your SL4P build image (because i didnt).

The USB appears to be off by dfault; how does one enable it?

/usr/pandian/scripts/pandiancmd

offers 


USBnetOn
USBHostTrigger

arguments.

Didnt try those, but maybe they work.

 

[comradekingu]

We could try to set something up on https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/HowToContribute

 

[vandyswa]

I couldn't get backslash from the keyboard.  I notice .pndXmodmap is used, and it didn't have an entry for keycode 51 (which is what xev was telling me was the keycode for Fn+c to get backslash).  I added the line:

keycode  51 = backslash NoSymbol backslash
 

And now backslash comes up as expected.

Andy

 

[vandyswa]

About that pandiancmd script.  It's a great resource for finding all the nooks and crannies of the port, but the command/arg handling is broken.  At the bottom it invokes the appropriate shell command:

$1

But the commands themselves expect to take their argument as $1, in particular LCDBright:

    echo $1 > $pnd_fbrightness

I replaced the bottom of the script which dispatches the commands with:

cmd="$1"
shift
"$cmd" "$@"
 

And now it works as expected.

 

[comradekingu]

Added pandian under software projects next on the wiki main page

 

[stackshadow]

Greetings from Latvia

I couldn't get backslash from the keyboard.  I notice .pndXmodmap is used, and it didn't have an entry for keycode 51 (which is what xev was telling me was the keycode for Fn+c to get backslash).  I added the line:

keycode  51 = backslash NoSymbol backslash
 

And now backslash comes up as expected.

Andy

Great work, thanks for reply
 

 

The USB appears to be off by dfault; how does one enable it?

/usr/pandian/scripts/pandiancmd

offers 


USBnetOn
USBHostTrigger

arguments.

Didnt try those, but maybe they work.

Please don't use pandiancmd for USB-Networking because its not working yet

I had a situation where it would've been nice to have my USB-ethernet connection instead of Wifi.  The USB appears to be off by dfault; how does one enable it?

just do


modprobe g_ether

than you need do change on the pandora the resolv.conf ( for nameserver ), the route to host ( route add ) and setup on the host the forewarding

its not an easy task, but i get some results, which are not yet stable ( i'am adjust the /etc/network/interfaces )