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[00:00:10] <alex_joni> Jacky^: there is no other way to learn things (but burn something once in a while)
[00:00:54] <Jacky^> alex_joni: 30-40 ic's should be enough now ..
[00:01:06] <Jacky^> I can also stop now :)
[00:01:14] <alex_joni> suppose so.. but you could turn to mobo's
[00:01:23] <alex_joni> that's more interesting ;)
[00:01:27] <Jacky^> lol
[00:01:32] <Jacky^> :D
[00:01:46] <Jacky^> i switched to parport
[00:01:49] <Jacky^> its funny
[00:01:58] <Jacky^> not so much after the third :\
[00:03:37] <rayh> Hi alex_joni
[00:04:00] <alex_joni> ohhh.. hello rayh
[00:04:05] <alex_joni> long time no see ;)
[00:04:34] <rayh> Has been a while. How you doing?
[00:04:45] <alex_joni> on the run lately :(
[00:05:04] <alex_joni> right now I'm the closest to home I've been in the last 4 weeks
[00:05:10] <alex_joni> about 600 km away
[00:05:18] <rayh> I know that feeling. -- on the run that is.
[00:05:34] <rayh> Where are you?
[00:05:39] <alex_joni> probably I'll be away next week too
[00:05:56] <alex_joni> right now, I'm in a mountain resort (called Poiana Brasov)
[00:06:04] <alex_joni> about the middle of romania
[00:06:32] <rayh> Getting back home soon, I hope.
[00:06:43] <alex_joni> not sure
[00:06:51] <alex_joni> maybe I'll be home this weekend
[00:06:54] <rayh> resort. that doesn't sound right.
[00:07:06] <alex_joni> heh ;)
[00:07:12] <alex_joni> it's a ski-resort
[00:07:19] <alex_joni> but no skiing right now :)
[00:07:21] <alex_joni> no snow yet
[00:07:23] <Jacky^> hello rayh
[00:08:26] <rayh> Hey Jacky^
[00:28:59] <alex_joni> night fellows
[00:29:06] <alex_joni> * alex_joni finished checking mails ;)
[00:34:17] <icee> so, can anyone recommend any software to convert gerber PCB masks to tool paths for milling?
[00:34:39] <icee> I see that eagle can generate an outline and tool path.. but i have an orcad license and would prefer to use it
[00:40:23] <paul_c> http://www.yty.net/cnc/ has/had a script to do something along those lines.
[00:47:14] <icee> paul_c: he's using eagle. i did find a script called 'cam.py' from MIT that seems to be pretty nice tho.
[00:55:10] <Jacky^> G night
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[01:05:21] <paul_c> that looks like a new face..
[01:06:17] <gromit68> hikids
[01:06:33] <paul_c> Hrrmmm.
[01:06:55] <gromit68> i have a number of stupid questions, your patience is appreciated in advance
[01:07:59] <paul_c> depending on how stupid the questions.... You might get some silly answers, but we'll try.
[01:09:09] <gromit68> great. I have a lovely packard bell approx 300mhx that I would like to put the bdi into, but the pc does not recognize any cd as a boot disk, I have tried multiple combinations in the bios to force booting from cd, but I get the same result every time
[01:09:33] <Jymmm> did you md5sum the download?
[01:09:50] <paul_c> does it work with other bootable disks ?
[01:09:51] <gromit68> see, this is the thing, it all looked so simple...
[01:09:53] <icee> and how did you burn the cd?
[01:10:33] <Jymmm> paul_c "Well, that was a silly answer you gave!" =)
[01:10:38] <gromit68> so i come to the experts to humbly seek advice... from the beginning, in simple words, speak verrry slowly
[01:10:55] <paul_c> * paul_c hands Jymmm a sock.
[01:10:57] <Jymmm> did you md5sum the download?
[01:11:13] <paul_c> * paul_c hands Jymmm another larger sock. ;)
[01:11:15] <icee> gromit: how did you burn the cd?
[01:11:19] <gromit68> don't know what md5sum, is, so I'll say no
[01:11:42] <paul_c> Let's see if the machine will boot from CD first guys.
[01:12:10] <gromit68> to burn, I used whatever burn software runs under mr gates' virus
[01:12:17] <paul_c> what is the model number of the computer ?
[01:12:24] <icee> paul_c: well, i've run into a lot of people burning ISO files onto a new CD filesystem, rather than an image
[01:12:27] <gromit68> I'll go grab the model #
[01:12:51] <icee> paul_c: so they have a CD with one big file on it, newcd.iso ;)
[01:13:02] <paul_c> icee: That is indeed a common mistake
[01:13:12] <paul_c> One beer mat.
[01:13:21] <icee> gromit: if you put the CD in and double click on it under my computer
[01:13:24] <icee> do you see any files on it?
[01:14:27] <gromit68> as you say, iirc it shows only one file *.iso
[01:14:51] <icee> OK, gromit, you need some cd burning software that will let you burn it as a cd image
[01:14:55] <gromit68> ok
[01:15:03] <paul_c> nero 6
[01:15:12] <gromit68> beauty
[01:15:12] <icee> yah, you can download an eval of nero
[01:15:26] <Jymmm> * Jymmm smacks paul_c with the smelly socks.... told ya you were wrong! =)
[01:15:52] <gromit68> you can read and read until your eyes bleed, but you get a hundred different opinions
[01:16:11] <gromit68> I wanted answers from someone who already learned the hard way
[01:16:50] <gromit68> do I have to do anything special when I download the iso in the first place?
[01:17:00] <icee> gromit: you shouldn't have to, no
[01:17:20] <Jymmm> md5sum it to save from burning coasters
[01:17:56] <paul_c> Jymmm: Did you know, Alt+Z makes your text go backwards in most IRC clients?
[01:17:59] <paul_c> .ereh ti did I ?eeS
[01:18:32] <gromit68> let's suppose it burns successfully, then what?
[01:19:01] <icee> then leave it in the drive, and if your bios is set properly, when you reboot you'll boot off it
[01:19:14] <Jymmm> gromit68
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/md5.php
[01:19:16] <paul_c> Which version did you download ?
[01:21:04] <paul_c> To check the CD is OK after burning, you can enter "linux mediacheck" at the first boot screen..
[01:21:11] <gromit68> bdi live rc46-1
[01:21:32] <paul_c> Ug... Old release.
[01:21:58] <paul_c> How much memory does the old 'puter have ?
[01:22:15] <gromit68> jon elson has a link to an update
[01:22:22] <gromit68> not sure on the memory capacity
[01:22:35] <gromit68> if I get something to work, I will gladly invest in more pc
[01:23:10] <paul_c> To be honest, BDI-Live is depreciated, old, out of date, unsupported.
[01:23:11] <gromit68> I just want to see something, anything..... buhler? buhler?
[01:23:37] <gromit68> ok, recommendations are appreciated
[01:23:59] <paul_c> anyways - Did ya find the model number ?
[01:24:15] <gromit68> sticker on case shows model 1985
[01:24:29] <paul_c> That sounds like a date code..
[01:24:54] <gromit68> no, it is a win98 machine
[01:24:55] <jepler> 1985 would be a pretty old computer
[01:25:07] <jepler> well, a pretty old PC, let's say..
[01:25:38] <gromit68> processor is amd k6
[01:25:43] <jepler> I don't think win85 was much to look at
[01:25:50] <paul_c> 72 pin EDO sticks if this google hit is to be believed
[01:26:40] <Jymmm> paul_c $9.98
[01:26:47] <Jymmm> did I guess right?
[01:27:31] <jepler> I like this "ideq" so far, but the color-changing LED front panel is going to drive me nuts if I spend much time in front of it
[01:27:33] <paul_c> gromit68: If you have a paltry 64Meg in there, don't even bother burning another CD.
[01:27:39] <jepler> the blinding blue drive activity LED isn't my favorite either
[01:27:46] <paul_c> You won't have enough memory to run it.
[01:28:33] <Jymmm> jepler sounds liek my ext hdd case
[01:29:20] <jepler> Jymmm: ideq is a small-form-factor PC
[01:29:31] <jepler> http://emergent.unpy.net/index.cgi/ideq
[01:29:32] <Jymmm> jepler ah. pic?
[01:29:49] <Jymmm> ah
[01:30:13] <jepler> it's a bit wider than a standard tower case, about as big, but only about 7" tall.
[01:30:14] <Jymmm> jepler anything particularrly special about it?
[01:30:43] <gromit68> 64 mb, yes
[01:30:45] <jepler> nothing all that special, no. I just wanted something new, small and quiet to replace a couple of older machines
[01:31:13] <jepler> it won't be running EMC, 2GB and a 64-bit processor would be wasted on that...
[01:31:31] <gromit68> whoa
[01:32:17] <Jymmm> jepler
http://centralcomputer.com/products.asp?pline=HSYSB
[01:32:32] <gromit68> packard bell, fr500bios v1.03, base mem 640k, ext mem 62464, cache 512, 6.5 M hd
[01:33:19] <jepler> Jymmm: something in particular to look at there? I chose ideq 220k because it had AMD64 support, was not an nforce chipset, and was $100 less than some of the other models.
[01:33:50] <Jymmm> jepler No, just mini cases
[01:34:46] <jepler> keeping in mind that I've only had this since earlier today, I believe I'd recommend it to someone considering SFF.
[01:35:41] <Jymmm> jepler oh, you just bought the case. nm.
[01:36:00] <jepler> thanks anyway
[01:36:14] <Jymmm> jepler paul_c's smelly socks are making me light headed over here
[01:37:03] <paul_c> gromit68: 64Meg. That will not run Live I'm afraid...
[01:37:36] <paul_c> And you will only be able to do a text install with BDI-4.29
[01:37:41] <gromit68> I dont' need to run live, it just seemed convenient
[01:37:56] <paul_c> (and that is broken at the XFree86 config stage)
[01:37:58] <jepler> Jymmm: that web page I sent you to is my own notes about the machine
[01:38:38] <Jymmm> jepler only looked at the pic... thought the rest was a wish list.
[01:39:47] <jepler> Jymmm: the software is still all a wishlist, just getting it installed now
[01:39:58] <jepler> Jymmm: the hardware is real as the smell of, er, paul's socks
[01:40:28] <Jymmm> jepler hopefully not as harsh
[01:44:32] <paul_c> jepler: They were clean, washed socks.
[01:45:10] <gromit68> some kind of problem on nero's site, the demo not offered by itself, I'll scrounge something similar on tucows
[01:48:30] <jepler> paul_c: sorry, I was acting based on gossip
[01:48:39] <jepler> paul_c: could you add something about your socks to the wiki, to avoid future confusion?
[01:52:30] <Jymmm> paul_c :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/043964948X/102-1917594-6462550?v=glance
[01:55:23] <paul_c> * paul_c mumbles something about reading ages & Jymmm's taste in the literary arts.
[02:00:55] <Jymmm> paul_c: Um that was YOUR recommended reading list. If yo uwant to see mine, llet me know when I get back from dinner.
[02:01:59] <gromit68> thanks for your help, guys, I'll be back to bother you more, I promise
[02:02:57] <paul_c> Jymmm is the expert..
[02:03:19] <paul_c> * paul_c drops Jymmm in the deep end.. ;)
[02:40:33] <lilo> [Global Notice] Hi all. If you are in Houston, Texas, USA and heading for Waco tomorrow, if you have a pickup truck and a fifth wheel hitch and are able to drive along that route, please message me. Thanks.
[10:07:24] <anonimasu_> morning
[15:49:11] <rayh> rayh is now known as rayh-away
[15:54:53] <rayh-away> rayh-away is now known as rayh
[15:56:05] <rayh> I need some help with a pci modem under 4.27.
[15:57:33] <paul_c> One of those winmodems ?
[16:00:31] <rayh> No it is supposed to be a USR hardware modem.
[16:00:45] <rayh> I can't understand what I read with lspci
[16:03:07] <paul_c> Check /proc/ioports and see if you have three or four serial ports listed.
[16:03:23] <paul_c> cat /proc/ioports | grep serial
[16:04:14] <paul_c> I'll bet you have a ttyS2
[16:05:03] <rayh> I do have a b400 device listed
[16:06:17] <paul_c> in addition to the usual 02f8 & 03f8 ?
[16:06:32] <rayh> Yep
[16:06:44] <rayh> I've got ttyS0-4
[16:06:45] <paul_c> That will probably be your modem then.
[16:08:04] <paul_c> Last time I meesed with PCI modems, I had to use ttyS2 in kppp
[16:11:32] <rayh> Okay. Thanks for the help. I'll keep playing.
[16:12:01] <rayh> I see that with the revised kppp setup, you can not select a device and then switch tabs and test.
[16:12:19] <rayh> You must save the selected device and then go back into edit to test it.
[16:13:53] <paul_c> Query Modem not work ?
[16:18:05] <rayh> Not until you've saved the device name.
[16:18:22] <rayh> Then on the next edit of the thing it will. The older kppp was much nicer.
[16:18:26] <rayh> faster
[16:21:44] <rayh> Not going to do it on any ttyS
[16:24:13] <paul_c> /dev/ttys2 ?
[16:32:24] <rayh> Nothing
[16:32:45] <rayh> even added rayh to tty group and nothing.
[16:32:58] <rayh> How do I allow myself to log in as root?
[16:33:23] <rayh> Guess I could go find that in the list archive
[16:34:46] <paul_c> JMK put some tweaks up on
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?BDI4Tweaks
[19:22:03] <Jacky^> hello
[19:23:45] <Jacky^> run baby ruuuun
[20:57:52] <Jacky^> anyone around ?
[20:58:12] <ValarQ> nope
[20:58:14] <ValarQ> sorry
[20:58:25] <Jacky^> :(
[20:58:55] <Jacky^> i tested my drivers with an external clock generator
[20:59:11] <ValarQ> what drivers?
[20:59:26] <Jacky^> homebuild drivers L297-298
[20:59:39] <Jacky^> they are working ..
[20:59:55] <ValarQ> ok
[20:59:56] <Jacky^> i'm going to connect the parallel port ..
[20:59:58] <Jacky^> :\
[21:00:11] <Jacky^> if you see smoke ..
[21:00:15] <ValarQ> heh
[21:00:17] <Jacky^> its jacky
[21:00:20] <Jacky^> :\
[21:00:38] <ValarQ> * ValarQ uses opto switch thingies between his mad experiments and computer
[21:00:48] <Jacky^> yup
[21:00:51] <Jacky^> i'm too
[21:01:05] <Jacky^> i build a board with 9 optos
[21:01:12] <ValarQ> felt like a good idea? :)
[21:01:12] <Jacky^> they should wotk too
[21:01:20] <Jacky^> :)
[21:01:44] <Jacky^> but .. latest time some ic's burned
[21:01:49] <Jacky^> i don't know why
[21:02:04] <Jacky^> i checked all
[21:02:09] <Jacky^> PS included
[21:02:26] <Jacky^> lets try to turn on now..
[21:02:29] <Jacky^> :\
[21:02:36] <ValarQ> i know why my last fire started
[21:02:43] <Jacky^> * Jacky^ cross the finger foots
[21:03:09] <Jacky^> the driver are supplied with 34 V
[21:03:10] <ValarQ> i connected som 24v stuff right into my TTL circuits :(
[21:03:17] <Jacky^> oh ..
[21:03:31] <Jacky^> well, ate least its clean
[21:03:51] <Jacky^> i dont know why ic's where burning..
[21:04:25] <Jacky^> umpf
[21:05:28] <Jacky^> sigh
[21:05:44] <Jacky^> give me your wishes
[21:06:15] <ValarQ> heh, i might need them myself :P
[21:06:40] <ValarQ> my latest experiment is powerfull enough to kill me...
[21:07:05] <Jacky^> ugh
[21:07:10] <ValarQ> damn hydraulics...
[21:07:17] <Jacky^> what experiment ?
[21:07:34] <Jacky^> hydraulics ? nice
[21:07:47] <ValarQ> yeah
[21:07:58] <Jacky^> great
[21:08:03] <ValarQ> * ValarQ disapears into the shadows
[21:08:09] <Jacky^> it can move an house I suppose
[21:09:14] <Jacky^> well, at least your experiment its difficult
[21:09:30] <Jacky^> its ok, to be hard..
[21:09:38] <Jacky^> not as the mine
[21:09:40] <Jacky^> :\
[22:11:22] <anna_emc> hello
[22:11:35] <alex_joni> 'lo
[22:13:22] <Jacky^> oh
[22:14:09] <alex_joni> evening paul_c
[22:14:12] <paul_c> * paul_c hands anna_emc a large box of Belgian chocolates.
[22:14:22] <Jacky^> damn earth ive under foots !
[22:14:31] <Jacky^> wont work
[22:14:33] <Jacky^> :\
[22:16:01] <Jacky^> anna_emc: give me an hammer
[22:16:12] <Jacky^> the biggest you found !
[22:16:15] <alex_joni> if I had a hammer
[22:16:21] <alex_joni> I'd hammer in the evening ;)
[22:17:22] <Jacky^> alex_joni: bad time here :\
[22:17:24] <anna_emc> wow chocholates?
[22:17:30] <Jacky^> eh ..
[22:17:35] <Jacky^> after 1 hour ..
[22:17:49] <anna_emc> ah ah
[22:17:57] <anna_emc> I work
[22:18:07] <Jacky^> you work ??
[22:18:12] <Jacky^> nah ..
[22:18:12] <anna_emc> yes
[22:18:13] <alex_joni> what?
[22:18:18] <Jacky^> at what ?
[22:18:24] <anna_emc> studio
[22:18:29] <Jacky^> uhmm
[22:18:30] <alex_joni> at this hour?
[22:18:30] <anna_emc> come si dice?
[22:18:38] <Jacky^> i'm studing ?
[22:18:49] <alex_joni> say it in italian
[22:18:51] <alex_joni> :D
[22:19:03] <anna_emc> yes I' m studing
[22:19:11] <Jacky^> anna_emc: what ?
[22:19:17] <Jacky^> emc ?
[22:19:20] <anna_emc> uhmmmmmmm
[22:19:23] <Jacky^> kernel hacking ?
[22:19:26] <Jacky^> O_O
[22:19:52] <anna_emc> no i' studing NUTELLA
[22:19:59] <anna_emc> ah ah
[22:20:02] <Jacky^> whats nutella ?
[22:20:06] <Jacky^> chocolate
[22:20:09] <Jacky^> ahhhh...
[22:20:11] <anna_emc> yessss
[22:20:13] <Jacky^> bah
[22:20:40] <Jacky^> i'm studing a red wine portougese
[22:20:46] <Jacky^> better ..
[22:20:58] <Jacky^> :D
[22:21:00] <anna_emc> :-)
[22:21:06] <Jacky^> lancers
[22:21:08] <Jacky^> ;)
[22:21:49] <Jacky^> anna_emc: what about chocolate and algorithm ?
[22:22:24] <Jacky^> found some good function ?
[22:22:28] <anna_emc> :-(
[22:22:34] <Jacky^> eh ?
[22:22:48] <anna_emc> i dont no?
[22:22:54] <Jacky^> i dont no ?
[22:22:57] <Jacky^> what ?
[22:22:59] <anna_emc> sorry!
[22:23:06] <Jacky^> ]:)
[22:23:22] <Jacky^> ah.. ok
[22:23:27] <Jacky^> np, dont worry
[22:23:44] <Jacky^> tu no ti preoccupa
[22:23:46] <Jacky^> ok ?
[22:23:54] <anna_emc> ok
[22:23:56] <Jacky^> :)
[22:24:12] <anna_emc> a napoli se dice vabbuo!
[22:24:21] <Jacky^> ok ok ..
[22:24:23] <Jacky^> vabbuo
[22:24:43] <Jacky^> came back in 75 days ..
[22:24:50] <Jacky^> @ moment ..
[22:24:52] <Jacky^> :D
[22:26:28] <Jacky^> anna_emc: are you ?
[22:26:34] <Jacky^> ci sei ?
[22:26:36] <anna_emc> well
[22:26:40] <Jacky^> ok
[22:26:40] <anna_emc> yes
[22:26:43] <Jacky^> wait ..
[22:28:54] <alex_joni> * alex_joni va dormire
[22:29:15] <Jacky^> ouch
[22:29:18] <alex_joni> buona notte
[22:29:19] <Jacky^> ciao alex_joni :)
[22:29:33] <alex_joni> ciao Jacky^
[22:30:17] <anna_emc> ciao
[22:30:27] <anna_emc> alex_joni
[22:30:40] <alex_joni> ciao anna_emc
[23:28:47] <Jacky^> hey Yuga !
[23:28:58] <Jacky^> i was worried ..
[23:32:55] <anonimasu> hm
[23:33:55] <anonimasu> ValarQ: huydralica?
[23:33:56] <anonimasu> s
[23:33:59] <anonimasu> ValarQ: fun fun!
[23:34:00] <anonimasu> :D
[23:34:45] <Yuga> lo there Jacky^
[23:34:53] <Yuga> what u worried about Jacky^?
[23:35:42] <zwelch> paul_c: so i have been working today on getting the sim_rtapi.c bits working
[23:35:47] <Jacky^> hey Yuga
[23:35:59] <Jacky^> what woried ?
[23:36:10] <Jacky^> where youre has been ??
[23:36:12] <Yuga> <Jacky^> i was worried ..
[23:36:13] <Jacky^> all the time ?
[23:36:21] <Jacky^> O_O
[23:36:24] <zwelch> paul_c: i have a fairly clear idea of what i need to implement, assuming that the rtai_rtapi.c is a w roking example
[23:36:36] <zwelch> s/w ro/wor/
[23:37:13] <zwelch> one question that i can't trivially find answer is the requirement for both "free-running" and "periodic" tasks
[23:38:05] <zwelch> i was wondering if either a) pthreads has evolved and now supports the later form of thread, or b) i'll need to fake it somehow
[23:38:42] <zwelch> * zwelch thinks he needs to fake it
[23:40:29] <paul_c> You need a periodic thread... pthreads will not hack it.
[23:41:08] <zwelch> well, it can be made to simulate it
[23:41:50] <zwelch> i.e. the 'wrapper' function just loops around calling the 'taskcode' until the thread is stopped
[23:42:05] <zwelch> (delaying between calls, as appropriate)
[23:43:21] <zwelch> the only difference will be no ability to see it fired *exactly* so often (though the loop code can try to cope with latencies somewhat)
[23:43:54] <zwelch> for a non-RT simulator, that should do okay, right?
[23:45:30] <paul_c> run it with itimers or a busy wait loop.
[23:46:07] <paul_c> you could even use the timers wrappers in libnml if you wanted to.
[23:47:04] <zwelch> cool, i'll look at that
[23:48:39] <zwelch> (though that would violate "layering", unless we can factor out those bits into a convenience library built before rtapi)
[23:50:38] <paul_c> libnml is totally independant of rtapi and the pile... that is hal.
[23:54:04] <zwelch> right, so it would be better to add code to rtapi to satisfy this; that will keep rtapi from depending on libnml
[23:56:08] <paul_c> libnml already has timer functions, shared memory handlers and mutex wrappers.
[23:56:27] <paul_c> Why duplicate code in rtapi/ for the hell of it ?