libera/#maemo/ Tuesday, 2020-12-15

Maxdamantusafaik the no-backlight thing is normal. I've always had that when booting.02:27
MaxdamantusIf the device is powered off and I turn it on using the power button, one of the earlier bootloaders (presumably NOLO or something) turns the backlight on.02:28
MaxdamantusOtherwise, if I'm just rebooting, the backlight will be off until something in Linux turns it on.02:29
MaxdamantusDo you know if fbcon and whatever modules required for the display are built-in to your kernel? I would make sure they're built-in, to get console output before mounting root, starting an init system to load modules, etc02:31
brolin_empeyCatButts: Windows 4.x AKA the Chicago architecture Windows series supports multiple user profiles but without any real security like the Windows NT series has.  “Windows 9x” seems like a misnomer because it does not match Windows Me, which is Windows 4.9 or 4.90 .  Maybe the term “Windows 9x” predates Windows Me but “Windows 4.x” is still the more general and accurate term.04:24
brolin_empeyCatButts: “Documents and Settings” was renamed to simply “Users” beginning in Windows NT 6.0 (marketing names: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008), same as it was named in Windows NT 4 if I recall correctly.04:50
CatButtsmaybe12:00
bencoh.4112:00
bencohwoops :)12:00
CatButtsbut now I forgot what the original discussion was about12:00
CatButtsI had a dream where I had a drawing app on the n900. I updated it to latest version and UI was changed and social functions were included.12:04
CatButtsThe UI didn't quite fit, but thankfully, I discovered I could two-finger multitouch zoom12:04
CatButtsAlso the app had musical functions included in it too, so I made a banger in it and instantly forgot it when I woke up12:05
CatButtsAlso, I accidentally discovered the top quarter of the n900 slides(like the keyboard) separatelly to form a T shape, and reveals a hollow space in the phone12:06
CatButtsmy reaction is to blow air inside the n900 to vent out the heat12:07
CatButtsthen I wondered if two-finger multitouch is even feasible on a resistive screen by measuring alternating quickly alternating "cursor" positions12:09
CatButts*by measuring quickly alternating12:11
KotCzarny2 finger mt is possible on resistive ts12:11
KotCzarnyby some analysis, but possible12:11
CatButts>�Windows 4.x� is still the more general and accurate term.13:16
CatButtsbrolin_empey: what windowses are NT 3.5 and NT 4, though13:16
CatButtsthe namespace is getting kinda messy!13:18
Venemohey guys14:15
CatButtsuhllo14:15
VenemoI managed to get hold of a new battery and the correct images for my N950, but it seems the eMMC in the device is busted somehow14:15
Venemo"fdisk: can't read from /dev/mmcblk0" --- this is from telneting into the rescue image14:15
Venemois this a HW failure?14:18
KotCzarnyis there mmcblk1 or 2 ?14:18
Venemono, there isn't14:19
KotCzarnyanything interesting in dmesg?14:19
Venemohaven't checked14:19
Venemobut I can14:20
VenemoKotCzarny: here you go. https://pastebin.com/65eu3wqr14:25
KotCzarnyho hum14:27
Venemolots of "onenand_wait: ECC error"14:27
KotCzarnythats nand14:27
Venemoand then14:28
Venemommcblk0: error -110 transferring data, sector 0, nr 8, card status 0x014:28
KotCzarnymaybe bad solder14:28
Venemothe device spent the last 6 years in a drawer, turned off, and it worked before. I don't think I did anything that affect the solder, but who knows14:29
KotCzarnymy guesses is either bad solder or bad silicon14:30
sixwheeledbeastdid the battery swell up putting pressure on something?14:42
Venemono14:42
Venemoand I already replaced the battery with a new one14:43
sicelo:-(14:45

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