[Tinkerphones] OHSW 2016 was a great success!

2016-12-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, as you might know we have had the 8th Open Hard & Software Workshop in a row last weekend. As in the previous years we were in rooms of the faculty of Mathematics and Information Science of the Technical University of Munich (thanks!). Well, if you look at some photos, you may get the impressi

[Tinkerphones] New Domain seems to work now

2016-12-12 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, during the OHSW.org workshop weekend we have updated the home page of this community: http://www.tinkerphones.org This includes an update of the Logo: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/openphoenux/page/Logo/#wikititle_5 And I have fixed (at least I hope I have done correctly)

[Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5 - unplanned Xmas present!

2016-12-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, today I received a phone call from the production company that they will close tomorrow up to first week of January. But they had a little spare time to run another attempt to build our GTA04A5 boards using the redesigned stencil. So they had already populated one panel (4 PCBs) and I could c

[Tinkerphones] latest Openmoko/GTA04 tinkering: wireless charger

2016-12-31 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I spent some time to develop a Qi charger for the GTA01/02/04 devices and here its is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsSdDYHx7d4 Enjoy and happy new year, Nikolaus ___ Community mailing list Community@tinkerphones.org http://lists.goldeli

[Tinkerphones] RAM/NAND signals from GTA04A5

2017-01-02 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I am still working a little to polish our Letux software for the GTA04A5 device. The biggest change to the GTA04A3/A4 is the RAM/NAND chip. It has 1 GB RAM and 512 MB NAND. Well, OneNAND - which is quite different :) I have played around with U-Boot 2016.11 config and now have a version where

Re: [Tinkerphones] Community Digest, Vol 56, Issue 1: latest Openmoko/GTA04 tinkering: wireless charger

2017-01-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
kerphones.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Community digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. latest Openmoko/GTA04 tinkering: wireless charger > (H. Nikolaus Schaller) > >

[Tinkerphones] Letux OS: New Debian 8.7 images available

2017-01-18 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
http://download.goldelico.com/letux-debian-rootfs/?C=M;O=D These are prebuilt SD card rootfs images. Please use the makesd tool for formatting SD cards for * GTA04 * Letux3704 * Pyra * Pandaboard ES * Letux Cortex 8 etc. The variants differ in wich GUI/Desktop is preinstalled * minimal (X11 only

[Tinkerphones] DIY "Smart"-Phone

2017-01-18 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, someone notified me about this project: https://hackaday.io/project/19035-zerophone-a-raspberry-pi-smartphone/log/51839-project-description-and-frequently-asked-questions What do you think? BR, Nikolaus ___ Community mailing list Community@tinkerp

Re: [Tinkerphones] DIY "Smart"-Phone

2017-01-19 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, > Am 19.01.2017 um 13:38 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Thursday 19. January 2017 06.24.35 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Hi, >> someone notified me about this project: >> >> https://hackaday.io/project/19035-zerophone-a-raspberry-pi-smartphone/log/

[Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-01-26 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, there is not much progress to report while waiting for production to start. In the meantime I have tested (and repaired) four of the GTA04A5 boards from the last test production run. Three of them have not shown any hardware problems so far, but some software problems. Of course, software pro

[Tinkerphones] Siemens S10 seen in the wild

2017-02-15 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, while walking to get lunch I passed an old SUV parked near the walkway and could look through the wind shield. There I did see an old Siemens S10 in a car/hands-free cradle... It had such a characteristic shape so that I did recognise it immediately. Unfortunately I forgot to make a pictur

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04A5 - unplanned Xmas present!

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
d not run as we all hoped for (see my other mail). BR, Nikolaus > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 07:01:32PM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Hi, >> today I received a phone call from the production company >> that they will close tomorrow up to first week of Januar

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, > Am 22.02.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> >> Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will >> ever be built (making these GTA04A5 boards rare collectibles).

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Alexey, > Am 22.02.2017 um 20:05 schrieb Alexey Ignatov : > > Hello. > > 2017-02-22 18:55 GMT+02:00 H. Nikolaus Schaller : >> Snapdragon: would be fine, but unobtainable in small quantities. >> Mediatek: afaik the same >> RockChip: I don't know if t

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 23.02.2017 um 00:27 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-22 17:55:30) >> Am 22.02.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Paul Boddie : >>> Personally, I think some flexibility about the SoC would be >>> acceptable for Neo900, but I&#

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Boudewijn, > Am 22.02.2017 um 23:55 schrieb Boudewijn : > > On woensdag 22 februari 2017 17:08:52 CET Paul Boddie wrote: >> On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>> Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will >>

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 22.02.2017 um 15:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > > But now the bad news. > > -1.: Only 12 out of 36 (*) GTA04A5 boards we > have produced, are booting to Linux. The others either have a > short circuit under the OMAP (which is the general PoP soldering &

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
I also have an addition for the list of potential solutions. >> I noticed that certain technical issues, albeit in a different area, were >> greatly assisted by people with access to tools and knowledge through their >> workplaces or professional situations. Maybe some of those people, or >> ot

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 23.02.2017 um 10:09 schrieb Roland Häder : > > > H. Nikolaus Schaller – Wed., 22. February 2017 16:06 >> Hi, >> let's start with the good news. >> >> 1. Yesterday GTA04A5 boards have been produced. > Very nice to read that GTA04A5s has actu

[Tinkerphones] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, despite the production issues I am working a little on improving our Debian default rootfs for the GTA04. I just found out recently that there is a rarely known capability to define /etc/network/interfaces.d/* files which can be sourced by the master /e/n/i. This would solve the issue t

Re: [Tinkerphones] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 23.02.2017 um 14:33 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-23 13:58:23) >> Hi Jonas, >> despite the production issues I am working a little on improving >> our Debian default rootfs for the GTA04. >> >> I

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
ing out that it is not that easy. BR, Nikolaus > Am 23.02.2017 um 08:09 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > >> Am 22.02.2017 um 15:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : >> >> >> But now the bad news. >> >> -1.: Only 12 out of 36 (*) GTA04A5 boards we &g

Re: [Tinkerphones] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 23.02.2017 um 16:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-23 15:51:34) >> Hi Jonas, >> >>> Am 23.02.2017 um 14:33 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> >>> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-23 13:5

Re: [Tinkerphones] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 23.02.2017 um 22:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > Hi Jonas, > >> Am 23.02.2017 um 16:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >> >> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-23 15:51:34) >>> Hi Jonas, >>> >>>> Am 23.02.2017 um 14:

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Letux-kernel] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 24.02.2017 um 11:16 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-24 08:05:58) >> Am 23.02.2017 um 22:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller >> : >>> So there is a fresh /e/n/i and /e/n/i.d created and it is set up to >>> so

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Letux-kernel] default for Debian /etc/network/interfaces

2017-02-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 24.02.2017 um 14:06 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-24 13:30:52) >> Am 24.02.2017 um 11:16 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> ifupdown is no longer the default: netbase 5.4 (released 2 months ago) >>> stopped recommending i

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-27 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marek, > Am 27.02.2017 um 11:46 schrieb Belisko Marek : > > >> -1.: Only 12 out of 36 (*) GTA04A5 boards we >> have produced, are booting to Linux. The others either have a >> short circuit under the OMAP (which is the general PoP soldering >> problem we already know since the first generatio

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-27 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marek, > Am 28.02.2017 um 08:33 schrieb Belisko Marek : > > Hi Nikolaus, > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 7:30 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: >> Hi Marek, >> >>> Am 27.02.2017 um 11:46 schrieb Belisko Marek : >>> >>> >>>

[Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-03-14 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, you may be wondering how progress is. First of all, I have currently 11 GTA04A5 working boards on my desk (one did work initially but failed since now) which boot fine. It turned out that our hw-test script was not testing all components as good as possible, so I have worked on it to be m

Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-03-16 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Andreas, > Am 16.03.2017 um 12:20 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hallo Nikolaus, > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 21:24:18 +0100 > H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> Hi all, >> you may be wondering how progress is. >> >> First of all, I have currently 11

Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-03-18 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, some small update. > Am 14.03.2017 um 21:24 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > I did run the hw-test for all 11 boards and the result is: > > 10 boot fine, > 1 is not charging the battery through USB but > USB-Ethernet gadget works. > > It

Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-03-18 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Martin, > Am 17.03.2017 um 21:23 schrieb Martin Rottensteiner > : > > Hi Nikolaus, > > > But 11 still isn't enough to fulfill all preorders. So there is > still the big task ahead of doing rework. > > This is blocked by not having finished the negotiations with > the production company. >

[Tinkerphones] Testers needed for upgrading your GTA04 to U-Boot 2016.11 + Letux-4.10.4 + Debian/LXDE 8.7

2017-03-20 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, in parallel to trying to handle all the other GTA04 tasks, I have fixed some minor issues in kernel, u-boot and rootfs so that we have first release candidate for a new production SD image. A production SD image is used for flashing (unbricking) a GTA04 device. The last one [1] was based on k

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Letux-kernel] Testers needed for upgrading your GTA04 to U-Boot 2016.11 + Letux-4.10.4 + Debian/LXDE 8.7

2017-03-20 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marek, > Am 20.03.2017 um 21:08 schrieb Belisko Marek : > > Hi Nikolaus, > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:42 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: >> Hi, >> in parallel to trying to handle all the other GTA04 tasks, I have fixed >> some minor issues in kerne

Re: [Tinkerphones] Testers needed for upgrading your GTA04 to U-Boot 2016.11 + Letux-4.10.4 + Debian/LXDE 8.7

2017-03-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Andreas, > Am 23.03.2017 um 07:40 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hi, > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:42:44 +0100 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> in parallel to trying to handle all the other GTA04 tasks, I have fixed >> some minor is

Re: [Tinkerphones] Testers needed for upgrading your GTA04 to U-Boot 2016.11 + Letux-4.10.4 + Debian/LXDE 8.7

2017-03-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 23.03.2017 um 12:56 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:12:38 +0100 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi Andreas, >> >>> Am 23.03.2017 um 07:40 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : >>> >>> Hi, >>>

Re: [Tinkerphones] Testers needed for upgrading your GTA04 to U-Boot 2016.11 + Letux-4.10.4 + Debian/LXDE 8.7

2017-03-23 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 23.03.2017 um 18:23 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hi, > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:17:19 +0100 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >>> for is to have also e.g. >>> >>> PART=/dev/sdd3 ./makesd your_favorite_root_fs >> >

[Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-03-25 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, this time I have some tiny pieces of good news... 1. The first 8 GTA04A5 boards are finished (foto) and finally ready to be shipped. It did take much longer to fix add all the little bits and pieces until everything is in place. One thing was to have the NAND image finished and tested. It sho

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Status Shipment GTA04A5 / Letux 2804

2017-03-31 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
er valid for some of you). BR and thanks, Nikolaus > Am 25.03.2017 um 19:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > Hi, > this time I have some tiny pieces of good news... > > 1. The first 8 GTA04A5 boards are finished (foto) and finally ready > to be shipped. It did take muc

Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04A5

2017-04-06 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 25.03.2017 um 19:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > 3. I have developed a new idea giving some small piece of hope to reduce > the total loss of money and still get enough devices. The idea is that > if we assume the claim that the production problem is because of >

[Tinkerphones] Status GTA04 Hardware & Software

2017-04-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, let me give a short status update: 1. GTA04 Hardware * shipment of GTA04A5 and Letux 2804 the first GTA04A5 boards have been shipped this week as well as some Letux 2804 (complete devices). I hope they arrive(d) well and new users will appear here soon. * repairs of other GTA04A5: I have pic

Re: [Tinkerphones] Status GTA04 Hardware & Software

2017-04-15 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Andreas, > Am 14.04.2017 um 23:54 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:18:13 +0200 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> let me give a short status update: >> > [...] >> >> * NAND image: is Debian 8.7 (Jessi

[Tinkerphones] Fwd: [beagleboard] Return of BB-xm?

2017-05-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
You remember the Openmoko-Beagle Hybrid? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Beagle_Hybrid It appears as if one parent of the GTA04 is back: the BeagleBoard XM. Same DM3730 CPU but different memory chip (512 MB RAM, no NAND) as the GTA04. Price is a little high compared to a BeagleBo

[Tinkerphones] The next Tinkerphones Stammtisch Munich

2017-05-30 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
takes place tomorrow, 19:00, Restaurant Alte Heide, Fröttmaninger Str. 18B, 80805 München, Deutschland If you happen to be in Munich and are interested, please subscribe to: http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/stammtisch and give a short notice that you want to come! BR, Ni

[Tinkerphones] Towards QtMoko2: building QtMoko from sources

2017-06-03 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, I finally managed to build parts of current QtMoko from sources and even if not completely successful, I think this is a good moment to write down and share the experiences. For a long time I had experimented with cross-compiling or using qemu with a vexpress ARM emulation, but wasn't succ

Re: [Tinkerphones] Towards QtMoko2: building QtMoko from sources

2017-06-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, nice to read from you. > Am 03.06.2017 um 19:38 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-06-03 18:18:49) >> b) add to /etc/apt/sources.list >> >>deb http://www.qtmoko.net/download/ wheezy main >>deb-src http:

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Towards QtMoko2: building QtMoko from sources

2017-06-04 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas and Roland, > Am 04.06.2017 um 10:17 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting Roland Häder (2017-06-03 22:12:23) >> Do not bypass secrurity! Better is to get it properly signed. > > Yes, establishing a trust path (which includes offering signed package > release files but also other parts

[Tinkerphones] Letux Kernel 4.12-rc5

2017-06-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
and again a new kernel release candidate... http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/ There is mainly a fix for Bluetooth on GTA04A5. Generally I want to encourage to really test and report results! Recently I haven't seen many user reports... Any issues with this project? Should it go into

[Tinkerphones] Letux 4.12 kernel available

2017-07-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Linus was faster than I had expected (what a hybris to try to predict his moves :) and has already done a new release (I had expected an -rc8). Therefore I have upgraded our Letux kernel. Here it is: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/ There have not been big changes since

Re: [Tinkerphones] Bricked phone after uboot update failure

2017-07-09 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Lionel, since others may run into similar issues, I have forwarded to the mailing list. > Am 09.07.2017 um 19:27 schrieb L.B. : > > Hi Nikolaus, > > Thanks for the fast answer. > I tried pushing the AUX switch while inserting the battery but the phone > remains inactive even though that was

Re: [Tinkerphones] Letux 4.12 kernel available

2017-07-21 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
R, Nikolaus > > --G > > On Mon, 2017-07-03 at 18:41 +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Hi, >> Linus was faster than I had expected (what a hybris to try to predict his >> moves :) >> and has already done a new release (I had expected an -rc8). >

Re: [Tinkerphones] Openmoko – 10 Years After (Mickey's Story)

2017-07-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Mickey, > Am 24.07.2017 um 14:37 schrieb Dr. Michael Lauer : > > Hi, > > I’m not sure how many people are still subscribed to planet.openmoko.org > , so > I’m linking to my post here as well: > > http://www.vanille.de/openmoko-10-years-after-mickeys-story/ >

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Letux-kernel] GTA04 camera / ov9655 working with 4.13-rc1

2017-07-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 20.07.2017 um 10:26 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > https://twitter.com/goldelico/status/887951141216157699 > > I have found the bug and fixed our ancient 3.12-driver to support DT. > > Details, patches, video etc. to come. First of all, here is some

Re: [Tinkerphones] Possible new Tinkerphone? - Advice on Linux

2017-07-31 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Martin, > Am 31.07.2017 um 18:40 schrieb Martin Rottensteiner > : > > Hello List, > > I wanted to make you aware of a new hardware production company that has > origins from the Maemo community. It is run by Chen Liangchen and the name of > the company is Livermorium. > Until now he starte

[Tinkerphones] GTA04 camera in VGA mode starts working

2017-09-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I have some progress to report. We finally found what was missing to make the VGA mode basically work: there are two undocumented registers (one called "RSVD") where a bit has to be changed. Otherwise the video ADC seems not to work in VGA mode. Maybe some voltages or dividers or whatever ar

[Tinkerphones] Fun with BME280 inside GTA04A5

2017-09-16 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, since we a re a tinkerphones community, I just had some fun with the GTA04A5 I want to share :) Maybe you know that there is a BME280 inside. It is a combined barometer, thermometer, hygrometer sensor chip. And it has full Letux kernel support so that it works out of the box. It was simple t

Re: [Tinkerphones] Fun with BME280 inside GTA04A5

2017-09-18 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 19.09.2017 um 08:01 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hi, > > On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:57:32 +0200 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> since we a re a tinkerphones community, I just had >> some fun with the GTA04A5 I want to shar

Re: [Tinkerphones] Fun with BME280 inside GTA04A5

2017-09-19 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 19.09.2017 um 18:38 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:42:21 +0200 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Am 19.09.2017 um 08:01 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : >>> >>> Hi, >>>

[Tinkerphones] MINIX on GTA04

2017-09-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Minix seems to be able to run on the BeagleBoard XM. And the GTA04 is more or less a BB XM with Display and phone interfaces. http://wiki.minix3.org/doku.php?id=developersguide:minixonarm Therefore it could be a nice hacking project. I would be curious if that works... Comments? Volunteers?

[Tinkerphones] PocketBeagle and Letux OS

2017-09-27 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I have received a handful of PocketBeagles and did start one - with the original SD card from our Letux Cortex 8 board. And it boots and works fine :) Amazing. So we have some PocketBeagles in our shop. Although it is not a phone (at least without adding a modem, speakers and a battery, maybe

Re: [Tinkerphones] PocketBeagle and Letux OS

2017-09-28 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi David, > Am 29.09.2017 um 01:26 schrieb David Boddie : > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:56:32 +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> I have received a handful of PocketBeagles and did >> start one - with the original SD card from our Letux Cortex 8 >> boar

[Tinkerphones] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-07 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, I have started to pick up the build process for QtMoko2 [1]. I now run a Debian (Wheezy) inside VirtualBox (i386). The command is simply ./mdeb-qtmoko -vb After approx. 8 hours (with heavy use of ccache), compile fails with these two lines (amongst 104 MB log): dpkg-shlibdeps: error: couldn

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04 camera in VGA mode starts working

2017-10-07 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 07.10.2017 um 22:18 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hi Nikolaus, > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:59:56 +0200 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have some progress to report. >> >> We finally found what was missin

Re: [Tinkerphones] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-08 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 08.10.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 17:53:17 +0200 > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have started to pick up the build process for QtMoko2 [1]. >> >> I now run a Debian (Wheezy) inside Virtu

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 09.10.2017 um 08:22 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > Hi, > >> Am 08.10.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : >> >> On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 17:53:17 +0200 >> "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I have star

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Josua, > Am 12.10.2017 um 13:41 schrieb Josua Mayer : > Hmm, it is the final step before packaging... *not* the linker linking together binaries, so building seems not to fail, just putting it into a package. > This is how I understand the purpose of dpkg-shlibdeps: > First it f

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-12 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 12.10.2017 um 19:00 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > >> Am 12.10.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Josua Mayer > <mailto:josua.maye...@gmail.com>>: >> >>> dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/qtmoko-neo.substvars -xqtmoko-gta04 >>> -xqtmoko-neo -xqtm

[Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, Librem 5 was now successfully funded. Anyone here on this list who pledged for one? I'd be interested in what you expect it can do what the Letux activities can't or don't. BR, Nikolaus ___ Community mailing list Community@tinkerphones.org http://

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 24.10.2017 um 20:08 schrieb Gilles Filippini : > > H. Nikolaus Schaller a écrit le 24/10/2017 à 19:09 : >> Hi, >> Librem 5 was now successfully funded. >> >> Anyone here on this list who pledged for one? > > I did. > >> I'd be inte

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 24.10.2017 um 20:43 schrieb Matthias Weiß : > > Hello, > > i also backed on one. > > I like the cooperation with gnome/kde projects and the focus on matrix. Yes, this are important steps. Gnome/KDE could theoretically just be some apt-get install gnome on the GTA04. I ne

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 24.10.2017 um 22:01 schrieb jake42 : > > On 24.10.2017 21:46, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> Opinions? > Or rather questions. Let's try to find answers... > Is there a power-saving state for a mobilephone use case which > works on OMAP5? Basic suspend

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-24 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 24.10.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Sebastian Krzyszkowiak : > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:46 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> Am 24.10.2017 um 20:43 schrieb Matthias Weiß : >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> i

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-25 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
s if the build architecture of QtMoko is upside down... Maybe it is historical since this is still Squeeze and Wheezy code and multiarch wasn't complete back then. On Jessie or Stretch I think it could be much simpler if the debian/rules are updated. BR, Nikolaus > > br > Josua M

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-25 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 25.10.2017 um 12:11 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting Rainer Dorsch (2017-10-25 10:57:38) >> On Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2017 09:55:24 CEST Belisko Marek wrote: >>> I didn't pledged because I was not aware that such thing exists :) >> >> I think you can still preorder... > > Correct: Fun

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-25 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 25.10.2017 um 19:32 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-10-25 17:44:50) >> Back to the original problem: I had not expected that there is a need >> for a configure-make-install. Since we are fully Debian. > > How do you m

[Tinkerphones] GNOME on Smartphone

2017-10-26 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, there is currently a lot of hype around running Gnome on a smartphone which seems to need new hardware to be possible. This made me curious. Therefore I took a fresh µSD card and did run on some Linux SBC with additional card reader: DEV=/dev/sdb ./makesd gta04 -v 20171013-stretch-9.1

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 again...

2017-10-26 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 26.10.2017 um 11:11 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-10-26 07:05:10) >>> Am 25.10.2017 um 19:32 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-10-25 17:44:50) >>>> Back to the original prob

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-26 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 25.10.2017 um 19:15 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-10-25 17:57:48) >> >>> Am 25.10.2017 um 12:11 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> >>> Quoting Rainer Dorsch (2017-10-25 10:57:38) >>>> On Mittwoch, 25. O

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-28 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, > Am 24.10.2017 um 22:06 schrieb Sebastian Krzyszkowiak : > > > BTW. What's the situation with PowerVR closed drivers on GTA04 with > current kernels? Unfortunately I got slightly out of touch these days, > time to catch up :) there is something which happened almost unnoticed by the commun

Re: [Tinkerphones] Librem 5

2017-10-28 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 28.10.2017 um 15:45 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Saturday 28. October 2017 14.14.26 rhn wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 13:33:17 +0200 "H. Nikolaus Schaller" >> wrote: >>> >>> But I just found this morning: >>> https://community.

[Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-02 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi, you may have noticed that the shop software got some upgrades (some more are still in the pipeline) and it is now easier to manage more than a handful of products. So I'd be interested in which products (or services) you as a member of the tinkerphones community would like to see. So that we c

[Tinkerphones] If we can’t fix it, no one can...

2017-11-02 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
IMHO an interesting reading: https://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/conservation/why-we-must-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-our-electronics It shows how things have changed in the past 30 years: "Even Apple, now one of the most repair-unfriendly gadget makers in the business, sent a free, exhausti

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
dware / gadgets / services we could put in a shop. Any wishes for gadgets, accessories, tools, breakout boards, pocket bones, Pyra-phone, OMAP5 CPU board, i.MX6 board, Qi charger for GTA01/02/04, ...? BR and thanks, Nikolaus > > Thanks > Matthias > >> Am 02.11.2017 um 1

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
d cloud integration. Is there a project that already goes into that direction? AFAIR there was Anelok by Werner Almesberger but it had a different focus. BR and thanks, Nikolaus > > regards, > Thomas > > > > Am 3. November 2017 09:21:37 MEZ schrieb "H. Nikolaus

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, > Am 03.11.2017 um 13:06 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Friday 3. November 2017 10.54.44 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>> Am 03.11.2017 um 10:32 schrieb Thomas Munker : >>> >>> i would like to see some small cryptographic hardware, like eg. yubikey. >

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-03 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 03.11.2017 um 19:41 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > Hi Paul, > >> Am 03.11.2017 um 13:06 schrieb Paul Boddie : >> >> On Friday 3. November 2017 10.54.44 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>>> Am 03.11.2017 um 10:32 schrieb Thomas Munker :

Re: [Tinkerphones] Antwort: Re: Librem 5

2017-11-05 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Sven, > Am 27.10.2017 um 11:46 schrieb Sven Dyroff : > > Hello Nikolaus, > > >> I've been following the tinkerphone mailing list all this time and was > >> quite disappointed about the complex soldering problems you've > >> experienced. > > > > Yes... Well, it is more a financial problem

Re: [Tinkerphones] Antwort: Re: Antwort: Re: Librem 5

2017-11-07 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Sven, > Am 06.11.2017 um 18:04 schrieb Sven Dyroff : > > Hello Nikolaus, > > that's indeed really much money. Well, this is a matter of what you compare to. Yes, it is much money compared to a single, cheap Android thing you buy at a supermarket. It is much money compared to a gimmick. It

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-07 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, > Am 05.11.2017 um 00:15 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Friday 3. November 2017 09.21.37 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> >> And more generally, this is in the area of software we offer for free and >> not new hardware / gadgets / services we could put in a

Re: [Tinkerphones] Antwort: Re: Antwort: Re: Librem 5

2017-11-07 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 07.11.2017 um 15:10 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-07 14:47:42) >> It is less money compared to the budget Purism now has. 2 Mio USD... >> We just would need to convince them to help to finish the GTA04A5... >> I

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-12 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, > Am 04.11.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Niels : > > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: > >> Hi Paul, >> >>> Am 03.11.2017 um 13:06 schrieb Paul Boddie : >>> >>> On Friday 3. November 2017 10.54.44 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >&g

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-13 Thread H . Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Xavi, > Am 11.11.2017 um 13:12 schrieb Xavi Drudis Ferran : > > El Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 06:17:11PM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller deia: >> So I'd be interested in which products (or services) you as >> a member of the tinkerphones community would like to see.

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-13 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Xavi, > Am 13.11.2017 um 10:58 schrieb Xavi Drudis Ferran : > > El Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 09:41:44AM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller deia: >> >> I would like it as well! >> > > :) > >> And I have a simple idea how to build one. I still use one of the

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-13 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 08:33:45) >> Am 04.11.2017 um 22:17 schrieb Niels : >>> I have been wanting a FST-01 for a while, but not found any place to >>> buy one. >> >> I have

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-13 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Marek, > Am 13.11.2017 um 11:45 schrieb Belisko Marek : > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Belisko Marek > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:33 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>>> Am 04

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-13 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 13.11.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 11:38:07) >> >>> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> >>> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 08:33:45) >>>> Am

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Arm-netbook] FOSDEM Hardware Enablement Devroom

2017-11-13 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, thanks for sharing! BR, Nikolaus > Am 13.11.2017 um 11:57 schrieb Paul Kocialkowski : > > A Hardware Enablement devroom will be taking place at FOSDEM this year, > on Sunday [10 December 2017] 4th Feb 2018. This newly-created devroom > is the result of > 3 proposals that were me

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
needs space making the key bigger. BR, Nikolaus > Am 14.11.2017 um 13:16 schrieb Belisko Marek : > > Hi, > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Belisko Marek > wrote: >> Hi Nikolaus, >> >> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:12 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller >> wrote:

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 13.11.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 11:38:07) >> >>> Am 13.11.2017 um 11:31 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : >>> >>> Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 08:33:45) >>>> Am

Re: [Tinkerphones] New tinkerphone gadgets in Goldelico shop?

2017-11-14 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
On November 14, 2017 10:00:05 AM MST, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-14 17:37:27) > Am 13.11.2017 um 12:05 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-11-13 11:38:07) > Hm. I wonder if we can build/design one with multiple plugs s

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