--- Log for 09.12.116 Server: verne.freenode.net Channel: #rockbox --- Nick: logbot Version: Dancer V4.16 Started: 2 days and 15 hours ago 00.05.30 Quit ender` (Quit: The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. — Larry Hardiman) 00.06.35 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 00.12.29 # <[Saint]> __builtin: I may or may not be slightly, terribly, or catastrophically wrong on this but I'm not positive you can. 00.14.02 Quit edhelas (Quit: Leaving.) 00.16.30 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@149-160-180-75.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu) 00.19.48 Join smoke_fumus [0] (~smoke_fum@dynamic-vpdn-93-125-117-149.telecom.by) 00.26.58 # <__builtin> what the heck is the return value supposed to do then? 00.28.32 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 00.30.09 Join chrisb [0] (~chrisb@pool-71-175-243-141.phlapa.east.verizon.net) 00.45.40 Quit robertd1 (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 00.52.33 Quit girafe (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 01.02.51 # <[Saint]> __builtin: I'm not sure I'm parsing the question properly. 01.03.32 # <[Saint]> Why would you expect a return value to return anything if the function is canceled? 01.04.36 # <[Saint]> Return values (generally speaking) are for reporting success/fail, and the function needs to arrive at that destination itself. 01.07.49 # What does "the function needs to arrive at that destination itself" mean? 01.08.23 # <[Saint]> either success or fail as destinations. 01.09.03 # <[Saint]> abruptly canceled, presumably by something external, isn't something I would expect to get a valid (or any) return for. 01.09.28 # Why not? 01.10.52 # <[Saint]> How is it deriving it is canceled? 01.11.11 # <[Saint]> And, what is reporting it if it is? 01.12.55 # set_int() calls option_screen() 01.13.20 # Presumably "canceled" means the user has said they changed their mind 01.13.33 # <[Saint]> AFAIK set_int only knows if it did or didn't do what is asked of it. Perhaps I'm parsing this too literally, or not looking at it holistically, but how does it know if it gets cut in half by something during that? 01.13.41 # <[Saint]> Ah. Right. Hmmm. 01.13.47 # That's a perfectly well defined behaviour 01.14.08 # Functions don't stop halfway for no reason 01.14.19 # Well, except panic() and rolo() 01.14.45 # <[Saint]> I was taking 'canceled' as 'stopped before a success/fail by any means'. 01.15.01 # <[Saint]> so I was very confused as to why you'd expect a return from that. 01.15.12 # Yes, but that doesn't *mean* anything 01.16.03 # "Oh, the CPU changed its mind" means the device is broken, it's not something normal software needs to take into account 01.17.48 # <[Saint]> Without looking I'd be surprised if it took into account something else abruptly stopping that thread. If that is expected and defined behavior, then, well done. 01.18.31 # <[Saint]> Can't say it would be something I'd think to account for. 01.18.45 # Threads that get interrupted get restarted 01.19.44 # Also, if the thread gets stopped there is *no* return value, not a wrong one. There also is no caller to look at it 01.19.53 # s/stopped/killed/ 01.20.31 # <[Saint]> well, I did say 'valid (or any)'. 01.20.37 # <[Saint]> But, you're right - that's fair, 01.21.37 # <[Saint]> I guess my line of thinking relies upon a delicious set of esoteric fails, or a deliberate attempt to break things. 01.22.08 # It relies on a world in which working software is impossible 01.22.27 # <[Saint]> so, reality then. ;) 01.23.13 # I didn't say bug-free sofrware 01.23.16 # Different thing 01.23.49 # Also, "impossible" as in "don't expect it to work, ever", not "expect a few issues every now and then" 01.25.02 # <[Saint]> Right. I guess that helps highlight one of the issues at hand. 01.25.06 # <[Saint]> Ambiguity. 02.02.10 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 02.12.26 Quit ZincAlloy (Quit: Leaving.) 02.13.45 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@2001-18e8-2-28cc-f000-61c.dhcp6-bl.indiana.edu) 02.13.49 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 02.15.42 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@149-160-180-75.dhcp-bl.indiana.edu) 02.17.00 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 02.25.23 Quit krnlyng (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 02.28.34 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 02.30.11 Quit paulk-collins (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 02.35.30 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@c-68-51-123-75.hsd1.in.comcast.net) 02.38.22 Join krnlyng [0] (~liar@178.112.180.114.wireless.dyn.drei.com) 02.52.36 Join Harbec [0] (~Harbec@dsl-10-134-130.b2b2c.ca) 02.52.45 # sup rockbox 02.54.22 # what program on windows is good to manage music filenames/data? 02.58.38 # <[Saint]> MusicBrainz Picard. 02.58.49 # <[Saint]> There's really no other competition. 02.59.12 # <[Saint]> But, I implore you - _please_ work with a backup copy of your media. 02.59.44 # <[Saint]> No matter what software you use, make sure you're doing so with a backup copy and then if you feel you're satisfied replace the originals after the fact. 03.00.18 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 03.01.10 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@c-68-51-123-75.hsd1.in.comcast.net) 03.25.46 Join paulk-collins [0] (~paulk@gagarine.paulk.fr) 03.39.36 Quit Harbec (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 03.49.33 # <__builtin> oh crap, why isn't this 6G rebooting!? 03.50.16 # <__builtin> I hold MENU+SELECT for at least 30 seconds and nothing happens 03.50.24 # <__builtin> it's crashed on a data abort 03.52.14 # <__builtin> weird, I just had to hold it for a lot longer than usual... 03.52.28 # <[Saint]> __builtin: it shouldn't be able to ignore that... 03.52.33 # <[Saint]> that's, unusual. 03.52.44 # <__builtin> maybe the buttons are jacked 03.52.59 # <__builtin> it works now, probably I wasn't holding them correctly or something 03.54.47 Quit naleo (Quit: Leaving) 04.28.36 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 04.55.43 # > Picard is a cross-platform music tagger written in Python 04.55.49 # so many red flags 04.56.02 # cross-platform: BZZZT 04.56.04 # python: bzzt 04.56.14 # means it doenst work properly on any platform, skipping. 04.56.26 # i'll stick to naming all my files track??.mp3 and keeping them all in one folder 05.12.35 # <[Saint]> Better uninstall Rockbox then since we're cross-platform and have python utilities. 05.12.40 # <[Saint]> Actually...please do. 05.15.24 # obviosuly not the crossplatform im talking about 05.19.08 # <[Saint]> I'm not sure you're even aware of what you're talking about. 05.19.22 # <[Saint]> I'm not sure what you think crossplatform means... 05.22.30 Quit bluebrother^ (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) 05.22.46 Quit fs-bluebot (Ping timeout: 250 seconds) 05.24.24 Join bluebrother [0] (~dom@rockbox/developer/bluebrother) 05.25.21 # <[Saint]> I'm genuinely curious though. 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I plan to look through the hardware support in more detail, but does anyone have any general recommendations for modern hardware that rockbox runs on? 21.27.41 # prg318, 21.27.42 # 3Gerrit review #318 at http://gerrit.rockbox.org/r/318 : 3Support technically invalid image/jpg mimetype in tags. by Frank Gevaerts 21.27.43 # really just looking for something with disk space ~100GB+(?) and sturdy 21.27.44 # how is it dying 21.27.46 Join Zero_Diamond [0] (~chatzilla@75.105.136.241) 21.28.06 # screen? battery? disk? 21.28.08 # beanbag-: the hard drive makes noise; the the screen has lines of dead pixels; the battery lasts about an hour 21.28.10 # all three :) 21.28.32 # 1st and 3rd easily fixed 21.28.39 # a) hd to flash adaptor, new battery 21.29.12 # like one of these ? https://www.amazon.com/Card-1-8-inch-Adapter-IPOD/dp/B004FD1D2C 21.29.37 # So uh, my Sansa e260v2 is... really messed up. It refuses to connect to any PC (it just acts like it's being charged) and now it has decided it has 0KB of memory and as a result can do almost nothing. 21.29.39 # yep 21.29.54 # unless you are doing video that eats up massive disk 21.29.59 # fuck a hd in a mobiledevice 21.30.02 # too easil damamaged 21.30.16 # even then now flash sizes have beat hd's that small 21.30.20 # yeah just 320s, v0s, and some FLAC 21.30.42 # so yeah i will keep that idea in mind - but i was wondering if there was any new hardware that's worth investigating? 21.30.45 # Of course those flash adapters tend to be a bit hit and miss with rockbox support 21.31.03 # yeah you want to use cf cards that are known to work good with ipod 21.31.11 # some claim dma support and it's buggy shit that flips bits 21.38.21 # Is there some way for me to factory reset this thing in an attempt to try and fix this? I can't find anyone else with the same problem so I don't know if this can even be otherwise fixed 21.40.30 Join naleo [0] (~naleo@unaffiliated/naleo) 21.41.46 # Zero_Diamond: there's some info on https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaAMSUnbrick although 0 does seem a bit unusual 21.42.06 # yeah, i have no idea 21.42.08 # I'd bet on broken hardware though 21.42.29 # Does it still boot its normal firmware? 21.42.42 # * gevaerts adds a disclaimer that he doesn't know much about the AMS-based sansas 21.43.18 # I don't recall how to boot into normal firmware 21.43.39 # I believe it's hold left for the OF? 21.43.54 # When you say it has 0kb, where is that shown? 21.44.04 # under Buffer in Rockbox Info 21.45.10 # <[Saint]> if you're not currently playing any media that is entirely expected. 21.45.16 # ah, ok. That's something else and normal 21.45.21 # mikmod won't play anything as it just immediately says "Out of Memory" for everything 21.45.33 # And attempting to play anything in the regular player is an instant crash 21.46.35 # <[Saint]> gevaerts: aren't these the ones where SDRAM is modular and can become unseated? 21.46.53 # [Saint]: on the e200 *v1* the flash had that problem 21.46.59 # <[Saint]> Ah. 21.47.00 # *PANIC* 21.47.05 # audio_reset_buffer 21.47.20 # is the exact error it gives when you attempt to play anything 21.47.24 Quit johnb2 (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 21.47.28 # I don't actually know about the v2 though, but in this case rockbox seems to boot so it can't be just not finding any flash 21.47.34 # It was giving a different one earlier I think? 21.47.49 # Also forgot to say but I can indeed boot into the OF 21.48.18 # There it goes, the message is what I was getting before now 21.48.24 # audio_reset_buffer_noalloc 21.48.59 # Does USB work in the OF? 21.49.05 # Lemme check 21.49.15 # <[Saint]> its definitely odd behavior. gevaerts is quite right, it must be able to access flash and RAM in some capacity. 21.50.22 # I'd say it's either a corrupted filesystem (or flash slowly going bad, which look similar) or some other broken hardware. If you can get USB to work, you can check the FS 21.50.31 # Okay, huh 21.50.49 # It's actually sticking on Refresh Database in OF 21.50.56 Join edhelas [0] (~edhelas@145.133.43.230) 21.52.07 # Oh! There it goes 21.52.16 # I thought it was stuck but it's just going very very slowly 21.53.39 Quit edhelas (Client Quit) 21.56.41 Quit dfkt (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) 22.08.20 Join johnb2 [0] (~johnb2@pD95648EE.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 22.09.02 # Welp 22.09.08 # Looks like it's a hardware issue 22.09.15 # It just charges in OF 22.14.18 # That could just be a bad cable of course 22.16.00 # Nah, I've tried with multiple cables and multiple computers 22.16.26 # I mean not at this exact moment I haven't but 22.16.54 # But this revelation on top of those other times leads me to believe I just bought a lemon :\ 22.16.57 Join edhelas [0] (~edhelas@145.133.43.230) 22.23.00 Join __builtin [0] (~xray@unaffiliated/franklin) 22.28.52 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 22.30.55 Quit alexweissman (Remote host closed the connection) 22.32.19 Join TheLemonMan [0] (~root@unaffiliated/thelemonman) 22.42.49 Quit johnb2 (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 22.54.30 Quit Zero_Diamond (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.93 [Firefox 50.0.2/20161129173726]) 22.56.26 Quit einhirn_ (Quit: Miranda IM! Smaller, Faster, Easier. http://miranda-im.org) 22.59.46 Part beanbag- ("Leaving") 23.05.06 Join alexweissman [0] (~alexweiss@c-68-51-123-75.hsd1.in.comcast.net) 23.10.10 Quit petur (Remote host closed the connection) 23.18.46 Quit edhelas (Quit: Leaving.) 23.22.03 Quit TheLemonMan (Remote host closed the connection) 23.34.16 # <__builtin> how should I credit the original devs for the sgt-puzzles port? 23.37.17 # <__builtin> the copyright statement reads, "This game collection is copyright 2004-2012 Simon Tatham (portions copyright Richard Boulton, James Harvey, Mike Pinna, Jonas Kölker, Dariusz Olszewski, Michael Schierl, Lambros Lambrou, Bernd Schmidt, Steffen Bauer, Lennard Sprong and Rogier Goossens)." 23.37.51 # <__builtin> could I do just "sgt" and "the sgt-puzzles team", or should I list all of the names? 23.42.23 # I'd go for "The sgt-puzzles team (Simon Tatham and others)" 23.42.46 # That's what most similar things in docs/CREDITS do 23.43.05 # And of course leave all names in the source directory 23.43.15 # <__builtin> also, "The sgt-puzzles team" or "The Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection Team" 23.43.52 # Hmmm 23.44.14 # I'd go sgt-puzzles in CREDITS 23.44.21 # <__builtin> the first one is unofficial, but the second one is a mouthful 23.44.28 # Yes, exactly 23.54.39 # <__builtin> is docs/COMMITTERS used anymore? 23.55.31 # Good question 23.55.39 # I don't think it was ever formally abolished 23.55.56 # But I'm also not sure if all "recent" committers are in it 23.56.02 Quit paulk-collins_ (Quit: Leaving) 23.56.06 # <__builtin> the most recent one is prof_wolfff I think 23.56.25 # <__builtin> which was definitely after the git transition IIUC 23.56.36 # * gevaerts should check one of these days 23.57.18 # I can't remember if the committer list on gerrit is public...