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I thought you guys might want this too;

irssi 0.8.8 tardist, with optional Perl module (compiled against the base perl of 6.5.22,
perhaps not the best choice, but anyway...)

N32 mips4 binaries compiled with MIPSPro (not that it really matters), I can do other abi/isa on demand.

http://www.multi.fi/~duck/junk/irssi-0.8.8.tardist

installs into /usr/local

(If you don't know what irssi is; see http://www.irssi.org/ )
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A n32 mips3 binary would be really nice - I've had trouble compiling irssi on my I2 R4400 (although admittedly, I didn't try too hard).


Done ;-)

http://www.multi.fi/~duck/junk/irssi-0.8.8-mips3.tardist
Might I ask where you guys got .so's of glut? Even 3.7 only seems to build archives for me.
Ah, it's in the nekoware of course, thanks.
So silly me saw an auction for a cheap V12 and bought it, not thinking that my old octane only has Xbow 1.3. As far as I can tell, it is probably the issue, even if I also have the older PSU.

I'm seeing the following things:

Diagnostics from the console screen starts, but after "press ESC to quit" the screen turns black and nothing
happens (I suppose it might be running and I'm just too impatient to wait)
'single' from the console loads the kernel but does nothing else
booting the system (with Odyssey graphics drivers, used a V6 before) seems to work properly, until the login screen, I get a dark screen with random pixels, X pointer, hourglass ponter and then the signal is lost.

Is this a case of too old Xbow? Or something else?










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I see, I did read some other posts here about people using less than the required parts, but perhaps that wasn't for these most powerful ones. (V6 on 1.2 IIRC)
I understand. Fortunately they seem to be easy to get :-)
Pardon me for bouncing in my seat.

Having found out that the problem was with my monitor and the high vertical frequency of 1920x1200 modes in general, I went digging through the intarwebs for info and found "reduced blanking" modes. I ended up here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=60669 and got some interesting numbers... Too late last night to try it out, I fed the numbers into my magic awk script this morning, and with a little tweaking to appease vfc, I got a reduced blanking mode for 1920x1200 that works prefectly over VGA.

For anyone still struggling, here it is.
NB: I haven't asked schleusel, but I'm sure he won't mind that I stole his code (and math :-)

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/* derived from schleusel's 1680x1050 mode
* Edit the below line and run modeline.awk to use a different modeline
Modeline "1920x1200_60.00_rb" 154.00 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235
*/

General {

FieldsPerFrame = 1;
FramesPerSecond = 60;

ActivePixelsPerLine = 1920;
TotalPixelsPerLine = 2080;

ActiveLinesPerFrame = 1200;
TotalLinesPerFrame = 1240; /* note, this isn't what I got above, because vfc complained */

FormatName = "1920x1200_60.00_rb";
}

Active Line {
HorizontalFrontPorch = 48 pixels;
HorizontalSync = 32 pixels;
HorizontalBackPorch = 80 pixels;
}

Field
{
Vertical Sync =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
}
repeat 6        /* Vsync */
{
Length = 1.0H;
}
}

Initial Low;
Vertical Back Porch =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
repeat 29       /* Vbp */
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}

Initial High;
Active =
{
repeat ActiveLinesPerFrame
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}

Initial High;
Vertical Front Porch =
{
repeat 3        /* Vfp */
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
}

#if 0
postprocess
{
dump edge;
}
#endif
I do have one, but it's hooked up (internally) to my main swerver. I do have some downtime scheduled in the future so I could take it out and hook it up to the octane if none else steps up. It will easily be weeks before that happens though (waiting on shipment of RAM from Australia).

Scratch that, I don't have an internal-to-external connector for 68p...
Excellent! I'll archive a copy as well.
Hmm, sounds like this might work for the funky graphics chip in my 2006 MBP, perhaps it would be worth trying. Would mean baking the entire logic board though...
It's like previous GMA graphics, integrated. It uses part of the main memory for framebuffer and textures, but a quick google found this which seems to indicate that 3d performance is not bad.
So does the front bezel really double as a viable cupholder?
PymbleSoftware wrote: I think that was jealousy or tongue in cheek.

A bit of both really :-)
FSN?-)
Six years so far of delivering morning newspapers. (no joke)
hmm, as far as I recall, the 20E21 I had blinked orange when it was on but didn't have (=detect) a signal. I'm sure you've made sure of that of course. These do have a HD15 connector as well as a 13W3 (I don't remember, but it says so here ) so connecting it to your PC should work just fine if they haven't removed all analog outputs yet.
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What is the specific issue then? Unsupported CPU?
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Very nice work!

Image

(Yes, I just wasted an hour or so sketching that thing in inkscape :-P )
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IRIX does not have a truecolor root window by default, adding -depth 24 -class TrueColor to your /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers file should help.
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I'm dubious about the introduction of a new format, it seems rather a lot like some PR move for HTML5... Getting some uptake on it is critical and a new format will of course cut off people with unusual/old hardware/software until someone gets it ported... According to wikipedia it's some mashup of not-quite matroska with not-quite ogg/theora? I may be wrong but to me it just seems pointless.
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Hmm, html5 was/is supposed to replace flash, and it should be able to with integrated scripting and svg canvas support; the compression format behind video playback seems a little unrelated, couldn't it just use ogg if the requirement is free implement/use (AFAICT ogg/theora/vorbis/FLAC are BSD-licensed)? Well, I speculate and CBA to find out, but it still seems like an existing solution was there so as to avoid reimplementing wheels.
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Looks like your z-buffer is backwards, do you have any settings in ~/maya/<version>/Maya.env? Do other GL programs behave like this as well? I have a vague memory of seeing something like this, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

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bri3d wrote: Theora was based on On2's VP3 (with improvements from the open source community) while WebM is VP8 (with improvements from the community and Google). WebM is basically the natural evolution of the Theora community idea but with a better codec at its core.

What it boils down to is that WebM is technically superior so Google are pushing it instead - it makes sense to me: get the best open-source / unencumbered IP out there to compete with the very, very good patent-encumbered solution that a major competitor is pushing (Apple with H.264).


This was the bits I was missing, now it does make sense. Thank you.
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No problems loading and displaying your mb file here, Octane with V12 (no DCD)... I don't think I've changed anything other than that my root window is 24bit truecolor. Maya appears to select a 30-bit RGBA mode (10/10/10/2) (id 0x45, but this number might be relative). My Maya.env is empty as well.

Perhaps you could try to use the MAYA_ODYSSEY_8888=no setting, to see if it changes anything.

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If it works, it's 'right'... xwininfo will tell you about the visual used for any given window and glxinfo will show you the modes available.

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Try running fc-cache first?
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I would gently draw your attention to the yellow box at the top of this page...
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Nice cleanup job there, might I ask what method(s) you used to clean it?

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Oho, I'm going to have to check in to Cyber Clean then, thanks! :-)

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Happy towelday everyone :-)

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I wonder. AIUI, patch5086 updates inst and since this is a fresh install using sa from the overlays (are you?), shouldn't it Just Work?
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Here's a grinning idiot
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I seriously doubt that's fixable, it looks like the LCD pane has been cracked...
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Speaking of repairing LCD:s, I just fixed the powersupply in my supposedly-dead 24" LG L245W screen... I am happiness! It also works perfectly with my V12 Octane using a custom 1920x1200 reduced-blanking mode :-)
It was the problem I had suspected all along, capacitors in the powersupply. Shop wanted 200+ euros to fix, I paid something like 1 euro for two capacitors...
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The Indy "slab" is rather nice (and ps/2), it has Alps key switches which is like the softer cousin twice removed of buckling spring. Personal favourite there.
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That's one of the things I really miss about firefox in X (alas, javascript-thick pages get old quick on my octane), middle click anywhere not a link and it loads whatever is in your paste buffer.

Also, personal terminal emulator preference: rxvt, quick and nice and does something better than xterm that I've totally forgotten.

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Man that's a tall frame, guardian, you must be seriously elongated not to suffer acute groin strain straddling that... :-) Always loved the look of downtube shifters, though I've never used it. Best shifter/derailleur combo I've had was the Sram X-9 for a "street" mountain bike I put together from parts (low frame, wide bars, far-too-high-end bits and hookworm tires); incredibly smooth. Sadly that bicycle is in disrepair since I can't afford to keep it maintained and it's languishing on my balcony :-/

Anyway, back to your regular programming...

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I'm also firmly in the Society For Bare Wrists (Société Pour Les Poignets Nus?), having worn out my fair share of cheap watches. My memory isn't the best but I seem to recall the putting off of the watch coinciding with a sort of personal spiritual liberation of quitting the rat race of schooling. I am now working a dead end job but with a great peace of mind :-)
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Totally apropos, this popped into my podcasting software this morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dvw6t
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