tilpner_ has joined #nixos-aarch64
tilpner has quit [Disconnected by services]
tilpner_ is now known as tilpner
<samueldr> whew! must have had a fluke somewhere in the first `dd` armv7l image had a broken ext4 fs; either that or since I unplugged without serial or video, I may have wrecked the FS while it was resizing
<samueldr> but a second `dd` and serial, everything is fine
<gchristensen> nice
<samueldr> oh, I was scared for nothing, it's from a commit before the even-more-shrunken ext4
<gchristensen> with the shrinking, can hydra produce it yet?
<samueldr> it should
<samueldr> assuming 4.19 builds without timing out
<gchristensen> nice!
<samueldr> which it really shouldn't except I think there's some pressure
<gchristensen> pressure?
<samueldr> memory, cpu, I/O
<gchristensen> :/
<samueldr> it looks like *something* makes the kernel builds timeout frequently on aarch64
<gchristensen> we have massive hardware, underutilized
<gchristensen> I don't understand why things are timing out
<samueldr> it's either the weird "timed-out but way before 10h" https://hydra.nixos.org/build/85528272
<samueldr> :/ this one is a fun "n/a" https://hydra.nixos.org/build/85349867
<samueldr> this one finished
<samueldr> (it's in the cache)
<gchristensen> :|
<samueldr> I'm thoroughly confused by the hydra results for aarch64 and the kernels
<samueldr> >> building of '/nix/store/jiq9jr3xvs9qv1bzcsvsrfgivw6dqkc6-linux-4.19.7', '/nix/store/ppjy2hg938yw5anqkjfwn3ml0yw1l31a-linux-4.19.7-dev' timed out after 36000 seconds
<samueldr> >> Duration:4h 0m 19s
<samueldr> (I'm not throwing this at your feet or anything, only really confused)
worldofpeace has joined #nixos-aarch64
<gchristensen> so I haven't been super "in" with liitle rpi's and stuff but I do have a project I'd love to do with one
<gchristensen> which is: I have a big keyboard -- the kinesis advantage, with lots of space inside
<gchristensen> I think it'd be pretty rad to stick one inside, hook its usb cable in to itself, and operate it using blind accessibility tools (text to speech, etc)
<gchristensen> obviously ideally it'd use bluetooth and batteries, so it wouldn't require any plugs at all, you'd just be a weirdo hacking away on an "obviously" disconnected keyboard any
<gchristensen> s/ any$//
<samueldr> (and?)
<samueldr> most of what you described would be done like on any device
<samueldr> so if you wanted tts+bluetooth, as long as the sbc supports bluetooth it should be similar
<gchristensen> and nothing, just a thing I've wanted to play with
<samueldr> I was more curiout about other requirements :)
<gchristensen> I used to think about using miniitx for it, but it is quite a bit too big
<samueldr> (the and?)
<gchristensen> ah
<gchristensen> I also used to think about having it have a screen of some sort, but that kills the project right away
<samueldr> since you can be seen using the screen?
<gchristensen> no, because it would be really tiny and unergonomic -- staring down at it
<samueldr> ah
<gchristensen> or big and kill the integrated feel
<samueldr> I think you're either at the point of figuring hardware out or software out for your project, with nixos it won't be much of a problem to send it to an SBC instead
<samueldr> but hardware is hard :/
<samueldr> most affordable (cheap) SBCs have one catch
<samueldr> (in my experience)
<gchristensen> slow?
<samueldr> in my experience, depends on the size, and the SOC, but the main catch I found is how supported it is by mainline
<samueldr> generally: not really at first
<samueldr> and then still not really
<gchristensen> ah
<gchristensen> yes
<samueldr> a good thing to check is if there seems to be a community "downstream" (e.g. pine64 has their own forums, with activity) and if other SBC-orientated projects have builds
<samueldr> (e.g. armbian, archlinuxarm)
<samueldr> oh, and also how "open" the OEM is, do they host well-forked forks of the tools, or just give you pre-built images without any information
worldofpeace has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds]
orivej has quit [Ping timeout: 245 seconds]
orivej has joined #nixos-aarch64
Dezgeg has joined #nixos-aarch64
worldofpeace has joined #nixos-aarch64
c00w has quit [Ping timeout: 252 seconds]
clr_ has joined #nixos-aarch64
worldofpeace has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds]
worldofpeace has joined #nixos-aarch64