T2 IRC Log: 2009-04-19

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--- Log opened Sun Apr 19 00:00:13 2009
11:24 < CIA-22> rene * r32997 /trunk/package/gnome2/vino/vino.desc: * updated vino (2.26.0 -> 2.26.1)
11:24 < CIA-22> rene * r32996 /trunk/package/gnome2/libgda/libgda.desc: * updated libgda (4.0.1 -> 4.0.2)
12:35 < CIA-22> rene * r32998 /trunk/package/develop/libpri/libpri.desc: * updated libpri (1.4.9 -> 1.4.10)
14:22 < rxr> re
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16:28 < rxr> http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=189228&page=5
16:35 < rxr> what the heck
16:35 < rxr> why the h*ll does this stupid sony bios update fluff only ship the latest bios for windows vista???
16:36 < rxr> now I isntalled XP just to flash the f*cking BIOS and this dumb .exe tells me I need Vista?!?!?!?!
16:36 < rxr> to udpate the BIOS?!?!?!?!?!?!
16:36 < rxr> I know why I mostly get Apple hardware since a decade ... :-(((
16:36 < rxr> where the heck do I get vista from just for the bios update ?
16:37 < rxr> maybe the public windows 7 beta works likewise ?!?!?!
16:37 * rxr oh my
16:37 < rxr> not to mention the hours it takes to install either on the stupid laptop ..
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17:54 < rxr> hm - and the dvd writer in my MacBook Pro is also apparently defect
17:54 < rxr> (none out of 5 discs wanted to burn, works in a workstation nearby ...)
17:55 < rxr> as always when you once in a year need an optical drive
17:55 < rxr> (and why I'm longing for a optical drive-less sub-notebook for many years, now; just need something less crippled then the port-less MacBook Air, ...)
17:56 < rxr> damn, and I "just wanted to review a tiny KVM VT detail and was in the need of a normal BIOS-equiped PC -- and this was yesterday already
17:56 < rxr> next time I go grab some new PC in some shop instead of wasting my weekend resurtecting old crap ...
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18:18 < Baldzius> moin
18:57 < rxr> hi
18:59 < Baldzius> moin rxr
20:27 < rxr> heh, what the heck
20:27 < rxr> now I read the US version of a sony BIOS update does not install on my model but the japanese version does ?!?!?!
20:27 < rxr> I hate BIOSs ...
20:27 < rxr> ... and more so Sony junk, damnit, my lovely weekend ...
20:30 < rxr> oh and for the log: the sony BIOS updates that require vista appear to run in the public windows 7 beta ...
20:30 < rxr> just as note for other people without vista and just are in the need to flash a BIOS ... :-)
20:31 < Baldzius> heh
20:31 < rxr> wow
20:31 < rxr> unbelivable
20:31 < rxr> this f*cking Japan version indeed flashes !!!!
20:31 < rxr> this wasted nearly my whole sunday
20:32 < rxr> including first inatlling XP to find out the bios flush thing only runs in vista ...
20:32 < rxr> and burning the win7 public beta and installing that just in the hope the flash thing runs there ...
20:32 < rxr> to find out the regular international version does not think it's compatible with the model ..
20:32 < rxr> damnit ...
20:33 < rxr> so - let's cross fingers the thing powers on with the updated BIOS ...
20:33 < rxr> (and the BIOS will not show Japanese glyphs ...)
20:34 < rxr> cool - they even fixed the ugly intel logo in the splash screen
20:34 < rxr> so - let'S see if I finally can edit the NVRAM to get the VT-d we payed for (some year ago ...)
20:34 < rxr> (as written earlier I need another VT-d test box ...)
20:40 < rxr> hm - still no VT
20:40 < rxr> strange I even checked the intel site if this Core (not 2) Duo CPU shoudl have VT and it was listed there ...
20:42 < rxr> http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/coreduo.htm
20:42 < rxr> T2300 marked for VT
20:45 < Baldzius> that's why I hate Intel
20:45 < Baldzius> you never know what you get
20:45 < Baldzius> you get VT or not
20:45 < rxr> well - for VT it's mostly the vendors disabling initially ...
20:45 < Baldzius> luckly my bought new laptop has it
20:45 < Baldzius> T7300
20:45 < rxr> mostly HP and Sony ...
20:45 < rxr> I _hate_ Sony ...
20:45 < Baldzius> with AMD everything is much simplier
20:45 < rxr> they even build the ethernet ports into the case upside down ...
20:46 < Baldzius> :)
20:46 < Baldzius> drunk engineering? :)
20:46 < rxr> so that you have to lift the whole laptop up to reach the RJ45 snap-in-let ...
20:46 < rxr> and the place the FN key where the Ctrl belongs on sane Laptops ...
20:46 < rxr> etc. pp.
20:46 < rxr> (no it's not my laptop, it's susan's from some years ago ...)
20:46 < Baldzius> oh
20:47 < rxr> I hope they did not solder a T2300E on the board, it's listed without VT
20:47 < rxr> but I hope Intel would be sane enough to indicate it in the cpuid ?!?!?!?
20:47 < rxr> cpuid lists T2300 ...
20:47 < rxr> (no E)
20:47 < rxr> this get's on my nerves ..
20:47 < Baldzius> I didn't even know that Mobile Core Duo comes with VT
20:47 < rxr> should have brougth the Lenovo X200s Saturday in the shop
20:48 < rxr> this weekend mangling happens when you want to save some bucks in the "recession", ...
20:50 < Baldzius> I got very decent 2 weeks ago for 300
20:51 < Baldzius> and lucky me kernel supports my wireless from 2.6.29
20:51 < Baldzius> out of box
20:51 < rxr> t2 hardware entry ?
20:51 < Baldzius> just one glitch, have to reload the driver manually to get it working :)
20:52 < Baldzius> not yet
20:52 < Baldzius> will try to add it
20:52 < Baldzius> along with my job's one
20:54 < Baldzius> how do you test suspend from t2 on laptops?
20:55 < rxr> first echo mem > /sys/power/state
20:55 < rxr> if that does not wake up again
20:55 < rxr> s2ram can quirk and post the VGA chip ...
20:55 < rxr> I used it more extensively in the past though
20:55 < rxr> thest days I mostly have a laptop stationary in the office ...
20:55 < rxr> and mostly work there
20:57 < rxr> damnit
20:58 < rxr> the T2300E might indeed not indicate it's "E" in the cpuid ...
20:58 < rxr> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/0657-3LG
20:59 < Baldzius> ic
20:59 < rxr> grmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmml
20:59 < rxr> at least the sony bios splash screen is minimally better, now
20:59 < rxr> this brick needs to go to ebay ...
21:00 < Baldzius> :)
21:00 < Baldzius> ok shift is over, rolling home
21:00 < Baldzius> bye
21:00 < rxr> :-)
21:00 < rxr> lucky you
21:00 < rxr> have a nice evening / night
21:00 < Baldzius> yeah , not really
21:00 < Baldzius> 3 days in a row for 12h each
21:00 < Baldzius> stupid weekend shift
21:01 < Baldzius> nice evening you too
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21:07 < rxr> aha
21:07 < rxr> and now that I activated the AHCI controller with the NVRAM editing the freshly installed windows 7 beta does not boot anymore
21:08 < rxr> what a fun it (windows) is -- good that I do not need it anymore anyway, but good to know
21:08 < rxr> cu then
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--- Log closed Mon Apr 20 00:00:13 2009