--- 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 15:57 -!- fnordianslip_ [n=fnoridan@78.33.82.89] has joined #t2 16:06 -!- mqueiros_ [n=mqueiros@217.70.71.134] has quit [Client Quit] 16:13 -!- fnordianslip [n=fnoridan@78.33.82.89] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 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 .. 16:40 -!- fnordianslip [n=fnoridan@78.33.82.89] has joined #t2 16:54 -!- the_rainbow0 [i=ee@41.209.167.153] has joined #t2 16:56 -!- fnordianslip_ [n=fnoridan@78.33.82.89] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 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 ... 18:18 -!- Baldzius [n=aldas@87-198-133-94.ptr.magnet.ie] has joined #t2 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 21:01 -!- Baldzius [n=aldas@87-198-133-94.ptr.magnet.ie] has quit ["Leaving"] 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 22:31 -!- the_rainbow0 [i=ee@41.209.167.153] has quit [Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)] 23:56 -!- Netsplit kornbluth.freenode.net <-> irc.freenode.net quits: TobiX, Skaperen 23:58 -!- Netsplit over, joins: Skaperen, TobiX --- Log closed Mon Apr 20 00:00:13 2009