#flex-dev Logs

Jun 15 2025

05:11 AM JT-Cave: morning
05:23 AM Tom_L: morning
05:28 AM Tom_L: radar shows quite a cloud swirl over W Mo
05:59 AM JT-Cave: yup rain is forecast for this afternoon
05:59 AM JT-Cave: time to ride
10:26 AM rdtsc: JT, PR #323: https://paste.debian.net/1379778/
10:29 AM Tom_L: figured it out?
10:29 AM rdtsc: hope so :)
10:30 AM rdtsc: also JT, I was getting https://paste.debian.net/1379280/ before applying this patch... was going to address this next, but it is now magically working - perhaps the two issues were related.
10:38 AM JT-Cave: thanks for pointing out the copy and paste error, working on the correct fix now as parent is never in the main python file
11:21 AM JT-Cave: Tom_L, yup figured it out and fixed it
11:21 AM JT-Cave: nap time
12:45 PM rdtsc: weird... the import os, sys, subprocess, psutil fails at no psutil found.
12:47 PM rdtsc: fixed via sudo apt install python3-psutil
12:54 PM rdtsc: JT, https://github.com/persei802/QtDragon/blob/master/qtdragon_handler.py looks like Chris is using Keylookup from qtvcp.lib.keybindings
12:59 PM JT-Shop: crap need to add that to the dependency list now
01:06 PM JT-Shop: rdtsc, are you on a rpi?
02:02 PM Tom_L: he has a rpi5
02:02 PM Tom_L: and mine just arrived
02:03 PM Tom_L: and i'll build here in a bit
02:03 PM Tom_L: been out doin the dad thing
02:10 PM Tom_L: that was quick. ordered late yesterday and it arrived by 12:30ish
02:17 PM JT-Shop: wow
02:17 PM Tom_L: the case kinda sucks
02:18 PM Tom_L: covers the gpio pins but has a slot on the side for the ribbon to go thru
02:20 PM Tom_L: the top does pop off though for better access
02:20 PM Tom_L: 3 part case
02:54 PM JT-Cave: damn key bindings is hard to follow...
02:55 PM Tom_L: still tryin to figure that out?
02:55 PM Tom_L: having to make some 'adjustments' to the case
02:58 PM Tom_L: itty bitty case reset button was too thick once things were in place and it was pushing the button all the time
02:59 PM Tom_L: minor file adjustment and it's working
03:00 PM Tom_L: image burned
03:03 PM rdtsc: could add that .bak file to .gitignore
03:04 PM Tom_L: so i got 3 heatsink pads, i assume to put them on the 3 largest chips?
03:04 PM rdtsc: yeppers
03:04 PM Tom_L: the main one appears to sit higher, does that matter?
03:05 PM rdtsc: careful if there is any difference inthickness - right
03:05 PM Tom_L: put one on it anyway?
03:05 PM Tom_L: they're like foam pads
03:05 PM rdtsc: they'll squish slightly
03:06 PM Tom_L: i'll take a pic for approval before i release the stickum
03:08 PM rdtsc: oh i'm sure you've got this. :)
03:09 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:443/~webpage/cnc/rpi5/rpi5_heatsink1.jpg
03:10 PM rdtsc: that'll do. I like to clean the heatsinks with IPA just to make sure there isn't any manufacturing oils on them
03:11 PM rdtsc: or lacquer thinner, that probably works better
03:18 PM JT-Shop: rdtsc, looks like Chris is capturing all keyboard input then deciding what to do with the key press
03:19 PM Tom_L: data stream every x period?
03:20 PM Tom_L: then a lookup table for the pressed one?
03:20 PM Tom_L: or whatever python calls em
03:20 PM JT-Shop: I've not determined what he is doing exactly
03:20 PM Tom_L: but you will
03:20 PM Tom_L: :)
03:21 PM JT-Shop: with pure python it's easy but with pyqt6 it's a lot more complex
03:21 PM Tom_L: oh i'm sure
03:30 PM Tom_L: ok let's see if i can do this without spilling my drink all over it
03:39 PM Tom_L: it does boot rather quick
03:56 PM JT-Shop: nice
04:14 PM Tom_L: trying to get wlan0 up
04:15 PM rdtsc: go to menu_config and fill out the wpa_supplicant
04:16 PM Tom_L: what do i tell it?
04:16 PM rdtsc: the lan's SSID and PSK (password)
04:17 PM rdtsc: *wlan's
04:17 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> you have a keyboard & monitor attached?
04:17 PM Tom_L: yup, i printed your setup file
04:17 PM Tom_L: but had to install network manager
04:17 PM Tom_L: wasn't part of the image
04:18 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> nmcli device wifi connect <SSID> password <password>
04:18 PM Tom_L: i tried that
04:18 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> nmcli device wifi list, does it see the network?
04:18 PM rdtsc: /boot/broadcom/config.txt should have the wifi enabled already
04:19 PM Tom_L: doesn't show much
04:20 PM Tom_L: just a 1 line header of items and nothing below it
04:20 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> so
04:20 PM lcnc-relay: nmcli device wifi list
04:20 PM lcnc-relay: doesn't show any networks?
04:20 PM Tom_L: no
04:21 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> does your network broadcast on 2.4 & 5 on the same ssid?
04:21 PM Tom_L: yes
04:21 PM Tom_L: afik
04:22 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> should be fine, since the pi5 can do 5ghz
04:22 PM Tom_L: i'm trying to connect to that
04:22 PM Tom_L: it does both
04:22 PM Tom_L: i don't think the wlan0 is on
04:23 PM Tom_L: i'm gonna install hexchat there...
04:23 PM Tom_L: pita to go back and forth
04:24 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> do you have hardwire plugged in?
04:24 PM lcnc-relay: <ccatlett1984@> if so, i think it shuts wlan0
04:25 PM Tom_L: i do now to get connected but had it unplugged prior
04:41 PM rdtsc: p.s. JT, looks like the default key repeat rate in linux is 25 char/sec or 40ms - if the keybuffer were polled every 10ms, buffer would never overflow or even fill two chars.
04:41 PM JT-Shop: interesting