#garfield Logs

Apr 03 2019

12:48 AM rue_bed: --
08:10 PM Tom_L: boo!
08:10 PM zhanx: ok ordered my stuff for the hackaday contest
08:11 PM zhanx: interactive bracelet for special needs kids
08:13 PM Tom_L: nice
08:15 PM zhanx: while the wife does work in Psychiatry
10:02 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, rue_bed you awake yet?
10:03 PM Tom_L: i fear he is fading into the abyss
10:03 PM zhanx: same here
10:04 PM zhanx: Tom_L, since the wife works with special needs kids etc, she is running the project by her boss
10:04 PM zhanx: and asking her to advise on it
10:05 PM rue_mohr: .
10:06 PM zhanx: right now a i have a 16 set of ws2812b coming a 9 dof breakout and looking a touch stuff
10:06 PM zhanx: oh there is rue_mohr
10:06 PM rue_mohr: I didn't get an handle on what they want ofr entries? whats it all about this time?
10:06 PM zhanx: the whole process
10:06 PM zhanx: make something that can help people and document it
10:06 PM rue_mohr: k
10:07 PM zhanx: and for me, never worked with flexible pcb's before
10:08 PM zhanx: so we are making a bracelet, with motion sensing and touch to help special needs kids
10:08 PM rue_mohr: ok
10:08 PM zhanx: with levels as she put it that need to be unlocked to help them interface with the real world
10:09 PM zhanx: helps my oldest is autistic also
10:09 PM rue_mohr: k
10:10 PM zhanx: parts will be here monday and then you can make fun of them
10:11 PM rue_mohr: 8pm, damn my inability to stay awake
10:11 PM Tom_L: workin too much?
10:11 PM zhanx: thinking he is
10:12 PM zhanx: I only rewired an alarm system today someone scraped off the wall with a forklift
10:13 PM rue_mohr: no I think I have a thyroid problem
10:13 PM rue_mohr: heh
10:13 PM rue_mohr: did it get relocated?
10:14 PM zhanx: slightly
10:14 PM zhanx: i put it behind the bollards this time
10:16 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, project or dinner?
10:19 PM rue_shop1: screw eating
10:19 PM rue_shop1: for supper, I wanna be a robot
10:19 PM zhanx: well that is not happening today
10:19 PM rue_shop1: #$%@#$^% WTF I dont have "hall of the mountian king"?!!?
10:19 PM zhanx: EAT
10:19 PM rue_shop1: NO!
10:20 PM zhanx: don't make me step on your stuff
10:20 PM rue_shop1: the upset stomach I get from not eating is slightly less worse than the one I get from eating
10:20 PM rue_shop1: is there like a lattin name for hall of the mountian kind?
10:20 PM zhanx: i have an appt friday for acid reflux
10:20 PM rue_shop1: king
10:21 PM zhanx: praetorium montis regem
10:22 PM rue_shop1: nope
10:22 PM rue_shop1: damnit I'm sure its on here
10:22 PM zhanx: did you call it hall or ....
10:22 PM zhanx: arce montis regem
10:22 PM zhanx: That would be castle
10:23 PM zhanx: or domum for home
10:23 PM zhanx: after that i am out of lation
10:23 PM zhanx: latin
10:27 PM zhanx: when rue_shop1 is in a better mood, thin wires for touch sense or some wacky new way
10:27 PM rue_shop1: ?
10:28 PM rue_shop1: I made a video for a "marble passing" challange for a lego group and I cant find any sign of it
10:28 PM rue_shop1: the musci with it was hall of the mountian king
10:28 PM rue_shop1: renamed to something silly
10:28 PM zhanx: youtube?
10:28 PM rue_shop1: I cant find any evidence it ever happeneed
10:28 PM rue_shop1: no
10:28 PM zhanx: check recent in the editor?
10:28 PM rue_shop1: I'm caught in a "i'm gonna find this or die trying"
10:28 PM rue_shop1: it was years ago
10:28 PM rue_shop1: about 10
10:29 PM zhanx: k
10:29 PM Tom_L: if it was on memorex it has faded into rust
10:29 PM rue_shop1: no its on my feraking file server
10:29 PM rue_shop1: Icand renemebr the anems to find it
10:30 PM Tom_L: file extension/
10:30 PM Tom_L: ?
10:30 PM rue_shop1: should be stuff under povray cause I used that to make the anmation
10:30 PM zhanx: sort by size and date
10:30 PM rue_shop1: I dont have a date
10:30 PM Tom_L: you need a no_its_not_here folder
10:30 PM rue_shop1: all sizes exists on this machien
10:31 PM zhanx: so filter about 5 years out of it
10:33 PM Tom_L: oh rue_shop1,
10:33 PM Tom_L: how do i do autologin on debian 9?
10:33 PM Tom_L: lightdm.conf didn't do it
10:34 PM rue_shop1: I dont use session managers, I dont know
10:35 PM Tom_L: it works on wheezy but not stretch
10:35 PM zhanx: Tom_L, what desktop?
10:35 PM rue_shop1: Playing MPEG stream 1 of 1: Unknown_Artist_-_Prokofiev_romeo_and_juliet_ballet.mp3
10:35 PM rue_shop1: WTF
10:35 PM Tom_L: hah
10:36 PM Tom_L: zhanx mate
10:36 PM zhanx: Tom_L, open /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
10:36 PM Tom_L: that doesn't work
10:36 PM zhanx: check your seat to see it if it is commented
10:36 PM zhanx: weird
10:36 PM Tom_L: what seat?
10:37 PM zhanx: its a part of the file
10:37 PM Tom_L: wait... it shows it's not there
10:37 PM zhanx: is this /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
10:38 PM Tom_L: no
10:38 PM Tom_L: �/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
10:38 PM zhanx: ok pastebin that file
10:39 PM Tom_L: everything is commented out
10:40 PM zhanx: uncomment this [SeatDefaults]
10:40 PM Tom_L: except autologin-user and autologin-user-timerout
10:40 PM zhanx: autologin-user=usernamehere
10:40 PM Tom_L: yes
10:40 PM zhanx: check for this directory
10:41 PM zhanx: lightdm.conf.d under /usr/share/lightdm/
10:41 PM zhanx: if there is a greeter conf in there that is where deb put it
10:42 PM Tom_L: 01_debian.conf
10:42 PM Tom_L: that's it
10:42 PM Tom_L: add the autologin stuff there?
10:42 PM zhanx: yep
10:43 PM Tom_L: leave it in the other one too?
10:43 PM zhanx: doesn't matter it doesn't work
10:48 PM Tom_L: thanks
10:48 PM zhanx: works now?
10:48 PM Tom_L: yeah
10:49 PM zhanx: i had the same issue on this laptop
11:24 PM zhanx: well rallypoint is working for me
11:25 PM zhanx: got a couple of birds I used to work for interested
11:30 PM rue_shop1: stripping borads
11:31 PM zhanx: hot air gun?
11:31 PM rue_shop1: ust soldering gun for most of it
11:31 PM rue_shop1: some chips with a paint stripper