irclog2html for #brlcad on 20050111

00:06.53 darthJano mmm
00:06.57 darthJano miso from nobu
00:07.07 darthJano with toru tartar
00:09.32 tofu eep, return of the jano
00:22.17 *** join/#brlcad noyb (~noyb@wbar2.lax1-4-8-213-215.dsl-verizon.net)
00:22.38 jano mmm
00:22.41 jano i wanna sushi now
00:22.53 jano danget
00:23.05 jano i wish that new commission would close soon, I wanna goto nobu!
00:24.26 noyb ~seen learner
00:24.28 ibot learner is currently on #brlcad (2d 20h 2m 23s) #bzflag (2d 20h 2m 23s). Has said a total of 962 messages. Is idling for 8h 59m 33s
00:26.07 *** join/#brlcad Phantom (~phantomba@dialup-4.238.85.54.Dial1.Providence1.Level3.net)
00:26.20 jano ~seen brlcad
00:26.21 ibot brlcad is currently on #brlcad (1d 1h 12m 9s) #bzflag (1d 1h 12m 9s). Has said a total of 132 messages. Is idling for 1h 19m 41s
00:26.29 jano ~seen your_mom
00:26.30 ibot i haven't seen 'your_mom', jano
00:26.38 noyb hehe
00:26.52 jano ~seen my_butt
00:26.52 ibot i haven't seen 'my_butt', jano
00:27.35 jano ~seen two_pelicans_dancing_under_the_moonlight_of_saturn
00:27.36 ibot jano: i haven't seen 'two_pelicans_dancing_under_the_moonlight_of_saturn'
00:27.37 noyb um... easy.
00:27.45 noyb down boy...
00:27.58 jano it's called procrastination
00:28.05 jano i have too much grunt work to do
00:28.08 jano and I dun wanna!!
00:28.48 noyb you can do it, there's nothing happening here.
00:29.23 noyb pull up yer sleeves and get to work... ;)
00:29.47 noyb cad work, or *real* work?
00:29.58 noyb like lifting stuff...
00:30.25 Phantom Hello.
00:31.17 noyb hi there.
00:32.54 Phantom Do you know where I can downlaod the mac binary? I downlaoded it from the old website, but it asks for a password.
00:33.21 Phantom I also tried downloading the source and compiling it, but I couldn't figure out how to.
00:43.46 jano cad work? no, no no, real work, like convincing clients cash flow is more important than location
00:46.25 brlcad hello Phantom
00:46.41 brlcad Phantom: I'm working on putting that together now (mac binary)
00:46.52 brlcad heh, I suppose the old passwords could be given out
00:47.00 brlcad but that's not my call to make tonight..
00:47.13 brlcad Phantom: mac builds should be ready in a day or two on the website
00:47.28 brlcad ~fishslap jano
00:47.30 ibot ACTION slaps jano up side the head with a wet fish.
00:47.30 Phantom Excellent.
00:53.33 noyb cat or trout? I think it makes a difference.
00:58.14 brlcad ~whaleslap noyb
00:58.17 ibot ACTION slaps noyb upside and over the head with one freakishly huge killer whale named hugh
00:59.38 noyb tee hee
01:00.25 noyb now _that_ would hurt. not a body-blow, but a *head slap* with a whale! buh, bye noyb...
01:00.54 noyb he did
01:04.41 noyb If, I'm getting fishslapped for the real work comment: appologies. I meant, "physical" not "virtual" or "mental" work
01:05.57 brlcad :)
01:06.01 brlcad virtual pain?
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01:12.36 jano here;s a llama there's a lllama and another little llama funny llama fuzzy llama llama llama llama duck
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01:12.53 noyb hey, I showed a little moss.g raytrace demo to a couple co-workers. they were impressed.
01:13.11 noyb um, that's squarely on the topic. NOT!
01:14.07 tjyang brlcad, you here ?
01:16.28 jano i lived in a treehouse, and was three years dead, listen little child to the safety rail
01:16.33 brlcad yes
01:16.45 brlcad noyb: heh, moss.g is a classic :)
01:17.39 tjyang can I bother you with make benchmakr error message on another channel ?
01:18.09 brlcad how about pasting it to pastebin.ca?
01:18.42 starseeker Heh - recommended. I would have been whale slapped when I goofed in a posting, had that been an option
01:19.01 tjyang what is the command to do that ? /join pastebin.ca ?
01:19.12 brlcad http://pastebin.ca/ ? :)
01:20.01 starseeker OH! Now I remember - I actually had a substantive question
01:20.34 tjyang brlcad, are you seriouse about http://pastebin.ca ? I can't get to it.
01:20.56 brlcad tjyang: yes i was/am
01:21.06 starseeker When the brl-cad tarball is expanded it expands into a directory named brlcad-7.0, rather than brlcad-7.0.2
01:21.23 starseeker Is this going to be standard policy in the future?
01:21.37 brlcad noyb: it's also often nice to remember that it's by most accounts probably the second or third ray-tracer ever written
01:21.53 brlcad computer ray-tracer that is, of course
01:22.02 starseeker The ebuild, it turns out, does care. I've been advised to make the extraction of the directory name automated, but it's not worth it unless it's going to be a standard in the future
01:22.20 brlcad starseeker: hrmm
01:22.30 brlcad it was intentional at the time
01:22.34 brlcad to be just 7.0
01:22.39 starseeker OK. I figured.
01:23.38 brlcad tjyang: I can't dcc
01:23.45 brlcad tjyang: try sending me in a pm
01:24.28 brlcad you really can't get to http://pastebin.ca/ ??
01:24.54 tjyang nope
01:25.00 brlcad wierd
01:25.11 brlcad how about http://paste.uni.cc/
01:26.50 brlcad tjyang, ahh, that's a problem in the 7.0.2 source tarball
01:27.22 brlcad tjyang: it's save to ignore that for a distribution.. if you want to "fix" or patch it .. rm db/*.g
01:27.49 tjyang you mean using web browser,right ?
01:28.24 brlcad web browser? yes.. the urls were for a web browser, but doesn't matter any more since you sent it to me via PM
01:28.24 tjyang here is a bigger problem.
01:30.18 brlcad interesting: into.c:123: error: `sys_errlist' undeclared (first use in this function)
01:37.43 tjyang in into.c,there is line #include <errno.h> saying sys_errlist should be in errno.h.
01:39.52 brlcad hrm.. could be in stdio.h too
01:40.17 brlcad but that's also included
01:40.42 tjyang rm db/*.g works. thanks.
01:40.44 brlcad if you grep /usr/include/sys_errlist * 2>/dev/null
01:40.54 brlcad what do you get?
01:41.55 tjyang sorry I am off with my build machines to chat with you. to find out I need to be off and be back later.
01:42.15 brlcad ack
01:42.19 brlcad the grep is
01:42.29 brlcad grep sys_errlist /usr/include/* 2>/dev/null
01:42.41 brlcad brain skipped a beat
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01:51.12 tjyang i am back
01:51.23 brlcad that was quick
01:51.38 tjyang <PROTECTED>
01:51.52 tjyang /usr/include/errno.h: * The symbols _sys_errlist and _sys_nerr are not visible in the
01:52.07 tjyang there is the detail
01:52.12 tjyang #if defined(_LP64)
01:52.13 tjyang <PROTECTED>
01:52.13 tjyang <PROTECTED>
01:52.13 tjyang <PROTECTED>
01:52.13 tjyang #endif /* _LP64 */
01:52.19 tjyang #if (defined(_REENTRANT) || defined(_TS_ERRNO) || \
01:52.36 tjyang this is on a solaris 8.
01:52.51 tjyang what is your output ?
01:53.38 tjyang was brlcad compiled ok on solaris 8 before ?
01:53.58 tjyang what solaris patch I am missing ?
01:54.48 brlcad yes, it's compiled on solaris lots of times
01:54.51 tjyang I don't deep down to sys_errlist type of C system function call.
01:55.02 brlcad usually using sun's compiler and libraries
01:55.03 tjyang I don't -> I don't know
01:55.20 tjyang I was using gcc.
01:55.42 brlcad looks like there are other headers
01:55.50 brlcad did you try the same grep with grep -r ?
01:56.00 brlcad should be more than 1
01:56.37 tjyang let me know what output should looks like.
01:57.42 tjyang can you make sure brlcad can be compiled using gcc on solaris and hpux ?
01:58.46 brlcad ahh, looks like the gcc folks removed sys_errlist
01:58.55 brlcad for syserror()
01:59.01 brlcad bastages
01:59.39 tjyang can you modify into.c to work with gcc ?
01:59.53 brlcad yes, working on that now
02:00.02 tjyang use strerror
02:00.36 tjyang whatever ;)
02:00.46 tjyang I am weak on C system programming ;)
02:01.10 tjyang just give me a code can be compiled.
02:01.37 tjyang and I give you packages ;)
02:01.43 brlcad when I post 7.0.4, it'll have the fixes in it
02:01.56 brlcad probably sometime tomorrow or Wednesday it can be posted
02:02.02 brlcad this build is going to take a while
02:02.27 tjyang you don't have 8cpu sun boxes !?
02:02.49 tjyang just kidding.
02:03.32 tjyang may I be dismissed ?
02:03.49 brlcad have huge sun and little sun
02:04.01 brlcad have immediate access to little sun.. so it'll take a while :)
02:05.07 tjyang I will skip into.c error to work on others task, like have rpm be generated etc.
02:05.14 tjyang oh,
02:05.39 tjyang where can I upload the binary for you to test.
02:06.21 tjyang the brlcad rpm package ?
02:06.23 brlcad either up to the sourceforge tracker, to a url, or e-mail it to me
02:06.58 brlcad tracker probably can't handle a binary that size..
02:07.02 brlcad here's a better idea...
02:07.04 tjyang I will include package source to force you learn TWW.
02:08.08 tjyang by reading the package sources.
02:08.42 tjyang is there a ftp server I can upload to ?
02:09.22 *** join/#brlcad JohnP (~johnp@Dardeene-68.188.36.231.charter-stl.com)
02:10.02 starseeker Time to temp fate and say I think I'm making progress on the ebuild
02:10.41 JohnP Good luck!
02:11.15 tjyang ebuild is another good PMS(package management system), too bad my brain is not bigh enough to learn one more pms.
02:11.54 brlcad ~nslookup ftp.brlcad.org
02:12.12 brlcad tjyang: you can upload to there
02:12.20 brlcad anonymous
02:12.32 tjyang great, i am trying now.
02:12.37 brlcad incoming folder
02:15.36 tjyang I am leaving to finish rpm pacakge,ok ?
02:15.44 brlcad ok
02:15.46 tjyang later.
02:42.45 noyb is there a mode where one could move the model, and it ray traces when finished moving it?
02:44.40 brlcad yes, there's a variety of ways to do that
02:44.51 brlcad sounds like you're interested in the animation tools
02:45.45 brlcad which are effectively scripted movements/changes to the database, perhaps even articulations of geometry if you create joints
02:45.55 brlcad then render each frame as desired
02:46.21 brlcad several movies exist, trying to locate some releaseable ones
02:46.59 noyb I wish I could share screens with you sometime. vnc or something. when I use that object tree thing, and select primatives...
02:47.30 noyb sometimes I get multiples of that primative when I move the model with ctrl-mouse
02:48.12 noyb in moss.g I got two boxes.
02:49.26 noyb sorry to stir up and leave... I've gotta date with my wife, and I'm late. we'll talk later, ignore this stuff. I prob. made a mistake.
02:49.48 noyb thanks for bein' there brlcad. later
02:49.56 *** part/#brlcad noyb (~noyb@wbar2.lax1-4-8-213-215.dsl-verizon.net)
02:50.17 brlcad heh
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02:52.53 tjyang brlcad,still here ?
02:53.01 starseeker Does brlcad need a particular version of automake?
02:53.15 tjyang 2.50 at least
02:53.42 starseeker Somehow the configure process wound up with automake- for the automake command
02:54.21 tjyang sorry, starseeker. I mean autoconf-2.50. not sure about automake.
02:54.23 brlcad starseeker: prefers relatively recent versions of all the gnu build system tools
02:54.32 brlcad starseeker: what's the problem?
02:54.45 starseeker what's the past address again? ;-)
02:54.59 brlcad at least 1.6 automake, and 2.50 autoconf, 1.4 libtool
02:55.03 tjyang brlcad, check the incoming of ftp.crlcad.org
02:55.14 brlcad tjyang: mkay
02:55.15 starseeker er paste address
02:55.20 starseeker to paste output
02:55.21 brlcad pastebin.ca
02:55.21 starseeker sorry
02:55.56 tjyang I did it on RH AS3.0 should work for RH machines at least.
02:56.48 tjyang it is quick one, no postinstall, postremove type of scripts.
02:57.19 tjyang do you want to read the package sources to see how it was made ?
02:58.31 starseeker http://pastebin.ca/4026
02:58.47 brlcad tjyang: to see how what was made?
02:58.51 tjyang acutally I have user experience of brlcad, so I didn't to test to see if X GUI apps works or not.
02:59.11 tjyang to see the .rpm was made, it is not from a rpm .spec file.
03:00.05 brlcad heya starseeker .. those versions were minimums, preferred would be latest libtool, latest autoconf, and latest pre 1.9 automake
03:00.17 tjyang I did install two on my other rhas30 test box, installation went file. it will create links from /usr/brlcad70/bin/* to /usr/bin/*
03:01.02 starseeker brlcad: OK. I should be OK in that department - what seems to have happened is an automake didn't get chosen.
03:01.12 brlcad starseeker: oooh, you have patches
03:01.16 starseeker Hmm - maybe I can't use the econf feature after all.
03:01.29 starseeker brlcad - is that a bad thing?
03:01.43 brlcad starseeker: no, it's a great thing
03:02.07 brlcad i was just getting to those DESTDIR fixes later tonight
03:02.15 starseeker Ah :-).
03:02.40 starseeker I needed them for the 7.0.2 ebuild - I can send you the file if you like
03:02.52 starseeker But these might be the wrong way to do it
03:03.11 brlcad too much hassle to paste into the patches tracker so the other guys can see what you did?
03:03.22 starseeker No - where's that at?
03:03.24 brlcad not a big deal if you don't want to
03:03.28 tjyang brlcad, I will try the 7.0.4 version when it is posted. hopefully, solaris and hpux can finished the build with 7.0.4.
03:03.28 starseeker no problem
03:03.42 brlcad http://sf.net/projects/brlcad/ Patches section
03:03.54 tjyang I am going to bed. night.
03:03.57 brlcad tjyang: sounds good
03:04.06 brlcad tjyang: thanks!
03:04.22 tjyang try those two rpm and let me know your comment.
03:04.39 brlcad will give it a try tomorrow morning
03:06.38 brlcad starseeker: that will make you brl-cad's first public patch submitter if you care to know :)
03:06.44 starseeker Cool :-)
03:06.52 starseeker Just submitted (I think)
03:07.05 brlcad yep, got it
03:07.24 brlcad oop, you missed the checkbox to upload the file
03:08.06 starseeker That should do it
03:08.19 brlcad woot, just figured out one of the major autogen.sh woes
03:08.33 starseeker why would I specify a file and then not upload it??
03:08.46 brlcad heh, i have no idea :)
03:09.03 brlcad probably just trying to save their hard drive space from failed uploads ;)
03:09.34 starseeker Let me run the build again with more conservative configure settings - perhaps econf is too much for it or something
03:10.16 brlcad er, yeah, sorry .. your build error
03:10.21 brlcad it's failing on automake-
03:10.37 starseeker Is it the patches that are requiring the use of automake?
03:10.52 brlcad no, the whole build requires automake
03:11.46 starseeker uh - I wonder why it failed there then
03:12.09 brlcad that's the first file you've modified
03:12.26 brlcad perhaps you didn't run autogen.sh after the modification?
03:12.48 brlcad so it's trying to run to update the Makefile
03:13.04 starseeker No - that's probably it.
03:13.18 starseeker let me add a call to the autogen script
03:14.10 brlcad as a patch, you should get away with it by modifying the Makefile instead of the Makefile.am
03:14.25 brlcad then it won't need to rerun autogen.sh
03:15.43 starseeker Hmm. I always thought the place to change things like that was Makefile.am, or is that just from a developer's point of view?
03:15.57 starseeker I might get away with it anyway - let's see.
03:18.56 starseeker Well, it added some crunch time, but configure started OK from the looks of it
03:19.13 starseeker Is there a quiet option for the autogen.sh script?
03:19.49 brlcad heh, it already is quelling LOTS of output :)
03:19.55 starseeker Ah :-)
03:20.04 brlcad i was actually thinking of adding a -V for debugging
03:20.10 brlcad or --verbose, etc
03:20.18 brlcad could add a --quiet | -Q too
03:20.45 starseeker It doesn't matter too much - at worst, they'll make me patch the Makefiles instead of Makefile.am
03:21.04 brlcad autogen.sh is turning into a program of it's own, accounting for the myrid of gnu build system cruft
03:21.18 starseeker I can imagine
03:21.30 starseeker they should do fewer autoconf/automake releases, really
03:21.37 brlcad it's one of the most flexible and automatic that I've seen so far though
03:22.00 brlcad i've replace other project's autogen.sh scripts to find that this one works (where theirs doesnt)
03:22.24 brlcad fortunately fairly application agnostic
03:24.43 starseeker Cool :-)
03:28.04 starseeker And the beat (er build) goes on...
03:28.59 brlcad cool
03:29.14 brlcad hrm, how to succintly test whether tail suports -n or not
03:34.21 brlcad yes.. that'll do quite nicely
03:35.05 starseeker Heh - nothing exposes weaknesses in a build process like open sourcing it
03:35.54 brlcad this is actually the second major build system for brl-cad
03:36.13 starseeker really? Was it created for the occasion?
03:36.25 brlcad we converted from a very old and stable build process to the gnu build system about a year ago
03:36.33 brlcad so woefully immature compared to what it was
03:36.39 starseeker Hehe - and have been regretting it ever since ;-)
03:36.43 brlcad but still in the "right" direction for growth
03:36.49 brlcad heh, no kidding
03:37.01 brlcad it certainly has caused me more headaches than I care to remember
03:37.23 starseeker Do you think it will eventually be a benefit, or just "politically correct?"
03:37.51 brlcad but it is comforting to look at our configure script, the makefile.am files, and autogen.sh to realize just how much it's coming together though
03:38.00 brlcad it's a lil bit of both already
03:38.11 brlcad the old build system had it's own (different) problems
03:38.17 brlcad it didn't even use make
03:38.34 starseeker I've gotta say - compared to where Maxima started it's public life, and the problems Axiom is still working through, I'm VERY impressed with brl-cad out of the starting gate
03:39.11 brlcad brl-cad's configure.ac, even with these kinks is seriously better than most i've seen
03:39.17 starseeker :-)
03:39.22 brlcad the summary and configure/build times are just icing ;)
03:39.37 brlcad i'm hoping it'll serve as an example to other programs
03:39.57 starseeker Most could use it, especially scientific programs I'm afraid
03:40.08 brlcad a lot of time was invested figuring out how to make the configure.ac do various things in the "correct" manner
03:40.27 starseeker geant4's build process is certainly enough of a pain
03:40.34 starseeker :-)
03:40.36 brlcad heh
03:40.48 starseeker I wish more people took the time to do it the "correct" way
03:41.42 brlcad it's frustrating that even going down that path, there are so many incompatibilites and pitfalls
03:42.01 starseeker I sometimes think we need one more rewrite of everything, from the hardware itself, using all the power of modern design and proof logic to ensure we create The Last OS - the one that is done Right at all levels. It would be like software nirvana
03:42.04 brlcad it's understandable why so many ./configure apps "suck"
03:42.30 brlcad heh, wasn't that BeOS?
03:43.00 starseeker They came close - they didn't use proof logic in development as far as I know, but they did a lot of things right
03:43.27 starseeker I would like to see a BeOS like user experience on top of a kernel designed along the lines of EROS
03:43.44 starseeker And this time, using the B method so we KNOW it's done right
03:44.58 starseeker If we have to suffer through a monopoly the least they could do is make it tolerable
03:46.42 brlcad heh, that would have just been wierd
03:47.04 brlcad BeOS had the chance to become Mac OS X, but the CEO blew it
03:47.09 brlcad very cocky bastage
03:48.57 *** join/#brlcad dad (dad@dialup-4.176.132.32.Dial1.Phoenix1.Level3.net)
03:50.03 brlcad hello dad
03:52.35 dad brlcad: hi, how is your ay?
03:52.45 dad oops s/ay/day
03:52.50 brlcad busy busy, but good
03:52.58 brlcad couple problems fixed for various platforms
03:53.04 dad nice
03:53.20 brlcad a few more and I can get back to making some binary releases
03:53.23 dad any news for debian woody?
03:54.11 brlcad it's next on my list to attack
03:54.27 brlcad i'm hoping some of these other fixes will help there
03:54.33 dad i'm almost to the point of saying 'that platform's not recommended'
03:54.45 dad do i need to refresh from the cvs?
03:54.47 brlcad and even if not, I know I can make the build work there by hand, so I can make the debs
03:54.57 dad kule!
03:55.13 brlcad i wouldn't say any platform's not recommended
03:55.14 dad i don't mind beta testing for you!
03:55.30 brlcad just means we have more work to do, or more to fix, or more to figure out
03:55.51 dad i'll update from cvs
03:55.59 dad i like that idea
03:56.17 brlcad you may or may not catch me in an unstable state.. i'm commiting non stop here
03:57.43 dad hmmm
03:58.14 dad co doesn't seem to have updated anything.
03:58.22 brlcad ahh
03:58.31 brlcad anonymous lags behind developer access
03:58.55 dad oh
03:59.00 brlcad anywhere from a few minutes to 4 hours (at least that was the last promised time frame from sf.net)
04:00.38 dad up doesn't seem to get anything new either...
04:00.46 dad but that's ok.
04:00.59 dad i'll work on it after a bit
04:02.20 starseeker Noooooooo not another one
04:02.35 starseeker ACCESS DENIED unlink: /usr/pro-engineer/install.doc
04:02.35 starseeker /bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/lib/../pro-engineer/install.doc': Permission denied
04:02.38 brlcad heh (?)
04:02.40 brlcad ahh
04:02.46 brlcad hehe
04:02.52 starseeker Why didn't I see this before I wonder?
04:03.26 brlcad looks like the same problem
04:03.33 brlcad misc/pro-engineer/Makefile.am
04:03.41 brlcad install-data-local modification
04:04.33 brlcad hrm.. cept proebindir is coming from PRO_ENGINEER_DIR from configure
04:05.13 brlcad they use PRO_ENGINEER_DIR="${prefix}/lib/../pro-engineer"
04:05.44 starseeker Hmm
04:06.07 starseeker so prefix isn't being set using $(DESTDIR) I guess
04:06.28 brlcad i believe you can still get away with the same change
04:06.43 starseeker In the Makefile.am?
04:06.45 brlcad prefixing the install-data-local directive with a DESTDIR
04:06.47 brlcad yeah
04:06.54 starseeker OK, I'll give it a shot...
04:08.20 brlcad nice, spiked into the top 100 active sf.net projects after only a few days
04:08.31 brlcad just barely, but it's there
04:08.40 dad brlcad: does brlcad use automake?
04:08.50 brlcad dad: very much so
04:09.12 brlcad 1.8 is preferred, 1.7 is tolerable, 1.6 is "possible", anything else is nfg
04:09.20 dad K so, i could check for version matches there
04:09.47 brlcad lemme give you two updated files to try
04:09.59 starseeker OK, running install...
04:10.14 dad i have 1.8.5 installed
04:10.35 dad atleast automake --version says so
04:11.28 starseeker Still alive...
04:11.41 dad hmmm autoconf seems to be a big problem:
04:11.52 dad Autoconf version 2.13
04:12.57 starseeker Fudge - I hope autogen.sh doesn't make me rebuild the whole tree...
04:12.59 dad and THAT may be my whole issue with Woody
04:13.17 brlcad dad, perhaps not.. debian's automake/autoconf are actually scripts
04:13.22 brlcad wrapper scripts
04:13.28 brlcad that try to autodetect which version to use
04:13.47 brlcad now the problem you're running into with "dnl" being unknown is indicative of 2.13
04:13.58 brlcad but it should fail with other errors before that..
04:14.29 dad i'm looking for a newer autoconf
04:14.55 brlcad what's your pwd when you ran --version?
04:15.00 dad even if i find an 'unofficial .deb)
04:15.20 dad pwd?
04:15.30 brlcad type "pwd" :)
04:15.38 dad i'm running it unprivledged
04:15.39 brlcad are you in brlcad?
04:15.42 dad oh!
04:15.46 brlcad it's not a privileged command..
04:15.49 brlcad path to working dir
04:15.58 dad /home/dad
04:15.58 brlcad tells you where you are
04:16.02 brlcad cd brlcad
04:16.05 dad yes. sorry
04:16.10 brlcad and try autoconf --version
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04:16.53 dad wierd
04:17.07 dad dad@slavedriver:/downloads/brlcad-7.0/brlcad$ autoconf --version
04:17.07 dad autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
04:17.07 dad Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
04:17.07 dad Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
04:17.07 dad This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
04:17.08 dad warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
04:17.09 dad dad@slavedriver:/downloads/brlcad-7.0/brlcad$
04:17.29 brlcad little better
04:17.45 brlcad hrm
04:17.57 PrezKennedy iz ther a windoz versun?
04:18.01 dad i seem to have both installed - perhaps i can uninstall one
04:18.03 PrezKennedy ;-)
04:18.20 dad lol!
04:19.06 brlcad PrezKennedy: heh
04:20.29 dad the unix philosiphy of many utilities tied togather seems completely at odds with the windows 'one binary fits all' approach
04:21.00 brlcad indeed it does
04:21.09 brlcad much of the power is lost if you stick to just mged
04:21.29 brlcad but one could probably argue that is a weakness of mged's ability to wrap the tools
04:22.09 starseeker Grrrrrr.
04:22.13 starseeker make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
04:22.13 starseeker /bin/sh ../../misc/mkinstalldirs /usr/lib/../pro-engineer
04:22.13 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.13 starseeker ACCESS DENIED unlink: /usr/pro-engineer/install.doc
04:22.13 starseeker /bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/lib/../pro-engineer/install.doc': Permission denied
04:22.13 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.15 starseeker ACCESS DENIED unlink: /usr/pro-engineer/protk.dat
04:22.17 starseeker /bin/install: cannot remove `/usr/lib/../pro-engineer/protk.dat': Permission denied
04:22.19 starseeker make[3]: *** [install-proeDATA] Error 1
04:22.22 starseeker This is with the changes
04:22.30 starseeker $(DESTDIR) is clearly present in the makefile
04:22.56 starseeker install-proeDATA: $(proe_DATA)
04:22.56 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.56 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.56 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.56 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.57 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:22.59 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:23.01 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:23.11 starseeker <PROTECTED>
04:23.13 starseeker I'm stumped
04:23.17 starseeker Opps, sorry - that should have been a paste
04:23.18 dad brlcad: did apt-get remove autoconf2.13
04:23.32 dad trying another autogen.sh
04:23.38 brlcad dad, no, they both live on the system simultaneously
04:24.24 dad it's still going to barf the same crap
04:24.27 dad oops
04:24.34 dad yep
04:24.38 brlcad heh
04:25.10 brlcad here, these are ultimately the steps that need to succeed
04:25.11 dad well, that was a bust
04:25.17 brlcad let's see where it fails
04:25.26 brlcad # aclocal
04:25.26 brlcad # libtoolize --automake -c -f
04:25.26 brlcad # aclocal
04:25.26 brlcad # autoconf -f
04:25.28 brlcad # autoheader
04:25.31 brlcad # automake -a -c -f
04:25.34 brlcad try each one of those
04:25.41 dad ok
04:25.41 brlcad in orer
04:25.51 brlcad s/or/ord/
04:26.45 brlcad suggest starting from a "fresh" unmodified CVS
04:28.10 dad lots of warnings in aclocal
04:28.27 brlcad on the first one?
04:28.37 dad yep
04:28.43 brlcad such as?
04:28.49 dad lots of 'underquoted' stuff
04:29.02 brlcad paste in a private message?
04:29.13 dad can do
04:30.39 dad done
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04:34.20 brlcad i believe those warnings are okay.. they are all for other project m4 files
04:34.50 agc Hello all. I'm looking for help on compiling on Mac OSX.3.7.
04:35.33 brlcad :)
04:35.40 PrezKennedy oh no not another!!
04:35.45 agc The build process fails in making rttherm, with lots of duplicate symbols.
04:35.59 agc Pointers to FAQs?
04:36.32 brlcad agc, yes.. the source tarball is invalid on the Macs for some reason.. it'll be fixed in a new 7.0.4 to be uploaded real soon now
04:36.44 brlcad agc, you can get around the problem locally thogh
04:36.52 brlcad rm db/*.g
04:36.54 brlcad ./autogen.sh
04:37.01 brlcad and then proceed
04:37.14 brlcad ./configure && make, etc
04:37.29 agc These are from the top of the source tree, then?
04:37.34 brlcad dad, next steps?
04:37.36 brlcad agc: yes
04:37.51 agc brlcad, thanks much.
04:37.55 dad haven't been there yet
04:38.48 dad libtoolize was quick! with no output
04:39.12 brlcad that's okay
04:39.34 dad aclocal complains about the same things
04:40.00 starseeker what is proengineer, anyway?
04:40.19 dad that is, the second time around
04:41.22 dad configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
04:41.22 dad <PROTECTED>
04:41.44 dad that's the 2.13 thing (i had re-installed it)
04:41.50 brlcad dad, on autoheader?
04:42.03 brlcad starseeker: it's another solid modeler
04:42.13 dad autoconf -f
04:42.41 dad more errors also
04:43.06 dad i'll paste em in the pm
04:43.15 starseeker CRAAAAAAAAP. I can't make a dent in this thing. brlcad, if make a paste can you take a why this might not localize?
04:44.44 dad autoheader also barfs
04:46.34 PrezKennedy gnight all
04:47.47 starseeker latest (and most stubborn) gentoo build barf: http://pastebin.ca/4031
04:47.47 dad PrezKennedy: nite
04:47.50 PrezKennedy they like to turn all the lights off at work.. so if i dont sleep now ill sleep then :-P
04:48.30 starseeker Gotta grab a nap, then do some Real Work. I guess the challenge of the brlcad ebuild must wait another day or two :-(
04:49.20 dad i'm going to look for some things, i suspect i don't have all the stuff needed to make brl-cad, and that's my problem
04:49.57 brlcad we can bypass autogen.sh
04:50.10 brlcad by using a pregenerated configure
04:50.36 brlcad copy this over your configure
04:50.48 brlcad http://bzflag.bz/tmp/configure
04:51.59 brlcad http://bzflag.bz/tmp/ltmain.sh goes in misc/.
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04:52.24 brlcad http://bzflag.bz/tmp/install-sh goes in misc/.
04:53.00 villain_415 hello, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck getting brlcad to compile on OS X
04:53.28 brlcad villain_415: rm db/*.g and then ./autogen.sh and then continue as before
04:53.46 dad wierd. tcl.m4 is in the tl8.2 and 8.3 .debs - i have 8.3 installed, yet that's where some of the failing .m4 def's are
04:54.08 dad oops s/tl8.2/tcl8.2
04:54.21 villain_415 sorry i'm not so good with the cl could you please give me a bit more info
04:54.37 brlcad dad, yes, it's just complaining about quotings.. that's normal in versions more up to date
04:54.48 dad oic
04:54.50 dad ok
04:54.54 brlcad they have to parse through the installed m4's and they complain in the process
04:55.18 dad an 'error' would be more serious?
04:55.36 brlcad much more
04:55.46 brlcad that dnl is at the heart of whatever's going on
04:55.56 brlcad dad, try copying those files in and running them..
04:56.14 brlcad s/them/configure/
04:57.43 agc villain, I just aked this question.
04:58.22 villain_415 agc, i just popped in and i'm currently *nix deficient, is there a way to look at was said before
04:58.36 agc villain_415, launch the command line
04:59.14 villain_415 i'm running terminal, i think i got it, but i was getting a bunch of complaints
04:59.33 dad brlcad: the ltmain.sh was 404
04:59.55 agc yup. Now run the command rm db/*.g
05:00.12 agc from the top-level directory of the source distribution.
05:00.26 villain_415 agc, that was where i was getting complaints. I don't seem to have any .g files in db
05:00.31 brlcad dad, ack, i'm messing with that server as I type..sorry
05:00.42 dad no problem
05:00.47 agc That's good.
05:00.53 agc (villain_415)
05:01.21 agc v, now run the command ./autogen.sh
05:01.46 villain_415 agc, just finished, and now i'm on ./configure
05:01.54 agc OK.
05:02.38 villain_415 agc, ok, so now i just did make, and I got the following errors
05:02.53 villain_415 agc, make[3] [ththerm] Error 1
05:03.09 villain_415 make [2] [all] error 2
05:03.23 villain_415 make[1] [all-recursinve] Error 1
05:03.34 brlcad dad, try ltmain.sh now
05:03.38 dad ok
05:03.40 villain_415 and make [all-recursive] error 1
05:03.52 agc villain_415, I did too. What I did next was make clean
05:03.53 dad there it is
05:04.08 villain_415 agc, ah, ok
05:04.40 agc villain_415, which deletes all the results so far (of course), and then ./autogen.sh and then ./configure (etc).
05:04.58 villain_415 agc, ok thanks
05:05.13 agc villain_415, mine is building as we type; hasn't gotten to the rttherm part again yet.
05:05.17 dad brlcad: and go right to make?
05:05.45 dad oops, no that's ./configure
05:05.48 brlcad dad, no ./configure
05:05.54 brlcad yeah
05:05.56 dad got it
05:07.32 dad config.status: error: cannot find input file: include/config.h.in
05:08.08 dad hmmm
05:09.45 dad brlcad: this has to be quite a distraction from other parts of your project
05:11.03 brlcad http://bzflag.bz/tmp/config.h.in
05:11.12 brlcad dad, it's all good though so long as you stay interested ;)
05:12.07 villain_415 agc, thanks for your help, but husband duty calls. Hopefully it will work
05:12.37 dad yes. but at this point, i'm not so much interrested in running brl-cad, as figuring out why i can't build it with the normal steps
05:13.28 dad brlcad: is config.h.in executable?
05:13.38 brlcad no, it's a header file template
05:13.45 brlcad goes in the include/ dir
05:13.46 dad hmmm
05:13.53 dad oh
05:14.19 brlcad might be missing a couple other templates..
05:14.30 dad we'll see
05:15.51 dad ./configure complete, type 'make' to begin building
05:15.54 dad :)
05:16.23 dad let you know in about an hour, how it went....
05:19.30 brlcad heh, so you think :)
05:19.41 brlcad you assume it won't fail before then =)
05:19.58 brlcad i vaguely recall there being a build error down the line on debby
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05:26.54 dad_ but i don't have tk 8.4 - i have 8.3 (can install 8.4...
05:28.28 brlcad hrm?
05:28.36 brlcad brl-cad includes tck/tk
05:29.19 brlcad only external deps should be mesa/opengl-dev libs, [n]curses, termcap
05:31.25 dad_ i have those
05:32.01 dad_ make make make.... :)
05:36.44 brlcad go for it and we'll see :)
05:37.05 brlcad i'd be more comfortable with a proper distfile (which I'm about ready to provide)
05:37.11 brlcad but this may work too
05:37.32 brlcad starseeker: what was the fix for pro-engineer?
05:37.59 brlcad <PROTECTED>
05:38.00 brlcad ?
05:43.19 brlcad starseeker: your patch is now in CVS
05:52.25 agc Eh! Build has finished. Benchmarking. Thanks much, brlcad. Now to try it out.
05:53.40 agc I'll write up the temp fix and put it on a web page. Thanks again.
05:54.32 brlcad excellent
06:23.54 dad_ brlcad: /bin/sh: ECHO@: command not found
06:23.54 dad_ make[1]: *** [all-local] Error 127
06:24.01 dad_ lol!
06:24.55 dad_ not sure where it is in the makefile...
06:25.14 dad_ make[1]: Entering directory `/downloads/brlcad-7.0/brlcad'
06:25.14 dad_ /bin/sh: ECHO@: command not found
06:25.14 dad_ make[1]: *** [all-local] Error 127
06:25.14 dad_ make[1]: Leaving directory `/downloads/brlcad-7.0/brlcad'
06:25.14 dad_ make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
06:25.14 dad_ dad@slavedriver:/downloads/brlcad-7.0/brlcad$
06:25.29 brlcad woo hoo
06:25.32 brlcad that's at the very end
06:25.40 brlcad it goes to print out a summary
06:25.56 brlcad so if it got that far, it finished
06:26.03 dad_ so, it ran but errored in the summary...
06:26.11 dad_ i'll install
06:26.11 brlcad exactly :)
06:26.30 brlcad install will likewise output that ECHO@ error at the end
06:26.49 dad_ ok
06:34.52 dad_ does BRLCAD_ROOT point to /usr/brlcad/bin?
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06:41.37 dad_ ok. was worrie...
06:41.45 dad_ d
06:47.36 brlcad no, it would normally point to /usr/brlcad
06:47.47 brlcad though you shouldn't need to set it
06:49.39 dad_ all's not well here
06:49.59 dad_ mged> gui
06:49.59 dad_ invalid command name "gui"
06:49.59 dad_ mged>
06:50.24 dad_ mged> dm set
06:50.24 dad_ The 'nu' display manager does not support local commands.
06:50.24 dad_ mged>
06:50.39 dad_ mged> attach ogl
06:50.39 dad_ invalid command name "_init_dm"attach(ogl): BAD
06:50.39 dad_ mged>
06:50.52 dad_ mged> attach X
06:50.52 dad_ invalid command name "_init_dm"attach(X): BAD
06:50.52 dad_ mged>
06:51.20 dad_ which is where i was last night...
06:51.26 dad_ :)
06:54.18 dad_ hmmmm
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07:00.21 villain_415 hello, Just a quick question. I ran through the install ran make benchmark with no problems but I do not find anything in /usr/local/bin that has been installed. I ran updatedb and if i `locate brlcad` it only comes up with stuff in the source directory. Am i missing something or did the install fail
07:01.11 dad_ villain_415: /usr/brlcad unless you changed it...
07:02.56 villain_415 dad no i did not change it, but i went through and ran some of the stuff in /usr/brlcad/bin (sorry forgot to mention that locate popped that up too) i just get some command line stuff. is there a tk directory that will run an overall program or is that it
07:03.49 brlcad villain_415: there are about 400 separate apps, the primary gui'd app is mged
07:04.22 dad_ /usr/brlcad/bin has mged that seems like a major part of brlcad
07:04.51 villain_415 oh, ok thanks, also i jsut ran man mged and nothing comes up. How does the man for brlcad work?
07:05.02 brlcad dad_: hrm.. gui gui gui..
07:05.16 brlcad villain_415: nothing comes up? what's it say?
07:05.24 villain_415 no man entry for mged
07:05.34 brlcad oh man mged
07:05.36 dad_ villain_415: did you add the PATH?
07:05.47 brlcad it's very likely that /usr/brlcad/man is not in your MANPATH
07:05.52 brlcad ;)
07:06.00 brlcad likewise /usr/brlcad/bin is not in your PATH
07:06.04 villain_415 no. i'm not so good with *nox as of yet. How would I add that to my man path
07:06.16 brlcad villain_415: we have a wrapper tool for that
07:06.19 brlcad brlman mged
07:06.38 brlcad brlman knows about brl-cad manpages
07:06.48 villain_415 oh, ok. so if i add brldad/bin to my path then I can run brlman
07:06.58 brlcad right
07:07.06 brlcad or run /usr/brlcad/bin/brlman mged
07:07.33 brlcad for a bash/bourne-sh-based shell, you'll need to add something like:
07:07.47 brlcad PATH=/usr/brlcad/bin:$PATH
07:07.49 brlcad export PATH
07:08.08 brlcad to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile or /etc/profile
07:08.29 brlcad something similar if you are c-shell-based
07:08.39 villain_415 cool. i got it to work. THank you all very much
07:09.06 brlcad dad_: did you send me your config.log?
07:09.14 brlcad and if not, would you please? :)
07:09.31 brlcad I think I'll just have to compile this one for you and make the .deb
07:09.56 dad_ no. but will ummm brlcad.com?
07:10.17 brlcad huh?
07:10.22 brlcad brlcad.com?
07:11.21 brlcad that's actually a close affiliate's site -- they do the commercial support
07:11.30 brlcad brlcad.org is the project site
07:11.47 dad_ ok
07:12.40 brlcad what I meant is that I have access to debian boxes.. I'll make a binary distribution for you to just install, and perhaps figure out what else I can about the failing build in the process
07:13.00 brlcad getting a look at the config.log file in your source directory should help me figure out what's going on
07:13.09 brlcad would you e-mail it to me?
07:13.37 dad_ yes, i will email it
07:14.31 brlcad dad_: thank you so much for your patience..
07:15.38 dad_ de nada, no biggie
07:15.56 dad_ in the ./src directory?
07:16.12 brlcad in the same dir as configure
07:18.26 dad_ yea, it's on it's way
07:18.37 brlcad thank you!
07:18.40 brlcad ~dad++
07:20.27 dad_ brlcad: do i need a working jre?
07:20.35 brlcad no
07:20.41 dad_ thank you!]
07:25.10 brlcad oh you know what.. i bet i know what's missing..
07:25.23 brlcad (got your log, btw)
07:25.33 dad_ :)
07:25.53 dad_ i'm going over it myself
07:26.29 dad_ but alas, i'm not a programmer, and may not understand all i see
07:26.33 brlcad we often have a problem with bzflag where debian systems don't have their X libs and dirs in place
07:26.56 brlcad i'll see if that sheds any light
07:26.59 dad_ hmmm
07:28.11 EricWilhelm wow! dad, are you still trying to get it to compile?
07:28.36 EricWilhelm there must be a world of difference between 'stable' and 'testing'
07:29.04 dad_ EricWilhelm: it complies just fine, only without a gui or other dm
07:29.19 dad_ EricWilhelm: stable sux!
07:29.54 dad_ and as soon as i can, i'll install fedora, suse, mandrake, or some other distro
07:30.01 brlcad dad_: grep GL include/config.h
07:30.26 EricWilhelm I haven't tried it, but this 'apt-get dist-upgrade' thing does sound interesting. I switched to debian after dreading to upgrade rh7.3 for a few years
07:33.30 brlcad dad_: aha!.. i think i may have a culprit
07:33.44 brlcad automake doesn't seem to be using the AM_CFLAGS like it's supposed to
07:34.12 brlcad dad_: cd src/libfb
07:34.14 brlcad make clean
07:34.23 brlcad cd ../..
07:34.32 brlcad ./configure CPPFLAGS="-DIF_REMOTE -DIF_AB -DIF_X -DIF_OGL"
07:34.37 brlcad make
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07:36.10 noyb ~seen brlcad
07:36.12 ibot brlcad is currently on #brlcad (1d 8h 22m) #bzflag (1d 8h 22m). Has said a total of 497 messages. Is idling for 1m 35s
07:36.24 noyb hi brlcad
07:36.29 brlcad howdy
07:36.36 dad_ k, i'm doing a ./configure the way you said...
07:37.05 noyb hi dad
07:37.07 noyb hehe
07:37.42 dad_ hey! and it even gave the configure summary!
07:39.00 dad_ make make make...
07:42.03 dad_ that was too quick, and it's not right still
07:42.22 brlcad you did the make clean in src/libfb yes?
07:42.46 dad_ yes
07:43.00 brlcad and it seemed to rebuild that library I hope?
07:43.00 dad_ oh!
07:43.05 dad_ duh
07:43.08 brlcad make install helps too :)
07:43.22 dad_ leme do the make install from R0ot
07:43.50 dad_ :)
07:43.57 brlcad fairly certain that's the problem..
07:44.14 brlcad if it fails, best to recompile fresh with that configure
07:44.19 dad_ let you know in a bit...
07:44.23 brlcad k
07:45.28 noyb brlcad: is there an archive of this channel, like #bzflag at: http://ibot.rikers.org/bzflag/
07:45.57 brlcad same place
07:46.15 brlcad http://ibot.rikers.org/brlcad/
07:46.21 brlcad ~logs
07:46.23 ibot hmm... logs is http://ibot.rikers.org/<channelname>/, or stats http://ibot.rikers.org/stats/<channelname>.html.gz for apt, ibot, jbot and purl.
07:47.04 noyb too clever. why didn't I think of that?
07:49.16 noyb fish slaps, seen, bzflag server queries... ibot is like your secretary but you need to ask her properly.
07:49.22 noyb ~ibot help
07:49.37 brlcad ibot: help
07:49.45 dad_ i'll have to make clean
07:49.46 brlcad are equivalent
07:49.53 noyb ~help
07:49.54 brlcad dad_: what'd it do??
07:50.50 brlcad it's detected X seemingly correctly .. i can see that in your log
07:50.54 dad_ the same thing invalid command name "gui"
07:51.02 noyb ~help commands
07:51.12 noyb ~help ibot
07:51.15 brlcad dad_: is BRLCAD_ROOT set?
07:51.24 dad_ should be...
07:51.26 brlcad unset BRLCAD_ROOT
07:51.33 brlcad and try mged
07:52.00 noyb sorry for my noise... I'm not getting what I want from the secretary.
07:52.06 noyb ~fishslap ibot
07:52.08 ibot ACTION slaps ibot up side the head with a wet fish.
07:52.37 dad_ heh! thar she bees!
07:53.13 brlcad w00t w00t!
07:53.27 noyb what does that mean?
07:53.27 brlcad *whew*
07:53.42 brlcad noyb: it means I don't have to go shoot myself
07:53.44 brlcad or mged
07:53.47 brlcad just quite yet
07:53.53 dad_ nyob: means we're cruzin now...
07:54.02 noyb yay! brlcad lives!
07:54.07 brlcad yeesh
07:54.22 brlcad dad_: well thank you.. i think that isolated the gui problem for me
07:54.35 brlcad and the ogl/X display manager missing problem
07:54.54 brlcad dad_: where did you read to set BRLCAD_ROOT?
07:54.57 dad_ brlcad: i think i may have been setting BRLCAD_ROOT wrong as well
07:55.02 noyb dad's been around for a few days trying to build... If you're impatient, it doesn't show.
07:55.10 noyb yay dad!
07:55.22 brlcad he's very patient
07:55.35 brlcad and I think he's saved me and other debian users a lot of time
07:55.43 noyb you too, brl
07:56.04 noyb ~brlcad++
07:56.09 dad_ brlcad: it just popped up, after the first build - set BRLCAD_ROOT, with no explanation of where to point it - so i thought there is the /bin...
07:56.09 noyb ~dad++
07:56.37 brlcad ahh
08:17.51 noyb ~dad_++
08:18.25 dad_ noyb: thanks :)
08:18.37 noyb missed the _ first time.
08:18.41 noyb yw
08:19.31 dad_ you see, i'm an equipment maintenance technician by trade, and patience is one of the most important attributes
08:19.35 brlcad ~karma dad
08:19.35 ibot dad has karma of 2
08:20.07 dad_ second is yes, but it was brlcad that fixed it all...
08:20.18 dad_ so should be brlcad++
08:20.26 dad_ brlcad++
08:20.33 dad_ brlcad++
08:21.12 noyb I think you need the tilde '~' as first char.
08:21.25 noyb anyway, good job.
08:21.51 dad_ brlcad: and you've been here with me thru the whole thing, looking this way and that (i thhink i've sent you atleast 2 config.log's
08:21.54 noyb I guess it's the irc virtual hi-five and cheek slap.
08:21.57 dad_ ~brlcad++
08:24.45 brlcad hehe
08:25.15 dad_ ~brlcad++
08:25.37 dad_ this is such a kule thing!
08:25.58 brlcad glad you like it.. :)
08:26.29 brlcad mged is one of the buggiest unfortunately of all the tools, but it is also by far the most complex/complicated
08:27.07 brlcad if you find anything that's not behaving, or if it crashes -- especially if it's something that you can reproduce, please report it to the bug tracker on the project site
08:28.24 brlcad dad_: you also didn't compile --enable-optimized so if it starts to feel sluggish, remember that you have that tucked away (it should give you a 20-50% performance boost across the board).
08:30.25 noyb I can vouch for that. I went from about 340 to about 740 (if my mem serves right) do you remember brl?
08:30.45 brlcad ahh, i never heard the latter.. sweet
08:31.21 brlcad heh, that's almost 200%
08:31.34 noyb it's in the logs... you were away.
08:31.43 brlcad yeah, it's sitting with learner
08:32.26 noyb I posted the vgr lines together. the hostname is localhost :)
08:32.29 dad_ i'll remember that as well.
08:32.52 brlcad dad_: did you get a vgr count?
08:32.58 dad_ by the way, i saved the irc scrollback, so i could recreate the ./configure
08:33.06 brlcad via make benchmark
08:33.24 dad_ oh! haven't run the bemchmarks this build
08:34.58 dad_ error ECHO@ won't let me get the benchmarks, but alas...
08:35.12 brlcad ahh
08:35.14 brlcad cd bench
08:35.15 brlcad ./run.sh
08:36.07 dad_ ah...
08:36.33 dad_ that's better
08:37.11 brlcad vgr line will be in a file named summary when run that way
08:40.52 brlcad the numbers will make more sense to me.. but you're basically looking at the performance statistics of raytrace performance (pseudo rays/sec) and quantitative comparison against a very old stable system
08:41.52 brlcad the last number of the *vgr line will list your average performance as compared to that system (you are 500 times faster for example).
08:42.18 brlcad unoptimized will be sorely low, but it still gives a good idea of performance
08:45.48 dad_ *vgr slavedriver 152.93 143.52 190.14 157.04 147.10 .84 131.92
08:45.57 noyb ouch
08:46.11 dad_ the lower the number, the slower?
08:46.26 dad_ oh, and i was runnng mged at the time...
08:47.09 dad_ but alas, this gives me good reason to dual head my desktop :)
08:47.14 brlcad mm.. ouch yes :)
08:47.26 dad_ or add a second display
08:47.45 noyb here's a fresh run of my bench: *vgr phq.local 727.60 779.17 962.87 832.38 821.68 4.25 687.99
08:48.38 brlcad there is some instability in your numbers there dad_ so something may be influencing the numbers somewhat
08:49.43 dad_ i'm doing it again, i was playing with shifty handles :)
08:50.06 brlcad you may have even more to gain by building optimized though too
08:50.32 dad_ but because it was doing benchmarks, the rotate was quite unpredictable
08:51.00 dad_ it's running this processor flat out 100% utilization...
08:51.08 dad_ erm
08:51.24 brlcad yes, it should max out your machine
08:51.36 dad_ and that it does
08:51.59 brlcad and it's doing it reniced so if you use other apps, they will steal performance and mess up the results (slightly)
08:53.14 dad_ *vgr slavedriver 156.69 159.42 194.66 169.35 146.89 .77 137.96
08:53.42 brlcad lil better
08:53.50 dad_ yea
08:54.29 brlcad you'll get a much bigger boost if you recompile with optimizations, so if you end up raytracing a lot you'll probably want to rebuild
08:54.35 brlcad should be fine for now though
08:58.13 dad_ yea, i think raytracing's gonna be a major thing...
08:58.35 dad_ by the way, is there much support for terrains?
08:58.49 brlcad heh, is there
08:59.04 brlcad .. yes .. fairly optimized support
08:59.12 dad_ :)
08:59.33 brlcad there's a "dsp" primitive
08:59.52 brlcad which is your traditional 'height field' primitive
09:00.12 brlcad not the same as the "hf" primitive (which was obsoleted by the dsp)
09:00.31 brlcad dsp == DiSPlacement map
09:01.43 brlcad you feed it a special raw data file (there are cmd-line tools to convert image data to the specified data format)
09:12.07 dad_ that rocks!
09:16.26 brlcad g'night
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09:45.24 dad_ ok, i'll try an optomized build...
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14:34.53 brlcad polyspin: looks like there was another 400 downloads Sunday, web hits dropped to 6k
14:37.20 brlcad 21K hits total
14:38.11 brlcad makes a cumulative of about 60K since being uploaded
14:38.14 polyspin Page views?
14:38.20 brlcad yes
14:38.37 polyspin Do we get stats on CVS downloads?
14:39.04 brlcad i'm not sure whether anonymous are tracked in the cvsroot history file
14:39.22 brlcad have to look at a cvsroot snapshot
14:41.15 brlcad the history file was already pretty huge when i uploaded, so i'll see if they kept it or started fresh
14:48.21 brlcad ahh, looks like a zero'd history
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14:55.58 brlcad polyspin: looks like a zero'd the cvs history, but there is hints of anonymous tracking in it .. not sure how many days it's delayed so I'll recheck it in a week or so
14:56.27 brlcad that is.. the CVSROOT/history file that tracks checkouts/checkins/etc
14:59.12 polyspin Got it.
15:10.14 polyspin back again
15:20.21 tjyang-away brlcad,got a chance to check out brlcad rpm package yet ?
15:35.55 tjyang-away please delete the rpm after you grabbed it. it should be a alpha stage rpm.
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19:32.22 dad :)
19:32.30 dad greetings, all
19:39.38 EricWilhelm go dad
19:39.48 EricWilhelm did you get mged running?
19:49.03 dad *vgr slavedriver 233.01 233.61 280.23 242.57 227.90 1.24 203.09
19:49.27 dad not much, but better than the ~145 last night
19:49.51 dad EricWilhelm: yes, and brlcad was an immense help
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20:38.09 brlcad dad_: greetings ;)
21:27.23 dad_ brlcad: greetings, salutations and 'yer awesome'!
21:27.53 dad_ i got the *vgr up to 233!
21:30.16 brlcad excellent =)
21:36.17 dad_ brlcad: is there a database of commonly used items? such as gears, etc...?
22:02.49 brlcad dad_: not exactly any that are publicly available
22:11.23 dad_ K
22:11.36 dad_ are there plans for such a repository?
22:42.24 starseeker brlcad: Had a chance to look at the Makefile for proengineer?
22:55.20 dad_ how would i replicate a shape thru an arc or around a circle?
23:15.39 EricWilhelm that's a tough one dad
23:16.09 EricWilhelm there doesn't seem to be anything about using the sketcher in the intro to mged, and I imagine you would have to use a sketch to make a revolved solid
23:16.39 EricWilhelm or are you just trying to make a polar array?
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23:54.06 dad_ EricWilhelm: visualize for a moment a gear

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