#Debian stuff I did the last two weeks:
Got Fragments and Warp accepted into the archive. Finished packaging swayosd and shortwave and uploaded it to NEW. Did a rust-heapless transition (0.7 to 0.8); likewise for rust-image (0.24 to 0.25). Almost finished the glycin-loaders update.

@grillchen wanted do buy clothing from there but all sold out :/

@leyrer migration in die google cloud <-> datenschutz
Java, Cocol, MS SQL Server...

@overflo wer kennts nicht

After some more digging it turns out that Intel was lazy. They used a similar camera setup in my device and the Surface device line. However, the voltage to the camera sensor is controlled by a tps68470 IC which can deliver variable voltages. Since the Linux kernel does not know the board (and the correct voltage levels), the camera is without power. Now I need to boot Windows (ugh) and get the correct values from reading the I2C traffic.

@fabos bahnfahren be like

TIL ICE trains with blue stripes instead of read ones exists.

Early trains pros + cons:

-Pros:

Mostly empty

-Cons:

Early

@mirabilos ah, I see

Thanks to the helpful libcamera folks I now know that it needs some additional ov* drivers enabled. Also made a MR for that. With those enabled running the cameras should be as simple as installing the v4l2loopback kernel module and executing a launch script. Unfortunately the kernel module did not want to compile with my newer kernel, so I'll wait until this is mainlined. v4l2 --list returns the correct cameras now, so that's progress.

@mirabilos wäre nett wenn es einen Linux client dafür gäbe

@highvoltage which game ?

so I finished compiling the kernel. MR enabling the IPU3 and CIO2 modules by default is submitted and pending approval. This is what I like about free software: ones personal itch might just help another person.

Today's level of yak shaving:
Wanted to get the cameras on my Dell Latitude 5290 working. Found out those are also IPU3 based ones. Then wondered why they wouldn't show up at all. Now I am compiling my own Debian kernel to at least see what's missing in terms of functionality.
On the upside I now know how to compile the kernel and will create a patch (soon™) for the IPU3 and CIO2 modules to be enabled by default in #Debian.

UN: The deliberate killing of a journalist is a war crime, and out of the hundreds of journalists murders in Gaza, not a single one have been properly investigated or prosecuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KheCFH9R6DM

I am proud to announce I finished packaging Shortwave, the app the inspired me to get into contributing in the first place. Soon™ available in Debian.

@agx @badrihippo @Lehmanator @itsfoss I have local packaging ready for Valent; let me know if you want to work on it.

@alexanderkjall @frost @liw there is prs which aims to be a pass (1) replacement in Rust with tomb support and zeroing of secrets. I mostly finished the Debian packaging and will upload to NEW soon.

Why do people keep repeating the lies that Meta's Llama is Open Source when it absolutely and clearly is not?