Hijack has just turned 300. Let's party!

v300 includes:

-- Mike Comb's 2.2.17 kernel upgrade patch
-- Mike Comb's ext3 patch (off by default in Hijack)
-- genixia's buffer overflow fix for the remount function
-- new "insert" and "append" options in the khttpd playlists

I think the mk1 kernels are slightly larger now, and mk2 kernels are smaller.
The .patch file is MASSIVE (and still uploading.. gotta think about a smaller diff next time).

Enjoy! It's party time!

-ml

Happy Birthday Hijack!

Hope this doesn't make it a short birthday, but: What about JaHarkes' patches that make the long presses work properly under his GPSapp?

*puts on a party hat and waves*

"drunk from too much punch, thinks laura's waving at self.
Waves back, starts to walk over then realizes Laura was waving at Mark.
Makes sharp right to cake table... "

*puts some brownies next to the cake*

Can't have a party without brownies.

Alright!

I'm gonna get some Guinness and celebrate by converting to ext3...

The button fix for gpsapp is in v300 as well.

Party on, Dude!

Rock on. Thanks, Mark.

And for those who are curious, the REAL birthday of Hijack was on 19-Oct-2001, with this posting:

http://empeg.comms.net/php/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=empeg_general&Number=41436&page=&view=&sb=&o=

And why I ever thought to use the word "Hijack" for later names, I'll never know.. meanwhile, I get hand searched every time I get onboard an aircraft in the USA.. 28 flights in a row and counting..

Doh!

I suppose this could be extended considerably, to "hijack" the front panel from the player (while the player is running!), to allow use to add our own custom menus and whatever in a more integrated fashion..


...those words look so.....innocent.

meanwhile, I get hand searched every time I get onboard an aircraft in the USA

Same here on my flights for the empeg meet. It seems the metal detectors are set so high now, that an average pair of jeans set them off.

http://www.theonion.com/onion3838/faa_passenger_ban.html

Cheers! Thanks for getting all my changes integrated into your tree. For anybody who wants to give ext3 a shot you can grab kernels compiled with the ext3 option on as well as the other needed tools and instructions from my site.

On a related note can somebody tell me what if any sources I should be hosting along with those binaries to comply with the GPL? I am a little fuzzy on how that works, am I supposed to provide a copy of hijack, the kernel, and e2fsutils or can I just link to them?

Thanks,
-Mike

Heh, you could just take down all of your copies and let Mark worry about it.

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Heh, you could just take down all of your copies and let Mark worry about it.

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Well, somebody has to host the binaries with ext3 enabled since Mark isn't turning it on by default. As long as I have those binaries I believe I have some obligations to post or link to the source as well. I am sure nobody will ever bother downloading it from me, but I still want to be compliant with the GPL.

-Mike

Thanks for another great tweak.

How does one enable the ext3 patch?

Thank you,

Anything you haven't patched yourself (i.e. things you got in binary format) simply provide the url where the source came from. So you could have a link to www.debian.org for the e2fsutils stuff.

If you patched something, you just have to promise to give anyone who asks for the source a way to obtain it, but you are allowed to charge for the cost of media/distribution. So you could offset to send a CD-R with the sources for 5 bucks, or whatever could be considered a reasonable cost for the media/duplication/distribution.

A lot of GPL apps don't really follow it completely to the letter. f.i. any interactive application 'must' display an appriopriate copyright notice, that there is no warranty, that users may redistribute the program under the conditions of the GPL and how to obtain a copy of said GPL. However, I would consider something like that an annoying and useless 'nag' screen, and most interactive applications that are GPL'd do not bother either.

Does that invalidate the license? Perhaps, but without the license normal copyright law applies, so nobody except for the original author would be allowed to modify or redistribute the application. And as soon as multiple people contribute to a project, there is no single original author. So implicily everyone agrees that the license is in fact valid and applies.

When using the logo editor to update, i get

found empeg unit: entering program mode
manufacturer=0089, product=88c1
waiting for prompt
starting erase [100%] erase ok
starting program at 0x10000 [Failed to get echo-back on lock/unlock command.

Error: lockpage(10000,1) got code 1

Press the Enter key to continue.


Logo editor is version 1.4

Flashes back to 299 no problem

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How does one enable the ext3 patch?

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If you are compiling your own kernel just add CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y to your kernel config. Otherwise, follow the link for binaries and (not that great) setup instructions.

-Mike

Forgot to note that it updates with jemplode fine

Happy Birthday for Hijack !!!!


He mak : What a long way since the 100th HJ .....

Birthday greetings!

are the e2fsutils backwards compatible? so i don't have to worry if my partitions are ext2 still.

No no.. not the same at all. I pass through the security checkpoints with no problems -- no metal to set off detectors.

It's when I try to actually board the plane that I get pulled aside, 100% of the time. Actually, it really happens at check-in -- my boarding card gets flagged with some kind of special marking indicating that I must be hand-checked.

A bloody nuisance when trying to catch a tight connection in, say, Chicago -- I get searched on boarding my first flight to ORD, and then again as I try to board my connection in ORD. Same thing on the return flights a few days later.

100%. Not just a few flights in a row, but 28 (and counting.. 8 more next month).

Stupid bloody buggers. They could be searching somebody else, instead of wasting their time on me four times a week.

-ml

What is it that makes them suspicious?

Probably his hard hat, the huge amounts of rope he carries and that sheepish grin.


Z~

Oh man...I was hoping that you were exaggerating. That sucks.

When using the logo editor to update, i get (...)
starting program at 0x10000 [Failed to get echo-back on lock/unlock command.

Please see the extensive thread in "Bug Reports" on this exact error.

Mark, if you have a moment, could you peek at it and see if you can offer any insight?

Hijack is a top ten google result for "hijack". I'm actualy fairly impressed that they're together enough to connect you with it every time you fly. However, I'm not too impressed by the fact that they find it a reason to search you every time you fly... Have you looked into what number to call to get yourself off the list of known terrorists?

Matthew

>Have you looked into what number to call to get yourself off the list of known terrorists?

I don't have any idea of where to even starting looking for such.

Though I will try to pry another tidbit of info from the check-in clerks next month.

Cheers