Draft of 16th community update

2009-04-15 Thread sushama
Dear All,

The draft for the 16th community update can be found  here: 
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Community_Updates/April_17%2C_2009

If there is some information I have missed out, please feel free to add/edit 
to the page.This update is for the period from April 04th to April 17th.The 
update will be released on Friday, April 17th

Thanks and Regards,
Sushama

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Re: Draft of 16th community update

2009-04-15 Thread Ali
Has qtmoko, qtei, or latest and greatest made it on the community
updates yet? If not I can add a little blurb about each.


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Re: Tasks Client for FR

2009-04-15 Thread kimaidou
Hi
My comments follow

2009/4/14 kichkasch kichka...@gmx.de


 About PISI - I am one of the developers there and I am happy to read about
 all the input for further developments here.
 As it looks to me now, there are different options, which probably have
 different priorities. I have been pretty much busy with the Contacts part of
 PISI; my brother will now start pushing the Calendar part a bit more (after
 I will have done some refactoring on this side by the end of this week).
 First task there for him will be proper ICS support. There is a Python
 library available for doing all the low level files read / write (which I
 used sucessfully for VCF files already); so it shouldn't be too much
 troubles to come up with a proper implementation.


Great news ! I think ics support will allow a lot of things


 For the contacts part, I would need some more input for requested data
 sources. For now, we support QTopia address book (SQLite, e.g. OM 2008.12),
 LDAP Server, VCF files and Google Contacts. Awaiting are:
 - opimd support
 - SIM card support
 - SyncML / Opensync support


Synclm (and I suppose Opensync) does not only handle contacts, but all the
pim data as calendars, tasks, notes and contacts


 - Online VCF support (just download / upload the file)
 - Pimlico / Evolution

 My impression is, that SyncML / Opensync is my next task. I was searching
 for some libraries already; and I found two implementations at a very early
 stage - I will go and test them soon.


I think it is a 'must have' feature if you do not want to re invent the
wheel. There are so many different clients for syncml servers (PDA, palm,
windows mobile, outlook, thunderbird, webpages, etc.) . Syncml is about to
sync both ways.


 The Evolution / Pimlico stuff - I thought would be somehow outdated already
 on the Openmoko!? The upcoming 2009 will be opimd?? Well, last time I looked
 for it, it had not progressed much behind the initial idea.


I think we must let the user choose. This is the power of free softwares. At
the moment, opimd does not handle calendar, tasks and notes (I can be wrong)
and -no offense to the developpers- we wait for it for quite a long time. If
someone has some good news.. On the other side, pimlico already has a
calendar and tasks application. I do not think pimlico is outdated but still
in early stage.
And opimd is not used by all the distributions. For example, Hackable:1 uses
the pimlico suite to handle the contacts.

I am really glad you and your brother work on this very needed feature for
the openmoko ! Thanks a lot



 BTW: Has anybody yet tested PISI on a distribution other than OM 2008.12? I
 always tested on this one ...
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Re: Tasks Client for FR

2009-04-15 Thread kimaidou
Sorry I have just forgotten : have you contacted the pimlico developpers ?
They already have begun to implement opensync integration.

Regards
Kimaidou
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Re: Tasks Client for FR

2009-04-15 Thread Michael Pilgermann
I remembered that I had had a close look on the website already - and I just 
did so again.

I see two problems here: first of all it is written in C (PISI uses Python); 
but nevertheless I think, I could re-use at least some of their ideas ...
Second: the Sync-part of Pimlico does not progress much ... when checking the 
SVN, I noticed that the last entry (in Changelog) is from end of 2006; other 
parts are under much higher progress (e.g. Contacts) ...

So - for coming to an end - I haven't yet contacted the developers; however, I 
keep an eye on this project and will try to re-use stuff whenever possible ...

Greetings, Mike

 Original-Nachricht 
 Datum: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:06:44 +0200
 Von: kimaidou kimai...@gmail.com
 An: List for Openmoko community discussion community@lists.openmoko.org
 Betreff: Re: Tasks Client for FR

 Sorry I have just forgotten : have you contacted the pimlico developpers ?
 They already have begun to implement opensync integration.
 
 Regards
 Kimaidou

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Re: Vala-Terminal Black Background

2009-04-15 Thread Aapo Rantalainen
I added new commandline parameters for font color and background color
(and for font). Defaults are (still) white text, black background,
with liberationmono-font.
Newest version 1.1.1-r0.3
Newest code is on git. Newest binary is on opkg.org. Newest
instructions are in wiki.
Tested with Om2008.12 (works for me)

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sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Marcus Bauer

Hello list,

Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
the Neo at home.

So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
mods:
 * sunlight readable LCD
 * bigger LCD 3,5+
 * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
in on a bike?)
 * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
this?

Please reply here on list with your interest!

Marcus

[1]http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/racing_myself_a_feature_request

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Yorick Moko
I'm not actually interested,
but while you are modding: you could maybe also try to get a bigger
battery in there?
or two batteries in parallel?
might be usefull for longer trips...

y

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Marcus Bauer marcus.ba...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

 Marcus

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Joseph Reeves
My thoughts exactly Yorick.

I'd be very interested in this (I guess I should be! ;-) at the sort
of prices Marcus was talking about.

What's the technical investment required for this? I guess I should go
google psp screen linux...

Cheers, Joseph



2009/4/15 Yorick Moko yorickm...@gmail.com:
 I'm not actually interested,
 but while you are modding: you could maybe also try to get a bigger
 battery in there?
 or two batteries in parallel?
 might be usefull for longer trips...

 y

 On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Marcus Bauer marcus.ba...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

 Marcus

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Re: Tasks Client for FR

2009-04-15 Thread kimaidou
Hi ! Yes I saw this too. It is a shame, as syncing is really needed on a
mobile device.

By the way since last week dates and tasks are available in the SHR
unstable repository.
So if you are running Shr unstable, just do
*opkg install dates tasks*
to instal these apps


2009/4/15 Michael Pilgermann kichka...@gmx.de

 I remembered that I had had a close look on the website already - and I
 just did so again.

 I see two problems here: first of all it is written in C (PISI uses
 Python); but nevertheless I think, I could re-use at least some of their
 ideas ...
 Second: the Sync-part of Pimlico does not progress much ... when checking
 the SVN, I noticed that the last entry (in Changelog) is from end of 2006;
 other parts are under much higher progress (e.g. Contacts) ...

 So - for coming to an end - I haven't yet contacted the developers;
 however, I keep an eye on this project and will try to re-use stuff whenever
 possible ...

 Greetings, Mike

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:22:24 +0100
Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote:
cal investment required for this? I guess I should go
 google psp screen linux...

From the same company there is another LCD which is transflective and
3,5, the TD035STEE1.

http://www.summitds.com.tw/TPO/eng/business-eng/productsapplications-PDA-eng.htm
Probably close in the electrical specs to the currently used LCD.

Note: the LCD module consists of the LCD and the touchscreen, this is
only the LCD.

Marcus 

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Miguel Ángel Calderón
Hello Marcus

2009/4/15 Marcus Bauer marcus.ba...@gmail.com


 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)


Those mods look great!

But, how could we adapt them to the neo? I think the problem is not the
cost but the way of get them running. Do you mean changing the Neo LCD from
the 2,8 to another sunlight readable 3,5? or is it just a shell wearing
the Neo?  :-m   I cannot imagine what's exactly your idea...

My opinion is that it's worth it to pay for it but I didn't believe it was
possible to
get it real.

I would like to read a little bit more about the idea.   :-)

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Al Johnson
On Wednesday 15 April 2009, Marcus Bauer wrote:
 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

I made a bike mount out of polymorph, and put the FR in a ziploc bag if it's 
going to rain. I can see sunlight readability being a problem as summer 
approaches though. I haven't got round to external power yet, but have used it 
in the past for Psion and GPS both from battery (12V used mainly for lights) 
and dynamo. The Psion has a transreflective screen so it's great in bright 
sunlight.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD

Yes

  * bigger LCD 3,5+

Maybe, but tweaking the UI for gloved fingers would be good enough for me. I 
still want to be able to put it in my pocket!

  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

Yes, but I don't see much point in one without the other. And it still needs 
to fit in my pocket!

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

Variable. If it's about the current size, waterproof, daylight readable and 
doesn't reduce battery life too severely then 100$.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

 Marcus

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uest


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[om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread blokkie
Hi ,

I'm new to this list , and actualy I only have my neo GTA2 for a week ..  but 
anyway : Cool STUFF , this paroli and
2009 !


It works far better and is a lot more phone instead of computer like with SHR .

The GUI is intuitive , easy to use and clear (white / gray on black ) is 
exelent contrast ! Once it's booted I also
think it's more responsive.

Only downside IMHO is the booting time. And maybe get rid of the errors and the 
boot banner ?

Cool work  !!


/a fan

Cheerio's
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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Esben Stien
Miguel Ángel Calderón miguelangel...@gmail.com writes:

 * sunlight readable LCD

Definitely. This doesn't affect anything, right, other than being more
readable..?!?. I would also like the screen window to be scratch free. 

 * bigger LCD 3,5+

You don't think it would be a little too big Neo, if the current one
is 2 point something?.

 * new ruggedized case or rubber shell 

I'm all for a steel case, military field use style;). Remember to make
small holes to be able to mount the back to a series of adapters, like
mic stand, DIN mount and a magnet container.

 * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

IP67 is how I roll. 

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Marcel
Am Mittwoch, 15. April 2009 15:04:27 schrieb Esben Stien:
 Miguel Ángel Calderón miguelangel...@gmail.com writes:
  * sunlight readable LCD

 Definitely. This doesn't affect anything, right, other than being more
 readable..?!?. I would also like the screen window to be scratch free.

  * bigger LCD 3,5+

 You don't think it would be a little too big Neo, if the current one
 is 2 point something?.

  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell

 I'm all for a steel case, military field use style;). Remember to make
 small holes to be able to mount the back to a series of adapters, like
 mic stand, DIN mount and a magnet container.

Where you would have to consider (as it has been said multiple times afaik) 
making some plastic parts to let GSM/GPS signals get into the faraday cage... 
(Hoping that's the correct name)

  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 IP67 is how I roll.



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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Gaël HERMET
Marcus Bauer a écrit :
 Hello list,
 
 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].
 
 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.
 
 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:
 
 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
Maybe 3.5 is a little bit to big, but I think 3.2 can be realy
interesting.
Sunlight readable LCD is realy interesting in a lot of case.
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)
 
 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.
I am interested in a bigger sunlight readable borderless screen and I am
ready to give 100€ (and some beers :D) for that but I don't know if this
price is possible.
 
 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?
 
 Please reply here on list with your interest!
 
 Marcus


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Lightly used FreeRunner for sale

2009-04-15 Thread John Reese
Hi all,

I have an extra FreeRunner, purchased from the first batch of Neos
delivered to the US. It's very lightly used, with a Zagg Invisible
Shield protector on the screen, and comes with an extra (third-party)
battery, original packaging, and all of the goodies that it shipped with.

I'm parting with the FreeRunner because I'm a poor college student who
needs the money for other endeavors.  I'm asking for $250 or best offer, 
which I feel is a reasonable price for the unit, considering it's in 
rather good condition and still has all the accessories.

My specific model has the 900MHz GSM chipset, and is known to work on
the local T-Mobile network without any problems.  Willing to either meet 
locally (Rochester, NY) and exchange for cash, or ship anywhere via 
PayPal payment (buyer pays shipping!).

Although I'm sure you're all aware of what it looks like, a picture of
mine is available at:
   http://files.leetcode.net/uploads/2008/09/cimg2923-modified.jpg

You can contact me off-list at this email address if you're interested.

Cheers all

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Re: Intone - the future and help needed

2009-04-15 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
c_c wrote:
 Hi,
 c_c wrote:
 can someone convert this to edbus? Also - how do I register a callback to 
 be triggered on an incoming call?
 
 I've used it just few times, but something like this [2] should work
 
  Ah! Thanks a lot. I get the idea.

You can also get more by looking at the test programs available in
e_dbus ;)

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Rafael Campos
Hello list,

I like the propossed mods, and i think that most of the changes are possible.
But how to get this mods done? I proposse a simple approach.
Changing the LCD is difficult, because you need to change the case in
order to fit LCD into the phone.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Gaël HERMET mail...@superzell.fr wrote:
 Marcus Bauer a écrit :
 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
 Maybe 3.5 is a little bit to big, but I think 3.2 can be realy
 interesting.
 Sunlight readable LCD is realy interesting in a lot of case.
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.
 I am interested in a bigger sunlight readable borderless screen and I am
 ready to give 100€ (and some beers :D) for that but I don't know if this
 price is possible.
The fist prototypes are going to be more expenssive, sure.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?
I'm a HW/SW one interested on :)

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

 Marcus


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AS i see, The water proof part has a big objection: The touch screen.
You need some glass/plastic that protects the LCD  the touch.


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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Francesco de Virgilio
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blokkie ha scritto:
 Hi ,
 
 I'm new to this list , and actualy I only have my neo GTA2 for a week ..  but 
 anyway : Cool STUFF , this paroli and
 2009 !
 
 
 It works far better and is a lot more phone instead of computer like with SHR 
 .
 
 The GUI is intuitive , easy to use and clear (white / gray on black ) is 
 exelent contrast ! Once it's booted I also
 think it's more responsive.
 
 Only downside IMHO is the booting time. And maybe get rid of the errors and 
 the boot banner ?
 
 Cool work  !!
 
 
 /a fan
 
 Cheerio's
 Blokkie
 
Hi blokkie,
thanks for reporting your enthusiasm :D
Is there in 2009.1 the possibility to switch from Paroli to another
application (like TangoGPS) using Illume menu?

Thanks :D
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Re: Vala-Terminal Black Background

2009-04-15 Thread The Digital Pioneer
Using 1.1.1-r0.3 but it always says unknown flag to -bc and -fs...
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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Petr Vanek
thanks for reporting your enthusiasm :D
Is there in 2009.1 the possibility to switch from Paroli to another
application (like TangoGPS) using Illume menu?

this is at this point not possible.

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Juergen Schinker
Marcus Bauer wrote:
 Hello list,
 
 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].
 
 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

surprise that project is already there

http://www.obico.de/?loc=userlang=en

powered by the Dynamo


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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Tomasz Suchan
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Petr Vanek van...@penguin.cz wrote:
thanks for reporting your enthusiasm :D
Is there in 2009.1 the possibility to switch from Paroli to another
application (like TangoGPS) using Illume menu?

 this is at this point not possible.

It IS possible, just use fso-image-om-gta02.jffs2 image instead of
fso-paroli-image-om-gta02.jffs2...

Tom

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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Joseph Reeves
r...@om-gta02:~# export DISPLAY=:0.0  tangogps

works, although it's not too useful if you go outside without your
laptop plugged into the phone ;)

Joseph



2009/4/15 Petr Vanek van...@penguin.cz:
thanks for reporting your enthusiasm :D
Is there in 2009.1 the possibility to switch from Paroli to another
application (like TangoGPS) using Illume menu?

 this is at this point not possible.

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread blokkie
Hi ,

just wondering about the user-interface of the sms .

When I want to create a new SMS , it first shows me the num-pad to enter and 
then the text.

Would it not be more easy to first type the sms , then  select contact(s)  || 
type the tel number in ?


Who is working on the GUI ?

Maybe I can help a bit :)


Cheerio's
Blokkie


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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Angus Ainslie
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 15:30 +0200, Tomasz Suchan wrote:
 On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Petr Vanek van...@penguin.cz wrote:
 thanks for reporting your enthusiasm :D
 Is there in 2009.1 the possibility to switch from Paroli to another
 application (like TangoGPS) using Illume menu?
 
  this is at this point not possible.
 
 It IS possible, just use fso-image-om-gta02.jffs2 image instead of
 fso-paroli-image-om-gta02.jffs2...
 
 Tom
 
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Yes it is possible and the best way to do it. 

As Tom suggested install fso-image-om-gta02.jffs2 and the do an opkg
update and then opkg install paroli paroli-sounds paroli-autostart.
At the momment this option may cause problems as the testing images are
linked to the unstable feeds so if you do opkg upgrade you phone will
have the newest features but it will also have moved to the unstable
catagory.

I hope to have the feeds issue resolved for the next testing release.

Angus


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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread joakim
Marcus Bauer marcus.ba...@gmail.com writes:

 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix

I once modified a laptop by removing the backlighting from the screen.
That made it possible to read the screen by using the sun as a backlight
source. Maybe something similar can be done to the Freerunner?

 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

 Marcus

 [1]http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/racing_myself_a_feature_request
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Re: [QtExtended] latest andy-tracking kernel

2009-04-15 Thread Sound Freedom
I tested fso-image from 04/04/09  kernel from your site (links on the
comment of your script) then I couldn't get usb network.
My computer*S* tell me that ther is no usb such device.

I'm trying a new install with second links of your comment (with fso-image
from 29-02-09)  tell you if it'll be ok

2009/4/14 Franky Van Liedekerke liede...@telenet.be

 On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:30:28 +0200
 Sander van Grieken san...@3v8.net wrote:

  On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:54:53 Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:
   Maybe the latest version is ok again, but it is IMPOSSIBLE TO TEST
   since ssh no longer works. Surely somebody must notice this, or is
   nobody even using these images?
 
  Yeah I noticed too, but I assumed I b0rked my build system, since I
  tried to use the SHR overlay manually.. also, X didn't start anymore,
  that's when I noticed SSH didn't work.
 
  but, while waiting for the entire rebuild to finish, I'm taking a
  look at the commits since April 4 :)

 well, I don't know, but reverting to that kernel+rootf fixed the
 incoming SMS when suspended thing.
 But now the whole missed-call comes flying back to me: whenever I
 answer a call, the second after I pressed answer, a new call
 notification pops up saying I have the same incoming call.
 Seems like a timing issue to me ... propably something in
 qmodemcallprovider.cpp that should be redefined in vendor_neo.cpp

 Franky

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Mirko Lindner
Hi,
 When I want to create a new SMS , it first shows me the num-pad to enter and 
 then the text.
 
 Would it not be more easy to first type the sms , then  select contact(s)  || 
 type the tel number in ?
 

Does it make a difference ?

 Who is working on the GUI ?

That would be me than.

 Maybe I can help a bit :)

Any help is welcome :)
Got ideas?

/mirko

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Re: [QtExtended] latest andy-tracking kernel

2009-04-15 Thread Sound Freedom
So, it's ok with fso image from 02-29-09.
i will tell you for tracking bugs

2009/4/15 Sound Freedom sound.of.free...@gmail.com

 I tested fso-image from 04/04/09  kernel from your site (links on the
 comment of your script) then I couldn't get usb network.
 My computer*S* tell me that ther is no usb such device.

 I'm trying a new install with second links of your comment (with fso-image
 from 29-02-09)  tell you if it'll be ok

 2009/4/14 Franky Van Liedekerke liede...@telenet.be

 On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:30:28 +0200
 Sander van Grieken san...@3v8.net wrote:

  On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:54:53 Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:
   Maybe the latest version is ok again, but it is IMPOSSIBLE TO TEST
   since ssh no longer works. Surely somebody must notice this, or is
   nobody even using these images?
 
  Yeah I noticed too, but I assumed I b0rked my build system, since I
  tried to use the SHR overlay manually.. also, X didn't start anymore,
  that's when I noticed SSH didn't work.
 
  but, while waiting for the entire rebuild to finish, I'm taking a
  look at the commits since April 4 :)

 well, I don't know, but reverting to that kernel+rootf fixed the
 incoming SMS when suspended thing.
 But now the whole missed-call comes flying back to me: whenever I
 answer a call, the second after I pressed answer, a new call
 notification pops up saying I have the same incoming call.
 Seems like a timing issue to me ... propably something in
 qmodemcallprovider.cpp that should be redefined in vendor_neo.cpp

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread blokkie

 Hi,
 When I want to create a new SMS , it first shows me the num-pad to enter and 
 then the text.

 Would it not be more easy to first type the sms , then  select contact(s)  
 || type the tel number in ?


 Does it make a difference ?

Yes ,

Image you want to send a sms to a bunch of people ,  then you would have to 
enter all the numbers first (because you
cannot select contacts from your phonebook yet :-)) ,
After you entered all the numbers , you can finaly send the sms which I think 
is a bit counter-intuitive .


first tipe what you want to send , then to who  seems more logical .

Or maybe it's just me and I'm a bit daft and you can ignore this remarq  though 
this logic is found in a lot of mobile
phones.


 Who is working on the GUI ?

 That would be me than.

 Maybe I can help a bit :)

 Any help is welcome :)
 Got ideas?

I've read the pdf about the hello world. Pretty straught forward .. so I'll get 
my hands dirty as soon as possible .

Idea's .. well , only one for now.

I think it would be nice if one could bind the upper-left button to a 
sound-mixer app  for setting the call volume and
such.
Would that be doable ?



 /mirko




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Intone-video. Really Really Alpha!

2009-04-15 Thread c_c

Hi,
  Well, since I'm going to be travelling for the next 4 days - and I _might_ 
not have time to play with this - I thought I'll quickly post a teaser ipk.

  This is really really alpha - it hangs my FR half the time - and I don't 
think it's my code entirely - but it could be - since I don't fully understand 
about half of what I'm doing ;-)

  But, it's a (elementary) GUI - though slightly slow - and it uses the xglamo 
patched mplayer to play a video in landscape mode. The ipk installs mplayer as 
mplayer-video in /usr/bin/ and its config files in ~/.mplayer. So backup yours 
if you have a diff configuration.

  Currently you need to kill the program after playing a video to play the next 
one - since once the video window is shown it refuses to get hidden, lowered, 
resized etc.

  But, as I said, its a teaser - so enjoy!  And gimme feedback.

  I'm thinking on the lines of accelerometer based button text rotation. And of 
course to fix the myriad issues this is bringing up.

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread François TOURDE
Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,
blok...@h0m3.be écrivait:

 first tipe what you want to send , then to who  seems more logical .

I agree with this, even if I don't understand why. I can't find any good
reason to use this order :)

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Joseph Reeves
My Nokia N96 wants me to select the recipients before I write the
message, and that's a phone that people seem to like...

After all, I think to myself I'll send something to François, rather
than I want to say something, but who shall I send it to?

;-)



2009/4/15 François TOURDE fr...@tourde.org:
 Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,
 blok...@h0m3.be écrivait:

 first tipe what you want to send , then to who  seems more logical .

 I agree with this, even if I don't understand why. I can't find any good
 reason to use this order :)

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Mirko Lindner
Hi again,

blokkie wrote:
 Yes ,
 
 Image you want to send a sms to a bunch of people ,  then you would have to 
 enter all the numbers first (because you
 cannot select contacts from your phonebook yet :-)) ,

Actually you can, just tried it on testing again. Hit the number field 
(the place where the numbers would appear and you get the contacts list 
and can chose one.

 
 Or maybe it's just me and I'm a bit daft and you can ignore this remarq  
 though this logic is found in a lot of mobile
 phones.

I guess both can be regarded as good and bad, my phone (samsung) also 
does it the way you proposed, but we looked at phones where it is like 
that ... hmm...

 
 I've read the pdf about the hello world. Pretty straught forward .. so I'll 
 get my hands dirty as soon as possible .
 
 Idea's .. well , only one for now.
 
 I think it would be nice if one could bind the upper-left button to a 
 sound-mixer app  for setting the call volume and
 such.
 Would that be doable ?

Haha, ok. I have to admit something. I am already abusing the aux-button 
for many purposes.

Right now, in testing, it switches the profile while on the launcher and 
the in-call volume (while in call of course). There is also a settings 
app which you have to activate in the paroli.cfg 
(/etc/paroli/paroli.cfg) which gets launched when you hold the aux-button.

So, to answer your question, yes it is doable and I already did that :) 
But the settings app still needs work that is why it is disabled by 
default :)

/mirko

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Marcel
Am Mittwoch, 15. April 2009 17:01:38 schrieb François TOURDE:
 Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,

 blok...@h0m3.be écrivait:
  first tipe what you want to send , then to who  seems more logical .

 I agree with this, even if I don't understand why. I can't find any good
 reason to use this order :)

It's always been like that. Although at least I do it the other way round in 
emails since the recipient field resides above the text area... We got used to 
it these ways I'd say.

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[om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Ed Kapitein
Hi all,

First impressions:

wow, how do i get used to this?
it probably will take a while, but i'll get trough it.
If i open paroli ( or any other app for that matter ) how do i get back
to ilume?
I am killing it now from an ssh session, but there must be a better
way ;-)


i found out that you can chage from silent to default profile by
pressing the aux button.
Is there an url with a tutorial on how to use the new image?


Kind regards,

Ed





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[QtExtended] and GTA01 image

2009-04-15 Thread wim . delvaux
On Wednesday 15 April 2009 00:43:56 Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:
 On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:25:56 +0200

 Franky Van Liedekerke liede...@telenet.be wrote:
  On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:30:28 +0200
 
  Sander van Grieken san...@3v8.net wrote:
   On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:54:53 Franky Van Liedekerke wrote:
Maybe the latest version is ok again, but it is IMPOSSIBLE TO TEST
since ssh no longer works. Surely somebody must notice this, or is
nobody even using these images?
  
   Yeah I noticed too, but I assumed I b0rked my build system, since I
   tried to use the SHR overlay manually.. also, X didn't start
   anymore, that's when I noticed SSH didn't work.
  
   but, while waiting for the entire rebuild to finish, I'm taking a
   look at the commits since April 4 :)
 
  well, I don't know, but reverting to that kernel+rootf fixed the
  incoming SMS when suspended thing.
  But now the whole missed-call comes flying back to me: whenever I
  answer a call, the second after I pressed answer, a new call
  notification pops up saying I have the same incoming call.
  Seems like a timing issue to me ... propably something in
  qmodemcallprovider.cpp that should be redefined in vendor_neo.cpp
 
  Franky

 ok, for those curious: I've put online a AT-listing of a missed call:
 http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/missedcall.txt

 The scenario is this: call the device from another line, answer the
 call and watch a notification for a second call arrive (sometimes).
 The AT commands in the text file are of course the results of both
 calls, so it can be a bit confusing. Although the AT-call ATA should
 give you a hint that the device in the end thinks there is only one
 active call (otherwise it would be AT+CHLD=2).

 I think the cause of the problems lies in the function
Hi all,

i found the last 3/3/2009 image of Qt-extended.  However i wonder if that 
image is for the FREERUNNER (!) only or if it can be installed on the GTA01 
too ?

Thx
W
 void QModemCallProvider::clccIncoming()
 in the file src/libraries/qtopiaphonemodem/qmodemcallprovider.cpp

 Specifically this part seems to be the culprit:

 if ( callType.isEmpty() ) {
 // We could not determine the call type, so the incoming call
 // has probably disappeared.  Flag it as a missed voice call.
 d-incomingCallType = Voice;  // No tr
 announceCall();
 d-missedTimer-stop();
 missedTimeout();
 } else {

 This part makes sure that for a call that can't be identified, the call
 gets announced and then flagged as being missed, exactly what I see in
 the logfile.
 Now I don't get this: why flag an dissapeared call of unknown type as
 voice and missed call?
 From what I can see, this code should be:

 if ( callType.isEmpty() ) {
 // We could not determine the call type, so the incoming call
 // has probably disappeared. Ignore it.
 stopRingTimers();
 } else {

 Any comments on this?
 Ok, the fact that the modem sends an extra RING after the call is
 accepted is probably because it's a bit slow sometimes (or the RING
 arrives a bit too slow).

 Franky

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread arne anka
 I agree with this, even if I don't understand why. I can't find any good
 reason to use this order :)


assume, you want to sent the same message to several recipients.
you type the msg once and select either a list of recipients (given, the  
ui allows that) or the message is avaliable again after sending and you  
can select another recipient to resend.

in both cases the ui needs to provide that use case -- but if it does, the  
proposed order would be logical and the same for all caes, be it if you  
send one msg or the same msg several times.

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[qtExtended] and GTA01 - repost - sorry for the copy crap

2009-04-15 Thread wim . delvaux
Hi all,

i found the last 3/3/2009 image of Qt-extended.  However i wonder if that 
image is for the FREERUNNER (!) only or if it can be installed on the GTA01 
too ?

Thx
W

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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread François TOURDE
Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,
Ed Kapitein écrivait:

 i found out that you can chage from silent to default profile by
 pressing the aux button.
 Is there an url with a tutorial on how to use the new image?

If it's for paroli, check at:

http://www.paroli-project.org/running-paroli/

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Re: Intone-video. Really Really Alpha!

2009-04-15 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
c_c wrote:
 Hi,
   Well, since I'm going to be travelling for the next 4 days - and I _might_ 
 not have time to play with this - I thought I'll quickly post a teaser ipk.

Nice... What about the sources? :P

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Re: [om2009]

2009-04-15 Thread Ed Kapitein
François TOURDE wrote:
 Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,
 Ed Kapitein écrivait:

   
 i found out that you can chage from silent to default profile by
 pressing the aux button.
 Is there an url with a tutorial on how to use the new image?
 

 If it's for paroli, check at:

 http://www.paroli-project.org/running-paroli/

   
It is not specially for paroli, it is an illume thing i guess, there is
a +/- 3 pixel wide top-bar and if you're extreme lucky it will come down
if you first touch the top-bar and then touch the main screen.
i might have it wrong, but it appears to work like that sometimes.

and i miss settings for brightness, sleep time etc.

if you slide the clock to the right you can set an alarm, which is nice.
i have yet to figure out at what time that alarm will go off ;-)

i hope i will be pleasantly surprised soon, so far i am not jumping with
joy

Kind regards,
Ed



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Re: Intone-video. Really Really Alpha!

2009-04-15 Thread c_c

Hi,
 The code is at intone-video.googlecode.com. 

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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Mirko Lindner
Hi,

arne anka wrote:
 
 assume, you want to sent the same message to several recipients.
 you type the msg once and select either a list of recipients (given, the  
 ui allows that) or the message is avaliable again after sending and you  
 can select another recipient to resend.
 
 in both cases the ui needs to provide that use case -- but if it does, the  
 proposed order would be logical and the same for all caes, be it if you  
 send one msg or the same msg several times.
 

You can indeed resend the message. After you send it, it appears in the 
msgs list, if you open the details and press on the number of the 
recipient you can enter another recipient and resend the message.

/mirko


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Re: [qtExtended] and GTA01 - repost - sorry for the copy crap

2009-04-15 Thread Andy Selby
 i found the last 3/3/2009 image of Qt-extended.

Really!
Could you post a link?

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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Marcus Bauer marcus.ba...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello list,

 Joseph Reeves wrote on his blog about a bicycle app for the Neo [1].

 I have always wanted to add cycling / sports functions to tangoGPS but
 as the LCD is mostly unreadable in sunlight I felt there is little use.
 After trying it a couple of times on my bike I soon started to leave
 the Neo at home.

 So I wonder about three things for better outdoor use:

 1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
 mods:
  * sunlight readable LCD
  * bigger LCD 3,5+
  * new ruggedized case or rubber shell (including a mean to nicely fix
 in on a bike?)
  * waterproof (substaintially more costs)

 2) How much money would you spend on it? To give you an idea: the PSP
 display with touchscreen can be bought on ebay for ~25$. A case may be
 ~20-30$ for volumes of 100+.

 3) Last question: are there hardware people interested in
 this?

 Please reply here on list with your interest!

If you're looking for _the perfect_ LCD for this job, have a look on
the Boe Hydis HVT43WV1.
4.3 WVGA with probably the best sunlight-readability you can get on a
colored screen.

Some ThinkPad X200 Tablets have similar AFFS+ screens of the same
manufacturer if you want to see it in action.

However - I have no idea if it would be possible to connect it to the
Glamo. If the resolution is too high, there are also 4 with WQVGA
available.
Also, I don't know if it is possible to get this devices in packages
with less than 100 units.

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Re: [om2009] - Power Button

2009-04-15 Thread blokkie
Hi ,

When pressing the power button for 1 sec  it powers off very fast . . 
This is _nice_ . I like it a lot.  But there is no way to lock it or put 
it in sleep via this button

In SHR there is a exelent way to trap all this. 

Is it very difficult to implement this in  paroli ?


Kind regards , and cheerio's

Blokkie


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(FYP) No input method?

2009-04-15 Thread Paul

I loaded FYP on my Freerunner, and I am rather impressed with what I saw.

Unfortunately I cannot find a keyboard in it (I loaded release 3.01 on it).

Someone have a good idea for this?

Paul

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[QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke
(install instructions and script updated on 2090415: see below)

Problems solved:

- 20090401: 2.6.28 ok (even 2.6.29-rc2 ok)
- 20090401: alarms OK (using atd from
  http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/armv4t/base/, since no
  newer package exists), normal + when suspended
- 20090401: wake up when receiving sms, OK
- 20090401: call + echo check, all OK
- 20090401: duplicate sms thing: solved (see also fix on 20090412)
- 20090401: mail ok
- 20090401: wifi ok
- 20090403: voice notes (see my mail/patch) ok
- 20090404: usb cable handling: ok (mailed a patch to Filip, I hope he
  integrates all the 2.6.28 patches and commits them)
- 20090404: bluetooth ok (need to downgrade to bluez3 and not use
  bluez4, install script updated accordingly)
- 20090410: voicemail number is now saved across reboots (see
http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/15)
- 20090410: snooze function works correctly now for repetitive alarms
  (see http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/27)
- 20090412: wlan no longer always online after unsuspend. I don't
  know if this saves power or not though ...
- 20090412: SMS's are deleted from SIM after being read (see
http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/29). THIS NEEDS
TESTING!!!

- 20090413: vibrating/alarm/snoozing: works reliable now (there was a
  bug in the used timers logic that could cause infinite vibrating)
- 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
  rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)
- 20090415: outgoing call doesn't register anymore as missed when
  aborting the call before the connection is made (again: thanks
  Holger!)

(the last 2 fixes aren't in any tickets, I need to create a patch for
these.)


Problems found (more like small nuisances now):
===
- if you set the time back to something in the past, the clock service
  crashes and you need to restart qtextended if you want to use the
  clock again
- bluetooth is not working totally ok, only after initial boot it
  works, not after suspend/resume. Seems to be kernel/bluez3 version
  combo issue ... After suspend/resume bluetooth seems to work, but
  receiving files for sure don't.
- if you try to delete the Wireless Lan, the system crashes ... cool
  huh, a crashed phone? So for now: don't do it :-)

- waiting call notification doesn' t work for me, it seems that the
  command to set the CCWA on the network fails for me:

 AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,1,1
 AtChat :  F : +CME ERROR: 4
 AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,2
 AtChat :  F : +CCWA: 0,7
 AtChat :  F : OK

The error +CME ERROR: 4 means that the operation is not supported. Is
this provider related?

- I had a problem with the battery service crashing on me; all of the
  suddenly (after many suspend/resumes) the device gave me a warning
  that the battery was critical low, but after another suspend/resume 
  cycle, the icon showed a full battery (even though the battery was at
  60% or so)


Install instructions:
=
download the script
http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/openmoko_install.sh , read the comments
at the top and then execute the script on your openmoko (after having
flashed the device and made sure internet works).
For those who just want to replace their existing QtE: just download
the QtE compressed file and replace your existing QtE with it:
http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/qte_20090415.tgz.

Enjoy!

Franky

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Re: [QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Tomas Riveros Schober
Franky,
It's great to see you making huge progress with QtEI, however, I have 
some questions before trying your build.
1. Do incoming calls get answered using Speaker or Handset? On my phone 
all incoming calls are answered using Speaker, which is very annying. 
I've been having this problem since the time QtE was called Qtopia, and 
no build has had it fixed.
2. Is power management working fine? If I change any settings on my 
phone, suspend stops working.

regards
Tom

Franky Van Liedekerke escribió:
 (install instructions and script updated on 2090415: see below)

 Problems solved:
 
 - 20090401: 2.6.28 ok (even 2.6.29-rc2 ok)
 - 20090401: alarms OK (using atd from
   http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/armv4t/base/, since no
   newer package exists), normal + when suspended
 - 20090401: wake up when receiving sms, OK
 - 20090401: call + echo check, all OK
 - 20090401: duplicate sms thing: solved (see also fix on 20090412)
 - 20090401: mail ok
 - 20090401: wifi ok
 - 20090403: voice notes (see my mail/patch) ok
 - 20090404: usb cable handling: ok (mailed a patch to Filip, I hope he
   integrates all the 2.6.28 patches and commits them)
 - 20090404: bluetooth ok (need to downgrade to bluez3 and not use
   bluez4, install script updated accordingly)
 - 20090410: voicemail number is now saved across reboots (see
 http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/15)
 - 20090410: snooze function works correctly now for repetitive alarms
   (see http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/27)
 - 20090412: wlan no longer always online after unsuspend. I don't
   know if this saves power or not though ...
 - 20090412: SMS's are deleted from SIM after being read (see
 http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/29). THIS NEEDS
 TESTING!!!

 - 20090413: vibrating/alarm/snoozing: works reliable now (there was a
   bug in the used timers logic that could cause infinite vibrating)
 - 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
   rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)
 - 20090415: outgoing call doesn't register anymore as missed when
   aborting the call before the connection is made (again: thanks
   Holger!)

 (the last 2 fixes aren't in any tickets, I need to create a patch for
 these.)


 Problems found (more like small nuisances now):
 ===
 - if you set the time back to something in the past, the clock service
   crashes and you need to restart qtextended if you want to use the
   clock again
 - bluetooth is not working totally ok, only after initial boot it
   works, not after suspend/resume. Seems to be kernel/bluez3 version
   combo issue ... After suspend/resume bluetooth seems to work, but
   receiving files for sure don't.
 - if you try to delete the Wireless Lan, the system crashes ... cool
   huh, a crashed phone? So for now: don't do it :-)

 - waiting call notification doesn' t work for me, it seems that the
   command to set the CCWA on the network fails for me:

  AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,1,1
  AtChat :  F : +CME ERROR: 4
  AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,2
  AtChat :  F : +CCWA: 0,7
  AtChat :  F : OK

 The error +CME ERROR: 4 means that the operation is not supported. Is
 this provider related?

 - I had a problem with the battery service crashing on me; all of the
   suddenly (after many suspend/resumes) the device gave me a warning
   that the battery was critical low, but after another suspend/resume 
   cycle, the icon showed a full battery (even though the battery was at
   60% or so)


 Install instructions:
 =
 download the script
 http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/openmoko_install.sh , read the comments
 at the top and then execute the script on your openmoko (after having
 flashed the device and made sure internet works).
 For those who just want to replace their existing QtE: just download
 the QtE compressed file and replace your existing QtE with it:
 http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/qte_20090415.tgz.

 Enjoy!

 Franky

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Re: [QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:11:36 -0400
Tomas Riveros Schober trive...@enable.cl wrote:

 Franky,
 It's great to see you making huge progress with QtEI, however, I have 
 some questions before trying your build.
 1. Do incoming calls get answered using Speaker or Handset? On my
 phone all incoming calls are answered using Speaker, which is very
 annying. I've been having this problem since the time QtE was called
 Qtopia, and no build has had it fixed.
 2. Is power management working fine? If I change any settings on my 
 phone, suspend stops working.
 
 regards
 Tom

Hi Tom,

never had an issue with the speaker before. All incoming calls get
correctly routed. I have to admit that I didn't play around much with
speaker mode before (maybe if I set it to speaker, it can't go back or
so ...)
Also power management is working just fine: I have it set to dim at
30secs and suspend at 40secs when on battery, and that works just fine.

Franky

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Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Bram Neijt
I know this question must have come up once before, but I couldn't find
any real answer online, so I'm posting it here. Why enlightenment?

I haven't seen enlightenment being used for over 4 years, and with the
wealth of programs out there which are portable and can run on top op
Linux, this choice really astounds me. I'm only writing this now,
because I see that the next Om release (2009) is going to keep focusing
on using it.

Most people will not find this discussion productive, but please
consider giving me some good pointers as I'm having a hard time to get
my head around this.

As I see it, all embedded devices running some kind of interface use
either QT or GTK (QT Phone, Nokia Internet tablet, Sharp Zaurus..) and
there are various applications and standards available.

Why then go for enlightenment?

Hoping this is not to inflammatory,
  Bram



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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread Bernt



1) How many of you would be interested in the following hardware
mods:
 * sunlight readable LCD



Yes!
This would be very good, not only for using the freerunner on a bike.

Bernt
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Re: [SHR] timezone broken again

2009-04-15 Thread ivvmm
The Digital Pioneer wrote:
 You don't have to set timesources = NONE, but zonesources should. I
 assume it still acquires the actual time whenever it can if timesources
 has something in it... Perhaps not, though.
 
 
 
 


Does this mean that time will no longer be synchronized with GSM? The
thing is that otimed changes the zone, while it should only sync the
time, no more, no less... Does NTP server sync timezone? No.


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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Cedric Cellier
If you'd prefer using Qt or GTK, both have dedicated distros.

For instance, hackable:1 is the continuation of the initial OpenMoko software
stack that was based on GTK.

As to why openmoko guys decided one day to sacrifice all the work already done
with GTK and to go for a plain new framework, well you should as well ask
Why those Moai on the Easter island ? :-)



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Re: [QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Sound Freedom

 - 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
  rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)


Is it resolve this problem ? :
When the phone is in supsend mode, when somebody call me, the phone doesn't
do anything. But when I wake the phone, it's ringing 3 time for a call from
unknown person. Then the real call is lost.
I don't know if it do the same with a sms.

2009/4/15 Franky Van Liedekerke liede...@telenet.be

 (install instructions and script updated on 2090415: see below)

 Problems solved:
 
 - 20090401: 2.6.28 ok (even 2.6.29-rc2 ok)
 - 20090401: alarms OK (using atd from
  http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/armv4t/base/, since no
  newer package exists), normal + when suspended
 - 20090401: wake up when receiving sms, OK
 - 20090401: call + echo check, all OK
 - 20090401: duplicate sms thing: solved (see also fix on 20090412)
 - 20090401: mail ok
 - 20090401: wifi ok
 - 20090403: voice notes (see my mail/patch) ok
 - 20090404: usb cable handling: ok (mailed a patch to Filip, I hope he
  integrates all the 2.6.28 patches and commits them)
 - 20090404: bluetooth ok (need to downgrade to bluez3 and not use
  bluez4, install script updated accordingly)
 - 20090410: voicemail number is now saved across reboots (see
 http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/15)
 - 20090410: snooze function works correctly now for repetitive alarms
  (see http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/27)
 - 20090412: wlan no longer always online after unsuspend. I don't
  know if this saves power or not though ...
 - 20090412: SMS's are deleted from SIM after being read (see
 http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved/ticket/29). THIS NEEDS
 TESTING!!!

 - 20090413: vibrating/alarm/snoozing: works reliable now (there was a
  bug in the used timers logic that could cause infinite vibrating)
 - 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
  rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)
 - 20090415: outgoing call doesn't register anymore as missed when
  aborting the call before the connection is made (again: thanks
  Holger!)

 (the last 2 fixes aren't in any tickets, I need to create a patch for
 these.)


 Problems found (more like small nuisances now):
 ===
 - if you set the time back to something in the past, the clock service
  crashes and you need to restart qtextended if you want to use the
  clock again
 - bluetooth is not working totally ok, only after initial boot it
  works, not after suspend/resume. Seems to be kernel/bluez3 version
  combo issue ... After suspend/resume bluetooth seems to work, but
  receiving files for sure don't.
 - if you try to delete the Wireless Lan, the system crashes ... cool
  huh, a crashed phone? So for now: don't do it :-)

 - waiting call notification doesn' t work for me, it seems that the
  command to set the CCWA on the network fails for me:

  AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,1,1
  AtChat :  F : +CME ERROR: 4
  AtChat :  T : AT+CCWA=1,2
  AtChat :  F : +CCWA: 0,7
  AtChat :  F : OK

 The error +CME ERROR: 4 means that the operation is not supported. Is
 this provider related?

 - I had a problem with the battery service crashing on me; all of the
  suddenly (after many suspend/resumes) the device gave me a warning
  that the battery was critical low, but after another suspend/resume
  cycle, the icon showed a full battery (even though the battery was at
  60% or so)


 Install instructions:
 =
 download the script
 http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/openmoko_install.sh , read the comments
 at the top and then execute the script on your openmoko (after having
 flashed the device and made sure internet works).
 For those who just want to replace their existing QtE: just download
 the QtE compressed file and replace your existing QtE with it:
 http://users.telenet.be/liedekef/qte_20090415.tgz.

 Enjoy!

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opkg - question

2009-04-15 Thread Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
Dear list,

I have seen a strange behavior in opkg. The context is this:

A certain repository (listed in the FR's conf files) has these versions of 
'package':

package.0.1.ipk
package.0.3.ipk

Somewhere else in the internet (not a repository) this file is available:

http://mypage.org/package.0.2.ipk

And I type in the Freerunner:

opkg install http://mypage.org/package.0.2.ipk

And the package that gets installed is package.0.3.ipk !!
Is this normal? I cannot have package.0.2.ipk installed? how?

Regards,
Juan Lucas
 
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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Johny Tenfinger
E libraries seems to be a fastest and lightnest on Neo hardware. When
using proper theme of course. And they provide very nice way for
layouting. I was sceptic about e too, but when I see that libs in
action (from both user and developer side), I'm sure that was good
decision. There is even Illume and Elememtary, which are dedicated to
devices like Neo. We only need good apps, which are using those libs.

2009/4/15, Cedric Cellier ri...@happyleptic.org:
 If you'd prefer using Qt or GTK, both have dedicated distros.

 For instance, hackable:1 is the continuation of the initial OpenMoko
 software
 stack that was based on GTK.

 As to why openmoko guys decided one day to sacrifice all the work already
 done
 with GTK and to go for a plain new framework, well you should as well ask
 Why those Moai on the Easter island ? :-)



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Re: [SHR] timezone broken again

2009-04-15 Thread The Digital Pioneer
I'm not sure where it gets the zone from, but if someone knows a way to sync
from GSM without screwing up the TZ, I'd love to hear it.
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Re: [QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:20:50 +0200
Sound Freedom sound.of.free...@gmail.com wrote:

 
  - 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
   rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)
 
 
 Is it resolve this problem ? :
 When the phone is in supsend mode, when somebody call me, the phone
 doesn't do anything. But when I wake the phone, it's ringing 3 time
 for a call from unknown person. Then the real call is lost.
 I don't know if it do the same with a sms.
 

This is kernel related probably ... what kernel+rootfs are you using?

Franky

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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Bram Neijt
When I tried hackable:1 it did not contain a dialer and had no basic
phone functionality, but I will be giving it another try in the near
future.

Thank you for your reply.

Bram

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 23:19 +0200, Cedric Cellier wrote:
 If you'd prefer using Qt or GTK, both have dedicated distros.
 
 For instance, hackable:1 is the continuation of the initial OpenMoko software
 stack that was based on GTK.
 
 As to why openmoko guys decided one day to sacrifice all the work already done
 with GTK and to go for a plain new framework, well you should as well ask
 Why those Moai on the Easter island ? :-)
 
 
 
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Re: [om2009] - send SMS GUI logic

2009-04-15 Thread Steve Mosher
My samsung allows both methods.

  So when I want to send a broadcast, like merry christmas I do the 
following.

1. Create new message.
2. enter msg.
3. Hit options
4. add people I want to braodcast to..
 Then I get to browse through my contects checking off people...
5. hit send.

Or I just hit create new mesage. Enter the sms. hit send. get a menu
of people to add.. lets see I'll send this to julie and mary, because 
julie just called me 10 minutes ago and she and mary are out driving 
around. I do that all the time.

  And.. when I want to send a message to Sean
I can
1. create new msg
2. Hit send
3. add sean
4. hit back
5 type in the msg
6. hit send.

I use both methods all the time. But then Again I use broadcast probably 
more than most.

Or go to contacts.. find sean, click send a msg, type the msg. hit send

or go to inbox, find a msg from sean, hit reply. etc.

or go to recent calls, find seans last call to me, hit options, select 
send a msg... etc etc

I guess I use all those methods on a regular basis

Joseph Reeves wrote:
 My Nokia N96 wants me to select the recipients before I write the
 message, and that's a phone that people seem to like...
 
 After all, I think to myself I'll send something to François, rather
 than I want to say something, but who shall I send it to?
 
 ;-)
 
 
 
 2009/4/15 François TOURDE fr...@tourde.org:
 Le 14349ième jour après Epoch,
 blok...@h0m3.be écrivait:

 first tipe what you want to send , then to who  seems more logical .
 I agree with this, even if I don't understand why. I can't find any good
 reason to use this order :)

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Re: [qtExtended] and GTA01 - repost - sorry for the copy crap

2009-04-15 Thread wim . delvaux
On Wednesday 15 April 2009 19:25:39 Andy Selby wrote:
  i found the last 3/3/2009 image of Qt-extended.

 Really!
 Could you post a link?

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http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Qtopia_/_Qt_Extended_on_FreeRunner

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Re: [QtExtended] Latest and greatest, progress mail 7

2009-04-15 Thread Tomas Riveros Schober

Franky,
I've just installed your version of QtE and everything works very well 
with one major exception,
the phone suspends while on calls! I'm using the rootfs from april 4th 
(recommended in your script)
this is very, very bad!
Tom

Franky Van Liedekerke escribió:
 On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:20:50 +0200
 Sound Freedom sound.of.free...@gmail.com wrote:

   
 - 20090415: missed calls bug finally solved, it took some code
  rewriting I found in the qtopia version Om2008.12 (thanks Holger!)
   
 Is it resolve this problem ? :
 When the phone is in supsend mode, when somebody call me, the phone
 doesn't do anything. But when I wake the phone, it's ringing 3 time
 for a call from unknown person. Then the real call is lost.
 I don't know if it do the same with a sms.

 

 This is kernel related probably ... what kernel+rootfs are you using?

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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Bram Neijt
Saying that the libs are dedicated to the Neo sounds like my worst
nightmare: no application anywhere ever uses them.. except for some of
the programs written specially for the Neo. That would imply that, if
you ever want to use an application on the Neo, you will have to port it
(or live with the overhead of running multiple GUI toolkits at the same
time).

Saying we only need good apps sounds like a big understatement of the
problem. The open source world is full of good apps, the problem is: not
only do we need good apps, they need to be coded from scratch.

I'm not familiar with the layout possibilities of e, however in my
experience, the more freedom you give the developers, the more horrid
the design :(. This often leeds to differently sized fonts, with buttons
sized to the text they contain, and no place for the user to start or
stop looking at the application. I've even seen interfaces where you
where never sure weather something was a button or not, let alone what
would happen if you tried to click on it.

Most developers are like people making their first Powerpoint
presentation. Everybody has seen those: everything has a different
color, size, and it all flies around with sound effects.

Bram

On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 23:35 +0200, Johny Tenfinger wrote:
 E libraries seems to be a fastest and lightnest on Neo hardware. When
 using proper theme of course. And they provide very nice way for
 layouting. I was sceptic about e too, but when I see that libs in
 action (from both user and developer side), I'm sure that was good
 decision. There is even Illume and Elememtary, which are dedicated to
 devices like Neo. We only need good apps, which are using those libs.
 
 2009/4/15, Cedric Cellier ri...@happyleptic.org:
  If you'd prefer using Qt or GTK, both have dedicated distros.
 
  For instance, hackable:1 is the continuation of the initial OpenMoko
  software
  stack that was based on GTK.
 
  As to why openmoko guys decided one day to sacrifice all the work already
  done
  with GTK and to go for a plain new framework, well you should as well ask
  Why those Moai on the Easter island ? :-)
 
 
 
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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Bram Neijt bne...@gmail.com writes:
 Saying that the libs are dedicated to the Neo sounds like my worst
 nightmare: no application anywhere ever uses them.. except for some of

I have had these same thoughts for months. Fortunately it is perfectly
possible to use freerunner without using E at all. I wrote a small
dialer in python gtk and use normal applications from debian
(gpe-calendar, xvkbd keyboard, midori/firefox/arora/elinks browsers,
xchat, icewm window manager). This has give me a pretty stable no
surprises around corners environment with lots of applications and
let me to concentrate on helping kernel, Xorg and ogsmd development.



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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Johny Tenfinger
No, you didn't understand me. It isn't dedicated for Neo. It's
designed for handheld devices. Like Neo. And under that environment
you can still use other toolkits. And when I said about good apps I
was thinking about phone apps. And it seems that SHR has really good,
e17 phone apps. They would be perfect, if only there is opimd support
and some today screen :)

2009/4/16, Bram Neijt bne...@gmail.com:
 Saying that the libs are dedicated to the Neo sounds like my worst
 nightmare: no application anywhere ever uses them.. except for some of
 the programs written specially for the Neo. That would imply that, if
 you ever want to use an application on the Neo, you will have to port it
 (or live with the overhead of running multiple GUI toolkits at the same
 time).

 Saying we only need good apps sounds like a big understatement of the
 problem. The open source world is full of good apps, the problem is: not
 only do we need good apps, they need to be coded from scratch.

 I'm not familiar with the layout possibilities of e, however in my
 experience, the more freedom you give the developers, the more horrid
 the design :(. This often leeds to differently sized fonts, with buttons
 sized to the text they contain, and no place for the user to start or
 stop looking at the application. I've even seen interfaces where you
 where never sure weather something was a button or not, let alone what
 would happen if you tried to click on it.

 Most developers are like people making their first Powerpoint
 presentation. Everybody has seen those: everything has a different
 color, size, and it all flies around with sound effects.

 Bram

 On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 23:35 +0200, Johny Tenfinger wrote:
 E libraries seems to be a fastest and lightnest on Neo hardware. When
 using proper theme of course. And they provide very nice way for
 layouting. I was sceptic about e too, but when I see that libs in
 action (from both user and developer side), I'm sure that was good
 decision. There is even Illume and Elememtary, which are dedicated to
 devices like Neo. We only need good apps, which are using those libs.

 2009/4/15, Cedric Cellier ri...@happyleptic.org:
  If you'd prefer using Qt or GTK, both have dedicated distros.
 
  For instance, hackable:1 is the continuation of the initial OpenMoko
  software
  stack that was based on GTK.
 
  As to why openmoko guys decided one day to sacrifice all the work
  already
  done
  with GTK and to go for a plain new framework, well you should as well
  ask
  Why those Moai on the Easter island ? :-)
 
 
 
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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Martin Bernreuther
Am Mittwoch, 15. April 2009 schrieb Bram Neijt:
 I know this question must have come up once before, but I couldn't find
 any real answer online, so I'm posting it here. Why enlightenment?

at least one developer from enlightenment
(see http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=contactl=en)
was working for OpenMoko (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Who_is_Who):
Carsten Haitzler / raster (http://www.rasterman.com/)
If enlightenment is well-suited and if you have somebody
with such a good knowledge... And now there's a foundation.
So why not. There are other approaches and quite a few distributions
(http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Distributions) supporting different ones.
You have the choice! Starting as a developer, the decision which framework to 
use
might be hard though... (But if you have a choice, you have to take a decision.)

Martin

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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Joseph Jon Booker
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:57:57 +0200
Bram Neijt bne...@gmail.com wrote:

 I know this question must have come up once before, but I couldn't
 find any real answer online, so I'm posting it here. Why
 enlightenment?
 
 I haven't seen enlightenment being used for over 4 years, and with the
 wealth of programs out there which are portable and can run on top op
 Linux, this choice really astounds me. I'm only writing this now,
 because I see that the next Om release (2009) is going to keep
 focusing on using it.
 

For awhile Openmoko had hired Enlightenment's lead developer
(Rasterman), so that probably explains their predisposition to using
it. E17 also has the advantage of being both slick (in terms of
resources) and looking damn good. This has nothing to do with the GUI
used by the apps, any more then using fluxbox on a desktop would affect
my ability to run gnome or kde applications.

 As I see it, all embedded devices running some kind of interface use
 either QT or GTK (QT Phone, Nokia Internet tablet, Sharp Zaurus..) and
 there are various applications and standards available.
 
 Why then go for enlightenment?
 
 Hoping this is not to inflammatory,
   Bram

What do you mean by standards in there are various applications and
standards available ? As a full-blown window manager, enlightenment
will do everything any other full-featured window manager can do (well,
except have releases that aren't just snapshots).

Also, remember that Qt Phone and the Nokia tablets use their own gui
libraries too (Qtextended and hildon respectively), that applications
have to be ported to in order to look native. I'm not familiar with
Sharp Zaurus-based distros, but don't they normally use gpe software,
which is in most openmoko distro's repos?

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[SHR-unstable] call weighting breaks current call

2009-04-15 Thread Russell Hay
I've been using SHR-unstable quite happily for a week or two - and the only
major issue I have is that whilst on a call, if another person calls me - I
receive notification of a call waiting, then it drops both calls. I'm after
some clarification as to whether it's likely that this issue is due to SHR
or the GSM firmware?

If it's useful, this is seen with the O2 (UK) provider.

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Re: [SHR-unstable] call weighting breaks current call

2009-04-15 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
On Thursday 16 April 2009 01:04:43 Russell Hay wrote:
 I've been using SHR-unstable quite happily for a week or two - and the only
 major issue I have is that whilst on a call, if another person calls me - I
 receive notification of a call waiting, then it drops both calls.

FSO is probably guilty.

I don't think it drops the calls though. I rather think it's trying to 
switching to the stereoout scenario, thus detaching audio from GSM -- to 
prepare for playing the ringtone. We need to change the rules so that it does 
not attempt to play a ringtone while a call is already ongoing.

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Problems building fso-paroli

2009-04-15 Thread arg0

When i attempt the build, it errors out with:

NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod
ERROR: QA Issue: No GNU_HASH in the elf binary: 
'/home/oe/base/build/tmp/work/armv4t-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/libmikmod-3.2.0-beta2-r0/install/libmikmod/usr/lib/libmikmod.so.3.0.0'

...

NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod-locale
ERROR: QA run found fatal errors. Please consider fixing them.
ERROR: Error in executing: 
/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
ERROR: Error in executing: 
/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
ERROR: Error in executing: 
/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
ERROR: Error in executing: 
/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
ERROR: Build of 
/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb 
do_package failed
ERROR: Task 916 
(/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb, 
do_package) failed
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 1956 tasks of which 1600 didn't need to be rerun 
and 1 failed.
ERROR: '/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb' 
failed

any ideas/suggestions?
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Re: Problems building fso-paroli

2009-04-15 Thread Angus Ainslie
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 17:06 -0700, arg0 wrote:
 When i attempt the build, it errors out with:
 
 NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod
 ERROR: QA Issue: No GNU_HASH in the elf binary: 
 '/home/oe/base/build/tmp/work/armv4t-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/libmikmod-3.2.0-beta2-r0/install/libmikmod/usr/lib/libmikmod.so.3.0.0'
 
 ...
 
 NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod-locale
 ERROR: QA run found fatal errors. Please consider fixing them.
 ERROR: Error in executing: 
 /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
 ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
 ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
 ERROR: Error in executing: 
 /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
 ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
 ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
 ERROR: Error in executing: 
 /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
 ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
 ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
 ERROR: Error in executing: 
 /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
 ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
 ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
 ERROR: Build of 
 /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb 
 do_package failed
 ERROR: Task 916 
 (/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb, 
 do_package) failed
 NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 1956 tasks of which 1600 didn't need to be 
 rerun and 1 failed.
 ERROR: 
 '/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb' failed
 
 any ideas/suggestions?

What branch are you building ?

What machine are you building ?

What distro are you building ?

Angus


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Re: sunlight readable LCD

2009-04-15 Thread William Kenworthy
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 14:05 +0200, Marcel wrote:
 Am Mittwoch, 15. April 2009 15:04:27 schrieb Esben Stien:
  Miguel Ángel Calderón miguelangel...@gmail.com writes:
   * sunlight readable LCD
 
  Definitely. This doesn't affect anything, right, other than being more
  readable..?!?. I would also like the screen window to be scratch free.
 
   * bigger LCD 3,5+
 
  You don't think it would be a little too big Neo, if the current one
  is 2 point something?.
 
   * new ruggedized case or rubber shell
 
  I'm all for a steel case, military field use style;). Remember to make
  small holes to be able to mount the back to a series of adapters, like
  mic stand, DIN mount and a magnet container.
 
 Where you would have to consider (as it has been said multiple times afaik) 
 making some plastic parts to let GSM/GPS signals get into the faraday cage... 
 (Hoping that's the correct name)
 
   * waterproof (substaintially more costs)
 
  IP67 is how I roll.
 

Any kind of super tough case + general purpose mounting system to insert
the FR into will have disadvantages in size and mounting problems (case
+ mount = tall if mounted on bike handlebars)

For bike use, someything like this may be better:
http://wdk.dyndns.org/freerunner/p1000129.jpg

This is the test version - did 2 rides and have not been able to since
due to arthritis problems.

Just needs a flip up perspex across the top to make it water resistant
unless you ride underwater(!)

The black bands attaching it are plastic tie straps - the one across the
FR stops it falling out.  The hole on the right ear is for the stylus.

What needs to be done:
reset stylus hole so tip does not protrude so much - could be like a
little knife in a crash - the rest hangs out the bottom close to the
frame so it out of the way so you don't need it accessible from the top

Drill finger sized hole in bottom of FR recess to make it easier to
remove.

route a groove for a neoprene oring around the FR and fit a glare
resistent perspex top (does such a thing exist?) with a clip.

paint and make it pretty - as a first attempt its quite good, just
needs minor mods the make it look professional.  Got the idea from
meeting a Danish bike enthusiast visting Perth for a conference who had
a map board attached to his handlebars with clips for a big pile of
paper maps - that looked even messier!
Could modify it to take a charger cable for long life pack, but my
rides (if I'll ever be able to again :( are usually between 1 and 2
hours - running GSM and GPS gave around 4 hours (earlier shr-testing).

Downside:
glare affects are there, but not really problem, its almost always
readable, plus by leaning forward, my shadow helps - and this is in
Australian sunshine in summer.  I actually think an improved screen
(brighter?) wont add much? - its actually too bright (shr-stable) in low
light conditions - and at night it lights up me while I am riding and
affecting my forward vision.

withou a gps antenna, it gives a slightly poorer HDOP between when
moving and the bike is stationary (I am not on it) as my body mass is
affecting it.  It is still better though than having it in a leather
case mounted on a belt about my waist even when that is on back so has
almost a full view of the sky - probably body movement - manifests
itself in tangogps as small wiggles in the track at openstreetmap level
17.

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Re: Problems building fso-paroli

2009-04-15 Thread Stephen LePage
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Angus Ainslie nyt...@openmoko.org wrote:

 On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 17:06 -0700, arg0 wrote:
  When i attempt the build, it errors out with:
 
  NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod
  ERROR: QA Issue: No GNU_HASH in the elf binary:
 '/home/oe/base/build/tmp/work/armv4t-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/libmikmod-3.2.0-beta2-r0/install/libmikmod/usr/lib/libmikmod.so.3.0.0'
 
  ...
 
  NOTE: Checking Package: libmikmod-locale
  ERROR: QA run found fatal errors. Please consider fixing them.
  ERROR: Error in executing: /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
  ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
  ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
  ERROR: Error in executing: /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
  ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
  ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
  ERROR: Error in executing: /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
  ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
  ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
  ERROR: Error in executing: /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb
  ERROR: Exception:type 'exceptions.SystemExit' Message:1
  ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
  ERROR: Build of /home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb do_package failed
  ERROR: Task 916 (/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb, do_package) failed
  NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 1956 tasks of which 1600 didn't need to be
 rerun and 1 failed.
  ERROR: '/home/oe/base/openembedded/recipes/libmikmod/
 libmikmod_3.2.0-beta2.bb' failed
 
  any ideas/suggestions?

 What branch are you building ?


 What machine are you building ?

 What distro are you building ?


 Angus


   Branch: org.openembedded.dev
   Machine: om-gta02
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Re: Problems building fso-paroli

2009-04-15 Thread Angus Ainslie
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 21:40 -0400, Stephen LePage wrote:
 

Branch: org.openembedded.dev 
Machine: om-gta02
Distro:openmoko
 
 

branch needs to be fso/milestone5 or fso/milestone5.5
 

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Re: Why enlightenment?

2009-04-15 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
 I wrote a small
 dialer in python gtk and use normal applications from debian
 (gpe-calendar, xvkbd keyboard, midori/firefox/arora/elinks browsers,
 xchat, icewm window manager). This has give me a pretty stable no
 surprises around corners environment with lots of applications and
 let me to concentrate on helping kernel, Xorg and ogsmd development.

Is your environment finger-friendly?


Btw, I all WMs I've tried until now, either try to resize any window to 
become full-screen, or just keep windows size as is (so part os out of 
screen). Both ways make parts of windows inaccessible. Especially 
configuration dialogs. Tried E17 configuration dialogs (with font/scale 
set to something visible without a microscope), especially in more 
options mode?

Why not just add scroolbars (in the WM frame I mean)?
Especially for configuration dialogs. So if an app was not originally 
written for small screen, it could still be possible to reach everything 
in it's window.

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Re: opkg - question

2009-04-15 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio
jldoming...@prodevelop.es wrote:
 opkg install http://mypage.org/package.0.2.ipk

 And the package that gets installed is package.0.3.ipk !!
 Is this normal? I cannot have package.0.2.ipk installed? how?


I'd guess that's the normal behavior: it always installs the latest
package available. I'd guess you can --force-something to make sure
the version 0.2 is installed, if you really want it.

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