Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread Sargun Dhillon
I don't care for 3G. GSM is a crappy technology here in the states (I blame the implementors). We have flat data rates for a variety of reasons. Additionally, why are we expecting 3G from OM, they are having a hard time getting a phone right. Why are we holding them to the same standards as

Re: GPS testing on 2008.12

2008-12-24 Thread Ed Kapitein
Hi Jan, You could try to work on the low level first: If you activated gps in the settings, try to do cat /dev/ttySAC1 this should give you some output like this: r...@freerunner:~# cat /dev/ttySAC1 NMEA unknown msg*58 $GPTXT,01,01,01,NMEA unknown msg*58 $GPTXT$GPRMC,,V,,N*53 this

[2008.12] Make the sound setting permanent

2008-12-24 Thread julien cubizolles
Hi, I've switched to Om2008.12 yesterday and really enjoyed it. I'm suggesting an improvement to the volume bar during calls. Could the last setting be recalled on the next call. So far, I've always needed to set it to max and it's not very convenient when you don't use a headset. Also, what alsa

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread rakshat hooja
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Sargun Dhillon xbmodder+openm...@gmail.comxbmodder%2bopenm...@gmail.com wrote: I don't care for 3G. GSM is a crappy technology here in the states (I blame the implementors). We have flat data rates for a variety of reasons. Additionally, why are we expecting

Re: [2008.12] Make the sound setting permanent

2008-12-24 Thread John Lee
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 09:32:57AM +0100, julien cubizolles wrote: Hi, I've switched to Om2008.12 yesterday and really enjoyed it. I'm suggesting an improvement to the volume bar during calls. Could the last setting be recalled on the next call. So far, I've always needed to set it to max and

Re: Weather app: meooem 0.0.1

2008-12-24 Thread Rikard Nilsson
Intraction with the gps would be great /rikard On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Yorick Moko yorickm...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know why, but I like it (probably just because it works ;-)) maybe also adding a possibility to launch a window with all our favorite places; or a gui to choose a

Re: GPS testing on 2008.12

2008-12-24 Thread Hans Zimmerman
Hey, I have been doing the exact same thing the last few days. I thouroughly read the different wiki pages [1] but it did not really help me besides pointing me to agpsui. I was only acknowledged the device was working when I activated the GPS, booted tangogps and started walking around in town.

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread Gothnet
rakshat hooja wrote: Also if there are reports of 3G dongles working well with the Freerunner, please post them on this list/ wiki. Resellers can start stocking them if the demand is there. Rakshat AAH! I don't want to have to have a dongle, probably with a separate contract, in

[omview] images not diplayed

2008-12-24 Thread Marc Bantle
Hi all, I'm running omview r32 on om-testing and trying to display some JPG pictures taken with a canon digicam in 2592x1944 resolution. The images are not displayed, only their names. Thumbnails are produced on startup as png-files. Here's the console output: r...@om-gta02:~# omview

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread Gothnet
Sargun Dhillon wrote: Additionally, why are we expecting 3G from OM, they are having a hard time getting a phone right. Why are we holding them to the same standards as Apple, HTC, etc... Apple can't get 3G in the iPhone for two years. For which they were heavily criticised because

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread rakshat hooja
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.netwrote: rakshat hooja wrote: Also if there are reports of 3G dongles working well with the Freerunner, please post them on this list/ wiki. Resellers can start stocking them if the demand is there. Rakshat

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread Gothnet
rakshat hooja wrote: I am talking about GTA 02 and people who already own it and need to use 3G. GTA 02 does not have 3G built in sorry if if this was not clear in my mail Rakshat Sorry, thought you were suggesting it as a get-out-of-jail-free for OM and 3G on the 03. If you

Re: Getting rid of Android

2008-12-24 Thread Orlando
I Hate to tell you this, but you can try to format your sd card (just to fat32 or ext3) in another Linux box. Then, install another Linux distro in your openmoko... The problem as I see it is that your sd card has a lot of partitions right ? -Orlando. On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Kosa

[2008.12] Unusable due freezings?

2008-12-24 Thread Francesco de Virgilio
Hi all! First of all, greetings for bring us OM 2008.12, it's probably one of the most great releases of OM (the boot in particular is rally cool!). Now, I flashed it yesterday, as follows: dfu-util -a kernel -R -D Om2008.12-om-gta02.uImage.bin dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D

Re: Getting rid of Android

2008-12-24 Thread Gothnet
Orlando-13 wrote: I Hate to tell you this, but you can try to format your sd card (just to fat32 or ext3) in another Linux box. Then, install another Linux distro in your openmoko... The problem as I see it is that your sd card has a lot of partitions right ? -Orlando. Probably

Re: Getting rid of Android

2008-12-24 Thread vsviridov
Yes, Android is flashed into the unit. SD Card contains 2 partitions as per Android requirements. The partitions i mention are showing up in dfu-util -l, which lists all the alternates available. (Normally uboot, kernel, rootfs, bootsplash, etc). But they all appear as UNKNOWN in the list. I

www.opkg.org - Relaunch!

2008-12-24 Thread Tobias Kündig
Dear Community, After hours of coding I can present you my little christmas gift for Openmoko and the whole community: The relaunch of www.opkg.org. The whole site was recoded. There is a new system and a shiny new design. These are the changes I made: New Design

Re: www.opkg.org - Relaunch!

2008-12-24 Thread Yogiz
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:46:33 +0100 Tobias Kündig tobias.kuen...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Community, After hours of coding I can present you my little christmas gift for Openmoko and the whole community: The relaunch of www.opkg.org. The whole site was recoded. There is a new system and a

New on screen Keyboard for Hackable1 and Debian written in Python

2008-12-24 Thread kris Occhipinti
Hello, I've created a new on screen keyboard for the Freerunner. I designed it for Hackable1. I tried to make it as finger friendly as possible and use as much screen space for buttons. I've only been working on it for one day but it's pretty usable. Like Hackable1, it's still a little ruff

Re: New on screen Keyboard for Hackable1 and Debian written in Python

2008-12-24 Thread Davide Scaini
Interesting! can you provide a screenshot? thanks! d On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:44 PM, kris Occhipinti metalx2...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, I've created a new on screen keyboard for the Freerunner. I designed it for Hackable1. I tried to make it as finger friendly as possible and use as much

Call Forwarding on 2008.12

2008-12-24 Thread bytestore
what can i do Call Forwarding feature? Very necessary function for phone!! example gsm codes for it http://www.geckobeach.com/cellular/secrets/gsmcodes.php -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Call-Forwarding-on-2008.12-tp1786743p1786743.html Sent from the Openmoko Community

blank screen over a time or aux button 2008.12

2008-12-24 Thread bytestore
in asu theme + illume i not found preference button in left up of screen :( im probe decompile and parse asu theme, but nothing found -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/blank-screen-over-a-time-or-aux-button-2008.12-tp1786924p1786924.html Sent from the Openmoko Community

Re: New on screen Keyboard for Hackable1 and Debian written in Python

2008-12-24 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Here is a link to the script http://www.filmsbykris.com/freerunner-debian/ko-keypad/ko-keypad you need to have xautomation installed (apt-get install xautomation) If can install xautomation on om2008 then this keyboard shouldl work on it aswell Hi I've tried to start it on a FR running

[2008.12] Editing numbers, in contacts for instance

2008-12-24 Thread Ivo van den Maagdenberg
Just flashed to 2008.12. Fast booting and responsive user interaction, great! However, I noticed there is only a simple keyboard available. While I was trying to edit data in the Contacts app there is no way to enter numbers... only 26 characters (a-z) are available. Any hints are welcome to get

Re: Getting rid of Android

2008-12-24 Thread Flyin_bbb8
how about the nor uboot? same list? On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM, vsviri...@exceede.com wrote: Yes, Android is flashed into the unit. SD Card contains 2 partitions as per Android requirements. The partitions i mention are showing up in dfu-util -l, which lists all the alternates

Release illume-keyboards-dutch-nl

2008-12-24 Thread Pander
HI all, See http://www.opkg.org/package_75.html Rasterman, can I send you the .tar.gz with 'sources' for you to add to enlightenment svn? It has some files which need to be in the Illume base package, see README-dutch-nl Merry Christmas, Pander ___

merry christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Carlo Minucci
merry christmas (now in italy is 00:00) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: merry christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Marc Verwerft
You 2 (and everybody else also) May the new year bring loads of fun and applications to OpenMoko! Cheers guys (and girls) On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Carlo Minucci ge...@napodano.com wrote: merry christmas (now in italy is 00:00) ___

Re: Release illume-keyboards-dutch-nl

2008-12-24 Thread Pander
Yorick Moko wrote: Hi Pander, The link to the README-dutch-nl doesn't work That is correct, please see that file on your system after installing the IPK file. I've updated the description on http://opkg.org On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Pander pan...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: HI

Re: merry christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Sargun Dhillon
There are female OpenMoko users? Where? :-P In a slightly more politically correct way: Happy holidays! (It's only 15:47 here, PST8PDT) On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Marc Verwerft marc.js.verwe...@gmail.com wrote: You 2 (and everybody else also) May the new year bring loads of fun and

Re: merry christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Michele Renda
Merry Cristmas - Buon Natale - Craciun Fericit to you all ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: www.opkg.org - Relaunch!

2008-12-24 Thread Harald Zophon Zophoniasson
Very nice indeed! Thanks for this christmas present! Merry Christmas to you all. 2008/12/25 Yogiz yog...@gmail.com On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:46:33 +0100 Tobias Kündig tobias.kuen...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Community, After hours of coding I can present you my little christmas gift for

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread Sargun Dhillon
Man, I really don't care for 3G. I don't know if the GTA03 is going to be slated on a production-quality phone, but for development purposes, and as a device which I can use as a general purpose embedded projects base, 3G doesn't matter. If I want data speeds, I'm going to veer away from GSM, as

Re: New on screen Keyboard for Hackable1 and Debian written in Python

2008-12-24 Thread kris Occhipinti
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Nikita V. Youshchenko yo...@debian.orgwrote: Here is a link to the script http://www.filmsbykris.com/freerunner-debian/ko-keypad/ko-keypad you need to have xautomation installed (apt-get install xautomation) If can install xautomation on om2008 then this

Re: merry christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Carlo Minucci
Sargun Dhillon ha scritto: There are female OpenMoko users? Where? :-P ahahahah ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-24 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:19:02 -0800 (PST) Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.net babbled: Sargun Dhillon wrote: Additionally, why are we expecting 3G from OM, they are having a hard time getting a phone right. Why are we holding them to the same standards as Apple, HTC, etc... Apple

Re: [2008.12] Editing numbers, in contacts for instance

2008-12-24 Thread Wendy
Hi, try to scroll up and down on the keyboard, then you will have numbers or symbols. check here:http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om_2008.8_Keyboard Wendy On Thursday 25 December 2008 04:58:57 Ivo van den Maagdenberg wrote: Just flashed to 2008.12. Fast booting and responsive user interaction,

[FSO/SHR/debian] SMS location app

2008-12-24 Thread Angus Ainslie
I've started an app to help find lost or borrowed Freerunners. It watches for specially formatted SMSs and when it sees the right one it SMSs back its location. Put [1] in /usr/bin/ Put [2] int /etc/init.d/ chmod +x /etc/init.d/sms-sentry.sh ln -s /etc/init.d/sms-sentry /etc/rc5.d/S99sms-sentry

Re: [FSO/SHR/debian] SMS location app

2008-12-24 Thread Damian Spriggs
On Dec 25, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Angus Ainslie wrote: I've started an app to help find lost or borrowed Freerunners. It watches for specially formatted SMSs and when it sees the right one it SMSs back its location. Now this is just brilliant! Good work, and thank you. (d) --- Damian A.