On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:52 +0100 Michael Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Tickle wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I just installed the ASU daily build from buildhost yesterday (23 > > Jul), and there doesn't seem to be an on-screen keyboard. > > > > I've been doing a lot of searching around to find out what's up with > > the keyboard. I know that it was added as a 'qwerty' button, and > > then removed because the devs want it to automatically appear when > > there's text to enter and automatically disappear appropriately. > > I'd personally prefer the manual mode, but I can understand why > > someone would want this done automatically. > > > > Problem for me is that the keyboard never automatically pops up. I > > know this isn't an isolated incident, as this bug report exists: > > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1663 > > > > Of course there's a mention of using some ASU image from > > downloads.openmoko.org instead of buildhost.openmoko.org, but I > > can't find anything ASU-related after sometime in May on the > > downloads site. > > I had the same issue, the problem is that buildhost isn't building > ASU packages from the ASU dev git tree (I'd guess because it's mostly > aimed at people running 2007.02). What you need to do is change your > opkg feeds to use > http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/ which has all > the new packages (including an updated version of qpe with keyboard > support enabled). You can download the correct config files from: > > http://www.mikeasoft.com/~mike/opkg-asu.tar.gz > > Just move /etc/opkg to /etc/opkg-backup then unpack that to /etc, > then: opkg update && opkg upgrade && /etc/init.d/xserver-nodm restart > > The keyboard should now pop up automatically when text areas > request it. > > > I tried editing the > > file /usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/illume.edj and setting > > 'visible: 1' under the 'part { name: "kbdtext"' section, but that > > caused the whole UI to be useless (looks like this file is some > > sort of compiled binary, I couldn't find any information on it.) > > > > So, in short: what is up with the keyboard? > > You can grab an illume theme with the qwerty button restored from: > > http://www.mikeasoft.com/~mike/illume.edj > > Just drop that in to /usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/ (note > that you'll need to overwrite it again each time illume-theme is > updated though). ASU is AWESOME once it's working properly. Thanks so much! I'd like to put this on the Wiki. Is it okay if I link directly to those files, or is there some way we can upload such arbitrary files to the current wiki? -Jeff -- Jeff Tickle - 828-262-7123 Operations and Systems Analyst Electronic Student Services Appalachian State University http://ess.appstate.edu http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community