Re: Getting rid of echo for callers.

2008-08-29 Thread Mike Baroukh
If I understand correctly, it's not so easy : the problems are for 
others personns.
- you have to give the phone to somebody,
- ask him to go away
- call him
- ssh remotely into your phone.
- ask him to speak while you use alsamixer don't forget to give him a book).

and this, if you can ssh remotely.
Else, you have to ssh from another computer to the computer on wich the 
phone is plugged via usb.
So Easy ...

What I don't understand is why the settings have to be phone dependant.
If I'm not wrong, this settings depends not of the phone but of the gsm 
operator.
If it's true, maybe we may add a wiki page depending on the operator, 
isn't it ?
And if it's true, why not add gsm event that, on connect will choose the 
appropriate .state file depending on wich operator is currently in use ?

Mike


Daniel Selinger a écrit :
> Sry, but saying alsamixer is unuseable was a damn ugly lie ^^
>
> In fact it is extremely helpfull to experiment with the settings while a
> phone call is active and the other person can tell you if it get's
> better.
>
> 1. SSH into the Phone (Info about that on the wiki)
> 2. start alsamixer.
> Make a call to someone (you notice all controls change, thats when
> the gsmhandset.state file is loaded) - fiddle around with the mentioned
> settings until you have what you want.
> 3. exit alsamixer
> 4. call 'alsactl store -f gsmhandsetnew.state'
> 5. you can now diff the files and do whatever you want ^^
> 6. If you want to apply them for every call just rename
> gsmhandsetnew.state to gsmhandset.state and backup the old file.
>
> The controls have the same names within alsamixer, just without the
> Volume if a recall correctly. The only thing i couldn't find in
> alsamixer was Mic2 Capture Volume, but i'm quite sure i just didn't
> look for it enough.
>
> rgds Daniel
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Re: will GTA03 be ready for holiday season?

2008-08-27 Thread Mike Baroukh

Would it really be difficult to swap usb 1.1 for usb 2.0 ?
The main reason would be to speed image burning ...

Mike

Francesco Cat a écrit :
> 2008/8/27 Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>   
>> So now we are targeting crippling the phone further?  Real iPhone killer it
>> is going to be.
>>
>> 
> It was never meant to be an IPhone killer. It was designed for beeing
> the first open phone.
> What I wanted to say: since this is an HW revision, not a brand new
> phone, the components regarding 3G and USB 2.0 will not be present in
> the GTA03. The glamo chip will be removed since it was a bad design
> (personally I would like to keep it, but people at OM think it is
> better to remove it, so it will be removed).
> We should get a camera and EDGE, but no more details are given.
>
> If you want 3G, 3D accelleration, more power, 4Mio pixel camera and so
> on, just wait for the GTA04, and hope that samsung will open their
> 6410 SoC
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Re: 2008.8 update

2008-08-26 Thread Mike Baroukh

I agree.
But may be we could do a wizard on wich every body could contribute to 
add plugins that configure ASU according to user preferences ?
It could configure keyboard, gsm multiplexer, sound, gesture ... install 
browser, terminal, ...
it could be like "easybuntu" ...

For each problem there is an aswer on the wiki.
But having to repeat after each upgrade all the customisation process is 
boring.
Have sombeody already done something like this ?


William Kenworthy a écrit :
> The problem is OM are not responding in a way that reassures us that
> 2008.8 is being shaped to our concerns.  I raised a bug that the default
> 2008.8 keyboard was almost impossible to use in anything but an english
> sms mode.  The bug was closed  with what to an English speaker means
> "its working, so go away".  This certainly teed me right off.  In
> postings since, its been explained that this was actually because of the
> way the bug reporting system works with engineering, and it doesnt work
> like we are used to in most opensource projects where you can raise a
> bug about ANY concern and it will be attended to/allocated as required,
> not closed because it doesnt neatly fit some engineers idea of a bug.
>
> So basicly yes, Yorick is speaking for very many of us.  There is a
> severe usability issue with 2008.8 and its being ignored.  Saying its up
> to the community to fix is laughable - we have fixed it, so why is OM
> not listening?
>
> Yes, I am still peeved by the way the bug was closed - why bother
> raising bugs when it results in actions like this?  Its all very well
> saying its open, give them a chance etc, but eventually, something will
> have to change here.
>
> BillK
>
> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 14:06 +0200, Michele Renda wrote:
>   
>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Nishit, I realy hope that Yorick don't speak for a lot of US.
>>
>> There are way and way to make a comment of something is not right: a
>> person can:
>>
>> A. make in a proposive way, opening tickets, and specificating the
>> points that can be done in a different way, or, a person can just say:
>> B. It doesn't run, It doesn't run, It doesn't run -> It is a f**king
>> phone -> It is a f**king firm.
>>
>> You have the "fredom of arbitry", we can do all that we want with our
>> phone: this is not necessarily a nice thing: the software is far to be
>> mature, and a lot of things must to be done. It the price of the freedom.
>>
>> But if you choose the freedom, please don't use B. There are a lot of
>> better thing to do.
>> 
>
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Re: GSM interference / buzzing sound Update

2008-08-26 Thread Mike Baroukh
thanks a lot.
I hope they will provide an "how-to" we can do ourselves to remove this 
sound problem ...
I'm tired to have to shout when using my Neo ...


Yorick Moko a écrit :
> Read all about it on
> http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-August/000415.html
> (for people that don't read the hardware list)
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Re: Qtopia and GPRS

2008-08-26 Thread Mike Baroukh

is name resolution working ?

Eventually, try
wget -O - http://209.85.129.104/
(google)

I putted informations for bouygues telecom on this page but I finally 
found that  we don't need the proxy : It seems that there is a 
transparent proxy ...

Do you have a browser on qtopia ?
I didn't use it for now because of browser lack ...

Mike

julien cubizolles a écrit :
> I think I got GPRS working with my operator (bouyguestelecom) on Qtopia
> through the gui
>
> I get the online message on the gui, but I can't ping any address, not
> even the default gateway (10.64.64.64) set by the pppd it seems.
>
> ifconfig gives :
>
> inet addr:10.160.3.62  P-t-P:10.64.64.64  Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 
> RX bytes:52 (52.0 B)  TX bytes:70 (70.0 B)
>
> route gives :
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse
> Iface
> 10.64.64.64 *   255.255.255.255 UH0  00
> ppp0
> 192.168.0.0 *   255.255.255.0   U 0  00
> usb0
> default 10.64.64.64 0.0.0.0 UG0  00
> ppp0
>
>
>
>  Using the gui I configured :
>
> APN : mmsbouygtel.com
> username :wap (I think you can put whatever you want but there has to be
> something)
> password : wapwap
>
> Proxy : tried 62.201.129.225:8080 (according to
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPRS#Some_APN_names_for_reference) and
> blank
>
> I can provide logreads if needed but they seem to only log pppd messages
> which are fine I think.
>
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Re: Testing and Unstable feeds for the FSO distribution are now available

2008-08-20 Thread Mike Baroukh
Yes ! I was able tu build my own images ! ...
Thanks a lot.

real430m50.083s
user285m0.305s
sys 72m2.178s


Just a note : when compiling, it says that it should be faster with
"psyco jit".
I don't know if it's really faster but I just installed package
"python-psyco" and it doesn't complain anymore.
It's not in you package list.
If it really speed process, maybe you can add it to your server ...

Thanks again.

Mike

Rod Whitby a écrit :
> I have created an unofficial auto-builder for the FSO
> distribution at http://shr.bearstech.com (hosting of the
> server is provided by Bearstech - I have no relationship
> with Bearstech other than managing the auto-builder that
> runs on the server they have provided for this purpose).
>
> The server currently contains continuous builds of the
> fso-testing and fso-unstable distributions for the
> OpenMoko GTA01 (Neo 1973) and GTA02 (Neo FreeRunner).
> In the future it will also contain continuous builds of the
> shr-testing and shr-unstable distributions.
>
> The fso-testing and fso-unstable distributions are built
> from the org.openembedded.dev branch of the
> git://git.openembedded.net/org.openembedded.dev.git repository.
> Both are built with DISTRO set to 'openmoko' and MACHINE set
> to sequentially to 'om-gta01' and 'om-gta02'.
>
> The fso-testing distribution builds the versions of packages
> specified in the preferred-om-2008-versions.inc file and the
> sane-srcrevs.inc file.  A key feature of the fso-testing
> distribution is that the package versions do not change unless
> by direct action of developers to update those files.  The
> intention is that this results in a recent set of packages that
> have undergone some rudimentary testing by the developers.
>
> The fso-unstable distribution allows a certain set of packages
> (defined in the moko-autorev.inc and fso-autorev.inc files) to
> 'float', and therefore is more likely to have the absolute latest
> version of any package, but also more likely to include versions
> of packages that do not not work and sometimes do not even build.
>
> The set of packages built is determined by contents of the
> task-openmoko-feed recipe in the OpenEmbedded repository.
>
> Build results are reported continuously to the oestats server at
> http://tinderbox.openembedded.net/builders/shr.bearstech.com/
>
> All source tarballs used can be found in the sources directory
> on the server.
>
> Note that images that are rebuilt multiples times on the same day
> are overwritten.  The server operates in the CEST timezone.
>
> To replicate the configuration of this server, you should use a
> Debian Lenny host operating system, with the host package
> configuration as specified in the sources.list and dpkg-list.txt
> files in the server-config directory.
>
> Then copy the Makefile and 'common' directory to your build area.
> Read the Makefile for further documentation and instructions.
>
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Re: OpenMoko apps website ?

2008-08-19 Thread Mike Baroukh

couldn't all informations on applications be extracted from ipks ?
Like what is done on http://packages.debian.org/stable/.



Valerio Valerio a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> besides projects.openmoko, I think OpenMoko should have a new website 
> more oriented to the users, it all the OpenMoko applications organized 
> by categories, with screenshots, small descriptions and also the 
> direct link to the packages. Something like this: 
> http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/
>
> Sometimes I go to the  screenshots area of linuxtogo and I see very 
> cool app running on the FR there, but a lot of times I don't know what 
> app is, this new site will resolve this lack for sure.
>
> When OpenMoko goes to prime time, and non technical people get in 
> touch it the phone this application site will give a lot of help to 
> those people that don't know all the free apps that can install in the 
> phone.
>
> what do you think ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- 
> Valério Valério
>
> http://www.valeriovalerio.org
> 
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Re: Gestures now working on fso-testing

2008-08-18 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> Especially the screen orientation change works fine and is really useful. 
What do you mean with "especially" ?
For me, it works as for OM2008.8 : there is always a problem with screen 
calibration when horizontal ...
Not with your's ?

Marcel a écrit :
> Especially the screen orientation change works fine and is really useful. 
> Great work!
>
> Marcel
>
> Am Montag 18 August 2008 10:51:18 schrieb Paul-Valentin Borza:
>   
>> I'm happy now... Thanks Denis.
>> I'll try the new FSO image today :)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Denis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>> 
> wrote:
>   
>>> Those who may be interested in the gestures project
>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Accelerometer-based_Gestures.
>>> After some assist today kudos to rwhitby to get some prerequisite
>>> packages built into the feeds, I have successfully installed the gestures
>>> package on latest fso-testing image. Gesture training, recognition and
>>> screen orientation flipping works and so far I have not encountered any
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> images and feeds used:  http://shr.bearstech.com/fso-testing/
>>> openmoko-fso-image-glibc-ipk--20080817-om-gta02.rootfs.jffs2.summary
>>> neo1973/uImage-om-gta02-latest.bin
>>>
>>> gesture package:
>>> http://accelges.googlecode.com/files/accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk
>>>
>>> Followed basic instruction on wiki:
>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Accelerometer-based_Gestures
>>>
>>>
>>> Enjoy, Denis
>>>
>>> irc: hipitihop on #openmoko
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Re: next Qtopia

2008-08-13 Thread Mike Baroukh


Webkit is a good news.
For GPRS, i couldn't make it works with 4.3 but I'll try again.
And with GPS ...
I hope it will really be  "real soon now"(tm)  ;) ...

thanks a lot.

Mike


Lorn Potter a écrit :
> Mike Baroukh wrote:
>   
>> Does somebody knows when will next Qtopia version be relased (4.4) ?
>> And do you know what will be inside ?
>> (my hope : webbrowser and working gprs ...)
>> 
>
> All I can really say is that it will most likely be released "real soon 
> now"(tm).
>
> Webkit is in 4.4. gps/mapping demo app, among other things.
>
> I haven't had time yet to look into gprs in any version. It is a script that 
> should be in 
> /opt/Qtopia/bin called ppp-network which gets run by Qtopia.
>
>
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next Qtopia

2008-08-13 Thread Mike Baroukh

Does somebody knows when will next Qtopia version be relased (4.4) ?
And do you know what will be inside ?
(my hope : webbrowser and working gprs ...)

Thanks.

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Re: What could be done to improve the OM development process?

2008-08-13 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> Trust me, to avoid it, 
> for a while I really considered shipping a console-image for the framework 
> image, forcing people to ssh into to start getting familiar with the dbus 
> services...
hum ...
personnaly, I use it.
I couldn't get my GPRS work on ASU.
It works immediatly with FSO and I could phone while GPRS is on.

So please, if you do this, build also the wm and allowing us to install 
it ...


Or do I have to give another try to 2008.8 ?
My previous one wasn't successful ...



Mike

Michael 'Mickey' Lauer a écrit :
> Am Mittwoch 13 August 2008 09:24:46 schrieb Olivier Migeot:
>   
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Jeffery Davis
>>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 1. Instead of working on multiple concurrent software distributions, why
>>> not try to rally everyone under one banner for a while?
>>>   
>> Just my cheap comment on this : I feel less and less like there's
>> multiple concurrent software distributions. There was the gsmd-based
>> stack, but it doesn't look like OM is working on it. ASU and FSO looks
>> more and more like two parts of the same thing to me : ASU has some
>> very interesting EFL apps (beside phone apps), and FSO's phone app
>> (zhone) is based on EFL too. So the future merge of the two branches
>> (or "half-branches", if I'm right) shouldn't be that hard nor
>> hypothetical.
>> 
>
> FSO is about the framework. It's _not_ a second distribution worked on by the 
> Openmoko team. It rather exposes the framework-level work with some example 
> code. Here are the only reasons FSO exists as an image and not just as a 
> couple of ipks:
>
> a) Middleware is invisible.
> b) Defining APIs without working on an API consumer seldomly lead to 
> something 
> good.
>
> I was afraid all this confusion would arise, that's why I (thought I) made it 
> clear enough on the framework wiki page and the blogs. Trust me, to avoid it, 
> for a while I really considered shipping a console-image for the framework 
> image, forcing people to ssh into to start getting familiar with the dbus 
> services...
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-11 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> I described how the Nokia N95 handles this in my post of 10 August  
> 2008 13:30:19 BST (search for "N95" in the subject) but perhaps not  
> very clearly, as I hoped for more replies. Apparently I wasted too  
>   

Well, I found your post.
Effectively, it was pretty ... long ...

On each type of connection there should be options.
Your post let me think that, on the GPRS connection type, there should 
be an option named 'gsm provider'.
So, the gprs will established only if your gsm provider is "xxx" (mine 
is 'bouygtel').
If I travel, I will use a local provider for telephony, not the one I 
habitually use => this will prevent the gprs connection to establish.

Mike


Stroller a écrit :
> On 11 Aug 2008, at 10:52, arne anka wrote:
>   
>> ...  all programs
>> connecting to the net should be absolutely agnostic to the kind of
>> connection you use.
>> 
>
> What about the mail application? Every 5 minutes it should only check  
> for new messages if you're on your provider's own network, not when  
> you are on holiday in Spain. Thus when your contract's unlimited data  
> use applies you get immediate notification of new emails, yet you  
> don't get stung for $100s in roaming charges.
>
> I described how the Nokia N95 handles this in my post of 10 August  
> 2008 13:30:19 BST (search for "N95" in the subject) but perhaps not  
> very clearly, as I hoped for more replies. Apparently I wasted too  
> many paragraphs bitching about the Orange build of the Nokia  
> software. But I would LOVE to know how this can be handled on an  
> Openmoko device.
>
> Stroller.
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-11 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> i don't think so -- checking the proxy variable should be transparent to  
> the apps and done by which layer is responsible for managing th connection.
indeed, if the variable is only in environnement, you must restart.
Also, I'm still not sure that there is a variable.
Who can set it ? Only pam is able to do it.

In anyway, I'll try to make something.
I'd be happy if it's useful.
If not, I will be it's only user ...

thanks.


arne anka a écrit :
>>> for the proxy: as someone mentioned before -- there is a global variable
>>> defining the proxy .
>>>   
>> Does this mean that I have to re-start my applications when I connect ?
>> Not optimal ...
>> 
>
> i don't think so -- checking the proxy variable should be transparent to  
> the apps and done by which layer is responsible for managing th connection.
>
>   
>> Anyway do you know who put this variable ?
>> And where to configure it's value ?
>> 
>
> someone in this thread said it is called
> $http_proxy
>
> and you can set it in one of your if-up.d/ scripts in a way like
>
> if [ $IFACE -eq "ppp0" ] ; then
>   export $http_proxy=yourproxyforgprs
> fi
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-11 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> for the proxy: as someone mentioned before -- there is a global variable  
> defining the proxy .

Does this mean that I have to re-start my applications when I connect ?
Not optimal ...

Anyway do you know who put this variable ?
And where to configure it's value ?


Mike


arne anka a écrit :
>> If I take a concrete example : my ~/.wgetrc.
>> i wan't to connect to internet
>> - from home, with wifi, I have direct access to internet.
>> - from work, with wifi, I must use a proxy.
>> - from outside, I must use GPRS with another proxy.
>>
>> It's easy to make a script that will update .wgetrc.
>> 
>
>
> why would you do that?
> every attempt to connect to the net is directed to the currently defined  
> gateway -- no matter if there's wifi or gprs in use. all programs  
> connecting to the net should be absolutely agnostic to the kind of  
> connection you use.
> for the proxy: as someone mentioned before -- there is a global variable  
> defining the proxy and this variable is checked for automatically.
>
> in your up-/down-scripts you simply can set/unset the proxy variablke  
> depending of the interface used.
>
> none of your apps, be it wget or a browser, should care for that kind of  
> information.
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-10 Thread Mike Baroukh
Thanks for your reply.
But I still not agree.

> which means of communications hould the fr chose?
configuration will say it.
the user ordered is preferences.
Maybe depending on price.
Maybe depending on performance.

so it's not really automatic (and had nothing to do with the keyboard
problem ;) ) : I choosed before.

If I take a concrete example : my ~/.wgetrc.
i wan't to connect to internet
- from home, with wifi, I have direct access to internet.
- from work, with wifi, I must use a proxy.
- from outside, I must use GPRS with another proxy.

It's easy to make a script that will update .wgetrc.
But there will be configuration
- in wpa_supplicant ( If I understood well).
- in "post-up" operations of pppd.

Those scripts are not specifics to users.
Everyone will have do the same.


Anyway, I'll try to do something for me and see if it can be shared.


arne anka a écrit :
>>> you can do that in wpa_supplicant.conf.
>>> just add your different wifi-aps to the conf (it does wep and no enc,  
>>> too)
>>> and let wpa_supplicant handle it.
>>>   
>> I'll take a look.
>> But there must be something I don't understand.
>> Because if wpa_supplicant handle only wifi, what about usb, gprs or
>> other connections ?
>> Is there a way to federate all network connections ?
>> 
>
> i am not sure if understand you issue at all.
> - you can handle all you known wifi networks in wpa_supplicant.conf. it's  
> not the user firenliest solution, but anyway
> - usb networking is a rather static way (since ip and probably dns are  
> more or less hardcoded on the fr)
> - gprs is subject to limitations beyound your reach -- ususally your  
> provider puts you in some kind of vpn, not available from the inet by othe  
> means then a proxy of your provider.
> - bt networking seem snot to be a widely used option
>
> so, imo the only means of networking subject to intelligent settings are  
> wfi and gprs.
> wifi is, as said before, configurable in wpa_supplicant.conf (ar any othe  
> way, like networkmanager).
> gprs does not need more than one setting since you usually use only the  
> entry point your provider offers.
>
> all connections use their own devices: eth0 for wifi, bnetX for bt (i  
> guess), ubs0 for usb and finally ppp0 (i think)  for gprs.
> the scripts below /etc/network/if-up.d/ and /etc/network/if-down.d/ have  
> acces to the name of the interface used for networking ($IFACE on my  
> debian box) -- thus you can easily distinguish the means of networking and  
> execute actions appropriately.
>
> something like "internet [on|of]" would be impractical imo not at least  
> because you very easy might find yourself in situations where both wifi  
> and gprs is available, you have tehterd you rf via usb to the notebook in  
> an attempt to use the fr as modem and there might even be one or more  
> people around you with enabled bluetooth.
> which means of communications hould the fr chose?
>
> while it might be decidable most of the time (have a rule basically  
> saying: if one of the wifi networks a, b, c or d is available, use it),  
> i'd rather have an app allowing me to check the means of communication i  
> want and that does not automatically connect, in the worst case to gprs  
> while i am out of area and causing heavy charges -- then we are basically  
> where the discussion on the asu keyboard switcher took off: what good is  
> automatism and who wants is?
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-10 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> you can do that in wpa_supplicant.conf.
> just add your different wifi-aps to the conf (it does wep and no enc, too)  
> and let wpa_supplicant handle it.
I'll take a look.
But there must be something I don't understand.
Because if wpa_supplicant handle only wifi, what about usb, gprs or
other connections ?
Is there a way to federate all network connections ?



arne anka a écrit :
>> Not so easy :
>> - you may have 2 places where the same interface has different
>> parameters (wifi at home and wifi at work ...). So you can't just add
>> 
>
> you can do that in wpa_supplicant.conf.
> just add your different wifi-aps to the conf (it does wep and no enc, too)  
> and let wpa_supplicant handle it.
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Re: GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-10 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> Putting scripts into /etc/network/if-up.d would probably work.

Not so easy :
- you may have 2 places where the same interface has different
parameters (wifi at home and wifi at work ...). So you can't just add
"[pre|post]-up" parameters in /etc/network/interface.
- Not so easy to configure tangogps, maemo, wget, mail client, ...

Thats why I think that place parameters should be part of the framework
and not just scripting.
Application then could be compiled for the framework and using shared
informations on how to connect.

Finally, connection parameters should not be part of the system.
They are part of my profiles => they don't ahve to be in
/etc/network/interface.
Personnaly, to connect wifi, I prefer to use a script like

INTERFACE=eth0
ifconfig $INTERFACE up
iwconfig $INTERFACE essid 
iwconfig $INTERFACE mode managed
iwconfig $INTERFACE channel 7
iwconfig $INTERFACE key open 
udhcpc -i eth0



Roland Mas a écrit :
> Mike Baroukh, 2008-08-10 00:52:11 +0200 :
>
>   
>> But I'm asking this : When using wifi or usb, I don't need a proxy.
>> When using GPRS, I need a proxy.
>> I will not re-configure anything each time.
>>
>> Does somebody know if there is a solution ?
>> 
>
>   Putting scripts into /etc/network/if-up.d would probably work.
>
>   
>> for each connection, there would be parameters :
>> - ip (static or dhcp)
>> 
>
>   This should be configured in /etc/network/interfaces
>
>   
>> - nameserver
>> - gateway
>> 
>
>   This info can come from the DHCP server, the PPP remote end, or
> static in /etc/network/interfaces again.
>
>   
>> - proxy (http / https / ftp  ...)
>> - proxy type (transparent or not)
>> - user/password for proxy
>> - may be max upload/download bandwith
>> - may be firewall rules
>> 
>
>   Scripts are your friends there :-)
>
>   
>> Last : may be it could connect to internet transparently if needed by an
>> application.
>> 
>
>   At least on Debian, there's a "diald" package that does exactly
> this.  I guess it could be ported to Openmoko.
>
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Re: Using freerunner as a telephone

2008-08-09 Thread Mike Baroukh
Qtopia is great and make FR usable.
But the great thing that is missing is a WebBrowser.
Also :
- can't make gprs work
- no gps

but can we expect this to change with 4.4  ?


For me, the greater is actually FSO...





JW a écrit :
> go to the DISTRIBUTIONS page on the wiki
>
> follow the link to the QTOPIA / Trolltech image
>
> JW
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GPRS / Wifi

2008-08-09 Thread Mike Baroukh
Hi.

I succeded to connect to GRPS with FSO.
I never succedeed under OM2007 or ASU.
If somebody is interested, I'm in France and my provider is Bouyges Telecom.
I completed http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Manually_using_GPRS with my APN.

But I'm asking this : When using wifi or usb, I don't need a proxy.
When using GPRS, I need a proxy.
I will not re-configure anything each time.

Does somebody know if there is a solution ?
(I will try to put an iptable rule to use my provider's proxy - wich is
a transparent proxy - but this will not work for https.)

To connect to internet, what would be nice is an application that just
make "internet on" or "internet off".
And for this, it would
- check if usb is plugged and works -> use usb
- check if a known wifi (whom I have password) network is usable -> use it
- check if an open wifi network is usable -> use it
[ add any way to connect here (bluetooth?) ]
- else connect to gprs

order should be configurable.
for each connection, there would be parameters :
- ip (static or dhcp)
- nameserver
- gateway
- proxy (http / https / ftp  ...)
- proxy type (transparent or not)
- user/password for proxy
- may be max upload/download bandwith
- may be firewall rules
- ...

an applet would just say :
internet : off
or
internet : on

if you click on it, it would display connection information and a
[dis]connect button.

and, finally, it would
- add an iptable to use the proxy transparently if supported -> but
https wouldn't work.
- put proxy information somewhere in a file so applications use it and
use the correct way to connect to internet (instead of the proxy). This
way, https would work also.

Last : may be it could connect to internet transparently if needed by an
application.
An alert box then appear uring connection and disappear wen don,
returning to the application.
Of course, each connection profile can say if it can be used
automatically : I don't necessarely need that my gprs connection is used
if I don't have an ulimited plan.


Mike
















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Re: 2008 WTF??

2008-08-09 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> Well the problem is that the toolchain has such a huge ramp-up to just  
> get started that there really isn't much contribution to the mainline  
> base packages from the community.
I'm not an expert, but I agree.
I think it would be possible to make a SDK with Eclipse.
It would come with arm gcc and wizards.
It could be used to create/build/package/deploy/share projects ...



> Also I don't see real dedication and vision to get rid of bugs and produce
> something stable and usable.

Couldn't it be, like on Debian, 3 repositories : stable, testing and
unstable ?
This way, users could choose if they wan't something stable or something
new.
And package could graduate according to bug reports.

That's actually what heart me.
It seem that when upgrading, you don't know if it will continue to work ...


Jay Vaughan a écrit :
>> Well, that's just mean. It's not like they don't listen to the  
>> community
>> or communicate with it, on ALL levels. But it's not like all community
>> ideas can be implemented immideately, and that everyone can be made
>> happy. Anarchy doesn't work even in open source.
>>
>> 
>
> Well the problem is that the toolchain has such a huge ramp-up to just  
> get started that there really isn't much contribution to the mainline  
> base packages from the community.
>
> If we look at the major contributions in the form of apps and new  
> things coming to the platform lately, we do *not* see a lot of them  
> being built using the main OM body of tools - mostly are compiled  
> separately, not packaged into .ipk files, or even better: just plain  
> ol' python based projects that you hand-install.
>
> There really is *no* momentum behind the OM build system that I see  
> right now, in terms of 3rd party developers picking it up and getting  
> started with it.  You have to sit through a few days of compiling just  
> to catch up with the factory image, and even then there are so many  
> forks on the other side of the fence that you'd be lucky to produce a  
> md5-compatible image using the current build tools.
>
>   
>> I think 2008.08 is in most ways a step forward. And in the things that
>> aren't like that.. sometimes you have to take a half step back to get
>> two steps forward. Constructive criticism is the best help one can  
>> give,
>> but bitching is just stupid.
>> 
>
>
> Trudat.
>
> ;
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Re: Android

2008-08-09 Thread Mike Baroukh

> Somebody already had a look into this:
>
> http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973

Ok. I gave up.
I would need at least 10 years to make the samething.

> We have two options: either wait for Dalvik to be open-sourced and
> recompiled on ARM4, or wait for android.jar to be open-sourced and
> modified to run on top of Cocoa+SWT. Either way, we just have to wait  :) 
Isn't it possible to make an adapter with may be Jalimo to enable
Android applications to run on OpenMoko ?


Thanks for your replies.


Mike

Markus Binsteiner a écrit :
> Somebody already had a look into this:
>
> http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973
>
> Basically the problem is that android is compiled for 
> ARMv5 whereas the neos have got an ARMv4 processor.
>
> Cheers,
> Markus
>
> On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 10:08 +0200, Mike Baroukh wrote: 
>   
>> hi all.
>>
>> I'm not a system programmer.
>> I've got system administration skills and Java developpement skills.
>>
>> I will certainly say lots of absurdities.
>> Please correct me ...
>>
>> I'd love to make system developpement.
>> But start point is not easy.
>>
>> I was thinking of following the LinuxFromScratch from start to create my
>> own learning distribution on my Neo.
>>
>> But instead I wondered If I could not try to make Android running ?
>> I saw that like for OpenMoko, there is and android git repository
>> available (http://git.android.com/).
>>
>> As I understood, Android is similar to FSO : One framework and
>> applications that rely on it.
>> There is already lots of applications.
>> And the SDK is really easy to use within Eclipse.
>> (could'nt it be possible to make a SDK for OpenMoko under Eclipse to
>> ease application developpement ?)
>>
>> If a group already exists that try to make Android running, please, let
>> me know.
>> Also, does somebody have informations on Android ?
>> Maybe it's have already been checked and it's just a dream that is
>> actually not possible ?
>>
>> I don't speak about making a full working android distribution, but if
>> It could just start It would be great.
>> then we could make things working step by step.
>> The framework already exists, we just have to wire it to the hardware.
>>
>>
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Android

2008-08-09 Thread Mike Baroukh
hi all.

I'm not a system programmer.
I've got system administration skills and Java developpement skills.

I will certainly say lots of absurdities.
Please correct me ...

I'd love to make system developpement.
But start point is not easy.

I was thinking of following the LinuxFromScratch from start to create my
own learning distribution on my Neo.

But instead I wondered If I could not try to make Android running ?
I saw that like for OpenMoko, there is and android git repository
available (http://git.android.com/).

As I understood, Android is similar to FSO : One framework and
applications that rely on it.
There is already lots of applications.
And the SDK is really easy to use within Eclipse.
(could'nt it be possible to make a SDK for OpenMoko under Eclipse to
ease application developpement ?)

If a group already exists that try to make Android running, please, let
me know.
Also, does somebody have informations on Android ?
Maybe it's have already been checked and it's just a dream that is
actually not possible ?

I don't speak about making a full working android distribution, but if
It could just start It would be great.
then we could make things working step by step.
The framework already exists, we just have to wire it to the hardware.


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Re: numptyphysics ipk

2008-07-30 Thread Mike Baroukh

Thanks a lot, it works !


I just did not found how to go to next/previous level ...

Mike

Michael Kluge a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> the first build for the ipk for numptyphysics can be grabbed here:
>
> http://wwwpub.zih.tu-dresden.de/~mkluge/numptyphysics_0.2_armv4t.ipk
>
> For usage etc. see the project home page:
>
> http://numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org
>
>
>
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sim contacts format on OM

2008-07-29 Thread Mike Baroukh
Hi all.

My contacts are all in my sim card.
I can't use them on OM (with the image 20080722 but I couldn't with the
release too) because they are in international format and they all miss
the '+' at the beginning.
When I boot with Qtopia, the '+' is present and contacts can be used.

does somebody know how I can do ?

thanks in advance.

Mike

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Re: WIKI still a POS

2008-07-28 Thread Mike Baroukh


I had a FR on friday and I can configure that finding informations on 
the wiki is hard.
May I suggest to replace the internal search with a search on google ?
(something like "site:wiki.openmoko.org what-i-search").


> Well, it *is* a wiki... feel free to fix it
I personaly think that this is the problem ...


Hugo Mills a écrit :
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 07:11:01AM -0600, Scott wrote:
>   
>> The OM Wiki is still a prime example of 'How not to do a Wiki".
>>
>> a few easy example on the main page.
>> 
>
>Well, it *is* a wiki... feel free to fix it.
>
>Hugo.
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Re: Has anyone tried the invisibleSHIELD on the freerunner?

2008-07-28 Thread Mike Baroukh
Hi.

I received my FR on friday.
I bought a screen protector for DS.
I just had to cut it a little ...

Mike

Stroller a écrit :
> Hi there,
>
> Did you ever hear any more of this?
>
> I also happened to order on the 4th, and have had no sign of my  
> invisibleSHIELD, either.
>
> I'll drop them an email - sod's law says it'll arrive immediately  
> afterwards - but it would be nice to read that you have now found  
> them helpful.
>
> Stroller.
>
>
>
> On 23 Jul 2008, at 16:02, Bryan DeLuca wrote:
>
>   
>> I cannot comment on the product.  I placed my order on July 4th and  
>> aside from the charge to my card and the confirmation of sale email  
>> I haven't heard a thing from ZAGG.  I sent their customer service  
>> an email on Monday, no reply.  I called them today and their phone  
>> line says they are having a company holiday and will be out all day  
>> and half of tomorrow.
>>
>> Some of the people in my OM buyers group ordered just the screen  
>> protectors (I ordered the whole device protection) and received  
>> them within a week.  So, my experience hs not been very good thus far.
>> 
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Re: Freerunner @ pulster.eu Shop

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Baroukh

Ok. Thanks a lot.
It's not the same page when you click on the home's picture or on the
left menu ...

Now I have to see if I can change my order ...

Mike

Christian Weßel a écrit :
> Just scroll down at <http://www.pulster.de/index.htm?openmoko.htm>
>
> Am Freitag, den 27.06.2008, 18:00 +0200 schrieb Mike Baroukh:
>   
>>> with bag and headphones
>>>   
>> Where do you saw a bag ?
>> Is there any options ? I didn't see where ...
>>
>> I also ordered mine but without the debug board I did not found ...
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Bumbl a écrit :
>> 
>>> Christoph Pulster schrieb:
>>>   
>>>   
>>>>> what about the german distributors subscribed to this list
>>>>> any news on freerunners received?
>>>>> 
>>>>>   
>>>>>   
>>>> We start sales 07/05/2008 (5.July) and accept orders now.
>>>> Price 299 eur incl. VAT. A cheap price means more owners.
>>>> That's what the community needs.
>>>>
>>>> Christoph
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Re: Freerunner @ pulster.eu Shop

2008-06-27 Thread Mike Baroukh
>
> with bag and headphones
Where do you saw a bag ?
Is there any options ? I didn't see where ...

I also ordered mine but without the debug board I did not found ...

thanks.

Mike

Bumbl a écrit :
> Christoph Pulster schrieb:
>   
>>> what about the german distributors subscribed to this list
>>> any news on freerunners received?
>>> 
>>>   
>> We start sales 07/05/2008 (5.July) and accept orders now.
>> Price 299 eur incl. VAT. A cheap price means more owners.
>> That's what the community needs.
>>
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Re: Software

2008-05-06 Thread Mike Baroukh

About this, I was wondering if there was possibility to have cron like
tasks even if the phone is suspended ?

If no, there is no way to make anything like this  bithdays remeber.
If yes, what will happend ? The phone will wkae up then suspend again ?
The tasks have to suspend it after completion ?

 
Sorry if this is a dumb question : I'm actually not an openmoko
developper (I will try  when I'll receive mine ...)

Mike

Clinton Ebadi a écrit :
> David Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>   
>> A thought.
>>
>> My current phone has birthday notifications for contact list members.
>>
>> This is fine, but a better extension would be to alert, and offer to
>> send happy birthday text message around a pseudo random time (one
>> wouldn't want to be seen to send the same message every year at exactly
>> the same time)
>> Alternatively, a prompt saying "Its $persons birthday. With a button
>> saying "Send a message" :)
>>
>> Ok, I'm a guy, and I forget birthdays, and don't really understand the
>> thing about getting a text message saying happy birthday, but evidently
>> others do...
>> 
>
> Ok then write it.
>
> It would probably take about two hours if you were jumping into the
> framework from scratch. So just do it.
>
> You're looking at one attribute in the contacts database, a simple
> alarm, a single dialog to prompt to send a message, and a very short
> function to build and send the message. You've even speced out the
> implementation in high level pseudocode!
>
> The nice part about the Openmoko platform is that you can now apply
> the Emacs mentality to a phone: if it is a simple feature you can hack
> it together in an afternoon yourself.
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Re: Who is who ?

2008-04-10 Thread Mike Baroukh
> For example, I live in France, and I have questions about the
> freerunner delivery in my country

So maybe we may make one page by country and add informations specific
to this country ?



Mike
(En France egalement ...)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>>> You're right.
>>>
>>> I added it, so as the nationality field.
>>> 
>>
>> What's the purpose of the nationality field ? It seem's misplaced for
>> me.
>> I would like something like "speaked language" and "location" because
>> you
>> can speak german and live in china.
>>
>>   
> You're still right ;)
>
> I just thought it could be useful to have the information about the
> country.
> For example, I live in France, and I have questions about the
> freerunner delivery in my country (taxes, local resellers ...), or
> will it work on the nationals networks ... I could know if there is
> other people in the same case.
>
>
> I don't know if this information will be really useful.
> People who don't want, don't have to specify this information.
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Re: Loosing your moko

2008-04-03 Thread Mike Baroukh
Hi.

Very good Idea !
just :  if it has been stolen, the sim card will be changed. So may be,
each time the sim card is changed, an sms could automatically be send to
another number (so you have the new phone number and can continue to
communicate with it ...). Or, if gprs works, maybe a post can be made to
a server ...


Mike

Sebastian Billaudelle a écrit :
> Hi there!
>
> I thought about the risk of loosing the moko or of getting it stolen...
>
> I got the following idea:
> If you can't find you moko, you only have to send an SMS with a
> special keyword/passphrase to your moko.
> It recognises the special text and sends the current coordinates to a
> server. So you can see it's position.
>
> cheers
> Sebastian
> 
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