Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
No, that cannot cause the problem. dictator only stores the current state in /tmp/tmp.state and reloads it while being destroyed. It provides its own state-files. Try the one from opkg.org. Matthias Jon Levell schrieb: > On 06/25/2009 10:03 AM, Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann wrote: > > Dictator The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling if I try and record my voice - this used to work. >> I think that comes from SHR keeping the alsa state files in >> /usr/share/shr/scenarii now - and IIRC dictator needs to change them. >> > > Sounds likely... it's a shame - I found Dictator a useful app. > > Jon. > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On Thursday 25 June 2009 05:09:52 am Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:05:20PM -0400, Adam Jimerson wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 06:21:49 pm Paul Fertser wrote: > > > Jon Levell writes: > > > > Hum in landscape > > > > > > > > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with > > > > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. > > > > > > This started to happen for me too. I thought that's some hardware > > > parameter had slightly changed but probably it's some kernel changed > > > that's provoking it. I think i need to try an older kernel and if it > > > works, git-bisecting would be trivial... > > > > Sorry for the OT here but I haven't figured out how to get the phone to > > work in landscape, is there a program that needs installed or something > > that needs enabled? > > omnewrotate is in the repository, I think. Just do opkg install omnewrotate > > Otherwise, http://code.google.com/p/omnewrotate > > Rui Thanks omnewrotate works perfectly and for future reference is it is in the unstable repository. -- "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Am Mittwoch 24 Juni 2009 22:25:47 schrieb Jon Levell: > Vagalume in the repo/image > == > It crashes > Workaround: Use the one from opkg.org I've added a bug report including a new .bb for vagalume to OE a month ago, but nobody cares. And on the SHR trac a similar bug report was closed as upstream... I hope someone will add the .bb in the near future. Thomas ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Jon Levell wrote: > On 06/25/2009 10:03 AM, Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann wrote: > Dictator The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling if I try and record my voice - this used to work. >> I think that comes from SHR keeping the alsa state files in >> /usr/share/shr/scenarii now - and IIRC dictator needs to change them. > > Sounds likely... it's a shame - I found Dictator a useful app. When i look at the directory structure in shr-u i see that there exists three scenario dirs in [1] [2] [3]. [1] and [2] are not symlinked together and contains all normale state files. All files except for gsmhandset.state are identical. In [3] are only dictator_play.state and dictator_rec.state. I don't know which state files shr really is using but what exactly is the problem right now with dictator? Ciao, Rainer [1] /usr/share/openmoko/scenarios [2] /usr/share/shr/scenarii [3] /usr/share/scenarios/dictator ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On 06/25/2009 10:03 AM, Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann wrote: >>> >>> Dictator >>> >>> The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling >>> if I try and record my voice - this used to work. > I think that comes from SHR keeping the alsa state files in > /usr/share/shr/scenarii now - and IIRC dictator needs to change them. Sounds likely... it's a shame - I found Dictator a useful app. Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On 06/25/2009 12:05 AM, Adam Jimerson wrote: > Sorry for the OT here but I haven't figured out how to get the phone to work > in landscape, is there a program that needs installed or something that needs > enabled? I'm using OMNewRotate for the SHR-repos (but I frequently disable it). Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On 06/24/2009 10:14 PM, The Digital Pioneer wrote: > What software are you using for WiFi connections? I use SHR-U and I'm > looking for a good program to manage this. I'm just using Mofi. It's basic but it works (for me). Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On 06/24/2009 10:09 PM, Michal Brzozowski wrote: >> Midori > To avoid the superuser-warning banner... run it as normal user :-) > > - Use useradd > - in the desktop file write: (su username; midori) Cool. Thanks - now if I could just configure the keyboard shortcuts midori would be a lot more friendly. Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On 06/24/2009 09:33 PM, jeremy jozwik wrote: > i think the landscape hum is on all releases. i know for a fact its in > shr-testing This didn't used to be the case in older SHR-Unstable versions. Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Jon Levell wrote: > Dictator > > The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling > if I try and record my voice - this used to work. I got the same problem with latest shr unstable updates. Only crackling is to hear from my recordings. And the timeline while playback moves ~5 times slower than realtime. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
For connecting to WiFi we have wifiman.py (in shr-settings git repo, /playground directory). It talks tio connman. Sometimes it doesn't handle default routes, but we're working on it. On 6/25/09, Al Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009, arne anka wrote: >> > Wifi >> > = >> > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't >> > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network >> > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I >> > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). >> > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the >> > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works >> >> all or any of >> >> ifdown >> modprobe -r ar6000 >> killall wpa_supplicant >> mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage >> org.freesmartphone.Usage.ReleaseResource 'WiFi' >> >> is not sufficient? > > Depends on the kernel. There was a recent kernel bug where after ifdown the > wifi wouldn't work until rebooted because ifup didn't call the necessary > initialisation routine. > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On Wednesday 24 June 2009, arne anka wrote: > > Wifi > > = > > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works > > all or any of > > ifdown > modprobe -r ar6000 > killall wpa_supplicant > mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage > org.freesmartphone.Usage.ReleaseResource 'WiFi' > > is not sufficient? Depends on the kernel. There was a recent kernel bug where after ifdown the wifi wouldn't work until rebooted because ifup didn't call the necessary initialisation routine. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 07:05:20PM -0400, Adam Jimerson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 06:21:49 pm Paul Fertser wrote: > > Jon Levell writes: > > > Hum in landscape > > > > > > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with > > > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. > > > > This started to happen for me too. I thought that's some hardware > > parameter had slightly changed but probably it's some kernel changed > > that's provoking it. I think i need to try an older kernel and if it > > works, git-bisecting would be trivial... > > Sorry for the OT here but I haven't figured out how to get the phone to work > in landscape, is there a program that needs installed or something that needs > enabled? omnewrotate is in the repository, I think. Just do opkg install omnewrotate Otherwise, http://code.google.com/p/omnewrotate Rui -- ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 10:45:49 schrieb matthias felsche: > > Wifi > > = > > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works > > > > > > Dictator > > > > The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling > > if I try and record my voice - this used to work. > > I just tested both version (shr-unstable and opkg.org) here on a former > shr-testing. works lika a charm! I guess it's a change in > python-pyalsaaudio or a kernel-(module?)-related issue. I think that comes from SHR keeping the alsa state files in /usr/share/shr/scenarii now - and IIRC dictator needs to change them. > > Matthias > > -- Klaus 'mrmoku' Kurzmann ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
> Wifi > = > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works > > > Dictator > > The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling > if I try and record my voice - this used to work. > I just tested both version (shr-unstable and opkg.org) here on a former shr-testing. works lika a charm! I guess it's a change in python-pyalsaaudio or a kernel-(module?)-related issue. Matthias ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
wouldnt know, i only use pygtk-rotate. i like telling it when i want it to rotate : ) On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Adam Jimerson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 07:12:35 pm jeremy jozwik wrote: >> pygtk-rotate, rotate, accel-rotate, NewRotate, TurnScreen, simple-rotate... >> >> check >> http://projects.openmoko.org/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=rotate&Searc >>h=Search >> > > Thanks for the reply, accel-rotate sounds great would love for it to work as a > daemon but after install turning my phone does not change the mode of the > screen. According to the phone the accel-rotate daemon is running but when I > run accel-rotate I get a Segmentation fault. I am running 06/17 release of > SHR-Unstable > -- > "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason > than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 07:12:35 pm jeremy jozwik wrote: > pygtk-rotate, rotate, accel-rotate, NewRotate, TurnScreen, simple-rotate... > > check > http://projects.openmoko.org/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=rotate&Searc >h=Search > Thanks for the reply, accel-rotate sounds great would love for it to work as a daemon but after install turning my phone does not change the mode of the screen. According to the phone the accel-rotate daemon is running but when I run accel-rotate I get a Segmentation fault. I am running 06/17 release of SHR-Unstable -- "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
pygtk-rotate, rotate, accel-rotate, NewRotate, TurnScreen, simple-rotate... check http://projects.openmoko.org/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=rotate&Search=Search On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Adam Jimerson wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2009 06:21:49 pm Paul Fertser wrote: >> Jon Levell writes: >> > Hum in landscape >> > >> > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with >> > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. >> >> This started to happen for me too. I thought that's some hardware >> parameter had slightly changed but probably it's some kernel changed >> that's provoking it. I think i need to try an older kernel and if it >> works, git-bisecting would be trivial... > > Sorry for the OT here but I haven't figured out how to get the phone to work > in landscape, is there a program that needs installed or something that needs > enabled? > -- > "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason > than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 06:21:49 pm Paul Fertser wrote: > Jon Levell writes: > > Hum in landscape > > > > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with > > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. > > This started to happen for me too. I thought that's some hardware > parameter had slightly changed but probably it's some kernel changed > that's provoking it. I think i need to try an older kernel and if it > works, git-bisecting would be trivial... Sorry for the OT here but I haven't figured out how to get the phone to work in landscape, is there a program that needs installed or something that needs enabled? -- "We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure." Karl Popper signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Jon Levell writes: > Hum in landscape > > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. This started to happen for me too. I thought that's some hardware parameter had slightly changed but probably it's some kernel changed that's provoking it. I think i need to try an older kernel and if it works, git-bisecting would be trivial... -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
> > Wifi > = > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works What software are you using for WiFi connections? I use SHR-U and I'm looking for a good program to manage this. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
2009/6/24 Jon Levell > Midori > === > Aside from the superuser-warning banner (which will be gone in > the next release), the keyboard shortcuts (e.g. F11 for > full screen) aren't available in Literki. There's a config > file for accelerator keys (~/.config/midori/accels) but it seems > to get overwritten every time it loads > Workaround: Live without those keys (Hmm... I ought to try write > protecting the file) > To avoid the superuser-warning banner... run it as normal user :-) - Use useradd - in the desktop file write: (su username; midori) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
> Wifi > = > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works all or any of ifdown modprobe -r ar6000 killall wpa_supplicant mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.ReleaseResource 'WiFi' is not sufficient? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
i think the landscape hum is on all releases. i know for a fact its in shr-testing On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jon Levell wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using SHR-Unstable as my daily phone, it works but there are > some things that bug me, mostly I can live with or work around them. > It occurs to me other people might have better work arounds so I > thought I'd post my current list and see what happens: > > Wifi > = > It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't > seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network > I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I > know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). > Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the > phone so that next time I want to connect, it works > > > Midori > === > Aside from the superuser-warning banner (which will be gone in > the next release), the keyboard shortcuts (e.g. F11 for > full screen) aren't available in Literki. There's a config > file for accelerator keys (~/.config/midori/accels) but it seems > to get overwritten every time it loads > Workaround: Live without those keys (Hmm... I ought to try write > protecting the file) > > Dictator > > The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling > if I try and record my voice - this used to work. > > Watching videos > === > I'd like to watch videos on my FR. I've encoded it using the command > listed in the video playback section of: > http://trac.shr-project.org/trac/wiki/Customize > But with mplayer-video the sound and pictures become out of sync. > I've not tested it with intone-video from opkg.org as there's a clash > with the updated versions of the elementary libraries > > > Ringtones > = > I've altered my default ringtones to 8bit mono so they are quicker to > load and to stop. > > > Vagalume in the repo/image > == > It crashes > Workaround: Use the one from opkg.org > > > Hum in landscape > > When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with > Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. > > > Notifier > > It pops up to tell me I have an unread message but the messages app > has already popped up to tell me that. (There was a request for > comments on the shr-devel mailing list but I wasn't comfortable > commenting there as I'm not currently developing anything). > > > Navit > == > In the repos it takes a lot of configuring to: > * show an icon in Illume > * Stop its dependencies blocking sound on resume > * finding the libraries it needs > * configuring the UI > * making the speech happen far enough in advance for car use > Workaround: I've foolishly lost my highly tweaked config, when > I've finished reworking it, I'll post it somewhere > > Scummvm > === > The keyboard doesn't show up so you can't type a filename to > save your game unless I'm missing something. (You need to turn > off sound in Scummvm or it crashes before you can start to play). > I guess you need a bluetooth keyboard > > Messaging/Contacts app > > Sometimes I can't seem to enter text into the textarea that > has focus if I've recently changed focus. It sometimes stops > me typing a number into a new contact > Workaround: I add a contact by typing a number into the dialer > and then saving it. > > > I think that's all the ones I can think off for now. > > Jon. > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
SHR annoyances (+ a few workarounds)
Hi, I'm using SHR-Unstable as my daily phone, it works but there are some things that bug me, mostly I can live with or work around them. It occurs to me other people might have better work arounds so I thought I'd post my current list and see what happens: Wifi = It seems reliable with the WPA2 networks I use it with but I can't seem to turn it off in SHR-settings and once I've connected to a network I can't reconnect to any network without rebooting. (I know there's work going on in the kernel relating to this). Workaround: After I've finished using wifi, I always reboot the phone so that next time I want to connect, it works Midori === Aside from the superuser-warning banner (which will be gone in the next release), the keyboard shortcuts (e.g. F11 for full screen) aren't available in Literki. There's a config file for accelerator keys (~/.config/midori/accels) but it seems to get overwritten every time it loads Workaround: Live without those keys (Hmm... I ought to try write protecting the file) Dictator The version in the repositories seems to just record crackling if I try and record my voice - this used to work. Watching videos === I'd like to watch videos on my FR. I've encoded it using the command listed in the video playback section of: http://trac.shr-project.org/trac/wiki/Customize But with mplayer-video the sound and pictures become out of sync. I've not tested it with intone-video from opkg.org as there's a clash with the updated versions of the elementary libraries Ringtones = I've altered my default ringtones to 8bit mono so they are quicker to load and to stop. Vagalume in the repo/image == It crashes Workaround: Use the one from opkg.org Hum in landscape When the phone is in landscape mode (really useful when typing with Literki) there's a quiet but persistent hum. Notifier It pops up to tell me I have an unread message but the messages app has already popped up to tell me that. (There was a request for comments on the shr-devel mailing list but I wasn't comfortable commenting there as I'm not currently developing anything). Navit == In the repos it takes a lot of configuring to: * show an icon in Illume * Stop its dependencies blocking sound on resume * finding the libraries it needs * configuring the UI * making the speech happen far enough in advance for car use Workaround: I've foolishly lost my highly tweaked config, when I've finished reworking it, I'll post it somewhere Scummvm === The keyboard doesn't show up so you can't type a filename to save your game unless I'm missing something. (You need to turn off sound in Scummvm or it crashes before you can start to play). I guess you need a bluetooth keyboard Messaging/Contacts app Sometimes I can't seem to enter text into the textarea that has focus if I've recently changed focus. It sometimes stops me typing a number into a new contact Workaround: I add a contact by typing a number into the dialer and then saving it. I think that's all the ones I can think off for now. Jon. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community