Re: [maemo-developers] Alternative platforms ?
Thanks for the response Tommi, On 8 Nov 2005, at 16:23, Tommi Komulainen wrote: The Nokia 770 was the first (and only) device to use the maemo platform and some corners were cut in the process, and things like fixed display size and resolution were assumed. But limiting ourselves to only a very specific hardware configuration would be a pretty stupid thing to do in the longer term, so we are interested in making the platform more flexible. Understandable and often unavoidable at the begininng. I took 10 mins to get started installing it this evening before I'd to run for the bus. But from what I can make out, I can't see why we could have "profiles" for different hardware setups. Kind of what you have with using Xephyr on x86 host. I guess I'll found out the problems when I try and move from an x86 hosted setup to an x86 target. You're the more lucky ones. With larger display there are only minor cosmetic issues that really need fixing (like the status bar width and TN height) - the rest should stretch pretty much naturally. Changing the font size might bring up more problems about hardcoded assumptions about line heights in pixels. Yeah, GTK is good for that. I guess dealing with assumptions about screen size as you mentioned would be a potential issue. As I said above, my main area of non-understanding would be in how to get the maemo environment running natively on the hardware. I guess everything is setup to target the Nokia 770. Once I get the Xephyr setup running (was almost there before I had to leave today) I'll have a play with the screen sizes and see how it works. Will be an interesting experiment. -- Glen Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Digital Depot, Thomas Street Senior Software EngineerDublin 8, Ireland Lincor Solutions Ltd. Ph: +353 (0) 1 4893682 ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] Alternative platforms ?
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 19:59 +, ext Glen Gray wrote: > Hey Guys, > > The maemo project looks really interesting. Currently it seems > entirely focused on the Nokia 770 platform and I'm wondering if > that's a valid impression ? The Nokia 770 was the first (and only) device to use the maemo platform and some corners were cut in the process, and things like fixed display size and resolution were assumed. But limiting ourselves to only a very specific hardware configuration would be a pretty stupid thing to do in the longer term, so we are interested in making the platform more flexible. One of the things we're planning is to check just how far can we push the screen size before things stop scaling nicely and start breaking. That would give us a good idea what can be done currently and where the problems lay. If there's interest in participating in the effort we could try coordinating it more openly. > For example, I currently work on a kind of non portable internet > table. It's meant to be stationary (beside a bed or on an desk). It's > essentially a custom form factor epia m1 that's mounted in a > special case behind a 15" 1024x768 screen. We use a base system of > Fedora Core 2 and have our own software stack running a top of those > binaries. There's no physical keyboard, just a touch screen and > currently HTML driven UI. You're the more lucky ones. With larger display there are only minor cosmetic issues that really need fixing (like the status bar width and TN height) - the rest should stretch pretty much naturally. Changing the font size might bring up more problems about hardcoded assumptions about line heights in pixels. OTOH running maemo on a smaller screen.. :-] Basically you can easily get a feeling how things would work if you just run Xephyr with the desired resolution. (We've also had some fun playing with Xrandr.) -- Tommi Komulainen<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
[maemo-developers] Alternative platforms ?
Hey Guys, The maemo project looks really interesting. Currently it seems entirely focused on the Nokia 770 platform and I'm wondering if that's a valid impression ? I know a stated goal is to make it a platform of choice for internet tablets (or it least I thought I read that somewhere) so I was wondering if there's any moves on supporting generic profiles to make it easy to support alternative hardware. For example, I currently work on a kind of non portable internet table. It's meant to be stationary (beside a bed or on an desk). It's essentially a custom form factor epia m1 that's mounted in a special case behind a 15" 1024x768 screen. We use a base system of Fedora Core 2 and have our own software stack running a top of those binaries. There's no physical keyboard, just a touch screen and currently HTML driven UI. I was thinking of doing a skunk works project to get maemo up and running on it and thought I'd check first to see if I was wasting my time. Thanks in advance for any feedback. -- Glen Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Digital Depot, Thomas Street Senior Software EngineerDublin 8, Ireland Lincor Solutions Ltd. Ph: +353 (0) 1 4893682 ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
