Re: iphone "apps" on the N800

[Jayesh Salvi]

On 9/7/07, ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just had a "duh" moment...maybe it's already obvious to everyone but me:
> since iphone 3rd party apps are just web sites, most of them should be
> compatible with the N800!


But for that, the browser should support complex javascript execution. I
don't know about N800, but on my N770 I can't reliably open google websites
that use heavy AJAX (maps/regular view of gmail/google reader, etc.) I am
using stock N770.

Does anyone have experience with safari's javascript support on iPhone?

The biggest problem I've come across so far is that some of the "apps" I've
> tried are set up for vertical vs. horizontal viewing. I don't suppose anyone
> could come up with a hack to let the N800's view web sites rotated 90
> degrees?
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Re: Canola never finds any media

[drfredc]

Good for you!  You probably had all the other stuff it needed loaded.  On my 
fresh unit it installed but I couldn't get it to read anything I'd on my unit 
and there weren't any instructions on how to access this most basic of data.   
JUNK! 
- Original message -
From: Mike Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Danilo Cesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, maemo-users@maemo.org
Sent: Fri Sep  7 2007 02:52:04 PM PDT
Subject: Re: Canola never finds any media
Junk?

Canola is one of the best apps around for pdas...let alone the N800.

I had no problems when I installed and it works perfectly.


mike

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had this problem, and deleted the junk.  Like most, I'm too busy to
> wade thru junkie installation failures and funky kludge fixes.
>
> Maemo needs to have a way for end users to quickly note apps that
> don't install cleanly without hassles.
>
> Danilo Cesar wrote:
>> I had this same problem, but I solve it by adding a new user:
>>
>> adduser --shell /bin/false avahi
>>
>> Just remember to disable this user after that.
>>
>>
>> Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
>> UFPR - Ciência da Computação
>> http://www.danilocesar.com
>>
>>
>> Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
>> UFPR - Ciência da Computação
>> http://www.danilocesar.com
>>
>>
>> José Luís escreveu:
>>  
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's
>>> installation was no successfully finished . This happen in the
>>> installation of avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to
>>> access /etc/shadow file, but is not present in the n800 device. To solve
>>> this I used xterm to create a /etc/shadow file based on /etc/passwd (see
>>> shadow file in any linux distribution, for details) . After  creation of
>>> /etc/shadow file, you can use the command apt-get install -f, to fix
>>> canola's installation.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> José Luís
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/6/07, *Steve Yelvington* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there some magic to making Canola actually find local media? Using
>>> the Web-based configurator, I have /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 in the
>>> Media Library. There are several gigs of MP3 files in folders on mmc1,
>>> and I've rescanned until I'm blue in the face, but Canola still
>>> can't do
>>> anything but sit there and tell me "No items found" when I select "Audio
>>> Library."
>>>
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>>> Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG
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iphone "apps" on the N800

[ed]

I just had a "duh" moment...maybe it's already obvious to everyone but me: 
since iphone 3rd party apps are just web sites, most of them should be 
compatible with the N800!

The biggest problem I've come across so far is that some of the "apps" I've 
tried are set up for vertical vs. horizontal viewing. I don't suppose anyone 
could come up with a hack to let the N800's view web sites rotated 90 degrees?
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Application Launcher

[D. L. Fuller]

Thanks for making simple-launcher available.

Will it work with OS2006 on a 770?  The current Application Catalog  
listing lists it for OS2007 (only).

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Re: Canola never finds any media

[Mike Klein]

Junk?

Canola is one of the best apps around for pdas...let alone the N800.

I had no problems when I installed and it works perfectly.


mike

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had this problem, and deleted the junk.  Like most, I'm too busy to
> wade thru junkie installation failures and funky kludge fixes. 
>
> Maemo needs to have a way for end users to quickly note apps that
> don't install cleanly without hassles. 
>
> Danilo Cesar wrote:
>> I had this same problem, but I solve it by adding a new user:
>>
>> adduser --shell /bin/false avahi
>>
>> Just remember to disable this user after that.
>>
>>
>> Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
>> UFPR - Ciência da Computação
>> http://www.danilocesar.com
>>
>>
>> Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
>> UFPR - Ciência da Computação
>> http://www.danilocesar.com
>>
>>
>> José Luís escreveu:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's 
>>> installation was no successfully finished . This happen in the 
>>> installation of avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to 
>>> access /etc/shadow file, but is not present in the n800 device. To solve 
>>> this I used xterm to create a /etc/shadow file based on /etc/passwd (see 
>>> shadow file in any linux distribution, for details) . After  creation of 
>>> /etc/shadow file, you can use the command apt-get install -f, to fix 
>>> canola's installation.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> José Luís
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/6/07, *Steve Yelvington* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there some magic to making Canola actually find local media? Using
>>> the Web-based configurator, I have /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 in the
>>> Media Library. There are several gigs of MP3 files in folders on mmc1,
>>> and I've rescanned until I'm blue in the face, but Canola still
>>> can't do
>>> anything but sit there and tell me "No items found" when I select "Audio
>>> Library."
>>>
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>>> Laboratório de Sistemas Embarcados e Computação Pervasiva
>>> Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - UFCG
>>> jluisn at dee.ufcg.edu.br 
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Re: Canola never finds any media

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I had this problem, and deleted the junk.  Like most, I'm too busy to
wade thru junkie installation failures and funky kludge fixes.  

Maemo needs to have a way for end users to quickly note apps that don't
install cleanly without hassles.  

Danilo Cesar wrote:

  I had this same problem, but I solve it by adding a new user:

adduser --shell /bin/false avahi

Just remember to disable this user after that.


Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
UFPR - Ciência da Computação
http://www.danilocesar.com


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José Luís escreveu:
  
  
Hi,

Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's 
installation was no successfully finished . This happen in the 
installation of avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to 
access /etc/shadow file, but is not present in the n800 device. To solve 
this I used xterm to create a /etc/shadow file based on /etc/passwd (see 
shadow file in any linux distribution, for details) . After  creation of 
/etc/shadow file, you can use the command apt-get install -f, to fix 
canola's installation.

Good luck,
José Luís


On 9/6/07, *Steve Yelvington* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

Is there some magic to making Canola actually find local media? Using
the Web-based configurator, I have /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 in the
Media Library. There are several gigs of MP3 files in folders on mmc1,
and I've rescanned until I'm blue in the face, but Canola still
can't do
anything but sit there and tell me "No items found" when I select "Audio
Library."

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Re: Canola never finds any media

[Steve Yelvington]

José Luís wrote:
> Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's 
> installation was no successfully finished . This happen in the 
> installation of avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to 
> access /etc/shadow file, but is not present in the n800 device. To 
> solve this I used xterm to create a /etc/shadow file based on 
> /etc/passwd (see shadow file in any linux distribution, for details) . 
> After  creation of /etc/shadow file, you can use the command apt-get 
> install -f, to fix canola's installation.

This is probably my problem.

After posting my note last night, I ran apt-get from the command line 
(to install wget) and discovered a number of unprocessed configuration 
scripts, including avahi-daemon. To get avahi running I had to create 
both a user and a group.

At this point I'm probably going to have to reflash the unit over the 
weekend and start over, as I have managed to foul up Application 
Manager, which opens a window but won't run.

I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling Canola several times from the 
command line and undoubtedly have created a mess. I got as far as Canola 
finding the files but refusing to play any of them, but eventually fell 
back to the no-files problem.

I've only had this thing for a week. Consider it a dry run. :-)


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Re: Canola never finds any media

[Danilo Cesar]

I had this same problem, but I solve it by adding a new user:

adduser --shell /bin/false avahi

Just remember to disable this user after that.


Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula
UFPR - Ciência da Computação
http://www.danilocesar.com


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José Luís escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's 
> installation was no successfully finished . This happen in the 
> installation of avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to 
> access /etc/shadow file, but is not present in the n800 device. To solve 
> this I used xterm to create a /etc/shadow file based on /etc/passwd (see 
> shadow file in any linux distribution, for details) . After  creation of 
> /etc/shadow file, you can use the command apt-get install -f, to fix 
> canola's installation.
> 
> Good luck,
> José Luís
> 
> 
> On 9/6/07, *Steve Yelvington* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > wrote:
> 
> Is there some magic to making Canola actually find local media? Using
> the Web-based configurator, I have /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 in the
> Media Library. There are several gigs of MP3 files in folders on mmc1,
> and I've rescanned until I'm blue in the face, but Canola still
> can't do
> anything but sit there and tell me "No items found" when I select "Audio
> Library."
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Re: help: root privilege problem regarding boot menu and the new kernel! n800

[Frantisek Dufka]

jerry f stutte wrote:

> This time however upon reboot I noticed after booting to the mmc2 
> partition that I had lost my root privileges?

What do you mean by this? Please provide more details.


> The only thing I can figure is, when answering the question "Remove 
> unneeded extra stuff." I somehow am removing my root/gainroot privelege 

No :-) Bootmenu installation touches only initfs partition, it does not 
touch your rootfs at all.


> I assume I can just answer no! to the remove unneeded extra stuff! to 
> solve the problem. 

Try it. I guess it won't help at all.

> Another question when I re-install the kernel and boot-menu software do 
> I need to flatten the sdhc partition containing the cloned files 
> system.

No, kernel or bootmenu installation is not related to mmc partition at 
all. You don't need to touch it if you don't want.


> Or will the tar routine overwrite the partition.

You mean format or clear it? No. If you want to clone system from 
scratch then format the partition via mke2fs before mounting it.


> I attempted to clean a partition I had bad block reports on the card
> and was unable to use that partition again (the card was only a couple 
> of weeks old).

Sounds like bad card. Returning it might be the best option.

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Re: Canola never finds any media

[José Luís]

Hi,

Recently, I have this problem too. This is because, canola's installation
was no successfully finished . This happen in the installation of
avahi-daemon (canola dependency), because he try to access /etc/shadow file,
but is not present in the n800 device. To solve this I used xterm to create
a /etc/shadow file based on /etc/passwd (see shadow file in any linux
distribution, for details) . After  creation of /etc/shadow file, you can
use the command apt-get install -f, to fix canola's installation.

Good luck,
José Luís


On 9/6/07, Steve Yelvington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there some magic to making Canola actually find local media? Using
> the Web-based configurator, I have /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 in the
> Media Library. There are several gigs of MP3 files in folders on mmc1,
> and I've rescanned until I'm blue in the face, but Canola still can't do
> anything but sit there and tell me "No items found" when I select "Audio
> Library."
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help: root privilege problem regarding boot menu and the new kernel! n800

[jerry f stutte]

Hello,

Over the last few days I finally got around to installing the latest 
kernel release for the N800.

release: RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.26-8_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

I partitioned a new sdhc card to have 5.5 gig of drive space formatted 
as ext2 (2nd part)
and
2.5 gig of FAT.

I followed up the install of the kernel with the boot menu install from 
"Fanoush's" Modified initfs on screen boot menu for the N800.

I followed the directions with success and followed the install up with 
the "now its time to clone the original system!"

I done this routine several time on a couple of n770's and a n800.

This time however upon reboot I noticed after booting to the mmc2 
partition that I had lost my root privileges?

I typically run my devices in R&D mode.  I typically do not set 
passwords until after I am finished installing all software on the new 
partition!

The only thing I can figure is, when answering the question "Remove 
unneeded extra stuff." I somehow am removing my root/gainroot privelege 
(e.g. I loose wireless communication and su root privileges rendering 
the device useless as a wireless tablet).


Can anyone tell me how to avoid this problem!

I can/will reinstall the kernel to the device/ but would like to avoid 
loosing super user privileges to the device and would like to avoid 
software loosing privileges as well.

I assume I can just answer no! to the remove unneeded extra stuff! to 
solve the problem.  I was hoping to create as much extra space on the 
internal initfs as possible.

Another question when I re-install the kernel and boot-menu software do 
I need to flatten the sdhc partition containing the cloned files 
system.  Or will the tar routine overwrite the partition.  The last time 
I attempted to clean a partition I had bad block reports on the card
and was unable to use that partition again (the card was only a couple 
of weeks old).
Does any one know of a way to reclaim the cards bad partition.  Perhaps 
using dd command over writing the entire card contents, with the 
contents of a new card.

Sincerely

Jerry Stutte




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Application launcher rules!!

[Bob Herrmann]

The Application launcher makes my Nokia much more usable.   I strongly 
urge everybody to give it a try.

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Re: downloads.maemo.org seriously (was Re: Application launcher)

[Mikhail Sobolev]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 07:44:48AM +0300, Quim Gil wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 22:19 +0400, ext Mikhail Sobolev wrote:
> > Shameful^H^H^Hless plug: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/simple-launcher/
> 
> Making a normal user search I could find only
> http://downloads.maemo.org/product/idea - but maybe it's just me.  :)
> 
> Users would have an easier life if developers could spend some time
> creating a nice and useful page at http://downloads.maemo.org , with
> screenshot, link to project page, etc. People downloading deb packages
> directly from Garage pages has been a general use case until now, but
> the shift has moved to the application catalog and this s just the
> beginning.
> 
> fyi Tableteer and other Nokia sites will increasingly promote software
> available in maemo.org. A useful page in the application catalog with a
> working install file will be a requirement. Votes, comments and ranks
> (to come soon) will play also a role when recommending applications A or
> B. 
Thank you for your kind suggestion.  Hopefully now it's gonna be a bit
easier to fin it at downlaods.maemo.org.  I still need to work on a
.install file though.

> Of course novelty, quality and coolness of the software itself is and
> will be the primary factor. From a Nokia point of view it doesn't make
> much sense to redirect regular users to places and actions they won't
> understand (i.e.
> https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=239&release_id=643 )
I probably need to check better Nokia's point of view... :)

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