Re: N900 Price

2010-01-16 Thread Michael Stepanov
Agree with Tom. The price of N900 is reasonable. Especially for Linux/Maemo
folks. I'd like to wish just a better quality of N900 frame. I heard a few
bad opinions about it.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Waelti  wrote:

> Not to start a "price war", but I don't think so. This is what you get more
> with the N900:
> - 32 GB of Flash RAM
> - Hardware keyboard
> - FM receiver/transmitter
> - TV-Out
> The "only" thing that the Nexus has is the digital compass and the
> trackball
>
> IMHO, this makes the N900 a much better value (at least for my needs)
>
> And over here, all these devices are around 700 (N900) to 1100 USD (iPhone
> 32), consider yourself lucky and enjoy the show :-)
> -Tom, Switzerland
>
> > Does anyone still think the N900 price of $550 (newegg) is out of line
> > with other similar devices? I read on CNN that the price of the Nexus
> > One was about $530.
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Re: run application on maemo (Nokia 770)

2008-09-11 Thread Michael Stepanov
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Ryan Abel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> R&D mode is the wrong way to go about getting root access.
>
> Install becomeroot instead:
> http://eko.one.pl/maemo/dists/bora/user/binary-armel/becomeroot_0.1-2_armel.deb


I don't have any objections, Ryan. The idea is to have root access. As I
know it can done by many ways. Activation of R&D mode is one of the oldest
methods :)


>
> 
>
> Note: N800, N810, and 770 users running OS2008HE should refer to this page
> for gaining root access: https://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access
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Re: run application on maemo (Nokia 770)

2008-09-11 Thread Michael Stepanov
If you activate R&D mode (using flasher, for example:

sudo ./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode -R

) you can use a command

sudo gainroot

To get root privileges.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> it seems "sudo" requires password for the user, which i don't know
>
> $sudo  chown -R user\: /media/mmc1
> Password:
>
> - Han
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, atul raut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Han,
> >
> > Your problem is
> >
> >>>/media/mmc1 $ ls -l
> >
> >>>-rwxr-xr-x   1  user   root 55056   Sep 2  04:59  br
> >
> >>>/media/mmc1 $./br
> >>>sh: ./br: Permission denied
> >
> >>>any ideas ?
> > Yes
> > Just try this command and after that run your application.
> > It will run. Need to change permission form root to user.
> >
> > sudo  chown -R user\: /media/mmc
> >
> > thanks and regards
> > atul
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Michael Stepanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >> You can run your application from command line using xterm. Debian
> package
> >> should be created to provide users easy way for installation and run the
> >> application.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Can I run stand-alone application from File Manager in Nokia 770? i.e.
> >>> the application is NOT installed via .deb package.
> >>>
> >>> I have built an maemo application in scratchbox for ARM target. But
> >>> after I copied to Nokia 770, and tried to run it from File Manager, it
> >>> said "Unknown File Type".
> >>>
> >>> Here is the file type when I do "file myapp" in scratchbox:
> >>>
> >>> myapp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux
> >>> 2.4.17, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
> >>>
> >>> Do I have to build a .deb package in order to run it on Nokia 770?
> >>>
> >>> thanks
> >>> Han
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> >>
> >>
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Re: run application on maemo (Nokia 770)

2008-09-11 Thread Michael Stepanov
Not sure that it's possible to run application from the memory card. At
least OS2006 wasn't offer such possibility. Just create a directory
/home/work or so and copy your application there.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks Michael.
>
> I tried to run it from xterm, but it complains "Permission denied".
> The file name is "br" and it has the "x" bit set :
>
> /media/mmc1 $ ls -l
> -rwxr-xr-x   1  user   root 55056   Sep 2  04:59  br
>
> /media/mmc1 $./br
> sh: ./br: Permission denied
>
> any ideas ?
>
> thanks
> Han
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Michael Stepanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > You can run your application from command line using xterm. Debian
> package
> > should be created to provide users easy way for installation and run the
> > application.
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can I run stand-alone application from File Manager in Nokia 770? i.e.
> >> the application is NOT installed via .deb package.
> >>
> >> I have built an maemo application in scratchbox for ARM target. But
> >> after I copied to Nokia 770, and tried to run it from File Manager, it
> >> said "Unknown File Type".
> >>
> >> Here is the file type when I do "file myapp" in scratchbox:
> >>
> >> myapp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux
> >> 2.4.17, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
> >>
> >> Do I have to build a .deb package in order to run it on Nokia 770?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Han
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Re: run application on maemo (Nokia 770)

2008-09-08 Thread Michael Stepanov
You can run your application from command line using xterm. Debian package
should be created to provide users easy way for installation and run the
application.

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can I run stand-alone application from File Manager in Nokia 770? i.e.
> the application is NOT installed via .deb package.
>
> I have built an maemo application in scratchbox for ARM target. But
> after I copied to Nokia 770, and tried to run it from File Manager, it
> said "Unknown File Type".
>
> Here is the file type when I do "file myapp" in scratchbox:
>
> myapp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux
> 2.4.17, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
>
> Do I have to build a .deb package in order to run it on Nokia 770?
>
> thanks
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OS2007HE and more than one repo in .install file

2008-08-25 Thread Michael Stepanov
Hi,

I try to create an one click install file for my application. The problem is
that. The application and its dependencies are in the different
repositories. I found the information that bora allows to define a several
repositories in the install file:
 Code:

[install]
repo_name  = Foo Catalogue;Bar Catalogue
repo_deb_3 = deb http://foo.com/maemo bora user;deb
http://bar.com/maemo bora user
package= foo-app

But when I run that install file on my Nokia770 with the latest OS2007HE
only one repository is added with name *Foo Catalogue;Bar Catalogue* and
components *user;deb http://bar.com/maemo bora user*.

The OS2007HE doesn't support that feature or I missed something?

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Re: Single-click install file for OS2007

2008-08-25 Thread Michael Stepanov
Hi Marius,

Thanks for your replay. I added that mime type and it's solved the problem.
Thanks again!

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Marius Gedminas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 05:32:05PM -0400, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:36:00PM +0300, Michael Stepanov wrote:
> > > I created a single-click install files for bora, chinook and diablo and
> put
> > > them on the web page - 
> > > http://diapub.com/~michael/<http://diapub.com/%7Emichael/>.
> They work fine under
> > > OS2008. But with OS2007 there is a problem.  Instead of offer save or
> run
> > > that file it shows its content. Any ideas how to fix that?
> >
> > IIRC you need to make your web server serve those files with the correct
> > Content-Type, instead of the generic application/octet-stream.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't remember the correct one, couldn't find it on
> > maemo.org after searching for 5 minutes, and experiment shows
> > maemo.org's application catalog itself serves .install files as
> > "text/html".  Does that mean maemo.org's catalog is broken for OS2007
> > users, or that I'm wrong about my content-type assumptions?
>
> Duh, I'd forgotten I'm serving .install files from my website
> (http://mg.pov.lt/770) since they were first introduced as an
> unsupported feature.  Here's my .htaccess file:
>
>  AddType application/x-install-instructions .install
>
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> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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Single-click install file for OS2007

2008-08-24 Thread Michael Stepanov
Hi,

I created a single-click install files for bora, chinook and diablo and put
them on the web page - http://diapub.com/~michael/. They work fine under
OS2008. But with OS2007 there is a problem.  Instead of offer save or run
that file it shows its content. Any ideas how to fix that?

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Re: Nokia N800 as a Home Control Component

2008-02-12 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 2/13/08, John Holmblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> fyi. A US based company, Colorado V-Net apparently has ported their Home
> control technology to work with the Nokia Internet Tablet. Here is the
> url to the www page for a www site associated with CEPro magazine that
> shows the device in action.


Cool.  I'd like to point you to the greatest open source system for home
automation LinuxMCE - http://linuxmce.com. It offers a controller for Nokia
770/N800/N810 - http://pluto-nokia.garage.maemo.org/index.html

http://www.cepro.com/article/colorado_vnet_gets_up_to_705000_to_stay_in_loveland_colo?utm_source=CEPWeekly&utm_medium=email
>
>
> Note the quotation in the sidebar:
>
> > It looks suspiciously like a Nokia N800, one of the hottest new
> > handhelds for home control.
>
> Just a few days ago I had corresponded with the company to make
> precisely that recommendation, i.e.
>
> > 4. The Nokia 800/810 can be configured with a VNC client to
> > connect to LInux servers, in addition to the Remote Desktop client
> > for connection to Microsoft Windows Servers. Is there a way to
> > connect your linux based control system to the home network so
> > that a customer with a device like the N800 could connect in from
> > the Internet (say over an IPSEC or SSL VPN?) and control their
> > home system (e.g. climate/kighting/security) remotely using this
> > method? If not, have you implemented some other method of remote
> > support?
>
>
> Here is the url to the www site for Colorado V-Net which also has a
> Zigbee based wireless lighting control solution:
>
> http://www.coloradovnet.com
>
>
> Colorado Vnet is founded by the same individual who, some years ago,
> founded Colorado Memory Systems.
>
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>
>
>
> John Holmblad
>
>
>
> Acadia Secure Networks, LLC
>
> * *
>
> *Serving the entrepreneurial enterprise, emerging network service
> provider, and SmartDigital^TM home markets*
>
> * *
>
>
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Re: maemo4 install

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Stepanov
I'd like suggest to use development environment under vmware. Just download
free vmware player and Maemo 4 appliance -
http://maemovmware.garage.maemo.org/ (included chinook and bora). I use that
approach and IMHO it's the best.

On 1/5/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Chris Dobbs 写道:
> > Please someone help me as I cannot resolve the following issue:
> > When I run apt-get update under mameo4 I get this:
> > [sbox-CHINOOK_ARMEL: ~] > apt-get update
> > Ign file: chinook Release.gpg
> > Ign file: chinook Release
> > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook Release.gpg
> > Hit http://repository.maemo.org chinook Release
> > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages/DiffIndex
> > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Sources/DiffIndex
> > Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages [134kB]
> > 99% [1 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers]
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > Err http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Get:2 http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages [604B]
> > 99% [Waiting for headers]
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > Err http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Get:3 http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Sources [60.5kB]
> > 99% [Working]
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > Err http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Sources
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Fetched 3B in 2s (1B/s)
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://repository.maemo.org/dists/chinook/free/binary-armel/Packages.gz
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Failed to fetch
> >
> http://repository.maemo.org/dists/chinook/non-free/binary-armel/Packages.gz
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://repository.maemo.org/dists/chinook/free/source/Sources.gz
> > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> > ones used instead.
> > But when I download the Packages.gz manually using wget - IT WORKS!
> > I manually copied in all the packages I need for now but this really
> > bugging me as it looks like the apt-get is broken
> > I am not using a wierd proxy and my nsswitch.conf does have host dns in
> it
> > Anybody have any idea before I start hacking around?
> > -Chris Dobbs
> > 
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> One of my computer encouter same problem.The computer's Ubuntu 7.10 is
> upgrade from Ubuntu 7.04
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> The issue is strange!
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Re: Which scratchbox you used for Maemo?

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 1/2/08, Jakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install Maemo but as you see, at first we need to have
> scratchbox installed already. But there're at least 3 verions of
> scratchbox:
> - 1. standard scratchbox: at www.scratchbox.org, for 32-bit environment
> only
> - 2. unofficial scratchbox 64-bit:
> http://scratchbox.org/download/files/sbox-releases/x86_64/
> - 3. scratchbox2: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/sbox2  - a
> new branch of sb, 64-bit support.
>
> I'm using Fedora x86_64, and I tried all of them but got no success
> (got crazy only, hic)
>
> - case 1: realize that it's for 32-bit. Then quit. Look like I might
> have to chroot to install 32-bit on my 64-bit but not try yet.
> - case 2: it's old stuff. (2005).  Don't remember exactly - I was
> stuck with this problem last week, it was related to qemu problem
> - case 3: almost successfully. But I couldn't install debian etch
> successfully (error: gcc: /etch_root/lib/libc.so.6: version
> `GLIBC_2.4' not found (required by gcc)- trying again and again.
>
> Please tell me which scratchbox you're using on the same environment
> (Fedora 8, AMD 64-bit) for me to go on the right way.


I use Maemo VMware appliance - http://maemovmware.garage.maemo.org/ The
latest release includes environment for chinook and bora. It's really
useful. just download free VMware player and that appliance.

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Re: Will repository.maemo.org be fixed?

2007-12-22 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 12/22/07, Michael Wiktowy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Dec 21, 2007 7:38 PM, Michael Wiktowy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > On Dec 21, 2007 8:37 AM, Laurent GUERBY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2531
> >
> > That bug indicates that the issue is closed and it is fixed. I
> > certainly isn't on my end.
>
> Found out that some of my problem is transparent web proxies caching
> the "service unavailable" html pages and constantly serving then up to
> me ... Stupid Sympatico :[
>
> I managed to ssh into my home computer and downloaded the packages one
> by one there and transferred them from there. What a pain!


I tried to install libsdl-ttf. The package exists in the list of the
packages but it doesn't present in the
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/chinook/free/s/ where apt-get tries to find
it. This is a strange that repositories are not fixed yet and there is no
official information about that problem.

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Re: any hope for 770

2007-12-20 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 12/20/07, Luca Ognibene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Uhm.. you don't like the media player? use mplayer... you don't like
> the browser? there is microb (based on mozilla and open source) you
> don't like the default mail program? there is modest and/or claws mail
> (open source). And you don't need to reflash whole device to install
> these programs.. btw i have a n800, don't know if these programs work
> on n770.


They work, at least with OS2007HE. But when I installed Microb it crashed
every time I run it. I replaced it by Opera.

ciao
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Re: any hope for 770

2007-12-20 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 12/20/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I thought I read somewhere there would be a 2008 hackers edition for
> the 770 too. Is this the case and if so is there an ETA?


It'd be nice but I didn't see the actual release.

Peter
>
> On Dec 20, 2007 1:31 PM, Keitsch Krischan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I use one of the latest Hacker Editions with max swap and seatbelt [1]
> as
> > well.
> > Works for me and stability is good.
> >
> > Krischan
> >
> >
> > [1] https://garage.maemo.org/projects/seatbelt/
> >
> >
> > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Im
> > Auftrag von David Fass
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Dezember 2007 14:07
> > An: maemo-users@maemo.org
> > Betreff: any hope for 770
> >
> >
> > Just wondering, is there any hope for stable applications on the 770, or
> has
> > that boat sailed?  I use AbiWord, which crashes at random moments.  I
> use
> > the default browser which also crashes at random moments.  The computer
> > frequently decides to restart itself at random moments.  The bluetooth
> > connection goes on and off; the wireless connection goes on and off.
> >
> > Is this just stuff that people live with?  It confuses me.  I have the
> > latest operating system.  Anything else I can do to make this device
> more
> > usable?  I'm leaning toward replacing it with one of those Asus things
> when
> > the prices come down, cause the flakiness is annoying me. Thanks for any
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Re: starting up.

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
Welcome to the club :)

On 12/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've just ordered my first N800, and it should arrive in a few days.
> I've read this list enough to know that it will do the things I want it
> to do (and more) once I write a few minor applications for it.  I've
> been programming since the 60's, am a long-time Unix and emacs user, and
> am currently using Debian on several machines.  (I've started writing
> the crucial minor applications on a Debian system).
>
> My questions are:
>
> Where do I go to get started as an end-user of the N800?


- User manual  for N800
- http://www.internettablettalk.com/
-  http://maemo.org/news/planet-maemo/

Where do I go to get started as a programmer on the N800?  What's the
> recommended UI library?


 http://maemo.org/development/documentation/

Software repositories for the N800 seem to be scattered among many
> sites.  Where should I look?  Is there an index somewhere?


 http://www.gronmayer.com/it/

Is it possible to brick the N800 by flashing with a bad kernel?  Or
> does the N800 have a nonreflashable flasher?


The flasher does some basic validation. But it's better to use only official
images from Nokia or Maemo.

Is it possible to ruggedize the N800?  I've already destroyed several
> Nokia cell phones and a Palm pilot by letting them drop out of
> my pocket onto the floor when I bend over.  (My Palm is still limping
> along with gratuitous blobs of orange pixels and uneven backlighting
> after several falls.  Kudos to the manufacturer!)


You can buy some case for your N800 -
http://stepanoff.org/wordpress/archives/tag/case

 It'll save it.

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Re: 15 dec Release n810?

2007-12-17 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 12/17/07, Klaus Rotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Luca Donaggio schrieb:
> > Discount code still not being accepted at Nokia Italy on line shop :-( !
>
> Same here in Germany. N810 is available, but the discount codes don't
> work. Hope for tomorrow. But I fear, the delivery will be after
> christmas :-(


Also waiting for staring selling of n810 in UK to get :) I'm on Cyprus, so
friend of mine will send it from there.

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Re: Using 'bora' repos on tabletOS2006?

2007-11-23 Thread Michael Stepanov
Try to use OS2007 Hacker Edition. Some libs from bora can be used under
OS2006 - libxmu6 for example.

On 11/24/07, Norman Steinbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hello @ all,
>
> I am quite new to the internet tablets, and since i only had the money to
> afford a 770 device, which annoyingly is not suported for (non-hacker) use
> of tabletOS2007, i would like to know if or how it is possible to install
> packets from the 'bora' repositories onto my device. Background is that i
> would like to use software like 'winzig', which requires python - but i
> haven't found python in the 'mistral' repos. There are also some other
> programs, i'm interested in (like evince as a replacement for the crappy
> built-in pdf-reader), but which seem not to appear being in any 'misral'
> repos. When i tried adding the 'bora-extras free non-free' repo into my
> sources.list, it only produced a bunch of error-messages when 'apt-get
> update'ing...
>
> Can you please help me, or is what i want principally impossible, until
> there will hopefully a tabletOS-2007 be released for 770 devices?
>
> Thanks & greetings,
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Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Michael Stepanov
I use N800 as a control panel for open source home automation systems
Plutohome and LinuxMCE. It works much better then 770. Moreover, one friend
of mine managed to setup it as Asterisk soft phone. It works like a charm.
As I see N810 is more appropriate choice for personal using: slide keyboard
and built-in GPS are very useful. But N800 now is just $250! So, it's a good
opportunity to buy it.

On 10/30/07, Jon Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> ive checked the specs and pricing on the n800 and i was wondering if
> anyone had some honest feedback after using it for a few months++.  The
> review sites rate it based on a few days of use(if that) and thats not a
> really good review of how good or bad it is.
>
> i am a power user who plans on installing apt, bash, ssh(client) and
> mplayer, etc to get stuff to work like it were a small(form factor)
> laptop.   with that specifically:
>
> can i plug in usb stuff to it?  i can get usb converters i dont care about
> that.
>
> do bluetooth headsets work with it?  as in you got something to work?  if
> so what kind?
>
> battery is advertised to be about 3 hours for wifi and 5 for video, does
> that seem to mesh with your experience?
>
> does the battery life degrade over time badly?
>
> did you find yourself needing more than the two flash card slots?  do you
> use more than 4 gigs of storage(2 gig sd seems cheap now).
>
> how is the UI overall?  i can console but i do enjoy ease of use(i find
> gnome easy to use).
>
> appreciate the feedback(if any).
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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-20 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/19/07, Brian Litzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have DLink DI-524 Wireless Router. There is only one WiFi enabled
> device -
> > Nokia770. When I said 'not accessible' I meaned that I cannot even ping
> it
> > during some time. But the connection manager shows that WiFi signal is
> good.
> > That happens very often but randomly. I'll be very appreciated if you
> can
> > tell me a way how to trace it. Is there possibility to switch on logging
> > system on Nokia770?
>
> You might check the DHCP lease time.
>
> I remember a case where someone had a Wireless AP which had the DHCP
> lease time set to 2 minutes.


The  DHCP lease time is one week on my AP.

This caused a WLAN phone to function poorly occasionally.
>
> I do not know how to check the DHCP lease time on D-Link products.
>
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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/19/07, Brian Litzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have DLink DI-524 Wireless Router. There is only one WiFi enabled
> device -
> > Nokia770. When I said 'not accessible' I meaned that I cannot even ping
> it
> > during some time. But the connection manager shows that WiFi signal is
> good.
> > That happens very often but randomly. I'll be very appreciated if you
> can
> > tell me a way how to trace it. Is there possibility to switch on logging
> > system on Nokia770?
>
> You might check the DHCP lease time.


Good point, Brian. I'll check it tonight.

I remember a case where someone had a Wireless AP which had the DHCP
> lease time set to 2 minutes.
>
> This caused a WLAN phone to function poorly occasionally.
>
> I do not know how to check the DHCP lease time on D-Link products.
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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/18/07, Samer Azmy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I did not face any WIFI disturbance using my Nokia770 for more than a year
> so far
> I agree on the below post


It's depend  of how do you use it. When I just browse Internet it works
fine. I don't see any problems. But the application for smart home needs to
have a strong connection between device and core server. If the device lost
it by some reason in short period - about one minute, the application
crashes. I played with both Nokia770 and N800. N800 works much more stable
than Nokia770.

Good Luck
>
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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/18/07, DrFredC.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  It's possible that some other programs or home network computers might be
> overloading your network and wifi with traffic and/or requests of some sort
> that might bog things down enough to disrupt a finnicky connection.
>
> For example, in background, your computer's virus scanner and spyware
> might be downloading updates while someone else's email program is
> downloading some large photo attachment.
>
> Our home wifi connection typically gets quirkiest when my son (hardwired
> to the home net) is downloading a Warcraft update, jumping into some new
> Warcraft game, or watching some video over the net that sucks up a lot of
> bandwidth.
>
> Bottomline, Wifi routerware doesn't always prioritize traffic to match
> everyone's individual needs for smooth communications and there can be lots
> of BS going on in background that doesn't make things any easier for
> routerware to sort out.
>

Access point is used for Nokia770 only. There is no any WiFi enabled
devices. So, it shouldn't be problem with traffic.


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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/18/07, David Rudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I don't have an answer for you.  Your Plutohome integration
> sounds incredible.  Can you write some more about it?


You can read more info about using Nokia770/N800 in Plutohome or LinuxMCE
here -

http://smart-home-blog.com/writes/nokia770-as-plutohome-orbiter-os2006

Have a look some pictures here -
http://flickr.com/photos/smartblog/tags/orbiter/

I'd invite you to come speak at the local LUG, but Cyprus is kind of far
> away.  If you're ever in Colorado...
>
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Re: Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Stepanov
On 9/19/07, Kalle Valo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "ext Michael Stepanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I try to use Nokia 770 as control panel for open source system for home
> > automation Plutohome. The application is very critical to losing WiFi
> > connection. But I see that sometimes 770 is not accessible. Even it
> cannot
> > be pinged. It's strange because device is very close to the access point
> > (about one meter). any idea how to solve that problem?
>
> You have to provide more information. What's your Access Point and
> it's settings? How often does the problem appear? Also please be more
> precise, "not accessible" doesn't tell that much.


I have DLink DI-524 Wireless Router. There is only one WiFi enabled device -
Nokia770. When I said 'not accessible' I meaned that I cannot even ping it
during some time. But the connection manager shows that WiFi signal is good.
That happens very often but randomly. I'll be very appreciated if you can
tell me a way how to trace it. Is there possibility to switch on logging
system on Nokia770?

My first guess would be that your Access Point does not support WLAN
> Power Save Mode properly. 770 uses Power Save Mode and it's not widely
> used yet. Especially the older APs seem to be more buggy than the
> newer ones.


Is it possible to switch off WLAN Power Save Mode?

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Nokia 770 periodically lose WiFi connection

2007-09-18 Thread Michael Stepanov
Hi,

I try to use Nokia 770 as control panel for open source system for home
automation Plutohome. The application is very critical to losing WiFi
connection. But I see that sometimes 770 is not accessible. Even it cannot
be pinged. It's strange because device is very close to the access point
(about one meter). any idea how to solve that problem?

Thanks to advance.

device: Nokia770
OS: 2006 and 2007 Hacker Edition

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Dock station for Nokia770/N800

2007-05-29 Thread Michael Stepanov

Hi,

I have a hardware feature request/question. Since Nokia770/N800 is used as
control device for music and home control systems -
http://smart-home-blog.com/archives/612,
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/269352531_c811dd9951_s.jpg,
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimserverAndNokia770, it'd be nice to
have a dock station for the internet tablet. Is Nokia team planning to
create it?

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Re: [maemo-users] Building ARMEL packages, maemo 2.1 and debian directory

2007-01-24 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 1/23/07, Andrew Flegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 1/23/07, Michael Stepanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Good tool! I tried to use it but I got exactly the same error:
[snip]
>  dh_testdir
>  Name "main::DEBIAN_DIR" used only once: possible typo at
> /usr/bin/dh_testdir line 37.
>  Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/bin/dh_testdir line 37.
>  dh_testdir: "/control" not found. Are you sure you are in the correct
> directory?
>  make: *** [clean] Error 1

Sounds like a problem with your Scratchbox, then. Very odd. Have you
tried with konfoo's new VMware Appliance?



No but I'm going to try it. Anyway, I solve(?) that problem. I just use
ARM_SDK instead of ARMEL_SDK. All packages which I built have armel
architecture. So, I suspect it should be ok.

Thanks for your excellent tool! It's really cool and useful!

Cheers,


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Re: [maemo-users] Building ARMEL packages, maemo 2.1 and debian directory

2007-01-23 Thread Michael Stepanov
bs:Depends}
Description: A small library that downloads files via HTTP
libhttpfetcher is a small library that can download files using the
HTTP GET method. HTTP Fetcher is meant to be small, fast, and flexible at
what it does. It's robust, easy to use:  using one function,
it can download any kind of file via HTTP.  It also offers further
sophistication, allowing you control over what (if any) User-Agent or
Referrer you wish to show to the web server.  Which is neat stuff,
depending
on your use (testing and stealth/deception are two that come to mind).
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is libhttpfetcher
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1.0.1-3
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Philipp Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture armel
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
Name "main::DEBIAN_DIR" used only once: possible typo at /usr/bin/dh_testdir
line 37.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/bin/dh_testdir line 37.
dh_testdir: "/control" not found. Are you sure you are in the correct
directory?
make: *** [clean] Error 1
+++ Calculating dependencies to copy to [/home/vmware/mud-builder/upload]
Finding debs for [*.deb] in [/home/vmware/mud-builder/build/libhttpfetcher]

Any ideas how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

On 1/11/07, Andrew Flegg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 1/11/07, Michael Stepanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> When I try to build ARMEL package from debian sources I get the error
> that directory debian cannot be found by dpkg-packagebuilder. I applied
> patches and directory debian is inside of library directory. Here is an
> output for http_fetcher- 1.0.1, for example:
[snip]
>
> Name "main::DEBIAN_DIR" used only once: possible typo at
/usr/bin/dh_testdir
> line 37.
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/bin/dh_testdir line 37.
> dh_testdir: "/control" not found. Are you sure you are in the correct
> directory?
> make: *** [clean] Error 1
>
>  I tried to do export DEBIAN_DIR=debian but without luck.
>
> Any suggestions how to resolve this?

Sounds like a bug in dh_testdir, possibly related to the fact that
libhttpfetcher is no longer in Debian:

http://packages.qa.debian.org/libh/libhttpfetcher.html

Perhaps the source package is out of date compared with the version of
the dpkg tools in Maemo (which is closer to `etch' AFAICT)? Is
`apt-get update/upgrade' up-to-date in your Scratchbox?

Does it happen for other packages?

You may also be interested in `mud' (Maemo Unofficial Debs) it's an
auto-builder I've started to make it easier porting stuff from
upstream sources (e.g. Debian):

http://mud-builder.garage.maemo.org/

Any thoughts would be most welcome: it's still at an early stage so
now's the time to say ;-)

For example, the package file necessary to build libhttpfetcher was:

libhttpfetcher.xml:


libhttpfetcher1
http://ftp.debian.org/ stable main
 
 

The "name" and "deb-src" lines default to the filename and etch if
missing. This has successfully built a deb on my Scratchbox install:

14672 Jan 11 13:54 upload/libhttpfetcher-dev_1.0.1-3_i386.deb
 7732 Jan 11 13:54 upload/libhttpfetcher1_1.0.1-3_i386.deb

Note that the auto-Maemoification has yet to be done, such as
prefixing the "Section" in debian/control with "user/". This woudwould
be turned off for these packages anyway, I suspect.

I've checked it in so you can try it yourself you like; source is in
Subversion at the Garage:

https://garage.maemo.org/scm/?group_id=63

Hope that helps,

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[maemo-users] Building ARMEL packages, maemo 2.1 and debian directory

2007-01-11 Thread Michael Stepanov

Hi,

When I try to build ARMEL package from debian sources I get the error that
directory debian cannot be found by dpkg-packagebuilder. I applied patches
and directory debian is inside of library directory. Here is an output for
http_fetcher- 1.0.1, for example:

[sbox-SDK_ARMEL: ~/work/packages/http_fetcher-1.0.1] > dpkg-buildpackage
-rfakeroot
dpkg-buildpackage: source package is libhttpfetcher
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 1.0.1-3
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Philipp Kern < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture armel
fakeroot debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
Name "main::DEBIAN_DIR" used only once: possible typo at /usr/bin/dh_testdir
line 37.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
/usr/bin/dh_testdir line 37.
dh_testdir: "/control" not found. Are you sure you are in the correct
directory?
make: *** [clean] Error 1

I tried to do export DEBIAN_DIR=debian but without luck.

Any suggestions how to resolve this?

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Re: [maemo-users] The difference between ARM and ARMEL packages

2007-01-10 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 1/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Hi,

you will need to rebuild those packages for IT-2006 (this should then work
on IT-2007 too). ARMEL means a different binary ABI, the ARM software will
not work on IT-2006/7. Changing package structure will not help, get it
rebuilt under Maemo SDK.



Yes, I got it. So, I already started to build packages for ARMEL. Thanks.

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Hi list,

I try to use Nokia770 as control panel for home automation system
Plutohome (plutohome.com). There is a one, big problem. Some needed
packages are missed. For example, mysqlclient12 or libxmu6. I adopted those
ARM Debian packages for OS 2005 just by changing their structure. It works
fine on real device. But I cannot find appropriate packages  for OS 2006.
Because the architecture was changed from ARM to ARMEL.
Can somebody tell me, please, is there some significant difference between
ARM and ARMEL or it may be possible just change ARM package structure
according to rules for ARMEL?

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[maemo-users] The difference between ARM and ARMEL packages

2007-01-09 Thread Michael Stepanov

Hi list,

I try to use Nokia770 as control panel for home automation system Plutohome
(plutohome.com). There is a one, big problem. Some needed packages are
missed. For example, mysqlclient12 or libxmu6. I adopted those ARM Debian
packages for OS 2005 just by changing their structure. It works fine on real
device. But I cannot find appropriate packages  for OS 2006. Because the
architecture was changed from ARM to ARMEL.
Can somebody tell me, please, is there some significant difference between
ARM and ARMEL or it may be possible just change ARM package structure
according to rules for ARMEL?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [maemo-users] Connect to WLAN from command line

2007-01-08 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 1/8/07, Kalle Valo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


"ext Michael Stepanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> ifconfig wlan0 up
> iwconfig wlan0 enc MY_KEY mode managed essid MY_ESSID channel 6
>
> But I didn't see that IP address was assigned to wlan0 interface.

You didn't run the DHCP client:

udhcpc -i wlan0



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Re: [maemo-users] Re: Connect to WLAN from command line

2007-01-08 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 1/6/07, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>  Download the iwconfig packages, once you got them you will have the
>  iwconfig iwspy iwlist etc. Look for a howto to use it. Remember
>  first to ifup wlan0.
>  iwlist will give you the broadcast AP, but if you want to put one
>  manually you should use
>  iwconfig wlan0 ssid "XYZ" key 1011010101AB
>
>Well, I installed wireless tools package and tried to use it:


I had to do something similiar. However iwconfig simply won't work
properly for some reason, I asked around a while ago:

http://www.mail-archive.com/maemo-users@maemo.org/msg01896.html


Anyway, I figured a working but dodgy way to get it working.

Firstly you have to setup the wireless connection at the usual GUI
configuration. Make sure this works.

Then I have a script that runs:

dbus-send --type=method_call --system --dest=com.nokia.icd/com/nokia/icd
com.nokia.icd.connect string:${IAP} uint32:0

where $IAP is the identifier (name) of the wireless connection you've
setup in the GUI config.



Good way!

   What's even worse is, I have to run that command line every 5

seconds or so (I put it in the script in a while loop to run that and
then sleep 5), as the connection daemon seems to disconnect
automatically. I think it disconnects if there's no application using
the N770 framework/lib to make network connections. So if I have some
custom software that uses the network it won't help either.



Did you specify an option in the connection manager do not break WLAN
connection never? Maybe it may help to resolve this problem.

Pigeon.


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Re: [maemo-users] Connect to WLAN from command line

2007-01-08 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 12/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Wlan is up in the boot through the service wlancond (at /init.d)
associated to runlevel 3. The graphical user interaction doesn't allow to
set up but configure the values of wlan. So you have to define these in
order to wlan starts at runlevel 3 with that configuration.

To do that you have to edit file /etc/network/interfaces with the values
of the wlan (iface, name, address, essid, etc.). Look at here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html

A bit more complicate situation is if wlan is not always the same. In such
a situation you must write a script that allows to distinguish between the
different wlans (for instance, via comparison of known mac address and
sniffed mac addres).



Yes, you're right. Here is an example of this script which I found recently
at http://planet.igalia.com:

The /etc/network/interfaces could be like this one (being HomeNET and
WorkNET two existing ESSID network identifiers):

auto eth1
mapping eth1
script /root/WIFI/wldetect.sh
map HomeNET HomeNET
map WorkNET WorkNET

iface HomeNET inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wireless-essid HomeNET
wireless-key s:mysecretpass1 open
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.1

iface WorkNET inet dhcp
wireless-essid WorkNET
wireless-key s:mysecretpass2 open
dns-nameservers 127.0.0.1 192.168.100.1

The script /root/WIFI/wldetect.sh lists the available networks and chooses
one of them being in a whitelist (HomeNET|WorkNET):

#!/bin/sh

# Config
WL_IFACE=`iwconfig 2>/dev/null | { read A _; echo $A; };`

# Reset the interface
ifconfig $WL_IFACE down
ifconfig $WL_IFACE 0.0.0.0
ifconfig $WL_IFACE up

# Search networks
NETWORKS=`iwlist $WL_IFACE scanning | grep ESSID | sed -e
's/.*"\(.*\)"/\1/'`

# Bring down the interface
ifconfig $WL_IFACE down

# Select preferred networks
for NET in $NETWORKS
do
case $NET in
HomeNEt|WorkNET)
echo $NET;
exit 0;
;;
esac
done
exit 1;



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On 12/28/06, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Michael Stepanov wrote:

*>* Maybe somebody knows how to connect to wlan from background or command
*>* line? I'd like to avoid user interaction to up wlan. I use OS 2005.


Why not set it to auto connect if you don't want user input...?


I need to connect to WLAN right after boot of Nokia. But there is no
possibility to configure it. User has to press connect icon to bring up
network.

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[maemo-users] Maemo 1.1 Tutorial is needed

2007-01-08 Thread Michael Stepanov

Hi there,

I need to produce an application for OS 2005 but I cannot find the tutorial
for Maemo 1.1. There is an only Maemo 2.0 tutorial on the maemo.org.
Could somebody tell me, please, how can get it.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [maemo-users] Connect to WLAN from command line

2007-01-02 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 12/28/06, Kahlil Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Download the iwconfig packages, once you got them you will have the
iwconfig iwspy iwlist etc. Look for a howto to use it. Remember first to
ifup wlan0.

iwlist will give you the broadcast AP, but if you want to put one manually
you should use

iwconfig wlan0 ssid "XYZ" key 1011010101AB



Well, I installed wireless tools package and tried to use it:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 enc MY_KEY mode managed essid MY_ESSID channel 6

But I didn't see that IP address was assigned to wlan0 interface. Moreover,
I add into /etc/network/interfaces following:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid MY_ESSID
wireless-key MY_KEY
wireless-mode managed
wireless-channel 6

and run
ifconfig wlan0 up

But also without luck.

Any ideas why?

This will set it up.

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Re: [maemo-users] Connect to WLAN from command line

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Stepanov

On 12/28/06, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Michael Stepanov wrote:

> Maybe somebody knows how to connect to wlan from background or command
> line? I'd like to avoid user interaction to up wlan. I use OS 2005.


Why not set it to auto connect if you don't want user input...?



I need to connect to WLAN right after boot of Nokia. But there is no
possibility to configure it. User has to press connect icon to bring up
network.

-Gary

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[maemo-users] Connect to WLAN from command line

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Stepanov

Hi list,

Maybe somebody knows how to connect to wlan from background or command line?
I'd like to avoid user interaction to up wlan. I use OS 2005.

Thanks in advance.

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