Re: Audio connection problem
I have found that running the N800 through a ground loop isolator helps immensely - especially if you are charging the device as you use it. The Radio Shack ground loop isolator (RS #270-054) works well for this. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Postal address in Contacts?
I've pointed out to both Nokia and Wayfinder that if the Contacts app would support all fields that Evolution will support (and Evolution most certainly will support physical addresses) and that if Wayfinder were to integrate that, then you could have all your contacts as waypoints, and easily navigate to them (this would be an example of how the device could actually benefit from having the physical addresses). ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
XRandR, rotation support in Diablo?
Does anybody know if the kernel patches and Xomap patches to support XRandR (specifically, rotation support) made it into Diablo? If not, are there any plans for them to go in? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Carman and Diablo - any tips
I've recently purchased a Scantool ODB scanner, and installed Carman onto both my N770 running OS2008HE and my N800 running Diablo. Carman works on the N770, but has a problem connecting under Diablo (see https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2667&group_id=189&atid=780) First of all, does anybody have any suggestions for a work-around (it looks to me like there's a problem with the Python Bluetooth module and Carman). Second of all, is there any real on-going development? Looking over the SCM browser it doesn't look like there's been a lot of commits lately. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
RTCOMM beta install issues?
I've been getting an update available notice for RTCOMM beta, but it would not install due to missing packages. In order to try to clear it, I removed the package and tried to re-install, but now I am getting missing packages on: libdaemon0 bind9-host | host telepathy-haze It seems to be a version mismatch, as RTCOMM wants newer versions of all of those than are available from the repositories. Anybody else seeing this? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Cannot install OS2008 Feature upgrade?
I keep showing the following in my "Available to install" list: OS2008 Feature upgrade 4.2008.36-5 7 kB OS2008 Feature upgrade 4.2008.36-5 9.1 MB OS2008 Feature upgrade(unlocked) 4.2008.36-5 9.1 MB Attempting to install these gives the following error: Conflict with application packages: osso-software-version-variant or Application packages missing: libdb4.2 (=4.2.52-18osso) libglade2-0 (=1:2.4.0osso2) libxml2 (=2.6.27.dfsg-1osso4) (and a long list of conflicts) or Conflict with application packages: ttf-nokia-fonts-symbols ui-fonts ttf-nokia-fonts-symbols (and many more). Anybody have any meaningful advice? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Facing Dilemma about N800/N810
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 08:06 -0800, Tim Ashman wrote: > On Saturday 03 January 2009 06:28:07 am Ryan Abel wrote: > I ended up purchasing a replacement screen from mytrendyphone. Looks like an > overseas (in in usa) company so I'll be interested to see how long it takes. That's interesting, as I thought I'd looked at them and concluded they weren't in the US (as all the prices were in GPB not USD). Also, I couldn't find the link for the screens. I have a N770 that has a bum touchscreen I wouldn't mind fixing - can you give me a pointer to the link for the replacement screens? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Can somebody give me the needed permissions on files?
I was having some problems with my N800 - I have the file system on the internal SD card, and I felt the filesystem was having problems, so I shut it down, put the card into my computer, and copied the files off the card, then reformatted the card and copied the files back. I forgot to keep the permissions and file ownerships. Ooops. Stupid me. So my N800 is a little "funky" right now. Ideally, if I could get a list of ownerships and permissions for the files in the system (that is, any files that aren't root:root or files that aren't user:users under /home) I could fix this. My first thought was to try to use "find" on my N770 to get the permissions, but the version of find in Busybox isn't able to do the -printf mode. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
repository.maemo.org gone?
I went to install Carman today, and it seemps repository.maemo.org is not resolving - I get an NXDOMAIN on it, from several sources, including going directly to the name servers for maemo.org. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
N800 Locking up regularly, even after reimage.
I have a N800 that locks up on a far too regular basis, even though I've reflashed it several times. I normally run with root on the internal SDHC card, to save wear and tear on the internal flash & to have a larger rootfs to install more stuff. The symptoms are maddingly variable, yet consistent: the unit will be working fine, then, I do "something" to cause it to change state, and it locks up. Sometimes it's plugging the charger in. Sometimes it's unlocking it. Sometimes it's just unblanking the screen. Sometimes it will lock with 100% CPU, and no response to any keypresses or touchscreen events, but the clock on the desktop keeps updating. Sometimes it locks with the LED flashing. Sometimes it just dies. In no cases is it possible to get it to shut down by any means other than removing the battery. Moreover, on a regular basis it screws the rootfs (EXT3), sometimes just some minor issues a fsck will fix, sometimes totally borking it. I've also noticed that there are enough differences between what the N800 calls ext3 and what my Maverick laptop thinks ext3 is that doing an fsck on the laptop almost aways makes a mess of the card. Has anybody else seen this? Would the new kernels in the Diablo Turbo packages be worth applying? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: N800 Locking up regularly, even after reimage.
> > Have you probably also tried to use a different SD card? Maybe the card > is a little flaky - I had quite some by now too. I have tried several cards, with repeatable results. So either all my cards are bad, or there is some other problem. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] install problem
> "ext [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > >> /# dpkg --configure -a >> E: error processing maemo-lauchner --(configure): >> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state . you should reinstall it >> before attemting configuration. >> Errors were encountered while processing: >> maemo-launcher > > Hmm, how did you get into this state? I.e., what repositories did you > use and how did you get the Application Manager to upgrade the > maemo-launcher package? > > In any case, you should do what dpkg tells you, reinstall > maemo-launcher. apt-get should be able to do it for you: > > # apt-get install maemo-launcher > > or maybe > > # apt-get --reinstall install maemo-launcher > > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > You cannot install mameo-launcher if the GUI is up - in other words, you pretty much cannot install mameo-launcher at all. Attempting to install maemo-launcher when the GUI is up will cause the currently running maemo-launcher process to be terminated - which the device considers a fatal error (and will cause a reboot). This then leaves the dpkg system in a screwy state. I don't know if you can turn off the watchdog reset in this case with the flasher or not. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Re: New OS 2006 firmware released
I just got done installing the new firmware, and then re-selecting all the repositories and re-installing all the software I had. My quick impression is that the WiFi is much improved - I had a torture test where I loaded a web page with a BUNCH of images from a local server - before this would be 80%+ likely to either kill the WiFi connection or reboot the unit (usually the latter) - now it survives every time. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews
Ferenc Szekely wrote: The current phase 2 plan will be added to garage this weekend, ie. tonight or tomorrow. May I make a small suggestion for usability? Having just reflashed my 770 to the lastest official firmware, then spent a fair amount of time reenabling the various repositories, could you consider making an installable .deb that sets up each repository? e.g. if there is a repository bob.example.com/, how about having a .deb that adds the appropriate line to /etc/apt/sources.list for bob.example.com - that way, if I want to add a repository, I can just click on a link in the browser, the package adding the repo gets downloaded and handed off to the application installer, and there you are - the repository has been added, no typing of the repo data. Bonus points for adding the GPG keys automatically. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] Re: application catalog reviews
Neil MacLeod wrote: Isn't this already catered for by Single Click Install? Yes, *IF* you are running the 2007 software - in other words, if you are running a N800. If you are running a N770 you cannot use single click. What I am suggesting would work for OS2006. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Nav Kit for 770 - Available in US?
Is the nav kit available for the US yet? Also - has anybody from Nokia actually tried to go to the nav kit link using a 770? The nav kit link won't let you go unless you have Flash 7 - which the 770 does not! ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] n800 and ThinkOutside stowaway bluetooth keyboard
Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: Any comments/thoughts on which is better - the Nokia SU-8W BT Keyboard or the ThinkOutside Stowaway BT keyboard? I see the ThinkOutside keyboard has a separate row for the numeric keys but don't know how each works or functions. Regards, Nick Shaw I had a ThinkOutside keyboard - to do numbers you pressed the blue FN key and the number, to do the shift of the numbers (e.g. $) you pressed the green FN key. My ThinkOutside died - the two halves of the keyboard are connected with a piece of cheap flex PC board (actually the whole keyboard is one big piece of flex), and opening and closing the keyboard broke that flex - and once that happened it was game over. As a result I would NOT recommend the Stowaway. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] Wired keyboard and N800
Michael Wiktowy wrote: There were also a few threads (not sure if it was here or ITT) mentioning that the kernel included in the N800 firmware does not include the bits necessary to enable USB host mode so there is some doubts that the N800 hardware even supports USB host. That would be unfortunate - one of the things I'd like to port is GMFSK, which is a program for doing data over HF radio, and ideally I would want to use an external USB sound card to talk to the radio. No host mode = no way to feed external audio in (you cannot use Bluetooth audio as the compression required would make it impossible to recover the data.) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Simple camera app for N800
Are there plans for a simple camera app for the N800? It would be nice to be able to just take a quick snap or small movie. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Video call - compatible with GnomeMeeting?
Is the video call software in the N800 compatible with any "standard" clients, e.g. GnomeMeeting? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] Maemo mapper for OS2007?
Is it just me, or is it not possible to install MaemoMapper on OS2007? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] Maemo mapper for OS2007?
Alessandro Pasotti wrote: I installed maemo-mapper on IT2007 and it works fine. You need to install libsqlite0 from the maemo repository otherwise you have a missing dependency. Yes, it does. Thank you all. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] N770/N800 Equivalent to Soti Pocket Controller Professional
You need the VNC server - if you are running an N770, it is available directly from the Application page. The N800 port doesn't seem to have been done yet. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] Radio
I just installed it, and it works pretty damn well if you have the headset plugged in. It doesn't work very well without the headset (the old "Use the headset wires as an antenna" trick.) Kudos to the Nokia team for doing this! Of course, I'd like to be able to have a slider for tuning, or direct frequency entry, and to have an entry on the menu as well as a desktop entry, but those are minor nits. Now, the real question is, can you record FM? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
[maemo-users] FM Radio - suggestions
Since there isn't a Bugzilla category for the FM radio app yet, let me make this suggestion to the Nokia team here - and when the app is added to Bugzilla I'll put it there as well. In the US, and IIRC in the rest of the world as well, FM radio stations are on 200kHz channel spacings, on frequencies with an odd 100 kHz digit - in other words, 87.5, 87.7, 87.9, 88.1, etc. In the scan mode, scanning every 50 kHz is neither needed nor a good idea - you will stop scanning off frequency. Scan only (87.5 + .2N ) MHz and you will not have those problems. If the user is tuning, let them step every 50 kHz - they may be using a crappy modulator which is off frequency. Also, it would be nice if we could directly enter the frequency - if I *know* that I want to add 107.3 MHz, then let me just enter it. Last - It would be nice to allow the alarm system to start the radio - for a clock radio function. This is *very* low priority as you can have an MP3 play, but it would be nice. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [maemo-users] 'Locking down' software installation
Marius Vollmer wrote: We would like to get your feedback on these plans, both from the end-user point of view and from the point of view of package developers. Thank you for asking. That attitude is one of the reasons I like this platform. There is going to be a 'meta' package that represents the whole operating system. Updates to the OS are done by updating this meta package in the Application Manager. So are you looking to move away from the System Upgrade := reflash device model? If so, then GOOD! So whaddaya think? Useful? Too painful? Too difficult to escape from? Sounds good so far. Some variants that come to mind: The meta package could depend on 'this version or later' of a package instead of on "exactly this version'. That would allow it to control the update just as much, but would not lock down the configuration of the device so much. The motivation for this lock-down of the device configuration is that Nokia (probably, IANAL) doesn't want to support any other configuration, and having to 'hack' your system via the red-pill mode or similar is a good indication that you are now on your own. Might I suggest two meta packages - one locked down to "This version only" and one specifying "this version or later." Have a mechanism whereby a power user can upgrade from meta-lockdown to meta-power (e.g. red pill mode). Have a mechanism whereby the status of what is installed is quickly apparent to customer service (e.g. a file that is displayed as part of the Device info page that gets changed) so that Customer Service can quickly say "Sorry, you have to reflash to standard before we can help you." ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
gnome-vfs-sftp and sftp uris?
I've installed the GPE filemanager and the gnome-vfs-sftp package into my N800, so that in theory I should be able to enter sftp URIs. I can enter FTP URIs and they work, but SFTP always gives me an invalid URI message. I've tried URIS of the form: sftp://host sftp:///host sftp:///[EMAIL PROTECTED] sftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
N800 and USB host mode
Has anybody played around with trying to get the N800 to support USB host mode? Yes, I know that this won't work without a modified USB hub to inject +5V onto the USB port. The reason I ask is that I was planning on trying to port a program over, and I'd really like to have USB host mode support for the program (GMFSK, a program for amateur radio operators to do digital signaling over HF, and I really need both an extra USB audio device and a USB serial device to get the maximum benefit out of the program.) At first glance, it looks like building the kernel with the OMAP OTG support might just work, but I was curious is anybody else had tried this. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Exporting and successfully importing address book
I am trying to export and import the contents of my address book from my N770 to my N800 and vise-versa. I have been unable to find an export format that will capture ALL the data in the address book correctly. Am I missing something? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Re : N800 and USB host Mode
bidon02 wrote: Hi David, I would be pleased to help for beta testing GMFSK on my N800 and my YAESU FT-890. Are you not planning to use the onboard sound card rather then a external USB sound card ? 73s I am planning on requiring an external USB sound device and an external USB serial device for rig keying and control. Using the internal sound has two problems: 1) on the 770 the only way to get sound in to the device would be to hold it near the radio's speaker. 2) There is no good way to do keying of the radio, unless you use some sort of sound activated keying (or your rig has VOX on SSB). Also - don't hold your breath for me to have anything ready to test, as I am doing this in my exceedingly sparse spare time. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Bluetooth mouse.
I cannot speak for Bluetooth mice, but I tried a USB mouse via a powered hub on my N770 running the latest production OS2006. In fact, on the hub I had: A USB to PS/2 keyboard+mouse adapter, with both mouse and keyboard in place. A USB to RS-232 adapter with a GPS on it (through a serial monitor box with LEDs on the various data lines) A USB mouse (in addition to the PS/2 mouse) I had previously modified the /etc/init.d/x-server.sh file to tell the X server to look at /dev/input/mice Here were my results: Mouse: Not working. dmesg shows the mouse as detected, the mice show up in /sys/bus/usb/devices, but lsof shows that Xomap did NOT open the /dev/input/mice file. (checking the /proc//cmdline shows that the command line was indeed modified). cat'ing /dev/input/mice did not yield any data when the mouse was moved. Keyboard - worked. Having the Bluetooth keyboard plugin was helpful as it turned off the virtual keyboard when the external keyboard was activated. GPS: Didn't work. I was unable to get MaemoMapper to indicate GPS lock, after having set the GPS device to /dev/ttyUSB0. I had modified the permissions on the serial devices to be world readable. and I was able to verify that when Maemomapper opened the device RTS was asserted. I was able to verify that the GPS was sending data, but the data was not received by Maemomapper. cat'ing the serial device yielded no data. dmesg showed several input overrun messages from the serial device. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: FTP app for OS 2007?
Tim wrote: First, I'm talking client not server -- sorry I didn't specify that. I guess I could go the SCP route, but having a user interface is nice (and a little easier for multiple files). I can upload to my server via http, but FTP is quicker and more reliable. Thanks, The GPE filemanager supports FTP and SCP (if you install the gnome-vfs-scp package). ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: [ANN] Simple Launcher -- Home applet to launch your apps
Paule Ecimovic wrote: Hi, Misha, Could you enable launching command-line apps from the desktop as well, i.e., all those apps that currently require launching from an xterm? Cheers, Seconded! I have several scripts I run (ntp sync, ssh to my server, etc) that I would love to be able to kick off easily. Perhaps a general "invoke this program with these args" mode would be the solution? I'd love to be able to tell VNC to use my .vnc/passwd file, for example, by passing in the appropriate parameter. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia camera app!
I find it interesting that the update rate on the camera app is MUCH slower than the update rate on the VOIP app - anybody know why that is? It would also be nice to have the option of making the camera app start automatically when the camera is popped out. Also - are there any hardkeys for "take a picture"? Ideally, using either the select button or the zoom button would be nice. It would also be nice to be able to shoot "movies" - yes, I realize you'd be limited to about 15fps or less, but still that would be good enough for many uses. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Creating my own menu entries
I'd like to create my own menu entries for a few things I do (e.g. ntpdate sync, ssh to my server, etc). Most of these will just be invoking osso-xterm with the appropriate command passed to /bin/sh. So where do the files that define the menu live? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Quick launcher and non-DBus commands
Well, I've worked out how to launch a given program in a shell and to create a .desktop file to allow that command to be added to the menus. The key is to provide the command in the Exec= entry, and to NOT provide a X-Osso-Service= line. If you provide the service line, then the Exec will be ignored. However, I cannot add such items to the quick launcher desktop applet - it seems to me that the quick launcher requires the X-Osso-Service line. Is this right? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Camera app slow, locks up?
Does anybody else find that the Camera application is slow, and occasionally locks up the unit? What I see is that for the first several seconds after starting, the camera app's update rate is fairly fast (though not as fast as the video call app - about one-half as fast). After a few seconds, then the video update rates slows down to about an update a second. Then after a few more seconds it stops, and the unit is pretty much locked up. Sometimes I can close the camera app, sometimes I have to reboot the unit (by holding down on the power key for several seconds). ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Navicore GPS software and US maps - when?
Does anybody know when the GPS navigation kit with the Navicore GPS software, US maps, and GPS will be available in the US? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Instant on Loading
On Sun, 2007-05-06 at 09:49 -0400, das manga wrote: > Is there a way to enable instant on loading, > Yes - don't turn the device off. Don't close the apps you use, just minimize them - in other words, use the device as it was intended to be used. You don't need to turn it off, it will power save itself. > i like the nokia 800 but what asshat designed a portable device > without instant on? some brain dead zombie i guess. You would also get much better results if you didn't insult the people who designed the system, and if you write like a literate adult rather than a petulant child (capitalize your sentences, and don't use words like "asshat"). ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Slow SSH connect to N800.
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 21:30 +0100, Matthew J Hendrickse wrote: > Has anyone that has used SSH with their N800 had any speed issues? > > I can connect to any machine using SSH *from* my N800 and it's the same > nice speed that I get when I connect from my main PC. However if I try > to SSH *to* my N800 from any machine on my network then it seems that > the connection is stupidly slow - so slow it's not really useable. I don't see any undo slowdown accessing my N800 via SSH - I can scp large files and the real limiting factor seems to be the SD write speed rather than the SSH operations. Perhaps you have a sub-optimal algorithm chosen in your SSH client on the PC? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Bluetooth file transfer
On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 18:01 +0200, Hans J. Koch wrote: > I'd like to transfer files FROM my mobile phone TO my N770 (OS2006). > On my desktop, I use obexftp for that. For the 770, I found btxfer > and menush in the application catalog. > What you need is an OBEX FTP server - try installing sobexsrv and configuring it to start when the system starts. > ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Bluetooth file transfer
On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 19:40 +0200, Hans J. Koch wrote: > Am Sonntag 27 Mai 2007 schrieb David Hagood: > > Oh yes! Thanks a lot for that hint. Stupid, I spent hours looking for a > solution, and then find out the 770 can do it out of the box... > > Thanks again, > Hans Be thankful your network supplier aren't bastards like Verizon: I have to copy to the microSD and then put that into my N800 or my computer, as Verizon has disabled OBEX FTP on the phone. Glad to help. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
WTF!?! "Camera did not support taking movies"?
I submitted the following bug: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1638 "The camera app in the latest software, while behaving MUCH BETTER for taking still pictures, no longer seems to support recording movies. If this feature is being deleted for some reason it would be nice if it were noted somewhere, like in the camera help." I received the following reply: RESOLVED INVALID: Camera application did not support video before and does not support it now. It's just for taking still pictures. What the FSCK? The camera application MOST CERTAINLY DID support taking movies (albeit at a very low resolution) in the 2006 release. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Nokia SU-8W keyboard availability?
Does anybody have any information on why almost everybody who "sells" the SU-8W keyboard is out of stock? Has Nokia stopped making these? Did Godzilla eat the container ship with the latest shipment? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: my two big fustrations with the N800 - please help me find aworkaround!
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 18:29 -0400, James Knott wrote: > Paul Klapperich wrote: > Another problem I've encountered, is with remote X apps. On my desktop > linux systems, I can remotely run apps, via ssh and X. While I can > start and display those apps on my N800, I can't use the keyboard or > hand writing recognition to entere anything. This has been part of X > and Unix/Linux for many years, yet it's broken on the N800. That's not entirely accurate. Handwriting recognition has never been a part of the X windowing system, and if you have a Bluetooth keyboard associated with the N800, you can most definitely run X applications with keyboard. The virtual keyboard/handwriting layer on the N800 is done not at the X protocol level, but at the GTK level. There's no way for the X server to "know" that the specific X window you have given focus to is a "keyboard" type input - the only solution would be for any window which can accept focus to cause the launch of the virtual keyboard. And note: what X considers a "window" is not the same as what you or I consider a window - any button, scroll bar, or just about any focusable object is a "window" to X. Now, if you want to complain about the window manager losing a minimized window, so that any non-Hildonized program once minimized cannot be maximized, I'll be right behind you saying Amen! ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: my two big fustrations with the N800 - please help me find aworkaround!
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 21:20 -0400, James Knott wrote: > When I use a remote app on my desktop system, the keyboard and mouse > work with that application. As they do with the N800. Hook a Bluetooth keyboard up, and it works just like you said. You might try actually READING what I posted. > Why doesn't the N800 "keyboard" follow > that, regardless of whether I'm using a virtual keyboard or hand > writing. Because, as I said in my first post, they keyboard on the N800 is NOT an X function, it is a function of GTK, which, as I also said in my previous post, is NOT A FUNCTION OF X. It is a layer ABOVE X. That is like saying "How come when I change my Gnome theme on my local computer, my remote sessions don't change their theme! Gnome broke X!" No, themes are a level above the X protocol - just like the virtual keyboard. > It is generating characters, just like any physical keyboard. No, it is NOT. The Hildon keyboard is a GTK entity, and is NOT generating X keypress events. > Why should there be a difference for what should be an identical function? > Because they AREN'T identical functions, they are similar looking functions. That's like saying that because a zebra looks like a horse, it is identical to a horse, just stripy-er. They aren't the same, they don't have the same number of chromosomes, they aren't the same. The Hildon keyboard is a function of GTK, not X. It does not generate X keyboard events, it generates GTK events OUTSIDE OF X. Now, take a few moments, and READ WHAT I JUST WROTE. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: How to download applications to target Nokia-800 device
On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 09:59 -0500, Paul Klapperich wrote:
> If you just want to test the application runs, then it's fine just to
> copy the binary. Do the following:
>
> 1) Plug your N800 into your computer with USB. Copy the binary to the
> internal memory card
> 2) Install the XTerm application on the device
> 3) Open XTerm and copy the binary to your home folder ("cp
> /media/mmc2/hello_maemo ~")
> 4) Make hello_maemo executable ("chmod +x hello_maemo")
> 5) Run it ("./hello_maemo")
> When you're with your quick test, you can delete the hello_maemo
> binary ("rm hello_maemo")
Another way to get the file over to your device more painlessly is using
scp (well, painlessly after you get everything set up):
1) Install the OpenSSH server on the N800. Configure it sanely - I'd
suggest turning off password authentication and only allowing keypair
authentication.
2) Create a keypair on your computer. Copy the public key over to the
N800 and place it in /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys2 (I am assuming you
are using a DSA key not an RSA key.)
3) On your computer, add the following lines to your ~/.ssh/config file:
Host N800
HostName n800.your.domain
Compression yes
CompressionLevel 3
ForwardX11Trusted yes
ForwardX11 yes
ForwardX11 yes
User user
(you can change the "Host" to whatever you want, rather than N800.
Likewise, you MUST change the HostName to whatever name maps to your
device on your network.)
4) You should now be able to ssh into the device, thus:
ssh N800
Get that working before continuing.
5) At this point, you can copy the file over via the command line, thus:
scp hello_world N800:/home/user
and you can run the command on the device. You can get fancy and put
this in your Makefile:
.phony LOAD
LOAD: hello_world
scp hello_world N800:/home/user
TEST: LOAD
ssh N800 -C /home/user/hello_world
Then you can simply type "make LOAD" and the file will be build and
copied, or "make TEST" and it will be built, copied, and run.
6) Under Gnome, you can access the filesystem on your device via
Natilus:
6a) Open a Nautilus window
6b) Type "ctrl-L" to input a URL.
6c) Type "sftp://N800/home/user"; and press enter.
Most Gnome programs can directly modify files via the Gnome-VFS layer
like this.
You can even access files as root, if you place your public key
in /root/.ssh/authorized_keys2 and use the form "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for the
hostname.
Of course, this assumes your device is on your local network and is
reachable by your computer and vis-versa.
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Command or message to enqueue a clip in the media player?
I've noticed that using gpodder, it is not possible to enqueue several items into the media player at a time - if multiple items are selected the "play" button does not work. One simple work-around for this would be if there was a way to tell the media player "add this to the end of the current playlist", a la XMMS and the other media players. Then I could set gpodder to use that command, and enqueue each item in sequence. Is there such a command? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
How is the N800 antenna implemented?
Does anybody know how the antenna in the N800 headphones is implemented? Are they using the ground conductor as the antenna, are they using the two headphone lines as a dipole antenna, or what? There are 2 reasons I ask: first, I'd like to be able to do a calibrated sensitivity check on the FM receiver, which means I need a proper RF interface to inject the signal from my sig-gen on. Secondly, I work in what can best be described as RF hell (as you might deduce by the fact that I have ready access to a calibrated RF sig-gen), and I'd like to be able to couple my external antenna drop into the N800. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Sprint's N800 with WiMAX
I cannot see how they can put WiMAX on the N800. On a next generation device, sure, but unless the WiFi chip in the N800 is a hell of a lot more flexible than I think it is, I don't think they can make it do WiMAX. Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Hangs writing to SDHC?
Over the past couple of days, my N800 has developed a problem writing to one of the two 8 gig SDHC cards I have in it (the external card). I can format the card and all is well, but as soon as I try to write any significant amount of data to the card, the writing process will block and never unblock. Indicated CPU will go to 100%. SSH'ing in and running a "sync" will cause the sync command to block forever. Tailing /var/log/syslog and/or running dmesg shows no unusual warning messages. Does anybody have any good suggestions for where to go from here? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Support for Crypto engine in OMAP/OMAP2 processors
Does anybody know if any work is being done to make the crypto engine in the OMAP/OMAP2 processors available under Linux? Last night I was copying a bunch of files into my N800 via SFTP, and noticed that SSHD was burning over 60% of the CPU doing the crypto. (yes, I could have used other means to do the copy e.g. USB, but using SFTP over the wifi link is easier as I can simply drag&drop from Nautilus without having to get the N800 and bring it into the computer room.) If the crypto engine could be made available as a kernel device, with appropriate libraries to make it handle SSL, that would greatly improve those sort of things. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
N810 and future directions for Maemo
I think the idea of having built-in GPS is pretty good. It's a shame they had to lose the FM radio, but since it really needs an external antenna to work, it's not such a loss. However, the loss of the 2 full size SD/SDHC cards is a big loss IMHO. I like having 16G of storage on my hip. I wonder: did they change the USB port from a mini-B to a mini-A to allow USB On The Go to work with an unmodified cable? That seems a fairly minor change with fairly major benefits (once USB host mode is more stable). Also, I am glad that GPS is becoming a service of the environment: I'd like to see my N800+GPS work the same way, so that multiple programs could access the data at the same time. I wonder: will the Navicore software pick up on the internal GPS, or will Navicore have to release an update? Is the N810's built-in GPS software based upon the Navicore software, or has Nokia decided to do their own - and if so, will they open up a Bugzilla entry for suggestions (I have a raft of them: pity that Navicore doesn't have Bugzilla set up.) I would also like to suggest that the built-in GPS software allow for time-syncing the device: perhaps not necessarily a full NTPD implementation, but even doing the occasional ntpdate sync from the GPS would be nice to keep the clock set. Also, I'd like to see Maemo take something like flite and make it an "official" service: by that I mean that it would be something that an application write could count upon being available (even if it is not installed by default but rather pulled in when needed by some other program). I'd love to see the RSS reader and email client be able to read my stuff to me whilst I am out and about. Even better would be integration of speech with the GPS software - that's one thing I think Navicore misses: being able to say "Now turn right onto Hydraulic Ave" is much better than a simple "Now turn right" when there are multiple roads that are right turns. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: N800 simple soft case mod
On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 18:19 -0700, Mike Klein wrote: > Sometimes that little N800 feels like a slippery stick of butter in my > hands. > I just flip the stand out, and put the fingers of my left hand through the stand. That puts my index finger over the zoom and power keys, and leaves my right hand free to run the stylus. As for a case: I found a cell phone case by Klein Tools with belt clip at my local Lowes hardware store that was perfect for the N770/N800. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: N800 simple soft case mod
> I find it a bit heavy for my shirt pocket for an entire day, as I stated > I modified the grey soft case for my belt, but I think that this is a > short term solution that will eventualy break/rip/fall off! > Here's what I use: http://www.ktool.net/servlet/the-192/KLEIN-TOOLS-ELECTRICIANS-MECHANICS/Detail I picked mine up at Lowe's. It fits the Nokia Internet tablet series perfectly. I made 3 mods to mine: 1) I cut a slot out and hemmed it so that I could leave my headphones plugged in to my N770. This would not be needed with an N800. 2) I cut a thin piece of plastic and stitched it in to separate the compartment into 2 sections: one for the device, one for the headphones. 3) I put a wire tie across the belt loop so that it CANNOT come off the belt - the belt must be threaded through it. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Generating F(n) keys with SU-8W
I just bought a Nokia SU-8W keyboard for my N800 and N770, and have it paired up with the N800, but I cannot figure out how to generate an F(n) key - e.g. I cannot figure out how to generate a CTRL-F4 to close a window. I've tried CTRL-Fn then key, Alt-Fn then key, Fn+key, to no avail. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Keyboard for N800
> DZ wrote: > I'll second this. I have Nokia's SU-8W because it fits in my camera Does anybody know how to generate a function key from the SU-8W? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: SU-8W kbd question
> I think we should file a bug. > > Please post the bug # - I want to add the inability to generate function keys as well. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
