Re: greetings from the freecalypso project

2015-11-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote: > If you have voluntarily chosen to obey a law that deems the abandonware > in question to be proprietary rather than public domain, it is YOUR > problem and not ours. You are reminding me of this talk and cartoon by Nina Paley. htt

Re: greetings from the freecalypso project

2015-11-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:01 AM, David Matthews wrote: > Please excuse touch of plug and slight bit of off-topic-ness, but just to let > anyone here with interest in free (as in source code available) baseband > firmware, that the freecalypso project is making strides. Are you planning to rewri

Re: State of FreeCalypso

2015-04-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote: > GSM What is it about GSM that would make you move across the world just to use it? Do your family and friends feel the same way about GSM? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:PaulWise ___

Re: State of FreeCalypso

2015-04-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:28 AM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote: > I do have a mobile phone for communicating with my family and friends In 2017, AT&T will be shutting down their GSM network in the USA in favour of 3G/4G. Macau is planning to shut down their GSM services in June 2015. I would hazar

Re: Free phone: smart or not?

2015-03-17 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Nick wrote: > That said, I do like the idea of having access to strong encryption > for SMS type messages and voice, but the way to do that which is > compatible with what other people use is to use android apps that > communicate over the internet. Which would req

Re: qtMoko getting bad Network Time

2015-01-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Jorge wrote: > Thanks for the confirmation. A question, can you confirm that the session > excerpt is the one of interest, and it actually says the provider is giving > the +34 time zone? That would be strange, being the biggest celular provider > around here. With

Re: qtMoko getting bad Network Time

2015-01-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:15 AM, Jorge wrote: > I have a correctly set time & timezone (America/Montevideo), and when my > qtMoko boots up, after connecting to the cellular network a weird dialog > appears : "The network time is (GMT +34). Set this new time?". If I say No, > everything keeps workin

Re: Indiephone.eu

2014-06-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Their claim that "there is no other product" appears to be completely > ignoring all our efforts of the past years. I expect they simply didn't research the various projects out there already. Here are another few projects/group

Re: [ot] Pi-Phone or blackberry-pi ?

2014-06-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Ed Kapitein wrote: > I took a model A raspberry pi [1] a tft screen [2] and a Arduino gsm shield > [3] to create a "mobile phone" [4] These folks did something similar: http://www.freetronics.com/products/arduphone-arduino-compatible-cellphone -- bye, pabs ___

Re: I tried to install agpsui but failed

2014-05-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Wuzzy wrote: > PS: This mailing list seems to be pretty low volume. Is this normal? Yes, the OpenMoko community is shrinking as people move away to other communities focussed on other devices. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:PaulWise __

Re: IMEI changing kit for GTA02

2014-02-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > what is "semi-legal"? I assume that means it is illegal in some parts of the world and not in others. For example illegal in the UK, not illegal in Michael's micronation. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:PaulWise

Re: Freerunner GPIO locations

2014-02-17 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Robin Paulson wrote: > problem is, i can't locate the gpio pins on the motherboard. are there > any schematics out there with their location? ideally something which > relates them to the nodes in /sys/class/gpio/ These are the schematics I can find related to thi

Re: Looking for Info on Neo Freerunner

2014-01-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:27 AM, auto78240314 wrote: > I am wondering if someone can tell me about the > Neo Freerunner's features? Please take a look at the wiki page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner > How long does the battery last between charges? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/

Re: SHR: monitoring charching rate, voltage, ...

2013-11-08 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Matthias Apitz writes: > I would like todo some charching tests with my special charger (a > minty-boost, http://learn.adafruit.com/minty-boost?view=all ), > is there a simple way with some shell scripting to monitor every minute > or so the current charging rate, voltage etc. of the process?

Re: First small steps toward free GSM firmware

2013-10-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Ian Stirling wrote: > There are separate issues around the IP that you do not have permission to > use. This is the illegality that he is referring to, not any potential spectrum/GSM/IMEI issues. I guess he would ignore the latter as well as the former though. On

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > You are mixing Free dom with Free Beer. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html > But: some people are able to jump out of the window. So do you do as well? I followed the FSF and Debian out the window a long time ago and I a

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-10-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > I already told you that the hardware source files are open and public. I agree with Bob Ham on this. The source files are not public and even the PDFs are not open, they are licensed under a non-commercial license (CC-BY-NC-SA). E

Re: GTA04-N900 vel. Neo900

2013-08-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:12 AM, arne anka wrote: > maemo isn't "great" If I were using Maemo, I guess the biggest problem for me would be security support, I wonder if there is any right now? > imo, the way to go would be to port all of maemo to debian thereby getting Your wording isn't clear

Re: Releasing GTA04 hardware source files (was: community Digest, Vol 353, Issue 3)

2013-08-24 Thread Paul Wise
For the GTA04 adapter board you are already distributing the files that Bob Ham is asking for (AFAICT - not an EE). http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/downloads/42/ The adapter board license (CC-BY-SA) is more friendly than the GTA04 board license (CC-BY-NC-SA). So I'm wondering about th

Re: Building a new totally free phone

2013-08-23 Thread Paul Wise
Security experts have moved on from that line of thinking long ago I think. The problem with it is that a GSM/3G/LTE modem is not just a communications channel. It is a generic processor running software. Probably buggy, insecure, proprietary software. Same goes for GPS, WiFi, Ethernet and other ex

Re: community Digest, Vol 353, Issue 3

2013-08-23 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Bob Ham wrote: > I don't understand. What is the green light with respect to the GTA04? That was already mentioned; money for components being available. -- bye, pabs ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@li

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Bob Ham wrote: > No. I think a better question is whether "OpenPhoenix" can achieve > production of *any* phone? Not currently in stock, but as I understand it, GTA04 exists and is a phone. https://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04 -- bye, pabs _

Re: Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

2013-08-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Ben Wong wrote: > I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those > frustrated would-be buyers out there. Are the Ubuntu Edge specs (or something close) achievable by OpenPhoenix? -- bye, pabs ___ Openm

Re: GTA02 Screen broken..

2013-05-30 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Neil Jerram wrote: > I'm sorry to hear that. I've had a few similar falls, usually when I > forget that the USB cable is still plugged into my laptop. But so far > I've been lucky not to end up with a fracture. Likewise, my gta02 bounces rather than breaks. I ho

Re: [ANNOUNCE] openmoko.org server move

2013-05-15 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Patryk Benderz wrote: > [cut] >> >>Maqui Berry supplement is the latest discovery in medicine<< >> Oh really? > > Epic fail Radek ;) - I hope you have a backup of your web page. QtMoko moved to sourceforge years ago: http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/ -- bye, pabs

Re: GSM Firmware+Wiki

2013-04-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > I've contacted him multiple times on IRC and email last year and this > year but I never get a response. I looked at my mail again and discovered this isn't actually true. I did get one response from him last month stating he ha

Re: GSM Firmware+Wiki

2013-04-24 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:46 AM, joerg Reisenweber wrote: > anyway thanks for reporting, glad it worked for you, enjoy MOKO11! I dunno > about wiki admins, isn't it a wiki and thus should be editable by registered > users at least? > If you have problems with the wiki, contact LaF0rge aka Harald W

Re: [QTmoko] Qx problems

2013-04-22 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Radek Polak wrote: > I wonder what happened with xserver-xorg-input-tslib for wheezy - it looks > the package is missing: It got removed because the RC bug did not get fixed in time: http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xf86-input-tslib.html http://bugs.debian.org/674

Re: community Digest, Vol 333, Issue 4

2013-04-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Christoph Pulster wrote: >>> Fairphone aims ... supply chain for conflict minerals, poor working >>> conditions or environmental destruction > > sounds all very nice and political correct, but is blabla only. I would wager that there are more folks that care about t

Re: Take a look at these stupid people...

2013-04-02 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Sebastian Reinhardt wrote: > They said: "There is no fair smartphone on market, so we have to invent it" > > Nothing about GTA04 or OpenMoko! Stupid people! A new example for bad > journalism... It probably isn't a good idea to start calling potential allies "stupi

Re: WIKI is in read-only mode?

2013-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Radek Polak wrote: > Maybe i am wrong but openmoko as company is for years dead and nobody of the > old admins is willing to spend much time on maintaining the infrastructure. There are other folks willing to maintain the infrastructure (such as me), but it seems

Re: QtMoko v54

2013-03-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Radek Polak wrote: > it should work out of the box in v54. You can try youtube.com/html5, enter > html5 trial and search for QtMoko - that's how i tested. Video is damn slow - > it's more like slideshow, but audio should be usable. Btw for youtube there is > nice a

Re: [QtMoko] Wireless connention to eduroam

2013-03-11 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Giacomo 'giotti' Mariani writes: > wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth0 > -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-eduroam.conf -B > sleep 30 > dhclient eth0 I have two alternative suggestions for you here: 1. Read /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian and configure it in "roaming mode". That way

Re: [ANN] Tweakable finger-friendly Xmonad + xvkbd + dzen2 ready-to-use config

2013-03-07 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi David, "dmatthews.org" writes: >> Along with Xmonad config, xvkbd tweaks and a bash wrapper for dzen2 >> I've also added some notes about from-scratch X.org configuration for >> gta02, gta04 and about creating a custom Xkb setup. >> > have you managed to integrate the phoneui stuff? I haven'

Re: QtMoko v54

2013-03-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Guilhem Bonnefille wrote: > I encountered similar issues with obsolete sources.list. Radek told me on IRC that the new sources.list and gpg key information is on github: https://github.com/radekp/qtmoko/blob/master/doc/txt/debian_rootfs_howto.txt -- bye, pabs h

Re: QtMoko v54

2013-03-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Radek Polak wrote: > If you want to upgrade (also untested) I tried this but I could not find out where to get your OpenPGP key 0x91B27C1E1DC56A1F and unfortunately squeeze apt doesn't have the trusted=yes option in sources.list to override this. What should the a

Re: tizen released

2013-02-18 Thread Paul Wise
I asked on IRC again and got a couple of links: https://www.tizen.org/irclogs/%23tizen.2013-02-19.log.html#t2013-02-19T02:51:25 -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists

Re: tizen released

2013-02-18 Thread Paul Wise
[I'm subscribed, no need to CC] On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > was it ported on some real devices beside the emulator? When I was compiling the links at [1] I asked on the IRC channel and was told there is no general page about ports. There was a developer devic

Re: tizen released

2013-02-18 Thread Paul Wise
SRPMs are here: http://download.tizen.org/releases/2.0/tizen-2.0_20130218.10/repos/base/source/ http://download.tizen.org/releases/2.0/tizen-2.0_20130218.10/repos/main/source/ git repos here: https://review.tizen.org/git/ -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/ _

[ANN] Tweakable finger-friendly Xmonad + xvkbd + dzen2 ready-to-use config

2013-02-18 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, After getting tired enough of my inability to make E17 Illume do what I wanted, I decided to try another route and prepared a configuration that I was actually able to fine-tune to my liking, based on simple to understand and tweak software. Along with Xmonad config, xvkbd tweaks and a bash w

Re: FreeTSM30/FreeCalypso project started

2013-02-13 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Harley Laue wrote: > I wish you all the best to be successful in your project It would be much better for him to spend time on getting NuttxBB/OsmocomBB working, at least the results would be Free Software and distributable in projects like SHR, QtMoko, Debian, Ao

Re: QtMoko and X applicatiions

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Neil Jerram wrote: > Also, for GTA04 I think the installed xorg.conf has the wrong Why is there an installed xorg.conf at all? We are well past the days where Xorg needs a configuration file, it gained automatic configuration a long time ago. -- bye, pabs http:

Re: Qtmoko - broken app repository

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Peter Viskup wrote: > What armhf? http://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort > Was the repository changed somehow It looks like yes, hopefully one of the QtMoko folks can comment. -- bye, pabs ___ Openmoko community ma

Re: Qtmoko - broken app repository

2013-01-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Peter Viskup wrote: > I just tried to install one of the Qtmoko applications and it failed. Maybe you need an apt-get update? The deb is here: http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/qtmoko-qgcide.html http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/armel/qtmoko-qgcide_32-1_armel

Re: Enhancing an RPi with phone capabilities

2013-01-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Alex Samorukov wrote: > Technically you can create a gsm phone from this set without too much > probmlems. Pi do have USB connection and running debian, so nothing should > stop you from attaching compatible modem. See > http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-chan-dongl

Re: qtmoko keyboard focus enhancement

2013-01-17 Thread Paul Wise
I would suggest to reduce the opacity too (maybe to 0.5), I keep having to show and hide the keyboard when in the Terminal app. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:PaulWise ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org h

Re: [QtMoko] power off GSM?

2013-01-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:51 PM, robin wrote: > did you also try just to > > echo -en "AT POFF\r" >/dev/ttySAC0 > > without setting the modem to dummy beforehand? Doesn't appear to work, at least Linux still thinks GSM is on: # cat /sys/bus/platform/devices/gta02-pm-gsm.0/power_on 1 I g

Re: [QtMoko] power off GSM?

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Wise
Unfortunately if I do that then QtMoko doesn't start. qpe seems to be using 100% CPU and the child processes of qpe have all died and become zombies. Setting the modem to dummy seems to be the cause of this. PS: I'm subscribed, no need to CC me. -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/ signat

[QtMoko] power off GSM?

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, Does anyone know if it is possible in QtMoko to power off GSM on startup and keep it off? I'm only using my gta02 as a computer right now and don't want to waste energy on GSM. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:PaulWise ___ Open

Re: possible to use wifi and usb networking at the same time? (qtmoko)

2013-01-04 Thread Paul Wise
Thats a bug in QtMoko's network setup, it seems to take full control of the kernel's networking setup without asking the kernel what networks are setup already and should remain. It also needs to be aware that not all network interfaces are managed by the QtMoko network UI. You can work around it

Re: GTA02 power death

2012-12-23 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 08:15:22AM +, Dmitry Shalnoff wrote: > thank you very much for answer and all hints and links! BTW, the bass rework looks very similar to what i was doing, i wonder who did that :) too bad it looks like i didn't warn everyone strong enough (though i did put a big f

Re: GTA02 power death

2012-12-22 Thread Paul Fertser
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 10:38:56AM +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: > Dmitry Shalnoff writes: > > here is HiRes picture of the patient > > http://www.shalnoff.com/pics/freerunner_pcb.JPG > > You easily find it by burning fume around it :) ... > found another that was similar e

Re: GTA02 power death

2012-12-22 Thread Paul Fertser
Dmitry Shalnoff writes: > here is HiRes picture of the patient > http://www.shalnoff.com/pics/freerunner_pcb.JPG > You easily find it by burning fume around it :) Hi. I think that's the same that happened with another device i did bass rework for. The large shield is too easy to tilt a bit and it

Re: [off-topic] smartphone alternatives?

2012-12-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > Yes it's a really good device: it's almost like the GTA02, but faster, > better, less hardware bugs, but also has a non-free wifi firmware. GTA02 also has non-free WiFi firmware, but it is in the WiFi chip's internal storage instead

Re: OpenMoko wiki needs to be set to read-only due to spam

2012-11-11 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Troy Benjegerdes wrote: > How can I get a database dump of the wiki so I can clone it? What I'd > really like to be able to do is run a read-write fork/clone of the > mirror, and have the backend database be files in mercurial or git, > and then we can have an edit

Re: OpenMoko wiki needs to be set to read-only due to spam

2012-11-10 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, 2012-11-10 at 18:57 -0500, Harry Prevor wrote: > Sorry for bringing this somewhat old topic up, but why did this have > to be done? I can understand restricting editing to registered users > only or adding CAPTCHAs to prevent spam, but isn't making the (still > very important) wiki entirel

OpenMoko wiki needs to be set to read-only due to spam

2012-10-31 Thread Paul Wise
Hi Harald, all, To whoever is able to make the OpenMoko wiki read-only, please do so since no-one is monitoring it for spam and removing that: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: About the future of the freesmartphone.org middleware

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Fertser
Enrico Zini writes: > This said, oFono does have one very compelling feature: on my N900, it > works reliably. Far better than any version of FSO that I ever managed > to put on my FreeRunner ever did. If you think that Nokia's N900 firmware is using oFono, you're wrong. Or do you mean something

Re: Stop whininig / be friendly

2012-05-21 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi Christoph, openm...@pulster.de (Christoph Pulster) writes: > thanks for your advices, which are intelligent ones, really. > You are right, bitterness is what I feel. Why ? ... > Coming to an end with my rant, 50% may be my personal bitterness, but > 50% are in some way true. The fail of Openm

*.openmoko.org infrastructure

2012-05-06 Thread Paul Fertser
s quo? Thanks in advance for your replies and commitment. Sincerely, Paul Fertser -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Sharing TSM30 source

2011-11-17 Thread Paul Fertser
msoko...@ivan.harhan.org (Michael Sokolov) writes: > What I'm basically saying is that for as long as the recognized / > trusted / respected leaders of this community are acting selfishly and > refusing to share a piece of ware with brothers in need, I feel no > incentive to contribute to this comm

Using dumb batteries (was: Re: GTA02 fails to charge)

2011-10-02 Thread Paul Fertser
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes: > I've tried it, and on SHR it works out of the box, however only the > kernel supports charging the battery, not the bootloader, so I need the > original battery for flashing it trough the NOR uboot. To the best of my knowledge, the NOR u-boot doesn't implement the

Re: community Digest, Vol 254, Issue 2

2011-09-28 Thread Paul Fertser
msoko...@ivan.harhan.org (Michael Sokolov) writes: > I am in a disadvantaged position because I have come to the party > late. You're a very smart fellow indeed, and your reasoning about the "holy grail" being in the form of many object files seem to be correct (though ELF is unlikely there). I ca

Re: Liberated Calypso docs found

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Fertser
msoko...@ivan.harhan.org (Michael Sokolov) writes: > But if they aren't there yet, I will *not* abstain from hacking TI's > original code, assuming that I can succeed in physically laying my > hands on it, however illegal it may be. What exactly do you want to change in it? Disabling RRLP? Having

Re: Liberated Calypso docs found

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Fertser
msoko...@ivan.harhan.org (Michael Sokolov) writes: > Yup, technical aspects such as the Calypso chipset and its firmware. > Before we can start improving the latter, we need to obtain a copy of > whatever at least partially modifiable source the Openmoko company > had. But why? All OM had were som

Re: NAND vs SD on GTA02

2011-09-23 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, msoko...@ivan.harhan.org (Michael Sokolov) writes: > Hence my question to the community: is the flash wear-out concern I've > just outlined the primary reason for the recommendation of using SD > instead of NAND to hold the OS/distro, or was that recommendation driven > by some other, complete

Re: My VoIP experience in Freerunner

2011-08-29 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Thanks for sharing the valueable info :) Tiago Bortoletto Vaz writes: > • I was not able to have default Freerunner headset working on an > acceptable quality. Help will be very welcome. I think the voip-handset state file is supposed to be used with the handset (i.e. builtin mic and spea

Re: hifi headphones & flac

2011-08-24 Thread Paul Fertser
phifmr writes: > It is for treat a tinnitus. I need to make tailor-made notched > music...and to listen to with hi fi headphones. Make sure you've got the bass fix[1] (and even with that i can't promise you hifi headphones would work properly, you'll probably need other adjustments) or use blueto

Re: Freerunner won't charge

2011-07-05 Thread Paul Fertser
Ronald Tallent writes: > On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 15:05 +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: >> Replacing pcf50633? I'm not sure anyone has ever tried that, it's BGA >> iirc. Have you investigated other options? > > The purpose of this thread was kind of to discover and exp

Re: Freerunner won't charge

2011-07-05 Thread Paul Fertser
clemens kirchgatterer writes: > I have the same problem. Can you pls report if replacing the chip actually > fixes the moko? Replacing pcf50633? I'm not sure anyone has ever tried that, it's BGA iirc. Have you investigated other options? -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free

Re: Freerunner won't charge

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Ronald Tallent writes: > So, there's no way to fix this thing? If I need to take it to an > electronics repair shop to get it fixed I can, just need to know what > part(s) will need to be repaired/replaced. Anyone know were I can get > hold of schematics for the mainboard? If it's a simple re

Neon image viewer?

2011-06-30 Thread Paul Wise
Hi, I'm wondering where the Neon code and development repository after projects.openmoko.org was shut down, anyone know? If so, please update the wiki page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neon -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed messa

Re: [openmoko-announce] Shiftd

2011-06-14 Thread Paul Fertser
openm...@pulster.de (Christoph Pulster) writes: >> We were fascinated, yet totally overwhelmed by the shear volume of >> videos on the web. > > I am bored, yet totally disgusted of the video trash flowting around. > 95% is pure waist of livetime, for the other 5% go and meet friends, > paint a pict

Re: Dialling INTO a wireless broadband modem with OpenMoko

2011-05-30 Thread Paul Fertser
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 04:40:13AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> Without CSD the most reasonable option imho would be to keep a persistent >> connection over GPRS to some internet host you control and use it as a proxy. >> An alternative would be to establish GPRS connection upon an incoming (voi

Re: Dialling INTO a wireless broadband modem with OpenMoko

2011-05-30 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 03:24:49AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> I assume you're already using pppd for establishing the connection >> from the remote system to some host in the internet that you >> control. > > No - when I plug the dongle in, I just let NetworkManager find it and > set it

Re: Dialling INTO a wireless broadband modem with OpenMoko

2011-05-27 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 06:59:33AM +1000, Philip Rhoades wrote: > On 2011-05-28 04:25, Paul Fertser wrote: >> Philip Rhoades writes: >>> I am wondering if it would be possible to use minicom on the >>> Freerunner to dial the phone number of the remote dongle, mak

Re: Dialling INTO a wireless broadband modem with OpenMoko

2011-05-27 Thread Paul Fertser
Philip Rhoades writes: > I am wondering if it would be possible to use minicom on the > Freerunner to dial the phone number of the remote dongle, make a > connection If CSD[1] is available from your provider, then you can do that, right. If not, all you can do is to write some smart enough script

Re: power drain after wifi connection

2011-05-26 Thread Paul Fertser
Radek Polak writes: > On Thursday 26 May 2011 13:01:05 Alfa21-mobile wrote: >> and are executables... but I do not know neither if they are called >> after a wifi disconnection, nor if after an unbind/bind cycle the >> power consumption during stdby returns to the same state like after a >> reboot

Re: power drain after wifi connection

2011-05-26 Thread Paul Fertser
Alfa21-mobile writes: > so I can find the unbind here: > root@neo:~# find /sys/bus/ -name '*unbind*'|grep sdi > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/s3c-sdi/unbind ... > how I can check if it's in bind or unbind state? If ar6000 is listed among the files at the path you mention, it's binded. > maybe the sc

Re: power drain after wifi connection

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Fertser
Alfa21 writes: > 2011-05-25@23:31 Paul Fertser >> Hm, you do not spare too many details, do you :) Are you really sure >> the ar6000 module is unbinded when you disable wifi? > > sorry, I didn't know which kind of details you meant... Basically, ``ls /sys/bus/platform

Re: [QtMoko] USB charging (and network) from Windows 7

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Fertser
Alfa21 writes: > 2011-05-25@00:05 Paul Fertser >> Alfa21 writes: >> > ah! keep in mind: if you enable wifi at least once in any boot >> > cycle, your moko will drain more current than usual, also if you >> > disconnect wifi and put the phone to sleep. >>

Re: [QtMoko] USB charging (and network) from Windows 7

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Fertser
Alfa21 writes: > 2011-05-24@14:15 Xavier Cremaschi >> > If you try om utility (from omhacks package) it could have parameter for >> > enabling fast charge. Then you can edit the "Fast charge mode" script so >> > that >> > it uses "om" command (and send the result to me so that i can commit it a

Re: QtMoko v33 - More battery info and questions

2011-03-30 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 06:00:22PM +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote: >> Philip Rhoades writes: >>> - Even with the "dumb" battery configuration, the battery charging >>> animated icon continues after USB (power) disconnection - should that >>> happen? >> >> Provide "uevent" files contents for both

Re: QtMoko v33 - More battery info and questions

2011-03-26 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Philip Rhoades writes: > - Even with the "dumb" battery configuration, the battery charging > animated icon continues after USB (power) disconnection - should that > happen? Provide "uevent" files contents for both the battery driver and pcf50633-mbc drivers. > - Using the methods above, bo

Re: QtMoko new replacement battery - charging oddness

2011-03-24 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Philip Rhoades writes: > My original Neo battery lasts about 3.5 hours from a full charge with > no activity with QtMoko v33. I bought replacement BL-6C batteries but > when I plug either of them in, they appear to be charging (~20 hours) > but when the USB is disconnected the battery icon a

Re: Audio path gain

2011-02-13 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Hrabosh writes: > giacomo 'giotti' mariani píše v Út 08. 02. 2011 v 10:40 +0100: >> > Yes, I really meant bass fix. I have replaced each 1uF cap with 2x 47uF >> > caps in parallel. They are isolated by heat-shrinking tube and >> > everything even fit under the metal cover. >> > >> > It really

Linux 2.6.38?

2011-01-19 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, Are any of the 2.6.37 patches merged into mainline 2.6.38-rc1? Is it too late for them to be merged or are they mostly fixes that could be submitted for mainline inclusion outside the (now closed) merge window? -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/ signature.asc Description: This i

OM/FSO/SHR related stuff for CELF embedded project proposals for 2011?

2010-12-15 Thread Paul Wise
From http://lwn.net/Articles/419696/: The CE Linux Forum is looking to fund proposals for embedded Linux projects. "Each year, CELF spends money on contract work to improve Linux for use in embedded systems. Some of the projects we have sponsored in the past include Linux-tiny, DirectFB enhancemen

Re: [Debian] aplay/mplayer broken with pkg-fso linux-image-2.6.34-openmoko-gta02?

2010-11-20 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 23:38 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Is anyone else having broken audio on Debian with pkg-fso > linux-image-2.6.34-openmoko-gta02?' gena2x seems to have found the cause, I had 'Stereo Out Switch' and 'Right Mixer Right Playback Switch' turned off

[Debian] aplay/mplayer broken with pkg-fso linux-image-2.6.34-openmoko-gta02?

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Wise
Is anyone else having broken audio on Debian with pkg-fso linux-image-2.6.34-openmoko-gta02? Timo Jyrinki can reproduce it with one GTA02 but not with another one. Here are some symptoms: r...@booph(Debian):~# uname -a Linux booph 2.6.34-20101108.git1508bbb5 #1 Sat Nov 13 22:33:10 UTC 2010 armv4tl

Re: [GTA04] When is the next and more powerful openmoko releasing

2010-11-13 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" writes: > time for another update. ... >> Current status: the 1.8V is now working but the VDD2 (1.2 V) not. >> The TPS chip aborts the power up sequence early. > > We could solve that by adding a jump start resistor. ... Nikolaus, this project is a very interesting

Re: WM8753 Speaker Playback ZC Switch

2010-11-12 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Ed Kapitein writes: > I am happily hacking on my FR and was toying with the wolfson. > I happen to notice that in order to get any sound from the earpiece i > had to switch on the Speaker Playback ZC Switch. This is used to enable/disable Zero Cross detection, i.e. the gain will be changed o

Re: backup battery and case screws questions

2010-10-24 Thread Paul Fertser
Benjamin Deering writes: > I use an allen (hex) wrench to remove them, I am seeking replacements > because I lost one. FYI i'm using my gta02 as my only daily cell phone for more than a year without any screws whatsoever. -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) softwa

Re: community Digest, Vol 204, Issue 8

2010-10-06 Thread Paul Fertser
openm...@pulster.de (Christoph Pulster) writes: > an intelligent marketing idea. My idea on the later is, to point the > finger in the Apple direction and naming the evil by name. This sounds really cool to me, Christoph. Honestly, i'd prefer to see more Apple (and Android as well) bashing. But do

Re: Testing freerunner's audio quality

2010-09-23 Thread Paul Fertser
Gennady Kupava writes: > Many gossips flying around about bad fr's audio subsystem quality. I > promised to proove that FR audio subsystem is good, just default > headphones quality below anything. I thought we did the bassfix on this device, didn't we? That makes hell of a difference, i tried co

repairing FR back cover?

2010-09-17 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, So, I dropped my FR one too many times and broke the remaining short prong (I broke the other one a while ago) that holds the end of back cover (near the hole) in place. The two longer prongs on the side of the cover are still intact so the cover stays on but it comes off more easily when

LCA2011 Mobile FOSS Miniconf CfP

2010-09-17 Thread Paul Wise
The miniconfs at LCA2011 in Brisbane, Australia was recently announced and includes a Mobile FOSS miniconf. Are any OpenMoko folks planning on submitting any talks? The CfP closes Friday 22nd October 2010. http://lca2011.linux.org.au/media/news/34 http://mobilefoss.jamespurser.com.au/Call_For_Pape

Re: qtmoko v26 bluetooth headset

2010-09-16 Thread Paul Fertser
Jim Morris writes: > Paul Fertser wrote: >> This [1] page and this guy might help. Also feel free to ping me or >> him on irc, we do know some bluetooth tricks :) > > Unfortunately frameworkd and the dbus stuff does not appear to be > relevant for qtmoko. Some dbus stuff

Re: qtmoko v26 bluetooth headset

2010-09-15 Thread Paul Fertser
Jim Morris writes: > Anyway I tried to get my bluetooth headset to work, and I am not > sure exactly what needs to be done to make this work seemlessly. This [1] page and this guy might help. Also feel free to ping me or him on irc, we do know some bluetooth tricks :) Also keep in mind that if y

Re: Boot selection

2010-09-12 Thread Paul Fertser
Hi, Ed Kapitein writes: > Is there a way to select where to boot from, nand or uSD? > and i need a software choice, no the obvious boot select with the aux > button, which requires physical access to the freerunner. With Qi you can create a special file in /boot and it will skip this uSD partiti

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