SoC: 5 preliminary slots

2007-04-06 Thread quim.gil
Google has allocated 5 preliminary slots for the maemo project. We might still end up getting less than these, but definitely not more. We need to move fast now to make sure that the top 5 ranked proposals are the ones we want to promote. Google will make final decisions at the end of Tuesday 1

Re: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread Daniel Wagner
John Meacham wrote: > are the specs on the GPU available for free somewhere, or are they under > NDA? I am guessing that since it is integrated into the OMAP processor > then the datasheets for that should have info on 3d acceleration.. but > datasheets don't seem to be as readily available nowaday

Re: DosBOX 0.65 running on nokia 770

2007-04-06 Thread Andrew J. Barr
Andrew J. Barr wrote: Arnim Sauerbier wrote: Just a heads up, DOSBox runs 8088 games nicely on the 770, with 256-color VGA and advmame2x scaling and pc speaker support. SB16 support works also. Currently i'm trying to figure out why the mmap2() call breaks requesting more than 2MB. 80286 a

Re: DosBOX 0.65 running on nokia 770

2007-04-06 Thread Andrew J. Barr
Arnim Sauerbier wrote: Just a heads up, DOSBox runs 8088 games nicely on the 770, with 256-color VGA and advmame2x scaling and pc speaker support. SB16 support works also. Currently i'm trying to figure out why the mmap2() call breaks requesting more than 2MB. 80286 and up is reaal slow.

DosBOX 0.65 running on nokia 770

2007-04-06 Thread Arnim Sauerbier
Just a heads up, DOSBox runs 8088 games nicely on the 770, with 256-color VGA and advmame2x scaling and pc speaker support. SB16 support works also. Currently i'm trying to figure out why the mmap2() call breaks requesting more than 2MB. 80286 and up is reaal slow. --- also gqview compiles a

Re: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread John Meacham
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 06:17:24PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote: > Nate Turnage wrote: > > > > Yes: there's no support for hardware 3D on the N800. > > > > > > So, Daniel, it is a blank canvas just waiting for your genius to > > unlock it. > Thanks, but we unfortunately don't have the time and re

DNS Mystery when connected via BT PAN

2007-04-06 Thread Steven Frank
Hello, I have a Nokia N800 and a T-Mobile Dash (Windows Mobile 5). The Dash supports only Bluetooth PAN networking, and as such requires jumping through several now-documented hoops to get working as a modem for the N800. I am able to get connectivity using the Dash as a modem, but only

Re: hunting for Linux developer

2007-04-06 Thread Aaron Westerdale
I agree, I think this would be a nice addition but I think it should also be manage to make sure postings really are related to maemo and not a bunch of junk job postings like many other job postings web pages. On 4/6/07, william maddler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> g

Re: hunting for Linux developer

2007-04-06 Thread william maddler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> great idea as long as someone manages the list to remove obsolescent > postings. > > I guess we could introduce something like a 1 month period for each > entry. After that period the entry would be automatically unpublished. > Damn... I always forget that replies

Detecting Maemo release version, at runtime and using scripts

2007-04-06 Thread Scott Prive
Hello, I have a shell-based application which I want to support on Maemo. A small feature of my application is to detect the OS/platform it is running on. To get this information on other Linux, I invoke `lsb_release` (Sadly, this command does not exist in the Internet Tablet OS 2007..). Fallbac

RE: hunting for Linux developer

2007-04-06 Thread quim.gil
> great idea as long as someone manages the list to remove obsolescent postings. I guess we could introduce something like a 1 month period for each entry. After that period the entry would be automatically unpublished. Quim ___ maemo-developers mai

Re: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread Andrew J. Barr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody from Nokia confirm that 3D is an unwanted feature on the N800 and that it will not be added soon? This is not a tendencious question, is it? :) 3D is not an unwanted feature, since (as a principle) we want to have all the features making the tablets excel

RE: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread quim.gil
>Can somebody from Nokia confirm that 3D is an unwanted feature >on the N800 and that it will not be added soon? This is not a tendencious question, is it? :) 3D is not an unwanted feature, since (as a principle) we want to have all the features making the tablets excel in Internet and multimed

RE: hunting for Linux developer

2007-04-06 Thread quim.gil
> - MAEMO platform > - porting applications to MAEMO No, I don't have the skills to apply. ;) This email hits the list precisely when I was thinking whether would be useful/acceptable to have a page in maemo.org for job opportunities around maemo. Nokia is offering jobs regularly but ge

Re: maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

2007-04-06 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Am Freitag, 6. April 2007 17:28 schrieben Sie: > > thanks for the quick reply. I tried removing and recreating the cache > > dir. No change. Did you try to start mm from the command line? If yes, > > did you get an "illegal instruction"? > > > > Are you on the 770 hacker edition of os2007 ? > > Cou

Re: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 4/6/07, Daniel Wagner < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Thanks, but we unfortunately don't have the time and resources to do that. We want to use the N800 in a project where 3D is of major concern. I know that the N800 is marketed as a internet browser but, still the CPU can do 3D and it is a sh

Re: H/W 3D on the N800

2007-04-06 Thread Daniel Wagner
Nate Turnage wrote: > > Yes: there's no support for hardware 3D on the N800. > > > So, Daniel, it is a blank canvas just waiting for your genius to > unlock it. Thanks, but we unfortunately don't have the time and resources to do that. We want to use the N800 in a project where 3D is of major c

Re: Missing development packages

2007-04-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Should I add a `deb-src' APT source pointing to the Debian Sarge > archive, take the missing packages from there and build them for Maemo? > Is this the Right Way? FWIW, I succeeded building `comerr-dev' this way. This required building `texi2ht

Asking about cacao problem

2007-04-06 Thread magda chelly
Hello, I'm trying to run a cacao command on SCratchbox but I have an eroor telling me this : Inconsistency detected by ld.so: rtld.c: 288: _dl_start_final: Assertion `info->l.l_tls_modid == 0' failed! Can someone tell me what to do, I saw something about that on maemo.org but I didn't understand w

Re: maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

2007-04-06 Thread Levi Bard
thanks for the quick reply. I tried removing and recreating the cache dir. No change. Did you try to start mm from the command line? If yes, did you get an "illegal instruction"? Are you on the 770 hacker edition of os2007 ? Could this be due to maemo-mapper bora being compiled specifically for

Re: maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

2007-04-06 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hey Brad, thanks for the quick reply. I tried removing and recreating the cache dir. No change. Did you try to start mm from the command line? If yes, did you get an "illegal instruction"? Are you on the 770 hacker edition of os2007 ? Thanks, Rainer Am Freitag, 6. April 2007 15:17 schrieb Bra

Re: N800 hardware revision?

2007-04-06 Thread Paul Klapperich
On 4/5/07, mitcheloc < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are there any plans for revision of the N800 hardware platform? I can't speak for Nokia, but: No. There will probably be an N990 or something similar in a year or two, but I'm sure the N800 is what it is. On 4/5/07, Michael Wiktowy <[EMAIL PRO

hunting for Linux developer

2007-04-06 Thread Unique United
Hi everyone, *Wanted* Linux Developer Linux developer wanted in Unique United Oy. The project involves software development for Nokia Internet tablet (like Nokia 770 and Nokia 800) device. Programming competencies of interest: - Linux (Debian) programming - GTK - MAEMO platform - porting applic

Re: maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

2007-04-06 Thread Brad Midgley
hey as a data point, mm was crashing for me on loading topo maps because there was a corrupt map in the cache. Cleaning the cache fixed the crashing. Brad ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/m

Re: Standard widget spacing and padding?

2007-04-06 Thread Murray Cumming
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 18:11 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > I can't find anything in the various Maemo documents about the standard > spacing that Maemo applications should have between and around widgets. > For instance, for the GNOME HIG, this is usually 6 pixels between > widgets and 12 pixels pa

maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

2007-04-06 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hello, I just got my 770 back from being repaired (white screen of death). I reflashed with the os2700 hacker edition. After reading good reviews on the hacker edition here, I thought maintaining the same system on the n800 and n770 is nice. The hacker editon works well, but I see maemo-mapper

Re: Missing development packages

2007-04-06 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "Kalle Vahlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2007/4/5, Ludovic Courtès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Should I add a `deb-src' APT source pointing to the Debian Sarge >> archive, take the missing packages from there and build them for Maemo? >> Is this the Right Way? > > That most likely would work