Re: USB Host - Class 1 Bluetooth

2008-06-17 Thread Allen Brown
the pads. I also notice that there are a lot more files available. Back then there were about half as many. And OTG was just a proposal. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown Hi, --- On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Also the host (i.e

Re: Community council is a representative body - not community leadership

2008-06-16 Thread Allen Brown
from the mailing list. More rude. But more effective in the short term, since it doesn't require cooperation from everybody on the list. What clearly won't work is to try to reason with him. That's like trying to reason with a scorpion. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown He

Re: USB Host - Class 1 Bluetooth

2008-06-16 Thread Allen Brown
depending on what state the bus is in. There could be problems if the actual power doesn't match what the host thinks it is. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown I am interested in using class 1 USB bluetooth adapters in Maemo. So far I have flashed a 770 with the latest OS2007

Re: USB Host - Class 1 Bluetooth

2008-06-16 Thread Allen Brown
money to play in that game. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown I don't think the power should be an issue as Bluetooth adapters shouldn't be much more demanding that other USB devices that people have got working with the 770. I am using a circuit similar to this one, http

Re: maemo.org community leadership - the maemo.org Community Council

2008-06-14 Thread Allen Brown
I think you will find that quarterly elections are too frequent. Everyone will burn out on voting. Yearly or by halves. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown Hey guys, So Maemo, as we all feel has enormous potential and we all feel investment in making things work out

Re: Nokia N810 and FTDI

2008-06-11 Thread Allen Brown
Is it possible to run usbcontrol from the command line? I would like to be able to run it whenever I boot. The idea would be to turn the n800 into an appliance which is a USB host. Obviously it would make a lousy appliance if it came up in the wrong mode after a boot. -- Allen Brown http

Re: policy: maemo packaging policy -draft

2008-06-09 Thread Allen Brown
Yes, that is why I have created several new menus. Once that actually make a little sense. It is then easy to select them instead of Extras. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown Hi, Allen Brown wrote: * Interactive prompts from maintainer scripts (such as asking where

Re: policy: maemo packaging policy -draft

2008-06-08 Thread Allen Brown
menu this belongs under is annoying. Stuffing all add-ons into Extras sucks. I want my tools organized according to uses, not according to which person developed them. -- Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ I have noticed that the people who are late

Re: Hello Maemo - CFSONID 2008

2008-06-04 Thread Allen Brown
outweigh proprietary benefits, but this is not a choice I can make for Nokia; it's one Nokia has to make for themselves. Marius Gedminas Nokia is not likely to see it the same way. Not until they see proof. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ One person, one

Re: hildon_color_button custom colors issue

2008-04-18 Thread Allen Brown
I think that is still incorrect. You should divide by 256. That is exactly equivalent to shifting the bits to the right by 8. That moves the bits you want into the byte you need. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Aniello Del Sorbo [EMAIL

Re: [RFC] Maemo package guidelines: mandatory categories

2008-04-17 Thread Allen Brown
Yes! Yes! A thousand times, yes! -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown Hi all, Here is my first suggestion to clean up the complete mess we have at the moment when it comes to package categories in the maemo extras repository. There is no official list of categories

Re: swap not a substitute for virtual memory

2008-04-17 Thread Allen Brown
The subject line is incorrect. Swap is the portion of virtual memory which is not physical. What you should have said is swap not a substitute for *physical* memory. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown At Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:18:29 -0400, Ian Lawrence wrote: Hi

Q: Where submit patches?

2008-04-15 Thread Allen Brown
Is this an appropriate venue to propose patches? I have a small change to /etc/udhcpc/udhcpc.script which allows it to connect to more sites. -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly