Problems with qemu on x86_64

2009-08-11 Thread Andrew Daviel
some packages that way, e.g. # dpkg -i --force-architecture --root=/scratchbox/users/andrew/targets/DIABLO_ARMEL \ /scratchbox/users/andrew/targets/DIABLO_ARMEL/var/cache/apt/archives/net-tools_1.60-10_armel.deb - net-tools then shows up as properly installed in scratchbox -- Andrew

Using graphic input for user input, filenames etc.

2009-07-27 Thread Andrew Daviel
, we abandoned ASCII, maybe we can abandon text. Photos as filenames ? Sound clips for the blind ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Accessing GPS data remotely

2009-01-27 Thread Andrew Daviel
. Is there any config item to change this behaviour ? Should I file a bug report ? It seems silly to have to write extra interface applications when the existing server ought to do it directly. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager

Re: 'camera' application on Nokia N810

2008-10-15 Thread Andrew Daviel
no camera.) -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

RE: passing arguments to hildon applications

2008-07-21 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Andrew Daviel wrote: I.e. how to hildonize some app so it will work from the file manager or the browser, or make a wrapper that accepts a DBUS request to open a URL/file and does e.g. system(mplayer blah.wmv). Someone told me about dbus-switchboard which does what I want

Re: Command Line Club - please join / interactive man pages project (dialog + shell)

2008-07-21 Thread Andrew Daviel
worth the trouble - disk space is't really that tight on the tablet for a few kb of manpages, and one can always use the SD card. http://andrew.triumf.ca/N810/repository/dists/chinook/user/binary-armel/bzman-0.5.deb -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada

Re: How to fire up gps daemon from command line - wanna build GPS app on N810

2008-07-19 Thread Andrew Daviel
to do a lojack function. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

RE: passing arguments to hildon applications

2008-06-24 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Andrew Daviel wrote: Do you happen to know of an example using this launch hook ? I had hoped that maemopad would have it. I found the source for PDFviewer (uses Xpdf I see..) on timeless.justdave.net But it won't compile for me in Scrachbox (missing comapp). Anyhow, I

RE: passing arguments to hildon applications

2008-06-22 Thread Andrew Daviel
/defaults.list and download a foo/bar file in the browser - that worked OK. Do you happen to know of an example using this launch hook ? I had hoped that maemopad would have it. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager

RE: passing arguments to hildon applications

2008-06-05 Thread Andrew Daviel
specifically written for the tablet would use DBUS, but we might still port desktop applications which run from the command line. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org

Re: Nokia N800 dev under Fedora 9??????

2008-05-28 Thread Andrew Daviel
build packages inside that then copy them to the tablet. BTW, the gdb debugger is available and works fairly well over SSH. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman

Re: passing arguments to hildon applications

2008-05-28 Thread Andrew Daviel
, either. osso_pdfviewer starts up with a blank page. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Does Debian OpenSSL problem affect Maemo ?

2008-05-16 Thread Andrew Daviel
wondered if Maemo had inherited this problem. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo

APT archive lockup (hildon-libs0 vs osso-af)

2008-04-12 Thread Andrew Daviel
on Chinook ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Re: opencv for arm WAS: signedness of char on ARM vs x86

2008-04-12 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Jesus A. Baro wrote: Hello, Andrew. Thanks for the information, really helpful. Does anybody have any experience on using the n8x0's camera from opencv? Nils says on April 1 on the opencv list: I have almost finished the video reader backend using GStreamer Andrew

Re: opencv for arm WAS: signedness of char on ARM vs x86

2008-04-11 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Jesus A. Baro wrote: Hy Andrew, It just may be that fun with char arithmetics is not at the root of the trouble. Opencv compiles ok for me under both arm and x86. The trick came form ArnimS at internettabletalk: change -03 to -02. I had to recompile cvpyrsegmentation

Re: GNUmed on N810

2008-04-11 Thread Andrew Daviel
. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

signedness of char on ARM vs x86

2008-04-05 Thread Andrew Daviel
through everything by hand and see where char is used inappropriately ? How general is this, that data types are different on different systems (I know about the int/long issues on 64-bit machines ...) ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager

Re: Switching N810 to USB host mode?

2008-04-01 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008, Charles Werbick wrote: If you can get into host mode from peripheral mode (i.e.- while plugged in as a USB HD) but not from scratch or boot up,then we're in the same boat. If I wasn't confused before, I am now ... If I connect an unpowered memory stick, power up the

Best format for SD ?

2008-03-30 Thread Andrew Daviel
as not being fault tolerant and not supporting large files. Also that flash may have a limited number of write cycles per bit (around a hundred). (so maybe I should use ext2 not ext3 to minimize journal writes, or put the journal on / (whataver technology that is... it's mounted jffs2.) -- Andrew

Re: Best format for SD ?

2008-03-30 Thread Andrew Daviel
) if I don't care about Windows compatability. Then there's the extended attributes (used by Apple's calendar server), not that I have immediate plans for that... -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager

Re: Switching N810 to USB host mode?

2008-03-30 Thread Andrew Daviel
but it did not work. Or I did something wrong. I tried the command, then flasher-3.0 -b (reboot). Also tried disconnecting the USB cable from the PC, connecting the memory stick, and clicking the power button. The tablet booted up in perpheral mode both times. -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada

Nokia flasher parameters/boot sequence repair

2008-03-12 Thread Andrew Daviel
I lose all my customization and I haven't yet got a painless restore procedure. Is there anything less drastic than a complete re-flash ? Any equivalent to rescue mode ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager

Developing on Fedora 4; Xephyr/X11

2008-03-11 Thread Andrew Daviel
source which doesn't need a ton of libraries I don't have ? Or is it possible to run Hildon in Xnest with the right parameters ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376 (Pacific Time) Network Security Manager ___ maemo-developers mailing list

Re: Developing on Fedora 4; Xephyr/X11

2008-03-11 Thread Andrew Daviel
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Daniil Ivanov wrote: Hi! I don't remember how it was with Fedora 4, but on Fedora 8 yum search xephyr tells me that there is a package xorg-x11-server-Xephyr. Ah. Looks like it arrived in FC6, or RHEL 5. It needs things like libXaw, libXdmcp I don't have and a later