Re: is "dbus-uuidgen --ensure" ok in an install script?

Faheem > I don't think this will help your problem described in your reply but > instead of using dbus-uuidgen, you can use run-standalone.sh program> instead. > > Maybe a su - user -c '' may work. fwiw, both the dbus-uuidgen and run-standalone.sh approaches result in an execution where osso_ini

Re: is "dbus-uuidgen --ensure" ok in an install script?

hmm fwiw, maybe it's not so simple... turning on the gps from my daemon doesn't activate the gps status display in the system tray. Is there a better way to do this stuff from the background? -- Brad ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@m

is "dbus-uuidgen --ensure" ok in an install script?

Hey I have an issue that goes away after running "dbus-uuidgen --ensure". Is this safe enough to put in a post-install script? I'm writing a daemon that needs to be able to keep the tablet awake (long story). osso_initialize will complete if run from the terminal as "user" but will fail and abor

Re: Some questions about liblocation and gpsd

David NAN is used by gpsd for "out of bounds" values. You should test the float using isnan(value) before you assume it has something valid. Brad ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo

Re: javascript interruption

fwiw, > I've noticed that when using the browser, if I haven't clicked > anything on my n810 for a while, the javascript execution in the > browser is halted. it's sort of cosmic... the answer was 42. I had to build and periodically execute "acpi_fakekey 42" to keep the browser awake. 42 is the

javascript interruption

Hey I've noticed that when using the browser, if I haven't clicked anything on my n810 for a while, the javascript execution in the browser is halted. It doesn't matter if the browser is the front application, it doesn't matter if the screen has blanked, etc. As soon as I tap something again, unpl

Re: powering on gps, playing nice with others

Till > Do you call gpsbt_stop when closing your app? > > gpxview also uses gpsbt_start and _stop and i have never encountered > any problems. I tried again but couldn't replicate the issue I had using gpsbt_start/stop. Maybe operator error. :) I'll stick with using those. thanks Brad __

powering on gps, playing nice with others

Hey I'm having trouble finding the way to power on the gps for my own program in a way that plays nice with maemo mapper. IIt might be that maemo mapper is bending some rules too but it's hard to tell. If I use the call gpsbt_start(NULL, 0, 0, 0, errors, 256, 0, &ctx) then the gps will start and

Re: USB Host - Class 1 Bluetooth

Daniel > I am interested in using class 1 USB bluetooth adapters in Maemo. it sounds like fun. Any bluetooth usb adapter "should" work but i'd suggest you get one with a csr bluecore4 so it's more similar to what's in the n8xx. the bluetooth-proximity app would be a great way to try it out. You'

Re: DSP SBC debugging

Simon > Right, well goodish news, the dsp sbc encoder appears to work. It can be > used with mplayer to play ~1s of audio, then it all goes quiet. this is how it was when trying the floating point version on an emulated fpu. There's no way it could keep up. > though as I understood that the code

Re: Replacing the standard maemo bluetooth pairing dialog.

Fheem > This program works on the principle of default security pins and the program > comes with a script to do just this. one application registers itself as the passkey agent using d-bus. A second agent trying to register will fail. maybe there's a way to intercept at a different layer. --

Re: DSP SBC encoder task

Simon I only say stepping around gstreamer since the gst way would be to make one gst plugin for soft and one for dsp codec and let gst choose one when building a pipeline. ie, they're prepared for multiple implementations of a given codec. -- Brad ___

Re: DSP SBC encoder task

Simon I have been thinking more about this and I think another approach could be considered. It would be easier to plug your work into everything else if you wrote it up as a patch to the regular sbc.c so it transparently chooses the soft or dsp codec at runtime. It would work with the alsa plugi

Re: DSP SBC encoder task

Simon > Atm we have to use ALSA to produce A2DP output, is the data sent > thought here simply piped straight into sbcenc running standalone? the alsa plugin with most of the bluez logic is a shared object, so the alsa audio client is effectively transmitting directly to the headset. > I'd like

Re: DSP SBC encoder task

Simon > Just a quick note to say that the DSP task encodes the test .au file > correctly. Still a minor ;) issue that the DSP crashes It sounds like an awesome achievement. I'm looking over things now. If it can be coded generically, it would be nice if the standard bluez gstreamer plugin could

Re: How can I test a GPS application without using the device?

Andrea I haven't tried with n810 yet, but making gumstix or neo1973 act as a bluetooth gps is fairly straightforward as long as gpspipe is installed. sdptool add SP rfcomm -r watch 0 1 sh -c "/usr/bin/gpspipe -r >/dev/rfcomm0" & Brad On Feb 7, 2008 9:42 AM, Andrea Grandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

gpsd data quality

Hey I haven't seen this myself, but does it qualify as a bug? Is there an intentional change to the data gpsd produces? I couldn't find any docs or existing bugs talking about it. http://www.kismetwireless.net/Forum/General/Messages/1201749708.949826 -- Brad

Re: USB host mode on N800

Sebastian Is it any harder or easier to get the host mode cable sorted out with the n810 and its new connector? -- Brad ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

gps listener

Hey Is there a way with the gps api to watch the gpsd/gps status without affecting it? I'd like to leave an app running which doesn't force gpsd startup & gps power-on but would use it whenever another app has started it... hopefully such an app would not force the gps to stay on... fwiw, I could

Re: Developing for maemo...

Tim It seems the ruby bindings to maemo-specific stuff aren't as complete (sadly) Brad On 10/10/07, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey everyone, > > I'm going to have some time on my hands pretty soon and I thought I'd try to > start learning a programming language... And, I want it to be

Re: Anyone know where to get the VMWare application for maemo development?

ok I've been using the bora vm. Setting up chinook was much easier than previous versions so I'm running it natively. you may still need the dns fix. I didn't see a ticket for it. Brad On 10/10/07, Acadia Secure Networks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad, > > I am talking about the version of t

Re: Anyone know where to get the VMWare application for maemo development?

Hey You're talking bora right? When you do get it, the first thing you need to do so dns works in sb is ln -sf /etc/resolv.conf /scratchbox/etc/resolv.conf I can't host this but I could mail it to you on a dvd. Might not get there faster than 1kbps but certainly faster than 0kbps. Brad On 10

[patch] maemo-mapper: load tracks from logging gps

Hey This patch allows maemo-mapper to load gpx tracks from a wintec gps. You have to install gpsbabel to /usr/bin or the menu items won't activate. The gps needs to be connected to load the log. For a recent (but not packaged) gpsbabel: http://www.daria.co.uk/gps/ It's a quick and dirty thing and

Re: Computerworld article

Guys More than any nationalist agenda, I think the guy is just trying to posit an unlikely outcome--a single playing sewing up what has been a fragmented market. He then tossed together some weak subjective evidence he thought would support it. Brad ___

beta 4 sdk vs. maemo-mapper

Hey Do regular apps need a lot of tweaks to be built in chinook? maemo-mapper trunk fails the configure stage: ./autogen.sh ; ./configure --prefix=/usr ... checking for OSSO... configure: error: Package requirements (libosso >= 1 libossohelp osso-ic) were not met: No package 'libossohelp' found

Re: a2dp bluez 3.11 and libhal-dev

e are still some quirks with a2dpd. It's CPU usage fluctuates a bit depending on how many times I run mplayer... but this is very promising. On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 07:04:48 -0600 "Brad Midgley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try putting "master" in hcid.conf's lm

Re: a2dp bluez 3.11 and libhal-dev

try putting "master" in hcid.conf's lm setting and take "rswitch" and "sniff" out of the lp setting (then reboot or restart hcid) ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Re: a2dp bluez 3.11 and libhal-dev

Jesse If you're using plugz it seems that you would be linking the external libsbc, not the version inside bluez. As of about two months ago, the standalone sbc project had our best version of the (mostly) 32-bit fixed-point codec. fwiw, the sbc inside bluez was only put there once we had it nail

Re: maemo-mapper crashes on os2007 hacker edition

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: [maemo-developers] N800 GUI Improvements from a Newton Developer's Perspective

Sean > I did indeed, and a semi-snark-filled article deserves semi-snark-filled > feedback. It's reasonable. Several of the criticisms were valid, and > I'll tweak the article a bit appropriately. And respond later on > perhaps to some of the criticisms that I think were off the mark; at the >

Re: [maemo-developers] N800 GUI Improvements from a Newton Developer's Perspective

Levi > Overall, you made some good points, but it felt to me like they were > semi-submerged within the general current of, "I'm angry because the > N800 isn't a Newton with updated hardware and a stripped-down OSX." I enjoyed reading Sean's criticism. He states at the start of the document that

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth Headset Support - Status update?

Martin >> * resulting audio is not very loud and occasionally makes a "pop" sound >> on high-volume input. 64-bit version runs without these problems. > > This are the problems I also noticed with libsbc from sf.net. Where > can I find the 64-bit Version? I have actually been tinkering again wit

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth Headset Support - Status update?

Gopi > I'm pretty sure that you could write an A2DP music player that worked on > the 770 without any help from Nokia. It wouldn't be nicely integrated, > but it should work. I tested an app awhile ago, and got music coming out > of my headset, it was just not real time - a second of music, 5 seco

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

hey > There is another problem: The N770 has a USB-Host mode (which is > necessary if you want to run such IrDA adapters) but it does not power > the USB port. I have made an adapter cable to power 5 Volts to an > external HDD drive via USB and it worked very well. But I think for a IR > trans

Re: [maemo-developers] ALSA

Devesh > https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/alsa-plugin/?root=dsp-alsa > > If I understood this correct, this provides the ALSA interface through > ALSA-DSP PCM plugin. would this help with integrating userspace output plugins? I have been working on alsa plugins for a2dp audio

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset status on OS2006

Pierre > gizmo developers claims on: > http://support.gizmoproject.com/FAQs/nokia770.php > > That you can use a bluetooth headset on the 770, but various other > sources tells that it cant: > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/developers/3167?search_string=bluetooth%20headset;#3167 > >

[maemo-developers] Re: [maemo-announce] Maemo 2.0 beta published

erkko > Today we published the maemo 2.0 beta on _http://www.maemo.org_. This > release includes both the maemo 2.0 beta development environment and the > Internet Tablet 2006 OS Beta image. For more details about the release > you can check out _http://maemo.org/downloads/releases.html_ Should I

Re: [maemo-developers] New Nokia 770 software image available

hey >>Isn't SD a closed format requiring non-disclosure agreements (and it does >>not mix well with Linux for this reason) ??? > > > Plenty of linux devices with SD exist. (The entire zaurus line, for > example.) > > Even skipping the whole SD thing, how about a full-size mmc? I noticed the

Re: [maemo-developers] sound architecture question

Dale Is there any work toward making zinf work more directly as a gstreamer client? It wouldn't have to go through emulation layers that way. It looks like rhythmbox is sometimes grouped together with zinf but it has gstreamer support now http://software.newsforge.com/print.pl?sid=04/04/30/1416

[maemo-developers] Re: Bluetooth headset news?

Laurent > Any news on this? I've been unable to locate any information using google. > > I've seen some nice Nokia Bluetooth Headsets while shopping this > afternoon, would be great if Nokia Headsets worked with Nokia 770 :). I'm curious as well as to where Nokia is with voice headsets. There's

Re: [maemo-developers] Re: backlight

Frantisek Nice work. Can you put a unified diff on your page or post it here (I realize it's a work in progress, but I'd like to see where it all applies) What is the process for patching and building the kernel .deb? Brad >> It means that either UI dynamically adjusts itself to the value of

[maemo-developers] bluetooth development

Hi I am working with the arm1.1 scratchbox root and the laika 1.1 plugin for using eclipse with maemo. I'm trying to get A2DP working. My main question: Is there any way for the emulator to see a real usb bluetooth adapter on my host machine? I could stop hcid on my host if I needed to. I can't m

Re: [maemo-developers] Re: backlight

Frantisek I think the cleanest way to deal with this is to keep 15(?) levels so the gui doesn't change but change the actual curve to be nonlinear inside the sysfs interface. Does Nokia provide everything we need to install a modified kernel? brad > I hope the darkest level won't be too bright

Re: [maemo-developers] Re: backlight

t_level() in > lcd_lph8923.c (which in turn calls tahvo_set_backlight_level). The code > is saying that 1 is the lowest value (except 0 :P) and 15 the highest. > > So, you can't go lower unless there's an other way to play with the > level. > > > Arnaud >

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth keyboard update

Tomas This is working great for me using a think outside/stowaway keyboard. I did get one reset while trying to re-do the pairing but my nokia is behaving again. Excellent work! Now your app is a complete model for the ui for other bluetooth stuff like bluetooth stereo. (I need to get busy :) Nok

Re: backlight , Re: [maemo-developers] How to prevent display from shutting down after idle timeout?

Frantisek I noticed this too, but we know it can go lower... the backlight goes just a bit lower when you're idle and before it turns off altogether. Brad > As for the backlight - the default minimum is too bright at night. Is > this hardware or software limitation? I cannot find API for this an

Re: [maemo-developers] swapfile is a huge improvement!

Andy > What do you mean "30mb wouldn't work"? I put a 32meg swapFILE on the > 64meg mmc I received and it worked fine (/proc/meminfo and /proc/swaps > showed swap usage, and I could get numerous things running with out > problems. Now I'm trying to partition a 512meg MMC into two partitions, > a

Re: [maemo-developers] swapfile is a huge improvement!

Urho > If user has swapon. User opens MMC door. System pops up a large RED GUI > that states: You have swap active. Please turn off swap before removing > MMC from the slot. GUI would have one large button (turn off swap). > After swapoff, GUI would turn green and say, it's safe to detach MMC now.

Re: [maemo-developers] swapfile is a huge improvement!

Vladislav > with swap on, what happens to the system when you manually remove the > mmc card? Or when you connect the USB cable to the unit? I am pretty sure the nokia will just crash if I eject it when swap is active. We need to latch into the cardslot-opening and -closing events if we want to h

[maemo-developers] swapfile is a huge improvement!

hey I decided to try the swap partition on my flash card and it made a HUGE difference. Even with only 25mb swap (30mb wouldn't work for me), now memory is not nearly the concern it was. I can run multiple apps, look at complex pdf documents, etc. Just like I expected my 770 to do in the first pla

[maemo-developers] keyboard notes

Hey I do like the wireless keyboard overall (stowaway model). The caveats are probably well known... - activate the keyboard with something other than the xterm in the foreground or switch between apps once (enter key won't work) - backlight is dimmed and then turned off in spite of typing acti

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Johannes >>The two types of bluetooth audio are very different. You linked to a >>discussion about the other type. > And the answer to that in > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.devel/6748 by Ville Tervo > from Nokia: > > "I'll try to arrange something." Ok. I see it. It does sound en

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Razvan > [4.046356] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.4 > [4.051147] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized this will be printed both for adapters with and without sco support. The driver does not detect and disable the interface on unsupported hardware. (Although it should--we get quest

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Ralph > Is there a bandwidth problem, or just people being silly with the > design? There is a bandwidth problem. High-quality audio is compressed on the fly before transmission. We will probably be able to build in the delay to the video player so it slips the video stream a bit. gstreamer may

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Ralph > Hmm. Linux support aside, does this mean I'm never going to find a bt > headset with both a mic for voice and high quality stereo playback for > music in the same device? More or less what all the game consoles use, > for example? I assumed you're aware that a lot of the stereo sets will

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Ralph The latency for every stereo set out there is so bad (>500ms!) that you'd lose every game or just throw yourself out the nearest window. In theory the latency could be tightened up and in theory you could get two independent a2dp connections, one in each direction. I doubt anyone will make

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

audio stream. Brad > On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 10:16 -0700, Brad Midgley wrote: > >>I'm overseeing the bluetooth audio on linux project... >> >>Linux only supports SCO transfers for CSR chips. To use the current >>btsco stuff, Nokia is going to have to contribu

Re: [maemo-developers] Bluetooth headset - not really working?

Razvan > This seems to have been reported before (not for the 770): > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1273754&group_id=116589&atid=678258 > > . > However, the solution "pskey ma

[maemo-developers] bluetooth stereo devel

Hi I put a placeholder for this project on http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalogWip Some questions: Is there work being done to unify all the bluetooth scan/connect/disconnect operations together? Audio and keyboard should probably be siblings in the bluetooth menu button that you get wh

[maemo-developers] A2DP/bluetooth stereo

Hi I am working on the bluetooth-audio-linux project (http://bluetooth-alsa.sf.net) and I'd like to get bluetooth stereo working on maemo. Is this something Nokia is working on? What about the codec? We can run what we have now in integer math on the arm side, but the SBC codec would be a great