Disable 'keypad unlock on slide-out' on the N900

2010-02-12 Thread archebyte .
Is there a way to disable the N900 unlocking itself when the screen is slid open? I want to do this because the N900 frequently slides open in my pocket and launches all kinds of apps from the desktop that end up eating the battery. I don't mind unlocking from the power-key or unlock button.

Fwd: [canola-devel] Canola2 available for UbuntuKarmic and Lucid

2010-02-12 Thread Luis Felipe Strano Moraes
Forwarding from the Canola mailing list, if anyone here can help testing this. -- Forwarded message -- From: Thomas-Karl Pietrowski thopie...@googlemail.com Date: 11 February 2010 19:12 Subject: [canola-devel] Canola2 available for UbuntuKarmic and Lucid To: Cc:

Re: Getting started with a 770, tips?

2010-02-12 Thread chombee
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 07:19:39PM -0500, Jake Wasdin wrote: I don't know about the N770 in particular as I had the N800, but I can say I had much better results with the Minimo browser than I did with the built in Opera-based browser before I upgraded to OS2008. I see it's available for

Re: [canola-devel] Canola2 available for UbuntuKarmic and Lucid

2010-02-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, thanks for taking the time to package it all for Ubuntu. However, at least on Karmic, the package python-efl-epsilon conflicts with python-epsilon, which is e.g. used by coherence, and thus the UPnP plugins for totem and rhythmbox. I had to uninstall python-epsilon along with coherence and

Re: [canola-devel] Canola2 available for UbuntuKarmic and Lucid

2010-02-12 Thread Luis Felipe Strano Moraes
Thanks for testing, but just making it clear, it wasn't me who did the packaging, it was Thomas-Karl (for Lucid) and Gustavo Barbieri (for Karmic). If anyone else here is interested in helping out, let me know and I'll add you to the launchpad group. Cheers, --lf On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 5:42

Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Bernard Tyers
Hi there, I have been trying out my new N900 for the past few days and overall I really like it. The only problem I have left with it is the GPS. I have yet to get a regular location lock. The first time I used it it took approx 15 mins to update, in a location where it takes my E71 approx

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Bernard Tyers b...@runningwithbulls.com wrote: I know how GPS works and have tried some troubleshooting, but I can't find any diag tools. At least on the Symbian OS there is a compass app which will give you your location in long lat. Enable extras-devel

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Andrea Borgia
Bernard Tyers wrote: Can anyone else comment? Am I the only one? You're not the only one and bugs.maemo.org has a few entries on this issue. There's a diagnostic tool called, aptly, location-test which can be used among other things to force the GPS subsystem to acquire the lock using only a

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Bernard Tyers
- Original message - On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Bernard Tyers b...@runningwithbulls.com wrote: I know how GPS works and have tried some troubleshooting, but I can't find any diag tools. At least on the Symbian OS there is a compass app which will give you your

Loading Ovi maps onto device memory-yes or no?

2010-02-12 Thread Bernard Tyers
Hi, I havem read in different places that it's possible to load the Ovi Map files onto your N900, like you can on any Symbian device. I have tried this butg so far it's proved unsuccessful. Can anyone point me to a guaranteed procedure to load the map locations on my 2GB memory card? I'm

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Bernard Tyers
- Original message - Bernard Tyers wrote: Can anyone else comment? Am I the only one? You're not the only one and bugs.maemo.org has a few entries on this issue. There's a diagnostic tool called, aptly, location-test which can be used among other things to force the GPS subsystem

Re: Loading Ovi maps onto device memory-yes or no?

2010-02-12 Thread Kevin Neely
follow the download links from maps.nokia.com and grab the map loader (not the map updater). This application will let you side-load your maps. I am not 100% sure it works for N900, but that device is listed under the devices for the maps program itself. hope that helps, K On 2/12/2010 5:08

Signature pad app for maemo tablets?

2010-02-12 Thread Lake Stevens Dental
A not so complicated maemo app to think about... It would be nice if there were a secure app (like the Topaz signature pad http://www.topazsystems.com/products/index.htm) for using any of the maemo tablets (770, 8xx, 900, etc) as a 'signature' device that could (preferably interactively) connect

Re: Signature pad app for maemo tablets?

2010-02-12 Thread Jake Wasdin
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:28 -0800 Lake Stevens Dental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: A not so complicated maemo app to think about... It would be nice if there were a secure app (like the Topaz signature pad http://www.topazsystems.com/products/index.htm) for using any of the maemo

Re: Loading Ovi maps onto device memory-yes or no?

2010-02-12 Thread Craig Woodward
If you hit the default OVI maps area the app to store maps on the N900 is there. I've used it to throw the maps on my system, and it works just fine. There are two cavets though: 1 The maps are stored on the internal flash, not the memory card. 2 You must connect your device via USB in Media

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Craig Woodward
This is a bug in OVI maps. I think the link has already been given. The problem is that OVI opens the device to get a lock, but then gives up and closes it just before it can get a lock. It cycles doing this every few minutes, but unless you have an alternate signal, it's not enough time for