Re: Freerunner Remote Desktop?

2010-05-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Does anyone know of any way to "Remote Desktop" to the Freerunner (to see >> the Freerunner display on PC, via USB).  Preferably for SHR on Freerunner >> and Linux Mint or Ubuntu on PC... >> >> I've looked at: >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_Networking#GUI_on_desktop_through_SSH >> , but t

Re: no wifi on freerunner fso

2009-09-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Have you powered it up? > Try to request it with dbus with a command like > mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.odeviced > /org/freesmartphone/Device/PowerControl/WiFi > org.freesmartphone.Device.PowerControl.SetPower 1 BTW, I wish someonw could go back and fix the kernel driver so that the eth0 always

Re: Wrong size reported on SD Card

2009-04-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
> After formatting the 2 new partitions, 1st 6GB vfat, 2nd 1.xGB ext3, I > restart the phone so things will mount accordingly (still in QT, mind you). > When I ssh in now, it shows a vfat partition mounted in /media/card that is > only 1gb. No sign of the ext3 partition. > What am I doing wrong

Re: [SHR-testing] where to get the 'nice' binary

2009-04-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I hope someone can help me with that. I'd love to raise the nice-value > of apps I start (for example mplayer), but I can't find the nice > binary on SHR testing. Any hints as to where to get it? In > Ubuntu/Debian, it's in the package coreutils, if that helps, but > I didn't find a similar pack

Re: Device somehow powered down - would not power up again

2009-03-30 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > FR is not expected to work without battery. That's technically >> > impossible basically. GSM will take >2A in spikes, and usb can >> > deliver max 500mA, from >> What about running the FR without using GSM? >Works fine for me. I'd think so, but what is the max power consumption in that

Re: Device somehow powered down - would not power up again

2009-03-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> FR is not expected to work without battery. That's technically impossible > basically. GSM will take >2A in spikes, and usb can deliver max 500mA, from What about running the FR without using GSM? Stefan ___ support mailing list support@l

e17 application menu, and Illume's wifi gadget

2009-03-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
I just finally installed e17 on my Debian-running FR. It mostly works well (a few crashes here and there, plus a fair bit of tweaking to finally get icons and fonts with the sizes I want), but I notice 2 problems: 1 - the "start" shelf gadget gives a menu that is mostly unusable since most ac

Re: More than 7 partitions on the SD

2009-03-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> If all those can use the same kernel, I'd do it as follows: >> - a /boot partition containing the kernel plus a minimal system which >> just allows you to choose which distribution to use. >> - a LVM partition on which you can create all the volumes you want. > LVM could be the solution, your id

Re: More than 7 partitions on the SD

2009-03-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Hi, i've bought a 4GB uSD and i've partitioned it to try and test a lot > of distro, done 10 partitions (1 for kernel and 1 extended for logical > partitions) booted and only 7 partitions shown, no prob, i've read If all those can use the same kernel, I'd do it as follows: - a /boot partitio

Re: Sad Story

2008-12-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> So, this kernel fix is a feature, according to Al Johnson? Then why do > they need a hardware fix? Unless I am missing something, this software > fix seems to be a lie. Or the hardware fix seems to be bogus anyway. > I have one of the earlier freerunners released, so I'm sure Openmoko > owes an

Re: Sad Story

2008-12-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> There are still hardware problems that exist with almost every >>> freerunner out there (GPS signal levels, for one). I would like to >>> see them fixed by Openmoko, Inc. > The kernel fix for GPS is a mere quirk. Ideally it should get fixed in > hardware. Huh? The kernel fix seems to work OK

Re: Sad Story

2008-12-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> There are still hardware problems that exist with almost every > freerunner out there (GPS signal levels, for one). I would like to > see them fixed by Openmoko, Inc. I don't know of any remaining problems there. I thought my FR was taking a long time to get a fix, but all evidence seems to in

Re: jffs2 crc errors

2008-12-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> This is interrupted erase or flash action caused by the reset I think... >> normally JFFS2 seems to either recover them itself or there is minimal >> corruption of filesystem. >> >> The freeze can be to do with garbage collection for jffs2 but could be >> unrelated altogether. > anything i can

Re: Debian freezes

2008-12-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> You can also create just a swap-file... It's less optimized, but it's ok > from my tests and more versatile... Actually, it may be just as efficient: the way it works is that when you do `swapon', the kernel collects the set of disk blocks occupied by the file and then uses these blocks. So whe

Re: Debian freezes

2008-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I'm actually using a µSD card of 2 GiB, with 1.3 GiB free, so I should > have enough space free to create a swap partition. I'll give it a try > tonight. It's easier to add a swap *file* unless you already have a spare partition around. I only use swap partitions on systems where I can use LV

Re: Debian freezes

2008-12-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
> "Jelle" == Jelle De Loecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> svn or cvs, or when I'm > trying to compile something directly on my > freerunner, it would just lock up. Freeze completely. My guess is that it's just thrashing wildly. The machine only has 128MB. If you fill this memory with "large" pr

Re: NTP

2008-11-28 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I'll find it very sexy if it were possible to get the time from the > GPS signal, too. (in case there is no network available) > Any thoughts about that done by anyone? I've done it with server 127.127.28.0 minpoll 4 maxpoll 4 fudge 127.127.28.0 time1 0.0 refid GPS in /etc/ntp.conf (it u

Re: VPN client installation?

2008-11-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I got the vpnc package from that site and the shell can't find the binary > file no matter how I try to execute. It's in the PATH, but when I use the > vpnc command, it says it can't find the file. So I went to the folder that > it was at and tried ./vpnc and it gives me the same thing... Sounds

Re: Dead freerunner

2008-11-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
> current taken drops to 100mA, though while running the fr takes far more > than that. I can see it using more than 100mA when really active, but when idle does it really eat up that much current? If so why? Is there soe hope to improve power management such that the idle current is (signific

Re: disable suspend when connected via usb

2008-10-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> whenever i'm working with my neo over usb - be it updating with opkg, >>> transferring/syncing files, etc - it goes into suspend, at inopportune >>> moments. >> >>> where would i add an option to automatically disable suspend, whenever >>> i'm connected over usb? i presume an entry in the usb0

Re: disable suspend when connected via usb

2008-10-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> whenever i'm working with my neo over usb - be it updating with opkg, > transferring/syncing files, etc - it goes into suspend, at inopportune > moments. > where would i add an option to automatically disable suspend, whenever > i'm connected over usb? i presume an entry in the usb0 scripts to >