Jeff Tickle wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:52 +0100 > Michael Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jeff Tickle wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I just installed the ASU daily build from buildhost yesterday (23 >>> Jul), and there doesn't seem to be an on-screen keyboard. >>> >>> I've been doing a lot of searching around to find out what's up with >>> the keyboard. I know that it was added as a 'qwerty' button, and >>> then removed because the devs want it to automatically appear when >>> there's text to enter and automatically disappear appropriately. >>> I'd personally prefer the manual mode, but I can understand why >>> someone would want this done automatically. >>> >>> Problem for me is that the keyboard never automatically pops up. I >>> know this isn't an isolated incident, as this bug report exists: >>> http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1663 >>> >>> Of course there's a mention of using some ASU image from >>> downloads.openmoko.org instead of buildhost.openmoko.org, but I >>> can't find anything ASU-related after sometime in May on the >>> downloads site. >> I had the same issue, the problem is that buildhost isn't building >> ASU packages from the ASU dev git tree (I'd guess because it's mostly >> aimed at people running 2007.02). What you need to do is change your >> opkg feeds to use >> http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/ which has all >> the new packages (including an updated version of qpe with keyboard >> support enabled). You can download the correct config files from: >> >> http://www.mikeasoft.com/~mike/opkg-asu.tar.gz >> >> Just move /etc/opkg to /etc/opkg-backup then unpack that to /etc, >> then: opkg update && opkg upgrade && /etc/init.d/xserver-nodm restart >> >> The keyboard should now pop up automatically when text areas >> request it. >> >>> I tried editing the >>> file /usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/illume.edj and setting >>> 'visible: 1' under the 'part { name: "kbdtext"' section, but that >>> caused the whole UI to be useless (looks like this file is some >>> sort of compiled binary, I couldn't find any information on it.) >>> >>> So, in short: what is up with the keyboard? >> You can grab an illume theme with the qwerty button restored from: >> >> http://www.mikeasoft.com/~mike/illume.edj >> >> Just drop that in to /usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/ (note >> that you'll need to overwrite it again each time illume-theme is >> updated though). > > ASU is AWESOME once it's working properly. Thanks so much! > > I'd like to put this on the Wiki. Is it okay if I link directly to > those files, or is there some way we can upload such arbitrary files to > the current wiki?
I'm fine with you linking to them, plenty of spare bandwidth ;) Cheers, Mike. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
