On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:05:45 +0100, Pander <pan...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been an FDOM-adept and am new to SHR. I am using it now and this > distributions holds a lot of potential. I completely understand that > this is an unstable distribution and it has an issue tracker (which I > use). > > Nevertheless, I hope you can answer the following some questions on some > issues, or at least I hope they can be input as a simple test report. > Excuse me if they contain trivial things or too well know issues: > > 1) One of the opkg repositories is non existing, so I disabled it for > now, see: > r...@om-gta02 /etc/opkg $ cat armv4-feed.conf > #src/gz shr-armv4 http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4 > > Will this repo come on line or is it depreicated and should the > definition be removed from opkg configuration all together? > > 2) The repos have a lot of double slashes (//), see: > r...@om-gta02 /etc/opkg $ grep \/\/ * > all-feed.conf:src/gz shr-all > http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk//all > armv4-feed.conf:#src/gz shr-armv4 > http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4 > armv4t-feed.conf:src/gz shr-armv4t > http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk//armv4t > om-gta02-feed.conf:src/gz shr-om-gta02 > http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk//om-gta02 > > Should these remain like this or is this a no-brainer? > > 3) Today (29 Jan 2009) I did an opkg update and opkg upgrade and Mofi > Wifi hangs when I run it, even before the menu comes up. Is this known? > What could be a fix? Will wicd be ported to SHR? > > 4) Sometimes the scroll bar on the left is gold (see contacts) and > sometimes it is black (see settings). > > 5) Can the vote plugin be installed inside of SHR Trac? > > 6) How do I have a virtual Illume keyboard popup for the terminal, > midori, pidgin? > > 7) Will the GPS get an icon which indicates if it is powered on, off, > and perhaps even the number of satellites it is receiving correctly. > > 8) Anyone have a howto, script or some code to the GRPS working? > > Thanks and keep up the good work, > > Pander
1 & 2 - if it works leave it be... :) Seriously, though: the double-slashes aren't an issue, and I presume the armv4 feed is the result of a typo since other feeds (OM as well as Angstrom) do not have such a version, but I could easily be wrong. :) 3 - What SHR version are you using? Testing, Unstable or Unstable-lite? I didn't think mofi was included in the Unstables, and haven't seen it in several weeks so am not able to comment on any problems with it. But I CAN assure you that the difference between Testing (Christmastime release) and Unstable (couple days ago) is tremendous. At this time, given that we all understand it's still in development, I have to recommend Unstable over Testing. (that will change of course when the next semi-stable 'testing' release is made - but for now, the number and degree of improvements and fixes that are still not committed to Testing makes it less functional than Unstable IMHO) 4 - This is all to do with the Enlightenment Illume and Elementary themes. There are IIRC two default themes bundled with SHR right now, and they're still incomplete, though progressing. The gold scrollbar is one of the 'legacy' theme portions that still 'shows through' from the default E17 theme, while the black ones are the new SHR theme. (for those interested, an Illume theme's .edj file can choose to NOT override any given defaults by simply not defining anything - IE if you leave scrollbars unlisted then the default is used - personally I'd like to see a new Default crafted that's more small-screen-oriented, but as long as a theme is "complete" it works as well) 6 - Sounds like you are using Testing, the keyboard tends to popup pretty reliably when needed for me for the last several weeks I've been running Unstable. The presence of the qwerty keyboard button in the top shelf is theme-dependant. (as is the spanner/wrench config button) Again this sounds like Testing, since IIRC both themes in Unstable have both icons. 8 - I use "gprson" and "gprsoff", one-liner scripts with the following contents, which can be invoked directly but less conveniently: #!/bin/sh #gprson mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogpsd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.PDP.ActivateContext internet3.voicestream.com x x #!/bin/sh #gprsoff mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogpsd /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device org.freesmartphone.GSM.PDP.DeactivateContext The last three items when activating GPRS are APN, User, & Pass. In my case I'm on T-Mobile's Internet3 (InternetVPN) service in the US, and they don't care about user and pass so just 'x' and 'x' should be suitable for any T-Mo:US users. Many carriers' APNs and some additional details are listed at http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPRS#Some_APN_names_for_reference - if yours isn't listed, get the APN from the carrier, then update the wiki to add it. :) Happily, frameworkd takes care of everything else, so if you have GPRS service and it's accessible, and you have the correct ASU (and user+pass if needed) the ActivateContext command is all you need. Unhappily, frameworkd does not yet facilitate easily altering other factors, such as connection persistence, demand-dial, etc. (you can edit the python file that contains the ppp dialer script, but on update it will be overwritten) Eventually I hope that the actual dialer script settings will be external, or offer some simple (dbus-based, I'd expect) means of changing things like route/DNS/persist. I use on-FR DNS caching so I don't want it overwriting resolv.conf, and since I get unlimited data on my plan I'd prefer it to demand-dial whenever a network connection is needed but wifi and usb aren't available, or simply maintain a persistence GPRS connection with lower-priority route metric than USB and Wifi. j PS - yes I realize I missed 5 & 7 - not being part of the SHR team I'm not qualified to address them -- Joel Newkirk http://jthinks.com (blog) http://newkirk.us/om (FR stuff) _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community