On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 12:27 +0000, Neil Jerram wrote: > 2010/1/2 William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au>: > > > > Just a couple of thoughts - missing calls is rarely to do with volume > > and not hearing the ring (I have changed the standard tones though), and > > more to do with crashes. > > Ah, OK, I didn't realise that. (I don't yet get enough incoming > mobile calls to have a significant sample.) > > Still, the CPU needed to decode Ogg (or another compressed audio > format) could be contributing to that. > > > One of the most annoying is using tangogps > > full screen (or any other app full screen) and a call comes in the top > > screen can (not always) lose focus and you cant do anything except pull > > the battery (doesnt recognise finger/stylus). > > In Debian I use auxlaunch for switching between windows. This is > triggered by the AUX button and so is pretty reliable. Could you use > that (or a similar approach) to solve this focus problem? > Tried to use the power button kill - but it doesnt work. When it happens to gpe-calendar, I am able to ssh in and kill it which gets focus back, but have not had ssh available on an affected call yet - not sure what to kill and keep the tho.
> > Another is hearing the > > other end, but they cant hear you - also happens randomly. > > OK. (I haven't experienced this one yet.) > > > There is a lot going on when a call comes in so its not only audio > > player latency but enabling the audio path, setting up alsa, handling > > the call itself, starting the caller application, ... And in amongst > > that it has to play the audio as well. Currently this isnt too bad for > > me when I set ring only (no vibe) and use the debugfs hack. > > With both ring and vibe there is a very obvious delay - I'd guess 1 or > 2 seconds - between when the vibe starts and when the ringtone starts. > > As you say, there's a lot going on when a call comes in - another > reason IMO for making the ringtone part as simple as possible at that > time. > > Regards, > Neil True - every bit counts - and another cause of lost calls that happened to me recently - " ... this is a really bad line, I'll hang up and call you later [CLICK!]" :( BillK _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community