Hi Nikolaus, On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 15:18:55 +0200 "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Andreas, > > > Am 14.04.2017 um 23:54 schrieb Andreas Kemnade <[email protected]>: > > > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:18:13 +0200 > > "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> let me give a short status update: > >> > > [...] > >> > >> * NAND image: is Debian 8.7 (Jessie) + LXDE. This is > >> more a demo and hardware test than a useable device > >> GUI. It is neither finger compatible nor does it have > >> many functions. Running GPS-Demo, Camera-Demo and > >> SimpleGSM-HUI seems to be not reliable and after > >> booting a nasty "PID not found" message pops up. > >> The last one is related to LXDE. I even tried with > >> an experimental Stretch system but the error remains. > >> Maybe, some LXDE component is misconfigured. > >> > > Last image I looked at: > > HOME is not properly set due to the way X is started. > > maybe simply use nodm package and not use startx directly from inittab. > > nodm has been added recently [1] but I didn't notice that it makes > any difference. > > > > > HOME not set gives a mess and some programs will certainly misbehave. > > simple-gsmgui expects the rfkill block/unblock be done externally. > > Maybe simply adding these as desktop icons, too? > > Ah, good idea. Didn't know. > It properly reacts on unblock/block (like closing/opening the tty) but just does not do the rfkill itself. > > There were two .desktop files. One from the deb package and one > > added by you. > > Those should be symlinks [2] so that they appear as an icon on the > desktop and not only in the menu. > Hmm. seems to be corrected. I checked it last time you asked for makesd tests and there were even two entries in the menu. > > It should be started via start-gsmgui.sh (what is done like that > > in the .desktop file in the .deb package) > > > > BTW: AFAICR installing e17 / illume was just a matter of > > apt-get install e17. That has a more touchscreen-friendly surface. > > Interesting idea. I didn't know that it still exists. Isn't mentioned > often. > > I would like to read reports how well it works on the GTA04. If it > does well, we can add another option for makesd to create a rootfs > configured for e17. I had it in nand of the gta04a4 until i tested makesd. I do not know any major problems. The only reason why I do not use it so much is that it is not that "hackable" like fbpanel (or I do not know how to). What I do not know is the state of shr (which was once run on top of e17). But e17 alone should be already better then lxde. Regards, Andreas
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