Some commentary on the new Openmoko direction, and a review of FSO

2008-08-05 Thread Bobby Martin
Kevin Dean wrote a great review of the FSO Milestone 2 release, and some commentary about the new OM direction that I think expresses the opinion of a lot of us. It's not really surprising, but it is well said. http://monochromementality.com/index.php/blog/show/FSO-Milestone-II-Phot-Safari-and--r

Kernel to run with Milestone 1 of FSO

2008-07-09 Thread Bobby Martin
I built a FSO kernel the other night that fixes the problem with hanging up in Milestone 1 FSO. Sorry, FreeRunner owners, I only built the Neo1973 version. If you install this kernel with the Milestone 1 jffs2 on your Neo1973, you should get the behavior described on http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki

Re: SHR (was FSO Image gets it right)

2008-07-06 Thread Bobby Martin
> From: Tilman Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Graeme Gregory wrote: >> >> Well I have seen the future and the future is FSO. >> >> For the first time I have been able to make and receive phone calls on a >> gta02 without hassle. GTK+ software could no do this, qtopia software >> cannot do this. > >

Let's create a high-functionality, high-stability FSO/ASU based release

2008-07-03 Thread Bobby Martin
See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Stable_Hybrid_Release to sign up to help out, or to get the images once we have something. **Overview** The Stable Hybrid Release (SHR) is intended to be a combination of the FSO, some of the 2007.2 GTK software, and the ASU that provides all of the functionality

Is openmoko-devel-image supported any more?

2008-06-10 Thread Bobby Martin
I tried to dfu burn a new image (well, an old image - the latest recommended openmoko-devel-image) last night, then opkg install some standard stuff I've been using. Tangogps, several python packages, openmoko-keyboard, that sort of thing. The burning went fine, but after the opkg update & instal

Re: using the openmoko neo101 in mass storage mode

2008-05-30 Thread Bobby Martin
> I'm sure it's *possible* to make the neo behave like a mass storage device, >> and I would love to have >> software that does it so I can have some kind of communication with >> Windows machines that I don't >> have permission to install drivers & internet bridges on. As far as I >> know that so

Re: using the openmoko neo101 in mass storage mode

2008-05-30 Thread Bobby Martin
From: "manoj kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > hello > Already i have posted to this community regarding this question but i > didn get any response. > Can the openmoko mobile be used as a mass storage device, or can it be > networked with windows??? > It would b very helpfull if i am getting an

Re: Qtopia Vs. GTK

2008-05-23 Thread Bobby Martin
> From: Tilman Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michele Renda wrote: > >> Hi Tilman >> >> I think they prefered to use an existent project, because they need >> something running and to concentrate their energy to hardware part. They >> want to concentrate to the project of hardware, not in GUI writin

Using accelerometers (was Re: Freerunner games)

2008-05-13 Thread Bobby Martin
> Are we going to be able to use the accelerometers for any of these games? > > The wiki says ( > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Technical:Accelerometer_Fundamentals#Results > ) > that "For gentle twisting and turning, the differential accelerations > are impossible to tell from noise." To me that

Re: microSD support

2008-05-09 Thread Bobby Martin
> From: Mikko Rauhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On pe, 2008-05-09 at 16:48 +0200, thomasg wrote: > > There's a list of supported microSDs for GTA01 on the wiki. I'm pretty > > sure that there wil be no difference in GTA02. > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Supported_microSD_cards > > Actually GTA01 is

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-05 Thread Bobby Martin
> From: Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I did mention when I jumped in that I was talking about a slightly > different problem than what you seem to be trying to solve. That said... > > Storing your MD5s will let you know *if* you are repeating a build. It > > will not (reasonably) let you repea

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-04 Thread Bobby Martin
From: Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > While I might not have worded it quite that way, I have considered writing > a paper with the title "Maven Considered Harmful". But it would be too short > to publish as a paper... The main problem is, as Hugo mentioned, > dependencies can change without n

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-02 Thread Bobby Martin
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Joachim Steiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > This is all good and well, however there's one inherently problematic > issue to > > consider here. Continuous integration is very good and very possible > (and we > > need and will to us

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-02 Thread Bobby Martin
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Joachim Steiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bobby Martin wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > >

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-01 Thread Bobby Martin
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Bobby Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Well, there is buildhost.openmoko.org which builds images nightly. I've > > been asking for

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-01 Thread Bobby Martin
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, there is buildhost.openmoko.org which builds images nightly. I've > been asking for the toolchain to be fixed and updated and I believe > Julian has this on his TODO list. > > Regards, > > Thomas > Thanks for pointing

Re: Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-01 Thread Bobby Martin
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 11:01 -0500, Bobby Martin wrote: > > I sent this before to openmoko-devel and was greeted with a deafening > > silence, so I'm resending to a broader audience. As evidenc

Request for stable, automated build process

2008-05-01 Thread Bobby Martin
I sent this before to openmoko-devel and was greeted with a deafening silence, so I'm resending to a broader audience. As evidenced by a recent post to openmoko-devel by saurabh gupta, one of the GSoC selectees, this really is a problem. The longer it's put off, the more potential benefits (in th

Re: Progress on GTA01 power management issues !

2008-04-23 Thread Bobby Martin
Are you saying that sound & GSM work after resume using the April 17th image? What kernel image are you using? Hi Fredrik, > > All I can say is since loading the 17th April image on my Neo it has in > terms of battery life become *very* usable. I'm s glad now that I > can set the 'power manag

Re: Freerunner will be GTA02v5 or GTA02v6? (was: Fwd: Future

2008-04-19 Thread Bobby Martin
> Andrea Debortoli wrote: > > > I think nobody will buy a GTA02v5 knowing that a better revision will be > > available some days after... > > > > I will too, but only because I can't wait longer :( > I'm not so happy about this decision, btw... > I really don't understand why there's so much angst

What should be included in packaging (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Bobby Martin
I am one of those crazy people who use the neo 1973 as their everyday phone, and I NEVER use the pouch. Does any current every day user use the pouch or lanyard? I lost the stylus (it's way too cool; if you forget it at a restaurant or something, you don't get a call asking if you want it back :-

RE: Accelerometer brainstorming

2008-03-28 Thread Bobby Martin
I don't think that's reaching at all! The blogger running http://gadgets.boingboing.net just blogged this week about how he lost his iPhone - it fell out of his pocket in a taxicab and he didn't realize until after. Maybe if it happens 6 months hence we can berate him for not avoiding the whole p

Userspace app for fast charge (was Re: Price of the Freerunner spare parts)

2008-03-27 Thread Bobby Martin
I just want to make it clear: my python userspace app (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/CheckFastCharge-script) *won't* automatically send you into fast charge mode. It automatically *asks* you if you want to go into fast charge mode whenever a slow charger is recognized. It also goes through a (ann

Subject: Re: where The SMS message save?

2008-03-16 Thread Bobby Martin
> > Magnus Alvestad ha scritto: > > They are saved in evolution files in the root home directory. I don't > > remember the exact path, but it's something like: > > > > ~root/.evolution/memos/memos.evo > > Since When I'll have a freerunner I'd like to import my SMSs saved in my > actual mobile, I'd

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread Bobby Martin
Hey Michael, I use AT&T as my service (since they bought out Cingular). I had an Cingular SIM (63689 G 4004) that wouldn't work. You upgraded my GSM firmware and it worked fine afterwards. (Thanks!) It still works now. Thanks, Bobby aka wurp2 > Subject: > Hello, > > As most of you know, ther

Re: GTA02 Battery Capacity (Was: Re: More about the GTA02)

2008-02-28 Thread Bobby Martin
> happy to host your script on downloads.openmoko.org. Shall I just copy > the script from your host? > > Michael > > Bobby Martin wrote: > > In case some of you aren't on the device owners list I posted this to > > before, I created a script that will detect when you'

Re: GTA02 Battery Capacity (Was: Re: More about the GTA02)

2008-02-28 Thread Bobby Martin
In case some of you aren't on the device owners list I posted this to before, I created a script that will detect when you're plugged into a charger that's causing a slow (100mA) charge and will ask if you want to do fast charge instead. Examples of such chargers include a car charger, the usb por

Re: bluetooth networking

2008-02-20 Thread Bobby Martin
I had the same problem. It seemed that sometimes the pand -c command on the neo would fail, but subsequent tries would work. I created a script to handle connecting to my linux machine to do bluetooth networking. I have put it on the wiki at http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Bt-net-script Don't for

Re: Request for assistance: Need a wiki page for buying and selling GTA01

2008-02-16 Thread Bobby Martin
python web developer and noticed the site > runs some python stuff so was wondering what language it is written in? > > Thanks in advance, > Tim > > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 19:21 -0600, Bobby Martin wrote: > > I run a website (Frimp.net) that l

Re: Request for assistance: Need a wiki page for buying and selling GTA01

2008-02-15 Thread Bobby Martin
I run a website (Frimp.net) that lets people post & search for things to sell. The branding is not exactly attractive for a technical audience, but it does let you specify your zipcode so people can find items for sale near one another. It is, of course, all free to use. So sellers could create

Re: Any OS X developers out there working with OpenMoko?

2008-01-25 Thread Bobby Martin
OK, I see that FreeRunner doesn't have the case, or the stand, and currently doesn't have the software. How else is FreeRunner "not close" to hitting the mark? There is a TON of work to be done on the software side, and I'm not entirely convinced openmoko is the answer, but what's wrong with the