Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Davide Scaini]

Thanks for the replies.
Well it would be nice to use gsm as well... I was thinking about using it
also as anti-theft (gps+accel+sms).

I remember having a lot of problems of data corruption on the sd card with
shr (which was my favourite at the time), that I think might be a serious
show-stopper.

I will start with debian, and if you have any other ideas please tell.

Best,
d

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Giacomo Mariani 
wrote:

> Some years ago I tried Debian and I think it would be the best environment
> if you don't want to use the gsm. Qtmoko runs over Debian as well.
>
> By the way I am going to resume my freerunner as well: I'd like to use it
> as a car navigator with navit. So please let us know how it goes 
>
> Cheers,
>   Giacomo
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> Oggetto: Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)
>
> hi
>
> >
> >I would like to reuse the gta02 as a gps, I really loved foxtrotGPS and I
> >would like to have something like that running.
> >Any chance to have a distribution that still works on gta02?
>
> >
> >qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable
> running
>
> http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
>
> still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last
> versions were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty
> much single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even
> after x years.
>
> >shr: abandoned ?
>
> the later versions were hopelessly broken and unusable on the freerunner.
>
> >hackable1: disappeared (I have good memories of that one ;) )
> >
> yeah probably; anyway I'd definitely recommend qtmoko as the best bet
>
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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Radek Polak]

On Monday 25 of January 2016 20:30:40 m...@dmatthews.org wrote:

> >qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable 
running
> 
> http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
> 
> still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last versions
> were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much
> single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x
> years.

The 2.6.39 kernel is nearly perfect. It has some kind of very rare suspend 
resume bug, but for navigation it's not problem.

QtMoko has NeronGPS - native Qt and very nice app and also native 
version of navit:

http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/qtmoko-navit.html

You can launch TangoGPS and other X apps via QX application.

My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at 
all.

Regards

Radek
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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Davide Scaini]

googling I didn't find anything relevant/up-to-date about installing linux
on a satnav ... :(
it would be easier to buy a cheap android tablet and use it as a satnav
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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Davide Scaini]

Thanks Radek for the info and your incredible, and not enough recognised,
effort with qtmoko!
I will try qtmoko as a first option ;)

d

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Radek Polak  wrote:

> On Monday 25 of January 2016 20:30:40 m...@dmatthews.org wrote:
>
>
>
> > >qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable
> running
>
> >
>
> > http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
>
> >
>
> > still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last
> versions
>
> > were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much
>
> > single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x
>
> > years.
>
>
>
> The 2.6.39 kernel is nearly perfect. It has some kind of very rare suspend
> resume bug, but for navigation it's not problem.
>
>
>
> QtMoko has NeronGPS - native Qt and very nice app and also native version
> of navit:
>
>
>
> http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/qtmoko-navit.html
>
>
>
> You can launch TangoGPS and other X apps via QX application.
>
>
>
> My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at
> all.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Radek
>
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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[joerg Reisenweber]

On Tue 26 January 2016 09:18:57 Radek Polak wrote:
> My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at 
> all.

What's the problem with the GPS? Could a spare antenna module incl cable help 
you out?
Just holler if you need one

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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Davide Scaini]

Another option would be buying something like the DragonBoard 410c​ and
find a small touch screen to plug. Any idea about a
cheap+decent+small+waterproof touchscreen?

Thanks again
d
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Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

[Nick]

Quoth Davide Scaini:
> Another option would be buying something like the DragonBoard 410c​ and
> find a small touch screen to plug. Any idea about a
> cheap+decent+small+waterproof touchscreen?

Or get a mainstream satnav and put exclusively free software on it.  
That would probably be the cheapest option. Are there projects to do 
this?  I presume they all run Linux anyway, but maybe not enough 
people are interested.

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