Re: Yaouh! out (update for tangogps maps)

2009-01-20 Thread Helge Hafting
William Kenworthy wrote: > On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 14:54 +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: >> Carlo Minucci wrote: >>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Yaouh! >>> >>> i a simple interface for update the maps of tangogps >>> it's optimized for low band u

Re: tangoGPS 0.9.5 is out

2009-01-20 Thread Helge Hafting
Marcus Bauer wrote: > Hello, > > a new release of tangoGPS is out. Thanks! The new tangogps works fine on my freerunner. There is one small problem - it still does not look good when the position cursor moves under the displayed speed. Everything seems fine otherwise. Helg

Re: Yaouh! out (update for tangogps maps)

2009-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
/kart|0 in this file. The path seems correct, and tangogps has no problems using it. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: debian and openoffice

2009-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
Samuel Pereira wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone can use openoffice with debian? > > I try to open, but the process starts and stop without error... Might be too heavy. There are several lighter word processors. For a lighter spreadsheet, try gnumeric.

Re: [Om2008.12] Adding swap space can stop app crashes

2009-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
some file cache, or throwing out stuff that can be reloaded (such as the code in your binaries.) Without swap, linux can only throw out file cache and binaries. Even if there is some really old unused data around. Data cannot be discarded unless there is somewhere to put it - i.e. the s

Re: Yaouh! out (update for tangogps maps)

2009-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
ps. so it doesn't check my 5 tiles. I have tangogps set up that way, because there is more room on the 8GB card, and it isn't blanked when I flash a new SHR image. I do not know where tangogps keeps this information though. Helge Hafting ___

Re: [All] To build a better music player

2009-01-19 Thread Helge Hafting
y thing I miss then, is an easier way of selecting several songs in one go. currently, clicking one song deselects the previous one. It'd be perfect if I could click all the songs I want, and then click the add button once. I usually pick more than one song from each albu

Re: On the Enlightenment Bleeding Edge

2009-01-14 Thread Helge Hafting
Helge Hafting wrote: > Marco Trevisan (TreviƱo) wrote: > >> - Now you may also configure E, from the wrench, to use the >>"software_16" rendering engine (it causes less quality, but more >>speed) and a lower framerate value... > > Where exactl

Re: shr- GPS howto?

2009-01-14 Thread Helge Hafting
th several floors above you. Gps units generally need a stronger signal to start up, then they can follow weaker signals in less than ideal areas. But it won't start up in "bad" places. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Conflict when several apps use the accelerometers?

2009-01-13 Thread Helge Hafting
ook like. Also, it is easier to but the phone down on the long edge in a car. I can see how autorotation would be a problem in a game. Pingus works in either orientation, but several guys walk of the cliffs while the screen repaints. Helge Hafting ___ Op

Re: which SHR image

2009-01-13 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Franck wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: > [an excellent and helpful text] > > Wow.. that was thorough... Thank you for that - although I'm past that > stage it was very good to read.. > > Maybe one more thing to ask (as I have no clue): > > Do you happen to

Re: which SHR image

2009-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
has "oe03" and "gta02" in the name, then so should the module file. The "git" part of the name should match too. Modules are extra drivers. You don't need them right away, I haven't bothered yet. You may need them if you want t

Re: GPRS unreliable: long lasting connection fail

2009-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
. If you don't want that, consider something simpler like connecting to the headlamp. Or the ignition switch. Just don't go directly to the battery, there should at least be a fuse between the adapter and the battery. Helge Hafting _

Conflict when several apps use the accelerometers?

2009-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
g the accelerometers. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: On the Enlightenment Bleeding Edge

2009-01-09 Thread Helge Hafting
ough a multitude of options. But I didn't find this software_16 thing. Or does it require something beyond your /usr/e17/ tree? Something that might be lacking from SHR? Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org h

Re: On the Enlightenment Bleeding Edge

2009-01-09 Thread Helge Hafting
need the phone. * quite a few apps show with blank icons. No big deal because the name is still there. Probably just some path problem - that I could fix myself if it weren't for the phone-app problems. Rebooting the phone didn't change anything. I'll revert for

Re: GPS wrong longitude

2009-01-09 Thread Helge Hafting
t; to get a fix > Actually, you get a fix even with 3 satellites - using the approximate assumption that your elevation is zero or "same as last time". Accuracy is not good, unless the assumption holds. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko commu

Re: GPS wrong longitude

2009-01-08 Thread Helge Hafting
So, correct position on the map, but wrong numbers. Maybe tangogps has an error converting its numerical variables to strings for the screen. Try notifying the developer(s). Also try reading the gps with some other software. Helge Hafting

Re: Openmoko keyboard mockup

2009-01-08 Thread Helge Hafting
d error correction is not the same. Oh, and they mention "keyboards". Many phones has keyboards with about 12 keys. The neo has a touchscreen instead, its two keys are not used for text input. :-) Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Call for Illume keyboards and keyboard icons

2009-01-07 Thread Helge Hafting
verlay was simple - the QWERTY overlay obscured so much of the flag, it was hard to see what flag it is. Maybe it can be made more transparent, or use QWERTY written with a thinner/smaller font? Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list communi

Re: OpenMooCow 0.3

2009-01-06 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas White wrote: > Helge Hafting wrote: > >> My SHR is "unable to open audio". But the older moocow worked with >> the same setup. I can stop speech-dispatcher, but it doesn't help. >> There is no snd-pcm-oss module to load, bt the previous moocow did

Re: Default IP Address on All Distributions

2009-01-06 Thread Helge Hafting
suggests charging the nearly empty battery. The warning makes sense, but I usually put the phone on charging without looking at the screen, and the popup hang around forever until I need to use the thing. So often enough, I see this power complaint combined with a full battery. Of course this case can be fixed - the phone notices that power gets plugged in, and could remove the warning. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Default IP Address on All Distributions

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
those who >> routinely connect two phones to the same pc at the same time. >> >> Helge Hafting >> > > I'm not sure to have fully understood you, but I like having the phone > always on the same address. There was a suggestion of using link-local addresses.

Re: OpenMooCow 0.3

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
) > My SHR is "unable to open audio". But the older moocow worked with the same setup. I can stop speech-dispatcher, but it doesn't help. There is no snd-pcm-oss module to load, bt the previous moocow didn't need that. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Strength int to bar conversion

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
; > You can have 100% signal strength and still not hear anything useful due > to noise... much less make/receive calls. Is there a noise reading too? If so, paint the strength bars with green, and then paint red noise bars in the same place. If there is more signal than noise, you se

Re: How do you like to read a phone number?

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
rs all start with either 4 or 9 after the +47 part. For details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Norway If you have sufficiently advanced typography, then the space separating the groups should be a thin space rather than a no

Re: How do you like to read a phone number?

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
, so that their numbers works outside Norway too. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Call for Illume keyboards and keyboard icons

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
art of the package, but can be downloaded by saving it from the webpage. I hope this can be used. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Need help to create a french illume keyboard

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
a few others. :-) libX11.so seems to have provisions for 20 different dead keys. An extra shiftstate could be interesting to get symbols that aren't merely modifications of ascii letters. Dead keys handle the rest. I haven't figured out more shiftstates though. On the other hand, there is always the option of having one or more "symbol" keyboards with really special stuff. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: [FSO/Illume] Program icons not showing up

2009-01-05 Thread Helge Hafting
;categories" will certainly make an icon disappear, but that is not the only way. Enter the options in a different order or omit something else, and it may still fail. I haven't researched _exactly_ what works, so far I have concentrated on making the icons

Re: Performance Issues using Neo wifi and WPA2

2008-12-19 Thread Helge Hafting
ayer used 40%-50% of the cpu for playing .ogg files, and definitely needed renicing. If this doesn't help, check that the wireless network isn't overloaded. You get the same problems if you don't get enough bandwith for your call. And be carefu

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-19 Thread Helge Hafting
documented... * make a plug for the camera hole out of some flat material, a template can be downloaded from the website. Or make a custom case. * put the case together without the camera component. De-soldering should be avoided, it is too easy to wreck it all. Helge Hafting __

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-19 Thread Helge Hafting
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:52:51 +0100 Helge Hafting > babbled: > > but more to the point - travel around japan. watch people on holiday (the > japanese) or watch them when they travel. guess what the camera of choice is > that they p

Re: Default IP Address on All Distributions

2008-12-18 Thread Helge Hafting
good chance of working, even for those who routinely connect two phones to the same pc at the same time. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-18 Thread Helge Hafting
is done >> already... Yes, it is necessary to update the whole screen in a timely manner. Full screen video ought to be ok, and this would speed up the GUI in general too. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Stage of GTA03 development?

2008-12-17 Thread Helge Hafting
number of keys too. And then some want a dvorak layout - 60 different layouts then. So they'll cut all the small-market keyboards - those that want them can re-paint their keyboards any way they want. :-/ Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Optimization team update (11/30 ~ 12/06)

2008-12-12 Thread Helge Hafting
ink of in a cell phone. It is a cell phone with gps. The gps part seems to work well enough. But of course the phone part ought to work too. :-/ Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: [Android] Converting a brick into a phone

2008-12-11 Thread Helge Hafting
enus appear slower, games are slow and jumpy, there is generally more waiting. And forget the WIFI. But at least I have a useable phone with SHR. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Optimization team update (11/23 ~ 11/29)

2008-12-10 Thread Helge Hafting
ons such as "no echo cancel", "undocumented N0187", and whatever other options there are. A sane default, and those who disagree just set something else they like. Just like suspend timeout which doesn't have a definitive solution either. Helge Hafting

Re: Funding Global Domination

2008-12-05 Thread Helge Hafting
irts, and collect some money to fund a developer for some time. Better software gives more sales. There are other ways of support than direct money transfer, if you're interested. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.op

Norwegian keyboard layout for illume

2008-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
I have created a Norwegian keyboard layout for the illume on-screen keyboard. The file and screenshots can be found here: http://www.aitel.hist.no/~helgehaf/openmoko/ In addition to Norwegian layout, the keyboard also uses dead keys so a wide range of accents/umlauts can be used. Helge Hafting

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