displaying osm tiles with python/edje

2011-09-07 Thread Josh Thompson
Has anyone done any work to display osm tiles with python/edje?  I'm working 
on a running[1] app and would like to record and display my track.  It looks 
like it would be pretty easy to display a single tile, but I think displaying 
multiple tiles would more difficult.

Thanks,
Josh

[1] just to be clear - running as in exercise

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Re: Is xserver-xorg-video-glamo freezy for anyone else than just me?

2010-04-30 Thread Josh Thompson
I'll add something to this that I was recently reminded of.  The freezes occur 
much more frequently with GTK based apps.  I have a utility sort of app I 
wrote that I leave running all the time.  After one of the upgrades (several 
months ago), I noticed that elementary based apps were significantly faster 
than GTK ones; so, I rewrote my app in elementary.  After that, the freezes 
didn't happen nearly as often.

Last weekend, I was using a GTK based app a fair amount and experienced 
several freezes.

Josh

On Friday April 16, 2010, Josh Thompson wrote:
 I occasionally encounter this and was also thinking I must have some edge
  case hardware glitch since I haven't heard anyone else talk about it.  In
  my case, I wouldn't say it's completely random - there's always something
  I do that is graphics related that causes the freeze.  It's never
  something repeatable, but it is always something related to the contents
  of the screen being updated.  I think that's what you are describing as
  well.
 
 I've not reported it before because it is so random and difficult to debug.
   I do software development professionally and know how hard it is to help
  someone with a problem that can't be intentionally reproduced.
 
 I'm using SHR-T.  The image is dated March 3rd, 2010.  I downloaded it and
  the latest kernel image at the same time on March 10th.  It is kernel
  version 2.6.29-rc3.  This is the most stable image I have run yet.  I
  tried doing some upgrades at one point, but had more issues; so I
  reflashed the image.  With this image, I'm probably down to only having
  this type of freeze maybe once every 2 weeks or so.
 
 I've never tried fbdev.
 
 If anyone of the devs have some suggestions as to how to try to debug this,
 I'd be happy to try.  Maybe a script that periodically gathers and saves
  some data that can be reviewed after rebooting?
 
 Josh Thompson
 
 On Wednesday April 14, 2010, Neil Jerram wrote:
  I've raised this rather vaguely a couple of times before, and IIRC no
  one else said that they see similar problems.  This time I'll try to
  be clear and so hopefully attract a more definitive response.
 
  Simply, whenever I try switching to glamo for a while (instead of
  fbdev), I find that my phone freezes after a while: the screen and
  buttons are unresponsive, and I can't ssh in.  My only recourse is to
  pull out the battery - which is of course a concern, as I could then
  be corrupting the filesystem.
 
  It seems completely random, and not associated with any particular
  action.  Today, for example, it happened very quickly after booting
  up:
  - boot up and wait for UI to appear
  - click on keyboard icon to bring up the matchbox keyboard
  - click on Ctrl, Alt, and X - which should bring up an xterm
  - freeze.
  On other occasions, that same sequence works find.  Some times the
  freeze happens after a day or more of use.
 
  I see this in Debian, which is my main distro.  I also see it whenever
  I decide to try SHR again - and it effectively prevents me from being
  able to try SHR for very long.  (In Debian, I can just switch back to
  fbdev.)
 
  Does anyone else see this?
  If not, I'm guessing it could be caused by a specific hardware fault
  on my phone - any ideas on how I might investigate that further?
  Once in the frozen state, is there anything better/safer to do than
  pulling out the battery?
 
  Many thanks!
 
   Neil
 
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Re: Is xserver-xorg-video-glamo freezy for anyone else than just me?

2010-04-16 Thread Josh Thompson
I occasionally encounter this and was also thinking I must have some edge case 
hardware glitch since I haven't heard anyone else talk about it.  In my case, 
I wouldn't say it's completely random - there's always something I do that is 
graphics related that causes the freeze.  It's never something repeatable, but 
it is always something related to the contents of the screen being updated.  I 
think that's what you are describing as well.

I've not reported it before because it is so random and difficult to debug.  I 
do software development professionally and know how hard it is to help someone 
with a problem that can't be intentionally reproduced.

I'm using SHR-T.  The image is dated March 3rd, 2010.  I downloaded it and the 
latest kernel image at the same time on March 10th.  It is kernel version 
2.6.29-rc3.  This is the most stable image I have run yet.  I tried doing some 
upgrades at one point, but had more issues; so I reflashed the image.  With 
this image, I'm probably down to only having this type of freeze maybe once 
every 2 weeks or so.

I've never tried fbdev.

If anyone of the devs have some suggestions as to how to try to debug this, 
I'd be happy to try.  Maybe a script that periodically gathers and saves some 
data that can be reviewed after rebooting?

Josh Thompson

On Wednesday April 14, 2010, Neil Jerram wrote:
 I've raised this rather vaguely a couple of times before, and IIRC no
 one else said that they see similar problems.  This time I'll try to
 be clear and so hopefully attract a more definitive response.
 
 Simply, whenever I try switching to glamo for a while (instead of
 fbdev), I find that my phone freezes after a while: the screen and
 buttons are unresponsive, and I can't ssh in.  My only recourse is to
 pull out the battery - which is of course a concern, as I could then
 be corrupting the filesystem.
 
 It seems completely random, and not associated with any particular
 action.  Today, for example, it happened very quickly after booting
 up:
 - boot up and wait for UI to appear
 - click on keyboard icon to bring up the matchbox keyboard
 - click on Ctrl, Alt, and X - which should bring up an xterm
 - freeze.
 On other occasions, that same sequence works find.  Some times the
 freeze happens after a day or more of use.
 
 I see this in Debian, which is my main distro.  I also see it whenever
 I decide to try SHR again - and it effectively prevents me from being
 able to try SHR for very long.  (In Debian, I can just switch back to
 fbdev.)
 
 Does anyone else see this?
 If not, I'm guessing it could be caused by a specific hardware fault
 on my phone - any ideas on how I might investigate that further?
 Once in the frozen state, is there anything better/safer to do than
 pulling out the battery?
 
 Many thanks!
 
  Neil
 
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Re: Is xserver-xorg-video-glamo freezy for anyone else than just me?

2010-04-16 Thread Josh Thompson
Timo,

Can you explain how to set up a watchdog daemon?  It would also save wear on 
the back cover tabs, which I'm more concerned about than the battery contacts. 
:)

Thanks,
Josh

On Wednesday April 14, 2010, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
 Neil Jerram neiljer...@googlemail.com writes:
  Does anyone else see this?
 
 I'm personally using xserver-xorg-video-fbdev. However, even that
 started to crash a few weeks ago in Xorg upgrade. The bug is
 
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575521
 
  If not, I'm guessing it could be caused by a specific hardware fault
  on my phone - any ideas on how I might investigate that further?
 
 What kernel?
 
  Once in the frozen state, is there anything better/safer to do than
  pulling out the battery?
 
 Run watchdog daemon. That will at least make your battery contacts
 wear less :-)
 
 
 
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Re: New significant speedups coming to FreeRunner

2010-03-08 Thread Josh Thompson
On Saturday March 06, 2010, Michal Brzozowski wrote:
 2010/2/2 Josh Thompson om-c...@joshandbianca.net

  I just tested this on another computer, and the USB networking worked
  fine.
 
  How do I change it to use the usb_storage gadget instead?  Previously, I
  just
  rmmoded the g_ether gadget and modprobed the g_file_storage one. 
  Depending on my need, I switch back and forth between these two.

 Did you figure out how to do this? I need to use my FR with WinXP as a
 storage device and am stuck to this kernel.

Unfortunately, no I didn't.  I'm still hoping someone that knows more about 
usb gadgets will figure it out.

Josh

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Re: thanks to authors of Podboy, NIDE, and openmokontrol

2010-01-26 Thread Josh Thompson
On Tue January 26 2010 2:20:34 am lars poulsen wrote:
 I really like the responsiveness of the application. If only it was
 not written in python i think flowers would be blooming and spring
 would be coming early.

I was rather surprised that it is in python given how responsive it is.  I'm 
kind of glad it is in python so that I can use it as an example of how to do 
a good python-elementary app.  :)

Josh

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Re: thanks to authors of Podboy, NIDE, and openmokontrol

2010-01-26 Thread Josh Thompson
On Mon January 25 2010 6:39:13 pm Denis Johnson wrote:
 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Josh Thompson

 om-c...@joshandbianca.net wrote:
  NIDE is working really well to control MythTV.  I had been thinking of
  writing something to control it via MythTV's remote control interface.
   This works just as well and works for other apps too.

 I have wanted to get NIDE running on my QTMoko to also control my
 MythTV but I'm stuggling to find working any of the feed or package
 links on the NIDE page, what's the secret ?

 cheers Denis

I'm using SHR-testing and used the feed from the wiki page.  I have version 
0.01-r0 installed from around a week ago.

Josh

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thanks to authors of Podboy, NIDE, and openmokontrol

2010-01-24 Thread Josh Thompson
I just wanted to say thanks to the authors of 3 different applications I have 
started using recently.

Podboy is fitting my need extremely well for listening to podcasts.  I can't 
say how great this app is! :)

NIDE is working really well to control MythTV.  I had been thinking of writing 
something to control it via MythTV's remote control interface.  This works 
just as well and works for other apps too.

I just tried openmokontrol for playing Tux Racer.  That was really cool!

Now, I just need to set things up to start Tux Racer with NIDE and then run 
openmokontrol to control it.

Thanks a bunch!

Josh

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Re: elm_browser and https

2010-01-22 Thread Josh Thompson
On Friday January 22, 2010, Xavier Cremaschi wrote:
 c_c a écrit :
@Xavier Cremaschi - can you tell me what happens? Try running the
  browser from the terminal to see if webkit throws up any debug messages.

 I see nothing in terminal :

 r...@om-gta02 ~ $ browser
 restoring state
 db ver 1
 showing window
 Error #0 while loading the group 'scrollbar.vertical'.
 Error #0 while loading the group 'scrollbar.vertical'.

 Symptoms : I can't follow any https link (click = no action)

I was having the same problem and launched browser with strace.  I found I was 
just missing /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.  I copied that in from my 
desktop machine.  After that, I was able to access https sites.

Josh

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[any] formatting text in python elementary buttons

2009-12-08 Thread Josh Thompson
I'm converting a small app I wrote in python-gtk to use python-elementary.  I 
had some buttons where I was using set_use_markup on a button's label to do 
things like setting the font color and background.  I can't find a way to do 
that with python-elementary.  Is there a way to do so?  If there is, where 
should I look for more info on it?  I've been using the source control 
browsing for python-elementary[1] and looking at shr-settings as a guide so 
far.

Thanks,
Josh

[1] 
http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/browser/trunk/BINDINGS/python/python-elementary/elementary/

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Re: Is a FreeRunner sufficient for me?

2009-06-18 Thread Josh Thompson
On Wednesday June 17, 2009, Brolin Empey wrote:
 * textual notes (so I don’t have to keep track of lots of paper notes),

I wrote pynotes:

http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/pynotes/

ipk here:
http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/746/pynotes_0.1_arm.ipk

as a replacement for Palm's Memos app.  It also includes a python script that 
can be used in conjunction with pilot-link's pilot-memos utility to import 
your memos from your palm.

I haven't gotten around to getting it up at opkg.org.  If anyone wants to do 
that, feel free.

Josh

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Re: [All] Suggested IMAP client?

2009-03-28 Thread Josh Thompson
I wrote a very basic imap mail reader (can't compose messages yet) app in 
python/GTK.  You can find a little more about it here:

http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/jfthomps/freerunner/

It starts with a screen listing all of the configured imap servers.  Clicking 
on one changes the window to be a display of all of your mail folders on that 
server.  Clicking on a folder changes the window to be a display listing the 
messages in the folder (from/subject/date).  Clicking on a message changes 
the window to display the message body.  There's a back button that is always 
displayed at the top that lets you go back to the previous screen.

I don't have much time to develop right now, but if there is anyone else that 
would like to take what I started and add some more features to it, I'll 
apply to get it started at projects.openmoko.org.

Josh

On Mon March 23 2009 7:12:40 am Jan Keymeulen wrote:
 On Sat 21 March 2009 om 07:36:52 GMT William Kenworthy told us:
  Yes, this would be nice.  In the meantime, Ive fallen back to
  squirrelmail on my webserver and midori to read it on the FR.  Works ok,
  but is there a better webmail more suited to a small screen?

 I use MIMP, part of the Horde framework. http://www.horde.org/mimp/

 However, a real mail client would be vey nice.

  On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 17:29 -0400, Cameron Frazier wrote:
   As per the subject, is there a suggested IMAP client for the FR? I'm
   using SHR-Unstable at the moment, but I figure it's a reasonable
   question for all distros.
  
   Kind regards,
  
   Cameron

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[shr-unstable] no luncher icons

2009-03-09 Thread Josh Thompson
I recently did an upgrade after which I have nothing but the top bar in the 
launcher window when using the Icons mode.  I can see stuff using 
the Slider mode, but find it very difficult to use.  I've tried using each 
of the different icon sizes, but that didn't help.  Removing my .e directory 
didn't fix it either.  I can ssh in and run things successfully.

Any ideas how to get this functionality back?

Thanks
Josh

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Re: QWO (was Re: handwriting recognition)

2009-01-22 Thread Josh Thompson
On Thu January 15 2009 3:06:37 pm Johny Tenfinger wrote:
 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 20:38, Josh Thompson om-c...@joshandbianca.net 
wrote:
  Anyone know how to make it show up in SHR?

 Check .desktop file if have Keyboard (but i'm not sure that it's
 correct name) category, and select it in Keyboard menu after clicking
 Illume's wrench on top shelf.

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Thanks - that's what I needed!  I've started using qwo and really like it.

Josh

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Re: Car Charger?

2009-01-15 Thread Josh Thompson
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On Sunday January 04, 2009, lollisoft wrote:
 Another question: Does someone have seen a docking station like item to
 place the phone when driving
 with navigation. This could also have a built in car charger :-)

I use this this model:

http://www.extremepda.com/AUTOMOUNT-GN-LG.html

It has a 9 flexible gooseneck mount and suctions to the windshield.  With the 
feet switched to the other end from the default configuration (i.e. making 
the release button on the top end), it works out that the headphone jack and 
the USB jack can be accessed through the holes in the arms.

Josh
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Re: QWO (was Re: handwriting recognition)

2009-01-15 Thread Josh Thompson
On Thursday January 15, 2009, DJDAS wrote:
 arne anka ha scritto:
  I use QWO since December and I feel very nice with it, forgot any other
  keyboard and dictionariesvery good input method.
 
  what's qwo? the qtopia one?
 
  _

 Nope, look at this: http://www.nongnu.org/qwo/
 Bye :)

On what distro are you using QWO?  I just tried it on SHR, and nothing ever 
shows up.  If I ssh in to my FR with my display forwarded to my desktop and 
run it, it seems to work ok.

Anyone know how to make it show up in SHR?

Josh

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Re: [2007.2 fr] boot prolems

2009-01-09 Thread Josh Thompson
Harry,

Welcome to Openmoko community.

On Fri January 9 2009 7:45:25 pm Harry L. Lee wrote:
 however I cannot successfully press and hold aux then press power to get to
 the boot menu.

 i'm pretty creative about solving you only have one hand problems, but i
 haven't been able to beat this one. before you try to tell me just do
 this, pleas try your method with your left (more accurately, non-dominant)
 hand in its pocket (you'd be amazed how many things you use both for
 without realizing.

I had to work on this on for a bit.  I've pressed both buttons many times when 
holding the FR in my left hand.  The button orientation doesn't work out as 
well for that when I switch it to my right hand.  That is, until I realized 
turning it over would orient the buttons the same way as if it were in my 
left hand.

So, give this a try.  Hold the FR in your hand with the screen facing away 
from you (ie, you are looking right at the openmoko written on the back) 
with your thumb on the AUX button and all 4 fingers basically next to each 
other on the other side (side with the power button).  When I hold it that 
way, my ring finger naturally ends up on the power button.  Then, press and 
hold the AUX button with your thumb and then press the power button for about 
2 seconds.  Then, you should be able to run dfu-util.  Also, I realized I 
could flip my hand over while holding it this way and still see a bit of the 
screen to know when I had held the buttons long enough.

 it seems there should be a relatively simple software based solution to
 this problem. the boot menu is just a program, somewhere (I assume in what
 a dinosaur like me would think of as) the computer's memory space. it would
 seem if you knew where it was, you could use a debugger to jump to that
 location and begin execution. it would seem a shell script could accomplish
 that, or even a small binary executable. if some om zen master could either
 point out why that wouldn't work, or whip up the appropiate tool, i''d be
 eternally grateful.

That's the kind of thinking I like to see!  :)  Though, I have no idea how to 
go about doing this.

Josh

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[debian/FSO/other?] some simple scripts I've developed

2008-12-25 Thread Josh Thompson
I've written a few scripts to help manage some things on my Freerunner.  I'm 
sharing them in case anyone else might find them useful to either use or just 
see as a reference for how to code something themselves.  One is a very 
simple IMAP mail reader program.  The rest are a set of scripts mainly 
written to provide a GUI interface to several command only type things. They 
also handle things like dimming the screen and powering on/off wifi. I 
initially started writing them on 2007.2 but updated most of it to work on 
debian which is what I use now.  More info about them can be found here along 
with download links:

http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/jfthomps/freerunner/

Here are some things the collection of scripts can do:

-launcher tab to easily launch most common apps; it only lists apps that 
have Main as a category in the .desktop file
-wifi power on/off and ifup/ifdown eth0
-misc tab to do things like view battery status, change screen brightness, 
launch xkill, change usbmode, change screen orientation; really anything I 
need a button to do, I put here
-lock tab that is mostly blank (so nothing accidentally gets run) with a 
really small enable/disable lock button at the bottom; I've since switched to 
just having the desktop get displayed for my lock mode, but the 
enable/disable button still works

Josh

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armband

2008-11-22 Thread Josh Thompson
Has anyone tried to find an armband for holding your Freerunner while 
exercising?  Comparing dimensions to other devices, it seems closest to an 
80GB Zune.  So, I'm thinking that might work.  I realize I'll probably have 
to cut at least one hole in it for the headphone jack.  Does anyone have a 
Zune armband they could try sticking their Freerunner in?  Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Josh

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Re: Fennec on Openmoko

2008-08-31 Thread Josh Thompson
For anyone else like myself that's not using the debian distro, I was able to 
download the debian package files for Midori (armel version) from

http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/midori

to an Ubuntu box, extract them from the deb file

dpkg -x filname.deb extract to dir

create a tarball, copy that over to my FR and extract it.  I also had to 
download the package for libgtksourceview to get it to work.

I'm using 2007.2.  I do have a problem when I click Go-Location... that I 
can't see whereever I'm supposed to enter the URL.  However, if I just type 
it in using the keyboard followed by Enter, it will go to the URL.

Josh

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 6:10:10 am Michele Renda wrote:
 Yes, I have the same impession too

 I used the ipk version of Midori (Om 2008.8) and I realy did't liked it,
 but then I used the Debian + XFCE + Midori: It is wonderful! Not too

 I was able to see www.alitalia.it, that is a site problematic in
 computers, it render perfect on midori.

 I used it on everyday use.

 budfive wrote:
  I just looked through several browsers for something that is useable. The
  conclusion I reached is that the debian packaged copy of midori is
  excellent. And not just excellent compared with the other browsers or
  compared with what was considered useful on openmoko so far. It is
  actually very functional and very fast. If you have had a bad experience
  with midori using openmoko's packages, try it again with debian. You will
  be very pleasantly surprised. This actually gives me a reason to carry
  the freerunner with me. Get it. Get it now.
 
  Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
  On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 04:37:25PM +0200, Fox Mulder wrote:
  At the moment i got iceweasel running on my debian freerunner. It is
  also a firefox port which works great. I could use any original addon
  from mozilla. :)
  Maybe it is a bit slow when starting but at the moment it is the best
  browser i found for my neo.
  But you are right. In the future i hope there will be a bit more
  lightweight mobile version of the firefox.
 
  I viciously hate my experience with midori and openmoko-browser :)
 
  Rui
 
  --
  Keep the Lasagna flying!
  Today is Boomtime, the 18th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3174
  + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
  + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
 
  | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
 
  + So let's do it...?

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Re: Fennec on Openmoko

2008-08-25 Thread Josh Thompson
+1

I looked in to compiling it enough to find out it's complicated enough that I 
won't have the time to get it done any time soon.  I'd love to see it happen 
though.

Josh

On Monday August 25, 2008, Alasal wrote:
 I think it should be great if we could get Fennec (the firefox mobile
 browser) on the Openmoko phones. First we get an very actively developed
 browser on the Openmoko and we can help testing the direction of the
 firefox mobile in real. (So the fennec developers get input on their
 design)

 I think we and the fennec people can benefit from this.

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-08-25 Thread Josh Thompson
I've done this several times with no problems so far.

Josh

On Monday August 25, 2008, Fredrik Wendt wrote:
 Hi.

 Just wanted to know if I'd damage the hardware by doing:

 0. Connect FR to computer using USB cable.
 1. Turn on FR (FSO-testing), fire up zhone.
 2. Open FR, remove battery, open SIM pocket, change SIM card, replace
 battery, replace back cover - all while the FR is running off power from
 USB

 In Sweden we have three GSM network operators (those with licenses to
 actually put GSM equipment to use) and having to wait 3-4 minutes after
 each SIM change really kills productivity and flow ...

 / Fredrik

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Re: any update on GSM interference issue

2008-08-05 Thread Josh Thompson
On Monday August 04, 2008, Andy Green wrote:
 AFAIK in hardware this should be possible -- BT audio comes in on VX
 digital interface of WM8753 and there should be a path to get in and out
 of that to RXN/P pair and MONO1/2 pair.

So, I found this:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973_audio_subsystem

Now, I'm starting to understand what a lot of those setting in alsamixer mean.  
Does anyone know how much of the ALSA Channels diagram has changed for the 
FR?

It seems there are 3 steps to getting a bluetooth headset to work for making 
calls.

1) connect the headset to the phone
2) route the audio correctly through the WM8753 so that it runs between the 
bluetooth device and the GSM.
3) configure the PCM coming from the WM8753 to be the right format for going 
to the bluetooth device.

Directions for step 1 seem to be here:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Manually_using_Bluetooth#Headset_Audio
Although, I'm not sure how the python script plays into things.

Direction for step 2 seem to be on the audio subsystem page listed above using 
the asound.state file 
(http://opensource.wolfsonmicro.com/%7Egg/neo1973/gsmbluetooth.state) as a 
starting point.

I guess step 3 is solved with the bluetooth_pcm.c file that is linked to on 
the same page.

Unfortunately, I don't have much time to work on this.  Hopefully, this will 
help someone else move things along.

Josh

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any update on GSM interference issue

2008-08-04 Thread Josh Thompson
Has there been any progress on the GSM interference issue (bug #883)?  As I 
understand it, this is the current condition (please correct anything that is 
wrong):

-only some people seem to have a problem with it
-the buzzing is only heard by people on the other end
-it is a hardware issue
-it is being looked in to by the OpenMoko team
-it is affected by how much power the FR is having to use to reach the tower 
(i.e. better signal strength - less buzzing)

Has anyone gotten a bluetooth headset (SCO type) to work with the 2007.2 
distro for making calls?  If so, how did you do it, and did it fix this 
interference issue?

This issue is the only thing keeping me from using my FR as my primary phone.

Josh

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Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix prior to attempting any hardware fix

2008-08-04 Thread Josh Thompson
Could we get a link to some image files to use for this testing?  I'm not 
quite sure when Andy's fix made it in the kernel.  It would also help 
standardize the tests if we all use the same images.

Josh

On Mon August 4 2008 7:29:17 pm Michael Shiloh wrote:
 Before we conclude that the hardware fix is required, we'd really like
 to gather a lot of statistics from you about the behavior of the
 software fix. We have been able to test in only a limited number of
 locations, and a limited number of phones.

 We'd like to ask you to run some tests and report back the TTFF in each
 case:

 1. Prior to Andy's software fix
 1a. Without SD card
 1b. With SD card

 2. Using Andy's software fix
 2a. Without SD card
 2b. With SD card

 Preferably run this test in multiple locations.

 Results should be reported on a wiki page, which should include your
 location (so we can assess other influences e.g. satellite elevation and
 weather conditions)

 Thanks,
 Michael

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Re: no sd card and slow start times

2008-07-19 Thread Josh Thompson
Replying to myself here.

I flashed the device with the default image and was able to get things working 
again.  I did discover that the Please wait part was from openmoko-today 
seg faulting.

Josh

On Fri July 18 2008 4:11:49 pm Josh Thompson wrote:
 I cannot seem to get my sd card mounted.  Before using it in my freerunner,
 I put it in the adapter and copied some stuff to it using my laptop.  I've
 done an upgrade on the system today.  I never tried it before upgrading. 
 It never gets mounted anywhere under /media or /mnt.  I don't see anything
 about it in /proc/partitions.  Is there a certain kernel module that needs
 to be inserted?

 Also, starting sometime today (probably around upgrading it), I've been
 getting stuck on the start screen where it has the openmoko log and
 says Please wait... for a long time whenever it boots (long being  5
 minutes).  The applet icons are there and the power and aux buttons bring
 up their respective menus.  I can shell in to it over usb.  Running top
 shows pretty minimal usage (10-15%) with neod and pulseaudio being the top
 processes.  Any ideas?


 Thanks so much to the Openmoko team for such a great device!

 Josh

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no sd card and slow start times

2008-07-18 Thread Josh Thompson
I cannot seem to get my sd card mounted.  Before using it in my freerunner, I 
put it in the adapter and copied some stuff to it using my laptop.  I've done 
an upgrade on the system today.  I never tried it before upgrading.  It never 
gets mounted anywhere under /media or /mnt.  I don't see anything about it 
in /proc/partitions.  Is there a certain kernel module that needs to be 
inserted?

Also, starting sometime today (probably around upgrading it), I've been 
getting stuck on the start screen where it has the openmoko log and 
says Please wait... for a long time whenever it boots (long being  5 
minutes).  The applet icons are there and the power and aux buttons bring up 
their respective menus.  I can shell in to it over usb.  Running top shows 
pretty minimal usage (10-15%) with neod and pulseaudio being the top 
processes.  Any ideas?


Thanks so much to the Openmoko team for such a great device!

Josh

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Re: service with NorthState in NC

2008-07-18 Thread Josh Thompson
Just to follow up - I received a new SIM card with the same specs as my old 
one, and it worked fine.

Josh

On Thu July 17 2008 2:44:15 pm steve wrote:
 New SIM is your best bet.



 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Thompson
 Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:22 AM
 To: community@lists.openmoko.org
 Subject: service with NorthState in NC

 I'm sending this just in case there is someone trying to use a FreeRunner
 with service from NorthState Communications in North Carolina.  They are a
 reseller of ATT service.  I know they used to own the cell towers in their
 area.  I'm not sure if they still do.

 I can't get my phone to register with their network.  When I use
 'libgsmd-tool -m shell' to try to force registration, I get the
 following:

 # r
 Register
 EVENT: Netreg searching for network
 EVENT: Netreg registration denied
 cme error: 32

 Here is info on my SIM card:

 from ATT
 has the blazing 3G fireball
 5 digit SKU: 71234
 Manufacturer Code: G
 4 digit Vendor/Version: 3022

 I tried a friend's SIM card out of his blackberry with service directly
 from ATT, and it worked perfectly.  It has the exact same specs as mine.

 I talked with customer service who didn't think there was much they could
 do.
 They tried doing something with the IMEI number from my FreeRunner which
 didn't work.

 They're sending me a new SIM card to try, but the tech I talked with said
 she didn't think that would help.

 If anyone has any suggestions, please pass them along!

 Thanks,
 Josh

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service with NorthState in NC

2008-07-17 Thread Josh Thompson
I'm sending this just in case there is someone trying to use a FreeRunner with 
service from NorthState Communications in North Carolina.  They are a 
reseller of ATT service.  I know they used to own the cell towers in their 
area.  I'm not sure if they still do.

I can't get my phone to register with their network.  When I 
use 'libgsmd-tool -m shell' to try to force registration, I get the 
following:

# r
Register
EVENT: Netreg searching for network
EVENT: Netreg registration denied
cme error: 32

Here is info on my SIM card:

from ATT
has the blazing 3G fireball
5 digit SKU: 71234
Manufacturer Code: G
4 digit Vendor/Version: 3022

I tried a friend's SIM card out of his blackberry with service directly from 
ATT, and it worked perfectly.  It has the exact same specs as mine.

I talked with customer service who didn't think there was much they could do.  
They tried doing something with the IMEI number from my FreeRunner which 
didn't work.

They're sending me a new SIM card to try, but the tech I talked with said she 
didn't think that would help.

If anyone has any suggestions, please pass them along!

Thanks,
Josh

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