Re: Rolling dices on OpenMoko

2010-07-26 Thread Michael Smith
pos/mkrpn/ ...build their own packages. It needs a simple script "ipkg-build.sh" which should be commonly available. You should be able to copy my code to do what you want. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko com

Re: How to install Toolchain?

2010-05-28 Thread Michael Smith
On Fri, 28 May 2010 16:56:47 +0530 Tanmay Mathur wrote: > Yes i have that file. The location is > > /usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/om-conf > > What should i do next to make it work..? Just follow the howto I suppose. What are you trying to achive? -- Michael Smith +61 4

Re: How to install Toolchain?

2010-05-28 Thread Michael Smith
t found Have you got this file? smi...@michael:~$ locate om-conf /usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin/om-conf -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: How to install Toolchain?

2010-05-28 Thread Michael Smith
tructions on the wiki were okay for installing the bare toolchain but I am still struggling with installing enlightenment into it. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko

Re: Qtextended.org will be shutdown.

2010-05-20 Thread Michael Smith
On Thu, 20 May 2010 05:49:06 +0200 wrote: > Sad to say, http://qtextended.org will be shutting down permanently. > > This web site will be disappearing into the history of the web archive. Is the domain name available? What software does the site use? -- Michael Smith +61 416 062

Re: Qtextended.org will be shutdown.

2010-05-20 Thread Michael Smith
On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:56:36 +0200 Thomas HOCEDEZ wrote: > Actually, sad to read ! Hope someone will host a mirror of this site. > Is it possible ? I don't use the QT distros. Is this site important to the community? -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http:

Re: fullscreen transparent keyboard

2010-04-01 Thread Michael Smith
s here: http://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/openmoko-keyboards/summary -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Set the time zone?

2010-03-30 Thread Michael Smith
share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney /etc/localtime -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Openmoko purchase?

2010-03-20 Thread Michael Smith
decide to import a phone. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: My FreeRunner’s USB port still works for power, but not data?

2010-03-03 Thread Michael Smith
a different USB cable? -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Rutgers University writes malware for Freerunner

2010-02-22 Thread Michael Smith
Having your web browser run as root is very dangerous. I hope we fix that soon. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories

2010-02-18 Thread Michael Smith
there as SHR will move to illume2 as soon as it gets as > usable as illume1 is now (hopefully soon as every new illume2 version is > getting closer fast). Thats worth noting, thanks. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Op

Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories

2010-02-18 Thread Michael Smith
y to display on the desktop. This way will be slower because of the need to open a GUI application but not as slow as flipping between two categories. I might try to implement this in the future. Regards, -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl _

Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories

2010-02-18 Thread Michael Smith
ady for people to try. A major release (1.0, 2.0, etc) should be considered mature. Smaller point releases (0.1, 1.1, etc) should be treated with caution. Regards, -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing

Re: elm_browser initial release

2010-02-13 Thread Michael Smith
bject here but I think it is really bad for security that the whole openmoko userland, including web browsers, runs as root. I think it would be a good idea to consider running web browsers as a different user, possibly by launching them with su -c -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 ht

[SHR] Application for desktop categories

2010-02-12 Thread Michael Smith
that I could reduce the number of icons by using the GUI application to switch categories. Doing it that way would be slower and require more finger presses, but it would be tidier. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko

Re: upcoming linux phones ...

2010-02-11 Thread Michael Smith
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:14:17 +0100 Bernd Prünster wrote: > isn't it technically enough to use the linux kernel and call it "linux > based" even if all the other stuff is proprietary?! I suppose so. I just wondered if bada was drived from a bsd variant, or possibly ev

Re: upcoming linux phones ...

2010-02-11 Thread Michael Smith
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:46:33 +1100 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > it is based on speculation and rumor. no fact at all. nowhere have samsung > EVER > said bada is linux based. it actually is not. Is it derived from another unix like OS? -- Michael Smith +61 416 062

Re: OM future

2010-02-10 Thread Michael Smith
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:11:15 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > my lips are sealed until something is public... (you know the drill! nda's and > all!) :) This? http://recombu.com/news/samsung-s5620-monte-the-phone-from-del-monte_M11404.html -- Michael Smith +61 416 0

Re: OM future

2010-02-06 Thread Michael Smith
When I change it will probably be to that phone. But for now I am happy with the OM phone I am using. I am not a fan of Noika either. -- Michael Smith ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: dynamically generating ringtones based on the calling phone number

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Smith
he ring somewhat. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: RPN Calculator application available

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Smith
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:06:34 +0200 Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Michael Smith writes: > > mkrpn 1.0 An RPN calculator > > Don't take this as a critique but how does this differ from the > existing[*] RPN calculators, some cool touchscreen features? Thats a goo

Re: RPN Calculator application available

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Smith
lator mokolog 1.0 An event logger Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: RPN Calculator application available

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Smith
if that is a good way to work. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: RPN Calculator application available

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Smith
ed to the list. Please tell me how you go with it. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lis

Re: elm_browser initial release

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Smith
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:24:23 -0800 (PST) c_c wrote: > > Hi, > > Michael Smith-5 wrote: > > > > If you want bookmarks then keep them on a server somewhere as a list of > > links. > > > I was thinking of adding those to a sqlite db. Fast, simple, effic

Re: elm_browser initial release

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Smith
om a popup IMHO. Otherwise they are a waste of screen space. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.o

Re: QCurrency - simple currency calculator

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Smith
hout making the default application launcher impossible to use... Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.op

RPN Calculator application available

2010-01-13 Thread Michael Smith
://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/mkrpn/ Its pretty simple at the moment and I am aware of a few bugs. I am posting this mainly so others can send back complaints, suggestions and feature requests. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0

Re: Ringtone request

2010-01-07 Thread Michael Smith
om root but I use sudo to set the owner id of some files > > > Sudo the same as root . Uh maybe. Try this command: tones -f -w five_tones.wav 500 d6 e6 c6 c5 g5:1000 Does it generate the five_tones.wav file? man tones ...should tell you how to use "tones" to generate a to

Re: Ringtone request

2010-01-05 Thread Michael Smith
un your own variation of create_tones.ksh and manually load the generated file onto the phone. What operating system are you running on? Is ksh installed? I never run from root but I use sudo to set the owner id of some files Hope that helps. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapp

Re: [SHR-U] Wifi?

2010-01-04 Thread Michael Smith
#Using_wpa_supplicant_manually Okay thanks. I am thinking that it should be possible to put most of that procedure into a package, with a launcher icon to initiate the process. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web

Re: [SHR-U] Wifi?

2010-01-04 Thread Michael Smith
. > > Plain wpa_supplicant has been working for me for many months now (no > encryption, WPA(2) PSK, WEP). Can you post a quick howto here on how you do that? Thanks. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting

Re: Quick e-mail poll: Still using your Freerunner?

2010-01-04 Thread Michael Smith
d you change > over to, and why? I still use my palm pilot as my PDA through I am writing an application for SHR to replace the palm pilot. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services __

Re: Ringtone request

2010-01-04 Thread Michael Smith
ion here is that signalgen is a very simple signal generator. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.o

Re: [SHR] Looking for some help with compilation

2009-11-14 Thread Michael Smith
ome buttons which do nothing and it currently has no editing capability. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature __

[SHR] Looking for some help with compilation

2009-11-13 Thread Michael Smith
e it if anybody who has been down this path can tell me if I am going in the right direction. And if not, which way I should go. Thanks. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description

Re: Some questions about android on Freerunner

2009-11-07 Thread Michael Smith
it should be". Please tell us what you are trying to accomplish. You will get better advice that way. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signat

Re: Some questions about android on Freerunner

2009-11-07 Thread Michael Smith
y , So > please guide regarding to this fact . Are you able to download a different openmoko distribution, like SHR? http://build.shr-project.org/shr-unstable/images/om-gta02/ -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Smith
? Okay I will do that. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Michael Smith
have to disassemble parts of the phone which may be hard to put back together. I might try this procedure on the phone which I am going to do the buzz fix on. I can more afford to stuff that one up. I will post the results here: http://glitch.tl/working_with_shr.html Regards, -- Michael Smith

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-14 Thread Michael Smith
/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/openmoko-keyboards/raw-file/18573b096dda/Alpha.kbd Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
ive "T9" style input methods. On her Motorola she prefers to press every key three times when typing an SMS. She is traveling soon but decided not to take the openmoko because it doesn't have a UI to display sent SMS messages. Also it was a bit tricky to use. I will set those layouts to

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
ghtenment It should also be possible to download them directly on the phone, then use the terminal to move the files to the correct location. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description:

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
s the reason why I started to update the numeric layout to the same size as the alphanumeric one. I have updated my repository http://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/openmoko-keyboards/rev/1d5e2a734703 ...and tested that actual version on my phone. Thanks for giving it a g

Re: [SHR-U] How do you rotate the screen in SHR?

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:10:05 +0200 Jakob wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Michael Smith > wrote: > > I want to use SHR in landscape mode. Several people have discussed using it > > on the list but it is not clear to me how enter landscape mode. > > > > A

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:37:53 +0200 "Adolph J. Vogel" wrote: > On Saturday 10 October 2009 13:27:55 Michael Smith wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:58:22 +0200 > > > > "Adolph J. Vogel" wrote: > > > I dont know much about the illume keyboard, b

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
s are easy to work with. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.open

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
thankful I didn't go for AZERTY ;) Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list com

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/openmoko-keyboards/raw-file/tip/numeric_shifted.png -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signat

Re: [SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-10 Thread Michael Smith
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:22:31 +1300 Robin Paulson wrote: > 2009/10/10 Michael Smith : > > I have created two keyboard layouts for the illume keyboard. They are > > available from this repository: > > > > http://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/

[SHR-U] Keyboard layouts for extremely fat fingers

2009-10-09 Thread Michael Smith
use without a stylus. Regards, -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community

Re: [SHR-U] How do you rotate the screen in SHR?

2009-10-09 Thread Michael Smith
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:31:40 +0200 Nicola Mfb wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:17 AM, jeremy jozwik > wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Michael Smith > > wrote: > >> I want to use SHR in landscape mode. Several people have discussed using > >> i

[SHR-U] How do you rotate the screen in SHR?

2009-10-09 Thread Michael Smith
I want to use SHR in landscape mode. Several people have discussed using it on the list but it is not clear to me how enter landscape mode. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services

Re: Freerunner in real world

2009-09-15 Thread Michael Smith
on a couple of weeks ago and lost the ability to use GSM, among other things. I have since read about the necessity to reset kernel module dependencies after some updates. So if unstable is working at the moment I will do an update tonight. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com

Re: Freerunner in real world

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Smith
Is your system up to date with opkg? I am trying to identify the differences behind my problem. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature _

Re: Freerunner in real world

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Smith
> So my question: has anybody got any experiences with > - attaching a Freerunner to a bike (maybe even incl. sun protection) > - using some additional batteries? USB power is fairly easy to wire up. You just need to provide regulated power. The problem for me would be the mass of the external bat

A6 for sale in Australia

2009-08-17 Thread Michael Smith
charges. The price includes shipping within Australia. This phone is unopened, still in the original packaging. -- Michael Smith Network Applications www.netapps.com.au | +61 (0) 416 062 898 Web Hosting | Internet Services signature.asc Description: PGP signature