Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-09-01 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Helge Hafting writes: > I wonder: For such a simple setup, could unsuspend be used > instead of booting? I.e. if you lost power, you unsuspend into some > saved image, instead of waiting for a cold boot. The state of hardware will be lost, it's not so easy. > To be completely power-proof, use a

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-09-01 Thread Helge Hafting
On 28. aug. 2010 00:33, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Carsten Gerlach writes: >> does someone know a small distribution which is only made for GPS usage? For > > I don't really see the point in having a yet another > distribution. Just take an existing distribution and configure it to > fit this t

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-31 Thread W. B. Kranendonk
--- On Tue, 8/31/10, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > Thanks for this hint to openWRT. But i have problems to get > a connection over > wifi to the internet. I did read the wiki (...) > > How can I solve this? I intended to give a hand, but I can't find the uSD with OpenWRT anymore to try it out. I d

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-31 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Carsten Gerlach writes: > / # ping 88.198.93.221 > PING 88.198.93.221 (88.198.93.221) 56 data bytes > ping: sendto: Network is unreachable > / # > > How can I solve this? "ip route"? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-31 Thread Carsten Gerlach
Hi, Am Dienstag 31 August 2010 schrieb W. B. Kranendonk: > I second OpenWRT. The image available for Freerunner is very light and fast > (didn't clock it, but perhaps just over half a minute for booting?). Thanks for this hint to openWRT. But i have problems to get a connection over wifi to the

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-31 Thread W. B. Kranendonk
--- On Mon, 8/30/10, Radek Polak wrote: > On Sunday 29 August 2010 16:03:39 > Carsten Gerlach wrote: > > > What would be a good starting distro? I would take (...) > openwrt. It's very > very small and the build process is very easily > configurable with menuconfig. I second OpenWRT. The image

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-30 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 16:03 +0200, Carsten Gerlach wrote: > Hi, > > Am Samstag 28 August 2010 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > > I don't really see the point in having a yet another > > distribution. Just take an existing distribution and configure it to > > fit this task. Optionally contribute bac

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-29 Thread Radek Polak
On Sunday 29 August 2010 16:03:39 Carsten Gerlach wrote: > What would be a good starting distro? I would take SHR, but maybe another > would be better? If you want something minimalist and customizable i'd try openwrt. It's very very small and the build process is very easily configurable with m

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-29 Thread Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
> Hi, > > Am Samstag 28 August 2010 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: >> I don't really see the point in having a yet another >> distribution. Just take an existing distribution and configure it to >> fit this task. Optionally contribute back some new packages. >> >> Configuring a system for GPS-only u

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-29 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Carsten Gerlach writes: > Yes of course, you are right, maybe there is no need for a "new" distro, a > modification of a existing one can work. But when we come to your mentioned > read-only filesystem, then I dont't know if it is possible only by > configuring? And what is with all the drivers

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-29 Thread Carsten Gerlach
Hi, Am Samstag 28 August 2010 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors: > I don't really see the point in having a yet another > distribution. Just take an existing distribution and configure it to > fit this task. Optionally contribute back some new packages. > > Configuring a system for GPS-only use is an

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-27 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Carsten Gerlach writes: > does someone know a small distribution which is only made for GPS usage? For I don't really see the point in having a yet another distribution. Just take an existing distribution and configure it to fit this task. Optionally contribute back some new packages. Configuri

Re: Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-27 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Carsten Gerlach writes: > > does someone know a small distribution which is only made for GPS usage? For > outdoor holydays it would be nice to have such a distro. There is no need for > using the GSM, blootooth, wifi, acceleration sensor and so on. It should only > be fast at booting and shoul

Freerunner - small and fast distribution only for GPS

2010-08-27 Thread Carsten Gerlach
Hello, does someone know a small distribution which is only made for GPS usage? For outdoor holydays it would be nice to have such a distro. There is no need for using the GSM, blootooth, wifi, acceleration sensor and so on. It should only be fast at booting and should have a small energy consu