[Debian] on Freerunner feed back
Hello Freerunners, I have been using a Freerunner under Debian for one month. It is not yet fully usable, but I am still working on it. 1.GSM Zhone works not too bad. I have applied the patch to use a VCARD file but the dial button does not work anymore (it works with contacts on the SIM card). I have tried scripts to import a VCF file into the SIM card without success. I am not yet very aware of the dbus system to write my own Python script. I have some bugs with SMS - the phone does not ring when I receive a message and the messages are always written as unread (until I reboot the phone). 2.PIM I have tried: -osmo: not recurrent events, no alarm (only for tasks) -pimlico: not recurrent events, no alarm but uses Evolution's back-end -GPE apps: fully functional apps but require gpesyncd for synchronisation - not available in the debian repositories 2.PIM SYNC -osmo: not tried -GPE apps: not tried - see below -pimlico method 1: *contacts: imported successfully from a VCF file *tasks: not tried yet *dates: merged the ICAL files from Evolution and dates successfully (using a custom Python script) -pimlico method 2: *successfully synchronised Evolution's contacts tasks and calendar with a Scheduleworld account using syncevolution (repository: deb http://www.estamos.de/download/apt stable main). I could not manage to sync the Freerunner due to a missing dependency with syncevolution-evolution (problem with the repository?). 3.GPS TangoGPS works well. I have not tried Navit yet. 4.WIFI Does not work yet (wifi-radar - wicd) - I think I have a dependency problem... 5.ACCELEROMETER Works well - I have tried it with the mokomaze game (apt-get install it) 6.AUTOROTATE SCREEN Simple rotate freezes my freerunner with XGLAMO. What I would like to do: -find a usable configuration to use a PIM suite (synchronized with my desktop PC) to replace my Palm TE2. -configure the WIFI -install Navit and buy reiseplaner maps -make the autorotate work -make Zhone fully usable I would like to know I somebody could have a fully functional freerunner under debian ? Thanks in advance for your answers. Regards, Thomas ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
Thomas Bellembois a écrit : Hi Thomas, 1.GSM 2.PIM Not stable enough to use as daily phone, so I didn't test zhone others fully enough to comment. Anyway, thank you for these comments, i'd love to use it eventually ! 3.GPS TangoGPS works well. I have not tried Navit yet. Same here. I don't know if it's due to kernel (andy - 2.6.29) but I manage to get fixes even when I don't hope so (in my office, 4 meters from the window). 4.WIFI Does not work yet (wifi-radar - wicd) - I think I have a dependency problem... No real problem here, I use wicd. It works quite well, but is quite slow... What I did actually : 1) Installed wicd (apt-get install wicd) 2) removed wicd from start-up (with update-rc) 3) in the openmoko-panel-plugin, I put in post-activate : /etc/init.d/wicd start; wicd-client pre-deactivate: /etc/init.d/wicd stop; pkill wicd-client With this, when you activate wifi from om-panek-plugin, known networks are automatically connected (if told so in wicd), wicd client shows an icon in the tray. And when you disable it, everything shuts down. 5.ACCELEROMETER Works well - I have tried it with the mokomaze game (apt-get install it) With last kernel, since it's EV_ABS instead of EV_REL, applications like mokomaze have to be modified. Beyond that, accelerometers work well for me, too. 6.AUTOROTATE SCREEN Simple rotate freezes my freerunner with XGLAMO. No auto-rotate, just a rotate application that I launch from the menu. Sometimes works, sometimes not. I hade to put What I would like to do: -find a usable configuration to use a PIM suite (synchronized with my desktop PC) to replace my Palm TE2. So would I ! I would like to know I somebody could have a fully functional freerunner under debian ? Thanks in advance for your answers. With more time, I'd like it to be fully functionnal =) What windowmanager/panels system are you using ? I'm using matchbox-wm + LXDE (not the best, but fast enough). Regards, -- Christophe Badoit ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
Christophe Badoit a écrit : 6.AUTOROTATE SCREEN Simple rotate freezes my freerunner with XGLAMO. No auto-rotate, just a rotate application that I launch from the menu. Sometimes works, sometimes not. I hade to put Sorry, I didn't finished the line :) I had to put Xft.dpi: 96 in my ~/.Xresources , to prevent the dpi to mess with the fonts after rotations. -- Christophe Badoit ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
Hey Thomas, Thomas Bellembois wrote: I would like to know I somebody could have a fully functional freerunner under debian ? Thanks in advance for your answers. You might want to try hackable:1, which is really Debian with Om2007 telephony software: http://www.hackable1.org/ Cheers, -- Pierre Pronchery, Hackable devices RD, Bearstech email: ppronch...@bearstech.com 42 boulevard Sébastopol PGP: AE49 5F7D D56A 4BD6 7B1F 75003 Paris, France 8655 125C 0FE6 5566 EBD8 Web: http://bearstech.com Phone: +49 177 472 7481 Phone: +33 6 71 62 42 74 Fax: +49 304 208 1861 Fax: +33 1 42 72 20 03 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
A few mailings back I was told that Zhone is never going to be a proper dialer. Zhone is ment to be a debugging and feature testing application for the FSO framework. I don't think patching Zhone is going to be of any use. I don't know if there is anybody in the debian community who is going to stand up and say: these are the apps we should be working on and this is what the gui should look like. I may even start a thread about that in a few months. I think if you like Edj (the e gui stuff) then you should focus on getting Paroli ported to debian as that is going to be the default for Om2009. (Somebody may even already be working on this) Also, personally, I think screen locking is more important then auto rotating, but any help is welcome. Happy hacking! Bram On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:20 +0200, Thomas Bellembois wrote: What I would like to do: -find a usable configuration to use a PIM suite (synchronized with my desktop PC) to replace my Palm TE2. -configure the WIFI -install Navit and buy reiseplaner maps -make the autorotate work -make Zhone fully usable I would like to know I somebody could have a fully functional freerunner under debian ? Thanks in advance for your answers. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
A few mailings back I was told that Zhone is never going to be a proper dialer. Zhone is ment to be a debugging and feature testing application for the FSO framework. I don't think patching Zhone is going to be of any use. that might be as it will, but so far zhone seems to be the only dialer available for debian based systems -- the limitations imposed upon zhone by the fso developers are not meant to hinder you, to improve it for your needs. i consider developing a dialer gui since i have to do a gui project as part of my corresponce courses, but that's not decided yet. and, yes, i knwo what someone is going to say -- but those projects are meant to do something from scratch, not participate in others developments. I don't know if there is anybody in the debian community who is going to stand up and say: these are the apps we should be working on and this is what the gui should look like. who is supposed to know that? if you think, there should be _one_ list of apps to necessary and _one_ look'n'feel, you'd better switch to one of the more focused projects like shr or 200X. debian is about a huge pool of options, be it desktop managers, toolkits or apps, not streamlining all efforts into _one_. I may even start a thread about that in a few months. well, why not yet? you seem to have some rather clear ideas, given your remarks. I think if you like Edj (the e gui stuff) then you should focus on getting Paroli ported to debian as that is going to be the default for Om2009. (Somebody may even already be working on this) iirc the enlightment stuff is not yet fully available in debian, but work is going on. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [Debian] on Freerunner feed back
As you mention, debian may not be the right project to try to focus on a subset of apps. I'll have to retry hackable:1 and try SHR before I start trying to mold a community of like-minded on top of debian ;) I don't think I have enough of an overview to not end up being counter productive. Give it a few months and I should be able to direct my comments to the right people, making it easier on everybody. Happy hacking! Bram On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 15:37 +0200, arne anka wrote: I may even start a thread about that in a few months. well, why not yet? you seem to have some rather clear ideas, given your remarks. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
