How to maximize GPS battery life ?

2010-09-10 Thread Xavier Cremaschi
Hi folks, if I want to use my FR as a GPS track logger (for an OSM mapping party for example), what is the best way to save battery life ? It seems that GPS chip is able to keep the fix while FR is suspended (/sys/devices/platform/gta02-pm-gps.0/keep_on_in_suspend), but I need the CPU to log

Re: How to maximize GPS battery life ?

2010-09-10 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Xavier Cremaschi omega.xav...@gmail.com wrote: Currently, I think I would do something like this : - launch fsoraw -r GPS tangogps and start logging There is an app specifically made for GPS logging (OMGPSLOG???) that does not do any 'fancy' calculations and

Re: gprs bug QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Radek Polak
Alfa21 wrote: hello, I'm having troubles too... I tried also an old (at the time was working) gprs chat file for my provider found in a backup of mine, but without success now. I checked also empirically with my HI-FI amplifier the rf noise: when I check my credit, start a call or send an

Re: How to maximize GPS battery life ?

2010-09-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Xavier Cremaschi omega.xav...@gmail.com writes: It seems that GPS chip is able to keep the fix while FR is suspended (/sys/devices/platform/gta02-pm-gps.0/keep_on_in_suspend), but I need the CPU to log data, don't I ? The GSM chip has an ARM cpu. It is possible to run code on it and modify it

Re: How to maximize GPS battery life ?

2010-09-10 Thread Sylvain Paré
you have qgpslog as an only logging app. 2010/9/10 Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindf...@iki.fi Xavier Cremaschi omega.xav...@gmail.com writes: It seems that GPS chip is able to keep the fix while FR is suspended (/sys/devices/platform/gta02-pm-gps.0/keep_on_in_suspend), but I need the CPU

Re: How to maximize GPS battery life ?

2010-09-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Sylvain Paré sylvain.p...@gmail.com writes: you have qgpslog as an only logging app. It seems to require X though? So if my X crashes it stops logging? I still prefer running netcat under screen for reliability :) ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: gprs bug QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21-mobile
You can try to experiment with AT log or disable multiplexing, but i dont know anything better for now. Regards Radek hi radek, i tried rebooting with mux and deepsleep both disabled (neocontrol) and checked the at log (temporarily enabled)... all was ok and i can use arora with my gprs

Re: gprs bug QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alex Samorukov
On 09/10/2010 10:50 AM, Radek Polak wrote: I tried with v26 after correcting the line in /home/root/Applications/Network/chat/connect-dialup and it worked. But i had sometimes problems to get GPRS online too. Maybe it can be also related to debug/nodebug kernels, because i am not aware that

Re: Got also a WikiReader now

2010-09-10 Thread Jeff
It's easy to load languages on the card. But unfortunately, they don't have a Polish Wiki yet. As long as you get the international Wikireader, it supports up to a 16gb microSD card. International comes with an 8gb. English takes up about 5gb. Summer 2010 Update (8GB, 16GB) Download the base

qtmoko apt sources.list configuration

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21-mobile
hi i think it's not a good thing to hardcode the german apt mirror for the standard configuration in the mass qtmoko distribution: - almost every user will not configure the sources.list - it's not always the best choice, eg if you are not in europe - we could weigh down the .de mirrors (ok, maybe

Re: QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Thomas HOCEDEZ
Whooo, using QTMokov26 for some days now, and it's a really allday phone now. But allday until when ? Because when I try an apt-get update... Bing!* : no space left on device ! Does anyone has a turnaround aor a real solution to this ? thanks you all (and a special big up to Radek ;-)) AstHrO

Re: QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21-mobile
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Thomas HOCEDEZ thomas.hoce...@free.fr wrote: But allday until when ? Because when I try an apt-get update... Bing!*  : no space left on device ! Does anyone has a turnaround aor a real solution to this ? buy a bigger uSD ;) I've a 4GB partitioned as: 1 - 2GB

Re: QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Thomas HOCEDEZ
Le 10/09/2010 16:29, Alfa21-mobile a écrit : On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Thomas HOCEDEZ thomas.hoce...@free.fr wrote: But allday until when ? Because when I try an apt-get update... Bing!* : no space left on device ! Does anyone has a turnaround aor a real solution to this ? buy a

Re: QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21-mobile
/* OT I've also added the following line in my /etc/sysctl.conf vm.swappiness=0 */ Why ? what is it ? please read this: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2010-September/062911.html on v26 I can use my FR as a usb drive, with the 2GB partition (1) visible also in a windows

Re: gprs bug QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21
2010-09...@13:22 Alfa21-mobile i reverted back mux and deepsleep, rebooted with on/on and my gprs is still ok! :) i do not understand what was wrong before... but now all should be the same again, instead my gprs works a lot well :D sorry, I was wrong I've doublechecked this and if I keep

Re: qtmoko apt sources.list configuration

2010-09-10 Thread Gennady Kupava
В Птн, 10/09/2010 в 16:09 +0200, Alfa21-mobile пишет: hi i think it's not a good thing to hardcode the german apt mirror for the standard configuration in the mass qtmoko distribution: - almost every user will not configure the sources.list - it's not always the best choice, eg if you are not

Re: Contacts lost in QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Gennady Kupava
В Чтв, 09/09/2010 в 13:33 -0700, Brolin Empey пишет: Rashid wrote: Hi guys, when i updated from v22 to v24 i lost my contacts but they showed up sometimes (when i called someone by number which was added before I flashed the device). New contacts were there. At the first start

usb-mass-storage, data corruption, QtMoko v26

2010-09-10 Thread Alfa21
2010-09...@18:13 Alfa21-mobile and now a question from me: when the usb mass storage mode is enabled, all the used partitions is in read only mode.. I see qtmoko exports also the rootfs and imho it's not good because if I forget to switch off the usb storage ... it's bad for the whole