Re: [Sugar-devel] New release of F11 for the XO-1 - Build11
I've searched the activities at sugarlabs.org for anything about ePub. The only hit to "epub" is the Newberry activity, which says it requires FBReader, but a search for "FBReader" comes up empty other than this reference to it. Where is a sugarized version of FBReader available for easy installation? Stan == On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Stanley Sokolow wrote: > I wasn't aware of that development effort to add ePub format to the > capabilities of Read. According to SugarLabs web site, Read does not yet > support ePub: > >> Read is an ebook reader based on Evince. It can display PDF and single >> page TIFF documents. >> >> The link you gave to a blog seems to show good progress, but more needing > to be done. Is the working still continuing? Where can I get a beta > version with ePub support to try? > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > >> ... >> >> Just for the record, it's the Read activity which supports ePub files. >> >> >> http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings/2009/06/18/read-and-epub-and-beyond/ >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> >> > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: Shutdown proces on F9 (8.2.x builds)... who kills X.org?
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:46, Martin Langhoff
wrote:
> With the help of Mikus, a specific shutdown bug has been narrowed
> down, and I think it's a race with the X.org server needing a little
> bit longer to shut down cleanly.
>
> More details on the bug itself at http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9943
> ("Shutdown process stops in text console when USB keyboard in use").
>
> But it is not clear to me who is killing X.org in these builds. I am a
> bit old fashioned (ie: I first look at rc6.d) but probably hal, udev,
> hot/cold plug et al are the murderours characters.
>
> (It is a low priority bug as it's fairly specific in the steps to
> trigger it -- but fixing bugs is what we're here for... help welcome)
In case you end up trying to trace this yourself, this systemtap
script has been useful for me in a similar situation:
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/examples/process/sigkill.stp
Regards,
Tomeu
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Shutdown proces on F9 (8.2.x builds)... who kills X.org?
With the help of Mikus, a specific shutdown bug has been narrowed
down, and I think it's a race with the X.org server needing a little
bit longer to shut down cleanly.
More details on the bug itself at http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9943
("Shutdown process stops in text console when USB keyboard in use").
But it is not clear to me who is killing X.org in these builds. I am a
bit old fashioned (ie: I first look at rc6.d) but probably hal, udev,
hot/cold plug et al are the murderours characters.
(It is a low priority bug as it's fairly specific in the steps to
trigger it -- but fixing bugs is what we're here for... help welcome)
m
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Re: [Sugar-devel] New release of F11 for the XO-1 - Build11
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 03:50, Stanley Sokolow wrote: > My thoughts about Firefox. Even if it uses more resources than Midori, > it's worth the extra bytes. I am running Xubuntu (Teapot edition) from a > 2GB SD card in my XO, and I have Firefox on it. I installed the ePubReader > plug-in for Firefox. This runs nicely and allows you to view eBooks in > ePub format, which is the up-and-coming open format for books. You can > get free ePub eBooks from several free sites, including books.google.com, > www.feedbooks.com/publicdomain, and gutenberg.org. Project Gutenberg plain > text files can be read on the XO in Sugar using the Read ETexts activity, > but that activity says "Read Etexts is similar to the original Read > activity, but instead of PDFs this activity works with the plain text files > created for Project Gutenberg." Plain text versions are inferior to the > nicely formatted ePub books. Just for the record, it's the Read activity which supports ePub files. http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings/2009/06/18/read-and-epub-and-beyond/ Regards, Tomeu > To get the ePubReader plugin, all you do is go > to "Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons" in Firefox and search for ePubReader. > It even updates itself when new releases of the plug-in come out. > > Xubuntu doesn't use Gnome, but instead uses Xfce the light-weight window > manager. I would rather give up Gnome's bulk than leave out Firefox. > > One thing little annoying thing about using the ePubReader on my XO system > -- the directional buttons next to the screen don't work (aren't recognized) > so I can't turn the screen into tablet mode and still be able to navigate > page turns. Does anyone know an easy way to map these keys into up, down, > forward, and backward keys? It's been a long time since I played around > with keymapping in Linux. > > Stan Sokolow > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 5:14 PM, rihowa...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Some quick observations on F11 for the XO-1 - Build11. >> >> ... > > >> >> Gnome Desktop mode: >> In previous builds Midori was used as the web browser in gnome now Firefox >> is being pulled in. Is this an intentional change or a side effect of >> changing the build system? Midori is general considered to use less >> resources than Firefox. > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
