Re: [PATCH powerd] Fix config_SLEEP_WHEN_LID_CLOSED

2012-05-23 Thread Paul Fox
+2543,9 @@ read_config() > > wake_on_open=$(yes_or_true_to_boolean "$config_WAKE_WHEN_LID_OPENED") > > + if [ -z "$sleep_on_close" ] ; then > +wake_on_open=true > +fi > } > > battery_shutdown() > -- > 1.7.10 =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: pointer (touchpad) aceleration and threshold too low in 11.3.* builds

2012-05-22 Thread Paul Fox
ixes/suggestions could end up there. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [PATCH powerd] Inhibit suspend while audio device is open

2012-05-21 Thread Paul Fox
# see if there's been activity during the recent idle period -- > @@ -1330,7 +1327,8 @@ general_inhibit() > > laptop_busy() > { > -general_inhibit || usb_inhibit || ttyusb_inhibit || cpu_or_network_busy > +general_inhibit || usb_inhibit || ttyusb_inhibit || cpu_or

Re: [PATCH powerd] Inhibit suspend while audio device is open

2012-05-21 Thread Paul Fox
> # see if there's been activity during the recent idle period -- > @@ -1330,7 +1327,8 @@ general_inhibit() > > laptop_busy() > { > -general_inhibit || usb_inhibit || ttyusb_inhibit || cpu_or_network_busy > +general_inhibit || usb_inhibit || ttyusb_inhi

Re: pointer (touchpad) aceleration and threshold too low in 11.3.* builds

2012-05-18 Thread Paul Fox
eduardo h. silva wrote: > 2012/5/18 Eduardo H. Silva : > > 2012/5/17 Paul Fox : > >> eduardo h. silva wrote: > >>  > 2012/5/17 Paul Fox : > >>  > > eduardo h. silva wrote: > >>  > >  > xset q tells t

Re: pointer (touchpad) aceleration and threshold too low in 11.3.* builds

2012-05-17 Thread Paul Fox
eduardo h. silva wrote: > 2012/5/17 Paul Fox : > > eduardo h. silva wrote: > >  > xset q tells that in 11.3.1, the pointer is configured with the values: > >  > > >  > acceleration 7/4 threshold: 1 > >  > > >  > This takes 2, 3

Re: pointer (touchpad) aceleration and threshold too low in 11.3.* builds

2012-05-16 Thread Paul Fox
with the older pre 11.3.* behavior. so you think it was better, previously? i wonder what has changed. those xset values were chosen specifically to be appropriate for the original ALPS touchpad on XO-1. it's entirely possible, now that we're two laptops and at least as many touchpads beyond

Re: cross compile

2012-05-16 Thread Paul Fox
you may need to set CROSS_COMPILE to a full path prefix, e.g.: 'export CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/cross/bin/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabi-' or, if your installation contains a bin directory with unprefixed names: 'export CROSS_COMPILE=/usr/local/cross

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-12 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > On 07.05.2012, at 19:05, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> > >> On 07.05.2012, at 18:19, Paul Fox wrote: > >> > >>> bert wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I'm t

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-08 Thread Paul Fox
> > > > > > > RCX 1.0 = Infrared via serial (launched 1998) > > > > > > > > RCX 2.0 = Infrared via USB tower (2001) > > > > > > > > NXT = Bluetooth (2006) > > > > > > > > WeDO = USB (2009

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-08 Thread Paul Fox
dea though. Currently it is > > provided > > > > by the "nqc" rpm. > > > > > > > > > > > > OTOH, there is no Sugar activity that uses the RCX, AFAIK. Worse, > > I don't > > > > even know any graphical Linux application to talk to the RCX. Do you? > >

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-08 Thread Paul Fox
ne > like this: > BUS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="04d8", ATTRS{idProduct}=="000[bc]", MODE="0666" so this is new since the last we discussed special rules. okay. > The latest build of Sugar have the udev for WeDo.Could be added the NXT > rules. >

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-07 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > > On 07.05.2012, at 18:19, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to connect a LEGO RCX via the RCX 2.0 USB Tower. When plugging > >> it > >> in, it gets listed with name and ven

Re: legousbtower kernel module

2012-05-07 Thread Paul Fox
iling > myself? i think the kernel is really missing that module. i'd never heard of it until just now. i'll see if we can get an rpm built for 11.3.0 and 11.3.1. (and 12.1.0) paul > > Thanks! > > - Bert - > > >

Re: [OLPC Engineering] [Techteam] 12.1.0 devel build 9 released, for the XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2012-05-05 Thread Paul Fox
://build.laptop.org/12.1.0/os9/ > ___ > Techteam mailing list > techt...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/techteam > ___ > Engineering mailing list > engineer...@laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/engineering =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-05 Thread Paul Fox
kevin wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > > > sascha wrote: > > > > > > > i've cherry-picked 65a5f2b3 onto olpc-2.6.35, and the autobuilder > > > > did the rest. this implements a new "libertas_disablemesh&

Re: [Sugar-devel] Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-04 Thread Paul Fox
out having to build and maintain a custom kernel. Based on a patch by Paul Fox . Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe Signed-off-by: John W. Linville - > > The reason we've not gone the module parameter route so far (in > Dextrose 3) is that we didn't wa

Re: [Sugar-devel] Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Fox
12 at 2:24 AM, Ajay Garg wrote: > > Thanks Paul. > > I will test this, and get back to you once done. > > > > Thanks a ton > > > > > > Regards, > > Ajay > > > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Paul Fox wrote: > >>

Re: [Sugar-devel] Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Fox
i586.rpm paul > > cheers, > > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wik

Re: Switching to randomly generated hostnames

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Fox
> > > > You're right. When I wrote "hex digits" I actually meant to write "hex > > bytes". i.e. I was not suggesting that we reduce the amount of data, > > only change where it comes from. > > > > Daniel > >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Fox
r...@laptop.org -- Software Architect - OLPC > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Switching to randomly generated hostnames

2012-05-01 Thread Paul Fox
ections? > > Thanks, > Daniel > _______ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-01 Thread Paul Fox
ajay wrote: > Thanks Paul. > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > > > ajay wrote: > > > Any ideas please, regarding the two latest queries :) ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ajay > > >

Re: Wanting to know a bit of (NetworkManager) workflow upon resume-from-suspend

2012-05-01 Thread Paul Fox
> >> > >> Also in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > >> > >> change the plugins line to > >> > >> plugins=ifcfg-rh,keyfile > >> > >> Then add a section that looks like this. > >> > >> [keyfile] >

Re: 12.1.0 devel build 7 released, for the XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2012-04-14 Thread Paul Fox
ly suspending, or is it just that the screen is dimming and blanking? the latter is expected. the former may or not represent crack slippage. paul =----- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://li

Re: [OLPC Engineering] [Techteam] 12.1.0 devel build 7 released, for the XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2012-04-13 Thread Paul Fox
; -Read-97 > +Read-98 > -TurtleArt-136 > +TurtleArt-137 > > Download from: > http://build.laptop.org/12.1.0/os7/ > ___ > Techteam mailing list > techt...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/techteam > _______

Re: [support-gang] XO brightness key operation

2012-04-09 Thread Paul Fox
nicholas wrote: > Is there a way to read the current value of the 1.75's ambient light > sensor? It'd be neat if that could be displayed by an activity. there is. turtleart can do this, i believe. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Light_Sensor#Programming paul =----------

XO brightness key operation

2012-04-09 Thread Paul Fox
ards, holding Fn will force the top row of keys to generate F1 through F12. finally: all of the above functionality is available from the shell commandline: $ olpc-brightness -h usage: olpc-brightness [up|down|max|min|<0-15>|color|mono] paul =- paul fox, p...@l

powerd-100 for 12.1.0 / F17, new inhibit-suspend behavior

2012-03-30 Thread Paul Fox
perately inhibit screen dim as well. i haven't updated the docs or the comments in the powerd script. bear with me. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Trac slowness diagnosis

2012-03-29 Thread Paul Fox
asking. (at least, i hope not.) paul =--------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Trac slowness diagnosis

2012-03-29 Thread Paul Fox
t;? "richard"?). it would be a huge help if there could be a link to a page with a valid user list -- updated once or a few times daily would be sufficient -- that could be used for reference. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org __

Re: [OLPC Engineering] [Techteam] XO-1.75 OpenFirmware serial terminal

2012-03-28 Thread Paul Fox
at's a very cool trick. So only XO-1.75 can be the host, but any XO > model can be the target? a cool trick indeed. now if james and mitch could just get OFW to support python, there's a whole lot of middleware we could get rid of. pa

Re: [Sugar-devel] Patch: Mobile dongles

2012-03-27 Thread Paul Fox
; > > is briefly turned off and the connection is lost, negating any > > > benefit from keeping it powered during sleep. > > > > > > Tony > > > > > =- > > paul fox, p...@laptop.org > > ___ > >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Patch: Mobile dongles

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Fox
jerry wrote: > On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 11:54 -0400, Paul Fox wrote: > > jerry wrote: > > > On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 16:44 +1100, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: > > > > David > > > > > > > > This message was sent with a gsm dongl

Re: 12.1.0 devel build 5 released, for the XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Fox
aproject.org > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Patch: Mobile dongles

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Fox
e too much to ask for all GSM devices to be in the same USB class. :-/ (maybe the module presence check is okay -- it just doesn't feel right.) paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Patch: Mobile dongles

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Fox
nnection is lost, negating any > benefit from keeping it powered during sleep. > > Tony > =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: New boot animation for 12.1.0

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Fox
s causing the problem. i think mikus might be saying that without animation, it's harder to tell that the boot has stopped. hopefully the much shorter boot times will make that more obvious, after we all become used to the speedup. (right now, given how we're used to pretty slow boots, it would be easier to wait at a single dot for some time before realizing something is wrong.) paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Video chat activity (was: Re: C and Sugar/GTK)

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Fox
hat happens if you simply install and run the gnome version of empathy on an XO? that would seem like the first step. :-) (and i'm interested in hearing how it works!) paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel ma

Re: [PATCH] olpc.fth - grow the root filesystem partition on boot

2012-03-16 Thread Paul Fox
> -fprintf(zfile, "zblocks-end:\n"); > +fprintf(outfile, "zblocks-end:\nresize:\n"); > +fprintf(zfile, "zblocks-end:\nresize:\n"); > > fclose(infile); > fclose(outfile); > -- > 1.7.9.1 > > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Some questions about "root" and "olpc" logins.

2012-03-16 Thread Paul Fox
t; login DOES ask for the > "root" password, and authentication is successful upon entering the correct > root-password. > > What is the reason for this difference in behaviour? > > > > It might very well be a design decision; just my bad

Re: Kernel

2012-03-10 Thread Paul Fox
ing kernels can be fraught with peril, and hey, it's only disk space. go ahead and remove the old files, if you're confident. paul > > Thanks > > KG > > > > > > Peter > > > part 2 text/plain 129 > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Removing duplication in /boot - affects kernel development

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Fox
ou put a /boot/vmlinuz > kernel in place too. But, run olpc-dev-kernel first, and things will > work as before). > > > Are developers prepared to put up with these 2 minor changes in the > interest in solving this duplication problem? is the duplication problem greater than simply the waste of disk space? paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: powerd and wlanpacket [PATCH] revised patches

2012-02-27 Thread Paul Fox
jerry wrote: > On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 10:46 -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > > > > first, to clarify: "DCON" doesn't take over the system. powerd uses > > the DCON to blank the screen -- that's all it does. it has no effect > > whatsoever on wireless.

Re: powerd and wlanpacket [PATCH] revised patches

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Fox
nt to > > > trusting its feedback? > > > > > > > perhaps i don't understand the goal. i thought the problem you were > > having > > > > with your deployments was that idle suspend was interfering with > > collaboration. > &

Re: powerd and wlanpacket [PATCH] revised patches

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Fox
jerry wrote: > > Hey Paul: > I'm back, and I think I can explain this now once you patch powerd for > some better logging around set_wake_on_wlan, that would be patch 1. what version of powerd did you start from? paul =--------- paul fox

Re: powerd and wlanpacket [PATCH]

2012-02-20 Thread Paul Fox
jerry wrote: > Hi Paul: > > I'll see if I can be clearer in my explanation. > > On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 08:47 -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > > hi jerry -- > > > > jerry wrote: > > > Hi All: > > > > > > While working wi

Re: powerd and wlanpacket [PATCH]

2012-02-20 Thread Paul Fox
; +trace wlanpacket during $until > selfinject fake_useractive $lastwakeup "$wakeupsource" > -break > +if [ "$XO" = 1.75 ] > +then > + break >

Re: Must just be my week for strange behaviour

2012-02-15 Thread Paul Fox
rking machines, you'll see that the very first character produced by OFW is '+'. or is next, then the Forthmacs strings. i believe mitch uses every one of those characters as a progress indication. dying as early as your machine

Re: [OLPC-AU] lid close while shutting down

2012-02-14 Thread Paul Fox
#x27;ll check on that), and run far enough to cause a suspend -- but i'm skeptical. (at that point the system was already in trouble, so arguably suspending would be better than not, anyway.) paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Impacts of disabling Automatic Power Management

2012-02-09 Thread Paul Fox
gument that it's almost useless... I think he is also > > misunderstanding some aspects of it :-) > > > > Well, we're testing this combination, someone has to take the lead. > Without doing anything the XOs will never

Re: limits on ad-hoc connections

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Fox
opology awareness and routing, so if A can see B and B can see C, then B will forward packets from A to C. that can't happen with ad-hoc. paul > > Sridhar > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Impacts of disabling Automatic Power Management

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Fox
our build. > > Sridhar > > > [1] https://dev.laptop.org.au/issues/1049 > [2] http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/10363#comment:21 > > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > Engineering Manager > One Laptop per Child Australia > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Impacts of disabling Automatic Power Management

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Fox
> Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Impacts of disabling Automatic Power Management

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Fox
sridhar wrote: > On 1 February 2012 15:43, Paul Fox wrote: > > sridhar wrote: > > > We are considering disabling Automatic Power Management because of its > > > impact on collaboration and 3G connectivity. > > > > > > What kind of battery lif

Re: Impacts of disabling Automatic Power Management

2012-01-31 Thread Paul Fox
> Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [OLPC Engineering] [Techteam] olpc-kernel.git - arm-3.0-ramp vs arm-3.0-wip

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Fox
u should do a new copy to .config, because there have been cleanup changes. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: USB permissions for educational robots

2012-01-22 Thread Paul Fox
james wrote: > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 04:57:10PM -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > > i would like to propose giving user-level read/write access to any > > USB device which isn't an auto-mounted filesystem. perhaps an easier > > rule would be, any non-storage USB device.

Re: USB permissions for educational robots

2012-01-22 Thread Paul Fox
ed filesystem. perhaps an easier rule would be, any non-storage USB device. can anyone think of reasons that this would be unacceptable? (i assume, but don't know, that this would not be hard to implement. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: USB permissions for educational robots

2012-01-03 Thread Paul Fox
los errores de tipeo. > El 03/01/2012 12:12, "Paul Fox" escribió: > > > roughly speaking, we chose the "dialout" group because a) it's a > > traditional group for access to UNIX serial devices, b) many USB > > devices that activities need access

Re: USB permissions for educational robots

2012-01-03 Thread Paul Fox
> write) > If add this permissions to "lego" group, we need create it.. > But, we don't make it, an use an existing group like "root"? Or another... > Suggestions? > We can make a generic group "robot" that have permissions for: lego

announcing 1.75 firmware Q4C08

2011-12-21 Thread Paul Fox
r way. thanks! paul =----- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: announcing 1.75 firmware Q4C07

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Fox
jonathan wrote: > On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:21:23 -0500 > Paul Fox wrote: > > > > FWIW, my C1 will not boot with this version. Silly me, I didn't note > > what > > > release it had initially...q4c06 also fails (everything just stops after > >

Re: announcing 1.75 firmware Q4C07

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Fox
jonathan wrote: > On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:19:49 -0500 > Paul Fox wrote: > > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_q4c07 > > > > this is primarily an EC release. it has numerous battery system > > changes, and it introduces support for preserving

announcing 1.75 firmware Q4C07

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Fox
on b1/b2 machines too (also w/ h/w mod), but my testing today showed it's not quite there. paul =----- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-28 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Paul Fox wrote: > > - hitting "brightness down" one more time when at level 0 will > >switch to mono. users that use auto-repeat to get there probably > >won't see a difference. as discussed on t

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > > On 24.11.2011, at 17:23, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> > >> So I would rather not add that extra step "below 0". > > > > okay, i'm fine with that -- i was on the fence. but i think you and > >

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Fox
kevin wrote: > I too will test this weekend. Silly q: should I test both sugar and > gnome, or just sugar? by all means, try both. it should work on VT console screens, too. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel m

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > > On 24.11.2011, at 16:09, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> Today is a sunny day in cold Germany, unlike in the first half of the > >> week. > So > >> I took the 1.75 outside. > >> > >> IMHO the

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Fox
> > - Bert - > > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 11.3.1 build 13 released for XO-1.75

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Fox
illing USB. > > > > Subsequent S/R cycles, perhaps benefit from a faster / different S/R > > codepath > that doesn't have to deal with USB. > > > > cheers, > > > > > > m > > { Martin Langhoff - one laptop per child } > >

Re: 11.3.1 build 13 released for XO-1.75

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Fox
C > > - ask interesting questions > > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > > _______ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org >

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Fox
sensor but surprisingly not the control keys > > > > i don't follow -- the code in powerd currently has (or should have) no > > effect on how the brightness keys work. they're handled by > > olpc-brightness. so they should continue doing what they were doing > > before you modified those lines to reenable "zero brightness gives mono" > > behavior. > > The brightness keys no longer give monochrome at zero brightness. > You must have coded that somewhere in powerd? Line 1793 looked > like it was going to be the culprit. no, i coded it in /usr/bin/olpc-brightness. the code in powerd is there for suspend dimming, and now, auto-backlight turnoff. thanks, paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Fox
change the limits directly and they > > should take effect immediately. > > > > additionally, to cause auto-monochrome to happen, uncomment the > > obvious lines at the end of set_brightness() and brightness_ramp(). > > > > paul > > > > >

Re: 11.3.1 build 12 released for XO-1.75

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Fox
t in. paul =----- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
i wrote: > > please try os12, when available, and see how it feels. > i'm afraid the necessary firmware didn't make the deadline for os12, so you'll need to either wait for os13, or q4c05 firmware, whichever comes first. paul =--------- p

Re: automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
tely. additionally, to cause auto-monochrome to happen, uncomment the obvious lines at the end of set_brightness() and brightness_ramp(). paul > > Tony > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > On 21.11.2011, at 18:06, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> When you add the auto-turnoff, it should only toggle the backlight, > >> not the mono-color setting. I don't think that would be too > >> confusing, from a user's

Re: automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
> As for the undiscoverable control, make it a Sugar science activity. > Give the user the actual sensor readings, sliders to control the > thresholds and hysteresis, etc, and let them play with it. Teaches > them about the sensor, the cir

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > On 21.11.2011, at 15:22, Paul Fox wrote: > > > it quickly became clear (to me, at least) that it would be confusing > > if user-dimming behaved differently than auto-backlight-control, with > > respect to monochrome mode. whether or not it's con

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
re's no way to disable it. that will change, but i'm not sure what form the UI might take. paul > > Cheers, > > KG > > > > paul > > > > [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display#The_theory > > =- > > paul fo

Re: [Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
ile sleep 1 do echo $(( i = ! i )) > /sys/devices/platform/dcon/monochrome don =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

automatic backlight control

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Fox
talk about this in the abstract, since most of you don't have 1.75 machines to play with. if you do have one, please try it when os12 comes out. paul [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display#The_theory =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 12.1.0 devel build 1 released, for XO-1.5 and XO-1

2011-11-07 Thread Paul Fox
mikus wrote: > My mistake - apologies. > > Turned out it was the SD card that had given up the ghost (and was > non-responsive). When I inserted a different "external" SD card, it was > correctly recognized by os1. it's a feature! :-) =--

Re: XO bluetooth support

2011-11-01 Thread Paul Fox
kevin wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Peter Robinson wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > > > it seems that there's more interest in bluetooth support on the XO > > > laptops than there has been in the past -- unsu

XO bluetooth support

2011-11-01 Thread Paul Fox
l, i realize) of our users. please update http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/11285 with specific suggestions or requirements. if someone would like to open an equivalent ticket for userspace package requirements, that would be dandy as well. thanks! paul =--------- paul

Re: harvesting energy

2011-10-27 Thread Paul Fox
p://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > part 3 text/plain 129 > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: opportunistic suspend article on LWN

2011-10-20 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > > i'm not too worried that we can't do better with what's coming along. > > Is it worth making noise about olpc-powerd, lessons learned, desirable > features? > > We are ahead of

Re: opportunistic suspend article on LWN

2011-10-20 Thread Paul Fox
sly available rocks and stones held together with bits of chewing gum and string that we provided, i'm not too worried that we can't do better with what's coming along. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing l

Re: low contrast icons on the favourites view

2011-10-04 Thread Paul Fox
entered, it would be pretty obvious what was happening. paul > And does clearing that search solve the issue? > > cheers > Daniel > _______ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org

Re: XO 1.75 ofw_olpc.c question

2011-09-30 Thread Paul Fox
voking arch_reset blindly without setting up identity > map, but I didn't yet try doing this > prior to the __olpc_ofw call so I'm just conjecturing... > > Thanks, > A > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.la

Re: 11.3.0 build 7 released, for XO-1.75, XO-1.5 and XO-1

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Fox
> > > > Changes and notes from os6: > > > > kernel: > > - AVC hack to disable tap to click > > > > Activity changes: > > -Browse-126 > > +Browse-127 > > ___ > > Devel mailing list

Re: ARM gcc with alsa

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Fox
t; Thx > >> Barry Vercoe > >> > >> Prof Emeritus MIT Media Lab > >> http://web.media.mit.edu/~bv <http://web.media.mit.edu/%7Ebv> > >> > >> Dir of Education and Engineering, OLPC Australia > >> ba...@laptop.

Re: Waking up on key release

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Fox
as "echo mem > /sys/power/state". i guess it depends on who you think will be using this command. paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: 11.3.0 build 6 released, for XO-1.75, XO-1.5 and XO-1

2011-09-21 Thread Paul Fox
er, it doesn't show me the name screen. > Mouse > isn't frozen, but the blank white screen just sits there. Anyone else seeing > this? > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.la

Re: Syncronizing defconfig between XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2011-09-15 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > > thanks for doing this. pushed? > > Now yes, had faild on transient network error. Sorry. > > > > - Did not enable CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_OLPC as it seems to be for ALPS. > > > >

Re: Syncronizing defconfig between XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2011-09-15 Thread Paul Fox
martin -- thanks for doing this. pushed? martin wrote: > > - Did not enable CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_OLPC as it seems to be for ALPS. this means installing an ALPS base on a 1.75 won't work. i think we want it enabled. paul =----- paul fox, p...

Re: olpc-kbdshim unhappy in os42?

2011-09-08 Thread Paul Fox
f - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

Re: Command to power cycle

2011-09-08 Thread Paul Fox
east to work (or > not). > > Absolutely no urgency. > > Cheers, > > KG > part 2 text/plain 129 > _______ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =-

Re: powerd-dbus network extension

2011-09-06 Thread Paul Fox
... > > I didn't go with the rfkill extra in the end - wasn't quite as simple > as I'd hoped. Needs a fresh look, which may even result in it being > fixed elsewhere. > > Thanks, > Daniel =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel

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