Re: [maemo-developers] wiiremote (Was: Nokia: simple method to gain agaming audience on 770/800)

2007-01-25 Thread Kon Wilms
The wiimote will not pair with the N800/770 via the onscreen dialogs because they force input of at least a one digit passkey for the bluetooth pairing. The wiimote doesn't make use of passkeys - it will simply pair without one. Cheers Kon On 1/24/07, Kees Jongenburger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: [maemo-developers] Newcommer question(emulator/major work/discount)

2007-01-25 Thread Rui.Zhou
Just check but seems scratchbox is only a crose-complier toolchain? -Original Message- From: ext Diego Escalante [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:57 PM To: Zhou Rui (Nokia-NET/Hangzhou) Cc: maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: Re: [maemo-developers]

Re: [maemo-developers] OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition

2007-01-25 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Hello Carlos and Markku this is pretty cool :-) Have a look at Markku’s notes (http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Os2007On770) if you are interested in the gory details. He’ll be updating these notes as he continues to work on this. Quite interesting reading. Found some of those bits about initfs

RE: [maemo-developers] OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition

2007-01-25 Thread Karoliina.T.Salminen
Hi, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ext Wahlau - Sent: 25 January, 2007 11:44 To: maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: Re: [maemo-developers] OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition hi, first of all thanks for the engineering version - at least

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gain a gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Raul Fernandes Herbster
Yeah... and besides that, no specific tutorials for maemo game programming are available. We have to try using the same techniques as we do at Desktop games. This idea could be improved. []'s 2007/1/25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, thanks for sharing these thoughts. What is

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gain a gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Raul Fernandes Herbster wrote: Yeah... and besides that, no specific tutorials for maemo game programming are available. We have to try using the same techniques as we do at Desktop games. This idea could be improved. You mean something like this http://maemo.org/maemowiki/GameDevelopment ?

[maemo-developers] RE: brightness Re: [maemo-users] Re: Storage/Sleep Issues..

2007-01-25 Thread Igor Stoppa
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 14:54 +0200, Salminen Karoliina.T (Nokia-M/Helsinki) wrote: Hi, Nothinig prevents you from creating a sysfs entry wich returns tahvo_get_backlight_level() or even a proc one, if you really are into that sort of thing. There is such entry -

RE: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Jakub.Pavelek
Raul Fernandes Herbster wrote: Yeah... and besides that, no specific tutorials for maemo game programming are available. We have to try using the same techniques as we do at Desktop games. This idea could be improved. You mean something like this http://maemo.org/maemowiki/GameDevelopment ?

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Raul Fernandes Herbster
what i mean is a tutorial which gives us some tips to create more sophisticated user interfaces. GTK is good, but not sufficient to catch gamers attention. []'s 2007/1/25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Raul Fernandes Herbster wrote: Yeah... and besides that, no specific tutorials for

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Frantisek Dufka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And also this from ot list of developer docs: http://maemo.org/platform/docs/howtos/howto_game_startup_bora.html Althought I never considered this game startup/pause screen a good idea worth of implementing in any game but it is probably just me :-) To me it seem

RE: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudienceon 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Jakub.Pavelek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And also this from ot list of developer docs: http://maemo.org/platform/docs/howtos/howto_game_startup_bora.html Althought I never considered this game startup/pause screen a good idea worth of implementing in any game but it is probably just me :-) To me it

Re: [maemo-developers] OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition

2007-01-25 Thread Carlos Guerreiro
An image will be available soon for download and flashing, to 770 users only. I guess including some sources - kernel at least (I am interested and maybe could even help) or all modified packages. Yes, we'll include the sources / patches to all open source packages that need to be

Re: [maemo-developers] OS 2007 / 770 hacker edition

2007-01-25 Thread Carlos Guerreiro
hi, first of all thanks for the engineering version - at least some of us here will not find ourselves abandoned. :) my first concern is - performance... would the OS2007 for 770 work sacrificing speed and stability? or it can work with OS2007 software at the OS2006 speed? Since N800 has

[maemo-developers] Will OLPC change Linux? / Will Java change Maemo ?

2007-01-25 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, I came across this article as subjected, consider me not much a wise guy for such comparisons but I'll generally like to know what Maemo developers think of OSS Java making any impact on Maemo project itself ? /kevin

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Aaron Levinson
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Andrew Barr wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 19:16 +0100, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: I got it!! me too Thanks VERY MUCH Maemo Team! ack Really really really thank you! It was REALLY unexpected :) to say the least Ordered already. Can't wait to get it!

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Andrew Barr
On 1/25/07, Aaron Levinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I called the number after I encountered the same problem--the person I spoke to said that there are currently problems processing the code (someone had already called). It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the credit card. He said that

Re: [maemo-developers] wiiremote (Was: Nokia: simple method to gain agaming audience on 770/800)

2007-01-25 Thread Johan Hedberg
Hi Kon, On Wed, Jan 24, 2007, Kon Wilms wrote: The wiimote will not pair with the N800/770 via the onscreen dialogs because they force input of at least a one digit passkey for the bluetooth pairing. The wiimote doesn't make use of passkeys - it will simply pair without one. Actually this is

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Israel Herraiz
On Thursday 25 January 2007, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: I got it!! I got mine too! Thanks a lot to the Maemo team. Cheers, Israel ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Brian Waite
Ok after a 30 minute converssation I have finally had my order accepted. You can't use the code online it says error processing credit card. You can't call 866-59nokia, they are clueless. You CAN call 888-665-4228 but level 1 support will just place the order at nokiausa and fail. You need get

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Larry Battraw
Warning-- do NOT empty your cart like I did. I got the exact same message and when I called the help desk I got passed to three different people, all of which said they couldn't help me. I tried emptying my cart to see if that would help in letting them process the code, but no dice. Once you

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Andrew Barr
On 1/25/07, Larry Battraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warning-- do NOT empty your cart like I did. I got the exact same message and when I called the help desk I got passed to three different people, all of which said they couldn't help me. I tried emptying my cart to see if that would help in

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Larry Battraw
On 1/25/07, Andrew Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/07, Larry Battraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warning-- do NOT empty your cart like I did. I got the exact same message and when I called the help desk I got passed to three different people, all of which said they couldn't help me. I

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Hubert Figuiere
I got it!! I got mine too! Thanks a lot to the Maemo team. I received a code, thanks to the Maemo team. Now, I would like to ask how one is supposed to order from Canada? The Canadian Nokia store does not list it. Will the US store accept and order to Canada? Their contact form already

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Brian Waite
Larry, I am willing to bet your code works. The code is not valid at the Nokia US store. Although it registers, you cannot complete the transaction. (Credit Card verification failure. Read my post from before you can call and get it taken care of or wait. I bet by Monday they have it working

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Jon Smirl
I got my code to work for US delivery, $125 total. It wouldn't accept the code until you picked a shipping method. I'm giving my 770 to another Linux developer who is going to pretty surprised when they find out. He has been lusting for one and couldn't afford it. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Andrew Barr
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 15:55 -0500, Brian Waite wrote: Larry, I am willing to bet your code works. The code is not valid at the Nokia US store. Although it registers, you cannot complete the transaction. (Credit Card verification failure. Read my post from before you can call and get it

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Larry Battraw
Brian, I saw your post so I'm hopeful I'll be able to call and get someone able to help me. However, the first time I tried placing the online order it accepted the code and deducted the coupon amount. Now it says the coupon has been used and refuses to take it (online, or when the people at

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Larry Battraw
Ok, I misunderstood and thought they went out to the US on Tuesday. Anyway, Hooray --I went back in and tried it in a new browser session and it not only took the discount code, it completed the order successfully. I am one happy camper, thanks Maemo Team! Larry On 1/25/07, Brian Waite

Re: [maemo-developers] VMWare Appliance for MAEMO 2.0?

2007-01-25 Thread Luca Manganelli
On 1/24/07, Marius Gedminas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or someone can make a single VMWare appliance for both Maemo versions. It is posible to install the 2.1 SDK on Scratchbox 1.0 -- I've just done so, following the instructions on this page:

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Ty Hoffman
Larry Battraw wrote: Ok, I misunderstood and thought they went out to the US on Tuesday. Anyway, Hooray --I went back in and tried it in a new browser session and it not only took the discount code, it completed the order successfully. I am one happy camper, thanks Maemo Team! Larry On

Re: [maemo-developers] This Nokia N800 discount code is for you

2007-01-25 Thread Jae Stutzman
Thank you maemo team! Already ordered. :) ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

Re: [maemo-developers] Follow-up: N800 and Newton

2007-01-25 Thread Sean Luke
Kalle wrote: 2007/1/25, Sean Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - It's true that different (Newton vs. GTK+) doesn't mean better. But IMHO it doesn't require rabid fanboyism to make a cogent argument that GTK+ is distinctly inferior to OS X Yes, obviously a widget toolkit has no chance

[maemo-developers] Camera apps for N800

2007-01-25 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, Are there more applications to use the camera for capturing photos or videos ? Can the default behavior of camera pop-out be changed ? Regards, Kevin ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org

Re: [maemo-developers] Phone management application

2007-01-25 Thread Daniel Amelang
On 1/24/07, Anuj Verma (Kevin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I'll really crap my phones as modems if I can ! I don't know what that means where you're from, but I'm really confused. Dan ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org

[maemo-developers] Re: Phone management application

2007-01-25 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:03:34 -0800, Daniel Amelang wrote: I don't know what that means where you're from, but I'm really confused. Dan nevermind :-) ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org

[maemo-developers] USA shop trouble + update

2007-01-25 Thread quim.gil
Hi, Analyzing the sequence of emails in this list and my mailbox it looks like there was some trouble at the Nokia USA shop, although it seems that the customer support mechanism scaled up the issue and by now they are all aware and like able to solve problems (I need to confirm the latter, but

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudience on 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Tapani Pälli
ext Raul Fernandes Herbster wrote: what i mean is a tutorial which gives us some tips to create more sophisticated user interfaces. GTK is good, but not sufficient to catch gamers attention. []'s Perhaps you should first share what are you trying to achieve? If you think of desktop games,

Re: [maemo-developers] to Nokia: simple method to gaina gamingaudienceon 770/800

2007-01-25 Thread Kees Jongenburger
On 1/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * easy to make basic GUI for game setup (input methods do not work in SDL) Hello I guess anybody how is porting a SDL game will run into the keyboard issue problem. It would be nice if we can port existing SDL games but that really means