long name package problem

2008-03-01 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! Last 2 weeks or so I have a problem to see updated files in graphical application manager. Names for ubuntu files are so long, that it makes it impossible to format correctly. Manager formats from right to left. The size and version are shown, no space for name left on the screen. The apps

Re: web based local application GUIs

2007-11-27 Thread Zoran Kolic
1.) Rpc (aka web services) 2.) Dbus 3.) Direct SQLite DB interaction Whatever motivation was, I second the idea to use 770/800/810 as device as user wants. Even smaller computers have place under the sun for more ambicious tasks. Web services could be love/hate, they solve the problem making

Re: installation of perl:PDL

2007-10-18 Thread Zoran Kolic
Back in time, there were reports in this forum of somebody (Xavier Calvet) who successfully installed perl:PDL in maemo. But I can't! there is no CPAN nor MakeMaker, so I am left to following make-ing instructions by hand. If you have module somewhere handy, could you just put it to be in the

Re: New release of Python2.5 for Maemo

2007-06-28 Thread Zoran Kolic
I have my mother in mind, who isn't even going to subscribe to maemo-developers, let alone even consider writing code. device is sold to a far wider audience: I suspect more people have bought it from Nokia shops and the like (one of the main telcos advertises it in newspapers here), than

Re: Boot bora as root

2007-04-19 Thread Zoran Kolic
still no luck on getting application installer to run as far as some programs not working when unning as root per Zoran's comment, I see no reason why they shouldn't (I accept that they might not, but they probably should IMO) ... these internet tablets have a LOT of potential .

Re: Boot bora as root

2007-04-18 Thread Zoran Kolic
That was my assumption also. I changed the occurances of use/users (one occurance of systemui/users) to root/root in the init scripts so I changed out all the references to /home/user to /home/root and made a symlink from /home/root to point to /root I then copied over (without

Re: No more 770 bug activity?

2007-04-02 Thread Zoran Kolic
- As Carlos Guerreiro has pointed out previously, there are no plans to make any new official release for the 770. There is the IT OS hacker edition, but it's not official and the official development in Nokia is currently focused in the maemo 3.x, IT OS 2007 and what is coming next. This

lfm failure

2007-03-24 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! I have a problem, trying to get lfm file manager up. It is written in python and needs curses. Curses are copied from my desktop system as directory. Now I have error with message: cannot import nameMissingReplyHandlerException In this moment I have no clue where to go next. Does someone

Re: Xephyr dependencies stop progress...

2007-03-22 Thread Zoran Kolic
Thanks to Paul Klapperich's suggestion, I was able to use 'alien' to create an RPM file out of the DEB file. Now I am back in dependency hell. Xephyr depends on error: Failed dependencies: libXau.so.6 is needed by xserver-xephyr-1.1.1-21 libXdmcp.so.6 is needed by

Re: N800 and USB host mode

2007-03-04 Thread Zoran Kolic
Has anybody played around with trying to get the N800 to support USB host mode? Yes, I know that this won't work without a modified USB hub to inject +5V onto the USB port. Not the answer to question. Just like to get more info on the subject. I've found cable with 5 pins for the 770 side and

Re: Programmatically Enabling Hardware Keys

2007-02-24 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! In x server it is possible to use xev to find correct button identifi- cation. Then, using xmodmap, to map them to appropriate function. I'm not sure does it work on 770; have to take a look on binaries. Zoran

Re: becomeroot once again but with password

2007-02-22 Thread Zoran Kolic
To have a free access user make completely superfluous to use a private-public key pair to ssh to root. Anybody can see both the private and public, what is the need of authentication? One plus is that only you know the passphrase. Better then nothing. If user or is without a true password

Re: Security Guidance for N800 OS development

2007-02-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
I mention this because, as more Internet aware/dependent applications are developed for the N800 (it is an Internet tablet after all) the attack surface for the product will increase. I have asked previously about whether or not the N800 has a stateful firewall but so far the answer

Re: Security Guidance for N800 OS development

2007-02-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
#!/bin/sh echo your system is now secured Works! Man! Thank you! I take back all I sad about security. Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

[maemo-developers] Re: MMH project started

2007-02-09 Thread Zoran Kolic
After reading some documentation, I've found ready solution for those, who use mutt. App called msmtp is available for sending mail to smtp server. If queue is needed, msmtpqueue scripting method could solve the issue. To use it, in .muttrc should be added line to what binary to send. (Default is

[maemo-developers] Re: MMH project started

2007-02-08 Thread Zoran Kolic
procmailrc uses a very complicated syntax. So I am pretty sure I will skip it, probably in favor of maildrop. I used fetchmail and put the stream to sendmail/postfix on the 25 port. It could hand it to maildrop for sure. I don't think that fetchmail can do it alone. How do you configured on

[maemo-developers] Re: Kernel guide for maemo (and other devel docs)

2007-02-06 Thread Zoran Kolic
I suggest that you don't advocate following steps of manual editing of .config files. It is considered as bad practice even though it works. With complete howto, it must be easier. There is linux kernel nutshell for free on the net. Bsd breed use this approach. Zoran

[maemo-developers] armel-debs.applieddata

2007-02-06 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! Any experience with armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian/pool/main ? Would be nice to use some precompiled binaries without bricking the device. Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list

[maemo-developers] Re: New list spin-off?

2007-02-05 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Renamed maemo-developers@maemo.org, no change in subscribers. Or just devel or dev. 770-dev and 800-dev? [EMAIL PROTECTED] New list, interested people need to join. Applications or apps? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Renamed maemo-users@maemo.org, no change in

[maemo-developers] Re: Span filesystem across both SD cards?

2007-02-02 Thread Zoran Kolic
This may be a crazy idea, but what possibilities exist to span a single filesystem across the two SD cards, thus presenting a single filesystem to the N800? Not a crazy idea, but you must have a good reason for that. Raid is out of question. Someone should measure memory consumption for this

[maemo-developers] Re: Span filesystem across both SD cards?

2007-02-02 Thread Zoran Kolic
And now that I've learned all that much, I created the wrong symlinks: I cp'ed /usr to the MMC, and then made the wrong link: ln -s /media/mmc2/usr /usr. Yes, now I know it should be the reverse way, but do not understand why. That's it! Don't warry about. You have option to symlink whole

[maemo-developers] Re: Span filesystem across both SD cards?

2007-02-02 Thread Zoran Kolic
That's it! Don't warry about. You have option to symlink whole directory: ln -s /usr/bin /media/mmc2/usr/bin Wrong. ln is like cp: it takes the existing path first, and makes it appear at the destination, which you supply second. You are right. Sebastian should have binaries on mmc and

[maemo-developers] Re: Sending mail from console

2007-01-30 Thread Zoran Kolic
I try to send an email from a console application using the integrated osso-email, but it seems that ist does not have a console mode or a suitable dbus call. Unix pipes have a hard time to work with graphic apps. If I put a mail into apps/email/Mail/Outbox/ using a reengineered filename

[maemo-developers] pyopenssl

2007-01-26 Thread Zoran Kolic
Howdy! Does someone use pyopenssl on 770? Any opinion on libssl from command line? Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

[maemo-developers] Re: kernel modules

2007-01-13 Thread Zoran Kolic
Maybe this is just me being thick, but why would you want a firewall if you're not running any services? Why not? And, ports are used every time I do something on the net. Statefull firewall would be the perfect filter for in and out packets. I see implemented iptables as stateless, since it

[maemo-developers] Re: kernel modules

2007-01-13 Thread Zoran Kolic
Daniel, iptables is already on 770. It just works like its not. Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

[maemo-developers] Re: OS2006 roadmap

2007-01-12 Thread Zoran Kolic
How do you specify WPA2+AES? Under the Security method list in connections setup, I've got WPA pre-shared key or WPA with EAP only. The former. Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org

[maemo-developers] kernel modules

2007-01-12 Thread Zoran Kolic
I'd like to know if nokia or someone else has repository for modules, rest after kompiling the kernel for os versions? Since the choice of stuff must to stay inside ~64Mb, I'm sure that a lot of it has left aside. Now, when OS2006 goes to no-man-land, it would be nice to have compatible modules

[maemo-developers] iptables question

2007-01-11 Thread Zoran Kolic
Does someone use iptables on 2.2006.39-14? Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers

[maemo-developers] Re: OS2006 roadmap

2007-01-11 Thread Zoran Kolic
Also, there are some bugs left in the 770 OS which only Nokia can fix (like rebooting every 5 minutes when using WPA for wireless) I use wpa2 and aes with no reboot. 2.2006.39-14. I don't see 770 as a bad device, for the same rea- son someone see it like that. It could be trans- formed into

[maemo-developers] Re: step by step tutorial for developing home applets

2007-01-09 Thread Zoran Kolic
Is there a python howto for home applets Oreilly books look the best choice to me. Programming python exspecialy. Even inventor of the language made fine tutorial in digital format. Zoran ___ maemo-developers mailing

[maemo-developers] socat error

2007-01-06 Thread Zoran Kolic
Hi all! Using socat, I try to connect to pop server on port 995. It should support ssl encryption. So, I tried this: socat - openssl:server:995 Socat puts error message in SSL_connect() function. I have libssl installed. Have I missed something? This libssl with libssl-dev is part of

[maemo-developers] Re: gethostbyname() ?? Unable to become root

2007-01-03 Thread Zoran Kolic
When I try to become root in an xterminal (sudo su -, or sudo gainroot) it often fails and I end up with this error message. unable to lookup Nokia770-39 via gethostbyname() I suspect you have changed hosts file. For the very first line it should be 127.0.0.1 new_box_name localhost This new

[maemo-developers] mount problem

2006-12-20 Thread Zoran Kolic
Hi all! Sorry to post multiply on the same day. I've found the solution for format problem on os 2.2006.39-14. For some reason, I did think I had mis- tral. It is scirocco, and e2fsprogs installed with apt-get, from maemo repository. Mkfs.ext3 made it as I wanted. Now, I cannot mount this

[maemo-developers] further formating (was: mmc, one more time)

2006-12-19 Thread Zoran Kolic
Hi all! I'm proud to say that I survived partitioning of mmc card with built in sfdisk. Making vfat and swap works like a charm. One thing stops me: cannot install e2fsprogs. Version 1.37 in repository.maemo.org/pool is wrong, as error massage says. What server should I put as source for it? I

[maemo-developers] mmc, one more time

2006-12-16 Thread Zoran Kolic
This topic is crunched million times; and I have stranded with repartition on os 2006, believe it or not. All docs look outdated, for os 2005. Intention is to make vfat-swap-ext3 on rs-mmc. I've found mkswap and mkfs.vfat on the gadget. Could manage to connect 770 via usb to my bsd box and use

[maemo-developers] Re: Shutting down Hildon etc to run empty X serverand one app

2006-12-05 Thread Zoran Kolic
Yes, something like this *might* be possible. I'm right now looking into similar hacks to get some kind of a kiosk-mode on one 770 I found laying around. I will write more about my findings bit later. It's entirely possible, but you have to disable the lifeguard reset. I run bare X