Re: [maemo-users] gcc compiler suite, linker, and make for ARM on ITOS2006

2007-01-24 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Paule Ecimovic wrote: Thanks for this link to the Maemo 2.1 SDK. This is full of useful programming examples, although I am looking for gcc to run from the Nokia 770 itself from within an osso-xterm in order to be able to compile, link, and run programs right from and on the

Re: [maemo-users] Gizmo 2.0 works on the 770

2007-01-24 Thread Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente
But Gizmo for 770 and N800 don't seem to be the same: - http://www.gizmoproject.com/nokia800/ [Version 2.0.0.52] - http://www.gizmoproject.com/nokia770/ [Version 1.1.0.40] So, could N800 version be installed in 770?? As far as I know, apps for 770 should work in N800, but not reverse. Thanks

[maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
Yesterday I installed a couple of games into my 770. And one of the games didn't fit--I've filled up the partition. Scary things started happening--the user interface became very nonresponsive, I couldn't switch between tasks, I couldn't open the task menu, I couldn't tap on the globe icon. I

Re: [maemo-users] Gizmo 2.0 works on the 770

2007-01-24 Thread Damien Challet
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 09:14, Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente wrote: But Gizmo for 770 and N800 don't seem to be the same: - http://www.gizmoproject.com/nokia800/ [Version 2.0.0.52] - http://www.gizmoproject.com/nokia770/ [Version 1.1.0.40] So, could N800 version be installed in 770??

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Marius Gedminas wrote: Yesterday I installed a couple of games into my 770. And one of the games didn't fit--I've filled up the partition. Scary things started happening--the user interface became very nonresponsive, I couldn't switch between tasks, I couldn't open the task menu, I

[maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Ferenc Szekely
Dear maemo users, We are a step closer to officially announce the new Application Catalog: http://test.maemo.org/applications/ While we are reviewing the catalog at Nokia I would like to ask you to help us with the reviews. I have written a manual and would like to collect feedback from you:

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:19:12AM +0200, Eero Tamminen wrote: ext Marius Gedminas wrote: $ rm filename rm: filename: No space left on device Normal user shouldn't be able to fill the device rootfs this full, only root should be able to do that. And Application installer (which runs

Re: [maemo-users] gcc compiler suite, linker, and make for ARM on ITOS2006

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:40:20AM +0100, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote: But I must say that the first thing that prevent to use the device to do programm is the lack of a good editor adatpted to it. The Note application is unusable to do code and editor in xterm are very annoying because

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Luca Ognibene
On 1/24/07, Ferenc Szekely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear maemo users, We are a step closer to officially announce the new Application Catalog: http://test.maemo.org/applications/ While we are reviewing the catalog at Nokia I would like to ask you to help us with the reviews. I have written a

[maemo-users] New Image?

2007-01-24 Thread Amichai Rotman
Hi all, I saw the flash intro for the new N800. Pretty cool! Is it possible to install that OS on the N770? I liked the Media Player and the Flash player Is there a new version for the N770? I am running version 2.2006.39-14. Thanks! --

Re: [maemo-users] gcc compiler suite, linker, and make for ARM on ITOS2006

2007-01-24 Thread Jean-Christian de Rivaz
Thanks for the maemo-hackers xterm hint, this is definitly an improvment. I would just suggest to use smaller font for the CTRL bar functions to save space or to use a menu from a small CTRL icone (that will make a simple CTRL by default, as this is enough for most use) ? Of course the dream

Re: [maemo-users] New Image?

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:31:11PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote: I saw the flash intro for the new N800. Pretty cool! Is it possible to install that OS on the N770? I liked the Media Player and the Flash player No. There will be an unofficial port of the OS2007 patform to the 770, but

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

2007-01-24 Thread Karl Bellve
Igor Stoppa wrote: Power saving is not so important when the _energy_ wasted is so little and for an event which is supposed to happen very seldom (you don't turn off your device, don't you?). Every time it crashes! :-) When using the Nokia at night, while watching TV in a dark room, the

RE: [maemo-users] New Image?

2007-01-24 Thread Jakub.Pavelek
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:31:11PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote: I saw the flash intro for the new N800. Pretty cool! Is it possible to install that OS on the N770? I liked the Media Player and the Flash player No. There will be an unofficial port of the OS2007 patform to the 770, but

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Ferenc Szekely
On 1/24/07, Jonathan Matthews-Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/24/07, Ferenc Szekely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have written a manual and would like to collect feedback from you: http://test.maemo.org/applications/user-manual Very nice! Here are my first thoughts, primarily from a

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Alessandro Pasotti
Perhaps I missed this point: are the deb packages that already reside in the maemo extra repository automatically added to this new system or should the developers add them manually? BTW the new catalog appears very promising. 2007/1/24, Ferenc Szekely [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear maemo users,

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Andrew Flegg
On 1/24/07, Alessandro Pasotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps I missed this point: are the deb packages that already reside in the maemo extra repository automatically added to this new system or should the developers add them manually? Something I've been wondering too. I don't want to

[maemo-users] os2006 frequent vfat badblocks

2007-01-24 Thread bencer
as i've begun to use a bit more the mmc memory of my n770 (now i use it as music player) i get corrupted mp3 files that media player can't play. i've noticed that the vfat fs gets corrupted and has plenty bad blocks: # mkdosfs -c -v /dev/sdb1 mkdosfs 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) /dev/sdb1 has 32 heads

[maemo-users] Maemo-hackers xterm

2007-01-24 Thread Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga
Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote: Thanks for the maemo-hackers xterm hint, this is definitly an improvment. Yes, and the handwriting input method works too. Thanks maemo-hackers! -- Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga Programmer-Archaeologist UPR Bioinformatics Resource Center

[maemo-users] Pengupop

2007-01-24 Thread jl . biord
Hi all, A release of Pengupop is available on garage.maemo.org. Pengupop is a funny Puzzle Bobble game. It is possible to play alone or online with an opponent. With a username/password (available by registering on junaplay.org), the score is saved on server. It is possible to replay the parties

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

2007-01-24 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Karl Bellve wrote: Igor Stoppa wrote: Power saving is not so important when the _energy_ wasted is so little and for an event which is supposed to happen very seldom (you don't turn off your device, don't you?). Every time it crashes! :-) When using the Nokia at night, while watching TV

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Frantisek Dufka
Alessandro Pasotti wrote: Perhaps I missed this point: are the deb packages that already reside in the maemo extra repository automatically added to this new system or should the developers add them manually? Seems so or somebody did the dirty work for me. ScummVM is included and the only

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

2007-01-24 Thread Frantisek Dufka
OK, reported as https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=965 so it is not forgotten. Frantisek ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread Ferenc Szekely
On 1/24/07, Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alessandro Pasotti wrote: Perhaps I missed this point: are the deb packages that already reside in the maemo extra repository automatically added to this new system or should the developers add them manually? Seems so or somebody did the

Re: [maemo-users] Python installation failure on N800

2007-01-24 Thread Mike Klein
Google on red pill mode for nokia device and enable it. This will give you access to extra pkgs not for joe-consumer. Repositories have been down for me since early last night. mike Robson, Alan wrote: I tried to install python 2.5 for OS2007 via the maemo website but my N800 tells me that

RE: [maemo-users] Python installation failure on N800

2007-01-24 Thread Robson, Alan
I take your point, I went back to blue pill mode after I'd played with it a while, it's good to know that one can switch back and forth between the modes. The reason I purchased the device was so that I could play with things like this, it's not such a closed box as, say, a Treo. These

Re: [maemo-users] Python installation failure on N800

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 01:34:44PM -0500, Robson, Alan wrote: I take your point, I went back to blue pill mode after I'd played with it a while, it's good to know that one can switch back and forth between the modes. The reason I purchased the device was so that I could play with things

[maemo-users] FYI -- The Nokia N800 And Its GUI Shortcomings From a Newton Developer's Perspective

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
Thought people here might find this of interest. I had a MessagePad 2100 myself and reading this I am struck by many of the same observations... http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/n800/ The Nokia N800 And Its GUI Shortcomings From a Newton Developer's Perspective -- Jonathan Greene m

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

2007-01-24 Thread Neil MacLeod
Igor Stoppa wrote: Power saving is not so important when the _energy_ wasted is so little and for an event which is supposed to happen very seldom (you don't turn off your device, don't you?). Igor - it's pretty obvious you use your N800 very differently to the rest of us. Do you take yours

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

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
I don't ever turn mine off either... It's always ready for action and I actually discovered today if you do the two button sleep combo your internet connection stays active which is cool so when you reconnect, the email or rss feeds are current. I've been carrying my N800 in my pocket and I've

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread klaus
Marius Gedminas wrote: Yesterday I installed a couple of games into my 770. And one of the games didn't fit--I've filled up the partition. Scary things started You said it was the package Bomberman. Did the game install right with enough memory left (after you rebooted)? -Klaus-- Klaus

Re: [maemo-users] Game Bomberman: on-screen buttons

2007-01-24 Thread klaus
Levi Bard wrote: Looks great! I'd swap the up/down buttons with the power/bomb buttons, though, so one can use the hardware d-pad with the left and bomb with the right, if one so chooses. Done. Please look at Bomberman 0.99 Changelog: Added: load/save preferences (automatic), disable mouse

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:47:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marius Gedminas wrote: Yesterday I installed a couple of games into my 770. And one of the games didn't fit--I've filled up the partition. Scary things started You said it was the package Bomberman. Did the game install

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:17:55AM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:47:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marius Gedminas wrote: Yesterday I installed a couple of games into my 770. And one of the games didn't fit--I've filled up the partition. Scary things

Re: [maemo-users] Game Bomberman: on-screen buttons

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
works well for me and suggested Games oni my N800... Is there supposed to be sound? On 1/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Levi Bard wrote: Looks great! I'd swap the up/down buttons with the power/bomb buttons, though, so one can use the hardware d-pad with the left and

[maemo-users] Re: [maemo-developers] Pengupop

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 05:05:14PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A release of Pengupop is available on garage.maemo.org. Pengupop is a funny Puzzle Bobble game. Frozen bubble! It is possible to play alone or online with an opponent. With a username/password (available by registering on

Re: [maemo-users] Re: [maemo-developers] Pengupop

2007-01-24 Thread Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga
Marius Gedminas wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 05:05:14PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A release of Pengupop is available on garage.maemo.org. Pengupop is a funny Puzzle Bobble game. Frozen bubble! Most excellent! I tried online, and got smoked, but it works on my n800 fine. Startup is

Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread klaus
Am 25 Jan 2007 um 1:17 hat Marius Gedminas geschrieben: Can you *please* upload it into the Maemo Extras repository? Hunting down the .deb file manually, downloading it, then hunting for it again on the file system to install it is tedious. And it can make the difference between someone

Re: (Fwd) Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:59:36AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During installation it asks me to choose a menu location, and offers Extras by default. It would be better to offer Games by default -- Hm... I installed it also today ;-) and I remember it asks for Games. Two possible

Re: (Fwd) Re: [maemo-users] A scary story with a happy ending

2007-01-24 Thread klaus
Marius Gedminas wrote: Time to RTFM? Argh... I feared it... ;-) http://maemo.org/platform/docs/howtos/howto_making_an_application_package.html#utilities - maemo-select-menu-location app.desktop [default-folder] [...] The default-folder parameter is optional, and when given

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

2007-01-24 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 06:52, Karl Bellve wrote: Igor Stoppa wrote: Power saving is not so important when the _energy_ wasted is so little and for an event which is supposed to happen very seldom (you don't turn off your device, don't you?). Every time it crashes! :-) When using

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 04:46, Ferenc Szekely wrote: Dear maemo users, We are a step closer to officially announce the new Application Catalog: http://test.maemo.org/applications/ Initial look. It is very readable on the large screen of my laptop. However it begins to break down when I

[maemo-users] Card reader errors across multiple devices - bad N800 production line batche?

2007-01-24 Thread Kon Wilms
All, I purchased N800 #1 and tested a 'known to work' 4Gb Transcend 150x SD (non-HC) card on it. Formatting and then initializing with swap corrupted the card. I dosfsck'd it under Linux and the report was a corrupted header. If I fix it and put it back in the N800 it is readable. The N800 is

Re: [maemo-users] application catalog reviews

2007-01-24 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 07:10, Ferenc Szekely wrote: On 1/24/07, Jonathan Matthews-Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/24/07, Ferenc Szekely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ***snip for brevity** * Installation without install file o Tidy this section up. Use more

Re: [maemo-users] Card reader errors across multiple devices - bad N800 production line batche?

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
Just curious whether you are using the updated 2007 release or the one that comes installed in the box? On 1/24/07, Kon Wilms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I purchased N800 #1 and tested a 'known to work' 4Gb Transcend 150x SD (non-HC) card on it. Formatting and then initializing with swap

Re: [maemo-users] Card reader errors across multiple devices - bad N800 production line batche?

2007-01-24 Thread Kon Wilms
Both, as well as the updated test kernel with SDHC support. All have the same effect. Cheers Kon On 1/24/07, Jonathan Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just curious whether you are using the updated 2007 release or the one that comes installed in the box? On 1/24/07, Kon Wilms [EMAIL

[maemo-users] Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, I am interested to know, some tweaks for Opera web-browser, my main concern right now is to be able to scroll page up-down without selecting links. Default behavior that I have noticed by now is that the links are selected upon scrolling. any ideas ? something like about:config in

Re: [maemo-users] Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
Press and hold on the D-Pad does a faster scroll. the tap just goes to the next link... Have not found page down or up... On 1/24/07, Anuj Verma (Kevin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list, I am interested to know, some tweaks for Opera web-browser, my main concern right now is to be able

[maemo-users] Re: Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:56:35 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: Press and hold on the D-Pad does a faster scroll. the tap just goes to the next link... Have not found page down or up... True this is working, but one might not do a fast scroll while patiently reading off a page, this will need

[maemo-users] Tips for best usage maintainance practices for N800 ?

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, I got my N800 device on Tuesday and I am glad for this device, but since this is my first Nokia 770/N800 device I'll better ask for your help. 1. N800 heats I have noticed that while keeping N800 on charging while say if I am playing radio streams, the back of the device seems

Re: [maemo-users] Re: Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
On 1/25/07, Anuj Verma (Kevin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:56:35 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: Press and hold on the D-Pad does a faster scroll. the tap just goes to the next link... Have not found page down or up... True this is working, but one might not do a fast

Re: [maemo-users] Tips for best usage maintainance practices for N800 ?

2007-01-24 Thread Jonathan Greene
The heat is just the system being well used! :) Mine does the same -- especially streaming for an extended period. I don't power-off at all - just leave it on and use the Power Key / D-Pad combo to lock the screen and buttons. If you match the duration (Control Panel / Display) for both the

[maemo-users] Re: Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:19:10 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: I've become quite good at swiping the screen with the stylus or my finger. I also have a ThinkOutside Stowaway keyboard which enables paging functions among other nice additions. I am not able to have such accessories as of now, and

[maemo-users] Gvideo friends

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, Having the N800, I'll love to make new friends across world using Google video/Gizmo and other apps coming up. I'll be glad if any of you care, please feel free to send me an email. I'll like to make friends to discuss tech stuff, Linux more generally :-) I work for a Linux

Re: [maemo-users] Re: Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga
Anuj Verma (Kevin) wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:19:10 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: I've become quite good at swiping the screen with the stylus or my finger. I also have a ThinkOutside Stowaway keyboard which enables paging functions among other nice additions. I am not able to have

[maemo-users] Re: Opera tweaks

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:52:08 -0400, Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga wrote: You can try: http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ScrollInOperaWithThumb I haven't tried it since OS 2005. Hi Humberto, Many thanks, I'll sure give it a try, but let me share across I think the best scrolling I could find so far for

[maemo-users] Java for N800

2007-01-24 Thread Anuj Verma (Kevin)
Hello list, Please advice for Java possibilities for N800, so one can install and run Java apps, like Opera mini etc. I'll try to explore that myself soon, if that is possible et-all. Regards, Kevin ___ maemo-users mailing list