Re: Ekoore

2011-10-29 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, that's new to me that Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, or several other countries are not in Europe. You may not be able to get a N9 from your carrier at your location, but you can still order online (e.g. Amazon or Expansys), so this is not much different as with the N900.

Re: N900 EDGE

2010-08-22 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, actually this is the first time I've seen GPRS mentioned as 2.5G. 2G on data plans usually stands for GPRS while 2.5G stands for EDGE. EDGE is based on GPRS utilizing several channels at the same time. So don't worry, 2.5G is indeed EDGE. It's just called 2.5 G because it's a 2G technology

Re: Dmesg timestamt format

2010-05-27 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, these are seconds since system start. Regards, Martin 2010/5/27, Alejandro López listas@googlemail.com: Hi, Which format is dmesg's timestamp printed in? I currently have values like 68993.598785 and I can't really figure out how to transform it into a date/time. Thanks.

Re: N900: forcing headphone output?

2010-04-11 Thread Martin Grimme
You can call alsamixer -c0 in X-Terminal and switch the headset type manually there. Martin 2010/4/11, Johan Helsingius j...@julf.com: Is there any way to force the N900 audio output to the headphone plug? The system clearly detects that the headphones are plugged in based on the impedance

Re: N900: Calibrating the accelerometers?

2010-03-15 Thread Martin Grimme
The accelerometers measure the acceleration along the 3 axes. When the N900 lies on the table, the z-axis points downwards, measuring the acceleration of gravity, which is 1g. If you tilt the device, portions of the gravity vector get measured by the x and y sensors. With the camera on it's back,

Re: [canola-devel] Canola2 available for UbuntuKarmic and Lucid

2010-02-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, thanks for taking the time to package it all for Ubuntu. However, at least on Karmic, the package python-efl-epsilon conflicts with python-epsilon, which is e.g. used by coherence, and thus the UPnP plugins for totem and rhythmbox. I had to uninstall python-epsilon along with coherence and

Re: mcalendar is not installable due to missing dependencies (was: Re: Python packages)

2010-01-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, IIRC sqlite is new in Python 2.6 standard library. The N900 uses Python 2.5 for compatibility reasons. Martin 2010/1/13, Kahlil Johnson jzare...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Anderson Lizardo anderson.liza...@openbossa.org wrote: Hi, [I deliberately changed the subject

Re: possible bug in N900 Maemo 5 desktop ??

2010-01-01 Thread Martin Grimme
It's very rare, but I've seen it once, too. Uninstalling or installing an application (something that will change the icon set in the more folder) will get rid of it, too. Restarting is not required. Martin 2010/1/1, Andrea Borgia and...@borgia.bo.it: Alessio Stella wrote: page with a

Re: Application is not displaying in maemo downloads

2009-12-22 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, It may take a few minutes until the package appears in the extras-devel repository. It will only show up on downloads.maemo.org after it went through the extras-testing QA phase and entered the extras repository. You have to promote your package to extras-testing first [1] (the promotion link

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-07 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I can only speak of migrating contacts from Android, and that was as easy as exporting as .vcf from GMail and importing into the Maemo addressbook. So if your WinMo can export .vcf it should be quite easy. Martin 2009/12/8, Luis Listas l...@soeiro.com.br: Hello I was wondering if there

Re: swollen battery

2009-11-05 Thread Martin Grimme
Get rid of the swollen batteries as soon as possible and do not try to charge them! They may explode or burn! Martin 2009/11/5, Mark wolfm...@gmail.com: Here you can get genuine Nokia batteries for a fraction of the price you'll find anywhere else: http://www.cellphoneshop.net/bp5l.html

Re: How to take screenshot in N900?

2009-10-21 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, you can take screenshots with Ctrl+Shift+P. They can be found in ~/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ then. Martin 2009/10/21, Andrea Grandi a.gra...@gmail.com: Hi all, since I'm writing a review I'd like to include some real screenshot (not simply taken from the web :P ), so I was

Re: n810: the screen is constantly on

2009-09-23 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I once had the same problem on my N810. Flipclock was messing with the display timeout settings. I think I fixed it by manually correcting the display timeout value in GConf. Look around for it using gconf-editor (installable via application manager). Cheers, Martin 2009/9/23, Sergey

Re: n810: the screen is constantly on

2009-09-23 Thread Martin Grimme
, Sergey Udaltsov sergey.udalt...@gmail.com: Thank, Martin Most probably it is flipclock. By any chance, do you remember what were those gconf entries? Sergey On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Martin Grimme martin.gri...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I once had the same problem on my N810. Flipclock

Re: Installing packages onto /media/...

2009-03-09 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, another and maybe easier way is to boot from SD card. As a bonus, you'll get faster booting with a fast SD card. Search www.internettablettalk.com or the wiki on maemo.org for instructions on how to boot from SD card. Regards, Martin 2009/3/9, Dmitry S. Makovey di...@makovey.net: Peter

Re: Nokia device usage

2009-03-04 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, 2009/3/4, Ognen Duzlevski og...@naniteworld.com: I am curious to find out what people use their Nokias for. If anyone could share their usage patterns, it would be appreciated. I like reading eBooks on the device. FBreader and liqbase (for text-file books) are great applications for this

Re: Navicore Key

2009-02-16 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, The registration key is printed on the back of the Navicore manual. My Navicore (for 770 in 2006) came with a DVD and 1 GB RS-MMC. I don't remember having seen the key anywhere else except the back of the manual. Once you activated Navicore, I think, the key is also visible in the software,

Re: Headset

2009-02-10 Thread Martin Grimme
, Fred C Martin Grimme wrote: Hi, the N810 can only do mono sound over Bluetooth. What you want is A2DP support, which somehow exists in form of community projects in connection with mplayer, but it's not (yet) officially supported by Nokia. Regards, Martin 2009/2/10, Olavo Junior sky

Re: FLAC files

2009-02-03 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, mplayer, or one of the media players with mplayer as backend. I use FLAC regularly with MediaBox without any problems. Regards, Martin 2009/2/3, fcassia fcas...@gmail.com: On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:21 PM, COURTAUD Didier didier.court...@cea.fr wrote: What is the best app to play FLAC

Re: Music Player Exasperation

2008-11-30 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I'm the the developer of MediaBox. Thanks for your mail. The next version of MediaBox will read FLAC tags and sort by track number, so that you don't have to encode the number in the filenames. Your mail reminded me to make track number sorting work with FLAC properly. Regards, Martin

Re: MediaBox Media Center Shuts Off Playback

2008-11-24 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, MediaBox doesn't shut off if the display switches off. As you can see in the status bar, it's still playing. I think something else causes the device to go silent when the screen switches off. What else do you have installed that could cause this behavior? Regards, Martin 2008/11/24, Hal

Re: Flash cards?

2008-11-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Be sure to have Diablo installed on the tablet as earlier OS versions did not display Japanese character out of the box. Regards, Martin 2008/11/11, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have no need of this kind of thing, so I haven't used it and don't know if it fits your needs, but do you know about

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, 2008/11/3, Leonardo F. Fontenelle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: That's a very important piece of information for me. Should I presume the maemo-pan developer reads this mailing list, or should I mail him directly? He's reading this list sometimes. I'm the maemo-pan developer. :) In fact, computer

Re: Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Grimme
I fully agree that this is a needless hole. I would love it if Nokia added PAN functionality to the maemo UI. maemo-pan is nothing than a simple workaround. Regards, Martin 2008/11/3, Leonardo F. Fontenelle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Em Seg, 2008-11-03 às 10:57 +0100, Martin Grimme escreveu

Re: Filesystem in Diablo

2008-10-21 Thread Martin Grimme
I think they are hidden because of localisation. Thus the original folders don't appear in the maemo-filemanager and the filemanager can show the translated names without actually renaming the folders. Regards, Martin 2008/10/20, Christer Eliasson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *duh* dummy mode on ;)

Re: N800 RIP?

2008-09-29 Thread Martin Grimme
2008/9/26, Jeffrey Barish [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The N800 was manufactured in Korea. Anyone know by what company? Not all units were manufactured in Korea. The units sold in Europe were manufactured in Finland (at least mine was). Maybe Nokia produces in Europe for the European market and in

Re: maemo-pan in Diablo

2008-06-27 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, yes, maemo-pan is using the dummy network. I haven't tried maemo-pan on Diablo yet, though. Cheers, Martin 2008/6/26 Patrik Flykt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 10:07 -0600, ext Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: However, with Diablo, if I go into the control panel and select

Re: Wayfinder Map app won't update

2008-06-20 Thread Martin Grimme
You could also uninstall the installed version first. Then you will be able to install the new version without problems. Cheers, Martin 2008/6/20, Denis Dimick [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mark, The other way to upgrade would be to open X-Windows, become root, then enter this command: apt-get

Re: Mouse button 2/3 on N8*0 ?

2008-04-02 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, If the app supports the additional mouse buttons, it should do so on the tablet as well without modifications. E.g. I'm able to scroll through lists with the mouse wheel on the tablet via vnc. AFAIK, tap-and-hold doesn't technically emulate any mouse button. It's handled on the application

Re: Someone with an IT2006 on Nokia 770 please help...

2008-03-21 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, There is no Bluetooth control icon in OS 2006. Nokia added this feature in OS 2007. For OS 2006 there exists a third party plugin with a Bluetooth control icon for connecting hardware keyboards to the 770 but it does not support switching the device into discoverable mode, IIRC. I think the

Re: Nokia N800 as wifi router

2008-02-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, 2008/2/12, Kalle Valo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Actually I recommend to setup DUN connection from UI and WiFi using wireless-tools. It's easier that way. You're right. This looks like the better way. However it doesn't apply to me as I have to use PAN instead of DUN. :\ Btw, I found a

Re: Nokia N800 as wifi router

2008-02-11 Thread Martin Grimme
There is no NAT support in the standard Nokia kernel. One would have to compile the iptable_nat kernel module. Cheers, Martin 2008/2/11, Martin Grimme [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The problem I see here is having a bluetooth DUN connection and a WiFi connection at the same time. This could

Re: Nokia N800 as wifi router

2008-02-11 Thread Martin Grimme
The problem I see here is having a bluetooth DUN connection and a WiFi connection at the same time. This could be a problem because the maemo desktop does not allow this. However it might be possible if the DUN connection was made from xterm via the bluetooth utilities. If you can get up both

Re: Suggestion

2008-02-07 Thread Martin Grimme
, I see nothing on it. What I suggest is switching on when you focus a textbox or whatever... On jue, 2008-02-07 at 09:11 +0100, Martin Grimme wrote: Hi, Maybe your light-sensor is broken? The keyboard backlighting usually depends on the ambient light. If it's dark, the light goes

Re: installing Debian packages on N810

2008-01-31 Thread Martin Grimme
If you can satisfy all dependencies without messing up the system, it should be possible. It worked this way with Debian ARM packages on OS 2005 which used to be ARM instead of EABI ARM. Cheers, Martin 2008/1/30, Jeffrey Mark Siskind [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is it possible to install Debian armel

Re: fm radio

2008-01-10 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, sorry to be slightly off-topic, but is there also some switch in /sys/ e.g., where you can switch between headphones and speaker output just like the FM radio applet does? Thanks, Martin 2008/1/10, Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: En/na Kalle Valo ha escrit: This can be seen by the

Re: video4linux

2008-01-07 Thread Martin Grimme
The built-in FM radio (on the N800) also uses the V4L2 interface. Although the driver implements only what's absolutely necessary. I haven't looked at the webcam driver, but I assume that it also only implements what's absolutely necessary, so you may not be able to use all features of

Re: ssh -x screen control

2008-01-03 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I wrote a blog post sometime ago about solving exactly this problem. http://advogato.org/person/pycage/diary/44.html It's been written for the 770 and is not tested on OS 2008, but maybe it'll work. Cheers, Martin 2008/1/2, Tim Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've got a little problem that I

Re: Map applications - N800 OS2008

2008-01-03 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, 2008/1/3, Tim Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You are correct. Go into the map app, then the menu, maps, available maps and select and download one. Keep in mind the US west coast map alone is almost 700M Whenever I try this on my N800 (the latest OS 2008, the same problem was with OS 2008

Re: Map applications - N800 OS2008

2008-01-03 Thread Martin Grimme
]: Martin Grimme wrote: Hi, 2008/1/3, Tim Ashman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You are correct. Go into the map app, then the menu, maps, available maps and select and download one. Keep in mind the US west coast map alone is almost 700M Whenever I try this on my N800 (the latest OS 2008

Re: MPlayer and Free42 for OS 2008

2007-12-30 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, A chinook version of mplayer is available in extras-devel and will, presumably, be promoted to maemo Extras when better tested. I'm a heavy user of the chinook version of mplayer and want to confirm that this version is really very stable on OS 2008. Not a single mplayer crash so far.

Re: OS2008 Damn ugly!!!

2007-12-26 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, maybe you could be more specific about what's so damn ugly on OS2008? I like the new look and prefer it over 2007. But if you want the old look back, the Plankton theme might be a good start. It's available for OS2008 in the maemo repository. Cheers, Martin 2007/12/27, Michael Wiktowy

Re: Battery Life N800 + OS2008

2007-12-21 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I have experienced exactly the same with os2008beta. I also began wondering if my battery began to wear off signiricantly. I have just installed the current os2008 and will see how it affects battery life. Cheers, Martin 2007/12/21, Piotr Zagorowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I know battery

Re: Disappearing Widgets.

2007-12-18 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I have seen the same on my N800 with OS 2008 beta. It happens when dialog windows popup. The dialogs still work fine but are plain white without anything in it. The device might be low on memory in this situation. Maybe Cairo simply refuses to render widgets if it's low on memory? Cheers,

Re: FM Radio and 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, yes, the FM radio applet has been released for OS 2008 and features a radio alarm clock function now. MediaBox can also play FM radio on OS 2008 on the N800. Cheers, Martin 2007/12/17, Gary Baribault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can anyone confirm if the FM Radio software has been upgraded for

Re: Missing pand on OS 2008?

2007-12-04 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, this is great news! Thanks, I'm gonna try it this evening. Cheers, Martin 2007/12/3, Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, here is full script that works for me http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=104034#post104034 Frantisek

Missing pand on OS 2008?

2007-12-01 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I have always used pand to connect to my smartphone via PAN or to build a bluetooth network between my Linux laptop and the internet tablets. Now in OS 2008, I cannot find pand anymore. Is it missing, or is it hidden somewhere? Cheers, Martin ___

Re: further beating on OS2008 beta

2007-11-29 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, 2007/11/29, James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2. Why oh Why did someone take something as useful as xterm and improve to the point of being almost unusable? I can't file bugs, as it is apparently doing what it is supposed to. However, what it does really drives me nuts. Maybe

Re: N810 on a N800?

2007-11-15 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, I don't know if Python can be installed on OS2008 yet, but if this is the case you could try pyfmradio (pyfmradio.garage.maemo.org) for testing the FMRadio. There's no fancy GUI, just a library and text-mode example code, but this should be enough for testing FM functionality. Cheers,

Re: Windows Mobile Phone detected as a PDA - can't set as Phone

2007-09-14 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, Windows Mobile 5 does not support DUN for Bluetooth, so you can't set it as a phone. Here's how you make a BT connection via PAN: - enable PAN on your phone - enable Bluetooth on your N800 - setup an AdHoc WLAN connection on your N800 - become root on the N800 - $ ifconfig wlan0 down #

Re: IT2007 Hacker Edition - First impression

2007-04-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi Marcelo, Marcelo Oliveira schrieb: can you give me just a little bit more of info on this problem with Canola? (video that you played, etc) I don't have the 770 with me now, so the details have to wait until tomorrow. I'll try with several differently encoded videos. It looks like some

Re: IT2007 Hacker Edition - First impression

2007-04-11 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, here are my impressions. Michael Wiktowy schrieb: On 4/7/07, Álvaro J. Iradier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can other people that are using IT2007 hacker edition share their comments and impressions? The 770 with OS 2007 seems to be more stable than with any OS 2006 version (I did not try

Re: [maemo-users] [maemo-announce] New OS 2006 firmware released

2007-01-27 Thread Martin Grimme
Anders Rune Jensen schrieb: On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 16:56 +0100, Martin Grimme wrote: Hi, I have one question. When I have installed the Navicore software on ITOS 2006.39, will I have to deactivate it before reflashing and after that activate it again, or is the Navicore license only tied

Re: [maemo-users] new charging procedure since last FW

2006-06-01 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 01.06.2006, 19:12 +0200 schrieb Laurent MARTIN: I've noticed something different with the very last FW when charging my Nokia 770: when it is switched off and connected to its AC charger, the screen keeps switched on and it shows the charging icon (this was already the

Re: [maemo-users] Playing DVDs on Nokia 770

2006-05-10 Thread Martin Grimme
Am Mittwoch, den 10.05.2006, 13:22 +0300 schrieb Marius Gedminas: How much time did the conversion take? I don't remember the exact times but it was less than when watching the DVD (maybe an hour or so). My CPU was 2.4 GHz. YMMV :) Regards, Martin

Re: [maemo-users] How to enable Chinese font display?

2006-03-14 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, Am Samstag, den 11.03.2006, 19:34 -0800 schrieb smartkenny: I just got my Nokia 770, and want to make it support Chinese fonts, at present, displaying it is enough for me. Could anybody tell me how to do it on the original system of 770? I tried copy a Chinese font TTF file to

Re: [maemo-users] Installing new fonts for the opera browser

2006-01-12 Thread Martin Grimme
Am Donnerstag, den 12.01.2006, 15:28 +0100 schrieb Messing, Elad: Hello Everyone, I am a newbie N770 user. I browsed some of my favorite websites - to find out I can only see squares [] instead of characters. When looking through the different encoding available -

Re: [maemo-users] Upgrading to latest firmware release

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Grimme
Am Dienstag, den 10.01.2006, 13:25 +0100 schrieb Luca Donaggio: I'm still using version 2.2005.45-8, should I upgrade to the latest release? What exactly has been fixed / improved? I've read that it suffers of some instability issues: is it true or have they been user specific problems? I