Re: bugzilla not editable

2008-03-17 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jussi Kukkonen wrote: Just in case no-one's reported this yet: bugs.maemo.org has been read-only for four days. Below is an example of what happens when I try to vote (at around 11:05 UTC today). Jussi Maemo Bugzilla has always been ready-only as far as Maemo.org/Nokia.com are

Re: Internal Memory Read Only?

2008-03-16 Thread Neil MacLeod
Scott Carr wrote: You mean on the SDCard? I am talking about the internal memory that comes with the device. Is there a Write Protect tab for the internal memory? There is no write protect tab for the internal memory - it becomes read-only when the FAT filesystem is corrupted in some

Re: What is Best practice for Battery Longevity on N8X0?

2008-02-18 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: I can't imagine those fixes are in the current software, or anything close to them as a few weeks ago I performed an idle run-down test on an N800 with 2.2007.50-2 (a freshly flashed device with no configuration changes whatsoever, I.e. you didn't restore a backup,

Re: PDFlush pinning the CPU and slow down

2008-02-18 Thread Neil MacLeod
Randall wrote: I've heard of this problem but no real reason nor fix. Anyone have any ideas? I had this problem on an N800 and I *think* the problem went away after I reflashed it two or three times, but I've now stopped using the N800 so I really can't say for sure this fixed the problem

Re: What is Best practice for Battery Longevity on N8X0?

2008-02-14 Thread Neil MacLeod
Igor Stoppa wrote: On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 14:08 +0100, ext Frantisek Dufka wrote: Igor Stoppa wrote: n800: 18 days n810: 27 days Impressive, any details where the savings were done? Is this strictly HW related and the n800 has same OS2008 version as N810? it's both hw and sw; the sw part is

Re: List of Repository for OS2008

2008-01-14 Thread Neil MacLeod
Marius Gedminas wrote: On the other hand, I'd be happy to see Gaim moved into a category of its own, because I dislike how its 37 plugins locales clutter up my application list. Maybe it's the same with Canola? Is it possible to for the Application Manager to support a hierarchy, ie.

Re: How to install skype on the N810 with OS2008?

2008-01-14 Thread Neil MacLeod
Michael R. Head wrote: I have OS2008 Version 1.2007.42-19 installed. Try flashing with the latest version of OS 2008 - version 2.2007.50-2 ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: discount code CANCELED

2008-01-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
mihai wrote: I have used the discount code, but nokia WANT BACK the device. what is going on. QUIMM please, i’ve put a friend of mine in trouble to get it and now it’s difficult to return it I would suggest you ignore Nokia, the same way they ignore us.

Re: List of Repository for OS2008

2008-01-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Levi Bard wrote: I intend to get rid of my repository and get everything I need available from Extras. I agree with and applaud this method. More applause from here! :) We can only help ourselves by attempting to strictly enforce the use of Extras in preference to third-party

Re: Package categories are being misused

2008-01-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jussi Kukkonen wrote: Andrew already brought up the too-many-repositories problem, maybe I should revitalize the other repository discussion: The application-categories-are-useless one. I can only see this being solved by two things: 1. Insisting on the use of r.m.o and r.m.o/extras

Re: Installing OS2008 on N800

2007-12-28 Thread Neil MacLeod
James Knott wrote: http://www.nokiausa.com/A4410958 Thanks. I wonder if there's some logical reason why that info was not provided on the download page? Sometimes, I get the feeling Nokia deliberately tries to make things difficult. Because you downloaded the firmware from a site

Re: Will repository.maemo.org be fixed?

2007-12-23 Thread Neil MacLeod
Laurent GUERBY wrote: On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 19:38 -0500, Michael Wiktowy wrote: On Dec 21, 2007 8:37 AM, Laurent GUERBY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS: on bugzilla https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2531 That bug indicates that the issue is closed and it is fixed. I certainly isn't on my

Re: Will repository.maemo.org be fixed?

2007-12-21 Thread Neil MacLeod
Luca Donaggio wrote: Same here! Luca Donaggio And here too. I know that me too posts aren't needed, but given the total lack of communication on this issue from Maemo HQ I think it necessary to demand some kind of statement as to what is going on and what is being done about it. The

Re: OS2008 on N800: probable bugs

2007-12-07 Thread Neil MacLeod
Laurent GUERBY wrote: - I've had three times after selecting lock touch screen in keys where after pressing power and seeing now press HOME the HOME button was inactive and I had to remove the battery or shutdown through remote ssh. This is with unmodified systemui.xml. I'll open bugzilla

Re: No 'NEXT' key in acrobat reader

2007-11-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jussi Kukkonen wrote: Not that this particular case is going anywhere in Bugzilla either. Filed 2006-08-07, resolved REMIND and then 15 months of silence. https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737 I filed a bug on using undocumented resolutions (I'm actually interested in finding

Re: 770's spontaneous boot

2007-11-08 Thread Neil MacLeod
Zoran Kolic wrote: Howdy! After few days of absolute surprise, I gather info to post a question. Not using 770 with 3.2006.49-2 for some time, I found it not able to boot. The cure was to recharge the battery. The system worked as it should. Now, every day past noon, when I open the cover

Re: N810 . Email Client / RSS Client

2007-10-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
DrFredC.com wrote: It seems to keeps unread stuff on my n800, at least for a day or so. It would be nice to have a setting for how long to keep things that aren't explicitly set to be kept. Read the bug Marius referred to... you probably don't have auto-update enabled, or don't update

Re: Moving filesystem to card?

2007-10-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Mike Mellor wrote: Can I reduce the size of the boot partition? I would like to have more than 500M available for files. Sure, 256MB should be just about adequate as the boot partition. Also see the following thread on ITT for scripted OS cloning instructions (the same instructions as

Re: Improvements in the browser (was Re: 4.2007.38-2 available)

2007-10-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: A tabbed browser would probably make many people happy, but I don't really see the advantage over the current implementation (i.e. Having a new window open for a new link). Perhaps one could see a use for the box view to compare two rendered sites in one shot (might be

Re: Bluetooth headphones and mp3's

2007-09-27 Thread Neil MacLeod
Simon Pickering wrote: I haven't heard these HSP/HFP/A2DP headsets being called multipoint before but I've been calling them combo sets. The interesting thing here is the set prefers to be master on both its active connections so it can communicate with separate hifi and voice devices in a

Re: Questions #3: root

2007-09-14 Thread Neil MacLeod
Thomas Leavitt wrote: What's the default password for user? Will changing it affect anything, since obviously the system auto-starts? Adding a password to the user account makes the device less secure IMHO and is bad advice - it's yet another account that can be exploited by brute force. A

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-23 Thread Neil MacLeod
Ed Bartosh wrote: I would hardly expect novice users to even think about shell access to the device :) I think if user aware of ssh she is able to understand the difference between server and client. You'd be surprised at what novice users are attempting, dual booting off of MMC/SD is a

Re: 770 brick

2007-08-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
David Grau Serra wrote: My nokia 770 has the same problem, I am trying update the software (latest 2006) but I have the same results :-( Any suggestion? well, keep reading... En/na Neil MacLeod ha escrit: Jonathan Greene wrote: Anything like this -- http://www.flickr.com/photos

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's more you often want the server and client on different machines, which may have different hardware and different operating systems. So neither system will need both server and client. And standard security protocols insist that you only run the servers you

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Wayne Fiori wrote: On 8/22/07, Neil MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quite agree, however I almost exclusively need the server component on the N800 - I very rarely ssh from the N800 to another machine, it's almost always the other way around. However installing the server appears

Re: Cannot Install SSH Server

2007-08-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Hal Vaughan wrote: If you install openssh as root using apt-get install ssh you should end up with both the server and client tools installed. I finally got it. The problem is that it's in the extras repository (at least for mistral) and that was not documented anywhere, at least that I

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-21 Thread Neil MacLeod
Ed Bartosh wrote: On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 23:39 +0100, ext Neil MacLeod wrote: Which device do you have? For N800 it's better to add bora, so for Nokia 770 it's: http://repository.maemo.org/extras mistral free non-free for N800 it's: http://repository.maemo.org/extras bora free non-free

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-20 Thread Neil MacLeod
Which device do you have? For N800 it's better to add bora, so for Nokia 770 it's: http://repository.maemo.org/extras mistral free non-free for N800 it's: http://repository.maemo.org/extras bora free non-free And then update repositories in AM and you'll find both packages in

Re: Need an SSH client for the Nokia 800

2007-08-15 Thread Neil MacLeod
Schmitt, Dorren wrote: Just got the 800 last week. Nice device but lacking xtem and sshclient ssh to linux/unix machines. I have tried installing the openssh from maemo and the other ssh client out there at the site. Neither one will install. Any other suggestions? I can live without

Re: 770 brick

2007-08-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jonathan Greene wrote: Anything like this -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/atmasphere/362764796/ Sounds like the 770 White Screen of Death... Doesn't sound like the WSOD to be honest, as this fault doesn't stop the device from booting. Frank sounds like he's suffering from some other fault,

Re: a2dp not working, any help appreciated

2007-08-08 Thread Neil MacLeod
Simon Pickering wrote: i notice one thing - did you use the normal Mplayer, or the one Jesse's compiled from http://www.guardiani.us/ ? Only the one he linked to will let you experience a2dp on n800. Btw, check out Kagu media player he wrote. it is good. I certainly installed the mplayer

Re: a2dp not working, any help appreciated

2007-08-06 Thread Neil MacLeod
Simon Pickering wrote: alsa-lib: pcm.c:2099:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM a2dpd2 alsa-init: playback open error: No such file or directory Could not open/initialize audio device - no sound. Audio: no sound Video: no video You'll get this error when a2dpd isn't running.

Re: How is the N800 antenna implemented?

2007-07-30 Thread Neil MacLeod
Christopher Marshall wrote: Larry: Are you saying that if I plug a headphone cord into the n800, it will extend the antenna, resulting in better 802.11 range? Chris Marshall No, Larry and David are discussing FM Radio reception. The 802.11 and Bluetooth antennas are concealed

Re: N800 Case - Still not here

2007-07-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just checked Nokia and Nseries websites and the case is there: http://europe.nokia.com/n800case http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n800,accessories Quim - you can't buy it from any of those sites. Pretty pictures though, but they're not going to

Re: N800 Case - Still not here

2007-07-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Peter Bart wrote: Hello, I simply don't understand why one would want Nokia to provide a case given all the other options. Those include Pdair, Boxwave, Calculator Source, Otterbox to name a few. A search on ITT for cases will show several threads. Nokia's case is simply going to be a

Re: Newbie cannot install osso-xterm

2007-07-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
D. L. Fuller wrote: Then looking for xterm in the new Application Catalog, I did find osso-xterm-advanced and sorta figured out your recommendation of the green arrow scripted download routine. And it worked like a charm. Ah, sorry - I thought that (advanced) was what you were

Re: Newbie cannot install osso-xterm

2007-07-21 Thread Neil MacLeod
D. L. Fuller wrote: I followed two HowTo procedures to become root. First successfully installing becomeroot and then getting osso-xterm 0.13 listed in the Application Manager. But then the install of osso-xterm fails as Package not found. I've double-checked and my entered

Re: Flaky connection after upgrade

2007-07-14 Thread Neil MacLeod
Kalle Valo wrote: ext Duncan MacCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Previous ver used to give rock solid wifi connection. However after latest firmware upgrade now find connection speeds slow and that behind a Belkin preN router connected to 20mb cable connection. The WLAN sleep timeout was

Re: Flaky connection after upgrade

2007-07-10 Thread Neil MacLeod
Duncan MacCallum wrote: HI, Previous ver used to give rock solid wifi connection. However after latest firmware upgrade now find connection speeds slow and that behind a Belkin preN router connected to 20mb cable connection. Skype loads but unable to activate calls. Web browsing can at time

Re: recommended SD card for N800

2007-07-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Andreas Poisel wrote: There are issues with 2007SE_4.2007.26-8 and my Kingston 2 GB SD-card. About 400 MB are used, 16052 files in 14 directories. Serious issues at that - people now have cards which can no longer be used in any card reader or device. Personally I'd be a little cautious

Re: OpenSSH on OS 2006 repository problem?

2007-07-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
dasDasein wrote: When I click the installer for OpenSSH from Maemo download site, it fails to add repository and install. I manually entered the repository, and try to install openssh-installer I get ... Unable to download. Package not found. But I am able to browse the repository

Re: Hardware wishlist?

2007-07-06 Thread Neil MacLeod
Quim Gil wrote: Sorry for missing an essential word: On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 08:47 +0300, ext Quim Gil wrote: perhaps 2-3 weeks Great news, thanks v. much Quim! ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: Hardware wishlist?

2007-07-04 Thread Neil MacLeod
My only question right now concerning hardware is: NOKIA - WHERE IS THE CASE?[1] It would be a huge shame if it's cancelled, but I'd like to know rather than be left in the dark... this was promised, so where is it? Can someone from Nokia (I know this is the Maemo mailing list, but I don't

Re: Role of maemo i.e. in Re: Fwd: Skype on N800

2007-07-04 Thread Neil MacLeod
Quim Gil wrote: Now, a question and a long thought for the maemo lovers: What do you think we should do? Bring the Nokia devices/commercial agenda also here or keep maemo apart from that? I guess until other non-Nokia Maemo-based devices exist (mid 2008?), Maemo == Nokia and vice versa.

Re: Fwd: Skype on N800

2007-07-02 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to apologize to the entire list and especially to the hardworking N800 folks. My original questions about release of information were misunderstood and were never intended to indict anyone involved. I didn't think that there was anything inflammatory in what I

Re: Fwd: Skype on N800

2007-07-02 Thread Neil MacLeod
Fortunately a forum user at ITT downloaded the original Skype on N800 YouTube video and has reposted it[1] - power to the people! ;) Skype appears 36 seconds into the video - it's not very clear and quite brief but this kind of thing (or a much improved version) would do wonders to get people

Re: Fwd: Skype on N800

2007-06-29 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice info Eric, thanks. Open question to N800 program folks: what is so wrong about providing more communications to the community about updates? Lot of owners being very patient about Skype and OS releases, but irritated about the silence. Can't we at least

Re: How to get MU 13 chip

2007-06-25 Thread Neil MacLeod
Chris Vail wrote: I live in San Diego, USA, and I want to get a 1 GB memory for my N770 (I believe that is the MU 13 chip). Unfortunately, the Nokia US website says Store only, and the only Nokia stores in the US are in Chicago and and New York. What is the best way for me to get hold

Re: MMC Card compatibility

2007-06-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
David Hautbois wrote: Hi I own 16Mo 32Mo MMC cards (Don't laugh please :-P ) The N800 don't detect it. Is there a method to understand if : - it is a hardware incompatibility - modules are missing - the N800 detect it but can't use it Thanks. David. Try using the SDHC kernel[1]

Re: Update software

2007-05-30 Thread Neil MacLeod
James Knott wrote: Mikhail Sobolev wrote: On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 12:58:04PM -0400, James Knott wrote: I see there's a software update available for the N800. Before I install it, I'd like to know if the update will delete my apps or data and if the backup will protect those items.

Re: Better planet layout through Greasemonkey/Stylish

2007-05-11 Thread Neil MacLeod
Andrew Flegg wrote: Hi, If, like me, you find the narrow columns on the new planet a triumph of style over usability; and prefer to have content fill the browser window you've decided on, rather than the fixed width style the designer likes *and* you use Firefox and Greasemonkey/Stylish the

Re: Better planet layout through Greasemonkey/Stylish

2007-05-11 Thread Neil MacLeod
Quim Gil wrote: Usability is not tied to fixed or flexible width, you can find examples of good and bad practices with both modalities. Obviously our current implementation has serious problems specially in areas like the Planet, agreed. This doesn't mean that fixed width is necessarily

Re: Better planet layout through Greasemonkey/Stylish

2007-05-11 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a great discussion! Your contribution certainly helps, Neil. Randall (Randy) Arnold Quality Feedback Analyst Nokia-CMO/Dallas Thanks Randall, though I regret not chiming in sooner and possibly saving the guys all this aggravation. I'll pay more attention

Re: Skype Update?

2007-05-08 Thread Neil MacLeod
George Farris wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-05 at 20:05 +0100, Alan Williamson wrote: As i load up my bag one thing i am missing is skype. Cheap calls back to the UK will probably force me to take my laptop afterall. Is there any update to the progress of this? Skype is proprietary, try Gizmo

Re: Application Manager Issues

2007-04-22 Thread Neil MacLeod
Matt Hughes wrote: E: Failed to fetch http://catalouge.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/dists/bora/Release.gpg (Could not connect to catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com:80 (1.0.0.0) connection timed out. This repository is your problem, and you can't disable it via the App Manager. You can manually

Re: mnotify has vanished

2007-04-04 Thread Neil MacLeod
Josh Smith wrote: Where has the install file for mnotify gone? It is not in the repository anymore. cheers- josh It's still listed in Tableteer, so this looks like a ballsup rather than intentional. Can anyone at Nokia pass the message along and restore mnotify?

Re: Camera app slow, locks up?

2007-03-28 Thread Neil MacLeod
David Hagood wrote: Does anybody else find that the Camera application is slow, and occasionally locks up the unit? What I see is that for the first several seconds after starting, the camera app's update rate is fairly fast (though not as fast as the video call app - about one-half as fast).

Re: I just want to buy a N800 but Nokia don't let me do!

2007-03-28 Thread Neil MacLeod
Sounds like you need a US-based credit-card wielding third-party that is willing to pay for the device and either give it to your friend in California, or ship to you in Brazil and for you to then at some point transfer funds to the third party to cover their costs. Not an ideal situation at

Re: help

2007-03-26 Thread Neil MacLeod
jerry f stutte wrote: Maemmo community, I was hoping that it would contain the ext2 support with no journaling. Seeing that this is/was not a sanctioned release from maemo website, my statement is moot. That's pretty easy to install - apt-get install e2fsprogs Q I assume it would be a

Re: Abnormal power consumption on N800

2007-03-24 Thread Neil MacLeod
Kalle Valo wrote: I have now heard few reports of WLAN consuming too much power. Usually it's a sign of WLAN not going to Power Save Mode and it happens because of some odd IOP problems with certain Access Points. I would like know more details about this hpcfwl. I would be interested know at

Re: Internal MMC suddenly read-only...

2007-03-24 Thread Neil MacLeod
I recently had a problem with a corrupt FAT filesystem SD card - I reinserted it several times into the N800 but each time the N800 would refuse to mount the card as it was corrupt. I mounted the card once (and only once) in a Windows XP PC where I could read all the files just fine, so I

Re: Product Downloads

2007-03-24 Thread Neil MacLeod
Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: I’ve checked this on two computers and my N800 so I don’t thinks it’s a Maemo issue or an update issue (as I tried it before I updated the OS) – when I go into the product catalog and select IT OS 2007, the selection screen appears again at the top of ALL applications

Re: FTP app for OS 2007?

2007-03-13 Thread Neil MacLeod
Tim wrote: Hi, The Subject line says it all... I've been looking, but I haven't been able to find anything. Thanks! Tim --- Weblog ~ http://tim.samoff.com Baby Blog ~ http://kc.samoff.com Photography ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff Music ~ http://www.adkoc.com Client or Server?

Re: Applications unexpectedly closing on n800

2007-03-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Ton Machielsen wrote: Hi! I have application that unexpectedly close on my n800. In the beginning it was only E-Mail. Now E-Mail doesn't want to launch at all anymore. Now also RSS Reader closes when I'm using it. I'd love to see some feedback against a recent bug[1] in bugzilla. The bug

Re: Applications unexpectedly closing on n800

2007-03-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi, If you try this with notes and write something (or use sketch and draw something) and then do the test-case, do you get a dialog which asks whether the file should be saved? (I'm wondering whether you're triggering the long escape/back keypress which requests app to

Re: Applications unexpectedly closing on n800

2007-03-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi Ok, so the issue is that you press the Back key long (downward thumb rolling motion). No, this isn't the issue. I'm familiar with the long keypress but this is not what I'm doing, and is not what I have described in the bug. In the bug, I'm *VERY* briefly pressing

Re: Applications unexpectedly closing on n800

2007-03-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: Thanks, I could reproduce it now. I need to press Back and Menu keys very quickly after each other. Exactly! :) If I press them slowly this doesn't happen. Agreed. And it doesn't seem to happen if I cancel the menu with another keypress, I don't know why.

Re: Applications unexpectedly closing on n800

2007-03-09 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi, I have to admit that when pressing the Menu key I usually use a fingertip (not the flat side of thumb) because the keys are so close together... (personally I prefer N770 keys except for the power button) - Eero I guess the point is that it can happen when it

Re: Nightly reboots

2007-03-02 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jonathan Greene wrote: any word on when we might expect that... ? Or any chance of a Beta? :) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: What's the status on OS 2007 v3?

2007-03-02 Thread Neil MacLeod
Frantisek Dufka wrote: Of course you won't get definite answer but so far most/all updates were released on Friday afternoon approx. 3-5 PM CET (IMO excellent choice). So either today or some next week :-) Frantisek Judging from past release dates and the corresponding firmware build dates

Re: Nokia Tablet Carrying Case

2007-02-27 Thread Neil MacLeod
Iñigo Illán Aranburu wrote: :-) No, I get the extra stylus when I buyed the 770! If you go here[1] and to the others section you will see the three stylus pack to choose for buying. [1] http://direct.nokia.com/shopcart.aspx Thanks for the link Iñigo - very useful! And after much difficulty, I

Re: Nokia Tablet Carrying Case

2007-02-27 Thread Neil MacLeod
Neil MacLeod wrote: Iñigo Illán Aranburu wrote: :-) No, I get the extra stylus when I buyed the 770! If you go here[1] and to the others section you will see the three stylus pack to choose for buying. [1] http://direct.nokia.com/shopcart.aspx Thanks for the link Iñigo - very useful

Re: Nokia Tablet Carrying Case

2007-02-26 Thread Neil MacLeod
I'd like to know when Nokia will be releasing their much promised and much delayed N800 Case[1]. Accessories for the N800 are conspicuous by their absence - for example, it's impossible to buy replacement N800 styli and the same situation exists for the 770 so it's not a matter of time as the

Re: Nokia Tablet Carrying Case

2007-02-26 Thread Neil MacLeod
Iñigo Illán Aranburu wrote: Hi! I have three extra stylus I buyed from Nokia at the same time as my Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Do you have a link? There is no such accessory available via the UK Nokia online store, and others outside of the UK have registered similar complaints about their

Re: Nokia Tablet Carrying Case

2007-02-26 Thread Neil MacLeod
inode0 wrote: On 2/26/07, Neil MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really, don't you all have about 50 spares of different varieties cluttering up your desks by now? I know I do and while Nokia makes odd shaped ones just about any pointy piece of plastic works fine really. John Sure I have lots

Re: WLAN Power Save Mode timeout

2007-02-21 Thread Neil MacLeod
Kalle Valo wrote: This has been requested occasionally. It would help if you could come up with some kind of examples where this is needed. That they I could show that there's really a need for this. Technically there's no point of supporting 802.1x with WEP encryption, because TKIP is already

Re: N800 Intermittent Failure Mode Requiring Battery removal/reinsertion

2007-02-16 Thread Neil MacLeod
Acadia Secure Networks wrote: What is mildly disconcerting about this condition is that before the battery removal/insertion but after powering down, the system will not power back up. Mine behaves oddly on a reboot too - I've got RD enabled, and if I perform shutdown -r now the device

[maemo-users] Re: 'Locking down' software installation

2007-02-15 Thread Neil MacLeod
Marius Vollmer wrote: There is going to be a 'meta' package that represents the whole operating system. Updates to the OS are done by updating this meta package in the Application Manager. The meta package will have dependencies on all packages with their exact versions that make up the

[maemo-users] Re: 'Locking down' software installation

2007-02-15 Thread Neil MacLeod
Neil MacLeod wrote: I like the idea of being able to apply OS patches, however it sounds like this functionality doesn't quite fit in the Application Manager application so why not provide a separate Upgrade Operating System GUI application that has all the checks and balances you need built

[maemo-users] Re: suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-13 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or prehaps that we do not have a problem but a variety of personal preferences that lead us to the usual can't suit them all situation ;) --jakub I'd like to meet the real people who gave feedback on the N800 - not only have they given away the vital hard-case, but

[maemo-users] Re: Note to Nokia Maemo team... we need (ok, would really like) this

2007-02-13 Thread Neil MacLeod
Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi, Personally, I just avoid sites which consistently include Flash done by idiots. Maybe you could complain to the sites hosting them that they tried to do a denial-of-service attack against your machine? :-))) PS. It would be nice to have something like noscript for

[maemo-users] Re: suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-13 Thread Neil MacLeod
Bastien Nocera wrote: Do you see any console joypads from Sony or Microsoft with the arrows on the left, and main buttons on the right? No, and I bet they're real fun to play for lefties. :) Does that mean it's right, er, correct though? I do remember the old Atari Lynx worked for both left

[maemo-users] Re: Two power management settings

2007-02-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Larry Battraw wrote: Any battery/cell [1] can be overcharged, particularly Lithiums as they cannot tolerate overcharge without potentially dire consequences. I thought Lithium cells came with protection circuits to prevent over charging? ___

[maemo-users] Re: Note to Nokia Maemo team... we need (ok, would really like) this

2007-02-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure about that easily in your post, I bet people are actually sweating over every fraction of FPS improvement ;) --jakub I hope so. Today I tried to read an article on www.theregister.co.uk and this site is unfortunately floating a Flash-based advert over the

[maemo-users] Re: Note to Nokia Maemo team... we need (ok, would really like) this

2007-02-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jon Smirl wrote: On 2/12/07, Neil MacLeod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure about that easily in your post, I bet people are actually sweating over every fraction of FPS improvement ;) --jakub I hope so. Today I tried to read an article on www.theregister.co.uk

[maemo-users] Re: suggestion for next Nokia tablet

2007-02-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Ted Zlatanov wrote: The N800 successor should have a scroll wheel on the side. It would make 90% of my daily stylus use (while browsing the web and reading RSS feeds) unnecessary. Unlike the D pad, scrolling should be purely a mouse button 4/5 operation, not move to the next link OR the next

[maemo-users] Re: Bricked a third time

2007-02-12 Thread Neil MacLeod
Richard Pickler wrote: The second time, I was installing some packages I built myself, and it crashed, which I could not recover from. (this one I'll take the blame for). Why should you take the blame? This is a consumer oriented device and software installation is promoted as a user feature

[maemo-users] Re: Two power management settings

2007-02-11 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jon Smirl wrote: There is a significant application area being missed by not having two power settings. When you get to your desk and plug the device in it should, if you configure it to, leave the screen on and run a screen saver type application. This screen saver could work as a clock, music

[maemo-users] Re: Two power management settings

2007-02-11 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jonathan Greene wrote: This is exactly what Windows Mobile allows. There are quite a few things Win Mobile does right that the Nokia seems to have eschewed. Timed power management profiles might be a good idea too - screensaver at work, blank screen at home etc. for faster charging etc. I'll

[maemo-users] Two power management settings (was: FM Radio - suggestions)

2007-02-10 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jon Smirl wrote: Is the N800 smart enough to know when it is on AC and not blank the display? The N770 didn't appear to have this feature. The clock could be set as a screen saver when on AC power. I think it's a mistake that there is only one set of power management timeouts - there should

[maemo-users] Re: 4GB SD card results

2007-02-06 Thread Neil MacLeod
Josh Harrison wrote: Ok all, I bought and stuck a 4GB SD card into my N800 - and it works. The N800 cannot handle formatting the 4GB SD, it formats as a 2GB card. I stuck it into my reader on my computer and formatted it to it's full potential, and reinserted the card back into the N800, and

[maemo-users] Re: 4GB SD card results

2007-02-06 Thread Neil MacLeod
Jonathan Greene wrote: Just curious... why / how can the device read something it can't write? Guess it works out for us, but that's a tad either off or lame, perhaps both. My guess is the File Manager application is simply hard wired to format SD cards with the FAT16 file system - hence

[maemo-users] Re: N800 and Bluetooth Headsets

2007-02-06 Thread Neil MacLeod
Mike Klein wrote: I'm in the no built-in cellular camp - for me, this was a smart move as I can use the N800 with whatever phone I have now (GSM/GPRS) and with whatever phone I get with my next upgrade (almost certainly a GSM/HSDPA phone). Nokia probably took a look at the data plans

[maemo-users] RSS News Reader application only shows a few articles

2007-02-02 Thread Neil MacLeod
I'm just looking for a sanity check here. I've raised bug #953 (https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=953) which questions why the N800 RSS news reader application only displays the most recent one or two articles from each feed, even though each feed may have 40+ articles available.

[maemo-users] Re: Charge from a USB port.

2007-02-01 Thread Neil MacLeod
Simon Moore wrote: No we just chopped the end off the nokia charger and soldered to a USB lead. I was unable to source the correct size power plug from Maplin or anywhere else it is smaller than the smallest hence the chopping off. Regards Simon Interesting solution! I think I can wait

[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

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

2007-01-21 Thread Neil MacLeod
John P. Mitchell wrote: Thanks for the heads up. That helps to understand the behavior better. I just assumed I was using incorrectly some how. Maybe I should have looked through bugzilla as well. I only entered bug #959 the other night once it had been identified on the Internet

[maemo-users] Re: ssh install failure

2007-01-03 Thread Neil MacLeod
Zoran Kolic wrote: Sorry to reply so lately. I had hard time to send mail to the maemo ser- ver, whatever the reason is. (Why wrap the text so narrowly?) The eyes go downward, not left-right. Hi Zoran English, when written with a fixed-width font, typically contains 12-14 words per line