Re: Nokia netbook

2009-08-25 Thread William Maddler
I think there are two factors: 1) People will find more comfortable with a known interface. 2) Commercial agreements. I'd like to have the choice among Windows or Linux. Some vendors will let you choose your OS. Some won't. On 25/08/2009 16:15, Gary wrote: I wonder why they chose Windows over

Re: Nokia netbook

2009-08-25 Thread William Maddler
On 25/08/2009 16:47, Kenneth Loafman wrote: booiiing wrote: 2009/8/25 Garyg...@eyetraxx.net: I wonder why they chose Windows over Linux. And suggesting that Sony is weak in the mobile device market is not only unprofessional, it's simply untrue.

Re: Can't Wifi since loading OS2008

2008-01-16 Thread william maddler
Kalle Valo wrote: ext william maddler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeffrey Barish wrote: Since installing OS2008 on my N800, I am having trouble using Wifi. I created a connection using Connection manager (Tools | Connectivity settings | Connections). My N800 used to connect automatically

Re: Can't Wifi since loading OS2008

2008-01-15 Thread william maddler
Jeffrey Barish wrote: Since installing OS2008 on my N800, I am having trouble using Wifi. I created a connection using Connection manager (Tools | Connectivity settings | Connections). My N800 used to connect automatically whenever I turned it on. Now it does not, and my WAP does not even

Re: Wg: Re: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
I can't find anything about fm-radio on o-hand web site. Is there any direct link? Thx Jens Becker wrote: Thank you all. The repoository link did work well for me. Furthermore ive tested the fm-radio app from o-hand.com rep. Didnt ever know that it is possible to hear radiio with headset

Re: Aw: Re: Re: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Could you pleas post o-hand repos you are using? I can't find it. I have: deb http://maemo.o-hand.com/packages mistral/ deb http://maemo.o-hand.com/packages bora/ Jens Becker wrote: No no FM RADIO! Just enter the rep in your app manager and look for fm-radio. It realy works fine. Only with

Re: Aw: Re: Wg: Re: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Absolutely nothing there... sounds like a joke to me... Jens Becker wrote: No there is nothing on tthe website it is in the repository only: http://maemo.o-hand.com/packages bora/ have fun - Ursprüngliche Mitteilung - Von: william maddler [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Jens Becker

Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: Wg: Re: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Could you please post/email your sources.list? that sounds interesting... Jens Becker wrote: Can not find out yet where it come from please see my screenshot. I'll search ahead - Ursprüngliche Mitteilung - Von: william maddler [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Jens Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
mistral Components free non-free Applications Maemo Mapper, load applet, etc. from [WWW] http://garage.maemo.org/ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: william maddler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007 15:22 An: Jens

Re: AW: [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Damn! I really wonder why it isn't showing up un app manager! :O Becker, Jens wrote: Here it is: http://repository.maemo.org/catalogue/certified/pool/bora/user/f/ -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: william maddler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Februar 2007 15:39

[maemo-users] Re: AW: Radio (was: Contacts on N800)

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Jens Becker wrote: it is on the Desktop when you ad a new applet Thank you again man!!! And sorry for saying it was an hoax!!! /me is happy! :D N800 is great!!! ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: [maemo-users] Radio

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Yes, but that pinky valentine theme... man! I can't really look at it! :D Laurent MARTIN wrote: Direct download: http://repository.maemo.org/catalogue/certified/pool/bora/user/f/fmradio/fmradio_1.2.0_armel.deb In user/m, there's also a new release (1.2-12) for MediaStreamer... ...and a

[maemo-users] autocompletion...

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
I was trying to write a word starting with zi* and then autocompletion came out with: zicorp20040130039019128 I'm kinda sure I've never used that string. Any clue? Does it happen to anyone else? Current dictionaries: Italian and English (USA) DOH! ___

Re: [maemo-users] autocompletion...

2007-02-07 Thread william maddler
Jonathan Greene wrote: Maybe Decuma handwriting recognition is another feature waiting to be activated... http://www.zicorp.com/ Yep, I found that while googling... we'll see... ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

[maemo-users] repair/check JFFS2

2007-02-06 Thread william maddler
on node at 0x06068b60: Read 0xeedfd774, calculated 0x86ec3565 Feb 6 11:58:30 Nokia-N800-51 kernel: [ 10.911804] jffs2_scan_dirent_node(): Node CRC failed on node at 0x06068bfc: Read 0x3620203a, calculated 0x40e9ed5b Is there any way to check/repair? Or do I have to reflash? Thank you. William Maddler

Re: [maemo-users] manually set the network to up?

2007-02-02 Thread william maddler
As already said in previous messages: you can't. A possible and better-than-nothing workaround: http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php/maddraves/2007/02/01/p41 Dominik Brodowski wrote: Hi, As I can't get my N800 connected to the 802.1X WLAN network here yet, I've set up a bluetooth LAN which

[maemo-users] avoid autounmount of SD on N800

2007-02-01 Thread william maddler
Any clue on how to avoid SD partitions unmounting on N800? IIRC on 770 only vfat partitions were unmounted, on N800 I found all partitions are umounted when I connect USB, which I only use for networking. Any clue? Thanx. Maddler ___ maemo-users

[maemo-users] maemo-mapper 1.3.5 and Virtualearth URI

2007-01-30 Thread william maddler
Did anyone managed to find a working URI for virtualearth? Thanks ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

[maemo-users] can't make or receive calls on N800

2007-01-28 Thread william maddler
I'm trying to make Gizmo work on my N800 since a couple days, but looks like there is something wrong somewhere. The same account is perfectly working on every other device (770, Linux, Microcrap) but my N800. Incoming calls are rejected saying I'm not online. Afterward my missed calls counter

[maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread william maddler
. 2) Could the absence of the daemon, be a problem for other applications (i.e. Media Player)? Thx William Maddler ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: [maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread william maddler
a bug this evening from home. Bye william maddler wrote: Hi all, first of all I have to say that I am *very* impressed by the N800, great device! By the way, I just found metalayer-crawler0 is eating up a lot of CPU, I have 4 processes, and at least one is eating at least 50% of my CPU

[maemo-users] MaemoMapper and Navman GPS One BT antenna.

2006-06-20 Thread william maddler
Hello, I just bought a Navman GPS One BT antenna (which I supposed is a good deal for 8,00 Euro ; ), but I cannot make it to work with Maemomapper. The BT connection is established, but I can't go over the Getting GPS fix phase. Any clue? Thank you. William Maddler signature.asc Description

Re: [maemo-users] flasher-2.0 on Ubuntu 6.06 AMD 64

2006-06-10 Thread william maddler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 flasher-2.0 works perfectly on a Ubuntu 5.10 32bit box william maddler wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to put my 770 in RD mode, but I can't make flasher-2.0 detect the device. Old flasher.dapper worked, and keeps detecting the 770, saying I

[maemo-users] missing /usr/share/zoneinfo files

2006-04-27 Thread william maddler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 I just noticed the only file I have is the Helsinki one... which is not so nice linving in Rome instead... btw... did anyone else experienced same problem? (version 5.2006.13-7) bye William Maddler -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [maemo-users] Slow PDF rendering with both PDF Reader and Evince

2006-04-25 Thread william maddler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 I have no problems with other PDFs, so I suppose the problem is somehow related to this specific document. IMHO Sandro Magi wrote: Anybody have some performance tips for PDF viewing? I have a bunch of PDFs that are unbelievably slow to render.