Re: N800 wifi power usage

2007-04-03 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Michael Wetherell wrote: I use wifi nearly 7x24 without issue. I also use the Internet a good deal during the day and night, again, without issue. Thanks, it could be I should return this machine and get another then. Have you flashed the latest N800 release and does the problem

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext andrei raevsky wrote: I have just acquired the N800 and I love it. I do have a number of questions about it which are not really maemo-related, but since this list is one of well-informed N770/N800 users I thought I might at well ask here. 1) Xterm: I have installed xterm and even

RE: A bit more help?

2007-04-03 Thread quim.gil
This is a general question for Nokia. Is the product catalog going to be fixed? Specifically, when I select IT OS 2007, I get everything which makes selecting an OS pretty much mute. Yes, product catalog bugs will be fixed. The one you mention has already been submitted, you can follow the

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Michael Wetherell
On Tuesday 03 Apr 2007 01:12, andrei raevsky wrote: 3) I have installed mplayer. Both the original media player and mplayer tend to make the unit freeze (with the sound track still running) has anyone come up with a solution for this There's the update (which other have mentioned already):

Doom

2007-04-03 Thread Willie McKemie
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 08:20:40AM -0500, Willie McKemie wrote: The repository for doom that is pointed to from downloads.maemo.org seems not to be working correctly. Anyone know another source of doom for OS2007? I found deb http://marceloeduardo.com/apt mistral games I put that in my

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Tim
7) is there a car charger for the N800? http://www.nokiausa.com/accessories/item_details/1,8994,product:DC-4|phone_code:N800,00.html T. --- Weblog ~ http://tim.samoff.com Baby Blog ~ http://kc.samoff.com Photography ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff Music ~ http://www.adkoc.com

RE: A bit more help?

2007-04-03 Thread Dr. Nicholas Shaw
Thank you Quim, I appreciate knowing that and I'll look more closely at the catalog for potential enhancements. Regards, Nick Shaw -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: Doom

2007-04-03 Thread Eduardo Lima
On 4/3/07, Willie McKemie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found deb http://marceloeduardo.com/apt mistral games I put that in my /etc/apt/sources.list and installed lxdoom; it seems to work. I wonder if using the mistral repository instead of bora is gonna cause me trouble? No problem at all.

Re: GPS receiver problem after N800 flash (SOLVED)

2007-04-03 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Benjamí Villoslada wrote: metalayer-crawler is definately taking more memory than it should (FYI: AFAIK it's two threads, not two processes). On my device it takes after boot ~4MB of RSS. 10MB additional memory usage is huge... I use two 4GB SD cards with music, videos, ebooks and

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread andrei raevsky
Dear friends, Thanks for all your suggestions. Looks like this list was the correct one to submit questions to :-) A couple of small follow-up, if I may: 1) updating the firmware: I have been using only GNU/Linux since 2000 (mostly Debian). I could try to find somebody with W2k or XP, but is

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Michael Thompson
On 03/04/07, andrei raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, Thanks for all your suggestions. Looks like this list was the correct one to submit questions to :-) A couple of small follow-up, if I may: 1) updating the firmware: I have been using only GNU/Linux since 2000 (mostly

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Tim
7) when an application goes out of control (which, for example, my mplayer seems to be doing), how does one stop/kill it? The best way I have found so far is to open a terminal and give it a kill command. But what should I do if the GUI is frozen? Rebooting seems a bad idea as the filesystem of

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Marius Vollmer
ext andrei raevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also - since don't suppose 'apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade' would work - why can't the 'check for updates' option of the application manager now allow a complete firmware update? *cough* That feature is hopefully coming. The main problem

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Frantisek Dufka
andrei raevsky wrote: 6) system crashes: how does one reinstall/fix a N800 unit after a major crash? Assuming that I - as roo - do something I should not, or that by installing the wrong software I really screw-up my tablet terminally. How can I rescue/reinstall it? Is there a way to

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext andrei raevsky wrote: ... 3) metalayer-crawler0: how do I disable this and could I simply let the unit sit for 5 minutes after boot-up instead? Search Maemo Bugzilla, there's some env variable which controls what directories it searches. Without crawler you wouldn't see anything in

Re: GPS receiver problem after N800 flash (SOLVED)

2007-04-03 Thread Benjamí Villoslada
El Dimarts 03 Abril 2007 15:21, Eero Tamminen va escriure: Ok, so the problem is that some file(s) cause crawler to take more memory than it should. There's already some bug in Maemo Bugzilla that crawler takes too much CPU, maybe you could vote on that and add a new bug about it taking too

Re: GPS receiver problem after N800 flash (SOLVED)

2007-04-03 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Benjamí Villoslada wrote: Could you run the attached script on the device for /media/mmc1 and /media/mmc2 directories? It lists how many files and of what type (with what filename extention) you have under given directory structure. mmc1: ... 9 jpg 20 ogg 29 pdf

Re: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800

2007-04-03 Thread andrei raevsky
On 4/3/07, Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, generally it is good idea to search wiki [1] and list archive [2] before firing tons of questions I plead guilty as charged and ask for the jury's mercy! I am running around preparing for a trip which will be my first one with the

phone charger for N800 (was: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800)

2007-04-03 Thread Eric Cooper
On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 01:33:10PM -0400, andrei raevsky wrote: Just lemme know if I can use the same charger on my phone N800 and I promise to get off your collective backs - at least for a while Since the phone charger is rated for less current than the N800 requires, you would risk

Re: Canola abruptily ending songs too soon...

2007-04-03 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On 4/3/07, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I've been using Canola extensively for the first time today... I've had it for a while, but never really let it play through an entire library of songs. Anyway, I have it on Random. It works for the most part. But, it seems that ever 5-10 songs, it

Re: Canola abruptily ending songs too soon...

2007-04-03 Thread Tim
Hi, Gustavo... I have the current versions of Claws-mail and Gaim running at the same time... Claws-mail is set up to retreive mail every 5 minutes. Gaim updates whenever someone enters or leaves, etc. I've also noticed some weird chirps (digital distortion of some kind) that occur during

Re: phone charger for N800 (was: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800)

2007-04-03 Thread andrei raevsky
well, how abouyt using the N800 charger on the phone, the other way around? On 4/3/07, Eric Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 01:33:10PM -0400, andrei raevsky wrote: Just lemme know if I can use the same charger on my phone N800 and I promise to get off your

Re: phone charger for N800 (was: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800)

2007-04-03 Thread Tim Ashman
I have been using the nokia phone charger first with my n770 and now with the n800 and have had no problems. tim On 04/03/2007 15:28, Paul Klapperich wrote: On 4/3/07, Eric Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 01:33:10PM -0400, andrei raevsky wrote: Just lemme know

Re: phone charger for N800 (was: kind of off-topic, but not completely: some questions about the N800)

2007-04-03 Thread Jonathan Greene
I have multiple N-Series phones, a nokia headset, gps and the tablet. I have no idea idea which chaeger came with what device and have them spread around the house, my gear bag and the car. Everything charges and works great. If these were meant for unique devices, you'd think Nokia would have

Re: Canola abruptily ending songs too soon...

2007-04-03 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On 4/3/07, Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Gustavo... I have the current versions of Claws-mail and Gaim running at the same time... Claws-mail is set up to retreive mail every 5 minutes. Gaim updates whenever someone enters or leaves, etc. is one of those playing sounds on new messages?

Re: Canola abruptily ending songs too soon...

2007-04-03 Thread Tim
Yes, both do --although Gaim is a much bigger contributor to this factor. I can see how this could cause the chirping sounds during song playback (although, honestly, I'd think that the N800 software would be able to handle a couple of separate audio streams). But, I can't see this issue causing