Re: [maemo-users] n800 standard email application

2007-01-19 Thread Kevin
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Marius Gedminas wrote: osso-xterm + ssh + mutt beats the crap out of the built-in email client. Only problem with this solution is that it doesn't allow for reading the mail offline. I curently do Nokia Bluetooth Keyboard + osso-xterm + ssh + pine for the majority of my m

Re: [maemo-users] Application manager challenges

2007-01-19 Thread Kevin
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Marius Gedminas wrote: On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 03:00:45PM +0200, Timo Witikainen wrote: Whoa! gzip segfaults? Smells like a hardware problem. Or maybe a corrupt gzip binary. Any advice how to proceed? Try rebooting. If that doesn't help, try reflashing. If that doe

[maemo-users] Re: IMAP clients

2007-01-19 Thread Kevin
Dave Cridland wrote on 1/19/2007 12:15 PM: It's probably not yet suitable for "real" mention on this list, since it's still in fairly early days, but I manage to use it to read, reply to, and forward my email. It sounds interesting. Do you have any sort of instructions for installation? R

[maemo-users] Reader Mini

2007-02-06 Thread Kevin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A few days ago Jonathan Greene mentioned Reader Mini on the Nokia Internet Tablet. I went ahead and tried it today on my 770 and must say I am impressed. I've never really used Google Reader, but the combination of Reader Mini and Adam Pash's Tips an

Re: iGo Stowaway Sierra Bluetooth Keyboard

2007-03-06 Thread Kevin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote on 3/6/2007 6:42 PM: > I've now narrowed my keyboard search down to two keyboards - the Nokia > Bluetooth keyboard which gets excellent reviews and the iGo Stowaway Sierra > Bluetooth Keyboard. The Sierra has a fifth row for nu

Adobe lifts licensing fees for Flash lite

2008-05-01 Thread Kevin Neely
@qgil mirrored my thoughts on this one, thought the list might like to see this. http://constantine.jaiku.com/presence/33529593 ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: omweather recently broken?

2008-05-07 Thread Kevin Neely
I would bet it's some sort of weather.com format change. OMweather says "wrong station code or zip code!!" for my configured cities. K > - Original message - > From: Andrew Flegg  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Peter Bart  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: maemo > Sent: Tue May  6 2008 09:24:16 PM

Re: Naive question , How I can control where applications are installed ?

2009-03-07 Thread Kevin Neely
not really, only thing you can do is run the OS from the mem card. K - Original message - > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users ___

Re: [maemo-users] 770 on the way

2006-12-04 Thread Kevin Neely
If the 870 had a pull-out keyboard, that would be compelling enough for me. Otherwise, I'd probably skip a generation or two. K -- Sent from my Nokia 770 http://astroturfgarden.com - Original message - From: Jonathan Matthews-Levine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: maemo-users@maemo.org Sent:

Re: [maemo-users] File system

2006-12-06 Thread Kevin Neely
On 12/6/06, John Leko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > the 770 has a set of directories directly stored on the device (e.g., > Audio, Documents, Images, etc.). Is it possible to access those > directories via the command-line, and if so through what path? You can also make a backup of your d

cannot download LCARS themes

2009-12-24 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi All; I just got a new N900 - it rocks. However I cannot download any of the lcars theme's. On my N900, I browse to maemo.org then select Downloads and I select OS2008. In the Desktop Environment category I find the lcars-complete and click on it's download link. my device then automaticall

N900 memory usage

2009-12-28 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi all; I've bought a 16G SD card for my N900. When I go to Settings --> Memory I see this: Nokia N900: 21.13 GB Available Memory Card: 11.10 GB Available Memory for installable applications 1.82 GB available Can anyone tell me what the "Memory for installable applications" is used for and

bluetooth and sounds

2009-12-28 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi All; I found that when I connect a bluetooth headset / earpiece (like a Jawbone) to my N900 then ALL the sounds go only to the bluetooth device, so if I'm not wearing it I miss calls because the ringer is only sent to the bluetooth headset. Is there any way to change this so sounds such as

entering phone numbers

2010-01-01 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi all; I find that on my N900, when I add a new contact I cannot add any parens or dashes (or maybe I just dont know how). So instead of this : 123-456-7899 I have to use only numbers like this: 1234567899 which is much less readable. However if I mail a contact to myself that I've added via

Re: Loading Ovi maps onto device memory-yes or no?

2010-02-12 Thread Kevin Neely
follow the download links from maps.nokia.com and grab the map loader (not the map updater). This application will let you side-load your maps. I am not 100% sure it works for N900, but that device is listed under the devices for the maps program itself. hope that helps, K On 2/12/2010 5:08 PM,

N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi all; 2 questions: 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 2) Other than a wireless access point app, how do I use my N900 to connect my Linux laptop to the internet? Thanks in advance __

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin Kempter
On Monday 08 March 2010 10:44:55 am James Knott wrote: > Kevin Kempter wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > 2 questions: > > > > 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it > > into w wireless access point. Is there a similar a

SIM card carriers

2010-03-11 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi all; anyone know which US wireless carriers (other than T-mobile) support SIM cards (i.e. can/will activate the N900) ? Thanks in advance ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: PR1.2 is here

2010-05-25 Thread Kevin Neely
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 09:47 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > Since it wasn't posted on this list yet, in case you didn't see the > news, PR1.2 is finally here. > > Download new firmware & eMMC images: > http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php Got excited, grabbed the release and updated it. Ever

Re: PR1.2 is here

2010-05-25 Thread Kevin Neely
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 09:47 -0500, Paul Hartman wrote: > Since it wasn't posted on this list yet, in case you didn't see the > news, PR1.2 is finally here. Disregard my previous email. I downloaded the wrong firmware. Grabbed PR 1.2 version 10.2010.19-1 Latest Maemo 5 USA release for Nokia N900

Re: Opera Mini for N900/Meego

2010-06-10 Thread Kevin Neely
I believe that Opera Mobile in "Turbo Mode" is the same as Opera Mini's proxying feature. You'll need to double check that with how it actually works, but that's my understanding. K On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 19:32 +0100, Bernard Tyers wrote: > Hi there, > > A friend of mine, a potential N900 user,

Re: Calendar alarm does not sound if silent profile is active

2010-08-30 Thread Kevin Neely
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:27 +0200, Tanuva wrote: > I always found the alarm clock application very useful, especially > because I can set the phone silent and still get woken on time. Since it > only supports waking me up within the next 24 hours, You don't want calendar entries going off in th

Re: I have PR1.3, Should I change app man catalogs Distribution to fremantle-1.3?

2010-11-02 Thread Kevin Neely
On 11/02/2010 01:50 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > I thought it should happen automatically as part of PR1.3 upgrade > process. It did for me. So I think it should be safe for you to change > that if yours were not updated automatically. > > After the upgrade, all my repos appear to work with the e

Re: Installing Firefox 4 beta 2 in N900 - howto?

2010-11-05 Thread Kevin Neely
On 11/05/2010 07:04 AM, Dawid Lorenz wrote: > I'm experiencing problems installing Firefox 4 beta 2 on my device. I > currently don't have Firefox/fennec installed at all. So here's what I > do to get latest beta installed: The upgrade just popped up for me as a regular software update. I wouldn

Re: "airplane mode" for traveling

2007-12-16 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:01:22AM +, Peter Flynn wrote: > I didn't know there was an "offline mode" (and I haven't found it yet). > On my flights to and from the US last week I did what I could to turn > off wifi by disconnecting it from the airport network at the departure In OS 2006, you

Re: help!? my N810 seems dead(ish)

2007-12-25 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 09:22:55PM +, Peter Flynn wrote: > Query: why do Nokia go to such lengths to hide the existence of the > tablets? Is there some internal embarrassment that they aren't phones, > or that they run Linux, or something? They aren't mentioned on any > leaflets or product

Re: Playing MPEG-2 or .tivo files on N800 OS2008

2007-12-29 Thread Kevin T. Neely
mo.org. I have not used them for tivo files, but have used them to convert DVDs to be played on my 770. As it relies upon mplayer and mencoder, assuming you have the necessary codecs, you can probably convert those files to something mplayer on your tablet can play. good luck, Kevin -- I

Re: camera

2008-01-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:20:11PM +, Peter Flynn wrote: > What apps does the camera work with? A SIP phone app like the > preinstalled Gizmo would be nice, but I don't see anywhere to activate it. The newest version of gizmo is available for OS2008 and it supports video SIP calls. You can

MMC reported as read only

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On my 770, I am running the latest OS2007HE and have a 2GB MMC card inserted, which is used for the maximum swap. While downloading a file to the MMC card, the device stopped and restated itself. Now, writes to the card are rported as an I/O error, and that it is a read only filesystem. ideas

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:00:15PM +0200, Eero Tamminen wrote: > Hi, > > ext Kevin T. Neely wrote: > >While downloading a file to the MMC card, the device stopped and restated > >itself. Now, writes to the card are rported as an I/O error, and that it > >is a read on

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
'm able. Also, once I get the kernel patched, what should I do to get the MMC card back into a read/write state? thanks, Kevin -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ maemo-users mailing

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 10:37:49AM -0500, Levi Bard wrote: > > On my 770, I am running the latest OS2007HE and have a 2GB MMC card > > inserted, which is used for the maximum swap. > > > > While downloading a file to the MMC card, the device stopped and restated > > itself. Now, writes to the ca

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 10:52:46AM -0500, Levi Bard wrote: > > If the filesystem was corrupted you may have to reformat the card. > > > > Try running fsck.vfat on the card $fsck -a (or -r) results in: File system has -7 clusters but only space for 3854 FAT entries that seems bad :) K --

Re: how to access media content from home network to maemo device?

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 04:23:33PM -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: > I've been testing Webot.com and it seems to work really well, in the > browser with minimal fuss. You can stream music and view photos... no > video for the time being. For the video part, you can try to use the web server complem

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-09 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Since I am receiving the errors below, is there a way to just reinitialize the card? How would I know if I encountered the flash memory bug and made the card unusable? The weird thing is that the tablet appears to still be using the card as virtual memory. thank you, Kevin On 1/7/08, Kevin T

Re: N800 Web Cam Usage

2008-01-11 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:02:23PM -0500, Chris wrote: > Issue: Grandma has a PC with no web cam. I, of course, have the N800. I want > to have a video conference with Grandma so she can see me. > Solution seems obvious: get Grandma an N800! > with other N800 users only. Skype, no video. Gizmo

Re: Podcast program for N810

2008-01-16 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 07:30:59PM +0100, Ove Nordström wrote: > Anyone know about a podcast program for N810? I installed gpodder on my OS2007HE last week. It works really well. K -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [Fwd: Re: Skype video?]

2008-01-17 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:09:04AM +, Matt Emson wrote: > Why does Thunderbird always send to individuals rather than the list for > this mailing list? Weird! It is the way this list is setup. Thunderbird (and mutt in my case) is doing "the right thing" and replying as the headers specify.

Re: OT: Mailinglist Reply To All (was Re: [Fwd: Re: Skype video?])

2008-01-17 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:45:13PM +0100, Tilman Vogel wrote: > Johan Helsingius schrieb: > > Use "Reply All" if you want to send to the > > whole list too. > > I'd suggest to remove the individual recipients then (like I did now), > because many people don't like to get individual duplicates on m

Re: Skype video?

2008-01-18 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 09:24:03AM +, Julian Toler wrote: > Cannot find free messaging on my service provider's site Virgin Mobile UK. I > am unlikely to change provider simply to use this service. It looks like > some other service providers offer this service - e.g. Orange UK, T-Mobile Gizmo

Re: MMC reported as read only

2008-01-18 Thread Kevin T. Neely
quot;just worked" for me, so I am treading in unfamiliar water, and would appreciate any help or pointers you can give. Also, is there a way to force the format to 2GB? It might be interesting to try. thank you in advance, Kevin -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signat

Re: network priority and autoreconnect (OS2008)

2008-01-22 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:36:43PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote: > Although I would prefer it not do that and kill my existing ssh > connections by changing my externally visible IP address. When I started running around with my 770, I found that the 'screen' program was my best long-lost friend

Re: Nokia NXXX With A Phone!

2008-01-24 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:38:29AM -0500, Aaron Newcomb wrote: > OK enthusiasts, when is this going to happen? I talked about this a > lot with attendees of the last Ohio LInuxfest and it is clear that the > next generation of this device needs a phone. I know that there will This is quite timely

garbled text on tracks using UK Media Player

2008-01-26 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On my 770, my favorite media player to use is the UKMP (although I am impressed at the improvements in the default player from OS2006 to OS2007HW), however, when I use it, the tracks I have downloaded from my eMusic subscription have garbled metadata. I posted this bug: https://garage.maemo.or

OT: Nokia and Symbian mailing lists

2008-01-29 Thread Kevin T. Neely
This is off-topic, but I wonder if any of you know of a mailing lists for users of Nokia Symbian S60 phones. Maemo-users has been such a great resource for me, I'm hoping to find something similar to complement my new N-series phone. thanks, Kevin -- In Vino Veritas

Re: Canola on 770?

2008-01-30 Thread Kevin T. Neely
, do you mean OS2006, OS2007HE, or both? thank you, and I look forward to the release! Kevin -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users

Re: installing skype on N810

2008-02-01 Thread Kevin T. Neely
s more the fault of inexperienced sysadmins and sloppy installations, but that doesn't make the experience any less frustrating. that was longer than expected, Kevin -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature __

Re: Simple shell question

2008-02-01 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 10:29:12AM -0800, Elizabeth Kirby wrote: > Is there a way to invoke history in the shell? I tried page up and !!, but > neither worked. It depends upon which shell you are using. Most times, an up arrow will do the trick. You can also usually check to see if history is

Re: Canola2 beta2 is out!

2008-02-02 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 11:14:49PM -0300, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > Hi guys, > > [*] 770 support: gregale is regular install, but for Hacker Edition > (bora ported to 770) you need a special proceeding (ain't you > hackers!?): >1) disable all repositories >2) add the repositories:

Re: Canola2 beta2 is out!

2008-02-03 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 11:32:06AM -0300, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > On Feb 3, 2008 12:41 AM, Fred Chittenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:44:58 -0500 > > "Kevin T. Neely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >

Re: bluetooth headsets

2008-02-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:11:48AM -0500, Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote: > Is A2DP supported? > IIRC, there was a relatively involved post to this list regarding the hack to make the tablet talk A2DP, check the archives. I suspect that before the year is out, we'll have relatively simple to use

Re: Books / Movies Catalogue on my 770?

2008-02-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:55:38AM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote: > > I want to catalogue my book collection (or any other, for that matter) using I think at the moment, your best way to do this sort of thing is to use the tablet as a web interface to a hosted database of some sort. Back when I

Re: memory cards for a 770

2008-02-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 02:09:33PM +, Ulises wrote: > Aye up chaps! > Caveat Emptor on these cards. I got one in the mail and had a number of problems with it (see posts from last month titled MMC read only). I am not sure whether or not this was due to a faulty card or due to an unpatche

Re: swap

2008-02-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:40:43AM -0500, Jeffrey Mark Siskind wrote: > Is it possible to setup a swap partition/file? (In the standard Linux way?) What is wrong with the standard swap options available under the memory settings? K -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc

Re: Newbie Windows/Python Question

2008-02-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 08:52:41PM -0600, Michael Conklin wrote: > This means nothing to me but it is clearly the critical step. Can anyone > give step by step instructions on how to get to the "root terminal" and then > install these dependencies? I know it must be frustrating that I lack such >

Re: Newbie Windows/Python Question

2008-02-08 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 10:24:54PM -0800, DrFredC.com wrote: > OOOH Boy, some secret decoder ring stuff. Only problem, it's in secret > decoder ring lingo. It is not difficult at all. A bit of searching and reading will give you what you need. The OP wanted to install some software that is no

Re: Newbie Windows/Python Question

2008-02-08 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:59:58PM +0100, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 10:24:54PM -0800, DrFredC.com wrote: > > > This makes about as much sense as saying there's global warming when > > there's record snow and cold all over the place. > > It's 8 degrees (centigrade) and sunny h

Re: New member...new help understanding how to download, and install apps....

2008-02-09 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 10:20:53AM +, Richard Mighty wrote: > Just received my N800 Friday, I have a question regarding downloading, and > installing applications. I'm currently trying to download a SSH client > server app, 'Dropbear', I've tried downloading the .deb file from Dropbear > si

Re: new N810: oversized partition on internal card straight from factory

2008-02-14 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 06:19:46PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:10:50PM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > > I'd just deleted the AV media that comes bundled on the device via the > > USB connection, and noticed that a "df" gave me the same output as > > before deleting

Re: maemo-users Digest, Vol 34, Issue 39

2008-02-21 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:50:51PM -0500, V P wrote: > Hi All, > has anybody been able to view Stage6.com content on Nokia 810, OS2008? If > so, how? I suspect you could view the content with mplayer installed. You may also have to do some coversion first with a tool like tablet-encode. Howeve

Re: Videos and VNC

2008-02-21 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 02:58:24PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm thinking of using an N770 as the control for a headless system for > several reasons. While it's not a must, one thing that would be nice > is to also view video through such a setup. There will be times when If I'm reading y

Re: Find Large Files

2008-02-26 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 03:15:11PM -0500, Chris wrote: > I'm trying to locate large files on my internal memory (cleaning house). > > "find / -type f -size +10240k" I keep getting "find: invalid number +10240k" How about du? I use something like du -h --max-depth=2 to get a quick overview of

Re: N800 user unhappy with OS2008 upgrade -- are there others?

2008-02-28 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:12:42PM -0500, Norman Ramsey wrote: > > 1. The RSS reader is no better able to handle a feed with a hundred > entries; my favorite feed falls in this class. Have you tried ReaderMini? http://readermini.com I like that better than any RSS reader I've yet found

strange hardbutton behavior

2008-03-05 Thread Kevin T. Neely
The behavior of the hard buttons on my tablet has changed and I am not sure why. Before, if I clicked the home button, i would get a list of currently open windows. Now, when i press it, all the open windows minimize. Also, the power button immediately turns the device off instead of opening

Re: strange hardbutton behavior

2008-03-11 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 02:00:33PM +0200, Eero Tamminen wrote: > Hi, > > ext Paul Gear wrote: > > Kevin T. Neely wrote: > >> The behavior of the hard buttons on my tablet has changed and I am > > not sure why. Before, if I clicked the home button, i would get > &

Re: strange hardbutton behavior

2008-03-11 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 06:43:25PM +0200, Eero Tamminen wrote: > Hi, > > ext Kevin T. Neely wrote: >> I do not think so. They feel no different than they did before. >> The power off upon pressing the power button is instantaneous. >> The tablet immediately makes the li

Re: Internal Memory Read Only?

2008-03-17 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:45:54AM -0500, Scott Carr wrote: > Quoting Ryan Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Well, there are two different internal memories - the 256 system and > > the 2gb "fake internal card" with map data. (I have no idea how to get > > map data back, presumably from within the p

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

2008-03-21 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:36:13AM -0600, david feldman wrote: > > Ryan and I have been exchanging posts about a missing bluetooth control icon > my Nokia 770 with IT2006 upgrade. Can someone with this device look at theirs > and tell me if there is a control dialog for Bluetooth? I am trying to

Re: Canola2 Beta6 and Beta7

2008-03-21 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Just a quick note, running OS2007HE, I was able to (using the comment out all repos other than the canola ones, and running update) upgrade to the latest canola: Preparing to replace canola2 2.0.0~beta5-maemo4 (using .../canola2_2.0.0~beta7-maemo1_all.deb) ... so that all seems to be good and

Adding internet content to Canola

2008-03-22 Thread Kevin T. Neely
I have beta 7 installed for Canola2. I am unable to add internet content (photo feeds, podcasts, etc.) I tried to add my Flickr photo stream using the rss link at the bottom of my page, Canola gave me an error saying it couldn't find anything. Likewise, I tried to add the splendidtable.org p

Re: N810 built-in flash: unreliable?

2008-03-30 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 01:52:10PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote: > I'm now trying to see if I can find a safe partition size that I can use > without losing my data. > > I initially thought this might be related to > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2802 > It seems like the tablets are pla

Re: Flash Full Screen on n810/800??

2008-04-01 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 09:53:54PM +1100, Tim wrote: > Has anyone run Flash (or YouTube, same thing) full screen on N810/800? If you view YouTube videos using Canola2, you can tap once on the video and it will switch to full screen. K -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.

Re: GPE & Google calendar

2008-04-01 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 01:25:46PM -0400, Larry Battraw wrote: > There's a second option: using gpesyncd and opensync but I've not tried it > before and I belive it works with the Evolution Email/PIM software instead. > Just something to look for when trying to find a way to make it happen. I Jus

Re: GPE & Google calendar

2008-04-01 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 02:19:42PM -0400, James Knott wrote: > Ryan Pavlik wrote: > > Kevin T. Neely wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 01:25:46PM -0400, Larry Battraw wrote: > >> > >>> There's a second option: using gpesyncd and opensync but I&

Re: GPE & Google calendar

2008-04-02 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Swaying a bit from the topic, but this was just posted to #800 on jaiku: Maemo Sync Packages http://fl0rian.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/maemo-sync-packages/ Looks a bit rough, but it is always nice to see progress in this area. A frontend will go a long way to what people have been asking for. K

Re: Move from 2007 to 2008 Questions

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Terminal is installed by default. I have GPE cal, etc. running fine on my OS2008. Also got Ermining to work, and it is syncing my calendar w/ gCal like a charm. gainroot works. Installed it on a friend's device I upgraded for her. For me, I just install openssh and login as root. cheers and

Re: Support for external screen

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin T. Neely
Funny you should ask. I was just perusing the S60 blogs, and there was a link to the NoBounds project on the internettablettalk.com forums. Give it a search, there's a video, and it looks to be what you are looking for. (sadly, the video is not working on my tablet, so you may need to unt up

Re: Move from 2007 to 2008 Questions

2008-04-14 Thread Kevin T. Neely
> > And, lastly, for the applications that require no changes, e.g. no new > > binaries, will they show up after I upgrade or do I have to re-install them? > > > > You'll have to reinstall them. When upgrading within a major release > (e.g. from 2.2007.50-2 to 2.2007.51-3) you can use the backup f

Re: BECOMEROOT

2008-04-15 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:01:45AM +0200, sebastian maemo wrote: > 2008/4/15, Frantisek Dufka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I can install lots of applications in my cellphone (also a Nokia). But I can > install only a few applications in the 770, unless I do a (non-trivial) Can you? I have an S60 phone

Re: OS 2008 Bluetooth keyboard problems (was: Move from 2007 to 2008 Questions)

2008-04-17 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 09:29:24PM -0400, Norman Ramsey wrote: > 1. Based on random criteria I haven't been able to figure out, the > Bluetooth keyboard sometimes activates the word-completion I have seen this. Cannot figure out what causes it, either. I am only really typing txt message

Re: Is OS2006 still supported?

2008-04-17 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 06:39:10PM -0400, Don Birdsall wrote: > Question: Is there any advantage for me to upgrade the OS to the last > that will run on this machine which I guess is the Hacker Edition? Canola was not trivial for me to install on OS2007HE. I got it working with some excellent h

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xournal 0.4.2.1 has been ported to Maemo Chinook

2008-04-18 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 01:07:53PM +0200, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: > > Just wanted to make people be aware I have finished the Maemo port of the > latest Xournal > version(v0.4.2.1). > The improvements and features

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Xournal 0.4.2.1 has been ported to Maemo Chinook

2008-04-20 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:19:38AM +0200, Andrea Grandi wrote: > > yes, we have to enable this: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/ > Like a charm, thank you so much for the followup! Well done and very cool app. I like it! K -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.

gps and maps

2008-04-20 Thread Kevin T. Neely
This is kind of a silly question... I'm looking to get a BT GPS for my n800 and I was wondering something about the capabilities of the map programs for the tablets: Does it talk to you? thanks! K -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: OS 2008 Bluetooth keyboard problems (was: Move from 2007 to 2008 Questions)

2008-04-23 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:39:31PM -0400, Norman Ramsey wrote: > > Don't just stew, vote for the bug here: > > https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850 Let Nokia know this is > happening > > to more people and you're not pleased. I can't believe we have only 5 > votes > > for this killer

Re: gpe contacts import

2008-04-24 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:43:26PM -0300, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > If OSS doesn't view itself as professional as commercial stuff, then it's > guaranteed to fail in the long run. Look at the success stories of OSS; > Firefox, Apache, Linux, OOo, and so on. They aren't based around the Oh re

Re: gpe contacts import

2008-04-24 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:50:08PM -0300, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > My point there was that Mozilla/FF always considered itself to be > professional, no matter how open the code is. Did anyone from the Mozilla > > Besides, a typical install installs not only Firefox but the crash > reporter...

Re: OpenOffice (was Bluetooth keyboard?)

2008-04-24 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 05:15:38PM -0700, Andrew Daviel wrote: > > I don't want to create documents, I just want to view PowerPoint. And > maybe Word. And maybe**2 Excel. Not all in one huge app. For when I'm at > I'd love to be able to run office apps on my tablet, but might it not just be ea

Re: Hacker Edition (was Re: Is OS2006 still supported?)

2008-04-25 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:49:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:43:59AM +0300, Eero Tamminen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ext Andrew Flegg wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> My personal opinion (and I insist in the "p

Re: OpenOffice (was Bluetooth keyboard?)

2008-04-25 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 09:15:07PM -0600, Mark Haury wrote: > Kevin T. Neely wrote: > > I'd love to be able to run office apps on my tablet, but might it not just > be easier in situations like the above to use vnc or similar to connect to a > desktop machine that ca

Re: OpenOffice (was Bluetooth keyboard?)

2008-04-25 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:22:08PM -0600, Mark wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Kevin T. Neely > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 09:15:07PM -0600, Mark Haury wrote: > > >Kevin T. Neely wrote: > > > > > > I'

Re: English dictionary

2008-04-28 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:35:48PM +0800, jason zhang wrote: > Is there an English dictionary Application for OS2800? It will be great > if the dictionary can pronounce the word. dict is available for the platform. I use dict for both English and English-German lookups. K -- In Vino Veritas

Re: Decent PIM for the N8x0

2008-05-02 Thread Kevin T. Neely
for Bugzilla, it would be more constructive to take those to the Bugzilla team. Thanks to Graham for GPE, thanks to the users for their time and ideas, Kevin -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Decent PIM for the N8x0

2008-05-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 05:54:16PM -0600, Mark wrote: > actually does out of the box. (And that tiny screen makes the "it's > only an Internet device" excuse extremely absurd - who can stand to > browse the Web very long with these things?) It's Nokia that has > screwed us all, *including* the deve

Re: Decent PIM for the N8x0

2008-05-06 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:49:56AM -0600, Mark wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Kevin T. Neely > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just look at how Nokia has it marketed: it is an "N-series" device, which > > (apart from the tablet) is all smartphone

Re: omweather stopped working: bad codes

2008-05-07 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:46:16PM +0100, Peter Flynn wrote: > I am running omweather on my N800 under OS2007. I have been using it > since I got the device last year and it seemed to work perfectly. Check the thread "Re: omweather recently broken?" on this list from earlier today. Weather.com h

Re: Microb Versus Mozilla Fennec

2008-05-09 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 04:50:54PM +0200, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: > > MicroB opens my Google Reader page with no issue at all, and is actually > quite fast. Lucky, it doesn't work for me. Fennec is still pretty unusable for me on an n800, although i have it installed and am waiting for an upd

Re: Microb Versus Mozilla Fennec

2008-05-09 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:53:29AM -0400, Jonathan Greene wrote: > I tend to use the mobile version of GR, which I don't really like, but > at least it's reliable. They need to do much more than a single item, ust fired up reader on my 800 and it appears to be working, albeit slowly (might blame

Re: Microb Versus Mozilla Fennec

2008-05-09 Thread Kevin T. Neely
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:48:33AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In my earlier post I said that our browser development is being done > nowadays on the Gecko trunk (practically same as Fennec) and we are also > willing to embrace the Firefox add-on developer community. Fennec will Will we see

Re: Newbie to maemo lookig for advice

2008-05-16 Thread Kevin T. Neely
upon what you use to create the videos. I was able to transfer videos taken with my N-series phone to my tablet and play them without a problem. Other .avi files require me to run them through the excellent tablet-encode program available on garage. Tablet-encode formats the resolution for th

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