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I'm using a FreeRunner, with Qt-Extended on the flash but mainly using Debian on the microSD. Currently I'm experimenting with SHR as well.
I'm in Boston.
If you have a question or suggestion for me, feel free to leave it on the talk page here or contact me by email and more. I'm also in #openmoko, #openmoko-cdevel, and #openmoko-debian as johnsu01.
I'm blogging a bit about my experiences and hacking on the FreeRunner at http://journal.wjsullivan.net. Posts tagged with "freerunner" are syndicated to http://planet.openmoko.org.
I started a microblogging group for FreeRunner users at identi.ca.
This is a personal page, but related articles I've written for the FSF include:
I'm using Qi. This was installed from here with:
dfu-util -a u-boot -R -D qi-s3c2442-master_a2d11c4dd18c9517.udfu
The kernel then needs to be renamed/linked to /boot/boot/uImage-GTA02.bin.
We also need a /boot/boot/append-GTA02 file containing:
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=tty0 loglevel=8 rootdelay=1
I'm experimenting with the andy-tracking kernel, testing d1a9cf85c8608601 (2.6.29) and f2d78193eae5dccd (2.6.28).
I'm currently using it with a T-Mobile prepaid SIM. I'm using e17 and Illume for the window manager environment.
Currently experimenting with http://www.pimlico-project.org/dates.html. I built it from svn on 2009.02.04 and it seems to be working very nicely. It does not seem to have an alarm for appointments, though, and there are some font issues with the yearly calendar view that are causing the numbers to overlap.
I built http://www.pimlico-project.org/contacts.html from svn on 2009.02.04. I successfully imported all 177 of my contacts. From my Nokia phone, I sent them all over bluetooth to the FreeRunner (with obexpushd), and then cat'd them all into a single vcf file. I pointed Contacts toward this, and it imported them. Took a few minutes to do the import, but it worked.
I was having trouble with wifi recently -- I could get an address, and do dns lookups, but couldn't reliably ping any host including the gateway. If I left ping running long enough, it would eventually get a few successful ones, but overall it was unusable. I tried a few things including setting the rate with iwconfig and making sure power management was off, but that didn't help. I installed Wmiconfig and did:
wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf
Now things seem to be working again. But that massively increases power consumption, so I'm still trying to debug the root of the problem. It seems to have something to do with channels and interference, since I can connect to the AP at work, where there are fewer other APs around to crowd the airwaves.
To disable wifi:
wmiconfig -i eth0 --wlan disable
As of M5, in FSO you have to activate the WiFi resource in order to use it. For example (on one line):
mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy WiFi enabled
This will activate it for multiple clients -- you could also request it instead of setting a different policy, and since the default policy is auto, it will go back off again when you release it.
I'm using bluez 4.31 compiled from source, and bluetooth-gnome 1.8 also compiled from source. I use obexpushd for receiving bluetooth files.
I'm using xserver-xglamo.
The illume theme was using the default ugly X crosshairs mouse cursor. I installed the crystalcursors package and made sure via update-alternatives that it was in use, but it didn't work in e17 until I went into Settings => Look => Mouse Cursor. I selected "Use X cursor", "Show cursor", and changed the cursor size to 16px (under Advanced). Now it's a more pleasant arrow.
The default font size in illume was far, far too small. To increase it, go to Settings => Look => Scaling => Advanced. Set custom scaling on, and then increase the personal scaling factor. Mine is currently set at 2.3. You'll need to restart in order for things to fully settle.
By default, the AUX button is not configured to lock the screen. I changed this by going to Settings => Input => Keybindings. Highlight the first entry, click Modify Key, then press the AUX key. Set it to execute "Desktop Simple Lock".
Claws (apt-get install claws-mail) is working well for e-mail. It has a small screen setting that is very usable.
Sending mail didn't work at first. Turns out you have to create a queue folder in order for that to work -- go to File => Add Mailbox and make a local mailbox called Queue. Then under Configuration => Edit Current Account => Advanced under Folder, check the "Put queued messages in" and then select that folder.
TangoGPS.
I'm testing one of these credit-card sized bluetooth keyboards. It pairs and types and the form factor is excellent.
I'm working on getting acceptable audio quality. I can get audio through my wired headset by manually loading the state file after the call connects, but it's far too soft by default and the microphone on the headset does not work.
For sound out of the handset, the Improving_user_experience page says to set control.4 Speaker Playback Volume to 95.
http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1267
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-August/000451.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/support@lists.openmoko.org/msg00564.html
http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/883
http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1352
This is my project to create an Emacs interface to the freesmartphone API. It's what I will be using for the time being to make and receive calls, and send and receive SMS.
The home page with information about getting the code is http://wiki.wjsullivan.net/collaboration.cgi/FsoEl.
Zhone requires python bindings, from https://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/BINDINGS/python ? Installing this requires python-setuptools. The default path should also be changed because it tries to install things to /root/usr...
I'm suffering from the infamous buzz and so far am not able to use the device as my regular phone.
These are packages I needed to install in order to build Zhone. apt-get build-dep zhone didn't work -- no source package available.
I'm using epdfview to read PDFs. I had problems with it crashing on larger PDFs at first, but I haven't seen that in a while. I think it's probably because I added a swapfile. xpdf and evince are also options.
Google's mobile book search works great.
Install ntp to have accurate time. Otherwise, the clock drifts way off.
I haven't found a good alarm clock app yet.
Time is displayed in small analog clock form in the e17 toolbar. It's not ideal but it's okay for now.
I tried the delicious extension but it seems to make things too slow. I might try again. The reason I'm using iceweasel instead of midori is because I'm hoping that one of the mouse gesture extensions will be useful.
I'm experimenting with using this more. With an Emacs X frame open, I can display the images as well and it seems like a reasonable way to look at most pages.
Boot time with u-boot was about 3 minutes. Switching to Qi has brought it down to about 2. I'm currently starting mpd and mpdscribble at boot, which I will stop by writing a shell script that starts them if they are not already started when I actually open the music player.
I'm also using exim4, which was adding almost a full minute to the boot time. Doing:
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
And answering "Yes" to the "Keep number of DNS-queries minimal" question helped reduce this.
I'm currently experimenting with using a swap file, to see if that improves stability. I made that with:
dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=524288 mkswap swapfile
Then added to fstab:
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
And to start using it immediately:
swapon -a
I edited /usr/local/etc/enlightenment/sysactions.conf to use apm instead of acpi to handle suspend, and commented out the suspend event in the rules.yaml frameworkd file. This way I can use the e17 menu to handle things.
Resume wasn't working for me -- when I tried to resume, I got a blank gray screen. I could still do things over ssh, but there was no display. I've fixed that by adding this script to /etc/apm/resume.d.
My /etc/modules (for 2.6.24 -- this is not needed with the andy-tracking kernel):
snd-soc-neo1973-gta02-wm8753 g_ether bluetooth bnep ohci-hcd hci_usb
My .Xresources:
UXTerm*font: -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1 UXTerm*background: black UXTerm*foreground: cyan XTerm*font: -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1 XTerm*background: black XTerm*foreground: cyan
My .xsession:
export GTK_MODULES=libgtkstylus.so # enables right-click by holding down stylus in GTK+ apps enlightenment_start
My .gtkrc-2.0:
gtk-font-name = "Sans 6" style "scroll" { GtkScrollbar::slider-width = 25 } class "*" style "scroll"
(The small font and the large scroll bar are to help cope with dpi issues that xglamo has right now. For portrait orientation I use "Sans 14" for the font.)
FIXME: Need to add sources.list.
(I don't suggest you follow these instructions yet unless you are talking to me, they are in progress.)
Well, the first test did not go well. It looks nice and feels snappy, but it froze up completely within a few minutes of use. I had to remove the battery and reboot. Also, Midori did not show any address bar, and typing C-l did not help. So I was unable to actually enter a web address to browse to.
The freezing has stopped, but there are other issues.
The dialer crashes after pressing Call, with a resource not available error. Trac ticket explains that this is because SHR doesn't work / isn't tested with the andy-tracking kernel.