Community Updates/2009-01-12
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* Werner [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-December/000890.html announced] he made an [http://www.almesberger.net/misc/idbg/ internal debug board]. This is contributed as a community member, not as Openmoko employee. | * Werner [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2008-December/000890.html announced] he made an [http://www.almesberger.net/misc/idbg/ internal debug board]. This is contributed as a community member, not as Openmoko employee. | ||
* Filter key bouncing patches. | * Filter key bouncing patches. | ||
| − | * There | + | * There is a thread about the touchscreen driver on the devel list, how it should be [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-December/003888.html split between kernelspace and userspace], and [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2009-January/004037.html how to contribute it upstream] to the Linux kernel. I find the mix of high-level technical arguments with social and emotional considerations fascinating. |
| + | * Illume's keyboard is definitely now The keyboard. It is a pleasure to say that the Community localized it already to at least [Illume#List_of_illume_keyboards|nine different languages]. This does not only involves layout and icon, but also building up a dictionary. The frontier: input for asian languages. | ||
| + | * The Freeunner is also a target platform for many innovative new input methods. | ||
== Tips and tricks == | == Tips and tricks == | ||
* Booting 2008.12 from a microsd fails with "Only GTA01 hardware supported by ASoc driver" ? Option "ro" on the kernel commandline is fatal for startup of 2008.12. Check your U-Boot env if you're using that for "ro", or try adding rw to /boot/append-GTA02 if you are on SD Card and Qi. | * Booting 2008.12 from a microsd fails with "Only GTA01 hardware supported by ASoc driver" ? Option "ro" on the kernel commandline is fatal for startup of 2008.12. Check your U-Boot env if you're using that for "ro", or try adding rw to /boot/append-GTA02 if you are on SD Card and Qi. | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 9 January 2009
Sean's new year interview.
Contents |
New applications
- LED clock When an Openmoko is sitting unused at night, turn it into an alarm clock with large 7-segment digits on a black background in landscape mode.
- GPRSsettings is a GUI script designed to change apn, login, dialnumber.
- Samuel's script for a toggle wifi icon.
- ylock 0.1 Python screen lock and low battery monits.
- AppManager 1.0.1 Zenity package manager.
Ports and update
- Lots of Navit activity. Distributions are kindly suggested to package the sample map separately from the main binary to conserve space.
- The opkg package manager development moved from OM svn to Google code. The recommended stable version is r172, there is a significant data structures+algorithm refactorization going on.
Community
- Sean's new year interview
Hardware and drivers
- Werner announced he made an internal debug board. This is contributed as a community member, not as Openmoko employee.
- Filter key bouncing patches.
- There is a thread about the touchscreen driver on the devel list, how it should be split between kernelspace and userspace, and how to contribute it upstream to the Linux kernel. I find the mix of high-level technical arguments with social and emotional considerations fascinating.
- Illume's keyboard is definitely now The keyboard. It is a pleasure to say that the Community localized it already to at least [Illume#List_of_illume_keyboards|nine different languages]. This does not only involves layout and icon, but also building up a dictionary. The frontier: input for asian languages.
- The Freeunner is also a target platform for many innovative new input methods.
Tips and tricks
- Booting 2008.12 from a microsd fails with "Only GTA01 hardware supported by ASoc driver" ? Option "ro" on the kernel commandline is fatal for startup of 2008.12. Check your U-Boot env if you're using that for "ro", or try adding rw to /boot/append-GTA02 if you are on SD Card and Qi.
