User:JohnSullivan

Revision as of 18:04, 8 January 2009

I'm using a FreeRunner, with Qt-Extended on the flash but mainly using Debian on the microSD.

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.

Blogging

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.

Highlights

• T-Mobile GPRS on the FreeRunner with Qtopia

Hardware

• GTA02
• FrogPad bluetooth keyboard
• PaperMate PhD Multi pen, which includes a pen and stylus
• Altec Lansing 2.5mm headphones (which have a mic too, though I don't know if it works)
• 8GB microSD card

Uses

I'm currently using it without a SIM with:

• e17 and Illume
• gmpc/mpc/mpd/mpdscribble as a scrobbling music player
• TangoGPS
• Emacs for text editing
• subversion for pulling in my home directory

Connectivity

• Tethered via bluetooth to my Nokia E61, which gets it a T-mobile EDGE connection.
• wifi-radar for connecting to wifi networks

Web browsing

Iceweasel configuration

• Set my home page to http://delicious.com/johnsu01/mobile, which will have frequently used bookmarks.
• Turn off auto-suggest in the search box (right-click on it and turn off "Show Suggestions"). But probably I need to remove this altogether, unless I can move the address bar to its own line -- right now all I can see there is "http".
• Disable autocompletion in the address bar -- makes typing impossible. I had to do this (and other iceweasel configuration) over X forwarded ssh, because iceweasel config windows keep coming up larger than the screen.
• Probably need to install Adblock and add a filter to block all of these javascript form field suggesting scripts (like google.com or youtube.com) -- they really slow things down and make typing frustrating.

I tried the delicious extension but it seems to make things too slow. I might try again.

Important Debian configuration files =

My /etc/modules:

   snd-soc-neo1973-gta02-wm8753                                                                       
   g_ether                                                                                            
   bluetooth                                                                                          
   bnep                                                                                               
   ohci-hcd                                                                                           
   hci_usb 

Issues

• Mailutils segfault