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Hspa-stick

2009-08-14T11:07:32Z

Cquarinto:

Just for clarification freerunner do not support HSPA.

Here i will describe a way to get a HSPA USB stick working with the FreeRunner.
( Tested with the Novatel MC950D )

Problem at installation was that the HSPA-Stick register a virtual cdrom drive if attached to usb host. FreeRunner do not have installed UDF-filesystem modules so you have to comile that on you own. (Yes i know the virtual cdrom drive is useless because there are only windoof and osx drivers but you have to eject the cdrom to get a serial<->usb converter working.

1. Install crosscompile environment
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain

2.
on the phone:
opkg info kernel

Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.24_2.6.24+git27+1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052-r2
Depends: kernel-2.6.24
Status: install ok installed
Architecture: om-gta02
Installed-Time: 1217369038

copy the git serial number: 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

on host:
git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git linux-2.6

cd to the created folder ( cd linux-2.6) (added by CQuarinto)

git checkout 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

after download go to the directory created and execute following commands:

Download .config file for installed kernel. (Hmm plz can someone add this info)

I am not 100% sure that this will work (got it from: http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=summary):

Apparently, the .config file is downloaded with the git checkout command and it is really
gta02_defconfig (under linux-2.6/arch/arm/configs/). For my kernel though the name of the file was
gta02-moredrivers-defconfig. So to get the .config file I had to do:

cp ./arch/arm/configs/gta02-moredrivers-defconfig .config (by CQuarinto)

search the line: CONFIG_UDF_FS=n
and replace with: CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

compile the kernel and modules
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
make -f synthesize-gta-module-configs.mak
make ARCH=arm
make ARCH=arm modules

Next copy the kernel module to the freerunner:
scp fs/udf/udf.ko root@192.168.0.202:/lib/modules/2.6.24/kernel/fs/udf

Download the eject application:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject co -P eject

Compile the app:
cd eject
om-conf eject
cd eject
make
scp eject root@192.168.0.202:

Turn USB into host mode: (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973_USB_host)
(Hint: make sure your ssh connection is not through usb :-) )

[[Category:USB]]

Hspa-stick

2009-08-14T11:06:54Z

Cquarinto:

Just for clarification freerunner do not support HSPA.

Here i will describe a way to get a HSPA USB stick working with the FreeRunner.
( Tested with the Novatel MC950D )

Problem at installation was that the HSPA-Stick register a virtual cdrom drive if attached to usb host. FreeRunner do not have installed UDF-filesystem modules so you have to comile that on you own. (Yes i know the virtual cdrom drive is useless because there are only windoof and osx drivers but you have to eject the cdrom to get a serial<->usb converter working.

1. Install crosscompile environment
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain

2.
on the phone:
opkg info kernel

Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.24_2.6.24+git27+1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052-r2
Depends: kernel-2.6.24
Status: install ok installed
Architecture: om-gta02
Installed-Time: 1217369038

copy the git serial number: 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

on host:
git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git linux-2.6

cd to the created folder ( cd linux-2.6) (aded by CQuarinto)

git checkout 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

after download go to the directory created and execute following commands:

Download .config file for installed kernel. (Hmm plz can someone add this info)

I am not 100% sure that this will work (got it from: http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=summary):

Apparently, the .config file is downloaded with the git checkout command and it is really
gta02_defconfig (under linux-2.6/arch/arm/configs/). For my kernel though the name of the file was
gta02-moredrivers-defconfig. So to get the .config file I had to do:

cp ./arch/arm/configs/gta02-moredrivers-defconfig .config (by CQuarinto)

search the line: CONFIG_UDF_FS=n
and replace with: CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

compile the kernel and modules
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
make -f synthesize-gta-module-configs.mak
make ARCH=arm
make ARCH=arm modules

Next copy the kernel module to the freerunner:
scp fs/udf/udf.ko root@192.168.0.202:/lib/modules/2.6.24/kernel/fs/udf

Download the eject application:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject co -P eject

Compile the app:
cd eject
om-conf eject
cd eject
make
scp eject root@192.168.0.202:

Turn USB into host mode: (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973_USB_host)
(Hint: make sure your ssh connection is not through usb :-) )

[[Category:USB]]

Hspa-stick

2009-08-14T11:06:21Z

Cquarinto:

Just for clarification freerunner do not support HSPA.

Here i will describe a way to get a HSPA USB stick working with the FreeRunner.
( Tested with the Novatel MC950D )

Problem at installation was that the HSPA-Stick register a virtual cdrom drive if attached to usb host. FreeRunner do not have installed UDF-filesystem modules so you have to comile that on you own. (Yes i know the virtual cdrom drive is useless because there are only windoof and osx drivers but you have to eject the cdrom to get a serial<->usb converter working.

1. Install crosscompile environment
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain

2.
on the phone:
opkg info kernel

Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.24_2.6.24+git27+1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052-r2
Depends: kernel-2.6.24
Status: install ok installed
Architecture: om-gta02
Installed-Time: 1217369038

copy the git serial number: 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

on host:
git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git linux-2.6

cd to the created folder ( cd linux-2.6)

git checkout 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

after download go to the directory created and execute following commands:

Download .config file for installed kernel. (Hmm plz can someone add this info)

I am not 100% sure that this will work (got it from: http://git.openmoko.org/?p=kernel.git;a=summary):

Apparently, the .config file is downloaded with the git checkout command and it is really
gta02_defconfig (under linux-2.6/arch/arm/configs/). For my kernel though the name of the file was
gta02-moredrivers-defconfig. So to get the .config file I had to do:

cp ./arch/arm/configs/gta02-moredrivers-defconfig .config (by CQuarinto)

search the line: CONFIG_UDF_FS=n
and replace with: CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

compile the kernel and modules
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
make -f synthesize-gta-module-configs.mak
make ARCH=arm
make ARCH=arm modules

Next copy the kernel module to the freerunner:
scp fs/udf/udf.ko root@192.168.0.202:/lib/modules/2.6.24/kernel/fs/udf

Download the eject application:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject co -P eject

Compile the app:
cd eject
om-conf eject
cd eject
make
scp eject root@192.168.0.202:

Turn USB into host mode: (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973_USB_host)
(Hint: make sure your ssh connection is not through usb :-) )

[[Category:USB]]

Hspa-stick

2009-08-14T10:28:04Z

Cquarinto:

Just for clarification freerunner do not support HSPA.

Here i will describe a way to get a HSPA USB stick working with the FreeRunner.
( Tested with the Novatel MC950D )

Problem at installation was that the HSPA-Stick register a virtual cdrom drive if attached to usb host. FreeRunner do not have installed UDF-filesystem modules so you have to comile that on you own. (Yes i know the virtual cdrom drive is useless because there are only windoof and osx drivers but you have to eject the cdrom to get a serial<->usb converter working.

1. Install crosscompile environment
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Toolchain

2.
on the phone:
opkg info kernel

Package: kernel
Version: 2.6.24_2.6.24+git27+1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052-r2
Depends: kernel-2.6.24
Status: install ok installed
Architecture: om-gta02
Installed-Time: 1217369038

copy the git serial number: 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

on host:
git clone git://git.openmoko.org/git/kernel.git linux-2.6

cd to the created folder ( cd linux-2.6)

git checkout 1a95efdc23966343a3b432ceef2f6c24dc0e2052

after download go to the directory created and execute following commands:

Download .config file for installed kernel. (Hmm plz can someone add this info)
search the line: CONFIG_UDF_FS=n
and replace with: CONFIG_UDF_FS=m

compile the kernel and modules
. /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
make -f synthesize-gta-module-configs.mak
make ARCH=arm
make ARCH=arm modules

Next copy the kernel module to the freerunner:
scp fs/udf/udf.ko root@192.168.0.202:/lib/modules/2.6.24/kernel/fs/udf

Download the eject application:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@eject.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/eject co -P eject

Compile the app:
cd eject
om-conf eject
cd eject
make
scp eject root@192.168.0.202:

Turn USB into host mode: (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_1973_USB_host)
(Hint: make sure your ssh connection is not through usb :-) )

[[Category:USB]]

User:Cquarinto

2008-12-26T21:15:02Z

Cquarinto:

I have upgraded from 2008.9 to 2008.12 using the instructions (no flashing). Result is that I can't USB into the phone any longer. Yes, it was not a clean 2008.9 as I had some community software installed, but I think this is a little too scary...

Anyway, I have also populated with 2008.12 the 512MB sd card and booted. It stops at the booting scripts with an error and doesn't complete the boot. So, the only usable distribution I have now is the Qtopia Extended from the 8G SD card.

Well, I was waiting for an update but I was quite OK with the 2008.9 I had.... now I am kind of stuck with this....

CQ

===========

I am an enthusiastic of the FreeRunner and OpenMoko initiatives.
I am looking forward to find other people in Vancouver/Surrey that are
using the device.
I am not sure on how to use this publishing tool. So that's just a test.
For Now.

Ok, now that's the situation here:

I don't have a debug card. I have been able to to a dual boot using the SD card that is provided with the phone. I have the Neo FreeRunner GTV02.
I tried to do the dual boot with the 8G SD Card and it failed (three times),
because it seems that the data on the card get corrupted after a suspend and/or a shutdown. It worked with the original 512MB card.

The primary boot is with QTOPIA and it is stable but not fully implemented (no GPS, no Browser, etc.), just a phone with some more stuff on it. (But I still love it. The secondary boot on the SD card is OpenMoko 2008.8 and, well it's buggy alright....

--[[User:Cquarinto|Cquarinto]] 20:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi,
Good news, I have downloaded the latest and greatest version of uBoot and now the 8G SD card is going OK. I have now a dul boot. The phone boots autmogically on Qtopia, if I want to boot on OM200808 I start with the NAND boot (press lock/ then power) and select the FAT32 option.
Great!!

Sep. 7 2008
I now have the latest and greatest Qtopia on the phone and Om2008.8 (ASU?) on my 8GB SD card. (Dual Boot). I have created a script to custimize the basics when I flash the SD card or the phone. Still it is not quite stable, but now 2008.8 shows a quasi reliable indicator of the battery power. It setill sucks up too much of my time. But it's great for tinkerers like me. The other day I also (for the very first time) contributed to the Wiki adding an option to a script for the localization that would not otherwise work on my phone.
I am confused regarding the installation of other features in 2008.8. Specifically the illume-config-illume or the "wrench" symbol does not appear, no matter how I tried.
Still waiting for somebody from the Vancouver lower mainland to contact or to be contacted by. I am open to collaboration/discussion under a user and development point of view. e-mail at cq5itc at shaw doc ca.
CQ

User:Cquarinto

2008-12-26T21:12:07Z

Cquarinto:

I have upgraded from 2008.9 to 2008.12 using the instructions (no flashing). Result is that I can't USB into the phone any longer. Yes, it was not a clean 2008.9 as I had some community software installed, but I think this is a little too scary...
Anyway, I have also populated with 2008.12 the 512MB sd card and booted. It stops at the booting scripts with an error and doesn't complete the boot. So, the only usable distribution I have not is the Qtopia Extended from the 8G SD card.

Well, I was waiting for an update but I was quite OK with the 2008.9 I had.... now I am kind of stuck with this....

CQ

===========

I am an enthusiastic of the FreeRunner and OpenMoko initiatives.
I am looking forward to find other people in Vancouver/Surrey that are
using the device.
I am not sure on how to use this publishing tool. So that's just a test.
For Now.

Ok, now that's the situation here:

I don't have a debug card. I have been able to to a dual boot using the SD card that is provided with the phone. I have the Neo FreeRunner GTV02.
I tried to do the dual boot with the 8G SD Card and it failed (three times),
because it seems that the data on the card get corrupted after a suspend and/or a shutdown. It worked with the original 512MB card.

The primary boot is with QTOPIA and it is stable but not fully implemented (no GPS, no Browser, etc.), just a phone with some more stuff on it. (But I still love it. The secondary boot on the SD card is OpenMoko 2008.8 and, well it's buggy alright....

--[[User:Cquarinto|Cquarinto]] 20:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi,
Good news, I have downloaded the latest and greatest version of uBoot and now the 8G SD card is going OK. I have now a dul boot. The phone boots autmogically on Qtopia, if I want to boot on OM200808 I start with the NAND boot (press lock/ then power) and select the FAT32 option.
Great!!

Sep. 7 2008
I now have the latest and greatest Qtopia on the phone and Om2008.8 (ASU?) on my 8GB SD card. (Dual Boot). I have created a script to custimize the basics when I flash the SD card or the phone. Still it is not quite stable, but now 2008.8 shows a quasi reliable indicator of the battery power. It setill sucks up too much of my time. But it's great for tinkerers like me. The other day I also (for the very first time) contributed to the Wiki adding an option to a script for the localization that would not otherwise work on my phone.
I am confused regarding the installation of other features in 2008.8. Specifically the illume-config-illume or the "wrench" symbol does not appear, no matter how I tried.
Still waiting for somebody from the Vancouver lower mainland to contact or to be contacted by. I am open to collaboration/discussion under a user and development point of view. e-mail at cq5itc at shaw doc ca.
CQ

User:Cquarinto

2008-09-08T06:13:51Z

Cquarinto:

I am an enthusiastic of the FreeRunner and OpenMoko initiatives.
I am looking forward to find other people in Vancouver/Surrey that are
using the device.
I am not sure on how to use this publishing tool. So that's just a test.
For Now.

Ok, now that's the situation here:

I don't have a debug card. I have been able to to a dual boot using the SD card that is provided with the phone. I have the Neo FreeRunner GTV02.
I tried to do the dual boot with the 8G SD Card and it failed (three times),
because it seems that the data on the card get corrupted after a suspend and/or a shutdown. It worked with the original 512MB card.

The primary boot is with QTOPIA and it is stable but not fully implemented (no GPS, no Browser, etc.), just a phone with some more stuff on it. (But I still love it. The secondary boot on the SD card is OpenMoko 2008.8 and, well it's buggy alright....

--[[User:Cquarinto|Cquarinto]] 20:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi,
Good news, I have downloaded the latest and greatest version of uBoot and now the 8G SD card is going OK. I have now a dul boot. The phone boots autmogically on Qtopia, if I want to boot on OM200808 I start with the NAND boot (press lock/ then power) and select the FAT32 option.
Great!!

Sep. 7 2008
I now have the latest and greatest Qtopia on the phone and Om2008.8 (ASU?) on my 8GB SD card. (Dual Boot). I have created a script to custimize the basics when I flash the SD card or the phone. Still it is not quite stable, but now 2008.8 shows a quasi reliable indicator of the battery power. It setill sucks up too much of my time. But it's great for tinkerers like me. The other day I also (for the very first time) contributed to the Wiki adding an option to a script for the localization that would not otherwise work on my phone.
I am confused regarding the installation of other features in 2008.8. Specifically the illume-config-illume or the "wrench" symbol does not appear, no matter how I tried.
Still waiting for somebody from the Vancouver lower mainland to contact or to be contacted by. I am open to collaboration/discussion under a user and development point of view. e-mail at cq5itc at shaw doc ca.
CQ

User:Cquarinto

2008-09-08T06:13:19Z

Cquarinto:

User:Cquarinto

2008-09-08T06:12:06Z

Cquarinto:

I am an enthusiastic of the FreeRunner and OpenMoko initiatives.
I am looking forward to find other people in Vancouver/Surrey that are
using the device.
I am not sure on how to use this publishing tool. So that's just a test.
For Now.

Ok, now that's the situation here:

I don't have a debug card. I have been able to to a dual boot using the SD card that is provided with the phone. I have the Neo FreeRunner GTV02.
I tried to do the dual boot with the 8G SD Card and it failed (three times),
because it seems that the data on the card get corrupted after a suspend and/or a shutdown. It worked with the original 512MB card.

The primary boot is with QTOPIA and it is stable but not fully implemented (no GPS, no Browser, etc.), just a phone with some more stuff on it. (But I still love it. The secondary boot on the SD card is OpenMoko 2008.8 and, well it's buggy alright....

--[[User:Cquarinto|Cquarinto]] 20:00, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi,
Good news, I have downloaded the latest and greatest version of uBoot and now the 8G SD card is going OK. I have now a dul boot. The phone boots autmogically on Qtopia, if I want to boot on OM200808 I start with the NAND boot (press lock/ then power) and select the FAT32 option.
Great!!

-- Sep. 7 2008 -
I now have the latest and greatest Qtopia on the phone and Om2008.8 (ASU?) on my 8GB SD card. (Dual Boot). I have created a script to custimize the basics when I flash the SD card or the phone. Still it is not quite stable, but now 2008.8 shows a quasi reliable indicator of the battery power. It setill sucks up too much of my time. But it's great for tinkerers like me. The other day I also (for the very first time) contributed to the Wiki adding an option to a script for the localization that would not otherwise work on my phone.
I am confused regarding the installation of other features in 2008.8. Specifically the illume-config-illume or the "wrench" symbol does not appear, no matter how I tried.
Still waiting for somebody from the Vancouver lower mainland to contact or to be contacted by. I am open to collaboration/discussion under a user and development point of view. e-mail at cq5itc at shaw doc ca.
CQ

Setting Date and Time

2008-09-07T06:00:30Z

Cquarinto: /* Setting your local timezone */

Linux systems (such as the FreeRunner) prefer that the system clock be set to universal time (UTC). Then, you will need to configure the timezone to display the time adjusted to local time.

See [[Timezone]] for instructions on changing the time zone.

For more information on Linux timekeeping, see [http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html Linux, Clocks, and Time]. (But ignore mentions of ''/etc/sysconfig/clock''. That doesn't apply to the Openmoko environment.)

== Setting the date/time using "date" ==

To change the date on your FreeRunner, issue one of the following commands:

date -s ''MMDDhhmm''
date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY''
date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss''

where ''MM'' is the month, 01-12; ''DD'' is the day, 01-31; ''hhmm'' is the time, 0000-2359; ''YYYY'' is the optional year, and ''.ss'' is the optional seconds.

== Setting date/time from your linux box ==

ssh root@openmoko "date -u -s `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

== Setting your local timezone ==

To have your FreeRunner display time appropriate to your local timezone, update the /etc/localtime symlink to point to the file in /usr/share/zoneinfo that represents your timezone. For example, in an SSH session to the phone, or in a terminal running on the phone:

# ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 23:05 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/PST8PDT
# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime

(Based on [http://n2.nabble.com/Date-%2B-NTP-tp675145p675163.html this post on the support mailing list])

You may want to try this if the above returns something like "file exists".
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
the -f (--force) removes existing destination files. (CQ).

== Setting the date/time automatically with NTP ==

If your FreeRunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:

opkg install ntpclient
ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org

If your FreeRunner is connecting to the internet through a USB host, make sure you allow UDP traffic to pass through on port 123 (NTP) on your host machine or you may get a "no route to host" error from ntpclient.

== Syncing the hardware clock ==

No matter which method you used above, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:

hwclock --systohc

Note: if you run the [[ASU]] image, hwclock will not work. Instead you can use:

echo "W\n" > /var/spool/at/trigger

Here is a link from the community mailing list for using hwclock with the [[ASU]] image
:http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/023786.html

== Setting the date/time automatically with gps ==

[http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/gpv/ GPS Sight] has a button to sync the hardware clock to the gps clock.

First you have to make sure gps works on you neo. You can do that by following the steps in the [[Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Use_the_GPS]].

The second step is to install GPS Sight:

# opkg install http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/227/gpssight_0.8.4_freerunner.armv4t.ipk

The last step is the actual syncing of the clock. For this, simply run the GPS Sight program from the main menu, wait for it to find the gps time and click the button labeled "Sync clock".

== Future Work ==

Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix automatically? In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.

[[Category:Documentation|Date and Time]]
[[Category:Guides|Date and Time]]
[[Category:Preferences|Date and Time]]

Setting Date and Time

2008-09-07T05:59:45Z

Cquarinto: /* Setting your local timezone */

Linux systems (such as the FreeRunner) prefer that the system clock be set to universal time (UTC). Then, you will need to configure the timezone to display the time adjusted to local time.

See [[Timezone]] for instructions on changing the time zone.

For more information on Linux timekeeping, see [http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html Linux, Clocks, and Time]. (But ignore mentions of ''/etc/sysconfig/clock''. That doesn't apply to the Openmoko environment.)

== Setting the date/time using "date" ==

To change the date on your FreeRunner, issue one of the following commands:

date -s ''MMDDhhmm''
date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY''
date -s ''MMDDhhmmYYYY.ss''

where ''MM'' is the month, 01-12; ''DD'' is the day, 01-31; ''hhmm'' is the time, 0000-2359; ''YYYY'' is the optional year, and ''.ss'' is the optional seconds.

== Setting date/time from your linux box ==

ssh root@openmoko "date -u -s `date -u +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`"

== Setting your local timezone ==

To have your FreeRunner display time appropriate to your local timezone, update the /etc/localtime symlink to point to the file in /usr/share/zoneinfo that represents your timezone. For example, in an SSH session to the phone, or in a terminal running on the phone:

# ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jul 10 23:05 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/PST8PDT
# ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime

(Based on [http://n2.nabble.com/Date-%2B-NTP-tp675145p675163.html this post on the support mailing list])

You may want to try this if the above returns something like "file exists".
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
the -f (--force) removes existing destination files) (CQ).

== Setting the date/time automatically with NTP ==

If your FreeRunner is connected to the internet, you can instead set the time automatically:

opkg install ntpclient
ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org

If your FreeRunner is connecting to the internet through a USB host, make sure you allow UDP traffic to pass through on port 123 (NTP) on your host machine or you may get a "no route to host" error from ntpclient.

== Syncing the hardware clock ==

No matter which method you used above, sync the hardware clock with the system time to make your change persist over reboots:

hwclock --systohc

Note: if you run the [[ASU]] image, hwclock will not work. Instead you can use:

echo "W\n" > /var/spool/at/trigger

Here is a link from the community mailing list for using hwclock with the [[ASU]] image
:http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/023786.html

== Setting the date/time automatically with gps ==

[http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/gpv/ GPS Sight] has a button to sync the hardware clock to the gps clock.

First you have to make sure gps works on you neo. You can do that by following the steps in the [[Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Use_the_GPS]].

The second step is to install GPS Sight:

# opkg install http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/227/gpssight_0.8.4_freerunner.armv4t.ipk

The last step is the actual syncing of the clock. For this, simply run the GPS Sight program from the main menu, wait for it to find the gps time and click the button labeled "Sync clock".

== Future Work ==

Presumably it might also be possible to use gpspipe (or something else) to set the date once you have a gps fix automatically? In addition, the phone stack should set the date, time, and timezone once connected to a network.

[[Category:Documentation|Date and Time]]
[[Category:Guides|Date and Time]]
[[Category:Preferences|Date and Time]]

User:Cquarinto

2008-08-25T05:20:29Z

Cquarinto:

User:Cquarinto

2008-08-22T20:00:51Z

Cquarinto: My Experience with the FreeRunner ...

User:Cquarinto

2008-08-22T19:55:15Z

Cquarinto: New page: I am an enthusiastic of the FreeRunner and OpenMoko initiatives. I am looking forward to find other people in Vancouver/Surrey that are using the device. I am not sure on how to use this...

User talk:Cquarinto

2008-08-06T19:12:18Z

Cquarinto: Annoyances with the FreeRunner (Neo)

Well, I am new to this class of tools, so I don't know how to use it yet.

Issues:
Echo sound heard by a caller.
This is much more than a nuisance for my wife. We need to fix this.

GPS: I don't know how to operate it, I never had one before.