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Community Updates/2009-03-20

2009-03-20T23:52:51Z

Dolfje:

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====='''Period 6, Mar ~ 20, Mar, 2009'''=====

==Distributions ==

* '''Om2009''' - Openmoko continues its work on the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2009-March/004976.html release plan]. Members from Paroli, Distribution and FSO met in Chemnitz, Germany to further discuss their commitments to a future release.

* '''QT Extended''' [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Qt_Extended_4.4.3 moving along as a community project] The community created a fork of it and called it Qt Extended Improved:
** [http://trac.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved bug tracking system]
** [http://dashi-x02.karadog.net/~lihouyu/qtextended/4.4.3/ prebuild rootfs images]
** [http://git.karadog.net/qt-extended-improved.git git repository]

* '''Android'''
** Koolu has [http://android.koolu.org/pipermail/android-freerunner-koolu.org/2009-March/000610.html silently] been improving Android and prepared a release candidate for [http://www.koolu.org/releases/beta4 koolu-beta4].
*** It features a better installing system (untar the file on an empty sdcard partition and let your freerunner start from sdcard and wait).
*** Integrating Qi
*** Runs fully from NAND, no need for Sdcard anymore
*** Integrating Sean RILD, so it behaves as normal phone
*** Integrating many fixes (also community patches)
** Koolu has also made a preview [http://www.koolu.com/~marcelo/ koolu-beta1-cupcake] image. It has the [http://source.android.com/roadmap/cupcake cupcake features] but isn't fully working momentarily, because Koolu is integrating a new code drop from Koolu and the patches from Michael.
** Freelancer [http://panicking.kicks-ass.org/blog/index.php Michael Trimarchi] has also build [http://panicking.kicks-ass.org/download/ Android images], even Cupcake ones. His builds has momentarily the most features (suspend + sms + calls + GPRS + onscreen keyboard), like seen in [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=popRpaZG1txEXGHDDboxtIA functional tests]. This features are beeing merged into koolu-beta1-cupcake for release soon.

* '''Fyp 3.18''' [[Fyp | released]]

==Applications ==

===New Applications===

* [http://www.opkg.org/package_168.html Xboard + GNUChess]
** XBoard is an open source graphical chess user interface for numerous chess engines

* [http://www.opkg.org/package_166.html knjMokoCalendar]
** Google Calendar for the Openmoko (unstable)

* [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/KnjMokoOPKG knjmokoopkg]
** A package-browser which both creates a SQLite3-database with all packages from the OPKG-cache (enabling fast searches through packages < 1 sec) and is able to install and remove packages. You can also perform updates and upgrades through it.

* [http://gvsigmobileonopenmoko.wordpress.com gvSIG Mobile 0.11]
** Mobile GIS application.

===Application Updates===

* '''Mokometeo 0.2''' the small python/GTK application fetching the weather forecast from Yahoo weather pages,has been released with some improvements and bug fixes. Changes that went in are:
** added some "print" in the code
** debug the .mokometeo folder ; put the config folder in /home/root/.mokometeo/ instead of /.mokometeo/
** test if the connection to internet is ok. If not, display question marks
** backup the data each time data is downloaded and displayed. This data is used on the next Mokometeo startup
** added the date and time when the data has been downloaded
** http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Mokometeo

* '''Fennec Beta 1''' Released its twelfth development milestone and the first beta release of the mobile version of Firefox, for testing purposes only. No version for Freerunner yet. More details about this on:
** http://blog.pavlov.net/2009/03/17/fennec-1-beta-1/
** http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.0b1/releasenotes/
** https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Build/Fennec

* '''Orrery 2.5''' Released a new version of the orrery sky-chart program has been released. In addition to several bug fixes, the new version includes support for displaying informal constellations (asterisms like the Big Dipper), a new to-scale display of the Solar System, information about the number of satellites used for the position fix in GPS mode and better support for displaying stars too faint for the unaided eye to see.
** http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Orrery

* [http://www.opkg.org/package_137.html GTick] is a metronome application written for GNU/Linux and other UN*X-like operting systems supporting different meters (Even, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and more) and speeds ranging from 10 to 1000 bpm. It utilizes GTK+ and OSS (ALSA compatible). It is part of the GNU Project.
** Please test the package and leave some feedback (comment or [[GTick wikipage]])

* '''GridPad v.2.1''' Released

* '''KnjMokoWifi''' Released
** [[http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/KnjMokoWifi More information]]
*[http://www.opkg.org/package_96.html ZOMG!] package fixed

==Community ==

* A [[Browser review|browser review/comparison]] study of the best suitable browser
** Everyone can add test results of the browser compatibility to any of the distributions being used so that we may find the one that has the most potential and can be developed to a actual working browser.

* If anyone is looking for a [http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo4.1/free/g/gnuchess/ Chess game on the Neo], you could try Maemo. This might be a good start for the application:
** http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo4.1/free/o/osso-chess-ui/
** http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo4.1/free/g/gnuchess/

* Mid April: [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/043971.html GSM buzz-fix party in Braunschweig, Germany] Daniel Williams has been glad to perform buzz fixes for phones that needs the fix.In order to gauge interest and plan ahead with respect to ordering Resistors/Capacitors he would like to know how many phones would come. If you are interested and would show up please mail him privately and also give information on how many phones you would bring.

* Also there is another Fix party in Barcelona organized by David Samblas from [http://www.tuxbrain.com Tuxbrain] visit [http://www.openmoko-spain.org/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=1&postId=7 this blog post] for more information

* [http://software.cofundos.org Software.Cofundos.org] - Following the programming contest, software.Cofundos.org will help to boost any idea one has in mind and give an opportunity to earn some money for people who have the time/skills you may not have.This is a great platform for discussing and enriching ideas on upcoming/existing projects. You can view only openmoko related projects at [http://openmoko.cofundos.org openmoko.cofundos.org]. A feed for new projects from cofundos.org has been uploaded to [http://planet.openmoko.org Openmoko Planet]. [http://www.tuxbrain.com Tuxbrain] has also started a [http://www.openmoko-spain.org/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=1&postId=8 cofundos.org campaign]

* Kustomizer 0.4 released for 2008.12 [http://groups.google.com/group/kustomizer/browse_thread/thread/58b14dd6893d7242]

* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/043615.html Freerunner For Application Ideas]

===Competitions===

* Announcing the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/043240.html first programming competition] for Openmoko phones
** [http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/announcing-the-first-programming-competition-for-openmoko-phones/ read the rules]

* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-March/044153.html New application contest] organized by Rakshat Hooja 'Call Recorder cum Dictaphone Application for the Freerunner' on cofundus.org. Any one who wishes to contribute their time/skills and also get more details can check the following link:
** http://www.cofundos.org/project.php?id=154

===Event News===

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* '''2009-03-01/03-31''' [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/user:Harry Harry' Openmoko Survey] | Please help me with my free software and Openmoko related academic research | Harry Tsai of [http://www.cgu.edu.tw Chang Gung Universtiy]

* '''2009-03-21/03-22''' [http://fsf.org/conference LibrePlanet conference], Cambridge, MA | [[User:JohnSullivan|John Sullivan]] and other Openmoko users will be around, if critical mass then there will be related unconference hacking on Sunday.
* '''2009-03-23/27''' [http://www.bits-apogee.org/ Apogee 2009] | Rakshat Hooja of IDA Systems will be speaking about Openmoko

* '''2009-03-30/04-03''' [http://www.confabb.com/conferences/57983-embedded-systems-conference-silicon-valley-2009 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE - SILICON VALLEY 2009] | San Jose McEnery Convention Center, California | A huge Openmoko marketing event and Sean's speech

* '''2009-04-01/02''' [http://www.openexpo.ch/en/openexpo-2008-bern/travel-and-accommodation/ Swiss Open Source Software Conference & Exposition] | Bern, Switzerland | Openmoko Sean will give a speech

* '''2009-04-06/08''' CELF Embedded Linux Conference | ELC 2009 San Francisco, California.

* '''2009-04-18''' [http://http://www.openmoko-spain.org/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=1&postId=7 Openmoko Fix it Party] | Repairing buzz hardware bug live and for free , Barcelona.

* '''2009-04-18/19''' [http://register.osdc.tw/ Open Source Developer's Conference] | OSDC will hold in Taipei , Taiwan.

[[category:Community Update]]

User talk:Seanmcneil3

2008-11-05T12:03:59Z

Dolfje: /* android doesn't accept the pin */

I had flashed it now on my FR but it doesn't work. I see only a black screen.

It works, but you need 2 partition on your SD card. First about 8MB formated vfat, secound ext3. That partitions must be empty.

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I have flashed my GTA02 and android will boot but it does not accept the pin code for my SIM-card.
Jofry

Sean:
Hi Jofry, I've never really tried a locked SIM, so I don't know if the dialpad comes up to let you type in the code. Does it? If so, then I can probably fix the issue. Otherwise, we are kind of stuck until a virtual keyboard is developed.

Jofry: Yes, the dialpad comes up and ask for my pin number. But if i type in the number the application means that it was the wrong number. But it is the right one.
Skamster: i've got the same problem. i could enter the pin as much as i want but it doesn't let me in. normaly, it lock the sim after 3 try's (i try 4-6 times), but here it doesn't. i flashed with qtopia again and don't need a puck. maybe it doesn't "send" the pin to the simcard?

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Hi Sean, how can the imgages be put on the GTA02? I also flashed my GTA02 and android will not start, only black screen.

Sean:
I've just begun adding more information to the page which explains what is necessary to bring up Android. Sorry for the delay.

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ssh ?

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== android doesn't accept the pin ==

i've got the same problem like jofry. i could enter the pin as much as i want but it doesn't let me in. normaly, it lock the sim after 3 try's (i try 4-6 times), but here it doesn't. i flashed with qtopia again and don't need a puck. maybe it doesn't "send" the pin to the simcard?

That's a known issue. For more information about the things you have to do, before you can successful use Android, look at http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/11/getting-started-with-android-on-neo.html [[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 12:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

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2008-11-03T11:22:59Z

Dolfje:

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__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favorite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 02/11: Two weeks into the refocused [http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/10/back-to-basics-update_28.html Back to Basics] development strategy.
* 31/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.2] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=98 image]).
* 30/10: [[Freerunner Alternative Case Designs]]
* 23/10: [[FDOM]], the Fat and Dirty Openmoko Distribution [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/034219.html updated]. Now with an installer script.
* 19/10: [[Community_Updates/October_19th%2C_2008|Community update]].
* 15/10: [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]] 41.
* 2/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.1] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=86 image], [http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=85 SDK]).
* 19/9: Point release of [[Om_2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]] distribution.
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.

<br />
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution|FDOM]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian]] - [[Gentoo]] - [[Android]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[Community Repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

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2008-11-03T11:02:41Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favorite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 23/10: Two weeks into the refocused [http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/10/back-to-basics-update_28.html Back to Basics] development strategy.
* 31/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.2] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=98 image]).
* 30/10: [[Freerunner Alternative Case Designs]]
* 23/10: [[FDOM]], the Fat and Dirty Openmoko Distribution [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/034219.html updated]. Now with an installer script.
* 19/10: [[Community_Updates/October_19th%2C_2008|Community update]].
* 15/10: [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]] 41.
* 2/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.1] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=86 image], [http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=85 SDK]).
* 19/9: Point release of [[Om_2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]] distribution.
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.

<br />
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution|FDOM]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian]] - [[Gentoo]] - [[Android]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[Community Repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

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2008-10-29T11:20:22Z

Dolfje: Qt4.4.2 isn't available for download on the freerunner, so undo revision 58561 by Joejoe (Talk)

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 23/10: [http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-openmoko-working-on-there-back-to.html Back to Basics info]
* 23/10: another release of [[FDOM]] announce at [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/034219.html Community list]
* 19/10: [[Community_Updates/October_19th%2C_2008|Community update]]
* 15/10: [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]] 41.
* 2/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.1] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=86 image], [http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=85 SDK])
* 27/9: another release of [[FDOM]]
* 19/9: point release of [[Om_2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]]
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.

<br />
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution|FDOM]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian]] - [[Gentoo]] - [[Android]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[Community Repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

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2008-10-20T08:19:30Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

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<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
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* 19/10: [[Community_Updates/October_19th%2C_2008|Community update]]
* 15/10: [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]] 41.
* 2/10: Nokia released [http://qtextended.org/ Qt Extended 4.4.1] ([http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=86 image], [http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=85 SDK])
* 27/9: another release of [[FDOM]]
* 19/9: point release of [[Om2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]]
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.

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* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
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===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

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</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
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===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution|FDOM]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian|Debian]] - [[Gentoo|Gentoo]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[Community Repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
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===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
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Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

Community Updates/2008-10-19

2008-10-20T08:05:46Z

Dolfje:

Hello everybody,

welcome to the unofficial Openmoko Community newsletter, October 4th to 19th issue The two big news are the launch of [http://opkg.org opkg.org], an application directory, and Openmoko engineering team focusing back to the basics on [[Improving user experience]].

= Images =

Things were rather quiet on the distribution front. Rasterman's [http://download.enlightenment.org/misc/Illume/Freerunner/2008-10-12/ October 11th images] ([http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/browser/trunk/TMP/oe source]) were put online. This is not really a distribution, but rather a demonstration that illume runs well and is so beautiful, for others distros to grab. We also saw [http://shr.bearstech.com/ daily SHR image builds] online, no release yet but available for testing. And [[Qi]], the next bootloader, recently got resume support.[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/033109.html Testing] shows that it is much faster than uboot indeed, but no release yet either.

= Applications =

Everybody applauded when Tobias announced http://opkg.org , an online directory of applications (think Freshmeat, Tucows...). The database is community-driven, everybody can register and index applications. In the flow of community developped utilities, I noticed:
* the initial release of [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~taw27/openmoko/openmoocow/ OpenMooCow], a nice, funny and useless bovine noise simulator.
* Optimizations on [[Rotate]]. This is an interesting example of competition and cooperation (community development, if you prefer), because there are many versions being developed in parallel, with ideas jumping across all the time.
* The Gestures GSoC project developper managed to convince his academic instructors to let him code on the FreeRunner for his degree. Future developments coming at http://AccelSense.org
* [[Auxlaunch]] is a very simple, finger-friendly application launcher and window switcher for the Freerunner. It appears when the "AUX" button is pressed.

With respect to porting other applications to our favorite platform, I read that Intel's made [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/033103.html powertop] actually runs on the FreeRunner. This is an very handy utility that allows to measure and therefore optimize power usage. Also:
* [[FBReader]] an e-book reader programme now available for Debian and 2008.8
* Sander ported [[Sander|Pingus]] the free lemmings clone, for OE based distributions (it was already available on Debian).
* In addition to [[minimo]], openmoko-browser2, and [[midori]], we saw a bunch of light and fast web browsers announced on the mailing list: [http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/2008/ipk/glibc/armv4t/base/ Fennec]), [http://www.dillo.org/ Dillo] ([http://misc.andi.de1.cc/dillo/dillo_2.0-r0_armv4t.ipk ipk]), [http://www.netsurf-browser.org/ NetSurf] and links2. That makes about seven, working more or less well. Choice, choice, choice...
* The same is happening for music players: pythm, openmoko-mediaplayer2, qtopia media player, deforaOS-player, qmmp, sonata, quasar. Thomas's K. also started a mediaplayer. So far I think that your best friend is mplayer from the command line interface (and on 2008.8, I think that mplayer is directly connected to OSS, so installing OSS compatibility packages probably help. And removing pulseaudio also saves tons of CPU cycles)

= Good fixes and discussed issues =

Many good news:
* There is a fix for ticket [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/2038 2038] about Qtopia USSD requests, so that dialing "*123" or "#4" should work soon.
* There is a fix for ticket [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1024 1024], the GSM keeps reregistering bug, a.k.a. [http://moko.mwester.net/brc.html bouncing Calypso issue]. The workaround is to prevent the modem from entering deep sleep, and it has been commited to the QTopia images already.
* Powersaving patches landed in stable-2.6.26 on October 8th. Note to application developpers: the best way to [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/2008-October/005542.html blank the screen] to conserve power is the fbdev-ioctl method. I think that ''xset s 5'' should do it. Thanks to the Harald and the Swisscom research project !
* OM announced two hires: Ray Chao, to work full-time in Taipei on the infrastructure, and Christopher Hall, a very experienced software engineer.
* Infrastructure-wise, unstable development of OM is moving back to OE.

Too many bugs remain, see [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/002688.html Test reports] for example. Most of the grief heard these days was about Digital Audio Playing and Wifi. I would like to make an unrequested announcement for the sake of the good vertical communication: Kernels currently has the APM power management interface is still compiled in. This has been deprecated for years and is doomed to go away. Hopefully ''apm -s'' will still work for suspend, but userspace applications that still use the deprecated apm interface SHOULD take action, preferably sooner than later.

= Community =
* Openmoko's engineers reunited for a 3 weeks workshop in Taipei. They decided to focus back on the basics, that is to leave the Installer, Locations, Diversity and Settings applications alone for a while. This decision was very positively received by everybody. John Lee is assembling the engineering task force at OpenMoko for that. He started by initiating a thread to hear about [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/033611.html what the community expects most urgently]. As a result, his priorities are posted in the [[Improving user experience]] wiki page.
* Compared to last month, the [http://planet.openmoko.org planet] has really taken off. Several prolific authors are now regularly posting long, detailed analysis.
* Risto wrote a [http://risto.kurppa.fi/blog/discussion-13-openmoko-community-feelings/ wrap-up of the "Lost community" thread]. Gratuitous praise to him: when someone makes a request on the mailing list, it is indeed a mark of good netizenship to summarize the answers on one's blog/wiki like he did. These discussions led to more discussions about what would be the job description of a community manager and decisions on lowering barriers to participation (i.e. access to write priviledges in code repositories) happened.
* I did not see much innovations about cool hardware mods (feel free to add to this wiki page !), but an interesting stylus alternative was documented. It uses a [[Pouch| guitar pick]] attached to the pouch lanyard.
* More user groups meetings everywhere in the world.

= Outside Openmoko =

* Linux [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-October/033087.html 2.6.27] released.
* Pulseaudio released [http://pulseaudio.org/milestone/0.9.13 version 0.9.13] with experimental support for Bluetooth devices.

[[Category:Community Update]]

Improving user experience

2008-10-17T15:51:12Z

Dolfje:

Like Wolfgang said in http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-41-2008-td1336450.html , Openmoko assembled a team to focus on improving the user experience. Here
is our todo list, feel free to put your vote and add main issues that you think is critical.

as a proposal:

'''Priority:''' measured from 1 (highest) ... 5 (nice to have); put your priority into the comma separated list and we calculate later the average;

'''Votes:''' just edit and add +1 if you wote YES|NO in the corresponding column;

{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Issue
!Priority
!Yes votes
!No votes
|-
| Reduce boot time ||5,3,1,3,3,2,3,4 ||4 ||
|-
| Optimize the touch screen driver on freerunner for finger usage ||5,2,1,3,1,4,2,7,2 ||5 ||
|-
| A generic python loader to enhance the start up time of python scripts ||2,5,5,2,3,5,4 || 1 ||
|-
| Work with system team to improve suspend/resume user experience ||2,1,1,1,1,5,2 ||4 ||
|-
| We improve the current stack, not creating new features ||1,4,1,2,1 ||3 ||1
|-
| Prefer stuffs which could be brought over to gta03 instead of gta02/om2008 specific ||5,5,4,5,4 || ||4
|-
| won't work on om2007 stack ||5 ||3 ||
|-
| working on improving the Xglamo ||4,1,3,3,3,3 ||5 ||
|-
| afair 3d and video (ie playing videos) still need work ||5,3,3,2,4,2,5 ||3 ||
|-
| Program response should be lots better. Startup time reducing for apps would be great ||5,1,2,3,1,2 ||4 ||
|-
| Suspend is quite good at the moment, but when the display is 'blanked' and the system is not in suspend, maybe pressing the 'power' button could wake up the screen instead. Now it wakes up and immediately suspends ||5,5,1,4,3||3 ||
|-
| my suspend / resum still kills my sound ||2,2,2 ||3 ||
|-
| The "suspend on power button" is completely useless for me ||1 ||1 ||2
|-
| touch and accellerometer based gui for nearly blind people ||2,5,3 ||1 ||
|-
| make a dialer compatible with bbdb ||5 || 1||
|-
| make a gnus backend for sms ||3 ||1 ||
|-
| a symbol chooser keyboard ||3,3 ||2 ||
|-
| Keyboard improvement ||1,1,1,1,1,2,6,4 ||6||
|-
| Solve the call quality problems (echo, buzzing, volume) for 99% of the users ||1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 || 11 ||
|-
|Solve the illume resume problems. They have been talked about over and over, but infortunately the information is scattered and imprecise. the tickets themselves have misleading info (I should know,I helped confuse you...), so maybe this deserves a new single ticket,where everyone contributes with more exact information; ||3,1 ||2 ||
|-
| Get the wifi driver corrected ||1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,4,2 ||7 ||
|-
| Integrate FSO framework in OM2008 ||2,2,2 ||3 ||
|}

[[Category:Community]]

Distributions

2008-10-15T11:38:41Z

Dolfje: /* Applications */

{{Languages|Distributions}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;width:200px;background-color:#FF6600;text-align:center;border-collapse:collapse;font-weight:bold"
|<font color=white>Distributions</font>
|-
! style='background-color:#333333;color:#FFFFFF'|
<div align=left>
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Openmoko (official)</font>
** [[Om2008.9 Update]]
** [[Om 2008.8]]
** [[Om 2007.2]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]]
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Community</font>
** [[SHR]]
** [[FDOM]]
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Other</font>
** [[Qtopia]]
** [[Debian]]
** [[Gentoo]]
</div>
|-
|}
Openmoko distributions are designed to run on various mobile devices, with the primary aim of supporting Openmoko Inc.'s [[GTA01:Neo 1973|Neo 1973]] and [[Neo FreeRunner]] phones. They are GNU/Linux distributions -- complete operating systems with more or less user applications. You can install any of them on your phone or even have a multiboot system with two distributions installed.

While the Openmoko distributions will run on [[Supported devices|other mobile devices]] too, some other software distributions will also run on the Openmoko Inc. phones (see below).

For downloads see [[Download]], for installation instructions see [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]].

== About distributions ==

As of October 1st, 2008:
* The phones ship with [[Om 2007.2]]. It is not supported by Openmoko Inc. anymore. But community developpers continue to work on it as the [[SHR]] project.
* The FreeRunner is a reference platform for TrollTech's Qt Extended (formerly [[Qtopia]]) distribution.
* The branch currently supported by Openmoko Inc. is Om [[2008.9]] (ASU), which is a minor upgrade of [[Om 2008.8]]. Based on that, the community made the [[FDOM]] distribution by adding lots of fixes and applications to it.
* The trunk tip is [[FSO]], the next major release should be based on that. The [[Debian]] packaging team also track that.
* The big G did not make any announcement about an Android port.

To be technically precise, 2007.2, 2008.8, FSO and SHR of these are not directly independent distributions, but different 'release targets'. They are built out of different branches of the [[OpenEmbedded]] metadistribution source tree, e.g. 2007.2 and 2008.8 are to each other like Ubuntu Gutsy is to Kubuntu Hardy. A [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/roadmap roadmap] showing the number of remaining active tickets (in other words, bugs) is available on the bug [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ trac]king system (also accessible with the DOCS link at the top of every page).

One should only use feeds from packages of the same source-branch, else 'stuff will break', similar to like using .debs from Hardy on a Gutsy base system. Also note that there is NO supported upgrade path between these at the moment, thus updating by changing the feeds will most likely end in broken packages or even an unbootable system. Thus please always use [[dfu-util]] to switch between the different 'distributions' for now or install them in a dual-boot setup (e.g. via sdcard or NFS).

== Openmoko Inc. driven release targets ==

=== Om 2008.9 ===

* [[Om2008.9 Update]]

=== Om 2008.8 (ASU, April/August Software Update) ===

Om 2008.8 has been started to integrate the [http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia Qtopia] stack - on X11 - with a new set of graphically pleasing applications based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. ASU is the internal name and is known as Om 2008.8 upon its release on August 8, 2008. Qtopia is a more mature product than the GNOME Mobile stack and you can expect all the standard feature phone applications to work in a solid way. It uses the Qtopia phone server. Since - contrary to standard Qtopia - it does not directly use the framebuffer, non-Qt applications can safely share the screen with Qt applications.

Om 2008.8 is maintained as "'''ASU-stable'''" with continuous updates.

* [[Om2008.8|Om 2008.8]]
* [[Downloads#Om_2008.8_images_.28ASU.29|Download > Om 2008.8 images (ASU)]]

=== Om 2007.2 (GTK) ===

[[Om 2007.2]] is for people who are familiar with the [http://www.gnome.org/mobile/ GNOME Mobile] initiative and who want to write applications that run on multiple devices running (parts of) GNOME Mobile. This includes Maemo, which runs on the Nokia Internet Tablets. The strength of the GTK+ stack is a UI and programming environment similar to what you run on your GNU/Linux desktop, if you’re into GNOME. The GTK+ has PIM applications based on the Evolution Data Server and runs the gsmd phone server. Although you can use them, the applications are still pretty rough und unfinished. Some people have problems with the stability of the phone server.

* [[Om 2007.2]]
* Availabilty: [http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2007.2/ Official Buildhost] and [[MokoMakefile]] support for development builds
* [[Downloads#Openmoko_2007.2_images_.28GTK.29|Download]]
* Several videos of this stack by [http://uk.youtube.com/user/freeyourphone Youtube user freeyourphone] and [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U05kZfURPig&NR=1 video review by BVB Tech]
This is the base-system which is installed on FreeRunner when it leaves the factory.

2007.2 development driven by openmoko inc. has basically stopped and resources are allocated in favor of 2008.8, while the community currently does the effort to 'rescue' the 2007.2 telephony apps and pull them to the future middleware from FSO (see SHR).
thus patches are still welcome, especially if they help development of SHR.

=== FSO - freesmartphone.org ===

FSO has been started to overcome the deficiencies both of the 2007.2 and the 2008.8 stack, namely to come up with an extensible framework that gives developers the infrastructure they need to create solid and exciting software products based on the Openmoko platform. An infrastructure that supports competing UIs while we can collaborate on developing services, making the framework strong . Here, the focus is on stable highlevel services that you can access from whatever language or UI that supports [http://dbus.freesmartphone.org/ dbus]. People report that despite its infancy, e.g. the phone server part in FSO is already more solid than anywhere else.

It is not really intended as future release-target, but used as a 'vessel' or 'container' for the development and testing of the new, future middleware.

The applications installed are intended as test-tools for the new middleware and not as fully featured, end user oriented applications. (even if it looks that way sometimes)

In the words of Mickey, project manager:

<blockquote><em>FSO is only a distro because "we can" (thanks to OpenEmbedded). Zhone is an independent UI application based on the FSO framework to facilitate testing. If you want to build own UIs or custom applications on the forthcoming Openmoko dbus service framework, then the FSO-image is a good starting point.</em></blockquote>

* [[FSO]]
* [http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example Development tracker]
* [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ Download milestone 3]
* [http://freesmartphone.org freesmartphone.org]
* [http://downloads.freesmartphone.org fso-testing and fso-unstable images and feeds] (maintained by Rod Whitby, MokoMakefile author)

== Openmoko Community driven release targets ==

=== SHR - Stable Hybrid Release ===

Stable Hybrid Release is a combination of the middleware from FSO, some of the 2007.2 GTK software (telephony-ui, pim), and Om2008.8 that provides all of the functionality of the 2007.2 software, but with the stability of the FSO.

* [[Stable Hybrid Release]]

=== FDOM (FAT and Dirty Openmoko) ===

[[FDOM]] is a rootfs/kernel image ready to flash of an OM2008.08-updates distribution with some apps already installed and some fixes posted in the lists done. Download from http://compartida.net/openmoko/FDOM . Use wget -c to retrieve the files because of the server seems to cut the connection time to time, and check the files MD5 hashes afterwards.

== Non-Openmoko distributions ==

These are not Openmoko (and OE) based distributions. These are alternatives you can run on your Openmoko phones.

=== Qt Extended ===

The Qt Extended distribution (formerly known as Qtopia) from [http://www.trolltech.com Trolltech] aims to provide a ready-to use image for Openmoko devices.

* [[Qtopia|Qt Extended]]
* Download: [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 Qtopia.net]

=== Debian ===

In the words of Joachim "nomeata" Breitner from the [http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFSO pkg-fso] team:

:It’s not really a distribution in the Openmoko sense of the word, but rather a different underlying system for Openmoko distributions. At the moment, we ship the software from the FSO stack, but hopefully we’ll also have, for example, the Stable Hybrid Release software in our archive.

:So for now, Debian is a different way of installing FSO, which takes more space and provides more programs :-)

* [[Debian]]

=== Gentoo ===

* [[Gentoo]]

== Features by distribution/release target ==

=== Connectivity ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Telephony || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| SMS || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| [[GPRS]] || Not through UI || Not through UI || Not through UI || N/A || {{No}} (3) || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| WiFi || {{Yes}} || Not through UI || {{Yes}} (*) || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| VoIP || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || {{Yes}}
|-
| Bluetooth || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| GPS || {{Yes}} (1) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1) || N/A || {{Yes}} (1) || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
|}

=== User Interaction ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Stylus friendly || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Finger friendly || Partially || Partially || Partially || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
|-
| Accelerometer || {{No}}|| {{No}} || {{Yes}} [[Gestures|(1)]] || N/A || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|}

=== Applications ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Terminal || Basic (2) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| PIM || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Phonebook || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Dialer || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Web Browser || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (midori)
|-
| Mail Client || ? || ? || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| XMPP Client || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} [[Instant Messaging|(1)]] || ? || {{No}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Media Player || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
|}

=== Toolkits / Runtimes ===
{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| GTK+ || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Qt/Qt Extended|| No || {{Yes}}? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Middleware || gsmd/neod || freesmartphone.org || qtopia-x11 || freesmartphone.org || Qt Extended || freesmartphone.org
|-
| [[Java]] || Jalimo || Jalimo || Jalimo || ? || ? || {{Yes}} (CacaoVM, JamVM)
|-
| [[Python]] || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| [[Mono]] || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || ? || {{Yes}} (1)
|}

Footnotes:

(1) works, but need additional software to be installed

(2) unusable due to lack of certain keyboard characters. [[Switching_Keyboards#Matchbox_keyboard|Various fixes available.]]

(3) there is a UI but it crashes the device when used.

(*) unstable

== External links ==

Original distribution descriptions are from Mickey Lauer's [http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/28/gtk-asu-fso-tmtla/ GTK, ASU, FSO, TMTLA!].

[[Category:Distributions| ]]

Weekly Engineering News

2008-10-15T11:23:26Z

Dolfje:

Wolfgang Spraul tries to give a weekly summary of what's going on in Openmoko. You can follow it at the devel mailing list or follow this page.
* 15/10/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-41-2008-tp1336450p1336450.html Weekly Engineering News 41]
* 09/10/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-39---40-2008-td1309033.html Weekly Engineering News 39 & 40]
* 20/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-38-2008-tp1102493p1102493.html Weekly Engineering News 38]
* 17/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-37-2008-tp1095866p1095866.html Weekly Engineering News 37]
* 10/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-36-2008-td1080018ef1958.html Weekly Engineering News 36]
* 03/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-35-2008-tp837114p837114.html Weekly Engineering News 35]
* 26/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-34-2008-tp785052p785052.html Weekly Engineering News 34]
* 17/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-33-2008-tp729555p729555.html Weekly Engineering News 33]
* 12/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-32-2008-tp720199p720199.html Weekly Engineering News 32]
* 03/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-31-2008-tp667396p667396.html Weekly Engineering News 31]

== FSO status updates ==
* 10/09/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 4|Status Update 4]]
* 01/07/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|Status Update 3]]
* 01/06/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|Status Update 2]]
* 01/05/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 1|Status Update 1]]

== Other Openmoko reports ==
* 28/09/08 [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Fso-internal-om.pdf Openmoko Framework Presentation Taipei'08]
* 08/08/08 [[Om 2008.8]] was [http://n2.nabble.com/Openmoko-Om-2008.8-Release-tp680370p680370.html announced] by William Lai
* 22/07/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-report-tp576113p576113.html weekly report] on [[FSO]] by Guillaume Chereau

[[Category:Openmoko Inc]]

Weekly Engineering News

2008-10-11T09:01:46Z

Dolfje:

Wolfgang Spraul tries to give a weekly summary of what's going on in Openmoko. You can follow it at the devel mailing list or follow this page.
* 09/10/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-39---40-2008-td1309033.html Weekly Engineering News 39 & 40]
* 20/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-38-2008-tp1102493p1102493.html Weekly Engineering News 38]
* 17/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-37-2008-tp1095866p1095866.html Weekly Engineering News 37]
* 10/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-36-2008-td1080018ef1958.html Weekly Engineering News 36]
* 03/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-35-2008-tp837114p837114.html Weekly Engineering News 35]
* 26/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-34-2008-tp785052p785052.html Weekly Engineering News 34]
* 17/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-33-2008-tp729555p729555.html Weekly Engineering News 33]
* 12/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-32-2008-tp720199p720199.html Weekly Engineering News 32]
* 03/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-31-2008-tp667396p667396.html Weekly Engineering News 31]

== FSO status updates ==
* 10/09/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 4|Status Update 4]]
* 01/07/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|Status Update 3]]
* 01/06/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|Status Update 2]]
* 01/05/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 1|Status Update 1]]

== Other Openmoko reports ==
* 28/09/08 [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Fso-internal-om.pdf Openmoko Framework Presentation Taipei'08]
* 08/08/08 [[Om 2008.8]] was [http://n2.nabble.com/Openmoko-Om-2008.8-Release-tp680370p680370.html announced] by William Lai
* 22/07/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-report-tp576113p576113.html weekly report] on [[FSO]] by Guillaume Chereau
[[category:Openmoko Inc]]

Weekly Engineering News

2008-10-11T06:39:10Z

Dolfje:

Wolfgang Spraul tries to give a weekly summary of what's going on in Openmoko. You can follow it at the devel mailing list or follow this page.
* 09/10/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-39---40-2008-td1309033.html Weekly Engineering News 39 & 40]
* 20/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-38-2008-tp1102493p1102493.html Weekly Engineering News 38]
* 17/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-37-2008-tp1095866p1095866.html Weekly Engineering News 37]
* 10/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-36-2008-td1080018ef1958.html Weekly Engineering News 36]
* 03/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-35-2008-tp837114p837114.html Weekly Engineering News 35]
* 26/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-34-2008-tp785052p785052.html Weekly Engineering News 34]
* 17/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-33-2008-tp729555p729555.html Weekly Engineering News 33]
* 12/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-32-2008-tp720199p720199.html Weekly Engineering News 32]
* 03/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-31-2008-tp667396p667396.html Weekly Engineering News 31]

== FSO status updates ==
* [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 4|Status Update 4]]
* 09/10/08[[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|Status Update 3]]
* 07/01/08[[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|Status Update 2]]
* 06/01/08 [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 1|Status Update 1]]

== Other Openmoko reports ==
** [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Fso-internal-om.pdf Openmoko Framework Presentation Taipei'08]
* 08/08/08 [[Om 2008.8]] was [http://n2.nabble.com/Openmoko-Om-2008.8-Release-tp680370p680370.html announced] by William Lai
* 22/07/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-report-tp576113p576113.html weekly report] on [[FSO]] by Guillaume Chereau
[[category:Openmoko Inc]]

Distributions

2008-10-06T11:52:39Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Distributions}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;width:200px;background-color:#FF6600;text-align:center;border-collapse:collapse;font-weight:bold"
|<font color=white>Distributions</font>
|-
! style='background-color:#333333;color:#FFFFFF'|
<div align=left>
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Openmoko (official)</font>
** [[Om2008.9 Update]]
** [[Om 2008.8]]
** [[Om 2007.2]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]]
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Community</font>
** [[SHR]]
** [[FDOM]]
* <font color='#BBBBBB'>Other</font>
** [[Qtopia]]
** [[Debian]]
** [[Gentoo]]
</div>
|-
|}
Openmoko distributions are designed to run on various mobile devices, with the primary aim of supporting Openmoko Inc.'s [[GTA01:Neo 1973|Neo 1973]] and [[Neo FreeRunner]] phones. They are Linux distributions -- complete operating systems with more or less user applications. You can install any of them on your phone or even have a multiboot system with two distributions installed.

While the Openmoko distributions will run on [[Supported devices|other mobile devices]] too, some other software distributions will also run on the Openmoko Inc. phones (see below).

For downloads see [[Download]], for installation instructions see [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]].

== About distributions ==

As of October 1st, 2008:
* The phones ship with [[Om 2007.2]]. It is not supported by Openmoko Inc. anymore. But community developpers continue to work on it as the [[SHR]] project.
* The FreeRunner is a reference platform for TrollTech's Qt Extended (formerly [[Qtopia]]) distribution.
* The branch currently supported by Openmoko Inc. is Om [[2008.9]] (ASU), which is a minor upgrade of [[Om 2008.8]]. Based on that, the community made the [[FDOM]] distribution by adding lots of fixes and applications to it.
* The trunk tip is [[FSO]], the next major release should be based on that. The [[Debian]] packaging team also track that.
* The big G did not make any announcement about an Android port.

To be technically precise, 2007.2, 2008.8, FSO and SHR of these are not directly independent distributions, but different 'release targets'. They are built out of different branches of the [[OpenEmbedded]] metadistribution source tree, e.g. 2007.2 and 2008.8 are to each other like Ubuntu Gutsy is to Kubuntu Hardy. A [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/roadmap roadmap] showing the number of remaining active tickets (in other words, bugs) is available on the bug [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ trac]king system (also accessible with the DOCS link at the top of every page).

One should only use feeds from packages of the same source-branch, else 'stuff will break', similar to like using .debs from Hardy on a Gutsy base system. Also note that there is NO supported upgrade path between these at the moment, thus updating by changing the feeds will most likely end in broken packages or even an unbootable system. Thus please always use [[dfu-util]] to switch between the different 'distributions' for now or install them in a dual-boot setup (e.g. via sdcard or NFS).

== Openmoko Inc. driven release targets ==

=== Om 2008.9 ===

* [[Om2008.9 Update]]

=== Om 2008.8 (ASU, April/August Software Update) ===

Om 2008.8 has been started to integrate the [http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia Qtopia] stack - on X11 - with a new set of graphically pleasing applications based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. ASU is the internal name and is known as Om 2008.8 upon its release on August 8, 2008. Qtopia is a more mature product than the GNOME Mobile stack and you can expect all the standard feature phone applications to work in a solid way. It uses the Qtopia phone server. Since - contrary to standard Qtopia - it does not directly use the framebuffer, non-Qt applications can safely share the screen with Qt applications.

Om 2008.8 is maintained as "'''ASU-stable'''" with continuous updates.

* [[Om2008.8|Om 2008.8]]
* [[Downloads#Om_2008.8_images_.28ASU.29|Download > Om 2008.8 images (ASU)]]

=== Om 2007.2 (GTK) ===

[[Om 2007.2]] is for people who are familiar with the [http://www.gnome.org/mobile/ GNOME Mobile] initiative and who want to write applications that run on multiple devices running (parts of) GNOME Mobile. This includes Maemo, which runs on the Nokia Internet Tablets. The strength of the GTK+ stack is a UI and programming environment similar to what you run on your Linux desktop, if you’re into GNOME. The GTK+ has PIM applications based on the Evolution Data Server and runs the gsmd phone server. Although you can use them, the applications are still pretty rough und unfinished. Some people have problems with the stability of the phone server.

* [[Om 2007.2]]
* Availabilty: [http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2007.2/ Official Buildhost] and [[MokoMakefile]] support for development builds
* [[Downloads#Openmoko_2007.2_images_.28GTK.29|Download]]
* Several videos of this stack by [http://uk.youtube.com/user/freeyourphone Youtube user freeyourphone] and [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U05kZfURPig&NR=1 video review by BVB Tech]
This is the base-system which is installed on FreeRunner when it leaves the factory.

2007.2 development driven by openmoko inc. has basically stopped and resources are allocated in favor of 2008.8, while the community currently does the effort to 'rescue' the 2007.2 telephony apps and pull them to the future middleware from FSO (see SHR).
thus patches are still welcome, especially if they help development of SHR.

=== FSO - freesmartphone.org ===

FSO has been started to overcome the deficiencies both of the 2007.2 and the 2008.8 stack, namely to come up with an extensible framework that gives developers the infrastructure they need to create solid and exciting software products based on the Openmoko platform. An infrastructure that supports competing UIs while we can collaborate on developing services, making the framework strong . Here, the focus is on stable highlevel services that you can access from whatever language or UI that supports [http://dbus.freesmartphone.org/ dbus]. People report that despite its infancy, e.g. the phone server part in FSO is already more solid than anywhere else.

It is not really intended as future release-target, but used as a 'vessel' or 'container' for the development and testing of the new, future middleware.

The applications installed are intended as test-tools for the new middleware and not as fully featured, end user oriented applications. (even if it looks that way sometimes)

In the words of Mickey, project manager:

<blockquote><em>FSO is only a distro because "we can" (thanks to OpenEmbedded). Zhone is an independent UI application based on the FSO framework to facilitate testing. If you want to build own UIs or custom applications on the forthcoming Openmoko dbus service framework, then the FSO-image is a good starting point.</em></blockquote>

* [[FSO]]
* [http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example Development tracker]
* [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ Download milestone 3]
* [http://freesmartphone.org freesmartphone.org]
* [http://downloads.freesmartphone.org fso-testing and fso-unstable images and feeds] (maintained by Rod Whitby, MokoMakefile author)

== Openmoko Community driven release targets ==

=== SHR - Stable Hybrid Release ===

Stable Hybrid Release is a combination of the middleware from FSO, some of the 2007.2 GTK software (telephony-ui, pim), and Om2008.8 that provides all of the functionality of the 2007.2 software, but with the stability of the FSO.

* [[Stable Hybrid Release]]

=== FDOM (FAT and Dirty Openmoko) ===

[[FDOM]] is a rootfs/kernel image ready to flash of an OM2008.08-updates distribution with some apps already installed and some fixes posted in the lists done. Download from http://compartida.net/openmoko/FDOM . Use wget -c to retrieve the files because of the server seems to cut the connection time to time, and check the files MD5 hashes afterwards.

== Non-Openmoko distributions ==

These are not Openmoko (and OE) based distributions. These are alternatives you can run on your Openmoko phones.

=== Qt Extended ===

The Qt Extended distribution (formerly known as Qtopia) from [http://www.trolltech.com Trolltech] aims to provide a ready-to use image for Openmoko devices.

* [[Qtopia|Qt Extended]]
* Download: [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 Qtopia.net]

=== Debian ===

In the words of Joachim "nomeata" Breitner from the [http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFSO pkg-fso] team:

:It’s not really a distribution in the Openmoko sense of the word, but rather a different underlying system for Openmoko distributions. At the moment, we ship the software from the FSO stack, but hopefully we’ll also have, for example, the Stable Hybrid Release software in our archive.

:So for now, Debian is a different way of installing FSO, which takes more space and provides more programs :-)

* [[Debian]]

=== Gentoo ===

* [[Gentoo]]

== Features by distribution/release target ==

=== Connectivity ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Telephony || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| SMS || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| [[GPRS]] || Not through UI || Not through UI || Not through UI || N/A || {{No}} (3) || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| WiFi || {{Yes}} || Not through UI || {{Yes}} (*) || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| VoIP || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || ?? || {{Yes}}
|-
| Bluetooth || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| GPS || {{Yes}} (1) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1) || N/A || {{Yes}} (1) || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
|}

=== User Interaction ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Stylus friendly || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Finger friendly || Partially || Partially || Partially || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
|-
| Accelerometer || {{No}}|| {{No}} || {{Yes}} [[Gestures|(1)]] || N/A || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|}

=== Applications ===

{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| Terminal || Basic (2) || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1) || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| PIM || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Phonebook || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Dialer || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || N/A || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Web Browser || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (midori)
|-
| Mail Client || ? || ? || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| XMPP Client || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} [[Instant Messaging|(1)]] || ? || {{No}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
| Media Player || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} (1)
|-
|}

=== Toolkits / Runtimes ===
{| border=1 width=100% |
| width=14%| || width=14%|2007.2 || width=14%|FSO || width=14%|Om2008.8 || width=14%|SHR || width=14%|Qt Extended || Debian
|-
| GTK+ || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Qt/Qt Extended|| No || {{Yes}}? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| Middleware || gsmd/neod || freesmartphone.org || qtopia-x11 || freesmartphone.org || Qt Extended || freesmartphone.org
|-
| [[Java]] || Jalimo || Jalimo || Jalimo || ? || ? || {{Yes}} (CacaoVM, JamVM)
|-
| [[Python]] || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ? || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| [[Mono]] || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || {{Yes}} (1) || ? || ? || {{Yes}} (1)
|}

Footnotes:

(1) works, but need additional software to be installed

(2) unusable due to lack of certain keyboard characters. [[Switching_Keyboards#Matchbox_keyboard|Various fixes available.]]

(3) there is a UI but it crashes the device when used.

(*) unstable

== External links ==

Original distribution descriptions are from Mickey Lauer's [http://www.vanille-media.de/site/index.php/2008/06/28/gtk-asu-fso-tmtla/ GTK, ASU, FSO, TMTLA!].

[[Category:Distributions| ]]

Download

2008-10-06T11:49:38Z

Dolfje: cleanup

This page lists various images you can try out on your Openmoko supported smartphone and some [[#Other downloads]].

See [[Distributions]] for a more descriptive comparison. Then see [[Development Branches Policy]] when you want to know where the really bleeding edge is.

== Installation instructions ==

See [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]] for installation instructions. Neo 1973 users: [[Getting Started with your Neo1973]]. If you want to install a system to a microSD card, see [[Booting from SD]].

The release directories can contain up to four files:

* a Root FileSystem image. These are the files with '''rootfs''' in their name. They come both as a .jffs2 ready-to-flash image, and as a .tar.gz ready-to-cp tarball.
* a Kernel image (files with '''uimage''' in their name).
* a u-boot bootloader (file with '''u-boot''' in the name).
* a splash image file.

Also, the archive directory contains two identical versions of most files, one having the date in the filename. For those convenience ?

One usually needs only to flash the phone with the root filesystem and the kernel image. The splash image is eyecandy. The u-Boot bootloader is a critical component, you don't want to install a new version of that systematically, but there have been improvements since the one released in shipping phones.

== Openmoko Inc. driven release targets ==
=== Om 2008.9 (ASU) ===

Om 2008.9 is an updated release of Om 2008.8.
{{Main|Om2008.9 Update}}

'''Neo FreeRunner images'''

If you want the exact bits released on September 19th, go to:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/

If you plan to update your distribution, you may as well flash directly from:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8-update/

There is no need to reflash if you have installed Om 2008.8 and used ''opkg update && opkg upgrade''. For older releases of this distribution, see [[Old Openmoko Distribution Releases]]

[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/031003.html].

=== The bleeding edge: Om "base / empty" images ===

The ''org.openmoko.dev'' branch does not have any applications preinstalled other than settings and installer, and it is unstable for now.

Images for ''testing'' are at:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/

To get packages from ''testing'', use this ''/etc/opkg/testing.conf'' :
<pre>
src/gz testing-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all
src/gz testing-arm http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t
src/gz testing-i686 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/i686
src/gz testing-neo http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/neo1973
src/gz testing-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02
</pre>

''unstable'' comes from the same branch, compiled with the AUTOREV flag. There are no images, but packages are at http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Reference: See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html "Repository and Images" announcement] for details on other "Base image", "testing" and "unstable".

Once you have this base image, you can install the GTK+ telephony apps including gsmd, or Qtopia, or Mickey's framework. Check out the [[FDOM]] page for an idea of what to install.

=== Om 2007.2 images (GTK) ===

{{Main|Om 2007.2}}

Openmoko '''discontinued support''' for this release. The host that used to distribute it has been taken offline at the end of August 2008. Old images have been archived at http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2007.11/ .

Celtune offers different Images and a huge amount of packages (2007.2, pyneo, fso) for neo1973, freerunner and others. Celtune images can be found at http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/ .

[http://blog.automated.it/category/openmoko/ Andy Powell] maintains (or used to maintain ?) images based on the 2007.2 software stack for the gta01 and gta02. A. Powell's ScaredyCat images can be found at: http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ .

=== FSO images (freesmartphone.org) ===

{{Main|OpenmokoFramework}}

Download Milestone 3 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/

The file system will be in a jffs2 "summary" file. A file with the extension ".jffs2.summary" can be flashed to the FreeRunner just like an ordinary jffs2 file.

Browse the source: http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example/browser

== Openmoko Community driven release targets ==

=== FDOM ===

{{Main|FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution}}

Download images: http://compartida.net/openmoko/FDOM/

=== SHR images (Stable Hybrid Release) ===
{{Main|SHR}}

There are no downloadable images yet.

== Non-Openmoko distributions ==

=== Qt Extended (formerly Qtopia) images ===

{{Main|qtopia}}

Images are available on the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] page, make sure your browser sends referer Header when downloading. (Note: direct linking to the files does not work.)

'''Neo FreeRunner'''

* Download "Qt Extended flash image for FIC Neo Freerunner (gta02)"
version 4.4.1 from qtextended: http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6
* You need to also download mwester's daily kernel. If the link at qtextended is stale, so go there and download it directly for gta02: http://moko.mwester.net/dl.html#kernels

'''Neo 1973'''

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973 (gta01)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)

*A Neo 1973 image is also available from here [http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz]

'''More Qtopia downloads'''

You might also try [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/qtopia-source-gpl ftp.trolltech.com snapshots]

Addtional packages can be added from the Trolltech feed for this image, found at
http://qtopia.net/packages/feed/4.3.2/neo/
To get to these packages, you need to add the feed as a source in the Qtopia package manager.

=== Debian images ===

See [[Debian]].

== Other downloads ==

=== Applications repositories ===

If you are looking for a specific application instead of a full filesystem image:
* {{Main|Community Repository}}
* {{Main|Users Repositories}}

=== CAD files ===
You can download CAD files here.
http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/

=== Schematics ===

You can download the schematics of [[Neo 1973]] (GTA01) and [[Neo FreeRunner]] (GTA02) here:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/

=== Press material ===

Download Neo FreeRunner photos in various sizes for print and web use here:
http://openmoko.com/press-press-material.html

=== Tiddlywiki version of wiki.openmoko.org ===
If you want to carry this wiki along with you and to use it offline, then download
[http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html] and store it locally, then browse through the pages which you think you need to have, click "save changes", so next time you open it all articles you have fetched previously will be available to you.

[[Category:Distributions]]

Download

2008-10-02T14:38:20Z

Dolfje: /* Om 2008.9 */

This page lists various images you can try out on your Openmoko supported smartphone and some other downloads. Note however, that some of these are works in progress and may not have even released any files yet. Nothing is guaranteed to work. Proceed at your own risk.

Unofficial users repositories can be found [[Users Repositories|here]]

== Distributions and installation ==

See [[Distributions]] for description and comparison of the images downloadable here.

See [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]] for installation instructions. Neo 1973 users: [[Getting Started with your Neo1973]].

In most cases you will download

* a Root FileSystem image and
* a Kernel image

to flash into your phone. The third available file is the u-Boot bootloader, probably you don't want to install a new version of that unless there are bug fixes that you really need.

If you want to install a system to a microSD card, see [[Booting from SD]].

=== Understanding Om distribution releases ===

[[Image:Images.png|center|700px]]

==Om 2008.9 (ASU)==

Om 2008.9 is an updated release of Om 2008.8. Flashing this image is equal to upgrading Om 2008.8 to a certain date by okpg. If you upgrade on any of the two systems, that ends up in exactly the same system [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/031003.html].

{{Main|Om2008.9 Update}}

'''Neo FreeRunner images'''

http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/

Note, that this is a certain "point release" of Om 2008.8. Updated images under the 2008.8 section are newer, because those are updated builds of the same distribution.

For older releases of this distribution, see [[Old Openmoko Distribution Releases]]

== The bleeding edge: Om "base / empty" images ==

The ''org.openmoko.dev'' branch does not have any applications preinstalled other than settings and installer, and it is unstable for now.

Images for ''testing'' are at:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/

To get packages from ''testing'', use this ''/etc/opkg/testing.conf'' :
<pre>
src/gz testing-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all
src/gz testing-arm http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t
src/gz testing-i686 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/i686
src/gz testing-neo http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/neo1973
src/gz testing-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02
</pre>

''unstable'' comes from the same branch, compiled with the AUTOREV flag. There are no images, but packages are at http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Reference: See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html "Repository and Images" announcement] for details on other "Base image", "testing" and "unstable".

Once you have this base image, you can install the GTK+ telephony apps including gsmd, or Qtopia, or Mickey's framework. Check out the [[FDOM]] page for an idea of what to install.

== Om 2007.2 images (GTK) ==

Openmoko '''discontinued support''' for this release. The host that used to distribute it has been taken offline at the end of August 2008.

Some old images can be found on http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2007.11/ .

{{Main|Om 2007.2}}

=== Community repositories ===

Celtune offers different Images and a huge amount of packages (2007.2, pyneo, fso) for neo1973, freerunner and others. Celtune images can be found at http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/ .

[http://blog.automated.it/category/openmoko/ Andy Powell] maintains (or used to maintain ?) images based on the 2007.2 software stack for the gta01 and gta02. A. Powell's ScaredyCat images can be found at: http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ .

== FSO images (freesmartphone.org) ==

{{Main|OpenmokoFramework}}

Download Milestone 3 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/

The file system will be in a jffs2 "summary" file. A file with the extension ".jffs2.summary" can be flashed to the FreeRunner just like an ordinary jffs2 file.

Browse the source: http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example/browser

== FDOM ==

{{Main|FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution}}

Download images: http://compartida.net/openmoko/FDOM/

== Qtopia images ==

{{Main|qtopia}}

Images are available on the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] page, make sure your browser sends referer Header when downloading. (Note: direct linking to the files does not work.)

=== Neo FreeRunner ===

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)
* The "Developer root filesystem for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" file is a barebones root filesystem created from the 'FSO' image available from Openmoko.

=== Neo 1973 ===

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973 (gta01)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)

*A Neo 1973 image is also available from here [http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz]

=== More Qtopia downloads ===

You might also try [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/qtopia-source-gpl ftp.trolltech.com snapshots]

Addtional packages can be added from the Trolltech feed for this image, found at
http://qtopia.net/packages/feed/4.3.2/neo/
To get to these packages, you need to add the feed as a source in the Qtopia package manager.

== SHR images (Stable Hybrid Release) ==
{{Main|SHR}}

There are no downloadable images yet.

== Debian images ==

See [[Debian]].

== Community repository ==
{{Main|CommunityRepository}}
http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse/

== Other downloads ==

=== CAD files ===
You can download CAD files here.
http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/

=== Schematics ===

You can download the schematics of [[Neo 1973]] (GTA01) and [[Neo FreeRunner]] (GTA02) here:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/

=== Press material ===

Download Neo FreeRunner photos in various sizes for print and web use here:
http://openmoko.com/press-press-material.html

=== Tiddlywiki version of wiki.openmoko.org ===
If you want to carry this wiki along with you and to use it offline, then download
[http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html] and store it locally, then browse through the pages which you think you need to have, click "save changes", so next time you open it all articles you have fetched previously will be available to you.

[[Category:Distributions]]

Download

2008-10-02T14:38:02Z

Dolfje: /* Om 2008.8 images (ASU) */

This page lists various images you can try out on your Openmoko supported smartphone and some other downloads. Note however, that some of these are works in progress and may not have even released any files yet. Nothing is guaranteed to work. Proceed at your own risk.

Unofficial users repositories can be found [[Users Repositories|here]]

== Distributions and installation ==

See [[Distributions]] for description and comparison of the images downloadable here.

See [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]] for installation instructions. Neo 1973 users: [[Getting Started with your Neo1973]].

In most cases you will download

* a Root FileSystem image and
* a Kernel image

to flash into your phone. The third available file is the u-Boot bootloader, probably you don't want to install a new version of that unless there are bug fixes that you really need.

If you want to install a system to a microSD card, see [[Booting from SD]].

=== Understanding Om distribution releases ===

[[Image:Images.png|center|700px]]

==Om 2008.9==

Om 2008.9 is an updated release of Om 2008.8. Flashing this image is equal to upgrading Om 2008.8 to a certain date by okpg. If you upgrade on any of the two systems, that ends up in exactly the same system [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/031003.html].

{{Main|Om2008.9 Update}}

'''Neo FreeRunner images'''

http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/

Note, that this is a certain "point release" of Om 2008.8. Updated images under the 2008.8 section are newer, because those are updated builds of the same distribution.

For older releases of this distribution, see [[Old Openmoko Distribution Releases]]

== The bleeding edge: Om "base / empty" images ==

The ''org.openmoko.dev'' branch does not have any applications preinstalled other than settings and installer, and it is unstable for now.

Images for ''testing'' are at:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/

To get packages from ''testing'', use this ''/etc/opkg/testing.conf'' :
<pre>
src/gz testing-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all
src/gz testing-arm http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t
src/gz testing-i686 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/i686
src/gz testing-neo http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/neo1973
src/gz testing-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02
</pre>

''unstable'' comes from the same branch, compiled with the AUTOREV flag. There are no images, but packages are at http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Reference: See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html "Repository and Images" announcement] for details on other "Base image", "testing" and "unstable".

Once you have this base image, you can install the GTK+ telephony apps including gsmd, or Qtopia, or Mickey's framework. Check out the [[FDOM]] page for an idea of what to install.

== Om 2007.2 images (GTK) ==

Openmoko '''discontinued support''' for this release. The host that used to distribute it has been taken offline at the end of August 2008.

Some old images can be found on http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2007.11/ .

{{Main|Om 2007.2}}

=== Community repositories ===

Celtune offers different Images and a huge amount of packages (2007.2, pyneo, fso) for neo1973, freerunner and others. Celtune images can be found at http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/ .

[http://blog.automated.it/category/openmoko/ Andy Powell] maintains (or used to maintain ?) images based on the 2007.2 software stack for the gta01 and gta02. A. Powell's ScaredyCat images can be found at: http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ .

== FSO images (freesmartphone.org) ==

{{Main|OpenmokoFramework}}

Download Milestone 3 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/

The file system will be in a jffs2 "summary" file. A file with the extension ".jffs2.summary" can be flashed to the FreeRunner just like an ordinary jffs2 file.

Browse the source: http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example/browser

== FDOM ==

{{Main|FDOM - a Fat and Dirty OM based distribution}}

Download images: http://compartida.net/openmoko/FDOM/

== Qtopia images ==

{{Main|qtopia}}

Images are available on the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] page, make sure your browser sends referer Header when downloading. (Note: direct linking to the files does not work.)

=== Neo FreeRunner ===

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)
* The "Developer root filesystem for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" file is a barebones root filesystem created from the 'FSO' image available from Openmoko.

=== Neo 1973 ===

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973 (gta01)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)

*A Neo 1973 image is also available from here [http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz]

=== More Qtopia downloads ===

You might also try [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/qtopia-source-gpl ftp.trolltech.com snapshots]

Addtional packages can be added from the Trolltech feed for this image, found at
http://qtopia.net/packages/feed/4.3.2/neo/
To get to these packages, you need to add the feed as a source in the Qtopia package manager.

== SHR images (Stable Hybrid Release) ==
{{Main|SHR}}

There are no downloadable images yet.

== Debian images ==

See [[Debian]].

== Community repository ==
{{Main|CommunityRepository}}
http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse/

== Other downloads ==

=== CAD files ===
You can download CAD files here.
http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/

=== Schematics ===

You can download the schematics of [[Neo 1973]] (GTA01) and [[Neo FreeRunner]] (GTA02) here:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/

=== Press material ===

Download Neo FreeRunner photos in various sizes for print and web use here:
http://openmoko.com/press-press-material.html

=== Tiddlywiki version of wiki.openmoko.org ===
If you want to carry this wiki along with you and to use it offline, then download
[http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html] and store it locally, then browse through the pages which you think you need to have, click "save changes", so next time you open it all articles you have fetched previously will be available to you.

[[Category:Distributions]]

Download

2008-10-01T19:02:40Z

Dolfje: Undo revision 56008 by Netishin (Talk)

This page lists various images you can try out on your Openmoko supported smartphone and some other downloads. Note however, that some of these are works in progress and may not have even released any files yet. Nothing is guaranteed to work. Proceed at your own risk.

Unofficial users repositories can be found [[Users Repositories|here]]

== Distributions and installation ==

See [[Distributions]] for description of the images downloadable here.

See [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]] for installation instructions. Neo 1973 users: [[Getting Started with your Neo1973]].

In most cases you will download a Root FileSystem and a Kernel to flash into your phone. If you cannot find a kernel in the directory where you download the Root FS, please pick a kernel from an older directory. The third available file is the bootloader, probably don't want to install a new version of that unless there are bug fixes you really need.

If you want to install a system to a microSD card, see [[Booting from SD]].
===Om 2008.9===
You can download Om 2008.9 here:

http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/

Check [[Om2008.9 Update]] for more detail.

=== Om 2008.8 images (ASU) ===
[[Image:Images.png|center]]
These images are based on the branch ''org.openmoko.asu.stable''. They are the ASU distribution. Sorry, there are no build for the Neo 1973 yet, only the FreeRunner. While the branch name ends with ''.stable'', repositories are updated daily. In an ideal world there would never be any regressions and the quality of builds would improve every day. We are not in an ideal world.
The content of these images is presented at: {{Main|Om 2008.8}}

There are two sources, depending on whether you are an end user or a developer. In both cases, the files you want are of the form:
:Om2008.8-gta02-YYYYMMDD.rootfs.jffs2 (root file system)
:Om2008.8-gta02-YYYYMMDD.uImage.bin (kernel image)

====End user====
If you want to install stable software, and only get stable updates,
the latest stable image (will overwrite all data on your phone) can be
found at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8-update/
If you update packages in this image, they will come from the stable
repository (updated daily from Holger's stable branch) at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/
Holger (zecke) will continue to cherry-pick bug fixes with the right
risk/reward ratio into his stable branch.

====Developer====
If you want bleeding edge, we have created an image that only contains Settings application and Installer, nothing else. We call it 'base
image'. You can find this base image, updated daily, at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/
By default, this image will fetch updates packages from our 'testing'
repository:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/
If you want even more fun, change the package repository to
'unstable', which will then fetch updates from:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Once you have this base image, you can install the GTK+ telephony apps
including gsmd, or Qtopia, or Mickey's framework.
Check out the [[FDOM]] page for an idea of what to install.

====First Om 2008.8 release (historical)====
The first Om 2008.8 release was made on 8/8/08 and is still available for historical purposes at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8/
The files you want are:
: Om2008.8-gta02-20080808.rootfs.jffs2
: Om2008.8-gta02-20080808.uImage.bin
This image fetches updated packages from:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/om-gta02/

=== The bleeding edge: Om "base / empty" images ===

The ''org.openmoko.dev'' branch does not have any applications preinstalled other than settings and installer, and it is unstable for now.

Images for ''testing'' are at:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/

To get packages from ''testing'', use this ''/etc/opkg/testing.conf'' :
<pre>
src/gz testing-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all
src/gz testing-arm http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t
src/gz testing-i686 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/i686
src/gz testing-neo http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/neo1973
src/gz testing-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02
</pre>

''unstable'' comes from the same branch, compiled with the AUTOREV flag. There are no images, but packages are at http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Reference: See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html "Repository and Images" announcement] for details on other "Base image", "testing" and "unstable".

=== Om 2007.2 images (GTK) ===
{{Main|Om 2007.2}}

==== Community repositories ====

Celtune offers different Images and a huge amount of packages (2007.2, pyneo, fso) for neo1973, freerunner and others. Celtune images can be found at http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/ .

[http://blog.automated.it/category/openmoko/ Andy Powell] maintains (or used to maintain ?) images based on the 2007.2 software stack for the gta01 and gta02. A. Powell's ScaredyCat images can be found at: http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ .

==== Discontinued support ====

Openmoko discontinued support for this release. The host that used to distribute it has been taken offline at the end of August 2008.

Some old images can be found on http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2007.11/ .

=== FSO images (freesmartphone.org) ===
{{Main|FSO}}

* Milestone 1 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone1/
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPe0S8QpJY Video of FSO Milestone 1]
* Milestone 2 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/
* Milestone 3 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/

Browse the source: http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example/browser

Learn more at its wiki page: [[OpenmokoFramework]]

The file system will be in a jffs2 "summary" file. A file with the extension ".jffs2.summary" can be flashed to the FreeRunner just like an ordinary jffs2 file.

=== Qtopia images ===
{{Main|qtopia}}

Images are available on the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] page, make sure your browser sends referer Header when downloading. (Note: direct linking to the files does not work.)

==== Neo FreeRunner ====

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)
* The "Developer root filesystem for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" file is a barebones root filesystem created from the 'FSO' image available from Openmoko.

==== Neo 1973 ====

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973 (gta01)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)

*A Neo 1973 image is also available from here [http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz]

==== More Qtopia downloads ====

You might also try [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/qtopia-source-gpl ftp.trolltech.com snapshots]

Addtional packages can be added from the Trolltech feed for this image, found at
http://qtopia.net/packages/feed/4.3.2/neo/
To get to these packages, you need to add the feed as a source in the Qtopia package manager.

=== SHR images (Stable Hybrid Release) ===
{{Main|SHR}}

There are no downloadable images yet.

=== Debian images ===

See [[Debian]].

== Community repository ==
{{Main|CommunityRepository}}
http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse/

== Other downloads ==

=== CAD files ===
You can download CAD files here.
http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/

=== Schematics ===

You can download the schematics of [[Neo 1973]] (GTA01) and [[Neo FreeRunner]] (GTA02) here:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/

=== Press material ===

Download Neo FreeRunner photos in various sizes for print and web use here:
http://openmoko.com/press-press-material.html

=== Tiddlywiki version of wiki.openmoko.org ===
If you want to carry this wiki along with you and to use it offline, then download
[http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html] and store it locally, then browse through the pages which you think you need to have, click "save changes", so next time you open it all articles you have fetched previously will be available to you.

[[Category:Distributions]]

Download

2008-10-01T16:14:38Z

Dolfje: Undo revision 55996 by Netishin (Talk)

This page lists various images you can try out on your Openmoko supported smartphone and some other downloads. Note however, that some of these are works in progress and may not have even released any files yet. Nothing is guaranteed to work. Proceed at your own risk.

Unofficial users repositories can be found [[Users Repositories|here]]

== Distributions and installation ==

See [[Distributions]] for description of the images downloadable here.

See [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]] for installation instructions. Neo 1973 users: [[Getting Started with your Neo1973]].

In most cases you will download a Root FileSystem and a Kernel to flash into your phone. If you cannot find a kernel in the directory where you download the Root FS, please pick a kernel from an older directory. The third available file is the bootloader, probably don't want to install a new version of that unless there are bug fixes you really need.

If you want to install a system to a microSD card, see [[Booting from SD]].
===Om 2008.9===
You can download Om 2008.9 here:

http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/

Check [[Om2008.9 Update]] for more detail.

=== Om 2008.8 images (ASU) ===
[[Image:Images.png|center]]
These images are based on the branch ''org.openmoko.asu.stable''. They are the ASU distribution. Sorry, there are no build for the Neo 1973 yet, only the FreeRunner. While the branch name ends with ''.stable'', repositories are updated daily. In an ideal world there would never be any regressions and the quality of builds would improve every day. We are not in an ideal world.
The content of these images is presented at: {{Main|Om 2008.8}}

There are two sources, depending on whether you are an end user or a developer. In both cases, the files you want are of the form:
:Om2008.8-gta02-YYYYMMDD.rootfs.jffs2 (root file system)
:Om2008.8-gta02-YYYYMMDD.uImage.bin (kernel image)

====End user====
If you want to install stable software, and only get stable updates,
the latest stable image (will overwrite all data on your phone) can be
found at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8-update/
If you update packages in this image, they will come from the stable
repository (updated daily from Holger's stable branch) at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/
Holger (zecke) will continue to cherry-pick bug fixes with the right
risk/reward ratio into his stable branch.

====Developer====
If you want bleeding edge, we have created an image that only contains Settings application and Installer, nothing else. We call it 'base
image'. You can find this base image, updated daily, at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/
By default, this image will fetch updates packages from our 'testing'
repository:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/
If you want even more fun, change the package repository to
'unstable', which will then fetch updates from:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Once you have this base image, you can install the GTK+ telephony apps
including gsmd, or Qtopia, or Mickey's framework.
Check out the [[FDOM]] page for an idea of what to install.

====First Om 2008.8 release (historical)====
The first Om 2008.8 release was made on 8/8/08 and is still available for historical purposes at:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8/
The files you want are:
: Om2008.8-gta02-20080808.rootfs.jffs2
: Om2008.8-gta02-20080808.uImage.bin
This image fetches updated packages from:
:http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/om-gta02/

=== The bleeding edge: Om "base / empty" images ===

The ''org.openmoko.dev'' branch does not have any applications preinstalled other than settings and installer, and it is unstable for now.

Images for ''testing'' are at:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/

To get packages from ''testing'', use this ''/etc/opkg/testing.conf'' :
<pre>
src/gz testing-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all
src/gz testing-arm http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t
src/gz testing-i686 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/i686
src/gz testing-neo http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/neo1973
src/gz testing-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02
</pre>

''unstable'' comes from the same branch, compiled with the AUTOREV flag. There are no images, but packages are at http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/unstable/

Reference: See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html "Repository and Images" announcement] for details on other "Base image", "testing" and "unstable".

=== Om 2007.2 images (GTK) ===
{{Main|Om 2007.2}}

==== Community repositories ====

Celtune offers different Images and a huge amount of packages (2007.2, pyneo, fso) for neo1973, freerunner and others. Celtune images can be found at http://rabenfrost.net/celtune/ .

[http://blog.automated.it/category/openmoko/ Andy Powell] maintains (or used to maintain ?) images based on the 2007.2 software stack for the gta01 and gta02. A. Powell's ScaredyCat images can be found at: http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/ .

==== Discontinued support ====

Openmoko discontinued support for this release. The host that used to distribute it has been taken offline at the end of August 2008.

Some old images can be found on http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2007.11/ .

=== FSO images (freesmartphone.org) ===
{{Main|FSO}}

* Milestone 1 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone1/
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPe0S8QpJY Video of FSO Milestone 1]
* Milestone 2 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/
* Milestone 3 is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/

Browse the source: http://trac.freesmartphone.org:8000/trac-example/browser

Learn more at its wiki page: [[OpenmokoFramework]]

The file system will be in a jffs2 "summary" file. A file with the extension ".jffs2.summary" can be flashed to the FreeRunner just like an ordinary jffs2 file.

=== Qtopia images ===
{{Main|qtopia}}

Images are available on the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] page, make sure your browser sends referer Header when downloading. (Note: direct linking to the files does not work.)

==== Neo FreeRunner ====

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)
* The "Developer root filesystem for FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)" file is a barebones root filesystem created from the 'FSO' image available from Openmoko.

==== Neo 1973 ====

* Find "Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973 (gta01)" on [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/index.php Qtopia.net images] (a tarball with both a rootfs and kernel)

*A Neo 1973 image is also available from here [http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz openmoko-qtopia-image-om-gta01.tar.gz]

==== More Qtopia downloads ====

You might also try [http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/qtopia-source-gpl ftp.trolltech.com snapshots]

Addtional packages can be added from the Trolltech feed for this image, found at
http://qtopia.net/packages/feed/4.3.2/neo/
To get to these packages, you need to add the feed as a source in the Qtopia package manager.

=== SHR images (Stable Hybrid Release) ===
{{Main|SHR}}

There are no downloadable images yet.

=== Debian images ===

See [[Debian]].

== Community repository ==
{{Main|CommunityRepository}}
http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse/

== Other downloads ==

=== CAD files ===
You can download CAD files here.
http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/

=== Schematics ===

You can download the schematics of [[Neo 1973]] (GTA01) and [[Neo FreeRunner]] (GTA02) here:
http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/

=== Press material ===

Download Neo FreeRunner photos in various sizes for print and web use here:
http://openmoko.com/press-press-material.html

=== Tiddlywiki version of wiki.openmoko.org ===
If you want to carry this wiki along with you and to use it offline, then download
[http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html http://om-tiddlywiki.projects.openmoko.org/openmokowiki.html] and store it locally, then browse through the pages which you think you need to have, click "save changes", so next time you open it all articles you have fetched previously will be available to you.

[[Category:Distributions]]

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-10-01T15:05:30Z

Dolfje: /* What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? */

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

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== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There are however at least two third-party GPS applications available:
* [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner xgps here]
* [http://www.linux4.be/fr/roadmap.html RoadMap(experimental) here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
Qtopia 4.4 has been released with the name of [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtextended4.4/release-4-4-1.html QtExtended 4.4]. The FreeRunner image will be ready in 3 days (3 okt).
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser] based on webkit
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html screen rotation in the settings application] (so no automatic rotation)
* [http://n2.nabble.com/Echo-issue-on-OM2008.08-potentially-solved-tp791642.html noise reduction]
* GPS api
* usb net/storage switching
* Gtalk support
* [http://n2.nabble.com/forum/Permalink.jtp?root=841805&post=1083388&page=y better support for non-english languages in the keyboard]

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia images]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]]. However, in the mount command, substitute the image filename for "/dev/mtdblock0".

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

==== Pointing Qtopia to the SD Card ====

Lorn Potter on the mailing lists pointed this out:

Qtopia was designed to be run from the root partition on a flash chip, not from a removable sd card.

You would have to edit the etc/default/Trolltech/Storage.conf file to make it forget about the sd
/dev node, to be able to run it this way"

Another user's solution to this is the following:

Edit this file: " /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/Storage.conf
And change the [MountPoint0] section so it resembles this:
-[
[MountPoint0]
Name[] = SD Card
Path=/dev/mmcblk0p1
Removable = 0
Applications = 0
Documents = 0
ContentDatabase = 0

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker] ([http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=advsearch&searchstr=&bugs=on&sugs=on&product=2&functionalarea=&versionfound=&versionfixed=&priority=-1&status=0&resolution=-1 Qtopia Tracker]).

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

Main Page

2008-10-01T15:04:12Z

Dolfje: The release of qt4.4 is only news for us when there are images for the devices

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 27/9: another release of [[FDOM]]
* 19/9: point release of [[Om2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]]
* 17/9: [[17th September, 2008 - Activity since launch|Community update]] - Activity since launch
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.
* 2/9: Trolltech [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=83 released] Qtopia 4.3.3-snapshot.
* 28/8: Trolltech [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-4.3.2-release-tp789148p789148.html released] Qtopia 4.3.2.

<br />
* [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]]
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian|Debian]] - [[Gentoo|Gentoo]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

Main Page

2008-09-27T12:30:14Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our [http://downloads.openmoko.org/CAD/ CAD] files under Creative Commons. And at LinuxWorld 2008, we announced the release of the [http://downloads.openmoko.org/schematics/ schematics for our products].

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 27/9: another release of [[FDOM]]
* 19/9: point release of [[Om2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]]
* 17/9: [[17th September, 2008 - Activity since launch|Community update]] - Activity since launch
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.
* 2/9: Trolltech [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=83 released] Qtopia 4.3.3-snapshot.
* 28/8: Trolltech [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-4.3.2-release-tp789148p789148.html released] Qtopia 4.3.2.
* 26/8: Openmoko [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html updates] [[Om 2008.8]] distribution.
<br />
* [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]]
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian|Debian]] - [[Gentoo|Gentoo]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

User talk:Dolfje

2008-09-25T16:57:56Z

Dolfje:

Hi,
I notice that you do pretty much editing work on this page. But , You also delete some information other people need. For example , you delete the data sheet's link, so other people who deal with hardware drivers will feel confused.
So I roll back them.

[[User:coolcat| Brenda Wang]]

I have changed it into a
table, so the data was organized.
The second thing I did, was putting all data of the chip itself to
another wiki page. (bv. [[Samsung_S3C2442B_B54]])
Then all the data about one chip is centralized and can be interesting
for many phones. If Openmoko has 7 devices, it will be handy to know
in which devices you used for example the Samsung S3C2442B and how
they were connected. So I have not deleted one single bit of
information, they only stand on the page about the chip itself.
[[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 11:22, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Who are you? Why do you keep removing data?
--[[User:Sdhillon|Sdhillon]]

I did not remove any data. Why did you think that?
[[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 18:03, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
----
Hello,
One month since http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:Neo_FreeRunner_Hardware_test . What do we do with it ?
[[User:MinhHaDuong|MinhHaDuong]] 10:04, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Remove it. You didn't like my idea for putting the Neo FreeRunner hardware in a table and link to pages where the relevant info stands on. If that isn't accomplished, I can't make my bot do 'automatic' editing of that page. So the test can't be done. [[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 16:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Weekly Engineering News

2008-09-23T19:32:36Z

Dolfje: fixing the date

Wolfgang Spraul tries to give a weekly summary of what's going on in Openmoko. You can follow it at the devel mailing list or follow this page.
* 20/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-38-2008-tp1102493p1102493.html Weekly Engineering News 38]
* 17/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-37-2008-tp1095866p1095866.html Weekly Engineering News 37]
* 10/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-36-2008-td1080018ef1958.html Weekly Engineering News 36]
* 03/09/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-35-2008-tp837114p837114.html Weekly Engineering News 35]
* 26/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-34-2008-tp785052p785052.html Weekly Engineering News 34]
* 17/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-33-2008-tp729555p729555.html Weekly Engineering News 33]
* 12/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-32-2008-tp720199p720199.html Weekly Engineering News 32]
* 03/08/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-Engineering-News-31-2008-tp667396p667396.html Weekly Engineering News 31]

== Other Openmoko reports ==
* 08/08/08 [[Om 2008.8]] was [http://n2.nabble.com/Openmoko-Om-2008.8-Release-tp680370p680370.html announced] by William Lai
* 22/07/08 [http://n2.nabble.com/Weekly-report-tp576113p576113.html weekly report] on [[FSO]] by Guillaume Chereau
[[category:Openmoko Inc]]

Talk:Om 2008.9 Update

2008-09-20T09:45:40Z

Dolfje:

Is it possible to upgrade from 2008.8 without flashing the device? Is there a proper upgrade path? --[[User:Kbjorgensen|KB Jørgensen]] 07:59, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
Yes, if you had upgraded on 17 sept, you would have om2008.9. If you now update a 2008.8, you will be ahead of 2008.9. You must see the updates as a fluent line (that om is trying to give a name) and openmoko picks every month a new point release out of it. [[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 09:45, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Main Page

2008-09-19T22:11:43Z

Dolfje:

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<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products.

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<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
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<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
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* 19/9: point release of [[Om2008.9_Update|Om 2008.9]]
* 17/9: [[17th September, 2008 - Activity since launch|Community update]] - Activity since launch
* 11/9: The framework team releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone3/ milestone 3] of the FSO distribution.
* 2/9: Trolltech [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=83 released] Qtopia 4.3.3-snapshot.
* 28/8: Trolltech [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-4.3.2-release-tp789148p789148.html released] Qtopia 4.3.2.
* 26/8: Openmoko [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html updates] [[Om 2008.8]] distribution.
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* [[Weekly Engineering News|Openmoko Weekly Engineering News]]
* [[News Archive|(news archive)]]
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===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

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<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
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===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian|Debian]] - [[Gentoo|Gentoo]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Mailing List Duplicates| Mailing List Duplicates]]
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
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===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|Openmoko dbus-based service level framework]]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
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Browse articles by [[:Category:Categories|Categories]].

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-09-18T19:43:05Z

Dolfje: /* What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? */

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}

== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There is however a third-party GPS application [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
There is no schedule about the release, but it will be [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832862.html soon] (a few weeks).
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html screen rotation in the settings application] (so no automatic rotation)
* [http://n2.nabble.com/Echo-issue-on-OM2008.08-potentially-solved-tp791642.html noise reduction]
* GPS api
* usb net/storage switching

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia image from qtopia.net]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]].

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker] ([http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=advsearch&searchstr=&bugs=on&sugs=on&product=2&functionalarea=&versionfound=&versionfixed=&priority=-1&status=0&resolution=-1 Qtopia Tracker]).

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-09-18T19:32:43Z

Dolfje: /* What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? */

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}

== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There is however a third-party GPS application [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
There is no schedule about the release, but it will be [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832862.html soon] (a few weeks).
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html automatic screen rotation]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/Echo-issue-on-OM2008.08-potentially-solved-tp791642.html noise reduction]

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia image from qtopia.net]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]].

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker] ([http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=advsearch&searchstr=&bugs=on&sugs=on&product=2&functionalarea=&versionfound=&versionfixed=&priority=-1&status=0&resolution=-1 Qtopia Tracker]).

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

Keyboard Debate

2008-09-15T12:40:12Z

Dolfje: /* illume */

== Summary of the problem ==

Om 2008.8 uses Qtopia for its phone stack. Qtopia has a build-in keyboard primarily designed to compose SMS in English. This keyboard is very impractical to use with a terminal or enter an URL.

[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p780454.html More details...], list of all [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=in_testing&status=new&status=reopened&summary=~keyboard&order=priority keyboard bugs in the defect tracking system].

== List of available keyboards ==

=== Qtopia keyboard ===

The [[Om2008.8_Keyboard|Qtopia keyboard]] build-in Om 2008.8. See also the [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/inputmethods-description.html documentation at Trolltech]

{|
| [[Image:asu_keyboard_lower.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard]] || [[Image:asu_keyboard_word.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with hello]] || [[Image:asu_keyboard_numeric.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with numeric keys]]
|}

=== Matchbox keyboard ===

The [[Switching_Keyboards_on_OM_2007.2#What_does_the_keyboard_look_like.3F|matchbox keyboard]]. [[Image:Complete_QWERTY_Keyboard_On_The_Freerunner_screenshot.png|none|thumb|260px|Screenshot of the keyboard applet on 2007.2]]

=== Illume keyboard ===

The illume virtual keyboard a.k.a. Raster's keyboard.

[[Image:Illume-Keyboard-Screenshot.png]]

Probably [http://monochromementality.com/data/phoo/2008_08_05/medium/Screenshot-9.png looking like this] or [http://52grad.de/.stuff/freerunner/screenshots/illume_keyboard.png like that].

See also [[Illume#Virtual_Keyboard]] (which would need to be completed ;)

=== Vkbd system ===

The vkbd system.

== List of keyboard-related Howtos ==

=== How to use the Qtopia keyboard shipped with Om 2008.8 ? ===

Summary:
* Slide finger left = backspace.
* Slide finger right = space.
* Slide finger up/down = changes between lowercase/uppercase/numbers/special characters.
* The 'Enter' key is bottom right on the special characters page
* Hovering over a letter for more than 2 seconds activates zoom mode, allowing you to type specific letters without prediction.
Detailed version: see [[Om_2008.8_Keyboard| How to use the Qtopia keyboard]].

=== How to have a toggle button to make the keyboard appear/disappear ? ===

Short answer: In 2008.8, ''opkg install illume-config''. In testing, edit '/etc/enlightenment/default_profile' to use ''illume'' theme instead of 'asu'.
Long answer: [[Keyboard Toggle|here]].

=== How to install the matchbox keyboard ? ===

Short answer: ''opkg install matchbox-keyboard-applet matchbox-keyboard-inputmethod''
Long answer: [[Switching_Keyboards|here]].

=== How to install the illume (Raster's) keyboard ? ===

Short answer: opkg install illume-config-illume

Detailed answer:
opkg install illume-config # Get the qwerty button if not there yet
echo export QTOPIA_NO_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=1 >> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/89qtopia # Turn off built-in qtopia keyboard
opkg install illume-config-illume
rm -rf ~/.e/e/config/illume # Purge E's cache
/etc/init.d/xserver-nodm restart # Restart X

Then switch keyboard from "None" to "Default" in Illume's preferences.

=== How to turn off the Qtopia keyboard ? ===

Short answer: Add the line ''export QTOPIA_NO_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=1'' into the file ''/etc/X11/Xsession.d/89qtopia''.

Warning: Even when you install another keyboard, if you do not turn off the Qtopia keyboard it will come back on the top <strike>to bite you trollishly</strike>. References:
[http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1864 Comment on ticket 1864], and untested proposed
[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p778919.html patch to qpe].

=== How to change the keyboards layout ? ===

TBD

==== matchbox ====
See instructions on the [[Change matchbox keyboard layout]] page.

==== illume ====

Install ''illume-keyboards-terminal'' package :) they are all recommended ones
for illume.

[http://tg.x-net.hu/openmoko/keyboards/ dvorak layout]
[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-September/030096.html Bigger numbers layout and Numbers with Function keys layout]. Good for playing games in ScummVM.

=== How to change the dictionary used by the predictive keyboards ? ===

==== Qtopia keyboard ====
You can compile your own wordlist or use precompiled wordlists.
===== From the Openwall project =====
This method retrieves wordlists with lower case words only, not including proper names. This is not sufficient for languages with capitalized nouns, such as german.
Precompiled openwall words.dawg can be found at: http://alasal.be/openmoko/keyboard .
To compile the openwall wordlist on your Linux box:
wget http://www.3v1n0.net/openmoko/qtopia-italian-keyboard.tar.bz2
tar xvf qtopia-italian-keyboard.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/openwall/wordlists/languages/***YourLanguageHere***/lower.gz
gunzip lower.gz
./qdawggen -d lang_LANG lower
mv lang_LANG/lower.dawg words.dawg

===== Other sources =====
A better german wordlist, including proper names and nouns, can be downloaded from http://www.fragcom.de/server/fragcom_words .
It is based on the Debian package "wngerman".

===== Installing the words.dawg file =====
First, move the English dictionary out of the way, on your Neo:
cd /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/
cp -r en_EN lang_LANG
Second, back on your Linux box, send the dictionary (overwriting the existing words.dawg in the new directory):
scp words.dawg root@192.168.0.202:/opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/lang_LANG/words.dawg
Third, edit /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/locale.conf to change the language
[Language]
InputLanguages = lang_LANG
Language = lang_LANG
Fourth, restart X or reboot your Neo.

==== Illume keyboard ====

The Terminal layout has an empty dictionary. The words you type are entered automatically in the dictionary.

To add another language you have to do the following steps:
* Get a dictionary file from your computer.
On Debian/Ubuntu systems, it is located in /usr/share/dict

To add a dictionary you can find them by typing :
apt-cache search wordlist|grep ^w|sort
and install it on your computer with :
apt-get install wfrench (replace french with your language)
* Copy the dictionary to your freerunner in /usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts/
for example do :
scp /usr/share/dict/french root@192.168.0.202:/usr/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/dicts/French.dic
* Now you can choose your language in the upper left corner of the keyboard !

==== Other keyboards ====

Matchbox has no predictive mode (to be confirmed ?).

=== How to toggle the predictive mode on and off ? ===

TBD

=== How to make Qtopia keyboards and illume/raster keyboard coexist ? ===

TBD

== Your short-term options ==
[[Image:Assume_good_faith_lolcat.jpg|thumb|Even if things might look bad, you shouldn't assume that they are]]

* Turn off the Qtopia keyboard and install the matchbox one instead.
* Keep the Qtopia keyboard, let go (for a while) the desire to use the terminal locally, login remotely via ssh when you need.
* Get an external keyboard, USB or Bluetooth, light and foldable if you want.
* Switch to 2007.2 (but then similar issues arise : [[Switching Keyboards on Om 2007.2]]), FSO or Debian.
* Patch Qtopia so that it plays nice with other keyboards, send upstream, meanwhile recompile and provide a package.
PS: Complaining that management does not listen to the users needs is not a productive option.

== Perspectives for long-term resolution ==

On August 27th 2008, Marek from Openmoko inc. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/028152.html announced] the intention to focus on the low-level layers. Future "base system" distribution may not include any phone stack at all.

User:DolfjeBot1

2008-09-13T08:27:13Z

Dolfje: /* Awaiting tasks */

I'm the first bot of [[User:Dolfje]].

I have only one simple task: cleaning up the wiki.

I will not break any of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Three Laws of Robotics], but if you can caught me on an error, please mail my [[User:Dolfje|owner]]

== Status ==
Writing and testing functionality of Dolfje Bot the first.

== Functionality ==
* Renaming text on pages (Implemented)
* Renaming categories (and their translations) (Implemented)
* Adding languages bars to categories without one
* Refactoring all language bars to the top of the page
* Fix double redirections (Implemented)
* Bulk renaming titles (Implemented)

== Awaiting tasks ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Task
!Yes votes
!No votes
|-
| change the text 'Freerunners' into 'FreeRunners' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the text 'openmoko' into 'Openmoko' || Minh, Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje ||
|-
| For any page in "Category:Ideas", if title does'nt start with "Wishlist/", then prefix "Wishlist/" to title || Minh, Dolfje ||
|}

== Completed tasks ==
* change the text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko' on all pages
* change category [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]]
* change the text '[[Openmoko]]' into 'Openmoko'
* change the titles with text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko'
* change the text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner'
* change the titles with text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner'
* change the titles starting with 'Wishlist:' into 'Wishlist/'

== Tests ==
Category rename tests
* Test 1: Rename [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]] (PASS)
* Test 2: Rename the translated categories: 'Category:GTA02 Hardware/**' to 'Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware/**' (PASS)
* Test 3: Update the languages-bar on the renamed categories (PASS)
* Test 4: The robot cleans the depreciated category pages (FAIL, The bot has no delete rights)

Replacing text test
* Test 5: Rename OpenMoko to Openmoko, tested on [[Advertising]] (PASS)

Replacing titles
* Test 6: Rename the titles with the text 'OpenMoko' to 'Openmoko' (PASS)

Keyboard Debate

2008-09-10T06:45:08Z

Dolfje: /* How to change the dictionary used by the predictive keyboards ? */

== Summary of the problem ==

Om 2008.8 uses Qtopia for its phone stack. Qtopia has a build-in keyboard primarily designed to compose SMS in English. This keyboard is very impractical to use with a terminal or enter an URL.

[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p780454.html More details...], list of all [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=in_testing&status=new&status=reopened&summary=~keyboard&order=priority keyboard bugs in the defect tracking system].

== List of available keyboards ==

=== Qtopia keyboard ===

The [[Om2008.8_Keyboard|Qtopia keyboard]] build-in Om 2008.8. See also the [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/inputmethods-description.html documentation at Trolltech]

{|
| [[Image:asu_keyboard_lower.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard]] || [[Image:asu_keyboard_word.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with hello]] || [[Image:asu_keyboard_numeric.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with numeric keys]]
|}

=== Matchbox keyboard ===

The [[Switching_Keyboards_on_OM_2007.2#What_does_the_keyboard_look_like.3F|matchbox keyboard]]. [[Image:Complete_QWERTY_Keyboard_On_The_Freerunner_screenshot.png|none|thumb|260px|Screenshot of the keyboard applet on 2007.2]]

=== Illume keyboard ===

The illume virtual keyboard a.k.a. Raster's keyboard.

[[Image:Illume-Keyboard-Screenshot.png]]

Probably [http://monochromementality.com/data/phoo/2008_08_05/medium/Screenshot-9.png looking like this] or [http://52grad.de/.stuff/freerunner/screenshots/illume_keyboard.png like that].

See also [[Illume#Virtual_Keyboard]] (which would need to be completed ;)

=== Vkbd system ===

The vkbd system.

== List of keyboard-related Howtos ==

=== How to use the Qtopia keyboard shipped with Om 2008.8 ? ===

Summary:
* Slide finger left = backspace.
* Slide finger right = space.
* Slide finger up/down = changes between lowercase/uppercase/numbers/special characters.
* The 'Enter' key is bottom right on the special characters page
* Hovering over a letter for more than 2 seconds activates zoom mode, allowing you to type specific letters without prediction.
Detailed version: see [[Om_2008.8_Keyboard| How to use the Qtopia keyboard]].

=== How to have a toggle button to make the keyboard appear/disappear ? ===

Short answer: In 2008.8, ''opkg install illume-config''. In testing, edit '/etc/enlightenment/default_profile' to use ''illume'' theme instead of 'asu'.
Long answer: [[Keyboard Toggle|here]].

=== How to install the matchbox keyboard ? ===

Short answer: ''opkg install matchbox-keyboard-applet matchbox-keyboard-inputmethod''
Long answer: [[Switching_Keyboards|here]].

=== How to install the illume (Raster's) keyboard ? ===

Short answer: opkg install illume-config-illume

Detailed answer:
1. opkg install illume-config (Get the qwerty button if not there yet)
2. add "export QTOPIA_NO_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=1" in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/89qtopia (Turn off built-in qtopia keyboard)
3. opkg install illume-config-illume
5. rm -rf ~/.e/e/config/illume (Purge E's cache)
6. /etc/init.d/xserver-nodm restart (Restart X)

Then switch keyboard from "None" to "Default" in Illume's preferences.

=== How to turn off the Qtopia keyboard ? ===

Short answer: Add the line ''export QTOPIA_NO_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=1'' into the file ''/etc/X11/Xsession.d/89qtopia''.

Warning: Even when you install another keyboard, if you do not turn off the Qtopia keyboard it will come back on the top <strike>to bite you trollishly</strike>. References:
[http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1864 Comment on ticket 1864], and untested proposed
[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p778919.html patch to qpe].

=== How to change the keyboards layout ? ===

TBD

==== matchbox ====
See instructions on the [[Change matchbox keyboard layout]] page.

==== illume ====

Install ''illume-keyboard-terminal'' package :) they are all recommended ones
for illume.

[http://tg.x-net.hu/openmoko/keyboards/ dvorak layout]

=== How to change the dictionary used by the predictive keyboards ? ===

General instructions for the Qtopia keyboard are as follows.

First, compile the wordlist on your Linux box:
wget http://www.3v1n0.net/openmoko/qtopia-italian-keyboard.tar.bz2
tar xvf qtopia-italian-keyboard.tar.bz2
wget ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/openwall/wordlists/languages/***YourLanguageHere***/lower.gz
gunzip lower.gz
./qdawggen -d lang_LANG lower
mv lang_LANG/lower.dawg words.dawg
Second, move the English dictionary out of the way, on your Neo:
cd /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/
cp -r en_EN lang_LANG
rm lang_LANG/words.dawg
Third, back on your Linux box, send the dictionary:
scp words.dawg root@192.168.0.202:/opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/lang_LANG/words.dawg
Fourth, edit /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/locale.conf to change the language
[Language]
InputLanguages = lang_LANG
Language = lang_LANG
Fifth, restart X or reboot your Neo.

Precompiled words.dawg: http://alasal.be/openmoko/keyboard

For illume: TBD. The Terminal layout has an empty dictionary. The words you type are entered automatically in the dictionary.

Matchbox has no predictive mode (to be confirmed ?).

=== How to toggle the predictive mode on and off ? ===

TBD

=== How to make Qtopia keyboards and illume/raster keyboard coexist ? ===

TBD

== Your short-term options ==
[[Image:Assume_good_faith_lolcat.jpg|thumb|Even if things might look bad, you shouldn't assume that they are]]

* Turn off the Qtopia keyboard and install the matchbox one instead.
* Keep the Qtopia keyboard, let go (for a while) the desire to use the terminal locally, login remotely via ssh when you need.
* Get an external keyboard, USB or Bluetooth, light and foldable if you want.
* Switch to 2007.2 (but then similar issues arise : [[Switching Keyboards on Om 2007.2]]), FSO or Debian.
* Patch Qtopia so that it plays nice with other keyboards, send upstream, meanwhile recompile and provide a package.
PS: Complaining that management does not listen to the users needs is not a productive option.

== Perspectives for long-term resolution ==

On August 27th 2008, Marek from Openmoko inc. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/028152.html announced] the intention to focus on the low-level layers. Future "base system" distribution may not include any phone stack at all.

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-09-09T11:29:20Z

Dolfje: /* What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? */

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}

== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There is however a third-party GPS application [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
There is no schedule about the release, but it will be [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832862.html soon].
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html automatic screen rotation]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/Echo-issue-on-OM2008.08-potentially-solved-tp791642.html noice reduction]

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia image from qtopia.net]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]].

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker].

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-09-09T11:26:20Z

Dolfje: /* What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? */

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}

== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There is however a third-party GPS application [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
There is no schedule about the release, but it will be [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832862.html soon].
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html automatic screen rotation]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/Echo-issue-on-OM2008.08-potentially-solved-tp791642.html;cid=1220714686296-944 noice reduction]

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia image from qtopia.net]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]].

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker].

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

Qtopia / Qt Extended on FreeRunner

2008-09-09T09:47:21Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Qtopia_on_FreeRunner}}

This page provides instructions on how to install Qtopia (proper, not the [[ASU]] or [[QtopiaOnX11]] efforts) on the GTA02 (FreeRunner) phone. It is similar to the [[Qtopia on Neo1973]] page.

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== Current status ==
On 29 August 2008, Trolltech released the [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=79 Qtopia flash image for the FIC Neo FreeRunner (gta02)] containing the Qtopia 4.3.2 release (Version: 4.3.2-290808) (GPL version).
See [http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/release-4-3-2.html Release-Notes]

This image can successfully make and receive calls and text messages. It can read all contacts from the SIM card (which the updated 2007.2 does not appear to be able to do). It contains apps that appear to be more stable than the ones found in the 2007.2 image. It has multiple input methods that appear to be more mature. It does not, however, have a web browser or a GPS application. There is however a third-party GPS application [http://blog.wolfman.com/articles/2008/08/27/porting-xgps-to-qtopia-for-the-freerunner here]

On 2nd of September 2008 Trolltech also released a 4.3.3-snapshot which fixes a number issues (sms messages not retrieved after resume; Qtopia getting confused between two calls; Make default call volume down and mic up; Added echo fix.)

You can find all the Qtopia images [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=6 here]

=== What to expect in the next release (Qtopia 4.4)? ===
There is no schedule about the release, but it will be [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832862.html soon].
* a [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-update-tp832851p832888.html browser]
* [http://n2.nabble.com/-qtopia--rotate-screen--tp841805p841841.html automatic screen rotation]

== Option 1: Flashing Qtopia to FreeRunner ==

Download the image mentioned above and follow the instructions here: [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]

== Option 2: Dual-Booting between Qtopia and 2007.2 (Qtopia boots from MicroSD card) ==

Installation Requirements:

# SSH shell access to 2007.2 based image of the FreeRunner through USB interface or WLAN.
# A Desktop Linux distro (to unpack the .jffs2 image, I ran Ubuntu under VMWare)

=== Preparing the SD card ===

See the [[Booting from SD#Prepare the SD card| Preparing the SD Card]] section of the [[Booting from SD]] page for partitioning and formatting instructions. After you complete the "Formatting the SD Card" steps, return here and execute the following:

mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card
mkdir /media/card/boot

mkdir /media/mmcblk0p2
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /media/mmcblk0p2

This will set you up properly for the installation of the root filesystem and the kernel in the steps below.

=== Installing Qtopia ===

==== Unpacking the Qtopia Root Filesystem Image ====

Download the Qtopia FLASH image from [[Latest Images#Qtopia image from qtopia.net]] to your Linux box and extract its contents:

tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-flash-*.tgz

You should now have two files:
#uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin
#qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.jffs2
Now, mount the root file system from the jffs2 using the commands found [[Userspace root image#Mounting the JFFS2 image on a loop back device (Block Memory MTD Emulation) |here]].

==== Creating a compressed tarball ====

Next, tar up the root filesystem:

# tar czf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz -C <mountpoint> .

Where ''<mountpoint>'' is the location where the jff2 filesystem was mounted. Note the space and the period after the mountpoint.

==== Installing Root Filesystem ====

Transfer this compressed tarball to the second partition of the MicroSD that is mounted on the FreeRunner:

scp qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz root@192.168.0.202:/media/mmcblk0p2/

Log in to your FreeRunner and unpack the root filesystem:

cd /media/mmcblk0p2
tar xzf qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm qtopia-4.3.2-gta02-rootfs-07172049.tar.gz
rm -f /media/mmcblk0p2/boot/*

'''''Note:''''' the last step removes the kernel image from the second partition. For some reason, U-Boot cannot find the uImage.bin file in the first partition if a kernel image exists in the second partition boot/ directory.

==== Installing Kernel ====

From your Linux box, rename <tt>uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin</tt> to <tt>uImage.bin</tt> and copy it to the boot directory on the first partition of the MicroSD card. Depending on the version of U-Boot you have installed, this may not work. To prevent any possible issues, copy it to the <tt>/media/card</tt> directory as well. There is plenty of room on the first partition to have <tt>uImage.bin</tt> in both locations.

mv uImage-2.6.24+git18+9c058ff0d2641df3c36fc3300acb72078d2c41d4-r0-om-gta02.bin uImage.bin
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/boot/
scp uImage.bin root@192.168.0.202:/media/card/

== Option 3: updating from source ==

{{note|This will upgrade only opt/Qtopia directory, you should use opkg update/upgrade for the rest}}
Original Qtopia images (the distribution released by Trolltech, not ASU) are rarely released as a rootfs image, but the source code is often updated. If you want to reflash your OM with the latest version of Qtopia you might build it from sources. This has been explained in [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/024785.html this thread] of the community mailing list. Summing up:

* get the latest toolchain released by trolltech: http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=38 and unzip it on your PC (as root)
cd /
wget http://qtopia.net/downloads/neo/arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
tar xvzf arm920t-eabi-ficgta01-toolchain.tgz
* get the latest snapshot from trolltech: ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qtopia/snapshots/
* once dowloaded untar it
tar xvzf qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806.tar.gz
* make a "build" dir
mkdir build
cd build
* configure and make:
../qtopia-opensource-src-4.3.2-snapshot-20080806/configure -device ficgta01
make
This will take some time (couple hours). Note that the option "-device ficgta01" should work for both neo and freerunner. Then:

make install

will make a root directory into the ''build'' directory. There you can find an ''image'' that directory should be copied to /opt/Qtopia of your phone with scp. once done restart qpe or whole phone.

== Booting into Qtopia ==

Now shutdown the FreeRunner

shutdown -h now

Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash to boot from the MicroSD card: (instructions from [[Booting the Neo FreeRunner]])

* Press and hold Power button
* Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
* A boot menu will appear.
* Press the AUX button to select "[[Boot from sd card|Boot from MicroSD]]" and then press the Power button to execute.

Qtopia should now boot.

'''''Note:''''' you may get a kernel panic which says that "optional features not supported". If this is the case, boot back into 2007.2 and run

umount /dev/mmcblk0p2
fsck.ext3.e2fsprogs /dev/mmcblk0p2

This will clean up the file system and clear recovery flags in ext3 that ext2 does not support, then try booting from the MicroSD again.

== Internationalization ==

Qtopia comes with support for German and American English, and users from other countries will find that Qtopia's predictive keyboard makes writing in another language near impossible. One way to disable the predictive keyboard is to simply replace /opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/en_US/common.dawg and words.dawg with empty files (after backing them up). Qtopia normally looks in these files for words to suggest, and if it doesn't find any words that fit, it simply shows what you actually wrote.

Adding characters to the keyboard requires modifications to the source code, as described [http://www.qtopia.net/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=512&forum=16 here].

[[Category:Qtopia]]

== Suspend /Resume ==
It seems that suspend/resume only works when the FreeRunner has been connected to a powersource (only a few seconds if sufficient). If you boot from battery, it will never suspend until you have plugged it in at least for a couple of seconds.

== Bugs ==

See [http://trolltech.org/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=front Trolltech's tracker].

Bug reports should be sent to qt-bugs@trolltech.com.

=== in 4.3.2 release ===

* Voice notes seem not to work, only record a 44 bytes file, containing no voice

OpenmokoFramework

2008-09-09T09:30:57Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|OpenmokoFramework}}
{{FSO}}
{{Distributions|FSO}}

FSO is an abbreviation for FreeSmartphone.Org. With FSO, Openmoko is working on a stable system services software back-end. The framework will be used in forthcoming Openmoko distributions -- a demonstration one is available as FSO-image. For more information see http://www.freesmartphone.org and http://trac.freesmartphone.org .

=Q/A=
* ''Question'': Is this an Openmoko-only thing?
* ''Answer'': No. It's going to be available for all kinds of mobile hardware running Linux, i.e. OpenEZX, XanaduX, HTC/iPAQ, ...
* ''Question'': Is this a part of the current images yet? Is it perhaps the mystic ASU?
* ''Answer'': No.
* ''Question'': When can I see this as part of an image?
* ''Answer'': Not before spring 2009.
* ''Question'': What's the current status?
* ''Answer'': See right below or hop over to http://trac.freesmartphone.org .
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 1|Status Update 1]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|Status Update 2]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|Status Update 3]]
* ''Question'': How do I work the Zhone (FSO demo app) UI?
* ''Answer'': [[FSO UI Tutorial]]
* ''Question'': What is the easiest way to build it?
* ''Answer'': wget http://shr.bearstech.com/Makefile; make fso-testing-image

= Timeline=
* Very soon (It would be released on 8 Sep, but apparently they need more time): [http://n2.nabble.com/FSO-milestone-2-Zhone-sending-digit-tp740432p740546.html milestone 3]
* 01/07/2008: [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|milestone 2]] achieved
* 01/06/2008: [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|milestone 1]] achieved

=Purposes=
* Give people the infrastructure to create solid and exciting software products based on the Openmoko platform
* Support competing UIs while collaborating on developing services
* Encourage framework users (e.g. application developers) to also contribute to the framework

=Requirements=
* Make it simple
* Concentrate on core services
* Be programming language agnostic
* Be UI toolkit agnostic
* Try to reuse existing technologies as much as possible, but not at the cost of a bad API

=How to achieve that technically=
* Choose [[Dbus|dbus]] as the collaboration line. Below dbus, we can work together. Above dbus, we can differentiate
* Expose features through dbus APIs implemented by UI-agnostic and language-agnostic services (daemons)
* Optimize for Openmoko devices, but support multiple architectures and purposes through plugin interfaces and suitable hardware abstraction mechanisms
* By not being afraid of reinventing the wheel for a wheelbarrow if all the existing wheels are made for sports cars

=Mandatory Reading=
* [http://adam.gomaa.us/blog/frameworks-exist-for-conceptual-integrity/ Frameworks exist for conceptual integrity]
* [http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/10/05/make_oss_humane/ Ten ways to make more humane open source software]
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org FreeSmartPhone.org Wiki]

=What this is NOT about=
This initiative does not cover low level services such as
* Bootloader, Kernel, or System Init.

This initiative does not cover high level services such as
* X-Window-System, Window Manager, UI Toolkits,
* Application Launchers, Applications, or Fancy UIs.

=Architectural Overview=
[[Image:OpenmokoFramework08.png |823px|frontside]]

=Software Components=

We differentiate between low-level and high-level services -- dbus will be used to communicate horizontally and vertically.

===Low-Level Services===

====Device Control====
The low level device control service manages peripheral control, i.e. controlling power for individual subsystems such as
* GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, as well as
* Backlight brightness and power,
* Turning LEDs on and off, etc.
It also deals with
* Charging, suspend/resume,
* Accelerometers, and buttons.
Last but not least, it sends notifications about the user's activity so that listeners have a chance to
* Change to powersaving modes, or
* Lock the device.
We implement the following software for that:
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenDeviceDaemon odeviced]

====Audio====
The low level audio service relies on a working ALSA device driver with the dmix software mixing plugin (*). On top of that, there is the GStreamer streaming media framework:
* [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ gstreamer]

'''Gstreamer''' is to be used for all kinds of event sounds where a) multiple audio formats need to be supported and b) a latency of about one second is acceptable. This goes for e.g. ring tones, welcome tones, plug indication.

*) Initially, we wanted to use PulseAudio on top of ALSA, howver currently it has serious performance problems on this hardware. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/000253.html]
====GSM====
The low level GSM services expect a modem complying to GSM 07.07, GSM 07.05, and assorted GSM specifications, talking an AT-protocol over a serial line. If GSM 07.10 is supported, we use the multiplexing daemon to export virtual serial lines over which -- again -- AT-protocol can be spoken:
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/gsm0710muxd gsm0710muxd]

====Bluetooth====
The low level Bluetooth services rely on the official Linux Bluetooth subsystem:
* [http://www.bluez.org BlueZ].

====GPS====
The low level GPS services assume a GPS device that talks NMEA over a device node. We implemented an ogpsd daemon speaking an extended Gypsy API:
* [http://gypsy.freedesktop.org Gypsy]

====Network====
The low level networking service assumes network interfaces, such as USB, Ethernet, Wifi, etc. We rely on the following software here:
* Intel Connection Manager
* PPP

===High Level===

====Usage====
The Usage subsystem is concerned with coordinating application I/O requirements. Applications are not supposed to turn on or off devices, since they do not have any knowledge about concurrent applications that may be also using the device -- think ''reference counting'' for I/O requirements.

With this added layer, we could later think about monitoring subsystems, subsystem usage statistics, or accounting.

See discussion page about PolicyKit.

====Events====
* Signalling events via I/O (ringing, blinking, vibrating)
* Might use fd.o notification API

====PIM====
An intelligent storage database server. This is being carried out as a Google Summer of Code project. See complete description [http://www.neo1973-germany.de/wiki/pyPimd here].

====Context====
* Intelligent context API, integrating location as one -- among other -- sources
* Geoclue?

====[http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Standards/PhoneAPI Phone]====
The phone subsystem can be used to create and manage voices communications. It makes abstraction of the protocol used.

=== [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenPreferencesDaemon Preferences] ===
* Settings database

====Network====
* High-level networking queries

=Implementation=

===Completion Status===

====Low-Level====
* Device control: 75%
* Audio: 90%
* GSM: 95%
* GPRS: 95%
* Bluetooth: 80%
* GPS: 95%
* Network: 50%

====High Level====
* Usage: 50%
* Event: 70%
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenPreferencesDaemon Preferences]: 50%
* Context: 0%
* [[Roadmap/Telephony|Telephony]]: 95%
* Networking: 0%
* PIM: 0%

=Tools=
* [[OpenmokoFramework/mdbus|mdbus]] -- a dbus introspection and interaction utility,
* [[OpenmokoFramework/cli|cli-framework]] -- a python dbus command line interface.
* [[OpenmokoFramework/mickeyterm|mickeyterm]] -- a MUXer-aware minimal terminal emulator.

=The role of Python=

Where we write new code, we will use Python to implement the dbus services. The reason for that being the rapid prototyping nature of Python and the emphasis on the [[Dbus|dbus]] APIs. Using Python, the turnaround times to experiment with APIs are incredibly faster than for using a compiled language such as C or C++.

Once the APIs have been used by application programmers, we can start profiling and possibly reimplement some of the services with daemons written in Vala, ''if'' necessary. We might as well succeed in improving performance by using Pyrex/Cython/Ctypes to keep the benefits of Python.

=Team & Roadmap=

==Team==

* [[User:Mickey|Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]] (team leader) -- Openmoko freelancer, working in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
* [[User:Charlie| Guillaume 'Charlie' Chereau]] -- Openmoko employee, working fulltime in the Openmoko office, Taipei, Taiwan.
* [[User:Shoragan|Jan 'Shoragan' Luebbe]] -- Openmoko student, working part-time in Brunswick, Germany.
* [[User:DanielWillmann|Daniel 'Alphaone' Willmann]] -- Openmoko student, working part-time in Brunswick, Germany.
* [[User:StefanSchmidt|Stefan Schmidt]] -- Openmoko student, working part-time in Brunswick, Germany.

==Roadmap==

The milestone releases are combined Openmoko Framework and [[Zhone]] releases. Remember: A feature that isn't visible, working, and tested in our framework testing application (Zhone) does ''not'' exist. Until Framework 1.0.0 (later this year), we will not use any versioning in components. Afterwards, individual components may see individual releases.

'''Note: The milestones and tasks moved over to our [http://trac.freesmartphone.org issue tracker].'''

[[Category:Framework| ]]
[[Category:FSO]]

Om 2008.8

2008-09-05T20:50:28Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Om 2008.8}}
{{Om 2008.8}}

{{Distributions|Om 2008.8}}

== Summary ==

'''Om 2008.8''' is the successor to [[Om 2007.2]] and had '''ASU''' as a codename. It was [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/025619.html released] on '''August 08, 2008''' (+ update "stable" releases starting from '''August 26, 2008'''). Om 2008.8 uses EFL for the launcher, custom UI applications and [[QtopiaOnX11|Qtopia on X11]] for telephony. The distribution is the first step from GTK+ on x11 to using multiple toolkits in combination.

== What's New ? ==

Compared to 2007.2 that has a longer development history, Om 2008.8 is definitely a .0 major release. So think KDE 4.0 vs. 3.5, not Linux 2.6.23 vs. 2.6.22. There are daily updates, some good some bad. If you want the stability level required to use the FreeRunner as your main phone, it is suggested for now to keep 2007.2 in the phone's flash memory and test 2008.8 on a removable SD card.

The main user-visible changes:

* The user interface has been fully revised with a new window manager [[illume]]. It is visually much richer, and can be customized further by using your own [[Edje]] files.
* '''[[Om2008.8_Installer|A graphical installer]]''' allows to add easily new applications, themes and functionality.
* A new [[Om2008.8_Locations|Locations]] application is provided, to save your favorite spots and share them with friends via sms.
* Power management has been improved: The Aux button now locks the screen, the Power button suspends and the red LED behind the Aux button lights up when charging.
* The [[Om2008.8_Keyboard| keyboard]] is now the Qtopia one (whether this is an improvement has been [[Keyboard_Debate|hotly debated]]).

For developers, the main changes are:
* Multiple toolkits: '''Om 2008.8''' supports [http://www.enlightenment.org/ EFL], [http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia Qtopia] and [http://www.gtk.org GTK+] applications.
* A [[CommunityRepository| Community Repository]] has been set up, it is integrated in the ([[Om2008.8_Installer|Installer]]).
* '''Source Codes''' are publicly available, allowing for customization all the way down to low level systems.

For more details, see the [[Om 2008.8 Guide]] and the [[Om2008.8 Feature Plan|Om 2008.8 Feature Plan]].

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== Installation ==

To install the Om2008.8 stable distribution on the Neo FreeRunner, download the Root Filesystem and the Kernel image files from [[Download]] page and install according to [[Flashing the Neo FreeRunner]]. Note that flashing the smartphone will overwrite all your existing data and software.

== Known Issues ==

This is only a subset, and some of the bits reported below may have been fixed by stable updates (see [http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/search/label/om2008.8%20review Alasal's test reports] as well as the "Updates" section below). See [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/search?q=2008.8 all tickets with 2008.8] in the bug tracker.

'''Suspend'''

Builds from the last days of August tend to suspend after 30s no matter what you set in settings. Switching the screensaver off with `xset s off' disables suspend completely. Note that this command must be typed into the terminal application on the phone itself; if you try to run it from an ssh session it fails with the error `xset: unable to open display ""'. This is because ssh sessions change the display settings expecting you might want X11 forwarding. In fact if you are using X11 forwarding with ssh -Y, the command won't fail over ssh, but it still won't do what you expect, as xset will assume you're talking about the forwarded X11 session, and thus doesn't affect the X11 session on the phone. Therefore if you use a ssh session you need to enter `xset -display :0 s off'.

Alex reportedly solved the problem going into Illume Settings, then Power, and setting to OFF the 2 parameters. He still gets the screensaver, but can reactivate easily just by touching.

'''GSM'''

* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1766 Cannot make calls or receive SMS messages]
* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1662 GSM not working properly after x hours]

'''WiFi'''

* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1625 WiFi can only connect once]
* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1734 WiFi shows up unknown] is caused by hald not running, which can be fixed by removing <tt>/etc/volatile.cache</tt> and rebooting

'''Audio quality'''

* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1640 Improve overall audio]

'''System Software'''

* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1736 Boot screen goes into sleep and never wake up if not touch during booting]
* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1597 After long suspend, kernel thread events]
* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1315 xglamo: performance decreases after a while]
* [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1682 Neo turns off before reaching x]

'''Networking'''
* No Updates/Installation are possible or pings to domains because DNS is not working. This problem occurs because the /etc/resolv.conf is empty by default.
Add these lines in /etc/network/interfaces:

up echo nameserver 208.67.222.222 > /etc/resolv.conf
up echo nameserver 208.67.220.220 >> /etc/resolv.conf
This is to be inserted below gateway address and above the bluetooth networking. After this it will be set on every reboot.

For resolving DNS without restarting, run the following commands:

echo nameserver 208.67.222.222 > /etc/resolv.conf
echo nameserver 208.67.220.220 >> /etc/resolv.conf
This should solve most of your moko side networking issues. If you need any other help please refer to [[USB Networking]]

{{note| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolvconf resolvconf] is installed so should probably be used

'''Problem''': parts of resolvconf are missing: without the scripts under /etc/network/if-{up,down}.d, and /etc/resolvconf/run/enable-updates and /lib/resolvconf/list-records it does nothing, and even then, /etc/resolvconf/run should probably be a symlink to /var/run, or /etc/resolv.conf needs to be pointed at /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf -- once all that's done, it seems to work as long as you add something like this to /etc/network/interfaces at the end of the usb0 stanza:

dns-nameservers 192.168.0.200
dns-search example.com

and add <tt>usb*</tt> above <tt>eth*</tt> in <tt>/etc/resolvconf/interface-order</tt>

}}

{{Note| '''Solution:''' Steps to add missing resolvconf script: <br>
<code>touch /etc/resolvconf/run/enable-updates</code><br>
<code>cd /etc ; rm resolv.conf ; ln -s /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf .</code><br>
<code>mkdir /lib/resolvconf/ ; cd /lib/resolvconf/</code><br>
<code><nowiki>wget http://kopparv34.mine.nu/list-records</nowiki></code><br>
<code>chmod +x list-records</code><br>
Edit <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> and remove the lines:<br>
<code> network 192.168.0.0</code><br>
<code> gateway 192.168.0.200</code><br>
If we need to use the usb network more then just locally from the computer in the other end of the USB-cable, login with ssh and add a default route like this:<br>
<code>route add default gateway 192.168.0.200</code>
}}

* Usb-networking will not work until rebooted after initial boot.

'''Usability'''

* The Pin-Dialog by default just shows letters. You have to slide your finger up/down over the keyboard to make the numbers/uppercase/special characters appear.
* The installer app doesn't release administrative rights which results in not being able to use opkg. Solution: run "killall packagekitd" (on the freerunner or when ssh'ed in).
* The installer app doesn't release administrative rights which results in not being able to use opkg. Alternate Solution: On the FreeRunner, use the drop-down menu to close all open applications.
* The keyboard may not be adapted for all uses. See [[Keyboard Debate]] for a full discussion and options.

== Updates for Om 2008.8 ==

Posterior to the Om2008.8 release made on 2008/08/08, development has been [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/026491.html split in two branches] aiming respectively at the next minor and major releases.

Support for 2008.8 occurs on the ''org.openmoko.asu.stable'' branch, with the short term goal to improve stability and useability, keeping the same features set. Changes to that branch are described in [http://git.openmoko.org/?p=openmoko.git;a=log;h=org.openmoko.asu.stable the Om 2008.8 stable changelog], and official updates are available (as of 2008/08/26) in two forms (see [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html see this message] for the announcement) :
* in the http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/ opkg feeds. Since these are already configured in 2008.8, using 'opkg update; opkg upgrade' is sufficient to get these.
* as flash-able images in http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.8-update/
As always, update often only if you like to be on the leading edge with the associated risks. Otherwise ask around on IRC before you jump or simply wait for an official announce that the branch is in a good state. Rumours are that this branch should flower every few weeks. There has even been signs that the next [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_release point release] could be named 2008.9.

The long-term development branch is named ''org.openmoko.dev''. This branch has refocused on the base system functionalities (applications will not be installed by default), and started by catching up with upstream. Critical bugfixes from that branch should percolate to the ''.asu.stable'' branch after an unspecified delay. Using binaries updates from that branch (or any other non-2008.8 repository) on a 2008.8 stable base is likely to send you in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_hell Dependency Hell], you have been warned.

== Dedication ==

<pre>
From: Openmoko
To: openmoko-community mailing list

Om 2008.8 was designed to be empty, for the very purpose of showcasing your ideas.

Think of our products as galleries. We're building the environment.
Each one different from the next. You'll get all the free art supplies
you could imagine because we want you to add your own meaning.
You choose: consume, create, or both.

Either way you create your own meaning. It's about you.
</pre>

[[Category:Openmoko]]
[[Category:Om 2008.8]]

OpenmokoFramework

2008-09-03T15:00:10Z

Dolfje: /* Timeline */

{{Languages|OpenmokoFramework}}
{{FSO}}
{{Distributions|FSO}}

FSO is an abbreviation for FreeSmartphone.Org. With FSO, Openmoko is trying to make some stable back-end software. This distribution will be merged with the 2008.8 distribution (or its successor) when the system is stable enough. For more information see http://www.freesmartphone.org and http://trac.freesmartphone.org .

=Q/A=
* ''Question'': Is this an Openmoko-only thing?
* ''Answer'': No. It's going to be available for all kinds of mobile hardware running Linux, i.e. OpenEZX, XanaduX, HTC/iPAQ, ...
* ''Question'': Is this a part of the current images yet? Is it perhaps the mystic ASU?
* ''Answer'': No.
* ''Question'': When can I see this as part of an image?
* ''Answer'': Not before winter 2008.
* ''Question'': What's the current status?
* ''Answer'': See right below or hop over to http://trac.freesmartphone.org .
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 1|Status Update 1]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|Status Update 2]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|Status Update 3]]
* ''Question'': How do I work the Zhone (FSO demo app) UI?
* ''Answer'': [[FSO UI Tutorial]]

= Timeline=
* Very soon (5 or 6 sept): [http://n2.nabble.com/FSO-milestone-2-Zhone-sending-digit-tp740432p740546.html milestone 3]
* 01/07/2008: [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 3|milestone 2]] achieved
* 01/06/2008: [[OpenmokoFramework/Status Update 2|milestone 1]] achieved

=Purposes=
* Give people the infrastructure to create solid and exciting software products based on the Openmoko platform
* Support competing UIs while collaborating on developing services
* Encourage framework users (e.g. application developers) to also contribute to the framework

=Requirements=
* Make it simple
* Concentrate on core services
* Be programming language agnostic
* Be UI toolkit agnostic
* Try to reuse existing technologies as much as possible, but not at the cost of a bad API

=How to achieve that technically=
* Choose [[Dbus|dbus]] as the collaboration line. Below dbus, we can work together. Above dbus, we can differentiate
* Expose features through dbus APIs implemented by UI-agnostic and language-agnostic services (daemons)
* Optimize for Openmoko devices, but support multiple architectures and purposes through plugin interfaces and suitable hardware abstraction mechanisms
* By not being afraid of reinventing the wheel for a wheelbarrow if all the existing wheels are made for sports cars

=Mandatory Reading=
* [http://adam.gomaa.us/blog/frameworks-exist-for-conceptual-integrity/ Frameworks exist for conceptual integrity]
* [http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/10/05/make_oss_humane/ Ten ways to make more humane open source software]
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org FreeSmartPhone.org Wiki]

=What this is NOT about=
This initiative does not cover low level services such as
* Bootloader, Kernel, or System Init.

This initiative does not cover high level services such as
* X-Window-System, Window Manager, UI Toolkits,
* Application Launchers, Applications, or Fancy UIs.

=Architectural Overview=
[[Image:OpenmokoFramework08.png |823px|frontside]]

=Software Components=

We differentiate between low-level and high-level services -- dbus will be used to communicate horizontally and vertically.

===Low-Level Services===

====Device Control====
The low level device control service manages peripheral control, i.e. controlling power for individual subsystems such as
* GSM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, as well as
* Backlight brightness and power,
* Turning LEDs on and off, etc.
It also deals with
* Charging, suspend/resume,
* Accelerometers, and buttons.
Last but not least, it sends notifications about the user's activity so that listeners have a chance to
* Change to powersaving modes, or
* Lock the device.
We implement the following software for that:
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenDeviceDaemon odeviced]

====Audio====
The low level audio service relies on a working ALSA device driver. On top of that, there are two components:
# [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/ gstreamer]
# [http://pulseaudio.org pulseaudio]

'''Gstreamer''' is to be used for all kinds of event sounds where a) multiple audio formats need to be supported and b) a latency of about one second is acceptable. This goes for e.g. ring tones, welcome tones, plug indication.

'''Pulseaudio''' is to be used for event sounds, where low-latency is necessary, e.g. touch click sounds and UI event acknowledge sounds. Pulseaudio is our general all-purpose mixer. Gstreamer will use the pulseaudio sink to feed audio through.

On further reflection, it seems Pulseaudio will not be used as it currently doesn't provide good performance on this hardware. Alsa/dmix will be used instead. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/000253.html]
====GSM====
The low level GSM services expect a modem complying to GSM 07.07, GSM 07.05, and assorted GSM specifications, talking an AT-protocol over a serial line. If GSM 07.10 is supported, we use the multiplexing daemon...
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/gsm0710muxd gsm0710muxd]
...to export virtual serial lines over -- again -- AT-protocol can be spoken.

====Bluetooth====
The low level Bluetooth services rely on the official Linux Bluetooth subsystem:
* [http://www.bluez.org BlueZ].

====GPS====
The low level GPS services assume a GPS device that talks NMEA over a device node. We rely on the following software:
* [http://gypsy.freedesktop.org Gypsy]

====Network====
The low level networking service assumes network interfaces, such as USB, Ethernet, Wifi, etc. We rely on the following software here:
* Network Manager or Intel Connection Manager (undecided yet)
* PPP

===High Level===

====Usage====
The Usage subsystem is concerned with coordinating application I/O requirements. Applications are not supposed to turn on or off devices, since they do not have any knowledge about concurrent applications that may be also using the device -- think ''reference counting'' for I/O requirements.

With this added layer, we could later think about monitoring subsystems, subsystem usage statistics, or accounting.

See discussion page about PolicyKit.

====Events====
* Signalling events via I/O (ringing, blinking, vibrating)
* Might use fd.o notification API

====PIM====
An intelligent storage database server. This is being carried out as a Google Summer of Code project. See complete description [http://www.neo1973-germany.de/wiki/pyPimd here].

====Context====
* Intelligent context API, integrating location as one -- among other -- sources
TBD
Reference Geoclue

====[http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Standards/PhoneAPI Phone]====
The phone subsystem can be used to create and manage voices communications. It makes abstraction of the protocol used.

=== [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenPreferencesDaemon Preferences] ===
* Settings database

====Network====
* High-level networking queries

=Implementation=

===Completion Status===

====Low-Level====
* Device control: 50%
* Audio: 80%
* GSM: 90%
* GPRS: 90%
* Bluetooth: 80%
* GPS: 80%
* Network: 50%

====High Level====
* Usage: 30%
* Event: 30%
* [http://www.freesmartphone.org/index.php/Implementations/OpenPreferencesDaemon Preferences]: 50%
* Context: 0%
* [[Roadmap/Telephony|Telephony]]: 80%
* Networking: 0%
* PIM: 0%

=Tools=
* [[OpenmokoFramework/mdbus|mdbus]] -- a dbus introspection and interaction utility,
* [[OpenmokoFramework/cli|cli-framework]] -- a python dbus command line interface.
* [[OpenmokoFramework/mickeyterm|mickeyterm]] -- a MUXer-aware minimal terminal emulator.

=The role of Python=

Where we write new code, we will use Python to implement the dbus services. The reason for that being the rapid prototyping nature of Python and the emphasis on the [[Dbus|dbus]] APIs. Using Python, the turnaround times to experiment with APIs are incredibly faster than for using a compiled language such as C or C++.

Once the APIs have been used by application programmers, we can start profiling and possibly reimplement some of the services with daemons written in Vala, ''if'' necessary. We might as well succeed in improving performance by using Pyrex/Cython/Ctypes to keep the benefits of Python.

=Team & Roadmap=

==Team==

* [[User:Mickey|Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]] (team leader) -- Openmoko freelancer, working in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
* [[User:Charlie| Guillaume 'Charlie' Chereau]] -- Openmoko employee, working fulltime in the Openmoko office, Taipei, Taiwan.
* [[User:Shoragan|Jan 'Shoragan' Luebbe]] -- Openmoko student, working part-time in Brunswick, Germany.
* [[User:DanielWillmann|Daniel 'Alphaone' Willmann]] -- Openmoko student, working part-time in Brunswick, Germany.
* (Holger 'Zecke' Freyther -- hopefully joining the team after releasing ASU, working in Berlin, Germany.)

'''Subsystem Ownership'''

''Phase 1 subsystems''

* odeviced (mickey)
* ogsmd (mickey)
* ousaged (jan)
* oeventd (jan)
* ophoned (guillaume)
* opreferencesd (guillaume)
* ocontextd (guillaume)
* ogpsd (daniel)

''Phase 2 subsystems''

* network (to be defined)
* pim (to be defined)

==Roadmap==

The milestone releases are combined Openmoko Framework and [[Zhone]] releases. Remember: A feature that isn't visible, working, and tested in our framework testing application (Zhone) does ''not'' exist. Until Framework 1.0.0 (later this year), we will not use any versioning in components. Afterwards, individual components may see individual releases.

'''Note: The milestones and tasks moved over to our [http://trac.freesmartphone.org issue tracker].'''

[[Category:Framework| ]]
[[Category:FSO]]

Gestures

2008-09-02T08:24:37Z

Dolfje: /* Use Cases */

{{Application|Gestures}}
[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-1.png|thumb]]

=Alpha 2 Release (14 Aug 2008) for Neo FreeRunner=

==Video Demo==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2S2rQUETwc Openmoko Neo FreeRunner does Accelerometer-based Gestures, and Screen Orientation]

''Remark: Please watch the video, so that you'd know what to expect out of the Alpha 2 Release.

==Alpha 2 Release: The Quick Way==
SSH Neo FreeRunner:
wget http://accelges.googlecode.com/files/accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk
opkg install accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk
On The Neo FreeRunner
/etc/init.d/gesl start
Over SSH you must use
DISPLAY=:0 /etc/init.d/gesl start
(''otherwise screen orientation won't work''):

You're ready: make a gesture, make Neo change its screen orientation (''if you did watch the video, you'll know what to do'').

===Training: The Quick Way===
'''OPTIONAL''': Stop the gesture recognizer, and listener:
/etc/init.d/gesd-neo2 stop
/etc/init.d/gesl stop
Run
Home > Gestures
Select a gesture, press Train, and follow instructions.

'''REQUIRED''': Start/restart the gesture recognizer, and listener:
/etc/init.d/gesd-neo2 start (from SSH, or from Neo)
/etc/init.d/gesl start ('''only from Neo''')

==Alpha 2 Release Details==

===Prerequisites===
* You can use any distribution you like; I would suggest using the [[Om 2008.8]] for now. You'll need these dependencies:
dbus, dbus-glib, libxrandr, libnotify, notification-daemon, libcurl, and gtk+
* On the [[Om 2008.8]], you'll be missing:
libnotify, notification-daemon, libsexy2, libwnck-1-18, libstartup-notification-1-0, and libglade-2
opkg install libnotify notification-daemon libsexy2 libwnck-1-18 libstartup-notification-1-0 libglade-2.0-0
''Remark: On the 2008.8, your missing dependencies will be downloaded automatically by the installer.''

===Preparing Om 2008.8 for Gestures===
* Turn off Suspend:
Home > Settings > Suspend > off
* Make sure Neo has Web Access (use SSH):
echo "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" > /etc/resolv.conf
* Install Terminal:
Home > Installer > Development > openmoko-terminal2
* Create a shell script that will start the gesture listener daemon (use SSH):
echo "exec /etc/init.d/gesl start" > /usr/bin/gesl-begin
chmod +x /usr/bin/gesl-begin
* '''Restart Neo!'''

===Installing Gestures===
* Download the [http://accelges.googlecode.com/files/accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk Alpha 2 Release Package], or (use SSH):
echo "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" > /etc/resolv.conf
wget http://accelges.googlecode.com/files/accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk
* Install:
opkg install accelges_0.1.0-svnr204-r2_armv4t.ipk

===Training Gestures===
* Launch the Gesture Manager:
Home > Gestures
* Select a gesture and click the first icon on the toolbar; Follow the instructions. Do the same for all the gestures!
** Step 1: Launch Gesture Manager <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-1.png|200px]]
** Step 2: This is the Gesture Manager <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-2.png|200px]]
** Step 3: Select a gesture, and click Train (first icon from the toolbar) <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-3.png|200px]]
** Step 4: Make the gesture (this step creates the gesture) <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-4.png|200px]]
** Step 5: Make the gesture again (this step trains the gesture) <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-5.png|200px]]
** Step 6: Select another gesture, and do the same <br />[[Image:Accelges-Train-6.png|200px]]

* Restart the Gesture Recognizer (use SSH):
/etc/init.d/gesd-neo2 restart

''Remark: You have to restart the Gesture Recognizer, so that it will re-read the newly trained gestures. Every time you train one or more gestures, restart the recognizer!''

===Running Gestures===
* Use the script you have created before; '''be sure to run the script from the Neo, no SSH or VNC''':
gesl-begin
* There are 12 gestures available (once, you make one, a notification will pop up):
*# Shake-shake gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-1.png|100px]]
*# Forward-backward gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-2.png|100px]]
*# Horizontal-circle gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-3.png|100px]]
*# Z gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-4.png|100px]]
*# Right gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-5.png|100px]]
*# Left gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-6.png|100px]]
*# Up gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-7.png|100px]]
*# Down gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-8.png|100px]]
*# Right-left gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-9.png|100px]]
*# Left-right gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-10.png|100px]]
*# Up-down gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-11.png|100px]]
*# Down-up gesture: <br />[[Image:Accelges-Recognize-12.png|100px]]
''Remark: If you don't start the Gesture Listener from the Neo, screen orientation won't work''

===How To Improve Recognition Accuracy===
* Check to see which gesture gets recognized most often. Try training those gestures again.
* Determine which gestures don't get recognized at all. Try training those gestures again.

==Alpha 2 Development Details==
===DBUS===
Gesture Recognizer (gesd) sends signals on:
org.openmoko.accelges
/org/openmoko/accelges/Recognizer
org.openmoko.accelges.Recognizer.Recognized

Try (on [[FSO]] distribution)
mdbus -s -l
and make a gesture for more information on DBUS.

===Configuration Files===
The configuration file for Neo is:
/etc/accelges/neo2/neo2.cfg
<pre>
# Paul-Valentin Borza <paul@borza.ro>

# gestures configuration file for Neo/Wii

# classes and probabilities for classifier
# sclass\tFILE static acceleration class
# dclass\tFILE dynamic acceleration class
# sclassp\tVALUE probability for static acceleration class
# dclassp\tVALUE probability for dynamic acceleration class
sclass s.class
dclass d.class
sclassp 0.4
dclassp 0.6

# classes for recognizer (add more than one)
# class\tid\tFILE static acceleration class
class screen_zzp screen_zzp.class
class screen_zzn screen_zzn.class
class screen_zpz screen_zpz.class
class screen_znz screen_znz.class
class screen_pzz screen_pzz.class
class screen_nzz screen_nzz.class
class screen_npp screen_npp.class
class screen_nnp screen_nnp.class
class screen_pnp screen_pnp.class
class screen_ppp screen_ppp.class

# models for recognizer (add more than one)
# model\tid\tFILE dynamic acceleration model
model left left.model
model left, and return left-and-right.model
model right right.model
model right, and return right-and-left.model
model up up.model
model up, and return up-and-down.model
model down down.model
model down, and return down-and-up.model
model shake, shake shake-shake.model
model horizontal circle horizontal-circle.model
model forward, backward forward-backward.model
model z z.model
</pre>

Again, if you modify the configuration file, you'll have to restart the gesture recognizer (gesd).

===Daemons===
Gesture Recognizer that uses the top accelerometer (/dev/input/event2):
/etc/init.d/gesd-neo2 start|stop|restart
Gesture Listener that switches screen orientation, and notifies the user of recognized gestures on the screen:
/etc/init.d/gesl start|stop|restart
''Remark: Start the recognizer first, and after that the listener (obvious, but important)''

=Components/Applications=
Try playing with:
gesd (gesture recognizer)
gesl (gesture listener)
gesm (gesture manager)

=Known Issues=
* One, or both accelerometers might not work. Try:
hexdump /dev/input/event2 (for top accelerometer)
hexdump /dev/input/event3 (for bottom accelerometer)
''Remark: The Alpha 2 Release uses the TOP accelerometer''
* After a while, the accelerometers might stop working.
Restart your Neo!
* After a while, the accelerometer send bogus values (values that are lower than what they should be). If this happens, the classifier won't be able to classify dynamic/static acceleration, and nothing will work - nor the gesture training, nor the gesture recognition.
Restart your Neo!

=Use Cases=
* Mute audio or suspend when screen is facing down; - NO SUPPORT FOR MUTE/UNMUTE AUDIO IN NEO FOR NOW
* Go to main menu when shaken; - NO SUPPORT YET
* Volume up/down during call when tilting left/right (still unclear); - NO SUPPORT YET
* Turning the phone face to the user (not the same as taking it to the ear) to turn on the backlight - BACKLIGHT HAS A BUG, CAN'T BE USED YET
* Automatic portrait/landscape switching for the UI - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
* Turning the phone screen down to mute sound (and probably turn off the backlight) or hold call
* Swinging in an O-shape in the air to redial
* Moving the phone in a firm gesture from one ear to the other to switch between active and held calls
* Scrolling with firm tilts (suggested several times, should see if it's usable)
* Dropping (suggested several times, though it's unclear how to react to it)
* Shaking to get audio feedback (could e.g. imitate balls rolling inside to the number of unread messages, or liquid splashing to incdicate the battery level)
* Starting driving in a car (if that's detectable -- probably has other patterns than walking etc) to switch to some “car mode”
* Stopping e.g. at a traffic light to choose a better time to notify about new messages than while driving
* Taking off in a plane (should be detectable, but hard to train) to shut down all RF systems
* Similarly, landing to re-enable RF systems
* Vigorous shaking (side to side) while receiving a call could reject it.
* A sideways swing (90degres) out of the wrist could mean general Cancel/Esc/Back
* A long swing could close a app (more a arm swing than wrist. Same G-forces but longer time).
* These swing moves could be used on two axis and each in two axis for different usage.
* A firm wrist tilt backside down could mean global OK.
* Maybe some basic moves like these should have absolute global meaning. (like left, right, enter, esc)
* Mute phone my hitting it on something hard three times with one side.
* Face down lying still - lock screen
* Face up lying still - never lock screen
* holding the moko out & angling the front of it up repeatedly turns up volume
* angling front down repeatedly turns down volume
* a set of 5 or 10 standard, easily distinguishable gestures that the user can map to favorite programs

[[Category:Openmoko]]

Reporting Bugs

2008-09-01T11:09:43Z

Dolfje: Redirecting to Bug Filing Policy

#redirect [[Bug_Filing_Policy]]

Bug Filing Policy

2008-09-01T11:09:23Z

Dolfje:

A guide to filing bug reports on software (for users from an engineer)

You can report a bug/defect at https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/. Just create an account. After email validation of your account, you can log in. You will see a new button labeled "New Ticket".

== Less is more in a bug report (engineers are lazy) ==
* What is your issue (what do you do, how does it fail)?
* How to reproduce it(what are the steps)?
* What are you using (opkg list_installed, feed config, image)?
* In case of kernel bugs attach the output of dmesg or in case of Qtopia/GSM the output of logread.
* If logs exist and the issue is confirmed do not attach your log unless when asked for it.
* A "me too" without log messages is '''noise''' and makes engineers not look at the issue.
* Having many bugs is not an issue, so this is no excuse to not file new bug reports.

== Check for duplicates (but in doubt create a new ticket) ==
Before filing a bug check if a bug describing your issue exists. If you don't find an exact match or are not really sure file a new ticket. New tickets can be easily resolved as duplicate where comments to existing bugs with a different issue can not be removed. So a possible duplicate ticket is to be preferred.

* If you know you have this issue and no one else confirmed, attach your logs and feel free to say me too
* If you know you have this issue and it is confirmed, add yourself to CC or monitor the bug
* If you are not sure if you have this issue. File a new bug and say you might have the original issue.

== If you have patches (what engineers love) ==
* Attach the patch
* Set HasPatch in the keywords
* If no one reviews your patch within three work days you have the right to kick people on the mailinglist. You contribute, you deserve to get feedback on your patch!

== Handling GSM bugs (Qtopia) ==
* If GSM registration is not working, or SMS notification, PIN dialog, or any other setup. Make sure the device does not suspend and attach the output of logread after waiting a minute or two after entering the PIN or logread is not showing any change for a while.
* If calls, parsing of SMS, or such things do not work. Attach the output of logread after this has happened.

== Handling of kernel bugs ==
* The installed version and the output of dmesg is most likely of interest, attach that

== Creating a ticket ==
* Do not set a Category/Component unless the holy penguin told you it is the correct one.
* At least have opkg list_installed attached to the bug report
* Describe clearly what your issue is, if it makes sense attach a screenshot, don't be afraid to write more than five lines
* See the first point on less is more.
* If you did something like rm -rf / and now the PIN dialog does not come up because you have no userspace apps left then please tell us what you did and do not say "It does not ask for PIN anymore".

== Ideal workflow ==
* We gather information on the issue until we understand it
* Engineers implement a fix (if fixable) and people can test through updated packages
* With testing packages available we can put the bug into in_testing
* Close once fixed, reopen once regressed.

Keyboard Debate

2008-08-31T22:45:40Z

Dolfje: /* Matchbox keyboard */

{{note|This is an emotionally laden topic. Please stick to facts and Neutral Point of View.}}

{{note|This is work in progress. Please help by linking to appropriate messages and wiki pages.}}

== Summary of the problem ==

Om 2008.8 uses Qtopia for its phone stack. Qtopia has a build-in keyboard primarily designed to compose SMS in English. This keyboard is very impractical to use with a terminal or enter an URL.

[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p780454.html More details...], list of all [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=in_testing&status=new&status=reopened&summary=~keyboard&order=priority keyboard bugs in the defect tracking system].

== List of available keyboards ==

=== Qtopia keyboard ===

The [[Om2008.8_Keyboard|Qtopia keyboard]] build-in Om 2008.8. See also the [[http://doc.trolltech.com/qtopia4.3/inputmethods-description.html documentation at Trolltech]]

[[Image:asu_keyboard_lower.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard]] [[Image:asu_keyboard_word.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with hello]] [[Image:asu_keyboard_numeric.png|none|thumb|250px|ASU Keyboard with numeric keys]]

=== Matchbox keyboard ===

The [[Switching_Keyboards_on_OM_2007.2#What_does_the_keyboard_look_like.3F|matchbox keyboard]]. [[Image:Complete_QWERTY_Keyboard_On_The_Freerunner_screenshot.png|none|thumb|260px|Screenshot of the keyboard applet on 2007.2]]

=== Illume keyboard ===

The illume virtual keyboard a.k.a. Raster's keyboard.

Probably [http://monochromementality.com/data/phoo/2008_08_05/medium/Screenshot-9.png looking like this] or [http://52grad.de/.stuff/freerunner/screenshots/illume_keyboard.png like that].

See also [[Illume#Virtual_Keyboard]] (which would need to be completed ;)

=== Vkbd system ===

The vkbd system.

== List of keyboard-related Howtos ==

=== How to use the Qtopia keyboard shipped with Om 2008.8 ? ===

Summary:
* Slide finger left = backspace.
* Slide finger right = space.
* Slide finger up/down = changes between lowercase/uppercase/numbers/special characters.
* The 'Enter' key is bottom right on the special characters page
* Hovering over a letter for more than 2 seconds activates zoom mode, allowing you to type specific letters without prediction.
Detailed version: see [[Om_2008.8_Keyboard| How to use the Qtopia keyboard]].

=== How to have a toggle button to make the keyboard appear/disappear ? ===

Short answer: ''opkg install illume-config''.
Long answer: [[Keyboard Toggle|here]].

=== How to install the matchbox keyboard ? ===

Short answer: ''opkg install matchbox-keyboard-applet matchbox-keyboard-inputmethod''
Long answer: [[Switching_Keyboards|here]].

=== How to install the illume (Raster's) keyboard ? ===

Short answer (theoretical): wait until the ''illume-config-illume'' package arrives in the repository, then install it with ''opkg''.

Update: It is available in the testing feeds, but it does not give you the keyboard.

=== How to turn off the Qtopia keyboard ? ===

Short answer: Add the line ''export QTOPIA_NO_VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=1'' into the file ''/etc/X11/Xsession.d/89qtopia''.

Warning: Even when you install another keyboard, if you do not turn off the Qtopia keyboard it will come back on the top <strike>to bite you trollishly</strike>. References:
[http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1864 Comment on ticket 1864], and untested proposed
[http://n2.nabble.com/preserving-illume-keyboard-on-update-tp778734p778919.html patch to qpe].

=== How to change the keyboards layout ? ===

TBD

=== How to change the dictionary used by the predictive keyboards ? ===

The dictionary for the "standard" (qtopia) predictive keyboard is stored in ''/opt/Qtopia/etc/dict/<LANG>/words.dawg''. To change it, compile with ''dawgen'' an ispell dictionary (list of words) and replace the en-US words file. You can find an x86 binary ''dawgen'' executable [http://www.3v1n0.net/openmoko/qtopia-italian-keyboard.tar.bz2 here].

For illume: TBD

Matchbox has no predictive mode (to be confirmed ?).

=== How to toggle the predictive mode on and off ? ===

TBD

=== How to make Qtopia keyboards and illume/raster keyboard coexist ? ===

TBD

== Your short-term options ==
[[Image:Assume_good_faith_lolcat.jpg|thumb|Even if things might look bad, you shouldn't assume that they are]]

* Turn off the Qtopia keyboard and install the matchbox one instead.
* Keep the Qtopia keyboard, let go (for a while) the desire to use the terminal locally, login remotely via ssh when you need.
* Get an external keyboard, USB or Bluetooth, light and foldable if you want.
* Switch to 2007.2 (but then similar issues arise : [[Switching Keyboards on Om 2007.2]]), FSO or Debian.
* Patch Qtopia so that it plays nice with other keyboards, send upstream, meanwhile recompile and provide a package.
PS: Complaining that management does not listen to the users needs is not a productive option.

== Perspectives for long-term resolution ==

On August 27th 2008, Marek from Openmoko inc. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/028152.html announced] the intention to focus on the low-level layers. Future "base system" distribution may not include any phone stack at all.

Main Page

2008-08-31T22:44:50Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo FreeRunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products.

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 28/8: Trolltech [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-4.3.2-release-tp789148p789148.html released] Qtopia 4.3.2.
* 26/8: Openmoko [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html updates] [[Om 2008.8]] distribution.
* 15/8: [[Debian]] on the FreeRunner [http://n2.nabble.com/Debian-on-the-FreeRunner----now-official-td726410.html announced], [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner instructions].
* 8/8: Openmoko team [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/025602.html releases] distribution formerly called ASU as [[Om 2008.8]] .
* 4-5/8: Openmoko is at Linuxworld, San Francisco. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJjNF36DfI Video].
* 30/7: The FSO distribution releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/ milestone 2]
* 25/7: Community helps, [[GPS Problems]] fixed
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Applications]]

===<font color=white>Distributions</font>===
* [[Distributions|Features comparison table]]
* [[Om 2008.8|Om 2008.8 (ASU)]] - [[Om 2007.2|Om 2007.2 (old stable)]]
* [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO]] - [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia]] - [[Debian|Debian]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|The Opkg package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

ReMoko

2008-08-31T19:58:17Z

Dolfje: /* Wish List */

{{application|ReMoko}}
[[Image:Remoko_menu.jpg|thumb]]

==About==

* Openmoko remote controller is a [[Summer of Code 2008]] project, that aims to write a application that can make Openmoko-powered devices appear to be a mixed Bluetooth keyboard-and-mouse device.
*'''Student:''' [http://www.valeriovalerio.org Valério Valério]
*'''Mentor:''' Daniel Willmann

==ReMoko v0.3==

===Downloads===

[http://code.google.com/p/remoko/downloads/list ReMoko Packages]

===Install Instructions===

*'''FSO Milestone 2'''
** The FSO images built before 20080807 have a bug in the framework bluetooth system, to use remoko in a older FSO image you will need to change the lines below in '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/framework/subsystems/ousaged/generic.py':

Line 98
- proxy = self.bus.get_object( "org.freesmartphone.Device", "/org/freesmartphone/Device/PowerControl/" + self.name )
+ proxy = self.bus.get_object( "org.freesmartphone.odeviced", "/org/freesmartphone/Device/PowerControl/" + self.name )

Line 209
- genericUsageControl.addResource( DummyResource( genericUsageControl, "Bluetooth" ) )
+ genericUsageControl.addResource( ODeviceDResource( genericUsageControl, "Bluetooth" ) )

after that you will need to restart the framework (kill the process and start it again or simply restart the device).

*'''ASU 2008.08'''
** Careful with this bug: [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1744 Ticket #1744];
** Require remoko_0.2;

===Usage===

* Linux
** Start the remoko app in the neo;
** In a shell type 'hidd --connect <neo_bt_addr>' (need root privileges) or use a user interface to choose the neo as a bluetooth keyboard;

* Windows XP and Media Center Edition
** Start the remoko app in the neo;
** Go to the bluetooth preferences and choose 'Add a new device';
** Choose the neo (default name is 'BlueZ (0)') and choose 'no password';

===Features===
*'''Connection'''
** Connection to the majority of the bluetooth stacks;
** Connection status daemon (possibility to connect to the remote device when the connection are closed);
** Information about the remote device;
*'''Mouse Profile'''
** 3 button's mouse;
** Left button mouse holding (for drawing for example);
** Tapping functionality, like a touchpad;
** Vertical Scroll;
*'''Keyboard Profile'''
** Full qwerty keyboard;
** Numeric keyboard;
** Holding for Capslock, Shift, Control, Alt and Control + Alt;
** Mouse area with tapping functionality;
*'''Settings Profile'''
** Option to run the app in fullscreen mode or window mode;
** Option to set the sensitivity of the mouse scroll;

===Known Issus===
* In some images (last FSO) the keyboard only show up, if the app is in window mode;
* The 'backslash' key is wrong mapped;
* In illume keyboard in the FSO milestone 2 have some bug's yet in the default profile and in the numbers profile;
* Connection problems with Symbian S60 devices with BT-HID keyboard app provided by Nokia;

===Tested Bluetooth Stacks ===
*'''Working'''
** Linux BlueZ Stack
** Windows XP SP2
** Windows Media Center Edition (Toshiba Bluetooth Stack)

*'''Not Working'''
** Symbian Nokia's S60 - tested with Nokia Navigator (probably a BlueZ SDP bug)

===TODO===

* Games profile;
* Accelerometer profile:

===Need help in:===
* Application logo (Tag name: ReMoko);
* Set of menu icon related to the neo (Icons in use are from the Gnome project, enlightenment project and [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Nenadgrujicic Nenadgrujicic]. ReMoko icon made by [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Fradeve11 Fradeve11])

===ScreenShots===
*Remoko Menu <br/>[[Image:Remoko_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Mouse profile <br/>[[Image:remoko_mouse.jpg]]
*Remoko Presentation menu <br/> [[Image:remoko_presentation_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Multimedia menu <br/> [[Image:remoko_multimedia_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Multimedia menu configurations <br/> [[Image: remoko_multimedia_conf.jpg]]
*Remoko About Screen <br/> [[Image:remoko_about.jpg]]

==Ideas for the application name==

*MokoRemote
*BlueRemote
*<font color="#00FF00">ReMoko</font> or ReMoto (maybe some character that's a combination of t and k, at least in the splash/logo)
*Mokomote
*Mokomo (shorter) -- + 1 vote
*FreeMote (Builds on freerunner and remote) -- +1 vote
*MokoKeyMouse (It can be a bit too long, so you can make it shorter as: MKM)

*'''Add your idea here'''

==Ideas for the application logo==
* [[Image:Mokomote.png]]<br>svg source avaiable, contact me --[[User:Fradeve11|Fradeve11]] 15:14, 27 April 2008 (CEST)
* '''Add your idea here'''

==Wish List==
* Possibility to control presentations easily (few buttons, PG-UP, PG-DOWN for example) - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
** maybe even navigation via gestures
** possibly use the touchscreen similar to a touchpad (mouse) - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
*** maybe it is too much, but if you manage to make the touchpad, you could get a small screenshot of the big screen (it is useful for presentations if you want to draw/write something without quality).
* ideally generic GUI that loads controls from some xml config file to make it fully customizable for different purposes (media remote, presenter stick, ...)
* Connect as a Bluetooth remote to a Sony Playstation 3 for Bluray/DVD playback. (JReese)
* Make use of profiles to change the interface easy and fast (interface for mouse, keyboard, a mix of those two, presentations, remote controller for videos and music, ...) - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>
* Top part of screen as touch-pad, row of three mouse buttons across middle and whichever keyboard the user usually uses on the phone popped-up at the bottom as when adding text in any other app. - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>
* A MythTV remote would be handy, just a subset of a BT keyboard for common commands with a few nice icons rather than letters on (large) keys.
* Avahi search for HTTP services labeled say "remote" via ethernet (BT/LAN or Wifi). MythTV/Elisa and OOPresentation can develop their own html/flash/javascript/etc. "remotes" to hearts content without fine-grain syncing every change of code/GUI/API with your "Openmoko Remote App". Avahi/HTTP also lets desktop/laptop browsers to control "remotes"; this means a bigger community.
* Have one Neo work as a keyboard for another Neo (which becomes the screen)! (should be possible even now i guess)
* Change the icons on the mouse screen, so they are oriented as one's mouse would be. Right now the left mouse button is on the left, which is good. However, the image of the mouse is facing the user and the left mouse button is to the right of the image.
* Do all that, but through usb0 or Wifi next to bluetooth. Not every computer has bluetooth.
* '''Add your wish here'''

==Roadmap==

* 1- Write a HID BlueZ driver that can enable the Openmoko to be seen as a mixed keyboard and mouse in the three major OS's. - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
* 2- Map keys and mouse gestures to the USB HID usage tables. - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
* 3- Write the UI and some other features. - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>

[[Category:User]]
[[Category:Ideas| ]]
[[Category:Software ideas]]

ReMoko

2008-08-31T17:13:15Z

Dolfje:

{{application|ReMoko}}
[[Image:Remoko_menu.jpg|thumb]]

==About==

* Openmoko remote controller is a [[Summer of Code 2008]] project, that aims to write a application that can make Openmoko-powered devices appear to be a mixed Bluetooth keyboard-and-mouse device.
*'''Student:''' [http://www.valeriovalerio.org Valério Valério]
*'''Mentor:''' Daniel Willmann

==ReMoko v0.3==

===Downloads===

[http://code.google.com/p/remoko/downloads/list ReMoko Packages]

===Install Instructions===

*'''FSO Milestone 2'''
** The FSO images built before 20080807 have a bug in the framework bluetooth system, to use remoko in a older FSO image you will need to change the lines below in '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/framework/subsystems/ousaged/generic.py':

Line 98
- proxy = self.bus.get_object( "org.freesmartphone.Device", "/org/freesmartphone/Device/PowerControl/" + self.name )
+ proxy = self.bus.get_object( "org.freesmartphone.odeviced", "/org/freesmartphone/Device/PowerControl/" + self.name )

Line 209
- genericUsageControl.addResource( DummyResource( genericUsageControl, "Bluetooth" ) )
+ genericUsageControl.addResource( ODeviceDResource( genericUsageControl, "Bluetooth" ) )

after that you will need to restart the framework (kill the process and start it again or simply restart the device).

*'''ASU 2008.08'''
** Careful with this bug: [https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1744 Ticket #1744];
** Require remoko_0.2;

===Usage===

* Linux
** Start the remoko app in the neo;
** In a shell type 'hidd --connect <neo_bt_addr>' (need root privileges) or use a user interface to choose the neo as a bluetooth keyboard;

* Windows XP and Media Center Edition
** Start the remoko app in the neo;
** Go to the bluetooth preferences and choose 'Add a new device';
** Choose the neo (default name is 'BlueZ (0)') and choose 'no password';

===Features===
*'''Connection'''
** Connection to the majority of the bluetooth stacks;
** Connection status daemon (possibility to connect to the remote device when the connection are closed);
** Information about the remote device;
*'''Mouse Profile'''
** 3 button's mouse;
** Left button mouse holding (for drawing for example);
** Tapping functionality, like a touchpad;
** Vertical Scroll;
*'''Keyboard Profile'''
** Full qwerty keyboard;
** Numeric keyboard;
** Holding for Capslock, Shift, Control, Alt and Control + Alt;
** Mouse area with tapping functionality;
*'''Settings Profile'''
** Option to run the app in fullscreen mode or window mode;
** Option to set the sensitivity of the mouse scroll;

===Known Issus===
* In some images (last FSO) the keyboard only show up, if the app is in window mode;
* The 'backslash' key is wrong mapped;
* In illume keyboard in the FSO milestone 2 have some bug's yet in the default profile and in the numbers profile;
* Connection problems with Symbian S60 devices with BT-HID keyboard app provided by Nokia;

===Tested Bluetooth Stacks ===
*'''Working'''
** Linux BlueZ Stack
** Windows XP SP2
** Windows Media Center Edition (Toshiba Bluetooth Stack)

*'''Not Working'''
** Symbian Nokia's S60 - tested with Nokia Navigator (probably a BlueZ SDP bug)

===TODO===

* Games profile;
* Accelerometer profile:

===Need help in:===
* Application logo (Tag name: ReMoko);
* Set of menu icon related to the neo (Icons in use are from the Gnome project, enlightenment project and [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Nenadgrujicic Nenadgrujicic]. ReMoko icon made by [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Fradeve11 Fradeve11])

===ScreenShots===
*Remoko Menu <br/>[[Image:Remoko_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Mouse profile <br/>[[Image:remoko_mouse.jpg]]
*Remoko Presentation menu <br/> [[Image:remoko_presentation_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Multimedia menu <br/> [[Image:remoko_multimedia_menu.jpg]]
*Remoko Multimedia menu configurations <br/> [[Image: remoko_multimedia_conf.jpg]]
*Remoko About Screen <br/> [[Image:remoko_about.jpg]]

==Ideas for the application name==

*MokoRemote
*BlueRemote
*<font color="#00FF00">ReMoko</font> or ReMoto (maybe some character that's a combination of t and k, at least in the splash/logo)
*Mokomote
*Mokomo (shorter) -- + 1 vote
*FreeMote (Builds on freerunner and remote) -- +1 vote
*MokoKeyMouse (It can be a bit too long, so you can make it shorter as: MKM)

*'''Add your idea here'''

==Ideas for the application logo==
* [[Image:Mokomote.png]]<br>svg source avaiable, contact me --[[User:Fradeve11|Fradeve11]] 15:14, 27 April 2008 (CEST)
* '''Add your idea here'''

==Wish List==
* Possibility to control presentations easily (few buttons, PG-UP, PG-DOWN for example) - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
** maybe even navigation via gestures
** possibly use the touchscreen similar to a touchpad (mouse) - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
*** maybe it is too much, but if you manage to make the touchpad, you could get a small screenshot of the big screen (it is useful for presentations if you want to draw/write something without quality).
* ideally generic GUI that loads controls from some xml config file to make it fully customizable for different purposes (media remote, presenter stick, ...)
* Connect as a Bluetooth remote to a Sony Playstation 3 for Bluray/DVD playback. (JReese)
* Make use of profiles to change the interface easy and fast (interface for mouse, keyboard, a mix of those two, presentations, remote controller for videos and music, ...) - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>
* Top part of screen as touch-pad, row of three mouse buttons across middle and whichever keyboard the user usually uses on the phone popped-up at the bottom as when adding text in any other app. - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>
* A MythTV remote would be handy, just a subset of a BT keyboard for common commands with a few nice icons rather than letters on (large) keys.
* Avahi search for HTTP services labeled say "remote" via ethernet (BT/LAN or Wifi). MythTV/Elisa and OOPresentation can develop their own html/flash/javascript/etc. "remotes" to hearts content without fine-grain syncing every change of code/GUI/API with your "Openmoko Remote App". Avahi/HTTP also lets desktop/laptop browsers to control "remotes"; this means a bigger community.
* Have one Neo work as a keyboard for another Neo (which becomes the screen)! (should be possible even now i guess)
* Change the icons on the mouse screen, so they are oriented as one's mouse would be. Right now the left mouse button is on the left, which is good. However, the image of the mouse is facing the user and the left mouse button is to the right of the image.
* '''Add your wish here'''

==Roadmap==

* 1- Write a HID BlueZ driver that can enable the Openmoko to be seen as a mixed keyboard and mouse in the three major OS's. - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
* 2- Map keys and mouse gestures to the USB HID usage tables. - <font color="#00FF00">Done</font>
* 3- Write the UI and some other features. - <font color="#FF9900">In progress</font>

[[Category:User]]
[[Category:Ideas| ]]
[[Category:Software ideas]]

User:DolfjeBot1

2008-08-31T13:11:02Z

Dolfje:

I'm the first bot of [[User:Dolfje]].

I have only one simple task: cleaning up the wiki.

I will not break any of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Three Laws of Robotics], but if you can caught me on an error, please mail my [[User:Dolfje|owner]]

== Status ==
Writing and testing functionality of Dolfje Bot the first.

== Functionality ==
* Renaming text on pages (Implemented)
* Renaming categories (and their translations) (Implemented)
* Adding languages bars to categories without one
* Refactoring all language bars to the top of the page
* Fix double redirections (Implemented)
* Bulk renaming titles (Implemented)

== Awaiting tasks ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Task
!Yes votes
!No votes
|-
| change the text 'Freerunners' into 'FreeRunners' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje ||
|-
| For any page in "Category:Ideas", if title does'nt start with "Wishlist/", then prefix "Wishlist/" to title || Minh, Dolfje ||
|}

== Completed tasks ==
* change the text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko' on all pages
* change category [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]]
* change the text '[[Openmoko]]' into 'Openmoko'
* change the titles with text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko'
* change the text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner'
* change the titles with text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner'
* change the titles starting with 'Wishlist:' into 'Wishlist/'

== Tests ==
Category rename tests
* Test 1: Rename [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]] (PASS)
* Test 2: Rename the translated categories: 'Category:GTA02 Hardware/**' to 'Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware/**' (PASS)
* Test 3: Update the languages-bar on the renamed categories (PASS)
* Test 4: The robot cleans the depreciated category pages (FAIL, The bot has no delete rights)

Replacing text test
* Test 5: Rename OpenMoko to Openmoko, tested on [[Advertising]] (PASS)

Replacing titles
* Test 6: Rename the titles with the text 'OpenMoko' to 'Openmoko' (PASS)

User:DolfjeBot1

2008-08-31T12:30:07Z

Dolfje:

I'm the first bot of [[User:Dolfje]].

I have only one simple task: cleaning up the wiki.

I will not break any of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Three Laws of Robotics], but if you can caught me on an error, please mail my [[User:Dolfje|owner]]

== Status ==
Writing and testing functionality of Dolfje Bot the first.

== Functionality ==
* Renaming text on pages (Implemented)
* Renaming categories (and their translations) (Implemented)
* Adding languages bars to categories without one
* Refactoring all language bars to the top of the page
* Fix double redirections (Implemented)
* Bulk renaming titles (Implemented)

== Awaiting tasks ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Task
!Yes votes
!No votes
|-
| change the text 'Freerunners' into 'FreeRunners' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje ||
|-
| For any page in "Category:Ideas", if title does'nt start with "Wishlist/", then prefix "Wishlist/" to title || Minh, Dolfje ||
|}

== Completed tasks ==
* change the text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko' on all pages
* change category [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]]
* change the text '[[Openmoko]]' into 'Openmoko'
* change the titles with text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko'
* change the text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner'
* change the titles with text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner' (busy)
* change the titles starting with 'Wishlist:' into 'Wishlist/'

== Tests ==
Category rename tests
* Test 1: Rename [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]] (PASS)
* Test 2: Rename the translated categories: 'Category:GTA02 Hardware/**' to 'Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware/**' (PASS)
* Test 3: Update the languages-bar on the renamed categories (PASS)
* Test 4: The robot cleans the depreciated category pages (FAIL, The bot has no delete rights)

Replacing text test
* Test 5: Rename OpenMoko to Openmoko, tested on [[Advertising]] (PASS)

Replacing titles
* Test 6: Rename the titles with the text 'OpenMoko' to 'Openmoko' (PASS)

User:DolfjeBot1

2008-08-30T09:31:33Z

Dolfje: /* Awaiting tasks */

I'm the first bot of [[User:Dolfje]].

I have only one simple task: cleaning up the wiki.

I will not break any of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Three Laws of Robotics], but if you can caught me on an error, please mail my [[User:Dolfje|owner]]

== Status ==
Writing and testing functionality of Dolfje Bot the first.

== Functionality ==
* Renaming text on pages (Implemented)
* Renaming categories (and their translations) (Implemented)
* Adding languages bars to categories without one
* Refactoring all language bars to the top of the page
* Fix double redirections (Implemented)
* Bulk renaming titles (Implemented)

== Awaiting tasks ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Task
!Yes votes
!No votes
|-
| change the text 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the text 'Freerunners' into 'FreeRunners' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Freerunner' into 'FreeRunner' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2008.8' into 'Om 2008.8' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the text 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje, Minh ||
|-
| change the titles with 'Om2007.2' into 'Om 2007.2' || Dolfje ||
|-
| change the titles starting with 'Wishlist:' into 'Wishlist/' || Minh, Dolfje ||
|-
| For any page in "Category:Ideas", if title does'nt start with "Wishlist/", then prefix "Wishlist/" to title || Minh, Dolfje ||
|}

== Completed tasks ==
* change the text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko' on all pages
* change category [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]]
* change the text '[[Openmoko]]' into 'Openmoko'
* change the titles with text 'OpenMoko' into 'Openmoko'

== Tests ==
Category rename tests
* Test 1: Rename [[:Category:GTA02 Hardware]] to [[:Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware]] (PASS)
* Test 2: Rename the translated categories: 'Category:GTA02 Hardware/**' to 'Category:Neo FreeRunner Hardware/**' (PASS)
* Test 3: Update the languages-bar on the renamed categories (PASS)
* Test 4: The robot cleans the depreciated category pages (FAIL, The bot has no delete rights)

Replacing text test
* Test 5: Rename OpenMoko to Openmoko, tested on [[Advertising]] (PASS)

Replacing titles
* Test 6: Rename the titles with the text 'OpenMoko' to 'Openmoko' (PASS)

GPS Problems

2008-08-29T08:27:52Z

Dolfje:

See GPS for details on how to evaluate the [[Neo FreeRunner GPS]] with command line utilities.

=== Problem: it takes a long time (10min+) before the Freerunner gets first GPS data ===

It was found that the Openmoko FreeRunner GPS has a long Time To First Fix (TTFF) with the SD card in the phone. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/021774.html This thread] indicates that there is interference from the SD card slot, as without the SD card inserted it the TTFF are much shorter.

::More specific: the GPS signal level drops by 20dB, i.e. factor 100. Signal strength of a GPS satellite above your head is around -127dBm. Needed strength for a first fix is -145dBm with a minimum of three satellites. Once the GPS chip has a fix, it can operate at signal levels of -157dBm, thus making it possible to operate while there is data transfer from/to the SD card.
::''(From http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/022202.html )''

=== Solutions ===

{{Note|It seems that in the newer version of the hardware, the capacitor is already present. So this problem should be fixed with newer devices. First noticed on 20080724 and confirmed on 20080830}}

A [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/2008-July/003777.html software workaround] has been released as a kernel patch and may be acquired simply by doing an "opkg update" and "opkg upgrade" and then rebooting your FreeRunner. This workaround effectively turns off the SD card clock when the SD card is not being used. One will be able to use the SD card at the same time as the GPS except for the first approximately 30 seconds.

Openmoko is soliciting the assistance of the community to test the effectiveness of this software fix. The experiment consists of a series of measurements in different conditions, prior to applying the software fix and then after applying the software fix. Please visit [[Freerunner GPS Software Fix TTFF Measurement Test]] for instructions to participate and to see the results so far of this test.

Openmoko has examined a hardware solution: soldering a 10 pf capacitor between SD card pin 5 (clk) and pin 6 (Vss) [[Image:Gta02 gps 10pf rework sop.pdf]] and more detailed [[Image:SOP_for_GPS_capacitor_rework.pdf|GPS issue SD clcok pin capacitor rework guide]]. This effectively restores GPS performance to the levels obtained without the SD card inside. The rework is not suggested to end users without hardware soldering technique and equipment. This rework is done on all the new fabricated Neo FreeRunners

Openmoko

==== Hardware mod related ====

See:
* [[Shop:Speedevil|Speedevil's Shop]] for a UK service to perform this operation on your freerunner, or globally shipped 10pF capacitor.

* [http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=490-1278-1-ND Digikey] for the capacitor.

=== Discussion ===

The following is based on [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/022180.html Alasal's post] to the community mailing list.

;What is TTFF?
:TTFF means Time To First Fix of the GPS. This is the time the GPS needs to get the first clue on where you are on planet earth. So you have to do this only once. After you have a FF (first fix), you can get more fixes without any problems with the SD card in the phone.

;So if we have a first fix, the SD card doesn't block the GPS anymore?
:Yes, the SD card doesn't block the GPS if we have a first fix. (Some people even claim it's more stable)

;Why do we need a first fix?
: According to [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/020705.html Al Johnson], the Antares4 chip on the GTA02 doesn't have the memory needed to store almanac and ephemeris, last known position or time. This means that every start is a true cold start. It [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/020772.html is possible] to save location, almanac and ephemeris at GPS shut down, and restore these information at the next startup, but that does not seem implemented yet.

;Does the lower signal also affect accuracy?
:It is a good deal more jittery. However, if you drive around in a city you will get a lot more error from signal reflections than from the jitter.
:''(From http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/022209.html )''

;Do they have a solution?
:Yes. There is already a highly alpha software workaround. The software just turns off the SD card clock when the SD card is not being used. They are also examining a hardware solution.
::The software fix is still in testing. Expect first results this noon (''Thursday, 17th July 2008'') (Taipeh time).
::Also, the hardware fix needed is rather easy. No need to open the shielding or housing. We are working on a document which gives you detailed instructions.
::''(From http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-July/022242.html )''

;Do we have to return our FreeRunners to Openmoko?
:Probably not, because the software workaround should work too.

;But we can't read from the SD card when the GPS is on?
:Wrong, you will be able to read the SD card when the GPS is on. The clock for the SD card used to run constantly. Now the kernel turns it off when the SD card is not in use. As long as you are not constantly reading from the SD card, you should see much better first fix times. Obtaining a GPS fix does not affect SD performance.

;Did Openmoko test the GPS with a SD card in it?
:Yes.

;Why didn't they find it while testing the Freerunner?
:Because they have to do the tests with a fake GPS signal and with that signal it worked (In a fab you don't have a decent GPS signal). They have already modified the test, so it corresponds to the GPS signal better.

== Information about faulty antennas ==

* If removing the SD card doesn't help and you suspect your antenna, try unplugging and replugging the internal GPS connector. (See [[Disassembling_Neo1973]] about 2/3 of the way down. (this may differ on freerunner, pictures appreciated)
Also note that there is a trac ticket for this issue: [http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1542 #1542]

[[FreeRunner_GPS_antenna_repair_SOP]] Indicates that some (rare?) units may have bad soldering, and includes a guide to fix. This will presumably void your warranty.

[[Category:GPS]]

Main Page

2008-08-28T14:05:47Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo Freerunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products.

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 28/8: Trolltech [http://n2.nabble.com/qtopia-4.3.2-release-tp789148p789148.html released] Qtopia 4.3.2.
* 26/8: Openmoko [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html updates] [[Om 2008.8]] distribution.
* 15/8: [[Debian]] on the FreeRunner [http://n2.nabble.com/Debian-on-the-FreeRunner----now-official-td726410.html announced], [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner instructions].
* 8/8: Openmoko team [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/025602.html releases] distribution formerly called ASU as [[Om 2008.8]] .
* 4-5/8: Openmoko is at Linuxworld, San Francisco. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJjNF36DfI Video].
* 30/7: The FSO distribution releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/ milestone 2]
* 25/7: Community helps, [[GPS Problems]] fixed
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Getting Started FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Software</font>===
* [[Applications]]
* [[Distributions|Openmoko software distributions]]
** [[Om 2007.2|2007.2 distribution]]
** [[Om 2008.8|2008.8 distribution]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO distribution]]
** [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia distribution]]
** [[Debian|Debian distribution]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|Opkg the package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[[Category:Information| ]]

Main Page

2008-08-28T10:48:31Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Main Page}}
__NOTOC__
__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:Freerunner02.gif|thumb|150px|right|Neo Freerunners]]

<div style="padding: 2.5ex; text-align: center; font: bold x-large sans">Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.</div>

Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the [[Neo FreeRunner]] phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.

The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favourite software. Beyond freeing the software on our devices we have also released our CAD files under Creative Commons. And at Linux world 2008, we announced the release of the schematics for our products.

<div style="clear:both"> </div>

<table class="wikitable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="6" width="100%" style="color:white">
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">News and events</td>
<td width="50%">New to Openmoko?</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
* 26/8; Openmoko [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/027997.html updates] [[Om 2008.8]] distribution.
* 15/8: [[Debian]] on the FreeRunner [http://n2.nabble.com/Debian-on-the-FreeRunner----now-official-td726410.html announced], [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner instructions].
* 8/8: Openmoko team [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/025602.html releases] distribution formerly called ASU as [[Om 2008.8]] .
* 4-5/8: Openmoko is at Linuxworld, San Francisco. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJjNF36DfI Video].
* 30/7: The FSO distribution releases [http://downloads.openmoko.org/framework/milestone2/ milestone 2]
* 25/7: Community helps, [[GPS Problems]] fixed
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>About Openmoko</font>===
* [[Introduction]]
* [[Why Openmoko]]
* [[Neo FreeRunner|Neo FreeRunner phone]]
* [[Supported Hardware]]
* [[FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Getting Openmoko</font>===
* [[Getting Openmoko]]
* [http://www.openmoko.com Openmoko Inc.]

</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background:#ff6600; text-align:center; font-weight:bold">
<td width="50%">for Users</td>
<td width="50%">for Developers</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" style="background:#333333">
<td>
===<font color=white>Getting started</font>===
* [[Getting Started with your Neo FreeRunner | Neo FreeRunner getting started guide]]
* [[Getting Started FAQ]]

===<font color=white>Software</font>===
* [[Applications]]
* [[Distributions|Openmoko software distributions]]
** [[Om 2007.2|2007.2 distribution]]
** [[Om 2008.8|2008.8 distribution]]
** [[OpenmokoFramework|FSO distribution]]
** [[Qtopia_on_FreeRunner|Qtopia distribution]]
** [[Debian|Debian distribution]]

===<font color=white>Openmoko community</font>===
* [[Discussion_Forums| Discussion Forums]]
* [[CommunityRepository|Community repository]]
* [[Development resources | Development resources]]
</td>
<td>
===<font color=white>Applications development</font>===
* [[Openmoko developer guide]]
* [[Toolchain|The toolchain]]

* [[Python|Introduction to Python]]
* [http://projects.openmoko.org/ Projects hosted in our GForge]

===<font color=white>Integration and distributions</font>===
* [[OpenEmbedded|The OpenEmbedded distribution building framework]]
* [[MokoMakefile|Building Openmoko using the MokoMakefile ]]
* [[Opkg|Opkg the package manager]]

===<font color=white>Emulation</font>===
* [[Openmoko under QEMU]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>

[[Category:Information| ]]

Template talk:Om 2008.8

2008-08-28T08:24:20Z

Dolfje: New page: Hey, but I have a few remarks on your changes. You said in the change log that you want to try something lighter for your eyes, but orange on white is more difficult to read. Especially be...

Hey, but I have a few remarks on your changes. You said in the change log that you want to try something lighter for your eyes, but orange on white is more difficult to read. Especially because the text in the box isn't bolted. Btw. I placed the boxes for new people to Openmoko, so they can learn what's interesting to read by every subject. Things like 'info', 'guide', 'features', and 'programs' can everybody happily understand. If you are new to Openmoko and 'Om 2008.8' is already something new to you, you will not understand 'Qtopia keyboard' and 'The Illume wm'. Thirdly people are seeking for the 'homepage' of 'Om 2008.8' and don't find it, because they associate 'Release notes' with something difficult and very technical on that subject. [[User:Dolfje|Dolfje]] 08:24, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Gpsdrive

2008-08-28T07:57:00Z

Dolfje:

{{Languages|Gpsdrive}}

{{application|Gpsdrive}}

[[GPS_Applications]]

GpsDrive is a car (bike, ship, plane) navigation system. GpsDrive displays your position provided from your GPS receiver on a zoomable map. The maps are autoselected for best resolution depending of your position and can be downloaded from the Internet. Speech output is supported if the "festival" software is running. All GPS receivers supported by gpsd should be usable.

homepage: [http://www.gpsdrive.de/]

== Installation on Om2008.8 ==

You need unofficial repositories [[Om_2008.8_Guide#Unofficial_.28zecke.29_Updates]] and well configured gpsd [[Gpsd#GPS_on_GTA02]]

<pre>
opkg install gpsdrive
opkg install gpsdrive-map-icons-classic
opkg install gpsdrive-maps
/usr/share/gpsdrive/map_koord.txt
DISPLAY=:0 gpsdrive -r 640 -s 480 -1
</pre>

[[Category:Applications]]