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SettingsGUI

2008-02-19T12:55:57Z

Zdanek: added install line for 0.8

{{InProgress}}
[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-screen.png|thumb|SettingsGUI - Screen Settings]]
[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-audio.png|thumb|SettingsGUI - Audio Settings]]
[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-gsm.png|thumb|SettingsGUI - GSM Settings]]
[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-gprs.png|thumb|SettingsGUI - GPRS Settings]]

== Overview ==
Until [[OpenMoko]] releases an official GUI-Tool to change settings, SettingsGUI allows you to set various settings of the [[gta01]].

This program is written in [[Python]] using pygtk. It can be used only if those are present in your environment (see [[SettingsGUI#Environment]]).

== Current Features ==

* Screen (Backlight enable/disable, Backlight brightness, Screen Orientation)
* Audio (profile selection, volume, mute, save to profile)
* [[GSM]] (restart [[gsmd]], signal strength, provider, status)
* [[GPRS]] (load and save settings from and to /etc/ppp/peers/, connect, set APN, User, Password, Number)

== Planned Features ==

* GSM (Provider selection)
* [[Bluetooth]] (device scanning, connection, signal strength)
* GPRS (display transfer rate, activate GPRS router)
* [[Battery]] (show capacity, voltage, charger-status)

== Comment on GSM Support ==

* As there are no gsmd python bindings available at the time, SettingGUI uses python-subprocess and threads to communicate to the commandline of [[Gsmd#libgsmd-tool | libgsmd-tool]] for the time being.

* To prevent interference with the GSM modem you have to expicitly power-up and register the modem by toggeling the "GSM State" checkboxes.

* If you manually register to the gsm network (by toggeling the "Register" checkbox) SettingsGUI will sometimes not notice when the connection is established. Just toggle the init checkbox after about 3 seconds. (this seems to be due to a bug in gsmd...)

{{note|From Version 0.7 the atcmd mode of libgsmd-tool is used. To use it revision 2957 (2007-09-12) or later of gsmd is needed. If you have an older version of gsmd - or an older OpenMoko image - use the upgrade function of [[ipkg]], install a newer jffs2 image or use version 0.6 of SettingsGUI.}}

* When the GPRS connection is still active ([[pppd]] running on the system) you should close the connection as gsmd can't start up while pppd is using the modem connection - chose "Yes" in the dialog:

[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-close gprs.png|170px]]

== Comment on GPRS Support ==

If you have problems connecting check:

* If the modem is initialized and registered to a network (Start gsmd and register)
* If your login data (mostly APN and User are okay)

* When the gsmd still running you should close the connection as gsmd will interfere with pppd - chose "Yes" in the dialog:

[[Image:SettingsGUI-0.7-terminate-gsmd.png|150px]]

The connection will be terminated when you quit the application.
However saved peer configurations can be called independently using:

pppd debug call gprs # where gprs is the peer

Default configuration files are defined in GlobalConfiguration.py. The peer configuration, a connect- and disconnect chat script are written to /etc/ppp/peers/ on first startup if you don't already have a peer in /etc/ppp/peers/. When the connect button is pressed SettingsGUI will create latest_* files in /etc/ppp/peers/ and start the pppd with this latest_* peer.

SettingsGUI also brings a default Nameserver in case you don't have a valid /etc/resolve.conf. The IP is from the OpenDNS Project and will only work if your GPRS provider allows DNS access to this server.

If you have to change anything else than APN, user, password or dial in number for your provider please leave a note at the Discussion Page.

For details and background information on GPRS see [[Manually using GPRS]].

== Download ==
{|border=1
! Version
! Download
! Release Focus
|-
| 0.7b ('''current''')
| [http://mput.de/~kristian/.openmoko/settingsgui-0.7b.tar.bz2 SettingsGUI-0.7b.tar.bz2]
| bugfix on GSM page, bug prevented detection of gsmd connection (emerged with libgsmd-tool update)
|-
| 0.7
| [http://mput.de/~kristian/.openmoko/settingsgui-0.7.tar.bz2 SettingsGUI-0.7.tar.bz2]
| cleanups, using AT mode, distutils, ATDT -> ATD
|-
| 0.6
| [http://mput.de/~kristian/.openmoko/SettingsGUI-0.6.tar.gz SettingsGUI-0.6.tar.gz]
| audio settings (mute, save), gprs settings (all new)
|-
| older
| [http://mput.de/~kristian/.openmoko/ Directory listing]
|
|}

[http://b030.tfh-berlin.de/OpenMoko/ Mirror]

Thanks to [[User:Alessandro | Alessandro]] there also is an .ipk and a .bb file. Have a look at his user site.

== Environment ==

:''For more, see [[Python]].''

The following archives will have to be installed (source packages: python python-pygtk python-pycairo python-pygobject):

* python-core
* python-misc
* python-lang
* python-pygtk
* python-subprocess
* python-threading (should be a dependency of python-subprocess - todo: fix)
* python-pygobject (should be a dependency of python-pygtk - todo: fix)

If you want to test this and do not have a build environment, you can 'ipkg install' the python components from the ScaredyCat [[repositories]].

{{note|These packages take up a considerable amout of space (about 10 MByte), make sure that you have enough free space or install the packages to the media card as explained in [[package management]].}}

== Installation / Execution ==

=== from package ===
* add Alessandros repository as a [[ipkg]] source

vi /etc/ipkg/alessandro.conf

* insert

src/gz aiurlano-armv4t http://aiurlano.netsons.org/OpenMoko/ipk/armv4t
src/gz aiurlano-all http://aiurlano.netsons.org/OpenMoko/ipk/all

* update your db

ipkg update

* install latest settingsgui

ipkg install settingsgui

=== from source ===
* download file to Neo (e.g. using wget)
* Uncompress tar.bz2 file (e.g. e.g. tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2)
* install:
cd settingsgui-x.x
mv settingsgui settingsgui.py
mkdir settingsgui
mv * settingsgui
mv settingsgui/settingsgui.py ./

* run:
export DISPLAY=:0.0
python settingsgui.py &

=== Comment on Installation ===

From Version 0.7 Python distutils is used. So you could also use the setup.py script to install the package:
python settingsgui-x.x/setup.py install

For Version 0.8beta (I didn't test for 0.7), don't change any names, just unpack and then:
cd settingsgui-x.x
python setup.py install

But to do this you'll also have to install the packages:
python-compile python-devel python-stringold python-distutils

[[Category:Applications]]
[[Category:In_progress]]

User:Zdanek

2007-09-18T09:11:20Z

Zdanek:

'''Name:''' Bartek Zdanowski; '''Location:''' Warsaw, Poland.

Mail/jabber bartek.zdanowski[att]gmail.com

==Summary==
* PHP and Java programmer

==Academic==
* MSc at Warsaw University of Technology - Mar 2007. My thesis was about Blind person computer aid system

==OpenMoko==
* I own [http://www.openmoko.org.pl openmoko.org.pl] and maintain it with my friend [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:cayco Cayco]
* I'd like to spread OpenMoko idea in Poland

GPS on the Neo 1973

2007-09-14T05:24:17Z

Zdanek:

The Neo1973 device contains an integrated GPS. The particular device
is marketed as an AGPS, and there is some [[Hardware:AGPS |
discussion]] available as to what significance that "A" might have.

All purchased phones do not include the GPS binary driver. [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-July/008466.html]

In the very early shipment to 50 Phase 1 developers, a binary-only program for talking to the the GPS was accidentally included
in /home/root/DM2/gps, (and presumably, the same binary would function on a P0 device).

There is an ongoing effort to write a Free Software
program that could be used instead of this binary-only program. See
[[Hammerhead/Protocol]] for details and the latest status.

For those few with the binary driver in the meantime, Pavel Machek
[http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/39229.html provides] the
following script for recording an NMEA stream from the binary program.
The binary program was compiled to OABI format which now is obsolete as OM2007.2 builds are in EABI format. You can still run the binary with ''chroot''. [[user:Zdanek|Bartek Zdanowski]] wrote an [http://www.openmoko.org.pl/node/55 aticle] how to run GPS receiver.

#!/bin/sh
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/gta01\:vibrator/brightness
killall gllin cat
sleep 1
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/gta01\:vibrator/brightness
mknod /tmp/nmeaNP p
cat /tmp/nmeaNP >> /tmp/gps.nmea &
/home/root/DM2/gps/gllin -low 5
/home/root/DM2/gps/gllin -periodic 3

He also [http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/39659.html succeeded]
at getting the Neo1973 to act like a bluetooth GPS with the following
script: (Note that this script has bad problems if you run it more than once. You can get a "time traveling GPS" effect, with the GPS showing you your past position).

#!/bin/sh
killall rfcomm tail
mknod /dev/rfcomm0 c 216 0
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/s3c2410-i2c/i2c-0/0-0008/gta01-pm-bt.0/power_on
sleep 1
hciconfig hci0 up name linuxgps
sleep 1
sdpd
sleep 1
sdptool add SP
(
while true; do
rfcomm listen /dev/rfcomm0 1
sleep 1
done
) &
(
while true; do
tail -f /tmp/gps.nmea > /dev/rfcomm0
echo 1 > /sys/class/leds/gta01\:vibrator/brightness
sleep 1
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/gta01\:vibrator/brightness
done
) &

=== Possible GPS programs ===

As people develop more sophisticated GPS applications, please note them here.

Here are some ideas for possibilities:

* Cairo-based mapping

* Routing

* [[Openstreetmap]] logger, (with voice annotations)

* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-July/007252.html collection of ideas]

[[Category:GPS]]

Gllin

2007-09-13T21:18:24Z

Zdanek:

gllin is an userpsace driver for a hammerhead chip. It was distributed on phase1 openmokos.

Unfortunately, it is an OABI binary, and not even static one, so lots of stuff is needed for it to work. For security reasons, and for compatibility with EABI userland, it is probably best to run it in chroot. [[user:Zdanek|Zdanek's]] wrote an [http://www.openmoko.org.pl/node/55 article] how to put that together.

Your chroot will need to contain following files:

./dev 
./dev/zero 
./dev/ttySAC1 
./etc 
./etc/hosts 
./etc/nsswitch.conf 
./etc/host.conf 
./lib 
./lib/libm.so.6 
./lib/libpthread-2.5.so 
./lib/libnss_files.so.2 
./lib/libnss_compat-2.5.so 
./lib/libnss_mdns6_minimal.so.2 
./lib/libanl-2.5.so 
./lib/libgcc_s.so.1 
./lib/libutil-2.5.so 
./lib/libmemusage.so 
./lib/libm-2.5.so 
./lib/libc-2.5.so 
./lib/libnss_mdns_minimal.so.2 
./lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 
./lib/libnss_mdns4_minimal.so.2 
./lib/libpthread.so.0 
./lib/librt-2.5.so 
./lib/libdl-2.5.so 
./lib/libutil.so.1 
./lib/libthread_db-1.0.so 
./lib/libcrypt-2.5.so 
./lib/libnss_compat.so.2 
./lib/libnss_mdns4.so.2 
./lib/libnss_mdns6.so.2 
./lib/ld-2.5.so 
./lib/libcidn.so.1 
./lib/libthread_db.so.1 
./lib/libnss_files-2.5.so 
./lib/libanl.so.1 
./lib/libcrypt.so.1 
./lib/libnss_dns-2.5.so 
./lib/ld-linux.so.2 
./lib/libnss_mdns.so.2 
./lib/libdl.so.2 
./lib/libnss_dns.so.2 
./lib/libc.so.6 
./lib/librt.so.1 
./lib/libcidn-2.5.so 
./lib/libBrokenLocale-2.5.so 
./log 
./tmp 
./tmp/nmeaNP 
./usr 
./usr/lib 
./usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 
./usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8 
./gllin 
./sys 

...and you"ll want to mount /sys there. Then, to get gps to work, do:

root@fic-gta01:/chroot$ cat /chroot/tmp/nmeaNP & 
root@fic-gta01:/chroot$ chroot /chroot/ gllin -low 1 
root@fic-gta01:/chroot$ chroot /chroot/ gllin -periodic 1

External Feeds

2007-09-13T17:28:11Z

Zdanek:

There are a number of blogs written by people in the [[OpenMoko]] community that are not part of the official feed, however can be accessed individually with the URLs below:

{| border="1"
! Blog Name !! Author !! Description !! Feed
|-
|devzero.net || [[User:Jgm|Jim McDonald]] || Application development (focused on messaging) || http://beta.blogger.com/feeds/6353086131724697255/posts/summary/-/openmoko
|-
|unethicalblogger.com || [[User:rtyler | R. Tyler Ballance]] || Porting Mono to OpenMoko || http://unethicalblogger.com/blog_categories/openmoko/feed
|-
|OpenMoko.org.PL || [[User:Zdanek|Bartłomiej Zdanowski]] [[User:Cayco|Krzysztof Kajkowski]] || First polish OpenMoko site (mostly blogs) || http://www.openmoko.org.pl/rss.xml
|-
|mokoapps.org || [[User:Henrikw|Henrikw]] || Site to promote openmoko applications || http://www.mokoapps.org/feed/
|-
|-
|neo1973.wordpress.com || [[User:MTH|MTH]] || German blog about OpenMoko and Neo1973 || http://neo1973.wordpress.com/feed/
|-
|http://slcolombia.org/aztlek/Blog/ || [[User:Aztlek|Aztlek]] || Spanish blog about Free Software (and OpenMoko) ||
|-

|}

[[Category:Information]]

External Feeds

2007-09-13T17:27:26Z

Zdanek:

There are a number of blogs written by people in the [[OpenMoko]] community that are not part of the official feed, however can be accessed individually with the URLs below:

{| border="1"
! Blog Name !! Author !! Description !! Feed
|-
|devzero.net || [[User:Jgm|Jim McDonald]] || Application development (focused on messaging) || http://beta.blogger.com/feeds/6353086131724697255/posts/summary/-/openmoko
|-
|unethicalblogger.com || [[User:rtyler | R. Tyler Ballance]] || Porting Mono to OpenMoko || http://unethicalblogger.com/blog_categories/openmoko/feed
|-
|http://www.openmoko.org.pl || [[User:Zdanek|Bartłomiej Zdanowski]] [[User:Cayco|Krzysztof Kajkowski]] || First polish OpenMoko site (mostly blogs) || http://www.openmoko.org.pl/rss.xml
|-
|mokoapps.org || [[User:Henrikw|Henrikw]] || Site to promote openmoko applications || http://www.mokoapps.org/feed/
|-
|-
|neo1973.wordpress.com || [[User:MTH|MTH]] || German blog about OpenMoko and Neo1973 || http://neo1973.wordpress.com/feed/
|-
|http://slcolombia.org/aztlek/Blog/ || [[User:Aztlek|Aztlek]] || Spanish blog about Free Software (and OpenMoko) ||
|-

|}

[[Category:Information]]

Neo 1973 and Windows

2007-09-12T17:21:06Z

Zdanek: /* Option 1, using Windows ICS */

This page tries to collect some information on how to use your Neo1973 together with a computer running a Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) series operating system.

Please note that this is not really supported, and that the OpenMoko developers themselves only use Linux for testing.

== Connecting to the phone ==

=== Bluetooth connection ===

How to connect to Windows XP via Bluetooth is described here: [[Manually_using_Bluetooth#Bluetooth_networking_with_a_Windows_XP_system]]

=== USB Ethernet emulation ===
{{note|As of Kernel 2.6.22.5-moko11, USB RNDIS networking ''finally works'' in Windows XP using the procedure described below.}}

# Download http://privat.wmo.de/~c_schweers/NeoRndis.inf to somewhere convenient on your Windows machine.
# Connect the Neo1973 USB port to the Windows machine, using a standard USB-A to USB-mini-B cable.
# Assuming the new drivers have been installed as above, Windows should detect the Neo1973 and prompt you for a driver for the USB device. Select to specify your own driver, and then choose the NeoRndis.inf file you downloaded earlier. This file tells Windows XP to use its own built-in RNDIS driver for the device.
# Windows may complain of "reduced network connectivity". This is because it expects to be able to get an address automatically from the Neo1973 and it doesn't provide one in the default setup. To fix this, see the next step.
# Go into the Windows network configuration for the new USB networking adapter and set the IP address of the interface to 192.168.0.200.

You should now be able to connect to your Neo1973 on 192.168.0.202 via ssh (e.g. putty)

=== Connection to the Internet ===

If you want to connect to the internet from your Neo via Windows XP, e.g. for doing ipkg update/upgrade, you need to set up IP forwarding and routing properly.

==== Option 1, using Windows ICS ====

An easy way to do this is to use Windows Internet Connection Sharing.

To do this, you need to create a network bridge which contains the usb connection to the Neo.

Then you tell Windows to share the WAN connection (i.e. the network interface which connects your Windows system to the internet) with the new bridge.

Then you manually set the IP address of the bridge to 192.168.0.200

After you have done all this, the Neo will be able to route through the Windows machine out to the internet. DNS queries will also be proxied by the Windows machine. Of course, /etc/resolv.conf on the Neo needs to be set to your local DNS or a free DNS.

'''New''' When you have LAN with network address 192.168.0.0 you have to do some hacking.
1. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and set for usb0
'' address 192.168.2.202
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.2.0
gateway 192.168.2.1
''
On Windows go to Network settings, ''pull out LAN cable'' (so there's no connection with local DHCP server which conflicts with IP 192.168.0.1), enable connection sharing for Neo-USB cable. Then edit Neo-usb interface settings and change it's IP address to 192.168.2.1 and set gateway for yours 192.168.0.x (other which you have). Apply changes with OK. Put in net cable. Enjoy net on NEO.

==== Option 2, using IP Forwarding and extra routing ====

An alternative way is to do it manually:

In the Windows registry, go to:
Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
and set
REG_DWORD: "IPEnableRouter" to "1"
Be aware that IP Forwarding can be a security risk.

Then, if there is a router between your Windows XP system and the internet, you also need to tell the router how to get back to your Neo, so you need to set a route on it for 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 to your Windows XP LAN interface IP address. Windows will then forward the packets to the Neo.

=== Further references ===
* http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/NDIS/rndis.mspx
* http://maemo.org/maemowiki/USBnetworkingWinXP
* http://docwiki.gumstix.org/Setting_up_USBnet
* http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/WindowsXpUsbNetworkHowTo

[[Category:Documentation]]
[[Category:Guides]]

Openmoko Local Groups: Warsaw

2007-09-01T20:02:15Z

Zdanek:

Witajcie na warszawskiej stronie projektu OpenMoko!

{|border=1
!Imię i nazwisko
!Umiejętności
!stopień zainteresowania
!Inne
|-
| [[User:Cayco|Krzysztof Kajkowski]]
|Administracja Linux/Unix, Python, C/C++, Java, bash i parę innych; ostatnio grzebię w MacOS X
|Jestem na liście już od dawna, Neo1973 kupiłem pierwszego dnia
|A widziałeś już http://www.openmoko.org.pl ?
|-
| [[User:PiotrDuda|PiotrDuda]]
|C/C++, Java, Perl i inne. Od wielu lat raczej ciężkie technologie - serwery aplikacyjne, serwery transakcyjne itp. Może czas na urządzenia mobilne :-D
|Na liście od listopada 2006, Neo kupiłem pierwszej nocy ;-)
|BASE Neo1973 GTA01
|-
| [[User:Zdanek|Bartek Zdanowski]]
| Programista PHP, Java
| Interesuję się OM od końca 2006. Zaraził mnie Cayco (Krzysiek Kajkowski). Posiadam Neo Advanced.
| Razem z Cayco prowadzimy http://www.openmoko.org.pl
|}

Zobacz [[Talk:OpenMoko_Local_Groups:_Warsaw|rozmowy]]

[[Category:Community]]

User talk:Zdanek

2007-09-01T20:01:11Z

Zdanek:

Talk talk talk :D

User:Zdanek

2007-09-01T20:00:51Z

Zdanek:

'''Name:''' Bartek Zdanowski; '''Location:''' Warsaw, Poland.

Talk to me at my [[User_talk:Zdanek|talk page]].

==Summary==
* PHP and Java programmer

==Academic==
* MSc at Warsaw University of Technology - Mar 2007. My thesis was about Blind person computer aid system

==OpenMoko==
* I own [http://www.openmoko.org.pl openmoko.org.pl] and maintain it with my friend [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:cayco Cayco]
* I'd like to spread OpenMoko idea in Poland

Openmoko Local Groups: Warsaw

2007-09-01T19:06:17Z

Zdanek:

Witajcie na warszawskiej stronie projektu OpenMoko!

{|border=1
!Imię i nazwisko
!Umiejętności
!stopień zainteresowania
!Inne
|-
| Krzysztof Kajkowski
|Administracja Linux/Unix, Python, C/C++, Java, bash i parę innych; ostatnio grzebię w MacOS X
|Jestem na liście już od dawna, Neo1973 kupiłem pierwszego dnia
|A widziałeś już http://www.openmoko.org.pl ?
|-
| [[User:PiotrDuda|PiotrDuda]]
|C/C++, Java, Perl i inne. Od wielu lat raczej ciężkie technologie - serwery aplikacyjne, serwery transakcyjne itp. Może czas na urządzenia mobilne :-D
|Na liście od listopada 2006, Neo kupiłem pierwszej nocy ;-)
|BASE Neo1973 GTA01
|-
| Bartek Zdanowski
| Programista PHP, Java
| Interesuję się OM od końca 2006. Zaraził mnie Cayco (Krzysiek Kajkowski). Posiadam Neo Advanced.
| Razem z Cayco prowadzimy http://www.openmoko.org.pl
|}

Zobacz [[Talk:OpenMoko_Local_Groups:_Warsaw|rozmowy]]

[[Category:Community]]

Openmoko Local Groups: Warsaw

2007-09-01T19:05:52Z

Zdanek:

Witajcie na warszawskiej stronie projektu OpenMoko!

{|border=1
!Imię i nazwisko
!Umiejętności
!stopień zainteresowania
!Inne
|-
| Krzysztof Kajkowski
|Administracja Linux/Unix, Python, C/C++, Java, bash i parę innych; ostatnio grzebię w MacOS X
|Jestem na liście już od dawna, Neo1973 kupiłem pierwszego dnia
|A widziałeś już http://www.openmoko.org.pl ?
|-
| [[User:PiotrDuda|PiotrDuda]]
|C/C++, Java, Perl i inne. Od wielu lat raczej ciężkie technologie - serwery aplikacyjne, serwery transakcyjne itp. Może czas na urządzenia mobilne :-D
|Na liście od listopada 2006, Neo kupiłem pierwszej nocy ;-)
|BASE Neo1973 GTA01
|-
| Bartek Zdanowski
| Programista PHP, Java
| Interesuję się OM od końca 2006. Zaraził mnie Cayco (Krzysiek Kajkowski)
| Razem z Cayco prowadzimy http://www.openmoko.org.pl
|}

Zobacz [[Talk:OpenMoko_Local_Groups:_Warsaw|rozmowy]]

[[Category:Community]]