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Yesterday I changed to LXDE/openbox - what a difference! ''Much'' smarter, more responsive, it's almost a new machine.  Never going back.
 
Yesterday I changed to LXDE/openbox - what a difference! ''Much'' smarter, more responsive, it's almost a new machine.  Never going back.
  
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'''Paroli under Debian'''
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'''SHR telephony under Debian'''
  
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Lately I've been playing with Paroli.  I had it almost working for a while, but now it seems to be broken again.  I'll write down how I installed it another time.
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Since the folks have got SHR packaged under debian, I've been running that as the best telephone app so far.
  
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But just for reference, the main reason why I had trouble making it work appears to be incompatibility with the version of framework that is currently packaged with Debian.  right now I think I'm going to make do with what I have.
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Still problems with windows being too small and occasional breaking of GSM connection (no ideas what that's about) but basically works not too badly.
  
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A minor though annoying problem under LXDE (didn't happen with XFCE) is that windows are launched as tiny little things (I first thought it was a glitch in X) and have to be maximised before they can be used.
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As soon as I do the buzz fix I think I'll be able to call it a usable PDA/phone!
  
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But the things that didn't work include:
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'''Some bugs and fixes'''
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* the BTConnected thing in frameworkd.conf
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* playing a .wav file on SMS reception - solved simply and sensibly be encoding it as an .ogg
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* the SMS Vibration function not yet implemented.
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'''Some bus and fixes'''
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* Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
 
* Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
 
* Could not connect to wicd-s D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages. FIX: install notification-daemon (maybe? - still not working)
 
* Could not connect to wicd-s D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages. FIX: install notification-daemon (maybe? - still not working)

Revision as of 07:28, 17 September 2009

Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

What am I trying to do? I want to run a full Linux distro on my Freerunner, with Debian the obvious choice, AND have it work as a usable telephone at the same time.

Choice of Desktop and Window Manager

I started with XFCE/matchbox, which worked pretty nicely but could be painfully slow. I just figured that came with the terrain of trying to run a full windows manager on such a small box.

Yesterday I changed to LXDE/openbox - what a difference! Much smarter, more responsive, it's almost a new machine. Never going back.

SHR telephony under Debian

Since the folks have got SHR packaged under debian, I've been running that as the best telephone app so far.

Still problems with windows being too small and occasional breaking of GSM connection (no ideas what that's about) but basically works not too badly.

As soon as I do the buzz fix I think I'll be able to call it a usable PDA/phone!

Some bugs and fixes

  • Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
  • Could not connect to wicd-s D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages. FIX: install notification-daemon (maybe? - still not working)
  • [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x

GPS Issues

No GPS with "Discarded data not UBX" errors ad infinitum in the framework log. Problem and fix are described here: http://www.mail-archive.com/smartphones-userland@linuxtogo.org/msg01613.html In short "rm /var/lib/freesmartphone/ogpsd.pickle" And the real fix is apparently here: http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=framework.git;a=commitdiff;h=5271e445b327c2132eee6a1f43fcf58c37c67e00

Even though it seems to work now (well it got a fix once so far) it's very slow. It's much faster using other distros running from NAND. Might be the SD/GPS problem described here: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/FreeRunner_GPS_Software_Fix_TTFF_Measurement_Test

Kernel Issues

Problems with ar6000 wifi. Arggghhhh!!! Now I'm getting this: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/2009-March/000844.html Things OK if I disable wicd, but I need it for wifi config. Bah!

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Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

What am I trying to do? I want to run a full Linux distro on my Freerunner, with Debian the obvious choice, AND have it work as a usable telephone at the same time.

Choice of Desktop and Window Manager

I started with XFCE/matchbox, which worked pretty nicely but could be painfully slow. I just figured that came with the terrain of trying to run a full windows manager on such a small box.

Yesterday I changed to LXDE/openbox - what a difference! Much smarter, more responsive, it's almost a new machine. Never going back.

Paroli under Debian

Lately I've been playing with Paroli. I had it almost working for a while, but now it seems to be broken again. I'll write down how I installed it another time.

But just for reference, the main reason why I had trouble making it work appears to be incompatibility with the version of framework that is currently packaged with Debian. right now I think I'm going to make do with what I have.

A minor though annoying problem under LXDE (didn't happen with XFCE) is that windows are launched as tiny little things (I first thought it was a glitch in X) and have to be maximised before they can be used.

But the things that didn't work include:

  • the BTConnected thing in frameworkd.conf
  • playing a .wav file on SMS reception - solved simply and sensibly be encoding it as an .ogg
  • the SMS Vibration function not yet implemented.

Some bus and fixes

  • Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
  • Could not connect to wicd-s D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages. FIX: install notification-daemon (maybe? - still not working)
  • [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x

GPS Issues

No GPS with "Discarded data not UBX" errors ad infinitum in the framework log. Problem and fix are described here: http://www.mail-archive.com/smartphones-userland@linuxtogo.org/msg01613.html In short "rm /var/lib/freesmartphone/ogpsd.pickle" And the real fix is apparently here: http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=framework.git;a=commitdiff;h=5271e445b327c2132eee6a1f43fcf58c37c67e00

Even though it seems to work now (well it got a fix once so far) it's very slow. It's much faster using other distros running from NAND. Might be the SD/GPS problem described here: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/FreeRunner_GPS_Software_Fix_TTFF_Measurement_Test

Kernel Issues

Problems with ar6000 wifi. Arggghhhh!!! Now I'm getting this: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/2009-March/000844.html Things OK if I disable wicd, but I need it for wifi config. Bah!