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Jonathan at 06:23, 9 October 2009

2009-10-09T06:23:45Z

Jonathan at 05:28, 17 September 2009

2009-09-17T05:28:19Z

Jonathan: /* Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner */

2009-09-11T04:04:35Z

‎Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

Jonathan: /* Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner */

2009-09-04T23:40:47Z

‎Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

Jonathan: /* Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner */

2009-09-04T09:11:14Z

‎Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

Jonathan at 07:02, 4 September 2009

2009-09-04T07:02:30Z

Jonathan at 05:37, 4 September 2009

2009-09-04T05:37:31Z

Jonathan at 01:37, 4 September 2009

2009-09-04T01:37:19Z

Jonathan: /* Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner */

2009-09-03T04:23:28Z

‎Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner

Jonathan at 04:21, 3 September 2009

2009-09-03T04:21:23Z

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	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.		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.
		+
		+	'''Simple but practical fun with framework'''
		+
		+	'''Auto-configure USB interface'''
		+
		+	Since pretty the only use I make of the USB interface is for the host computer to act as a gateway to the Net, it makes sense to run a DHCP server on my other computers and DHCP client on the Freerunner. And along with that ifplugd to detect when the USB cable is plugged in. But since ifplugd seems not to work with the ethernet over USB, I used a simple hack to framework instead. At the same time it also disables screen blanking and suspend when the USB is plugged in. Extract from /etc/freesmartphone/oevents/rules.yaml
		+
		+	<code>
		+	-
		+	trigger: PowerStatus()
		+	filters: Not(HasAttr(status, "discharging"))
		+	actions:
		+	- Command( "dbus-send --system --dest=org.freesmartphone.odeviced --type=method_call /org/freesmartphone/Device/IdleNotifier/0 org.freesmartphone.Device.IdleNotifier.SetTimeout string:idle_prelock int32:0" )
		+	- Command( "dbus-send --system --dest=org.freesmartphone.odeviced --type=method_call /org/freesmartphone/Device/IdleNotifier/0 org.freesmartphone.Device.IdleNotifier.SetTimeout string:suspend int32:0" )
		+	- Command( "ifup usb0" )
		+	-
		+	trigger: PowerStatus()
		+	filters: HasAttr(status, "discharging")
		+	actions:
		+	- Command( "ifdown usb0" )
		+	- Command( "dbus-send --system --dest=org.freesmartphone.odeviced --type=method_call /org/freesmartphone/Device/IdleNotifier/0 org.freesmartphone.Device.IdleNotifier.SetTimeout string:idle_prelock int32:30" )
		+	- Command( "dbus-send --system --dest=org.freesmartphone.odeviced --type=method_call /org/freesmartphone/Device/IdleNotifier/0 org.freesmartphone.Device.IdleNotifier.SetTimeout string:suspend int32:30" )
		+	-
		+	</code>
		+
		+	'''Locking the screen'''
		+
		+	LXDE and friends appear to lack a simple screen lock so I figured out how to do it myself. First of all a tiny snippet of python that writes its own pid to a temporary file and grabs screen input forever, or until it gets interrupted. Call this file lock_screen:
		+
		+	<code>
		+	#!/usr/bin/env python
		+
		+	import fcntl
		+	import os
		+	import time
		+
		+	EVIOCGRAB = 0x40044590
		+
		+	tmp = open("/tmp/lock_screen", "w")
		+	tmp.write (str (os.getpid ()))
		+	tmp.close ()
		+	screen = os.open("/dev/input/event1", os.O_RDWR\|os.O_NONBLOCK)
		+	fcntl.ioctl(screen, EVIOCGRAB, 1)
		+	while 1:
		+	time.sleep (9999999)
		+	</code>
		+
		+	Second, a bit of sh to start and stop the screen locker on successive calls. Call this code lock_unlock_screen:
		+
		+	<code>
		+	#!/bin/sh
		+	#
		+	if [ -f /tmp/lock_screen ]; then
		+	kill `cat /tmp/lock_screen`
		+	rm /tmp/lock_screen
		+	else
		+	DISPLAY=:0 /home/jschultz/bin/lock_screen &
		+	fi
		+	</code>
		+
		+	Finally a bit of framework configuration that makes the AUX button call the screen locker/unlocker. From /etc/freesmartphone/oevents/rules.yaml
		+
		+	<code>
		+	-
		+	#
		+	# AUX button Handling
		+	#
		+	trigger: InputEvent()
		+	filters:
		+	- HasAttr(switch, "AUX")
		+	- HasAttr(event, "released")
		+	- HasAttr(duration, 0)
		+	actions:
		+	- Command( "/home/jschultz/bin/lock_unlock_screen" )
		+	-
		+	</code>
		+
		+	'''Use headset button to pause/unpause MPlayer'''
		+
		+	This one is great for listening to podcasts... Step one is in /etc/frameworkd.conf and makes ovents report the headset button:
		+
		+	<code>
		+	[odeviced.input]
		+	report5 = HEADSETBUTTON,key,207,1
		+	...
		+	</code>
		+
		+	Second part is in /etc/freesmartphone/oevents/rules.yaml and does two things: 1. ALSA settings to make the sound chip detect the headset button; 2. Respond to the headset button by calling a script:
		+
		+	<code>
		+	#
		+	# Headset Audio Scenario Support
		+	#
		+	-
		+	trigger: InputEvent()
		+	filters:
		+	- HasAttr(switch, "HEADSET")
		+	- HasAttr(event, "pressed")
		+	actions:
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "Amp Spk" mute')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "DAPM Headset Mic" on')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "Left Mixer Sidetone Playback Sw" on')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "ALC Mixer Mic1" cap')
		+	-
		+	trigger: InputEvent()
		+	filters:
		+	- HasAttr(switch, "HEADSET")
		+	- HasAttr(event, "released")
		+	actions:
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "Amp Spk" unmute')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "DAPM Headset Mic" off')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "Left Mixer Sidetone Playback Sw" off')
		+	- Command('amixer -d sset "ALC Mixer Mic1" uncap')
		+	-
		+	trigger: InputEvent()
		+	filters:
		+	- HasAttr(switch, "HEADSETBUTTON")
		+	- HasAttr(event, "released")
		+	- HasAttr(duration, 0)
		+	actions:
		+	- Command( "/home/jschultz/bin/gnome-mplayer-pause" )
		+	-
		+	</code>
		+
		+	Finally the script itself, which does a bit of debouncing (otherwise we seem to get lots of pausing and unpausing each time I push the button) and sends the debus signal to gnome-mplayer to pause/unpause:
		+
		+	<code>
		+	#!/bin/sh
		+	#
		+	# Avoid buttom bounce by disallowing more than 2 presses per second
		+	if [ ! -f /tmp/gnome-mplayer-pause-timestamp ] \|\| [ $((`date +%s%N` - `cat /tmp/gnome-mplayer-pause-timestamp`)) -gt 500000000 ] ; then
		+	DISPLAY=:0 sudo -u jschultz dbus-send --dest=com.gnome.mplayer / com.gnome.mplayer.Pause
		+	date +%s%N > /tmp/gnome-mplayer-pause-timestamp
		+	fi
		+	</code>

	'''Choice of Desktop and Window Manager'''		'''Choice of Desktop and Window Manager'''

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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.
-'''Paroli under Debian'''
+'''SHR telephony 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.
+Since the folks have got SHR packaged under debian, I've been running that as the best telephone app so far.
-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.
+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.
-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.
+As soon as I do the buzz fix I think I'll be able to call it a usable PDA/phone!
-But the things that didn't work include:
+'''Some bugs and fixes'''
-−
-* 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)

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	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		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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	* [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x		* [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x

−	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"	+	'''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

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	* 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)
	* [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x		* [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x
		+
		+	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"

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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.		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:		But the things that didn't work include:

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	* the SMS Vibration function not yet implemented.		* the SMS Vibration function not yet implemented.

−	~~That~~'s ~~all~~ for ~~now~~ :)	+	'''Some bus and fixes'''
		+	* Unable to establish connection with FAM. Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
		+	* Could not eonnect to wicd-s D-Bus interface. Check the wicd log for error messages.
		+	* [elm_win.c:335] elm_win_add() elementary: ERROR. Cannot create window. FIX: install libevas-svn-03-engines-x

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−	~~'''~~Just some notes from playing with my Freerunner~~'''~~	+	== 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.		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.