Notes about the current testing image
John Lee
john_lee at openmoko.org
Thu Dec 11 10:43:17 CET 2008
Dear community,
Here is the note I kept about the current testing image. Part of it
was already in the status update I sent before. I modified a bit to
match the current situation and put it here so it could be archived.
Please remember that since it's not in stable repo, it is a subject to
change. What I wrote here only applies to the testing image for the
last couple days.
Upgrade from Om2008.9
---------------------
Note: you can also flash new image in
http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/testing
Note: only upgrade from a clean Om2008.9 image is tested.
sed -i -e 's%Om2008.8%testing%' /etc/opkg/*.conf
/etc/init.d/xserver-nodm stop
screen -DR
opkg update
opkg -force-overwrite upgrade
# please ans Y to all questions
# the sshd (dropbear) will restart, so you need to reconnect and do
# 'screen -DR' again
opkg upgrade # just in case
shutdown -r now
To get the fastest boot time you also need to remove the following
packages:
opkg remove task-base-nfs task-base-smbfs task-base-bluetooth \
task-base-usbgadget avahi-daemon avahi-autoipd blueprobe \
usb-gadget-mode portmap exquisite exquisite-theme-freerunner \
exquisite-themes
Known problems about upgrade
* Dropbear restart during opkg upgrade
* some obsolete packages (like kernel modules) still left in system
* will purge your incompatible e config, so you might need to set
stuffs like suspend time again.
Known issues
------------
* usb network won't work at first boot if you flash new image (#2096)
* Illume sigsegv (#1767) - make sure you use asu theme if you use
software_16 engine. If you want to use illume theme, you must
switch to 'software' engine via illume config (in the upper shelf)
* must remove 'ro' in kernel boot parameter if you use sd boot.
* Most of the http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om_2008.8#Known_Issues
are still there.
Changes related to the dismissed optimization team
--------------------------------------------------
#1267: echo AT%Nxxxx patch applied, credit of Treviño
#1489: qtopia volume bar
#69: boot time scripts. Some qtopia modifications as well.
#1347, #2113: userspace suspend/resume
Touch screen driver enhancement: see
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/002822.html
#2031: Scroll list enhancement.
There are still many todo items left on my list and some items half
done, but we didn't have enough time to finish them all. Sorry.
Echo
----
No definitive software solution yet. A way to improve it is:
control.4 Speaker Playback Volume in
/usr/share/openmoko/scenarios/gsmhandset.state
the max value is 127, 95 works best on my neo. With volume level 3 or
4 in qtopia dialer, the other side can only hear a minor trace of echo
while I get good audio quality.
Regards,
John
More information about the community
mailing list