Notes about the current testing image

William Kenworthy billk at iinet.net.au
Thu Dec 11 13:18:35 CET 2008


If you read the email you attached below ... bug #1767

BillK


On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 12:04 +0000, Samuel Pereira wrote:
> Hello  John,
> 
> I try yesterday image, and the boot speed is really fast, its great!
> 
> I flash the neo, change /etc/enlightment/default for illume!
> 
> And when i try to change config illume, desktops, fonts, theme, the qpe 
> crash, and i cannot change it!
> This is a detected bug?
> 
> 
> Thanks for your work,
> Samuel
> 
> 
> > 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
> >
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> >
> >   
> 
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