Notes about the current testing image

Samuel Pereira email at samuelpereira.net
Thu Dec 11 15:08:11 CET 2008


Yeah, you are correct!

Thanks,
Samuel


> 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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