Trying to get support for some Neo setup problems...

john dowd jdowdster at gmail.com
Fri Dec 19 16:55:17 CET 2008


I found the problem. The actual directory being searched by default is
the /usr/share/pixmap. Linphone is installing a directory containing
its various "png" files there but not putting the extended path into
the desktop.linphone file.

Cheers!!

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:03 AM, john dowd <jdowdster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Already checked but no joy.
>
> Al, I was fooling around with the GUI and found the "About" menu item
> that had the linphone website on it. Rather than bother you and the
> community (since I'm actually being paid to do this!!) I'll work
> through the website and figure out my problems. Thanks for the help.
>
> Cheers!!
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Al Johnson
> <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> Probably the wrong path to the icon in the .desktop file which from memory
>> will be something like /usr/share/applications/linphone.desktop
>>
>> On Friday 19 December 2008, john dowd wrote:
>>> 2.1.1 it appears. And since I have never used gnome (I'm a KDE guy), I
>>> had not thought of checking the gnome resource directory. I'll modify
>>> it and see if that gets it working.
>>>
>>> Since you seem to be in an informative mood I have one more question
>>> (for now.. lol). The array of Icon's displayed by the GUI (I guess I'm
>>> using illume/enlightenment GUI) only shows a blank box for the
>>> linphone icon. I can see that it installed various "png" files to use.
>>> Any ideas what I should look at as to why its not displaying the
>>> proper icon file?
>>>
>>> Thanks for all your help Al.
>>>
>>> Cheers!!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Al Johnson
>>>
>>> <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> > Which version are you running? It used to be ~/.linphonerc for CLI and
>>> > ~/.gnome2/linphone for GUI in 1.6 and 1.7, and probably 2.x too.
>>> >
>>> > On Friday 19 December 2008, john dowd wrote:
>>> >> But where does it go? Right now, the linphone application is using the
>>> >> username for the "user account" of the registration. In the
>>> >> configuration files of the cli version its set correctly.
>>> >>
>>> >> I tried to run "strace" on the GUI version to watch and see when it
>>> >> tried to open a configuration file but no joy. Didn't seem to even
>>> >> try.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers!!
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Al Johnson
>>> >>
>>> >> <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >> > The structure of the config files for the linphone CLI and GUI are the
>>> >> > same, so you should be able to take the working one for the CLI and
>>> >> > copy it over the GUI one. At the very least you should be able to copy
>>> >> > the registration details from one and paste it into the other.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Friday 19 December 2008, john dowd wrote:
>>> >> >> Thanks for the response guys, I appreciate the help.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I was able to get the linphone application installed manually
>>> >> >> (package by package) onto the Neo. It even works to a point. I've
>>> >> >> only managed to get the command line version to work. So (this is
>>> >> >> funny), in order to place a SIP phone call from my Neo, I have to ssh
>>> >> >> into it from my laptop and then using the command line "linphonec"
>>> >> >> application, I can then actually register with the PBX and place a
>>> >> >> call. As a demo, this is really going to suck.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I can't seem to configure the GUI version to use the appropriate
>>> >> >> settings to register with the PBX. I'll have a look at the source
>>> >> >> code (if I can find it) and if it's a dead end, I'll pull apart the
>>> >> >> twinkle debian package and try to install it. Any further advice
>>> >> >> would be appreciated.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Cheers!!
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> <timo.lindfors at iki.fi> wrote:
>>> >> >> > "Robin Paulson" <robin.paulson at gmail.com> writes:
>>> >> >> >> extrapolating this point further, would it be possible to
>>> >> >> >> (manually) install apt and related tools to an om2008.9 system,
>>> >> >> >> and get access to the debian archives directly?
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Chroot is the easiest way to do that. Surely it will waste extra
>>> >> >> > 200M of space but SD cards are cheap.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
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