[qtopia on freerunner] - What is the right place to discuss Qtopia on Openmoko?

[Randy S.]

Thank you, Lorn. I am out of town for the weekend with only a Windows
laptop. I will try to get the Ubuntu Live CD and try your suggestion for the
bootup locks.


On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Lorn Potter <lpotter at trolltech.com> wrote:

> Randy S. wrote:
> > Great! Here's what I've got.
> >
> > 1. Often, a startup seems to fail. This always happens when I use NAND
> > u-Boot (a 7-10-2008 version), but usually is OK with u-Boot from NOR (I
> > think it's a May 2008 version).
> Try this:
> Quickfix is to ssh into device, edit /etc/init.d/qpe and remove the lines:
> -#crappy workaround for some weird suspend bug
> -rm /dev/ttySAC0
> -mknod /dev/ttySAC0 c 204 64 -m 660
> -chgrp dialout /dev/ttySAC0
> -
>
> which I put in for the 1973 and attempting to get suspend/resume
> working. The little crash at first start was fixed in my initial testing
> of this.
>
> >
> > 2. Bluetooth handsfree - pairs and connects fine with my handsfree
> > headset. But if I try to make a call with it, there is no sound in the
> > headset or the handset. I don't know if the other person hears me.
> >
> > 3. Bluetooth keyboard - will pair but not connect with my Logitech
> > Lenovo Mini bluetooth keyboard.
> >
> > 4. Bluetooth and reboot - I don't know for sure, but it appears that
> > having any bluetooth configured will cause Qtopia to fail on reboot.
> > I've had to re-flash the rootfs to reset things.
>
> will look into bt things.
>
> >
> > 5. Wireless LAN - once this is set up, it never successfully connects. I
> > use a WPA-KEY configuration. Worse, it seems that after I configure it,
> > Qtopia will never successfully boot up again. I've had to re-flash the
> > rootfs to reset things.
>
> That is because wpa_supplicant has problems on this system. If you can
> get it up through the commandline, let me know. I couldn't.
>
> Qtopia runs the script /opt/Qtopia/bin/lan-network for wifi configurations.
>
>
> >
> > 6. Installing QPK apps - Is this possible? I would like to run a
> > terminal (the Konsole port) and any other useful/cool apps. I don't know
> > how to go about this. I've copied some QPK files to the /home/root on
> > the device, but how can these be installed? Or can they?
>
> They need to be on a web server/feed.
> I will set up such a feed this week at qtopia.net
>
> Qpk's are like opkg but with added security features, such as sandboxing
> and not running scripts.
>
> >
> > 7. Can I use the package manager to find apps? (Presumably that requires
> > a network connection, which I don't yet have.)
>
> Yes, but it only handles qpk's.
>
> >
> > 8. Is there a walkthrough to set up GPRS? I'm on T-Mobile in the US.
> > Should I follow the Manually Using GPRS in the openmoko wiki? Or can it
> > be done via Qtopia's UI? (I've not been successful with the latter.)
>
> GPRS in Qtopia depends on multiplexing, which we haven't yet gotten
> working. We will once we get a few more freerunners.
>
> >
> > 9. Is there any web browser available for this version? Lorn, I saw you
> > mentioned 4.4 will have a Webkit port. Can't wait for that.
>
> 4.4 is it. I am trying to get mgmnt to start qtopia 4.4 snapshots so I
> could release images for it.
>
> >
> > Thanks for what looks to be a very promising software set, and help
> > addressing these issues.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Lorn Potter <lpotter at trolltech.com
> > <mailto:lpotter at trolltech.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Randy S. wrote:
> >      > Because it seems to make the FR the closest to actually usable, I
> am
> >      > using the Qtopia v4.3.2 image and have run into some issues. Where
> is
> >      > the proper place to discuss these things?  Here in this forum, or
> >     in a
> >      > Qtopia forum? Thx!
> >
> >     I think here is fine. otherwise there is a qtopia-interest mailing
> list:
> >     http://lists.trolltech.com/qtopia-interest/
> >     or there are qtopia forums at qtopia.net <http://qtopia.net>
> >
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Lorn 'ljp' Potter
> >     Software Engineer, Systems Group, Trolltech, a Nokia company
> >
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