QtMoko v58 with 2.6.39 kernel and improved power management

Ed Kapitein ed at kapitein.org
Thu Dec 12 10:47:41 CET 2013


Hi Radek,

Thanks a lot!

i am still on the old 2.6.29 kernel ;-)
Will try it out soon.

Can you tell a bit more about your GPS problem?
Is there no output coming from cat /dev/ttySAC1 ?
Does it work with the older kernels?

I m not running qtmoko and the gps is runing fine.

Kind regards,
Ed

On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 10:09 +0100, Radek Polak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> QtMoko v58 for Freerunner is now out! You can download here [1] and
> visit our homepage [2] for more info.
> 
>  
> 
> Here is list of changes since last Freerunner release:
> 
>  
> 
> * gta02 kernel upgrade to 2.6.39
> 
> * hack to stop vibrating after resume
> 
> * show end call button after 2s to avoid unwanted press
> 
> * improved colors in qmplayer encoding
> 
> * better name of encoded movie in qmplayer
> 
> * using emdebian for some packages
> 
> * using glamo-mplayer as package
> 
> * suspend in locked screen is now after 3s
> 
> * accelerometers are now in module and disabled by default (see below)
> 
>  
> 
> 99% of the credit for this release goes to Paul Ferster. He managed to
> find the suspend/resume problem and finally after years we have stable
> kernel. Many thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> As a side effect while playing with the new kernel i have discovered
> power management bug in lis302dl (accelerometer) driver. The module
> seems to eat ~6mA in suspend. So by default the module is now not
> loaded and accelerometers are not working. On the other side, the
> current in suspend is now between 4..6mA which gives ~200 hours in
> standby! If you want to use accels you do:
> 
>  
> 
> echo lis302dl >> /etc/modules
> 
> echo joydev >> /etc/modules
> 
>  
> 
> As for the other changes. I plan to start using Freerunner as my daily
> phone now so i had to fix one old problem. When i answered phone call
> i often accidentaly pressed the "Accept call" button twice. After
> first press the button changed to "End call" and the second press
> ended the call immediately. This is now fix and there is 2s interval
> where second press is ignored.
> 
>  
> 
> Another problem noticed was that sometimes the phone would start
> vibrating after resume. So there is now hack that stops vibrations
> after each resume.
> 
>  
> 
> Another nice thing is that i am now using emdebian and i have rebuild
> a few packages with useless python dependencies. The result is that
> tarbal size went from 161MB -> 88MB and ubifs 146MB -> 102MB.
> 
>  
> 
> So if you are still using Freerunner i hope it can work for you
> nicely.
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers
> 
>  
> 
> Radek
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Btw - anyone has working GPS on Freerunner? I cant get fix and it
> seems it's not SW problem. It would be nice to have it working
> again...
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA02/
> 
> [2] http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
> 
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