Freerunner issues

Fri Aug 22 13:37:37 CEST 2008

Updates:
 I changed the script to something like "top -b -n 1 | grep phone-kit
| awk '{print $9}' | cut -b 1"
(don't remember the exact command but the idea was to cut the % from top output)

One more Q: Can I know where the contacts are stored - this is for
taking the backup of it.

Thanks!
Muthu Subramanian

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Muthu Subramanian <muthusuba at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  I was able to do the things suggested by Steven - very helpful.
> I had to change the scripts a little -e.g. in the presuspend, I had to
> change != "Discharging" to = "Charging"
> (the status used to be "Not charging" on my phone).
>
> The only problem is - i don't have the cpu_percent program in /usr/bin
> - i couldn't find it anywhere else also.
>
> Thanks for all the help!
> Muthu Subramanian
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Muthu Subramanian <muthusuba at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  Yes, I am using the 2007.2 kernel. I can also update the kernel if necessary.
>>
>> 1. Disabling standby sounds like a good (but temporary) solution. BTW,
>> how long does the battery last in such cases?
>>
>> 2. Also, is there a way to disable or enable 'ringtone'? I need the
>> phone in silent mode most of the times during the day (so, right now
>> the standby kind of helps :) ).
>>
>> 3. One more issue that I faced: The phone doesn't enter standby. I
>> think this happens when there is a missed call - not always thou. It
>> also wakes up un-necessarily when it is in standby.
>> 4. Another one: I cannot re-enable GSM module after disabling it.
>>
>> Not so important one: I hope to load the 2008.8 into the sd-card and
>> have a dual boot configuration. Let me know if this is not possible,
>>
>> This solution is interesting:
>> http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-August/025388.html
>> will give it a try, thanks!
>> I hope it works with the official freerunner distro, i.e. 2007.2 also.
>>
>> 5. Also, is there a wiki page or something where 'how tos' for
>> tweaking of settings are mentioned? Like the standby idle-time,
>> silent-mode, screen brightness, etc?
>>
>> 6. I have installed media player, debug tool, gps, calc, calendar, ...
>> The phone's become slower - boot time is higher and application (eg.
>> dialer) loading takes a lot of time. Is this normal? It sure was
>> faster before I updated/installed those.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Muthu Subramanian
>>
>>
>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:36:15 +0200
>>> From: "Joachim Ott" <joachim.ott at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Freerunner issues
>>> To: "Support for Openmoko Device Owners" <support at lists.openmoko.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>        <d2be2e370808200436k1f111bfuc90d82abc0f52286 at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> 2008/8/20 Muthu Subramanian <muthusuba at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>  I have been using freerunner for about a month now. I have updated
>>>> the software from the daily builds.
>>>>
>>>> From the time I got the phone, I have these problems:
>>>> ...
>>>> 4. Where are the boot messages stored? ( I can see some kind of 'help'
>>>> message thrown out - most probably because of  wrong parameters,
>>>>    but unable to read it).
>>>
>>>
>>> By default, the messages go into a memory buffer. You always can see the
>>> last part  with "dmesg". If you want them in a file, edit /etc/syslog.conf
>>> and change the destination to "file" (and killall -HUP syslogd). You might
>>> as well change ROTATESIZE and ROTATEGENS, and additionally turn off some
>>> logging from other daemons like gsmd (see /etc/init.d/gsmd). The other
>>> possibility might be DESTINATION="remote" and have a syslogd on another PC
>>> accepting the messages.
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/support/attachments/20080820/cd35fb55/attachment-0001.htm
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:46:39 +0530
>>> From: "rakshat hooja" <rakshat at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Freerunner issues
>>> To: "Support for Openmoko Device Owners" <support at lists.openmoko.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>        <69a2e4550808200516n40c3e43cr826c20452468c7f5 at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> Can you list which kernel and u-boot version you are using.
>>>
>>> I am assuming you are using the 2007.2 distribution?
>>>
>>> Rakshat
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Muthu Subramanian <muthusuba at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>  I have been using freerunner for about a month now. I have updated
>>>> the software from the daily builds.
>>>>
>>>> From the time I got the phone, I have these problems:
>>>> 1. The ringer switches off (i.e. the phone goes into silent mode)
>>>> after the 1st standby (5min standby).
>>>> 2. After the first standby the music player throws 'gstreamer error'
>>>> and doesn't produce the music. But if I restart pulseaudio - I can
>>>> listen to music.
>>>> 3. The phone moves to standby even when on call and/or the music is
>>>> playing.
>>>> 4. Where are the boot messages stored? ( I can see some kind of 'help'
>>>> message thrown out - most probably because of  wrong parameters,
>>>>    but unable to read it).
>>>> 5. The mailing lists and the wiki are very difficult to search - can
>>>> it be made more 'search' friendly? Or can you tell me whats the best
>>>> way to search?
>>>>    (I currently use google on lists.openmoko.org)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>> Muthu Subramanian
>>>> http://muthusuba.blogspot.com/
>>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DomainDeveloper
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>
>