No pin dialog/ qpe

[Lorn Potter]

Norbert Hartl wrote:
> What is qpe exactly doing? I noticed a lot of problems
> other people reporting like the no pin dialog. Looking 
> at the device qpe uses 100% CPU for a long time. I don't
> understand it but the CPU usage of qpe is capable to slow
> down other things extremely. The SIM Pin dialog is working
> with the new firmware but delayed through qpe.
> 
> Holger Freyther gave me the hint that it is looking for 
> media on the SD card. In 
> 
> /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/Storage.conf

That is one possible thing it is doing at startup. The idea is that it 
is a phone, and you only startup in rare instances.

> 
> there is a section where qpe is configured for the media
> it should search. For the SD card every media type is 
> activated. So the qpe searches the SD card after booting
> blocking a lot of other things. There are two issues for
> me:
> 
> - it is discussable if these settings are useful as default
>   to search for media on the SD card. While being troublesome
>   I would be against it

If Qtopia is not allowed to search the SD card, it will not be able to 
see/use files on it, so then why have it at all?

> 
> - furthermore the SD card is configured as being removable
>   forcing the qpe to do the search every time being activated.
>   Removable can be interpret as two things. The card is removable
>   at runtime or it is removable at all. In the second case this 
>   would be true for hard disks as well :)
>   If this is meant as something sensible at runtime this is a
>   misinterpretation. You have to shut down the freeunner to 
>   remove the card so it is not really removable

But it _IS_ removable, losable and optional. The flash chip is not. As 
well, you might have added files to it while you had it out.




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Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Systems Group, Trolltech, a Nokia company