GPRS under FSO [Was: Re: What could be done to improve the OM development process?]

[Russell Sears]

Benito wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 14:06 (-0700), Russell Sears wrote:
>>> It works immediatly with FSO and I could phone while GPRS is on.
>> Really?!?  How?  Is there a GUI somewhere, or did you edit the PPP 
>> scripts to enter your provider settings?
> 
> See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPRS_FSO
> 
> The script works flawless here, too.
> 

Nice.

I was beginning to think my GPRS modem was busted. ;)  I wonder if power 
management is working yet.  The pppd docs say leaving gprs on eats lots 
of power.  (The whole battery in 2 hours...)

The wiki page says that it doesn't interfere with phone calls, but 
doesn't go into more detail.

Anyway, [music|gps] + gprs + phone seem to play nice in FSO.  (I hacked 
up a openmoko-mediaplayer package.  Headphone insertion isn't detected 
yet, but it does mute/stop the music when you pick up the phone).

Now I just need music and tangogps to work at the same time.  The 
framework gps thing is a CPU hog, as is ogg/gstreamer...

-Rusty