GPS application (was: Request for help: Would like community applications to show anddiscuss at LinuxWorld)

Yorick Moko yorickmoko at gmail.com
Thu Jul 31 12:36:16 CEST 2008


start-up solved:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Navit
TryExec=navit
GenericName=Navit
Comment=GPS Navigation
Exec=navit
Icon=diversity-nav
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;GPS;
StartupNotify=true
SingleInstance=true

solved it

but the destination screen crashes

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Yorick Moko <yorickmoko at gmail.com> wrote:
> that page seems very out-dated...
> I modified the desktop file and it still won't start, what am I doing wrong?
> the file looks like this:
>
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Navit
> TryExec=navit
> GenericName=Navit
> Comment=GPS Navigation
> Exec=navit
> Icon=diversity-nav
> Terminal=false
> Type=Application
> Categories=GPS;
> StartupNotify=false
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Also I could not find any info about the known workaround for crashing
> when opening the destination screen
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Tilman Baumann <tilman at baumann.name> wrote:
>> arne anka wrote:
>>>> Navit works supprisingly well.
>>>> Very well with 'stolen/misused' Map&Route maps.
>>>
>>> got wherefrom, ie what kind of maps work with it?
>> http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Main_Page#Maps
>>
>>>> But i have to say, the navit build for openmoko is in bad condition.
>>>> (easy to fix)
>>>
>>> care to elaborate?
>> The version from Alessandro (ipkg tree linked on his wiki site) is very
>> old, has no .desktop file and icon and crashes when you open the
>> destination screen (known workaround).
>>
>> Details here
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Navit
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