Om2009 testing release 4

OpenMitko openmitko at gmail.com
Thu May 21 23:21:11 CEST 2009


It is a midnight here, but I can't wait till tomorrow... flashing... :)

2009/5/21 Angus Ainslie <nytowl at openmoko.org>

> Hi All,
>
> As I think we've fixed more things than we broke it's time for another
> testing
> release. As usual there are additional instructions here.
>
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2009
>
> There is also a new page for community involvement. Many of these wishlist
> items need someone to implement them. If you are interested in in owning
> one
> of the wishlist items come and join #paroli or send me an email
>
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om_2009_get_active
>
> Don't bother trying to do an opkg update opkg upgrade to do the upgrade.
> Chances are you won't get the dependencies right ( I know I didn't ). If
> you
> want to preserve your settings use the bind-home method and flash the full
> image.
>
> New in feeds
>
> callrec
> claws-mail
> dictator
> dillo
> midori
> mokomaze
> omnewrotate
> pyring
> sms-sentry
> webkit-efl
>
> New features
>
> Improved call handling - should limit races in oeventsd
> Better list handling
> More consistent interface
> New paroli-illume theme
>        - only change so far is to remove desktop switcher
>        - wanted volunteer to change analog clock to digital
>        - wanted different colour scheme ( maybe white on black to
>        match the rest of paroli ? )
> Static MAC addresses for usb devices
>        - usb networking will now show up as ethx on the host side please
> check dmesg
>        on the host side
> Ability to cut 30 seconds off boot time
>        - DO NOT use this if you use bind-home
>        - install udev-static-devices to get this speed boost
>        - any solutions on using bind-home and static-devices appreciated
> Keyboard goes away after use
> Updated /etc/network/interfaces to give USB0 a metric
> Added readahead to busybox to test speed increase
>
> Known issues
>
> Some oeventsd rules are ignored  ( framework oeventsd problems )
>        - don't suspend while plugged in
> http://trac.freesmartphone.org/ticket/381
>        - suspend fails after a call
> http://trac.freesmartphone.org/ticket/435
>
> Bugs fixed
>
> 1 pixel wide illume exit menu
> UTF chars in SMS's
>        - you must still install a keyboard to be able to write different
> character
>        sets.
> Keyboard collapses after use
>
> Angus
>
>
>
>
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