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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-15, 23:57
Replies: 5
Views: 5,558
Posted By josh
Application manager and package "domains"; or, what to do if you see "Ignoring version from wrong domain"

In trying to figure out why I couldn't install nightly builds of Fennec / Mobile Firefox, I discovered an internal feature of the application manager, which can lead to the inability to install...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-26, 10:08
Replies: 37
Views: 22,649
Posted By josh
Re: Instructions: Configuring the power button menu

The <po> tag specifies a gettext translation domain. Software that provides support for multiple languages needs some way to look up the correct strings to use for specific messages in the current...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-26, 09:25
Replies: 37
Views: 22,649
Posted By josh
Re: Instructions: Configuring the power button menu

First of all, I highly recommend editing /etc/sudoers and adding the following line:

user ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

This will allow you to run any command as root using sudo, not just gainroot....
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-26, 07:37
Replies: 20
Views: 10,102
Posted By josh
How the "End call" option works

Implementing the "End call" menu item took a fair bit of exploration and experimentation, so I want to document how it works as an example for how to implement more complex power-key menu items that...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-26, 07:22
Replies: 20
Views: 10,102
Posted By josh
[HOWTO] Put an "End call" option in the power-button menu

In helping a new user get comfortable with their N900, I found that one of their biggest complaints involved not having a dedicated hardware "end call" button to ensure that no active call existed. ...
Forum: Community 2009-12-16, 18:53
Replies: 28
Views: 6,202
Posted By josh
Re: Complaint of the week: I have a N800 and I am not dead yet

I personally got interested in Maemo by getting an N800 through a developer device discount. I like my N800, as well as my new N900. I don't, however, have any complaint that Nokia hasn't made...
Forum: Brainstorm 2009-12-16, 01:06
Replies: 0
Views: 1,629
Posted By josh
[sandbox] talk.maemo.org should make it easy to link to bugs

http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/talk-maemo-org_should_make_it_easy_to_link_to_bugs/

Currently, making a link from a talk.maemo.org post to a bugzilla bug requires copying the URL from...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-12-16, 00:41
Replies: 11
Views: 5,941
Posted By josh
Re: Xterm does not saved all executed commands

I can confirm that ash only saves 15 lines of history. This still proves useful, but given 2GB of space for /home, I'd rather store a few thousand. :)

I looked into it, and it seems that this...
Forum: Community 2009-12-16, 00:17
Replies: 99
Views: 20,950
Posted By josh
Re: Maemo Greeters Pilot

That sounds reasonable. However, the signature would need to make sure that newcomers don't follow the link to the "become a greeter" page and get confused. :)

As for language, I think the...
Forum: Community 2009-12-15, 23:59
Replies: 99
Views: 20,950
Posted By josh
Re: Maemo Greeters Pilot

I really like this idea. However, I wanted to point out one shortcoming to the approach of putting a pile of links in your signature: if the set of useful links changes, you now have a pile of...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-12-14, 18:44
Replies: 11
Views: 5,941
Posted By josh
Re: Xterm does not saved all executed commands

Two notes about this:

First, I found that ~/.ash_history, the file where ash normally saves history information, had root as the owner and group; this prevented saving history. Check and see if...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-12-10, 23:42
Replies: 10
Views: 3,290
Posted By josh
Re: what if you don't want all chat contacts

When you open the contacts application, you'll see all of your contacts. However, if you open the phone application, and choose "Select contact", you'll only see those contacts you can call.
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Forum: Brainstorm 2009-12-09, 08:25
Replies: 31
Views: 14,350
Posted By josh
Re: [Sandbox] constellation-follow your star

I've posted a new solution which I think would solve this perfectly: port Stellarium (http://stellarium.org) to the N900. Details on Brainstorm.
Forum: Brainstorm 2009-12-07, 20:59
Replies: 5
Views: 61,070
Posted By josh
Re: How to use Brainstorm

Done. I've created an initial page at http://wiki.maemo.org/Brainstorm by wikifying the content from Texrat's first post in this thread (and adjusting the text referencing "this forum" and similar...
Forum: Brainstorm 2009-12-07, 20:45
Replies: 2
Views: 1,713
Posted By josh
[Sandbox] Editing posts on talk.maemo.org should bump the thread

http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/view/editing_posts_on_talk-maemo-org_should_bump_the_thread

When starting a thread, it represents a fairly common forum practice to edit the initial post in...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-28, 00:59
Replies: 4
Views: 3,443
Posted By josh
Re: Is it possible to subscribe to folders odf IMAP account?

Please see https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3484 , which suggests that modulo bugs, Modest (the built-in mail client) should check only the subscribed folders. If you have already specified...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-20, 03:48
Replies: 66
Views: 12,939
Posted By josh
Nokia's old and new order systems, and "cancelled" orders

I had some issues with Nokia's order system and my order showing up as "cancelled", which I've had good luck getting resolved through Nokia support. I'd like to report my experiences in the hopes...
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