Re: GPE 2.8 Where to download?
 

Cobb made a note on the mailing list:
As an added comment, removing packages will almost never remove your data. *nix apps expect to only be have rights to write to your home folder, so unlike early windows programs, they don't store data all over the disk. Removing packages does not touch your home folder.

The only exception to this is if you have a system app that puts a config file in /etc/ or similar and you use 'apt-get purge' to remove it. Even in this case 'apt-get remove' or Uninstall from the application manager on the n800 will leave behind the config files.

Re: GPE 2.8 Where to download?
 

Thanks for including his note as the list of libraries to remove did it for me. I was able to install Calendar, Contacts and todo. Thanks to the list once again. While I have only tried it one time, closing it does close. With the last version I had an endless pop-up dialog box that forced me to reboot the tablet in order to regain control.

Re: GPE 2.8 Where to download?
 

thanks to the discussions in this thread i was able to load the newer versions of gpe calendar (etc.) and they all seem to be working properly. it was a bit of a struggle, but it helped me with my understanding of linux. my question now is what to do with all the lib*-dev programs. is there any value to loading them if i don't intend to perform any development exercises?

thanks

john

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Indeed a very good thread. Helped me to move from the kernelconcepts versions of the software to the Cobb versions. Not that i see a difference, but it was an interesting exersize.

Ton.

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Thanks to 'apt-get remove ...' it removes me gpe's apps and libs ... and canola, quiver, pidgin !
But it's ok, new gpe's apps install were correct and I could reinstall canola/quiver/pidgin.

Re: GPE 2.8 Where to download?
 

GPE File Manager doesn't show the folder /.gpe. Could it be hidden I wonder?

Also I find GPE File Manager to be very show and unresponsive so maybe something else is up.

Re: GPE 2.8 Where to download?
 

Under *nix systems, a "." file IS a hidden file - that's the way to hide a file or folder, just put a "." in front of it. So yes, /home/user/.gpe is hidden. Either copy it from an X terminal, or turn on viewing hidden files in your file manager.

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Thanks for the information. I have searched GPE File Manager for a setting to make hidden files visible but no luck.

What I have done is run Backup, extract the Documents.zip file on my Vista computer and navigate to the .gpe folder. The files calendar, contacts, todo and categories are all there but there are no file extensions.

The calendar information originally came from KDEPim and was in .ics format which GPE Calendar imported. In the meantime I have added entries to the GPE Calendar entries and was looking for a way to export the calendar back to the .ics format.

I would have expected GPE Calendar to have an export function.

There is a thread on Tahitibob’s great work and perhaps it is time to switch to Google Calendar and sync with that.

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Didn't anyone notice a significant slow-down of the whole device after moving to the 2.8.1 version?
In my case this was the only change in my configuration + the gpesummary 0.7.0 (BTW didn't install the '-dev' and the gpesyncd packages). After that the whole device lagged behind and starting any program was taking much more time than usual. Didn't see any improvement by deleting all calendar entries or by uninstalling the starling and gpe-filemanager packages.

Everything went to normal after reverting to the previous version and this was a huge exercise..

I curious to know what could have caused that, if the rest don't experience this behavior..

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