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qole 2010-09-12 16:36

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
No, the onclosechroot.rc script doesn't exist.

extendedping 2010-09-12 17:44

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Thank you Quole, that did the trick, no mysql in ps -ef now when closing easy debian.

ok time to look again at easy fedora if I can get the repos working...

again much thanks for this most useful application. I am sure with looking for work you have better things to do then update the app, so I really appreciate your responsiveness.

Honza. 2010-09-13 19:06

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Hi, can I run debian completely as root? I dont like writing password many times... Thank you

mscion 2010-09-14 13:27

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 812886)
There are two important things to take care of, as mentioned in the wiki: don't make a backup copy of the rx51 in its native directory, and also test the new rx51 before rebooting your device.

Manged to satisfactorily redefine keymapping.
Thanks Rebhana and Groxx for useful advice and links.

On a slightly different topic, I was wondering, given the
success of making such a nice working environment on the n900
via easy debian, which we owe quite a bit to qole, what will be the future of
easy debian on the next generation of devices? For example,
when the n9 comes out, (assuming it ever does) will there be an
effort to have something like easy debian on that device?

rebhana 2010-09-14 14:18

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Honza. (Post 815138)
Hi, can I run debian completely as root? I dont like writing password many times... Thank you

Sure you can, but with the standard way of installing Easy Debian you won't have to type in passwords anyway.

extendedping 2010-09-15 19:01

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
2 unrelated questions:

1) Is there an option to have easy debian close (unchroot) when you close the terminal?

2) trying to learn perl and trying to install the perl-doc package and getting the message

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
perl-doc: Depends: perl (>= 5.10.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
[root@deb-m5v3d: ~]

I have this version...

[root@deb-m5v3d: ~]perl -v |head

This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for arm-linux-gnueabi-thread-multi

thanks for listening...

qole 2010-09-16 03:59

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
OK I have a super-small script that gives keyboard focus to the currently active window. Tested it on PuTTY and it works.

So now I need a consensus for a good key combo to trigger the script. Also the xbindkeys codes (like "m:0x4 + c:111" for Ctrl + Up) would be nice for your combo.

Rebhana? :)

EDIT: I'll go with Fn + Return if someone gets me the xbindkeys codes.

rebhana 2010-09-16 16:09

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 817472)
OK I have a super-small script that gives keyboard focus to the currently active window. Tested it on PuTTY and it works.

So now I need a consensus for a good key combo to trigger the script. Also the xbindkeys codes (like "m:0x4 + c:111" for Ctrl + Up) would be nice for your combo.

Rebhana? :)

EDIT: I'll go with Fn + Return if someone gets me the xbindkeys codes.

Great! Fn+Return is
Code:

m:0x80 + c:36
 Mod5 + Return

Would you mind posting your supershort script simply here? I'm curious and could test it on eric, which had similar issues.

qole 2010-09-17 02:19

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Code:

# Script by Alan 'qole' Bruce
# with help from DaithiF on ubuntuforums.org for
# the xprop | awk command to return the active window.

ACTIVEWINID=`xprop -root | awk '/NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW/ { print $5; exit }'`
sudo /sbin/qobi-wmhint-fix $ACTIVEWINID
sudo /usr/bin/set-focus $ACTIVEWINID

The script was a lot longer, but I kept stripping it down until that's all that was left... The comments are longer than the script, now...

EDIT: Confirmed! This fixes Eric.

qole 2010-09-17 06:36

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
New version 0.9.54 in Extras-devel puts that small script in your home dir and adds the needed lines to ~/.xbindkeysrc file. If you are upgrading, you will have to add the lines manually to your file or just
Code:

mv .xbindkeysrc.dist .xbindkeysrc
if you haven't changed anything in that file.

fw190 2010-09-17 17:12

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
I've tried to update open office but ended with this:
Chroot dir specified: /.debian
No image file or partition specified.
ls: /media/mmc1/debian*.img*: No such file or directory
/.debian has a qmount already!
/home/user/MyDocs/debian-m5-v3d.img.ext2 already mounted on /.debian...
Everything set up, running chroot...
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]leafpad

(process:5136): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]apt-get clean
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]apt-get update
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny Release.gpg
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze Release.gpg
Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release.gpg
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
Hit http://http.us.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg
Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze Release
Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org lenny Release
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org squeeze Release
Hit http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/contrib Packages
Ign http://http.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org squeeze/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org squeeze/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org squeeze/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
Reading package lists... Done
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]apt-get apt-get install openoffice.org
E: Invalid operation apt-get
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]apt-get install openoffice.org
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openoffice.org: Depends: openoffice.org-core (= 1:3.2.1-6) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-math but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ttf-dejavu but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ttf-sil-gentium-basic but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-officebean but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-filter-mobiledev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: liblucene2-java (>= 2.3.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: openoffice.org-java-common (>= 1:3.2.1~) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
Recommends: ttf-liberation but it is not going to be installed or
ttf-mscorefonts-installer but it is not going to be installed
Breaks: openoffice.org-style-crystal (< 1:3.2.0~beta) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
Breaks: openoffice.org-style-galaxy (< 1:3.2.0~beta) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
Breaks: openoffice.org-style-hicontrast (< 1:3.2.0~beta) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
Breaks: openoffice.org-style-tango (< 1:3.2.0~beta) but 1:3.1.1-8 is to be installed
ure: Depends: uno-libs3 (= 1.6.1+OOo3.2.1-6) but 1.5.1+OOo3.1.1-8 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]

probabli I did something wrong. I've tried -f install but didn't help.

taparkki 2010-09-17 17:44

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Hello

I tried to install easy debian to N900 from repositories. Device downloads the file succesfully but did not manage to decompress the package, used a lot more than 1 hour. I decompressed the file with Ubuntu and it is visible at x terminal but I can not figure out how install it. I tried with ./ but it gives a note that permission is denied. Command chmod 777 did not help neither. So how to make the installation to run?

rebhana 2010-09-17 20:27

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by fw190 (Post 819100)
I've tried to update open office but ended with this:

...

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
[root@deb-m5v3d: /]

probabli I did something wrong. I've tried -f install but didn't help.

Try
Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-emailmerge ttf-opensymbol python-uno
apt-get clean

instead of just openoffice.org. That worked for me.

rebhana 2010-09-17 20:31

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by taparkki (Post 819128)
I tried to install easy debian to N900 from repositories. Device downloads the file succesfully but did not manage to decompress the package, used a lot more than 1 hour. I decompressed the file with Ubuntu and it is visible at x terminal but I can not figure out how install it. I tried with ./ but it gives a note that permission is denied. Command chmod 777 did not help neither. So how to make the installation to run?

It should be sufficient to just install the decompressed image into /home/user/MyDocs and then run one of the Debian applications, or, in XTerminal, to enter "debbie".

taparkki 2010-09-18 06:33

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Thanks for the tip, now it is working fine. This tip could be added to the installation instructions also if someone is having access to those.

fw190 2010-09-18 07:25

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 819245)
Try
Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-emailmerge ttf-opensymbol python-uno
apt-get clean

instead of just openoffice.org. That worked for me.


Didn't help. The output was like this above.

rebhana 2010-09-18 09:44

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by fw190 (Post 819558)
Didn't help. The output was like this above.

I checked that my instructions still work on an older backup of my image. So I'd suggest going back to the original version of the image and start all over.

@qole: If you have time and resources for that, what about upgrading your present image file to OpenOffice 3.2.1 from squeeze and posting that as v3e or v4 on your server? On that occasion you could also fix /usr/bin/xephwm5 and do some security upgrades from security.debian.org for lenny packages. Fixing xephwm5 would be good for users who do not go beyond Extras, and I'm afraid it will take some time before the devel version of easy-deb-chroot will enter Extras, given the dependence on murrinanightorange.

rebhana 2010-09-18 11:18

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 818545)
Confirmed! This fixes Eric.

I wanted to try out eric myself again, but in my new installation it now produces the following error:
Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/eric4.py", line 60, in <module>
    from KdeQt.KQApplication import KQApplication
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/KdeQt/__init__.py", line 20, in <module>
    import Preferences
  File "/usr/share/eric/modules/Preferences/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
    from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
ImportError: /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4: symbol pa_ext_device_manager_reorder_devices_for_role, version PULSE_0 not defined in file libpulse.so.0 with link time reference

qole, is there anything particular to take care of with libpulse0?

EDIT: figured out that libpulse0 just needed to be upgraded to the squeeze version. Eric4 works nicely with .kbdactive! However, sound is now broken in Easy Debian. Is there an easy way to fix that?

random_nickname 2010-09-18 17:19

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Does every debian program run on the n900? e.g. Hattrick Organizer http://www.hattrickorganizer.net/en/download/ (needs JRE) or stuff like Maxima http://maxima.sourceforge.net/download.html
Hope this is the right thread. Thank you

rebhana 2010-09-18 17:30

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by random_nickname (Post 819915)
Does every debian program run on the n900? e.g. Hattrick Organizer http://www.hattrickorganizer.net/en/download/ (needs JRE) or stuff like Maxima http://maxima.sourceforge.net/download.html
Hope this is the right thread. Thank you

Maxima, xmaxima, and wxmaxima work. The last one works particularly nicely on the N900. If you search this thread, you'll find out more about that.

rebhana 2010-09-18 17:37

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
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@extendedping: I tried again calibre, and now it worked out of the box, perhaps due to some updates of the Debian squeeze distribution.

It takes some time to start, but once running, it's working well. See this youtube video if someone doesn't know yet what calibre is good for (I didn't).

CAVEAT: Like with eric4 (see post above), this needs the .kbdactive fix of the last easy-deb-chroot version for debbie keyboard focus, and moreover libpulse0 from squeeze. The latter breaks sound in Easy Debian, however. If you need sound in Easy Debian (I don't really), you may want to wait until somebody (qole?) could tell us what to do about it.

mscion 2010-09-18 17:57

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 819925)
Maxima, xmaxima, and wxmaxima work. The last one works particularly nicely on the N900. If you search this thread, you'll find out more about that.

I agree. wxmaxima works well.

Question: In LXDE one can use "ctrl + up"
to make full screen. How does one make wxmaxima full screen when
using "debbie wxmaxima" from the xterminal to avoid going into LXDE?

rebhana 2010-09-18 18:01

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mscion (Post 819942)
Question: In LXDE one can use use "ctrl + up"
to make full screen. How does one make wxmaxima full screen when
using "debbie wxmaxima" from the xterminal to avoid going into LXDE?

Same, you just have to have "Set Deb HW Keys" active. I have a desktop shortcut with
Code:

debbie "xbindkeys; wxmaxima"
to always have it.

extendedping 2010-09-18 19:20

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 819930)
@extendedping: I tried again calibre, and now it worked out of the box, perhaps due to some updates of the squeeze distribution.

thank, just to refresh, in this case, (am running the more stable version of easy debian) just enable the squeeze repos...
then do apt-get update?
then do apt-get install calibre (don't do apt-get upgrade correct)?
then if all goes well I comment out the repos?

mscion 2010-09-18 20:14

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 819930)
@extendedping: I tried again calibre, and now it worked out of the box, perhaps due to some updates of the squeeze distribution.

I tried to install calibre using synaptic but
it failed. I ran "dpkg ---configure -a" to fix problem. oddly, I get the error

dpkg: failed to write status record about "maxima" to '/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device

When I do a df it appears that there is plenty of space.
So my question is, as I'm concerned about removing files that should
not be touched, where are some good places to look to
remove files to clear space for this installation?

rebhana 2010-09-18 20:19

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by extendedping (Post 820000)
thank, just to refresh, in this case, (am running the more stable version of easy debian) just enable the squeeze repos...
then do apt-get update?
then do apt-get install calibre (don't do apt-get upgrade correct)?
then if all goes well I comment out the repos?

Yes, indeed. You'll need to upgrade libpulse0, too, if you don't have the squeeze version anyway already (see my above post).

rebhana 2010-09-18 20:28

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mscion (Post 820039)
I tried to install calibre using synaptic but
it failed. I ran "dpkg ---configure -a" to fix problem. oddly, I get the error

dpkg: failed to write status record about "maxima" to '/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device

When I do a df it appears that there is plenty of space.
So my question is, as I'm concerned about removing files that should
not be touched, where are some good places to look to
remove files to clear space for this installation?

Have you done "apt-get clean" yet? Once everything has been unpacked, you can clean apt's cache and continue with configuring. See also my installation log (link in my signature) for how to make more space by moving things to /home/user.

mscion 2010-09-18 21:33

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 820049)
Have you done "apt-get clean" yet? Once everything has been unpacked, you can clean apt's cache and continue with configuring. See also my installation log (link in my signature) for how to make more space by moving things to /home/user.

Hi, I had previously moved things, as you had recommended, to /home/user so I could install xcadabra. Also had tried "apt-get clean" which I routinely do. So I think I need to remove some files just wondering what is a good rule of thumb to safely pick them.

rebhana 2010-09-19 07:48

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mscion (Post 820089)
Hi, I had previously moved things, as you had recommended, to /home/user so I could install xcadabra. Also had tried "apt-get clean" which I routinely do. So I think I need to remove some files just wondering what is a good rule of thumb to safely pick them.

In principle you could move any directory into /home/user (though not into MyDocs) and symlink to it - provided you have space there to spare. I would choose directories on the basis that it would make sense to share them between different Debian images. Besides /usr/share/doc I would consider /usr/share/texmf-texlive.

sandipkrsharma 2010-09-19 10:16

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
hi...need urgent help pls!!

hi,please help. i tried downloading nitdroid from the application manager but it didnt show up in extras devel..and i couldnt get it by apt get...someone suggested adding a repo of nitdroid..that didnt work too...so i tried downloading nitdroid-installer_0.2.7_armel.deb from nitdroid downloads...it gave an error about 2 missing dependencies...multiboot-kernel-maemo_0.3_armel.deb and multiboot_0.2.10_armel.deb. i tried downloading and installing them directly. i installed multiboot_0.2.10_armel.deb, got a msg to update..and did so. now when i start my phone...i get a white screen with the msg 'press a key to select' it has nokia n900 multiboot written on top and the number 30 on the right.i have tried pressing all the keys but nothing happens, expect that the numbers count down to 1 and start on 30 again.the phone switches off after some time automatically...any help...whats happening?

rebhana 2010-09-19 10:20

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
qole, eric and calibre from squeeze need an upgrade of libpulse0 and as a consequence also of libpulse-browse0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils. After that sound is again broken in Easy Debian. Running
Code:

debbie  xmms2d -o pulse
debbie lxmusic

which fixed sound before, now produces the errors:
Code:

INFO: ../src/xmms/log.c:49: Initialized logging system :)
12:08:42  INFO: ../src/xmms/ipc.c:795: IPC listening on 'unix:///tmp/xmms-ipc-user'.
12:08:42  INFO: ../src/xmms/main.c:517: Using output plugin: pulse
12:09:00 ERROR: ../src/xmms/outputplugin.c:439: Could not open output
12:09:00  INFO: ../src/xmms/xform.c:1471: Successfully setup chain for 'file:///usr/share/xmms2/mind.in.a.box-lament_snipplet.ogg' (1) containing file:magic:vorbis:segment
12:09:06  FAIL: xmms_pulse_flush: assertion `output' failed
12:09:09  INFO: ../src/xmms/log.c:55: Logging says bye bye :)

I don't really need sound in Easy Debian, but in case others would, how to fix that?

sandipkrsharma 2010-09-19 10:21

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
hi....can someone help me with my prev post?

rebhana 2010-09-19 10:22

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sandipkrsharma (Post 820485)
hi...need urgent help pls!!

hi,please help. i tried downloading nitdroid ...

Please post in the corresponding thread, not here!

EDIT: Seeing that you are posting the same in different threads, please delete your posts to this thread!

mscion 2010-09-19 14:52

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 820410)
In principle you could move any directory into /home/user (though not into MyDocs) and symlink to it - provided you have space there to spare. I would choose directories on the basis that it would make sense to share them between different Debian images. Besides /usr/share/doc I would consider /usr/share/texmf-texlive.

Making a symlink for texmf-texlive did the trick. Thanks!

rebhana 2010-09-19 15:38

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
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Playing around with calibre I must say I like this program more and more. Although really sluggish on startup, it seems to be a nice news reader which has a large and interesting repertoire of web sites providing news, which one can download into e-book format for later perusal. It also has a cool animation for flipping through book covers. Thanks extendedping for drawing my attention to it!

I also can report that upgrading calibre to 0.7.18 as provided by Debian sid is no problem. Below is a screenshot of that version.

EDIT: If you want to install calibre, see my post above on how to install from squeeze. Upgrade to the sid version of calibre only in a second step, and get back to lenny as soon as you are done!

mscion 2010-09-20 17:31

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 820705)
Playing around with calibre I must say I like this program more and more. Although really sluggish on startup, it seems to be a nice news reader which has a large and interesting repertoire of web sites providing news, which one can download into e-book format for later perusal. It also has a cool animation for flipping through book covers. Thanks extendedping for drawing my attention to it!

I also can report that upgrading calibre to 0.7.18 as provided by Debian sid is no problem. Below is a screenshot of that version.

Hi, This version of calibre definitely looks nicer than the earlier version
posted but I am unable to find it. How do I directly install
using apt-get from the sid repository?


Also I'm a little confused about interpreting version numbers.
The squeeze version is 7.7 the sid version is 7.18. In this case,
do you just compare the number to the right of the decimal
so it reads as version seven point seven vs seven point eighteen?

rebhana 2010-09-20 17:39

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by mscion (Post 821641)
Hi, This version of calibre definitely looks nicer than the earlier version
posted but I am unable to find it. How do I directly install
using apt-get from the sid repository?

You have to edit /etc/apt/soures.list and uncomment the line with "sid" in it. Then
Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install calibre
apt-get clean

Thereafter you should not forget of putting the "#" back.

Btw, the central picture with flipping book covers is also there in version 0.7.7, when you click the appropriate button in the lower right. The general outlay has however changed.

And, yes, version numbers are not like decimal numbers.

mscion 2010-09-21 13:09

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 821650)
You have to edit /etc/apt/soures.list and uncomment the line with "sid" in it. Then
Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install calibre
apt-get clean

Thereafter you should not forget of putting the "#" back.

Btw, the central picture with flipping book covers is also there in version 0.7.7, when you click the appropriate button in the lower right. The general outlay has however changed.

And, yes, version numbers are not like decimal numbers.

Ok. I had actually uncommented sid. The problem was that I had not commented out squeeze. Apparently, when given the choice between programs in the repositories squeeze and sid, apt-get picks, by default, those in squeeze, independent of the version number. I would think the rankings would be set in /etc/apt/preferences but this was not the case in my preference file. Must be done some other way or is implicit.

Obvioulsy the safest set up would be to set the Pin-Priority

First: stable (lenny), Second: testing (squeeze), Third:unstable (sid).

Jef91 2010-09-22 14:38

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rebhana (Post 806683)
I have previously shown how xmaxima, an open-source symbolic math program runs under Easy Debian's LXDE window manager. Maxima is not as powerful as Wolfram's Mathematica or Maple, but comes surprisingly close. If you often need higher math, you might be interested in having maxima as an app on your N900.

Now I have discovered that there is an alternative GUI for maxima, wxmaxima, which has the advantage that it also runs nicely with debbie and is much more convenient to use. It can be installed from lenny-backports by
Code:

apt-get -t lenny-backports install wxmaxima
Maxima commands are executed by Shift+Return, provided one has selected "Enter evaluates cells" in the configure menu and xbindkeys is running (the "Set Deb HW Keys" icon). If the configure menu is too much scrambled under debbie, you can also do it from LXDE.

Producing a file /usr/share/applications/hildon/wxmaxima.desktop with content
Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=wxMaxima
GenericName=wxMaxima
Exec=debbie "xbindkeys; wxmaxima"
Icon=maxima-icon
X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true

gives a pocket symbolic math calculator that can be easily launched. A nice maxima icon is obtained by copying (one line!)
Code:

cp /.debian/usr/share/pixmaps/maxima-icon.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon/
Here are two screenshots. The first shows an indefinite integration, and an embedded 3d plot; the second the same 3d plot rendered with "openmath" option, which opens the plot in a separate window, where one can rotate it with stylus or finger! :cool:

I have wxMaxima installed and I have the application launcher created, however I cannot get shift+enter to evaluate the cell like it should (I've tried running debbie xbindkeys and the fix lxde keyboard from my menu - neither work)

Am I doing something wrong?

Regards,
~Jeff Hoogland

mscion 2010-09-22 18:28

Re: Easy Debian Fremantle Beta Testing
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jef91 (Post 823396)
I have wxMaxima installed and I have the application launcher created, however I cannot get shift+enter to evaluate the cell like it should (I've tried running debbie xbindkeys and the fix lxde keyboard from my menu - neither work)

Am I doing something wrong?

Regards,
~Jeff Hoogland

Can you evauate a simple function in the input area like sin(0)?


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