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qole	2008-10-27 18:43

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

GParted UPDATE:

If you "apt-get install dosfstools" you can resize your fat32 partitions in GParted! Hooray! This is now the best on-tablet partition editing app. Uninstall QTParted.

NOTES: You have to unmount the mmc card in hildon before starting your Debian chroot. I have found that I cannot unmount the /media/mmc2 card (it becomes "busy" as soon as you mount it, even if you have no virtual memory defined) but I can unmount and then repartition the /media/mmc1 card by typing:

Code:

sudo closechroot

sudo umount /media/mmc1

sudo debian gparted /dev/mmcblk1

TIP: Uncheck "Round to Cylinders" to avoid having the (usually 4MB) unformatted space at the beginning of the card changed.

Resizing my 16GB SD card, preparing for partitioning... (note that the partition has data on it already, I'm resizing without reformatting)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/...d8888945_o.png

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 214956)

This is a really cool program. I would love to see this ported to maemo.

GParted

Code:

gparted /dev/mmcblk0 /dev/mmcblk1

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/...6053de39_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/...2ec5c94e_o.png

samhogue

2008-10-29 16:27

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Has anybody thought about Google Gears? Could we somehow use the Maemo port?

qole	2008-11-12 20:03

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

If you're a Firefox / Iceweasel user on the tablet, then you probably want to install the Grab and Drag extension. This makes Firefox behave like the built-in browser, in that you use the stylus or your finger to move around the web page, rather than the tiny little scroll bars.

Admit it, you've tried to scroll up a webpage in Iceweasel only to find that you're selecting text.

EDIT: Here's another extension that makes things better on the tablet:
Tiny Menu

Quote:

1. After you install, right click on any toolbar and choose customize.
2. Drag all items in the navigation toolbar (back/forward, address bar, etc) up into the menu bar. Click 'Done'.
3. Right click on a toolbar again, and un-select the (now empty) navigation bar.

Tada, tiny!

Entonian

2008-11-14 06:24

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

qole, you are truly a geek's geek. I'm proud of you.

qole	2008-11-14 08:19

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Entonian, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said* to me. :) :D

* Well, you know, written.. about... me. But wow, that just sounds lame.

pton	2008-12-17 09:57

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Some debian apps can be copied directly from debian folder to maemo folder and run straight within maemo (without using 'debbie' command). For example, I've copied xbindkeys from debian to maemo by :
cp /debian/usr/bin/xbindkeys /usr/bin
cp /debian/usr/lib/libguile* /usr/lib
cp -rf /debian/usr/share/guile/* /usr/share

After this, I change 'debbie xbindkeys' command to simply 'xbindkeys', and it works perfectly :)

Other apps like zenity (numerous user dialogs -- the display calendar dialog is particularly useful) also work. Of course not all work. Typically I first copy over the main exe file, then run it. And for whatever missing libraries or directories, I would simply copy over. And finally, if it works, it works perfectly (with maemo fonts and theme, and faster). Otherwise, then continue to use 'debbie' command.

qole	2008-12-17 18:18

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Sometimes, you can even go to http://packages.debian.org, download the armel Debian package, and then use "dpkg -i package-name.deb" to install it directly into maemo. This usually only works with applications that have very few dependencies, like command-line apps.

debernardis

2009-01-10 21:04

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

FYI, Midori on debian unstable has been upgraded to the last version, 0.1.1-1.
It seems more stable and performant on the NIT and could be a viable alternative to the default browser until tear or the webkit engine for microb are mature.

debernardis

2009-02-11 20:02

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

We are now to Midori 0.1.2 - this is becoming seriously nice as a browser, and seems quicker and more stable in my hands.

qole	2009-02-20 00:45

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 205041)

FINAL EDIT:

I just installed the alsa sound system in a new chroot. First, I had to install some packages:

Code:

apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils libasound2-plugins alsa-oss

Then I downloaded the attachment below, and unzipped it as root from the Debian chroot prompt:

Code:

[root@Debian: /]tar xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/alsa-files.tar.gz

That does it.

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Ok, the magic seems to happen in two files. The Debian /etc/asound.conf is the same as our maemo /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf, and the /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf is a big file that does some magic stuff that makes things work. I bet it is the default Debian alsa.conf file.

I have attached a tarball of the two files.

Once I copied these files into place, I found I had to issue

Code:

/etc/init.d/alsa-utils start

...this made the new config files take effect.

Hoorah. Finally.

EDIT: I have no idea if those mysterious mixer files have anything to do with anything...

Update:

I needed to get audio working for my new Easy Ubuntu package. I followed these instructions, and I found that there's a new step that I have to add for Ubuntu. Assuming that /ubuntu is the chroot, as root from maemo:

Code:

cp /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_dsp_ctl.so /ubuntu/usr/lib/alsa-lib

magic_doc

2009-09-29 07:41

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 241437)

EDIT: Here's another extension that makes things better on the tablet:
Tiny Menu

Hi quole,

thank you very much for the wounderful work and the tipps concerning iceweasel.
I just wanted to mention that the setup of the toolbar-icons with tiny menu only works under the LXDE-environment- I tried to do this with "debbie iceweasel" first but this doesn't work at all- after all was set up, the whole thing works with the debbie-window under hilton-desktop too.:cool:

Maybe useful information for others, love to have more space in the iceweasel window now.

idfx	2010-03-24 09:44

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole (Post 265806)

Code:

cp /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_ctl_dsp_ctl.so /ubuntu/usr/lib/alsa-lib

I can't find the libasound_module_ctl_dsp_ctl.so in /usr/lib/alsa-lib (in the maemo filesystem) ?
Has this been changed since???

qole	2010-03-24 17:25

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

idfx: I assume you're talking about the N900? Yes, the audio system is quite different for the N900; it uses pulseaudio instead of esd/alsa.

darrennewman@sky.com

2010-08-01 21:13

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

I installed chromium-browser on my N800.

http://packages.debian.org/sid/chromium-browser

And it loads up but then seems to stall, has anyone else installed it? And if so did it run?

thongkh

2010-11-06 10:26

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan (Post 207325)

yes I'm in root.
I have been reading several threads on Debian forums and it seems to be a common problem with Synaptic not properly downloading the package. The recommend fix is to go into the line and delete the word on the line( in this case #padding). Problem is I get a 'permission denied'. I just noticed I can only access ROXTERM and not x-terminal.
If worse comes to worse how do I remove Debian and re-install. My fear is that the corrupted download file will mess up new Debian install.
Any thoughts, ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dan

edit: uninstalled debian and reinstalled.

hi, i have the same problem, but after i uninstalled and reinstalled the debian, the same problem accour, can teach me how to solve the problem? thankz :(

Captwheeto

2010-11-08 10:57

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Anyone got finch working? I've tried it a couple of times but can't seem to get it to work. I'm at work now so I can't try again. Bleh. Any help would be great. If anyone can give me a push in the right direction for porting these sort of things it'd be nice.

Also I've installed moc, using the alsa fix mentioned in the wiki, the enter key doesn't work unless you run the 'set deb hw keys' and then press 'shift+enter' and it works great!

Yaser88

2010-11-30 14:55

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

Any way of activating the keyboard
on 800 for weasel ?.

Many Thanks

universe

2012-01-24 08:47

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

hi guys. any suggestion what chm reader you all used? is it any of them better than chmsee?

Addison

2012-01-28 03:40

Re: [Debian] Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets

KchmViewer would probably be the best chm reader for you. :)