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Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-25, 21:55
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Thumbs up Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - USBVGADOCK

Success!

I've taken the bull by the horns and hacked my way to a solution :).


I looked at the binary of the driver (sisusbvga.ko) and found the table that matched the assumed device ID...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-19, 21:59
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Thumbs up Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - USBVGADOCK

I've done some more digging around, and I have some more information. I'm sure it will be obvious to some, but it's all new to me :).

The v0000 p0000 ID refers to vendor and product, with v0711...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-17, 15:41
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Lightbulb Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - USBVGADOCK

I had the bright (?) idea ;) of connecting the USB2VGA2 dongle to one of the ports on the USBVGADOCK to see what appears in the logs.

The message device v0711 p0900 is not supported appears, and...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-16, 13:32
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - USBVGADOCK

OK, I have some info from kern.log :). It finds:

USB MultiMedia Audio Device (sound gadget?)
USB-MAC Controller (Ethernet?)
SCISSORS Keyboard (plugged into one of the USB ports).
I cannot...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-16, 10:00
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - USBVGADOCK

I've installed sysklogd on the tablet, and it seems to be working - when started, adding text to /var/log/syslog :).

(BTW, am I right in assuming that /etc/init.d/sysklogd stop is adequate to...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-15, 19:55
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA) - hub & power

I've been experimenting with hub and power options. A possible battery-powered hub is the CyberPower CPH420MP (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817804001). However, it has mixed...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-15, 15:42
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA): USB Dock

I've obtained one of the StarTech USBVGADOCK (http://www.startech.com/item/USBVGADOCKGB-USB-to-VGA-4-in-1-Docking-Station.aspx) devices, and it's really nice :). It works well on a PC, but sisusb...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-04-15, 15:10
Replies: 51
Views: 42,897
Posted By armtwister
Re: [ANNOUNCE] Proof of Concept ... (USB VGA): PowerPoint export

Thanks, Graham, for this excellent development :).

I've been lurking around this thread for some time, and I have the USB2VGA2 adapter working nicely :D.

My interest is in making PowerPoint...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-26, 09:03
Replies: 367
Views: 128,111
Posted By armtwister
Re: How To : Associate MPlayer, Transmission, and other apps as default handlers

Yup, this works fine for oowriter, so it should also work for oocalc and ooimpress.

Also Gimp - debbie gimp "%params%" - works.
Forum: Applications 2009-03-25, 23:29
Replies: 367
Views: 128,111
Posted By armtwister
Thumbs up Re: How To : Associate MPlayer, Transmission, and other apps as default handlers

Yup, that does it - I'm so happy :D.

I had just spotted your debugging suggestion in your original post and tried it. I was about to post the output (which indeed shows it trying to move the...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-03-25, 21:00
Replies: 859
Views: 327,641
Posted By armtwister
Re: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!

Yes, it is that. I've now seen pipeline's debugging info, and I can see where the problem is arising. I will post on Dbus-Switchboard thread. Thanks.
Forum: Applications 2009-03-25, 18:39
Replies: 367
Views: 128,111
Posted By armtwister
Thumbs up Re: How To : Associate MPlayer, Transmission, and other apps as default handlers

pipeline - thanks for this fantastic work!



This may be old hat, but the Gimp (from qole's Easy Debian (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24272) works:
sudo debian...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-03-25, 18:15
Replies: 859
Views: 327,641
Posted By armtwister
Re: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian... opening e-mail attachments

I am really hoping that it will be possible to open OpenOffice e-mail attachments by clicking on them in Modest, the default e-mail application.

I have installed the truly excellent...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-03-25, 12:54
Replies: 859
Views: 327,641
Posted By armtwister
Lightbulb Re: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian... OpenOffice Open /Save tip

I expect that this is common knowledge, but newbies (like me) may welcome this tip for Open/Save in OpenOffice.

By default, oo does not show hidden files and folders in its Open/Save dialogues....
Forum: Alternatives 2009-03-25, 12:16
Replies: 859
Views: 327,641
Posted By armtwister
Re: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian... movable windows

Movable windows enabled:
With OpenOffice started, and selecting Options from the Tools menu, the pop-up window has its RHS missing in full-screen; and its RHS and bottom missing in window-screen. It...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-03-25, 11:50
Replies: 859
Views: 327,641
Posted By armtwister
Thumbs up Re: [Debian] ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian... #fi and bzip2

qole - I'm really glad these are sorted - I hit them simultaneously after a re-flash following one of those lovely continuous reboot loops :mad:. I did manage to sort the lack of bzip2, but I...
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