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2009-06-11
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Installation problem was the format on the card. Really strange -- I used cfdisk to make a new FAT32 partition, then mkfs.vfat to make a FAT32 file system.
Xubuntu saw the card, automounted it, copied files, etc. But when I redid the cfdisk, partition was missing. No matter how often I remade it, I couldn't keep a partition table.
But the SD card would work, appear in the file manager, mount, unmount etc. It even showed up as an exported Hard Disk when I connected the Q7 to my laptop via USB.
Weird.
Anyway, can't mount an SD card via my built-in card-reader to my Virtual Machine of Win2k to format it in Windows. What to do?
Answer: format the card in my digital camera, then ditch the folders. Voila.
Anyhow, once that was over with, Mer installed fine.
So far, it's alright. I've never loved Hildon. And Midori hangs on gmail -- just chokes. Probably because there's only 128 MB of RAM, I guess. Looking forward to the Tear browser -- I've heard good things.
I'll keep trying it out though. I'd like to pop more of the GPE environment on there. I assume it's not using GDM or the equivalent -- how is login managed?
Thanks for the suggestions; and thanks for Mer.
m a r
Xubuntu saw the card, automounted it, copied files, etc. But when I redid the cfdisk, partition was missing. No matter how often I remade it, I couldn't keep a partition table.
But the SD card would work, appear in the file manager, mount, unmount etc. It even showed up as an exported Hard Disk when I connected the Q7 to my laptop via USB.
Weird.
Anyway, can't mount an SD card via my built-in card-reader to my Virtual Machine of Win2k to format it in Windows. What to do?
Answer: format the card in my digital camera, then ditch the folders. Voila.
Anyhow, once that was over with, Mer installed fine.
So far, it's alright. I've never loved Hildon. And Midori hangs on gmail -- just chokes. Probably because there's only 128 MB of RAM, I guess. Looking forward to the Tear browser -- I've heard good things.
I'll keep trying it out though. I'd like to pop more of the GPE environment on there. I assume it's not using GDM or the equivalent -- how is login managed?
Thanks for the suggestions; and thanks for Mer.
m a r
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2009-06-11
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Originally Posted by Matan
My apt-get tests
You can install fbreader with command line
It installs from ubuntu repositories, so it is not available in application manager. It might be necessary to configure by hand full screen/rotate/next page/prev page, but you get the same functionality as hildonized fbreader. Similar situation is for evince.Code:apt-get install fbreader
For mplayer, it might be best to apt-get install mplayer, but then copy mplayer binary and two modules s3c_mfc.ko and s3c_pp.ko from original image. This version uses hardware video acceleration so it can play higher quality videos.
Fbreader works - enter key to fullscreen (i will look into key on this weekend)
cbrpager works - but the icons build a tower in the middle of the screen and leave very little space for the pics -should be fixable...
mplayer - No releases for mplayer in jaunty armel have yet been published.
gxine - error with libglu1-mesa (a think it was) on test build 2 (0.14) a will try again on test b7
vlc - just to big (couldnt -f install vlc) after installing mer was broken - could have been "-f remove gxine" if a cant get xine to work a will try vlc again
evince - installed and opened .cdr (rar comics) i played around and a got a error (perhaps doing a little much at the same time - trying to install things and...)
some small things like unrar was easy to install - only hardware intensive apps like videoplayer gave me problem - so - just look at launchpad
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/armel
and see if you find something you would like to try to install (sudo apt-get install *apps*)
a question:
has anybody any experience of libswfdec or gnash?
could you get youtube and other flash sites to work - i like to get my swedish tv site to work - it would be great to have this small device to catch up on the news...
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2009-06-11
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Originally Posted by bezeen
Gnash also gets a error on libglu1-mesa_7.4-ubuntu3_armel.deb
My apt-get tests
Fbreader works - enter key to fullscreen (i will look into key on this weekend)
cbrpager works - but the icons build a tower in the middle of the screen and leave very little space for the pics -should be fixable...
mplayer - No releases for mplayer in jaunty armel have yet been published.
gxine - error with libglu1-mesa (a think it was) on test build 2 (0.14) a will try again on test b7
vlc - just to big (couldnt -f install vlc) after installing mer was broken - could have been "-f remove gxine" if a cant get xine to work a will try vlc again
some small things like unrar was easy to install - only hardware intensive apps like videoplayer gave me problem - so - just look at launchpad
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/armel
and see if you find something you would like to try to install (sudo apt-get install *apps*)
a question:
has anybody any experience of libswfdec or gnash?
could you get youtube and other flash sites to work - i like to get my swedish tv site to work - it would be great to have this small device to catch up on the news...
is this related to the hw drives (whats not optimized yet) or can it be fixed with the right libs?
(vlc seems to break mer - installed vlc-nox and then on reboot i get stuck on login (ubuntu 9.04 * tty1 - * login: )
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2009-06-11
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I've tried;
mplayer
xine
vlc
does anybody knows any other videoplayer i could try...
mplayer
xine
vlc
does anybody knows any other videoplayer i could try...
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2009-06-11
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My unofficial SmartQ board will be up this Sunday (beginning of next week if I'm late). If some of you are interested in writing FAQ's and Tutorials, it would be greatly appreciated. For the moment, I'm collecting bits of information wherever I can but as I don't own the device yet (will do at the end of June), it's still a bit blurry for me...
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2009-06-11
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Thank you, O pioneers!
I don't have a SmartQ tablet yet, but it is exciting to read about your struggles and successes.
Is this the best (only) place to read about the new SmartQ developments?
I will certainly check out DannyBiker's site when it is available.
I don't have a SmartQ tablet yet, but it is exciting to read about your struggles and successes.
Is this the best (only) place to read about the new SmartQ developments?
I will certainly check out DannyBiker's site when it is available.
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2009-06-11
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Originally Posted by geneven
The thread at mobileread.com is pretty good but targeted at a more general user: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47223.
Thank you, O pioneers!
I don't have a SmartQ tablet yet, but it is exciting to read about your struggles and successes.
Is this the best (only) place to read about the new SmartQ developments?
I will certainly check out DannyBiker's site when it is available.
I look forward to having you join the party!
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2009-06-11
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Originally Posted by bezeen
Try mplayer as follows:
I've tried;
mplayer
xine
vlc
does anybody knows any other videoplayer i could try...
Copy from original firmware three files:
/usr/bin/mplayer
/lib/modules/*/s3c-mfc.ko
/lib/modules/*/s3c-pp.ko
run ldd /usr/bin/mplayer
See what libraries are missing, find to which packages they belong, and apt-ger install them (all are available).
After every boot insmod the two modules, make sure the device files are accessible to the user, and then you can use mplayer.
If those instructions are not enough, I'll add the details in a few days, when I get the chance to do it again.
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2009-06-12
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Anyone know how to get a USB keyboard working at the command-line? Mer sometimes crashes out, and I'm left at the console, with no keyboard.
Is it a kernel module?
m a r
Is it a kernel module?
m a r
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And yeah, that chinese language to english. I knew of that instruction page, but took me ages to work out where that file was to change.