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Lemmyslender... see my post at top of page, you can increase the font size in osd. but so far I've not figured out how to make the boxes bigger. So you can end up with cropped text.

I've started looking at the actual source, but given I'm not really a c programmer, and there are basically no comments in the code it could take me a while to get to grips with it.

dwould-

That's what I figured, just thought I'd ask. I've tried changing some of the font size lines for poi's etc in the navit.xml file, but it won't load after that.

I suspect that it would look much better (almost readable) on a 320x240 or 480x320 screen (WinCE/Palm devices).

Not much documentation out there to look at.

Couldn't get any garmin maps to load last night using the libgarmin deb from March, including the base map from garmins free download.

It does seem to be getting better / more usable with each svn iteration though.

dwould: regarding your post #119 Check:
1. Makefile.am in navit/xpm should have 2 lines such as (near end of file)
DESKTOPFILEdir=$(datadir)/applications
DESKTOPFILE_DATA = desktop_icons/navit.desktop
2. Debian/postinst should have a section like this:
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/navit.desktop ]
then
mv /usr/share/applications/navit.desktop /usr/share applications /hildon/navit.desktop


If the postinst is wrong let me know and I will fix my copy on the web site.

Gerrit

Gerrit
the debian postinst script I have does not appear to have any such lines. the closest thing is:
( cd /usr/share/applications/hildon/ && mv navit.inactive navit.desktop)
I 'fixed' my building problem by commenting out this.

So I suspect the pstinst does need updating with whatever is your latest

I also got the missing navit.desktop file problem while building the package and solved it by changing xpm/Makefile.am

DESKTOPFILEdir=$(datadir)/applications

into

DESKTOPFILEdir=$(datadir)/applications/hildon

By the way 'debian/rules binary' did not work for me. I had to use dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Unfortunately I cannot get any map file displayed. It seems to load them (does not complain) but displays nothing.

Hi wdehoog
the map will display only if a GPS position is received? On the otherhand if you do everything out of the box and include Samplemap then the default start location is such that the German map will show (forget which city)

I will be tinkering with the Makefile soon to remove the need for postinst script hacks to place .desktop and .service in correct directory. Initially I couldn't do this because the automake in Scratchbox was picking an old version that didn't support if/else in Makefile.am files. doing 'export SBOX_DEFAULT_AUTOMAKE=1.9' before running 'autogen.sh' fixes that problem.

Just to let everyone know, I just submitted the code changes to make Navit an osso application on the N800. This will get rid of the 'it runs for 2 minutes and exits' problem. It should be in the SVN version in a day or so.

Gerrit

Is there a way to force the backlight always on (like Maemo Mapper in fullscreen mode) ?
I haven't found an option for this in navit.xml.
For now I use Maemo Mapper in backgrounded fullscreen to have the backlight always on (and that make the tablet slow!).

Also looking for a way to keep the back light on as well. Haven't had any problems running for more than 2 minutes?? Runs just fine for 10-15 minutes.

Most of the problems I see are with routing, which I think mostly relate to the openstreet maps in my area (ohio). It seems that I can map short local routes <20 miles to most places. Some longer ~100mile routes will work, most don't. I still see (although havn't checked the last couple svn releases) routing from highway to cross street when no ramps are available.

I found a post from penguinbait somewhere online that contained this info:
gconftool-2 --type "list" --list-type "int" --set "/system/osso/dsm/display/possible_display_dim_timeouts" "[10,30,60,120,300,600,1200,1800,3600,86400]"

gconftool-2 --type "list" --list-type "int" --set "/system/osso/dsm/display/possible_display_blank_timeouts" "[10,30,60,120,300,600,1200,1800,3600,86400]"

I added these to my startup and choose in control panel from up to 24hours or 1440 minutes

Should work on n810
I've tried it and it does let me select 1440 minutes for screent staying lit. but screen will still 'dim' after 2 minutes. There is also the option to say that the light does not go off if charging.
so I think setting the dim value up to full brightness, and charging it whilst in the car, etc should mean we can keep the brighteness up whilst in use.