Hi,

I'm trying to get notecase working properly but I'm having cross-platform encryption issues, moving between my Ubuntu desktop and the N810. Well, the issue is that I can't unencrypt, it says my password is wrong. I can create, save, and open an encrypted note on either system, but I can't open a note from the "other" system. It just says my password is invalid. Yes, I've made sure of the case; I'm assuming it's some kind of character set issue.

Basically, I'm just looking for a way to have access to the same encrypted information (image scans of documents) from both the N810 and my desktop system. I'm not tied to notecase (not yet anyway) so if there's another application out there, I'd be happy to hear about it. Or, if there's a work-around for the "same password but it's considered different in notecase across platforms" issue, that would be great too.

Any ideas?

David...

Can you check if you are really using the same password on both platforms. To do this use the checkbox in the password dialog that enables you to see the typed password.
Nokia platform is known to have a setting to capitalize typed words in the entry boxes.

BTW, feel free to contact me (Notecase author) directly to my mail. I accidentally found this post while browsing the Net.

Yup, already checked that (and have already turned off the auto-cap thing anyway). And, I've tried eliminating weird characters, just tried "testtest" with the same result.

Anyway, it's no big deal... I'm trying to figure out GPG now. Notecase would allow a GUI, multiple pages, and all that nice stuff, but it's not critical. The whole thing's not critical to be honest, just an idea that I had.

But, I though you weren't developing the FOSS version any more?? Anyway, if you want to have a go at it figuring out what's going on, I'm willing to be your tester.

David...

P.S. v1.9.8 on the N810 and v1.9.1 on Ubuntu v8.10 (PPC version)

OK, this explains the problem: "Ubuntu v8.10 (PPC version)"

To correctly compile the Notecase for PPC architecture (it uses "Big Endian" memory data format), you need to enable this in the Makefile:

BYTE_ORDER=-DSHA1_BIG_ENDIAN -DORDER_ABCD

Just add this line somewhere at the top of the makefile and compile.

BTW, although I am not developing the free version, I am always interested in bug reports and ideas that I might use in Pro version.
Any I reply to the different free-version support mails similar to your post on a daily basis.

Okay, that worked... thanks!

Soooo, this being my very first Linux compile from source, I'm wondering if/how I should report this. It appears I'm using a PPC port of Ubuntu that has an incorrect make file for Notecase - thus the distro's binary is wrong. Is this a developer bug or rather a bug for the people that maintain the PPC distro? Who do I inform of the issue and solution?

Oh, and thanks for this... it was perfect timing as I was just at the point of looking to figure out how to compile from source. Actually accomplishing something useful during the process was a real bonus. Next up is figuring out this bug-reporting thing.

David...

Since I don't have plans to maintain the program, your best bet is to inform the maintainer of the Ubuntu build of Notecase to accept the known fix for PPC.

I'm glad it works OK now for you.

FYI: I've put in a bug report here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...se/+bug/328712

Again, thanks for your help in resolving this,

David...

Great! This will hopefully make the problem solved for everyone.