Kathrin RC2 available now

[schrett]

With regard to screen flickering that I mentioned earlier, this is separate from the flicker when it resumes or when it comes out of screenblank.  The flicker appears most noticably on grey colors, less so on reds, greens, and yellows.  I also noticed that it is really only
noticable at the 2 or 3 highest screen brightness settings (which means usually only when plugged in).  But it makes the title bar of the default Aterm shimmer really badly, hurts the eyes to look at.

Andrew

[Laze]

Flickering and more is fixed in the RC3 we are testing right now - i will get back with more info soon...

[tcoulon]

 
Just found time to flash RC2 and it's pretty terrific.
I'm a little lost at what was included in the original flash and what I've installed later, but AbiWord works great (I'd say it was installed with the original flash) but Gnumeric does not, it crashes due to a segmentation fault. Don't know exactly what's the reason.

ALso I noticed that some apps open windows greater than the screen - easily fixed but it would be nice to have them right the first time.

Another problem is tcl/tk 8.4.6. ipkg seems to install tcl ok, but wants to install xfree430_430_armv5tel and fails (error unpacking data.tar.gz). I don't know why xfree430 should be installed, anyway after installing tk you get no wish - so you can't start graphical tcl/tk apps.....

The good news is that I carefully kept the ipks of tcl and tk 8.4.1 (previous ROM, not sure exactly wich) and installing them by hand cures the problem. Maybe the yctual tk build is only intended for Python users (?!?) but it would be nice to include wish...

[fabianE]

Yes, great rom and lot's of things to tweak (fvwm...)

I also have the xfree-install-problem, when it occures on the shell I just quit the ipkg-process and the software is installed.

Gnumeric works, but only if it is started from a console, not via the normal desktop link. I set my link in fvwm to first start the console and then gnumeric, that works.

Regards,

Fabian

[jerrybme]

Any know how to change the mb-applet-clock to display time in 12 hr format instead of 24? I couldn't find any configuration files for it.

TIA,
Jerry

[ViV]

We also need:

1) an applet or (better) console tool putting Z in "player" mode - no auto suspend, screen turned off, no screenon on key presses
2) a console mixer (I haven't found a mixer working on Z after crosscompiling, all give something like "read: SOUND_MIXER_BLAHBLAH: invalid argument")
3) a fix for xmms equalizer or related stuff (xmms is exiting everytime I try to adjust something)

I'm asking for console tools, because I use xkeymouse to bind actions like brightness & player control to hotkeys.

 

[ikm]

We also need:

2) a console mixer (I haven't found a mixer working on Z after crosscompiling, all give something like "read: SOUND_MIXER_BLAHBLAH: invalid argument")

This is due to the incomplete OSS driver implementation. The following kernel patch would fix the issue (aumix would start working):

Code: [Select]

diff -r -c linux-original-slc750/drivers/sound/pxa-i2s_corgi.c linux-altered-slc750/drivers/sound/pxa-i2s_corgi.c
*** linux-original-slc750/drivers/sound/pxa-i2s_corgi.c    Wed Jun 18 12:20:59 2003
--- linux-altered-slc750/drivers/sound/pxa-i2s_corgi.c    Wed Dec  3 20:35:36 2003
***************
*** 22,29 ****
--- 22,31 ----
   * Change Log
   *    16-Jan-2003 SHARP sleep_on -> interruptible_sleep_on
   *    14-Apr-2003 SHARP modify resume process & buzzer device
+  *  25-Jul-2003 IKM add support for sound mixer source read/write
   *
   */
+  
  #include
  #include
  #include
***************
*** 2904,2909 ****
--- 2906,2916 ----
    case SOUND_MIXER_READ_MIC:
      return IOCTL_OUT(arg, CorgiGetGain());
  
+   case SOUND_MIXER_READ_RECSRC:
+     return IOCTL_OUT( arg, SOUND_MASK_MIC );
+  
+   case SOUND_MIXER_WRITE_RECSRC:
+     return IOCTL_OUT( arg, 0 );
    }
  
    return -EINVAL;

[roter_planet]

hallo,

i'm really impressed what's going on with the new release. well done!
i found out some things which don't work properly.

1. xcirp app doesn't receive/send data via cellphone or palm-pda. it only succeeded once out of
    7 or 8 times via nokia phone by receiving a vcard. if it hasn't worked the app hung up and only
    could killed.

2. the new lan/wifi config tool doesn't save/load several profile names, so i always have to type
    a new setting! with the old one it worked great!!!

3. the suspend crash with xmms got better, i had it only once until now.

4. i tried to install via network and manual (ipkg) some apps, which need the xfree430 ipk
    i don't know why the need it, but the do. this ipk makes the ERROR and couldn't get installed.
    but it was already mentioned some replies above.

5. an app  with reminder/alarm function ist still missing. i don't understand why the fltdj app is included
    in the main package as ORGANIZER instead of the kopi, which is much better. and the step to
    mount the alarm functiom in kopi shouldn't be so far away. i think it's already compiled by the kopi
    team for the desktop kopi.

one question: has anybody success in working with the ppp-dialer via irda to connect the internet
or a mail-server??

so far well done and good luck in getting the bugs fixed.
it makes really fun playing around with kathrin!!!

[Laze]

1. xcirp app doesn't receive/send data via cellphone or palm-pda. it only succeeded once out of
    7 or 8 times via nokia phone by receiving a vcard. if it hasn't worked the app hung up and only
    could killed.

- I sent this further down the line to investigate..

2. the new lan/wifi config tool doesn't save/load several profile names, so i always have to type
    a new setting! with the old one it worked great!!!

- Both the look & feel and network setting are "kinda" special (it will be fixed soon) - all have to do is to type in the new name in profile name and press enter - this will store the profile with name and the profile will be added to the drop-down list. The advantage is that you can also use these scheme names from terminal like "cardctl scheme profilename" - so basically you can change profile without lauching the setting program. Hopefully our new WiFi applet will also support changing these profiles.

3. the suspend crash with xmms got better, i had it only once until now.

Not much todo - its not top priority right now :-)

[gromituk]

Talking of wireless, is the driver (I have a Linksys WCF12) in Kathrin the same as the one on 1.0.5?  Because the card gets very hot, so I am dubious that it is being put into standby, where I'm told it only consumes 20mA (70mW) or so.

[DaveAnderson]

Flickering and more is fixed in the RC3 we are testing right now - i will get back with more info soon...

What's the rough ETA for RC3?  I'm looking forward to getting rid of the flickering.

[Laze]

The RC3 will probally be available tonight or tomorrow - depending on Sash and the situation in Russia...

[DaveAnderson]

The RC3 will probally be available tonight or tomorrow - depending on Sash and the situation in Russia...

Sweeet!  I cannot wait.

[ViV]

What about OSS patch posted by ikm? Will it be included in default kernel? Or should I condescend to posting in pdaxrom buglist?

P.S. Praise-to-Putin show in center of Moscow just ended. We-love-Big-Brother is near.