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Omicron

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« on: July 28, 2004, 12:08:05 am »
C860 Cacko QT

1) How can I turn off the touchscreen during video player playback.? It is really annoying to have such a long delay when i accidentally touch the screen.

2) When I use Kino I always get strange lines (static) at the bottom of the screen....what causes that...Video player doesn't have the problem.

3) Hw does suspend work on the C860....I mean when i close the lid, does it suspend? Or do i need to turn off the button as well?  (If so is there a way to toggle screen close as suspend...most times I want suspend, but mp3 and listening to movies, I want it to keep playing.

4) Does PDAXRom have PIMS yet?

5) When running PDAXRom can you play doom or movies and still edit files?  Cacko seems to give forground process all the resources and closes if you run anything else.

6) I got doom running in portrait with full screen by modifying the config file,, but everyZpack I use doesn't give me the landscape right side up....can someone tell me exactly how they accomplished this (I will update the how-to,

7) Never got Nethack runnign either, can someone give me a step by step of all modules needed so I can create a how to?

Okay, well that's it.  I have done searches but most go back and forth with no real "Solution" being agreed on and I want to create how to to avoid these questions in the future my nme or anyone else.

Thanks to all who provide the details for a newbie like me to find my way through.

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2004, 01:32:18 pm »
From what I understand, closing the C860 lid only turns off the backlight. The machine is not suspended because it apparently still plays audio with the lid down.

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2004, 03:13:46 pm »
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From what I understand, closing the C860 lid only turns off the backlight. The machine is not suspended because it apparently still plays audio with the lid down.

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Would be nice to be able to switch suspend on close on/off as it would be a great fast way to access data and shut it off fast.

I also liked the way the old HP's used to bring up the calculator if you opened them and presssed a number key.

Or went to the calendar at the beginning (first unsuspend) of each day.

Oh, the good old days
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2004, 07:59:41 pm »
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1) How can I turn off the touchscreen during video player playback.? It is really annoying to have such a long delay when i accidentally touch the screen.

Interesting, I havn't thought of that. Frankly speaking I don't know but I'll try to find out.

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2) When I use Kino I always get strange lines (static) at the bottom of the screen....what causes that...Video player doesn't have the problem.

This was fixed in kino2 version 0.3, which comes with 1.21 ROM. Did you install any other verson of kino2 on top of 1.21?

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3) Hw does suspend work on the C860....I mean when i close the lid, does it suspend? Or do i need to turn off the button as well? (If so is there a way to toggle screen close as suspend...most times I want suspend, but mp3 and listening to movies

When you close the lid, the screen turns off. Zaurus will suspend after normal period of time that you specify in Power Options.
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2004, 08:11:03 pm »
Strange I have Kino .02 and JUST did a fresh  Cacko QT install.

Perhaps it's in the patch ?

As for my timeout, I have it long becuase I hate when it shuts down, so that's probably why I see batery drain, since I just close it ussually.  Really would be nice to toggle close to mean suspend or not.


BTW, I got Net hack running....there are a few versions out there that make it a but confusing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2004, 05:12:26 am »
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6) I got doom running in portrait with full screen by modifying the config file,, but everyZpack I use doesn't give me the landscape right side up....can someone tell me exactly how they accomplished this (I will update the how-to,
This isn't really an answer but I had exactly the same problem with SDL games in "zoomed" landscape mode. I tried every LibSDL version I could find, including 1.2.6-zports_c7x0, which also had the landscape problem. I tried all sorts of QT_Rotation environment variables, modifying the application script files etc.

However in the end I uninstalled a previous LibSDL (can't remember the version, sorry, but it was no older than 1.2.5) and reinstalled 1.2.6-zports_cx70 and it suddenly started working correctly. No idea why, but I did a NAND backup immediately!
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2004, 05:24:53 am »
Surely someone must have worked out a way of changing the behaviour to switch off when the screen is closed? Eg something like the key bindings in keyhelper.

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2004, 05:41:51 am »
Yes!

the behaviour on closing can be set by keyhelper. The keycode for a screen closing event is 2009 so mapping 2009 to some other key/application is possible.

I leave it to others more skilled to generate some code which will enable toggling of the behaviour between the default zaurus behaviour (good for using the music player) and a proper suspend which will be more suitable for most use IMO.

(more investigation) it must be a little more complicated than this as the 2009 code is generated by the screen closing in eiher clamshell or tablet form. However only one of these switches off the screen. The little pin and hole above the "1" must surely be relevant but I haven't discovered a key code for that.

(It also controls the screen rotation so any key mapping would need to take account of that...)

James
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2004, 11:50:35 am »
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Yes!

the behaviour on closing can be set by keyhelper. The keycode for a screen closing event is 2009 so mapping 2009 to some other key/application is possible.

I leave it to others more skilled to generate some code which will enable toggling of the behaviour between the default zaurus behaviour (good for using the music player) and a proper suspend which will be more suitable for most use IMO.

(more investigation) it must be a little more complicated than this as the 2009 code is generated by the screen closing in eiher clamshell or tablet form. However only one of these switches off the screen. The little pin and hole above the "1" must surely be relevant but I haven't discovered a key code for that.

(It also controls the screen rotation so any key mapping would need to take account of that...)

James

Or a simple progrsam coul be written linking the suspend to the LCD being turned off.


Suspend On LCD OFF.
TRUE= When LCD is off goto suspend (this will handle closign case)
FALSE= Only suspend when forced to (regardless of LCD).

I can't see how it could get in a bad state.

Thoughts?
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2004, 03:08:13 pm »
Sone of the applets could probably do that - Brightness or Battery. I'll take a look to see if something can be done.

Regarding the buttons - the first one (closer to the cover) rotates the screen, the second one (closer to the keyboard) turns LCD off, but only when the first one it pressed.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2004, 05:39:51 pm »
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Sone of the applets could probably do that - Brightness or Battery. I'll take a look to see if something can be done.

Regarding the buttons - the first one (closer to the cover) rotates the screen, the second one (closer to the keyboard) turns LCD off, but only when the first one it pressed.
And it's the screen rotation one that gives teh 2009 code, the other one does not register with keyhelper, so it'll take someone brighter than me to work it out...

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