What would you like to see in Cacko 1.22 ROM?

[ev1l]

The light applet is bugged,  it turns off the screen when set to minimum.
The bug doesn't show up when using the keyboard to set the light level.

Would it be possible to turn the screen on/off when opening/shutting the lid, so that you don't get a closed Z with a lit up screen eating away your battery?

Would it possible to turn off screen rotation even when in palmtop mode. I use my Z in landscape orientation even when closed with the screen to the outside... So something like a screen control panel would be nice.

[ev1l]

Also, I'm adding a lot of new features to kino2, such as playlist support, support for Sharp remote control, customizable keys, etc. Kino2 will be the primary media player for the new ROM.

This sounds FUCKING AWESOME
Some kind of multiformat/codec/container is definitely welcome.
Question: why are music player and media player both in the ROM? They offer just
about the same functionality?

[b2bpro]

I don't know if the PIM functionality is in scope for Cacko 1.22, but there are a few things I'd like to see fixed.

1. Todo and Addressbook - the Category menu should list the categories for selection rather than having to go to a sub-screen with the combo box ( 5 screen taps )

2. Todo - the check box on the main list should be smaller when using smaller fonts so more lines can be viewed.

3. Addressbook - tapping on the 2nd column header in the main list should sort rather than select new columns.  (I keep name and company 1st and second) the last column could be left so you can pick different data.

4. Calendar - use smaller fonts for the day numbers and move to right of cell (like KO/PI) to allow 3 events displayed per day

5. Use the selected font size generally on all the entry screens and menus.

Just my 2 cents worth.  

If modifying the PIM is not in scope for this release, perhaps someone can point me to the source so I can make the changes myself.  (note that although I'm an old hack - 25 years programming - I've not built anything for the Z yet so it would be a while)

[maslovsky]

The light applet is bugged,  it turns off the screen when set to minimum.
The bug doesn't show up when using the keyboard to set the light level.

Strange, but I don't see that problem.

Would it be possible to turn the screen on/off when opening/shutting the lid, so that you don't get a closed Z with a lit up screen eating away your battery?

It already does turn LCD off when lid is closed

Would it possible to turn off screen rotation even when in palmtop mode. I use my Z in landscape orientation even when closed with the screen to the outside... So something like a screen control panel would be nice.

Very unlikey because this is handled by Qtopia process itself, which we don;t have sources for...

[maslovsky]

Question: why are music player and media player both in the ROM? They offer just about the same functionality?

Because Music Player supoprts remote control and Media Player can play OGG files.

If I succeed in what I'm planning to implement in kino2, it will probably be the only media player included in the ROM. Other players will be removed and packaged into IPK.

[maslovsky]

I don't know if the PIM functionality is in scope for Cacko 1.22, but there are a few things I'd like to see fixed.

1. Todo and Addressbook - the Category menu should list the categories for selection rather than having to go to a sub-screen with the combo box ( 5 screen taps )

2. Todo - the check box on the main list should be smaller when using smaller fonts so more lines can be viewed.

3. Addressbook - tapping on the 2nd column header in the main list should sort rather than select new columns.  (I keep name and company 1st and second) the last column could be left so you can pick different data.

4. Calendar - use smaller fonts for the day numbers and move to right of cell (like KO/PI) to allow 3 events displayed per day

5. Use the selected font size generally on all the entry screens and menus.

Just my 2 cents worth.  

If modifying the PIM is not in scope for this release, perhaps someone can point me to the source so I can make the changes myself.  (note that although I'm an old hack - 25 years programming - I've not built anything for the Z yet so it would be a while)

No, it's not in the scope because there is no source code for Sharp PIMs available...

[b2bpro]

I don't know if the PIM functionality is in scope for Cacko 1.22, but there are a few things I'd like to see fixed.

1. Todo and Addressbook - the Category menu should list the categories for selection rather than having to go to a sub-screen with the combo box ( 5 screen taps )

2. Todo - the check box on the main list should be smaller when using smaller fonts so more lines can be viewed.

3. Addressbook - tapping on the 2nd column header in the main list should sort rather than select new columns.  (I keep name and company 1st and second) the last column could be left so you can pick different data.

4. Calendar - use smaller fonts for the day numbers and move to right of cell (like KO/PI) to allow 3 events displayed per day

5. Use the selected font size generally on all the entry screens and menus.

Just my 2 cents worth. 

If modifying the PIM is not in scope for this release, perhaps someone can point me to the source so I can make the changes myself.  (note that although I'm an old hack - 25 years programming - I've not built anything for the Z yet so it would be a while)

No, it's not in the scope because there is no source code for Sharp PIMs available...

If there is no source for the sharp PIM how in the world did it get cleaned up so nicely?

Kudos to the soul who converted it from Japanese without source.

I remember doing the manual conversion to english when I bought my Z and also remember using the version released with TKC.  The version on Cacko is sweet in comparision.

[Flandry]

The light applet is bugged,  it turns off the screen when set to minimum.
The bug doesn't show up when using the keyboard to set the light level.

Strange, but I don't see that problem.
 

Ah, but i do.  This has come up a few times in the forums.  

The first time it happened to me, i thought i had seriously FUBARed my Z.  When the brightness is set to its lowest setting, and dims after a period of inactivity, it dims completely.  Then, the backlight only comes on after a long while, and goes off as soon as a keypress or screen tap is detected, only to come on again in ~30 seconds.  Very annoying, because sometimes the lowest screen brightness is desired, but unusable.

I don't think this happens when it's plugged in.

[ltrm]

I can trigger the light off bug by setting the light to the lowest level using the applet and pressing auto-scrole in opie-reader.

I'm not sure where the bug lies, either qtopia or opie-reader but it gave me quite a shock when it happened.  

[TimW]

I can trigger the light off bug by setting the light to the lowest level using the applet and pressing auto-scrole in opie-reader.

I'm not sure where the bug lies, either qtopia or opie-reader but it gave me quite a shock when it happened. 

Under qpe opie-reader does:

QCopEnvelope( "QPE/System", "setScreenSaverMode(int)" ) << QPEApplication::Disable; // light is even not dimmed

when you start scrolling.  Maybe this has something to do with it?

[uczmeg]

What is the status of 1.22? Has it been effected by the soon to be released 3000?

Will it be simple to make this (or 1.21) work on the 3000? Or is it a case of waiting until maslovsky can get hold of a 3000?

Cheers
Marc

[nyar]

0.2.x or 0.3.x HostAP drivers, built in and configured to be used instead of the prism2/wlan drivers, and an updated wireless-tools.  They're much, much better client drivers, and of course can do neat things such as acting as an AP.

Some features compiled in would be nice, such as firmware uploading (and the tools available to do this as a seperate ipk, maybe) - having this feature I'd be more than happy to document a process to upload newer firmware, and this might solve problems I've read about some people having with CF cards.

Give me a yell about this if you want.

[stupkid]

uczmeg,

1.22 is not being affected by the release of the C3000.  This device is not being targetted at this time as no one working on Cacko has a C3000 to test.  Most work is currently being done on Kino2 at the moment.

nyar,

HostAP drivers have been updated to 0.2.4 in the new ROM and the WPA supplicant is included for HostAP.

[uczmeg]

I guess my question should really be, how long after the release of the 3000 should can we hope to see a Cacko ROM running on it?

Should we all be fund raising to get the team a 3000?

Cheers
Marc

[maslovsky]

I can trigger the light off bug by setting the light to the lowest level using the applet and pressing auto-scrole in opie-reader.

I'm not sure where the bug lies, either qtopia or opie-reader but it gave me quite a shock when it happened. 

Under qpe opie-reader does:

QCopEnvelope( "QPE/System", "setScreenSaverMode(int)" ) << QPEApplication::Disable; // light is even not dimmed

when you start scrolling.  Maybe this has something to do with it?

Looks like that's the problem - calling setScreenSaverMode(int) qcop with brightness set to the minimum by the applet causes screen backlight to turn off completely. I will take a look into the applet, but I'm not sure I'll get to figure out the problem...