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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #30 on: January 05, 2008, 10:15:09 pm »
I just uploaded LMCE 0710 packages for OS2008 and OS2007 on Maemo garage. Feel free to test them and post here all found bugs and problems.

Hi Michael,

Just a few quick bits of feedback based on the install and about 30 mins of usage (our N800 has gone home for weekend with one of my coleagues!)

- The install was very smooth using the 0710/OS2008 .deb... I just pointed the N800 browser at your Maemo Garage page for the Orbiter and click/installed direct from the page. That took maybe 5 mins... and then i had to download the ms fonts from the Core (thats still a little messy... maybe a quick script to copy them over from the core would be the way to go)

Now a few observations after using the 0710 Orbiter;

- The opening screen of the 0710 Orbiter still states is 0704
- The tick box in the opening screen seems to loose its state when you go back to this screen.
- Some button in the main menu seem to be drawn highlighted in a pale/yellow-green colour when the main menu screen is redrawn
- Speed and stability of connection was excellent and much better than under 0704 Orbiter on N770 running OS2006

I'll post some more feedback on Monday after getting my colleagues experiences from over the weekend.

Well done another very nice release.

Thanks

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2008, 06:10:07 pm »
Nite_man,

Thanks for your help.  I guess my problem was not being in redpill mode since everything installed this time.  My core is down right now and its telling me that I need libxmu6 and libsdl-ttf2.0-0 to install the lmceorbiter-os2008-0710-01armel.deb, but I think i ought to be able to work that out.

Thanks again for your help, and for releasing these packages!

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2008, 06:15:50 pm »
I just uploaded LMCE 0710 packages for OS2008 and OS2007 on Maemo garage. Feel free to test them and post here all found bugs and problems.

By the way the LMCE-0710 deb for OS2008 works fine on lmce-0704 Core's too... flipping back an forth just requires re-connecting to the other Core's AP and then a new device number entered into the initial screen... smooth as glass :-)
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2008, 06:57:52 am »
Howdy,

My wife wants to say a big THANK YOU!  She hates using the gyro mouse and this is a fantastic replacement!

Setup was a breeze with just a couple of minor hiccups.  I had to add the temporary maemo extra repository to get libxmu6 and libsdl-ttf.  Adding these to the dependency files would be nice.

It took me a while to find the directions for adding the orbiter to linuxmce.  It wasn't too bad but a little more hand holding for a noob would be nice.  Having messed up my system previously playing with linuxmce admin has made me a little gun shy.   :)

Finding and playing videos is sweet.  The filters seem broke but I think that is a 0710B2 issue.

I was really surprised and impressed when the DVD menu showed up on the N800.  Very Cool!

The first time connection to the linuxmce took a while.  A text message like "Retrieving screens from the core, this may take a few minutes" would be nice.

I experienced the orbiter lock up problem when switching to the N800 desktop then attempting to resume the orbiter that was previously mentioned.

Orbiter wake is taking about 20 seconds sometimes.  A black display with a pointer appears after first tap.  I did a second tap about 15-20 seconds later and the display appears.  Sorry for not being precise, I've only watched one movie and observed this behavior when I tried to pause about an hour into it and again when the movie was over.

Finally decided to try controlling the web bookmark feature.  I'm assuming that the mouse table area should map to MD screen.  What I observed is that only the lower right quadrant moves the pointer.  Clicking at the very bottom right of the tablet causes the MD pointer to move to a point about 1/3 horizontally from the left edge and about half way from the top.  Also did not get any response on the MD to clicking any of the keyboard keys (ok, the key colors changed from blue to greenish and stayed the new color even after clicking other keys).

Again, Thank You!

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2008, 06:50:16 am »
Howdy,

My wife wants to say a big THANK YOU!  She hates using the gyro mouse and this is a fantastic replacement!

Setup was a breeze with just a couple of minor hiccups.  I had to add the temporary maemo extra repository to get libxmu6 and libsdl-ttf.  Adding these to the dependency files would be nice.

It took me a while to find the directions for adding the orbiter to linuxmce.  It wasn't too bad but a little more hand holding for a noob would be nice.  Having messed up my system previously playing with linuxmce admin has made me a little gun shy.   :)

Finding and playing videos is sweet.  The filters seem broke but I think that is a 0710B2 issue.

I was really surprised and impressed when the DVD menu showed up on the N800.  Very Cool!

The first time connection to the linuxmce took a while.  A text message like "Retrieving screens from the core, this may take a few minutes" would be nice.

I experienced the orbiter lock up problem when switching to the N800 desktop then attempting to resume the orbiter that was previously mentioned.

Orbiter wake is taking about 20 seconds sometimes.  A black display with a pointer appears after first tap.  I did a second tap about 15-20 seconds later and the display appears.  Sorry for not being precise, I've only watched one movie and observed this behavior when I tried to pause about an hour into it and again when the movie was over.

Finally decided to try controlling the web bookmark feature.  I'm assuming that the mouse table area should map to MD screen.  What I observed is that only the lower right quadrant moves the pointer.  Clicking at the very bottom right of the tablet causes the MD pointer to move to a point about 1/3 horizontally from the left edge and about half way from the top.  Also did not get any response on the MD to clicking any of the keyboard keys (ok, the key colors changed from blue to greenish and stayed the new color even after clicking other keys).

That's good feedback. Would you turn the suggestions into feature requests in Mantis, so the 0710 developers can see them?

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2008, 05:51:16 pm »
I'm trying to install the Orbiter on an N800 following these posts, however I've run into a problem.

I cannot find the libxmu6 package anywhere.  :(


Anyone know where I can find this?


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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2008, 07:31:02 pm »
I think it was in:  http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free

I haven't updated my n800 in months and am a little shy on messing up what is working...

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #37 on: May 27, 2008, 08:11:47 pm »
Well, that's just it, by my understanding it *was*   It's not there now.

I'll see if anyone on maemo or ITT has an idea where it went to.

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #38 on: May 28, 2008, 09:10:01 am »
Well, that's just it, by my understanding it *was*   It's not there now.

I'll see if anyone on maemo or ITT has an idea where it went to.

It seems that maemo repository is not accessible now. I don't see any reason to move libxmu6 somewhere from repository. Let's wait a bit. Or you can install that one - http://www.mediafire.com/?evk0mzw5nwo. I got it from Maemo VMWave Appliance.
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #39 on: August 23, 2008, 12:44:50 am »
Hi Andrew,
I tried the OS2007 install script on your site for the N800, but all I see is an opened text file with
[install]
repo_name = ....

It seems that the n800 does not see the script as something executable.
Posde suggested there might be a missing line in /etc/mime.types:
application/x-install-instructionsinstall
Could perhaps have a look at that?
Thanks!
Mark


Hi Mark,

I've passed this onto Michael Stepanov who maintains this on our servers.

Thanks

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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #40 on: August 23, 2008, 09:17:12 am »
Hi Andrew,
I tried the OS2007 install script on your site for the N800, but all I see is an opened text file with
[install]
repo_name = ....

It seems that the n800 does not see the script as something executable.
Posde suggested there might be a missing line in /etc/mime.types:
application/x-install-instructionsinstall
Could perhaps have a look at that?
Thanks!
Mark


Hi Mark. I'll check that case. Are you sure that your N800 runs OS2007? OS2008 is much better (especially, the latest diablo). So, I suggest you to re-flash your N800 by OS2008.
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #41 on: August 23, 2008, 01:12:41 pm »
Strange, I checked all install scripts and it seems they  work fine. Could you try again, please?
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #42 on: August 23, 2008, 01:26:07 pm »
I just did the upgrade. I am now going to try the 2008 version.
BTW, I have this asus wl580g wireless router attached to my wired switch (which is connected to the core). How do I get my n800 to talk to the core through that Asus? Currently it is configured as AP, and I use port 3 of the asus to connect to the switch. No go, so far :(

Check firewall on your LinuxMCE box. Try to shutdown it or add TCP port 3450.
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #43 on: August 26, 2008, 10:02:05 pm »
Humm...

ok, so I trued to download the packages for an N800 on OS2008 and it says that the dependancies are an "Incompatible Softare Package". I tried it from this post

"Please, use dependencies from that page https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=162, but section OS2008. All those packages were tested on the several N800 with the latest OS2008. Also there is an Orbiter 0710 package for OS2008 - https://garage.maemo.org/frs/download.php/2956/lmceorbiter-os2008-0704-01_armel.deb. "

it came from earlier in the thread.

The main distribution is fine, although it can't install because it doesn't have dependancies installed, but I can't install those cause the packages aren't compatible

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
thx
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Re: Orbiter on N800 (OS2008)
« Reply #44 on: August 26, 2008, 10:55:57 pm »
I suspect that your problem is related with Red/Blue pill mode. Try to activate Red pill mode:
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Activating Red Pill mode

- Go to "Tools > Application catalogue",
- click "New",
- enter "matrix" into the "Web Address" field,
- click "Cancel".
- Choosing the red pill will activate the red pill mode, obviously, and choosing the blue one will deactivate it.
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