Mer/Releases/0.7

Revision as of 13:32, 31 January 2009

1 Completed tasks in this release and notable accomplisments
2 Known issues
3 Released files and guides

Completed tasks in this release and notable accomplisments

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2008-12-15 - 0.7	Installer for Mer on Diablo	b-man	100%	Initial versions BZR branch, Make .install file for packages.tspre.org 'installer' dist / user component.
2009-01-31	Figure out why HAM doesn't work in snapshot images	none	100%	Tricks: assume-connection 1, problems with installing still? WFM in VirtualBox - needed to echo assume-connection 1 >~/.osso/hildon-application-manager after first setup; then started HAM; checked categories and then installed Titan theme without any problems --Jaffa 23:12, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Also now working for Stskeeps after start-hildon modifications by johnx
2009-01-29	Make an error screen and reboot after 15 seconds if Mer is booted through normal bootmenu (check if /var/run is a symlink to /tmp/.run)	wazd, Stskeeps	100%	Need 800x480 artwork (stop sign and "Incompatible bootmenu used, rebooting in 15 seconds") - added to nit-bootmenu-compat
	integrate/Mer-ize clipboard-manager (already in repository, but needs to be included into start-hildon etc)	johnx	100%	In repository.
2009-01-26	Fix key generation of openssh-server so it doesn't do it on imager but does it when booting	Darken	100%	Managed by first boot wizard - ready for merging from lp:~koudelka-atolcomputers/m-r/first-boot-wizard
2009-01-26	Experiment with Droid Sans within hildon-theme-liberty and alter if it looks good	qwerty12	100%	In repository. Screenshots & source patches here (in bzr too).
January	Missing localization strings in Hildon, (#4001)	Stskeeps	100%	There are still some strings to be fixed. But that's for l10n people.
2009-01-24	Package up Droid Sans (apache license)	qwerty	100%	was in ttf-droid in ubuntu universe
2009-01-23	Figure out how to make gnome-keyring invisible to the user	Stskeeps	100%	Fixed in hildon-desktop-env
2009-01-23	Bring in new changes from http://gitweb.pingu.fi/?p=xf86-video-omapfb.git;a=summary to xserver-xorg-video-omapfb	Stskeeps	100%	Now in repository
0.7	qemu-eabi cputransp for Scratchbox	qwerty12	100%	Deb (i386) & source package provided here.
2009-01-23	Package up advanced-power as a debian source package	qwerty12	100%	In repository.
2009-01-20	Fix sapwood crash problem on ARMv5t (bug 4023)	johnx, RST38h, r2d2rogers	100%	Fixed in repository.
2009-01-19	Mer-ize hildon-application-manager	Jaffa	100%	Screenshots: 1, 2, 3

Jaffa: New shiny wiki page for Mer and new structure
Stskeeps: gnome-keyring will no longer bother you
Stskeeps: Fixing crash problems with HAL dying (LED detection)
johnx: new first-boot-wizard asks for password, adds user to more groups, enables swap partition (if present) and enables passwordless sudo.
Meizirkki: dialogs can be moved, but they still appear in right place.
Stskeeps: VMDK images are now automatically generated (VirtualBox, VMware, etc)
Stskeeps: Discussion/new policy on licenses banning commercial use
r2d2rogers, RST38h, etc: Now we have 770 support with sapwood not crashing
Upgraded to pre-alpha2 l10n and upgraded gtk, libhildon.
Moving along with being able to distribute firmware images with closed source bits: positive response from Nokia
PyMaemo (well, bindings) in repository now, for instance 'homeip' as example application and advanced-power (needs hald-addon-bme)
Jaffa: Porting Hildon Application Manager to Mer

Known issues

4043+

enhancement

Settings and Maintenance

RESOLVED

FIXED

Application Manager should not depend on "user" account

unassigned

Task: Port and build http://repository.maemo.org/pool/diablo/free/h/hildon-plugins-settings/ (statusbar applet config) - In repository as hildon-plugins-settings-cpa. Working and text labels working but creates duplicate application menu.
Task: Add FDI for Nokia keyboards (see this and this. Check this [1] - Added keycode problem fix in xserver-xorg-input-evdev, now in repository, not working yet.
Task: Working X-terminal with hildon input method working - Some vte patches still needed, but working: screenshot
Bootmenu does not play well with clone-to-SD systems. You will have to make a bootmenu item yourself (ask on #maemo about this) (someone document how to make an .item)
Sometimes after updates the touchscreen of the tables stop working or isn't calibrated, this is because the 'xserver-xorg-input-synaptics' package are installed, to fix it do "sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" in a terminal.
No WiFi on 770 yet.

Released files and guides

Disclaimer:

There is -no- warranty. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on bugs.maemo.org and we'll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.
If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer.

Generic x86 - VMDK (VMware disk image)

Generic X86 bootable VMDK image - root password is 'rootme'

Installation in VirtualBox

Unzip zip file
Open VirtualBox, create new machine (click *New*):
- Name: Mer 0.7
- OS type: Linux
- Version: Ubuntu
- RAM: 128 at least.
- Disk: click "existing", find the mer-x86-generic-image-v0.7.vmdk file, select, select
- Next
- Finish.

Generic x86 - tar.gz image

Generic X86 tar.gz rootfs image. Usable both for chroot and actually installing on a machine.

Installation (chroot)

mkdir mer-0.7
cd mer-0.7 && sudo tar xzf mer-x86-generic-image-v0.7.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p tmp/.X11-unix home/$USER/.osso
sudo mv usr/bin/maemo-invoker usr/bin/maemo-invoker.real
echo -e '#!/bin/sh\nPROG="$1"\nshift\nexec "$PROG" "$@"' | sudo tee usr/bin/maemo-invoker
sudo chmod 755 usr/bin/maemo-invoker
echo 'assume-connection 1' | sudo tee home/$USER/.osso/hildon-application-manager
echo 'nameserver <mynameresolver>' | sudo tee -a etc/resolv.conf

Start-up (from within `mer-0.7` directory)

Xephyr :2 -host-cursor -screen 800x480x16 -dpi 96 -ac -extension Composite 2>/dev/null 1>&2 &
sudo mount --bind /tmp/.X11-unix tmp/.X11-unix
sudo mount --bind /dev/pts dev/pts
sudo mount -t proc proc proc
sudo mount -t sysfs sysfs sys
sudo chroot .
export DISPLAY=:2.0
/etc/init.d/dbus start
start-hildon

Installation (machine)

See Mer/Documentation/Making_x86_Mer_Bootable

Nokia 770 - tar.gz image

Nokia 770 tar.gz rootfs image

Nokia N8x0(W) - installer

.install file, use this and it will download proper bootmenu and such.

Guide:

Open the main menu and tap Utilities -> Install Bootmenu to start the bootmenu install process.
First, say yes to removing "unneeded extra (and factory testing) stuff"
say yes to including bootmenu.conf (important). Reboot when done flashing.
This is a special boot menu where boot menu items are made in /etc/bootmenu.d/*.item and refresh_bootmenu.d will flash this to initfs. If you are cloning or booting other OS'es, you'll need to make such .item files]
Utilities -> Install Mer and go through the dialogs. The installer will always install the most current release. When done it will reboot and you can hold down menu/swap key and boot into Mer.

Nokia N8x0(W) tar.gz

http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.7/mer-armel-n800-image-v0.7.tar.gz - tar.gz rootfs image

ARMEL sdk

First, install Fremantle SDK, and add yourself as a user to scratchbox.

As user:

   * wget -c http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/arm-linux-cs2008q3-72-libtool2_1.0.11_i386.deb
   * sudo dpkg -i arm-linux-cs2008q3-72-libtool2_1.0.11_i386.deb (run as root)
   * wget -c http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/scratchbox-devkit-mer_1.0.11_i386.deb
   * sudo dpkg -i scratchbox-devkit-mer_1.0.11_i386.deb
   * wget -c http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/qemu-eabi-cputransp-sbox_svn5391-2_i386.deb
   * sudo dpkg -i qemu-eabi-cputransp-sbox_svn5391-2_i386.deb
   * sb-conf setup MER-ARMEL --compiler=arm-linux-cs2008q3-72-libtool2 --devkits=debian-etch:cputransp:perl:mer --cputransp=qemu-arm-eabi -f
   * sb-conf reset -f MER-ARMEL
   * sb-conf select MER-ARMEL
   * sb-conf rootstrap MER-ARMEL http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.7/mer-armel-generic-rootstrapSB-v0.7.tar.gz
   * sb-conf install MER-ARMEL --etc --devkits --fakeroot

ISSUES:

   * You might have to set cpu right and such to target armv5el (no vfp)
   * You probably need to get EABI cpu transparency target too
   * 'not safe for cross-compilation' warnings (not true, i think)
   * fakeroot apt-get dist-upgrade is good once in a while to keep up to date. 
   * C++ is a bit broken.

buildd files

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Revision as of 13:32, 31 January 2009

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Completed tasks in this release and notable accomplisments

Known issues

Released files and guides

Generic x86 - VMDK (VMware disk image)

Installation in VirtualBox

Generic x86 - tar.gz image

Installation (chroot)

Start-up (from within `mer-0.7` directory)

Installation (machine)

Nokia 770 - tar.gz image

Nokia N8x0(W) - installer

Nokia N8x0(W) tar.gz

ARMEL sdk

buildd files

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Mer/Releases/0.7

Revision as of 13:32, 31 January 2009

Contents

Completed tasks in this release and notable accomplisments

Known issues

Released files and guides

Generic x86 - VMDK (VMware disk image)

Installation in VirtualBox

Generic x86 - tar.gz image

Installation (chroot)

Start-up (from within mer-0.7 directory)

Installation (machine)

Nokia 770 - tar.gz image

Nokia N8x0(W) - installer

Nokia N8x0(W) tar.gz

ARMEL sdk

buildd files

Start-up (from within `mer-0.7` directory)