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*X driver for omapfb does not use Manual updates yet and hence can be a bit slow in updating the screen which may give the impression the system is slow. | *X driver for omapfb does not use Manual updates yet and hence can be a bit slow in updating the screen which may give the impression the system is slow. | ||
*Rotation in advanced-backlight kills the X server | *Rotation in advanced-backlight kills the X server | ||
| + | *HAL fails to autodetect the model of RX-44 and RX-48 keyboard, and sets the XKB model wrong. To fix, temporarily, go into X terminal and 'setxkbmap -model rx44' and optionally 'setxkbmap -model rx44 -layout LAYOUTNAME', where LAYOUTNAME can be seen in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 (fisenoda = nordic) | ||
*A better way to reboot device or shut down than 'sudo reboot' or 'sudo shutdown -h now' or popping the battery is needed. | *A better way to reboot device or shut down than 'sudo reboot' or 'sudo shutdown -h now' or popping the battery is needed. | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 16 February 2009
Mer 0.7 was prepared in the sprint 1 February 2009 - 16 February 2009, and released on 16 February 2009
Contents |
Completed tasks in this release and notable accomplishments
If you want to see associated sprint, click here
| 2009-02-09 | Fix lack of "enter" ctrl-m "problem" on x86 | Stskeeps, johnx | 100% | Added /apps/osso/inputmethod/keyboard_available (bool) gconf2 option. Set true when on a machine with active keyboard. |
| 2009-02-14 | Add control panel applet for theme switching | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-theme-selector. |
| 2009-02-10 | maemo-select-menu-location seems to stall | Stskeeps | 100% | Reason is because .launch is not an .so. Same issue as in hildon desktop. In repository. |
| 2009-02-11 | Figure out how to make the theme switcher work. (It's a control panel applet), see libpersonalisation.so | timeless, qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-theme-selector. |
| 2009-02-08 | package evkey (for nit-kernel-compat purposes) | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository. |
| 2009-01-30 | Open system sounds (startup chime, touchscreen tap, etc) | opengeekv2, zenvoid | 100% | System Sounds by zenvoid completed: liberty-sounds-ui, list of wav files |
| 2009-02-03 | Make transitional package for libhildon-1-0 to libhildon1 | Stskeeps | 100% | In repository. |
| 2009-02-03 | Make transitional package for gconf2-common (bug 4016 connected) | Stskeeps | 100% | Fixed, but now libvte9 problems when installing gnome-core. |
| 2009-02-03 | Fix bug 4016 (helps getting GNOME components on Mer) | Stskeeps | 100% | Fixed, but gconf2-common transitional package is needed. |
| 2009-02-03 | Add python-gobject to dsme-tools dependancy | Stskeeps | 100% | In repository, tested on n810. |
| 0.7 | Working X-terminal with hildon input method working | Stskeeps | 100% | Some vte patches still needed, but working: screenshot |
| 2009-01-26 | Port and build http://repository.maemo.org/pool/diablo/free/h/hildon-plugins-settings/ (statusbar applet config | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-plugins-settings-cpa. |
| 2009-01-16 | nit-kernel-compat (support kernel booting rootfs directly), base on nitboot | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository. Current problems: evkey doesn't exist on non-bootmenu tablets (put as TODO, as the rest works), so rescue menu does not work. BZR branch: ~mer-committers/m-r/nit-kernel-compat. Problems with APT still exist, so no jffs2 image in this release. |
| Add FDI for Nokia keyboards (see this and this | Darken | 80% | Check this [1] - Added keycode problem fix in xserver-xorg-input-evdev, now in repository. Patched repository actually. Needs testing. | |
| Make hildon-desktop-env use a configuration file to determine wether it needs to show cursor or not (useful for x86) | johnx | 95% | Could use some testing on x86s with touchscreens | |
| December | Proposal for distribution of firmware images including closed-source bits needed for community editions | Stskeeps | 50% | First proposal involving initfs bits proposed through maemo-community. Positive Nokia response wish list for 3rd party components |
- b-man: various fixes to merinstaller
- Stskeeps: Beagleboard port, Pocket Loox 720 port, documented some parts of BME protocol, for creating an open hald-addon-bme.
- qwerty12: Created extras-repository package which adds the maemo-extras repository automatically for you in Mer.
- Mention of Mer at "Maemo on Beagleboard" talk at FOSDEM 09, see slide picture
Known issues
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (5 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101 | enhancement | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | zenity list should allow clicking in any column for radio and check lists | Carsten Munk |
| 4102 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | (dpkg?) error message shouldn't say "reached already" | Carsten Munk |
| 4111 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | install catalog details dialog is fatally modal | Carsten Munk |
| 4093 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | update-desktop-database error message is bad | Carsten Munk |
| 4062 | major | Mer | RESOLVED | FIXED | Installer crashes when writing a bootmenu item in advanced-mode for external card. | Carsten Munk |
- 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.
- X driver for omapfb does not use Manual updates yet and hence can be a bit slow in updating the screen which may give the impression the system is slow.
- Rotation in advanced-backlight kills the X server
- HAL fails to autodetect the model of RX-44 and RX-48 keyboard, and sets the XKB model wrong. To fix, temporarily, go into X terminal and 'setxkbmap -model rx44' and optionally 'setxkbmap -model rx44 -layout LAYOUTNAME', where LAYOUTNAME can be seen in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 (fisenoda = nordic)
- A better way to reboot device or shut down than 'sudo reboot' or 'sudo shutdown -h now' or popping the battery is needed.
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 (on tablets)
MD5sums
| 0772b1e9696abfa3385f225d7c22cecb | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.img.raw.gz |
| d88403e0aef6a9a0e14fbdcc7d848565 | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.tar.gz |
| 63e824cd3cab12e6c5088df3a11d6e2b | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.vmdk.zip |
| 3ea5499eff5b4c759276c3f4f2e0ee8b | mer-armel-n8x0-image-v0.8.tar.gz |
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 0.8
- OS type: Linux
- Version: Ubuntu
- RAM: 128 at least.
- Disk: click "existing", find the mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.vmdk file, select, select
- Next
- Finish.
Generic x86 - RAW image
- Generic X86 RAW gzipped image - usable in virtual machine products such as Parallels and such supporting RAW disk images (gunzip first).
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-0.8 cd mer-0.8 && sudo tar xzf mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.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 'nameserver <mynameresolver>' | sudo tee -a etc/resolv.conf
Start-up (from within mer-0.8 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 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/0.8/mer-armel-n8x0-image-v0.8.tar.gz - tar.gz rootfs image