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Mer/Build

2009-06-29T21:07:49Z

70.17.177.206: Added QEMU armel image

This section documents how to use the [http://build.opensuse.org openSUSE Build Service] with Mer. More on the openSUSE Buildservice [http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service here].

A simple way to think of OBS is as a version control system for source tarballs and .dsc files and whenever you commit a tarball the build farm compiles it for you.

Over and above this OBS provides a local tool called osc that lets you do clean builds not only for your own OS and architecture but also for other distros and even other architectures (armel).

==Getting Started==

The first thing to do is to [[/Install OBS|install OBS]]. This will provide access to the tools and source used to build Mer.

Then you should become familiar with building an application using OBS but outside the Mer repository. This is explained in detail in [[/Application Building|Application Building]].

When you are comfortable with that it makes sense to look at the [[/Mer Packages|Mer Packages]].

Finally there are [[/Processes|processes]] used to manage the Mer packages whic may include [[/UsingGitorious]]

== OBS Build Farm ==

http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Documentation/Build/Common_Problems

== QEMU armel image ==

An Ubuntu armel image for QEMU is available from here: 
http://gitorious.org/mer-toggles/qemu-armel-image (login: ubuntu/ubuntu)
 
Based on these instructions: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch 

 
[[Category:Mer]]

Mer/Status/Battery

2009-06-29T20:49:54Z

70.17.177.206: smartq battery information

'''Battery monitor via bme''' 
n8x0 support is in devel as of 0.14 
<pre>
apt-get install advanced-power
</pre>
To start the advanced-power applet 
<pre>
Mer->Settings->Settings
Panels
Status Bar
Advanced Power
Ok and reboot
</pre>

 
'''Request for help''' 
smarq'''x''' is still under development, anyone with a smartq'''x''' and some python knowledge is encouraged to install hald-bme-smartq according to the instructions below and help debug the advanced-power applet, please contact toggles at the google mail domain for help or if you can provide any assitance.
 
'''Battery monitor on smartq''' (currently broken) 
Thanks to zenvoid and qwerty12 for all the help 
As of 0.14 you need to upgrade to Devel and then as root (sudo was broken on the tablet I was borrowing time on) 
<pre>
cd
wget http://tommywatson.com/Mer/hald-addon-smartq_0.02_armel.deb
dpkg -i hald-addon-smartq_0.02_armel.deb
apt-get install advanced-power
wget http://tommywatson.com/Mer/AdvancedPowerMonitor.tgz
cd /
tar -zxf /root/AdvancedPowerMonitor.tgz
</pre>

To start the advanced-power applet 
<pre>
Mer->Settings->Settings
Panels
Status Bar
Advanced Power
Ok and reboot
</pre>

Mer/Status

2009-06-29T20:28:55Z

70.17.177.206: Updated smartq battery info

== Hardware Support ---- PAGE NOT DONE YET ==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Feature !! N770 !! N800 || N810 || SmartQ5 || SmartQ7 || FreeRunner
|-
!colspan="7"| Display
|-
|[[/Brightness|Brightness]] || ? || Y || Y || ? || ? || ?
|-
|[[/Ambient light sensor|Ambient light sensor]] || - || - || ? || - || - || -
|-
|[[/Touch events|Touch events]] || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y
|-
|[[/Graphics Acceleration|2D/3D Acceleration]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?
|-
|[[/LEDs|LEDs]] || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ?

|-
!colspan="7"| Buttons/Switches
|-
|[[/Headphone detect|Headphone detect]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Y || 0
|-
|[[/Headset switch events|Headset switch events (via dbus)]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Y || 0
|-
|[[/Keyboard|Keyboard]] || - || - || Y || - || - || 0
|-
|[[/Flaps|Battery cover/SD door events]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/HW Buttons|HW Buttons (zoom,lock etc)]] || 0 || 0 || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/Power Button|Power Button]] || 0 || 0 || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/Camera eject|Camera eject]] || - || 0 || 0 || - || - || 0
|-
!colspan="7"|Ancillary Devices
|-
|[[/Camera|Camera]] || - || ? || ? || - || - || 0
|-
|[[/FM Radio|FM Radio]] || - || ? || - || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/Sound|Sound Microphone]] || 0 || N || N || 0 || Y || 0
|-
|[[/Sound/Mic|Sound Speakers/Mic]] || 0 || N || N || 0 || Y || 0
|-
|[[/Bluetooth|Bluetooth]] || 0 || Y || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/Wifi|Wifi]] || 0 || Y || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/GPS|GPS]] || - || - || ? || - || - || 0
|-
|[[/Battery|Battery]] || 0 || Y || Y || 50% || 50% || 0
|-
|[[/Power control|Power control]] || 0 || Y || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/MMC reader|MMC reader]] || 0 || Y || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/USB|USB]] || 0 || Y || Y || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
|[[/TV-OUT|TV-OUT]] || - || - || - || - || - || 0
|}

== Application Support ==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Key Application !! Provided by
|-
|browser || Tear (probably)
|-
|email client || claws (or modest if anyone ports it)
|-
|book reader || fbreader
|-
|media player || gpodder or canola
|-
|text editor || maemopad+ etc
|-
|photo viewer || mirage
|-
|calendar || gpe-calendar (for now)
|-
|address book || gpe-contacts (for now)
|-
|file manager || finefm but it needs improvement
|-
|instant messenger || pidgin
|-
|feed reader || rss-reader
|-
|alarm clock || ??

|}

Mer/Status/Sound

2009-06-21T20:58:01Z

70.17.177.206:

To get sound running on Mer requires the pulseaudio code to be developed and setup properly.

In the meantime you can use ALSA with certain apps but you need the Nokia osso-dsp-rx-44-modules

echo "deb http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/updates/diablo-2/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp_updates.list
apt-get update
apt-get install alsa-base tablet-sound
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp_updates.list
apt-get update

The tablet needs to be halted and -then- booted, to allow the modules to load, then use alsa mixer to unmute the required channels.

alsamixer -c 0

FOR Mer 0.13 USERS:
There's a problem with osso-dsp-loader.

You need to download osso-dsp-loader from the old repo.

run in Xterm

wget http://repository.mer.tspre.org/pool/contrib/o/osso-dsp-loader/osso-dsp-loader_0.5.6-4deblet3mer1_armel.deb
sudo dpkg -i osso-dsp-loader_0.5.6-4deblet3mer1_armel.deb

[[Category:Mer|Sound]]

Mer/Status/Sound

2009-06-21T19:41:37Z

70.17.177.206:

To get sound running on Mer requires the pulseaudio code to be developed and setup properly.

In the meantime you can use ALSA with certain apps but you need the Nokia osso-dsp-rx-44-modules

echo "deb http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/updates/diablo-2/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp_updates.list
apt-get update
apt-get install alsa-base tablet-sound
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/temp_updates.list
apt-get update

The tablet needs to be halted and -then- booted, to allow the modules to load

FOR Mer 0.13 USERS:
There's a problem with osso-dsp-loader.

You need to download osso-dsp-loader from the old repo.

run in Xterm

wget http://repository.mer.tspre.org/pool/contrib/o/osso-dsp-loader/osso-dsp-loader_0.5.6-4deblet3mer1_armel.deb
sudo dpkg -i osso-dsp-loader_0.5.6-4deblet3mer1_armel.deb

[[Category:Mer|Sound]]