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328 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | XFCE desktop icons not displayed when logging on too qu... | Requires testing | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
It looks like XFCE cannot find the icons for links/launchers on the desktop, when the user logs on too quickly. This happens either when the session chooser at start-up is disabled, or when the session is being chosen quickly after the session chooser is being displayed (e.g. by pressing enter as soon as the chooser window pops up). The icons are probably not generated yet at that time point.
A simple workaround is adding the command "xfdesktop --reload" to autostart. Couls this be included in the next SuperZaxxon release or a hotfix? |
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206 | OpenPandora Development OS | Backend / Core | Feature Request | Low | First Boot Wizard - Controls assignment screen needed | Researching | |
Release 2 (.next) |
Task Description
Since I don't have a Pandora, I used the videos that EvilDragon has shown to discover this issue. Nowhere did I see in the First Boot Wizard that it tells you what the default controls in XFCE does like for example how the mouse moves and clicking using the nubs. It also doesn't tell you what the gaming buttons do (L and R included).
Would be nice to know for first time users. It should also tell a user if they want to change these setting to look at a specific place after the wizard is done. We shouldn't have the users figure the controls and such out by trial and error. When is that ever fun? :) |
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291 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | root-owned pndrun_...out file makes PND refuse starting | Assigned | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
If a PND has been run as root before (using pnd_run.sh from a root shell) and afterwards it is invoked the normal way, the PND doesn't start, because the .out file cannt be overwritten:
/usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh: line 26: /tmp/pndrun_firefox.out: Permission denied
Desired solution:
.out file is silently overwitten.
Maybe, if that's not possible, create another .out file with a different name (added counter, for example).
Seen in SuperZaxxon relese 1.5, not in Beta3 as this task is flagged, but there is no choice besides Beta3. |
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299 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | run_pnd.sh does not follow PXML.xml or "-d"-Parameter | Assigned | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
I call pnd_run.sh with a pnd. The application directory will invariably be /media/SD/pandora/appdata/, no matter if the PXML.xml specifies a different appdata path. Also, the parameter -d for run_pnd.sh is not followed, either.
I tried with vlc.pnd from the app store and with Dosbox74.pnd.
UPDATE: Original submission contained a wrong filename reference. Corrected that typo to the filename intended by the submitter. Admin: porg. |
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12 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | file association for .pnd | New | |
All |
Task Description
Build the xml file and defaults.list so that pnd_run is file-assocated to .pnd |
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65 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Feature Request | Very Low | .desktop files, be nice if they included the non-englis... | New | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
.desktop files only include the English stuff right now (using the .desktop default tags.)
Be nice if in addition to 'title', we also include 'title[de]' type extras, whatever is in the PXML.xml
pnd_pxml_t includes all the goods, but pnd_disco_t has only the summarized english stuff. |
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94 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | Backlight control by lid sensor not detected after boot | New | |
All |
Task Description
If you boot the system with the lid closed, the backlight will still be on when you get to the desktop. You have to lift the lid for an instant and then close again to shut it off. Perhaps this is because of the lack of trigger for an interrupt since the sensor is already activated. Can there be one extra check of the lid sensor after boot to cover this static position? |
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105 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Very Low | Nubs feature request | New | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
The 'Nubs' application needs a setting for deadzone. Using the nubs in First person shooters the nubs trigger in directions when not even touched. An adjustment for deadzone would eliminate accidental movement caused by vibration.
Also, application profiles for the nubs would be very useful. Different apps use the nubs in different ways and it would be great to not have to go and change settings before launching each application. |
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121 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Bug Report | Medium | PyGame Hardware support | New | |
All |
Task Description
PyGame is damn slow (games with scrolling are not at all playable).
Would be nice if Hardware surface could be used :) |
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123 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Suggestions for the Pandora-Button | New | |
All |
Task Description
My suggestion instead of a full menu, would be to have a tiny overlay over the current running application which allows you to:
- relogin (to close all running applications)
- quit (stop the active application)
- shows the last notifications / toaster messages which you missed while being in a fullscreen app.
- possibly even something like plugin support or icons to check out the wifi-strength etc. from fullscreen apps.
Implementation wise this could possibly be done using
- a topmost window and the same content rendered in screenspace in a GLES hook (which should draw over most applications)
or
- one of the DSS2 overlays maybe
It's definitely something to consider as it was requested on the forums a few times (~"xbox like menu in games"). |
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138 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | 'del' key (shift+backspace) not working | New | |
All |
Task Description
The title says everything: The 'del' key does not work. In theory you should have a del "event" when hitting shift+backspace. This is not the case in all progs I tested so far (terminal and default text editor with gui). |
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252 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Feature Request | Low | Power management: If power cable is plugged ignore "Shu... | New | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
If the power cable is plugged and the user chooses "Shutdown Pandora" from a menu, there should be a warning that this is without purpose, as the device will automatically restart.
The resulting user choices should be "Cancel shutdown" and "Shutdown nevertheless". |
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270 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Very Low | Power-slider & lid-close events: XFCE observes user set... | New | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
STATUS QUO:
If you are in XFCE and hold the power slider for 3 seconds, you thereby trigger the shutdown command.
For 3 more seconds a dialogue box gives you the chance to abort the shutdown ("Shutting down in 3…2…").
Now in MiniMenu no direct shutdown key is available. You first have to quit the running app (via PANDORA key), then call up the menu (via SELECT key), and then navigate to "Shutdown" and confirm it (by B or ENTER).
INQUIRED BEHAVIOR:
1) Thanks to the very recent MiniMenu speedups, these 4 consecutive user interaction steps can now at least be be executed a lot faster.
Nevertheless, offering a 1-button-interaction (via power slider) too, would be nice. Could you please make that available to MiniMenu?
And in general: Make this power-slide-event available to any possible GUI, so that not each GUI has to implement this by itself, but rather the OS catches this event and handles it uniformly, except if a certain GUI WANTS to establish an exception to the rule.
2) Also the "Lid-Close-Settings" seem to be ignored by MiniMenu. MiniMenu seems to have the action "Turn off screen" hardcoded to that event. Please make MiniMenu observe the user settings from "Lid-Close-Settings".
RELATED SOURCE CODE FILES (to my knowledge):
op_lid.sh
op_power.sh
op_bright_up.sh
op_bright_down.sh |
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104 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | AAC decoder libfaad doesn't appear to be compiled as fi... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
FAAD2 appears to not be compiled with fixed point decoding. My version of libfaad compiled with fixed point used 2-3x less cpu than the provided one. It's not enough to provide the switch to the configure script. the file libfaad/common.h has to be edited and a define uncommented. Line 68 in the v2.7 source.
/* COMPILE TIME DEFINITIONS */
/* use double precision */
/* #define USE_DOUBLE_PRECISION */
/* use fixed point reals */
//#define FIXED_POINT |
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106 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Very Low | AppData corruption | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
The appdata folder was corrupted on my SD card from an unclean eject this made the folder read only until i ran a repaired it. MiniMenu still displayed all my PND files.
When clicking to launch the app would try to load crash and then return to MiniMenu without any visible error. This was pretty confusing and i thought it might be a good fix for a troubleshooting guide. |
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110 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Very Low | Battery percentage static in MiniMenu | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
Battery remaining percentage in MiniMenu does not update unless you change tabs back and forth.
This is only really an issue when leaving the unit charging and not using it. It gives the appearance that it is not charging until you swap tabs around. |
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118 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | add sdl-perl to the base OS | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Hi there,
Many games depend on sdl-perl. Perl and sdl are part of the base OS, but not not the connection between the two.
Cheers,
sebt3 |
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124 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | ifup doesn't like dhclient | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
I added:
iface usb0 inet dhcp
And ran:
ifup usb0
But dhclient simply prints usage. |
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135 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Bug Report | Low | OOM Killer causes loss of items in xfce4-panel configur... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
When the Pandora runs out of memory and the Out-Of-Memory killer fires, the Applications/Settings/xfce4/panel/panels.xml loses the entries for the menu button and the power monitor. |
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148 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | add standard library path to ldconfig.so.conf to help l... | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
cat >/etc/ld.so.conf |
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155 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | Critical problems after rescaling GLES2 X windows | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
When a X window which is displaying GLES2 render output is:
- Either dragged out of the visibile screen region (?)
- Is made larger than it was at the creation time of the GLES2 context
then:
- The performance will drop significantly as the EGL buffer swaps won't occur as fast as before,
- The render output will be corrupted and flicker
- In rare occasions crashes the application or locks up the entire system (which forces you to remove the battery)
The problem can not be solved without restarting the application (Possibly forcing players to complete the same goals again as they were unable to reach a savepoint or similar things).
This was confirmed in Mupen64Plus and the PowerVR GLES Samples and some of my own projects (which are, however, based on the PowerVR samples).
As I didn't see any other reports about this problems (but had it confirmed by other Pandora users too) I would expect that it can be fixed by using a newer X, kernel or combination of them as other OMAP users would be effected too. |
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156 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Feature Request | Very Low | Ask to format SD Card | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
When I have received my Pandora, I got an SD Card but it was not formated. I didn't have any card reader so I didn't now what was wrong (the Pandora or the SD Card).
When an unformated SD Card is inserted in the Pandora, it should be nice to ask if we want to format it. |
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158 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Bug Report | Medium | Refresh rate and BPP | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
On OS Zaxon (hotfix 3).
With "xfconf-query", the resolution is 800x480@60 Hz.
But with the tool in the menu "Settings" -> "Display", the resolution is 800x480@0 Hz.
With Java (opensdk-6-jre 6b18-1.8),
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().getDisplayModes()
return 1 display mode that is 800x480@0 Hz with a BPP of -1.
It seems to be the reason that GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().getDisplayMode() return null
and when closing a java application that goes in fullscreen mode to throw an exception (invalid display mode). |
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159 | OpenPandora Main OS | Base OS | Bug Report | Medium | System > Run PND Application menu item does nothing | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
With both Hotfix 3 and Hotfix 4 Beta the Run PND Application menu item fails to do anything.
Possibly related problem is that PND files newly copied to SD card are not recognized and entered on desktop as expected.
When you go to Thunar and right click - execute the PND file, nothing happens.
Possible fix by copying the PND to another folder on the SD card with Thunar.
This makes at least two PND files I had work.
Still no response with "Run PND Application" menu, though. |
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178 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | Mount-loop when booting from SD-card | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
When booting the pandora-OS from sd-card by using the official tar, you will end up with your sd-card being mounted twice: once as / and once as /media/. I solved this by adding "/dev/mmcblk0" to "/etc/udev/mount.blacklist". Maybe this should be added to the default tarball? I'm not sure as it might be used in other ways maybe (beside SD-card-installation)?
Background: I ran "updatedb" as root and have been notified by a message that there was a mount-loop. After adding the above modification the system still booted fine and "updatedb" ran nicely without a warning. |
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179 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | .vimrc-preset for user but not for root | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
I am running PandoraOS from sd-card installed with the official tarball "pandora-rootfs.tar.bz2".
I noticed that the control/keyboard-mapping in vi does not work correctly after switching to root (for example sudo su-). I solved this by copying over my users .vimrc to root-homedir. This should already be included in the tarball. |
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185 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | Xorg driver should not be dependant on user environment | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
The patch implementing screen blanking uses the /usr/pandora/scripts/op_lid.sh script to control LCD backlit:
http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openembedded.git;a=blob;f=recipes/xorg-driver/xf86-video-omapfb/pandora_backlight_dim.patch;h=4a0b8432d083c6e7297192a2920c7a777ae3d098;hb=16f3fff44323bd6b4349d909667b51a2fef3f278
The same result can be achieved by using the sys interface:
/sys/devices/platform/twl4030-pwm0-bl/backlight/twl4030-pwm0-bl/bl_power
This approach makes driver independent on particular distribution. The proposed patch is attached. |
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190 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | Removing desktop-shortkeys does not work | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Try clearing shortcuts in Start->Settings->Window Manager->Keyboard. That doesn't work (for me).
This is a problem because these shortcuts are blocking key-combination in apps, like for example the keymapper in dosbox (CTRL+F1) or refreshing content (CTRL+F5). I tried manual editing or even deleting the configuration file, but changes are not recognized and the file recreated on reboot. |
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191 | OpenPandora Development OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | Add XInput extention to allow pressure sensivity in app... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 2 (.next) |
Task Description
Please see this for GTK apps : http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/stable/gdk-Input-Devices.html
And see this thread : http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/372-xournal-pdf-annotations/page__gopid__6836#entry6836 |
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204 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | fonts issues | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Ok, I just want to say that there is something missing about the font on the base image. I cant get what (at least for now)
Here is an issue : http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54282-getting-vnc-viewer-to-work/
With my current Ogre build I get :
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Error: Aborting: no font found
I've googled but so far no solution :( |
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209 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Shutdown after a full charge | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
That still need to be configurable, but chris_c does a good job I'ld like to see integraded in the main image :
http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/58794-a-script-to-shutdown-after-charging/
and :
http://chrisc.bedroomcoders.co.uk/?p=77 |
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210 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Wader - cross platform graphical assistant for 3g conne... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
http://www.wader-project.org
http://trac.wader-project.org
http://trac.wader-project.org/wiki/Developers
this would be really usefull to monitor reception/network of mobile broadband dongle and it also counts ur mobile data usage (for those that have limits). |
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217 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Low | Add Mounting and unmounting context options for PND's | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
It'll have to be in the SKEL.
/etc/skel/Applications/Settings/Thunar/uca.xml
People can replace the contents of their current uca.xml file with the following to gain this functionality now.
/home/[USERNAME]/Applications/Settings/Thunar/uca.xml
Terminal
Open Terminal Here
exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator
Example for a custom action
*
emblem-symbolic-link
Mount PND
/usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh -p %f -m && thunar /mnt/utmp/
*.pnd;*.PND
gtk-jump-to-rtl
Unmount PND
/usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh -p %f -u
*.pnd;*.PND |
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218 | Additional Applications | Application | Bug Report | Low | nc (netcat) can't create tcp connections | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Zaxxon Hotfix 5.
Example (dropbear is running):
------------------------
~# nc -vvvv localhost 22
Notice: Real hostname for localhost [127.0.0.1] is localhost.localdomain
Total received bytes: 0
Total sent bytes: 0
~# telnet localhost 22
SSH-2.0-dropbear_0.51
------------------------
All required libraries seem present, strace output is inconclusive. |
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222 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Bug Report | Low | Login Screen does not accept all symbols of the form Fn... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Problem - Login Screen does not accept all symbols of the form Fn+char
Reproducibility - always
Actual results - the characters :?#|$€"‘£¥@!_ do not work on the Login Screen with the Pandora's keyboard. When fn then the corresponding character is pressed, nothing is added to the string.
Expected results - these characters should appear just like any other character
Work Around - an external keyboard was able to enter these characters
Aditional Information - While the characters :?#|$€"‘£¥@!_ do not work, the characters ;/\'-+=`() work just fine. |
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223 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | High | op_power.sh kills gles context | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
opengles and op_power.sh don't like each other very much.
whenever returning from low power to full power mode again, opengles rendering is just dead.
the reason for this issue are following 2 lines within op_power.sh
18 echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/omapfb/graphics/fb0/blank
...
66 echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/omapfb/graphics/fb0/blank
if these lines are removed/commented, the gles rendering just resumes fine. |
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225 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | ads7846 reports odd pressure values | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
using evdev xorg drivers and not the tslib drivers you can receive pressure axis data however there is
a problem with the values reported by the ads7846 module and the evdev driver has no calibration property for pressure
using
xinput test touchscreen
you can see the pressure axis ranging from 120-ish for hard press to about 150-170 for light press (low pressure values can
be quite erratic)
I could possibly hack the evdev module to possibly do something with this odd and narrow range of values, but I rather think looking
at the source that the ads7846 module needs some work.
is there a git tag that has a known working configuration? as I've had problems getting the kernel to compile the last few times I attempted... |
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229 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | High | Enable wake on alarm interrupts | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
Found I'd kept some notes about making the Pandora's wake on alarm function work...
drivers/rtc/rtc-twl4030.c
twl4030_rtc_remove (for when the driver is removed) and twl4030_rtc_
shutdown (for when the system is shutdown) functions need to change. Or at least the shut down does.
oh YUK who's been using goto....
changes in drivers/rtc/rtc-twl4030.c
twl4030_rtc_remove
commented out //mask_rtc_irq_bit(BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_ALARM_M);
twl4030_rtc_shutdown
replaced
// mask_rtc_irq_bit(BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_TIMER_M |
// BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_ALARM_M);
with
mask_rtc_irq_bit(BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_TIMER_M);
twl4030_rtc_suspend
replaced
// mask_rtc_irq_bit(BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_TIMER_M |
// BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_ALARM_M);
with
mask_rtc_irq_bit(BIT_RTC_INTERRUPTS_REG_IT_TIMER_M);
twl4030_rtc_init
added (before return!)
twl4030_rtc_alarm_irq_set_state(true);
Should probably check reg 0x2B with mask 0x08 to see if alarm should be left enabled or not ?
but only in twl4030_rtc_shutdown and ?remove? NOT in twl4030_rtc_init
should remove ever happen ???
I'm guessing it's best to not enable the alarm irq's all the time??? |
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236 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Low | Cannot unmount SD-Card | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
SD-Card in Pandora can only be unmounted by guest (uid=1000) but not by jgeiss (uid=1001).
Steps To Reproduce:
Insert SD-Card (or boot with SD-Card inserted),
Login as jgeiss (uid=1001),
Try to unmount SD-Card via XFCE-Popup-Menu (right mouse click on SD-Card-Icon and select unmount). |
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238 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Low | Quick key access to OK in dialogues | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In many GUI dialogues the default action button (OK, ACCEPT, YES, …) cannot be triggered with a simple key press. Pressing ENTER triggers the element which has focus (usually the first dialogue element), but not the default action, as most computer users would expect!
MY WORKAROUND MEANWHILE: Press ALT plus the underlined letter of your desired action. But that's not very convenient as the underlined letter needs to be looked upon first, as the button label can differ from situation to situation (ACCEPT, OK, YES, …) and then 2 keys need to be pressed.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION: The custom of many operating systems should be adapted on the OpenPandora as well. SPACE triggers the currently focused element (whatever that may be: list item, radio button, checkbox, etc), and ENTER triggers the default action of that dialogue.
Or even better use the Pandora specific A/B/Y/X keys cleverly in those dialogues/selections. I don't know whether there is a standard functionality assignment within this key-group, in MiniMenu "B" is start/confirm, I do not know of any other standard assignments yet. |
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239 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Low | MiniMenu: New option: Grid stop horizontal | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
I am suggesting the new option "Grid stop horizontal" for MiniMenu with the following possible settings and their effect.
Yes -> If the boundary is reached the focus remains there.
No -> If the boundary is reached the focus starts at the opposite side again.
Jump to next/prev line -> If the boundary is reached the focus jumps to the next/previous line and the opposite side. |
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240 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Low | MiniMenu shall return into full screen mode (more quick... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
If you set MiniMenu's option "Live (not exit) on app run?" to YES, and you quit an application and return to the still running MiniMenu, it runs in windowed mode, and takes about 2 seconds until it goes into full screen mode again.
This delay should at best be not noticeable at all, at most 0-1 seconds. |
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242 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Medium | Pressing SHIFT + any key in sequence creates the modifi... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
ISSUE ENVIRONMENT:
If you hold your Pandora in your hands, you only have your thumbs for typing, hence your typing abilities are quite limited.
It is hard to press more than 2 keys, and hard to press 2 keys on the same side, as your second thumb does not reach the opposite side all too easy (except you have a basketball player's hands).
The modifier keys Start/ALT Select/CTRL Pandora/(META, I guess?) are in the middle of the keyboard, hence the can easily pressed together with another key. But SHIFT lies at an ergonomically problematic side (left boundary). Hence hard to press with other left side keys.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
I suggest that Pandora OS offers an optional and configurable input help.
[1|2|3 presses | hold for duration x] SHIFT [timeout y] [modifier key 2] [timeout z] key
Produces the same result like SHIFT + modkey2 + key
Very likely modifier key 2 and timeout z are not necessary, as you can trigger the SHIFT hold (by your defined action), and then press the modifier key 2 and the other key at once, as the other modifier keys are laid at a central (ergonomically better) position. |
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243 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Medium | MiniMenu: Pressing successive character keys should com... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
Imagine this tab content:
Nubs, Pandora Input, PNDstore.
CURRENT BEHAVIOR:
Pressing "P" and "N" is succession jumps to "Nubs" eventually, as it first jumps to the first "P" item ("Pandora Input"), then to the first "N" item, "Nubs".
DESIRED BEHAVIOR:
That it acts like in most Linux file browsers or the Mac OS X Finder.
In detail: Pressing "P" and "N" within a certain time limit should combine them to the string "PN" and jump to the first item which starts with that string, i.e. "PNDStore". If no item matches, reduce the combination string by one character, try to match again, if that doesn't match, try matching again with one character less, ... , until only one character is left, and if that one doesn't match jump to the nearest previous lexicographical character, which matches. |
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244 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Low | Include man and the manpages | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
The command line environment of the default OS does not include the command "man" and the respective manpages of the installed programs.
I personally often use manpages, as I hardly remember the syntax/arguments of all programs I use.
Having them would be very convenient!
EVALUATING NEEDED STORAGE AMOUNT
Some may argue that storage space is quite limited on the NAND.
Yes I agree. Hence the number of included programs is limited too. Hence it would not be all too many manpages.
When I press TAB into an empty Terminal prompt, I get 1406 possibilities, which is about the amount of available commands/programs if we ignore aliases, etc.
Multiply that with an average of 20 kb per manpage, and you get about 30 MB in total. With compression this could possibly be brought down to 15-20 MB.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
A) Store into the NAND the manpages of core OS CLI programs only, and not all the library/system/etc documentation.
B) Include only the man command into the core OS, and compile/configure it in such a fashion, that it finds the manpages within non-NAND media (SD card, USB volume, etc).
b1) Specify that it simply looks into a certain path within the /media/*/pandora/ structure.
b2) Or offer PND packages like man-core.pnd, man-extended.pnd,... you get the idea or even man-custom.pnd (which would look into its appdata or a certain path for custom added manpages, to somehow get the b1 approach within the PND approach). |
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246 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Bug Report | Medium | Clipboard content of closed app gets tossed instead of ... | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
FLAWED BEHAVIOUR:
Copy and paste only works between 2 active applications. This is very limiting!
If you are in the single task oriented MiniMenu you have no chance at all to share the clipboard between apps!
If you are in the multi tasking oriented XFCE desktop environment you can only share between apps running in parallel! Not with apps which started after the source app has been terminated.
DESIRED BEHAVIOUR:
The clipboard content (within reasonable limits of course) should remain, regardless of the source application, so that you can paste at any later moment into any application. |
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251 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Feature Request | Low | SD Mass Storage: Possibility to host multiple volumes | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
a) Host multiple volumes at once.
b) Select one for hosting first, later host additional ones. (I guess this scenario is more complicated) |
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253 | OpenPandora Main OS | Application | Feature Request | Medium | Switch GUI: Intelligent automatic choice | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
If only 2 GUIs are available, skip the user selection and switch right into the only other GUI. What else would the user want?! Right!
If more than 2, already set the focus in the GUI list to the next possible item. |
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256 | Additional Applications | Application | Feature Request | Medium | Closed lid apps (i.e. audio recording/playback) should ... | Unconfirmed | |
All |
Task Description
When the lid is closed the only remaining buttons on the Pandora are the L + R shoulder buttons and the power slider.
Applications operating in this mode should utilize that few available buttons!
Example for button utilization in a audio playback software:
L + R at once: Toggle Play/Pause
L hold: fast backward
R hold: fast forward
L click: jump to previous song
R click: jump to next song
L double click: jump to previous album/artist
R double click: jump to next album/artist |
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257 | OpenPandora Main OS | Core | Bug Report | Medium | TV Out script breaks XV/SDL Video playback | Unconfirmed | |
Release 1 (Zaxxon) |
Task Description
This seems to be the case with Hot-fix 5 and 6 alpha 4.
I've been able to repeat this bug by re-flashing..
On a fresh re-flash.. installed community codec pack.. Videos will play fine on Panplayer, VLC and Gnome-Mplayer with default settings, which I believe is XV or SDL out in the case of VLC.
Run the TV-out script it will cause a blank black screen during playback.. Disabling TV-out, switching modes, rebooting.. battery out, nothing seems to allows it to work with XV/SDL out again.. I know If I switch to X11 it will make it "work" again, but I notice a bit of lag during playback using X11 compared to XV/SDL out. |