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216 | Application | To Do (Reminder) | Low | ToDo - SD manager tool (backup homedir/restore, prepare... | New | |
Task Description
Should make up a simple zenity script tool ..
- backup -> pick SD -> backs up current user's homedor to SD. (tar.gz format so permissions can be kept; not cpio/etc, too annoying for user.) -> keep rolling, or just one copy?
- restore -> pick SD -> pick user -> confirm -> wipe home and restore with version from tarball? (or just unpack in-place, so existing new files are kept)
-> prepare SD -> pick SD -> mkdir /pandora/menu and /pandora/desktop |
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217 | Application | Feature Request | Low | Add Mounting and unmounting context options for PND's | Unconfirmed | |
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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222 | Application | Bug Report | Low | Login Screen does not accept all symbols of the form Fn... | Unconfirmed | |
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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238 | Application | Feature Request | Low | Quick key access to OK in dialogues | Unconfirmed | |
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 | Application | Feature Request | Low | MiniMenu: New option: Grid stop horizontal | Unconfirmed | |
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 | Application | Feature Request | Low | MiniMenu shall return into full screen mode (more quick... | Unconfirmed | |
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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241 | Application | Feature Request | Low | MiniMenu shall remember state for next start | Closed | |
Task Description
With the setting "Live (not exit) on app run?" set to "NO" the currently selected tab and item shall be remembered, so that you return to the same state, in which you left MiniMenu. |
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244 | Application | Feature Request | Low | Include man and the manpages | Unconfirmed | |
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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258 | Application | Bug Report | Low | MiniMenu: Pressing key multiple times only cycles focus... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
EXAMPLE: MiniMenu with the option "Subcategories as folders" YES, and the current active tab i.e. "Game" lists:
Subgenre folders: ActionGame, AdventureGame, ArcadeGame, BlocksGame, …
App items: Abuse, Amoeboax, Arkaniod, Bloqus, …
THE BUG: Pressing "A" multiple times only cycles the focus between folders (ActionGame, AdventureGame, ArcadeGame), but never reaches the app items (Abuse, Amoeboax, Arkaniod).
BESIDES THIS BUG in the current keyboard item selection logic, I kindly inquire to implement: FS#243 |
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266 | Application | Bug Report | Low | hf6rc: Unable to enter Low Power Mode with lid shut: | Closed | |
Task Description
Since hf6rc was installed I am unable to enter low power mode.
I did pull up the new lid config settings script and selected switch off screen.
Reproducable.
Nothing happens when the power switch is moved fully to the right for a short time.
I expect it to entry low power mode. quirky for it not too.
workaround: easy - enter LPM before closing lid.
btw: unable to select hf6 in reported version. |
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298 | Application | Bug Report | Low | Mousepad only searches once | Closed | |
Task Description
Whenever I search text in an open Mouspad document, it works fine the first time. As soon as I close the search dialogue and re-open it, the "find" (resp "find and replace" in replace dialogue) button is greyed out and unclickable. (This is the state the dialogue is in before typing anything, but this time, typing doesn't help.) "return" also doesn't work. Only help is closing and reopening Mousepad. |
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335 | Application | Bug Report | Low | Evince 2.30 crashes when fullscreen | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Hi,
Evince 2.30 often crashes with the following error message:
(evince:2834): EvinceDocument-CRITICAL **: ev_image_save_tmp: assertion `GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
Segmentation fault
How to reproduce: open Evince, select a PDF file, go into fullscreen mode, then click into the body of the document.
Cheers, Magic Sam |
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75 | Base OS | To Do (Reminder) | Low | Remove application-launcher from Pandora-Button | Closed | |
Task Description
As the Application Launcher takes 12 seconds to load and slows all running games down terribly if you accidentally hit the Pandora-Button, it is useless.
Please change it so it does something different.
My suggestions:
* Open the XFCE Start-Menu
or
* Open a simple applauncher (as suggested by vimacs)
Make sure it doesn't disturb any game or emulator if you press it while playing! |
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83 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | getting more /media/mmcblk?p1 | Closed | |
Task Description
From a conversation with skeezix:
I'm seeing /media/mmcblk0p1, mmcblk1p1, mmcblk2p1, mmcblk3p1 and mmcblk4p1 - is that something I should worry about? This started after I inserted & ejected my sd card a couple of times.
To which skeezix said:
The system starts at /media/mmcblk0 (with p1 ec being the partition number); if you eject the SD, then stick it back in, it will try to go to the earlier number again, but if some process was watching that SD when you ejected it, the system will nto be able to recycle that number, so you get the next blk number. So if you end up with /media/mmcblk5p1 (say), then it means you've been eject/inserting, and some program or another has been watching the SD instead of letting it go.
Isn't it nicer to cleanup the ones above 1 (so 0 and 1 are there) at startup to avoid confusion? |
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88 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | pydoc is missing | Closed | |
Task Description
I love to use the pandora for some on-the-go python development, and I think I'm not the only one, but unfortunately the module pydoc is missing, which is needed for doing help(sys) on the interactive prompt. Could you please include that in the next firmware revision? Thanks! |
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90 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Adding more "general libs" to the OS image | Closed | |
Task Description
It would be nice if some more generic libs that could be used by software ported to the Pandora would be available in the base image. For example for Wesnoth we do require these additional libs (names taken from http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=boost ):
* boost-iostreams
* boost-regex
* boost-serialization
Beside this Wesnoth does also require this package (from http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=lua5.1 ):
* lua5.1
In general I would recommend pulling in all of boost. This means the dependencies as well as the recommends. Here is a short paste of what this means:
Depends:
libc6, libstdc++6, libgcc1, boost-filesystem, boost-thread, boost-date-time, boost-system
Recommends:
boost-date-time, boost-filesystem, boost-graph, boost-iostreams, boost-program-options, boost-python, boost-regex, boost-serialization, boost-signals, boost-system, boost-test, boost-thread
There are probably some other packages/lib that might make sense to directly have in the OS image, but they currently don't come to my mind, so I can't list them here. ;) |
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93 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | zaxxon first boot: don't ask for user prompt if already ... | Closed | |
Task Description
How to reproduce:
First boot, Pandora's Box has been opened. Prompt for Full name, username, and password.
Then, simply press OK without selecting whether minimenu or xfce. None selected. Then you can't do any more. Wizard closes and you don't need any more options.
After manual reboot, the wizard starts again and asks for name again. But the username already exists. |
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96 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Customizable SD mount options | Closed | |
Task Description
Right now writes are really slow because they write synchronously: there should be an option to change this so that the user is first taught how to unmount an sd card then remove it... |
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97 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Missing kernel-module-snd-usb-audio | Closed | |
Task Description
Missing kernel-module-snd-usb-audio would be nice to hook the pandora up to my logitec speakers and have audio out and a hub for hooking up other devices at the same time... |
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103 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | OpenAL library in firmware? | Closed | |
Task Description
Is there any chance we can have OpenAL installed as a default library? I'm considering porting some software that requires it (and truth be told I manually compiled and installed it for my own use atm...) |
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104 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | AAC decoder libfaad doesn't appear to be compiled as fi... | Unconfirmed | |
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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107 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | Secure Wifi will not connect until XFCE is loaded | Closed | |
Task Description
My Pandora is set to load MiniMenu on boot. I can't use any networked apps because wifi will not automatically connect on boot. XFCE needs to be loaded at least once so that i can enter my keychain password. Once i've entered my password Wifi connects and i can return to MiniMenu. |
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118 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | add sdl-perl to the base OS | Unconfirmed | |
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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119 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | ext4 support | Closed | |
Task Description
Don't know how much work this would be to get a later version of the linux firmware to add this, but it would be nice to have more filesystem support. |
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123 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Suggestions for the Pandora-Button | New | |
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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124 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | ifup doesn't like dhclient | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
I added:
iface usb0 inet dhcp
And ran:
ifup usb0
But dhclient simply prints usage. |
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133 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Add TiMidity++ to OS? | Closed | |
Task Description
Hey, was just wondering if it would be possible to have TiMidity++ (http://timidity.sourceforge.net/) added with a hotfix, would allow games/ports that use it (the Zelda ports here: http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54633-zelda-kind-of), zdoom and heretic (I think unless pickles has changed them) and other stuff that uses it to not have to include it in the .pnd and saving SD space... just an idea... |
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137 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Default vim config | Closed | |
Task Description
The current vim install does come without any config file. By default this means vim does work in "vi compatible mode" which makes it hardly usable. The attached config file is meant to be used as ~/.vimrc, so it should be added to "/etc/skel/.vimrc". The file is partly based on the default config used by gentoo.
Things this config file sets:
* Start in "vim mode" by default
* activate ruler
* set width of linenumber in ruler
* assume that the terminal uses a dark background
* configure what hitting backspace removed (newlines, ...)
* some magic to have different encoding formats working in a more sane way |
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139 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | Space should not be accepted in hostname | Closed | |
Task Description
http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/54878-embarassingly-nooby-questions-from-a-new-pandora-owner/page__view__findpost__p__885235
If the user names their Pandora using a space in the name, "This will prevent Xfce from operating correctly". Should trap this when asking for a host name. |
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145 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | missing tune2fs command | Closed | |
Task Description
bash: tune2fs: command not found
Please include tune2fs into basic OS image. Would be handy for managing filesystem on SD cards. |
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147 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | Screen backlight is ON when starting with lid closed | Closed | |
Task Description
[HotFix3 installed]
If you power up the Pandora and have the screen closed, the backlight will still go on. That should not happen. Right now you have to open it, close it and than the backlight turns off to save energy... |
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160 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | bug in date/time setting window | Closed | |
Task Description
first time i changed the date/time with no problems afterward every time when i try to change it it gives me "Please select month ..." this happens after selecting the time zone window. |
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161 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Add ftp to base OS | Closed | |
Task Description
Include the netkit-ftp package so the Pandora has at least basic ftp functionality out of the box. |
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163 | Base OS | Bug Report | Low | DPMS related "display problems" | Closed | |
Task Description
Currently it looks like DPMS is active in xorg (eg when using XFCE). DPMS is normally used for stuff like turning the screen off to save energy. There seems to be no way to configure this while in XFCE. So the default xorg server values are used.
At the moment the screen is turned off after 10mins of inactivity. Problems with this are
a) that the time till it is turned off can not be configured
b) after wakeup from such a DPMS related display shutdown the brightness is set to maximum.
Solution to this:
Deactivate the sleep values via xorg.conf. I am attaching a diff to "[openembedded.git] / recipes / xorg-xserver / xserver-xorg-conf / omap3-pandora / xorg.conf" changing those to "default off". |
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174 | Base OS | Feature Request | Low | Include modem-manager in base image | Closed | |
Task Description
Please consider including the modemmanager package in the base distibution.
This allows 3G wireless dongles to work out of the box (configured via network-manager). |
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4 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Missing Icons | Closed | |
Task Description
Some icons are missing:
XFCE4 Settings Manager: Accessibility, Appearance, Desktop, Display, File Manager, Keyboard, Mouse
The icons on the panel (Mail, Web, etc.) are also missing (they're invisibile) |
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7 | Core | Bug Report | Low | No help or tips and tricks yet | Closed | |
Task Description
Help is missing as are the tips and tricks on startup. |
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12 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | file association for .pnd | New | |
Task Description
Build the xml file and defaults.list so that pnd_run is file-assocated to .pnd |
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13 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | verify pndevmapperd is invoking scripts | Closed | |
Task Description
menu button is verified
verify power button
verify lid open/close |
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14 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | Add hup of pndnotifyd to .xinitrc | Closed | |
Task Description
Pretty minor risk, but if the guy creates multiple accounts on the machine, and logs out of one and into another .. we'll want to hup pndnotifyd
Alternative solution is to poll utmp (or inotify on utmp?) to watch for logins and handle it magicly. |
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17 | Core | Feature Request | Low | Backlight off when display shuts off | Closed | |
Task Description
Would it be easy to make the backlight shut off when the screen goes off after a period of inactivity? That would save a lot of energy both during the charge cycle and if left on with a battery running.
Thanks! |
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19 | Core | Feature Request | Low | XFCE-Menu Editor | Closed | |
Task Description
Add an XFCE-Menu Editor (using python).
This way, people can edit the Startmenu :)
http://my.opera.com/Texel/blog/2008/02/20/xfce-applications-menu-editor-0-4 |
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20 | Core | Bug Report | Low | pndevmapperd: op_lid.sh / op_lidtoggle.sh | Closed | |
Task Description
pndevmapperd tries to run /usr/pandora/scripts/op_lidtoggle.sh, however, the filename is /usr/pandora/scripts/op_lid.sh
Either rename the file or change the call ;) |
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21 | Core | Bug Report | Low | op_bright.sh doesn't work correctly | Closed | |
Task Description
The file has to be changed to make it work.
The working script is:
#!/bin/bash
#get value range
minbright=3
maxbright=$(cat /sys/devices/platform/twl4030-pwm0-bl/backlight/twl4030-pwm0-bl/max_brightness)
curbright=$(cat /sys/devices/platform/twl4030-pwm0-bl/backlight/twl4030-pwm0-bl/brightness)
device=/sys/devices/platform/twl4030-pwm0-bl/backlight/twl4030-pwm0-bl/brightness
if [ ! $1 ]; then
newbright=$(DISPLAY=0:0 zenity --scale --text "set brightness" --min-value=$minbright --max-value=$maxbright --value=$curbright --step 1)
else
newbright=$1
fi
if [ $newbright -le $minbright ]; then newbright=$newbright; fi
echo $newbright > $device |
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22 | Core | Bug Report | Low | pndevmapperd: Powerbutton / hold doesn't work. | Closed | |
Task Description
Moving the powerbutton doesn't get recognized by pndevmapperd.
When moving the powerbutton to hold, it reports:
keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 152 |
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24 | Core | Bug Report | Low | op_menu.sh not working | Closed | |
Task Description
Reports:
xfce4-appfinder: Cannot open display: .
Fix might be (according to vimacs):
Change those two similar looking lines to:
sudo -u $xfceuser DISPLAY=:0.0 xfce4-appfinder
and:
pidlist=$(pstree -lpA | grep pnd_run.sh | sed -ne 's/.*-\(.*\)(\([0-9]\+\))/\2\n \1/p' | DISPLAY=:0.0 zenity --list --multiple --column "pid" --column "name" --title "kill" --text "which apps should be killed" | sed 's/|/\n/')
Needs to be checked. |
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27 | Core | Bug Report | Low | xfce4-brightness-plugin: 0 isn't a good minimum value | Closed | |
Task Description
The xfce4-brightness-plugin can be set to a minimum of 0.
This is kinda confusing to the normal user, as it makes the screen totally black.
Maybe this could be changed to a minimum of 3? |
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29 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | ToDo: Map Fn-U and Fn-I with brightness controls | Closed | |
Task Description
Include brightness change hotkeys. |
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32 | Core | Bug Report | Low | pndnotifyd: Crawling through directories it shouldn't i ... | Closed | |
Task Description
My current configuration is:
Rootfs on first SD Card, 2nd partition.
If I put my WIZ SD Card with tons of files into the second SD Slot while booting, pndnotifyd eats up about 95% of CPU time.
After about 8 - 9 minutes, it stopped eating the CPU and the system is working normally.
This doesn't happen when I put in the card when XFCE4 is already running.
Using LSOF, I can confirm it's crawling where it shouldn't:
pndnotify 1825 root 6r DIR 179,9 1441792 62488 /media/mmcblk1p1/roms/c64/Tapes
Could it be that on first initialization it hasn't loaded the config and crawls through the whole SD Card?
On a side note: I got 44700 files on that SD Card... so if it needs about 8 minutes, that does mean it can do over 5000 files a minute! |
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33 | Core | Bug Report | Low | mmcqd eating lots of CPU power when writing | Closed | |
Task Description
EDIT:
Tried a remount with noatime and this seemed to work very well. CPU usage when writing still goes higher, but not as high as before.
Very common problem, seems to happen on all systems (just do a google search for mmcqd).
Just run SuperTux, wait about 10 seconds at the title screen and it will hang for a few seconds (while mmcqd goes up).
Same problem as on the GP2X where we also had hangs occuring.
I wonder if there's something that can be done here?
Some suggest to change mmcqd priority. Some other sites do try to remove features of mmcqd.
Another option is to mount async (like on the gp2x).
As the Pandora usually isn't switched off the hard way but should be shutdown properly, this could be a good solution.
That would mean that our suspend mode needs to call sync before shutting down.
Maybe pnd_run.sh could also run sync after a game quit?
Here are some interesting reads that might help us:
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg16345.html : "wait_for_completion is blocking call. Please check 'omap_mmc_request'"
http://www.mail-archive.com/davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com/msg08732.html - He disables some stuff in mmcqd which lowers CPU usage. |
