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247 | Core | Bug Report | Low | pnd_make.sh can't handle PND with spaces in the path | Closed | |
Task Description
pnd_make.sh can't handle PND with spaces in the path. For example, if the label of the volume where the PND is saved, has spacebars.
The Problem is line 655:
655: PND=$(readlink -f $PND)
Bash handles a path with spacebars as two seperate arguments for the readlink command.
The problem is, that i don't know a solution for this problem. |
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249 | Application | Bug Report | High | File Browser Thunar - After 2 nub double-clicks unreact ... | Closed | |
Task Description
If I navigate via keyboard (KEY UP/DOWN to move in lists, ENTER level down, BACKSPACE level up) I experience no problems at all. I can go many levels up/down, change to other folders, etc. No problems.
But if I navigate with the nubs, and using the right-nub-up-direction to trigger a double click, this only works 1-2 times, and from then on, the files/folders in Thunar cannot be clicked any further. I am stuck then.
A look into dmesg reveals this:
keyboard.c Can't emulate rawcode for keycode 139
The timestamp of that specific keyboard.c error messages exactly correlates with the bug occurrence times. (uptime timestamps matched with dmesg timestamps)
I tried alternative filebrowsers such as emelFM2, and there the problem does not exist, meaning I can trigger as many double clicks I want!
I am using HotFix 5 Alpha 4 on an SD card. The bug already annoyed me on a HF5 on the NAND. |
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254 | Core | Bug Report | High | Several apps leave graphical artefact overlay (ghost) a ... | Closed | |
Task Description
After quitting some apps, their last graphical output remains on the screen, which covers a large area of the Pandora, and therefore makes it quite unusable, so that only a full restart resolves this issue.
As this happens in many apps (Mednafen-GB, Dark Light Battles, etc) this must be a problem within a shared library (driver, graphics lib, window manager framework, or similar). |
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255 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | Waking Pandora with closed lid nevertheless turns scree ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Steps to reproduce the undesired behavior:
1) Close the lid. The screen goes off.
2) Slide the power switch to the right. The device goes into low power mode. The screen remains off.
3) Slide the power switch to the right. The device goes into normal power mode and turns on the screen although the lid is still closed!
Desired behavior:
Ad 3) If the system catches the event "wake from low power mode" it should first wake the system, then check the "lid open/close state", and set the screen on/off state accordingly. By this you could use the Pandora as a power-efficient sleep/wake-able closed-lid-device, practical for i.e. audio applications.
I am using: Pandora OS R1.HF6.A4 |
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259 | Core | Bug Report | High | Hold switch does NOT lock keyboard! Especially crucial ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Apps, which operate with the Pandora in closed lid mode, such as audio players, server processes, etc, in a button-press-probably environment (as i.e. your pocket) still CAN receive the shoulder button L + R key presses, and if they have a meaning in these programs, they could trigger undesired actions.
And also in the current implementation of the Low Power Mode (See: FS#260) key presses may still be received.
Therefore I strongly propose to implement the HOLD switch to en/dis-able a keyboard lock.
IN DETAIL: This shall be global, meaning that the input processing software (however this is implemented on the Pandora: kernel, driver, … ) keeps the lock state (on/off), and if the keyboard state is off,
a) discards all input, or
b) if it makes sense for some reason/applications (any ideas?) just writes them into a queue/buffer, which gets (partially) executed or made accessible to certain software after the keyboard gets unlocked again.
FYI: I have tested the hold switch with the Pandora Input-Tester, and it is recognized. So my report is definitely a software (and not an hardware) issue. |
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263 | Application | Bug Report | Critical | MiniMenu with "Auto discover pnd apps?" set to NO hangs ... | Closed | |
Task Description
BUG DESCRIPTION:
On my SD card with Pandora OS 1.6.4 I changed MiniMenu's setting "Auto discover pnd apps?" to NO, and then the program remained in an endless loop showing "Setting up menu...", crashing, "Setting up menu...", crashing, and so on.
BUG REPRODUCTION:
The variable filesystem.do_pnd_disco set to the value 0 definetely causes the crash, but maybe only in conjunction with some of my other settings?!
Therefore see my attached config file mmpref.conf.
Maybe related to FS#79 , hard to tell, as this is a very minimal report.
Definitely not related to my previously reported MiniMenu bug FS#262
WORKAROUND:
1) If your default GUI is:
a) MiniMenu: Then after rebooting, MiniMenu will still be caught in an endless loop! Therefore boot up from an auxilary/temporary volume rather than your volume with the damaged MiniMenu! If your ruined system is on the NAND boot from an SD card, if the ruined system is on SD card, boot from NAND or another SD card. In doubt read: http://pandorawiki.org/Running_Linux_from_an_SD_card
b) Other than MiniMenu such as XFCE: Then you are lucky. Simply start into XFCE, and continue with the next step.
2) Open ~/.mmpref.conf with a text editor and set the variable filesystem.do_pnd_disco to the value 1.
3) Reboot into your healed volume. |
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264 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Issues with HOTFIX 6 R1 Beta | Closed | |
Task Description
I started with hotfix 5 and when I used the Left Nub for mouse movement it performed well.
I installed HOTFIX 6 R1 Beta and the Nub works fine except pushing up. It moves the cursor very slow and all other directions just fine. The other nub works just fine as well.
This only began after I installed HF6R1B.
I also had to install the Hotfix twice due to sustained system freeze upon start up on the first attempt.
I enabled gui choice but minimenu does not function it just cycles back to GUI choice. |
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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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267 | Core | Bug Report | High | HF6-Updater.pnd loses pnd_run.sh | Closed | |
Task Description
Several users have reported that running HF6-Updater.pnd leads to a missing /usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh
Possibly the file is locked by the Updater itself when installing pandora-libpnd_1.0-r56.5_armv7a.ipk
Forum thread:
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/5652-hotfix-6-final-released/page__view__findpost__p__99313 |
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268 | Core | Bug Report | Low | HF6: error in op_power.sh | Closed | |
Task Description
When powering the system off after it has been in low power state once, an error is reported by op_power.sh, line 173.
Unfortunately I don't have the full message as it's visible on the console only for a short time before the screen turns off.
From looking at the script, the "fi" in the last line might be superfluous. |
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277 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | SuperZaxxon B3: minimenu does not scan all folders | Closed | |
Task Description
Using SuperZaxxon beta3 (already observed it with beta2) it seems as if minimenu is not scanning all folders (and subfolders) correctly. Please have a look at this post for more information:
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/7558-superzaxxon-beta-2-released/page__st__140#entry138597 |
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278 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Kernel 3.2.x: broken middle click on right nub | Closed | |
Task Description
Using kernel 3.2.x middle click with the right nub is no longer working. With the "old" kernel you get a middle click when pushing the right nub down, this is no longer the case when eg using SuperZaxxon Beta3 (was already the case in SuperZaxxon Beta1 with kernel 3.2.1). As long as you are using kernel 2.6.27.x middle click is working as expected. |
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289 | Application | Bug Report | Medium | "sudo find /" produces assertion | Closed | |
Task Description
$ sudo find /
find: ftsfind.c:477: consider_visiting: Assertion `ent->fts_info == 11 || state.type != 0' failed.
Aborted
This is fixed by updating findutils to latest version using
sudo opkg upgrade findutils
Release SuperZaxxon 1.5
(not Beta 3, as given in "Reported Version" field, but there the release cannot be chosen). |
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294 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Left nub not working with kernel 3.2 | Closed | |
Task Description
Left nub doesnt work when powering on into SuperZaxxon Final with kernel 3.2.
Rebooting into kernel 2.6 fixes it until sleeping or powering off. After which rebooting into 2.6 is once again necessary to get the left nub working. |
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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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302 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Correct keymap not available during login process | Closed | |
Task Description
The correct keymap, as matching the characters printed on the keys, is available when running the First Boot Wizard, but not during login.
This means that special characters like ! ( ) and so on, which you enter via Fn-[2nd key] cannot currently be used in a username nor password.
My first experience with my Pandora was therefore that I had to reflash the OS due to this as I had locked myself out because I used a special character in my first chosen password.
Also reported here:
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/10112-question-mark/#entry188179 |
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303 | Core | Bug Report | Low | pppd 2.4.3 has a bug, recommend upgrade to ppp 2.4.5 | Closed | |
Task Description
pppd 2.4.3 doesnt auto reconnect (in my setup) even if configured to do so (persist). Found a ppp bug report confirming this ( http://ppp.samba.org/cgi-bin/ppp-bugs/resolved?id=1110;user=guest - "ppp-2.4.3 / pppoe not reconnecting") and that it has been fixed. I compiled pppd 2.4.5 and that reconnects just fine. |
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304 | Core | Bug Report | Low | bluetooth serial port sleep causes lost / frozen connec ... | Closed | |
Task Description
I experienced (reliably) 3 times that if I had an idle ppp/rfcomm connection to my phone, it would eventually freeze so that the phone reported no active bluetooth connection and the pandora ppp would still think that the connection is active, but no data would flow. Killing pppd and re-trying would fail opening of the rfcomm link with "Host is down".
Disabling & enabling bluetooth "fixed" this so that pppd worked again (so it is not the phone that was "down").
Adding these lines to op_bluetooth_work.sh (apparently atleast) fixed it for me:
add between lines 14-15:
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/omap_uart.0/sleep_timeout
(or at any place during enable for that matter)
And to disable (before exit 0, line 30) to save power when bluetooth is off and restore normal settings:
echo 10 > /sys/devices/platform/omap_uart.0/sleep_timeout
I remember mentioning this way back when I last tested bluetooth, but got a reply that this should not be needed because we have flow control between the bt chip and pandora. But if a sleeping serial port loses a character when somebody sends a burst to it, what could flow control do? If it reported not ready to receive, the character would never be sent (and things would freeze...). If it reports ready to receive (what I think it does) the character will be lost. One would need to periodically disable the serial port sleep (and enable ready to receive) for a moment to check for pending data, but I think this would use more power than keeping the serial port active and/or possibly cause way too big delays.
I'm not really certain of this thing (whether this is a workaround, hack or a real fix... and whether my interpretation of what is happening is correct - i have no real proof), but I think that reporting what I've found is better than not. (And am I the only user of bluetooth with an old phone for internet (ppp+rfcomm, not pan)? ...) |
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305 | Core | Bug Report | Low | [PATCH] bluetooth startup doesnt restore enabled state | Closed | |
Task Description
op_bluetooth.sh doesnt remember to call op_bluetooth_work.sh in the startup case. Patch inlined here (maybe broken, but for fast reading) and behind link: http://urjaman.dyndns.info/bluetooth-startup-fix.patch
--- op_bluetooth.sh.org 2012-11-24 01:54:53.000000000 +0000
+++ op_bluetooth.sh 2012-11-24 02:06:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
cd "$HOME"
if [ "$1" = "startup" ]; then
- [ -f "$LOCK" ] && sudo /usr/sbin/hciconfig "$INTERFACE" up pscan 1>/dev/null && sudo /usr/sbin/bluetoothd || echo "Bluetooth: User has not enabled Bluetooth."
-
+ if [ -f "$LOCK" ]; then
+ sudo /usr/pandora/scripts/op_bluetooth_work.sh 1
+ INTERFACE="`hciconfig | grep "^hci" | cut -d ':' -f 1`"
+ sudo /usr/sbin/hciconfig "$INTERFACE" up pscan 1>/dev/null && sudo /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
+ else
+ echo "Bluetooth: User has not enabled Bluetooth."
+ fi
else
# Figure out if Bluetooth is running or not |
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306 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Issue with Network Notification pop-ups | Closed | |
Task Description
Clicking on the button in a notification used when WiFi is enabled (such as the one stating that Wireless Networks were found), doesn't close the notification. In order to close it, I have to click the X button that's in the top-left. |
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310 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | mkdosfs is broken - creates 1GiB filesystems | Closed | |
Task Description
When a partition is bigger than 2 or 4 GiB (can't recall now) it makes a "default" 1GiB filesystem. Propably missing large file support in the build. Also, the pandora sd card formatter is missing -F 32 so it makes (i think, it is some time from when I noticed this) FAT16 partitions... |
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311 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | [PATCH] Thunar configurable trash | Closed | |
Task Description
Not my work, but since I think my reply to ED on the forums will get buried I made this report.
The post with patch: http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php/topic/11189-its-arrived-questions/?p=210363 |
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312 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Special character in password | Closed | |
Task Description
problem:
setting a username and password using first setup wizzard it's possible to set special character like @#*%/ ect...
the login manager don't support this characters, so you need to reset the device.
possible solution:
1. disable the possibility of setting special characters.
2. implement special characters in login manager. |
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313 | Core | Bug Report | Low | WiFi LED Not Triggered on First Activation | Closed | |
Task Description
The first time WiFi is enabled after boot, using either the the config button menu or the Toggle WiFi menu option the WiFi LED does not light up. (though the WiFi itself does work)
Once it has been enabled and disabled for the first time, it will work normally for subsequent uses of the WiFi toggle.
If the Toggle WiFi script is launched for the first time from the terminal the LED does light up.
This is the case in SuperZaxxon 1.53 with all current upgrades applied, and reportedly since the introduction of SuperZaxxon.
checking /sys/class/leds/pandora::wifi/trigger while the WiFi is enabled but the LED off shows that the trigger has been successfully set to phy0radio
Also noted while investigating this:
If Wifi is enabled for the first time from the terminal the following errors are generated by /etc/init.d/wl1251-init
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
Usage: insmod filename [args]
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
find: /lib/modules/3.2.30/updates: No such file or directory
Usage: insmod filename [args]
The commands that generate these errors are only executed if the mac80211 module is not already loaded - and that module is not unloaded when wifi is disabled. This seems to be unrelated to the issue being reported, however I can't see any cause for the issue at all, so I figured it was worth including it in the report anyway. |
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314 | Core | Bug Report | Low | Pandora-Button doesn't open XFCE menu | Closed | |
Task Description
If you enable the "disapear automaticaly" feature in the XFCE panel, the Pandora button doesn't open the main menu anymore and you need to open it manually with the cursor. |
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323 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | OS Selector bug | Closed | |
Task Description
When selecting no OS in the OS Selector you're returned to the login screen where you have to reauthenicate. (Pressing Enter without selecting an OS does this)
I happen to do this a lot and it drives me mad :P |
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332 | Core | Bug Report | Medium | op_lidsettings.sh and op_power.sh scripts fail for some ... | Closed | |
Task Description
/usr/pandora/scripts/op_lidsettings.sh and /usr/pandora/scripts/op_power.sh fail for some usernames due to poor shell scripting
these scripts find their config files by grepping /etc/passwd for the uer currently running xfce4-session, but the loose regexp matches too much. this shell fragment from op_lidsettings.sh:
grep /etc/passwd -e $(ps u -C xfce4-session | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1}')| cut -f 6 -d ":"
when a use called "me" is logged in, returns
/home/root
/usr/games
/var/run/dbus
/home/me
rather than just "/home/me"
all instances of that construct (reading and writing settings, in both op_lidsettings.sh and op_power.sh) should be changed to
grep /etc/passwd -e ^$(ps u -C xfce4-session | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1}'): | cut -f 6 -d ":"
to correctly match only the complete username field in /etc/passwd |
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334 | Core | Bug Report | Low | op_bright_down.sh: error when decreasing brightness | Closed | |
Task Description
The script does not handle brightness "0".
If you try to decrease brightness if it's already at 0, it produces errors:
~ # /usr/pandora/scripts/op_bright_down.sh
/usr/pandora/scripts/op_bright_down.sh: line 18: [: : integer expression expected
/usr/pandora/scripts/op_bright_down.sh: line 22: echo: write error: Invalid argument
Not sure how to attach a patch here, but you can get the change with:
git pull git://git.assembla.com/openpandora-oe.git bug-333
I also changed the script to use /bin/sh since it's a valid posix script. |
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337 | Core | Bug Report | Low | SPAM | Closed | |
Task Description
SPAM |
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250 | Application | Feature Request | Medium | File Browser Thunar - Trashing file crosses filesystem ... | Researching | |
Task Description
Trashing a file/folder seems to MOVE it to a certain trash directory on the MAIN VOLUME, rather then the ORIGINATING VOLUME, hence this can result in a COPY RATHER THAN A MOVE operation, if the trashed file originates from a filesystem other than the main filesystem!
This is very inefficient and faulty as it is:
a) Very time consuming
b) And in case of large files this operation can even fail due to not enough free space on the main volume. |
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65 | Core | Feature Request | Very Low | .desktop files, be nice if they included the non-englis... | New | |
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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105 | Application | Feature Request | Very Low | Nubs feature request | New | |
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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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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252 | Core | Feature Request | Low | Power management: If power cable is plugged ignore "Shu... | New | |
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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106 | Application | Feature Request | Very Low | AppData corruption | Unconfirmed | |
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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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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156 | Base OS | Feature Request | Very Low | Ask to format SD Card | Unconfirmed | |
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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209 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Shutdown after a full charge | Unconfirmed | |
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 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Wader - cross platform graphical assistant for 3g conne... | Unconfirmed | |
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 | 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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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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242 | Application | Feature Request | Medium | Pressing SHIFT + any key in sequence creates the modifi... | Unconfirmed | |
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 | Application | Feature Request | Medium | MiniMenu: Pressing successive character keys should com... | Unconfirmed | |
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 | 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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251 | Core | Feature Request | Low | SD Mass Storage: Possibility to host multiple volumes | Unconfirmed | |
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 | Application | Feature Request | Medium | Switch GUI: Intelligent automatic choice | Unconfirmed | |
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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288 | Core | Feature Request | Low | add functionality to inputrc | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Since the default inputrc doesn't contain any functionality (simple cli movements like ctrl-left or crtrl-right to skip words don't work) this diff may be useful to add to the cli-experience. I've also been trying to get the delete-key to work, but this is apparently already a known issue (see FS#227). I can remove this from the diff if you want. (I couldn't attach a file to the task somehow)
31,32c31,33
< # "\e[3~": delete-char
< # "\e[2~": quoted-insert
---
> #"\e[3~": delete-char
> "\e[^?": delete-char
> "\e[2~": quoted-insert
44,47c45,50
< # "\e[5C": forward-word
< # "\e[5D": backward-word
< # "\e\e[C": forward-word
< # "\e\e[D": backward-word
---
> "\e[1;5C": forward-word
> "\e[1;5D": backward-word
> "\e[5C": forward-word
> "\e[5D": backward-word
> "\e\e[C": forward-word
> "\e\e[D": backward-word |
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307 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Change how Automatic Shutdown works | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
When thee Pandora is shutting down because its almost out of power, it should check to make sure that the nub inputs are set to the default mode (which is mouse movement for the left nub and mouse buttons for the right nub). If not, it should change them to be like that. |
