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226 | Core | Feature Request | High | Boot from /dev/sda devices requested | Closed | |
Task Description
Boot from usb hard disk not supported. This should be a rather simple fix of adding the sdx devices and adjust the boot scripts??
I was able to put this autoboot.txt on mmc 0:1
setenv bootargs debug root=/dev/sda1 rw rootdelay=2 console=ttyS0,115200n8 vram=6272K omapfb.vram=0:3000K
ext2load sda 0:1 0x80300000 /boot/uImage
bootm 0x80300000
This failed with amongst other things "Block device sda 0 not supported" and something about failing to load kernel
So I then changed the autoboot file to this
setenv bootargs debug root=/dev/sda1 rw rootdelay=2 console=ttyS0,115200n8 vram=6272K omapfb.vram=0:3000K
ext2load mmc 0:3 0x80300000 /boot/uImage
bootm 0x80300000
All this did was die after the kernel loaded.
I believe I could much better make use of this device if I could boot from some faster storage, please advise :) |
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220 | Core | Feature Request | Low | Please include /usr/bin/xkbset | Closed | |
Task Description
One of the first things after installing HF5 was downloading xkbset, because it is necessary for proper L-R buttons mapping as mouse buttons. Could you please include that in the system?
I am using urjaman's executable from here:
http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/55124-remapping-the-mouse-buttons-etc/page__st__15__p__896576entry896576
Even better would be a GUI that allows mapping of L-R buttons for mouse, just like GUI for nubs :) But including xkbset will be already good. |
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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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212 | Core | Feature Request | Low | Add curl to core installed programs | Closed | |
Task Description
I wish for curl to be installed by default on the upcoming pandora FWs,
As reported by the angstrom repo, where I install using the command:
$sudo su
...
#opkg update
#opkg install curl
curl 7.21.2-r4.0.9 is 78.57 Kilobytes with the dependencies
Depends:libcurl4, libgnutls26, libgcrypt11, libgpg-error0, libc6, libz1
I do not know which is installed by default, but I'm sure libc6 is, so I'm going to state the info on the rest of the packages for its memory space usage on the NAND
libcurl4(142.99 Kilobytes):
Command line tool and library for client-side URL transfers.
Depends:libc6, libgnutls26, libz1, libgcrypt11, libgpg-error0, as you can see, it has the same dependencies as above, so it seems both curl and libcurl are probably exclusive from the others, but I will go forward and state the rest of the dependencies
libgnutls26 2.8.6-r10.0.5 (291.44 Kilobytes)
Depends:libz1, libgcrypt11, libgpg-error0, libc6, (again, it looks like the above depends on this)
libgcrypt11 1.4.1-r0.9 (220.35 Kilobytes)
Depends: libgpg-error0, libc6, (Oh look, we're not looking at libz1 anymore)
libgpg-error0 1.4-r7.1.9 (5.78 Kilobytes)
Depends:libc6
now to the lone libz1
libz1 1.2.3-r7.0.9 (41.95 Kilobytes)
Depends:libc6
So, in the case we already have the gpg stuff, then the installation is only 221.56KB, however, with the zlib and the gpg included, the total comes to 781.08KB
So, now that the cost is out of the way, What are the goods and bads?
Good:
Its a very versatile CLI program to get and send information over http through the network, and is tolerant of network issues
It doesn't take too much space relative to things that have been pulled out, like abiword.
The libcurl is a very good library, and could be of great benefit to some future projects.
Bad:
Well, we already have wget, which is not as configurable, and wget hates Craig's appstore
Here's the link to curl on the repo
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/repo/?pkgname=curl |
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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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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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196 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | [PATCH] Add tablet support into kernel | Closed | |
Task Description
Hi,
This should be a quite simple thing, but my first time touching
the OE repo and i cant test it, so be careful. |
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195 | Core | Feature Request | High | Start re-recharge of battery sooner | Closed | |
Task Description
Increase battery LVL_4 and LVL_3 threshold.
After reaching 100%, in some cases the charge circuit enters "battery full" state, stops charging, and begins to discharge. This is not entirely unexpected behavior according to the spec sheet, although I don't fully understand exactly the situations in which it completes charging. Once the battery is full, the battery will begin discharging. The charge circuit automatically restarts the recharge once the voltage has gone below a certain level (crosses below the LVL_3 voltage threshold)
The default LVL_3 voltage threshold is 3.902 volts which is at about 80-85% battery level as recorded by bq27500 chip. In my opinion, this is way too low.
Setting the BCIMFTH2 register to 0xCB increases the voltage threshold to about 4.003 volts which is about 93%.
Setting it to 0xDC may also be worthwhile, which is just over 95%.
By default, if a user leaves their Pandora plugged in overnight, they may wake up to find their Pandora has stopped charging and the capacity has dropped to almost 80%, which can be quite startling to some users who will then report it as a bug.
This change will ensure that it never drops below 93-95%, a much more acceptable level.
Specific code changes suggested, in the /drivers/power/twl4030_bci_battery.c file, somewhere in the twl4030_bci_battery_probe function (or a function called by it), add the lines:
/********************************/
#define KEY_FTH2 0x7F
#define REG_BCIMFTH2 0x017
ret = twl4030_i2c_write_u8(TWL4030_MODULE_MAIN_CHARGE, KEY_FTH2, REG_BCIMFKEY);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = twl4030_i2c_write_u8(TWL4030_MODULE_MAIN_CHARGE, 0xDC, REG_BCIMFTH2);
if (ret)
return ret;
/********************************/
(Move defines to the top, as appropriate) |
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184 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | libpnd: Add a function to get all mounted PNDs | Closed | |
Task Description
Add a function to get all mounted PNDs. Because it's very annoying to check all the menu/desktop folders on all of the SD-Cards. |
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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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171 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Update clock from hardware when restoring from low powe ... | Closed | |
Task Description
The clock occasionally does weird things during low power mode, sometimes gaining time, sometimes losing. This is most likely a result of the CPU being reduced to 14Mhz and the system clock being unable to keep up.
A convenient work around is to make a call to "/sbin/hwclock --hctosys" during wake-up to load the hardware clock back into the system clock. This may add an extra second or two to the wake-up time but will prevent confusion caused by clock being very incorrect. |
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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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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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153 | Application | Feature Request | Low | [PATCH] HACK: change OPP level according to set Mhz | Closed | |
Task Description
It's a hack, use on your own risk as always. I feel like abusing the tracker dropping all my patches here, but whatever. Patch attached. |
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151 | Base OS | Feature Request | Medium | [PATCH] Turn Off LCD when closing the lid | Closed | |
Task Description
Just added a few lines to op_lid.sh, will power off the LCD when you close the LID. Patch attached. |
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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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142 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Visible Sleep Indicator | Closed | |
Task Description
Could we please get a visual indication that the Pandora is in sleep/low-power mode? I would suggest one of the case LEDs either turn on or blink to indicate the sleep mode. |
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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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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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130 | Core | Feature Request | Low | [PATCH] in vsense mbuttons mode down=middle click | Closed | |
Task Description
Patch attached. |
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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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122 | Base OS | Feature Request | Medium | SDL 1.2 optimizations | Closed | |
Task Description
At the moment, SDL is a bit slow and has vsync problems (tearing, etc.).
It could need optimizations to use the hardware. |
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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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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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113 | Core | Feature Request | Low | Add aliases for bash, eg ll for ls -l. Just uncommentin ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Aliases like ll for "ls -l" are common. They are super useful on the Pandora (less to type, no Fn key needed).
The .bashrc already includes them but they are commented. Please enabled the ls aliases and colored output. I do not think enabling the "-i" aliases too would be a good idea. |
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111 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Minimal Boot to X_Term / Pico | Closed | |
Task Description
Can we add an option to the boot menu for a minimal boot to X-term, and include Pico in the base OS?
This would allow us to fix problems we've caused by messing around with starup scripts etc.. |
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108 | Base OS | Feature Request | Critical | TUN/TAN-Driver | Closed | |
Task Description
There is no TUN/TAN Driver installed. This is recommanded for some encrypted wireless lan connections, especially for eduroam, a world wide access point for the education community. Also, a tun-driver is also recommended for vpnc. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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86 | Base OS | Feature Request | Very Low | Including small development frameworks/projects in the ... | Closed | |
Task Description
It could be nice, if some very small development frameworks were included in the OS since the Pandora should make it as easy as possible for beginners to start programming.
That means: A "Start coding now"-wizard/script can be run from the desktop from which you select the type of project (c++, python, SDL...) you want to do. It copies the framework to SD-Card, opens it in an editor/IDE to see the sourcecode and leads you to the first compile and run. Can be combined with a PND-Packer-script.
Ideas for frameworks:
- a small python template (pygame?)
- a template project for an SDL-project (red square in fullscreen)
- a template project for OpenGL ES (a simple colored triangle)
- a template project for using NEON or DSP
- something with a GUI (QT?)
- general HelloWorlds
- all as simple as possible!
I know that this could help many beginners to actually start programming because the first compile is often hardest step (setting up toolchain, hassle with libs, includes, dependencies, compiler options, choice of editor, makefiles, all that stuff).
Feel free to delete this feature request if it doesn't fit into the bugtracker. |
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85 | Core | Feature Request | Low | open lid while in low power mode | Closed | |
Task Description
I'm replying in-forum:
An interesting point -- opening the lid turning the screen on, but you're still in lower power mode. The question then becomes --
Since you enabled low power mode (using the power switch), thats the logical way to un-low power mode.
Two outcomes come to mind ..
When opening the lid, one of:
i) wake up from low power mode, or
ii) Don't turn the screen on when in low power mode
(or a variation of (ii) -- flash a warning "hey, I'm in lower power, bugger off, and hit the power switch")
I can code something in; probably occured due to in my prototype, I broke the power switch, so I didn't use low power mode near the end ;) |
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73 | Base OS | Feature Request | Medium | Nub: Change mouse speed, fix scrolling and add mouse bu ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Currently the nubs can be set to three different modes:
mouse, scroll and absolute
Mode 1 (mouse) works fine, but the speed is a bit slow.
Mode 2 (scroll) has inverted scrolling and it would be nice if scrolling speed would change according to how far you move it
Aditionally, I would suggest adding another mode: mbuttons (Mouse buttons).
At the moment, you can use the nubs as mouse but don't have any mouse buttons.
I think it would be very convenient if you could set the nubs as mouse buttons:
Move the nub left for left click, right for right click, up for double click and down for middle click.
That way, each user could use the left nub for mouse and the right nub for mouse buttons or vice versa. |
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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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61 | Core | Feature Request | Medium | Packages to remove and include | Closed | |
Task Description
The following packages can be removed:
embryo
gnome-games
gnome-games-blackjack
gnome-games-gnometris
gnome-games-iagno
gnome-games-gtali
gnome-games-gnobots2
xmms-mad
But we need the following ones:
xmms-plugin-input-mpg123
xmms-plugin-input-mikmod
mikmod
libxxf86dga1
epdfview
gnumeric (if possible, would be nice)
I do wonder though if we should remove all gnome-games (and ScummVM) completely.
Makes more sense if we wrap those games up as PND files.
Same goes for the community wallpapers. Should we include them? Or save that space for other things? |
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54 | Core | Feature Request | High | Make it possible to enable / disable keyboard mappings ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Some stuff (UAE4ALL, SuperTux, etc.) is having problems because ABXY and DPAD are mapped to keyboard buttons.
I guess this will lead to more problems in the near future with SDL apps, so it should be configurable to enable / disable the keyboard -> DPAD / ABXY mappings.
Maybe this could be included into libpnd? |
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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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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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261 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | High | Overview of all current KEYBOARD INPUT related issues | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Built-in keyboard input is a central thing on the Pandora, as it concerns almost all user interfaced apps!
I realized that I myself and also others submitted quite many reports concerning this issue.
Hence this meta issue is intended as an overview/accumulation/aid for those devs who are willing to overwork the whole issue.
If you realize new related issues, feel free to add them here.
If this my effort is contradicting the OpenPandora workflow, then pardon me, and instruct me, how else to handle issues of that kind. Thanks!
Keyboard low level: Driver, keyboard layout, post processing (hotkeys, input support, etc)
FS#138 FS#227 FS#242 FS#259
Keyboard mid level: Application interfacing
FS#102 FS#123 FS#238
Keyboard application internal level
FS#157 (dupe: FS#249 ) FS#243 FS#256 |
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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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175 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Very Low | Test | Closed | |
Task Description
Test if the edit button in the bug tracker works now. //Edit: Blah |
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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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70 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | Make switching GUIs more customizable (hardcoded at the ... | Closed | |
Task Description
At the moment, /usr/pandora/scripts/op_switchgui,sh ,/usr/pandora/scripts/op_defaultgui.sh and /usr/pandora/scripts/first-run-wizard.sh are hardcoded with the GUIs we have.
I'd like to have that configurable for the future.
My current plan is having a config file with all the GUIs in (e.g. /etc/pandora/gui.conf)
In there, there should be ALL GUIs:
"XFCE4";"startxfce4";"xfce4-session-logout --logout"
"Netbook Launcher";"startnetbooklauncher";"killall netbook-launcher-efl"
"PMenu";"pmenu";""
So with an info:
a) What's the name of the GUI
b) How to start it
c) How to stop it (if it doesn't do that itself)
Therefore, various GUIs could be implemented and switched with the Switch GUI script by simply adding it to the config file.
Ideally, all GUIs should either have a shutdown script (so I don't have to kill it to quit it) or react properly on a simple terminate
command :)
Or they could do it themselves, read out the config file, show up the different GUIs we have, change the /tmp/gui.load file and quit.
Any more ideas?
Any help? Coding that script shouldn't be too hard, the only thing I don't know at the moment is how to parse various config lines (as above) into a shell script :)
vimacs, any idea there? |
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64 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | New power-manager.xml-file (removes opening the logout ... | Closed | |
Task Description
As the powerswitch is used to go into low power mode or shutdown, it doesn't make sense showing the logout dialogue (which would appear when you come back from low-power mode).
Therefore, I disabled it with this file.
It should be placed in:
/etc/xdg/op/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/
in the image. |
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63 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | Include new panel-setup for XFCE4 | Closed | |
Task Description
I enhanced the XFCE4-Panel setup a bit, since we now have working ALSA mixer and a battery monitor.
The files inside the attached archive should go to
/etc/xdg/op/xfce4/panel/*
in the image. |
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62 | Core | To Do (Reminder) | Low | New xmodmap to include into latest image | Closed | |
Task Description
This is just the latest xmodmap, based on the latest map notaz released.
Both maps (xmodmap and notaz' console map) are attached.
Path in the image:
/etc/skel/.pndXmodmap
/etc/keymap-extension-2.6.map |