Re: Angstrom Opie 1.2.3 testing

Hi Paul,

very good news Opie development finally finds it's way into Angstrom
distribution!

So far I've downloaded
 * Angstrom-opie-image-glibc-ipk-2007.12-r2-h2200.rootfs.tar.gz
and installed it on the SD card of my my h2200. As by now all went well except
the bug in the FileManager that still exists. You surely remember that I
complained about no being able to copy files in the FM on the
opie_at_handhelds.org mailing list and after all, you found the reason:

------------- snip --------------------------------
> * One of those bugs that anoyed me most is the unability of the file
> manager to copy files. Each time I tried to copy a file within the file
> manager I get the message:
> Could not copy /Path1/source to /Path2/destination.
> I'm trying this by using the background menu (Actions/copy) in the file
> manager.

Right, I found the problem. The copy code was using the sendfile() function
which apparently does not behave the same way under the 2.6 kernel as it did
in 2.4. This explains why it worked on my h3970 (which is 2.4-based) and not
on the h2210.

I have checked this fix into CVS so I would suggest just increasing your
OPIE_SRCDATE (see conf/distro/include/preferred-opie-versions-1.2.4-pre.inc).
Alternatively you can hack up the patch I provide below as a temporary
workaround.

If anyone is building 1.2.3 (as opposed to latest CVS) using OE or apply this
patch to get the fix:

http://handhelds.org/~paule/files/advancedfm-fix-file-copy-oe.patch
------------- snip --------------------------------

It'll be great if you could apply this patch into the 1.2.3 branch too.

Rest of the things I've tested (Applications, Battery Applet, LEDs, Bluetooth,
Suspend, Touch Screen) are working very well.

Thank you for all your efforts.

Gerhard

On Sonntag, 13. Januar 2008, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to announce that some testing images of the Angstrom Linux
> distribution (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org) containing the Opie
> user environment version 1.2.3 are now available. For most devices, this is
> the first time Opie 1.2.3 has been available in a distribution in any form,
> and once testing and debugging has finished we hope that this will give
> access to Opie to more users.
>
> If you have one of the following listed devices, we would love to hear
> feedback on how well it works for you:
>
> * iPAQ h2200 series
> * iPAQ h3900 series
> * iPAQ h4000 series
> * iPAQ h5000 series
> * iPAQ hx4700
> * Zaurus SL-5500
> * Zaurus SL-5600
> * Zaurus SL-C1000
> * Zaurus SL-C3000
> * Zaurus SL-C7x0
> * Zaurus SL-6000
> * Motorola A780
> * HTC Universal
> * Siemens Simpad (see note [1])
>
> The central point for information is the following wiki page:
>
> http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromOpieTesting
>
> From there you can find information on how to download and run an image on
> your device as well as some known issues.
>
> For devices above with PocketPC installed, there is an easy method of
> booting into Angstrom that allows you to boot from a card without
> completely replacing PocketPC - details on the page linked above.
>
> Opie is now on the path to becoming a supported choice of environment
> within Angstrom, and we expect the testing period to last for at least a
> month, during which time we will be collecting information and fixing
> serious bugs where they are found.
>
> We welcome all feedback, so if you can, please try one of the images and
> send your reports to angstrom-distro-users_at_linuxtogo.org. Note that this
> message is cross-posted so please be careful if you reply.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
> [1] There is an image available for the Siemens Simpad, but there is a bug
> preventing Opie from starting on this device - some help debugging this
> problem would be welcome (see
> http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3681 for details).
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Received on Mon Jan 14 2008 - 16:22:24 EST