Forum: Nokia 770
2007-09-06, 13:28
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,677
Re: 770 Virtual Memory - increase beyond 64MB?
Swapping is BAD, MMC cards only transfer 7MB/sec, so if you are swapping lots of data, the N770 will run slowly.
This is not a N770 issue, or a linux issue, it is a basic computing issue, just as...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-09-06, 11:01
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Replies: 18
Views: 5,077
Re: skype on 770?
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-09-03, 21:55
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Replies: 27
Views: 12,467
Re: Bypassing WEP Security?
Whilst cracking WEP may be fun, doing it may be illegal, and can get the perpetrator into all sorts of legal issues ( read prison ).
If I found someone trying to break into my car, I would take a...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-09-03, 21:36
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,124
Re: Can I access media on a NAS?
I see no reason why not.
I am aware of plenty of desktop NAS solutions that deliver a NT server type share (CIFS), the bigger business type devices deliver CIFS and NFS, I don't think the cheapo...
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Forum: Development
2007-08-29, 21:42
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,256
Re: Request for python advice
You don't need to faff around in the sandbox to do python dev, just do it on your favourite linux surface, using glade.
I found the difficult thing was getting my head around the callbacks they...
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Forum: OS2006 / Maemo 2 / Mistral - Scirocco - Gregale
2007-08-22, 13:08
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Replies: 39
Views: 14,036
Re: BlueSerial Help.
serious suggestion, go buy Unix for Dummies ISBN 0-7645-0419-3
it's a good primer, a great place to start ( don't be put off by the title ), check the reviews on Amazon
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Forum: Nokia N800
2007-08-22, 12:56
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Replies: 107
Views: 18,865
Re: N800 as an underpowered toy
iball,
I think you miss the point,
You and I are clearly committed geeks, and I agree that it is cool being able to hack perl and python whilst stood up at the back of a bus, but there is...
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Forum: Nokia N800
2007-08-21, 15:26
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Replies: 107
Views: 18,865
Re: N800 as an underpowered toy
I have owned a Palm Tungsten for 4 years or so, the case is falling to bits, the second battery is on it's last legs and the screen is well scuffed.
The included software for browsing and reading...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-21, 00:24
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,360
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Forum: Development
2007-08-21, 00:20
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Replies: 1
Views: 2,929
Re: Path to current desktop bg in python
it's /home/user/.osso/hildon-home/hildon_home_bg_user.png
so from python you can copy a new image to that location, but it will probably not be displayed until you log out/in - you can try via a...
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Forum: Development
2007-08-21, 00:03
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,829
Re: how best to collect data from the usb port
The data card is a serial device, so I will use a serial to usb converter.
PYusb looks promising, but does not appear to have been ported to either N770 or N800, so if there is someone out there...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-20, 17:25
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Replies: 18
Views: 15,882
Re: Trying to come up with a serial port...
I kinda figure that these USB to serial devices have a chip in them that identifies them as a USB serial device, now if the device identies itself as a mass storage device, then the kernel will know...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-18, 20:49
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Replies: 18
Views: 15,882
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Forum: Troubleshooting
2007-08-18, 19:17
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,720
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-18, 18:56
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,778
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Forum: Development
2007-08-18, 18:48
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,829
Re: how best to collect data from the usb port
When I originally posted, I did not realise Perl was in the Maemo 2.0 build - that makes things a bit easier. Although I have no appetite to install scratch box so that I can compile the CPAN...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-10, 22:31
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Replies: 30
Views: 19,168
Re: Ebook Readers
I rest my case fbreader was clearly written by a geek.
Clearly he had never heard of the BSI test.
This app fails miserably
ps BSI == Britsh Standard Idiot
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-10, 22:17
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,850
Re: Help - 770 Freeze / Reboot problem
almost certainly you have installed something that is gobbling memory, it's probably not a hardware problem.
I would go for a re-flash, cannot do any harm as the device is already screwed.
It...
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Forum: Development
2007-08-10, 21:53
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,829
how best to collect data from the usb port
Hi,
I am looking at connecting an analogue/digital monitor to the 770 USB port.
the a/d emits about 1kbytes in async sentences every couple of secs at 9.6
If this was a Linux laptop, I...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-09, 12:49
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Replies: 30
Views: 19,168
Re: Ebook Readers
w14,
You may be correct, however having twiddled for best part of half hour, either I am dumb or it's pretty obscure. It could be that the config in N770 is somehow broken. My rocker switch...
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Forum: Nokia 770
2007-08-09, 10:13
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Replies: 30
Views: 19,168
Re: Ebook Readers
Anybody familiar with the supplied e-book reader that comes with Palm devices will agree that fbreader is pants.
The Palm jobby remembers where you were when last you opened a particular book, it...
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Forum: Development
2007-08-07, 22:27
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Replies: 34
Views: 8,351
Re: Any demand for a webserver for the it?
I have got the nginx running with php5 on a 770 seems to be pretty usable.
no install issues at all ( apart from the usual grief of finding the correct repo )
I then went on to try gpsd and ...
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Forum: Development
2007-07-26, 13:49
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,704
Re: Dbus Python
Thanks for that, however not exactly a "How To" more an Ikea flat pack without instructions.
So I am still looking for more stuff on Dbus Python for beginners
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Forum: Development
2007-07-23, 22:18
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,704
Dbus Python
Hi,
I am looking at writing an app in pygtk, the app will read data over usb and do some number crunching and write to screen.
I don't want to write it in C, hence planning on pygtk.
To get...
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Forum: OS2007 / Maemo 3 / Bora
2007-07-01, 22:43
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,819
what is in the std OS build ?
Hi,
Mulling over buying a N800, it is a choice between the N800 or a second hand sub-notebook that will run linux.
I cannot find any documentation on what basic linux commands are available in...
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