Re: FlipClock Beta
 

That would explain things, I've had problems when testing before if I had alarms set on earlier versions and manually upgraded the package... anyways hopefully all sorted now! if you run into odd stuff like that again in the future there's always "flipAlarmSync clear clear clear" rather than deleting your entire alarm queue ;-) Also latest package calls that clear command on uninstall, so you should be able to uninstall/re-install to do the same thing. Anyways you've taken care of it now tho...

As for the international font stuff, I'll have to have a look and play around with it some more; I'm messing with the fonts on another app at the moment and I think I know what's causing it now so hopefully I can get it sorted out for everyone.

AGAIN, IF YOURE USING AN N900, DONT USE INSOMNIAC MODE... it doesn't work properly as everyone has been reporting. We;re working on it, but right now audio playback is more important... though I think it's just a missing package (anyone tried it with "gstreamer-plugins-ugly" installed?)

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Hmm, well the same thing happened this morning too. It went off at 5:33 and then at 6:10 I heard the alarm open up but no sound ever played. I ran "flipAlarmSync clear clear clear" and "cleared flip alarm" displayed about 15 times. Normal??

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I also noticed after clearing with flipalarmsync, the small alarm icon in the top right of the maemo OS disappeared (first time in months)

To get my alarms to sync again I had to delete all the flipclock stuff in ~/

From this "clean" state (nothing in ~/ and alarm icon off), when first running flipclock and flipping through the menus I get a segfault. If I open flipclock up and quickly schedule an alarm or change some other options it will remain segfault free.

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Do you still have the ~/.flipClockPrefs.xml file in place? The segfault maybe related to some file missing in your tablet. Can you show the debug messages before the segfault? That will give me a hint of what's going on and maybe I will write some defensive code to avoid the segfault... :)

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It is harder to reproduce than I thought. This was on the alarm set screen while trying to set an alarm. ran rm -rf ~/.flip* prior
http://utilitybase.com/paste/26584

update:
ok I think I can reliably reproduce it now. Prior to testing I ran:
/usr/sbin/flipAlarmSync clear clear clear
rm -rf ~/.flip*

Then once running flipclock, flip down to alarm setting screen, flipdown again to flipclock settings screen. Change alarm type to daily. Flip up to get back to alarm settings screen..segfault

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I've set the alarm tone as a mp3 file and have changed and checked other files but flipclock seems to close the second my alarm is suppose to go off. Is this a known problem or is it just for me?

Everything else works except the insomniac problem, which I think everyone's aware of.

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Just back to Italy ancd checked the progress. Pretty impressed and the thread is still going full steam.
Great job J on keeping the FlipClock legacy alive and strong :D

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

that's a known issue and is being look at now... almost done the testing... should have a patch in the next few days

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Thanks for the info Spenc3. Looking forward to it.

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Thanks for the details on how to reproduce that, it really is a very difficult/tricky thing to come up with as it only happens if the preferences file doesn't exist when you first launch flip. i.e. after it crashes, if you go back into flip it won't crash there again... it's only if that prefs file didn't exist when you first launched. I'll look into it later on today and try to get it ironed now that I know how to reproduce it.

I believe Spenc3 got the audio stuff for the N900 figured out on the weekend, so if he's got that taken care of and I can spend a bit of time working on things this evening then I'll try to get a new package out fairly shortly...

Hey ciroip been a while hope all is well with you buddy! Thanks for checkin in!

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After updating from 0.9.6 to 0.9.7-4, when the alarm fires, it plays for a few seconds (about 3 seconds) and then suddenly stops. When the alarm sound stopped playing (I designated a specific song for the alarm), the screen still correctly shows the two buttons (Alarm off and snooze) and responds as expected.

To reproduce, if I set the alarm 1 minute later from the current time, it plays well though. Can someone help me solve the problem? It's not easy to reproduce, but the problem happens on every morning ...

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Changes are being made to the version you have installed. From what I read on this thread, we can expect an update soon which could very well solve your problem.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Sounds like the same problem I had. There are probably old alarm schedules left over from the update. This is what fixed mine:
(run these in a console)
/usr/sbin/flipAlarmSync clear clear clear clear
rm -rf ~/.flip*

Perhaps before running the rm command, run ls -a ~/.flip* to see what files show up and make sure that only flipclock files will get deleted.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

alarm doesnt work. simple clock app turned out to be useless.

however it does look kl. Will look forward to an update to fix this.

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Installed flipclock on my n900 last night - been looking forward to it for ages. Few questions:

- is there a Bugzilla/JIRA for FlipClock? Wading through this thread trying to find issues (so I don't duplicate bug reports) is a nightmare!

- Insomniac mode seems to work (the screen stays lit even though Display settings are to dim at 10 seconds), but the brightness control doesn't - I adjust the slider but it doesn't change the screen brightness. Even set on '3', the lowest setting, the screen is on the "1/5" brightness level from Simple Brightness app, which is too bright, the whole phone looks like a glowing rectangle.

- The second time I change the theme colour in the same session, the whole screen goes that colour, and I have to hit the main Power button and force-quit the app and restart it

- the 'snooze' button in Night Mode is placed over the 'Exit' button on the day theme, so pressing it causes the application to quit

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Is that the deb from this thread or from devel-extra? The devel-extra seems to be outdated.

There is one in the garage page but it's TOTALLY outdated. I think we should start tracking there... here's the link:
https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/?group_id=851

This is not related to the theme colour change, this is related to the night theme doesn't have the settings screen. This is a known issue. JoLouis may be able to fill this in (*NUDGE NUDGE*):)

can you try start flipclock in XTerm and see what's being displayed for this error?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Although I have an N800, the "insomniac mode" works the same. The intent is that with the "insomniac backlight" slider set to a low value such as of 3, throughout the night the display will stay at a very low brightness so that you can sleep. When your alarm goes off, the brightness goes higher. However, in my case I have my display set to switch off after five minutes so that when I change to "night mode" the display takes five minutes to drop to the lower slider setting of 3. During the night, a single tap of the screen will return the brightness to a higher level, and then after the five minutes it returns to the very low level. The maemo 4 version is almost perfect, however, the maemo 5 version still has several problems. The display will not dim if you are in a "day mode".

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Hi guys

this appl looks fine but how touse it? I installed it but it is not in the menu so how can I run it??

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You don't say what NIT (Nokia Internet Table) you installed it on.

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sorry
it's N900

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From devel-extra.

What's odd is my n900 just prompted me to update FlipClock to 0.9.7-5 - I did, and it appears to have uninstalled rather than update. I will try to reinstall it. Then I can try starting in xterm - what's the command line to kick it off?

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Okay this is weird. The "update" was only 2MB or so when I'm sure the dowload last night was about 6-7MB. I unstalled it and the application disappeared from the "More..." applications page, and the shortcut on my desktop disappeared. But it hadn't been uninstalled, it had just disappeared. it wasn't listed as an installable application any more, it was on the list I could uninstall. So I did, and then I re-installed it. Again the download was 2MB and it has installed something, but the application still doesn't appear on the "More..." applications page. WTF? It's as if this 'update' that became available today is only half an application and it's not registered itself properly on the n900. What changed at devel-extras between 6pm last night and this morning to cause this?

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Hmmm. "Applications > Uninstall" definitely believes I currently have 0.9.7-5 installed (the description says "Flip Alarm Clock C - 0.9.7 Beta"). But the garage page https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_...elease_id=3004 only shows 0.9.7-2, so where did -5 come from?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

in garage u have 7 and 5 but no 2 :)

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Eh? The lartest version on the garage page I posted is flipclock_0.9.7-2-Fremantle_armel.deb

The version I appear to have downloaded from devel-extras is 0.9.7-5

It looks like the version on devel-extras is broken, but the version I downloaded from there yesterday (which I'm sure was 0.9.7-2) worked fine.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

yeap! u r right. I installed 0.9.7-2 from garage now and yes it is working :)


noap! doesnt work there is no sound when alarm time comes. no radio sound or choosen song sound

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

If it's a N900, it should be at the end of the menu or if you have the mymenu stuff on, it's one of the "Others" application.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

OKay guys jeepers you have to be a bit patient with us here! Spenc has been beating me up to get on packaging up his latest revisions and since the SVN got a major re-organization it's been a bit of a headache to get going... anyways so I finally sat down last night and spent some hours hacking away at things to get it all working.

Which of course meant that I mixed something up, compiled the package about 12 times, and though I tried to be diligent, ended up submitting a broken version of the package to extras-devel by accident at about 1am last night. I've repackaged again this morning so should all be good, but the version from last night will not show up in the application menu until you reboot the phone/device as there was an error in one of the scripts.

Please try 0.9.7-6 from extras-devel for Diablo or Fremantle. Let me know if it installs properly and shows up in the menu. This version has all of Spenc's latest fixes for audio stuff, and I finally fixed up the night theme for you guys!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Hi, is it ok just to update this software through the manager or is it better to uninstall then reinstall?

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sorry man but it doesnt work for N900. After installation there is no icon to run this appl in tablet menu :(

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It seems like I TOTALLY messed up the debian script. the latest deb will still exhibit the same issue...

let me get it fix and have jolouis build it :P

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Jolouis, I just installed the 0.9.7-6 Diablo update then rebooted my N800. Although it is listed in the application manager as being installed, I cannot find it anywhere to run it. HELP!

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ok, i update it and its now gone from menu, i uninstalled then reinstalled but its still not in the menu, had a look in shortcuts but its not there either. Any ideas?

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sorry by the time i typed this up there were 3 other post with the same problem.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

See post #392

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You can do the update through the software manager, no problem. Just make sure that the updated package version is 0.9.7-6... if it only says 0.9.7-5, refresh your application list in the software manager, then it should show you the latest to update to.

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Arrg! Everyone's posting faster than I can read/reply here! Let Spenc and I get this sorted then we'll let you all know to update again!

Thanks!

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You probably forgot the desktop file. Though it runs, however I don't get no sound for the alarm on the N900 still...

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

/home/user # dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/flipclock_0.9.7-2-Fremantle_armel.deb
Selecting previously deselected package flipclock.
(Reading database ... 26409 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking flipclock (from .../flipclock_0.9.7-2-Fremantle_armel.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of flipclock:
flipclock depends on libsdl-gfx1.2-4; however:
Package libsdl-gfx1.2-4 is not installed.
flipclock depends on libsdl-ttf2.0-0; however:
Package libsdl-ttf2.0-0 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing flipclock (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
flipclock

ok now how/where to get these two packages. sry if thats a stupid question :p

Edit:
Nevermind, I should try out things before I ask next time.
(apt-get was the solution ofc.)

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Jolouis, getting a FlipClock update is more exciting to me than if someone gave me an N900! Now we get to wait for another update!