Re: FlipClock Beta
 

hi,
I just downloaded version 0.2.1-1 for N900 and it doesn't run.
I have for a short time an image of a mouse arrow and then application closes. same behaviour as before.
did you actually upload your latest and greatest version ? :)

thanks for your efforts anyway, love to wake up by it every morning... only second to a nice beautifull girl kissing me awake ;)

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

The Fremantle (And Diablo) repositories are being stupid... I'm going to get the debmasters to just delete all traces of Flip from them and we'll start again with uploading as they don't want to do version changes properly... we should be up to Version 0.9.7, and instead the repos are stuck back at 0.2.1... in the mean time, grab from the garage page:

Fremantle "Working" build:
https://garage.maemo.org/frs/downloa...ntle_armel.deb

(thanks for the praise by the way... Flip will never compete with being woken by a beautiful girl, but it's a nice second in my mind ;-) )

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

ok, thanks for the hint. It refuses to install due to an missing dependency : libsdl-gfx1.2-4. I tried an apt-get for it but no go. Where can I find that one ?

Thanks. About to get the goodevening kiss from the nice beautifull girl so it might have to wait a few hours before I can try touching my N900 again for any real stuff... :-D

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

You need to make sure you've got extras-devel repository enabled on the N900; that will provide you with libsdl-gfx and anything else you need.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

grrrr this is stupid. Of course I had it defined and enabled as of day one I had my phone. But something recently must have gone wrong. I checked in App Manager and there is was, enabled. as it was always. I disabled it, saved. Enabled it again, saved. and then did an upgrade. and Flipcclock 0.9.7-2 appeared and installed fine. funny things here. Guess what, all runs fine.
If i don't have the kisses in the morning (worst case), then at least I'll have Flipclock. mmmm, not really a comparison but way better than a hotel TV emitting loud beeps

quick check...,no, shepherd still hasn't appeared. I can't blame it on this nuisance then ...

cheers.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Really nice work with this one. Two previous fremantel version i have tried have not worked and i actually didn't know how this app looks in N900.
Best looking Maemo 5 app i have yet tried.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

when i click on the .deb file it is asking me for a specific app to open it with. Do I need special app for this ?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

You might want to wait till the right version comes up in Extra-devel repository.

Here's how can you install deb file using xterminal if you wanna install it now.
http://nokiaaddict.com/2010/01/13/in...n900-firmware/

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

k it worked but app didnt. Opens gives a black screen and closes. I'll wait for the official one,

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

i have installed flicpclock on my N900, it works and looks lovely. but when i clicked on Night mode. i have no option to bring it back to day mode. only icon appearing on right bottom, when clicked, kills the program. can any one tell me how to have the day mode back?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Just tap on the same place that the "night mode" icon was. :)

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Yea sorry night mode is still under some serious graphics work... click on the black space "to the left" of the sleeping person button (that's the exit button); it will take you back to day mode. There's an image missing that I never uploaded so that's why it's not there... I will get on it now that things are working...

BTW if it helps make anyone feel better... the reason that Flip didn't work on the N900 for the last two months... I had a 4 where it should have been a 5 for one line of code...

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I have one n810 and I want know if have someway to turn the LED "on" when the alarm is ringin..aims?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

It's on my todo list, wasn't a "critical" feature so I tried to focus on getting alarms actually working, app running, etc first... but I will try to get to it before final release; thanks for the patience!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Ok .. Thank you to engage in this
I'll be waiting..:D
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Re: FlipClock Beta
 

So does that mena the versin in devl shold be working on the N900? It just vanishes about 5 seconds after I open it on mine.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Installed and working on my N900! Thanks for the hard work.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Same problem

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

thanks guys for the response. i can now go back to the day mode. again this app is wonderful. now i m trying to run the alarm. as it is not playing any sound file now.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Everything else works for me on N900 other than app crashes when it's supposed to alarm.
Using music file from memory card as a alarm.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

For all saying the the app crashes when the alarm is supposed to run.... great, thanks for the feedback so far! Spenc3 and I didn't get a chance to test the alarm stuff by the time we'd go the app working the other day, but I'll try to spend some time on it over the weekend and see if Spenc3 is around to give me a hand for a bit. I've got a few ideas as to why it's not working, but in the meantime please don't use the alarms yet! I know it's an alarm clock and all, but be patient we'll get it fixed up!

I've also put a request out to get the repositories fixed up, so hopefully before too long I'll be able to have the latest version actually up there as 0.2.1 is NOT right, it should be 0.9.7!

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

OKay I think I've got the repositories thing sorted out now! Turns out I had one goof up that was causing all of the problems... seems to be my story of late with things! (Capital O instead of lower case o!).

Anyways can anyone with an N900 please verify for me that Flipclock 0.9.7 is now showing up in the extras-devel repository?

I will test the Diablo/Maemo4 repository myself soon but it all looks good now...

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I've just installed 0.9.7 on my n900.
I can't seem to get a couple of the buttons on the settings screen to work - "insomniac mode", "about flip" and "change theme". I can change to night mode from the main screen, and back, but I can't figure out insomniac mode at all.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Insomniac mode will keep the screen on all night at a low brightness level. Only recommended if charging. It overides the normal screen dimming/off settings. Useful if you like to see the clock at night when you wake up.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

The old one is still there, I just tried it.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

d/ling 0.9.7 right now

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

A quick note for everyone:

Flip still has a few things that aren't done/aren't complete and thus will NOT work yet. These are:

1) The about button on the settings screen
2) The "change theme" on the settings screen
3) The "back to day theme" button on the night screen (which is currently missing entirely).

In addition, on the N900 due to my lack of one to test on and Spenc3's shortage of time for debugging/fixing things so far:

1) Alarms don't work... well they show up for a second and then usually crash or fail to play anything.
2) Insomniac mode probably doesn't work... I haven't tried it, but I assume maemo5 has changed the way backlighting is handled, so this will need some more testing/research to get working.
3) ?? Anything else that you expect to work but that doesn't?...

All of these are known issues that I'm trying to address as I have time. If you run into anything above and beyond these, please let me know so i can add them to the "to fix" list!

As of today Maemo4 repositories now show the latest version of Flip... I'm hoping Maemo5 is the same, though it'll only show up in Extras-devel/extras-testing for maemo5 since nobody's voted to make it "stable" yet. (which it isn't!)

Thanks!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I will try to take a look at the alarm issue today. See what needs to be done to start the alarm...:)

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

A font selection should be included in the settings menu. Currently, if you start flipclock in a non-latin locale, the date is messed up as it uses bogus font, i.e. mojibake character.

Therefore there should be an option to select the font used to display the date etc., so that a proper font could be selected.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Jolouis, I also, would like to be able to select the font because I take off my glasses when I sleep, therefore I cannot read the “Turn Alarm Off” text. Also, when an alarm is activated, there is enough room to add a user defined message box in the top half of the display that says, for instance, “Staff Meeting”.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

looks like a nice app, hope its up and running soon, like the idea of having the screen on all night.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Yes, and there is a separate control to dim the brightness while in the Night Mode. Mine is set at 3.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Is it just me or is there a bug in the sound system? It seems that both the maemo alarm and flipclock have trouble consistently playing mp3's. Many times with the maemo alarm I have woken up late because it failed to go off. The alarm/snooze screen will be showing, but I never heard a noise. With the maemo alarm, I am using the mp3 of the loud bell so I know I couldn't sleep through it.... I just installed the latest version of flipclock yesterday and today the alarm went off but the sound abruptly stopped in the middle of the first song it played. I had it set to use a folder and choose at ransom. Does anyone else have these issues?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

a further 2 issues on N900:
1.: there's no way to get back from the settings-screen to the clock-screen. I have to close flipclock via task-manager and restart it.
2.: insomniac mode is working reasonably: after enabling insomniac mode, the display stays turned on but the brightness won't change. unfortunately the insomniac mode is system-wide. even when flipclock is completely closed, the display won't turn off anymore. workaround: you have to go to the system-screen-settings again and set the period of time to lock the screen. however you start (and close) flipclock the next time, this workaround has to be repeated.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

Messing with fonts can cause all kinds of strange display issues as font character sizes/etc might not be the same for the layout. The font that's used for the themes was a standard Nokia TTF one that was already on the tablets; if it doesn't have a broad enough character set you can replace it with one that you prefer:
/usr/share/flipClockC/themes/defaultTheme/primaryFont.ttf
/usr/share/flipClockC/themes/defaultNight/primaryFont.ttf

Fonts are theme specific, so you'll need to do both normal and night themes as shown above.

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cannot read the “Turn Alarm Off” text.
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This text will be made larger for final release... It just got slipped to the back burner for now.

Possible, never thought of that as I never thought of using it for more than just a wake up alarm clock, but I'll put this on the todo list...

Are you on a Maemo4 device or N900? On the Maemo 4 platform there shouldn't be any issues, on N900 right now there won't be any working sound period. Spenc3 was working on it over the weekend and has found a bug or two that are related to getting the sound working on the N900, but those might also randomly be affecting sound on Maemo4, so there are a few tweaks to be made still. On the other hand, I have had no problems with MP3s on my N800 and Flip for months now... and I'm still waiting for somebody to send me/link me to one of those "MP3s that just doesn't play properly" in Flip... anytime guys, really I'm still waiting so I can help solve that one...


Drag your finger from the bottom of the screen upwards? Or if you're on the alarm settings screen, from the top of the screen down? Let me know if neither of those work... instruction manual explaining things to come still I know I know...

Wow that's a miracle in itself considering N900/Maemo5 uses a completely different brightness control/configuration than Maemo4 I'm impressed that it does anything at all. Anyways, fixing that is also on the N900 to do list.

Thanks for all the feedback guys!

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I am using maemo 4 and on the n810. The sound abruptly stopped again this morning during the first song so I think this is a different problem than what I originally thought. I will try and run flipclock through the console overnight and see if it outputs any debug info.

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I'm pretty sure the standard Nokia font is broad enough, it displays non-latin characters fine in other apps, so I think it's a coding issue. Are you using UTF-8 or is there something that could be affecting this issue with displaying the proper characters?

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

The screen brightness inhibition system wide and persisted upon uninstalling aswell. Tweaking dimming delay back and forth in display settings resolves the bug. Other than that, seems like a nice app, rough around the edges, but definately worth checking out. :)

Re: FlipClock Beta
 

I noticed some interesting stuff this morning. Normally I always set my alarms to go off at 5:33am. For this test I set flipclock to 6:10. Ironically. it still went off at 5:33 and then it went off at 6:10. Both times working perfectly. Clearly this is not right since there is not a way to set more than one alaram per day from the flipclock menu. So I deleted /var/lib/alaram/*queue and all the .flipclock* stuff in ~/.

I am guessing that somehow 2 flipclock instances have been trying to run at the same time at 5:33? Perhaps that could explain why the audio cuts out completely sometimes, either with the maemo alarm or flipclock.