Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

That's nice to hear...having received a Nokia N950. :) Yeah I really wanted to learn, I have zero programming knowledge. I know how to create Macros in Excel as part of my work but I'm not sure if that qualifies as "programming" (or it it at least qualifies for having gained the logic of programming), and I use Linux at home (Ubuntu). Hope you won't mind if I reach out to you from time to time for learning...at your convenient and free time, of course.

I don't know where to start or which to learn first (some people say I should start with C++?)...nevertheless I'll try out your tutorials for beginners. :)

Indeed, like what Vetsin has mentioned...you seem to have some fondness of the Filipino culture. You have friends/family here?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

[hay...] <==this is [sigh...] in filipino. hehe
i just saw the N950 hands-on review at the maemo.org's front page... i really want one...
hmm.. how about we make a deal? if i pass as a decent meego developer by the end of 2011 you'll be giving me your N950! so i still got 6 months! haha just kidding... more people will benefit if the N950s are in good hands. but i still want one. :D
love this community!

sir topet, sige karirin mo na! :)

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(In English) "go for it!"

Lol, I'll see if I can learn it quickly, admist my busy schedule at work. :) My job is really a far cry from the field of IT/Programming. But then again, it doesn't hurt to learn new things. ;)

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malay nyo sir yan na pala ang susunod na step sa inyong career! hehe
i think it would be nice working on a project at your own place. you don't have to go through the early moring traffic, congested MRT/LRT, the pollution. hehe yun nga lang nasa bahay mo na rin yung stress kapag malapit na deadline. :)
i'm actually convincing my younger brother to consider a career in graphics design or even programming if he wants so can do just that. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Mga sir questions,

1. I installed Beat2x game yesterday and uninstalled it a while ago..right now my PokerTh and Tuxrace game are not working properly..it loads the game but shutsdown immediately.. yesterday gumagana pa yung PokerTH and tuxrace ko pro after i uninstalled the beat2x game hindi na sila gumagana.. meron po bang files na dinedelete ang beat2x na game kpag naguninstall ka? pano ko po mapapagana ulit yung mga games ko without the beat2x game?

2. Is there a way or i need to install so my n900 can play mp4 files(i have a downloaded film na mp4 yung format)? weird kasi yung n900 short film na default video na mp4 is playing normally..

Please guys help me...Thanks!!!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

You're welcome to reach out anytime, I'll be pleased to give you any pointers, etc that I can :) I think that Python is easier than C++ for beginners to learn, so maybe have a look at PyQt. But best thing is to start small and grow, but make a start! The tutorials here should be a good place to begin, and don't be afraid to ask questions :)

Yep I have some friends in the Philippines, no family there. Always happy make more :) (friends, not family :P )

haha vestin, we'll see how good a developer you are by December 2011 then I'll think about it :P

hi pao_ungas, let me see if i can offer any help with these :) By the way, what does pao mean? Cos i like Choco Pao from Andoks very much, is pao like a bun?!

1. It sounds like the file manager may have removed a dependency file that PokerTh and Tuxrace need when you uninstalled the Beat2x game. This could be a piece of code or a library file that PokerTh, Tuxarace, and Beat2x all use that is now missing. The file manager could have uninstalled it not realising that it is still be used by other programs.

You could try reinstalling Poker/Tuxrace again to see if it re-installs that dependency file for you. Else, could you try running the games from Xterminal? When you try and run your game from the icon it just closes without an error message, right? If you run the game directly from Xterminal then the game will close, but left behind on the Xterminal you will see what the error message was. It should tell you what is wrong and, hopefully, how to fix it. if you're not sure what the error means please copy and paste it on this forum so we can help you.

2. MP4 is a supported format for the N900, but you should understand that MP4 is a container format. So actually there is lots of types of MP4 file depending on what settings are chosen, so not all will play on your N900. You might be unlucky and have a file with encoding that cant run on the N900. But a solution in this case is to convert the MP4 file first on your PC then transfer to your N900 if you google for some software for that (i dont have any recommendation as I dont do that much).

If I remember correctly, the N900 only supports up to maximum of 30fps, so anything higher won't work. You can find out about what is and what isn't supported on the wiki:

http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Media_Support

You might find that transfering your MP4 file by PC Suite will format it into a file that the N900 can play, so you might want to try it and see if it does.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Kojacker!

Pao, short for Paolo my name..:) wow it's good that you have tried andoks.. taste better than KFC right? hehehe!:) Try also Chicboy fastfood chain, they have also great chicken dishes and you must try their tasty lechon from Cebu! :)

1. yes your right because when i tried to install again the beat2x, pokerth and tuxrace works again fine. Yes i will try to open those games using xterminal so i would know the error. I'll let you know the updates. Sorry, kinda newbie here, may i know what is the command for running an app using the xterm?:)

2. Oh i see..is there any apps that i can install so that my n900 can have additional media support?(such as ogg support, decoders etc.)

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Ahh but i am a strange guy - im vegetarian! So i gotta stay away from chicken dishes lol. But I cant stay away from the happy Chicken mascot of Andoks :P I'll have a look for Chicboy next time :)

If you open Xterminal and type (hitting return after)
Do you get an error message returned? You might be missing libsdl-mixer1.2. If so, in Xterm write this:

And hit return - it'll install the file (if missing).

2. I only know of Extra Decoders Support which gives you Real Video, Real Audio, and AC3 audio support. im not sure what else is available for your MP4 problem though.. there might be something out there if you can find it..

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Thank you so much Kojacker! i really appreciate your help! The next time your here in the philippines i'll be glad to show you some good vegetarian restaurants..:) Anyways, your a european right? so i guess your also fan of football?:)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

You're welcome Paolo, and thanks for the veggie restaurant invite!

You didnt mention if it worked but lol Ive seen problems with Beat2x and that libsdl-mixer file before, so I have a sneaking suspicion about it.. :) Whatever it is we'll find the solution ;)

Yep I'm from the UK and everyone is football crazy here, I'm a Red Devils fan (that's Manchester United).

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

I will test your solution later. I'll update you as soon as i know the error. Anyways thanks for your help!

"Take me home, United Road,
To the place, I belong;
To Old Trafford, to see United;
Take me home, United Road."

Same here a red devil..:)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Kojacker

after i type pokerth or tuxrace i got an error of :

pokerth:error loading shared libraries:libvorbisfile.so.3: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

so i executed apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2=1:1.2.6-5+0m5 and it returned:

reading package list..done
building dependency tree
reading state information..done
libsdl-mixer1.2 is already the newest version
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded

then i executed tuxracer again and got the same error. Help please! Thanks!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Ah! It's the same problem, but with a different file :) Try this:

You might need to be in root first, see if it works.. if you get a permissions problem try running it as
By the way, libvorbisfile is the Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

It is asking for password? Is their a default password of root? Sorry kojacker..i told you im a newbie..hehehe

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Sorry for that password confusion.. I already executed it.. Now it returned the same error but about libmikmod.so.2..

Thanks kojacker!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Ah.. you know it's the same solution again but with the libmikmod file this time.. hmm it seems there could be a few of these files missing. Anyway let's install this one and hope it's the last :p

Try this for me :)
By the way, libmikmod is another sound library.


Edit: ok ignore all this below cos u got it working, but you might be interested in rootsh anyway :p

Ah.. easiest way is to install rootsh. You can find it in extras repository, or download it directly from maemo.org

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/rootsh/

Then try running:
Then take a look for any error message or successful install message. To exit root back to the normal XTerminal shell window do

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Sorry for that password confusion.. I already executed it.. Now it returned the same error but about libmikmod.so.2..

Thanks kojacker!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

updated post above, see the top part to install libmikmod2 :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

it works now kojacker!!! Thank you so much!! Thanks for the patience! Your a true red devil! Hehehe now lets both pray for the win of manchester united later against mls all stars! Hehehe

Thanks again kojacker!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

You're very welcome, Im happy to know it's working! And congratulations on installing and fixing applications from Xterminal, you're certainly not a newbie anymore (if you were really one before ;))

Yes indeed, I look forward to waking up to another Manchester United win :cool: But it's just gone midnight here, so I'm off to bed - they'll have to win without me :) Have a good day there :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Same to you kojacker! Thank you so much again!

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@Sir Topet

You already have the tools, skills and the willingness to try different things all you need now is "Time" that will sooner or later will come ;) We all be supporting you Sir :)

@Vetsin

Would be really great if they release a consumer version of the N950, But you have to keep in mind that Niomi (Your n900's name right?) might get jealous :D

@kojacker

Hi Sir nice to meet you. I've been busy lately so I haven't been active these past couple of weeks. Looking forward to learn a lot from you ;)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Naiomi Garcel. hehe oo nga no? Well... talagang ganun, she had her time. Sobrang alaga na nga siya eh. Mahal pa ng casing nya! Pero sa totoo lang parang lalaki talaga tong phone na to, parang gusto ko na ngang palitan ng pangalan eh. haha

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Guys help ulit...hehehe

all my videos are not working already... It returns an error: unable to play media. Media format is not supported.

All my videos works fine yesterday but right i cant watch them anymore.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

It works fine now after i rebooted it..pro guys my idea ba kau ano problem ng vidoes ko?

Also sino na nakapag install ng aircrack-ng? Hindi ko kasi sya mainstall or madownload man lang..

Thanks!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@pao,
may inupdate ka ba? baka yun lang po dahilan. hehe
may local N900 thread po tayo dito: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=321834.
share ko lang din tong link na to, helpful eh. :) http://www.noeman.org/gsm/maemo-smar...nds-noobs.html

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Sir vetsin, thanks sa links! sige post din ako dun baka may makatulong sa akin..Thanks ulit! :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@kojacker
Tried to send this via PM but seems like your inbox is already full.

I'm thinking bout playing around with the code from FCam. I don't know C++ but I did have some experience with C. Forgotten ancient knowledge. haha But I think I'll give it another shot. :)
Can you suggest some good IDE? I prefer the free ones. hehe I used Dev C++ in Windows back then. At school we used gcc in SUSe but I never really liked it. hehe

So... is the bet about giving me your N950 still up? haha

EDIT: Oh wait! FCam's garage gives some pretty nice newbie instructions... I'll try that route. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Somebody got a N950 in the Philippines? Sweet, wish I had applied for the device program.
On a side note, hopefully the importers at Greenhills won't price the N9 at 40k, just like the iPhone 4 when it came out.

@pao_ungas : Install aircrack-ng, make sure you have the Injection Drivers, then use Cleven.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hurrian,
kojacker's not from the Philippines. hehe he's from the UK. (saglit lang bat nga ba ko nag-eenglish? hehe) madalas lang siyang tumambay dito...

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Apologies vetsin, I really need to do some (long overdue) spring cleaning on my inbox :o

It's good to see you're giving some development a go :) I know nothing about using the FCam API but I had a quick look at this starter link - and the good news is that it matches what i was going to suggest anyway :D

http://fcam.garage.maemo.org/gettingStarted.html

When it somes to IDEs for the N900 it really boils down to one choice now-a-days, and that's Qt SDK with Qt Studio. When you install the Qt SDK installer from the Forum Nokia site you'll get everything you need all rolled up from the same package. The FCam getting started link has basic instructions to install the SDK and Qt Studio so you shouldn't have any problems (hopefully your internet access is good enough to install the package without headache, it's quite a hefty size..)

Qt Studio is similar to Visual Studio and other IDEs you might have used before, and Qt applications are traditionally developed in C++. Im sure your C background will be very helpful! I'll look forward to hearing how you get on with your project :)

Indeed but Im thinking of bringing it with me on my trip next month, so I should still have the first N950 in the Philippines :D

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hehe. i'm not really sure if this "project" will get anywhere. all i want to do is adjust FCam's bias in exposure. It's a bit too dark for my taste. hehe maybe some of the guys here would like to have a meet-and-greet (though you shouldn't be surprised if they'll be more interested on the phone than you. hehe)
by the way, i've been hearing pretty bad news about london, hope everything's fine on your side of town.

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As for know London is fine but not totally fine... Look what those people had done.... They're too harsh.

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sorry about this but i just found out someone from the philippines also got an N950. :) it's nice to hear that we got local devs.

here's a link. conversation's in filipino.

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Dammit, Im too late :p Oh well, being 2nd isn't so bad... :rolleyes:

Yep it's great to hear of some filipino devs out there, do you know what application he/she is working on? :)

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it was the devs brother who shared the pic. i already asked what his bro's project is but he hasn't replied. i'll give you a heads up when i got a reply.
i just had an idea... do you want me to arrange a meet up for you guys? :D

EDIT: he's working on a dropbox client and not a member of TMO.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Lovely to see at least your still here on TMO.

Never got the chance to thank you for the helpful posts on one of the "shark" invaded threads.

Keep up the good work your a swell guy.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

how are you guys doing?

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help me how to fix the CSSU Features Configuration Editor in my N900.i can't open the application.instead I encounter this error:reading the configuration settings gave a fatal Error while loading.not all settings available... Exiting.....:(

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

revert your transitions.ini to the original one.

back up first
then revert back to original transitions

I suggest rebooting afterwards.