qole | # 281 | 2008-10-27, 18:43 | Report

GParted UPDATE:

If you "apt-get install dosfstools" you can resize your fat32 partitions in GParted! Hooray! This is now the best on-tablet partition editing app. Uninstall QTParted.

NOTES: You have to unmount the mmc card in hildon before starting your Debian chroot. I have found that I cannot unmount the /media/mmc2 card (it becomes "busy" as soon as you mount it, even if you have no virtual memory defined) but I can unmount and then repartition the /media/mmc1 card by typing:

TIP: Uncheck "Round to Cylinders" to avoid having the (usually 4MB) unformatted space at the beginning of the card changed.

Resizing my 16GB SD card, preparing for partitioning... (note that the partition has data on it already, I'm resizing without reformatting)

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samhogue | # 282 | 2008-10-29, 16:27 | Report

Has anybody thought about Google Gears? Could we somehow use the Maemo port?

qole | # 283 | 2008-11-12, 20:03 | Report

If you're a Firefox / Iceweasel user on the tablet, then you probably want to install the Grab and Drag extension. This makes Firefox behave like the built-in browser, in that you use the stylus or your finger to move around the web page, rather than the tiny little scroll bars.

Admit it, you've tried to scroll up a webpage in Iceweasel only to find that you're selecting text.

EDIT: Here's another extension that makes things better on the tablet:
Tiny Menu

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Entonian | # 284 | 2008-11-14, 06:24 | Report

qole, you are truly a geek's geek. I'm proud of you.

qole | # 285 | 2008-11-14, 08:19 | Report

Entonian, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said* to me.

* Well, you know, written.. about... me. But wow, that just sounds lame.

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pton | # 286 | 2008-12-17, 09:57 | Report

Some debian apps can be copied directly from debian folder to maemo folder and run straight within maemo (without using 'debbie' command). For example, I've copied xbindkeys from debian to maemo by :
cp /debian/usr/bin/xbindkeys /usr/bin
cp /debian/usr/lib/libguile* /usr/lib
cp -rf /debian/usr/share/guile/* /usr/share

After this, I change 'debbie xbindkeys' command to simply 'xbindkeys', and it works perfectly

Other apps like zenity (numerous user dialogs -- the display calendar dialog is particularly useful) also work. Of course not all work. Typically I first copy over the main exe file, then run it. And for whatever missing libraries or directories, I would simply copy over. And finally, if it works, it works perfectly (with maemo fonts and theme, and faster). Otherwise, then continue to use 'debbie' command.

qole | # 287 | 2008-12-17, 18:18 | Report

Sometimes, you can even go to http://packages.debian.org, download the armel Debian package, and then use "dpkg -i package-name.deb" to install it directly into maemo. This usually only works with applications that have very few dependencies, like command-line apps.

debernardis | # 288 | 2009-01-10, 21:04 | Report

FYI, Midori on debian unstable has been upgraded to the last version, 0.1.1-1.
It seems more stable and performant on the NIT and could be a viable alternative to the default browser until tear or the webkit engine for microb are mature.

debernardis | # 289 | 2009-02-11, 20:02 | Report

We are now to Midori 0.1.2 - this is becoming seriously nice as a browser, and seems quicker and more stable in my hands.

qole | # 290 | 2009-02-20, 00:45 | Report

Update:

I needed to get audio working for my new Easy Ubuntu package. I followed these instructions, and I found that there's a new step that I have to add for Ubuntu. Assuming that /ubuntu is the chroot, as root from maemo: