[Announce] "Alarmed" scheduling App (supports automatic GPRS data counter resetting)

[stobbsc]

do you want the message I get when I install from app manager?
I'll get that now

[stobbsc]

here are the images of when I try and install:

[shapeshifter]

I can only repeat:

Due to the autobuilder already using the PR 1.2 version, some packages cannot be installed anymore. This is nothing I can do about, as my package didn't change at all. The problem is pyside. Unfortunately you have to wait for PR 1.2 to come out for the n900.

[ndi]

I thought there was a way around that, I have packages that do update. I might not understand how the workaround works, though.

[shapeshifter]

To all those who want to install Alarmed at the moment and have issues because of the PR1.2 autobuilder idiocy, here's a method that I assume *should* work:

1) As root, type this into a terminal to install unzip if you don't have it already. (Install rootsh and type 'sudo gainroot' to gain root.):

apt-get update; apt-get install unzip

2) download the old pyside packages and install them:

cd /home/user/MyDocs
wget http://stuff.moritzg.ch/pyside.zip
unzip pyside.zip
dpkg -i pyside*.deb
apt-get -f --force-all install

3) Install alarmed:

apt-get install alarmed

If this works for you, hit "Thanks!", else complain. ;-)

Let's hope PR1.2 gets released soon anyway....

[mdengler]

The zipfile is corrupt:

$ wget http://omploader.org/vNDVndw/pyside.zip
$ unzip -l pyside.zip
Archive: pyside.zip
warning [pyside.zip]: -364896 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
Length Date Time Name
-------- ---- ---- ----
40806 02-18-10 14:22 pyside-qt4-base_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
1436994 02-18-10 14:22 pyside-qt4-core_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
5259390 02-18-10 14:22 pyside-qt4-gui_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
110716 02-18-10 14:22 pyside-qt4-maemo5_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
-------- -------
6847906 4 files
$ unzip pyside.zip
Archive: pyside.zip
warning [pyside.zip]: -364896 extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile
(attempting to process anyway)
retry - request = 0x18446744073709186720
error [pyside.zip]: attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile
(please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
(attempting to re-compensate)
file #1: bad zipfile offset (local header sig): 0
(attempting to re-compensate)
error [pyside.zip]: attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile
(please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
retry - request = 0x18446744073709227403
error [pyside.zip]: attempt to seek before beginning of zipfile
(please check that you have transferred or created the zipfile in the
appropriate BINARY mode and that you have compiled UnZip properly)
inflating: pyside-qt4-gui_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
inflating: pyside-qt4-maemo5_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
$ ls -l *.deb
-rwx------ 1 martin martin 5259390 2010-02-18 14:22 pyside-qt4-gui_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
-rwx------ 1 martin martin 110716 2010-02-18 14:22 pyside-qt4-maemo5_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
$

[shapeshifter]

huh, oops....
well I uploaded it again and this one seems to be sane. Link changed in above post!

[lemmyslender]

shapeshifter:

I get some errors unzipping; but I get 2 files out:
pyside-qt4-gui_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb
pyside-qt4-maemo5_0.2.3-1maemo3_armel.deb

zip won't even open on my computer. I'll try re-downloading shortly.

On the plus side (for me) I re-flashed and was unable to re-install alarmed. However, I forced it using dpkg. The gui doesn't work (obviously) but, since the scripts are now in /opt/alarmed, the alarms (saved in my pre-flash backup) work and call the scripts.

So my night/morning profile switching still works. I just can't add/remove/edit alarms right now.

dpkg fails with pyside-qt4-core (=0.2.3-1maemo3) not installed.

[shapeshifter]

Originally Posted by lemmyslender

dpkg fails with pyside-qt4-core (=0.2.3-1maemo3) not installed.

re-download using the new link I posted in the instructions, pyside-qt4-core is in there. also, you might need to run apt-get -f install like I added above after having run dpkg.

[lemmyslender]

Thanks again, all squared away. Should be working fine now.

I did have to remove all the old alarms (kind of expected that).