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    Matan | # 31 | 2010-01-14, 16:01 | Report

    A new version is available, This is for PR1.1: http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n90...ildon-desktop6

    Source patch (relative to 2.2.120 source): http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/kf/hd6.diff

    The only difference from previous version other than rebasing to PR1.1 is that changing desktops by arrows is faster now.

    About problems: this is a work in progress, so there are expected to be bugs. I only release binaries that worked for me for some time, but obviously I cannot test everything. I still suspect that at least some of the problems are due to not following installation instructions properly.

    For recovery in case of problems:
    • The method I use is a bootmenu + another boot partition. This allows me to restore a known good hildon-desktop in case that I installed one that causes a reboot loop.
    • Another option is to install openssh server before hand, and use flasher-3.5 to enable rd-mode. I expect that this will prevent reboots in case of hildon-desktop crashes, so while you can't actually use the device, you can ssh into it and restore a working hildon-desktop.

    I'll be happy if people who find a serious bug and have the patience to work on the bug and a have (or are willing to install) a recovery method contact me by private message or email.

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    codeMonkey | # 32 | 2010-01-14, 16:06 | Report

    I'll give this one a try tonight after I've upgraded

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    jsuggs | # 33 | 2010-01-14, 16:32 | Report

    Not trying to hijack this, but are there any tips/tricks (outside of remapping keys) for getting ctl-shift-X to work? It is impossible to do without some serious (unnatural) contortions of the hand for me to do.

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    Matan | # 34 | 2010-01-14, 16:37 | Report

    If you do not remap keys, then ctrl and shift are where they are, and you need to press them + another key. It is possible to use ctrl+fn for shortcuts instead of ctrl+shift, but only if you are willing to give up the special characters panel that opens by ctrl+fn.

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    F2thaK | # 35 | 2010-01-15, 03:42 | Report

    Originally Posted by Matan View Post
    A new version is available, This is for PR1.1: http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n90...ildon-desktop6

    Source patch (relative to 2.2.120 source): http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n900/kf/hd6.diff

    The only difference from previous version other than rebasing to PR1.1 is that changing desktops by arrows is faster now.

    About problems: this is a work in progress, so there are expected to be bugs. I only release binaries that worked for me for some time, but obviously I cannot test everything. I still suspect that at least some of the problems are due to not following installation instructions properly.

    For recovery in case of problems:
    • The method I use is a bootmenu + another boot partition. This allows me to restore a known good hildon-desktop in case that I installed one that causes a reboot loop.
    • Another option is to install openssh server before hand, and use flasher-3.5 to enable rd-mode. I expect that this will prevent reboots in case of hildon-desktop crashes, so while you can't actually use the device, you can ssh into it and restore a working hildon-desktop.

    I'll be happy if people who find a serious bug and have the patience to work on the bug and a have (or are willing to install) a recovery method contact me by private message or email.


    how do we install this new version then?
    i want this functionality but dont want to stuff my n900 testing it......
    thx

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    Matan | # 36 | 2010-01-15, 07:06 | Report

    If you have a working system, installation consists of (as described in detail in previous post): set gconf keys, backup current hildon-desktop.launch (with mv command), and copy latest hildon-desktop from my page to /usr/bin/hildon-desktop.launch . The extra steps with dbus-scripts and hdk are only needed if you want to use global shortcut keys.

    This should not cause a non-working system, but if it does, you need one of the recovery methods described earlier, or a reflash.

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    F2thaK | # 37 | 2010-01-16, 13:53 | Report

    have installed latest ver onto pr1.1 firmware'd device....... works!!! nice! faster desktop swapping...... THANKS

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    codeMonkey | # 38 | 2010-01-28, 20:07 | Report

    Hi Matan

    I'm experiencing a compatibility problem between camkeyd and the modified hildon-desktop.
    Using the genuine Ctrl-Backspace key works just fine from the desktop, but pressing the camera key (which emulates the ctrl-backspace) is causing hildon-desktop to crash.
    The /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/key-actions/ctrl_backspace_in_tasknav is set to 5.
    I'm not quite sure which program is responsible, so I've brought it here first.
    What other info can I give to you?

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    Matan | # 39 | 2010-01-28, 20:50 | Report

    I don't see this. Do you have any other customizations - especially transitions.ini?

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    codeMonkey | # 40 | 2010-01-28, 21:41 | Report

    I didn't have any mods against transitions - but whatever you did in the deb you pm'ed worked Thanks again!

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