Sygic Mobile maps for Maemo [problems] - Page 9 - maemo.org

youxing | # 81 | 2010-03-29, 18:33 | Report

Originally Posted by dyce View Post

the sygic files show up in my music player. how do i fix that?

There is no need to delete them!

Step-By-Step Directions:

Make sure to install rootsh from the Application Manager.

Download this attachment to your N900, do not put it into any folder, so that you can see it in your file manager (/home/user/MyDocs/)

Open XTerminal

Type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /home/user/MyDocs/

mv tracker.cfg.txt /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

exit

Then restart your phone.

Open up XTerminal again,

then type:

Code:


tracker-processes -r

exit

Restart your phone again, and start Media Player. Those annoying sound files should be gone!

For those people who are curious about what I did, this is the line i added to the file /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

Code:

# List of directory roots NOT to index and NOT to watch (separator=;)
NoWatchDirectory=$HOME/MyDocs/core-dumps/;$HOME/MyDocs/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/.sounds/Ringtones/;$HOME/MyDocs/tmp/;/media/mmc1/tmp/;/media/mmc1/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/Res/;

Have fun!

Youxing

Edit: updating tracker-processes doesn't require root. Edited instructions accordingly!

Attached Files

tracker.cfg.txt (2.9 KB, 197 views)

Last edited by youxing; 2010-03-30 at 13:45.

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sophocha | # 82 | 2010-03-29, 18:35 | Report

Some of these mods are excellent! Thanks for sharing!

psrkn | # 83 | 2010-03-29, 18:46 | Report

Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post

It's not 'both internal GPS and AGPS'. Its A-GPS, period. The N900 comes with a (poor) TI GPS chipset, which needs assistance if you want a reasonably fast lock. In other words, it works better if you're online at the time.

Sygic gets its GPS data through the GPS subsystem on the N900 (which I guess is a version of gpsd, the gps daemon). Thus you could also switch to an external Bluetooth GPS by changing the setting in the control panel. That comes with its own set of problems though, basically the software on the N900 does a poor job with the NMEA data so that not all the info comes through all the time, and that combined with Sygic wanting all the data (not just position, speed and altitude) all the time can be problematic.

Thanks for explaining. Therefore, if I have no network/data plan waiting over 2 minutes to get a lock is very common. Too bad!

spanner | # 84 | 2010-03-29, 19:00 | Report

Originally Posted by Desmodromic View Post

Where can I report a bug in sygic? When I go to hardware settings and press automatic search the phone freezes and I have to boot it. Tried is several times, but doesn't work.

Do you mean the "automatic search" that is enabled by tweaking an undocumented parameter in a config file by hand? I doubt they're going to care too much.

I assume they disabled some of those options because they didn't work or had bugs. For instance, the volume settings don't work either.

(FWIW I get the application freeze too with "automatic search", but I was able to kill the process)

x61 | # 85 | 2010-03-29, 19:15 | Report

Originally Posted by youxing View Post

There is no need to delete them!

Step-By-Step Directions:

Make sure to install rootsh from the Application Manager.

Download this attachment to your N900, do not put it into any folder, so that you can see it in your file manager (/home/user/MyDocs/)

Open XTerminal

Type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /home/user/MyDocs/

mv tracker.cfg.txt /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

exit

Then restart your phone.

Open up XTerminal again,

then type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

tracker-processes -r

exit

Restart your phone again, and start Media Player. Those annoying sound files should be gone!

For those people who are curious about what I did, this is the line i added to the file /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

Code:

# List of directory roots NOT to index and NOT to watch (separator=;)
NoWatchDirectory=$HOME/MyDocs/core-dumps/;$HOME/MyDocs/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/.sounds/Ringtones/;$HOME/MyDocs/tmp/;/media/mmc1/tmp/;/media/mmc1/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/Res/;

Have fun!

Youxing

This does not seem to work.

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Saturn | # 86 | 2010-03-29, 20:27 | Report

Originally Posted by youxing View Post

There is no need to delete them!

Step-By-Step Directions:

Make sure to install rootsh from the Application Manager.

Download this attachment to your N900, do not put it into any folder, so that you can see it in your file manager (/home/user/MyDocs/)

Open XTerminal

Type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /home/user/MyDocs/

mv tracker.cfg.txt /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

exit

Then restart your phone.

Open up XTerminal again,

then type:

Code:

sudo gainroot

tracker-processes -r

exit

Restart your phone again, and start Media Player. Those annoying sound files should be gone!

For those people who are curious about what I did, this is the line i added to the file /home/user/.config/tracker/tracker.cfg

Code:

# List of directory roots NOT to index and NOT to watch (separator=;)
NoWatchDirectory=$HOME/MyDocs/core-dumps/;$HOME/MyDocs/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/.sounds/Ringtones/;$HOME/MyDocs/tmp/;/media/mmc1/tmp/;/media/mmc1/cities/;$HOME/MyDocs/Res/;

Have fun!

Youxing

ATTN: The restart of the process should not be done as root.
(I don't use sygic but i have done this for several folders)

that is, open xterm and type directly
tracker-processes -r

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jutl | # 87 | 2010-03-30, 08:45 | Report

In connection with the 'lag' problem that seems to happen intermittently using N900 internal GPS with Sygic, I thought I'd just record that I have been using Sygic with a Nokia LD-3W wireless GPS module successfully and there is no lag when using it. Checking the 'Accuracy' stat on the GPS status page in Sygic shows on average an 11yd accuracy using the LD-3W and 25-35yd accuracy using the internal unit.

d-iivil | # 88 | 2010-03-30, 11:05 | Report

Originally Posted by jutl View Post

In connection with the 'lag' problem that seems to happen intermittently using N900 internal GPS with Sygic, I thought I'd just record that I have been using Sygic with a Nokia LD-3W wireless GPS module successfully and there is no lag when using it. Checking the 'Accuracy' stat on the GPS status page in Sygic shows on average an 11yd accuracy using the LD-3W and 25-35yd accuracy using the internal unit.

But why is the lag gone when changing some stuff @ settings.ini and also why isn't Nokia Maps lagging with internal BT?

jutl | # 89 | 2010-03-30, 12:41 | Report

Originally Posted by D-Iivil View Post

But why is the lag gone when changing some stuff @ settings.ini and also why isn't Nokia Maps lagging with internal BT?

For me the changed settings don't fix the lag and Ovi Maps (and Google Maps) do both lag with the internal GPS... Sometimes the internal GPS works fine, and others it lags, regardless of what program I use to monitor it...

d-iivil | # 90 | 2010-03-30, 12:54 | Report

Originally Posted by jutl View Post

For me the changed settings don't fix the lag and Ovi Maps (and Google Maps) do both lag with the internal GPS... Sometimes the internal GPS works fine, and others it lags, regardless of what program I use to monitor it...

Okay, then it's a different story

For me the internal receiver has been so far good enough (Maps and edited Sygic works both fine).