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Forum: Applications 2010-03-18, 11:43
Replies: 1
Views: 3,338
Posted By nola mike
Navit import route?

I've been using Navit more often, and am trying to get it to be my primary mapping software. I'm going to dig through the config FAQs a bit more, but a few things i can't figure out:
1. Is there a...
Forum: General 2010-03-05, 19:48
Replies: 10
Views: 3,413
Posted By nola mike
Re: Revive battery?

yeah, i left it plugged in overnight--only seemed to make it worse.
Forum: General 2010-03-05, 17:24
Replies: 10
Views: 3,413
Posted By nola mike
Revive battery?

Having a problem with a suddenly-dead battery. It was working OK, and I used the n800 until totally dead. Now it won't charge; I plug in, the "nokia" screen comes on for a few seconds, and then...
Forum: Applications 2010-02-21, 03:59
Replies: 7
Views: 2,498
Posted By nola mike
Re: slow connect to n800 with ssh?

well, figured it out. turns out it was the power saving on the n800. if i turn the power saving off of the connection, all is well.
Forum: Applications 2010-02-20, 19:11
Replies: 7
Views: 2,498
Posted By nola mike
Re: slow connect to n800 with ssh?

well, this is interesting. first ping is to my laptop. second is to the n800.

PING 192.168.1.7 (192.168.1.7) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.7: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.31 ms
64...
Forum: Applications 2010-02-20, 19:06
Replies: 7
Views: 2,498
Posted By nola mike
Re: slow connect to n800 with ssh?

huh. just tried using putty on my wife's windows box--same problem. so now i'm back at square 1. i guess the only thing left is a network problem? i changed ISPs a while back and now have a verizon...
Forum: Applications 2010-02-20, 18:54
Replies: 7
Views: 2,498
Posted By nola mike
Re: slow connect to n800 with ssh?

no, it isn't just the initial connection. i actually tried this on a "spare" n800 that i had (it had a busted screen, but magically fixed itself). this one i haven't touched in a while, and used to...
Forum: Applications 2010-02-07, 22:42
Replies: 7
Views: 2,498
Posted By nola mike
slow connect to n800 with ssh?

for a while now, trying to ssh into my n800 has been unbelievably slow; it may take 60 seconds for my commands to show up on my home computer terminal, basically making it unusable. i've purged and...
Forum: Applications 2009-08-06, 00:49
Replies: 3
Views: 1,211
Posted By nola mike
Re: software keyboard?

hmm... was http://matchbox-project.org/screenshots.html (this) what you were talking about? if so, i'm afraid i'm not sure what to do with it. i'm hoping to find just a simple keyboard program that...
Forum: Applications 2009-07-29, 17:53
Replies: 3
Views: 1,211
Posted By nola mike
software keyboard?

looking for a keyboard that i can manually pull up, or if there's a way to invoke the built in keyboard for non-hildonized apps. specifically, i'm trying to change some parameters in xmms-the built...
Forum: Applications 2009-07-13, 12:29
Replies: 455
Views: 171,192
Posted By nola mike
Re: Navit GPS (and libgarmin) for os2008

a couple of navit questions...
first, i just tried this again after giving it a shot about a year plus ago--impressed with the progress, and it's nice to see such continued active development.
1....
Forum: Nokia N810 2009-07-13, 12:14
Replies: 23
Views: 34,790
Posted By nola mike
Re: N810 GPS software - alternatives?

don't know if this is the speed info that you're looking for, but i stumbled on http://utrack.crempa.net/ a while ago. gives some info that i haven't been able to extract from mm or (especially)...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-07-13, 00:06
Replies: 4
Views: 1,943
Posted By nola mike
Re: Mediabox not handling playlists?

ok, a little more investigating:
looks like both problems are related to the number of added tracks in a playlist. if you try to add more than 450-500 tracks to a playlist, you encounter this...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-06-30, 19:49
Replies: 4
Views: 1,943
Posted By nola mike
Re: Mediabox not handling playlists?

like i said, i've tried it a couple of different ways, and there are 2 separate issues:
1. needing a restart to add to/create a playlist after the initial add.
2. not adding all files from a...
Forum: General 2009-06-29, 20:11
Replies: 24
Views: 7,411
Posted By nola mike
Re: word processor for Nokia N810??

i find the maemo abiword to be stable--i've never had it crash. granted, i'm not using it for high-powered fancy stuff, but it's been able to open any .doc that i've thrown at it, and basic editing...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-06-29, 17:36
Replies: 4
Views: 1,943
Posted By nola mike
Mediabox not handling playlists?

I've been having a problem with playlists. Not sure if it's related to 0.96.5 or the fact that I recently got a new 32gb SD card to replace a failed 4gb.

Here are the symptoms:
When I initially...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-06-16, 23:26
Replies: 500
Views: 147,740
Posted By nola mike
Re: MediaBox Media Center 0.96 with UPnP and more

wow! what an improvement in 0.96.5. the thumb bars are great, being able to search within a playlist, soft keyboard, being able to create a playlist for bookmarked files. the startup time is MUCH...
Forum: General 2009-06-16, 01:44
Replies: 30
Views: 12,826
Posted By nola mike
Re: ENC Nautical Charts for Maemo Mapper?

man, this is fantastic! i am having a problem with the maps, however. the part that i'm interested in (potomac river, va, near colonial beach, fwiw), doesn't download past zoom level 7. other areas...
Forum: Applications 2009-04-22, 17:39
Replies: 1
Views: 975
Posted By nola mike
xmms freezes tablet?

i've had xmms intermittently freezing on os2008. the display becomes completely unresponsive. sometimes i'm able to close xmms, and then i'll see a flurry of activity as the nit tries to ¨catch up¨....
Forum: Multimedia 2009-03-17, 14:26
Replies: 500
Views: 147,740
Posted By nola mike
Re: MediaBox Media Center 0.96 with UPnP and more

great, i'm looking forward to it--navigating while driving (or biking, as is my case a lot of times) is difficult with the current interface. yes, a big problem with the current bookmark is that you...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-03-16, 22:24
Replies: 500
Views: 147,740
Posted By nola mike
Re: MediaBox Media Center 0.96 with UPnP and more

still looking forward to a fat, thumbable scrollbar on car view, or the ability to seek within a file via hardware buttons. also, i'm trying to figure out the media bookmark function--is there a way...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-15, 22:27
Replies: 8
Views: 1,330
Posted By nola mike
Re: Mediabox shuffle doesn't shuffle

yeah, i had figured out the top "list" icon. very versatile. also able to do it by device/media card, so that all songs from certain folders are added. this is actually one of the main reasons...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-14, 18:13
Replies: 8
Views: 1,330
Posted By nola mike
Re: Mediabox shuffle doesn't shuffle

well, apparently i was doing something wrong, but my install was apparently corrupt as well. after a purge/reinstall, i am able to add songs to a playlist that i create, and shuffle works as well. ...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-14, 16:52
Replies: 8
Views: 1,330
Posted By nola mike
Re: Mediabox shuffle doesn't shuffle

ok, well it's possible that i've been doing everything wrong--the interface is a bit confusing. i'm not sure how to add a playlist then. if i go to what i assume is the playlist viewer (paper with...
Forum: Multimedia 2009-03-10, 12:07
Replies: 500
Views: 147,740
Posted By nola mike
Re: MediaBox Media Center 0.96 with UPnP and more

here ya go:
BusyBox v1.6.1 (2008-09-18 09:43:17 EEST) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ python2.5 -c "import gconf"
Traceback (most recent call last):
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