MobileRead Forums - iRex iLiad

PIN issue on my Iliad

Martn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:34 GMT

first of all, excuse me for the sort of "english" i'm using.

now for the issue:

I've actually given up bothering, but there are times when i'm thinking - there must be a way.
i forgot my PIN
i tried the official "way to go" for unlocking the device, that is contacting the support team. after a lengthy conversation (prooving i'm the owner, figuring out i've no MyIrex account) they said the only way to fix the device is sending it to iRexTech for service. That was the day i learned about "credit points" :)
Anyway, i thought i'll give it a one last try before throwing the device out the window.So, any ideas on that account are greatly appreciated. I really enjoyed mobile reading, but cannot afford buying another device.

New Interactive Fiction Player: Chimara

w.m.vanvliet — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:28:14 GMT

Me and a friend started a pet project over a year ago called Chimara. It's supposed to be an Interactive Fiction player very similar to Gargoyle, but more easily integrated in other platforms.

You can read about it here: http://lassie.student.utwente.nl/chimara

It is our goal that it will eventually be the IF player of choice, also on the iLiad. We're not there yet, but I have been busy the last couple of days creating the first version for the iLiad and I'm curious what others have to say about it.

Attached Files

Chimara-0.1.zip (1.86 MB)

Persistent WIFI connection.

tovarish — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:23:02 GMT

Hi All,

I just bought an iliad 2nd edition and would like that the wifi connection is persistent. At work I can connect an ethernet cable and ssh to the iliad to edit files but at home I have only a wifi network.
The problem is that when I click the connect button the connection only lasts for 20-25 seconds which is not enough to do any editing. How can I make the wifi connection last as long as I want.
I downloaded a script which loads connectionMgr with the options
--background --stay-connected
but it doesnt seem to help.

thanks,
tovarish

Not able to read Word .doc files

Tamo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:53 GMT

I got my Iliad couple of days ago. I copied bunch of word 2003 (.doc), .PDF, .txt to SD card. Iliad is able to open .PDF, .TXT fine. But nothing happens when I select any .DOC file. I thought Iliad is able to read the .DOC files and that is main reason I bought it.

Do I need to install any s/w (it is running 2.12 + dev package) ? Do I need to save .DOC in particular format on my PC and then transfer.

I searched around. Nobody seems to have this problem.

Please help.

Using handwriting recognition ON iliad

gono — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:44:38 GMT

I do not like the myscript PC handwriting software. If I write a long text, I later have to correct many misinterpretations which takes lots of time.
Actually the iliad has an excellent handwritng recognition included. The wordpad which can be used to enter text in form fields (search, file names...) works excellent for me it , but I can not use it to include text in a note.
- is there any way to do this???
- alternatively I would like to install myscript stylus as separate software on the iliad (though the included wordpad actually is myscript stylus, though an older version). Is it a problem to install a debian package on the iliad (i have no Linux experience but willing to learn)
Thanks for any help
gono

My djvu viewer

ericshliao — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:44:26 GMT

This is a simple djvu viewer with GTK+ gui, not QT gui.

I was enlightened by Evince when I found Evince (capable of displaying djvu files) is written on GTK+, not on QT. After reading the source code, I know that Evince use Cairo to draw djvu page image on GdkWindow. I think it too compilcated for me, so I choose another way. I use ddjvu (an utility provided by djvulibre) to generate a page image and draw it on GtkWidget. It's much more simple to implement.

The basic idea is using popen() to execute ddjvu and send output to GdkPixbufLoader.

The benefit will be:
1. reduced lib size. No more huge QT libs.
2. reduced loading time and ram usage. Loading QT lib is burdensome for iLiad.

To install:
Just unpack the attachment to anywhere and a dir "mydjvuview" will emerge. Execute it from contentlister.

Note:
0. I compiled the program agains GTK+2.14.7. I don't know if it works on common iLiad with GTK+2.6. Since I don't use any fancy GtkWidget, I think it should be working on your iLiad. If not, please tell me.
1. There is no file chooser currently. This app only open a specified sample djvu file bundled in the attachment.
2. To open your own djvu file, you have to modify "run.sh". If you want, you can modify registry.xml to enabl opening a djvu file from contentlister.
3. I found some djvu files do not conform to djvu standards. These files will cause the app crash without warning. It can be solved by using "djvm -c outfile infile" to convert a non-standard conforming file to standard-conforming.
4. This is only a demo. I am lazy to deal with the UI details in C. If I can call gdk_pixbuf_loader_write() in Lua script, I will make a lua version with more UI features.

Attached Files

mydjvuview.zip (1.45 MB)

What's wrong with my C code?

ericshliao — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:17:51 GMT

I have a small program (not really executable, just for experiement):

Code:

#include 

#include 

//#include 

#include 

#include 



typedef struct _DjvuDocument DjvuDocument;



typedef struct _EvRenderContext EvRenderContext;



struct _DjvuDocument {

        GObject           parent_instance;



        ddjvu_context_t  *d_context;

        ddjvu_document_t *d_document;

        ddjvu_format_t   *d_format;

        ddjvu_format_t   *thumbs_format;



        gchar            *uri;



        /* PS exporter */

        gchar                 *ps_filename;

        GString          *opts;

};



struct _EvRenderContext

{

        GObject parent;

        

        //EvPage *page;

        gint    rotation;

        gdouble scale;

};



cairo_surface_t *djvu_document_render (DjvuDocument *djvu_document, int page_index)

{

        

        EvRenderContext *rc;

        

        cairo_surface_t *surface;

        gchar *pixels;

        gint   rowstride;

    ddjvu_rect_t rrect;

        ddjvu_rect_t prect;

        ddjvu_page_t *d_page;

        ddjvu_page_rotation_t rotation;

        double page_width, page_height, tmp;

        static const cairo_user_data_key_t key;



        d_page = ddjvu_page_create_by_pageno (djvu_document->d_document, page_index);

        

        while (!ddjvu_page_decoding_done (d_page))

                djvu_handle_events(djvu_document, TRUE, NULL);



        page_width = ddjvu_page_get_width (d_page) * rc->scale * SCALE_FACTOR + 0.5;

        page_height = ddjvu_page_get_height (d_page) * rc->scale * SCALE_FACTOR + 0.5;

        

        switch (rc->rotation) {

                case 90:

                        rotation = DDJVU_ROTATE_90;

                        tmp = page_height;

                        page_height = page_width;

                        page_width = tmp;

                        

                        break;

                case 180:

                        rotation = DDJVU_ROTATE_180;

                        

                        break;

                case 270:

                        rotation = DDJVU_ROTATE_270;

                        tmp = page_height;

                        page_height = page_width;

                        page_width = tmp;

                        

                        break;

                default:

                        rotation = DDJVU_ROTATE_0;

        }

///#ifdef HAVE_CAIRO_FORMAT_STRIDE_FOR_WIDTH

        rowstride = cairo_format_stride_for_width (CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24, page_width);

//#else

//        rowstride = page_width * 4;

//#endif

        pixels = (gchar *) g_malloc (page_height * rowstride);

        surface = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data ((guchar *)pixels,

                                                       CAIRO_FORMAT_RGB24,

                                                       page_width,

                                                       page_height,

                                                       rowstride);

        cairo_surface_set_user_data (surface, &key,

                                     pixels, (cairo_destroy_func_t)g_free);

        prect.x = 0;

        prect.y = 0;

        prect.w = page_width;

        prect.h = page_height;

        rrect = prect;



        ddjvu_page_set_rotation (d_page, rotation);

        

        ddjvu_page_render (d_page, DDJVU_RENDER_COLOR,

                           &prect,

                           &rrect,

                           djvu_document->d_format,

                           rowstride,

                           pixels);



        return surface;

}



/*

static void

djvu_document_finalize (GObject *object)

{

        DjvuDocument *djvu_document = DJVU_DOCUMENT (object);



        if (djvu_document->d_document)

            ddjvu_document_release (djvu_document->d_document);

            

        if (djvu_document->opts)

            g_string_free (djvu_document->opts, TRUE);



        if (djvu_document->ps_filename)

            g_free (djvu_document->ps_filename);

            

        ddjvu_context_release (djvu_document->d_context);

        ddjvu_format_release (djvu_document->d_format);

        ddjvu_format_release (djvu_document->thumbs_format);

        g_free (djvu_document->uri);

        

        G_OBJECT_CLASS (djvu_document_parent_class)->finalize (object);

}*/





int main()

{



    return 0;

}

I compiled it with:
gcc -o test lua-djview.c `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 ddjvuapi --libs --cflags`
using GCC4.1.2 in Debian 5.

And I alwasy got error message:
lua-djview.c:35: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token

Line 35 is marked in red.

The code is copied from source code of Evince with some modification. I know it must be a silly problem, but I just can't figure it out. Please help. Thanx.

iliad diagnostic or test tool

ploik000 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:59:00 GMT

Hi, I'm going to buy an used Iliad 2nd edition in Italy. An I would just wondering if it exist any diagnostic or test software tool (better if already in the system and not to be installed) that can help me to understand if the devide works properly or it has any hw/sw faults.

Do you have any experience on such sw ?
:thanks:
Marco

Iliad Toolbox: some tools for your device

I�igo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:39:04 GMT

Hello,

I'm pleased to announce the first public version of Iliad Toolbox, v1.1.

Iliad Toolbox is a set of some useful small applications for your Iliad.

Tools:
- File Browser. (not implemented yet).
- System Information. Shows information about: cpu, memory, battery, uptime, load, disks, processes
- Recent Files. It lets you to delete some old entries in Recent Files that may pollute the list.
- Power-off. I need it because the switch-off handle of my old Iliad doesn't work well.

Better take a look at the screenshots to get an idea.

Code:
Iliad Toolbox has been written in Lua language and uses lgob (gtk+ bindings for lua), both compiled and packaged for Iliad by Great Hansel. Display refresh is handled by Hansel's xx, a small program based on Antartica's xepdmgr.
You don't need to install them separately because they are included with the package (and in fact that's the reason it's so big).

Installation:
To install, uncompress, copy on your Iliad and run the installer from the ContentLister.
To upgrade, delete the old version and proceed to install again.
Btw, the install method has been created by Hansel as well. :thanks:

Using Iliad Toolbox:
You need to use the stylus to click.
The X on top-left is to close each window.

Of course, all feedback, ideas and suggestions are welcome.

I�igo

Attached Thumbnails

Attached Files

Toolbox-1.1.tar.gz (705.5 KB)

Possible battery failure - suggestions?

X. Trapnel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:13:11 GMT

Hi everyone. I think I may have unseated the battery contacts on my iLiad, probably when I dropped my backpack yesterday. Here are the symptoms--what do you think is wrong? What can I do?

When not plugged in, it seems completely dead; unresponsive to power switch, no matter how long I hold it on. Reset button doesn't do anything either.

If I plug it in, sometimes--very briefly--the charging light will flash red, but then it will stay off. However, when plugged in, it *seems* to work okay. I originally thought it wasn't fully functional even while plugged in, but I think what happens is that the seating of the charger is very delicate, so small bumps unplugged it, at which point the Iliad immediately shut off (without any visual indication of course). This happened a few times last night, but once I was careful not to bump it, it stayed on fine and let me open and close books, etc.

While it is on, the battery indicator reads as full. And it seems to be able to stay on indefinitely (even charging my iphone while doing so).

So it seems like the battery is just no longer seated, and it's drawing directly from the AC when plugged in. Does that sound right? If so, (how) can I fix this? I pick up a #6 torx screwdriver, open up the back, and then ... what?

I'm pretty sure my warranty is totally gone, since I bought this 2nd hand from someone on this Forum who already put in the super-long-battery mod. (Which is awesome.) Please help, forum folks! I love my iLiad and want it back!

Chinese IME?

hansel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:34:36 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericshliao (Post 641047)

I just found that the translation table used by GCIN are all utf-8 format. It's easy to read. The attached "phone.zip" is the table of Zhuying IME used by GCIN. Each line is a translation of a glyph. The first part of a line is the combination of key(or keys) . The second part is the target glyph. There are two "space" between them. If you have Chinese font installed in your system, you can view the file without any problem.
When you read the file, the lines after "%keyname begin" are the buttons on keyboard and their respective basic symbols used by the IME, and the lines after "%chardef begin" are translation of each glyph.

I'm trying to evaluate if I could do Chinese input for MiniPad...

= I'm not sure if I understand the file attached to the referenced post: there ar lots of glyphs that have the same key combination?!?

Code:

1up 彬

1up 檳

1up 儐

1up 斌

1up 繽

1up 豳

1up 瀕

= How does one remember those key combinations? Is ther any form of visual feedback (wich would be ugly on the slow Iliad display)

MiniPad: Take notes on your Iliad.

hansel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:53:42 GMT

Hello Iliad friends,

Edit:

3 nov 2009: #34 Update 0.2.2, easier way to enter special characters
30 oct 2009: #26 Update 0.2.1, Added support for special characters (for Spanish, French, etc...) via the new MOD key
28 oct 2009: #16 update 0.2.0, solved display refresh problem. Newest version is attached to this post

To update: just remove the MiniPad directory on your memory card, unpack the update, and install again

Original message:
I am pleased to announce the first release of MiniPad, a small text editor for the Iliad.

The main features are:

A simple installer: unpack on your memory card and click the install entry in the menu
Includes a virtual keyboard for text entry.
You can position the cursor and select text with the pen
Cut, paste and delete are working
A date button inserts the current date at the cursor position...
A cool thing is that you can hide MiniPad without closing it, open a book, reactivate MiniPad without closing the book, etc...

Feedback is welcome. I'll develop this further if there is enough interest...

Enjoy!
Hansel.

PS: About the technology: MiniPad is written in Lua. It uses lgob, a Lua binding for GTK. The display refresh is handled by xx, a small program based on xepdmgr. The gui is designed with Glade, and converted to Lua with Glade4lua. More info can be found at http://www.hpelbers.org/iliad/start, sources are at https://dev.mobileread.com/trac/luai...iments/MiniPad

Attached Thumbnails

Attached Files

	MiniPad-0.2.0.tar.gz (641.1 KB)
	MiniPad-0.2.1.tar.gz (642.0 KB)
	MiniPad-0.2.2.tar.gz (642.1 KB)

How can reboot from a crash iLiad

AlexLi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:54:31 GMT

Hi,
I have irex iLiad ER0141,
Today, I try create shell script can run /etc/init.d/networking restart and cat ifconfig to a txt file from dropbear. It like as:

Code:

export DISPLAY=:0

export scriptdir=`/usr/bin/dirname $0`

cd $scriptdir

/etc/init.d/networking restart

echo `ifonfig` > ifconfig.txt

When I runing from conttenlist.
The iLiad screen like hold, and I can not to do anything.(includ hold iLiad power button try to reboot)
Now, I don't know how can to reboot my iLiad.
If you know other solution can reboot the iLiad. Please tall me.
:thanks:

get a list of pdf files: tried but failed

uifiddle — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:39:27 GMT

:help:

I'm on a linux box and I'm a novice user of linux.

Quote:

ls -R | sed -e 's/manifest.xml//' -e 's/scribble.irx//' | cat -s > ~/iliad.txt

is not acceptable for the duplication of the file and the directory name. So there's a little complicity, I think.

Some of my PDFs have been initialized by iliad and some don't，so some file names should be perserved.
Some of my PDFs are 01.pdf,02.pdf, this means chapter 1 of a book and chapter 2 of the same book, so some directory names as book names should be perserved.

Anyone can helping me by share a bash (or perl) script listing files on iliad with brevity? Thanks in advance.

PDF "Kicking" iliad

Havard — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:44:21 GMT

Please see enclosed two PDF pages.

One loads fine the other does not. Only difference is a "kicker"-box.

Unfortunately, I have loads of docs with them kicker boxes and would like to be able to read them on the.

Any pointers?:help:

Attached Files

	Be or.pdf (103.6 KB)
	not to be.pdf (106.3 KB)