Touch libnickel.so with kiwix-serve modifications for firmware 3.19.5761

cartel · 02-16-2016, 06:49 PM

Hi all,

In case anyone is still interested, I went and patched the libnickel.so from 3.19.5761 in the manner described at https://a3nm.net/blog/kobo_glo_hacking.html. This means that you can launch the browser without requiring to connect to wifi, and use wikipedia with kiwix-serve offline.

The instructions are pretty much the same, except you need to include the line

ifconfig lo 127.0.01

in your rcS file, before you launch kiwix-serve, and the file to replace is called libnickel.so.1.0.0.

The patched file is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxj...lLVmxRbUk/view

On a related note, does anyone know how to get kiwix-serve to respect a mobile user agent?

Alpha o · 02-16-2016, 07:06 PM

The page turning is getting a bit hinky, the touch for the library works too well. It comes up when you try to swipe. It might take 3 swipes to go forward, then it jumps pages.

Is it the screen, software or what? I'm using the version that ends in 3.15 something.

frostschutz · 02-16-2016, 07:14 PM

Oh, interesting, I didn't know about this patch... being able to launch the browser w/o network should be useful for lots of things.

traycold · 02-17-2016, 08:19 AM

If someone is interested, I converted the patched libnickel.so file presented in this thread as a patch definition file (metazoa patch). Code and info here.

02-16-2016, 06:49 PM	#1
cartel Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 450 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kobo Touch	libnickel.so with kiwix-serve modifications for firmware 3.19.5761 Hi all, In case anyone is still interested, I went and patched the libnickel.so from 3.19.5761 in the manner described at https://a3nm.net/blog/kobo_glo_hacking.html. This means that you can launch the browser without requiring to connect to wifi, and use wikipedia with kiwix-serve offline. The instructions are pretty much the same, except you need to include the line ifconfig lo 127.0.01 in your rcS file, before you launch kiwix-serve, and the file to replace is called libnickel.so.1.0.0. The patched file is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxj...lLVmxRbUk/view On a related note, does anyone know how to get kiwix-serve to respect a mobile user agent?

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02-16-2016, 07:06 PM	#2
Alpha o Addict Posts: 282 Karma: 2603524 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Onyx Boox Darwin, inkBOOK Obsidian	The page turning is getting a bit hinky, the touch for the library works too well. It comes up when you try to swipe. It might take 3 swipes to go forward, then it jumps pages. Is it the screen, software or what? I'm using the version that ends in 3.15 something.

02-16-2016, 07:14 PM	#3
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,279 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	Oh, interesting, I didn't know about this patch... being able to launch the browser w/o network should be useful for lots of things.

02-17-2016, 08:19 AM	#4
traycold Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 196 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo Hd, Kobo H2O2	If someone is interested, I converted the patched libnickel.so file presented in this thread as a patch definition file (metazoa patch). Code and info here.

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