iLiad Using Minimo on the iRex iLiad - Page 2

Adam B. · 09-04-2007, 12:32 PM

You'll probably be waiting a while for a couple reasons:

I'm having some issues getting SSL working like I had done previously.
I'm not sure how to package it so that it run correctly but doesn't interfere with the iLiad's normal html viewing.
I'll also probably wait for 2.11 and unbricking since I will have to modify the internals.
My iLiad is on it's way back to iRex because of some battery/screen issues.

nekokami · 09-04-2007, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

I'm not sure how to package it so that it run correctly but doesn't interfere with the iLiad's normal html viewing.

Not sure this is worth worrying about....

Mike Kostousov · 09-10-2007, 03:11 PM

Is it possible to use minimo with google books?

jimbocho · 10-02-2007, 01:10 AM

Hi Adam,

Can you please consider releasing a preview version? I don't care if SSL doesn't work correctly or if it has to be started by the terminal, but I'd really like to play around with Minimo. I don't mind hacking on it myself, but it would be great if you could share at least the chrome interface files, or a beta version of what you have...

Thanks so much,

-Jim

jimbocho · 10-02-2007, 02:29 AM

I copied

Code:

libX11.so.6    libXau.so.6    libXdmcp.so.6

to /mnt/cf/lib. Then I looked for ideas in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/un-mozilla.sh and decided to run:

Code:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/cf:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/extensions:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/components /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/minimo

And it seems to be working. However I can't figure out how to get it to go to a URL I specify. Adding a URL as a command line argument doesn't work. There doesn't seem to be a URL bar that I can use either. Someone please help!

thanks,
-Jim

Adam B. · 10-02-2007, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbocho

I copied

Code:

libX11.so.6    libXau.so.6    libXdmcp.so.6

to /mnt/cf/lib. Then I looked for ideas in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/un-mozilla.sh and decided to run:

Code:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/cf:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/extensions:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/components /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/minimo

And it seems to be working. However I can't figure out how to get it to go to a URL I specify. Adding a URL as a command line argument doesn't work. There doesn't seem to be a URL bar that I can use either. Someone please help!

thanks,
-Jim

It sounds like you're on track. I used the chrome files from an early minimo release. You can find releases here: http://www.meer.net/~dougt/minimo_ce/

Try 0.013. I think that was the one I used.

Gogolo · 10-02-2007, 08:50 AM

Hi
I would be very interested in running minimo on the Illiad.

dillo does not show correctly the sites I want to use.

Would it be possible to browse in landscape with minimo? landscape is needed very much, because a lot of sites are 1024x768 optimzed.

Greetings
Olivier

jimbocho · 10-04-2007, 01:09 AM

Thanks Adam, I got it to work.

In case anyone else is interested, I copied the classic.jar and classic.manifest from the chrome directory of minimo_ce 0.0.13 into /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome. (I overwrote the files that were there, after backing them up first.)

Then I set the display to :0 and started minimo as I described above. I was greeted with a new layout that allowed me to change the URL. I tried to copy the whole mozilla-minimo folder to CF and run it from there (so I didn't need to overwrite the files in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome) but it still was using the /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome directory, so I had to overwrite them anyway.

Display refresh is problematic; even with the patched libX11 the display frequently does not update correctly. In these cases I run "displayMgrClient" to force a refresh.

Also heavy JavaScript sites (Google maps) can sometimes be quite slow, to the extent that Minimo gives a warning window about the script taking too long to run, asking if you want to abort or continue it.. I sometimes have to click continue once or twice but the page will eventually load. Making matters worse though, sometimes the warning window doesn't refresh correctly; only the frame is drawn. In those cases I first run displayMgrClient to refresh the display, then click on the "Continue" button.

It's kinda cool looking at Google maps on the iLiad, and the resolution is quite nice! It's a bit slow however.

My next goal is to write a simple web page that uses JavaScript to dynamically refresh itself without any user interaction.

-Jim

jimbocho · 10-12-2007, 12:50 AM

Does anyone know how to start up minimo so that it starts at a given URL? I have tried passing it parameters on the command line but it doesn't seem to work. How is minimo invoked by the internal content lister?? Any ideas? I really would like to invoke minimo from the command line and have it start at the web page I specify...

thanks,
-Jim

jimbocho · 10-14-2007, 11:29 PM

OK I finally figured it out. In case anyone is interested, edit the file greprefs/all.js and add this line to set a different homepage:

Code:

pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/");

-Jim

o_parallos · 10-15-2007, 01:18 PM

Any update on a release date or on dev news for minimo? I'm waiting anxiously for this since dillo development seems to be on hold and utf-8 pages are in abundance these days (dillo is only latin-1)...

Can't ........ wait ....... neeeeed......

and congrats for the wonderful job...

Adam B. · 10-19-2007, 03:29 PM

After a few hours of hacking, I've finally got SSL working!!!

I'll have to do some more testing to make sure it isn't a fluke(

), but if all goes well, expect a release in the next few days.

Edit: I'm going to go ahead and post for files for those who have SSH access. Delete the /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo directory (be sure to make a backup, this isn't tested very well), and overwrite with the attached file. You'll need the hacked libX11.so.6 in /usr/local/lib. Launch with "/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/mozilla-run.sh minimo".

DeGodefroi · 10-22-2007, 04:16 AM

And when will there be a minimo version for all who do not desire to go into linux?
:-)

Gogolo · 10-22-2007, 07:26 AM

Patience is our duty!

But lets pray, Adam has some spare time

Adam B. · 10-22-2007, 07:35 AM

It probably won't be today, maybe tomorrow. Today, I'm getting a new PDA phone that I've been waiting for for the last 8 months

, so I'll be pretty busy with that.

This will require a good amount of testing, as I'm replacing many files that work with the internal html viewer. I want to make sure that I can install it without any issues, or breaking any of the current functionality.

Patience is a virtue.

09-04-2007, 12:32 PM	#16
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	You'll probably be waiting a while for a couple reasons: I'm having some issues getting SSL working like I had done previously. I'm not sure how to package it so that it run correctly but doesn't interfere with the iLiad's normal html viewing. I'll also probably wait for 2.11 and unbricking since I will have to modify the internals. My iLiad is on it's way back to iRex because of some battery/screen issues.

10-02-2007, 01:10 AM	#19
jimbocho Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: iRex iLiad	Preview version Please!? Hi Adam, Can you please consider releasing a preview version? I don't care if SSL doesn't work correctly or if it has to be started by the terminal, but I'd really like to play around with Minimo. I don't mind hacking on it myself, but it would be great if you could share at least the chrome interface files, or a beta version of what you have... Thanks so much, -Jim

10-02-2007, 02:29 AM	#20
jimbocho Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: iRex iLiad	almost working...need help I copied Code: libX11.so.6 libXau.so.6 libXdmcp.so.6 to /mnt/cf/lib. Then I looked for ideas in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/un-mozilla.sh and decided to run: Code: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/cf:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/extensions:/usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/components /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/minimo And it seems to be working. However I can't figure out how to get it to go to a URL I specify. Adding a URL as a command line argument doesn't work. There doesn't seem to be a URL bar that I can use either. Someone please help! thanks, -Jim

10-14-2007, 11:29 PM	#25
jimbocho Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: iRex iLiad	OK I finally figured it out. In case anyone is interested, edit the file greprefs/all.js and add this line to set a different homepage: Code: pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/"); -Jim

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09-10-2007, 03:11 PM	#18
Mike Kostousov Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 861 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: Zaurus C1000/iLiad/SE K750i	Is it possible to use minimo with google books?

10-02-2007, 08:50 AM	#22
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Hi I would be very interested in running minimo on the Illiad. dillo does not show correctly the sites I want to use. Would it be possible to browse in landscape with minimo? landscape is needed very much, because a lot of sites are 1024x768 optimzed. Greetings Olivier

10-04-2007, 01:09 AM	#23
jimbocho Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: iRex iLiad	Thanks Adam, I got it to work. In case anyone else is interested, I copied the classic.jar and classic.manifest from the chrome directory of minimo_ce 0.0.13 into /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome. (I overwrote the files that were there, after backing them up first.) Then I set the display to :0 and started minimo as I described above. I was greeted with a new layout that allowed me to change the URL. I tried to copy the whole mozilla-minimo folder to CF and run it from there (so I didn't need to overwrite the files in /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome) but it still was using the /usr/lib/mozilla-minimo/chrome directory, so I had to overwrite them anyway. Display refresh is problematic; even with the patched libX11 the display frequently does not update correctly. In these cases I run "displayMgrClient" to force a refresh. Also heavy JavaScript sites (Google maps) can sometimes be quite slow, to the extent that Minimo gives a warning window about the script taking too long to run, asking if you want to abort or continue it.. I sometimes have to click continue once or twice but the page will eventually load. Making matters worse though, sometimes the warning window doesn't refresh correctly; only the frame is drawn. In those cases I first run displayMgrClient to refresh the display, then click on the "Continue" button. It's kinda cool looking at Google maps on the iLiad, and the resolution is quite nice! It's a bit slow however. My next goal is to write a simple web page that uses JavaScript to dynamically refresh itself without any user interaction. -Jim

10-12-2007, 12:50 AM	#24
jimbocho Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: iRex iLiad	Does anyone know how to start up minimo so that it starts at a given URL? I have tried passing it parameters on the command line but it doesn't seem to work. How is minimo invoked by the internal content lister?? Any ideas? I really would like to invoke minimo from the command line and have it start at the web page I specify... thanks, -Jim

10-15-2007, 01:18 PM	#26
o_parallos Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: iLiad v2	Any update on a release date or on dev news for minimo? I'm waiting anxiously for this since dillo development seems to be on hold and utf-8 pages are in abundance these days (dillo is only latin-1)... Can't ........ wait ....... neeeeed...... and congrats for the wonderful job...

10-22-2007, 04:16 AM	#28
DeGodefroi Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 11 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle DX Graphite (had Illiad)	And when will there be a minimo version for all who do not desire to go into linux? :-)

10-22-2007, 07:26 AM	#29
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Patience is our duty! But lets pray, Adam has some spare time

10-22-2007, 07:35 AM	#30
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	It probably won't be today, maybe tomorrow. Today, I'm getting a new PDA phone that I've been waiting for for the last 8 months , so I'll be pretty busy with that. This will require a good amount of testing, as I'm replacing many files that work with the internal html viewer. I want to make sure that I can install it without any issues, or breaking any of the current functionality. Patience is a virtue.

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