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Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 02:24 PM

It seems I've run into issues with the backup method and downloading from the server.

The partition setup to download file system images to is 24MB, while the gzipped image I've created is 31. I'm going to have to figure out how to compress that image further, or remove parts of it in order to fit.

Sonist · 03-20-2009, 02:33 PM

Adam, I can kiss you (even though you are called Adam

)

When do you think we can get our sweaty hands on this? Is it going to take long to integrate the new FBreader?

jharker · 03-20-2009, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

It seems I've run into issues with the backup method and downloading from the server.

The partition setup to download file system images to is 24MB, while the gzipped image I've created is 31. I'm going to have to figure out how to compress that image further, or remove parts of it in order to fit.

Hmm... is the filesystem image you've created small enough to install on the iLiad? Then it should fit on the download partition, right? Am I missing something?

Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jharker

Hmm... is the filesystem image you've created small enough to install on the iLiad? Then it should fit on the download partition, right? Am I missing something?

It installs on the iLiad without a problem.

iRex's update procedure downloads a gzipped version of the file system image to /mnt/protected. This partition is 27MB. It's mounted when the "flash filesystem flag" is set, and it extracts the file system image located on it to the root partition.

The file system images provided by iRex are usually 26MB.

I modified their file system image with all the enhancements, and now the image is 32MB when it's gzipped. It's too large to fit on the protected partition, so the only way to flash it is from the CF card.

Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 03:48 PM

You can find beta2 here: http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...iLIadOS/beta2/
You'll need to run backup.sh first to backup your mobipocket and keyboard. If you don't you won't be able to read mobipocket, DJVU, or use the keyboard.
After you backup, you'll have to reflash your iLiad using the standard reflash method (put the app.image files in the images folder with applications in config.txt). If you've never flashed your iLiad before, this isn't the release for you.

I may have found a bug when flashing, however. There are some files and scripts that are copied from the root directory to the CF card after flashing. After the reflash, the CF card wasn't mounted properly, so the scripts weren't copied correctly (they went to the directory where the card was mounted to). I maybe have to script a check to see if it's mounted before it tries to copy the files.

Let me know what you think of this beta. It's not ready for the average Joe yet, and likely has bugs and missing features. But if you want to give it a try, it should at least boot and work pretty well.

Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 04:23 PM

Bug: Contentlister Change Items on Page doesn't work.
Possible Solution: add 00_install directory back to image.

Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 04:45 PM

Bug: FBReader can't open html files
Possible Solution: Remove Browser Sections from default Registry file.

FBReader works fine with .zip. Need to test other file types.

vblars · 03-20-2009, 05:00 PM

Great work Adam B. I never thought that it will come an update so I'm glade that I was wrong. Keep up the good work. :P

Lars

Fellball · 03-20-2009, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

After you backup, you'll have to reflash your iLiad using the standard reflash method (put the app.image files in the images folder with applications in config.txt). If you've never flashed your iLiad before, this isn't the release for you.

First, thx Adam for this great work....

Have i understand this correctly? I use the cf-card-contents.zip from Irex, overwrite the app.image.-files in images-folder. and do a normal reflash from CF-Card? Only "applications" in config.txt?

Adam B. · 03-20-2009, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fellball

First, thx Adam for this great work....

Have i understand this correctly? I use the cf-card-contents.zip from Irex, overwrite the app.image.-files in images-folder. and do a normal reflash from CF-Card? Only "applications" in config.txt?

You don't even need to download the zip file from irex. You just need to make the images folder on the card and create a new config.txt file.

Fellball · 03-20-2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

You don't even need to download the zip file from irex. You just need to make the images folder on the card and create a new config.txt file.

thx Adam, now i will test your fine work....

Fellball · 03-23-2009, 04:42 AM

thx Adam, this is realy an great work from you.

the only bigger bug i found is the screen-refresh in some apps.
setup needs a pageflip to refresh and fullscreen-ipdf doesn't refresh the screen in fullscreen-mode. I need the fullscreen-mode for some PDF's. I use a self-compiled Version of jharkers fullscreen-version with 5 page-flip disabled.
Any idea to fix the refresh-problem in iPDF?

The FBReader is a little bit to old for my purposes (epub-format) but the Version 0.10.2 works fine from SD-Card.

best regards
Fellball

Adam B. · 03-23-2009, 06:53 AM

I had replaced the Display Manager with the community developed Xepdmanager. It appears that it's not quite ready for all apps. I'll do some testing, but I'll probably end up going back to the original.

I need to do some more testing today and getting the new FBReader compiled to run from internal memory. After I'm happy with all those bug fixes, I'll release another public beta.

I'd really like for as many people to test this as possible. I'm looking for it to be the de-facto standard firmware for the iLiad.

hansel · 03-23-2009, 07:08 AM

Hi Adam,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam B.

Bug: Contentlister Change Items on Page doesn't work.
Possible Solution: add 00_install directory back to image.

Do you plan to add the new contentlister instead of the original? If so, I can change it to read the nr of items from a config file instead of a command-line argument. This would remove the need for the scripts that edit the start.sh script each time... We could configure contenlister 'by hand' until we have a separate regedit-like tool to modify things...

Adam B. · 03-23-2009, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hansel

Hi Adam,

Do you plan to add the new contentlister instead of the original? If so, I can change it to read the nr of items from a config file instead of a command-line argument. This would remove the need for the scripts that edit the start.sh script each time... We could configure contenlister 'by hand' until we have a separate regedit-like tool to modify things...

I do intend to use the new Contentlister.

Reading from a config file in /mnt/settings/ would be ideal. I think the default functionality would be to default to 8 items (I think it's a good default), and create a config file if none exists.

It could be as simple as a one line config file with the amount of items per page in it.

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03-20-2009, 02:24 PM	#61
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 seems I've run into issues with the backup method and downloading from the server. The partition setup to download file system images to is 24MB, while the gzipped image I've created is 31. I'm going to have to figure out how to compress that image further, or remove parts of it in order to fit.

03-20-2009, 02:33 PM	#62
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	Adam, I can kiss you (even though you are called Adam ) When do you think we can get our sweaty hands on this? Is it going to take long to integrate the new FBreader?

03-20-2009, 03:48 PM	#65
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 can find beta2 here: http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...iLIadOS/beta2/ You'll need to run backup.sh first to backup your mobipocket and keyboard. If you don't you won't be able to read mobipocket, DJVU, or use the keyboard. After you backup, you'll have to reflash your iLiad using the standard reflash method (put the app.image files in the images folder with applications in config.txt). If you've never flashed your iLiad before, this isn't the release for you. I may have found a bug when flashing, however. There are some files and scripts that are copied from the root directory to the CF card after flashing. After the reflash, the CF card wasn't mounted properly, so the scripts weren't copied correctly (they went to the directory where the card was mounted to). I maybe have to script a check to see if it's mounted before it tries to copy the files. Let me know what you think of this beta. It's not ready for the average Joe yet, and likely has bugs and missing features. But if you want to give it a try, it should at least boot and work pretty well.

03-20-2009, 04:23 PM	#66
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Bug: Contentlister Change Items on Page doesn't work. Possible Solution: add 00_install directory back to image.

03-20-2009, 04:45 PM	#67
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Bug: FBReader can't open html files Possible Solution: Remove Browser Sections from default Registry file. FBReader works fine with .zip. Need to test other file types.

03-20-2009, 05:00 PM	#68
vblars Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 3090 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Cybook Odyssey HD FrontLight	Great work Adam B. I never thought that it will come an update so I'm glade that I was wrong. Keep up the good work. :P Lars

03-23-2009, 04:42 AM	#72
Fellball Wizard Posts: 1,430 Karma: 95000 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germany, near Bingen/Rhein Device: K3,K4,PB360,PB360+,PB701-IQ und noch diverse andere Lesegeräte....	thx Adam, this is realy an great work from you. the only bigger bug i found is the screen-refresh in some apps. setup needs a pageflip to refresh and fullscreen-ipdf doesn't refresh the screen in fullscreen-mode. I need the fullscreen-mode for some PDF's. I use a self-compiled Version of jharkers fullscreen-version with 5 page-flip disabled. Any idea to fix the refresh-problem in iPDF? The FBReader is a little bit to old for my purposes (epub-format) but the Version 0.10.2 works fine from SD-Card. best regards Fellball

03-23-2009, 06:53 AM	#73
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I had replaced the Display Manager with the community developed Xepdmanager. It appears that it's not quite ready for all apps. I'll do some testing, but I'll probably end up going back to the original. I need to do some more testing today and getting the new FBReader compiled to run from internal memory. After I'm happy with all those bug fixes, I'll release another public beta. I'd really like for as many people to test this as possible. I'm looking for it to be the de-facto standard firmware for the iLiad.