DR800 New Beta Fireware is out！ [June 3] - Page 4

CoolDragon · 06-05-2010, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repods

well the first thing that I need is to know the format of those bins in the downloadable firmware.. of rootfs.bin exspecialy..
what is gboot btw ?
and what's the name of this file that is supposed to do the displaying work and that is closed source ?

Starting from here:https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=rootfs

martienne · 06-05-2010, 04:08 PM

I have noticed another possible bug - never seen it before anyway:

The navigation/menu bar obscures the text at the bottom of the page in a PDF, if you have cropped the PDF close to where the text ends.
Surely the task bar should occupy space which is NOT taken up by the pdf itself? Otherwise it's necessary to create an empty space at the bottom of all PDFs, for the menu task bar to reside on! Seems idiotic -- suspect this is a bug....

repods · 06-05-2010, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martienne

I have noticed another possible bug - never seen it before anyway:

The navigation/menu bar obscures the text at the bottom of the page in a PDF, if you have cropped the PDF close to where the text ends.
Surely the task bar should occupy space which is NOT taken up by the pdf itself? Otherwise it's necessary to create an empty space at the bottom of all PDFs, for the menu task bar to reside on! Seems idiotic -- suspect this is a bug....

yes I noticed it too with all pdf even not zoomed ..
the last pixels of the page are not shown, cause they are overwritten by the bottom menu bar..
so if you have a pdf with blank margins you don't notice this, but if there is writing even at the very bottom of the page it can't be read..

great new bug indeed..

martienne · 06-05-2010, 05:43 PM

This bug has a (very horrible) workaround which is to modify all your pdfs and add a space at the bottom.

But it's ALMOST as bad as the bug with the chopped right side margin (see earlier in the thread).

Not sure what the testing procedures are there, and I am aware that this is not the official release just the the first RC, I think...

But still -- some testing was surely done and it ought to have picked this up...

CoolDragon · 06-05-2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repods

well the first thing that I need is to know the format of those bins in the downloadable firmware.. of rootfs.bin exspecialy..
what is gboot btw ?
and what's the name of this file that is supposed to do the displaying work and that is closed source ?

OK, I have extracted the root file system of both dr800sg and dr1000s, both the RC1 version. You can download it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5100754/dr.tar.bz2 if you are interested.

Attached is a quick diff between the two's file system.

See if we can find some way to enable this "continuous page" mode which is disabled on dr800 but enabled on dr1000.

flomartin · 06-06-2010, 05:00 PM

Hi everybody !

Im so disappointed with the beta firmware, I was using a lot of documents made of scanned jpg files, and now since 2.0 it's not possible to browse through the files, you have to close and then open the next file !!!

How could they remove such a mandatory functionality ?????

Sometimes I don't know what's happening in the developpers' brain...

Please iRex fix this !

And about the contrast, is it so complicated to be able to chose the contrast or/and gamma in the prefs ?????

flomartin · 06-06-2010, 05:13 PM

Sorry, just noticed this thread was for the DR800, not the for the DR1000S !!!!

Could someone move my message to the right place ????

Thanks a lot

luite · 06-06-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flomartin

Hi everybody !
Im so disappointed with the beta firmware, I was using a lot of documents made of scanned jpg files, and now since 2.0 it's not possible to browse through the files, you have to close and then open the next file !!!

Besides the problem you mentioned, this kind of documents has another disadvantage on the 2.0 firmware. Since a single document typically contains lots of files, the reader has to scan all those files when booting, to update its index.

A better solution might be to create a single zip archive for each such document (rename to .cbz) and wait for the final firmware and an updated cbz plugin from Kolenka.

repods · 06-07-2010, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolDragon

OK, I have extracted the root file system of both dr800sg and dr1000s, both the RC1 version. You can download it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5100754/dr.tar.bz2 if you are interested.

Attached is a quick diff between the two's file system.

See if we can find some way to enable this "continuous page" mode which is disabled on dr800 but enabled on dr1000.

you didn't do a good work, cause you compared the dr800sg and the dr1000s
so there are all the differences related to the network stuff that is present in dr800sg but obviously not in dr1000s.. if you want to do an useful work you have to do a diff.txt of the DR800S firmware and the dr1000s one, in the same release obviously..
and please do this and post it here..
bye

CoolDragon · 06-07-2010, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repods

you didn't do a good work, cause you compared the dr800sg and the dr1000s
so there are all the differences related to the network stuff that is present in dr800sg but obviously not in dr1000s.. if you want to do an useful work you have to do a diff.txt of the DR800S firmware and the dr1000s one, in the same release obviously..
and please do this and post it here..
bye

Good point, and here is the diff between dr800s (not dr800sg) and dr1000s, both with RC1 version.

repods · 06-07-2010, 01:42 PM

very interesting..

Shaggy · 06-07-2010, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolDragon

All right, so this confirms that this feature is DISABLED ON PURPOSE on dr800s.

No it doesn't. Please don't over react.

Shaggy · 06-07-2010, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martienne

I have noticed another possible bug - never seen it before anyway:

The navigation/menu bar obscures the text at the bottom of the page in a PDF, if you have cropped the PDF close to where the text ends.
Surely the task bar should occupy space which is NOT taken up by the pdf itself? Otherwise it's necessary to create an empty space at the bottom of all PDFs, for the menu task bar to reside on! Seems idiotic -- suspect this is a bug....

Yes, it's a bug. One of their developers talked about it in a previous post in this thread. They're going to fix it in an intermediate release.

CoolDragon · 06-07-2010, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaggy

No it doesn't. Please don't over react.

How can you be so sure? And how am I over reacting?

peaceridge · 06-09-2010, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SplogSplog

EDIT: I successfully went back to the beta release, and to my joy all my notes and scribbles are back where they should be.

How did you go back. The battery runs down so quickly in the final release that I would like to go back to the beta.

Kira

06-05-2010, 05:43 PM	#49
martienne .~^пиратка^~. Posts: 238 Karma: 14000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ask NSA... Device: Onyx Boox M92	This bug has a (very horrible) workaround which is to modify all your pdfs and add a space at the bottom. But it's ALMOST as bad as the bug with the chopped right side margin (see earlier in the thread). Not sure what the testing procedures are there, and I am aware that this is not the official release just the the first RC, I think... But still -- some testing was surely done and it ought to have picked this up... Last edited by martienne; 06-07-2010 at 04:01 PM.

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06-05-2010, 04:08 PM	#47
martienne .~^пиратка^~. Posts: 238 Karma: 14000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ask NSA... Device: Onyx Boox M92	I have noticed another *possible bug* - never seen it before anyway: The navigation/menu bar obscures the text at the bottom of the page in a PDF, if you have cropped the PDF close to where the text ends. Surely the task bar should occupy space which is NOT taken up by the pdf itself? Otherwise it's necessary to create an empty space at the bottom of all PDFs, for the menu task bar to reside on! Seems idiotic -- suspect this is a bug....

06-06-2010, 05:00 PM	#51
flomartin Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Irex DR 1000S	Hi everybody ! Im so disappointed with the beta firmware, I was using a lot of documents made of scanned jpg files, and now since 2.0 it's not possible to browse through the files, you have to close and then open the next file !!! How could they remove such a mandatory functionality ????? Sometimes I don't know what's happening in the developpers' brain... Please iRex fix this ! And about the contrast, is it so complicated to be able to chose the contrast or/and gamma in the prefs ?????

06-06-2010, 05:13 PM	#52
flomartin Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Irex DR 1000S	Sorry, just noticed this thread was for the DR800, not the for the DR1000S !!!! Could someone move my message to the right place ???? Thanks a lot

06-07-2010, 01:42 PM	#56
repods Addict Posts: 225 Karma: 72 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: irex DR-800S, M92S	very interesting..

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