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Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 10-29-2014, 02:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,482
Posted By jesse
Point. It looks like that code made it onto...

Point.

It looks like that code made it onto github as a patchset here...at least mostly:

https://github.com/pepijndevos/kindle4-linux/commit/e649ab9290a774ff1491ca41767358f15a9bc792
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 10-28-2014, 11:42 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,482
Posted By jesse
Yeah, I've been seeing a lot of dead links to...

Yeah, I've been seeing a lot of dead links to Chris' site. It looks to be a very, very similar chipset on a similar kernel rev.
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 10-28-2014, 12:08 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,482
Posted By jesse
Current state of USB support on Yoshime?

Hey everybody. It's been..ages since I've done any kindle hacking whatsoever.

I just got a shiny new Voyage, which freed my paperwhite up for some exploratory hacking. My goal is to get enough of...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 11-25-2013, 11:03 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 10,126
Posted By jesse
twobob - this is just great :) Sorry for the...

twobob - this is just great :)

Sorry for the late reply, I was mostly offline in china last week.

I'd be happy to answer questions about my X11 hacks. Shoot me mail at jesse at fsck.com
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 12-14-2011, 02:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,751
Posted By jesse
*nod* I do more Java than I'd like on the Android...

*nod* I do more Java than I'd like on the Android side of the world, but I'd love to see more people hacking Kindle Java.

Though I do have a sneaking suspicion that we'll see something like a...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 12-13-2011, 06:36 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,751
Posted By jesse
This particular demo, yes - but have a look at...

This particular demo, yes - but have a look at the various items in /var/local/waf/ - a couple different choices in config.xml and use of some of the js libraries in /var/local/waf/shared/ should...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 12-12-2011, 08:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,751
Posted By jesse
Waffle Todos - a first ~app for the Touch

Hey gang. I've been somewhat out of the scene since making Savory for the Kindle 2 a couple years back.

I had a 7 hour plane flight today and started playing around with http://yifan.lu's Kindle...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 08-27-2010, 10:35 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 64,850
Posted By jesse
It turns out that it's easier to fix X than it is...

It turns out that it's easier to fix X than it is to rebuild the Kindle's kernel to add a controlling tty.

http://code.google.com/p/savory/source/browse/trunk/x11-on-kindle/xorg-1.6.patch

Was...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 08-26-2010, 12:59 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,750
Posted By jesse
Unhappy Kindle 3 page-turn buttons

My K3 showed up this morning. I was really, really excited.

The new page-turn buttons are tiny little slivers that are nearly impossible to hit with big thumbs like mine. It was pretty easy to...
Forum: Barnes & Noble NOOK 12-23-2009, 02:07 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,740
Posted By jesse
software root/adb enabler

http://nookdevs.com/ - The all-software root/adb enabler for the nook is now available. Enjoy
Forum: News 11-24-2009, 04:32 PM
Replies: 141
Views: 51,793
Posted By jesse
I've poked around inside today's updateIt looks...

I've poked around inside today's updateIt looks like today's firmware update locks down your device such that it will only take signed firmware updates. I'm sure some enterprising haxx0r will...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 07-08-2009, 11:00 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,446
Posted By jesse
Fun with Kindle2!

I've been messing around with my Kindle 2 again. You can find a few preliminary results at http://bit.ly/xdalikindle
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-18-2009, 07:50 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 18,130
Posted By jesse
Assuming you had a root shell on the kindle, it'd...

Assuming you had a root shell on the kindle, it'd be pretty straightforward. You'd want to build the kernel sources that amazon provides using /proc/config.gz from the Kindle. After that, a couple...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-17-2009, 03:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,592
Posted By jesse
It sure seems like Turing (Kindle 2) and Nell...

It sure seems like Turing (Kindle 2) and Nell (Kindle DX) are designed to share a lot of the same infrastructure and drivers. I'd be pretty surprised if the OS is dramatically different. Of course,...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-17-2009, 02:46 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,540
Posted By jesse
Indeed. The Kindle is not an open platform with a...

Indeed. The Kindle is not an open platform with a vendor supported development environment and a commitment to API stability. Though two software updates in, my app is still working just as it did on...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-16-2009, 09:22 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,540
Posted By jesse
@myridom - You are...not quite correct. ...

@myridom - You are...not quite correct. http://savory.fsck.com is my first app for the Kindle 2. Others may come. Though this is very much a hobby, so probably not useful to the OP
Forum: Amazon Kindle 06-13-2009, 02:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,827
Posted By jesse
I really, really don't think that deleting the...

I really, really don't think that deleting the logfile during conversion can do this. I've done that dozens of times.
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-25-2009, 02:59 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 16,940
Posted By jesse
Confirmed. Amazon have disabled USB Networking...

Confirmed. Amazon have disabled USB Networking with a stock OS image on 2.0.3.
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-11-2009, 07:51 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 67,155
Posted By jesse
@gopal - it's PNG, not PGN. Otherwise, thanks for...

@gopal - it's PNG, not PGN. Otherwise, thanks for the writeup :)
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-11-2009, 12:08 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 67,155
Posted By jesse
Savory now uses better fonts and crops PDFs for improved display

http://blog.fsck.com/2009/04/improved-pdf-rendering-for-savory.html
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-08-2009, 04:01 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 67,155
Posted By jesse
It does both text and images. The next thing I...

It does both text and images. The next thing I want to do to the image generation is to do automatic border trimming. What's the best-current-practice for that that doesn't require a windows...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-08-2009, 04:49 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 67,155
Posted By jesse
Can folks please try the latest beta...

Can folks please try the latest beta savory-image.zip from http://code.google.com/p/savory/downloads/list (savory-image-2009-04-08.zip)

It should now correctly autodetect files as soon as you...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-07-2009, 04:01 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 11,729
Posted By jesse
Bjorn - See the posts over on the general kindle...

Bjorn - See the posts over on the general kindle forum.
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-07-2009, 03:57 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 67,155
Posted By jesse
Folks with issues with USB-copy issues -- I have...

Folks with issues with USB-copy issues -- I have an idea of what's going wrong. I hope to produce a new test version for you late tonight.
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-07-2009, 12:17 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 11,729
Posted By jesse
I'm seeing some weirdnesses with "copy file over...

I'm seeing some weirdnesses with "copy file over USB" -- what happens if you download from the browser?
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