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Right Lane Cruis · 12-18-2011, 08:27 PM

saucerful, I would check to be sure the Kindle is still registered -- you can tell if you have an issue by checking the online store and then trying to download a sample. If it tells you the device isn't registered, use the Settings screen to deregister and then re-register.

For anyone else having the issue I'm experiencing with Alt-G no longer triggering a screen refresh, I've got at least a partial work around figured out now. It doesn't work as well as the original function but seems to get me most of the results I want. I added the following to my launchpad.ini file:

G = !(echo 0) > /proc/eink_fb/update_display; echo "send 90">/proc/keypad; echo "send 90">/proc/keypad

I don't know why but the only codes that appear to work when echoed to /proc/eink_fb/update_display on my DXG running 3.2.1 are 0 and 101. The one I've seen mentioned around here that ought to have done the trick is 2... but nothing happens when I do that. I also can't seem to get any of the multargument echoes to work such as the '(echo "19 0" ; echo "18 1" ; echo "19 7") > /proc/eink_fb/update_display' string pulled from the fixflash script.

Does anyone have any further suggestions for restoring the original Alt-G behavior?

Also, slightly off topic I've noticed that the partial refresh (no flashing) approach seems to be nicely implemented in the Kindle Store when reading the Kindle Daily Post -- paging through that presentation doesn't cause any flashing and I can't detect any ghosting either. Any idea how this is implemented?

12-18-2011, 08:27 PM	#447
Right Lane Cruis Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle DX Graphite	saucerful, I would check to be sure the Kindle is still registered -- you can tell if you have an issue by checking the online store and then trying to download a sample. If it tells you the device isn't registered, use the Settings screen to deregister and then re-register. For anyone else having the issue I'm experiencing with Alt-G no longer triggering a screen refresh, I've got at least a partial work around figured out now. It doesn't work as well as the original function but seems to get me most of the results I want. I added the following to my launchpad.ini file: G = !(echo 0) > /proc/eink_fb/update_display; echo "send 90">/proc/keypad; echo "send 90">/proc/keypad I don't know why but the only codes that appear to work when echoed to /proc/eink_fb/update_display on my DXG running 3.2.1 are 0 and 101. The one I've seen mentioned around here that ought to have done the trick is 2... but nothing happens when I do that. I also can't seem to get any of the multargument echoes to work such as the '(echo "19 0" ; echo "18 1" ; echo "19 7") > /proc/eink_fb/update_display' string pulled from the fixflash script. Does anyone have any further suggestions for restoring the original Alt-G behavior? Also, slightly off topic I've noticed that the partial refresh (no flashing) approach seems to be nicely implemented in the Kindle Store when reading the Kindle Daily Post -- paging through that presentation doesn't cause any flashing and I can't detect any ghosting either. Any idea how this is implemented? Last edited by Right Lane Cruis; 12-18-2011 at 08:34 PM.