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thijso · 12-31-2009, 07:12 AM

So, interested?

See the 'newLister-1.0.5' branch on my git fork on github: http://github.com/thijs/iliad-hacking.

This is actually something I based on the newLister stuff you can read about starting at hansels new contentlister thread, and related posts that are linked there.

Basically, you need to install newLister-1.0.5 as per instructions in that thread on your iliad. Then you can clone my repository, follow the instructions on getting a working cross-compiling setup here:
http://www.hpelbers.org/iliad/cross_compiling (at least, I think it was those that I followed, long time ago...).

Then:

checkout my newLister branch
do a 'build_all_from_scratch.sh' in 'liberipc/' and 'liberregxml/' directories
do a 'build_all_from_scratch.sh' in 'contentLister/' dir.

This should have made you new versions of the shared libraries 'liberipc.so.0.2.0' and 'liberregxml.so.0.0.0' and for the actual contentlister executable 'newLister'.

(optional, but recommended) go into the 'contentLister/src' dir, and do 'strip -s newLister'
find where the first two put their .so files, for me it was: /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib
(optional, but recommended) go there and do a 'strip -s liberipc.so.0.2.0' and 'strip -s liberregxml.so.0.0.0'

Now, get all this stuff, together with the custom icons on your iliad. I do this through scp. Also, recommended is to copy it to one of your cards (mmc, pcmcia) due to space restrictions on the main memory.
In this case I used my cg card (which already had a 'tmp' dir). And, of course, use your own iliad ip instead of <iliadip>:

go to the toplevel source dir, and do: 'scp -r customdata/ root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/'
do: 'scp contentLister/src/newLister root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/'
do: 'scp /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib/liberipc.so.0.2.0 root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/'
do: 'scp /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib/liberregxml.so.0.0.0 root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/'

Now you have everything on your iliad. Put it in the right places. And REMEMBER TO BACKUP UP THE ORIGINALS! I do not guarantee ANYTHING! As long as you have ssh access, you should be okay, but still...

copy all the icons from /tmp/customdata into /usr/share/pixmaps
backup and replace the two lib*.so.* files into /usr/lib
backup and replace newLister in /usr/bin

Now you should reboot your iliad and when it's back up you should see the three extra icons in your toolbar. The work, but don't actually do anything yet.

create an executable script file: touch /home/intent/ratealt && chmod 755 /home/intent/ratealt

put this into it:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
echo "$1; $2" >> /var/log/logging

and now try rating one of your books... and see what comes out in /var/log/logging...

What I do in ratealt is create a directory and a manifest file linking to the original in a new location (my 'ratedA', 'ratedAA', etc dirs), so I can quickly find the docs I like there.

(for those that don't know, a symlink for iliad is just a manifest.xml file in an empty dir with the following in it:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<package>
  <symlink>/full/path/to/original/dir/or/file</symlink>
</package>

)

12-31-2009, 07:12 AM	#2
thijso Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, iRex iLiad book ed, Onyx Boox M92	So, interested? See the 'newLister-1.0.5' branch on my git fork on github: http://github.com/thijs/iliad-hacking. This is actually something I based on the newLister stuff you can read about starting at hansels new contentlister thread, and related posts that are linked there. Basically, you need to install newLister-1.0.5 as per instructions in that thread on your iliad. Then you can clone my repository, follow the instructions on getting a working cross-compiling setup here: http://www.hpelbers.org/iliad/cross_compiling (at least, I think it was those that I followed, long time ago...). Then: checkout my newLister branch do a 'build_all_from_scratch.sh' in 'liberipc/' and 'liberregxml/' directories do a 'build_all_from_scratch.sh' in 'contentLister/' dir. This should have made you new versions of the shared libraries 'liberipc.so.0.2.0' and 'liberregxml.so.0.0.0' and for the actual contentlister executable 'newLister'. (optional, but recommended) go into the 'contentLister/src' dir, and do 'strip -s newLister' find where the first two put their .so files, for me it was: /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib (optional, but recommended) go there and do a 'strip -s liberipc.so.0.2.0' and 'strip -s liberregxml.so.0.0.0' Now, get all this stuff, together with the custom icons on your iliad. I do this through scp. Also, recommended is to copy it to one of your cards (mmc, pcmcia) due to space restrictions on the main memory. In this case I used my cg card (which already had a 'tmp' dir). And, of course, use your own iliad ip instead of <iliadip>: go to the toplevel source dir, and do: 'scp -r customdata/ root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/' do: 'scp contentLister/src/newLister root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/' do: 'scp /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib/liberipc.so.0.2.0 root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/' do: 'scp /usr/local/arm/oe/arm-linux/lib/liberregxml.so.0.0.0 root@<iliadip>:/media/cf/tmp/' Now you have everything on your iliad. Put it in the right places. And REMEMBER TO BACKUP UP THE ORIGINALS! I do not guarantee ANYTHING! As long as you have ssh access, you should be okay, but still... copy all the icons from /tmp/customdata into /usr/share/pixmaps backup and replace the two lib.so. files into /usr/lib backup and replace newLister in /usr/bin Now you should reboot your iliad and when it's back up you should see the three extra icons in your toolbar. The work, but don't actually do anything yet. create an executable script file: touch /home/intent/ratealt && chmod 755 /home/intent/ratealt put this into it: Code: #!/bin/sh echo "$1; $2" >> /var/log/logging and now try rating one of your books... and see what comes out in /var/log/logging... What I do in ratealt is create a directory and a manifest file linking to the original in a new location (my 'ratedA', 'ratedAA', etc dirs), so I can quickly find the docs I like there. (for those that don't know, a symlink for iliad is just a manifest.xml file in an empty dir with the following in it: Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <package> <symlink>/full/path/to/original/dir/or/file</symlink> </package> )