KOA Gargoyle on KOA - firmware 5.14.2 - keyboard is not present

[WildBill1941]

Hi folks;

Just found out there's a jailbreak for the Kindle Oasis running 5.14.2 - I've got KUAL on my Oasis, and I can successfully run KUAL and some extensions (Kterm works, BatteryStatus works, as do others.)

I've just installed Gargoyle for some Infocom nostalgia, and I can't seem to get the keyboard to appear. The file load dialog box works, and I can load every z-machine file I've tested so far, but I have no keyboard. Suspecting it may have something to do with this line in gargoyle.sh, but I'm not sure...

lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard open net.fabiszewski.gargoyle:abc:0

Anyone got any tips or suggestions here? Thanks!

[spinda]

I ran into the same problem setting up my new PW5 today. A quick patch to gargoyle.sh fixes the issue:

#!/bin/sh
set -m
EXTENSION=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle
cd ${EXTENSION}/dist/
lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard open net.fabiszewski.gargoyle:abc:0
SAVED_GAMES=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle/saved_games \
GAMES=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle/games \
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${EXTENSION}/dist \
PATH=$PATH:${EXTENSION}/dist \
GTK2_RC_FILES=${EXTENSION}/dist/gtkrc \
./gargoyle &
sleep 1
lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard open net.fabiszewski.gargoyle:abc:0
fg
lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard close net.fabiszewski.gargoyle

This starts the "gargoyle" binary, sends it to the background, waits a second for the app to start, pokes the keyboard, and brings "gargoyle" back to the foreground again. Adjust "sleep 1" as needed, if Gargoyle takes longer to start up on your device.

[spinda]

Actually, that only works when running "./gargoyle.sh" directly when SSH'd into the Kindle. The following version will also work when launched from KUAL:

#!/bin/sh
EXTENSION=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle
cd ${EXTENSION}/dist/
lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard open net.fabiszewski.gargoyle:abc:0
(while true; do sleep 3 && lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard open net.fabiszewski.gargoyle:abc:0; done) &
bg_pid=${!}
trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- ${bg_pid}" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
SAVED_GAMES=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle/saved_games \
GAMES=/mnt/us/extensions/gargoyle/games \
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${EXTENSION}/dist \
PATH=$PATH:${EXTENSION}/dist \
GTK2_RC_FILES=${EXTENSION}/dist/gtkrc \
./gargoyle
lipc-set-prop -s com.lab126.keyboard close net.fabiszewski.gargoyle

This starts a background task before launching the "gargoyle" binary. The background task pokes the keyboard every three seconds while Gargoyle is running, and is killed when the script exits.

A better fix would involve modifying Gargoyle itself. Wouldn't be too hard, I think - just run the lipc-set-prop command after launching the file-chooser dialog and again after starting a game. I'll look into it later if I get the time.

On another note, typing commands on the PW5 is dramatically more responsive that I'm used to from using the Kindle Gargoyle port on previous devices. The experience of playing interactive fiction on this device is truly delightful, particularly when combined with pete330's scrolling patches.

[WildBill1941]

Got it working, thank you so much for the patch (and tips!) And this is REALLY cool. You're right, it's pretty delightful to play these games on the kindle. Thanks again!