Web server, user interfaces

[Kindlevarazs]

Originally Posted by space4

To read a local html file, say current.html, stored in the usual Kindle documents directory, type:
file:///mnt/us/documents/current.html

OK, I understand this, but it is not working alone. Which hack enabled this, or you are running a webserver in background? Your previous note said, that http://localhost/sample.html not working, it means for me simple, that don't use localhost, but file:/// (and http server is a must)?

[space4]

Honestly I don't know which hack enabled this. It was not working before!
These are the hacks I've installed recently:
- usbNetwork 0.33N
- launchPad 0.0.1c
- fbKindle

I haven't started any http server.

[Kindlevarazs]

I think you have started Busybox httpd and it is running now?!

[space4]

No, no httpd process shown in ps.

[Kindlevarazs]

So anyone could help us?

[space4]

Try changing the file: /opt/amazon/ebook/config/browser_prefs

disable_local_file = false

And reboot machine.

[Kindlevarazs]

Is this modification requires usbnetwork hack, isn't it?

[Nahsaratt]

Is there any method to run http without WiFi (3G on) ?

[thomass]

if you want to read a local html , you can use CoolReader: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=148850

[Nahsaratt]

Originally Posted by thomass

if you want to read a local html , you can use CoolReader: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=148850

no, i playing online game, it need local http server for displaying graphics

[sjheiss]

Thanks a lot, this'll help with my CGI learning.

[sjheiss]

Originally Posted by Xiaopangzi

The following works to lauch mplayer streaming some URL by clicking it (from a list of such URLs in an .html or .txt file). It could use some improving, like including the useful part of mplayer's output (but no cache fill... etc).

#!/bin/sh

# This is file /mnt/us/www/cgi-bin/mplay
# call using (replace host/stream/Station):
# <a href="http://localhost/cgi-bin/mplay?http://host/stream">Station</a>

echo 'Content-type: text/plain'
echo ''

INSTALLDIR=/mnt/us/mplayer
NICENESS="-10"
FIFO=/tmp/mplayer.fifo
MPLAYER="nice -n$NICENESS $INSTALLDIR/mplayer -ao alsa -slave -quiet -input file=$FIFO"

test -z `pidof mplayer` || killall mplayer >/dev/null 2>&1
test -e $FIFO || mkfifo $FIFO

($MPLAYER -playlist "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1) &

echo "Now playing $1 ..."

I'm not really sure how to use this. How do I make an HTML page that can launch music files? What would that look like? Many thanks.

[thatworkshop]

Originally Posted by space4

Try changing the file: /opt/amazon/ebook/config/browser_prefs

disable_local_file = false

And reboot machine.

Any equivalent for Kindle Touch to do this? I can't find this file in config folder!

[tvjohn]

Originally Posted by cscat

Any equivalent for Kindle Touch to do this? I can't find this file in config folder!

Actually, I don't seem to have that file on my K3, but instead that line lives in

/opt/amazon/ebook/config/browser_ww.conf

I must have set it to false some time ago, probably trying to browse local html files, but on firmware 3.3 it refuses, saying (paraphrased)
file:/// isn't supported.