iLiad Bionic ipdf: better, faster, stronger than Sony Reader!

[henkvdg]

Could there be a problem having the Bionic ipdf as reader, when a new update from Irex is installed?

Originally Posted by yokos

new version 0.41 [2nd update 2day!!] [maybe a very final version]

[yokos]

Originally Posted by henkvdg

Could there be a problem having the Bionic ipdf as reader, when a new update from Irex is installed?

No, when a new ipdf is included in ids download's tar.gz archive, it gets copied to /usr/bin/ipdf. If you have installed ipdf5 in this moment it will be replaced with the file of the update.

[vranghel]

Hi!

I just upgraded to 2.7.1 (from irex) and the upgrade went well until the restart phase: it restarted, the progress bar when booting went all the way, but it wouldnt show the menu, and the light was on (not blinking) all the time;
I waited a couple of minutes, then i bit the bullet and did a reset;
This time it booted correctly, and i checked if 2.71. was installed(it was)

Then I followed yokos detailed instructions, but wehn clicking of the 'Do you want to install ipdf 5' the led blinked ONCE and that was all. Nothing happened.
I tried the same with ipdf4 and the same thing: nothing;

Any ideas what might be wrong?

The files (ipdf4&5) show up in the newspaper folder but nothing happens when i click them;

[tribble]

You need to get the shell extension from iRex after the upgrade:
http://www.irextechnologies.com/node/45

[vranghel]

I already requested that and have received an email confirming that i can download it via iDS.

[RibRdb2]

Originally Posted by scotty1024

The product license I ordered from Programmer's Paradise didn't arrive via email until this morning, I remember when you used to be able to count on them, oh well... Worse, the promised version wasn't delivered and now I'm going round and round to get the one that will work with the iLiad. So no Poppler enhancements yet.

I'm confused. Why do you need something from Programmer's Paradise to work on Poppler?

[scotty1024]

Originally Posted by RibRdb2

I'm confused. Why do you need something from Programmer's Paradise to work on Poppler?

A picture is worth a 1000 words, I'll let the picture explain.

[yokos]

Originally Posted by tribble

You need to get the shell extension from iRex after the upgrade:
http://www.irextechnologies.com/node/45

Ok, I marked red the need of the update in my step-to-step guide, so nobody will lose sight of it again.

@vranghel: Does it work now?

[vranghel]

@Yokos: I DID make an update from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1; I did this AFTER i received the response for my request for the shell ...thingy. I did the update to 2.7.1(and i had a small glitch while updating) the i connected AGAIN to the iDS just to make sure i didnt miss anything. There was nothing else to update.

I'll try connecting to the iDS once again this afternoon, maybe theres something else there that it wasnt before;

Is it possible for the ipdf(installation) file to show up on the iliad without the shell hack installed(just the 2.7.1)?

[tribble]

@vranghel: If you got the 2.7.1 update after you requested the shell patch, the it probably will not have worked.

Try requesting it again. And we will probably have to ask for it again, after 2.8 is installed.

And yes, the scripts will show up anyway. Just nothing really happens, when you click on them.

[vranghel]

oh...i see

thanks for your help tribble!

[k2r]

Originally Posted by yokos

If you have installed ipdf5 in this moment it will be replaced with the file of the update.

Just a quick scenario, please tell me if you took care of it:
1) User has ipdf(2.7.1.)
2) User starts bionic installer.
2a) backup of ipdf(2.7.1) is made
2b) ipdf(bionic) is installed
3) User upgrades to 2.8
3a) ipdf(bionic) is overwritten with ipdf(2.8)
== Everything's peachy so far.

4) User starts revert-to-original-option of bionic installer
4a) backup of ipdf(2.7.1) is written over ipdf(2.8)
== Somebody's crying.

Since I had no sleep tonight so my deepest apologies if I'm completely off with this scenario.

[k2r]

If you updated to a future ipdf, please make absolutely sure not to revert to the original ipdf(2.7.1).
But we have /usr/bin/md5sum on the device, so it should be not difficult to educate the script to have a list of md5-checksums of the known bionic ipdf applications and to check whether the installed ipdf is still a bionic one ore somethin else.
(Again: I'm tired and may be completely wrong

[yokos]

k2r, script uses the file with name "backup" [a back-up of ipdf2.7.1], which is included in zip-file, when you click on "Do you want to reinstall ..." it gets cp to /usr/bin/ipdf.
When 2.8 is out we will update the file "backup" with ipdf2.8.
When OS 2.7.1 isn't compatible with ipdf2.8, script will have a if-then-else routine. Right now a if-then-else handles where the path of pdf viewer lies.

Content of note-to-myself.txt [included in zip-file]

:: Update Steps ::
..................
[1] Replace wanted MR modded ipdf version with ipdf.
[2] Change "Do you want to install ipdfX?" in install.xml & manifest.xml.
[3] Replace latest iRex's viewer with backup [now: ipdf of firmware 2.7.1].

[k2r]

Originally Posted by yokos

When 2.8 is out we will update the file "backup" with ipdf2.8.

Please don't feel offended but I'd feel better if the script checked whether the "backup" it uses to roll back the installation still fits the version of the system. The script could just save the checksum of the bionic-ipdf it installs somewhere (eg as an extension of filename of the backup-file) and check this against the (hopefully unchanged) file it wants to overwrite.

I'm just paranoid when it comes to overwriting updated files with older stuff :-)