Firmware updates, dictionaries, fonts and third-party software for M92

[Defenderland]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

if you name a PNG picture to shutdown.png and copy it to /usr/share/gui_shell/images
(using Tiny File Manager)

the picture will be displayed while the reader is off

Thanks for stealing me over one hour!
This does not work. TFM obviously can't copy into this directory and loses the memory.

EDIT: found the solution - IMPORTANT! - TFM needs a file or folder entry SELECTED to be able to paste...

[geronimo]

Originally Posted by pvdas

BTW those who wants to know I teach in bhaktivedantaacademy.com. Not a traditional school though

That's Hare Krishna - they are completely discredited in the West(because of aggressive rip-off tactics) - I guess in India everything is possible as far as Gurus are concerned - unbelievable ...

[tuxor]

I'm getting a bit nervous waiting for 1.7 final release. What are they working on so busily? Is it realistic to expect the release in May 2012?

And by the way: kernel sources are really neat. But we are still waiting for the source code of system_manager and gui_shell

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by Mono

Guys, you both are right in a way.

It is hard to find info about changing sleep time. On the other side there is info in the manual, that it is possible to use Never in sleep mode. So, pvdas might solve the problem by reading the manual.

But OK, our tools are becoming quite complex. Not everyone is IT specialist and not beeing a good IT specialist does not necesarily mean not beeing a good teacher. The most 'stupid' question is the question not being asked (because of hesitation)....

As a software dedeloper I realized users of my software do not understand it and do not use many of features. I decided instead of improving programs by adding new features to improve it by removing not/least used features. And it works. Optimal simplicity rules.

Hrm - sorry to speak up, but you folks are missing my point entirely... the discussion on customized standby times (including the information Booxtor was kind enough to repeat) happened on the _same_ page of the thread the question was asked on - only a few entries above the question.

I'd assume I can expect people asking questions to at least bother reading the single page they're asking them on... that is not really a question of aptitude in using web resources - that is rather a question of lazyness vs. politeness.

Just my 2ct.

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by tuxor

And by the way: kernel sources are really neat.

Out of curiosity: did you already succeed in compiling them? On my first attempt (of using the build.sh script), I ran into an error about a missing rule to make target 'arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.o'... I hope/assume that it would work compiling by hand... but I didn't really invest time, yet (after submitting my thesis, I drove 1600km and currently spend my time below water rather than above it (not a very good place for e-reader hacking - I think my laptop would object... ;P )

Cheers!

[kodomo]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

Upd:
We will try to migrate from the /root to /media/flash. We also need to think about copy the old scribbles and notes in /root to new locations.

I think that's a smart move at least for content and bookmarks

Do you know when this will happen? Is there an upcoming firmware image?

I would like to point out one catch, though:
- on the positive side, moving config databases from /root to /media/flash will improve user experience w.r.t. settings which are not lost over firmware updates.
- on the negative side, I assume that possibly broken config databases won't be overwritten by firmware updates anymore.

May I suggest to
- leave config files in /root (or some subdirectory in the traditional /etc ) a priori
- insert a statement performing a backup of the config files at an early stage of the update procedure (e.g., to /media/flash, or a 'safe' position in /root)
- open a dialog on the GUI upon 'first' start of the new firmware image, prompting the user whether he'd like to 'import' his old settings?

Cheers!

[spaetz]

Originally Posted by kodomo

I would like to point out one catch, though:
- on the positive side, moving config databases from /root to /media/flash will improve user experience w.r.t. settings which are not lost over firmware updates.
- on the negative side, I assume that possibly broken config databases won't be overwritten by firmware updates anymore.

Good points, but your solutions sounds like it makes the regular update more complex than needed. (hard choices for unprepared users by default) I'd keep things in /media/flash and offer a "reset configuration" option in the settings (perhaps it would be simply done by the "Format Flash" option that seems to wipe the user-modifieble (ie non-firmware) space)

[tuxor]

Originally Posted by kodomo

Out of curiosity: did you already succeed in compiling them?

No, I have no idea and especially no time to approach this without a straightforward tutorial that can be directly applied to our case.

[mSSM]

I have two PDF sourced from aps.org, which the M92 is not able to open. It throws some cryptic error message. The PDF seem to be scanned and OCRed (from journal articles released in the 80s and early 90s). Can I somehow provide the Onyx developers with them? I obviously don't want to put the online for everyone to download.

[catharsis]

Booxtor, any official news about connecting to ad-hoc wifi ?

[spaetz]

German Duden Dictionary (Stardict format)

Hi all, here is just a quick link to fellow Germany speaking onyx owners (there seem to be quite a few of them) as I had a bit of a problem finding a German explanatory dictionary. Here is the Duden in stardict format, it works nicely with the M92 dictionary app.
http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...2-1.28.src.rpm. The file when unpacked contains a stardict-duden.tar.bz2 which can be unpacked into the dicts folder of your M92. Not sure what WIndows users will need to unpack these files, it just works on Linux ;-).

[Koda]

Offical 1.7 seems to be lost in the void?

[Defenderland]

Originally Posted by spaetz

German Duden Dictionary (Stardict format)

Hi all, here is just a quick link to fellow Germany speaking onyx owners (there seem to be quite a few of them) as I had a bit of a problem finding a German explanatory dictionary. Here is the Duden in stardict format, it works nicely with the M92 dictionary app.
http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...2-1.28.src.rpm. The file when unpacked contains a stardict-duden.tar.bz2 which can be unpacked into the dicts folder of your M92. Not sure what WIndows users will need to unpack these files, it just works on Linux ;-).

Since i'm on Windows i had to search for a solution. First i installed and tried RPM - didn't work. 7-Zip can unpack RPMs. Works, but the result is not what you write, but a src.cpio file!

[Kirith]

Someone has already install the new firmware?
For M92 a new version of the forum in China (the official)
- v.1.7 2012.04.05 or take it there on Яндекс@народ
Here changes (Google-translated the interpreter, so it is not clear):

add new features:
1 (PDF, DjVu Reader) improved by two functions: (PDF Reader) Improved Mail Merge when you enter handwritten notes with the original text.
2 When you export a file with the notes of the same name as the original
3. (PDF reader), you can simply press the hand icon that would change the reading mode to directly underlining or highlighting features.
4 In the single-page mode, increasing the up or down hand turn page mode, especially on the left or right of the page mode.
5 In the preferred version of the application is added to read CoolReader
6. Added menu item "Add to Favorites"
7. In the main interface, click on the menu to change the "Settings" directory.
8 added to the layout (in German, Hebrew, French, Bulgarian, Czech) in the on-screen keyboard.
Added 9 play from another directory in the music player
10. added direct export function PDF-annotation in the allocation that gives rise to the formation of the same name TXT file with the page number where the export was performed
11 Added tool options for adding and removing bookmarks
12. In CoolReader increased function of gestures on the page
13. The game Sudoku improved management of
14. Added a game of backgammon
15. In the music player directly on the toolbar, you can increase / decrease the volume (especially for this could only use the button)
16. font settings in the added function of "display the page number"
17 pills and Notepad, add a function to delete a file (???)
18 Double-clicking opens a dictionary in text format
FB-19 reader (like Cool-) supports hyperlink navigation.
20 Added "Details"
21. Clicking on the Music icon in the status bar will activate the music player

[tuxor]

Somebody already reported this some weeks ago: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=175608

Booxtor discouraged us from installing this firmware: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...89#post2048189