Tools Snapshots of NiLuJe's hacks - Page 62

sjaakske · 01-28-2021, 03:46 PM

Thank you very much!
Love all of ur hard work!!

NiLuJe · 01-28-2021, 11:11 PM

Okay, monthly update! As usual, mainly updates in USBNet tools.

I'm pretty sure there's support for a new PW4 in there, but things have been hectic, so, err, I forgot ;p.

chapas · 01-29-2021, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Okay, monthly update! As usual, mainly updates in USBNet tools.

I'm pretty sure there's support for a new PW4 in there, but things have been hectic, so, err, I forgot ;p.

Hello,
thanks for the work of keeping these tools up to date in a single place, just one thing... (and I believe you do it with a script)
It's not easy to know what as been updated since all dates were updated, can you just update the dates on the tools/files that have changed?

Thanks,
chapas

NiLuJe · 01-29-2021, 12:51 PM

@chapas: That's already kind of the case.

If the revision changed, *something* was updated inside that package (e.g., see the Font Packager experiment, which is stuck eight thousand revisions in the past

). Granted, that something will most likely be a binary for a third-party dependency, because you can safely assume that most everything Kindle-related in there is in maintenance mode, so actual logic updates are going to be rare/non-existent.
If you need actual details, there's a ChangeLog file inside each archive which does just that

.

mergen3107 · 01-29-2021, 05:37 PM

@NiLuJe, could you please give a hint on how you manage to control such an automated revision release? I remember you mentioned something about a server push a long time ago. I am just curios

NiLuJe · 01-29-2021, 06:00 PM

@mergen3107: It's an (old, giant) SVN repo hosted on a dedicated server (whose HDD died a horrible fiery death a few weeks ago, hence the delays ;p).

(There's usually a Trac frontend, but, the dead HDD meant a new install, so, I'm waiting for Trac 1.6 to come out for Python 3 support to bring it back up, because SVN 1.14 + Python 2 meant broken bindings the last time I tried, and I didn't feel like downgrading a 30GB SVN repo ;p).

The packaging & release process itself is handled by the usual scripts (e.g., a cascade of the per-hack make-packages.sh; c.f., make-packages.sh, upload.sh & go.sh in the x-tc tarball, or the Misc folder of the repo), and stuff gets uploaded to an OpenStack container. Basically, the only thing I have left to do manually is to c/p the updated post on MR

.

mergen3107 · 01-29-2021, 11:16 PM

Wow! That’s very interesting setup! Thank you very much for insights

I am sorry to hear about HDD failure! O_O

joe.phsiao · 02-07-2021, 12:50 PM

Hi thank you for this awesome hack, I wanted to display Chinese characters on my old Kindle 2, but unfortunately the front hack somehow does not work (neither the latest or the legacy):

1. First I tried the latest hack file, after copying it to the root of my kindle (Update_fonts_5.16.N_k2_dx_k3_install.bin), "Update Your Kindle" on my kindle is greyed out.

2. I then tried the legacy version (Update_fonts_5.16.N_k2_install.bin), and I can update my kindle with it this time, but after rebooting, Chinese characters are still displayed as squares. I also overwrite the font files in linkfonts/fonts with Droid Sans found on the wiki, but no success.

Did I miss something?

NiLuJe · 02-07-2021, 11:56 PM

@joe.phsiao:

1.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Please note that all these packages can only be installed through MRPI (and I strongly recommend using a recent version

), *even* on legacy (<= K4) devices.

2. I was going to say "enable browser handling for KF8 suuport", but I don't even remember if that applies on a K2 :s. Check the actual legacy thread though, there were quite a few posts by actual CJK users at the time (ca. ten years ago).
Might be a dead end on a K2, though, I honestly don't remember.

internetfae · 02-11-2021, 08:09 PM

I'm here for help on the Screensaver tool, I tried changing some of the wallpapers and loaded them on the /screensavers folder inside the /linkss folder but now my Kindle just won't shut off? I have screensavers enabled in the KUAL settings.

NiLuJe · 02-11-2021, 08:27 PM

You have (at least) one file in the pool that is encoded in a way that the Kindle doesn't like. Fix that (by making sure everything's a PNG8 @ screen resolution), reboot, and all will be well.

internetfae · 02-11-2021, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

You have (at least) one file in the pool that is encoded in a way that the Kindle doesn't like. Fix that (by making sure everything's a PNG8 @ screen resolution), reboot, and all will be well.

Seemed like one of my pictures was off by a pixel in dimension *facepalm* Thanks for the insight you've been a great help today

NiLuJe · 02-22-2021, 01:01 AM

And another monthly (-ish) update

.

As usual, mainly USBNet stuff (and Python 3.9.2). Also added tree to USBNet, because tree is handy to c/p a directory structure for documentation purposes.

hamroach · 03-10-2021, 10:48 AM

Hi, new user here.

I am trying to download K5 JailBreak but the link to kindle-jailbreak-1.16.N-r18002.tar.xz keeps timing out for me. The "barebones listing" link also times out. Is there a problem on my end or is the server down?

Thanks.

katadelos · 03-10-2021, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hamroach

Hi, new user here.

I am trying to download K5 JailBreak but the link to kindle-jailbreak-1.16.N-r18002.tar.xz keeps timing out for me. The "barebones listing" link also times out. Is there a problem on my end or is the server down?

Thanks.

The data center hosting all of these hacks caught fire earlier today.

01-29-2021, 06:00 PM	#921
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@mergen3107: It's an (old, giant) SVN repo hosted on a dedicated server (whose HDD died a horrible fiery death a few weeks ago, hence the delays ;p). (There's usually a Trac frontend, but, the dead HDD meant a new install, so, I'm waiting for Trac 1.6 to come out for Python 3 support to bring it back up, because SVN 1.14 + Python 2 meant broken bindings the last time I tried, and I didn't feel like downgrading a 30GB SVN repo ;p). The packaging & release process itself is handled by the usual scripts (e.g., a cascade of the per-hack make-packages.sh; c.f., make-packages.sh, upload.sh & go.sh in the x-tc tarball, or the Misc folder of the repo), and stuff gets uploaded to an OpenStack container. Basically, the only thing I have left to do manually is to c/p the updated post on MR . Last edited by NiLuJe; 01-29-2021 at 06:03 PM.

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sjaakske Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2021 Device: PW4	Thank you very much! Love all of ur hard work!!

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@chapas: That's already kind of the case. If the revision changed, something was updated inside that package (e.g., see the Font Packager experiment, which is stuck eight thousand revisions in the past ). Granted, that something will most likely be a binary for a third-party dependency, because you can safely assume that most everything Kindle-related in there is in maintenance mode, so actual logic updates are going to be rare/non-existent. If you need actual details, there's a ChangeLog file inside each archive which does just that .

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01-29-2021, 11:16 PM	#922
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joe.phsiao Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2021 Device: kindle	Hi thank you for this awesome hack, I wanted to display Chinese characters on my old Kindle 2, but unfortunately the front hack somehow does not work (neither the latest or the legacy): 1. First I tried the latest hack file, after copying it to the root of my kindle (Update_fonts_5.16.N_k2_dx_k3_install.bin), "Update Your Kindle" on my kindle is greyed out. 2. I then tried the legacy version (Update_fonts_5.16.N_k2_install.bin), and I can update my kindle with it this time, but after rebooting, Chinese characters are still displayed as squares. I also overwrite the font files in linkfonts/fonts with Droid Sans found on the wiki, but no success. Did I miss something?

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02-11-2021, 08:27 PM	#926
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	You have (at least) one file in the pool that is encoded in a way that the Kindle doesn't like. Fix that (by making sure everything's a PNG8 @ screen resolution), reboot, and all will be well.

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03-10-2021, 10:48 AM	#929
hamroach Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kindle PW1	Hi, new user here. I am trying to download K5 JailBreak but the link to kindle-jailbreak-1.16.N-r18002.tar.xz keeps timing out for me. The "barebones listing" link also times out. Is there a problem on my end or is the server down? Thanks.