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Old 05-17-2024, 09:04 PM   #1321
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My fault. Poor idiom. I mean going out and connecting to a public wifi at coffee shop or in a public library needed in a pinch to use the web browser.

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Not quite sure what you mean by outside. Are you connecting to someone else's WiFi outside your home or are you connecting to your own WiFi while sitting on your balcony/porch/patio?

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Old 05-17-2024, 09:18 PM   #1322
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In which case a reboot before connecting would do the job. OTOH, using a web browser on an eInk device qualifies as cruel punishment.
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Old 05-18-2024, 12:56 AM   #1323
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On a Kobo it does, anyway. Boox devices have a tolerable browsing experience, but they have much faster CPUs and extra refresh modes specifically designed to enhance performance (at the cost of PQ).
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Old 05-18-2024, 12:37 PM   #1324
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On the only Boox I've got to play with (Boox Tab Colour???), the web browser was a pain. Possibly since the pages the owner of the Boox was browsing used quite a few animated graphics and then they tried to show me show it looked with a YouTube video. Even using the Fast setting for the screen, it was not great. Much like the web browsers on my eInk device collection, I felt it was for emergency use only.

OTOH, the owner loves it and since their main reading is comics, the Kaleido 3 screen looks pretty good with them.
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Old 05-18-2024, 03:29 PM   #1325
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Yes, the performance on video is still terrible (~12 FPS), but the fast refresh settings are good enough that you can read and scroll through web articles more or less normally. I've never tried the browser on my Libra 2, as I suspect that with a single-core CPU and no control over refresh speed, even navigating a simple website would require a lot of sitting and waiting.
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Old 05-23-2024, 09:10 PM   #1326
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Thanks, both DNSB and Aleron Ives. Not knowing how to code at all, I would not even know how to mod the above code to make a toggle for FTP.

I guess the simplest and safest way is to just use the NickelMenu "switch" to reboot the device each time I finished using FTP (which I intend to use only infrequently).

Per DNSB, as Telnet and FTP effects do not persist after reboot, the device remains secure after reboot even if I need to use WiFi when I am outside, correct?
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I've cone up with a modified FTP and Telnet definition for NickelMenu that is a true toggle of either one; ie if not running it will enable it; if running it will disable it.

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menu_item :main :IP Address :cmd_output :500:/sbin/ifconfig | /usr/bin/awk '/inet addr/{print substr($2,6)}'

menu_item :main :Telnet (status) :cmd_output :500:quiet: /usr/bin/pgrep -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023"  
  chain_success :dbg_toast  :Telnet active on port 2023
  chain_failure :dbg_toast  :Telnet inactive on port 2023

menu_item :main :Telnet (toggle) :cmd_output :500:quiet: /usr/bin/pgrep -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023"
  chain_success:skip:5
    chain_failure :cmd_spawn :quiet :/bin/mount -t devpts | /bin/grep -q /dev/pts || { /bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts && /bin/mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts; }
    chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet :exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023 /usr/sbin/telnetd -i -l /bin/login
    chain_success :dbg_toast :Started Telnet server on port 2023
    chain_failure  :dbg_toast :Error starting Telnet server on port 2023
    chain_always:skip:-1
  chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet :/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 2023"                  
  chain_always :dbg_toast  :Stopped Telnet server on port 2023

menu_item :main :FTP (status) :cmd_output :500:quiet: /usr/bin/pgrep -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021"  
  chain_success :dbg_toast  :FTP active on port 1021
  chain_failure :dbg_toast  :FTP inactive on port 1021

menu_item :main :FTP (toggle) :cmd_output :500:quiet: /usr/bin/pgrep -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021"
  chain_success:skip:4
    chain_failure :cmd_spawn :quiet :exec /usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021 /usr/sbin/ftpd -w -t 30 /mnt/onboard
    chain_success :dbg_toast :Started FTP server for KOBOeReader partition on port 1021
    chain_failure :dbg_toast :Error starting FTP server on port 1021
    chain_always:skip:-1
  chain_success :cmd_spawn :quiet :/usr/bin/pkill -f "^/usr/bin/tcpsvd -E 0.0.0.0 1021"                  
  chain_always :dbg_toast :Stopped FTP server on port 1021
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Old 05-23-2024, 10:13 PM   #1327
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Peter,

What beautiful lines of code you wrote! They worked perfectly. I did not use the toggle to check status, as the switch alone is sufficient in telling me each time whether I am turn on or off my FTP or Telnet access.

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FYI: I've cone up with a modified FTP and Telnet definition for NickelMenu that is a true toggle of either one; ie if not running it will enable it; if running it will disable it.
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Old 05-23-2024, 10:24 PM   #1328
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Old 05-23-2024, 11:15 PM   #1329
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Now if only there were a reliable way to block firmware updates so I could safely enable Wi-Fi for telnet and FTP.
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Old 05-24-2024, 03:52 AM   #1330
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My router can block all Internet access for selected devices.

But a FW update on a Kobo isn't as big an issue as on Kindle.
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Old 05-24-2024, 04:15 AM   #1331
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No, but it's still a problem. I have no desire to downgrade and re-patch every time I want to FTP a file, so I just keep Wi-Fi off and use USB for everything.
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Old 05-24-2024, 04:20 AM   #1332
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This does the job for me:
Patch: libnickel.so.1.0.0 -- Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading.
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Old 05-24-2024, 04:03 PM   #1333
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The patch will allow me to decline the update, but won't it start continually nagging me to update once it learns that an update is available?
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I can only say that I've not seen any nagging to update but I do tend to manually update within a few days, once the patches are released.
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Old 05-28-2024, 10:43 PM   #1335
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Love this little app - I have a quick question: In my settings, I have wifi on/off -- it takes a while for the wifi to make a connection with my saved WiFi networks. Is this normal behavior in NickelMenu? It's PDQ when not using NickelMenu and simply turning on the Wifi option.

Also, is there a string to be used to auto-connect when I click the sync button or whenever I use something that needs wifi, similar to auto USB connect without the prompt?
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