Questions for new Iliad owners! - Page 17

tribble · 07-18-2006, 06:03 AM

can someone make a pdf from the attached file (and if possible, make it A5)

Thanks

/EDIT: Changed the file

ali · 07-18-2006, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tribble

can someone make a pdf from the attached file (and if possible, make it A5)

No, because I cannot download the attachment. Gives a server error.

tribble · 07-18-2006, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

No, because I cannot download the attachment. Gives a server error.

had to change the file, please try again

ali · 07-18-2006, 06:18 AM

There you are.

tribble · 07-18-2006, 06:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

There you are.

Thanks, we're in

Devlar · 07-18-2006, 06:27 AM

Thank you both for the help.

However, I do have a follow-up to the keyboard issue.

So is the problem a software issue or a hardware issue? From what little I know about USB hardware you can make a port that will only accept USB keys but is crippled for any other uses.

If its a hardware issue, it will be impossible to fix. If its a software issue it'll just take some time until someone considerably smarter than I comes to a solution.

tribble · 07-18-2006, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devlar

Thank you both for the help.

However, I do have a follow-up to the keyboard issue.

So is the problem a software issue or a hardware issue? From what little I know about USB hardware you can make a port that will only accept USB keys but is crippled for any other uses.

If its a hardware issue, it will be impossible to fix. If its a software issue it'll just take some time until someone considerably smarter than I comes to a solution.

i dont know, if its a hardware problem, or if it is just a software thing, but i would guess, its just a matter of a device driver. But i dont know, how the keystokes are handled internally. But some clever person will figure it out, now we have full root access to the machine.

ali · 07-18-2006, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tribble

Thanks, we're in

What? It does precisely nothing for me.

How does it work? Load the pdf, double-click a link with the stylus? Do I need to manually force a screen-update? How do I do that?

Kristoffer · 07-18-2006, 06:59 AM

Hey Guys,
great work so far! Root Access to the Iliad, what do we want more, apart from WPA Encryption and a VPN Access ^^

To answer your question Ali:
With a double click to the link you spawn a question dialog which is only visible after you do a manual page refresh, e.g. by clicking the keyboard button.

After you've confirmed the dialog you may access the iliad via a ssh-connection by using username: root and no password.

Hope that helps.

Keep up the good work!

Greets
Kristoffer

BTW:
Don't you think it's time to split this thread? I found it very hard to find the information i wanted so I read the whole thread. And as is keeps growing steadily that won't be so easy in a matter of time...

Antartica · 07-18-2006, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tribble

i dont know, if its a hardware problem, or if it is just a software thing, but i would guess, its just a matter of a device driver. But i dont know, how the keystokes are handled internally. But some clever person will figure it out, now we have full root access to the machine.

Browsing the list of modules you posted earlier, the module to control an USB keyboard isn't loaded.

You can try something like this:

modprobe ehci-hcd
modprobe uhci-hcd

And then test if the USB keyboard works.

(the HCD driver is for both keyboard and mice, AFAIK).

OTOH, I managed to modify the tex file from arivero so that it outputs an A5 page. It uses LaTeX instead of plain TeX, so you have to use "pdflatex launch4-a5.tex" to generate the pdf:

arivero · 07-18-2006, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristoffer

Hey Guys,
great work so far!

Great teamworking, I'd say. Actually I was out home this morning, so I missed the compilation of the new pdf file. For starters, it is to be compiled with pdftex (or pdflatex in the new version), not with tex. You can add icons if you wish, simply standard tex thing.

Quote:

Root Access to the Iliad, what do we want more, apart from WPA Encryption and a VPN Access ^^

A good point: NOBODY SHOULD TRY the root access if the machine is in a huge local network, vulnerable to worm attacks from other machines. Any worm nearby can guess the password.

Quote:

To answer your question Ali:
With a double click to the link you spawn a question dialog which is only visible after you do a manual page refresh, e.g. by clicking the keyboard button.

After you've confirmed the dialog you may access the iliad via a ssh-connection by using username: root and no password.

Well abstracted. I was wondering why the pdf was not working in the first attempt; interesting to know that they do not refresh the screen at every change, this is a curious portability issue.

Hope that helps.

Keep up the good work!

Greets
Kristoffer

BTW:
Don't you think it's time to split this thread? I found it very hard to find the information i wanted so I read the whole thread. And as is keeps growing steadily that won't be so easy in a matter of time...[/QUOTE]

tribble · 07-18-2006, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arivero

Well abstracted. I was wondering why the pdf was not working in the first attempt; interesting to know that they do not refresh the screen at every change, this is a curious portability issue.

I guess we will have to find out, how the screen gets refreshed

And how to get access to the buttons, and how to make our own interface

ok, its going to my head

ali · 07-18-2006, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arivero

Well abstracted. I was wondering why the pdf was not working in the first attempt; interesting to know that they do not refresh the screen at every change, this is a curious portability issue.

AFAIK Xlib doesn't have a "commit", so the X server doesn't know when screen drawing is finished. You need to tell it manually that drawing is finished and an update has to be done (like curses/ncurses).

DHer · 07-18-2006, 08:41 AM

maybe they have an /usr/bin/updatescreen.sh

That was really, really great work. Especially using a pdf for launching applications - a great idea.

sergio · 07-18-2006, 09:17 AM

technicality of the forum is beyond my means, I have though one question: is it possible to send notes from Iliade to one's tablet in OneNote?

07-18-2006, 06:59 AM	#249
Kristoffer Member Posts: 20 Karma: 56 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hamburg, Germany Device: IRex Iliad	Hey Guys, great work so far! Root Access to the Iliad, what do we want more, apart from WPA Encryption and a VPN Access ^^ To answer your question Ali: With a double click to the link you spawn a question dialog which is only visible after you do a manual page refresh, e.g. by clicking the keyboard button. After you've confirmed the dialog you may access the iliad via a ssh-connection by using username: root and no password. Hope that helps. Keep up the good work! Greets Kristoffer BTW: Don't you think it's time to split this thread? I found it very hard to find the information i wanted so I read the whole thread. And as is keeps growing steadily that won't be so easy in a matter of time... Last edited by Kristoffer; 07-18-2006 at 07:23 AM.

07-18-2006, 09:17 AM	#255
sergio Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: tugsten t, hp tc4200	sending notes to onenote technicality of the forum is beyond my means, I have though one question: is it possible to send notes from Iliade to one's tablet in OneNote?

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07-18-2006, 06:27 AM	#246
Devlar Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 397 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: Kobo Aura H20	Thank you both for the help. However, I do have a follow-up to the keyboard issue. So is the problem a software issue or a hardware issue? From what little I know about USB hardware you can make a port that will only accept USB keys but is crippled for any other uses. If its a hardware issue, it will be impossible to fix. If its a software issue it'll just take some time until someone considerably smarter than I comes to a solution.

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DHer Addict Posts: 261 Karma: 156 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: iliad	maybe they have an /usr/bin/updatescreen.sh That was really, really great work. Especially using a pdf for launching applications - a great idea.

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