KindleTERM - a SSH client kindlet - Page 5

pepijndevos · 10-06-2012, 04:12 PM

Thanks! Just before I read your post, I had some luck using the remote keyboard on the original version too.

It would be very cool if you could explain how you got it to build. I tried, but Ant yelled at me.

I honestly lost track of who modified what. I don't think yours includes the down-buton-fix. Maybe we should move back to Github?

My guess about the login prompt is that the redraw/repaint methods on KindleTerminal do not get called. A workaround might be to just... call that somewhere, or just Thread.sleep for a bit. There is also some getText exception in my error logs. Maybe that's also causing trouble.

If I get it to build, I would like to add some sort of config file, so you cal tell it what to do at startup.

hippy dave · 10-06-2012, 04:21 PM

no mine doesn't include the down-button fix, as i didn't see any source posted for that version.

the first thing that ant yelled at me about was something about the location of the 1.6 JDK, which i eventually managed to find on my system, but unless you're using a mac yours will be in a different place. i eventually managed to find the well-hidden files (such as the "java" executable), and gave the path when calling ant, like so:

Code:

ant -Dplatforms.JDK_1.6__CDC_PBP.home=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

there was other stuff i had to track down after that, library locations etc, not sure of everything off the top of my head. let me know how you get on with ant...

hippy dave · 10-06-2012, 04:24 PM

also i couldn't get the original version to connect to localhost, how did you get it to work? i see:

Code:

Connecting to localhost:22 ...OK
Reader started.
Writer started
Negotiating...

then nothing else happens.

pepijndevos · 10-07-2012, 04:08 AM

It just worked. localhost, 22, root, mario

pepijndevos · 10-07-2012, 04:26 PM

I don't get on with ant. Your suggestion works for locating my SDK, but it doesn't take my KDK. Complains about UTF-8 characters in Marcus Mei?ner and missing log4j, Kindlet and more.

I downloaded the jar files from my Kindle, and modified the nblibraries.properties to reflect that I put them somewhere else and I have Kindlet 1.3

Code:

libs.KindleLibs.classpath=\
    ${base}/lib/Kindlet-1.3.jar:\
    ${base}/lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar:\
    ${base}/lib/xercesImpl.jar

I also tried passing -lib and -propertyfile to ant with no success. I'll try again tomorrow.

twobob · 10-07-2012, 04:36 PM

umm.. http://ant.1045680.n5.nabble.com/DO-...td1359721.html

suggests to me that you are hitting a bug within whatever it is you are using rather than pebkak. perhaps just double check your versions of things against someone with a known "good" configuration.

Just a thought

hippy dave · 10-07-2012, 07:05 PM

yeah i remember those messages, the utf8 ones are just warnings, so you can ignore them & they won't stop it compiling.

in the path in nblibraries.properties, i think {base} refers to the lib folder, so check the path based on that. i just left the path how it was in the file, and made the KDK/lib folders, and moved them up and down the tree until it got recognised

pepijndevos · 10-08-2012, 08:22 AM

Works!

https://github.com/pepijndevos/KindleTerm/downloads

Details forthcoming. Basically made it read a properties file to telnet into my Mac and start tmux. Raspberry is next

twobob · 10-08-2012, 08:48 AM

happy days then

The warnings: It's something to do with the developers name IIRC. (ironically)

pepijndevos · 10-08-2012, 01:07 PM

Blogged, and fixed the down button again as well: http://pepijndevos.nl/2012/10/08/kin...-terminal.html

The only remaining annoyance is the blank screen. Hitting back+keyboard resolves it 90% of the time. Any ideas? There are a couple of redraw and repaint methods, but maybe it is a more subtle bug?

twobob · 10-08-2012, 01:32 PM

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all-in good work

hippy dave · 10-08-2012, 07:26 PM

great work

look forward to trying it out soon when i get the chance...

pepijndevos · 10-10-2012, 11:46 AM

Latest version takes a orientation property. I prefer my terminal in landscape mode.

I also increased the font size from 14 to 18 and decreased the font weight. If you are eagle-eyed, I will accept pull requests to make that into a property.

hippy dave · 10-10-2012, 08:38 PM

cool will try that out too, had success with the previous version - your changes are really useful, thanks again

pepijndevos · 10-20-2012, 04:32 AM

Would it be hard to make the onscreen keyboard work? There is a manager class on the context you can use to activate it, but I'm not sure where the key presses would go.

I am aware that this will be very awkward, but for running some 2-5 character commands, it should be fine.

I'm also curious if it would be possible to open a pty instead of a telnet session.

10-06-2012, 04:21 PM	#62
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	no mine doesn't include the down-button fix, as i didn't see any source posted for that version. the first thing that ant yelled at me about was something about the location of the 1.6 JDK, which i eventually managed to find on my system, but unless you're using a mac yours will be in a different place. i eventually managed to find the well-hidden files (such as the "java" executable), and gave the path when calling ant, like so: Code: ant -Dplatforms.JDK_1.6__CDC_PBP.home=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home there was other stuff i had to track down after that, library locations etc, not sure of everything off the top of my head. let me know how you get on with ant...

10-06-2012, 04:24 PM	#63
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	also i couldn't get the original version to connect to localhost, how did you get it to work? i see: Code: Connecting to localhost:22 ...OK Reader started. Writer started Negotiating... then nothing else happens.

10-07-2012, 04:26 PM	#65
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	I don't get on with ant. Your suggestion works for locating my SDK, but it doesn't take my KDK. Complains about UTF-8 characters in Marcus Mei?ner and missing log4j, Kindlet and more. I downloaded the jar files from my Kindle, and modified the nblibraries.properties to reflect that I put them somewhere else and I have Kindlet 1.3 Code: libs.KindleLibs.classpath=\ ${base}/lib/Kindlet-1.3.jar:\ ${base}/lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar:\ ${base}/lib/xercesImpl.jar I also tried passing -lib and -propertyfile to ant with no success. I'll try again tomorrow. Last edited by pepijndevos; 10-07-2012 at 04:28 PM.

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10-06-2012, 04:12 PM	#61
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	Thanks! Just before I read your post, I had some luck using the remote keyboard on the original version too. It would be very cool if you could explain how you got it to build. I tried, but Ant yelled at me. I honestly lost track of who modified what. I don't think yours includes the down-buton-fix. Maybe we should move back to Github? My guess about the login prompt is that the redraw/repaint methods on KindleTerminal do not get called. A workaround might be to just... call that somewhere, or just Thread.sleep for a bit. There is also some getText exception in my error logs. Maybe that's also causing trouble. If I get it to build, I would like to add some sort of config file, so you cal tell it what to do at startup.

10-07-2012, 04:08 AM	#64
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	It just worked. localhost, 22, root, mario

10-07-2012, 04:36 PM	#66
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	umm.. http://ant.1045680.n5.nabble.com/DO-...td1359721.html suggests to me that you are hitting a bug within whatever it is you are using rather than pebkak. perhaps just double check your versions of things against someone with a known "good" configuration. Just a thought

10-07-2012, 07:05 PM	#67
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	yeah i remember those messages, the utf8 ones are just warnings, so you can ignore them & they won't stop it compiling. in the path in nblibraries.properties, i think {base} refers to the lib folder, so check the path based on that. i just left the path how it was in the file, and made the KDK/lib folders, and moved them up and down the tree until it got recognised

10-08-2012, 08:22 AM	#68
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	Works! https://github.com/pepijndevos/KindleTerm/downloads Details forthcoming. Basically made it read a properties file to telnet into my Mac and start tmux. Raspberry is next

10-08-2012, 08:48 AM	#69
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	happy days then The warnings: It's something to do with the developers name IIRC. (ironically)

10-08-2012, 01:07 PM	#70
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	Blogged, and fixed the down button again as well: http://pepijndevos.nl/2012/10/08/kin...-terminal.html The only remaining annoyance is the blank screen. Hitting back+keyboard resolves it 90% of the time. Any ideas? There are a couple of redraw and repaint methods, but maybe it is a more subtle bug?

10-08-2012, 07:26 PM	#72
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	great work look forward to trying it out soon when i get the chance...

10-10-2012, 11:46 AM	#73
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	Latest version takes a orientation property. I prefer my terminal in landscape mode. I also increased the font size from 14 to 18 and decreased the font weight. If you are eagle-eyed, I will accept pull requests to make that into a property.

10-10-2012, 08:38 PM	#74
hippy dave Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 178472 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle 4	cool will try that out too, had success with the previous version - your changes are really useful, thanks again

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10-20-2012, 04:32 AM	#75
pepijndevos Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 23166 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Kindle 4NT	Would it be hard to make the onscreen keyboard work? There is a manager class on the context you can use to activate it, but I'm not sure where the key presses would go. I am aware that this will be very awkward, but for running some 2-5 character commands, it should be fine. I'm also curious if it would be possible to open a pty instead of a telnet session.