iLiad Iliad internals

[ali]

Originally Posted by tribble

i tried to start xpdf from the command line, and it tells me that DISPLAY is not set properly. Do you think it will work if i set DSIPLAY to 127.0.0.1 ?

No, try setting DISPLAY to :0.0

If that doesn't work, use ps to find the process id of a running xpdf, look into /proc/ID/environ to see what DISPLAY has to be set to.

[DHer]

@Kristoffer
hm. what a pity.

@tribble
you tried to start xpdf over ssh? where should it be displayed? If everything is configured right you might spawn a window on the pc you're running your ssh client on.

[Kristoffer]

Originally Posted by ali

No, try setting DISPLAY to :0.0

If that doesn't work, use ps to find the process id of a running xpdf, look into /proc/ID/environ to see what DISPLAY has to be set to.

I set DISPLAY to :0, that's what the start.sh says. It doesn't complain so I guess it's working.

[tribble]

Has anyone found out how to start your own programms by pressing buttons?
Would be a lot more conveient, that the PDF solution

[ali]

Originally Posted by tribble

Has anyone found out how to start your own programms by pressing buttons?
Would be a lot more conveient, that the PDF solution

I don't have my Iliad by hand. Try this:

Make a textfile /usr/bin/eba with this contents: (Second line is dot space dblquote dollar at dblquote)

#!/bin/sh
. "$@"

Make it executable (via "chmod 755 /usr/bin/eba")

Now copy a shell script into a document folder (i.e., newspapers,documents,etc) but give it the extension ".eba", for example:

run-wired.eba could look like this:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/wired.sh start

Now clicking ("viewing") the run-wired.eba file from the gui should start wired networking.

[Tscherno]

Originally Posted by ali

I don't have my Iliad by hand. Try this:

Make a textfile /usr/bin/eba with this contents: (Second line is dot space dblquote dollar at dblquote)

#!/bin/sh
. "$@"

Make it executable (via "chmod 755 /usr/bin/eba")

Now copy a shell script into a document folder (i.e., newspapers,documents,etc) but give it the extension ".eba", for example:

run-wired.eba could look like this:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/wired.sh start

Now clicking ("viewing") the run-wired.eba file from the gui should start wired networking.

Great idea! But could cause trouble if they deliver the "real" eba-thing. How about creating an Entry in the Config-File for .sh-Files?

[ali]

Originally Posted by Tscherno

Great idea! But could cause trouble if they deliver the "real" eba-thing. How about creating an Entry in the Config-File for .sh-Files?

Should also work. Until they deliver a new er_registry.txt. In the end, it doesn't matter.

[arivero]

Originally Posted by ali

I don't have my Iliad by hand. Try this:

Make a textfile /usr/bin/eba ...

I think we must offer a solution for people do not willing to try the ssh connection (thus the pdf idea) and then another more interesting set of patchs for advanced users.

[arivero]

Originally Posted by Kristoffer

I set DISPLAY to :0, that's what the start.sh says. It doesn't complain so I guess it's working.

You guess? You can not see it?

Try to use the /usr/bin/displayMgrClient utility to update the display. Accoding its help, you can also set a frequency of update (integer multiples of one second )

[ali]

Originally Posted by arivero

I think we must offer a solution for people do not willing to try the ssh connection (thus the pdf idea) and then another more interesting set of patchs for advanced users.

I guess the way is to provide a pair of shell script & pdf file to be copied into, say, newpapers, so that double-clicking in the pdf starts /mnt/free/newspapers/hackit.sh (assuming there's no "noexec" mount option set for /mnt/free, but at least /etc/fstab doesn't contain it). hackit.sh could then patch er_registry.txt.

[arivero]

Originally Posted by ali

I guess the way is to provide a pair of shell script & pdf file to be copied into, say, newpapers, so that double-clicking in the pdf starts /mnt/free/newspapers/hackit.sh (assuming there's no "noexec" mount option set for /mnt/free, but at least /etc/fstab doesn't contain it). hackit.sh could then patch er_registry.txt.

Yes, it is the right way. We can do a complete A5 document letting users to test the innovations without installing and letting them to permanently install the modifications by executing hackit.sh

[R2D2]

*thumbsup*

[CommanderROR]

great idea!

That way people like me (programming Noobs...) can play around with stuff without damaging their system...^^

[tribble]

Originally Posted by ali

I don't have my Iliad by hand. Try this:

Make a textfile /usr/bin/eba with this contents: (Second line is dot space dblquote dollar at dblquote)

#!/bin/sh
   . "$@"

Make it executable (via "chmod 755 /usr/bin/eba")

Now copy a shell script into a document folder (i.e., newspapers,documents,etc) but give it the extension ".eba", for example:

run-wired.eba could look like this:

#!/bin/sh
   /usr/bin/wired.sh start

Now clicking ("viewing") the run-wired.eba file from the gui should start wired networking.

Works like a charm. Guess i have to try just extending the registry file and add another programm with an additional file extension.

/EDIT. Added a wlan startscript

 #!/bin/sh
 /usr/bin/wireless.sh start <ssid> enc <key>

<ssid> being your ssid and <key> your wepkey

[Kristoffer]

Originally Posted by arivero

You guess? You can not see it?

Try to use the /usr/bin/displayMgrClient utility to update the display. Accoding its help, you can also set a frequency of update (integer multiples of one second )

Hehe, yeah, it's working, no more guessing neccessary
Screen gets updated in the specified period...