12-11-2006, 09:21 AM | #1 |
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Iliad Web Browsing
Sorry if this is perfectly obvious to everyone but me, but the information I seek seems to be a bit all over the place in this thread...
Can somebody tell me if I got this right: How to browse the web with your Iliad: 1. Have the "run shell scripts" bit from Irex installed 2. Run the "activate wireless web access " script (which I cannot find anywhere) 3. Install and run the browser called dillo. That it? Any pointers much appreciated. |
12-11-2006, 10:59 AM | #2 |
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That should do it. For the "start wireless" script, see https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ht=wireless.sh .
Or, you could set your preferred wireless network using the iLiad profile menu, then create a script which contains: Code:
connectionMgr --stay-connected |
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http://www.irextechnologies.com/node/45 Quote:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/arc...hp/t-7123.html I've not tested it (I have used only the wired access for now), but it should be as easy as creating a sh file with (substitute your ssid and encryption key acordingly): Code:
#!/bin/sh ssid="my_ssid" enc="0102030405060708090a0b0c0d" /usr/bin/wireless.sh start $ssid enc $wep_key Quote:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8870 You can download it here: http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad...tartica/dillo/ Quote:
Other than that, it works :-). Quote:
P.S.: I'll try to hack a bit in the iliad this week (document the unofficial toolchain, continue with the ted and dillo ports). |
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12-12-2006, 08:03 AM | #4 |
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Thanks very much, I think I can figure it out now. We'll see how it goes - it seems pretty straightforward, even for the Linux-uninitiated.
I'm not even all that interested in web browsing per se, but I'd much rather have access to Wiki and IMDB that way than drag them around on a chip that I need to update all the time... Thanks again! |
12-15-2006, 12:34 PM | #5 |
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Could someone please do some work on porting a web browser that works kinda well and easy to install/use?
I would be very glad to browse the internet on my iLiad, because now we have wifi where I work. I would also like to show my colleagues that the iLiad is capable of web browsing as well so if you have time ... |
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12-15-2006, 05:15 PM | #6 |
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I'm a bit surprised why the web browser isnt the first on the list of the developers here at MR.
If i'd knew how to code, that would be my first task. |
12-16-2006, 10:57 AM | #7 | |
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12-16-2006, 02:35 PM | #8 |
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First of all I can not see a mention in the Wiki of the web browser:
Contents [hide] 1 GnuChess 2 x48 3 Developer Uploads 4 idjvu 5 Ipdf 4 [not compatible with 2.8] 6 Ipdf 5 [not compatible with 2.8] 7 JavaVM 8 Mrxt Secondly I don't know how to install it (Yokos please any help?) Thirdly I don't know whether it is stable or not and I don't want to experiment with it. I would like to see a Web browser that is stable, easy to install, can be used in both landscape and portrait mode, have a readable font size, not too difficult to use with the stylus and continuously supported like ipdf by Scotty. If I get too desperate I will try install dillo somehow, but to tell you the truth I could not even open it under Winzip, and unfortunately I have only Windows at the moment. |
12-16-2006, 03:56 PM | #9 |
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Hi Mambo,
If you have the shell hack from iRex, you can run dillo easily - you just need to decompress the dillo archive to a folder then copy the folder to your iLiad. There are some excellent free archiving software packages for Windows which will do this for you - I'm using 7-zip, and I recommend it. Once you've got dillo on your iLiad, you just need to make sure that you have a network connection running. Create a start script called, say, startwireless.sh like this, putting in your own SSID and WEP key (from Antartica's example above - fixed a typo): Code:
#!/bin/ ssid="my_ssid" wep_key="0102030405060708090a0b0c0d" /usr/bin/wireless.sh start $ssid enc $wep_key Code:
/usr/bin/wireless.sh stop To start dillo, just go to the dillo folder and click on "run.sh". I think there's very little danger of dillo doing any damage to your iLiad. Last edited by emkay; 12-17-2006 at 08:53 AM. |
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Good Luck! Where can we source the dillo file to be used on the iLiad? |
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If I get a working dillo and/or madplay binary, I can package it and update the wiki pages. |
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12-17-2006, 04:06 AM | #12 |
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They work for me.
Although Dillo is constantly refreshing the screen during typing in of a web address. And opening and closing of network access should be included in the executable :-) Last edited by henkvdg; 12-17-2006 at 04:08 AM. |
12-17-2006, 10:46 AM | #13 |
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I've updated the version in the repositopry to 0.5. Now it has a reasonable font.
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12-17-2006, 11:55 AM | #14 |
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I think these two pictures are invaluable. They show why the iLiad is justified to be more expensive than the Sony Reader, or at least they suggest that the users of Sony should try to get a wifi card working on it :-D
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12-17-2006, 01:23 PM | #15 |
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It's strange I've downloaded http://projects.mobileread.com/iliad..._iliad-0.5.zip and while trying to run it on 2.8 it complains about not finding libgtk-1.2.so.0.
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