new image

Xiangfu Liu xiangfu at sharism.cc
Thu Aug 26 23:07:34 EDT 2010


Hi Mark

the new kernel have include the setfont2 patch.
and also the setfont2 command and fonts also included by new rootfs image. 

On 08/27/2010 05:13 AM, Mark Tuson wrote:
> Is there any news about the new kernel, the one that can run setfont2? I'm wanting to put it on my Nano (provided it works with Debian, last time I got the OpenWRT bootscreen and it froze) so I can have the 4x8 font on it and finally be able to play Rogue.
> 
> Mark.
> 
> On 26/08/10 17:46, Mirko Vogt wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> the final image went online[1]!
>>
>> Some of the regressions / issues found and mentioned related to the
>> previous testing-image could be fixed within the mentioned time window -
>> _some not_!
>>
>> This is mainly affecting:
>>   - crashes in gmenu2x-explorer
>>   - problems with SDL-applications
>>
>> == gmenu2x:
>>
>> I'd like to get feedback from the people committing / using / developing
>> for gmenu2x about the current situation of this piece of software - and
>> I have a few questions myself:
>>
>>   - gmenu2x got forked, the fork is maintained in a qi-repository. Is
>> that necessary? Can't we get the modifications upstream to the original
>> project?
>>   - the gmenu2x-explorer is unusable right now - gmenu2x is seg-faulting
>> immediately - is anybody willing to take care of that?
>>
>> == SDL:
>>
>> Due to some not yet identified problems, SDL-applications just "hang"
>> without drawing anything to the framebuffer device.
>> Tracing syscalls reveal, that libSDL is opening the framebuffer-device,
>> closing it and that's it - doing nothing after the fclose() syscall but
>> hanging.
>>
>> Please help us to not let regressions happen!
>>
>> Thanks a lot - and keep on hacking :)
>>
>> mirko
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/software/images/NanoNote/Ben/2010-08-26/
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 03:04 +0200, MirkoVogt wrote:
>>   
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> a new image is coming - a new experiment and strategy of getting an
>>> image released, too.
>>>
>>> I'd like to announce a new "testing image"[1]
>>>
>>> Several changes were made, that's why we think first releasing a testing
>>> image would be a good idea before making the initial release.
>>>
>>> The idea is similar to how other projects are handling this - having a
>>> time window open for - in this case - 1 week, where the image could be
>>> tested, reports about regressions, feedback and bugfixes are highly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Please desist from requesting additional features (therefore please use
>>> the wishlist in the wiki[2]), as the intention of this 1-week-window is
>>> to make the image more stable instead of putting more features in.
>>>
>>> Feedback is more than welcome - regarding the image as well as the idea
>>> of having a testing image.
>>>
>>> An overview of changes can be retrieved here[3] - for more details you
>>> may want to take a look into the git log.
>>>
>>> Please mind the changed keymappings in gmenu2x ([4]).
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> mirko
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/software/images/NanoNote/Ben/testing/2010-08-15/
>>> [2] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Software_Status
>>> [3]
>>> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Official_Software_Image#Image_2010-08-15
>>> [4] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Gmenu2x
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>
>>
>>    
> 
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