Gp32linux And Opie :) [pda]

[ingeras]

maybe you will have something like this on gP32
some day

according to http://www.trolltech.com/products/embedded...rint.html?cid=5
we have enought memory
for small applications

i have succeded in cross compiling
the samples of qt embedded
so if you know the qt lib , you can make some nice apps
have a look at http://opie.handhelds.org

i dont have the time to work on this [ exams , wish me luck] right now
but i have posted 2 small video captures [ sorry for the quality]

 

[ingeras]

the video captures are there

http://members.lycos.co.uk/fangeles/gp32/cross/qte/

 

[Akuma no Houkon]

Opie would be very nice.

 

[MaDsk8tard]

very nice^^

 

[cyberic]

Well done ingeras, thanks for you work, only good things can happen now!

Good luck for your exams

 

[dr.no]

Superb!
This would enable the viewing of pdfs! Cool! Search for opie-qpdf.


...and I still hope that there will be a way of using Flash. :/

 

[cyberic]

as you can see on the video, gp32linux isn't particularly fast... but we may be able to use some applications at a acceptable speed...

 

[ingeras]

if you want to test
on your gp32

http://members.lycos.co.uk/fangeles/gp32/cross/qte/linux.7z

compressed using
www.7-zip.org

i will be away/busy
for 3 weeks
so , next release in 3 weeks
+ explanations and tutorial

================================
for the speed :
well i think once it s started it s ok
and the time to start is not longer than for a desktop linux distribution
[ or other OS]
------------------
i will try opie pdf viewer sometime
but i think may be an optimized version will be better
[ modified opie pdf viewer, we have the source code]

==================
for memory
Qt/Embedded (3800KB): [ what i compiled and you see on the pics ]
used by qtopia

Qtopia 1.5 library 900KB
Qtopia launcher 300KB
but maybe we can work without qtopia

Opera (2600KB) [ browser]
textedit 30KB
snake 35KB
tetrix

 

[ingeras]

for the speed
http://www.trolltech.com/products/embedded/specs.html?cid=5
[ qte devloppers]

they say

Processor speed requirements
100-150MHz MIPS/ARM compatible

and gp32linux runs in 133Mhz
so it s ok

 

[barnesy]

Good stuff! If only I'd bought my gp32 in to work with me today. I'll have a look later.

 

[Tristan]

It works! Looking nice. Not actually doing anything ofcourse, but hell...
My terminal returns the following though when I send anything to the serial port:

*q*q*q*qR

It does this for four times, then it stops, any ideas?

 

[Vimacs]

nice work!

 

[washo]

very nice
cant wait to see a full OS

see you :lol:

 

[Sonic-NKT]

really cool to see a linux gui on the gp32
hope we have mouse support in the next version.. or did i do something wrong..
anyway THANKS

 

[ingeras]

the chatboard support for the kernel is worked on
after that is the mouse support [ with the paddle]

the kernel page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gp32linux

help welcome

 

[ingeras]

Some instructions to build qte for arm devices

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6830035793.html
http://www.apexes.com/harry/zaurus/develop.htm
http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/qt-notes.php
-----------------------------------------------------
you can aslo build qte for x86 and try your apllications on your desktop
before compiling for arm

========================================
after compiling look in
examples
and tutorials

===============
sample code from trolltech
int main( int argc, char ** argv )
{
QApplication::setColorSpec( QApplication::ManyColor );
QApplication a(argc, argv);

QString home;
if (argc > 1)
home = argv[1];
else
home = QString(getenv("QTDIR")) + "/doc/html/index.html";


HelpWindow *help = new HelpWindow(home, ".%

 

[ingeras]

HelpWindow *help = new HelpWindow(home, ".", 0, "help viewer");
help->setCaption("Qt Example - Helpviewer");
if ( QApplication::desktop()->width() > 400
&& QApplication::desktop()->height() > 500 )
help->show();
else
help->showMaximized();

QObject::connect( &a, SIGNAL(lastWindowClosed()),
&a, SLOT(quit()) );
===========================================
so the good news are that
we have already a simple html page displaying program
included in the tutorials of qt
and cool feature is png display

and once the app is loaded , the speed is very good

 

[ingeras]

some speed test [ in fact it runs about twice as fast as in the video ]
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fangeles/gp32/c...e/2/gpspeed.avi

 

[Enslaved]

Am I looking at a Linux GUI on the GP32? If It is I am happy. How are you controlling it? When are you gonna frotate the dimmentions :lol:

 

[ingeras]

yep
that s a gp32linux gui for gp32
it s a small html viewer sample
waiting for chatboard and mouse driver to control it ...

well for the rotate i dont know if i can do it
i think it s at the kernel or frame buffer level ....