Release SuperZaxxon - Beta 4 released

[WizardStan]

Kind of agree - takes up too much space - should be optional.

It is optional. It always has been optional. The default is just thicker. If you don't like it, remove the "Make scrollbars wider" section of the .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory.

 

[Sebastian Castro]

^ SNES9x4P runs like a charm for me, no overclocking

Darn! Then mine has to be possesed, I just dowloaded it 'cause I was paranoid about my cronic card coruption I'll try again.


EDIT: Downloaded again this one http://repo.openpand...es9x4p_ivanovic and not working


EDIT 2: Ugh! It had to be me... Nevermind, it was just a corrupted appdata file, hehe

I find it very comfortable with the stylus, much quicker than aiming for something a few pixels wide. Horses for courses though. For those who want to change it, open .gtkrc-2.0(located in your home dir) and edit the width. It is currently 25px.

Thanks, Gruso, that's all I wanted to know

 

[EvilDragon]

Played around a bit, I think 20 is a neat size for the scrollbar.


Someone really should code GTK 2.0 Live-Theme-Editor.

 

[Neelix]

Darn! Then mine has to be possesed, I just dowloaded it 'cause I was paranoid about my cronic card coruption I'll try again.


EDIT: Downloaded again this one http://repo.openpand...es9x4p_ivanovic and not working


EDIT 2: Ugh! It had to be me... Nevermind, it was just a corrupted appdata file, hehe

Curiously enough after I installed beta 4 I had a number of things fail but none of them actually seem to be related to the firmware change at all. An example is PNDManager. The first time I tried to sync it after the firmware change it crashed. The issue turned out to be a corrupted database file in appdata.

I find it very comfortable with the stylus, much quicker than aiming for something a few pixels wide. Horses for courses though. For those who want to change it, open .gtkrc-2.0(located in your home dir) and edit the width. It is currently 25px.

I must say I like having it wider than it was, but it doesn't need to be as wide as it is now by default. I'd recommend a default setting of 15 rather than 20, It's still wide enough to be comfortable, but less likely to be offensive to those who value their screen space.


- Neelix

 

[matzesu]

Hopefully, in the Release Version of Super Zaxxon, there isnt this issue whit the USB anymore: I ditnt get my WIFI Dongle to work, even if i enable USB Host, but on a Handheld Gaming Console for Peaple whit a Faible for Retro Games, this has to work easear, on the older cernel, the Dongle works out of the box, its tis http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0047IRBAI/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00 Wifi Dongle..

 

[renegadechic]

Hopefully, in the Release Version of Super Zaxxon, there isnt this issue whit the USB anymore: I ditnt get my WIFI Dongle to work, even if i enable USB Host, but on a Handheld Gaming Console for Peaple whit a Faible for Retro Games, this has to work easear, on the older cernel, the Dongle works out of the box, its tis http://www.amazon.de...ils_o04_s00_i00 Wifi Dongle..

I got a bit of help on this online last night from Da|Mummy which worked


It looks like your dongle uses the 8188cu chip so you might need to swap that driver in but the instructions he recommended to me were:


reboot


open terminal


sudo modprobe 8192cu


sudo modprobe ehci-hcd


And then it worked. Maybe try swapping in 8192cu for 8188cu. I had some trouble with flicking between usb host enabled and not enabled and I cant remember which I ended up with, but probably disabled. i got a few errors the first time I did it but I expect I was doing something wrong! Make sure the internal WIFI is turned off.

 

[matzesu]

Ok, thanks, this means i have to use the terminal to get wifi work..,


ok, have to make a textfile whit the main terminal commands, because there are a bit divicult to never vergot..

 

[renegadechic]

Ok, thanks, this means i have to use the terminal to get wifi work..,


ok, have to make a textfile whit the main terminal commands, because there are a bit divicult to never vergot..

if you don't use terminal a great deal (like me!) you can just use the d-pad to go up and down and scroll through previous commands

 

[ivanovic]

Tried logging in to youtube using firefox 5.0b3, https page gives an error:


secure connection failed


security library: memory allocation failure


Error code: sec_error_no_memory


Same in Fifo 11, activating a swapfile does not help


Works in Jumanji and Midori


https problem also occurs with the older kernel


(why do ppl even bother with FF on the pandora. runs like molasses)

This is sadly an old and known error/problem with firefox. You have to change the system used for the "secure" part. If you were using plan http, not https, it would directly have worked. This is eg. linked in the 2nd comment on the now ancient firefox 6.0 release. Here is the "fix" (actually just a workaround): http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php?/topic/5014-firefox-60/page__st__80__p__100598#entry100598

 

[kuru]

^ Ah alright, thanks.


Just tried out my new SCART cable, works like a charm w/sound and all.


All the games needing HW overlay mode to display on the TV won't start when that mode is set.


That's SNES9X4P, PSXreARMed, zQuake, Gravity Force to name but a few


And I found out a few games don't even need that mode, which is great, wish the other apps could do that, too. The ones that work in normal mode are e.g. Angree Burds and LieroX.


Looks like this could be a brother issue of that inofficial flash plugin not working full-screen anymore, as mentioned above.

 

[F_Slim]

I seem to have a similar problem to matzesu's, but with my TV-Stick. I already reported it a few days ago for the beta3:


I have the firmware copied to /lib/firmware


I activate USB


Plug the stick in.


None of the programs can find the stick, but it is listed with lsusb!


It's a "Hauppauge! WinTV Nova-T", but I guess that's irrelevant.


With the old kernel it just works.


So I hope it will be possible to make it "just work" when toggling the USB port with the new kernel as well.


I don't know enough Linux-Voodoo to come up with anything usefull myself, but I'll glady post any hidden logs or output if you tell me what you need.

 

[renegadechic]

I seem to have a similar problem to matzesu's, but with my TV-Stick. I already reported it a few days ago for the beta3:


I have the firmware copied to /lib/firmware


I activate USB


Plug the stick in.


None of the programs can find the stick, but it is listed with lsusb!


It's a "Hauppauge! WinTV Nova-T", but I guess that's irrelevant.


With the old kernel it just works.


So I hope it will be possible to make it "just work" when toggling the USB port with the new kernel as well.


I don't know enough Linux-Voodoo to come up with anything usefull myself, but I'll glady post any hidden logs or output if you tell me what you need.

Okay, bit long winded but can you see if the dvb_usb_dib0700 driver comes up when you do dmesg


If so try:


reboot


put in the dongle


in terminal type:


sudo modprobe dvb_usb_dib0700


sudo modprobe ehci-hcd


It might work then. Otherwise if a different driver comes up that reads similar to that, put that in instead of the dvb_usb_dib0700 and see if that works.


Bit of a long shot since I only sort of know what I am doing but I am hoping the theory holds together in a similar way! There definitely seems to be a problem with the usb stuff at the moment

 

[notaz]

For those with rtl wifi dongle problems, can you try adding

blacklist rtl8192cu

to /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot? If it works with just enabling USB host then, we can add this to firmware, I don't have that dongle myself and can't test.

I seem to have a similar problem to matzesu's, but with my TV-Stick. I already reported it a few days ago for the beta3:


...


With the old kernel it just works.

Can you post "lsmod" output from the old kernel? Also "dmesg" on both old and new? You can save the output to SD with "dmesg > /media/yoursdcard/log.txt"


Maybe some driver is just not compiled.

 

[matzesu]

my Pandora says, if i want to save the modprobe.conf whit the new text, that it cant open file to write..


Seems like i ditnt have the admin right for this thing..

 

[notaz]

run "sudo mousepad" from the terminal and then edit it.

 

[renegadechic]

For those with rtl wifi dongle problems, can you try adding

blacklist rtl8192cu

to /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot? If it works with just enabling USB host then, we can add this to firmware, I don't have that dongle myself and can't test.

Notaz, did this and though i still had to sudo modprobe ehci-hcd, the dongle worked right after that without any other prompting


EDIT - Enabled USB host and it just works, so all sorted then! thanks

 

[matzesu]

Nice, now it works, the dongle just run, thangs alot, now i can listen to medievil Internet Radio and use the new cernel whit the power saving mode..


The Mousepad whit Root Rights was the answer ..


EDIT: This Means the WIFI Dongle Runs if i enable the USB Host (Just made a Button for the Panel)

 

[F_Slim]

Can you post "lsmod" output from the old kernel? Also "dmesg" on both old and new?

sure, I only paste the interesting part of dmesg (if I managed to remove something important just say so)


old kernel lsmod:

Spoiler

Module				  Size  Used by

dvb_usb_dib0700		28744  0

dib7000p			   15944  2 dvb_usb_dib0700

dib7000m			   14660  1 dvb_usb_dib0700

dvb_usb				16652  1 dvb_usb_dib0700

dvb_core			   77416  1 dvb_usb

dib3000mc			  12424  1 dvb_usb_dib0700

dibx000_common		  3588  3 dib7000p,dib7000m,dib3000mc

dib0070				 6980  2 dvb_usb_dib0700

bufferclass_ti		  6036  0

omaplfb				 9408  0

pvrsrvkm			  128296  2 bufferclass_ti,omaplfb

snd_seq				50656  0

snd_seq_device		  7500  1 snd_seq

ipv6				  239592  10

fuse				   49244  2

ads7846				 9792  0

hwmon				   2516  1 ads7846

old kernel dmesg:

[ 1421.143371] input: nub0 as /devices/platform/i2c_omap.3/i2c-adapter/i2c-3/3-0066/input/input6

[ 1421.385620] input: nub1 as /devices/platform/i2c_omap.3/i2c-adapter/i2c-3/3-0067/input/input7

[ 1458.228759] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci-omap and address 2

[ 1458.386474] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[ 1458.402099] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7070

[ 1458.402130] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

[ 1458.402160] usb 1-2: Product: Nova-T Stick

[ 1458.402160] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Hauppauge

[ 1458.402160] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: **********

[ 1458.808624] dib0700: loaded with support for 7 different device-types

[ 1458.810485] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware

[ 1458.810516] firmware: requesting dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw

[ 1458.843048] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'

[ 1459.053131] dib0700: firmware started successfully.

[ 1459.557647] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state.

[ 1459.558135] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.

[ 1459.566864] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick)

[ 1459.911743] DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...

[ 1460.132720] DiB0070: successfully identified

[ 1460.133178] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/platform/ehci-omap.0/usb1/1-2/input/input8

[ 1460.182189] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs.

[ 1460.182220] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized and connected.

[ 1460.182830] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

[ 1461.428436] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 139

[ 1461.592224] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 139

new kernel lsmod:

Module				  Size  Used by

ehci_hcd			   32331  0

aufs				  146989  0

squashfs			   21588  0

bluetooth			 136667  0

bufferclass_ti		  4826  0

omaplfb				 8206  0

pvrsrvkm			  129899  2 bufferclass_ti,omaplfb

zram					9177  1

snd_seq				42877  0

snd_seq_device		  4695  1 snd_seq

snd_pcm_oss			34139  0

snd_mixer_oss		  12884  1 snd_pcm_oss

ipv6				  224613  10

fuse				   58806  2

ads7846				 8796  0

hwmon				   1003  1 ads7846

new kernel dmesg:

[   78.224517] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver

[   79.235687] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller

[   79.239105] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1

[   79.239288] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: irq 77, io mem 0x48064800

[   79.251464] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00

[   79.251678] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002

[   79.251678] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1

[   79.251708] usb usb1: Product: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller

[   79.251708] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.2.16-00257-g22711aa ehci_hcd

[   79.251739] usb usb1: SerialNumber: ehci-omap.0

[   79.256256] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found

[   79.256286] hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected

[   92.735870] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-omap

[   92.893981] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7070

[   92.894012] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

[   92.894012] usb 1-2: Product: Nova-T Stick

[   92.894042] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Hauppauge

[   92.894042] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: **********

[  106.936157] keyboard: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 139

[  107.106842] keyboard: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 139

It does look like the new kernel does not load the firmware for the stick(?)


Oh, and I found another small bug: when you close the lid and go into low power-mode without having done so with open lid, it is impossible to wake it up again. This could be connected to the "Don't remove your SD"-message, which is shown the first time only?


Thanks for doing all this by the way. It's easy to come up with bugs and just forget to say "thank you". I really enjoy having a full desktop on my Pandora, and the improvements from the old one are pretty amazing!

 

[Darkknight512]

Just flashed B4, seems to be running well.


I was looking at the readme for ZRAM and it seems there is a helper script called zram_stats is this included somewhere with the firmware?

 

[renegadechic]

....

much like with the rtl driver, would it work adding:


blacklist dvb_usb_dib0700


to the /etc/modprobe.conf ?