Re: Mugshot in maemo - Kickoff

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr gnome org>]

Hi,

Bad news, the current loudmouth version used in latest Maemo is 1.2.0
which doesn't really work for Mugshot client needs.

Owen, I remember you mentioned that you needed to apply a patch to fix
some serious problem in loudmouth 1.2.x related to that. Is it the one
cited in this commit:

2006-05-26  Mikael Hallendal  <micke imendio com>

        * loudmouth/lm-connection.c: (connection_free),
        (connection_handle_message), (_lm_connection_failed_with_error),
        (connection_auth_reply), (connection_stream_received),
        (lm_connection_set_disconnect_function):
        - Patch from Owen Taylor fixes two reentrancy problems.
        - Fixes LM-37.

I could try to have this fix commited in the loudmouth Maemo package.
Let's see...

--lucasr


2007/10/31, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>:
> Hi all,
>
> Here's an updated version of the patch with network connection
> awareness. Basically,it listens to the signal from the network
> connection daemon present on the device instead of NetworkManager.
>
> I'll probably try to increase the size of several UI elements of
> Stacker to make it more thumbable.
>
> Cheers!
>
> --lucasr
>
>
> 2007/10/30, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > One more quick (visual) update:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasrocha/1804765774/
> >
> > The UI is definitely not good enough to use with fingers on a
> > touchscreen but it's quite nice to have those notifications on the
> > device. :-)
> >
> > I'm having some problems with D-Bus when running mugshot on device
> > (still investigating).
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > --lucasr
> >
> >
> > 2007/10/29, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've just update the patch by removing the icon installation related
> > > part as it was already commited in trunk.
> > >
> > > --lucasr
> > >
> > >
> > > 2007/10/28, Lucas Rocha <lucasr gnome org>:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I had some random spare time last couple weeks and I thought it would
> > > > be nice to have a Mugshot client running on maemo. Basically, I got it
> > > > woking on Chinook (latest version of maemo which is the basis for
> > > > N810). Here are some general issues and comments.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Icon issues
> > > > Yes, maemo uses some really weird icon sizes. So, here's what's needed:
> > > > - mugshot app logo in 64x64 pixels
> > > > - mugshot_connection and mugshot_connection_disabled in 40x40 pixels.
> > > > Currently, only have it in 22x22 pixels.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Screensaver issues
> > > > Screensaver X extension is not available in maemo. I saw that this
> > > > extension is being used in hippo-idle. At first sight, I don't think
> > > > it makes sense to have it on maemo anyway. I disabled all code related
> > > > to this extension when maemo mode is on.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Mozilla engine issues
> > > > I added the necessary dependency checks for maemo mozilla-based
> > > > browser. There's a build problem due to an API incompatible code
> > > > chunk. I get this error:
> > > >
> > > > • NS_IMETHODIMP hippoControl::SetWindow() incompatible API (build error)
> > > > ./../common/firefox/src/hippoControl.cpp: In member function `virtual
> > > > nsresult hippoControl::SetWindow(nsIDOMWindow*)':
> > > > ./../common/firefox/src/hippoControl.cpp:155: error: 'class
> > > > nsDerivedSafe<nsIScriptGlobalObject>' has no member named
> > > > 'GetDocShell'
> > > >
> > > > I'm far from being a Mozilla expert, so, do you have any idea on how
> > > > to work around this? For now, I disabled this code chunk when maemo
> > > > mode is on. My patch adds a new type of browser (HIPPO_BROWSER_MAEMO)
> > > > which is used when running on maemo mode.
> > > >
> > > > 4. Loudmouth version
> > > > The correct loudmouth dependency should be 1.2.2, not 1.0 as mugshot
> > > > doesn't build because LM_DISCONNECT_REASON_RESOURCE_CONFLICT and
> > > > LM_DISCONNECT_REASON_INVALID_XML are not available in loudmounth <
> > > > 1.2.2. This is fixed in the patch as well.
> > > >
> > > > 5. Build configure option
> > > > I added a --with-maemo configure option to activate maemo bits in
> > > > mugshot client.
> > > >
> > > > 6. Web pages
> > > > There some design issues on viewing the online desktop webpages on a
> > > > small screen. See screenshots (initial-page.png and login-page.png).
> > > >
> > > > 7. gnome-desktop
> > > > I still need to replace gnome-desktop (desktop file handling) with
> > > > equivalent code based on maemo stack. For now, I've just disabled the
> > > > code.
> > > >
> > > > 7. User interaction issues
> > > > For now, this is just a simple port of the current client but there
> > > > should be some major adaptations on the UI to make it work nicely on a
> > > > small screen and finger usage.
> > > >
> > > > 8. Status icon
> > > > There are still some issues on Hildon Desktop side (the maemo main UI
> > > > component) on handling GtkStatusIcon in statusbar (see screenshots).
> > > > Those are already fixed but not yet commited (will be in the next
> > > > weeks).
> > > >
> > > > I'm still working on the proper (debian) packaging for mugshot client
> > > > and its dependencies to make it easily instalable on Nokia devices.
> > > > This will come soon.
> > > >
> > > > Patch is attached. You can find some screenshots of mugshot running on
> > > > maemo here:
> > > >
> > > >   http://www.gnome.org/~lucasr/misc/mugshot/
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > >
> > > > --lucasr
> > > >
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