Re: Fixing matchbox-applet-cards

Ok,

i´ll setup a current openzaurus-devel repository and build an oz-dev 
image, after that i´ll help you.

this will take some time... :-)

patrick

Nicolas FR wrote:
> Yes of course I have looked at your patch,
>
> But a few problems are araising:
>
> - the cardctl command is hardcoded in the program. Depending weither
> you are using cardctl or pccardctl makes the program crashing.
>
> - depending on the distro /var/run/stab is not used (so the parsing
> has to be done with the output of pccardctl or cardctl)
>
> - When using udev the SD mount point is not /media/card but is
> attributed automatically by udev under /media/devicename
>
> - On Zaurus spitz the CF slot is 1 (not 0 which is the internal CF slot!)
>
> That's why I am suggesting to use a .conf file for the applet, that
> would solve all this problems.
>
> I have manager to tweak the patch to make it run, but it's very bad.
> And I don't even know how to parse a string in C to make a good fix.
>
> Would you help me on that? I can explain exactly what to do and how,
> but can't implement it.
>
> Nicolas.
>
>
> On 10/10/06, Patrick Steiner <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Nicolas FR wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am looking for a skilled C programmer to help me fixing the
>> > matchbox-applet-cards. It can be done in less than two hours, but as I
>> > have limited C knowledge I need some help.
>> >
>> > I hope someone would be willing to help fix this problem which is
>> > quite annoying for OZ Gpe users (not having a working CF/SD applet).
>> >
>> > All we need to do is to be able to parse a config file in order to
>> > find out the cardctl program used:
>> > - pccardctl or cardctl
>> > - the SD mount point
>> > - if using a Spitz or not (to use the second CF slot instead of the 
>> first).
>> > Moreover the resulting app wil be able to run on any distro...
>> >
>> > The original apple source code is here:
>> > http://mail.pdaxrom.org/src/mb-applet-cards-1.0.3.tar.bz2
>> >
>> > it's very simple (a single C file) and straightforward, so it will be
>> > easy to improve.
>> >
>> Have you already tried the version 1.0.2 (patched) from OE? i have build
>> a patch already
>>
>> regards,
>>  patrick
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > Nicolas.
>> >
>> > 
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