Comments on: Poky Linux 3.0 released

By: Olivier Berger

Olivier Berger — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:13:38 +0000

I’ve also flashed on my Akita from http://pokylinux.org/releases/blinky-3.0/ and it looks very nice, although lots of configuration tools are missing for a fully useable PDA ;)

By: MarkG

MarkG — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:36:21 +0000

I’ve got a spitz w/ BT CF card (and it works under Gentoo on my laptop). I’d be willing to help get BT on spitz running.

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:28:57 +0000

Leif: SDK image contain everything which is in Sato image plus SDK stuff so you are able to develop on device.

Nokia770 support is rather not planned. This device is out of market and there is no source code for few components (wifi support for example) needed to get it working - it is useless without wifi.

By: nauj27

nauj27 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:24:54 +0000

Akita flashed and now booting ^_^ thank you!

By: Leif

Leif — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:01:41 +0000

I see there is a kernel and SDK image for N800 in this release, but no sato image. Is it possible to use sato at 800×480? What will I get if I flash the 3.0 SDK image on N800? Is 770 support planned? Thanks!

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:05:50 +0000

jpmatrix: please report bugs to OpenedHand Bugzilla.

There is no wiki or forum for Poky - there is mailing list.

Installing Ångström packages in Poky is not supported - but they may work.

By: jpmatrix

jpmatrix — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:08:15 +0000

other requests (i don't know if it is the best place to talk about it!)

-video player did not accept my .avi or my .wmv (codec trouble) -video player cannot play mp3 files either. you should add a music player -i cannot find a suspend menu item -i cannot find a way to set the clock (or perhaps via the gtkterm console) -what about adding abiword and gnumeric to poky? -what about adding a rss reader and an outliner?

hope this helps!

By: jpmatrix

jpmatrix — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:58:34 +0000

ok Marcin :)

sorry for these trivial questions ;) is there a wiki (even simple) available ? can we safely install angstrom ipk packages into poky or is there a specific repository ? i think you should quickly enable ALL bluetooth functions into poky, at least for me, bluetooth dialup is a main issue for all zaurus distros ;) wifi can only be used @ home in our countries...

By: Niels L Ellegaard

Niels L Ellegaard — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:08:26 +0000

Wow, that looks cool. Will the default openmoko distribution for the neo1973 phone be sporting all the same programs (dates, contacts, games, browser, and tasks) as the Sato distribution or will the two distrubutions differ in some way?

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:40:34 +0000

jpmatrix: Poky supports WiFi connections out-of-box. Bluetooth support is not yet done as there is small amount of users with BT powered Zaurus machines.

Speaking about Ångström... Poky is not lighter Å because they are different projects. And yes - it should be possible to build Sato components for Ångström.