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gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)
Davide Scaini
2016-01-25 17:20:28 UTC
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Hi all,

incredible but true 2016 has arrived.

I would like to reuse the gta02 as a gps, I really loved foxtrotGPS and I
would like to have something like that running.
Any chance to have a distribution that still works on gta02?

qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable running
gtk applications)
shr: abandoned ?
hackable1: disappeared (I have good memories of that one ;) )


Thanks for your help!
Best,
Davide
m***@dmatthews.org
2016-01-25 20:30:40 UTC
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hi
Post by Davide Scaini
I would like to reuse the gta02 as a gps, I really loved foxtrotGPS and I
would like to have something like that running.
Any chance to have a distribution that still works on gta02?
qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable running
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/

still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last versions were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x years.
Post by Davide Scaini
shr: abandoned ?
the later versions were hopelessly broken and unusable on the freerunner.
Post by Davide Scaini
hackable1: disappeared (I have good memories of that one ;) )
yeah probably; anyway I'd definitely recommend qtmoko as the best bet

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Giacomo Mariani
2016-01-25 22:13:00 UTC
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Some years ago I tried Debian and I think it would be the best environment if you don't want to use the gsm. Qtmoko runs over Debian as well.

By the way I am going to resume my freerunner as well: I'd like to use it as a car navigator with navit. So please let us know how it goes 😊

Cheers,
Giacomo

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Oggetto: Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)

hi
Post by Davide Scaini
I would like to reuse the gta02 as a gps, I really loved foxtrotGPS and I
would like to have something like that running.
Any chance to have a distribution that still works on gta02?
qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable running
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/

still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last versions were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x years.
Post by Davide Scaini
shr: abandoned ?
the later versions were hopelessly broken and unusable on the freerunner.
Post by Davide Scaini
hackable1: disappeared (I have good memories of that one ;) )
yeah probably; anyway I'd definitely recommend qtmoko as the best bet

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Jose Luis Perez Diez
2016-01-26 07:36:01 UTC
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Post by m***@dmatthews.org
Post by Davide Scaini
shr: abandoned ?
the later versions were hopelessly broken and unusable on the freerunner.
I think that SHR is the only active, but I haven’t time to test it lately and from http://shr-project.org/trac/wiki/StagingTests it seems that other people had
the same problems, But it has god documentation on how to build it and is the one that has more targets
Davide Scaini
2016-01-26 09:25:05 UTC
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Thanks for the replies.
Well it would be nice to use gsm as well... I was thinking about using it
also as anti-theft (gps+accel+sms).

I remember having a lot of problems of data corruption on the sd card with
shr (which was my favourite at the time), that I think might be a serious
show-stopper.

I will start with debian, and if you have any other ideas please tell.

Best,
d
Post by Giacomo Mariani
Some years ago I tried Debian and I think it would be the best environment
if you don't want to use the gsm. Qtmoko runs over Debian as well.
By the way I am going to resume my freerunner as well: I'd like to use it
as a car navigator with navit. So please let us know how it goes 😊
Cheers,
Giacomo
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Inviato: ‎25/‎01/‎2016 21:34
Oggetto: Re: gta02 as gps/navigator (in 2016)
hi
Post by Davide Scaini
I would like to reuse the gta02 as a gps, I really loved foxtrotGPS and I
would like to have something like that running.
Any chance to have a distribution that still works on gta02?
qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable
running
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last
versions were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty
much single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even
after x years.
Post by Davide Scaini
shr: abandoned ?
the later versions were hopelessly broken and unusable on the freerunner.
Post by Davide Scaini
hackable1: disappeared (I have good memories of that one ;) )
yeah probably; anyway I'd definitely recommend qtmoko as the best bet
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Davide Scaini
2016-01-26 09:42:21 UTC
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Another option would be buying something like the DragonBoard 410c​ and
find a small touch screen to plug. Any idea about a
cheap+decent+small+waterproof touchscreen?

Thanks again
d
Davide Scaini
2016-01-26 15:07:05 UTC
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googling I didn't find anything relevant/up-to-date about installing linux
on a satnav ... :(
it would be easier to buy a cheap android tablet and use it as a satnav
Radek Polak
2016-01-26 08:18:57 UTC
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Post by m***@dmatthews.org
Post by Davide Scaini
qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable running
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last versions
were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much
single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x
years.
The 2.6.39 kernel is nearly perfect. It has some kind of very rare suspend
resume bug, but for navigation it's not problem.

QtMoko has NeronGPS - native Qt and very nice app and also native
version of navit:

http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/qtmoko-navit.html

You can launch TangoGPS and other X apps via QX application.

My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at
all.

Regards

Radek
Davide Scaini
2016-01-26 15:09:01 UTC
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Thanks Radek for the info and your incredible, and not enough recognised,
effort with qtmoko!
I will try qtmoko as a first option ;)

d
Post by Davide Scaini
Post by m***@dmatthews.org
Post by Davide Scaini
qtmoko: still there? (even if I remember it was quite uncomfortable
running
Post by m***@dmatthews.org
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/
still there, but i think it's fair to say it's abandoned. The last
versions
Post by m***@dmatthews.org
were as good as it got on the freerunner IMO, but the main (pretty much
single) developer got fed up with not having a decent kernel even after x
years.
The 2.6.39 kernel is nearly perfect. It has some kind of very rare suspend
resume bug, but for navigation it's not problem.
QtMoko has NeronGPS - native Qt and very nice app and also native version
http://qtmoko.sourceforge.net/apps/qtmoko-navit.html
You can launch TangoGPS and other X apps via QX application.
My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at
all.
Regards
Radek
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joerg Reisenweber
2016-01-26 15:28:54 UTC
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Post by Radek Polak
My Freerunner has no longer working GPS, so i am not using it nowadays at
all.
What's the problem with the GPS? Could a spare antenna module incl cable help
you out?
Just holler if you need one

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Radek Polak
2016-01-27 07:57:33 UTC
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Post by joerg Reisenweber
What's the problem with the GPS? Could a spare antenna module incl
cable
Post by joerg Reisenweber
help you out?
Just holler if you need one
I don't know exactly - it's long time since i tried. I remember Pavel was
having similar problem - probably weak signal since he said his GPS got fix
when he was near some GPS amplifier.

Anyways i use N900 nowadays - works nearly perfectly and i love that it has
decent camera. Btw a little off topic. Can be N900 kernel compiled using
armhf toolchain? So that i can chroot into armhf chroot. I am mainly
interested if i could get faster web browser and IIRC QtMoko had much
better performance when switched from armel->armhf.

Regards

Radek

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