KDE 3.5.8 (Penguinbait v4 codename zelda) Boot from SD installation for Nokia 810

( Español ) ( English )

Built for Diablo on 810 (800 works not tested on 770 2008HE)

KDE358 PBv4 Codename ZELDA – DEB (for boot from SD)

THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY BOOTING FROM SD CARDS

For those not yet booting from SD, please see Boot from SD installer
< thread >

NOTE, this works with my Boot from SD DEB, but 2GB is the minimum to install (FRESH FLASH WILL WORK). and it comes very close to running out of space. Once complete on the 2GB card, there is about 340MB free. If nothing else is installed. Its really tight on the 2GB card because the installer downloads the KDE install files to the same partition it installs them too. YOU MUST HAVE About 1.35GB FREE to start the KDE install process. It will remove the KDE tarballs after the install completes.

What is all this?

I have been developing a DEB to install KDE on boot from SD devices. The DEB will download KDE and install it. It also has a md5sum check and will re-download from where it left off. Also if you lose connectivity during install process, you can just reconnect and it will start right where it left off. Although the application manager will just keep running until it can finish. Removing the deb, will remove the remaining install files and leave KDE install in tact.
—————————————————————————

This is NOT un-installable
You can uninstall the deb, but it will not uninstall KDE, only the install files will be removed.

—————————————————————————

How to monitor the install progress

Once the install process is started, it will download KDE and install it. You can view the progress of this in xterm

ls -l /root/kde-installer

or

open web-browser and go to

/root/kde-installer

(refreshing will allow you to see the KDE358 300MB file incrementing.)

If you notice its less than 300MB and its not incrementing, verify your internet connection is still working. Once it gets to 308MB it will start the un-tar process, and remove itself when it completes successfully. It will then start the SUPv4 download in the same way.

It could take a couple of hours to complete. Mine seemed to run a little over an hour, but I did not actually time it. Also internet connection speed will vary install times.

INSTALL PROCESS

#1 READ ABOVE

#2 DID YOU READ ABOVE (Many people just dont read things before installing things. Well especially if its from me, You should read and ask any questions prior to install. Ask your questions out HERE on ITT.

#2.5 For the PEOPLE who refuse to read, please it only takes a minute. Read #2 again

#3 Got to http://penguinbait.com (while booted from SD card)

#4 Right Click on “KDE INSTALLER v4″ (save target as)

or here >
http://penguinbait.com/kde-installer-v4.deb

#5 Save the file somewhere

#6 Open application manager and using the menu, select “install from file” , select the file you just saved

#7 Sit back and wait it may be a while!!!!

#8 When the application manager finishes the install cleanly, you may remove the package. A failing install may be re-ran, but if you remove it first, your download will start all over again.

#9 You should reboot before running KDE, to ensure all the proper services are started boot time.

Additional Information and recent updates

———————————————————————————————-

XMODMAP HOWTO DEB UPDATED – 9/30/08
xmodmap.desktop was left off the deb, so install this if you want these shortcuts (see below) you need to install this deb. http://penguinbait.com/kde-xmodmap.deb
Then you will have the following shortcuts
(Fn + >) TAB Key
(Fn + <) | (PIPE KEY)
FN + Backspace = [
Shift + Backspace = ]
Shift + Minus = {
Shift + Plus = }
Shift + ? = `

YOU NEED TO RESTART KDE

———————————————————————————————-

battery-status is now included, but until you install python2.5-runtime for the battery icon on the taskbar to work., it will also notify you if it get low. (dont ask)

open xterm and type
apt-get install python2.5-runtime

———————————————————————————————-

Includes flite executable
Also configured kopete and konqueror to use kttsmgr by default

———————————————————————————————-

Includes USB mouse package with BT support

———————————————————————————————-

Created bluetooth mouse script for connecting mouse (pretty cool)
Icon replaces Maemo-Mapper on taskbar. Maemo-Mapper Icon moved to Desktop

———————————————————————————————-

Includes color-ls (because I wanted to)

———————————————————————————————-

removed old files in /usr/local/kde/share/wallpapers

———————————————————————————————-

Added keyboard shortcut for switching between apps
(CTRL + FN)

———————————————————————————————-

added theme (Zelda)
old theme penguinbait (v2) is still available.

———————————————————————————————-

Bluetooth Stack included

———————————————————————————————-

TASKBAR

usb icon on taskbar toggles otg / host mode

red terminal = root xterm

black terminal = user xterm

hildon connection manager

hildon application manager

hildon control panel

BT mouse script. I wrote a script using kdialog. when pressed it will scan for bluetooth devices, and display a list for you to choose from. When chosen it will connect to the device and mouse will start working. (Best to press the button on taskbar, then press the pair button on the mouse. )
(Also note that I only tested on targus mouse which requires no pairing. If your device requires pairing, you should be able to pair in control panel and then use the taskbar to connect. ? ) PS (MAKE SURE BLUETOOTH IS ENABLED IN HILDON CONTROL PANEL)

————————————————————————————————

Look at hildon display dimming timeouts, you can turn on up to 24hours (1440) minutes

————————————————————————————————

sets pty = 24
————————————————————————————————

N800
onscreen keyboard can be started from (KDE Menu > Utilities > kvkbd)
————————————————————————————————

Shortcuts 810
(CTRL + Fn) (like ALT – TAB) Toggles Applications
(CTRL + SWAP KEY) Move Window
(SHIFT + SWAP KEY) Switch to next Desktop
(SWAP KEY) Toggle right click / left click (N800 HOME KEY)
(CTRL + ZOOM -) Minimize Window
(CTRL + ZOOM +) Maximize Window
(CTRL + FULLSCREEN) Close Window
CTRL + (hildon menu button) = COPY
SHIFT + (hildon menu button) = paste

————————————————————————————————

Festival Howto:

FLITE is installed, if you want more voices or spanish, use, festival

—————————–

This has 8 voices, 1 female, 1 Spanish, 1 brit, and 1 scottish the rest are US.
http://penguinbait.com/festival-multi.deb (20MB Download, 50MB uncompressed, takes up about 35MB on flash)

This is Spanish voice only
http://penguinbait.com/festival-spanish.deb (4MB Download, 12MB uncompressed, takes up about 8MB on flash)

These both install to /home/user/festival

Open KDE, go to “Control Center”
Click “Regional Settings”
Select “Text-to-Speech”
Click “Talkers” (Tab)
Click “ADD”
Make sure the “Synthesizer” is “Festival Interactive” and
Click OK
Where it says “Festival Executable” put in /home/user/festival/bin/festival
Click “Rescan”

Select the voice you want, If you loaded multi you have all these voices

American Female
3 American Males
Canadian English Male
Scottish Male
British Male
Castilian Spanish Male

Click OK (Or you can “test”) It sounds like spanish but what do I know

Additionally a shell script called flite is created to allow spanish voices to be used in maemo-mapper. Gnuite is making an update to MM to support this.

Please review the thread on InternetTabletTalk.com for further information and other users experiences