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06-01-2014, 08:18 AM | #1187 |
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tapping speed problem, koreader version 2014-01-01, kobo touch N905 firmware 3.3.0
Hello all, first of all thank you _so much_ for this wonderful port, looks like we finally got a usable kobo! That's quite some work you've done!
I'm using a KOBO touch N905 (or N905B? mark3 anyway), and was trying to get koreader running. Since it didn't work the first time, I chose to dig a little deeper and ended up compiling the thing myself, a version that was known to work. I am one step away from getting a fully functional thing, I was wondering if you could help me. I can confirm that koreader version 20140101 works on a kobo touch, with firmware 2.6.1 and 3.3.0. I will post my compiling instructions later, since it differs a little bit from what's explained on the wiki. What works for me:
What DOESN'T WORK: The tapping speed. In the menus or when I flip pages, the only way to do anything is when I tap very quickly several times. It's been reported by @olobolger (#1058). It's really too bad because it makes the whole thing unsuable, I'm sure there is a way out of this. Does anyone have a clue? That would be wonderful.... Also, I was wondering if we could make a list somewhere of what actually works on what device. I don't know if the latest nightbuilds would work on my touch or no, I've tried koreader-kobo-arm-linux-gnueabihf-v2014.04.zip but ended up corrupting my filesystem (maybe this has nothing to do with it).****EDIT: tried again. The stable version 201404 works, no need to patch input.lua or the starting script, but tapping speed problem remains. The nightly build 20140518 (koreader-kobo-arm-linux-gnueabihf-v2014.04-62-g295d040.zip) doesn't start at all. Anyway, thank you again! Last edited by simonchik; 06-01-2014 at 09:08 AM. |
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06-01-2014, 10:34 AM | #1189 | |
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Have to put it into portrait mode. The listing in File Manager has a keyboard of some kind with a boxed letter starting each line, not sure what that is about. The top menu seems to be working, even "Toggle hidden files". I had a demo .epub in the directory that File Manager opened in and it is working fine. Every thing seems to be working except the light control. Can't navigate to any of the folders shown in the File Manager, it just sends me back to the Android page I launched Koreader from. (It has a generic Android Icon by the way, if you provided another it wasn't used. Luck; Ken The demo .epub made it to the history list, and that works also. It looks like that "keyboard" is there in the history list, as well. V2014.04-122-g76c620f seems the same. v2014.04-139-gbac02ff the same except the keyboard shortcuts are gone. Still can't navigate to other folders. Last edited by Ken Maltby; 06-03-2014 at 09:36 AM. |
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06-01-2014, 01:30 PM | #1191 |
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OK I'll try that and let you know. Funny cos I was checking https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=135 yesterday, didn't know what it was. Thanx so much!
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06-01-2014, 08:26 PM | #1192 |
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@Markismus:
Alright, so I installed Kobo Start Menu as detailed in the thread. With my 20140101 version, the problem remains, it's actually worse, sometimes I can quick-tap, sometimes not, very erratic. I tried to unpatch input.lua, but it wasn't that. In the crash file, only Code:
NtxHwCfg_GetCfgFldStrVal:[WARNING]Config header error !! I also tried version 201404 stable, and version 20140418, it doesn't start at all, complaining about not being able to open the light device (there is none on the touch, right?): Code:
./luajit: ./ffi/kobolight.lua:74: cannot open light device stack traceback: [C]: in function 'assert' ./ffi/kobolight.lua:74: in function 'open' frontend/ui/device/kobopowerd.lua:16: in function 'init' frontend/ui/device/basepowerd.lua:16: in function 'new' frontend/ui/device.lua:226: in function 'getPowerDevice' .... Last edited by simonchik; 06-02-2014 at 06:02 AM. |
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If the header file generates errors, than maybe config_kobo.sh also generates errors and the device is not detected properly. What I would do is first enable debug mode and redirect every output to a log file. You have to manually edit koreader_kobo.sh to: Code:
# finally call reader ./reader.lua -d /mnt/onboard > koreader.log 2>&1 Code:
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06-02-2014, 03:25 AM | #1194 |
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@simonchik You've tried a very old firmware and the newest. This thread has all the firmware versions. It stands to reason that although new firmwares keep being released for the mark 3 devices some bugs might get introduced with all the enhancements. I don't know which firmware would be best. But I would try some and look at their tap response before digging too deep.
If I were to start experimenting I would look at 2.10 and 3.0. But that's just based on my experiences with the Aura HD back then. You could post the question in the thread mentioned above. |
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@Markismus:
Thank you for your rapid answer. 1)I tried to redirect stdout as indicated, "unfortunately" the model is detected alright: Code:
Device model= Kobo_trilogy Firmware revision 3.3.0 Screen height = 800 Screen width = 600 Last edited by simonchik; 06-02-2014 at 06:10 AM. |
06-02-2014, 07:23 AM | #1197 |
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@Markismus:
I installed firmware 3.0. Exact same problems. Is worth it to try with firmware 2.6.1? |
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06-02-2014, 08:47 AM | #1199 |
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I think the Android build is not yet properly integrated with the has keyboard / has no keyboard differentiation. It also has no code for accessing actual key press events yet, I think.
@simonchik: If I were in your place, I'd try to get the latest build running instead of investing time into old versions (I understand testing them, but don't invest to much time in patching/developing starting with those versions). There'll be the occasional bad apple, though. The "quick tap" problem ought to be fixable, generally speaking. |
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@hawhill: thank you for your advice! The problem is that -- if I understand correctly (#1047) -- the last versions don't work at all on the kobo touch. And on my device they didn't start anyway. That's why I'm sticking to an old version for now. Of course the quick tap problem should be fixable! I really hope it will be! Would be too bad to miss such a wonderful piece of software because of that...
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