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Dunno whether this helps. If I do something like:
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[root@(none) platform]# echo DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD > /dev/fb0 [root@(none) platform]# /mnt/onboard/.python/eink_update.sh 2048+0 records in |
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Someone has offered me access to their Wifi with a 4-bit framebuffer, so I'll be playing with that. If I figure anything out, I'll post again here. |
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KevinShort has done it again, by using a raw image format, and
cat img.raw | /usr/local/Kobo/pickel showpic we are able to update to the display of a 4 bit screen on a kobo wifi. |
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I've updated the first post with a link to the new weather app, and it should work on both
4-bit and 8-bit displays. For anyone who's interested, here's the technical explanation. Spoiler:
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Hooray - 4-bit support! Boo - I'm getting a *new* error now!
Installing the new version, setting my location and running weather.sh gets me the following: Kobo Wifi weather forecast started. Getting weather information . . . Creating image . . . list index out of range Failed to fetch weather data. The contents of the location file is as follows: 53.795984 -1.759398 Which is latitude and longitude for Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. I tried setting it to New York - 40.7143528, -74.0059731 - just in case it only worked with US addresses, but still no joy - same error. Any idea what might be causing *this* problem? |
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Hmm, I think that it does only work with US addresses. I tried setting my location file to
your location, and I can confirm that it does not work. However, New York should work... I'll try to find a weather service that works globally and edit my script to use that. Edit: I've updated the script, it should now work globally. I also added an option to use either Celsius or Fahrenheit for the temperature. Last edited by KevinShort; 11-02-2012 at 01:15 PM. |
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LEGEND! Confirmed working on my 4-bit Kobo
I saw this a couple of days ago but didn't have a chance to try it - kudos for international options too. cheers |
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Has anyone got this working on a Kobo touch? I'm thinking about buying one second hand for this and think it looks a sleeker device without the D-pad and buttons.
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Andrew: I don't know if anyone has it working on the Kobo Touch, but I could get it to work pretty
easily. Back when I had a Touch, I had it running Tetris, so there's no doubt I could get this weather display to work on the Touch as well. ![]() If anyone wants it, I could upload a version of the weather app specifically for the Kobo Touch. I won't be able to test it, since I don't have a Touch, but it should only require changing a few lines of code. Last edited by KevinShort; 11-03-2012 at 02:48 PM. |
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I don't have a one-step telnet installer for the Touch, but the steps aren't hard. There are
instructions on the Wiki. If you have any trouble, just send me a message. Quote:
You'll probably need to stop the Kobo's GUI before you run the weather app: Code:
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Thanks for your help with this - nearly there... Ah, now it's downloaded - either you're quick off the mark or it was a fluke the first time. Now to see if it works! Andrew |
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Darn, fallen at the same hurdle as someone earlier (can't load font file). Here's a dump of what happens - I'm going to give it a rest for now and come back to it later.
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[root@(none) koboWeather]# ls -la total 624 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 4 17:14 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 4 17:07 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 97908 Mar 21 2011 Cabin-Regular.ttf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 169096 Jan 2 2012 Comfortaa-Regular.ttf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16312 May 1 2011 Fabrica.otf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 303316 Oct 16 19:06 Forum-Regular.ttf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 391 Oct 20 00:07 autoupdate.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42 Oct 19 17:22 cron drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 4 17:07 icons -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12 Nov 4 17:14 location -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 361 Oct 19 19:40 set_location.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2 Nov 2 14:52 unit.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12125 Nov 3 22:19 weather.py [root@(none) koboWeather]# cat location 52.02 -0.75 [root@(none) koboWeather]# python weather.py Kobo Wifi weather forecast started. Getting weather information . . . Creating image . . . init kbd. init mouse failed. Traceback (most recent call last): File "weather.py", line 369, in get_weather_data() File "weather.py", line 108, in get_weather_data display(days, highs, lows, conditions, img_links, unit) File "weather.py", line 127, in display tiny_font = pygame.font.Font("Cabin-Regular.ttf", 18) RuntimeError: Couldn't load font file [root@(none) koboWeather]# Andrew |
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