Neodconfig

First thing: it's beta

Second: I am not a well c-programmer - started 4 weeks ago ... reviewers are welcome

Third: -

Requirements

• because of some changes (sys-paths) in the "latest" kernels this modification will only work with versions >=2.6.28. As for me, i am using a modified andy-tracking kernel (2.6.29), but it should work with his standard version as well.

Changes - Features

• neod reads some values out of a config file: /etc/neod/neod.conf (should be created automatically)
• keyboard exchangeable (including options)
• if WIFI,BLUETOOTH,GPS are turned "on" or "off" within the "POWER menu" or by using openmoko-panel-icons some scripting could be done
• Timeouts before going to Dim, Lock and Suspend are configurable
• Screen Lock has the Tux-Road Design
• Wifi interface (ethX) can be specified

Config File

The problem I had was the keyboard ... that's why I modified the neod and now on startup it reads some values from a config file like this:

# Config File for neod

# Options [matchbox-keyboard|xkbd|<keyboard-programm-name>]
#Example: KEYBOARD = xkbd
KEYBOARD = matchbox-keyboard

# Parameter String
# Example xkbd: KEYBOARD_OPTIONS = -geometry 480x180
KEYBOARD_OPTIONS =

# Serveral Timeouts related to PowerManagement Options (in seconds)
# TIMEOUT_DIM until DIM, defaut 10 s 
# TIMEOUT_LOCK until LOCK , default 30 s
# TIMEOUT_SUSPEND until SUSPEND, default 120 s
TIMEOUT_DIM = 10
TIMEOUT_LOCK = 30
TIMEOUT_SUSPEND = 120

# WIFI Interface to use. It is also possible to change interface in udev.rules
WIFI_INTERFACE = eth0

# Additional Peripheral Actions: As default the PowerManagement only switch power
# on/off. If you want to do more than that you have two options.
# 1: A single Command Line Instruction (ifup eth0)      or 
# 2: Using a shell script to do the job (/usr/local/bin/wlan-start.sh), containing
#    serveral commands like changing MAC address, start firewall, load modules, etc.
# This pattern can be used when starting/stopping WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth.
#
# WLAN Start/Stop - leave commented to do nothing but switching power on and off
# Example: WIFI_ON = ifup eth0
WIFI_ON = /etc/neod/wifi_on.sh
WIFI_OFF = /etc/neod/wifi_off.sh

# GPS Start/Stop - leave commented to do nothing but switching power on and off
GPS_ON = /etc/neod/gps_on.sh
GPS_OFF = /etc/neod/gps_off.sh

# Bluetooth Start/Stop - leave commented to do nothing but switching power on and off
BT_ON = /etc/neod/bt_on.sh 
BT_OFF = /etc/neod/bt_off.sh

If this file is not automatically generated, please copy the provided neod.conf to /etc/neod/neod.conf. An example file is within the svn tree (see next point) as well as examples for (wifi-,bt-,gps-) start and stop scripts

Getting the Source

I also set up a public svn server where you can feel free to checkout the source:

svn co svn://clubraum.dyndns.org:23420/openmoko/application/tags/neod-0.1+svn4878-mod

Installation

cd neod-0.1+svn4878-mod

and

./configure && make && make install

will put it to: /usr/local

running

./configure --prefix=/usr 

will overwrite the version installed !!!

Ongoing Work

• a friend of mine is going to prepare a .deb package - hopefully soon
• any ideas ?
• openmoko-panel-* stuff

Contact

duncan clubraum.dyndns.org