From: dcraw101 <dcr...@ya...> - 2010-09-15 21:32:57
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dcraw101 wrote: > > > Ash Charles wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:51 PM, dcraw101 <dcr...@ya...> wrote: >>> I just built the foryo version of rowboat android following the >>> instructions >>> at >>> http://www.gumstix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:How_to_-_Android. >>> It appears to be working and displays a nice GUI on my palo43 display. >>> But, >>> the touch screen does not appear to be working and the screen flickers >>> whenever I move the mouse. Has anyone been able to get the touch screen >>> working? Is it possible to disable the cursor when I get the touch >>> screen >>> working? >> The CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_ADS7846 parameter needed to be built into the >> kernel rather than being built as a module; I've updated the defconfig >> file available on the wiki. (Thanks to Elvis Dowson for finding this) >> >> Regarding the screen flickering: >> - did you have the defaultdisplay variable set to lcd43? (I've updated >> the wiki to clarify details about the u-boot args.) >> - how bad is the flicker---I'm seeing some marginal jitter when I use >> the touchscreen on my Chestnut43 but nothing dramatic. >> >> -Ash >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> >> > > > I do have the defaultdisplay set to lcd43. I also enabled the touch > driver in the kernel and now that is working (although the calibration is > reversed in the y axis and I don't see a way to recalibrate in android). > But, I still get a bad flicker every time I move the mouse, press a key, > or press the touch screen. It is not the whole screen, just a random > diagonal region in the lower left corner. When I run any of the Angstrom > builds on this device everything works perfectly. > > The basic Android OS appears to be running ok, I can run calculator and > messaging, but contacts and music crash shortly after opening them. The > browser runs for a few seconds and displays the Google home page then > crashes. I used the rowboat-froyo.xml manifest. I wonder if it would be > better to use eclair at this point? > I installed the Android SGX drivers and that fixed the screen flickering problem. Now the device is working pretty good. The contacts and Music apps are no longer crashing. I still can't figure out how to calibrate the palo43 resistive touchscreen however. Doug -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/rowboat-android-on-overo-tp29715029p29723177.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |