[tuxdroid-user] Hello; Working with svn ; several questions & suggestions

[Florent T. <ft...@gm...>]

Hi everybody. I'm a proud owner of a tuxdroid (recieved today); after
an update, everything works fine :) A little bit surprised by the
sound made by motors, but happy enough.

I synced the svn in order to get the latest version, but i have a
problem: when you want to use svn versions of user programs, the call
to the api is static ( /opt/tuxdroid/api/python ) whereas the actual
svn version is in the trunk subdir ( /opt/tuxdroid/api/python/trunk );
i modified the path in the sample programs (gtui, alarm clock...)

- what will happen upon update? what's the "correct" way to do it?
Copy it at the root dir?
- what about a python egg (easy_install) ?
- about the sound capabilities, is the capacity permanently limited? I
guess real time transcoding do the job? (i tried listening some music
with xmms, heared nothing but crap...), but if i was to plug tux on
"real" speakers, would the quality still be very limited?
- about the waker, does the computer need to be ON ? Or is tux autonomous?
- about waking the host computer up: do you think it would be feasible
to add usb keyboard emulation to the usb dongle? If we managed to
simulate a keypress, we could wake the computer up (but i guess the
dongle needs power; then why should an usb keyboard do the job?)
- what are the line out quality capabilities?
- would it be possible to detect motors forcing? I'm thinking of the
rotation motors: if we (slightly) force tux to turn, can we detect it?
That would add 2 more "switches", ideal for volume adjustment

Sorry for this bunch of random questions :)

I'm willing to help developing the waker functionnality (i really need
a good waker), thinking of webradios, rss headlines reading, X10 &
randomization of "unlocking" sequence.

I'll also consider using a NSLU2 or comparable for always-on operation
(i'm very reluctant in regard of letting my main desktop on all the
time...).

Anyway, this device looks like a fun toy for grown ups :) I'll try to
bring my stone.

Florent