FiveLinux and the Nokia N810

[xProgrammer]

Hi Antonio

What chance we could get FiveLinux applications working on the Nokia N810 which runs maemo Linux a Debian derivative (but presumably cut down) ?

I don't suppose anyone has tried?

Regards
Doug

[Antonio Linares]

Doug,

I have just reviewed the Nokia N810 tech specs and it uses ARM architecture, so you may need to look for the right flags for gcc to generate ARM code.

I understand that your plan is to develop in the PC and test in the Nokia.

[xProgrammer]

Hi Antonio

If I did it I would probably write my code on a normal Linux box but would be happy to compile on the 810. It's not a high priority but if it clearly wasn't going to work I wouldn't want to buy an 810 and not be able to use it. Having said that I realise that you couldn't possibly guarantee that it would work.

The Linux version it uses is Debian based. It does include gcc - you can develop in C / C++. Would have to try to determine if all the packages we need are available for it. I don't know how much RAM FiveLinux applications need.

Having pretty much committed to Linux this would seem a better option for me than PocketPC.

Regards
Doug

[Antonio Linares]

Doug,

Another interesting way that I use very much is to use a SSH connection, so you can work from your computer but in fact you are working on the device:

From a terminal window in your PC type:

ssh username@ip_address

ip_address is the IP of your device.

you will be prompted for the password. This just requires that a SSH server is running on the device, which it is quite usual.

[Antonio Linares]

FiveLinux consumes very little memory as in fact just routes calls to GTK+.

It is Harbour/xHarbour themselves the ones that consume memory. But you should not have problems. Harbour works fine on Pocket PC and on the iPhone