Ok as i understand i can use the middle buttons to execute other programs or choose other options if i will change the settings in picker_list file. Any ideas what cool things can be done with them ?

Yes.

On mine, the four choices are:

Volume adjust OFF
Volume adjust ON
Play Tetris
Start Displayserver

You see, I've modified my init so that displayserver doesn't automatically launch at boot-up. So I only activate it when needed, from the front panel.

If you need more than four choices, I'll bet you could daisy-chain scripts.

There is also another selection program (I forgot who wrote it, sorry, anyone have a link?) that allows infinite choices because it does a left-right scroll-to-select. I chose to implement the single-button picker instead because it suited my needs best. But you could easily replace the picker script with this other selecter if you wanted.

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Tony Fabris

You see, I've modified my init so that displayserver doesn't automatically launch at boot-up. So I only activate it when needed, from the front panel.

How did you do it? Did you just removed the lines

cd /usr/local/displayserver
./displayserver -noauth

for testinit and added them to pick_list?

Is there any point using displayserver on MK1 without ethernet?

Veiko
veiko@lc.ee

MK1 #317 - 20GB green

That's correct, that's how I did it.

And you are also correct in that there's no point in using Displayserver on a Mk1, since it only runs via ethernet.

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Tony Fabris

This font used in the picker menu looks quite ugly. Is it possible to use the same font that is used for empeg menu and info screens?

Veiko
veiko@lc.ee

MK1 #317 - 20GB green

The font is hard-coded into the picker executable.

However, the source code is included in my "for dummies" distribution, and you are welcome to edit the font and re-compile it.

The file you want to change is called "font8x8.c"

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Tony Fabris

Agreed, it isn't pretty but it was one I had kicking around from way back.

If you have a better fixed pitch font (that can be distributed freely) I would gladly incorporate it.

BTW, my web server is unaccessible thanks to AT&T's port 80 blocking. If they keep it up I'll move it.

Cheers,

Rex.

Whoa, REX!

Where ya been, buddy? I tried to get a hold of you when I first put together that file, and couldn't.

Thanks for publishing Picker for us to use, as you can see we've been having a field day with it.

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Tony Fabris

Ah, I see. You DID reply to me back then, it was just during a period when my ISP was screwed up and the mail message bounced. (The old Open Relay problem.). Thanks.

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Tony Fabris

Tony, Forgive me for digging up such an old post, but i recently installed Hijack and as i scroll through the menu the VolAdj option is made available.

Now what i want to know is do i have to go through the entire routine that you have so graciously provided, or am i in fact all ready to go...or how can i tell?

thanks,

Ed

These old posts are from a long time ago before voladj was built in to hijack. Please ignore the entire routine above and merely use the menu that is built in to Hijack. Nothing in this thread applies any more.

Tony,

Thanks and good thing i asked!

Sooooo...now that that is settled what in fact do i do from the menu to get this option to work (please forgive my ignorance)

oh..and btw...i had our friends at eutronics take a look at my player and in fact found that one of the internal ground wires had a bad crimp!....i guess that was the problem with my install all along!

Ed

Oh good, so no more ground loops in the Miata? Cool.

What you with voladj is select the amount of dynamic range compression you want: Off, Low, Medium, or High. That's all.

great..ill give it a try tonight!

Ed

It also explains why it was intermittent, and why we were never able to reproduce it. I know you tried one of my players, and I tried yours in my sled at one point. I hate intermittent errors...

sooooo, now i think that i am with it now that i have hijack and all...but today i got another surprise...i started the car up and a message stating "Happy Birthday Tony" pops up and stays there for 15 seconds or so....


anybody answer to this well wishing message....hmmmmm????

Nothing ominious about it. Mark at certain points in the year makes the kernel print out messages based on the date as the empeg boots. If your clock in the empeg isn't set correctly then the message might not be correct.

ya...but my point is who programs in these messages!!!??!?!?

errr - as trevor said, it is Mark

the guy who wrote the hijack kernel

yes...of course!...also i had the date set to 4/8/2033!!!