Re: [xymon] Qt-Maemo5 xymon desktop widget for Nokia N900

[Darrik Mazey <darrik.lists (at) darmasoft.com>]

Buchan Milne wrote:
> I have been using an N900 for a few weeks, but only just installed the SDK 
> over the past weekend. So, I decided to grab the source and compile. When 
> compiling from Qt Creator from the SDK install, it compiles fine, but package 
> creation fails (possibly due to the directory name). After messing with some 
> things to fix it, only the executable ended up in the package.

I caution you, it was five days' effort, so rough edges are just that
still.  Also, mostly the code is set up for my dev environment, to
generate a debian package.  If you have ideas for restructuring to make
that more generic, don't hold back.

It should be noted that this was my first N900 project, as I just got
one, and also my first shot at generating debian packages, so any advice
is appreciated.

> I'll see if I can find the correct fixes to get it to build nicely straight from 
> Qt Creator.

Let me know how that goes.  I build from the command-line, so I'm not
sure what would be going wrong in Qt Creator.

> Well, I wonder if we could make it more useful. From reading the code, it 
> seems to just look at the color of the bb2.html page. While this may be useful 
> to some, I think many larger installations will have problems, e.g. those 
> which need the critical systems view to make sense anything.

This is true.  All it does is parse for color to display the icon, and
then parses for individual non-green items to show in a notification.
Multiple views (one for small- to moderate-sized xymon installs and one
for larger) might be appropriate, selectable from the settings, perhaps.

This was not meant to be a full-scale app but just an at-a-glance view.
 If you're interested, we can always write a full-scale app that opens
when the desktop widget is tapped, providing more (and navigable) data.

> I'll try and get a bit further with this under Qt creator ...

If there's something specific I can help with, feel free to contact me
off-list.

Cheers,
Darrik


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