Mer 0.14 released for SmartQ5 and SmartQ7

Notable accomplishments and news

• start-hildon script now uses a /etc/start-hildon.d scheme, making it easier to write control panels
• X buttons on dialogs (for cancel)
• Mer on SmartQ7  pictures
• NetworkManager now uses hildon banners instead of notifications
• Full Qi port to SmartQ5/7
• New onscreen keyboard – him-arabic

Known issues

• If you can’t find an application you want in Application Manager, see http://packages.ubuntu.com – Mer is based on Ubuntu and has 95% of all Ubuntu applications and you can install them with sudo apt-get install packagename, in X-Terminal
• home applets behave oddly when in non-800×480
• Screen should not dim and turn off during first boot wizard
• Magic X menu stretches too far, before adding v ^ buttons.
• Rotation in advanced-backlight kills hildon desktop
• No charging screen on flashable image
• modifying panel settings causes HD to sometimes crash
• Control panel may appear to have no menu but it actually doesn’t have one.
• Can not enter an address in hildon-application-manager
• X-Terminal is not localized yet, at all (shows webameedit, etc)
• The task switcher does not appear rightmost as it should
• There seems to be a bit of “air” around windows, near left and right corners, also in marquee.
• Marquee background acts weird.
• Powerlaunch not working correctly while charger plugged in, no reaction while pressing power-button, no keyboard backlight
• Advanced-backlight crashes hildon-desktop while charger plugged (might be tablet-battery-monitor related)
• Marquee-panel doesn’t scale when rotating the screen.
• Deselecting dropdown menu plugin crashes desktop
• Powerlaunch button prompts not correct (no “Yes” “No”)
• Applications “Organise” dialog unresponsive
• SmartQ5/7 WiFi does not work out of the box
• Text in text fields can not be drag-selected (cursor jumps to start of field instead)
• Applications installed prompt for folder location but are always stored in Extras
• Terminal toolbar Ctrl button non-functional (try Ctrl + d, Ctrl + h, Ctrl + g, Ctrl + c)
• Terminal toolbar (likely other) has significanly misaligned background image when selected.
• When changing theme desktop might crash (seen on SmartQ5 and N8x0)
• Sources are not accessible using apt-get source (for Mer packages), but they are downloadable if you sign up for build.opensuse.org (or just ask us if you don’t want to.) – a problem with OBS not exporting them at the moment
• python-hildon is broken
• The weather applet is broken, just disable it
• docpurge is a bit slow and may slow application installs
• Neo Freerunner image TBA

Disclaimer

• There is no warranty. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on bugs.maemo.org Bugzilla and we’ll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.
• If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer (on Nokia Internet Tablets)

Screenshots

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Mer v0.14 SmartQ5

Mer v0.14 SmartQ7

Mer v0.14 VMDK

please report bugs on bugs.maemo.org Bugzilla or write  in the comment.

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