[Gvsig_english] Experiences with gvSIG and gvSIGMobile onultramobile PCs

[Jorge Sanz]

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: gvsig_internacional-bounces at runas.cap.gva.es [mailto:gvsig_internacional-
> bounces at runas.cap.gva.es] En nombre de Juan Guillermo Jordán Aldasoro
> Enviado el: miércoles, 05 de noviembre de 2008 10:47
> Para: gvSIG Internacional
> Asunto: [Gvsig_english] Experiences with gvSIG and gvSIGMobile onultramobile PCs
> 
> I'd like to share with other gvSIG users these gorgeous screenshots of
> gvSIG Desktop and gvSIG Mobile running on a 4G Surf eeePC (ultramobile
> PC 7'' 800x480 Screen, 900 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB
> HD, Linux)
> 
> gvSIG Desktop works just fine, even though there are some issues with
> the screen size -some menus overflowing the screen space- so you better
> run it in full screen mode and will have to use ALT+LEFT CLICK sometimes
> to move the window and scroll to the hidden buttons. These screenshots
> are captured in full screen mode -no border, the menu remains hidden and
> is accessible using the ALT key:
> 
> http://robotica.uv.es/~jjordan/eeegvSIG1.png
> <http://robotica.uv.es/%7Ejjordan/eeegvSIG1.png>
> http://robotica.uv.es/~jjordan/eeegvSIG2.png
> <http://robotica.uv.es/%7Ejjordan/eeegvSIG2.png>
> 
> gvSIG Mobile is originally intended for mobile devices like PocketPC and
> Smartphones, but thanks to the magic of Java you can also run the
> application on a PC. gvSIG Mobile fits just perfectly for the eeePC,
> since the window size is bigger than the one of a PocketPC. Furthermore,
> gvSIG Mobile is GPS enabled.
> 
> http://robotica.uv.es/~jjordan/eeegvSIGMobile1.png
> <http://robotica.uv.es/%7Ejjordan/eeegvSIGMobile1.png>
> 
> Now with a GPS and gvSIG Mobile you can take full advantage of your
> ultramobile PC ultramobility :P
> 
> Maybe others could post their experience with gvSIG Desktop and gvSIG
> Mobile on ultramobile PCs.
> 
> Regards
> Juangui
> 

Hi Juangui, all

Nice screenshots!

I prefer "netbook" term for those really small and cheap PC but without touch screen, UMPC are really expensive, usually without physical keyboard and Windows Vista :O

I have an Acer Aspire ONE with 9'' 1024x600 screen, 512MB of RAM and Limpus (a Fedora based distro). When I installed gvSIG I experienced a really annoying bug starting the JVM. It's a known bug related with a native library called XCB.

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6532373

Just for the records, I solved it using the workaround proposed on that page, replacing some texts on a library of the JVM

sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' $JVM_HOME/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so

Anyway, gvSIG Desktop looks nice on a 1024 screen, and using Alt key to move big dialogs is enough for me.

I haven't tried gvSIG mobile on it yet :)
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