[NTLK] Newton-re on Linux comments

[Marisa Giancarla]

Here is the crash log from installingdashboard:

[host] /home/marisag/Downloads/Dash_Board_151/DashBoard_151.pkg: 
installed as package 14573763
[host] the machine fell over: a signal (0xb) at 0x5e699603837f (image + 
0x36537f)
[host] the C stack, as image offsets: 0xacc5e 0x36537f 0x38d7a5 0x37e1a8 
0x37dae6 0x38043b 0x382bb0 0x382cb0 0x382fc2 0xf6d6b 0xf666a 0xf8e1b 
0xf776a 0xf49b0 0x18698d 0x115451 0x37a291 0x3790fc 0x379d4e 0x382ba0 
0x382cb0 0x382e42 0x187223 0xb5563 0xb53ca 0x320bbb 0x320563 0x346964 
0x50c02d 0x50bf8a
[host] the words on the stack that point into the program, as image 
offsets: 0x6179159 0x6179159 0x38d7a5 0x617b7c1 0x37e1a8 0x5d2b350 
0x36557f 0x5d2b310 0x115210 0x5f5f22 0x5f5e33 0x5f5f32 0x5f5f5b 
0x5d2b310 0x582aea 0x37dae6 0x619ed2c 0x5d2b350 0x5d2b310

The dashboard prefs package installs and runs fine. Just the actual 
package crashes...


Marisa

On 10/24/26 5:35 PM, Daniel Parnell wrote:
> I have just release v0.0.4 that should deal with all the issues 
> mentioned here. Give it a go and let me know if you are still having 
> problems with the app.
>>
>> On 25/10/2026 9:28:45 AM, Marisa Giancarla via NewtonTalk 
>> <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>
>> I saw all those issues as well. I also have an issue where at every
>> start it goes to the setup sequence and doesn't remember my previous
>> config...
>> Marisa
>> On 10/24/26 6:45 AM, Don Zahniser via NewtonTalk wrote:
>> > I am testing newton-re on an obsolete (2009?) Intel iMac running 
>> Debian Trixie. I’ve used both a Kensington wired keyboard (Mac) and a 
>> Logitech Bluetooth keyboard (Windows), both with an Orbit trackball. 
>> I have tested both in the Cinnamon desktop and the IceWM window manager.
>> >
>> > Oddities and observations that are consistent in newton-re 0.1 
>> through 0.3:
>> >
>> > Screen calibration requires a tap and hold for longer than in a 
>> MessagePad 2100 , as noted by others. This also seems to apply 
>> elsewhere, such as positioning the cursor in Notes.
>> >
>> > During Setup, the first character typed in the First Name field is 
>> lowercase, regardless of the shift key position on the external 
>> keyboard. Subsequent keypresses do honor the shift key status.
>> >
>> > In the Time Zones app, using the Newton’s arrow controls scrolls to 
>> the end of the entire list or back to the beginning. For example, if 
>> I am in the ‘abc’ panel for cities, want Buffalo, NY, and hit the 
>> down arrow, it takes me all the way to the end of the city listing 
>> (Worcester). However, while sitting in the ‘abc’ panel, hitting ‘abc’ 
>> again scrolls one screen so that Buffalo can be selected. The same 
>> thing applies to the countries list.
>> >
>> > The Newton volume slider in the Extras drawer doesn’t change the 
>> volume, although the slider does change position and a tone is 
>> sounded. The volume keys on my external keyboards do change the 
>> volume, but the slider doesn’t move accordingly and no tone is sounded.
>> >
>> > In both external keyboards, there are characters missing, 
>> specifically: ` (left of 1) - = [ ] ; ‘ and their shift characters .
>> > This means, for example, that if I want a dash in my phone number 
>> during Setup, I must type it on Newton’s internal keyboard. These 
>> external keys are unavailable system-wide in newton-re.
>> >
>> > On the external keyboards numbers keybads, the only key that works 
>> is the Enter key.
>> >
>> > Rotation is not available. Upon tapping the Rotate button, Newton 
>> tries to rotate, but the window dimensions don’t change, there are 
>> multiple alignment ‘X’s with pens, and the graphics are ‘faded’ 
>> compared to normal. Tapping on one of the pens displays the next ‘X’ 
>> in the sequence, but after the 3rd ‘X’, the pattern repeats.
>> >
>> > A differently named newton.store file is needed for each 
>> differently sized newton instance, because the pen calibration is 
>> stored in the newton.store file. This also means that user data 
>> stored in one screen size is not accessed from an instance of another 
>> screen size. So, if you want to use newton-re to store data, pick a 
>> screen size and stick with it. - Don
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