INFO: permissions for "mount" command

[yanivaloemail]

Hi,

I've have put an icon on the application menu that runs a scrip for me:

#!/bin/bash
mount --bind /ezxlocal/fonts /usr/language/fonts
touch /mmc/mmca1/c.txt

When running the script by telnet (as root), everything works. When runing it from the phone by tapping the application icon, the file c.txt is created, but the mount is not being perfomed.

It seems that somehow I can not perfom the mount by tapping the application icon, but can do it with telnet. Any ideas ??????

[CLOVIS KKK]

Hi,

I've have put an icon on the application menu that runs a scrip for me:

#!/bin/bash
mount --bind /ezxlocal/fonts /usr/language/fonts
touch /mmc/mmca1/c.txt

When running the script by telnet (as root), everything works. When runing it from the phone by tapping the application icon, the file c.txt is created, but the mount is not being perfomed.

It seems that somehow I can not perfom the mount by tapping the application icon, but can do it with telnet. Any ideas ??????

If you mean you are trying to run with Loadlin, then the script run as "ezx" user. You need to rerun the script as root. Try this code at the begining of your script.

if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" -a -z "$1" ]; then
exec /sbin/start-stop-daemon -S -c root:root -x "$0" -- restart
exit 1
fi

[yanivaloemail]

Thanks for the answer. Wasn't using linloader, but your answer encouraged me to solve it. Now I can change fonts on my phone by tapping one icon on the applications menue, and then changing language settings on setup. This is the attribute that I had to add to the CardRegistry:

[AppLinkRecord100000012]
Attribute = 2
BigIcon = images/audio.png
Directory = /mmc/mmca1/
Exec = changeFonts2.sh
Name = Hebrew
UserID = root
GroupID = root
Type = 2
uid = 100000012

Now the changeFonts2.sh can mount the relevant files. This saved me flasshing my phone

[CLOVIS KKK]

Thanks for the answer. Wasn't using linloader, but your answer encouraged me to solve it. Now I can change fonts on my phone by tapping one icon on the applications menue, and then changing language settings on setup. This is the attribute that I had to add to the CardRegistry:

[AppLinkRecord100000012]
Attribute = 2
BigIcon = images/audio.png
Directory = /mmc/mmca1/
Exec = changeFonts2.sh
Name = Hebrew
UserID = root
GroupID = root
Type = 2
uid = 100000012

Now the changeFonts2.sh can mount the relevant files. This saved me flasshing my phone

I see now what you are trying to do.
I think other users will also be interested in your program.

[chandra]

oh yes!!! I am intersted

yanivaloemail,
So your way of changing the font worked. Thats great!!!

I was trying to change the font by doing

mount --bind /mmc/mmca1/digital.ttf /usr/language/fonts/AMCSL.TTF

This did not work.

If I understand it right. You have done the following
1. Created a changeFonts2.sh as follows
#!/bin/bash
mount --bind /ezxlocal/fonts /usr/language/fonts
touch /mmc/mmca1/c.txt

2. Added the following to cardregistry
[AppLinkRecord100000012]
Attribute = 2
BigIcon = images/audio.png
Directory = /mmc/mmca1/
Exec = changeFonts2.sh
Name = Hebrew
UserID = root
GroupID = root
Type = 2
uid = 100000012

With this you can execute changeFonts2.sh and change the font on the fly.


Am i right?

/usr/language/fonts contains AMCSL.TTF and fontdef.cfg
What is the contents of your /ezxlocal/fonts directory?

Will doing a mount change the font immediately or we have to restart the phone?

I could not create a fonts directory in /ezxlocal. How did u do this?

[yanivaloemail]

chandra:

You are right - just create fonts directory in ezxlocal (I created it through telnet with username roor), and put the regular fontdefs.cfg file and your own AMCSL file.

In order to replace fonts you will need to tap the new icon in your application menu, and then change language from the phone setup to Automatic, or to any other language (this will load the new fonts).

One exception: the new fonts does not appear in the calling progrma (the one you use to dial numbers).

If you want to avoid the need to change language in the setup menu, then add the lfollowing line to the script:
killall -9 "am"

Good luck.

[chandra]

Didn't work for me. I could not even execute the script by clicking on the icon.
But I did manage to change the font by doing the following
1. To execute the commands as root, I modified the userid & groupid to "root" for LinLoader in the cardregistry file.
2. Created a script file fonts.txt containing
#!/bin/bash
mount --bind /mmc/mmca1/comicbd.ttf /usr/language/fonts/AMCSL.TTF
3. executed with linloader.

This changed the font. I didnt change the language. Went to main menu (i.e. closed all the open windows). After this all the windows that were opened had the new font. But the main screen, main menu, address book and messages did not change. May be because these tasks are already running. So went to language settings and changed to some other language and switched back to english. Now the new font could be seen everywhere

Thanks to your idea

But every time i restart my phone, i have to run this script. Any idea how to execute this script during bootup. I read in one of the post about startup script but that didnt work for me.

How about adding this line ("mount" the font) in /etc/init/d/mountfs.sh?
I don't know much about linux so don't know if this will work?

[laksluvmoto]

hi chandra, can u simplify the steps in an easily understandable language for a non-techy?
my phone is runnin on .08p fw n cant change the fonts by just runnin startup1.txt n myfont.ttf in the root folder
can i run those scripts through eKonsole?
plz explain how in simple terms
thanks..

[m41d3n]

You can change fonts easily, just put myfont.ttf in the root of your memory car and execute this in eKonsole
mount --bind /mmc/mmca1/myfont.ttf /usr/language/fonts/AMCSL.TTF
And then this
start-stop-daemon -K -q -n am

[laksluvmoto]

YO...U RULE I SAY..U RULE...
Thanks a tonnnn dude...u have always helped me..
it worked magical..
Thanks..