A Collie Running Pdaxrom, My Builds & Tips (5500), latest update: 02/06/07 - major success Options

[telemetric_au]

Well i really like the simplicity and speed of pdaxrom and it has taken me some time and a lot of switch's back and forth from other roms namely opie before i have been able to work enough out that it is usable and fun

having this machine has been a great impetus to learn more about Linux.

ill post in this thread my progress with: compiling apps, useful tips, and even take suggestions/requests from other members.


---- *** major updates releasing, new feed setup + gz'd tarball:

http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/contribs/telemetric/

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mkipkg - an updated script [so it works] for packaging .ipk's

startsdk - some scripts to set the variables and path's for the cross compiler (alt. runsdk.sh)

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00-sha1sums

ongoingly updated integrity hash's:

2ce2850cd64b06e13bf5d7023c595edc080cbdaf 2gb-sd_2.4_armv4l.ipk
e66f55621cae2ca6531fe7b084af15bb54195d0a aria2_0.10.2+1_armv4l.ipk
2f0d5ccc7fa4936ff59fadd8e713f018a791d3e9 atk_1.9.1_armv4l.ipk
8918f850fbca28a9abab8bb0ad22b8e0f2021c28 autoconf_2.61_armv4l.ipk
38a70ff01929d4a6ef0a1f5fd654f0caf25f8065 automake_1.10_armv4l.ipk
d23eb1a42539e0048a9069ade446cdbfd77ad886 bcrypt_1.6-13_armv4l.ipk
88b69f5e906bc0213013a8dcd5646ac50dd0d2d3 bcrypt-html-doc_1.6-13_armv4l.ipk
550171f9f4f2ffd86507de3b412602933dada174 bcwipe_1.6-6_armv4l.ipk
72a73c8c703f4ad1ce2a7da35973b29430e4450a bind_9.4.1_armv4l.ipk
547607f859e6470af82e83e91e44bc20c63ee21e cairo_1.2.6_armv4l.ipk
f02277653b05944f8f97b246889251cf90521489 coreutils_5.0_armv4l.ipk
6c16a0e94da23f2c522cc3dccf124016adf2d3b9 dcraw_8.72_armv4l.ipk
535cc3c6c3b468c349e4084acb78005e67bebea2 glib2_2.12.12_armv4l.ipk
9f84fce441b02c2478dca4699948178ebb86f363 glibc-fpa_2.2.5_arm4vl.ipk
e584243fc050f9d3de7cd3e4242e0a64b7b0373d gnupg_1.4.7_armv4l.ipk
d1d4c99a6a5f9235d46c136b15451be4e4ad1314 gnupg2_2.0.4_armv4l.ipk
1b4840ed9bdf1eca77b8e631119a01450a6681a3 gnutls_1.6.2_armv4l.ipk
ce34044178c1451e99dc844aa6f005497d53f3b4 gpa_0.7.6_armv4l.ipk
1ce1b39f27287f7534b2b41599f41cf727e1af43 gpgme_1.1.4_armv4l.ipk
c2bcd10ffb9ce0a06726ca497b095edfa1d113f8 gtk2_2.10.12_armv4l.ipk
014f75633fe84d3a441079e3953e635bddc21ca7 imagemagick_6.3.3_armv4l.ipk
99d36e96a626c76b91c2efdc0f297de6bfe54833 libassuan_1.0.1_armv4l.ipk
b9945339b5b8776337536164fa76673718cb135a libevent_1.1a_armv4l.ipk
f5f8cea257ee84e5a9fe6d438243e6a8a063e90e libexif_0.6.14_armv4l.ipk
e21cfb2e0a44f0fff0bcf30ccb87c542ded8d2b3 libgcrypt_1.2.4_armv4l.ipk
429034b85e0e9ab2adc8ea8a4b03ad8a99782cfa libgpg-error_1.4_armv4l.ipk
7f80627546412f8bd84ba15b966c22c95d4e9421 libiconv_1.11_armv4l.ipk
f8873f55a2eccf9e9e3d916e76785c1d36e72114 libksba_1.0.1_armv4l.ipk
d0e12f8a480915f3a9cebcb4df658f733c229302 libpng_1.2.18_armv4l.ipk
349f7f4c55ecb705f384cf14b43e492d82cdf7e7 libtasn1_0.3.9_armv4l.ipk
54da3c4a3d309ec261f6b751e745cd0d6c2eadd3 libtiff_3.8.2_armv4l.ipk
a97157fca5a23f0fb3e07311cefb8db7021036d4 libungif_4.1.4_armv4l.ipk
ea2eeffeca79783a2a345fa51453a4a48a85ce72 libxml2_2.6.28_armv4l.ipk
c50cd659e0cdf7696db9c4454ab9168358ecc72a m4_1.4.8_armv4l.ipk
e8e53c67bce1c6c074650fea47d8f7a43ff443d6 mpeg2vidcodec_1.2_armv4l.ipk
4241139cff8a4bf7755431cad3a1374ce97539c5 mutt_1.4.2.2_armv4l.ipk
2ce1a6bc7dad096f1344321ce53d0561dbdca700 ncftp_3.2.0_armv4l.ipk
a3bc1fed3ca642f6c288af55a5702ee132cf6a6d opencdk_0.5.9_armv4l.ipk
c46c972a6c249d32781eca05d423514d8293daed openssl_0.9.8e_armv4l.ipk
1781af6c83f2d7533d6fc8484f35fc5043cc48d9 pango_1.16.4_armv4l.ipk
c855b140e2f4e32c36f7df40fce9727d4b77a90f pine_4.64_armv4l.ipk
7ede13380ff14efe4c962d33d8ff2a9f1c8b5dbf pinentry_0.7.2_armv4l.ipk
b7ab998961ee1ae58e2dacb87e12636997a731bf pkg-config_0.21_armv4l.ipk
e6ac22186ec177ae8a90a8e05ff604c1f327cde2 privoxy_3.0.6_armv4l.ipk
8f7b8afd500515582991278ace79578f95e98ed4 proxychains_3.1_armv4l.ipk
d79eff001ab57331de78da0db236a57a2029430b pth_2.0.7_armv4l.ipk
f10be6d717f6d3bb24d6155af6fd15b9ff89f6ce pure-ftpd_1.0.21_armv4l.ipk
140edf796052f471a6ff2c8acdf47c28b39793ac tcl_8.4.14_armv4l.ipk
ec7f482e916f295619c758106100b8b9297a351d texinfo_4.8_armv4l.ipk
7ea862b99314d3e530c25c30c8167e39bfd74f71 tk_8.4.14_armv4l.ipk
b5d35b24f919bfbee7da2bea738a9a5b4696ef24 tor_0.1.2.13_armv4l.ipk
1d30aef2cbd4341f59e0f9a5e163941d06ff9a95 transmission_0.72_armv4l.ipk
6d20169035c200b5f802633c6e9f4bd7235ed900 x11vnc_0.8.4_armv4l.ipk

Attached File(s)

 mkipkg_2007.tar ( 10K ) Number of downloads: 36
 startsdk.tar.gz ( 934bytes ) Number of downloads: 15

 

[Capn_Fish]

Do you know how to make ipks? It's much more convenient for people than a zip file...If you don't know I'd be happy to post a tutorial.

[telemetric_au]

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ok, i just fixed the "mkipkg" script to solve the following error/problem:
(this is the one i previously suggested downgrading tar for...)

tar: --exclude=CONTROL: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: error exit delayed from previous error

the script is attached to the first post and here's the changes:


original line 124:

CODE

tar -C $pkg_dir -cf $tmp_dir/data.tar . --exclude=$CONTROL

new line 124:

CODE

tar -C $pkg_dir -cf $tmp_dir/data.tar --exclude=$CONTROL .

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[edit out the bit about me switching roms...]

- the calendar and contacts buttons on the slide corespond to ctrl and alt ...

[Antikx]

sorry to hear it.

[telemetric_au]

reading your comment had strangely re-energised me to have another go with frsh gusto, what with the chat scripts generated by gpe gkdial, i figure ive got a better chance of getting my modem working atleast which is what was major factor in leaving this rom...

does any one know of a dialer for pdaxrom ??

gpe was also really annoying me, its way slower and chuggier with cluncks and just trying to install with ipkg take 5-10 times longer, nice to have matchbox though... (being a nube thought it was a pdaxrom thing...)

anyway i recon it would have finished flashing by now...

onto finding some feed for the hungry dog...

oh, and ive also discovered the wonders of text-based email clients and have decided to slow down and have more fun ...

[Antikx]

Glad to hear you are back at it.
pdaXrom for the clamshells comes with pppdialer. Is that not included on yours, or is that not what you are looking for?

[Meanie]

it comes with no dialer, but does have pppd in a feed, which imlearning more about, which is good... there is no dialer with the 5500 version, is the source available for the one on clamshell ?? (as i looked into gkdial and wvdial before my last rom flash-out too no avail as they were too much for me and the collies versions)

the sources are available on ibiblio site, but their storage device on which pdaXrom was located on is dead, so have to wait until they buy and install a new one...

the pppdialer application is a QT application and is linked to QT 3.3.5 on the clamshells. The package manager in fact is also a QT app. I am not sure whether the 5500 has a GUI package manager, but I suspect that it does not because the QT library is quite big and by default is even too large to fit on the clamshells' display....

[Capn_Fish]

no it doesnt have gui , but you can install it, but yes it is way too big, as is sylpheed, so im looking into text based email

found the source for ppdialer: http://www.filewatcher.com/m/pppdialer-0.0...113116.0.0.html

do you think i can compile it and run it ??

Never know until you try.

I believe that Mutt is available for pdaXrom, but I don't know for sure.

[Antikx]

I believe that Mutt is available for pdaXrom, but  I don't know for sure.

Yup, it is. I used it for a while.

[telemetric_au]

updated the first post with some new apps, such as pine and a 'finished' x11vnc

added a link to 5500 mirror, and here my tip:

in the feed there is a dillo, different version to the "dillo2" pre-installed, this feed version is much better and can actually handle logins and search engines

oh, and embeded devices make great upload/download machine's for at night when your sleeping, no fan, low voltage, and portable.

[chrisl]

So, how do you install pdaXrom on a Collie? I have looked at earlier posts, but have been unsuccessful in installing it. How are folks installing on to the SD card?

Thanks,

Chris--

[sjaglin]

So, how do you install pdaXrom on a Collie? I have looked at earlier posts, but have been unsuccessful in installing it. How are folks installing on to the SD card?

Thanks,

Chris--

Hi there,
All the files needed seem to be at :

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions...urus-5000D-5500

I am doing the install now, all seems good except that mounting local fs [failed] but that make sense as I have only put the initrd and the zImage and booted like that.

Generating a key takes a long while so be patient.

Then I got a command line login and logged as root. no password.

then run startx
then comes a calibrating cross and the gui starts with nothing installed but aterm and dillo2.

I believe the window manager is matchbox.

On the ftp server there are more files, I assume they must be put somewhere on the sd card at boot but not sure what format for the sd card.

Stef

[telemetric_au]

first off hello, secondly you can get there

yes, you only get dillo and aterm, when i first put it on i seriously thought something was wrong and i missed some crucial step or my files were corrupt... "how can you do anything with this ! ... " but you soon learn there plenty of binary's (apps) there behind the curtain, and enough to do most things. and before long you love the cli and realize it is better for most things that it can do.

now first off, you need to free up some root space as after fresh install youve got under 100k or so and you can get maybe one app on there, probably not, and will find you can only install a few onto a sd or cf as when ipkg does this it symlinks the contents of the package residing on the media card to the root, which takes up some small space.
(the command df shows space info)
up until now ive been moving as much as possible over to my sd, freeing up to a maximum of 4mb on root which may be too much. there may be a few things you want on root, as i can still boot up without sd inserted (but not into x), and may want an ftp client/server etc, if i want to transfer some photo sd-card photo's to my z etc.... and there is a limit to what you can move of and symlink back as many things are needed before the sd is mounted by boot.

a note in regards to the install; you'd want to have your sd or cf formatted as ext if your gonig to install or compile on it

here is what i move off: /opt /root /var, /usr/X11R6, /usr/share, and /usr/apps
once they are mv'd over you symlink them back, e.g ln -s /mnt/card/opt /opt
(note initially opt doesn't exist, but you should create it and symlink it as it will get created/filled on root soon enough) (another tip, you may want to cp -r (copy) the directories over then delete them once they copy properly to avoid loosing something and having to reflash if the mv fails part way...)

now about editing, vi (editor) doesnt work in x(matchbox) but will outside, this can be reached by not doing startx, using 'killall X' from aterm in x or using ctrl+alt+del, which equates to a collie equivelant of calander+contacts+backspace

if you want a different editor you can install leafpad or vim from the feed, alternatively you can transfer the file onto your computer via card or network and edit it from there.

download this tar ball: (120mb)
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distri...500/feed.tar.gz
it is all the packages of that main feed and will be extremely usefull, as you just unzip it onto a card, direct your /etc/ipkg.conf to it (by removing/editing the first 1-3 lines of ipkg.conf), and do 'ipkg update'. then you can just install anything from it such as leafpad with : 'ipkg -d sd install leafpad' and it will determine the dependencies automatically and install them.

(a tip, if you edit /etc/ipkg.conf so the sd or cf option is the only one by using # at the line begining regarding root and the other options, 'ipkg install leafpad' will automatically go to sd or cf rather than root without specifying it using -d)

if you prefer not to get the whole feed and download just a few ipk's or have others from elsewhere not incorporated into a feed and it respective 'Packages' file, you can install them with 'ipkg install -d sd package.ipk' or 'ipkg install package.ipk' (if you've mod'd ipkg.conf)

alternatively you can just access the feed directory of the net if you get your z connected, eg ifconfig/iwconfig

if you want to start compiling you'll need make, gcc, and gcc-headers atleast.

[telemetric_au]

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anways enough hipe,

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new feed hosting for my ipks and lots fo new release including gpa/gnupg suit, mutt, tcl, tk, ncftp ....

written meself up a to do list to;

Tor+Privoxy,
Torrent Client
cli ftp server
image manipulation ...
ppp app
mp editor
eraser/free space cleaner

[telemetric_au]

a note in regards to the install; you'd want to have your sd or cf formatted as ext if your gonig to install or compile on it