 Firefox For The Sharp Rom? |
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 Jul 15 2007, 12:02 PM
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I'd like to use the Firefox browser on the Sharp rom.
I found a version of it here in the Index of /menaie/feed. It seems to install on the Sharp rom, but it doesn't load up. |
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Jul 15 2007, 12:38 PM
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Since the ipk format is consistant between Sharp/Cacko and pdaXrom, it will install OK, but Firefox uses stuff that the Sharp ROM doesn't have, ie X11, GTK, etc. so it won't run.
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Jul 15 2007, 12:45 PM
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In theory it could run within XQt on the Sharp ROM but I am not sure how well it would run.
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Jul 15 2007, 01:14 PM
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It does run in X/QT, but the performance hit would probably make it unbearable. FF is slow as is, add in running X on top of QT and you get uselessness.
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Jul 16 2007, 03:24 AM
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Thanks, guys.
I kind of figured as much. |
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Jul 16 2007, 03:33 AM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jul 15 2007, 10:14 PM) It does run in X/QT, but the performance hit would probably make it unbearable. FF is slow as is, add in running X on top of QT and you get uselessness.  Not true. It's actually very snappy. I've used many roms, and this is the snappiest firefox of all (haven't used the latest Pdaxiii13, so can't compare that). However it's good. What you need to get it to run is, install meanies pdaXqtrom, check out his page if you're not sure how to. Then install the firefox from his feed. For it to run it must be run as root, dunno why, so create a fir script reading CODE sudo firefox (must have sudo installed). Then just run it in XQt by typing fir.Also, if you enable monolingual mode (check out meanie's page for the how-to) and not use his FluxBox but use ratpoison as the defaultwm, everything's gonna be super snappy. It's very useable with the stock Sharp ROM. For ratpoison, you can go to:http://www.focv/ipkg/ |
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Jul 16 2007, 07:10 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
Thanks, ShiroiKuma.
I'll try and get all that stuff together and see what I come up with. |
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Jul 17 2007, 04:45 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
Well, I've got pdaXqtrom all installed and working.
Firefox is a little slow, but it does work. With a little tweaking here and there it'll probably be a little faster. I've got to figure out how to get to the profile/chrome directory so I can create a userChrome.css file, but I can't seem to find it. I'm thinking it might be embedded inside the pdaXqtrom-apps.cramfs file, but I can't open it to find out. I've also got to see if I can install a few small extensions. Thanks again ShiroiKuma for pointing me in the right direction. |
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Jul 17 2007, 05:23 PM
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FF is definitely faster in pdaXii13 than in pdaxqt. Pdaxqt IS really cool though...
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Jul 17 2007, 11:34 PM
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QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Jul 18 2007, 01:45 AM) Firefox is a little slow, but it does work. I'm thinking it might be embedded inside the pdaXqtrom-apps.cramfs file, but I can't open it to find out. I use pdaxqtrom tgz expanded to harddisk and not the pdaxqtrom apps cramfs but the firefox ipk from Meanie's feed. This combination makes much faster, than mounting the two cramfs files and using the pdaxqtrom and firefox from them. You can give that a try. |
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Jul 18 2007, 04:53 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
Well, I got Firefox working in pdaXQtrom using the base and apps cramfs images.
I wanted to use just the base cramfs and install Firefox, but I couldn't find Firefox 1.5 anywhere in the feeds, only 0.9-3. It is kind of slow due to the C1000 not having a hard drive, but even though it's running off an SD card, it's not too bad. I haven't figured out how to install ratpoison yet. I use the overclocking applet to get a little more speed, and a 128MB swapfile. Thanks again for the help, and a special thanks to Meanie for this great application. Doug EDIT: I just found Firefox 1.5 |
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Jul 19 2007, 04:43 AM
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QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Jul 19 2007, 01:53 AM) I haven't figured out how to install ratpoison yet. Install the ipk from the site that I mention. Edit /etc/X11/defaultwm to say ratpoison instead of fluxbox. Then start X/Qt and there you go, ratpoison starts. |
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Jul 19 2007, 05:11 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
I can only find ratpoison tar.gz but not ipk (unless I'm missing something).
I haven't a clue how to install the tar.gz. |
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Jul 19 2007, 06:48 AM
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QUOTE(dougeeebear @ Jul 19 2007, 02:11 PM) I can only find ratpoison tar.gz but not ipk (unless I'm missing something). I haven't a clue how to install the tar.gz. At http://www.focv.com/ipkg/ - ratpoison ipkg |
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Jul 19 2007, 08:58 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 549 Joined: 8-July 04 From: Mid-South, USA Member No.: 3,959 |
Thanks for the link ... I've got it now.
Another pretty strange thing is when installing both the Firefox 1.5 ipk and the Ratpoison ipk, I get a message box that says something like: "The extraction of some files failed. When you cannot run the program, uninsall it." I used the standard Sharp package manager to install them. Any ideas? Thanks, Doug. (sorry to be such a pain) |
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