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Group: Members Posts: 577 Joined: 17-March 04 Member No.: 2,365 ![]() |
Hello
The first release of the guylhem rom has been uploaded to externe.net/zaurus/guylhem-rom Installation is as simple as promised, but it's a hackers only preliminary, as it's full textmode, you need to put qtopia on a SD, and the Fn/A keys have been inverted for qtopia. Yet I though it was overdue, and that's still a good working base. You will get: - my latest fast kernel with squashfs - root in r/w mode with a cleaned filesystem - a single root partition - 58 Mb - only 12 Mb used, so you can install pdaxrom or whatever you want (say sharp qtopia-1.5 :-) - the new keyboard scheme to make internal and external keyboard work together. Get the nandbackup and qtopia-1.5.tgz, then follow the instructions in README. Don't untar qtopia-1.5 in the flash - put it on a SD, since it's quite big : there's every application I have on my zaurus. Attention : until the keyboard is fixed, I had to invert key "A" and "fn" in Qtopia 1.5 because someone hardcoded fn keycode value into qtopia binary libs :-( I'm working on a fix but it's not ready yet. Don't complain - there's nothing I can do yet. The next release will be identical to that one except it will have the keyboard stuff fixed (hopefully !) and it will ship with a minimal qtopia 1.5 in flash. I'm interested in any feedback - I will create a dedicated page and forum on externe.net which was attacked last week :-( If you are satisfied or want to help, donation to paypal@externe.net or technical help is welcome. I'd be especially interested if someone could purchase a 128 Mb flash chip (the various company I've contacted won't export to France and won't sell a single chip either) to try some hardware upgrade on the 6000 PS: could someone who still has qtopia-2.1 flashed it make a tarball of it? I'm having problems with the initrd.bin from qtopia.net and I don't feel like reflashing again and again- I'd rather use that time to work on new cool stuff. ---------------- README ------------------- 1. Installation instructions for Guylhem ROM for the Sharp Tosa SL-6000: ######################################################################## 1. Put syst0006.dbk on a compact flash 2. Open a console, type "sync ; reboot" 3. When you see sharp logo at reboot, simultaneously press on D and M button, then without releasing D and M, press reset on the back of your Zaurus, then without releasing D and M, press power button 4. You will be rebooting into "Diagnostic Mode". Press on right button until you see "Nand Restore" then press ok ok 5. Go and take a coffee. 6. When it's done it will say "Restore... OK" and the bottom bar will be green - you can now reset. 7. You will reboot in command line mode. Type "root" to log it. Shift + Power will scroll up, Shift + Rec will scroll down. A long press on Record will open a new login shell if needed. 8. You need a Qtopia in /mnt/card/ (that's because this version lets you choose between Qtopia 1.5 and 2.1) : simply pick up which one you want and uncompress it in your SD card formatted in ext2. If you want to put it in your CF instead, change the symlinks from /opt and /home to /mnt/cf/QtPalmtop This is the first and experimental release, therefore no Qtopia was selected for you. 2. If you want to do that again at home ####################################### Read tweaking-parts.txt, create-jffs2-initrd.sh ; create your own zImage1 and initrd1, put them on a Compact Flash and use updater.sh In the next version, the application keys will be used to change between virtual consoles, along with other small modifications. 4. Roadmap ########## Version 1.0 : stable with Kernel 2.4.18-guylhem, Externe distribution (based on Embedix hard float), Qtopia 1.5 Sharp included in the flash Version 1.2 : Kernel 2.4.18-guylhem, Externe distribution (based on Embedix soft float or OpenEmbedded), Qtopia 1.5 Sharp included in the flash Version 1.4 : Kernel 2.4.18-guylhem, Externe distribution (based on OpenEmbedded soft float), Qtopia 2.1 TrollTech Version 2.0 : Kernel 2.6.xx, Externe distribution (based on OpenEmbedded soft float), Qtopia 2.1 TrollTech 5. Helping ########## Donations to paypal@externe.net are welcome if you like that ROM. If you prefer donating Zaurus hardware, that's fine too. I'd be especially happy if I could get a spare SL-6000 battery... Technical help is welcome, especially to integrate Qtopia 2.1 to OpenEmbedded If someone could find me a Toshiba 128Mb Nand chip TH58100FT or a Samsung 128Mb Nand chip K9K1G08U0M to replace the 64 Mb of flash by 128 Mb, I'm also **very** interested. |
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Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 4-July 04 Member No.: 3,907 ![]() |
fbvnc requires some libs, that are missing in rom -- but they can be found in Qtopia libs.
What about video4linux support? It would be very nice to have -- i have GeniusV4 web camera (supported by spca50x module) and spcaview that outputs video stream to screen (SDL) and/or file ![]() I found, that apm binary is missing ![]() Would it be a QT- or X11-based ROM? |
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![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,808 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 ![]() |
From the roadmap it looks like guylhem is tending toward an qt based rom. This makes sense, as the rom he is designeing will alllow drop replacemnacement guis for people who want to do that--giving access to x11 based stuff, and because there really needs to be a good qt2 6000 rom.
If you read through the fast kernel thread you will find means to access my ftp site. I suspect that the modules there might have v4l. I can't swear to it, because i prefer to hard compile v4l support, but you might check--- i mad a pretty complete set of modules....and if v4l is missing it was an oversight. |
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