Angstrom Opie 1.2.3 Testing Options

[Blue Lightning]

Hi all,

I would like to announce that some testing images of the Angstrom Linux distribution containing the Opie user environment version 1.2.3 are now available. For most devices, this is the first time Opie 1.2.3 has been available in a distribution in any form, and once testing and debugging has finished we hope that this will give access to Opie to more users.

If you have one of the following listed devices, we would love to hear feedback on how well it works for you:

• Zaurus SL-5500
• Zaurus SL-5600
• Zaurus SL-C1000
• Zaurus SL-C3000
• Zaurus SL-C7x0
• Zaurus SL-6000
• iPAQ h2200 series
• iPAQ h3900 series
• iPAQ h4000 series
• iPAQ h5000 series
• iPAQ hx4700
• Motorola A780
• HTC Universal
• Siemens Simpad (see note [1])

The central point for information is the following wiki page:

  http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromOpieTesting

From there you can find information on how to download and run an image on your device as well as some known issues.

Opie is now on the path to becoming a supported choice of environment within Angstrom, and we expect the testing period to last for at least a month, during which time we will be collecting information and fixing serious bugs where they are found.

We welcome all feedback, so if you can, please try one of the images and send your reports to angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org.

Thanks,
Paul

[1] There is an image available for the Siemens Simpad, but there is a bug preventing Opie from starting on this device - some help debugging this problem would be welcome (see http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3681 for details).

[Wildherb]

Blue Lightning

R18 build?- for information, my spitz is a 3100. The image I linked definitely has a duff key mapping on the arrow keys.

OZ packages? as I suspected. Would it be rude of me to submit a wish-list?
driftnet
dsniff
wellenreiter
znessus (open source but never seen for OZ or angstrom)
qpenmapfe (compiled for spitz display)
XQt
ettercap
ethereal/Wireshark/zethereal
thcrut
Ubahn
freenote

<not for me, but for my daughter>
Supertux!
</not for me, but for my daughter>

Yes, I'm a CISSP so I need all the security tools, and that is why PERL is so important to me so I can run things like Nikto and SQLiX.

I also like to run pocketworkstation. Meanie produced some great X configurations on Sharp/Cacko. I dont necessarily need such a slick environment - my ideal configuration is a QT based PDA with access to the X apps. I can get that with Cacko and meanie's X, but I'm sure it can be done better and faster in Angstrom.

[Blue Lightning]

R18 build?- for information, my spitz is a 3100. The image I linked definitely has a duff key mapping on the arrow keys.

Ah, so your "spitz" is actually a borzoi Still, more or less the same machine.

You're right, I somehow missed that this problem was not fixed. The issue has a workaround in the mean time, see this message I posted today:
http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/angst...ber/002199.html

I looked through your list of packages. I'm certainly in a position to get all of the Opie/QPE packages you mentioned in the feeds (and plan to do so if at all possible), as for anything else, if it needs X it'll be predicated on getting Xqt working. It builds OK, but I didn't have much luck using it; then again I have never used it before.

[Wildherb]

R18 build?- for information, my spitz is a 3100. The image I linked definitely has a duff key mapping on the arrow keys.

Ah, so your "spitz" is actually a borzoi Still, more or less the same machine.

You're right, I somehow missed that this problem was not fixed. The issue has a workaround in the mean time, see this message I posted today:
http://lists.linuxtogo.org/pipermail/angst...ber/002199.html

I looked through your list of packages. I'm certainly in a position to get all of the Opie/QPE packages you mentioned in the feeds (and plan to do so if at all possible), as for anything else, if it needs X it'll be predicated on getting Xqt working. It builds OK, but I didn't have much luck using it; then again I have never used it before.

Many thanks BlueLightning, the arrow key fix works just fine on my 3100. 8-)

I started to load up PERL modules and I got Nikto running - this is very encouraging!
... but then I hit a few problems:

1) I cant load libwww-perl. It is there in the feed browser so I checked my /etc/ipkg.conf file to make sure I had 'base' listed but I found nothing at all listed ! - yet it seems to update OK? Has ipkg.conf been moved?

2) Anyway, I then tried to install the ipk by specifying the URL. It downloaded but would not install because of lack of liburl-perl. Can we have that in the feed please?

3) I got CPAN working and attempted to compile a module. CPAN failed because gzip had an incorrect parameter. I remember this fault on OZ which I fixed by installing gzip from the feed. Can we have gzip in the Angstrom feed please and hopefully this will resolve my problem.


Finally, can I add to my wish list please :
Web Browser (Konqueror)
qtrdesktop