Fs/t: 5500 Sl - Update

updated on Mar. 9, 2005 -->>

Hi to all,

I have officially sold the 5500, but I have the following items left to sell:
Power adapter and cradle - make an offer - may try my luck on Amazon, so respond soon
512MB CF card - Lexar brand - $30 + $2 for shipping and Deliv. Conf. in the US or $5 for priority and Deliv. Conf. in US - international shipping will need to be estimated based on country
64MB SD card - DaneElec brand - $10 shipped or add $3 if you want priority in US - international will need to be estimated based on country

Peace,
Todd Russell

Replace wireless subsystem?

Okay, since no one has any ideas on how to add support for my Proxim card from OZ to the Sharp ROM, does anyone know how to just remove all wireless resources from the Sharp ROM and replace them with the wireless subsystem from OZ? This wireless thing is killing me. Yeah, I could just buy a supported card, but I really like this card because it has excellent range and the best battery efficiency I've seen on the few cards I have first-hand experience with. If you're wondering why I don't just switch back to OZ, you can find the answer to that in my other post below - Adding wifi drivers to Sharp 3.13?

While this might be a complicated solution, there should be a way to do it. I mean, this is linux after all.

Or if anyone has any other ideas, I'm all ears.

Peace,
Todd

Adding wifi drivers to Sharp 3.13?

I have a 5500 and am trying to use an OEM Proxim PCMCIA wifi with my cf-pcmcia adapter under the latest Sharp ROM. This thing worked beautifully in OZ, but the Sharp ROM doesn't cooperate with it. Cardctl ident gives the following:
Socket 0:
product info: "PROXIM", "LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B", "", ""
manfid: 0x0126, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available

I tried adding orinoco.o and orinoco_cs.o from OZ to the modules directory and the following to wlan-ng.conf, but got no results:
card "PROXIM LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B"
version "PROXIM", "LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B"
manfid 0x0126, 0x0002
bind "orinoco_cs"

Also tried binding to prism_cs with no luck.

I would just go back to OZ, but 3.2 is such a pain with the delayed suspend issue and the slow card ejection. I tried the 3.3.6 rom, but couldn't get KO/Pi to run under it and gave up.

Surely there is a way to get this card running under since it works so perfectly under every version of OZ I've tried. Any ideas?

Thanks for any help.

Peace,
Todd

help with 5500 wireless...

I have a 5500 and am trying to use an OEM Proxim PCMCIA wifi with my cf-pcmcia adapter under the latest Sharp ROM. This thing worked beautifully in OZ, but the Sharp ROM doesn't cooperate with it. Cardctl ident gives the following:
Socket 0:
product info: "PROXIM", "LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B", "", ""
manfid: 0x0126, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available

I tried adding the following to wlan-ng.conf, but got no results:
card "PROXIM LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B"
version "PROXIM", "LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B"
manfid 0x0126, 0x0002
bind "prism_cs"

I looked around and discovered that the orinoco_cs.o is not present under this rom. I'm assuming I need to use that, but how do I get it installed? Does anyone have a copy they can email me that was compiled for their Sharp ROM? Also, once I have that, will my entry above work if I change prism to orinoco, or does that entry look bad? Will there be more changes to make than just these?

I would just go back to OZ, but I rely heavily on the alarm function, and I had too many stability problems with that under OZ, i.e. missed appointments because the alarm failed to go off.

Is there such a thing as a perfect Linux for the Zaurus? Sigh....

Thanks for any help.

Peace,
Todd