Gpe Calendar And Weddav

GPE seems to be working really nicely here with OZ 3.5.4 on my Zaurus collie. I am using Sunbird Calendar (windows) at my office and the calendar extension in Thunderbird (Mepis Linux) at home. I have access to a server that supports webdav and save the calendar there from both locations so I have an up to date version of my calendar that I can read and edit from work or at home.

What I am wondering is whether there is a way to access the same calendar using GPE Calendar. Will it support loading and editiing a remote file in this way? It doesn't look like there is a way to do it but I thought I would ask here in case anyone knows a way.

Ken

Gpe, Gaim, Package Manager, Mail

I have managed to get both gpe and opie images of 3.5.4 running from the sd card as root using altboot.

I have again spent most of a weekend trying to get opie working well, and, well, I must be opie challenged. The package manger is worse than before, konqueror still doesn't install propertly and so far as I can see opie t is no better than the earlier version which, for me at least, was interesting but not useable for actual work.

Poking around in gpe, it is lookng more complete than before but I still have these issues:

1. Are other finding that the package manager crashes often with a message about the back end having failed?

2. Is dillo what people are using for a web browser?

3. I would like to install gpe-mail but it isn't in the stock feed.

4. I would like to install gpe-gaim but it isn't there either.

I have had a lot of fun with my collie in the year and a half that I have had it, but I am begining to think it will be obsolete before I figure out how to actually get it set up as a useable device.

Ken

Gpe-mail

I have OZ 3.5.4 set up to boot from sd using altboot and I am exploring GPE. I see mention of gpe-mail but can't find it in the package list. mailx is there, but I am guessing that is not the same thing. Any hints?

Using Altboot For Opie And Gpe From Sd On Collie

Thanks for all the work on this new release, it looks good. I have done a 64-0 install on my Collie choosing Opie. So far so good, but I want to move the root to the SD card.

I have read http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/docs/altboot.shtml and I think I understand it.

I went to
http://ewi546.ewi.utwente.nl/mirror/www.op...ollie/tarballs/
and got all 3 images, bootstrap, gpe and opie. I put them on the cf card, put that into the zaurus and used filemanager to copy them across to the sd card putting them into a folder called /boot-images.

Hoping it was a simple as that, I rebooted the zaurus, and from the Altboot menu, chose 8 Install RootFS from tar.gz.

I got an error saying that altboot doesn't yet support using multiple files this way, so I deleted the bootstrap and gpe files leaving the opie version called opie-image-3.5.4-collie.rootfs.tar.gz

Rebooted and made the same menu choice. Got the same error.

I would like to end up being able to use Altboot to choose from opie or gpe when booting but I am missing something.

Any suggestions?

Ken

Targus Keyboard On Z5500

I am using OZ 3.5.4(rc) on a Zaurus 5500. I have a Targus "Universal Wireless Keyboard" that I understand can be used on the Z. So far I don't have it running.

I wanted to use the Z in Landscape mode and found that I can change the direction of the screen rotation in the Appearance settings. That is good because otherwise the IR port would be facing down and not be accessible.

Questions I have at this point are

What is the best way to attach the Z to the keyboard?

What package do I need to install in the Z to get it talking to the keyboard?

Anyone else doing this? I know that it does get used with the Z, but haven't got it going here yet.

Cheers
Ken