[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
It didn't set time and date correctly. I finally used date to sort that out.
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I just set up ntpd and it's been right ever since.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
It forces a password change at every login.
I hope someone can explain where to turn that off!
(sorted I used passwd --mindays 30 user)
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No clue.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
It didn't set time and date correctly. I finally used date to sort that out.
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I just set up ntpd and it's been right ever since.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
When I did the recommended command for staring the gui, from the install page the login screen was too big for the zaurus.
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Yeah, but it's no big deal. I think the etch xdm is pretty cheesy, anyway. Are you using gdm? xdm works OK -- you just can't see all the window. You see enough.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
Can't seem to get startx to work when logged in as ordinary user. Any suggestions?
Where is sudo when you want her?
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Again, no clue, though I use xdm so I haven't tried. Try suid'ing root.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
Plus points:
It seems to me that the keymapping is spot on (I thought there were some glitches with the etch set up).
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iceweasel/icedove still ignores the Fn key, and @ is Shift-- not Fn--, which of course is good seeing as how you might want that key in icedove.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
The stylus/mouse seems to be more usable and positive.
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Mouse? That is the one thing I can't get working right. I plug in a usb mouse, but have to hold it sideways to be able to move it properly, due to the screen orientation. Since the kdrive server does not accept a config file, I am stumped. Clue?
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
I've asked for a new forum down in the requests section. Hope some kind admin is paying attention.
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Great. Let us know when/if it happens.
[quote=tux,Sep 20 2007, 08:08 PM]
General plusses: the wifi connection has never been so stable, seems quicker than my very limited experience with pdaxrom. Like the browsers.
RFC: what is the standard pim stuff really? I don't recognise it from Ubuntu.
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I agree regarding the wifi. I haven't tried it away from home yet, but with a working wifi-radar I have hopes, although the firmware on my Ambicom card is too old to support WPA.
As far as PIM stuff goes, I am using orage for a calendar (on all my machines, now). I want to be able to place a calendar file on all of my machines that I can use. I will not use gpe-calendar, since the last two times they changed the file format, old files were unreadable by the new calendar. So you cannot reliably use the damn thing if you regularly upgrade your system. I am using gpe-contacts, and might think of using gpe-todo, but I don't use a to-do list.
Orage is pretty simple, but it works, the calendar file is not buried 8 directories deep and inexplicable like dates (why in the evolution tree??), which file works?? It ain't real pretty, though.
If you hold fast to one version, I think gpe-calendar is prettier and has a better interface. I have not yet decided. You can actually get gpe-calendar for it, even though it is not in lenny. It is in sid, and you can install directly a single sid package if you want.
Let's get the separate forum going.