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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Help Making It Fit

« on: April 30, 2006, 09:50:43 am »

I have tried a number of times to get Beta2 on my Z860 and I am not haveing much luck.
I have a 1Gig SD card formated for ext2 and a 128Meg CF card formated for vfat. (I would prefer to keep the CF card as vfat becase that is the card I use to reflash my Zaurus.

The most important app for me is kdepim (the organizer, contacts, and password applications).
I also like to have xpdf, perl, and a few games. So fare the new version of kdepim (add the associated liberaries) does not fit if installed on / and if I install it on /mnt/card it does not seem to install correctly IE no icons and no command line.

Can someone speak to the best practices for useing the "disk" space I have.?
Are there steps that I need to take t install applications from the feed into the spaces I have and make them work like they should?
Suggestions that include buying new cards are ok, but I have a number of broken SD cards and do not like the structure of the format. Buying another CF card could be an option but I would like to at least get some basic stuff working again before I though more money at the problem. (would also like to though money at the pdaxrom team rather than the memory card manufactures)

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Beta2?

« on: April 23, 2006, 12:33:10 pm »

I was in the process of trying out beta2 on my Zaurus, but the feed
http://mail.pdaxrom.org/1.1.0beta2/Zaurus-7x0-860/feed/
leades to a page not found error
Since Time is short I am going to go back to beta1 for my 860.

Is there going to be a feed?
Is this just a glich?
When might the feed be back on line?

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Alarms, Why Not Kernel Level?

« on: January 01, 2006, 10:49:15 pm »

I would like to be using my Z (860) more than I am. But the lack of working alarms is a problem.
Some people have gotten user space solutions to work, but I have not had any luck with this.
Depending on X and other dependencies being met for alarms to work, does not seem like the best of ideas.

So I would like to suggest that the kernel should take care of some of alarm/wakeup.

The kernel set a wakeup time as it suspends.
The kernel can wakeup and sound an alarm, if no other script listed in /etc/apm/alarm.d takes over.
The kernel can wakeup for a few seconds every hour to check on the next wakeup. (Since the real time clock on the Z is lacking.)

This would more dependable. Free the Z user space from having to make up for the lack of a real time clock. And keeping track of time and interfacing with hardware is what the kernel is suppose to be doing.
While I am sure my suggesting is not complete I think the idea is plain and can be done. I still am willing to pay to get this working. If someone with time and skills wants to email me with an estimate please do cpuffer@red-belt.org.

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Ro File System Flashing Does Not Stop

« on: May 22, 2005, 12:52:17 pm »

I downloaded the kathrin-rc10-corgi.zip and unzipped it and copied the files to my SD card.
I checked the md5sum each step along the way.

I put the SD card in my C860 and went though the normal installation procedure.
I set the partition to 121 (as it has been for some time)
I Fixed the Sharp loadre NAND 64MB
I Installed new Rom

But the "RO file system flashing" has not stoped at 100% it seems to just spin out of control.

What if anything can you all suggest.

I would very much like to upgrade.

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Kernel 2.6.11 Seems To Break Usb Networking

« on: May 10, 2005, 11:15:04 pm »

With Kernel 2.6.10

From Syslog File:
May 10 22:38:32 forge kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
May 10 22:38:32 forge kernel: usb0: register usbnet at usb-0000:00:04.3-1, Sharp Zaurus, PXA-2xx based

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04dd:9031 Sharp Corp. Zaurus C-750/C-760/C-860/SL-C3000 PDA
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0781:9393 SanDisk Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c025 Logitech, Inc. MX500 Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

With Kernel 2.6.11
From Syslog File:
May 8 16:37:19 gate kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04dd:9031 Sharp Corp. Zaurus C-750/C-760/C-860/SL-C3000 PDA
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

There are some changes in linux/drivers/usb/usbnet.c between these versions.
This seems to have changed the setup at the least.
It will take more review to understand how to work with these changes or what to do to fix them.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Zaurus Pdaxrom Usb Tcp/ip Not Working.

« on: May 08, 2005, 04:46:26 pm »

I have to admit I am not sure what changed.
But I have been away on business for 3 weeks
and on my return I can't get a network connection.

The ifconfig on the Zaurus looks good.
But on the computer end:

gate:~# tail messages -f
May  8 16:37:19 gate kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7

I went looking for usb0 but it does not appear in the /dev

gate:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04dd:9031 Sharp Corp. Zaurus C-750/C-760/C-860/SL-C3000 PDA
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000


Tonight I reflashed my Zaurus but that has not helped, I have even flashed it back to the QT rom.
I am going to go back to pdaXrom.

Please does anyone have a suggestion.

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Getting Packages Updated

« on: March 03, 2005, 09:20:22 pm »

With all the feeds and more than one version of the same package. It is hardt to get everything updated and all the dependencies worked out. Am I missing someting is there a way to get things strained out. Or is this something that needs to be worked on?

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Xroadmap

« on: January 15, 2005, 11:28:41 am »

I would like to get this working. But it is going to take me a few days to move though the process. I am considering offering a bounty if that would be of interest. It looks like being a somewhat easy port because it is already working in a number of platforms including QT.

xroadmap can be found at:
XRoadMap HomePage

Charles Puffer

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Time

« on: December 27, 2004, 10:30:49 pm »

I am trying to figure out how to set the time zone and the time. When I use NTP the time is set to GMT which is fine if the applications like the clock respect the time zone. What its the present state of time in pdaXrom and who do I set it correctly?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Kathrin RC2 IP over USB not working

« on: August 29, 2004, 02:19:38 pm »

FIXED

I tried Kathrin RC2 and it looks good and was working well.

Then after figuring out all the settings I wanted to change that kind of stuff.
I reflashed and the IP over USB stopped working. When I try and start the IP over USB my Z seems to lock up. The keyboard stops working the USB configure tool stops repainting.
The pointer works somewhat, but is strange. for instance clicking on the Aterm launcher make the USB configure tool dissappear and re appeare insted of Aterm.
If I try ifconfig before I configute the USB I only see loopback even if I to an ifconfig -a there is no sign of the usbd0 interface that I remember being there.

I have tried reflashing with the root only and without.
I am now trying 1.0.5 again to see if it works.

UPDATE ->Not working any better with 1.0.5.

Zaurus into
C680
128 sd card
128 cf card

UPDATE -> Linux box that I am pluged seems to be fine when the USB cable is pluged in the usb0 interface appears and is configured.

UPDATE-> Installed a ROM with based on the SHARP ROM and that seems to have put things right.