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Everything Else => Zaurus Distro Support and Discussion => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Sharp ROMs => Topic started by: jsippy on May 05, 2005, 01:14:03 pm
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To all of you who are using the Sharp 3.1? ROM ...
I have a Collie (5500) currently running OpenZaurus 3.5.3 with Opie, and was wondering if any of you have gotten the following things to work under the Sharp ROM:
1) Connect to WiFi hotspots (including those using DHCP)
2) an email client that does POP and IMAP using SSL authentication
3) OpenSSH (Need to connect to a server using advanced options like port forwarding/tunneling)
4) Some kind of screen rotation applet to toggle the screens orientation (landscape vs portrait)
5) Keypebble VNC (or a similar VNC client)
6) VoIP telephony (SIP client like Kphone / KPPI)
7) Wellenreiter
8) an app called "Shopper" (It may sound stupid, but this is a great little shopping list application that I just can't do without when I go to the grocery store)
9) App to play MP3's (XMMS maybe?)
There appears to be a decent amount of stuff available for OZ, and Opie looks really nice, but I have had a lot of trouble getting a few things to work right on it. DHCP is the biggest one, and I can not seem to get sound out of KPhone or XMMS, yet the OS plays stereo sounds when I plug or unplug a CF card, and IRDA will not talk to my cell phone, when it did under the Sharp ROM.
I hate to just dump OZ and Opie, but I really need to get my Z working, and I remember the short while I had the Sharp ROM installed, some things seemed to just work, I just wasn't sure I could get the apps I need.
Being a UNIX geek, I love fooling around with Linux, but I really do need to get my Zaurus working for me, so I am trying to find the "best" ROM for the job.
Thanks,
John
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I don't have an answer to all your questions and I now only use my 5000D sporadically, but I have used it a lot in the past and wifi works, dhcp works, no problem in hot spots. ssh also works and I used briefly a shopping app (from the old Zaurus software index), it might have been shopper but I don't remember. I've had trouble with Wellenreiter but Kismet works fine (with the Qt GUI also). I tried a very early screen rotation app and it worked but had some issues, I don't remember and it was a long time ago, it might have got better. The other questions, I don't know.
Felipe
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Thanks for your response, Felipe.
Just out of curiosity, what model did you replace your collie with, if any?
Cheers,
John
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Right there on the sig, C 860 Sharp ROM, translated by hand and I'm very happy.
Felipe
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Right there on the sig, C 860 Sharp ROM, translated by hand and I'm very happy.
Felipe
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