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Everything Else => Zaurus Distro Support and Discussion => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Sharp ROMs => Topic started by: augustwest on July 12, 2003, 04:55:19 pm
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has anyone used this? it looks awsome. seems to be everything i want, most of which i have changed already on my sharp 3.10 rom. take a look, lots of screenshots too
http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/rom/ (http://www.thekompany.com/embedded/rom/)
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yeah i grabbed it last night. it\'s pretty cool but i\'m still trying to figure out how to get it to sync. qtopia desktop doesnt seem to want to talk to it.
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I have thekomapny rom on my 5500, and I really like it. It seems to be very clean, and I like that the crystal icons are built right into the rom... no need to waste time changing them.
Overall, I\'m very impressed!
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offroad] any luck getting yours to sync?
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Yep, took all of two seconds to setup. I\'m using wifi to sync with my win2k laptop. Works perfectly every time.
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are you using qtopia desktop?
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ahh.. no. I\'m unfortunately stuck with using win2k at work... syncing with outlook 2000
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Has any body tested this with Bluetooth ?
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I want to get it, but can\'t find the initrd.bin file that goes with it. Am I blind?
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Never mind. I found it now. When I checked a few minutes ago, it wasn\'t there. I must have been trying to get it during an update or was looking in the wrong place!
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I just added the files to the download section... I wasn\'t mirroring the older thekompany rom... I\'m just now posting the zImage files... you may want to wait for both before re-flashing to the new rc4 version...
offroadgeek
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OK Thanks! I had flashed it but I have noticed some problems with tkcRadio. This is the best looking ROM I have had on my Z so far! And I have had a lot
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I want to get it, but can\'t find the initrd.bin file that goes with it. Am I blind?
Nope, Proto had a problem where the community.zaurus.com site refuses to allow a project download file that was 13mb. He\'s posted/posting it to several mirrors, which I presume he will be setting up a table of links to. Several mirrors were offered, and I know at least one (http://myzaur.us/tkcrom - one of mine, with 3mb/s and 20gb space) has been populated with the files.
I\'m sure that once Proto has gotten the mirrors set up he will post a list of links to the initrd.bin files, probably both here and at the zaurus.com/dev forums.
j
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are there any tkc roms out there that come with the tkc apps or do i have to pay for those? pm me
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tkc roms don\'t come with any of the tkc apps... those must be purchased seperately
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I flashed tkc rom a couple of days ago and I like it fine, just one thing bothring me: I couldn\'t get it to accept zbedic, my favourite dictionnary, it just doesn\'t accept the file as ipk package.
Any suggestions, or has so else tried it yet?
I had openzaurs 3.2 before and liked it quite well, but as the project is still stuck with the old kernel, i had to move forward. On openzaurus, zbedic worked fine (same file).
Thanks in advance for any help...
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Will this work on the 5600? I read one post on the tkc list where it was mentioned, but lost the post. Also, is there a way to back up the original Sharp ROM since they haven\'t posted anything yet for the 5600.
TIA - Phil Space
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:roll:
I just flashed my Z with thekompany ROM everything is wonderful, amazing, but the sync part is another history. Every time I click on PC LInk and change de connection from \"USB - I/O (default)\" to \"USB - TCP/IP (advanced) and then press \"OK\" it crashes (hangs), and to make it worst it doesnt save the setting. So in other words I cant f***ing, sync. :evil:
Help would be greatly appreciated!
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SL-5500
TheKompany ROM RC4
Qtopia desktop 1.6
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What is the FTP port for this. I can\'t connect anymore from 4242?
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If I remember correctly, on 3.10 ROMS and all dirivitives of the 3.10 ROM (thekompany ROM, cacko, etc.) they switched from using FTP on the Z to using Samba for connectivity.
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It has SFTP-SERVER installed but i don\'t know the parameters to start it up.
Anyone know how to setup SFTP-SERVER?
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Is serial sync (with Outlook) supported on the tkc ROM (or the Sharp 3.1 for that matter)?? I\'m still using Win NT on my work computer, which does not support USB. The serial sync-ing works great, but I\'m still on Sharp ROM 2.37 because it works fine. I bought the Z mainly to sync with outlook, so the serial connection is pretty important to me.
I\'d *like* a newer ROM. I haven\'t upgraded from 2.37 \'cuz of the loss of IrDA dial-up too. I don\'t suppose the tkc ROM fixes the IrDA dial-up to my T68 cell phone?
allen
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I can\'t speak specifically for the tkc rom and serial sync, but I know it\'s based on the 3.10 rom, and I did have my 5500 syncing via serial on my win2k box. Even though win2k supports usb, I found the serial sync to be much more reliable. So I would assume that the tkc rom does indeed support it.
The benefits of the newer roms are great (speed, looks, etc.)
Regards,
offroadgeek
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Ahh, that\'s the answer I was hoping for.
Then that moves me to the next question, if it syncs fine with Outlook, I don\'t have to worry about migrating all my PIM info from the old (2.37) format to the new 3.10 format? I can just let it be wiped it out when I flash the new ROM and then synchronize?
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Yup! That\'s what I do. I wipe out my rom often (just screwing around), and since I keep all my pim data in Outlook, and because I have zero issues with syncing (wifi syncing is grrreat!). I never worry about losing data. I also keep my documents/ebooks, bookmarks backed up on my SD card....
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I moved to the tkcROM yesterday, after first installing Outlook and syncing to it to ensure my data was properly backed up. Kudos to offroadgeek --- I read his posts to be sure I had a good sync, first. I\'ve got a lot of history in my calendar and a large address book, and did not care to reenter all the data. I have noticed, however, that the \"displayed\" dates for appointments are correct in Ourlook, but are now showing up two hours off in the Sharp calendar. Any suggestions? :?
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Does anyone know the memory mapping of tk.rom? i what to have atleast 48mps of RAM for my Z5500
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If I remember correctly, I believe the tkcrom has only the 32/32 memory split... same as the original Sharp 3.10 rom. Proto though has said that he is working on offering other memory configs sometime...
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Just flashed this rom yesterday. Eventually persuaded it to sync and Samba started to work. I had to remove the Windows software and reinstall though. Did a sync, backup and installed various apps.
This was with USB IO standard. ( I had been using Sharp 3.10 so had the proper software.)
Like an earlier poster I got a frozen Z when I ued PCLINK to change to ADVANCED USB TCP/IP. Also, like him, the settings didn\'t appear to alter. After a few attempts I gave in and tried synching and backing up again. It worked with my PC set to ADVANCED. When I looked at PCLINK settings it now, after several freezes and soft resets, said it was set to ADVANCED!
Is this a bug, have I missed something? I will not be altering PCLINK settings now but when I look at them I quit by hitting the X instead of OK.
One last thing, somewhere I saw a comment that it didn\'t recognise 8) OPIE apps, it certainly installs and runs some of them
cheers 8)
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so far this has been the most usable rom for me...even though i prefer what is happening with OZ.
My only complaint so far is when i installed opie-calendar, there were no icons for it and the icons for the different views (week,day,month,year,etc...) got all screwed up.
anyone know a fix for this? also...where do you find the \'desktop\' icons and how do you link them to the applications?
TIA
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Seems the Kompany rom locates my card and I can configure it but then it possibly shuts it down. When I pull it out it see it being ejected. It doesn\'t even try locating my access point.
I have a Zaurus 5000d ..
Anyone else have an issue with there WiFi card? Or a possible fix.
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I use version 1 of the Kompany Rom and I really like it. Bluetooth setup was quick and easy, no software needed, just a bit in the bash and some text editing, many thanks to whoever put the Bluetooth FAQ on this site.
I have purchased the Kompany Calendar, Mail, ToDo and Address Book, I can sync to the Z5500 using the latest Sharp V3 syncing software but all that happens is the text files show up in the docs tab and all the apps are empty. Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatfully recieved.
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I have installed tkcrom to my Zaurus SL-C860 but I have square boxes instead of letters when I try to edit any entry in any of PIM application ( address book or todo). Any ideas how to fix it?
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Which company rom did you install?
Did you format the userspace after installation?
Have you done a restore from an older rom after installation?
Peter
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The Kompany rom: I used initrd.bin-tkrom-2.2.1-slc8x0 and updater.sh-slc860 and standard Sharp zImage for C860.
Yes, I formatted userspace after installation.
I did not restore anything.
Everything works Ok in other applications.
VG
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Try 2.5.1, the one you used is very old.
See this thread, all the apps are now in a feed coded into the install program.
http://www.zaurus.com/dev/board/index.php?...?showtopic=7268 (http://www.zaurus.com/dev/board/index.php?showtopic=7268)
Peter
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Just a quick note to VG. You are supposed to use the initrd for the 760 with the updater for the 860. Thats what I\'m running and it works very well.
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Thanks zbones and b2bpro. New rom works without any problem
VG
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I have problem with backup program now. I changed partition size to 25 mb and installed new tkcrom without problem. But when I try to backup my data, zaurus switch to progress bar with 0 % and after 5 sec return to main screen suggesting to adjust time. Any ideas? Thanks for help.
VG
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Sorry, I\'ve never used it.
I use rsync to my linux box. It only backs up changed files so works really quickly.
I do seem to remember this being posted as a bug, so I presume it will be fixed in a later release.
Peter.
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Has anyone here tried tkcROM 2.0beta3? It seems to have some useful improvements but I can\'t connect with my D-Link 660W wifi card to the host PC. I am using the same settings as in tkcROM 1.0. The message I get after trying to connect is that I should check my WAP and/or TCP settings (which are OK). Is it only my card, is there a fix, or is this a known bug?
Gabor
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Hi there Guest ( i have the 660w and 3.10 ) i had the same problerm couple of minutes ago, i did not have DHCP setup and no WEP ..... tried to connect to it with manual settings on a open network and did not work.
so i set up DHCP, WEP, MAC filtering .... and it started to work (
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Can I do all that in WinXP?
Gabor
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Just flashed to tKc ROM as I like using Wellenreiter II. How does one go about making a new theme, or where are new ones to be found? Great ROM so far, like the icons now if I can connect to my wlan at home I\"ll be in business!
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could someone point me to a feed where i can get Wellenreiter that works on the tKcROM. Never managed to get it working on anything other than OZ - thanks
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If your running tkcrom you\'ll find the feed in your \"install via network\" options.
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Has anyone here tried tkcROM 2.0beta3? It seems to have some useful improvements but I can\'t connect with my D-Link 660W wifi card to the host PC. I am using the same settings as in tkcROM 1.0. The message I get after trying to connect is that I should check my WAP and/or TCP settings (which are OK). Is it only my card, is there a fix, or is this a known bug?
Gabor
Yes, I have tried the ROM and it seems nice. My only problem so far has been in receiving files over infra-red: I have been trying to beam files from my Palm V, and after I have enabled IRDA (on both machines) the Palm recognises that the Z is there and the Z recognises the Palm, but the files won\'t transfer. The process worked OK on the previous version of tkcROM. Don\'t know how to get round this yet.
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Hi,
I have trcRom and I cannot change PATH via script file. From commant line it is ok but when I try to use script (even if I use standard ones as a template) nothing happens.
Can anybody help me?
VG
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I have trcRom and I cannot change PATH via script file.
Changing environment variables only affects the current shell, and if you export the variable any subsequent child processes.
Changing the PATH variable from the command line is changing your curent shell, so will work fine.
If you have a script (say myscript) that sets the PATH to x, then exits. it will run the script in a new shell, change the PATH in the new shell only as it cannot change the parent shells environment, when it exits your PATH goes back to the calling shells value.
If you run the script with . ./myscript then the dot forces the script to be run in your current shell rather than a new one, and the PATH variable will be set as according to \"myscript\".
Alternativly set the PATH and export it in a script that runs before your shell fires up. ie in ~/.profile.
note: This is not zaurus specific, and applies to all unix operating systems.
Peter.
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Thanks, Peter.
VG
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Hi Captain,
Can you \"connect\" your CF wireless network card in tkcROM 2.0beta3?
Gabor
Has anyone here tried tkcROM 2.0beta3? It seems to have some useful improvements but I can\'t connect with my D-Link 660W wifi card to the host PC. I am using the same settings as in tkcROM 1.0. The message I get after trying to connect is that I should check my WAP and/or TCP settings (which are OK). Is it only my card, is there a fix, or is this a known bug?
Gabor
Yes, I have tried the ROM and it seems nice. My only problem so far has been in receiving files over infra-red: I have been trying to beam files from my Palm V, and after I have enabled IRDA (on both machines) the Palm recognises that the Z is there and the Z recognises the Palm, but the files won\'t transfer. The process worked OK on the previous version of tkcROM. Don\'t know how to get round this yet.
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Has anybody tried to use Intellisync via network instead of usb?
VG
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Yes, I have connected to the internet over WiFi, and can also SSH and SCP by wireless.
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Yes, I have connected to the internet over WiFi, and can also SSH and SCP by wireless.
That was me!!
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The last two posts as \'Guest\' were from me: I thought I was logged in but some silliness prevailed!
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Can you please tell me how to configure Zaurus Manager on PC so as I can syncronize my MS Outlook with PIM via network? I have WiFi network connection.
VG
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If your running tkcrom you\'ll find the feed in your \"install via network\" options.
Would you mind posting what the URL here? I\'m tkcrom 1.0 and there are no feed configured.
thanks.
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Well this has been discussed before - however if your not running the C7x0 tkc rom the feed dont work.
The url is //feed.theprototype.org/zaurus/tkcrom/sl-c7x0/
You could www. to it from a browser but you\'d need to add \"/package_name.ipk\" on the end of it to get anything.
But then you\'d need to know the available packages and full extensions to get anywhere, and there\'s quite a few in there.
:-)
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Well this has been discussed before...
A search for \"tkcrom and feed\" in these forums gives only 9 results. Only the quoted one has a URL. So where was this discussed before? Searching doesn\'t find it.
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Is anybody can help me to sync Z (tkcrom) with Outlook WinXP via network?
Also another question - Is it possible to use smbd as samba server in local network or I seed to install samba? It seems smbd works only when usb connection.
VG
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Is anybody can help me to sync Z (tkcrom) with Outlook WinXP via network?
Also another question - Is it possible to use smbd as samba server in local network or I seed to install samba? It seems smbd works only when usb connection.
VG
Take a look at this document from in the how-to section. It explains how to configure Samba to work as you\'d expect.
Samba over non-USB (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=Samba%20over%20non-USB)
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Hi everyone, I have installed TKCRom 2.0 alpha3 on my 5500 and I am very happy with it apart from one major problem. I installed all my programs I required with no problems reported but if I try and reboot the Zaurus it goes into a loop at bootup waiting for a device. If I then try yo reset using battery switch or reset button the system will boot but never display the startup screen, only displays the taskbar. I cannot start any programs because they appear to hang. My only option is to reflash and restore from backup ( incidently I cannot backup within Zaurus as system claims not enough free memory so backup made to PC). I have now reflashed 3 times due to installing programs that cause problems. Does anyone know of the reason or a cure? I thought it may be because of Opera 7 so I may try reflashing and only installing selected programs.
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Hi,
I have a bluetooth AmbiCom card BT2000D. It was late to send it back when I noticed that only BT2000E model is in the hardware list. So it seems the card is not supported by bluez standard drivers. I\'ve tried all BT drivers supplied with bluez but all of them failed. Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance.
jupiter
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Can you run the original apps on the tkcROM e.g. calander, addressbook etc
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If you mean the sharp PIMs, then yes you can.
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Greetings,
Newbie here. I\'m looking for the thekompany\'s rom and can\'t seem to find it. I keep getting bumped to a Sharp site www.zaurus.com that shows \"under construction\". It seems to me that I recently visited this site, and now I can\'t. Are there any mirrors with it? ...or am I just SOL untill the Sharp Dev site is back on-line.
Thanks,
Marcel
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Greetings,
Newbie here. I\'m looking for the thekompany\'s rom and can\'t seem to find it. I keep getting bumped to a Sharp site www.zaurus.com that shows \"under construction\". It seems to me that I recently visited this site, and now I can\'t. Are there any mirrors with it? ...or am I just SOL untill the Sharp Dev site is back on-line.
Thanks,
Marcel
you can get it either from the ZUG Downloads area, or you can go to the community.zaurus.com mirror from the ZUG Menu on the main ZUG page.
enjoy
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Hey All, Am I wrong or is it not now possible to easily download the TKC roms? The link provided at the TheKompany web site refers to a zaurus dev link, and this one comes up dead for me. I also tried the mirror mentioned above at http://myzaur.us/tkcrom (http://myzaur.us/tkcrom) but also found no page.
Thanks, Mark Lachniet
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Hey All, Am I wrong or is it not now possible to easily download the TKC roms? The link provided at the TheKompany web site refers to a zaurus dev link, and this one comes up dead for me. I also tried the mirror mentioned above at http://myzaur.us/tkcrom (http://myzaur.us/tkcrom) but also found no page.
Thanks, Mark Lachniet
SORRY!! Ignore above. Ugh, I\'m a silly silly man. I didn\'t realize this was a multi page thread until I tried to find my own post.
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I have a 5500, I installed theKompany V1.0 rom. Is it possible to make it sync tkcAddressBook and tkcCalendar with MS Outlook?
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I bought some applications from the K company. Nice thing is that , when installed the applications creates their own tab and works perfectly with the K company rom. I am particularly impressed their video player (mpeg) application. Also I recorded an entire meeting (55 minutes) and it took only 6MB space on my CF hard disk.
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I just got a SL5500 with the Kompany Rom on it.
This is my first Z.
Would the Sharp user guide work for this ROM? If not is there a user guide download?
Thanks
Seek
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heya ppl,
I'm using tkcROM on my 5600, along with D-Link Wi-Fi card and an Ambicom BT2000. Wi-Fi works mint. BT refused to work for a long time, but I finally found some time to investigate it and somewhat fixed it.
When I configure a BT connection thru (BT-aware) Network Applet, nothing works. "It just sits there", as they say. I got around it manually, using "pppd dial <myConnectionName>", everything seems to work, BUT!
Not unless you fix the rfcomm nodes in /dev: for some strange reason, /dev/rfcomm* are REGULAR FILES! Takes an "rm /dev/rfcomm*", and then "mknod -mode 666 /dev/rfcomm0 c 216 0" to make stuff work. Also, a BT connection seems to reset-freeze the box from time to time, and upon reboot /dev/rfcomm*'s revert back to regular files. Talk about major annoyance!
has anyone had this problem with tckROM?
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I'm trying to flash to the Kompany ROM but with no luck. I finally got a SD card so I had room for storage and thought that with the 5600 ROM update I could use the SD to do the flash, am I incorrect in that I still need a CF for the flash?
Thanks in advance
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I'm trying to flash to the Kompany ROM but with no luck. I finally got a SD card so I had room for storage and thought that with the 5600 ROM update I could use the SD to do the flash, am I incorrect in that I still need a CF for the flash?
Thanks in advance
you absolutely can. must be some freaked-out sd if you do things right and still cannot flash.
make sure that the files are named properly, esp. that "zImage" (sic!)
make sure your update files are in the right place (root directory of your SD card, all three of them)
make sure you use binary transfer if downloading via ftp
check, double-check, then check again. it should work. it worked for me, anyway.
good luck!
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Ive perused this thread from beginning to end and I'm afraid I'm one of the ones having problems with thier wifi card. I'm pretty baffled by the problem as I have used my SMC SMC2642W card for over a year and a half with no problems with various versions of early cacko, sharp and even oz. When I install it it detects it as a dlink 660w and I can enter my settings just fine but the zaurus never even attempts to look for my wireless point. When I eject the card it again notifies me I have ejected my dlink 660w. No joy. none. I'd like to try entering in my network info manually but I have no idea what files are invloved etc. I REALLY want to try to run this rom! Someone please take pity on us and give this a bit of a looking into, we'd be VERY grateful.
Kindest Regards,
NeuroShock