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Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: steven999 on March 20, 2006, 04:41:22 pm

Hi All,

I've been a Zaurus user for a few years now (5600) and decided to try the new 3.5.4 OZ - Opie out.  I think I have things beginning to work, but coming from Sharp based roms I have some questions.

I am using the package installer application and I tried to install kopi from the feed to SD.  After installing, it gave me a lot of errors saying things like:

"Error Linking '/media/card/packages/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png' to '/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png'

and a whole list of other files which did not link.  Is there something I'm not aware of I need to do?  (My SD card is a vfat card, if it's of any use to know)

Also, is it possible to remove the bluetooth manager and applets? I tried but it always seems to fail in the package manager.  

And is there a way to edit the applets bar to hide ones I'm not interested in?  

Much thanks to everyone who put this together, I am thus far enjoying learning and exploring OZ! (And the progress since the last time I tried is noticable!)

steven

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: scheck.r on March 20, 2006, 05:07:59 pm

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"Error Linking '/media/card/packages/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png' to '/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png'

and a whole list of other files which did not link. Is there something I'm not aware of I need to do? (My SD card is a vfat card, if it's of any use to know)

I think you need to format your card as EXT2 to support links.

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: steven999 on March 20, 2006, 05:18:11 pm

So, if I don't want to format to ext2, I can't really install anything to SD?  That seems strange as I can installl to SD with vfat using Sharp-based ROMS.

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"Error Linking '/media/card/packages/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png' to '/opt/QtPalmtop/pics/kdepim/korganizer/fileexport.png'

and a whole list of other files which did not link. Is there something I'm not aware of I need to do? (My SD card is a vfat card, if it's of any use to know)

I think you need to format your card as EXT2 to support links.
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Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: steven999 on March 20, 2006, 05:28:38 pm

I used ipkg and ipkg-link to install to home instead of SD and that worked out alright.  I guess this will be fine.  Do most people install to home if there SD's are not formated ext2?

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: lardman on March 21, 2006, 05:19:20 am

Yes, I'd install stuff to /home/packages (or similar) for your 5600.


Si

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: steven999 on March 21, 2006, 10:31:59 am

Thanks Lardman for the reply!  I spent a good amount of time yesterday night tweaking and getting comfortable with OZ.  I think things are working fairly well except the suspend/resume issue and so will be following the bugtracker and any info here very carefully.  

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Yes, I'd install stuff to /home/packages (or similar) for your 5600.


Si
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Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: DavidFong on March 23, 2006, 05:14:13 am

For some reason, using the 'package manager' to install software onto the SD card, I get similar errors...

Linking packages installed in : sd
Error linkling '/media/card/packages/opt/QtPalmtop/help/en/html/calculator.html' to '/opt/QtPalmtop/help/en/html/calculator.html'

and similar errors. Incidently, that 'linkling' is not my mis-spelling. It is the way it is actually spelt in the 'package manager'. Where do I lodge that bug-report?

My SD card is ext2 format. The 'calculator.html' file does exist on the /media/card, but the 'help' directory does not exist on /opt/QtPalmtop

Sometimes the package seems to have installed correctly anyway.

But 'ipkg-link list /media/card' does not work because "/media/card/usr/lib/ipkg/info/*.list" does not exist. In fact, the only directory on my /media/card is 'packages'

Does that help anyone know what is going wrong?

Cheerio, David.

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: lardman on March 23, 2006, 05:28:19 am

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But 'ipkg-link list /media/card' does not work because "/media/card/usr/lib/ipkg/info/*.list" does not exit. In fact, the only directory on my /media/card is 'packages'

Does that help anyone know what is going wrong?

Try:

ipkg-link list /media/card/packages


Si

Title: New To Oz Questions
Post by: DavidFong on March 23, 2006, 05:29:59 am

Thanks lardman for such a quick reply, your suggestion works!

Well, I think I found the reason for the 'package manager' error.
Using the shell, I created the 'help/en/html' directory in /opt/QtPalmtop. The next time I installed a package using 'package manager', the calculator.html link was created without fuss.

Where can I report this error?

Postnote : I have submitted this as bug # 1755 (http://opie-bugs.oszine.de/view.php?id=1755) on the Opie bugzilla (http://opie-bugs.oszine.de/).

Cheerio, David.

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For some reason, using the 'package manager' to install software onto the SD card, I get similar errors...

Linking packages installed in : sd
Error linkling '/media/card/packages/opt/QtPalmtop/help/en/html/calculator.html' to '/opt/QtPalmtop/help/en/html/calculator.html'

and similar errors. Incidently, that 'linkling' is not my mis-spelling. It is the way it is actually spelt in the 'package manager'. Where do I lodge that bug-report?

My SD card is ext2 format. The 'calculator.html' file does exist on the /media/card, but the 'help' directory does not exist on /opt/QtPalmtop

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