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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: geek_riot on June 26, 2006, 12:07:51 am
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Hello All,
First off, I am completely new to Linux. I decided that I wanted to give it a try so I picked up an SL-6000L. Anyway, I loaded pdaXrom, and have finally figured out the wifi. :-)
On to my question... I have a couple of feeds in Package Manager. My first installation was AbiWord. Very idiot proof. I clicked, and it installed. Ive been attempting to install firefox, but when I do, I get no icons. Is there something I need to do in console to get this working? Thinking it might just be firefox, I tried to install a crossword program, with the same results. The package manager shows the package to be installed, but I don't know how to access it.
Also, I was able to get my Belkin IR keyboard going with the original sharp rom, but am at a loss with pdaXrom. Any advice?
I apologise for such green questions... but i've searched and searched to no avail.
Thanks,
Kim
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Hello All,
First off, I am completely new to Linux. I decided that I wanted to give it a try so I picked up an SL-6000L. Anyway, I loaded pdaXrom, and have finally figured out the wifi. :-)
On to my question... I have a couple of feeds in Package Manager. My first installation was AbiWord. Very idiot proof. I clicked, and it installed. Ive been attempting to install firefox, but when I do, I get no icons. Is there something I need to do in console to get this working? Thinking it might just be firefox, I tried to install a crossword program, with the same results. The package manager shows the package to be installed, but I don't know how to access it.
Also, I was able to get my Belkin IR keyboard going with the original sharp rom, but am at a loss with pdaXrom. Any advice?
I apologise for such green questions... but i've searched and searched to no avail.
Thanks,
Kim
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Hi there
Sounds like you're on to it so far. I presume you are installing to a card? If not, you have probably run out of space. Otherwise, try running the program by typing 'firefox' in a terminal to see if it installed successfully or not.
Try [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15484&hl=belkin]this thread[/url] for the keyboard - I don't have one myself. Note that the forum search is a bit strange; you can only type in one word...!
Welcome and good luck!
Karl
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Hi,
You don't have to sorry, be happy! You have what I consider the best PDA ever
made! I think the window manager (called openbox) needs to be restarted, in
order to see the new icons. There may be a way to "reload" them, but I don't
too much about openbox.
Anway, just click "Exit" on the menu to shutdown the window manager, and then
when you get back to the "# " prompt in the text console, type "startx" to restart
the window manager. (Actually you have just shutdown and restarted the X Server
and the window manager when you perform these actions).
The icons should show up...
John
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Did you happen to (like I did at first) install pdaXrom on the 6000 directly
after running the original (Sharp) ROM? If so, yeh, you are probably out
of space.
I just saw Karlto's post...
Anyway, there is a thread about installing for the 6000, I believe it has the
word "tutorial" in it. It involves NAND-restoring a Guyhelm ROM which
also re-partitions the 6000's flash in a way that should give you about
28MB of free space after you then install pdaXrom.
Pardon me for saying it, but it's a little tough to get "properly" started as the
docs, home page, etc. are "a little tough" in this regard.
And the 6000 itself is a little wierd in regard to getting it to boot after some
operations. You must take the battery out for a while, etc., and although
the machine might appear dead and won't power on as expected, in the
end it will.
John
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Hey Guys! Thanks for the response. I did install the Guyhelm ROM before the pdaXrom, so actual internal memory isn't an issue. And you're correct, i'm installing to a CF card. I tried the reboot / startx with no results. As suggested, I typed firefox in console, and I got a "command not found." So i guess this means I've got this installed incorrectly. The version I used came from a pdaXrom feed. I'll keep looking..
ok.. you guys were right. originally I didn't install the right version, which has since been corrected, and now shows up after a reboot.
On another note, I must say that I am enjoying the challenges of learning Linux, and this forum is a great help!
Thanks!
Kim
:-)