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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: Meanie on November 21, 2006, 01:42:33 am
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Well, I have got it working. So far it suspends in seconds and also resumes. no file corruptions either so far, ie fsck shows a clean disk state at each reboot.
This is based on the C3000 beta done by ThC. The installer and hdimage have been updated as well as the kernel.
read more here: http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html)
Now I just need somewhere to upload the files. The hdimage currently is at 128M.
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this release sounds good to me. Someone host this so we can give it a shot.
btw does the installer have a utilty for formatting the hard drive as you have recommended on your site?
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Any idea if it's safe to use on a C3200? Sounds really great Meanie
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Hi Meanie,
what a great work! Thanks a lot.
This will raise the value of my C3000 in the drawer by 100%.
daniel
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Good job, thanx!
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thanks lot.
I can upload this release in http if you want ?
Oncle-dave.
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Hmm... I'm tempted to try this on my 3200. It has almost everything I was looking for in Beta3. It's just missing ScummVM
Thanks.
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Meanie,
In case you didn't see it. Antikx has offered to host your Pdaxrom release in this post. (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22033&view=findpost&p=146848)
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Status Update:
I will send the files to Antikx ASAP (which means when I get home, the one with the internet connection. I am currently staying at a new place which is not yet connected up)
updater.sh and updater-tools.bin are done and tested. you will be given a choice to repartition your MicroDrive automatically to my custom layout (which I might decide to change later on), one single 4GB partition, the default Sharp partititon scheme (so you can easily flash back to Sharp/Cacko), or use fdisk to do your own custom layout.
initrd.bin is done and working. I am still working on it to allow me to dual boot, kexec, etc.. but the current one works just fine for pivoting to the MicroDrive
hdimage.tgz is where all the action will be. there can be many variations of this one, for example one that defaults to icewm, one that defaults to fluxbox, etc..
the goal is to make sure that updater.sh and initrd.bin are stable to install and boot on the C3000, and then create a clean and lean hdimage-base.tgz which can be used to build further customisations.
I got a hdimage-custom.tgz image which I am testing with, but I am working on building the hdimage-base.tgz and the zbackup tool.
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Status Update:
I will send the files to Antikx ASAP (which means when I get home, the one with the internet connection. I am currently staying at a new place which is not yet connected up)
updater.sh and updater-tools.bin are done and tested. you will be given a choice to repartition your MicroDrive automatically to my custom layout (which I might decide to change later on), one single 4GB partition, the default Sharp partititon scheme (so you can easily flash back to Sharp/Cacko), or use fdisk to do your own custom layout.
initrd.bin is done and working. I am still working on it to allow me to dual boot, kexec, etc.. but the current one works just fine for pivoting to the MicroDrive
hdimage.tgz is where all the action will be. there can be many variations of this one, for example one that defaults to icewm, one that defaults to fluxbox, etc..
the goal is to make sure that updater.sh and initrd.bin are stable to install and boot on the C3000, and then create a clean and lean hdimage-base.tgz which can be used to build further customisations.
I got a hdimage-custom.tgz image which I am testing with, but I am working on building the hdimage-base.tgz and the zbackup tool.
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Well, now I'm just a little bit envious....
cycle_55
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found a problem. with the tetsu kernel, the internal microdrive does not get corrupted, but you cannot mount an external cf card
updated the old initrd file and booted the old c3000 beta2, and you can mount external cf cards fine
maybe I will release both, the updated initrd from the c3000 beta2 using the pdaXrom beta1 kernel, and the new initrd which uses the tetsu kernel...
need more testing ;(
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found a problem. with the tetsu kernel, the internal microdrive does not get corrupted, but you cannot mount an external cf card
updated the old initrd file and booted the old c3000 beta2, and you can mount external cf cards fine
maybe I will release both, the updated initrd from the c3000 beta2 using the pdaXrom beta1 kernel, and the new initrd which uses the tetsu kernel...
need more testing ;(
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thanks for your update- I suggest you just upload the whole set, perhaps we can chip in with our beta tests and try to suggest solutions...
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And once more, Meanie proves himself the God of the Zaurus. I've got a pair of 3000's that have been sitting for months, waiting for a viable PDAXrom.
Can't wait to d/l it!
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ok, the files are uploading now. i will be away during the weekend so if the upload is interrupted then it will have to wait until i return to resume it, but finger crossed, all should be fine.
this is the very first alpha test release so be careful and make sure you know how to reflash something if it goes wrong, but that shouldnt happen
here's the url for the files:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
you have to option to flash the beta1 kernel or tetsu kernel. you can switch between them and reflash without needing to reflash your hdd image.
there currently are two hdd images, the base image which is pretty much what you get from beta3 and the custom image which is a snapshot of my wip image.
still working on the full image which will take a while cause i am busy with other things too.
main difference from the c3000 beta2 is that you can change the partition layout of of your microdrive during flashing. you must have the first partition formatted as ext3. the third partition needs to be fat if you want to use your Z as a usb storage device. the default partition scheme that i chose is as follows:
first partition 2.2 GB ext3
second partition 256MB swap
third partition 1.5GB GB fat
when suspending, the hdd light is off
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Will try it ASAP! Thank you so much!
BTW, what does the name pdaXii31 mean?
daniel
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Will try it ASAP! Thank you so much!
BTW, what does the name pdaXii31 mean?
daniel
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I would venture a guess at pdaXrom based on the Beta ii produced earlier for the 3k and the pdaXrom Beta 1/Beta 3 versions. hehe. Currently, I was able to get all the files except hdimage-custom.tgz, so I'm guessing it's still uploading.
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Oh wow!
This is probably the single most important update or release ever for us long blighted c3000 owners! Massive thanks to Meanie, Thc, Antikx, the OE guys and not least sash for making this computing wonder possible!
Problem is I'm just setting off for work now but I'll be straight on it when I get back
Thanks again Meanie, oh Z demi-god upon high:D
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Yes !!! It does suspend and restore: this is great. Now Pdaxrom is easily usable !
I followed the directions in http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html) to watch a video with Mplayer but the bvdd driver is invalid for both /usr/bin/mplayer and /usr/local/bin/mplayer.
I think that the first one (from Atty) is one recommanded.
Message is "Non supported bvdd".
I am using the Tetsu kernel and hdimage-custom.tgz. "hdimage-full.tgz." cannot be downloaded today. I was always redirected to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com) home page when I tried.
So I think that the Mplayer I am using (from hdimage-custom.tgz) is may be not the right one to use bvdd.
Could someone help me in getting "mplayer -vo bvdd ..." working please ?
Thanks,
Rui
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I've just installed the custom hd image with the tetsu kernel
The good news is that it installed OK and suspend does seem to be working well
The bad news is:
1. I too can't play videos as it says
"Error opening the selected video_out device"
I've tried both xv and bvdd settings but neither worked.
2. I can't get a wifi internet connection. It is finding my wifi card under the mb card applet but no matter what setting I try under the Lan + Wifi settings I can't get the green wifi card light (a connection) to come on. I have disabled my wifi security to make things easier and also both cacko and the last pdax beta had no probs with wifi.
Maybe trying the b2 kernel instead will solve both these problems?
The other problem I had was that the touchscreen configuration screen didn't present itself after/during install and it was incorrectly configured but I solved that by running ts_calibrate
Also, seeing as X starts on boot now, how can I drop out of X to the console? Choosing 'Exit' from the menu just restarts X- I'd much rather it exit to the console.
Looks very promising!
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I replaced the tetsu kernel with the b2 kernel and wifi works now but still no video. mplayer says
couldn't open /dev/bvdd, no such device
Although /dev/bvdd does exist.
I tried modprobe bvdd but that just spewed errors at me
Any ideas?
Another question- I'd presume that the installer doesn't format the vfat partition and that I must do that myself after installation right?
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I get the same problem as rui65....can't download any of the hdimage files at all. I assume an error is occurring as it throws us back to the home page.
Any one got a copy of hdimage-full.tgz???
All the other files download fine.
Thanks
Russell
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I get the same problem as rui65....can't download any of the hdimage files at all. I assume an error is occurring as it throws us back to the home page.
Any one got a copy of hdimage-full.tgz???
All the other files download fine.
Thanks
Russell
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Meanie stated that there are currently only 2 images right now which is the basic image and the custom image. He is still working on the full image.
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[Meanie stated that there are currently only 2 images right now which is the basic image and the custom image. He is still working on the full image.
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Thanks relapse808, the custom one works now and it is currently downloading..
Cheers
Russell
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So, no suspension issues - is that only with the tetsu kernel? CF cards only work with the b2 kernel, but does the suspension problem come back?
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Suspend seems to be working fine under the b2 kernel now
Since my last post I've tried installing the bvdd 0.4.0 ipk but that hasn't fixed the mplayer problem so I'm out of ideas now. mplayers bvdd mode worked great under the last c3k pdaX beta- even better quality video playback than under cacko bvdd I think- and this is supposedly the exact same kernel I'm running here so what could the problem be?
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I basically have the same issues. I am running the tetsu kernal and it shows my card in the CF/SD monitor but I cannot get the OS to detect a card is present. All the lights on the Ambicom card light up when plugged into the Zaurus, Can anone confirm the B2 kernal works for wireless?
I also cannot get calibrate to work at all. I will try out the ts_calibrate.
Edit : tried ts_calibrate and I got the calibration screen, however after I was done it just stayed at a black screen forcing me to hard reset the device.
second edit: I installed the B2 kernal which fixed wifi. I also noticed sometimes when i reboot/switch kernals that it has HDA1 hasn't been checked in X amount of days and then wont boot without reinstalling the image. Anyone have a workaround for this?
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I am still running into the HDA corruption every couple of hard boots with both kernals. If I reformat and install it works again. I havent had this strange issue before this beta, hopefully its not just me cause its driving me crazy
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A couple of things I didn't mention about installing bvdd is that after installing, if you reboot it will complain about the module saying that it taints the kernel but still seems to get loaded OK anyway. This puts an end to the bvdd device not found but now mplayer doesn't work as it complains about not understanding iwmmx. I could try the tetsu kernel again with the bvdd package installed but then I'd have no wifi of course
I've formatted my vfat partition now with the command
mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/hda4
and 'Internal Storage' is selected under the USB config tool but nothing happens when I connect the Z to the PC- it doesn't get mounted. Is there a module I need to load on the Z before this will work?
Under the last pdax beta, I could switch resolutions and change the screen brightness by holding down Fn then pushing 1,2,3 or 4 and that isn't working currently when according to the pdaXii13 docs it should be setup that way.
Anyone else having trouble accessing the pdaX feeds? I managed to do an update and download the package lists alright last night but now I want to try installing more apps but the feeds seem to be down.
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A few more improvements that I would like to see in the next pdaxii13 custom release:
gpe-calendar and gpe-announce
I'd very much like to see the latest dillo instead of dillo2 and an entry for dillo under the internet section of the matchbox menu
Please add the battery monitor, CF/SD card app, wifi monitor and screen blanker to the default matchbox panel along with launchers for the virtual keyboard and a terminal.
A link on the desktop to the external cf slot
Make xmms default to opening at double size
Thanks Meanie!
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bvdd
Now mplayer is working with bvdd. I thing that the bvvd.o module in the archive in somewhat incompatible with the included Mplayer.
To fix that I downloaded bvdd from http://atty.skr.jp/mplayer.html (http://atty.skr.jp/mplayer.html).
I extracted only bvdd.o from the ipk file and I put it in /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/video. Obviously I did backup the initial bvdd.o.
A simple rmod/modprobe did not work. I got some warnings about "tainted modules".
But after rebooting, I was able to play AVI files with bvdd.
It's really faster that what I have tried till know in my C3000.
I also set the CPU speed to the maximum (624 MHz).
Give it a try !
ts_calibrate
I got the same problem : could not start the calibration.
I think part of the problem lies in startx script : ts_calibrate is called using "sudo" but sudo is missing.
But even after having removed the "sudo" calls, the calibration started but I got only a black screen once finished.
Sometime later I had to reboot and the calibration appeard. I did it and X started just after. But I don't know why it started to work !!
FS Corruption
I got some too but this is not a real surprise because I did quite a few "resets".
Question : I have a Ethernet CF in the slot. I am wondering if the current PdaXrom is designed for such a configuration or if it only correcly handles suspend/resume/reboot for a disk CF. Just wondering...
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rui65:
You got mplayer working? I'd imagine you're running the Tetsu kernel aren't you? Does wifi work for you with Tetsu kernel?
I suppose that, after installing the bvdd module I could install a non-iwmmxt mplayer and run that under the b2 kernel but I'm absolutely certain I could run the iwmmxt accelerated mplayer under the last beta with stock kernel. Am I imagining that?
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hi
great job meanie ! i was hesitating between openBSD and openzaurus/GPE for my C3000 but i think none are yet user ready...
i tried your pdaxii13 and i had the same troubles as everybody here (calibration, wifi...)
calibration is ok after ts_calibrate, hang, reboot
but would someone post a simple wifi howto ?
thanks in advance!
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rui65:
You got mplayer working? I'd imagine you're running the Tetsu kernel aren't you? Does wifi work for you with Tetsu kernel?
I suppose that, after installing the bvdd module I could install a non-iwmmxt mplayer and run that under the b2 kernel but I'm absolutely certain I could run the iwmmxt accelerated mplayer under the last beta with stock kernel. Am I imagining that?
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Yes : Tetsu's kernel.
Sorry I don't use Wifi, only a very classical CF Ethernet adaptor.
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rui65:
You got mplayer working? I'd imagine you're running the Tetsu kernel aren't you? Does wifi work for you with Tetsu kernel?
I suppose that, after installing the bvdd module I could install a non-iwmmxt mplayer and run that under the b2 kernel but I'm absolutely certain I could run the iwmmxt accelerated mplayer under the last beta with stock kernel. Am I imagining that?
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Yes : Tetsu's kernel.
Sorry I don't use Wifi, only a very classical CF Ethernet adaptor.
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Interesting that you got a CF card working on the Tetsu kernel - Meanie's post and subsequent replies made me believe there'd be a problem with *all* CF cards...
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I thought I'd give a quick rundown of my experience with pdaXii13. I started out with the base image and Tetsu kernel. It worked rather well for me, including my Socket CF Wifi card, meaning that the problems with mounting a CF card are purely module based in terms of loading the ide driver. BVDD in Mplayer worked fine for me out of the box. Unfortunately, I started getting the FS errors again. Basically when it happens, I can't do anything anymore. If by chance I have a console open when it happens, I can try to do things like "reboot" but I just get "bus error" or "I/O error." Since it seems like most other people aren't getting it, I'm now suspecting that it's a problem with my Ebook reader, Justreader. I just flashed with hdimage-custom so I'll see if I get the problem without installing Justreader.
For those that are giving suggestions for what default programs / settings to have in the hdimage, keep in mind that this hdimage-custom is Meanie's specific style / programs that he only posted so that we could see what he's got so far. Once you get things exactly as you like for a default installation, you can run his zbackup program and get a tgz of your specific default programs, which I think is awesome.
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Oh man, I've been busy. Assembled a dinner table and four chairs as well as a complete wardrobe all by myself
anyway, as some of you might have realised, the only image that is ready is hdimage-base.tgz. hdimage-full.tgz is still in the workings and well hdimage-custom.tgz seems all broken atm
anyways, i was hoping for those daring enough to test to make sure that the installer was working properly and easy enough to use (and had all the features you would need). the base image is what really needs testing so we can have something stable and useful to build upon.
the custom image was kinda like a sneak preview for the very curious. i was in a bit of a hurry in my last post had to rush and didn't explain everything clearly enough i guess.
so again, the aim of this release was to make sure everything in the base image works and also test out the two different kernels and see which one provides more stability.
please note that my site http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html) describes pdaXii13 full while I have just released pdaXii13 base for testing (which is a trimmed down version and does not have everything that is in the full version, ie updated mplayer...)
it seems that the cf card problem is only isolated to cf flash not mounting with the tetsu kernel. this might get fixed if i manage to compile ide-cs.o which i am havig problems with... the old beta1 kernel seems to have this module correctly compiled into the kernel while the tetsu kernel apparently has this module compiled in as well because it can access the microdrive but spews on the second cf flash card. interestingly, the other cf card will work if you boot with it inserted and you can mount and unmount it several times and it will continue to work until you eject it. then it won't ever work again until you reboot
so if the old kernel works fine, performance wise and stability wise, then maybe just drop the tetsu kernel and get on with other important stuff like the apps...
please test more between the differences of tetsu and old kernel...
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I'm surprised that Chrisluu had no problems with mplayer bvdd- I've tried all the combinations of kernels and images now but I still haven't got bvdd working properly. I even tried running atty's mplayer-bvdd (not iwmmx one) with the bvdd module but that gave a small vertically aligned video on the left hand side of the screen.
Thankfully the base hdimage doesn't have the calibration or logging out of X problems of the custom image. I was also pleased to see suspend working under all combinations and the updated sd-driver was working in both images.
Neither CF memory cards or my wifi card work under the tetsu kernel but both work fine under b2 kernel.
bvdd video is broke under both kernels under either hdimage for me. Even the tetsu kernel doesn't have bvdd support compiled in. I managed to get the bvdd module to load (with tainting error) under b2 but strangely enough not under tetsu which said the module wasn't an ELF file.
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What I mean by bvdd video is editing /usr/share/mplayer/mplayer.conf to end with
vo = bvdd
vm = yes
or adding the -vo bvdd option to your mplayer command. If anyone can get bvdd working under the b2 kernel then please tell me how you did it.
If you do end up recompiling a kernel Meanie please don't forget the iwmmx extensions as these, along with bvdd, aren't in the b2 kernel you posted.
Looks like I've just been hit with a bit of the dreaded file corruption myself in the form of io errors on the console when trying to view a directory but this has occured whilst I've been experimenting with the tetsu kernel. I'm going to try flashing anew with the b2 kernel and the hdimage base this time with no tetsu excursion, see how it goes.
EDIT
As i said i got an i/o error off my MD so I've just tried twice to install anew with the b2 kernel and the core image. Now I don't know if this is just a combination that the installer doesn't like or what but now when I try to boot it gets as far as 'Loading Driver for Microdrive' then I get
cardmgr[71]: 'ide-cs' already bound to socket 1
Internal harddrive is /dev/hdc1
e2fsck- no such device /dev/hdc1
run fsck manually on hdc1
The boot process ends there and I'm left with a prompt. Shouldn't it be trying to boot /dev/hda1 anyway? How has this happened?
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I can go back to the tetsu kernal and do more testing. I personally think its faters that the B2 kernal, even in bootup. I ditched it so quickly because I couldnt get the wifi to work. I would like to see PDAXROM using the tetsu special kernal.
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Can anybody explain this MD error I'm getting? I've booted into D+M and ran a fsck on hda1 and it passed with no errors. As I said, I tried twice to flash the combination of b2 kernel and the core hdimage. The first time I did it I tried booting it for the first time with my wifi CF card inserted. When I got that error I tried flashing the same combination but made sure that no CF card was inserted on first boot after install but the same error occured (no /dev/hdc).
I'd be happy if someone could tell me why this is happening or how to fix it. I'd also like to hear from anyone else who has tried this combination out and what your findings were.
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Dear Meanie,
I have installed the pdaxii13 on my C3000. After installation /media/realroot was
not created in my built-in microdrive. After creating it manually and reboot it
is ok.
The one problem I have is that if I insert a microdrive into the CF slot then
it won't boot sometimes, with error saying partition error on hda1.
Will do further testing.
BR,
Felix.
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iczer3:
That's it! I made a dir called /media/realroot then rebooted and that put an end to my '/dev/hdc not found' error- thanks for pointing that out!
Anyone got bvdd (and iwmmxt pref. too) working under the b2 kernel?
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welcome back meanie !
well, do you mean (!) we should only install the base tgz and report the bugs we find ?
it seems all packages are removed from tyrannozaurus web site. are you preparing new uploads ?
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Can anybody explain this MD error I'm getting? I've booted into D+M and ran a fsck on hda1 and it passed with no errors. As I said, I tried twice to flash the combination of b2 kernel and the core hdimage. The first time I did it I tried booting it for the first time with my wifi CF card inserted. When I got that error I tried flashing the same combination but made sure that no CF card was inserted on first boot after install but the same error occured (no /dev/hdc).
I'd be happy if someone could tell me why this is happening or how to fix it. I'd also like to hear from anyone else who has tried this combination out and what your findings were.
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Is this the same error I am getting when I sometimes boot the device? During bootup it tells me that HDA1 hasnt been checked for errors and attempts to do so. It then drops me into the console telling me to run fsck manually. I run FSCK on /dev/hda1 and then reboot and it will work again. This issue is a annoying one.
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same trouble as danboid:
i installed base tgz and b2 kernel
first boot: it complains about hdc1:
checking /dev/hdc1
e2fsck : no such device or address...
perhaps it is because i have one 4gb partition ?
i try the standard partition scheme
edited: same problem with standard partitioning...
help!
ps: all worked with the custom image...should i go back to it ?
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jpmatrix:
iczer3 has already posted the solution to that problem. To be more verbose:
With an empty CF slot, do a D+B boot, login then type
mount /dev/hda1 /hdd1
mkdir /hdd1/media/realroot
reboot
pdaxrom should then boot as normal
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jpmatrix:
iczer3 has already posted the solution to that problem. To be more verbose:
With an empty CF slot, do a D+B boot, login then type
mount /dev/hda1 /hdd1
mkdir /hdd1/media/realroot
reboot
pdaxrom should then boot as normal
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oh yeah
sorry i was in error seeing that there was already a /media/realroot directory but that was not the right one apparently
pdax is booting right now!
thanks!
edited: booting is ok! everything is working, calibration, wifi !
now i begin my package install time!
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Dear Danboid,
Tetsu's kernel works fine if you reboot with a flash card in CF slot.
That is, force internal hdd -> hdc. Then all cf functions are OK.
Can you advise where I can get the mplayer with bvdd so that
I could test bvdd function ?
BR,
Felix.
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jpmatrix:
iczer3 has already posted the solution to that problem. To be more verbose:
With an empty CF slot, do a D+B boot, login then type
mount /dev/hda1 /hdd1
mkdir /hdd1/media/realroot
reboot
pdaxrom should then boot as normal
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the new initrd.bin file fixes this.
i will be updating hdimage-base.tgz and uploading hdimage-full.tgz in a day or so. in the meantime, i have removed hdimage-custom.tgz, as for mplayer, try this one:
[a href=\"http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/feed/custom/mplayer-bvdd-iwmmxt_1.1.5-1_armv5tel.ipk]http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/fe...-1_armv5tel.ipk[/url]
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Hi Meanie!
Good to hear you've got some new initrd.bin files on the way!
I have tried that mplayer ipk you linked to- that is the one I found to have the best performance as it worked very well with full screen bvdd under the last beta release but it isn't working properly under pdaxii13. I have tried it under the b2 kernel/core hdimage both with and without the bvdd module loaded and with exactly the same mplayer.conf settings as you recommended on your pdaX customisations page but all I get is a small, vertically aligned video picture to the left of the screen. It looks like qvga support isn't working but I've not had the chance to try quake or zpsx out yet under the console so I dunno for sure about that.
I found another bug too. Under the b2 kernel with the core hdimage the keyboard stops responding after a while and I have to restart X to get it working again- it still works under the non-X console though.
Could you please include your Openbox custom configuration in the core image?
Thanks!
dan
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the new initrd.bin file fixes this.
i will be updating hdimage-base.tgz and uploading hdimage-full.tgz in a day or so. in the meantime, i have removed hdimage-custom.tgz, as for mplayer, try this one:
http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/fe...-1_armv5tel.ipk (http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/feed/custom/mplayer-bvdd-iwmmxt_1.1.5-1_armv5tel.ipk)
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gooood news !!!
is it possible to just update the current install or should we re-install from scratch ?
2nd: i cannot find a reboot option in the menu. it is normal ?
3rd: i installed kdepim via package managed and i find no entries in the menus...even with a reboot. however i tried knotes by hand and it launched! (very cooool)
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I've just tried psx4all_pdaxrom out on the b2/core pdaxii13 and, just like mplayer, I get a squashed up little qvga display in the corner of the screen. qvga certainly seems to be non op under this set up.
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I've just tried psx4all_pdaxrom out on the b2/core pdaxii13 and, just like mplayer, I get a squashed up little qvga display in the corner of the screen. qvga certainly seems to be non op under this set up.
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I am also getting this issue with Hatari
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the new initrd.bin file fixes this.
i will be updating hdimage-base.tgz and uploading hdimage-full.tgz in a day or so. in the meantime, i have removed hdimage-custom.tgz, as for mplayer, try this one:
http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/fe...-1_armv5tel.ipk (http://zaurus.daemons.gr/menaie/pdaxrom/feed/custom/mplayer-bvdd-iwmmxt_1.1.5-1_armv5tel.ipk)
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gooood news !!!
is it possible to just update the current install or should we re-install from scratch ?
2nd: i cannot find a reboot option in the menu. it is normal ?
3rd: i installed kdepim via package managed and i find no entries in the menus...even with a reboot. however i tried knotes by hand and it launched! (very cooool)
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since we are still in alpha testing stage, there is no upgrade per say. however, upgrading the kernel/initrd image is separate from upgrading the hdd image. both can be done independantly from each other. when you install hdimage, it reformats your first partition. if you have more partitions and your data is located on those, then they are left alone
reboot option is a new feature in pdaXii13-full
some apps don't put their desktop files in the right place or don't have one and thus won't appear on the menu. you need to copy the desktop file from /usr/local/share/applications to /usr/share/applications if it was misplaced there, or create one yourself using one of the existing desktop files as an example.
i will need to check the display issue.
on another good note, I got suspend working by pressing just the On/Off button as well now and I got accessx enabled by default so you now have the sticky key functionality enabled by default.
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Meanie
How do I get hda4 (my MD vfat partition) to mount as a removeable disc over a USB link under pdaxii13?
Thanks
dan
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Dear Meanie,
to get mplayer working, you need 2 files besides the tetsu kernel.
Atty's bvdd.o file and his libSDL file. put atty's bvdd to replace the
one in /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/video. Then libSDL-1.2-0.so.0.0.5
is put in /usr/lib and run ldconfig.
Install meanie's mplayer ipk and run as :
mplayer2 -vo bvdd <your file>.
BR,
Felix.
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Hi, there,
the attachments.
BR,
Felix.
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Meanie
How do I get hda4 (my MD vfat partition) to mount as a removeable disc over a USB link under pdaxii13?
Thanks
dan
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shouldn't it be hda3?
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Meanie
How do I get hda4 (my MD vfat partition) to mount as a removeable disc over a USB link under pdaxii13?
Thanks
dan
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shouldn't it be hda3?
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You'd think so, as its the 3rd partition, but there is no hda3 on my Z. I've not got the Z here but
hda1 = 1GB ext3 /
hda2 (I think) = 256MB swap
hda4 = fat32, whatever space was left
When I was using fdisk I only created primary partitions, made sure the types were set correctly and the fat partition was created as primary #3 but still ended up as hda4 regardless. Has nobody else had fdisk do this to them? Is it just a case of me editing usbfunction.py and changing any hda3s to hda4s? I'll probably reformat when Meanie releases the new initrds and hdimages so maybe I'll use use Meanies formatting option next time to see if USB storage link works then.
I had another i/o error this morning when trying to get bvdd working again. I installed atty's bvdd package but it gave me the 'not an ELF file' error when I rebooted and it was trying to load the bvdd module. So then I tried moving the bvdd.o into the modules/.../drivers/video dir and thats when I got my i/o error, trying to view that dir after I've moved attys bvdd over the older, non-functional bvdd.o. Is this why people say to not install the bvdd package but extract the bvdd.o file from it and then move into into the modules dir? I hope the next release will come with attys bvdd and sdl as standard.
I never did find out what a 'rank b' sector type is when you use the D+M boot key combo to check the Microdrive for errors. All my MDs sectors were either rank A or B and I'm presuming that a B sector is still OK.
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Meanie
How do I get hda4 (my MD vfat partition) to mount as a removeable disc over a USB link under pdaxii13?
Thanks
dan
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shouldn't it be hda3?
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You'd think so, as its the 3rd partition, but there is no hda3 on my Z. I've not got the Z here but
hda1 = 1GB ext3 /
hda2 (I think) = 256MB swap
hda4 = fat32, whatever space was left
When I was using fdisk I only created primary partitions, made sure the types were set correctly and the fat partition was created as primary #3 but still ended up as hda4 regardless. Has nobody else had fdisk do this to them? Is it just a case of me editing usbfunction.py and changing any hda3s to hda4s?
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yes i got this problem when i reformatted with fdisk my hdd because i was not on a cylinder boundary....
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Meanie
How do I get hda4 (my MD vfat partition) to mount as a removeable disc over a USB link under pdaxii13?
Thanks
dan
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shouldn't it be hda3?
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You'd think so, as its the 3rd partition, but there is no hda3 on my Z. I've not got the Z here but
hda1 = 1GB ext3 /
hda2 (I think) = 256MB swap
hda4 = fat32, whatever space was left
When I was using fdisk I only created primary partitions, made sure the types were set correctly and the fat partition was created as primary #3 but still ended up as hda4 regardless. Has nobody else had fdisk do this to them? Is it just a case of me editing usbfunction.py and changing any hda3s to hda4s?
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yes i got this problem when i reformatted with fdisk my hdd because i was not on a cylinder boundary....
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update fdisk, delete hdd4, reboot, create hdd3
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Update fdisk? Which version do you recommend? Where do I download it ? Is it possible to permanently update the tools that are accessible when in D+B boot mode, that being the mode I use when partitioning.
Suppose I could always run this updated fdisk off a cf card anyway
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Meanie:
The link on your page for the C3000 feed isn't working - there isn't a feed.tar.gz archive for the Cx000 feeds off of the PDAXrom site.
Also, for anyone trying to compile an offline feed using ipkg-make-index, you first have to make a subdirectory called "old" in the feed directory. Then cd into the feed directory and type:
ipkg-make-index . > Packages
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I've got the base image installed and I"m trying the tetsu kernel.
When I plug my wireless card in I'm showing a huge pile of unresolved symbols in the messages log. I'm going to guess that we need to dump the tetsu kernel modules on the system in order to use the tetsu kernel, so I'll be trying that later today.
EDIT.
Nuts. Not the solution I was hoping it was - the download for the tetsu kernel doesn't include a lot of modules, including hostap_cs.o
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I've got the base image installed and I"m trying the tetsu kernel.
When I plug my wireless card in I'm showing a huge pile of unresolved symbols in the messages log. I'm going to guess that we need to dump the tetsu kernel modules on the system in order to use the tetsu kernel, so I'll be trying that later today.
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or try the standard kernel
my asus wl110 worked out of the box
and by the way (not related to wifi),
it is the first time on a linux zaurus distro that i can "see" my zaurus hdd via a usb cable on my windows machine *sig* thanks again meanie and pdaxxxxrommmm !
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ok, i updated all the files again.
new updater.sh and updater-tools.bin with newer version of fdisk instead of the older version in the emergency boot system
initrd.bin for both kernels have been updated slightly. it appears that the old beta1 kernel is better after all since the tetsu kernel will need to be recompiled with extra stuff which i am not planning on doing but if anyone else feels up to the challenge you are welcome to try. the new initrd.bin image should work with any tetsu compatible kernel.
i also updated the hdimage-base.tgz with some more basic customisations, and also uploaed hdimage-full.tgz for testing. this one is not finished yet, but has most customisations applied. you will notice a reboot option, openbox config tool and matchbox panel manager being also available.
fixed up a few keyboard mappings, got accessx config tool, ax, and also generated a welcome message. resume/suspend works flawlessly now, even the On/Off key works.
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ok, i updated all the files again.
new updater.sh and updater-tools.bin with newer version of fdisk instead of the older version in the emergency boot system
initrd.bin for both kernels have been updated slightly. it appears that the old beta1 kernel is better after all since the tetsu kernel will need to be recompiled with extra stuff which i am not planning on doing but if anyone else feels up to the challenge you are welcome to try. the new initrd.bin image should work with any tetsu compatible kernel.
i also updated the hdimage-base.tgz with some more basic customisations, and also uploaed hdimage-full.tgz for testing. this one is not finished yet, but has most customisations applied. you will notice a reboot option, openbox config tool and matchbox panel manager being also available.
fixed up a few keyboard mappings, got accessx config tool, ax, and also generated a welcome message. resume/suspend works flawlessly now, even the On/Off key works.
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Sounds like it's going to be pretty good. I was hoping for the Tetsu kernel, just because I want iwmmx ;_; I'll reflash everything later and see how it turns out...
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Dear Meanie,
xpdf, when maxed out, a portion of right hand side did not refresh.
abiword, when loaded with chinese document, shows "cannot load zh-tw
dictionary". slypheed can show chinese, however, so the system can
show chinese after loading ttf fonts to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
directory and running fc-cache -v.
tetsu kernel, can drive cf io cards but not cf memory cards.
It seemed that cf memory card cannot get a valid irq. Will
load hd-param to test.
cf bluetooth works, as cf wireless lan, cf wired lan and cf modem cards.
(hint : use tetsu's modules)
ps. How do you enable USB host ? (for example, plug in a memory
card reader ?
BR,
Felix.
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Dear Meanie,
xpdf, when maxed out, a portion of right hand side did not refresh.
abiword, when loaded with chinese document, shows "cannot load zh-tw
dictionary". slypheed can show chinese, however, so the system can
show chinese after loading ttf fonts to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
directory and running fc-cache -v.
tetsu kernel, can drive cf io cards but not cf memory cards.
It seemed that cf memory card cannot get a valid irq. Will
load hd-param to test.
cf bluetooth works, as cf wireless lan, cf wired lan and cf modem cards.
(hint : use tetsu's modules)
ps. How do you enable USB host ? (for example, plug in a memory
card reader ?
BR,
Felix.
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sounds good so far
I will add other pdf viewers such as epdfview and evince as they seem much better than xpdf
sorry about abiword, but I only included en spell checker for aspell (since that's the only one I have)
i only added bookdi and sunglobe ttf fonts. what other fonts do you recommend for chinese?
i have to check the usb host functionality. i thought it would just work since that should had been standard pdaXrom feature in beta3 ...
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Found this kinda interesting: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/AllStarMoves/20061125/p3 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/AllStarMoves/20061125/p3)
Translated: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fd.hatena.ne.jp%2FAllStarMoves%2F20061125%2Fp3&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
What does the part thats translated below mean?:
"Regrettable trying, increase it is. The mirror probably to do you try on the rental server among those."
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Found this kinda interesting: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/AllStarMoves/20061125/p3 (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/AllStarMoves/20061125/p3)
Translated: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fd.hatena.ne.jp%2FAllStarMoves%2F20061125%2Fp3&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
What does the part thats translated below mean?:
"Regrettable trying, increase it is. The mirror probably to do you try on the rental server among those."
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Hi.This is my blog.
The meaning of these sentences is this.
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I have not installed this ROM yet.
I think that it copies the file of ROM onto my site.
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Thanks.
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Great! A new release!
I'm going to try repartitioning my MD with the updated installer and installing tetsu kernel and the core or custom hdimage tonight.
I have a few questions for those who already installed the new version
Does bvdd work under the b2 kernel now? If its a case of having to find the correct module does anyone know where to find a bvdd module compiled for this kernel?
Does the custom image restart x or log out when you select 'Exit' from the mb-menu?
What version of mplayer comes with the new custom image?
I've just got into work and can't wait to get home and find out y'see
EDIT
Also, what version of the Tetsu kernel has Meanie posted on the pdaXii13 download page? Just so I know what version of the kernel modules to install if it comes to that later.
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Does bvdd work under the b2 kernel now? If its a case of having to find the correct module does anyone know where to find a bvdd module compiled for this kernel?
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hmm
for a pdaxrom newbie, what is that b2 kernel you are all talking about ???
I've just got into work and can't wait to get home and find out y'see
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hehe
i'm updating right now from work
Also, what version of the Tetsu kernel has Meanie posted on the pdaXii13 download page? Just so I know what version of the kernel modules to install if it comes to that later.
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would you tell me what is the final interest of the testu kernel ? meanie seems to recommend the standard one
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Hi.This is my blog.
The meaning of these sentences is this.
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I have not installed this ROM yet.
I think that it copies the file of ROM onto my site.
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Cool, and nice look blog by the way. Wish I understood the words.
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hmm
for a pdaxrom newbie, what is that b2 kernel you are all talking about ???
B2 kernel is the kernel that was included in the PDAXrom for C3000 beta 2.
would you tell me what is the final interest of the testu kernel ? meanie seems to recommend the standard one
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Among other things, the Tetsu kernel includes support for the wireless MMX instructions in the strongarm. Coupled that with an iwmmx-enabled media player and you have, hands down, the best way of playing movies on the Z.
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hmm
for a pdaxrom newbie, what is that b2 kernel you are all talking about ???
B2 kernel is the kernel that was included in the PDAXrom for C3000 beta 2.
would you tell me what is the final interest of the testu kernel ? meanie seems to recommend the standard one
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Among other things, the Tetsu kernel includes support for the wireless MMX instructions in the strongarm. Coupled that with an iwmmx-enabled media player and you have, hands down, the best way of playing movies on the Z.
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iwmmx support in the Zaurus is mainly implemented by statically linking in the support for the binaries so the resulting binaries are huge. This is by the way how mplayer has implemented it. just to clarify, the b2 kernel as everyone seems to be referring to which is the kernel that was released by Thc for the 3000 beta2 does include bvdd and iwmmx support also, so really, I see no point in continuing to use the tetsu kernel. it doesn't do a few things without being patched which the b2 kernel already has. keep in mind that the b2 kernel is special and not the same as the usual beta1/beta3 kernel of the C1000/C3100. things that work in the b2 kernel but are broken with the tetsu kernel are what I found so far: switching between VGA and QVGA mode does not work, CF memory card does not work all the time.
I will keep the tetsu kernel and associated initrd.bin available for download in the testing/tmp location but I will not migrate it to the stable files download section.
gmplayer is mplayer with GUI and included in pdaXii13-full. it is based on mplayer pre and works via gtk
mplayer included in pdaXii13-full works with bvdd and plays full screen. if you invoke it via xmms player, then bvdd is used automatically. it is based on mplayer pre7. mplayer2 is the original atty build which is also based on mplayer pre7.
in pdaXii13-full you have option to Exit from X or Reboot the Z. The Reboot option does not exist in pdaXii13-base as the base version aims to be as close to the C3100/C1000 beta3 as possible.
fixes that I have applied to my wip image but not yet released:
added dictionaries
added gplflash
SD card eject works from the applet
known bugs:
when changing between QVGA and VGA mode, the taskbar applets are all removed. current workaround is to re-add them manually and use the Panel Manager to customise the display order, or make a backup of /home/root/.matchbox/mbdock.session and restore the file and restart X.
although USB client works (ie. hook up Zaurus as a USB storage device to a PC and being detected as a C3000 rather than a C1000), but USB host feature seems at odds.
need better pdf viewer, prolly add epdfview and evince
java (classpath + jamvm) is not installed yet
I want to add one or two small games, note the small part. i just want to add something fun but not something huge. you can install all the games you want since you will have a few gigs free space to install them on and no ipkg-link required!
has
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I've just installed pdaXii13 full with the b2 kernel and I'm very happy with it seeing as almost everything seems to be working now including bvdd and USB storage link up. Thanks for fixing/adding most all the issues I raised Meanie!
Before I installed the full image I tried out both Meanie's Tetsu kernel and the latest c3000 kernel on Tetsu's page. Both are extremely unreliable- I can barely use it for 2 minutes without it freezing up and even after installing Tetsu's kernel modules I still couldn't get my wifi card to work so I've given up on the Tetsu kernel.
Apart from what you already mentioned (mainly the SD card eject problem) there are just a few more things I'd like to see changed/added before I deem pdaxii13 full perfect:
gmplayer just brings up a dark square and crashes X requiring a hard reset but playing a movie by clicking on it under rox works fine
Thanks for updating dillo but unfortunately the version you have included with pdaxii13 full has been compiled without https and SSL support so you can't access sites like Y! mail. I'd like to see this rectified for the next release.
gqview struggles or crashes with large images. Please add feh if not make it the default image viewer for rox. Does anybody know of an even better choice of image viewer for pdax than feh?
Please make gnumeric the default run action under rox for .xls files
By far the hardest program to install and setup that most people will want under pdax is gpe-calendar. If you could get this installed in the full image along with a working alarm it would be the icing on the cake!
Massive respect Meanie- thank you thank you thank YOU!
EDIT
A link to /data on the default desktop (for those who have a FAT32 partition) would be very handy too, cheers!
I'd like to point out to any pdaX newcomers that to refresh the screen after playing a video you hold hold down the Japanese key that is left of the - key then push 5
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enhencement request : is it possible to configure the brightness keys to control the screen brightness ? (like in openzaurus)
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where can I find the tetsu modules for download
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enhencement request : is it possible to configure the brightness keys to control the screen brightness ? (like in openzaurus)
Check meanie's page at http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html) for the new keyboard shortcuts.
# Super+1 = Switch VGA mode (320x240)
# Super+2 = Switch SVGA mode (640x480)
# Super+3 = Decrease Brightness
# Super+4 = Increase Brightness
# Super+5 = Refresh
"Super" is the Right Kanji key (just to the left of "-")
where can I find the tetsu modules for download
From what meanie says, there isn't a point to trying to the Tetsu kernel. I'd recommend staying with the B2 kernel.
However, Tetsu's page is here:
http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/ (http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/)
I think the package you're looking for is:
http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/v...es_v18h_arm.ipk (http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/v18h/kernel-modules_v18h_arm.ipk)
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Sat down and banged on it for a bit. My comments thus far
1) Xpdf doesn't render fonts, in addition to not rendering on the full width of the screen.
2) Transparency seems to come and go. It was working at the start, then I poked some config tools and it stopped working. The Xdefaults file looks okay, with transparency enabled. (Now, personally, I don't like the transparency. Do I just have to change the 2 or three lines dealing with transparency in the xdefault file, or is there anything else?)
3) GMplayer definitely locks X if started from the menu. It seems that if you click on a file through ROX, it's Mplayer playing it. On that note, when I click on that AVI file and mplayer starts, I can't control it. None of the keys, screen taps, or mousing seems to affect it. Something I'm doing wrong? (playback was very nice! I had to ssh and kill it though, because it was a half hour show... )
4) Open box seems to have a context menu that comes up when you click on screen. I don't know what modifier is required to bring it up - it only seems to show up 1/50 times or so...
5) The wording on the webpage regarding which shortcut keys are set could use a little re-working. Plus, Calendar and address have been remapped to the terminal and xmms, but if you go into the gui for setting shortcut keys they still say ctrl and alt. (Or more accurately "Alt/Ctrl key is mapped to Address/Calendar")
6) How do you actually configure scim? (I'd like it to do Japanese) It seems a bit troublesome - I can't get the ctrl-space to bring up the menu. At one point I had a right-click context menu showing up on the scim icon, but it stopped doing that shortly afterwards. (I had problems setting it up on my Kubuntu desktop as well - I poked at it for a while and it wasn't until some random reboot later it started working )
7) Performance seems somewhat laggier than expected - moreso than sharp rom. Maybe it's just the dreaded microdrive effect - I've mostly been using my 3100 and cacko. The last time I used pdaX was on my C1000.
8) That startup message (welcome to pda~something or other). Is that a sound file on the system? (If so, where?) Or is it synthesized on the fly?
9) I opened XMMS, and it still has one of meanie's songs on the playlist. (Katagoshi ni kensei)
10) USB mouse is fantastic - usb keyboard is totally unusable. (keymap totally wrong, each key repeats 5x). Haven't played with this much.
There were some other bits of weirdness that may have just been my messing about beforehand. I'm resetting the filesystem again now that I have some idea where the edges I can fall off of are.
I've never used pdaXrom much - never seemed complete or stable enough for my tastes. Not any more - Meanie's done a spectacular job of putting together a workable rom. I've been waiting a looong time for this - thanks man! I was thinking of selling my 3k because I couldn't do much with it - but you've now given it a new lease on life!
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kahm pointed out a bug I forgot to mention in that when you play a video from under rox you can't quit mplayer, you have to watch the video to the end or go to extreme measures like doing a ssh into it or a hard reset. However, if you open a terminal and play your video with the mplayer command you can quit it fine any time by pushing the q key.
I would also like to see gnumeric get updated to 1.6.3 mainly because the version that pdaxii13 currently comes with doesn't seem to save your preferences to ~/.gnumericrc so every time you open a spreadsheet you have to turn off three different toolbars to be able to see more than a few cells of the sheet but also because I've had trouble opening a few excel files with 1.6.0. It is also missing ssconvert which could solve one of my problems with gnumeric.
EDIT
I've just tried to compile both gnumeric 1.6.3 and then 1.6.2 using Meanie's zgcc squashfs toolkit image but configure failed on both as it would seem that they require newer GNOME and GTK libs than Meanies package provides. Any plans to update zgcc Meanie?
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I've been playing with this for the past couple of days. Overall I am very impressed! Thx Meanie for your excellent work.
I've had one thing happen that's a little odd. When I connect my 3K to my Ubuntu box via the USB cable, I get 7 instances of usbdisk show on my desktop. The connection works but it's something I'd like to fix. Anyone else run into this problem?
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I've always had the multiple usbdisk icons problem when I connect my Z up to a Linux box whether the Z is running cacko/sharp or pdaxrom and it happens under every Linux distro for the PC that I've tried my Z with. There's no fix that I know of but as you say it doesn't cause any real problems.
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Hi Meanie:
I've got some good and bad news.
The good news is that i installed gnumeric 1.6.3 from the beta3 feed and this fixed the problem with preferences not being saved. I also installed dillo-xft 0.8.5 from the beta3 feed and that does include ssl support so you can use Yahoo! mail without waiting an hour for FF to load Please include these packages in the next pdaxii13 full release.
The bad news is that there are still problems with the X keymap. CAPS LOCK doesn't work at all and the '1' key only works sometimes under the terminal but it doesn't work at all under most X apps. Both work fine under the non-X console though. Also, I just had the vfat partition become read-only on me but I'm not sure what caused it. I reset and it became rw again.
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Is it possible to use the modified distro for SL-C3200 ? I get kernel panic while loading (after install)
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A couple more tweaks I'd like to see in the next release
Make leafpad the default run action for text files under rox
Scale the fonts up by a factor of 2 and make the interface large by default under dillo
Anyone know how to fix the X keyboard mapping prob?
Thanks Meanie!
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Can anybody get a USB keyboard working at all? I've used this keyboard under Cacko before, but under this rom it either doesn't work at all, kills the usb host, or get whacked out mapping.
Wifi-radar is very cool, and fills a sorely needed gap with the Z You have to configure the /etc/wifi-radar.conf file with the dev name of your wifi-card (mine was wlan0, the config file was looking for eth0)
There's a bug with the pico text editor - if you use it to edit a pre-existing file and try to hit backspace on the 2nd line or higher, it crashes. Seems to work okay if you're creating a new file. Nano seems to work fine regardless.
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still working on improving pdaXii13-full
current bugs fixed in my wip image and new features:
added dictionaries
added gplflash
added feh
added epdfview
added evince
improved xpdf but still buggy sometimes
SD card eject works from the applet
rotation works much better now with running apps resized
gmplayer does not crash/hang system when launched from menu
dillo downgraded
removed pico
added /data icon on desktop
cleaned xmms playlist
fixed wifi-rador config file
problems:
switching between qvga/vga messes up the applets, this is a general problem with pdaXrom
usb keyboard map still needs some work....
scim doesn't like to be triggered !!! dunno why but its annoying as hell!
kahm:
transparencies are all controlled by .Xdefaults
the welcome sound is a wave file under /usr/share/sounds
the SL-C3200/SL-C3100 has not been tested but in theory should work once the bugs have been ironed out. you will need to provide the error messages you see when you boot to diagnose this.
The C3100 will be easier to configure since the MicroDrive size is exactly the same as the C3000, the 3200 has a bigger microdrive and needs manual repartition unless you are happy to have it repartitioned as a 4GB drive
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still working on improving pdaXii13-full
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the SL-C3200/SL-C3100 has not been tested but in theory should work once the bugs have been ironed out. you will need to provide the error messages you see when you boot to diagnose this.
Hi all !
I am the new owner of 3200 for about a week and after some bad experience with basic pdaXrom beta3 (over the original Sharp rom - suspend problems ... complete crash of system could not turn it on ... several times reflashing to original SHARp and to beta3 ..) I decided to test pdaxiirom with state about 1 December
Parititioining HDD as recommended by Meanie (swap 256MB, hdd1 1.5GB the hdd3 being the rest )
uncompressing of hdimage-full was OK. But after the final reboot the system did not come up
It stopped at the prompt like # (root)
but the console did not accept commands - I could write anything and erase it but it did not activate any commands ..
After some trials to understand what have happened I gave up and reflashed again beta3
but with new partitions from pdaxiirom. System came up well and it started to run some ipkg-link task (and running microdrive) at the start.
All applications as gnumeric, abiword gqview ,,,, all worked . The suspend is reliable etc ...
So it is very good. But today i tried to instal pdaxqtrom cramfs files and after runing install the startx does not work and a lot of applicatiions during the start complain about some shared libraries problems..)
I had to remove /opt/QTPalmtop/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc and replaced xinitrc by xinitrc.obenbox to get it running again.
probably the pdaxiirom structure is not compatible with the pdaxqtrom ...
To be honest I am still very confused about all the stuff in OESF forums, pdaxrom customization pages xqt etc ... Although I am experienced Linux user, I have to learn a lot about the Z - moreover I did not follow 2.4 kernels for a long time - now running Debian Sarge on 2.6.16 on most my machines in work .
The same confusion concerns the magic procedured with removing batery, unpluging and mainly pressing reset button when all power sources are disconnected -why ?
Most procedures to getting flash menu (described elsewhere) do not work on my 3200.
The only reliabkle is to remove batery and power, swithing the batery swith on (without batery) and presing D+B or D+M while pluging power supply. It does not work with batery in...
I am not able to go to Hlash menu (power+OK) immediately but only by booting (D+ and holding OK while rebooting from the command in Pdaxrom - it worked only in SHARP rom even with battery without power plug.
So is it anything changed in the boot loader between SHARP and pdaXrom ?
I feel there is a lot of magic behind the stuff mentioned in different places here and on various zaurus pages -
It serves exact research what happens during the booting process, what is called from flash menu exactly, when different keypresses are read (even with dark screen) etc ...
The battery switch is strange too - is seems to be just some kind of "jumper" read during certain phase of booting - e.g I have to switch it on (like to close battery cover - but I do not put battery and cover..) and after the systems prompts for root account I can switch off , put battery in and close again and nothing happens, at the other cases - like having X runing- the switching off causes the system to some suspend state ...)
I need some time to check everything once more and starting from the SHARP rom again before I can reliably report bugs here, though.
Anyway good piece of work Meanie and others !
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Hi ajnstajn,
congrats on your new Z. however, your post is really confusing this thread as this thread is about pdaXrom for C3000 and you are mixing several distros.
could you create a new thread and move your post there? thanks.
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Hi ajnstajn,
congrats on your new Z. however, your post is really confusing this thread as this thread is about pdaXrom for C3000 and you are mixing several distros.
Sorry if it sounds confusing but I intended to install the C3000 distro on 3200 (you said it should work in theory and some people asked about it on 3100 so I tried it. As I was stucked in #prompt without reaction (after flashing pdaxiirom ) I had to reflash to pdaXrom beta3 while having the disks partitioned with hdimage-full contents.
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I tried installing it on SL-C3200 ... however, no luck - kernel panic. It could not initialize console or sth like this (don't have it in front of me).
As I saw, it tries to do some things in /media directory ... I mean, it does not reflash anything (like for C3000), but instead, creates new init script. Which tries to mount some stuff and work with /media ... do I need to have some specific distro _before_ trying pdaxii13 on c3200 ? I don't have /media directory there (there was plain b3 before this)
p.p. I tried to fix it by changing some names, but it was failing with lot of other errors ...
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Hi Meanie!
The next pdaxii13 sounds as if its going to be great! Your list of new stuff and fixes seems like it should solve most of the problems I've had with the current version but you made no mention of an upgraded gnumeric (has it been upgraded to using 1.6.3 from the b3 feed instead of the buggy 1.6.0 version?) and, most importantly, the problem with the X keyboard map - 1 and CAPS LOCK don't work.
OK, so maybe I could live without CAPS LOCK but not being able to type 1 under X is a showstopper for me seeing as this Z gets mainly used for spreadsheets and unless I get this sorted shortly I'm going to have to return it to beepin' Cacko and thats something I'm really not looking forward to and don't want to do. I had a look at the Xmodmap file and as far as I could see it was correct- these keys also work fine under the non-X console so its not the kernel map file so I'm guessing this is something to do with initrd?
Nobody else has mentioned this keymap problem- can someone confirm its not just my install? As I said previously, 1 actually works under aterm I've found but not under gnumeric, leafpad etc.
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Hi Meanie!
The next pdaxii13 sounds as if its going to be great! Your list of new stuff and fixes seems like it should solve most of the problems I've had with the current version but you made no mention of an upgraded gnumeric (has it been upgraded to using 1.6.3 from the b3 feed instead of the buggy 1.6.0 version?) and, most importantly, the problem with the X keyboard map - 1 and CAPS LOCK don't work.
OK, so maybe I could live without CAPS LOCK but not being able to type 1 under X is a showstopper for me seeing as this Z gets mainly used for spreadsheets and unless I get this sorted shortly I'm going to have to return it to beepin' Cacko and thats something I'm really not looking forward to and don't want to do. I had a look at the Xmodmap file and as far as I could see it was correct- these keys also work fine under the non-X console so its not the kernel map file so I'm guessing this is something to do with initrd?
Nobody else has mentioned this keymap problem- can someone confirm its not just my install? As I said previously, 1 actually works under aterm I've found but not under gnumeric, leafpad etc.
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The keyboard problem was one of my biggest moans of pdaxrom. However, see here
[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21869]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21869[/url] for an explanation. I currently have no F keys defined (no brightness etc) and gaim/gnumeric all work great.
IanS
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I tried installing it on SL-C3200 ... however, no luck - kernel panic. It could not initialize console or sth like this (don't have it in front of me).
As I saw, it tries to do some things in /media directory ... I mean, it does not reflash anything (like for C3000), but instead, creates new init script. Which tries to mount some stuff and work with /media ... do I need to have some specific distro _before_ trying pdaxii13 on c3200 ? I don't have /media directory there (there was plain b3 before this)
p.p. I tried to fix it by changing some names, but it was failing with lot of other errors ...
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basically, what you need to do on C3100/C3200 is:
1. repartition your MicroDrive, the first partition, hdd1 has to be ext3 and at least 512MB but bigger than 1GB is better. you can use the options in the pdaXii13 installer to do it for you or use fdisk to manually repartition you microdrive which you can also do from the installer.
2. copy pivot_root (binary file) and init (shell script) into /sbin (I assume you have pdaXrom beta3 installed already). below is a minimal init script. I recommend you create a sys subdirectory under sbin and move the original init into there. the pdaXii13 installer should be doing this, but haven't had much time to test it yet. you can do this manually from the pdaXii13 installer, select option 5 to go to the console. then do the following:
mkdir -p /mnt/flash
mount /dev/mtdblock2 /mnt/flash
cd /mnt/flash/sbin
mkdir sys
mv init sys/
cp /tmp1/tools/bin/init .
chmod 755 init
cp /tmp1/tools/bin/pivot_root .
chmod 755 pivot_root
cd /
umount /mnt/flash
exit
3. reformat and extract hddimage file onto microdrive. this can also be done by the pdaXii13 intaller.
if the init script does not work, you can try debugging it. use the pdaXii13 installer to boot up your system and then use the console option to get to the file system (the steps above) and modify the init script until it works
i put extra comments in with ###
#!/bin/sh
echo "pivot boot script 0.4a for pdaXii13"
echo "intercepting: $0 $1"
if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
/sbin/sys/init $1
exit 0
fi
mount -t proc proc /proc
mount -o remount,rw /
echo "Loading driver for MicroDrive"
/sbin/cardmgr -o
if [ "`dmesg | tail -3 |grep hda1`" != "" ]; then
IDE1=/dev/hda1
else
IDE1=/dev/hdc1
fi
echo "Internal harddrive is $IDE1"
### the code should execute until here without problems
umount /proc
### if you have problems, try commenting out the umount /proc
echo Mounting $IDE1.
if [ ! -f /media/hdd ]; then
mkdir -p /media/hdd
fi
mount -t ext3 $IDE1 /media/hdd
### if you get up to here, then you should be ok
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
echo Dropping to a shell due to error in mounting root disk.
exec /bin/sh
fi
if [ -e /media/hdd/sbin/init -o -L /media/hdd/sbin/init ]; then
echo "Found /sbin/init on HD; pivoting."
if [ ! -f /media/hdd/media/realroot ]; then
mkdir -p /media/hdd/media/realroot 2>/dev/null
fi
cd /media/hdd
pivot_root . media/realroot
cd /
exec /sbin/init
fi
echo Dropping to a shell due to problems.
exec /bin/sh
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Hi Meanie!
The next pdaxii13 sounds as if its going to be great! Your list of new stuff and fixes seems like it should solve most of the problems I've had with the current version but you made no mention of an upgraded gnumeric (has it been upgraded to using 1.6.3 from the b3 feed instead of the buggy 1.6.0 version?) and, most importantly, the problem with the X keyboard map - 1 and CAPS LOCK don't work.
OK, so maybe I could live without CAPS LOCK but not being able to type 1 under X is a showstopper for me seeing as this Z gets mainly used for spreadsheets and unless I get this sorted shortly I'm going to have to return it to beepin' Cacko and thats something I'm really not looking forward to and don't want to do. I had a look at the Xmodmap file and as far as I could see it was correct- these keys also work fine under the non-X console so its not the kernel map file so I'm guessing this is something to do with initrd?
Nobody else has mentioned this keymap problem- can someone confirm its not just my install? As I said previously, 1 actually works under aterm I've found but not under gnumeric, leafpad etc.
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gnumeric has been fixed and upgraded as well as some other apps like xournal, gftp and gthumb
keys been fixed also (you can enable caps lock by modifying spitz.xmodmap and uncommenting the line which has ! add Lock = Caps_Lock)
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great meanie!
we're waiting for your uploads
could you add a version number or a date on your pdaxii13 web page ?
another question : do you still suggest to use the b2 kernel . why don't you put it straight in your install files ?
a great addon would be java too , with plugins to firefox or else
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That's it!
Thanks to Ian and of course my main man Meanie I have got a working keyboard map now! The great c3000 OS conversion is upon us! I just had to use mcedit to comment out the line starting 'keycode 49' and un-comment the add lock = caps lock line in /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap- woo!
The only thing I have to do now to complete my conversion process is install gpe-calendar and its several missing dependencies then fingers crossed I'll get the alarm working too!
It looks very much to me like this 3rd release of pdaXii13 will be THE release c3000 (and maybe c3100/3200 owners too) have been waiting so long for!
Thanks for the early xmas present Meanie!
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Meanie, I just downloaded all the files again, and restarted the process from the beginning.
I was able to boot successfully pdaxii13, however, a lot of error and warning messages, but finally it started in X.
Is it possible to use kernel from beta3 with it? My wireless doesn't want to start even with firmware files in /etc/pcmcia/firmware/ ( Planex GW-CF11X ).
It was ok in b3.
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This is my first post here.
Meanie- amazing job. I got a SL-C3000 three weeks after it was launched and it has never been more than a toy until now. I've tried every distro except OpenBSD. Now it's a proper lil linux laptop!!! Terrific.
Keyboard. I'm a Dvorak touch typist (I'm OLD- built my first micro-computer (Altair) in 1976). Have a small usb keyboard, A Jetion I got in Singapore.
How do I remap the external keyboard to Dvorak? You mention that it'll remap when the USB is plugged in. What file will it go looking for?
Thanks a million
patmc
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Meanie, I just downloaded all the files again, and restarted the process from the beginning.
I was able to boot successfully pdaxii13, however, a lot of error and warning messages, but finally it started in X.
Is it possible to use kernel from beta3 with it? My wireless doesn't want to start even with firmware files in /etc/pcmcia/firmware/ ( Planex GW-CF11X ).
It was ok in b3.
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if possible, could you paste the output of dmesg right after it starts up? it sounds like the pivot boot process worked for you which is good progress. did you have to do any tweaking to the init file or just used the latest installer files?
it may help if you installed the latest beta3 kernel module package.
[a href=\"http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/beta3/feed/kernel-modules_2.4.20_armv5tel.ipk]http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/...20_armv5tel.ipk[/url]
and do a depmod -v
also, can you check whether /home is mounted on the microdrive or flash? the output of mount and df would be great if you could paste it here.
i did update all the files last night except the hdimages which i am still working on but i am very close to completion and releasing new hdimages tarballs.
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This is my first post here.
Meanie- amazing job. I got a SL-C3000 three weeks after it was launched and it has never been more than a toy until now. I've tried every distro except OpenBSD. Now it's a proper lil linux laptop!!! Terrific.
Keyboard. I'm a Dvorak touch typist (I'm OLD- built my first micro-computer (Altair) in 1976). Have a small usb keyboard, A Jetion I got in Singapore.
How do I remap the external keyboard to Dvorak? You mention that it'll remap when the USB is plugged in. What file will it go looking for?
Thanks a million
patmc
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the keyboard mapping i am still working on.
what should be happening once it is done, the correct usbkbd.o module is loaded when the keyboard is plugged in. currently my tiny usb keyboard refuses to work but my generic 104 key ps2 keyboard plugged in via a usb2ps2 adaptor seems to be working with only one dead key so far (i only mapped the main keyboard but not the keys on the right hand side where the keypad is and the home key, etc since my tiny usb keyboard does not have those keys anyway)
so the usbkbd.o module might change in the new upcoming hdimage.
also, the hotplug subsystem will execute the keybdev script which will turn the auto repeat off and remap the keys, ie in summary it will run the following two commands:
xset r off
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/usb.xmodmap
the usb.xmodmap would be where the keys will be mappped. i am still working on a map for qwerty and might decide to give it a diffrent name such as usb-en-101.xmodmap
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if possible, could you paste the output of dmesg right after it starts up? it sounds like the pivot boot process worked for you which is good progress. did you have to do any tweaking to the init file or just used the latest installer files?
it may help if you installed the latest beta3 kernel module package.
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/...20_armv5tel.ipk (http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/beta3/feed/kernel-modules_2.4.20_armv5tel.ipk)
and do a depmod -v
also, can you check whether /home is mounted on the microdrive or flash? the output of mount and df would be great if you could paste it here.
i did update all the files last night except the hdimages which i am still working on but close to completion.
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I did not changed anything. just downloaded latest files off your location and used them.
Some images i took during the boot ... not best quality but it reads
[a href=\"http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_1.jpg]Shot 1[/url] Shot 2 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_2.jpg) Shot 3 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_3.jpg) Shot 4 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_4.jpg)
I'm also attaching my dmesg, hope it helps.
Attached messages file, with the wlan errors inside.
I noticed that Fn+key does not work under X/mrxvt/aterm. I cannot type symbols that depend on it, like * , : , ; , etc.
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pls bear with me
testing post
patmc
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if possible, could you paste the output of dmesg right after it starts up? it sounds like the pivot boot process worked for you which is good progress. did you have to do any tweaking to the init file or just used the latest installer files?
it may help if you installed the latest beta3 kernel module package.
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/...20_armv5tel.ipk (http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/beta3/feed/kernel-modules_2.4.20_armv5tel.ipk)
and do a depmod -v
also, can you check whether /home is mounted on the microdrive or flash? the output of mount and df would be great if you could paste it here.
i did update all the files last night except the hdimages which i am still working on but close to completion.
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I did not changed anything. just downloaded latest files off your location and used them.
Some images i took during the boot ... not best quality but it reads
[a href=\"http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_1.jpg]Shot 1[/url] Shot 2 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_2.jpg) Shot 3 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_3.jpg) Shot 4 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_4.jpg)
I'm also attaching my dmesg, hope it helps.
Attached messages file, with the wlan errors inside.
I noticed that Fn+key does not work under X/mrxvt/aterm. I cannot type symbols that depend on it, like * , : , ; , etc.
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it all looks ok. can you try booting without anything inserted into the cf slot and then inserting the card once it has finished booting
for the keymapping, try
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap
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it all looks ok. can you try booting without anything inserted into the cf slot and then inserting the card once it has finished booting
Rebooting without CF loaded, and then with CF loaded, both produced kernel panic errors.
Here is the screenshot
Shot 5 (http://up.drun.net/files/pdaxii13_5.jpg)
I haven't changed anything, just rebooted from the x menu entry.
for the keymapping, try
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap
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I will try this ... once i get rid of the kernel panic.
Also, I noticed the fonts in FBReader are messed, can't display cyrillic. B3 was okay by default. Are there any (font) packages needed to install ?
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[...]
I want to add one or two small games, note the small part. i just want to add something fun but not something huge. you can install all the games you want since you will have a few gigs free space to install them on and no ipkg-link required!
Hi,
First of all thank you for the great work.
I'd like to recommend you to include sdlvexed since it is only 532k and includes 19 levelpacks with music and nice graphics.
Available from http://www.pdaxrom.org/contrib/humit/sdlve....6_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/contrib/humit/sdlvexed_0.6_armv5tel.ipk)
thanks.
edit:
sdlvexed shortcut keys:
f: full screen
l: choose levelpack (works in fullscreen mode)
m: mute sound
s: solve
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This is my first post here.
Meanie- amazing job. I got a SL-C3000 three weeks after it was launched and it has never been more than a toy until now. I've tried every distro except OpenBSD. Now it's a proper lil linux laptop!!! Terrific.
Keyboard. I'm a Dvorak touch typist (I'm OLD- built my first micro-computer (Altair) in 1976). Have a small usb keyboard, A Jetion I got in Singapore.
How do I remap the external keyboard to Dvorak? You mention that it'll remap when the USB is plugged in. What file will it go looking for?
Thanks a million
patmc
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the keyboard mapping i am still working on.
what should be happening once it is done, the correct usbkbd.o module is loaded when the keyboard is plugged in. currently my tiny usb keyboard refuses to work but my generic 104 key ps2 keyboard plugged in via a usb2ps2 adaptor seems to be working with only one dead key so far (i only mapped the main keyboard but not the keys on the right hand side where the keypad is and the home key, etc since my tiny usb keyboard does not have those keys anyway)
so the usbkbd.o module might change in the new upcoming hdimage.
also, the hotplug subsystem will execute the keybdev script which will turn the auto repeat off and remap the keys, ie in summary it will run the following two commands:
xset r off
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/usb.xmodmap
the usb.xmodmap would be where the keys will be mappped. i am still working on a map for qwerty and might decide to give it a diffrent name such as usb-en-101.xmodmap
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Meanie
Thanks. Let us know when the keymapping's done. Could I hack the xmodmap to a Dvorak layout?
PatMc
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Yippee. Got icewm going. Now to configure it
Pat
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This is my first post here.
Meanie- amazing job. I got a SL-C3000 three weeks after it was launched and it has never been more than a toy until now. I've tried every distro except OpenBSD. Now it's a proper lil linux laptop!!! Terrific.
Keyboard. I'm a Dvorak touch typist (I'm OLD- built my first micro-computer (Altair) in 1976). Have a small usb keyboard, A Jetion I got in Singapore.
How do I remap the external keyboard to Dvorak? You mention that it'll remap when the USB is plugged in. What file will it go looking for?
Thanks a million
patmc
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the keyboard mapping i am still working on.
what should be happening once it is done, the correct usbkbd.o module is loaded when the keyboard is plugged in. currently my tiny usb keyboard refuses to work but my generic 104 key ps2 keyboard plugged in via a usb2ps2 adaptor seems to be working with only one dead key so far (i only mapped the main keyboard but not the keys on the right hand side where the keypad is and the home key, etc since my tiny usb keyboard does not have those keys anyway)
so the usbkbd.o module might change in the new upcoming hdimage.
also, the hotplug subsystem will execute the keybdev script which will turn the auto repeat off and remap the keys, ie in summary it will run the following two commands:
xset r off
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/usb.xmodmap
the usb.xmodmap would be where the keys will be mappped. i am still working on a map for qwerty and might decide to give it a diffrent name such as usb-en-101.xmodmap
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Thanks. Let us know when the keymapping's done. Could I hack the xmodmap to a Dvorak layout?
PatMc
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well, auto remapping of the keymapping did not work as I expected so I will look into it later, however, I made a little GUI to switch between different keymaps.
so my current naming convention for keymaps is as follows:
spitz.xmodmap is the default keymap for the Z keyboard while usb.xmodmap the default usb keymap
then other keymaps can be added for other keyboards, ie usb-uk.xmodmap, usb-de.xmodmap, etc...
maybe yours can be named usb-dvorak.xmodmap
I can include it in the next release of pdaXii13 if you send me a working dvorak keymap.
PS: I didn't create any of the additional keymaps. The menu items are just place holders until you create your own keymap and drop them into /etc/X11/kb
send me a copy of your usb keymaps if you want me to include it in pdaXii13 by default.
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Please excuse my ignorance but would you also want keymaps for particular USB keyboards that people have figured out?
EDIT: Sorry I re-read your post and realized that is indeed what you're talking about. I'll send you my Adesso USB Kbd map.
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I have installed the packages and now PDAXROM is working right. I am hoping it can be fixed instead of reinstalling.
During the bootup after it says welcome to PDAXii3 I get these errors
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXp.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXm.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : input file /user/lib/libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.0 not found
I still get the command prompt and log in as root
When I type startx it says
error loading shared libraries :libaticore.so.1 : cannot open shared object, no such file or directory.
All I did for this to happen was install packages from PDAXROM feeds I had found on this site.
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I have installed the packages and now PDAXROM is working right. I am hoping it can be fixed instead of reinstalling.
During the bootup after it says welcome to PDAXii3 I get these errors
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXp.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXm.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : input file /user/lib/libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.0 not found
I still get the command prompt and log in as root
When I type startx it says
error loading shared libraries :libaticore.so.1 : cannot open shared object, no such file or directory.
All I did for this to happen was install packages from PDAXROM feeds I had found on this site.
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Unfortunately, not all packages are always build perfectly and if you are unlucky to install one of those, it may cause problems on your Z. This is an unfortunate thing in the Zaurus world, but its better than have no packages at all to install. Try uninstalling the offending packages and find other versions of them.
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I have installed the packages and now PDAXROM is working right. I am hoping it can be fixed instead of reinstalling.
During the bootup after it says welcome to PDAXii3 I get these errors
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXp.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : /user/local/lib/libXm.so.6 is not a symbolic link
ldconfig : input file /user/lib/libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.0 not found
I still get the command prompt and log in as root
When I type startx it says
error loading shared libraries :libaticore.so.1 : cannot open shared object, no such file or directory.
All I did for this to happen was install packages from PDAXROM feeds I had found on this site.
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Unfortunately, not all packages are always build perfectly and if you are unlucky to install one of those, it may cause problems on your Z. This is an unfortunate thing in the Zaurus world, but its better than have no packages at all to install. Try uninstalling the offending packages and find other versions of them.
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Well I am still learning linux so it may be difficult. I know how to uninstall from the command line but how do I find out what packages blew it up and find the package name to ipkg remove?
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Meanie:
Maybe this isn't a bug with pdaXii13 as I never actually tried this under cacko but I had a look at /proc/cpuinfo when not overclocked earlier and it said 400+ (415?) bogomips. I then used the CPU config tool to overclock to 624Mhz and did another cat /proc/cpuinfo but it still said 415 (or whatever) bogomips.
I last updated my kernel, initrd and hdimage when you last renewed all three but I think you have released a new set of initrds (and kernels?) since then so maybe that has fixed it or maybe the bogomips value is being wrongly reported somehow?
Has the full hdimage been updated recently- with the SD card fix, new gnumeric and dictionaries etc? Next time you update the files it might be a good idea to give them a date or version number to make it easier for people to report bugs- if there are any in this next release of course!
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Meanie:
Maybe this isn't a bug with pdaXii13 as I never actually tried this under cacko but I had a look at /proc/cpuinfo when not overclocked earlier and it said 400+ (415?) bogomips. I then used the CPU config tool to overclock to 624Mhz and did another cat /proc/cpuinfo but it still said 415 (or whatever) bogomips.
I last updated my kernel, initrd and hdimage when you last renewed all three but I think you have released a new set of initrds (and kernels?) since then so maybe that has fixed it or maybe the bogomips value is being wrongly reported somehow?
Has the full hdimage been updated recently- with the SD card fix, new gnumeric and dictionaries etc? Next time you update the files it might be a good idea to give them a date or version number to make it easier for people to report bugs- if there are any in this next release of course!
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personally I think overclocking the Zaurus is a bad idea so I will not touch that area. feel free to do that if you want to but you're on your own and at your own risk when you do that.
as for updates, there has been no new release of pdaXii13 since the last one (build2), all the minor updates I made were fixes to the installer (updater.sh and updater-tools.bin). No changes were ever made to the kernel images since I dont have an environment to build kernels on... and the initrd.bin files updates only contain fixes to the init script which is just a simple shell script without much mystical magic around it (some people might give it fancy names in other distros, but it is just a shell script).
the hdimages have not been updated since the last update. i will be uploading new images (build3) today which will take several hours to complete...
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Just a note as fa as wi-fi radar is concerned - people will have to check what their wifi-card comes up as (wlan0 or eth0) and set /etc/wifi-radar.conf accordingly. I've fot one card that shows up as eth0 and one that is wlan0.
I can't wait to see build 3!
(I'm going libretto-less for today - c3k only )
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pdaXii13 build3 has been uploaded
here's the changelog since build2
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pdaXii13 fixes/updates:
installed qbedic + dictionaries
installed stardict + dictionary
installed scim
installed uim
installed feh
installed gplflash
installed gnumeric
installed Xdialog
installed qcomicbook
installed kchmviewer
installed justreader
installed epdfview
installed evince
installed classpath
installed jamvm
installed gcjwebplugin
installed jikes
installed jar
installed scite
removed pico
fixed gftp (startup size)
fixed gthumb (startup size)
fixed xournal (startup size)
fixed gmplayer (no more lockup when launched from menu)
replaced gmplayer with latest version (rc1)
replaced cards applet to fix SD card unmount
removed handling of ctrl/alt mapping from inputconfig.py
made silkscreen work
enhanced rotation so running apps are auto resized
fixed wifi-radar default config (for most wifi cards)
fixed some xpdf font issues
cleaned xmms playlist
added data shortcut on rox desktop
added home icon
made gnumeric the default rox action for .xls files
made dillo the default rox action for .html files
added mplayer wrapper script to allow key control during playback
auto mounting usb disk works (with 4 concurrent disks)
usb keyboard support updated
created graphical usb keyboard selector tool
created simple GUI for flite
created simple control GUI for samba
added screenshot icon to taskbar
resized the default background image so it looks ok when rotated
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Planned additions/Enhancement for build4:
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-planner
-bluefish
-dia
-homebank
-grisbi
-ethereal
-kismet
-amule
-gimp
-vlc
-fbreader
-xkobo (game)
-ltris (game)
-xsol (game)
-dosbox (maybe)
-gpe-calendar
-gpe-soundbite
-gpe-todo
make pdaxii13 config tool (to set option in pdaxii13.conf + screencap key)
fix matchbox-panel to not loose applets when switching between vga and qvga
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Sounds fantastic!
It's amazing how much pdaXii13 has progressed in such a short time. Build 4 sounds like it will be my dream Z OS!
A flite gui! Just like the speak tool in workbench!? Oooh I hope it can read pretty large text files (books) and has a 'pause' button- that would make it such a cool little app!
May I suggest the addition of vlc to the list of new apps in build 4 - it makes a great shoutcast browser/player.
Please let us know when uploading of build 3 is complete- thanks Mr Meanie!
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Meanie
Can u include fbreader (http://only.mawhrin.net/fbreader/)?
For me it`s best book reader
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the files are up and ready.
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go go go !!!!
edited:
so far, so good
clean install, wifi is working out of the box...
let's go for the hard testing phase
merci meanie
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I've just installed build 3. Unfortunately bvdd video isn't working again- I've tried both mplayer1 and mplayer2 but neither wants to do the full-screen bvdd thing- what a shame!
My other problem is that I find the default gtk font size is too small so under the last build all I had to do was change the 14 in /home/root/.gtkrc-2.0 to an 18 and that solved the problem. I tried changing the V in Verdana to a small v and I tried font size values between 16 and 20 but none of it had any effect. Can someone recommend a larger, readable font setting that will work under this latest release or tell me how to find out a list of valid values I can use in this file?
The '1' key works now but I see that caps lock is still commented out- I presume that is because enabling it causes random shifting of caps to non-caps when using the terminal, which is what is happening for me.
Apart from that everything seems fine so far- good work meanie!
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I've just installed build 3. Unfortunately bvdd video isn't working again- I've tried both mplayer1 and mplayer2 but neither wants to do the full-screen bvdd thing- what a shame!
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I have just tried mplayer & mplayer2 with the very last Meanie upload. Option "-vo bvdd" worked fine. Same with "-vm".
Could you post the exact mplayer parameters you are trying?
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Just flashed the latest b2 kernel/initrd and full system. I'm seeing that it has to recover the journal on the hda1 and it finds orphan inodes almost every time I reboot using the reboot menu option in X. Every time i've tried using shutdown instead, it has come up clean. (Quite possibly non-conclusive - I just didn't notice this under earlier builds)
While testing SCIM I rebooted and got a Filesystem with errors - check forced message, so it would appear that something is going on...
And I still can't get SCIM to work. Do you have to set anything other than the keyboard type? I try and set it to Japanese, but it never stays - it keeps reverting to unknown.
(And the first time that I tried to set it and rebooted, I got a "Updating configuration file" message and my desktop disappeared.)
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Hello,
Thank you for this release.
Juste a question.
How to recalibrate the Pen ( mouse ) ?
Oncle-Dave.
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Hello,
Thank you for this release.
Juste a question.
How to recalibrate the Pen ( mouse ) ?
Oncle-Dave.
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Exit to the console
# rm /etc/pointercal
then
startx
It will then ask you to recalibrate
Late
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Just flashed the latest b2 kernel/initrd and full system. I'm seeing that it has to recover the journal on the hda1 and it finds orphan inodes almost every time I reboot using the reboot menu option in X. Every time i've tried using shutdown instead, it has come up clean. (Quite possibly non-conclusive - I just didn't notice this under earlier builds)
While testing SCIM I rebooted and got a Filesystem with errors - check forced message, so it would appear that something is going on...
And I still can't get SCIM to work. Do you have to set anything other than the keyboard type? I try and set it to Japanese, but it never stays - it keeps reverting to unknown.
(And the first time that I tried to set it and rebooted, I got a "Updating configuration file" message and my desktop disappeared.)
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sometimes, the filesystem gets really corrupted but I do't know why and when it happens. in such extreme cases i boot into the emergency system and do a e2fsck on /dev/hda1 with the -f -y options which will then fix many many errors. after that everything is fine again.
if you see it recovering two inodes during reboot, then that's ok. if you see none, then that's even better but the two inodes needing recovery are harmless.
scim is currently half broken. it does only work in non gtk2 apps. what you need to do is reinstall the original beta3 gtk2 package in order to make it work. I am currently working on a patched gtk2 version for beta3 to include my fixes from beta1.
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ruig5:
I didn't use any parameters when playing the vids because the mplayer.conf file already contains the -vo bvdd and -vm parameters yet despite this when I clicked on a video under rox under this latest build it plays in a window when under build 2 or the old c3k b2 these same videos would play back full-screen, so it was then that I tried using the mplayer1 and mplayer2 commands only to get a small video in the centre surrounded by a big black border (with mplayer1) or to the side of the screen, vertically aligned with mplayer2.
Its a shame about the video in build 3 but I'm waiting on build 4 anyway as I see gpe-calendar as an essential package and because most of its dependencies don't get installed when you install from Xromers feed its the single most time consuming package to install that I've encounter so far on the Z. Having amule on by default will also be very cool! Please make double sure bvdd video works in build4 meanie or I'm going to cry!
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Hello,
Thank you for this release.
Juste a question.
How to recalibrate the Pen ( mouse ) ?Â
 Oncle-Dave.Â
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Exit to the console
# rm /etc/pointercal
then
startx
It will then ask you to recalibrate
Late
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Thank you.
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no other problems so far?
well, I did a bad thing and overwrote the mplayer wrapper script when I upgraded gmplayer, but for those impatient souls, I have attached the mplayer wrapper script. Just rename the existing /usr/bin/mplayer to /usr/bin/mplayer3 and copy the attached script as /usr/bin/mplayer
I was also able to fix the problem with the applets disappearing when you switch between vga and qvga mode. See other thread for a file to replace matchbox-manager with to fix that problem.
I also recompiled gtk2 for beta3 and scim works with it so I am reapplying my hacks to make the dialog windows fit on the Z screen
I also figured out how to change the colours when you do a ls, and I changed the directory colour to something more readable.
All these changes will of course be available in build4....
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Meanie:
Any solution to my font problem? I checked and verdana was present, maybe its the xfontpath thats set wrong? It doesn't have to be verdana though- I just want a bigger font that is easy on the eyes.
I'm wondering why your mplayer wrapper is using x11 video by default instead of bvdd? This kinda conflicts with your mplayer.conf which (rightfully so) is setup to use bvdd by default. If gmplayer works well with bvdd then great but as it stands I was best off playing videos using xmms as, unlike when playing vids launched from under rox, I could stop the videos at any moment by pushing escape/quit or whatever that little x button next to the arrow keys is called.
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Meanie:
Any solution to my font problem? I checked and verdana was present, maybe its the xfontpath thats set wrong? It doesn't have to be verdana though- I just want a bigger font that is easy on the eyes.
I'm wondering why your mplayer wrapper is using x11 video by default instead of bvdd? This kinda conflicts with your mplayer.conf which (rightfully so) is setup to use bvdd by default. If gmplayer works well with bvdd then great but as it stands I was best off playing videos using xmms as, unlike when playing vids launched from under rox, I could stop the videos at any moment by pushing escape/quit or whatever that little x button next to the arrow keys is called.
Has anybody else run into xmms complaining:
Please check that:
1/ your soundcard is configured properly
2/ you have the correct output plugin selected
3/ no other program is blocking the soundcard
After playing about four or five songs?
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if you look at the script more carefully you will see that it does default to the bvdd version since the first clause will evaluate negative in most cases unless of course GMPLAYER is set to true which by default is set to false.
as for fonts, what fonts are you on about? the title, the menu, the terminal, its all controlled from different places in pdaXrom some settings will override others, its such a joy the openbox theme (which specifies font sizes) and the matchbox font are more dominant though for the window manager/X environment, however, some applications pick their own font or use the font defined by the gtk2 theme while others use the font defined by Qt. In mrxvt, press Ctrl + =
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Hi Meanie!
wrt my font problem, a few postings back I wrote:
My other problem is that I find the default gtk font size is too small so under the last build all I had to do was change the 14 in /home/root/.gtkrc-2.0 to an 18 and that solved the problem. I tried changing the V in Verdana to a small v and I tried font size values between 16 and 20 but none of it had any effect [even after restarting X]. Can someone recommend a larger, readable font setting that will work under this latest release or tell me how to find out a list of valid values [and fonts] I can use in this file?
And I also asked if it was not possible to enable caps lock without getting funny random caps-shifting behaviour under the X console (dunno if that happens under other apps too)
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I also reported having problems with xmms but that has been sorted now so I've deleted the 'bug' description from above
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Two more apps to add to the wishlist for inclusion in pdaXii13 full or custom are
gnomebaker - GNOME CD and DVD burning app that formed the basis of NeroLinux
goobox - very easy GNOME OGG/MP3/FLAC/WAV CD ripper
Any idea when we can expect build4 Meanie?
Thanks!
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I bought my dad one of those roll-up, flexible USB keyboards for his Z for xmas. It works fine with the us keyboard map but the British English keyboard map just produces nonsense characters. Did the British USB keyboard map get replaced/fixed in build5 as we're back to running build4 again now? Anyone know where I can get a working UK keymap?
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I've got it working now but uploading to OESF is still broke. I've e-mailed my UK xmodmap to Meanie for inclusion in the next release and I can e-mail it to anyone who wants it
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Menaie:
I'm sure I remember reading on here that vlc was the only choice for playing back audio streams under pdaX and that's why I requested its inclusion into pdaXii13. Maybe its just because the vlc in build 5 was an old version but I found the sound to be choppy and I didn't manage to get perfect 'reception' (without the slight drop outs it suffers from).
Well it turns out that info (about shoutcast players) was incorrect and streamtuner works perfectly well under pdaX and unlike vlc you can record streams. This is what I wanted vlc included for so I'd like to see it replaced by streamtuner and streamripper in the next build.
Another thing I'd like to see in the next build is ipkg.conf using either your beta3 feed (what is the address?) or using
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/beta3/feed (http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/beta3/feed)
z.spy.org is certainly more reliable than the official feeds
I hope the next build has xscreensaver (and maybe the light+power one too) disabled by default- is this the case in 5.1? I don't know how it would work out having two different screensaver apps enabled and I think this is why we were having problems.
Did you get my e-mail with the UK .xmodmap? Did this make it into 5.1 or will it be included in the next one? I'll upgrade when you have the gpe alarm working as I'm quite happy with build 4 apart from the fact that xmms likes to launch itself randomly- whats causing this? Is there an xmms shortcut key?
pdaXii13 5.1 on c3000 users:
How is it? Is it stable? Does it fix build 5's problems?
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I said streamtuner works pefectly well but as I've already said in the other thread on this topic it only works with the Xiph channels for me but not Shoutcast or Live365. Still, it works better than vlc as a streaming app and there is supposed to be a patch to fix this problem.
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Just to be clear, streamtuner (and/or streamripper) don't stream anything. Streamtuner is just a gui front end that displays the stream listings and then passes off urls/uris to the streaming engine. Mplayer (by default) is doing the streaming behind streamtuner and with the right mplayer command line, you can stream without streamtuner (for pls 'rxvt -e mplayer -playlist' and m3u 'rxvt -e mplayer'). Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of st/sr, but including those without mplayer does zero. With the right command line options, I imagine that vlc also works well and is probably more versatile than mplayer.
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I'm fully aware of that- st/sr makes a better choice over vlc because
1- It uses mplayer and pdaXii13 already comes with mplayer
2 ST only needs 300k of disk space compared to 3MB or whatever for vlc
3 ST works without slight break-ups in the audio stream- if anyone knows how to fix this under vlc then let us know
4 You can record under ST/SR (can you do this under vlc? I couldn't see such an option)
I know vlc is a general purpose media player but its unneccessary when we already have xmms and gmplayer and although I didn't test its movie playback functionality on the Z I'd bet its not as good as mplayer as I think thats the only movie player that supports bvdd but I could be wrong.
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OK. Not trying to make anybody mad, just didn't seem like an apples to apples comparison. You outline a good comparison.
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Wow ... reading through the pages is quite a treat! Happy New Year everyone ...
Now for the question:
I know pdaXii13 is meant for the c3000, but is there a variant or built for the c1000? I got a 4gb sd card and am currently running cacko 1.23 full on my c1000. Can I somehow install pdaXii13 on it? Would be really great if it does ... I can't wait to migrate over!
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I tried to install pdaxii13 , It 's great! But i got a problem ,.
I can't read chinese Files in CF or SD Card. What can i do?
help me please ,
btw, /dev/hda3 -> /data have a same problem...
should I modify the /etc/fstab ? How?
I am a newbie......
Thanks a lot...
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I tried to install pdaxii13 , It 's great! But i got a problem ,.
I can't read chinese Files in CF or SD Card. What can i do?
help me please ,
btw, /dev/hda3 -> /data have a same problem...
should I modify the /etc/fstab ? How?
I am a newbie......
Thanks a lot...
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you have no problem with suspend/resume ???
it's curious that some people have problems and some not.........it is the same hardware and same software no???
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you have no problem with suspend/resume ???
it's curious that some people have problems and some not.........it is the same hardware and same software no???
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I have this problem in beta1
but it is run very perfect when I change to pdaXii13
So I think that's not a hardware problem...
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you have no problem with suspend/resume ???
it's curious that some people have problems and some not.........it is the same hardware and same software no???
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I have this problem in beta1
but it is run very perfect when I change to pdaXii13
So I think that's not a hardware problem...
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I have no problems with suspend/resume either
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Is there any people know that how to read Chinese name Files?
my zaurus can read Chinese in Firefox , Scim chinese input is OK.
I tried to install the gtk locale .... but..~~~
Is this a Files system mount problem ?
give me some hints... PLZ.......everybody....
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Unfortunately pdaXii13 build 5.1 won't even install for me
It gets as far as saying 'C3000 detected' and then it says something like
Errror on line 734 of updater.sh , unexpected 'fi', expecting 'done'
So I tried deleting updater.sh and redownloaded it and tried again but I just got the same error before the Z reboots itself
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Is there any people know that how to read Chinese name Files?
my zaurus can read Chinese in Firefox , Scim chinese input is OK.
I tried to install the gtk locale .... but..~~~
Is this a Files system mount problem ?
give me some hints... PLZ.......everybody....
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I got it.... It is a Files system mount problem....
I tried to /umount/data
and mount again as below... It can display chinese files name....
mount -t vfat -o umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 /dev/hda3 /data
but when I try to modify the /etc/fstab
/dev/hda3 /data vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/cf vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
/dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
the cf and the internal disk not effective , only the sd card display normaly.....
anyone know ?
where should I change ?
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Is there any people know that how to read Chinese name Files?
my zaurus can read Chinese in Firefox , Scim chinese input is OK.
I tried to install the gtk locale .... but..~~~
Is this a Files system mount problem ?
give me some hints... PLZ.......everybody....
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I got it.... It is a Files system mount problem....
I tried to /umount/data
and mount again as below... It can display chinese files name....
mount -t vfat -o umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 /dev/hda3 /data
but when I try to modify the /etc/fstab
/dev/hda3 /data vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/cf vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
/dev/mmcda1 /mnt/card vfat noauto,umask=000,noatime,iocharset=utf8,codepage=950 0 0
the cf and the internal disk not effective , only the sd card display normaly.....
anyone know ?
where should I change ?
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/etc/sdcard/sd_mem_ctrl for SD
/etc/pcmcia/ide.opts for CF
/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys for /data
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/etc/sdcard/sd_mem_ctrl for SD
/etc/pcmcia/ide.opts for CF
/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys for /data
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Meanie . Thanks a lot...
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/etc/sdcard/sd_mem_ctrl for SD
/etc/pcmcia/ide.opts for CF
/etc/rc.d/rc.rofilesys for /data
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Meanie . Thanks a lot...
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utf8 and codepage 950 will of course be the default mount option in build 5.2
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Meanie:
I presume you did receive my UK keymap? I have two problems with USB keyboard mapping right now except from the lack of euro sign (Alt-GR and 4) that I already mentioned-
The four keys , . / ' (not on the numpad, on the main keyboard) currently all start xmms when using my UK keymap under build 4, but they do work when holding down shift to produce < > ? @ respectively. What is causing this?
The other keymap problem is how do I change the key repeat setting? Holding down backspace on my USB keyboard currently just deletes one character per push.
Have you considered using either Thunar or pcmanfm instead of rox as the file/desktop manager? I quite like rox except from the fact that you can't copy files in the way you do on every other file manager and its insistance on making you open two windows and dragging to copy is a bit awkward on a Z when you don't have a mouse or rollerball plugged in.
I've still had no luck getting cheesetracker 0.5.5 to compile but I think that we should also check out cheesetracker 0.9.9 which uses QT. I try and avoid QT progs when I'm running a mainly GTK environment in a restrictive amount of memory like under pdaXii13 but it should offer more features and hopefully be more stable etc. than 0.5.5. Unfortunately 0.9.9 needs a build tool called SCons which looks quite tricky to set up and I haven't had time to wade through its install instructions yet but I'm determined to get a decent music making program running on pdaX!
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Other programs I'm looking to get going are apcstudio (an FLTK based sound editor), zynaddsubfx (just trying this again right now- the best fltk or otherwise synth prog for Linux EDIT Can't compile it due to problem with zgccs fltk-config library settings including fltk-utf8 that isn't included) and Rezound, a FOX based sound recording and editing app.
My plea to Menaie:
I have just received great news! No only is today my 26th birthday (EDIT Weird how my birthday ties into this in that I get my Z and at around the time of the release of the finished pdaXii13 - Xii13=2x13=26) but last night I spotted a c3100 about to go on ebay so I decided it was to be a mine and so it was! My lovely new personal Z (I've been hogging my dads mucho with all this testing recently) has been posted to me today so I should have it by tomorrow. I think its currently got Cacko installed according to the seller but I would love to get straight down to re-partitioning and installing pdaXii13 build 5.2 - It would make my birthday present double good!
5.2 please Mr. Meanie - a release candidate would be fantastic!
<drumroll to the unveiling of the worlds greatest palmtop OS....>
Thanks Meanie!
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utf8 and codepage 950 will of course be the default mount option in build 5.2
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=149991\")
Great.... , but I added the utf8 only... it can display the chinese charater correctly... I don't know if I add the codepage 950 , can it display the simp.chinese and trad.chinese both correctly?
oh yeah... 1 more think... the samba codepage problem..
At PC side can't see the chinese files name correctly, I need add client code page 950. but some codepage files needed and put in
\usr\share\samba\codepages
[a href=\"http://www.kole.com/de100c/extracted/fsImage/target.root/etc/codepages/]http://www.kole.com/de100c/extracted/fsIma.../etc/codepages/[/url]
would you mind to put all of them in your build 5.2 ?
anyway thanks a lot...
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utf8 and codepage 950 will of course be the default mount option in build 5.2
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=149991\")
Great.... , but I added the utf8 only... it can display the chinese charater correctly... I don't know if I add the codepage 950 , can it display the simp.chinese and trad.chinese both correctly?
oh yeah... 1 more think... the samba codepage problem..
At PC side can't see the chinese files name correctly, I need add client code page 950. but some codepage files needed and put in
\usr\share\samba\codepages
[a href=\"http://www.kole.com/de100c/extracted/fsImage/target.root/etc/codepages/]http://www.kole.com/de100c/extracted/fsIma.../etc/codepages/[/url]
would you mind to put all of them in your build 5.2 ?
anyway thanks a lot...
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ok, i will just add utf8 and also include the codepages for samba
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@Meanie:
You are doing a great job for all C3000 users, thank you!
I've been successfully using pdaXrom 1.1.0beta1 for quite some time; unfortunately, the filesystem recently got so badly corrupted that I decided to give pdaXii13 a trial. Not bad, it is really a step forward compared to 1.1.0beta1! I've encountered only one problem so far, and that is that keyboard and touch screen sometimes freeze after resuming the Z but it looks like this thread contains some hints how to solve this problem which I will try.
However, I'm not quite sure now about the latest version. You mentioned that Build 5.2 will be the last image-based one before updates are done via the feeds. On the page "http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/" I see already distro images labelled 'build5.2'. Does it mean that this is already the final build? Or are you going to make changes to them?
As I said before, thanks a lot for all your efforts and keep up your fantastic work!
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I've encountered only one problem so far, and that is that keyboard and touch screen sometimes freeze after resuming the Z but it looks like this thread contains some hints how to solve this problem which I will try.
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150128\")
just look this thread for the resolution of this problem:
[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22518]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22518[/url]
mainly you should not set the time on first boot (just hit cancel), stop atd, then set the time and restart atd.
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build 5.2 is being uploaded which (hopefully) has all bugs fixed...
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just look this thread for the resolution of this problem:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22518 (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22518)
mainly you should not set the time on first boot (just hit cancel), stop atd, then set the time and restart atd.
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Thanks! I'll have a look there.
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build 5.2 has been uploaded. it is much more stable than the previous builds and hopefully has all the bugs fixed....
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Unfortunately my c3100 didn't arrive today but I've just installed build 5.2 on the c3000 and its looking like we're onto a winner - good work Meanie!
The important thing for me was that we finally have a version of pdaXrom (for the c3000!) with a working calandar with alarm with no magickal rituals required to get it working. The alarm even works when you've closed gpe-calendar and suspended the Z. However, the alarm doesn't sound if you're running a program that is already using the sound output but the alarm will sound as soon as that program stops (i.e if you stop playing tracks under xmms, alarm will begin to sound if it was activated whilst you were using xmms) and you will also see the visual alarm notification so its no major flaw- I think this is a limitation of OSS rather than Meanie's fault.
Thanks for including the UK keymap but I think I'm going to have to look into it a bit as those 4 keys I mentioned before are still launching xmms for some reason. This is the only bug I've encountered so far and its probably my fault
If you make any changes before 5.2 gets deemed stable then please add streamtuner and streamripper maybe as a replacement for vlc. Anybody want vlc? What for?
I tried installing gnomebaker but when I run it is just gets as far as saying 'loading gui' then nothing else happens. I haven't got a USB burner to plug in yet so maybe thats the reason
Is it possible to install pdaXii13 on a c3100 exactly as you would on a c3000 but replacing the kernel on the install card with the kernel from beta3 or must I install beta3 and then install pdaXii13 on top? Has anybody tried installing build 5.2 on a c3100 yet?
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Hmmm, thinking of trying this as I have a lot of X stuff to play with. Would it be difficult to do a dual boot of this and the sharprom/cacko (translator/dictionary)?
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Meanie:
Sorry to add to my already swelling list of questions and requests but I'm presuming that zgcc hasn't been updated in the last few days as it is still called build 5 which is the last version I tried and that is unable to compile FLTK apps (see my Zyn on Z thread in this forum or your zgcc blog on tyrannozaurus). I don't suppose this has been fixed without the version number being altered? If this is not the case then please upgrade it to FLTK 1.1.7, make sure it can compile FLTK apps (i.e it doesn't start asking for fltk-utf8 libs that don't exist) and adding gtkmm would top it off for me and warrant the holy zgcc build 5.2 moniker
Time to show off those c3x00 machines - thanks to Meanie and sash for revolutionising portable computing!
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build 5.2 has been uploaded. it is much more stable than the previous builds and hopefully has all the bugs fixed....
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downloaded..... going for installation...
let me be a white mouse . Thanks a lot
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build 5.2 has been uploaded. it is much more stable than the previous builds and hopefully has all the bugs fixed....
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I cannot download hdimage-full.tgz. I'm always redirected to [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com[/url] home page. I was able to download all the other files
Is there any other location where I could get hdimage-full.tgz 5.2 ?
Thanks !
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there seems to be a few people having problems getting the files. I am not sure if it is a problem with the hosting company or what. i will look into it over the next couple days. Send me a pm (if you havent already) if you are having problems.
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there seems to be a few people having problems getting the files. I am not sure if it is a problem with the hosting company or what. i will look into it over the next couple days. Send me a pm (if you havent already) if you are having problems.
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It's downloading for me right now at this speed on my ADSL. 60KB/s to 232KB/s
I'm using Flashget 1.71 in Windowz
Try using a download helper/accelerator.
EDIT - Update.
The full image (hdimage-full.tgz) downloaded with no problems. I tested the files using WinRAR and there were no problems. I cannot install it now because, I'm waiting for my new C3200 to arrive and that's the machine I plan to install pdaxrom beta 3, then pdaxii13
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I cannot download hdimage-full.tgz. I'm always redirected to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com) home page. I was able to download all the other files
Is there any other location where I could get hdimage-full.tgz 5.2 ?
Thanks !
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Initially, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. I kept trying every other hour and suddenly it worked (using Firefox on a Gentoo box). I thought it was Meanie not yet ready with the upload.
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I cannot download hdimage-full.tgz. I'm always redirected to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com) home page. I was able to download all the other files
Is there any other location where I could get hdimage-full.tgz 5.2 ?
Thanks !
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150287\")
Initially, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. I kept trying every other hour and suddenly it worked (using Firefox on a Gentoo box). I thought it was Meanie not yet ready with the upload.
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no, not yet... I've been trying from time to time...
I thought that it could be caused by some "black list" of IPs.
But the result is the same even through a VPN connection to UK then to [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
Any ideas or alternate solution ?
Thanks !
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I cannot download hdimage-full.tgz. I'm always redirected to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com) home page. I was able to download all the other files
Is there any other location where I could get hdimage-full.tgz 5.2 ?
Thanks !
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150287\")
Initially, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. I kept trying every other hour and suddenly it worked (using Firefox on a Gentoo box). I thought it was Meanie not yet ready with the upload.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150297\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
no, not yet... I've been trying from time to time...
I thought that it could be caused by some "black list" of IPs.
But the result is the same even through a VPN connection to UK then to [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
Any ideas or alternate solution ?
Thanks !
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(http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150340\")
it would work if you used the right url:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
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Just installed 5.2. Every time I boot I'm getting an error message (presumably from ROX) that says that the standard mime database (version 0.9 or later) was not found. It suggests checking permissions on /usr/share/mime/globs or /usr/local/share/mime/globs, but neither directory exists. (I'm going to guess that it's actually looking for /usr/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME, but the permissions on that appear normal. Root - Root DRWXR-XR-X)
Also, nothing seems to happen when I try to run the terminal by clicking on the icon in the status bar... I can run aterm and rxvt from the menu, but mrxvt doesn't start. (Seems like the executable is missing.)
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Just installed 5.2. Every time I boot I'm getting an error message (presumably from ROX) that says that the standard mime database (version 0.9 or later) was not found. It suggests checking permissions on /usr/share/mime/globs or /usr/local/share/mime/globs, but neither directory exists. (I'm going to guess that it's actually looking for /usr/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME, but the permissions on that appear normal. Root - Root DRWXR-XR-X)
Also, nothing seems to happen when I try to run the terminal by clicking on the icon in the status bar... I can run aterm and rxvt from the menu, but mrxvt doesn't start. (Seems like the executable is missing.)
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It appears like you have an incomplete install. There should be a /usr/share/mime directory which contains globs and other files and directories...
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Also, nothing seems to happen when I try to run the terminal by clicking on the icon in the status bar... I can run aterm and rxvt from the menu, but mrxvt doesn't start. (Seems like the executable is missing.)
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I installed mrxvt from Meanie's feed and I have the same problem. After I have click on the icon on the task bar a time or two, I will often fine a task running call unnamed. I can launch mrxvt from the icon on the desktop and then when I close it, the unnamed one closes as well. Maybe unrelated, but it sounds like the same behavior.
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Just installed 5.2. Every time I boot I'm getting an error message (presumably from ROX) that says that the standard mime database (version 0.9 or later) was not found. It suggests checking permissions on /usr/share/mime/globs or /usr/local/share/mime/globs, but neither directory exists. (I'm going to guess that it's actually looking for /usr/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME, but the permissions on that appear normal. Root - Root DRWXR-XR-X)
Also, nothing seems to happen when I try to run the terminal by clicking on the icon in the status bar... I can run aterm and rxvt from the menu, but mrxvt doesn't start. (Seems like the executable is missing.)
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150397\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
It appears like you have an incomplete install. There should be a /usr/share/mime directory which contains globs and other files and directories...
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150398\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
I'll try downloading it again. The 5.2 file that I downloaded was 111mb - smaller than the 126 of the 5.1 (Or whatever version was on the SD card...). I thought it was odd at the time...
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Just installed 5.2. Every time I boot I'm getting an error message (presumably from ROX) that says that the standard mime database (version 0.9 or later) was not found. It suggests checking permissions on /usr/share/mime/globs or /usr/local/share/mime/globs, but neither directory exists. (I'm going to guess that it's actually looking for /usr/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME, but the permissions on that appear normal. Root - Root DRWXR-XR-X)
Also, nothing seems to happen when I try to run the terminal by clicking on the icon in the status bar... I can run aterm and rxvt from the menu, but mrxvt doesn't start. (Seems like the executable is missing.)
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150397\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
It appears like you have an incomplete install. There should be a /usr/share/mime directory which contains globs and other files and directories...
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150398\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
I'll try downloading it again. The 5.2 file that I downloaded was 111mb - smaller than the 126 of the 5.1 (Or whatever version was on the SD card...). I thought it was odd at the time...
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yeah, it should be bigger
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I cannot download hdimage-full.tgz. I'm always redirected to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com) home page. I was able to download all the other files
Is there any other location where I could get hdimage-full.tgz 5.2 ?
Thanks !
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150287\")
Initially, I had exactly the same problem yesterday. I kept trying every other hour and suddenly it worked (using Firefox on a Gentoo box). I thought it was Meanie not yet ready with the upload.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=150297\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
no, not yet... I've been trying from time to time...
I thought that it could be caused by some "black list" of IPs.
But the result is the same even through a VPN connection to UK then to [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
Any ideas or alternate solution ?
Thanks !
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(http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150340\")
it would work if you used the right url:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
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(http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=150396\")
Ok thanks it works. Sorry for the mistake.
But I think page [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/[/url] should be updated as it still says 'hdimage-full.tgz (158MB) - build5.2' in the 'distro images for the microdrive' part and points to a the dead link. Could be misleading.
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Menaie:
I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this about 5.2 on c3000 (except for me in my pdaXii13 c3100 install guide thread which I've just updated) but according to df hda1 is mounted twice for some reason on both c3000 and c3100. Can't be good!
I've just been trying to work out what is wrong with the usb-uk keyboard map as keycodes
104 = apostrophe
106 = comma
107 = period
108 = slash
All launch xmms when pushed without holding shift but they seem to be set up correctly in the xmodmap file. A few of them had the key definitions printed twice (i.e 104 said apostrophe at aposrophe at) in the modmap so I tried deleting the second set of definitions (so that one just said just said apostophe at etc.) but that didn't make any difference so there must be something else going on I don't know about. Any ideas?
A far as pdaXii13 on c3000 is concerned its just these two problems along with the lack of those wifi drivers I've linked to in the c3100 install guide and gpe-calendar mysteriously stopping to work properly. I wish I could say the same about pdaXii13 on c3100
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i'm still have a problems to switch wallpaper, using rox and lok&fell
qhen i chosse new wallpaper my screens gone gray and retur to old wallpaper (but look and fell show i'm using the choosen wallpaper...)
Meanie can help?
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i'm still have a problems to switch wallpaper, using rox and lok&fell
qhen i chosse new wallpaper my screens gone gray and retur to old wallpaper (but look and fell show i'm using the choosen wallpaper...)
Meanie can help?
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you cannot use looknfeel to change wallpaper if you are using rox. you need to use the backdrop feature in rox.
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wow meanie thanks...
I don't knew "right clic" in desktop.. (owww.. i'm a goofy)
thanks...
my next try are use another icons and maybe psx
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So I downloaded the full ~160mb 5.2 this time. mrvxt is working, and no error on startup. Torsmo doesn't seem to be displaying anything on screen (which is fine with me - I'm not particularily fond of it )
Is the status bar supposed to disappear when you switch virtual terminals? It only displays on desktop 1.
The only other continual niggle I have is the file save dialog (Firefox, for example) It opens up much larger than the screen until you click the "Browse for other folders" option. It then resizes so it sort of fits on screen, but the file name and title bar are still way off the top - you have to use the key shortcut for moving windows to bring it down. I've seen this issue in another program, so I don't think it's firefox related. It's quite annoying because the window is basically empty before you select the browse option. =(
Great job so far, Meanie. I'm just about ready to kick Cacko for good, now...
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Is there a way to get the volume setting I choose to persist across reboots? It keeps resetting itself to the default volume. (I like my Z to be seen and not heard, so I almost always have it muted). It's especially noticable because of the boot and resume sound bites.
I also seem to have lost my status bar icon that shows the list of running programs. It doesn't even come back when I reboot. I'm re-extracting the HD image to see if I'm not imagining things - I'm pretty sure it was there when I started. The only setting I've knowingly changed so far was to add a network profile.
Is there a proper way to disconnect an external keyboard and mouse? I had a mouse on there, and couldn't find any way to get rid of it so I just disconnected it. Afterwards (may or may not be related) I lost the ability to close programs or move windows. I couldn't minimize, but I could re-open a minimized program from the desktop. Rebooted fixed that...
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Is there a way to get the volume setting I choose to persist across reboots? It keeps resetting itself to the default volume. (I like my Z to be seen and not heard, so I almost always have it muted). It's especially noticable because of the boot and resume sound bites.
I also seem to have lost my status bar icon that shows the list of running programs. It doesn't even come back when I reboot. I'm re-extracting the HD image to see if I'm not imagining things - I'm pretty sure it was there when I started. The only setting I've knowingly changed so far was to add a network profile.
Is there a proper way to disconnect an external keyboard and mouse? I had a mouse on there, and couldn't find any way to get rid of it so I just disconnected it. Afterwards (may or may not be related) I lost the ability to close programs or move windows. I couldn't minimize, but I could re-open a minimized program from the desktop. Rebooted fixed that...
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I think there is no status bar at the bottom on the other virtual desktops.
There is a config file /home/root/Choices/pdaxii13.conf which specifies what happens during startup, ie load torsmo, play welcome sound, play beep during resume. These options can be set to true or false, but they only come into effect after X is restarted.
The volume is preset using mixmos. Just run mixmos and save the volume state after you have set your preferred settings.
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I am enjoying pdaXii13 very much. Thank you Meanie.
I put Japanese input ipks on my server.
http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/anthy_8505_arm.ipk (http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/anthy_8505_arm.ipk) (5.5M)
http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/scim...y_1.2.1_arm.ipk (http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/scim-anthy_1.2.1_arm.ipk) (2.7M)
My best regards.
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I am enjoying pdaXii13 very much. Thank you Meanie.
I put Japanese input ipks on my server.
http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/anthy_8505_arm.ipk (http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/anthy_8505_arm.ipk) (5.5M)
http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/scim...y_1.2.1_arm.ipk (http://naismith.sakura.ne.jp/exchange/scim-anthy_1.2.1_arm.ipk) (2.7M)
My best regards.
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Thanks. My compile just finished as well. It took 3 hours to compile scim-anthy! The last time I tried to compile it on beta1, it crashed my Z. This time it went fine with beta3
I see you got a newer version of anthy than the one I just compiled so I will use yours but I will strip out the unneeded files to make it smaller
I wonder if my scim-anthy package will work with your anthy package...
Do you think tomoe and scim-tomoe would be useful?
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Thanks. My compile just finished as well. It took 3 hours to compile scim-anthy! The last time I tried to compile it on beta1, it crashed my Z. This time it went fine with beta3
I see you got a newer version of anthy than the one I just compiled so I will use yours but I will strip out the unneeded files to make it smaller
I wonder if my scim-anthy package will work with your anthy package...
Do you think tomoe and scim-tomoe would be useful?
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Handwritten input ･･･ I do not use. (There are a lot of lines of Kanji. )
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build 5.2 beta is being uploaded. should be done in a few hours
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build 5.2 beta is being uploaded. should be done in a few hours
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Thank you for your nice work!
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build 5.2 beta is being uploaded. should be done in a few hours
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Thank you for your nice work!
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the version is now build 5.2
no more beta and no more builds it is rock solid now. any new bugs found are really undocumented features
seriously, bugs found in pdaXii13 probably exist in pdaXrom beta3 as well. i only fixed bugs that i found and that annoyed me. there may be more bugs that exists but never discovered by me since i dont use those particular features.
future bug fixes should be in the form of an updated package. therefore, if a bug is found, we need to determine which package contains the bug and replace it with a bug fixed version. this way you dont need to reflash and the same package can be used to fix the same bug in beta3 and pdaXii13.
this feed contains new packages and bug fixed packages [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/custom/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/custom/[/url]
people with beta3 can replace existing packages with packages from this feed to fix bugs in beta3. all packages for pdaXii13 are compatible with beta3 and vice versa.
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Thanks Meanie, but please don't totally rule out the possibility of a 5.3, 5.5, v6 or whatever the next version is called that fixes most of the bugs we'll find in 5.2
You deserve a break but we may just find enough bugs that will annoy enough people to warrant another release I feel. I wouldn't call anything stable until 100's or 1000's of people have been using a given version for months or years without problem- especially when we're talking about something as vast and complex as a *nix OS!!! As it stands only a few people have given pdaXii13 anything resembling a good testing and its not for very long- even for yourself. I identified another couple of bugs in 5.2b today.
If anyone tries installing 5.2 before me (Meanie?) please check to see if these bugs from 5.2b been fixed-
* The Cancel key on the side of the Zaurus doesn't seem to do anything when running xmms - I'd like it to pause the track preferably
* If you slide the matchbox volume slider right to the bottom it stops working and matchbox volume applet requires you restart X (or maybe use a different mixer) to get it working again
* Does the USB keyboard work properly now? Unless somebody else fixed it then I can tell you that the UK USB keyboard map is missing a | key. I can get this to you in time for 5.3, I'm sure
* GUI MIME editor for adding new file associations to rox (if no better alternative- see below) like .flv, which mplayer can play fine, for example.
Also, if you haven't included it already Meanie streamtuner and streamripper really, REALLY should be a standard part of pdaXii13 full as I think most people want a good GUI to lots of streamed radio channels and vlc isn't up to it unfortunately.
Also, I believe rox should be replaced by Thunar or pcmanfm if possible as rox always ends up losing your desktop icons and wallpaper setting for some reason and offers
'I've just trashed your desktop settings, OK?' ( its something about 'updating your pinboard settings' actually but this is what it really means to say)
or something similar every so often as an excuse. I ran rox on my PC under Debian for a while and this happened there too so its not the fault of pdaXii13- its rox!
Also, I feel we need a better picture viewer than feh and gthumb- something that is as good as photostorage for cacko. There are 100's of linux/X image viewers, its just a case of finding the right one.
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Thanks Meanie, but please don't totally rule out the possibility of a 5.3, 5.5, v6 or whatever the next version is called that fixes most of the bugs we'll find in 5.2
You deserve a break but we may just find enough bugs that will annoy enough people to warrant another release I feel. I wouldn't call anything stable until 100's or 1000's of people have been using a given version for months or years without problem- especially when we're talking about something as vast and complex as a *nix OS!!! As it stands only a few people have given pdaXii13 anything resembling a good testing and its not for very long- even for yourself. I identified another couple of bugs in 5.2b today.
If anyone tries installing 5.2 before me (Meanie?) please check to see if these bugs from 5.2b been fixed-
* The Cancel key on the side of the Zaurus doesn't seem to do anything when running xmms - I'd like it to pause the track preferably
* If you slide the matchbox volume slider right to the bottom it stops working and matchbox volume applet requires you restart X (or maybe use a different mixer) to get it working again
* Does the USB keyboard work properly now? Unless somebody else fixed it then I can tell you that the UK USB keyboard map is missing a | key. I can get this to you in time for 5.3, I'm sure
* GUI MIME editor for adding new file associations to rox (if no better alternative- see below) like .flv, which mplayer can play fine, for example.
Also, if you haven't included it already Meanie streamtuner and streamripper really, REALLY should be a standard part of pdaXii13 full as I think most people want a good GUI to lots of streamed radio channels and vlc isn't up to it unfortunately.
Also, I believe rox should be replaced by Thunar or pcmanfm if possible as rox always ends up losing your desktop icons and wallpaper setting for some reason and offers
'I've just trashed your desktop settings, OK?' ( its something about 'updating your pinboard settings' actually but this is what it really means to say)
or something similar every so often as an excuse. I ran rox on my PC under Debian for a while and this happened there too so its not the fault of pdaXii13- its rox!
Also, I feel we need a better picture viewer than feh and gthumb- something that is as good as photostorage for cacko. There are 100's of linux/X image viewers, its just a case of finding the right one.
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build 5.2 is a stable and usable build with most annoyances found in beta3 fixed. there is no need to constantly flash your Z and lose your existing setup. i don't know about others, but i for one hate it. once i get a reasonable setup, i tend to stick with it for a long time.
and also, don't forget that pdaXii13 was build for the specific needs of a single user which is of course me All the pre-installed applications are the ones I want. Every user has their own application requirements and they differ. If you remember my thread about useful applications, I was evaluating apps that were useful for my needs.
adding or removing applications is an easy task. just use the package manager which does not crash unlike the one in OZ, or use ipkg from the command line. gqview works fine for me. I got a 5 mega pixel camera made by samsung and gqview views all my images without problems. if you don't like it, install whichever image viewer works for you...
as for your uk keyboard map, it should really be an ipk that uk users can install since most people dont need it, i for one don't
the cancel button works in xmms unless the userdefined keyboard map has redefined its value.
volume mixer is just a typical example of a beta3 bug which does not annoy me since I never change volume to lowest. but again, once that applet has been fixed, then it can be repackaged and added to the feed for upgrading. most bugs fixed in pdaXii13 are really pdaXrom bugs and should ideally be added to pdaXrom repository.
now is probably a good time to start custom builds. maybe a pdaXii13 custom danboid build1 will do exactly what you need
pdaXii13 was build for customisation. you can add and remove stuff to your liking and backup your setup using zbackup. rename your backup file to hdimage-custom.tgz and you got your own custom build of pdaXii13 which you can use to re-install or upload to share with others...
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Menaine wroteth:
"the cancel button works in xmms unless the userdefined keyboard map has redefined its value."
DRM (yes, those are my initials- very ironic considering I'm the antithesis of what DRM means to techies eh? ) scrawls in return:
So what does the cancel button do now? Does it pause? T'would be good?
I don't suppose you fixed the module dependency error in pdaXii13 Akita? Oi ain't flashing it again if not- just don't like the sound/look of it!
Despite the Archimark install method's long boot-time (it is long), wouldn't it be better for c3100 and c3200 owners to take this route (see my updated c3100 install guide) rather than going the pdaXii13-Akita route, what with the MD supposedly being faster than NAND and having all the dirs (like /usr AND /home /etc) on the MD is reassuring to me to me- what if I end up copying lots of files to /home/root - very likely something like this will happen- I don't think pdaXii13 Akita would like it.
Has anyone tried both install methods (Menin's pdaXii13-Akita/full install vs. Archimark's b3 then c3000 pdaXii13 method) of pdaXii13 full on a c3100 or c3200? Which did you find the best and why?
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Hi Meanie,
Would you know by heart what has changed since build 5.2 alpha? The reason is that I've already started to heavily use and customize 5.2 alpha and I don't want to re-setup everything if 5.2 final only contains small fixes.
TIA!
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I've just installed 5.2 final on my c3000
To answer my own questions from before
USB Keyboards work properly now! (this was the biggie for me- good!)
Cancel key still does nothing under xmms
No mime-editor installed as standard
matchbox volume slider seems to be working fine right now...
Good work Meenee!
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Hi Meanie,
Would you know by heart what has changed since build 5.2 alpha? The reason is that I've already started to heavily use and customize 5.2 alpha and I don't want to re-setup everything if 5.2 final only contains small fixes.
TIA!
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I will have to check my notes, but roughly, take the last 5 items from the 5.2 release notes
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I've just installed 5.2 final on my c3000
To answer my own questions from before
USB Keyboards work properly now! (this was the biggie for me- good!)
Cancel key still does nothing under xmms
No mime-editor installed as standard
matchbox volume slider seems to be working fine right now...
Good work Meenee!
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For the Cancel button to work, uncomment keycode 92 and keycode 102 in spitz.xmodmap (dunno how they got commented out)
the volume slider never changed. dunno what you did to mess it up before...
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The two URLs for pdaXii13 show different revisions for the updater/build utility:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/) 0.25, and build 15
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/) 0.23 and buld 14
I suppose that 5.2 final means that I have to stop beta testing on my friend's 3000 and actually give it back to him now
Thanks, Meanie. Downloading 5.2 now...
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The two URLs for pdaXii13 show different revisions for the updater/build utility:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/) 0.25, and build 15
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/) 0.23 and buld 14
I suppose that 5.2 final means that I have to stop beta testing on my friend's 3000 and actually give it back to him now
Thanks, Meanie. Downloading 5.2 now...
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The difference between these updaters is small.
updater.sh 0.23 creates old partition scheme, ie larger hdd1, smaller hdd3
updater.sh 0.25 creates new partition scheme, ie smaller hdd1, larger hdd3
so unless you want to repartition your C3000, it doesn't matter which one you use.
updater-tools.bin build 14 and build 15 are almost the same, except build 15 has an updated init script for C3100/C3200.
for C3000, this does not matter since that init script is not used.
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I will have to check my notes, but roughly, take the last 5 items from the 5.2 release notes
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Okay fine, I can live with that.
Thanks a lot for all your work!
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I've just installed 5.2 final on my c3000
To answer my own questions from before
USB Keyboards work properly now! (this was the biggie for me- good!)
Cancel key still does nothing under xmms
No mime-editor installed as standard
matchbox volume slider seems to be working fine right now...
Good work Meenee!
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For the Cancel button to work, uncomment keycode 92 and keycode 102 in spitz.xmodmap (dunno how they got commented out)
the volume slider never changed. dunno what you did to mess it up before...
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That's fixed it- thanks Meanie!
Setting
keycode 92 = Return
keycode 102 = c
in /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap makes the OK button play and the cancel key pause, which is the way I would've liked it OOTB in pdaXii13. If you're not doing another release then please update the zbook section on xmms to explain how to set the keys up like this.
Thanks!
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Oh Woe is me!
I can't believe I never tried Google Mail under pdaXii13 until 5.2 final got released! I'm sad to report that gmail crashes Firefox Deer Park under pdaXii13
Is the web browser not a central app in a distro? I think so! gmail is up there with google, ebay and hotmail as one of the most important, frequently visited sites on the net so I say this is my best argument yet to try and squeeze another release out of the Meanstah!
Deer Park should be replaced by either Firefox 2 or Swiftfox ( http://getswiftfox.com/ (http://getswiftfox.com/) )
Another thing that I'd like to see get fixed (but nowhere near as important as an updated Firefox) is the inability to scroll up and down the search results under amule. You can do it one at a time with the cursor keys but it would be nice to have a small scroll bar.
Whaddya think Meanie? Lets see how many bugs we can trawl up in the next few weeks and maybe you'll have a change of heart. Otherwise I'll have no option but to start danbOS or whatever...
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Oh Woe is me!
I can't believe I never tried Google Mail under pdaXii13 until 5.2 final got released! I'm sad to report that gmail crashes Firefox Deer Park under pdaXii13
Working fine here. How big is your swapfile, and what else do you have running? Firefox has a nasty tendency to up and quit at the first sign of a memory crunch.
Try closing down everything else, rebooting, and or restarting deer park. I was using it the other day for google reader, and after an hour or so I had to reboot because it kept crashing. It was fine up till that point, though.
Is the web browser not a central app in a distro? I think so! gmail is up there with google, ebay and hotmail as one of the most important, frequently visited sites on the net so I say this is my best argument yet to try and squeeze another release out of the Meanstah!
Deer Park should be replaced by either Firefox 2 or Swiftfox ( http://getswiftfox.com/ (http://getswiftfox.com/) )
A browser is a central app in any distro, but trying to compile firefox is a herculean undertaking in the best of circumstances. I don't know who managed to make deer park, but it probably wasn't anyone in the Z community, and the chances of seeing FF 2 or any other branch thereof are next to nil.
There are no good browsers for the Z. Opera is outdated, Netfront is a toy, dillo barely functions, and Firefox is trying to kill a mosquito with a bazooka, except we've tried to stuff that bazooka into a matchbox. Don't even get me started on flash
THis is why I want Vulcan to hurry up and release their Flipstart pc so I can replace my Zaurus
Given that Apple's webkit is behind a new symbian browser, I'd think that it would be a good candidate for a port, but I don't know of anyone who's attempted it.
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Well, if you'd not provided a screenshot I might not have believed you but I can't pull off the the same trick no matter what. I've tried it on both the c3000 and c3100, each time with no other programs running (other than openbox, matchbox and X of course) and the furthest I have got is to the inbox screen but I've never got as far as viewing an email before Firefox crashes. It normally crashes after logging in, before the inbox comes up whilst it says 'Loading...' in the top right. I have tried resetting and then going straight into FF but it made no difference.
Both my Z's have 250MB swap partitions- how much do I need to check my e-mail?
What we're really waiting for is someone to port Nokia's latest OSS browser or an updated gpe-minibrowser to pdaX
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Well, if you'd not provided a screenshot I might not have believed you but I can't pull off the the same trick no matter what. I've tried it on both the c3000 and c3100, each time with no other programs running (other than openbox, matchbox and X of course) and the furthest I have got is to the inbox screen but I've never got as far as viewing an email before Firefox crashes. It normally crashes after logging in, before the inbox comes up whilst it says 'Loading...' in the top right. I have tried resetting and then going straight into FF but it made no difference.
Both my Z's have 250MB swap partitions- how much do I need to check my e-mail?
What we're really waiting for is someone to port Nokia's latest OSS browser or an updated gpe-minibrowser to pdaX
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Strange - I have the beta2 running on my C3000 has been running for months (various fixes and hacks from meanie etc..). I was able to view Google Mail for all that time. Until this week - now every time I try to access my mail account Firefox crashes. I had recently installed GbookMarks but even when I uninstalled it the problem persists. So the question is - has Google mail changed? Doh!! It was me - I also had installed gplflash this week (vain hope to get flash sites working) but guess what - when I remove it Google mail does'nt crash.
Regarding Firefox 2 - there has been some talk on the ([a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21898&pid=151551&st=97]forum[/url]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=21898&pid=151551&st=97) about getting it complied - heres hoping.
tanj
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I also have issues with Gmail. Once it never came up and Firefox crashed. Then, the next try gmail login worked, but crashed during inbox listing. Thirdly Firefox crashed during the login screen load.
This is right after a standard install.
I wonder if the issue is gmail, as I want to say previous access took me to a html only page where I didn't see any redirect this time. Might be wrong.
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Thanks for the tip Ian- I'll try uninstalling gplflash when I've got a full pdaXii13 install up again. I want to see if I can get pdaXii13 Akita running properly with the full hdimage.
According to his tyrannozaurus blog, Meanie has been trying to get FF2 to compile but has had problems. I was happy to hear there will be another pdaXii13 release sometime in the future.
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I also have issues with Gmail. Once it never came up and Firefox crashed. Then, the next try gmail login worked, but crashed during inbox listing. Thirdly Firefox crashed during the login screen load.
This is right after a standard install.
I wonder if the issue is gmail, as I want to say previous access took me to a html only page where I didn't see any redirect this time. Might be wrong.
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I would suggest you try "ipkg remove gplflash" and then try gmail again. Been rock solid for all day since I did just that.
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Meanie:
autoconf seems to be incorrectly configured in zgcc 5.2. When I run autoconf I get the error:
autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /opt/native/i686/3.4.5-2.2.5/bin/m4
This is on c3000/5.2 - my c3100 is in stasis awaiting further install instructions!
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Hi Meanie!
Just in time for pdaXii13 build 5.3 I finally present the fixed USB UK keyboard driver which adds the bar, grave, hash (numbersign) and tilde keys which were omitted before. No Euro sign though but for true Englishmen this is definitely a feature
Please, please include this file and any other USB keyboard maps that anyone sends in 5.3- the keyboard is such a fundamental part of the computer that it seems ridiculous having to install a driver separately, especially when its only 2kb in size!
Did you fix the autoconf problem with zgcc? I'm looking forward to 5.3!
dan
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Hi Meanie!
Just in time for pdaXii13 build 5.3 I finally present the fixed USB UK keyboard driver which adds the bar, grave, hash (numbersign) and tilde keys which were omitted before. No Euro sign though but for true Englishmen this is definitely a feature
Please, please include this file and any other USB keyboard maps that anyone sends in 5.3- the keyboard is such a fundamental part of the computer that it seems ridiculous having to install a driver separately, especially when its only 2kb in size!
Did you fix the autoconf problem with zgcc? I'm looking forward to 5.3!
dan
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zgcc image has been fixed ages ago, but it is not convennient to upload it from an airport terminal you will have to wait till I get home before I can upload any larger files...
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zgcc image has been fixed ages ago, but it is not convennient to upload it from an airport terminal you will have to wait till I get home before I can upload any larger files...
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Hi Meanie,
first thanks for the great work, the Zaurus becomes much more useful with it!
Did you linked QT Assistant and Designer against the multithreaded lib in the new zgcc image?
Unfortunately I still have a problem with pdf. Xpdf isn't showing fonts while epdfviewer shows well but crashes often with segfault.
Thanks,
Sid
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Meanie:
I'm determined to get USB keyboard support to at least a non-annoying state for 5.3 so I loaded my latest UK USB keyboard map and Abiword under 5.2 (on c3000) and I went through every key to find the undesirable bindings and there are still quite a few remaining
KEY | ACTION
Alt_Gr (Right Alt) | Starts Stardict
Right Windows Key | Starts rox
Print Screen | Starts xmms
F5 | Starts mrxvt
F6 | Startx xmms
F7 | Starts rox
F9 | Starts dillo
I should imagine fixing these would simply be a case of deleting lots of stuff from the openbox config file again. If I was to map the Euro key then I would need use of Alt_Gr as on UK keyboards you normally push Alt_Gr and 4 to print a Euro sign.
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Hi Meanie,
I have a question. Have not tried on pdaXii13 yet, but I installed the mb-applet-blanker package you published (on pdaXrom 1.1.0beta3).
If it is started when Z is on AC, it shows that suspend is deactivated.
If I unplug the Z then, the icon remains the same and the menu still shows the option "Enable suspend", although on unplugging, suspend should be enabled automatically.
In fact, waiting the preset 10 minutes, the Z indeed suspends.
However, it does NOT blank the screen after 2 minutes, as I have configured it.
Also, I had the behaviour once, that it suspended when on AC, although I have configured it not to do so at all.
For configuration I use the System Tools / Light and Power application.
If you have the time, could you please write a few words about how the new blanker applet works, what you modified etc.?
Or: What's the way to make the system use the correct configuration from Light and Power, but still using your new blanker applet which should reliably disable blanking and suspend temporarily?
EDIT: Also, it would be nice if you would PM me the sources.
Thanks a lot
daniel
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Meanie
I've noticed the X keymap, and I'm talking just about the keymap of the built-in Z keyboard, still seems to mess up after a while under pdaXii13 5.2 and start producing incorrect or nonsense characters. You can normally fix it by restarting X. Maybe these problems also stem from the openbox keyboard bindings?
Is there much chance of you getting to upload an updated zgcc soon? I'd like to see fltk added. Compile 1.1.7 with
./configure --enable-shared --enable-threads
If you decide to include it.
Thanks!
Dan
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Meanie
I've noticed the X keymap, and I'm talking just about the keymap of the built-in Z keyboard, still seems to mess up after a while under pdaXii13 5.2 and start producing incorrect or nonsense characters. You can normally fix it by restarting X. Maybe these problems also stem from the openbox keyboard bindings?
Is there much chance of you getting to upload an updated zgcc soon? I'd like to see fltk added. Compile 1.1.7 with
./configure --enable-shared --enable-threads
If you decide to include it.
Thanks!
Dan
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I had a similar problem, but check and see if the Fn key has been pressed. It's a sticky key and I have to remember to disable it after I use the Fn key.
This is in both pdaxii13 versions. (akita and non-akita)
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Jon_J:
If I press Fn it only stays 'sticky' for the next keypush and for that keypush only. I don't think this has anything to do with my bug. I remember Antikx reporting this exact same problem so I hoping Meanie will either tell me its fixed or he knows how to fix it
dan
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Hi Meanie,
I have a question. Have not tried on pdaXii13 yet, but I installed the mb-applet-blanker package you published (on pdaXrom 1.1.0beta3).
If it is started when Z is on AC, it shows that suspend is deactivated.
If I unplug the Z then, the icon remains the same and the menu still shows the option "Enable suspend", although on unplugging, suspend should be enabled automatically.
In fact, waiting the preset 10 minutes, the Z indeed suspends.
However, it does NOT blank the screen after 2 minutes, as I have configured it.
Also, I had the behaviour once, that it suspended when on AC, although I have configured it not to do so at all.
For configuration I use the System Tools / Light and Power application.
If you have the time, could you please write a few words about how the new blanker applet works, what you modified etc.?
Or: What's the way to make the system use the correct configuration from Light and Power, but still using your new blanker applet which should reliably disable blanking and suspend temporarily?
EDIT: Also, it would be nice if you would PM me the sources.
Thanks a lot
daniel
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from your description, it seems like you are using an older version of the blanker applet. I made many versions of it, each update fixing some more bugs that I found. I believe the latest version fixes those problems you describe. I will upload the source once I get home (which hopefully will be in a day or so)
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from your description, it seems like you are using an older version of the blanker applet. I made many versions of it, each update fixing some more bugs that I found. I believe the latest version fixes those problems you describe. I will upload the source once I get home (which hopefully will be in a day or so)
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Thanks, that would be great!
Please let me / us know where you upload it. there are so many places now where files of yours reside...
Or is it just me who lost overview? Then I'll have to learn better where i find what.
daniel
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from your description, it seems like you are using an older version of the blanker applet. I made many versions of it, each update fixing some more bugs that I found. I believe the latest version fixes those problems you describe. I will upload the source once I get home (which hopefully will be in a day or so)
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Thanks, that would be great!
Please let me / us know where you upload it. there are so many places now where files of yours reside...
Or is it just me who lost overview? Then I'll have to learn better where i find what.
daniel
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[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/custom/mb-applet-blanker_0.6.2_armv5tel.ipk]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/cu....2_armv5tel.ipk[/url]
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little bug report:
i used to connect my zaurus to my pc via usb cable and then access the sdcard which is inside the zaurus. i found that when i eject the drive under the pc, the /mnt/card stay mounted readonly on the zaurus...
umount/mount it again remounts it as readwrite... would someone help?
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pdaXii13 Spitz (Sally) 5.3 has been created. this is still a beta release. the base image has already been uploaded. the full image is still in progress of being uploaded...
a list of new improvements and features can be found at http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210)
binaries can be downloaded from
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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pdaXii13 Spitz (Sally) 5.3 has been created. this is still a beta release. the base image has already been uploaded. the full image is still in progress of being uploaded...
a list of new improvements and features can be found at http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210)
binaries can be downloaded from
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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great!
can we consider 5.3 alpha = 5.2 with all your fixes or did you change something else ? in another words, can we upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3 by just upgrading packages ?
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pdaXii13 Spitz (Sally) 5.3 has been created. this is still a beta release. the base image has already been uploaded. the full image is still in progress of being uploaded...
a list of new improvements and features can be found at http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210)
binaries can be downloaded from
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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great!
can we consider 5.3 alpha = 5.2 with all your fixes or did you change something else ? in another words, can we upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3 by just upgrading packages ?
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yes, 5.2 + updated/new packages as described gives 5.3
well, about 98% of it. you will then need to manually put the icons on the desktop and change the wallpaper...
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Excellent news!
I hope to try this out later!
So Jon_J - is this new release any good?
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I haven't installed pdaxii13-akita-5.3 yet.
Maybe it will help fix my screencap/scrot issue.
I looked inside the full spitz 5.2 image and it's setup is completely different than just installing scrot/screencap+depends separately.
Back on topic, I'll install akita-5.3 later today and report any differences here.
I currently have last akita-5.2 (just before 5.3) with latest fix, then a later rc.rofilesys
EDIT: I'm not going to try to "upgrade" to pdaxii13-spitz-full
I'm just going to try to install all additional packages & utilities separately.
Jon
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What I'm interested in is is it now possible to upgrade ii13A 5.3a to the full hdimage version successfully, if the module dependencies error is now fixed and the unwanted X USB keyboard shortcut keys have been removed. Has anyone tried these already?
yar meanar-
So what would be the drawbacks of having the Module Dependencies boot check fail, if any?
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I just installed pdaxii13-akita-5.3 (opps, I had 5.5 there, I corrected it)
here's the bootup message, starting from Welcome.Welcome to pdaxii13 on Sharp Zaurus
cardmgr[443]: socket 0: ATA/IDE Fixed Disk
cardmgr[443]: socket 1: ATA/IDE Fixed Disk
Set loopback device [OK]
Hostname: zaurus [OK]
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 04: 579 Floating Point exceptiondepmod -q 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
Setup console font [OK]
INIT: Entering runlevel: 5
Starting SD services [OK]
Starting sshd: [OK]
Loading USBHost modules [OK]
Starting Bluetooth [OK]
Starting smbd...
Starting nmbd...
Starting system message bus: [OK]
pdaxii13 build5.3 "Sally"I'm not sure what the error about rc.sysinit: line 04 means just yet. This error line replaces the "module dependencies" [FAILED] line.
"exceptiondepmod" appears to be 2 words run together, that's not a typo.
Also, upon first boot from the flash menu, pdaxii13 asks if you want to format hdc2 as swap and asks if you want to format hdc3 as fat. This is on my C3200 with both CF and SD cards inserted. (other wise it would be hda2 & hda3)
I haven't done anything else, I'm going to do my usual utility installs and change that clock to AM/PM
Also it didn't mount my fat hdc3 partition automatically.
One last edit here, I found another typing mistake.
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Some more observations of pdaxii13-akita-5.3 installed on a C3200.
I just mounted hdc3 and after checking with mount, it is ext3 (rw)
But when I checked it with sfdisk -l it showed as Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Looks like I'm going back into pdaxii setup and reformatting my drives.
It won't open with "Storage mode" either in Windows.
Repartitioning the drive in the pdaxii13-akita installer also causes the installer to reflash the ROM when you select Reboot [Yes] after the drive is partitioned, (if you use the partitioning with the recommended selection).
After the ROM flashed, I rebooted and while the screen went black, I took out my CF card this time.
The installer then asked if I wanted to format hda2 as swap, I said [NO]
The installer then asked if I wanted to format hda3 as FAT, I said [NO]
pdaxii13 booted to GUI, I opened a console and issued mount:
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/ide/ type ext3 (rw, noatime)
/dev/hda3 on /mnt/data type vfat (rw, noatime, nosuid, nodev)
I'll keep it this way for now. Darn, I just had all my utilities installed. Starting over..
Internal storage now works ("Drive mode")
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found a bug (wrong format of partition in post install script). i am going to rebuild the image and reupload later today...
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Hear ye hear ye, especially Meestah Menay. danboids wishlist will likely proceed as follows
1
A working Free Energy system
2
Teleportation
3
Transcend 4D spacetime
4
Become one with all that is
5
Meesatah Meeenoo releases zgcc 5.3 with a working autoconf!
I tried recompiling/installing M4 and autoconf but to no avail which means I still can't compile any svn stuff- like the new Frodo svn C64 emu with a 320x240 SDL interface that I've been dying to try!
Please Menaie!
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folks... may I present to you pdaXii13 Spitz (Alice) 5.3
this release is still located in the beta section but considered quite stable since I have been testing it for awhile. this image is mainly just for convennience since people with 5.2 can just upgrade by installing all the packages mentioned here:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210)
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btw, i updated initrd.bin to fix the little bug mentioned by pycoman. you can either reflash the latest image or just install the little patch he posted. its a very simple fix. the decision is up to you...
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meanie,
i've tried to ssh from my pc to my zaurus, and it kept asking me for the root password.... same thing if i try with the zaurus user...
any help ?
ps:this has be done via an over-the-air openvpn connection via umts to my adsl pc network ! (but ping is ok but nothing else seem to respond...)
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meanie,
i've tried to ssh from my pc to my zaurus, and it kept asking me for the root password.... same thing if i try with the zaurus user...
any help ?
ps:this has be done via an over-the-air openvpn connection via umts to my adsl pc network ! (but ping is ok but nothing else seem to respond...)
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root and zaurus user by default do not have a password set. you should set a different password for each user.
ssh will not allow a user that has no password to login. this is a good security measure. also, most ssh daemons won't allow root to login by default which also is a good security measure. however, you can change these default security measures by modidifying sshd.conf and disabling them. remember that these measures are there to protect you. if you decide to disable them, then people could ssh into your zaurus and format your partitions if they are malicious...
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another bug":
unhappily i've to say that rotation is not working on my pdaxii13-5.2-package-enhanced-to-5.3 ... nothing happen although i've installed latest rotate package... neither rotating the screen nor choosing rotate in menu....
any help?
i tried /usr/bin/rotate too, nothing happen, no error message ...
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pdaXii13 5.3.1 (Alice) beta us now available for testing... except for danboid who is cursed by the wince witches...
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pdaXii13 5.3.1 (Alice) beta us now available for testing... except for danboid who is cursed by the wince witches...
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Whats new and/or fixed in 5.3.1?
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pdaXii13 5.3.1 (Alice) beta us now available for testing... except for danboid who is cursed by the wince witches...
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Whats new and/or fixed in 5.3.1?
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in short, 5.3.1 is a bug fix for 5.3
the following lists changes between 5.2 and 5.3.x [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210[/url]
the following is new to 5.3.1:
enhanced rox-backdrop so it can switch back to plain background image only
enhanced the rotate script so that it will not call rox-backdrop if it is not installed or enabled
updated mplayer to latest atty build
added xfe, linneighbourhood, medit, smplayer, pcmanfm,streamtuner/streamripper,gsnapshot
updated card applet with daniel's enhancements
added mime type associations for zip (xarchiver) and flash (mplayer) files in rox
increased default font size in dillo
made links in sylpheed use dillo instead of firefox
fixed missing dependencies for updated xmms which now also supports mod files
hidden the toolsbars by default in gnumeric
added desktop icons for rox
added ability to disable scim and stickykeys
you can switch between openbox and fluxbox usinf xselect
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pdaXii13 5.3.1 (Alice) beta us now available for testing... except for danboid who is cursed by the wince witches...
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great!
should we still consider it a beta or is it working really good?
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pdaXii13 5.3.1 (Alice) beta us now available for testing...
Do I get it all from here:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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If I just get these:
updater.sh (18KB) - v0.25
updater-tools.bin (1.2MB) - build 15
initrd.bin (2.5MB) - 0.5a
zImage-2.4.20.bin (1.1MB) - 2.4.20
...and stick them on my SD card, will the contents of what's on my microdrive remain untouched?
I've actually got hdimage-full.tgz (183MB) - build5.3.1 beta installed on the slightly older version of pdaxii13 that I'm running on my 3200. I used the files from here:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/)
..to install pdaxii13 but with the build5.3.1 beta hdimage-full.tgz instead of the one on this page:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/files/)
In summary then:
*Do I use the files at
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
...to get the latest version of pdaxii13?
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In summary then:
*Do I use the files at
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
...to get the latest version of pdaxii13?
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I'm pretty sure this is the latest "Alice" version for spitz. (hdimage-full.tgz (183MB) - build5.3.1 beta)
The akita version was the first version to be upgraded to latest fixes. (This was several days ago and this is the smaller of the versions)
Meanie also said, several days ago, that the spitz version would be upgraded next, (following the akita upgrade) which is this version.
EDIT
I still have the previous spitz version (build5.3 beta ) and it is 170MB
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In summary then:
*Do I use the files at
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
...to get the latest version of pdaxii13?
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I'm pretty sure this is the latest "Alice" version for spitz. (hdimage-full.tgz (183MB) - build5.3.1 beta)
The akita version was the first version to be upgraded to latest fixes. (This was several days ago and this is the smaller of the versions)
Meanie also said, several days ago, that the spitz version would be upgraded next, (following the akita upgrade) which is this version.
EDIT
I still have the previous spitz version (build5.3 beta ) and it is 170MB
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..ok, thanks. What I'm wondering is whether or not I need to re-flash with the latest version of installer.sh et al, as, someof the improvements Meanie mentions here:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210[/url]
...don't seem to have worked (eg kHDrecord complains of not being able to access /dev/dsp or /dev/mixer.and there are probably others but I don't really have time to check through them all atm).
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the installer tool does not change much. the only file, unless explicitly mentioned that changes in spitz is the hdimage file.
for khdrecord, you need to stop the volune applet before it can control the mixer... i will add a wrapper script to do it automatically...
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the installer tool does not change much. the only file, unless explicitly mentioned that changes in spitz is the hdimage file.
for khdrecord, you need to stop the volune applet before it can control the mixer... i will add a wrapper script to do it automatically...
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OK, thanks for the info Meanie...saves me alot of time.
I'm not sure why some of the mods yo mention don't work though..ie, things like virtual scrfeen switching & brightness changes via keyboard.
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the installer tool does not change much. the only file, unless explicitly mentioned that changes in spitz is the hdimage file.
for khdrecord, you need to stop the volune applet before it can control the mixer... i will add a wrapper script to do it automatically...
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OK, thanks for the info Meanie...saves me alot of time.
I'm not sure why some of the mods yo mention don't work though..ie, things like virtual scrfeen switching & brightness changes via keyboard.
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those features havent changed since build3. are you sure you are using the right key combos? fn+1/2/3/4 won't work since that conflicts with accessx. you need to use the super key instead...
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those features havent changed since build3. are you sure you are using the right key combos? fn+1/2/3/4 won't work since that conflicts with accessx. you need to use the super key instead...
...ah! which is the superkey?
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...ah! which is the superkey?
it is the right-most Japanese key.
Or just left of the dash '-' key
EDIT:
The other Japanese key, next to ctrl is usually mapped as alt
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...ah! which is the superkey?
it is the right-most Japanese key.
Or just left of the dash '-' key
EDIT:
The other Japanese key, next to ctrl is usually mapped as alt
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...thanks!
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there is a section that describes the keyboard mappings at http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html)
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I've just installed pdaXii13 5.3.1b full on my c3000. It installed fine and I'm happy that streamtuner is included now but I'm sad to say that pdaXii13 still suffers from multiple keyboard related problems which I've already mentioned several times before on these forums, namely
1. The unwanted USB keyboard bindings are still present, which are
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KEY | ACTION
Alt_Gr (Right Alt) | Starts Stardict
Right Windows Key | Starts rox
Print Screen | Starts xmms
F5 | Starts mrxvt
F6 | Startx xmms
F7 | Starts rox
F9 | Starts dillo
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2. I have tried this pdaXii13 with both Sticky Keys enabled and disabled (and rebooting after changing the setting) but CAPS LOCK still doesn't work
3. Still no UK USB keyboard map installed by default. I suppose its not such a great deal when we have all these problems with keyboards but I don't understand why pdaXii13 includes so many text editors and media players but including a 2kb keyboard driver is out of the question. You really don't like us Brits do ya Meanie? (he's an Oz so its a rhetorical question and I just whine at him so I shouldn't be surprised)
Can these keyboard problems not be fixed without replacing X? Are we never likely to get fully functional, stable keyboard support in pdaXii13?
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I've just installed pdaXii13 5.3.1b full on my c3000. It installed fine and I'm happy that streamtuner is included now but I'm sad to say that pdaXii13 still suffers from multiple keyboard related problems which I've already mentioned several times before on these forums, namely
1. The unwanted USB keyboard bindings are still present, which are
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KEY | ACTION
Alt_Gr (Right Alt) | Starts Stardict
Right Windows Key | Starts rox
Print Screen | Starts xmms
F5 | Starts mrxvt
F6 | Startx xmms
F7 | Starts rox
F9 | Starts dillo
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2. I have tried this pdaXii13 with both Sticky Keys enabled and disabled (and rebooting after changing the setting) but CAPS LOCK still doesn't work
3. Still no UK USB keyboard map installed by default. I suppose its not such a great deal when we have all these problems with keyboards but I don't understand why pdaXii13 includes so many text editors and media players but including a 2kb keyboard driver is out of the question. You really don't like us Brits do ya Meanie? (he's an Oz so its a rhetorical question and I just whine at him so I shouldn't be surprised)
Its too early for me to say as I've only used this latest version to check for those keyboard issues so I don't know if the inbuilt keyboard stopping working prob still exists but I'm not holding my hopes up since these nasties have failed to be neutralised.
Can these keyboard problems not be fixed without replacing X? Are we never likely to get fully functional, stable keyboard support in pdaXii13?
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1. These are the silkscreen/quick keys which can be remapped using the inputconfig tool. They will not be disabled by default because the Z keyboard which is always there and used by everyone is more important than a random usb keyboard which isn't used by many people. you are allowed to customise the keyboard mappings to your own desire if you want to. nothing is stopping you from doing it...
2. caps lock is disabled intentionally since i never use it and it interferes with sticky keys/tab completion... again, if you don't like this default behaviour, chnage it yourself...
3. yeah ya pommy, we use the yankee keyboard downunder....
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I've uncommented the CAPS_LOCK line in spitz.xmodmap and restarted X but still no CAPS LOCK. I know the Fn key is working as I can Fn+1/2 to switch res etc. Tell me how to get CAPS LOCK working and I'll be happy.
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I've uncommented the CAPS_LOCK line in spitz.xmodmap and restarted X but still no CAPS LOCK. I know the Fn key is working as I can Fn+1/2 to switch res etc. Tell me how to get CAPS LOCK working and I'll be happy.
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i never use caps lock so fix caps lock yourself and i will be happy.
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pdaXii13 build 5.3.2 has been uploaded to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
changes since 5.3.1:
* updated khdrecord to stop the volume applet when it starts
* updated gmplayer with more codecs and better optimization
* updated mplayer wrapper and added zmplayer wrapper
* added icewm as an alternate window manager option
* added festival text to speech engine with mbrola voices
* added espeak text to speech engine
* added privoxy ads filtering proxy server
* added dosbox
* added imagemagick
* updated xpdf
* updated justreader
* updated timezones data for new daylight savings rules
* enhanced datentime.py with a Timezones tab to select predefined timezones
* enhanced kbselect so it can unlock/fix the keys when they lock up
* added feature to disable sticky keys
* updated rc script to run rc.local if it exists
* added a customisable dynamically generated welcome message at bootup
* replaced mkfs.vfat to support formatting of larger FAT32 partition
* updated bluepin with default 1234 PIN
* added sdcontrol to mount 2nd partition if exists and integrated with cards applet
* updated zbackup to allow alternate location for backup file and support for akita models
* updated rotation script so closing the display will blank it and enhanced it so that rotation is not slowing down resume
* removed scite
* removed gpe-soundbite
some more info about the delta between 5.2 and 5.3.2 can be read here:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/210)
Instructions on how to upgrade without reflashing:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/Zauru...gebase/Pdaxii13 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/ZaurusKnowledgeBase/SoftwareKnowledgebase/Pdaxii13)
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pdaXii13 build 5.3.2 has been uploaded to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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Meanie is the hd1image-full.tgz file still uploading? It appears to be stuck at 85.2MB and not the 198MB size that the Beta page says it should be. Thank you for all your hard work.
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pdaXii13 build 5.3.2 has been uploaded to http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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Meanie is the hd1image-full.tgz file still uploading? It appears to be stuck at 85.2MB and not the 198MB size that the Beta page says it should be. Thank you for all your hard work.
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i got same problem on my first download yesterday night ! but i tried again and it was good ... just try again
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hi
with xii13 5.3.2 i sometimes got taskbar garbage corruption with some black garbage of i-don-t-know-what... it doesn't seem to be harmful...
any clue about it ?
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hi
with xii13 5.3.2 i sometimes got taskbar garbage corruption with some black garbage of i-don-t-know-what... it doesn't seem to be harmful...
any clue about it ?
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hasnt happen to me yet so dont know what to fix...
btw, build 5.3.2 has been re-uploaded and features two additional fixes
zbackup works for all supported models
datentime can set date/time with timezones and remembers correct time after reboot
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datentime can set date/time with timezones and remembers correct time after reboot
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meanie, do you care to share the python script for datentime, so I can patch my pdaxii13-akita.5.3.2 Zaurus?
I don't really want to reflash a complete new version just for this.
Thanks,
Jon
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datentime can set date/time with timezones and remembers correct time after reboot
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meanie, do you care to share the python script for datentime, so I can patch my pdaxii13-akita.5.3.2 Zaurus?
I don't really want to reflash a complete new version just for this.
Thanks,
Jon
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install latest datentime package. it contains that python script
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That didn't work, I still lose 6 hours on reboot because I set my timezone to GMT -6 Saskatchewan
It must be the mb-applet-clock that I downloaded from 3000Daniel
I'm just going back to GMT -0 London
EDIT:
it worked the second time. I had to set the zone and clock, reboot, then set the zone and clock again, and reboot again.
Now it's correct.
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That didn't work, I still lose 6 hours on reboot because I set my timezone to GMT -6 Saskatchewan
It must be the mb-applet-clock that I downloaded from 3000Daniel
I'm just going back to GMT -0 London
EDIT:
it worked the second time. I had to set the zone and clock, reboot, then set the zone and clock again, and reboot again.
Now it's correct.
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Meanie, i'm in trouble:
it seems that when i reboot some config files are bought back to original:
/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
and /etc/ppp/peers directory is erased !!!!
do you know about that issue ??
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That didn't work, I still lose 6 hours on reboot because I set my timezone to GMT -6 Saskatchewan
It must be the mb-applet-clock that I downloaded from 3000Daniel
I'm just going back to GMT -0 London
EDIT:
it worked the second time. I had to set the zone and clock, reboot, then set the zone and clock again, and reboot again.
Now it's correct.
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Meanie, i'm in trouble:
it seems that when i reboot some config files are bought back to original:
/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
and /etc/ppp/peers directory is erased !!!!
do you know about that issue ??
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probably a corrupted filesystem... run fsck, ie go into pdaXii13's maintenance mode...
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-successfully replaced installed sylpheed 2.0.2 with z.drun.net 2.4.0beta2
-best rss reader seen : liferea 1.0.21
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it seems gammu from released packages needs libbluetooth.so.2
before i break something would someone (meanie!?) tell me what package to install ?
edited:
solved with
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libbluetooh_existing libbluetoosh.so.2
well, now it seems to work with my 6630 with a config file like
device = bt_addr
connection = blueobex
but nothing out yet...
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pdaXii13 (Alice) build 5.3.3 has been uploaded...
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...and downloaded
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pdaXii13 (Alice) build 5.3.3 has been uploaded...
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meanie,
i didn't find which packages to install for a 5.3.2 -> 5.3.3 migration (i mean without erasing the installed one)
would you help please?
edited:
forget my question, it was on your web site
i'm a little tired...............
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just in case anyone else is wondering about it
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/Zauru...gebase/Pdaxii13 (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=wiki/ZaurusKnowledgeBase/SoftwareKnowledgebase/Pdaxii13)
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I noticed meanie just updated his famous "zbook3k.pdf"
There's a little "Surprise" at the bottom of page 155.
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pdaXii13 build 5.3.4 is now available
this update includes:
- some enhancements to the bluetooth scripts
- a new template for GPRS connections
- improved hotplug for usb lan devices
- added dm9601 usb module
- updated keymapping with extra mappings to commonly used characters for German and French - added hermes wifi support
- updated torsmo
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pdaXii13 build 5.3.4 is now available
this update includes:
- some enhancements to the bluetooth scripts
- a new template for GPRS connections
- improved hotplug for usb lan devices
- added dm9601 usb module
- updated keymapping with extra mappings to commonly used characters for German and French - added hermes wifi support
- updated torsmo
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Meanie,
i still have some linking trouble with your scripts : auto linking is impossible with my nokia, and i only have this message in /var/log/message:
pin_code_request......
edited:
changing security from "auto" to "user" enabled me to connect the Z and the nokia.
else what do you mean by "new template for GPRS connections" ? i see nothing in /etc/ppp/peers (except my orange template)
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Meanie,
I tried to watch a movie (mpg) with XMMS but it failed. There comes up a separate window where normaly the movie should start. This window disappears very quick and comes up again. This goes as long as you hit the 'stop' button. Could it depend on the transparency character of mrxvt?
With smplayer it dind't work too.
Do you a idea?
Regards
climber
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Meanie,
I tried to watch a movie (mpg) with XMMS but it failed. There comes up a separate window where normaly the movie should start. This window disappears very quick and comes up again. This goes as long as you hit the 'stop' button. Could it depend on the transparency character of mrxvt?
With smplayer it dind't work too.
Do you a idea?
Regards
climber
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i confirm there is a segmentation fault launching mplayer1 ...
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i just installed the new version on my c3k, a few things i've noticed so far.
1. when starting x, everthing was turned 90 degree's ccw. the machine type wasn't detecting correctly, i edited /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and the lines with RES="" for wildcard and the older model's copied the screen statement to them and it was fine.
2. ever time i use tab it also toggles caps lock, assuming it used /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap so i took out the entry for caps on the key with tab, that worked, but with how the entries were it should have been fine before. i don't think its loading spitz.modmap correctly, havn't finished looking into this yet though.
more on 2/3. it wasn't because of the spitz.xmodmap, for some reason it wasn't detecting my machine type again, i just hard coded xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/spitz.xmodmap after it does all the checks and its happy. and it looks like this fixed the 6 now too.
3. the 6 doesn't work, its mapped right in the xmodmap file, but everytime i hit it it brings up some stupid keyboard popup about languages.
4. in space invaders when your going left and let go of the question mark button you keep going, but if your using / to go left and let go you stop right away. question mark's behavior is annoying, no idea why it does that.
5. My stowaway usb keyboard doesn't work with this kernel, i know it worked fine with the open zaurus kernel i was using before this, but now every character shows up 4 times in the console when i type.
this is by far the best rom yet for the c3k, great job.
mplayer worked great with accelerated fullscreen video.
i've been neglecting my z for a while working on other projects, so this is the first one of these builds i've tried.
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i confirm there is a segmentation fault launching mplayer1 ...
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Meanie !
you seem to be back with a 5.3.5 beta version!
did you fix the bugs we were talking lastly in this topic ? (mplayer related) i don't see them in the release notes...
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Hi,
I have two questions concerning desktop links and samba:
Desktop Links:
I've installed kdepimpi and now want to create a link at the desktop for KA/Pi & KO/Pi like AbiWord or Putty which are default of Meanies pdaXii13 versions.
I've searched a lot in this forum and Meanies documentation but I haven't found anything.
Could anyone of you describe how to do this.
Samba:
I've already installed the ndis5 driver on my XP computer. When I plug in the usb-cable i can ping my zaurus [192.168.129.201]. On the "USB-Settings" I put in the same data as meanie did in his pdaXrom documentation http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html)
When I start samba I want to access from my XP computer to the zaurus but I couldn't see any released folders. For you to know I haven't done any samba setting on the zaurus.
What settings should I do to see my released folders on the zaurus?
Regards
climber
SL-C3100 with pdaXii13 5.3.4
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I've already installed the ndis5 driver on my XP computer. When I plug in the usb-cable i can ping my zaurus [192.168.129.201]. On the "USB-Settings" I put in the same data as meanie did in his pdaXrom documentation http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html)
When I start samba I want to access from my XP computer to the zaurus but I couldn't see any released folders. For you to know I haven't done any samba setting on the zaurus.
What settings should I do to see my released folders on the zaurus?
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[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=23221&st=0]This thread[/url] may be helpful.
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Meanie,
I tried to watch a movie (mpg) with XMMS but it failed. There comes up a separate window where normaly the movie should start. This window disappears very quick and comes up again. This goes as long as you hit the 'stop' button. Could it depend on the transparency character of mrxvt?
With smplayer it dind't work too.
Do you a idea?
Regards
climber
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i confirm there is a segmentation fault launching mplayer1 ...
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never happened to me before. mplayer1 is the mplayer that sashz compiled and is in the c3x00 feed. i just renamed it to mplayer1...
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Hi,
I have two questions concerning desktop links and samba:
Desktop Links:
I've installed kdepimpi and now want to create a link at the desktop for KA/Pi & KO/Pi like AbiWord or Putty which are default of Meanies pdaXii13 versions.
I've searched a lot in this forum and Meanies documentation but I haven't found anything.
Could anyone of you describe how to do this.
Samba:
I've already installed the ndis5 driver on my XP computer. When I plug in the usb-cable i can ping my zaurus [192.168.129.201]. On the "USB-Settings" I put in the same data as meanie did in his pdaXrom documentation http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/custom-pdaxrom.html)
When I start samba I want to access from my XP computer to the zaurus but I couldn't see any released folders. For you to know I haven't done any samba setting on the zaurus.
What settings should I do to see my released folders on the zaurus?
Regards
climber
SL-C3100 with pdaXii13 5.3.4
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the desktop is just rox pinboard, just use rox and drag the executable you want to the desktop and it will create a desktop shortcut. it is similar on how windows works..., ie you can right click on the shortcut and change its icons, its name, etc...
as for samba, you want to be able to mount your Zaurus from an XP machine? you need to start the Samba service on your Zaurus after you have established your network (plugged your USB cable in tcp/ip mode). I purposely disabled samba by default so it does not consume extra resources when it is not in use. you can manally start and stop samba from the GUI using the Samba Controller GUI, or just start and stop it from the command line, ie:
samba start
Your WinXP registry might also need to be hacked to allow the password to be passed correctly. see the winannoyances website on tips on how to do this...
if you want to use your Zaurus to connect to your windows shares, then use LinNeighborhood which is has a desktop shortcut called 'samba' ...
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Dear Meanie,
it seems i'm stuck into another resume problem : i've just resume from suspend, the arrow is responding but no click is possible....neither on icons nor on menus...only solution seems to remove the battery...
my release is latest 5.3.5beta installed from scratch on a C3000
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Dear Meanie,
it seems i'm stuck into another resume problem : i've just resume from suspend, the arrow is responding but no click is possible....neither on icons nor on menus...only solution seems to remove the battery...
my release is latest 5.3.5beta installed from scratch on a C3000
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Yes, that's the problem myself and others have had on the C1000.
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I've encountered this bug on the C3200 as well using 5.3.5 full.
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I've encountered this bug on the C3200 as well using 5.3.5 full.
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Does the keyboard still work (Menu key -> Menu / "Reboot" possible etc.)?
Yesterday I found a way to reproduce that (or maybe only a similar) problem.
I have created a shellscript-based backup application for weeXpc. That shell script uses the "script" utility for logging the script output.
When this applicatoin is started from a terminal (mrxvt) it works nicely.
However, when it is started directly from the menu using a .desktop file which simply invokes the shell script, the entire GUI isn't responsive anymore: No touch screen input, no keyboard input, and no screen output updates anymore.
However, the system is still operable remotely via ssh.
It seems that the script ustility causes that behavior, because other shell scripts, which are programmed very similar, but without using the script utility, work flawlessly when run from the menu.
And when I change the exec line in the desktop file from
exec=weexpc-backup.sh
to
exec=mrxvt -ip 0 -e "weexpc-backup.sh"
it also works without a problem.
This may not be the same use case as in your cases, but it could be a hint about what causes that problem in general. Maybe someone more knowledgable about X can estimate from these data points, where the root of the problem may be.
Do you have any way ro reproduce the problem on pdaXii13?
daniel
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Neither the keyboard nor touch screen were responsive for me. However, I hadn't even thought of SSHing in. Thanks.
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Hi,
How do I get apache 2 to recognise the php module (used built-in feed latest 2.2.4 version) instead of displaying the php code?
I had php working in cacko with apache1 some months ago. Do I have to addtype or loadmodule? I tried copying the module to ftp:/usr/local/apache2/lib/libphp4.so but no luck yet.
Thanks.
Mark
SLC3200 pdaxii13 5.3.5
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Do I have to addtype or loadmodule? I tried copying the module to ftp:/usr/local/apache2/lib/libphp4.so but no luck yet.
I finally got it working using apache2 and php from the pdaxrom unstable feed!
java script:emoticon(':)')
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still no news of the new suspend/resume pdaxii13 bug ???
i tried to remove all pdaxii13 stuffs in pdaxii13.conf and it still crash on resume.....help Meanie!!!!
(pdaxii13 5.4.1beta installed from scratch)
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still no news of the new suspend/resume pdaxii13 bug ???
i tried to remove all pdaxii13 stuffs in pdaxii13.conf and it still crash on resume.....help Meanie!!!!
(pdaxii13 5.4.1beta installed from scratch)
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5.4.1 doesnt even exist yet...
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still no news of the new suspend/resume pdaxii13 bug ???
i tried to remove all pdaxii13 stuffs in pdaxii13.conf and it still crash on resume.....help Meanie!!!!
(pdaxii13 5.4.1beta installed from scratch)
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5.4.1 doesnt even exist yet...
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hmm
you talk about it here:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/[/url]
or is it 5.4beta? anyway, it crashs on resume even for a stock install from scratch...
EDITED:
i install 5.3.6 (always from scratch) and i don't know if we're not falling into severe filesystem corruption :
what i always do after installing build, is to ipkg remove scim, scim-pinyin and scim-tables. then i modify pdaxii13.conf to remove all unwanted stuffs then i reboot : and patatra file system repairs itself on rebooting....
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progress:
-build 5.3.6 is ok for suspend/resume
i just reboot to maintenance mode to repair the filesystem.
-build 5.4 has the suspend/resume problem.... i try to install 5.4 then ikpg ugrade to see if it helps.... could it be a icewm issue?
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progress:
-build 5.3.6 is ok for suspend/resume
i just reboot to maintenance mode to repair the filesystem.
-build 5.4 has the suspend/resume problem.... i try to install 5.4 then ikpg ugrade to see if it helps.... could it be a icewm issue?
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I'm running 5.4 beta on my 3200 and not having any crashes on resume. Granted I'm running the 5.3.6 akita kernel since that is the recommended install path for a 3200. I also no longer uninstall SCIM since the pdaXii13 conf now keeps it unloaded when when you tell it too.
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progress:
-build 5.3.6 is ok for suspend/resume
i just reboot to maintenance mode to repair the filesystem.
-build 5.4 has the suspend/resume problem.... i try to install 5.4 then ikpg ugrade to see if it helps.... could it be a icewm issue?
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I'm running 5.4 beta on my 3200 and not having any crashes on resume. Granted I'm running the 5.3.6 akita kernel since that is the recommended install path for a 3200. I also no longer uninstall SCIM since the pdaXii13 conf now keeps it unloaded when when you tell it too.
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well,
i've tried to ipkg upgrade all packages to latest but the resume bug is still there...
now i'll try not to uninstall scim packages to see if it is the problem. i'll let you know.
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well,
i don't want to be too loud but i've just re-installed 5.4 build from scratch, booted into X, entered date&time
then i suspend (via menu)
then i resume : like before the Z resume the screen but then freeze...
what do you think Meanie???
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well,
i don't want to be too loud but i've just re-installed 5.4 build from scratch, booted into X, entered date&time
then i suspend (via menu)
then i resume : like before the Z resume the screen but then freeze...
what do you think Meanie???
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I'm having the same issue too. 5.4beta install on a 3200, using the 5.36 initrd.bin et al files from here:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/[/url]
& the hdfull tgz from here:
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/ (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/)
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well,
i don't want to be too loud but i've just re-installed 5.4 build from scratch, booted into X, entered date&time
then i suspend (via menu)
then i resume : like before the Z resume the screen but then freeze...
what do you think Meanie???
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What happens when you suspend using the power button?
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jpmatrix and zedkatuf2:
I done a few suspend/resumes rounds with the menu and I don't get lockups that you are experiencing. I wonder what is different between your setups and mine?
I have not deleted any of the installed packages that are on the full image and the only additions I have done is install Antikx's ScummVM, kkazakov13 4 ScummVM themes and about a dozen IceWM themes from freshmeat. I have not upgraded any of the existing packages either.
The main changes I have done in the pdaXii13 conf is to disable the following:
Disable splash
Disable xscreensaver (or is that the default?)
Disable SCIM
I have also edited the IceWM theme (SilverXP and ElbergBlue) to the following:
Disable CPU Monitor
Adjusted Clock to only display HH:MM
Adjusted font and font size for Clock, Battery Monitor and Menu
Adjusted Menu Highlight Color Gradient (ElbergBlue only)
Adjusted Window pixmap colouring (ElbergBlue only)
I also disable the screesaver in the taskbar whenever I restart (either pdaX or X windows).
I don't think the font or ElbergBlue specific changes that I made would help but, perhaps the CPU Monitor or clock display or screensaver changes that I made may help you with your lockups.
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well,
i don't want to be too loud but i've just re-installed 5.4 build from scratch, booted into X, entered date&time
then i suspend (via menu)
then i resume : like before the Z resume the screen but then freeze...
what do you think Meanie???
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install the version that is listed under stable
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well,
i don't want to be too loud but i've just re-installed 5.4 build from scratch, booted into X, entered date&time
then i suspend (via menu)
then i resume : like before the Z resume the screen but then freeze...
what do you think Meanie???
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install the version that is listed under stable
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well
i think i'll do that (i mean 5.3.6) !
yesterday night i re-installed 5.4beta then i played with suspend resume: it was working, then i modify some options in pdaxii13.conf then i rebooted : as X boots now i see a gray background with only the "home" icon and resume doesn't work. i wonder if it is not a file system corrution in fact (repair messages on boot).
hope this helps
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build 5.4.1 is ready for testing... icewm is now default wm
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build 5.4.1 is ready for testing... icewm is now default wm
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Do I need this HD image:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/hdimage-full.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz[/url]
?
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Hi Meanie,
I took a first look to you new version 5.4.1 with icewm.
I'm not sure whether you mentioned it before but I have installed kdepimpi and don't see any links/icons in the Office - Menue.
What can I do to get these work?
Thanks,
climber
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In /usr/bin/mplayer there's a line:
xrandr -o normal
which causes the vertical resolution become about twice bigger than the actual. As a result, the menu bar goes below the bottom of the screen.
How can it be treated?
Also, sometimes invocations to mplayer2 produce a segmentation fault, if called with -vo bvdd or -vm options.
I'm running 5.4.1 on C3200
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build 5.4.3 is being uploaded and should be available in about 4 hours...
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BestCrypt gives me:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb/cp2101.o
while loading modules through bcrypt script
Used to be ok in 5.4.1
doesn't seem to affect the funcionality of bestcrypt
Clicking desktop icons gives "No run action specified for files of this type (application/x-shellscript)"
xrandr -o left
xrandr -o normal
don't change anything after some uptime and work; they do work right after X starts, as well as rotate script.
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Quickie error:
c3000, clean install of 5.4.3
Wifi-radar doesn't start. Running from the command line nets:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/wifi-radar", line 26, in ?
import time, os , signal, sys, re, ConfigParser, threading, socket
ImportError: No module named threading
Looking good so far, Meanie. I haven't paid much attention since the 5.2 release, but I'm liking the updates so far...
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just uploaded build 5.4.4
added sudo support in all my customized applets and also added missing python module.
fixed up the mplayer wrapper script as well and updated the pdaXcfg toll which is still in development. have a play with it
the updater.sh has also been updated like the akita updater. it can now patch pdaXii13 Spitz using the pdaXii13-custom.tgz file....
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just uploaded build 5.4.4
added sudo support in all my customized applets and also added missing python module.
fixed up the mplayer wrapper script as well and updated the pdaXcfg toll which is still in development. have a play with it
the updater.sh has also been updated like the akita updater. it can now patch pdaXii13 Spitz using the pdaXii13-custom.tgz file....
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Meanie, i think i've to apologize about the filesystem corruptions i had with my latest installs of pdaxii13 : apparently i didn't change my main partition type from OpenBSD (A6) to Linux ... (you know i was playing with it do you think this can be source of troubles because pdaxii13 seems to boot without viewable problems even with the A6 type...
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If I choose xfce as window manager I get error: xfce not properly installed.
Pdaxii13 5.4.4 (Akita) flash only version,
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If I choose xfce as window manager I get error: xfce not properly installed.
Pdaxii13 5.4.4 (Akita) flash only version,
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that's because xfce is not installed.
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icewm should be default and I see openbox. After installing hd-full-image there was no question about coping /home and /etc to nand.
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I have c3000.
How i can install v5.4.4 ( i can't find hdfull-image.tgz )
Need help.
upload full image v 5.4.4 for c3000 to http://rapidshare.de (http://rapidshare.de)
plzz
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I have c3000.
How i can install v5.4.4 ( i can't find hdfull-image.tgz )
Need help.
upload full image v 5.4.4 for c3000 to http://rapidshare.de (http://rapidshare.de)
plzz
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All the necessary files should be here:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/[/url]
meanie started building pdaxii13 specifically for the C3000.
Later he branched it out to include other models. (C3100, C3200, C1000)
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http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...dimage-full.tgz (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/tmp/hdimage-full.tgz)
Image file not work on c3000
p.s. Not boot
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There is one of 2 things that seem to be wrong.
1. The file you downloaded is not complete, is corrupt, or
2. You haven't read all the documentation for the C3000
There are files specifically designed for the C3000's small flash. I don't have a C3000, so I cannot go into detail here.
Look on the page I linked, there are these files:
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updater/flash utility for C3000
Use Akita updater/flash for C3100/C3200
* updater.sh (20KB) - v0.26
* updater-tools.bin (1.2MB) - build 15
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kernel and updated bootloader for C3000
These are absolutely for C3000 only
* initrd.bin (2.5MB) - 0.5a
* zImage-2.4.20.bin (1.1MB) - 2.4.20
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Also make sure you have read all the documentation on meanie's page.
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html)
EDIT:
I don't mean to sound harsh, but the SL-C3000 is completely "different" from many models in regard to flashing various ROMs, because it has such a tiny "Flash" memory area.
Jon
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i don't need big flash rom ( not need if we have big storage and may boot from him ) in zaurus , i have 8 gb cf ( work very fast )
but i not guru in linux and i dont't know how make build 5.4.4 for c3000.
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I use bellow file and hdfull.tgz with out modification.
updater.sh (20KB) - v0.26
updater-tools.bin (1.2MB) - build 15
initrd.bin (2.5MB) - 0.5a
zImage-2.4.20.bin (1.1MB) - 2.4.20
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There is one of 2 things that seem to be wrong.
1. The file you downloaded is not complete, is corrupt, or
2. You haven't read all the documentation for the C3000
There are files specifically designed for the C3000's small flash. I don't have a C3000, so I cannot go into detail here.
Look on the page I linked, there are these files:
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updater/flash utility for C3000
Use Akita updater/flash for C3100/C3200
*
updater.sh (20KB) - v0.26
*
updater-tools.bin (1.2MB) - build 15
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kernel and updated bootloader for C3000
These are absolutely for C3000 only
*
initrd.bin (2.5MB) - 0.5a
*
zImage-2.4.20.bin (1.1MB) - 2.4.20
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Also make sure you have read all the documentation on meanie's page.
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html)
EDIT:
I don't mean to sound harsh, but the SL-C3000 is completely "different" from many models in regard to flashing various ROMs, because it has such a tiny "Flash" memory area.
Jon
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Place the following files on a CF card, (not a SD card because the installer may change the SD card driver)
updater.sh
updater-tools.bin
initrd.bin
zImage-2.4.20.bin
hdimage-full.tgz
Then go into the maintenance menu. This is quoted from meanie's page.
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html)
You need to do the following to get into the Maintenance Menu which is where you can update/install pdaXii13 from:
* Unplug everything from your Zaurus, ie power, cards, etc...
* Press the reset button (unlock the battery cover and press the little reset button)
* Put battery lid back on and lock the battery compartment
* Press and hold the OK key while pressing the On/Off button at the front
* You are now in the Maintenance Menu
* Insert CF or SD (which ever has the install files)
* Plug in the power
* Choose Option 4 (Update in "Japanese") from the Maintenance Menu
* Select your installation source, choose CF or SD
* Confirm your selection (choose option on the left)
In the pdaXii13 updater menu choose Option 2 to repartition your Zaurus if required (depends on your current partition layout). You will need to reboot your Zaurus once you have repartitioned it and then repeat the above steps to get into the Maintenance Menu again and then into the pdaXii13 updater menu.
From the pdaXii13 updater menu, choose Option 3 "Install kernel and bootloader" to flash your C3000 with a new kernel and boot loader image.
Once the installation has finished, you will need to extract the hdimage.tgz (or one of its variants) onto the MicroDrive. Choose Option 4 for that and wait a while until it formats your first partition as ext3 and extracts the content of the tgz file onto the first partition of your MicroDrive.
Then choose Option 6 to reboot and pdaXii13 should be installed and boot into X windows. OpenBox will be the default X window manager just like in the default pdaXrom beta3. During your first boot, your SSL private and public keys will be generated which will take a while.
If you have used the recommended partition scheme or used your own custom partition layout, then you need to format those remaining partitions. During the initial boot, you will also be given a choice to format your second and third partition if you have them. The second partition will be formatted as swap while the third partition will be formatted as FAT.
for the C3000 in the above quote, hdimage.tgz is the same as hdimage-full.tgz
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Hi,
Anyone else has a problem with the m5sum's?
# md5sum -c checksum.txt
updater.sh: FAILED
updater-tools.bin: FAILED
initrd.bin: OK
zImage-2.4.20.bin: OK
hdimage-full.tgz: OK
md5sum: WARNING: 2 of 5 computed checksums did NOT match
I tried to download update.sh and updater-tools.bin various times with different tools (wget, links, lftp etc.) but md5sum still fails.
Same there?
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Hi,
Anyone else has a problem with the m5sum's?
# md5sum -c checksum.txt
updater.sh: FAILED
updater-tools.bin: FAILED
initrd.bin: OK
zImage-2.4.20.bin: OK
hdimage-full.tgz: OK
md5sum: WARNING: 2 of 5 computed checksums did NOT match
I tried to download update.sh and updater-tools.bin various times with different tools (wget, links, lftp etc.) but md5sum still fails.
Same there?
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not check sum ok !
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I find bug in 5.4.4 for c3000
when i install full-image.tgz for akita and boot loader, boot flash for c3000
pdaxrom not start (
bug in the settings file /home/root/Choices/pdaxii13.conf
fix this string
CHOOSEX=false
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this my pdaxii13.conf
#
# pdaXii13 specific config options
#
# all options can only be true or false
# start X after boot (console mode if false)
STARTX=false
# display xchooser dialog before starting X
CHOOSEX=false
# display splash screen while X is loading
SPLASH=false
# load xscreensaver daemon when X is started
XSCREENSAVER=false
# load rox as the default desktop in X (matchbox-desktop if false)
ROX=false
# load scim engine when X is started
SCIM=false
# play welcome sound when X is started
PLAYSOUND=false
# beep when resumed
RESUME_BEEP=true
# use gmplayer as default mplayer (mplayer with bvdd is used if false)
GMPLAYER=false
# load torsmo if task applet is loaded
TORSMO=false
# enable stickykeys
STICKYKEYS=false
# enable virtual keyboard in portrait mode
VIRTUAL_KEYBOARD=false
# enable gnome clipboard daemon
GLIPPER=false
# enable gnome bluetooth obex daemon
BLUETOOTH_DAEMON=false
# enable gnome bluetooth phone manager
BLUETOOTH_MANAGER=false
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latest build is now 5.4.5
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latest build is now 5.4.5
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Meanie,
Thank you for all your work. Which one is the "stable" release? 5.2 still?
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latest build is now 5.4.5
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Meanie,
Thank you for all your work. Which one is the "stable" release? 5.2 still?
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stable release will be 5.4.6 once i get home and have full internet access to update everything....(which unfortunately will be a while)
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I hope that with 5.4.6 xfce will be working. I've installed it from feed but only icewm is working.
I have some problems with the oficial pdaxii13 feed - there is an error about unary operator and I cannot install some files : lgeneral, some xfce4 plugins.
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I hope that with 5.4.6 xfce will be working. I've installed it from feed but only icewm is working.
I have some problems with the oficial pdaxii13 feed - there is an error about unary operator and I cannot install some files : lgeneral, some xfce4 plugins.
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xfce is at the very bottom of the todo list....
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Thanks.
What about feed problems?
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build 5.4.6 is now available
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build 5.4.6 has been moved to the stable release.
also updated the release notes convention.
The following indicators are used in the release notes to show whether a bug fix or feature can be applied by patching or upgrading.
* ( - included in pdaXii13 base and full
* (f) - included in pdaXii13 full only
* (p) - can be patched/updated via pdaXii13-custom.tgz
* (i) - install/upgrade of new or existing package required
This means from now on, you can easily tell if a new feature has been added to the full edition only or is also part of the base edition (the akita edition is the base edition)
You can also easily tell if you can patch/update to get the new feature/fix or you need to reflash...
additionally, a new unstable feed will be added (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable) which will contain experimental/untested packages. the e17 packages will also be added into this feed.
to install e17 on pdaXii13 simply run
ipkg install e17-pdaxii13
also make sure you have updated to the latest xsession package
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build 5.4.6 has been moved to the stable release.
also updated the release notes convention.
The following indicators are used in the release notes to show whether a bug fix or feature can be applied by patching or upgrading.
* ( - included in pdaXii13 base and full
* (f) - included in pdaXii13 full only
* (p) - can be patched/updated via pdaXii13-custom.tgz
* (i) - install/upgrade of new or existing package required
This means from now on, you can easily tell if a new feature has been added to the full edition only or is also part of the base edition (the akita edition is the base edition)
You can also easily tell if you can patch/update to get the new feature/fix or you need to reflash...
additionally, a new unstable feed will be added (http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable) which will contain experimental/untested packages. the e17 packages will also be added into this feed.
to install e17 on pdaXii13 simply run
ipkg install e17-pdaxii13
also make sure you have updated to the latest xsession package
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Very efficient. And very quick on e17. Thanks!
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build 5.4.6 is now available
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merci !
at least we have a really working zaurus distribution
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build 5.4.6 is now available
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merci !
at least we have a really working zaurus distribution
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yeah, I was bored and needed to watch some flv videos I downloaded off youtube and mplayer optimised with bvdd was the only one that allowed me to watch it smoothly and fullscreen...
none of these fancy 2.6 based kernel distros can do that yet...
anyways, I also compiled some extra modules for e17 such as a screencap and mixer module...
might create a card and usb module as well since that doesn't exists yet...
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anyways, I also compiled some extra modules for e17 such as a screencap and mixer module...
might create a card and usb module as well since that doesn't exists yet...
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Very nice. Thank you. Are using Aki_Rose's e17 build or did you build it yourself? The Card and USB modules would be greatly appreciated for e17. I'm using XFE or the console to do it under MayDew and it is awkward at best.
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....
anyways, I also compiled some extra modules for e17 such as a screencap and mixer module...
might create a card and usb module as well since that doesn't exists yet...
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Very nice. Thank you. Are using Aki_Rose's e17 build or did you build it yourself? The Card and USB modules would be greatly appreciated for e17. I'm using XFE or the console to do it under MayDew and it is awkward at best.
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its my own build using the newer 0.38 sources with optimisation flags -O2 -mcpu=xscale -mtune=xscale -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer and runs much faster...
the feed is [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/[/url]
make sure you install the latest xsessions package (0.5.6) first.
then simply install e17-pdaxii13 and it should pull all the required dependencies...
then run xselect to switch window manager to enlightenment and startx
of course you can also just install e17 without my customisations. just install e17 ipk instead. the e17-pdaxii13 package contains extra pdaXii13 keymappings and preconfigured applications menu as well as preconfigured theme and splash screen. it also installs and loads extra modules, ie mixer, cpu and screenshot...
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Meanie, Antikx, psyco?
It would appear that some of the newer packages are ion the feed directories, but not properly available through the pachags list.-At least it looks that way from here. Mybe I have an error I'm unaware of, or maybe the list needs t The to be regenerated? the package that caught my attention was the new (5.6) xsessions.
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Meanie, Antikx, psyco?
It would appear that some of the newer packages are ion the feed directories, but not properly available through the pachags list.-At least it looks that way from here. Mybe I have an error I'm unaware of, or maybe the list needs t The to be regenerated? the package that caught my attention was the new (5.6) xsessions.
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you need to run ipk update to refresh your locally cached Packages file...
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I had (everything I use runs on either ipks or debs..), but my z was acting up. I reflashed it, and as you suggest, the packages appear in the"new" setup.
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Very good work Meanie.
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anyways, I also compiled some extra modules for e17 such as a screencap and mixer module...
might create a card and usb module as well since that doesn't exists yet...
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Very nice. Thank you. Are using Aki_Rose's e17 build or did you build it yourself? The Card and USB modules would be greatly appreciated for e17. I'm using XFE or the console to do it under MayDew and it is awkward at best.
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its my own build using the newer 0.38 sources with optimisation flags -O2 -mcpu=xscale -mtune=xscale -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer and runs much faster...
the feed is [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/[/url]
make sure you install the latest xsessions package (0.5.6) first.
then simply install e17-pdaxii13 and it should pull all the required dependencies...
then run xselect to switch window manager to enlightenment and startx
of course you can also just install e17 without my customisations. just install e17 ipk instead. the e17-pdaxii13 package contains extra pdaXii13 keymappings and preconfigured applications menu as well as preconfigured theme and splash screen. it also installs and loads extra modules, ie mixer, cpu and screenshot...
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Excellent. I'll be reflashing my 1000 to pdaXii13 e17 since I borked my MayDew install by installing too many goodies. Any word on the Cards/USB module for e17? That one would make e17 nearly feature complete for me. Thanks again Meanie.
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anyways, I also compiled some extra modules for e17 such as a screencap and mixer module...
might create a card and usb module as well since that doesn't exists yet...
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Very nice. Thank you. Are using Aki_Rose's e17 build or did you build it yourself? The Card and USB modules would be greatly appreciated for e17. I'm using XFE or the console to do it under MayDew and it is awkward at best.
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its my own build using the newer 0.38 sources with optimisation flags -O2 -mcpu=xscale -mtune=xscale -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer and runs much faster...
the feed is [a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/beta3/unstable/[/url]
make sure you install the latest xsessions package (0.5.6) first.
then simply install e17-pdaxii13 and it should pull all the required dependencies...
then run xselect to switch window manager to enlightenment and startx
of course you can also just install e17 without my customisations. just install e17 ipk instead. the e17-pdaxii13 package contains extra pdaXii13 keymappings and preconfigured applications menu as well as preconfigured theme and splash screen. it also installs and loads extra modules, ie mixer, cpu and screenshot...
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Excellent. I'll be reflashing my 1000 to pdaXii13 e17 since I borked my MayDew install by installing too many goodies. Any word on the Cards/USB module for e17? That one would make e17 nearly feature complete for me. Thanks again Meanie.
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this might take a long time since i will first need to learn the api for enlightenment and then write the module from scratch....
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how i can black the screen in e17 ? meanie
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To black the screen (i.e. diminish the intensity), use the key [3] while holding the meta key at the left of [-].
You must ensure that the init script of Meanie is executed at the startup of e17
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build 5.4.7 has finally been uploaded.
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Meanie,
i'm back to pdaxii13 5.4.6 and it seems that menu-suspend doesn't really suspend the zaurus but is just switching off the screen...are you aware of that?
suspending via the on/off button seems to work however...
ps: i'm using icewm
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build 5.4.7 has finally been uploaded.
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Meanie,
I have finally moved from my own home brewed pdaxii13 like distro to your official 5.4.7 release. I have noticed the following 'funnies':
if I boot without my wifi CF card inserted then the boot process terminates differently than when it is inserted - I don't get the wm selection dialog, my usb devices are not recognised and I just have a console login - startx works but plugging devices in either usb or cf never get recognised.
if I try running mplayer from the command line (for example typing "mplayer *.mp3") the Zaurus hangs.
which mplayer = /usr/bin/mplayer - it appears in aterm window
gmplayer appears to work fine... (when run as gmplayer)
[ok] so running mplayer Firefly-Serenity.avi works just fine.
I used to run mplayer in console mode just cos I like consoles ... guess not anymore...
Which of the 3 mplayers will work for audio files in a console?
This is all on my C3000 - fresh full install - single MD partition - only additional packages are your e17 and zdevils 'emacs'.
Love pdaxii13 - thanks for all your great work. Anything I can do to help debug these issues?
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build 5.4.7 has finally been uploaded.
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Meanie,
I have finally moved from my own home brewed pdaxii13 like distro to your official 5.4.7 release. I have noticed the following 'funnies':
if I boot without my wifi CF card inserted then the boot process terminates differently than when it is inserted - I don't get the wm selection dialog, my usb devices are not recognised and I just have a console login - startx works but plugging devices in either usb or cf never get recognised.
if I try running mplayer from the command line (for example typing "mplayer *.mp3") the Zaurus hangs.
which mplayer = /usr/bin/mplayer - it appears in aterm window
gmplayer appears to work fine... (when run as gmplayer)
[ok] so running mplayer Firefly-Serenity.avi works just fine.
I used to run mplayer in console mode just cos I like consoles ... guess not anymore...
Which of the 3 mplayers will work for audio files in a console?
This is all on my C3000 - fresh full install - single MD partition - only additional packages are your e17 and zdevils 'emacs'.
Love pdaxii13 - thanks for all your great work. Anything I can do to help debug these issues?
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I think your problems with the CF and USB is caused by some leftover files under /var/...
I have seen it before when my Z crashed and left some files under /var and it kept sending me to the login prompt when the pcmcia start script is called. try it out. run /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
try restarting pcmcia a few times when it works and see if it can get rid of the culprit files under /var
as for mplayer, just use mplayer1, mplayer2, or mplayer3 in command line instead of mplayer to play your mp3 files. the mplayer wrapper script does not handle wildcards.
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whow
it seems my /etc/ipkg.conf has been corrupted... but i don't know really how... perhaps yesterday when i modified it via the package manager : i just added z.drun.net/packages .... this morning, after a reboot, it seems it was corrupted....
any idea meanie ?
edited:
well it seems i've ran into a general filesystem corruption ... again ...
when i ls my /usr/lib i got some strange messages and i cannot modify any files...
should i go from 5.4.6 to 5.4.7 ?
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whow
it seems my /etc/ipkg.conf has been corrupted... but i don't know really how... perhaps yesterday when i modified it via the package manager : i just added z.drun.net/packages .... this morning, after a reboot, it seems it was corrupted....
any idea meanie ?
edited:
well it seems i've ran into a general filesystem corruption ... again ...
when i ls my /usr/lib i got some strange messages and i cannot modify any files...
should i go from 5.4.6 to 5.4.7 ?
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fsck your system first before doing anything else...
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It's absolutely fantastic what level pdaXii13 has reached!
However, I'm left with one little question: How do I get the special characters like German umlauts (ä, ö, ü, ß) in 'mrxvt'? Whenever I press one of the key combos as explained on Meanie's great page (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html) (Section "Keyboard Shortcuts"), I get some strange characters but not the expected umlauts. The key mappings seem to work fine in 'rxvt', though.
Any idea for me?
TIA!
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I have strange error on booting and problem with suspend.
Error:
Starting system message bus: Failed to start messagebus: Could not get UID and GID for username "messagebus".
I've to admit that I've installed some dbus libs for pidgin (not Meanie version) first.
I'm not sure if problem with suspend is related or not but Zaurus doesn't wake-up.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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It's absolutely fantastic what level pdaXii13 has reached!
However, I'm left with one little question: How do I get the special characters like German umlauts (ä, ö, ü, ß) in 'mrxvt'? Whenever I press one of the key combos as explained on Meanie's great page (http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/pdaxii13.html) (Section "Keyboard Shortcuts"), I get some strange characters but not the expected umlauts. The key mappings seem to work fine in 'rxvt', though.
Any idea for me?
TIA!
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mrxvt does not support 8bit encodings which is required for the umlauts and other special characters. you need to use urxvt or rxvt-unicode which on pdaXii13 is simply called rxvt.
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I have strange error on booting and problem with suspend.
Error:
Starting system message bus: Failed to start messagebus: Could not get UID and GID for username "messagebus".
I've to admit that I've installed some dbus libs for pidgin (not Meanie version) first.
I'm not sure if problem with suspend is related or not but Zaurus doesn't wake-up.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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you installed an incompatible messagebus (dbus) without upgrading all the other dependent libraries. this is not supported.
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Thank you for the info regarding mrxvt/rxvt, Meanie!
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you installed an incompatible messagebus (dbus) without upgrading all the other dependent libraries. this is not supported.
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What can I do now? Which lib am I supposed to install to mke sure it will work like in pdaxii13 5.4.7?
I hope I don't have to install it once again.
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build 5.4.8 is available for testing.
this release comes with an updated kernel (still 2.4.20 but with extra features)
the sound should be better, battery monitoring should be better, and hostap support is improved, ie some wifi cards that previously were created as eth0 will now be wlan0.
in order to get wpa working, you need to install this package: hostap_driver_0.4.7_3_armv5tel.ipk
there is a new tool to control the sound chip, ie enable treble/bass/3d
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Dear Meanie,
i think i've a major problem with latests pdaxii13 at least since 5.3.6+ i think : i've filesystem corruptions each time (again with 5.4.8) and i don't know what i'm doing wrong...would you help me?
here is what i did lastly:
-5.4.8 full download on a 512Mb sdcard
-flash process then extraction process with pdaxii13 install scripts
-reboot
-i choose icewm as wm; everything seems ok
-then i ipkg remove scim, scim-pinyin, scim-tables and run pdaxii13 config to disable scim loading
-then i updated rfcomm.conf and /etc/ppp/peers with my provider setup
-reboot
(sometimes i have some filesystems repairing messages on boot...)
-ipkg update
-ipkg upgrade
then i had filesystem corruptions..... (for example my /etc/resolv.conf is backed up to original one and rebooting with icewm leads to only backgroung screen shown...)... updated: it seems rebooting to openbox is working though...
right now i'm backing up my hdd3 partition to go again a whole hdd re-partitionning and formatting with your 5.4.8...i'll let you know about it...
thanks for any help!
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Dear Meanie,
i think i've a major problem with latests pdaxii13 at least since 5.3.6+ i think : i've filesystem corruptions each time (again with 5.4.8) and i don't know what i'm doing wrong...would you help me?
here is what i did lastly:
-5.4.8 full download on a 512Mb sdcard
-flash process then extraction process with pdaxii13 install scripts
-reboot
-i choose icewm as wm; everything seems ok
-then i ipkg remove scim, scim-pinyin, scim-tables and run pdaxii13 config to disable scim loading
-then i updated rfcomm.conf and /etc/ppp/peers with my provider setup
-reboot
(sometimes i have some filesystems repairing messages on boot...)
-ipkg update
-ipkg upgrade
then i had filesystem corruptions..... (for example my /etc/resolv.conf is backed up to original one and rebooting with icewm leads to only backgroung screen shown...)... updated: it seems rebooting to openbox is working though...
right now i'm backing up my hdd3 partition to go again a whole hdd re-partitionning and formatting with your 5.4.8...i'll let you know about it...
thanks for any help!
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ipkg upgrade is not a supported mechanism for upgrading pdaXii13 since the feeds are from many different sources that have conflicting package dependencies...
it is also a bad idea to upgrade packages from within X (unless you are absolutely sure you are updating a package that does not need to update any libraries that are needed by your current WM) because there could be dependencies on the packages that are being used that need to be upgraded. ipkg will try update them and silently fail but upon reboot they will visibly fail and cause havoc.
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ok meanie
well,
i've installed 5.4.8 from scratch and it seems to work ok...
my new problem now is that i've launched xmms and i have no sound output at all...........
i've tried to play with sound levels and with oss mixer with no luck...
any help?
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ok meanie
well,
i've installed 5.4.8 from scratch and it seems to work ok...
my new problem now is that i've launched xmms and i have no sound output at all...........
i've tried to play with sound levels and with oss mixer with no luck...
any help?
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after suspend / resume, i had the double beeps resume sound and... sound is working now! ...... perhaps a first initialization issue ? i notice on first X boot not all tray icons appears too...
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build 5.4.9 has been uploaded. it fixes and improves on a few things in 5.4.8. see the release notes...
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build 5.4.9 has been uploaded. it fixes and improves on a few things in 5.4.8. see the release notes...
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Thanks Meanie! Just to confirm, that:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/build/pdaXii13-custom.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...ii13-custom.tgz[/url]
...is the place for the upgrade file?
Cheers,
zedkatuf2
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build 5.4.9 has been uploaded. it fixes and improves on a few things in 5.4.8. see the release notes...
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Thanks Meanie! Just to confirm, that:
[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/build/pdaXii13-custom.tgz]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...ii13-custom.tgz[/url]
...is the place for the upgrade file?
Cheers,
zedkatuf2
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Hi again - when I upgrade via pdaXii3-custom, does the initrd.bin automatically get extracted too or not? If not, do I need to do "Install ROM" option from the service menu as well as the upgrade option?
....reason for asking is that the contact (pimlico) app gives a library error.