OESF Portables Forum

Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Cxx0 General discussions => Topic started by: dbsears on January 12, 2007, 02:29:39 am

Title: Installing Oz On A C700
Post by: dbsears on January 12, 2007, 02:29:39 am

I'm trying to install OZ 3.5.4.1 (OPIE) onto an SL-C700. I've copied initrd.bin, updater.sh and zImage.bin onto a FAT16 CF card and gone through the update procedure. The update finds the card, load the files and reboots. I remove the CF card during the reboot process.

I've tried this procedure several times and each time I get a white screen of death.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

--Dan

Title: Installing Oz On A C700
Post by: dbsears on January 16, 2007, 02:39:11 am

It turns out I don't have a WSOD -- the installation is working, but the display is almost entirely white. If I turn the c700 slightly to the side I can just make out what's on the display. So I managed to set the password and calibrate the cursor.

But how do I set the display brightness?

--Dan

Title: Installing Oz On A C700
Post by: lardman on January 16, 2007, 07:58:11 am

For want of a better suggestion, try installing this: http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpsgp/Zaurus/bl/...-r0_armv5te.ipk (http://people.bath.ac.uk/enpsgp/Zaurus/bl/bl_0.0-r0_armv5te.ipk)

and then call it from the command line (or over ssh).

I have a feeling that your problem is not backlight brightness, but contrast, and bl won't alter this I'm afraid (though it ought to be possible to do so somehow).


Si

Title: Installing Oz On A C700
Post by: dbsears on January 17, 2007, 05:37:17 pm

I tried this on a second SL-C700 and the behaviour is repeating, so I'm going to file a bug.

--Dan