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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: tombraider on February 07, 2007, 06:55:58 pm

Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: tombraider on February 07, 2007, 06:55:58 pm
In 2004, this was a problem mentioned in posts on this forum...nobody has fixed this???
I'm really beginning to despair.

IS there a fix?  Did a search for hwclock and found some really LONG and involved procedures but is there a new quick fix?

Thanks in advance.
Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: Meanie on February 07, 2007, 07:03:06 pm
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This was a problem in 2004 posts on this forum...nobody has fixed this???
I'm really beginning to despair.

IS there a fix?  Did a search for hwclock and found some really LONG and involved procedures but is there a new quick fix?

Thanks in advance.
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maybe you should try pdaXii13 instead. its basically pdaXrom 1.1.0 beta3 + lots of bugs fixed, including setting time and many other things...

[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/[/url]
Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: tombraider on February 08, 2007, 06:59:21 pm
Found a fix.  The crash when trying to set the time apparently is caused by something called "atd" running so BEFORE trying to change the time put the following command in the console:
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/atd stopThen after you have set the time,  restart "atd" by putting the following command in at the console:
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/atd start
Meanie,  I'm too afraid to try pdaXii13 after those dire warnings on the page you referred me to.  I'm already having serious problems with the on/off button and suspending without total crashes...it's worse than Windows!  PdaXrom IS pretty though.  

I really use Corsair and Shoutcast an awful lot and will probably flash back to Cacko Rom because of those apps.  Also,  the fonts are WAY too tiny.  I am also having a great deal of trouble reading emails in the email utility...the emails hotlinks have to be right-clicked to open a browser and I sure miss Opera.

It would be helpful if kdepim was capable of importing its own darn files.  I  know,  complain, complain. ;-)

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This was a problem in 2004 posts on this forum...nobody has fixed this???
I'm really beginning to despair.

IS there a fix?  Did a search for hwclock and found some really LONG and involved procedures but is there a new quick fix?

Thanks in advance.
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div] (http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=153441\")

maybe you should try pdaXii13 instead. its basically pdaXrom 1.1.0 beta3 + lots of bugs fixed, including setting time and many other things...

[a href=\"http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/]http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/[/url]
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Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: Meanie on February 08, 2007, 07:07:39 pm
all these issues you mention, except for kdepim, are non-existant on pdaXii13. there is one more issue which I will fix tonight so after that, pdaXii13 on Akita should be perfect...

and don't worry about those warnings... actually, i think i overdid them a bit and i will remove them. those warnings should have been put on pdaXrom beta4 et al instead
Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: Antikx on February 08, 2007, 11:15:32 pm
I know your pain tombraider.
My first couple months I went threw what you are going through. Someone eventually wrote a script that helped with the whole time setting issue.... but I would recommend trying pdaXii13. It's not perfect, but it's more perfect.
I'll be interested in reading about your pdaXrom experiences in your blog.
Title: Can't Set Time Without Crash
Post by: daniel3000 on February 12, 2007, 05:27:43 am
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I know your pain tombraider.
My first couple months I went threw what you are going through. Someone eventually wrote a script that helped with the whole time setting issue.... but I would recommend trying pdaXii13. It's not perfect, but it's more perfect.
I'll be interested in reading about your pdaXrom experiences in your blog.
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In order to avoid that situation, I simply wrote a script which sets the time (using network or the datentime.py GUI) and then reboots the zaurus automatically.
That way, it does not matter if I lose keyboard and touchscreen imput after setting the time (which happened often to me).

daniel