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Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: darien on April 14, 2004, 11:55:28 am

I\'ve been experimenting with the roms available for the C760.  I really like Opie on the OpenZaurus Rom but that\'s no longer being worked on is it?

So... then there\'s open embedded.  Not much of a page for info.  How is it?  Support C760?  Which kernel?

Or should I stick with the Sharp Rom with Opie applications installed over it?

What\'s your opinion?

Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: offroadgeek on April 14, 2004, 12:17:54 pm

Have you tried the latest cacko rom?  You can find the thread here (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3159).  It\'s great, stable, and updated frequently (many thanks to maslovsky for the updates!)

Also, the newest version of the pdaxrom is pretty damn sweet.  Check that out in the X11 rom forum.

Best of luck

offroadgeek

Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: lardman on April 14, 2004, 12:35:24 pm

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I\'ve been experimenting with the roms available for the C760. I really like Opie on the OpenZaurus Rom but that\'s no longer being worked on is it?

Yes it is, why did you think that? I\'m running OZ (3.3.6pre1) on my C750 without any troubles.


Simon

Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: darien on April 14, 2004, 03:50:58 pm

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Also, the newest version of the pdaxrom is pretty damn sweet. Check that out in the X11 rom forum.

I love the idea of pdaxrom but it seems a little low on applications.  Can other apps be compiled for it or do they have to be ported because of qt?  I used the cacko rom for awhile but was too tempted by opie.

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Yes it is, why did you think that? I\'m running OZ (3.3.6pre1) on my C750 without any troubles.

I\'ve been using 3.3.6pre1 but doesn\'t that break all application because of the version of gcc?  are they easily compiled with the toolchain?  Is it even still in development since openembedded?

Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: lardman on April 14, 2004, 04:54:52 pm

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I\'ve been using 3.3.6pre1 but doesn\'t that break all application because of the version of gcc?

Break is a relative term. GCC3.x uses a different naming scheme (name mangling it\'s called) for C++ (but not for C), this means you need to use the compat-libs for Qtopia apps (which share C++ libs). I\'ve had no real troubles getting things to run using these libs (the hancom apps, opera, etc. are all fine)

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are they easily compiled with the toolchain?

Basically yes, but of couse it depends what you want to compile.

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Is it even still in development since openembedded?

OE is only a set of scripts, etc., which are used to build a system (OZ for example), OE is the progression of the old buildroot which was used to build OZ apps, kernels and zImages and as such can do the same (though it\'s currently at the end of a moving-over stage, so there may still be some limitations). In any case I\'ve been able to build a kernel and a couple of apps using OE so yes it\'s certainly still in development, just lacking (as ever) in people to do the developing.


Simon

Title: Which ROM for 760?
Post by: darien on April 14, 2004, 06:46:48 pm

lardman

what feed do you use for 3.3.6-pre1?

also I\'ve never gotten irda to work.  Have you?

darien