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Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: pitris on October 18, 2004, 08:17:13 am

Hi

I've instaled OZ 3.5.1 OPIE in my 5600 and I have a few questions:

When I put the zaurus in the craddle, I get an unknown device message in windows XP and I'm not able to send anything via USB. Naturally, I also cannot synchronize anything with outlook.

My questions are:

1. Is this normal? If I decide to stick to OZ I won't be able to use the USB craddle to send files or synchronize with Outlook?

2. If this is not normal, what can I do to try and solve the problem?

I was enjoying OZ a lot more than the original Sharp ROM, but if synchronization is not possible, I'll have to revert to the original sharp ROM...  

Thanks in advance

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: Hrw on October 18, 2004, 09:06:27 am

Do "modprobe usbdcore;modprobe net_fd;modprobe pxa_bi" in shell on 5600 - this will resolve USB problem.

Probably we will resolve it like it is on 5500 later.

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: pitris on October 18, 2004, 05:17:26 pm

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Do "modprobe usbdcore;modprobe net_fd;modprobe pxa_bi" in shell on 5600 - this will resolve USB problem.

I've tried doing you sugested, and there's a small improvement: windows xp now recognizes the zaurus and installs the appropriate drivers.  

However, I'm still unable to synchronize or to transfer any files. When I try it, the zaurus hangs and I'm forced to do a hard reboot.  

I've searched the OZ site and found some bug reports which resemble the problems I'm having. Unfortunatly I didn't find any solution...

Can anyone help me?

Thanks again

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: lardman on October 18, 2004, 06:29:32 pm

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quake doesn't work very well on the 5500, or any pda for that matter.

Edit: Ooops, looks like I had ctrl-c, ctrl-v problems with the above phrase :-D

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However, I'm still unable to synchronize or to transfer any files

Which software are you using (for file transfer as I don't sync)?  Can you get an ssh connection up (try putty)?


Si

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: pitris on October 18, 2004, 07:32:48 pm

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Which software are you using (for file transfer as I don't sync)?

I was trying to use the sharp file transfer software.

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Can you get an ssh connection up (try putty)?

I haven't tried a ssh connection yet...I guess that will be my next step.

But for me the most imporant thing was to be able to synchronize with outlook...if I'm not able to do it, I guess I'll have to return to the old sharp ROM and wait for OZ 3.6.0 to be released...

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: lardman on October 19, 2004, 06:27:16 am

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I was trying to use the sharp file transfer software.

This doesn't work.

You have to use either sftp or ftp (not recommeded) for file transfer. Or install samba and use that (and then perhaps the Sharp file transfer software will work...)

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But for me the most imporant thing was to be able to synchronize with outlook...if I'm not able to do it, I guess I'll have to return to the old sharp ROM and wait for OZ 3.6.0 to be released...

I've not tried syncing in a long time, however the older version of intellisync (which came with the 5500 2.xx ROMs) used to work. Try a search for syncing and OZ (as there have been a fair few discussions about this even since OZ 3.2), nothing should have changed wrt this.

Regards,


Simon

Title: OZ 3.5.1 problems
Post by: pitris on October 19, 2004, 09:17:27 am

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however the older version of intellisync (which came with the 5500 2.xx ROMs) used to work.

So, the new version of intellisync doesn't work, but the old one does...weird!  

I'll give it a try, though!  

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to answer!