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Everything Else => Zaurus Distro Support and Discussion => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Angstrom & OpenZaurus => Topic started by: miniature emperor on November 30, 2004, 03:53:53 am
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It looks like 3.5.2 is almost ready for download:
http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.2/ (http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.2/)
NOTE: you should wait until it is officialy out;
I get a blank screen once it tries to start Opie.
(I used updater.sh from 3.5.1)
There's nothing on the front page about it.
http://www.openzaurus.org/web/index.php?op...ntpage&Itemid=1 (http://www.openzaurus.org/web/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1)
But the files all date from monday morning, November 29, so ...
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with the GPE image 3.5.2, you need to do a hard reset (battery cover) after a suspend... so how do you suspend the screen?
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Hats off to the OE/OZ/Opie/GPE team(s). Looking forward to trying it out. . .
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I second the thanks. Us non-developers really do appreciate the work being done behind the scenes on this. A shame I wasn't so useless at hacking or I'd join in the effort.
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I have a c860. I had no luck with either gpe or opie using OZ 3.5.2.
Under opie, it goes through the boot up sequence normally, but when it
starts opie, the screen goes blank and stays that way.
I can press a key to abort starting opie after boot-up, and use my Z in text-mode.
When I do that, I can start opie via /etc/init.d/opie -start, but again, the screen goes
blank.
Under gpe, it goes through the boot up sequence normally, but when it
starts gpe, the screen starts the gpe splash-screen, and stays on the splash screen.
Does anyone out there have a c860 that works with OZ 3.5.2. ?
I'd like to know if it's my machine or the rom that is broken.
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Well I'm flashing back to the sharp rom on my 6000. Opie boots, but no wireless. Gpe boots to the splash screen, and that's it. Looks like I'll wait a little longer.
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gpe runs on my 5600. package manager not doing too wellthough.... i used each (appropriate) subfolder in feed as a source.... packagemanager raises hell.
whats w/ apt n dpkg? debian arm?
gpe multimedia??
adf
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Sounds like you aren't waiting long enough at the GPE splash screen. I thought my SL6000L was hung there as well. If you leave it for a few minutes, it'll get in.
With regard to wireless, we'll be putting up a wiki page on the exact steps to configure it using /etc/network/interfaces. Once you set it up in there, you can just call 'ifup wlan0' or 'ifdown wlan0' to bring it up & down. 3.5.2 shipped with a default configuration which is dhcp, Managed wireless mode. No essid or anything set.
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Hi,
I must say I am really impressed by this new version. I was a bit afraid to try 3.5.1 so I thought to give 3.5.2 a change. Networking and installation does not seem to be a problem.
Except one thing. When I try to install libmicrokcal it complains that it cannot find libstdc++6 (>=3.4.2).
Anyone have a clue?
Thanks
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We forgot to add the devel feed to the default ipkg.conf. libstdc++6 is in there - just add the feed.
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A few questions about OZ 3.5.2 on the SL6000W:
- Does bluetooth work?
- Can I use japanese input methods?
- Does opera work?
If not: any chance seeing it in future versions?
Thank you
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We forgot to add the devel feed to the default ipkg.conf. libstdc++6 is in there - just add the feed.
that worked .. thanks...
I noticed in the opie installer that sometimes linking does not work (when I install a package on my sd card).
reinstalling this package somethis does the trick. Is this a known issue?
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No joy for my 750.
I have tried and tried to install 3.5.2 and get the same results.
On reboot the screen dims and I see part of a config screen (I think for the Doc tab), which covers 2/3 of the width of the screen only, but nothing else and it goes no farther.
I have redownloaded the files from the mirrors and main site with the same result.
Version 3.5.1 installed fine however.
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My SL-C860 hangs as well. I get past the splash screen, I calibrated my screen, then I get to a black screen with the default X server x-shaped cursor (it flashes every 2 seconds or so). It doesn't continue from there, almost as if there's no window manager to be loaded. I tried breaking to console with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, but because X is set to respawn, it returns to X within a second (I see the console login for a split second).
I'm using the GPE image, by the way.
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No joy for my 750.
I have tried and tried to install 3.5.2 and get the same results.
On reboot the screen dims and I see part of a config screen (I think for the Doc tab), which covers 2/3 of the width of the screen only, but nothing else and it goes no farther.
I have redownloaded the files from the mirrors and main site with the same result.
Version 3.5.1 installed fine however.
TechGuru:
Remove your SD and/or CF card and reboot. Mine did the same. It is the screen to determine how to scan your cards. It won't show up if you don't have any cards.
Anthony
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I managed to get mine to break to console (by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, then quickly pressing Ctrl-Alt-2), but when trying to login I get "login: no valid shadow password". Also, my prompt says "shepherd tty1" while I have a Boxer, but that might just be something left over from debugging.
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No joy for my 750.
I have tried and tried to install 3.5.2 and get the same results.
On reboot the screen dims and I see part of a config screen (I think for the Doc tab), which covers 2/3 of the width of the screen only, but nothing else and it goes no farther.
I have redownloaded the files from the mirrors and main site with the same result.
Version 3.5.1 installed fine however.
TechGuru:
Remove your SD and/or CF card and reboot. Mine did the same. It is the screen to determine how to scan your cards. It won't show up if you don't have any cards.
Anthony
Come on, thats too easy
Yes it worked when I did that, but that is not the point.
A extensive discussion on random neutrino flux should have been part of the answer.
Thanks very much pyramid6.
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I installed 3.5.2 and after the frustration with 3.5.1 I must say I'm happy with 3.5.2.
My main problems, at least for now, are with Opera and XMMS (couldn't run qpe-vexed, but that is secondary).
Beaming has gotten better, now I can beam contacts and other stuff, only thing I still don't know how to do is to connect to the internet with GPRS on my T300.
I replaced the package manager (saw it on another topic here) for AQPkg and opie-symlink, but in fact I don't use it to install software, only to check package names -- installing has been done with ipkg and ipkg-link thru ssh, as recommended on the release notes.
Congratulations to all developers! :^)
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I managed to get mine to break to console (by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, then quickly pressing Ctrl-Alt-2), but when trying to login I get "login: no valid shadow password". Also, my prompt says "shepherd tty1" while I have a Boxer, but that might just be something left over from debugging.
Ok, time to solve that ongoing mistery: All C7x0 have shepherd as the default hostname, since all C7x0 share the shepherd initrd.bin
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and there is no such thing as 'boxer' (in OZ) - boxer == husky
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Retried GPE, didn't wait long enough last time> Now if I can get my wireless settings right on it I can turn wep back on on my base station! I did notice that the buttons are a little screwy, the button manager has an iPaq instead of a Z. No biggie, just an observation.
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Can anyone comment on the compatibility of 3.5.2 on the 5600? Mine seems to hang when I click on Settings\Network with my Socket WLAN inserted. Is this the same problem from 3.5.1?
Stetson
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3.5.2 works on my c860 now. Repartitioned, installed cacko 1.0.5, then installed
opie 3.5.2 over that, and it worked.
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with the GPE image 3.5.2, you need to do a hard reset (battery cover) after a suspend... so how do you suspend the screen?
open up a terminal and then as root
apm --suspend
this works most of the time but sometimes you have to do a reset (i never had to do a hard reset).
coming out of suspend is normal - with the 'on' button.
has anyone got wifi working?
thanks.
/bazmi.
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One little bit of functional problem I'm having with 3.5.2 on my 6000 is that when I come out of suspend, I can't get my wlan working without a reboot. I've tried stopping and restarting from the network applet, but it just says that it failed. I know there's probably a command line entry that I can do, but it's not something that I can think of at the moment.
Can anyone help out on this?
Oh, and I've tried "wlan-ng start wlan0", but that returns
Error: Device wlan0 does not seem to be present.
Update... okay, I figured out what I need to do to restore the connection... gotta run the "/etc/init.d/networking start" script... Hrm... may just need to set up an icon to run this as a bit of a kludge.
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I've recompiled the kernel (SL5600) to diseable the "cache bug errata" and I'm well impressed about the speed of the GPE rom!!!
For the future can the OZ team create 2 kernels? (one with and without that fix). this will as well benefit people with the PXA255...
Well the done the OZ team!!! :-)
Ced.
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Ced, right, we will do that.
For kernel 2.6 we will be able to automatically detect if the machine needs the workaround or not.
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I've recompiled the kernel (SL5600) to diseable the "cache bug errata" and I'm well impressed about the speed of the GPE rom!!!
Ced, I have been trying to set up my desktop box to do that. Would it be possible to make that kernel available to us PXA250 owners?
Thanks OZ/OE Team for a great release!
Greg
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Greg: well I've downloaded the OZ patches and compiled manually the C860 kernel source... so I haven't use OE for that (because I never used it and the documentation site is down...) and I haven't applied all the OZ patches because I was only interested in the "cache bug"...
So I'm happy to build it right if someone give some instructions how to use OE... I'm sure Mickeyl will be quicker to upload a second kernel in OZ ftp site... ;-)
Mickeyl: I'm not really happy about the kernel 2.6 thing, I've been using a kernel without the "cache bug" for about 2 years and I "never" have any issue with it... So an automatic kernel rule it's not a good news... ;-)