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Everything Else => Zaurus Distro Support and Discussion => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Angstrom & OpenZaurus => Topic started by: kclayton on December 06, 2004, 01:38:36 pm
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Hi all,
First off great release in 3.5.2. Moved up from 3.3.5 and really notice the difference. With the upgrade I expected to see a certain number of "challenges" so please don't take any of my reports the wrong way, just reporting my findings. Sorry . . not really in a position to generate patches right now . . working far too much for the next few months at least , reporting is about the best I can do right now.
So, running 3.5.2 on collie, 64-0 kernel.
Here's a few problems I encountered so far and workarounds I've employed when possible.
(1) Could not connect to SuSE 9.1 boxes with dropbear ssh. Got the "no auth method error" reported in another thread. Dropbear ssh would also segfault when attempting to port forward with the -L flag. dropbear ssh would connect fine to a couple of boxes I've got with hand compiled openssh-3.9p1. No difference in the sshd_config files between the boxes. Must be a compile option that is the difference.
Workaround was to uninstall dropbear and install openssh packages. All works fine now
Note: I can connect to the SuSE boxes from a RedHat, LinuxPPC and Debian box just fine. Appears to be a dropbear specific issue
(2) opie-rdesktop was not connecting to terminal servers running in application mode. Would connect to terminal server in Admin mode. Previous install of qtrdesktop connected to these boxes fine.
Discovered that opie-rdesktop did not create the /root/.rdesktop folder to save my client side license. When I copied my old license.sharp file from the /root/.rdesktop of my 3.3.5 backup it connected just fine. Error on the terminal server was "could not issue license" Looks like the opie-rdesktop package just needs to create this dir so that license file can be written out.
(3) What's the status with Perl? Since OE site is down, I can't search the mail archives. Thought a .oe build file had been created for it. Were there build problems?
(4) Datebook with sql backend? Moved my todolist and contacts to the sqlite backend. Very nice. One of my grips with the xml todolist was that if I made a bunch of changes and the todolist died for any reason before exiting normally, changes were lost. sql backend appears to commit changes immediately. I would like to move the calendar to the backend but I can't seem to get that working. Converted the datebook.xml file to datebook.db just like I did with todo and contacts.
Added in
[datebook]
usebackend = sql
to pimaccess.conf (similar to entries for todo and contact)
moved old .xml file out of the way but no entries show up. Is the sql backend working for datebook? Sorry if this question is answered in a wiki somewhere but since OE/handhelds.org is still down I can't look there
(5) When using sql backend for contacts, opiemail dies when clicking the TO button to lookup email addresses from contacts. Worked fine with xml backend. Also, gpg for opiemail? Very nice app though . . kudos to alwin for nice work.
Cheers,
K
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Uhmm, I take 3.5.2 way from 3.3.5 too. But my problems are different:
- IRK, maybe the problem it's Hentges flavor?;
- I need hancom apps;
- My Sharp camera can't work now;
And I need some advice, please.
P.S.: With OZ 3.3.5 all apps can work btw, and the mainway flavor it's good for IRK and Sharp Camera...
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what problem with IRK?
hancom apps can probably work with oz-compat (but hancom-sheet will give bad results)
sharp camera thing.. you need kernel module for it - grab it from older release (as it the same binary driver).
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3.5.2/Opie -- libgaim-plugins (Gaim packages installed to SD)
Gaim is expecting the protocol libraries to be found in /usr/lib/gaim.
After installing to SD, the libraries are actually stored in
/mnt/card/usr/lib/gaim/.
Correct as follows:
# ln -s /mnt/card/usr/lib/gaim/ /usr/lib/gaim
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3.5.2/Opie -- zroadmap
The ipkg is incomplete. You need to include the files "schema" and "sprites" in the install location (/opt/QtPalmtop/share/roadmap)(These files will have to be pulled from the src file -- http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/download.html) (http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/download.html)). Anyone who has tried to run zroadmap without these files in place will need to add these files, then delete the same-named files from ~/.roadmap.
The file "usdir.rdm" is required and can be downloaded at http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/maps/usdir.rdm.tgz (http://roadmap.digitalomaha.net/maps/usdir.rdm.tgz)
The uncompressed file should be included in the same install directory.
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3.5.2/Opie -- opiemail
How did anyone get this to work? After installation, I get the error "Could not locate application opiemail." When trying to launch from command line, I get the error "Cannot find font definition file /usr/local/qt-embedded/lib/fonts/fontdir - is $QTDIR set correctly?"
Any suggestions?
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3.5.2/Opie -- opiemail
How did anyone get this to work? After installation, I get the error "Could not locate application opiemail." When trying to launch from command line, I get the error "Cannot find font definition file /usr/local/qt-embedded/lib/fonts/fontdir - is $QTDIR set correctly?"
Any suggestions?
From konsole, what does echo $QTDIR show? I see /opt/QtPalmtop
Did you install the service-release-1 ipk in the upgrades feed?
Here's entry from the README in the upgrades feed
11/02/04 CoreDump Added service release 1 for oz-opie:
- Add QTDIR to shell environment
- Add /o/Q/bin to $PATH
- Add missing "devel" feed to ipkg.conf
K
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Service release 1? What is this, Microsoft? :-)
Actually, no I didn't see that. Installed SR1, reinstalled opiemail, rebooted Z. Still getting the same error clicking the app on the screen. When trying to launch from command line, I now get:
: QuickLauncher invoked as: opiemail
: WARNING: Could not create application main window
Also...
# echo $QTDIR
/opt/QtPalmtop
Trying to reinstall opiemail now, but wouldn't you know it, openzaurus is down... Oh well, will try again later.
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Service release 1? What is this, Microsoft? :-)
Actually, no I didn't see that. Installed SR1, reinstalled opiemail, rebooted Z. Still getting the same error clicking the app on the screen. When trying to launch from command line, I now get:
: QuickLauncher invoked as: opiemail
: WARNING: Could not create application main window
Also...
# echo $QTDIR
/opt/QtPalmtop
Trying to reinstall opiemail now, but wouldn't you know it, openzaurus is down... Oh well, will try again later.
Heh, heh . . thought that MS comment myself. Was just thinking . . when you installed opiemail, did it also install libetpan1 and libmailwrapper? Those are required libs. Did you install to SD or CF by any chance? I installed to SD and it works fine but the GUI packagemanager runs ipkg-link for the main package its installing but not for the dependencies that it pulls down. Saw that in a previous thread. GUI packagemanager is improved over 3.5.1 but still has some "issues". Maybe therapy and a true desire for self improvement . .
So maybe at this point you need to run ipkg-link add libetpan1 and ipkg-link add libmail-wrapper0 (I think that the mail wrapper's package name).
K
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No go... libetpan1 and libmailwrapper1 are already installed. I tried reinstalling, maunally linked, still no luck.
I also noticed that when trying to reinstall opie-mail, it fails for the dependancy of libqte2. The package manager states that libqt2 is already installed, and opie-mail did NOT fail this dependancy the first time I installed it. Trying to reinstall libqte2 fails (package not found), even though the package name remains after refreshing my package list. I could not manually find this package in any of the feeds.
# ipkg info libqte2
Package: libqte2
Version: 2.3.7-r20
Depends: libts-0.0-0 (>= 0.0cvs20041127), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.5+1.2.6rc5), libz1 (>= 1.2.2), libjpeg62 (>= 6b), libgcc1 (>= 3.4.2), libc6 (>= 2.3.2+cvs20040726)
Status: unknown ok installed
Architecture: collie
# ipkg-link add libqte2
*** Command: add
*** Locating package
Package "libqte2" not found.
Any other ideas?
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I just recently started seeing qte dependency errors too and the package is there in my case too. Seeing them with all installs I'm doing. I think something is funky with the ipkg db of installed packages. In my case, I nearly ran out of flash space and had to delete some unused packages from flash and reinstall some things to SD. I think when I ran out of flash space I might have slightly borked ipkg's db.
Anyway, I added in the force depends option when installing and everything is installing ok for me. Rather than installs failing, I get a warning about missing dependency on qte but I know its there so I just keep going. All apps I've installed since I started seeing this error are running fine.
When (hah!) I get some time, I'm going to try to track down why the dependency prob.
So, I'd try to install with force-depends to get opiemail installed and then see where you are at. Try running again at the command line and see what error is gives too if it won't start
K
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Service release 1? What is this, Microsoft? :-)
Hey, at least we didn't call it ServicePack
A suggestion for a better name is always welcome.
Regardless of what you what you call it:
- Service Pack
- Hotfix
- Service Release
every single one smells of MS.....
Just FYI: The "service" release was the only way to get those small bug fixes into the ROM.
The alternative would have been to update two OPIE core packages which isn't something
that can be done using $INSERT_FAVORITE_PACKAGEMANAGER.
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I did force the depends to get opiemail installed. Also tried installed V 1.1.6 from the 3.5.1 feed. No luck, still getting the same error messages. I even tried editing the desktop file and putting in the full path to opiemail, but that just gives a longer error message when starting from the desktop ... "Could not locate application /opt/QtPalmtop/bin/opiemail."
Trying to start from command line gives the same results as before. I guess my question is, why is opiemail symlinked to quicklauncher, and where does the actual application get saved to? There has to be a real program saved somewhere on the system, and I see a large number of apps that are linked to quicklauncher, but I can't seem to find where they get saved.
[EDIT] Scratch that.. I found the applications under /opt/QtPalmtop/plugins/application/. Looks like it's all correct, and there are several other apps in the same place which are all working. So I'm still at a loss as to why I get the above error message.
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The ever helpful "It worked for me".
I didnt install the Service Release, instead I just added some lines to /etc/profile to include
PATH="(the usual +):/opt/QtPalmtop/bin"
QTDIR="/opt/QtPalmtop"
I know this doesnt help anyone at all, but opiemail installed fine for me.
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Hmm . . quicklauncher is a blackbox for me. Never have delved into how that app works and how it figures out which symlinked app is calling it. So the other apps linked to quicklauncher are all working ok?
A bit of poking around Google found this . . maybe missing libsqlite? Won't hurt to rule that out
From: Rajko Albrecht <ral <at> alwins-world.de>
Subject: Re: Opie-mail (opie-mail_0.5-20040310_arm.ipk) won't start?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.handhelds.opie
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:42:41 +0100
Am Samstag, 13. März 2004 18:53 schrieb Anssi Saari:
> # opiemail
> QuickLauncher invoked as: opiemail
> Could not create application main window
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> What could be the problem here?
you must have following libs installed:
- libsqlite
- libmailwrapper
- libetpan
Due a dependency problem it may be, that ipkg don't resolve them and install
packages.
(Most forgot install the libsqlite)
Alwin
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While reading this thread I thought, maybe some of you want to try my new ROM.
It comes with a barebone OPIE install (with openssh) and offers the ability to install
a SD card "image" (cardfs).
CardFS is basically an image containing ready-to-use apps which are installed to an SD card
during the first reboot after flashing.
All dependencies were resolved during creation of the image, so all apps Just Work
Please note: You need an empty SD card to use it (no etc, opt, usr, bin... directories, own directories are fine and will not be touched)
Your SD card should have at least 30Mb of free space.
Go to http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/ (http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/) and download 3 things:
- A kernel from the "kernel" directory (a oz.org kernel won't work!)
- oz3.5.2-opie1.1.7-small_$VERSION-DE.tar.gz
- cardfs-opie-full-openzaurus_$VERSION.bin
Extract initrd.bin from oz3.5.2-opie1.1.7-small_$VERSION-DE.tar.gz and copy 3 files to your
CF card:
- zImage
- initrd.bin
- cardfs-opie-full-openzaurus_$VERSION.bin
Flash your Zaurus as usual.
On the first boot, you'll be asked if the cardfs image should be installed.
Answer "ok" to the question.
The OPIE GUI should come up after the installation has finished.
Have fun
Currently pre-installed apps are:
- Opie-Mail
- Opie-IRC
- Opie-FTP
- QPE-Gaim
- qpenmapfe
- VNC Client
- Wellenreiter
- Opie-Reader
- Opie-Eye
- XMMS
- mplayer
- ZSafe
- Shopper
In addition there are:
- 4 Games (Alien, Knights, Minesweeper and Tetris)
- All Opie PIMs
- oz-compat
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Wow coredump!
This rom image is impressive, Little coloured ascii warnings even!
Couple questions, Why does it seem to generate the SSH keys twice?
Is EXT3 support for SD/MMC Cards?
Can you include a fsck binary in your image?
Is there a way to force a fsck on the SD/MMC card before you do your magic?
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Why does it seem to generate the SSH keys twice?
I didn't notice that before. Probably has to do with dropbear, as openssh is installed
by default. I'll have a look.
Is EXT3 support for SD/MMC Cards?
I have no idea. The kernel has a stock OZ 3.5.x .config.
I'd strongly advise against using a jounaled FS on any flash-based storage medium.
It will wear out very fast if you do.
Can you include a fsck binary in your image?
It makes sense to have it on-board. The next release shall have it.
Is there a way to force a fsck on the SD/MMC card before you do your magic?
I'd rather not mess with the SD cards. A bug in there could destroy all data on a card.
Not to speak of all those crappy el-cheapo cards which cause problems in the Z.
A cheap card can hang the Z during fsck.
As it is now, the user has to make sure his card is large enough and ext2 formatted.
I think that is not to difficult for most users
Thanks for your feedback
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Allo Coredump !
You're my new hero, after spending 12 hours yesterday and not able to install anything, I decided to try your rom and sd setup.
Scared the heck outta myself, and thought i'd bricked the Z, because I flashed the Z with an empty card
So after copying your 3 files to my cf, flash, it came up and is working great. Everything got installed very nicely, having it in german kind of threw me, but my trusty translator got it figured out.
2 things though are throwing me off.
1: My cf wireless netgear ma701na card is being recognized as an ' anonymous memory card ' by the Z, does this have something to do with one of your init scripts? I have to eject it, then replug it for the Z to recognize it as a wireless CF - Its being used as a ZCOMAX AirRunner/XL-300 and seems to be working.
However,
2: I cannot seem to get into a network properties dialog where I can specify the wireless settings for channel, ssid etc, I click on the network settings and can only either ' bring up ' or set/unset dhcp. Can I set this information manually in /etc/ somewhere?
Marvelous work Coredump, My Z came -->this<-- close to landing on the road outside.
Cheers,
One
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how to add SSID or WEP key in this great ROM?
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If you go to the networking panel and click on the wlan, it has a box to start automatically. After a reboot the wireless card will power up, then you can go back and set your ssid, wep doesn't work yet as far as I can tell.
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I can't see where to put SSID.
how ever, I can edit /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opt by hand...
EDIT:
no help by editing wireless.opt, wlan card jus blinks
its dlink dcf-660w. worked with official OZ 3.5.2 but not with this.
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I download these 3 files and followed the instruction. But during the update, I got
/mnt/card/$UPDATE_SHELL not found
Can anyone help?
I want to try this rom because I cannot get Wellenreiter work on my SL-6000L.
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Pumo, thats exactly what my netgear is doing..
Just happily blinks away...I was going to edit that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opt by hand but really.. no point.
Wierd that its broken.. Coredump, have you got a wireless card?
-One
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CoreDump nice work!
I had to reboot after the packages were installed. Then XMMS won't work
I reinstalled it an i got several errors about can't create symlink ..... Installing into root don't gives errors and XMMS works!
Now I give my bluetoothcard a second change
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I download these 3 files and followed the instruction. But during the update, I got
/mnt/card/$UPDATE_SHELL not found
Can anyone help?
I want to try this rom because I cannot get Wellenreiter work on my SL-6000L.
That rom was not made for a 6000
Greg
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I should have mentioned that this ROM is only for the Z5x00
Anyways, I've uploaded a new ROM (RC7), along with a new cardfs, hopefully fixing the WLAN configuration problems.
There's an all-english version now, too (-EN)
Also fsck and mkfs are now part of the base ROM (initrd.bin)
Please test this version if you had WLAN configuration problems w/ the previous one.
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Great work Coredump, you're the best !
it works, now you can put SSID and other wlan settings.
edit:
only xmms won't work :
"segmentation fault
you've probably found a bug...."
same was that previous ROM .
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AMAZING...!!!
Now I don't have to get through all those hassel fixing the XMMS and GAIM error.
THANKS CoreDump !!
Pumo:
XMMS work fine w/ me..
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I used kernel 40-24 could it be the reason to non working xmms ?
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@pumo:
I had the same error here and I am using the 56-8 image. I removed xmms and installed the version from the feed (or are they the same?).
When I installed xmms to the sd-card I get some errors about symlinks which can't be created, so I installed it into the root.
Xmms works for me now
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I removed xmms and installed the version from the feed (or are they the same?).
They should be. The pre-installed XMMS was only recompiled.
When I installed xmms to the sd-card I get some errors about symlinks which can't be created, so I installed it into the root.
That would be because those links were already there. They were created during the cardfs installation.
If for some reason cardfs apps do not work, try
ipkg-link mount /mnt/card
I've written a small cardfs howto:
http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml (http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml)
You might want to have a look at it.
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I've written a small cardfs howto:
http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml (http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml)
You might want to have a look at it.
fine , where can I dl this cardfs-*.bin file ?
thanks for your work
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http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/ (http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/)
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The CardFS builds are fantastic! They fixed my Package Manager problem as well as a couple of other problems. Thanks, coredump!
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The CardFS builds are fantastic! They fixed my Package Manager problem as well as a couple of other problems. Thanks, coredump!
You're welcome
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A bug in the City time (Settings)
That program suppost to show the citiy time around the world but it end up showing the clock time (the Zi's clock).
Like if I click @ the Tokyo time, it has the same time as my clock, as well as the time in New York.
But Ppl rarely use City time anyway.
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@pumo:
I had the same error here and I am using the 56-8 image. I removed xmms and installed the version from the feed (or are they the same?).
When I installed xmms to the sd-card I get some errors about symlinks which can't be created, so I installed it into the root.
Xmms works for me now
edit:
It worked, I did have older xmms packege in SD card
But I can't get install konquer, errors pcre > 4..4 or something like that...
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A bug in the City time (Settings)
That program suppost to show the citiy time around the world but it end up showing the clock time (the Zi's clock).
Like if I click @ the Tokyo time, it has the same time as my clock, as well as the time in New York.
But Ppl rarely use City time anyway.
Actually Citytime is innocent
Installing the "timezone" package should fix your problems
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Hi, I have a 5500 and installed the hentgens rom, the following things don't work for me
-msn with gaim despite the softlink trick mentioned
-mediaplayer v2 , I get a sigbus when I try to play a mp3 with it, xmms works great, although I had to remove /tmp/xmms_0 or something because it would immediatly exit, before it worked ok ?
-but my biggest issue is that 98 out of 100 times the device won't resume when I hold the on/cancel button?
I installed your service pack as well, also did the ipkg-link mount /mnt/card thing.
Anymore suggestions?
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Dunno about xmms or omp2, I don't use them.
Remove opie-wirelessapplet if it is installed and see if it helps
with your resume problems
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A bug in the City time (Settings)
That program suppost to show the citiy time around the world but it end up showing the clock time (the Zi's clock).
Like if I click @ the Tokyo time, it has the same time as my clock, as well as the time in New York.
But Ppl rarely use City time anyway.
Actually Citytime is innocent
Installing the "timezone" package should fix your problems
Yeah, I've raised this as a bug a couple of times, while Timezones is in the base feed it is not built into the initrd.bin file (it was in 3.3.6pre1, but not since), which effectively breaks PIM.
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Hey Again Coredump
- I installed RC7 on the Z as soon as you'd posted, a great build and it fixes my wireless problem. I was able to see my access point, and now that its set its coming up everytime (including 64bit wep).
I've been able to install several applications from the opie feed, wireless webbrowse, can chat on icq and irc accounts, MSN doesn't want to connect at all, and there is no error message ?
I'm also dangerously running out of space on /root (down to 192bytes) - does the 64-0 script work to copy my /root and /opt to my sd card? ( I don't know how it works)...
Konquerer installed, it did complain about the qreo (?) problem >4 that people are seeming to have, but I installed it and an icon showed up when i did a force dependancy.
xmms seems to work, it won't play a URL (or i havn't got it to yet) and I need to install ftp or samba so I can get some files over to it for local testing.
sooooo... can you give me a hint on :
A: what to free up on my Z /root for space or hints on how to get to 64/0
B: the trick with MSN - does this version of msn work?
Coredump - you da best '
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A: what to free up on my Z /root for space or hints on how to get to 64/0
Well, there is a nice solution in the rom, but it is very beta. It works fine for me. But better do it just after flash.
Ok. from after flash:
1) start filemanager
2) go to /etc
3) turn the option show hidden files in the filemanager on
4) delete the file mvroot_done in the /etc directory
5) reboot
6) answer the question with ok
Note: This feature ist just available in the cardfs rom from hentges, metioned above
B: the trick with MSN - does this version of msn work?
This seems to be a bug in gaim
Cheers,
Sam
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Thats a great tip Teletubbie,
And.. being the brash - non caring guy that I am, I did it without reflashing
The Z seems to have moved the directories, i'm up to 276kb of free space now, and, oddly I have 3 entries in system info/storage for the sd card.
Too bad Gaim doesn't work properly, is there a workaround at all? could we maybe use msn2go as a java applete?
Now.. samba.. time to hack away at that for a bit.....
Cheers,
One
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Haha..
uhm..
hahaha.....
damnit.. ok..
It worked.. for a little while anyways..
I tried to add a couple new packages and the symlinks wouldn't work properly.. then.. well.. it kinda started to fall apart..
needless to say.. its being reflashed
My bad..
One
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Absolutely brilliant!
Small thing, typo on the how-to. It says cardfs_installer.sh when it's actually cardfs_install.sh.
I'm a bit fuzzy about all of this, but if I installed a browser (say, links for example) wanted to create a cardfs image, I'd just tar and gzip the dirs on my sd card and name it cardfs-?????.bin?
Harry
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I've run into a couple small oddities when using the new rom provided by Coredump.
Mplayer cant play audio, all I get are clicks and pops.
Also Suspend/Resume is a bit funky, If my Z goes to sleep I have to reset it with the reset button in the battery compartment to get it to turn back on.
Does anyone else using this rom see these things?
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Absolutely brilliant!
Small thing, typo on the how-to. It says cardfs_installer.sh when it's actually cardfs_install.sh.
I'm a bit fuzzy about all of this, but if I installed a browser (say, links for example) wanted to create a cardfs image, I'd just tar and gzip the dirs on my sd card and name it cardfs-?????.bin?
Harry
Yes, it's that simple
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I've downloaded the newest cardfs and opie, but xmms still don't working . I removed it and did a new install of xmms-embedded from the feed to root and it works again All other programs seems to be working nicely.
I don't have any trouble with suspend etc. Only my bluetoothcard won't work
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If you have problems with resuming from suspend, remove opie-wirelessapplet (which isn't installed by default)
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Dunno about xmms or omp2, I don't use them.
Remove opie-wirelessapplet if it is installed and see if it helps
with your resume problems
Works perfectly now, I am amazed how much faster is then your S2 release.
I'm missing an app like resumeguard though or did I miss something?
Are there any feeds besides the ones it comes installed with that I should try? Or will I encounter (dependency) problems
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I'm missing an app like resumeguard though or did I miss something?
Are there any feeds besides the ones it comes installed with that I should try? Or will I encounter (dependency) problems
Hmm what's resumegard good for? Never used it.
The configured feeds are the original 3.5.2 feeds.
oz.hentges.net is an official mirror
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Absolutely brilliant!
Small thing, typo on the how-to. It says cardfs_installer.sh when it's actually cardfs_install.sh.
Fixed, thanks!
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Yep I also get clicks and pops on audio with mplayer and mp3s or mp3 in avi's
my current guess is there is a lib missing or one of those mplayer confs
additionally the video speed is about half of mplayer on 3.5.1
ill have a look at it on monday ......
ta
David
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I'm having a little trouble with knights -- it seg faults. The only way I could install it was by forcing dependencies; otherwise it would complain that it needed libqte2.so >= 2.3.7. That's strange, because libqte2.so v2.3.7 is already installed with the openzaurus ROM.
When I run from the command line, it seems to be loading a bunch of picture files (successfully), then displays the following few lines:
Match constructor 1
Match constructor 2
Match constructor 3
Match constructor end
core::initEngines
Segmentation Fault
"initEngines" makes it sound like maybe it's crashing when it tries to find phalanx. I'll continue to look into this and post if I figure out a solution. It's worth noting that phalanx is installed, and I can run it standalone with no problems.
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I wanted to note that I finally got opie-mail working. For some reason, I think libqte2 was fubar'ed, and unfortunately the ipkg is not available in the 3.5.2 feed.
Libqte2_2.3.7-r16 was available in the 3.5.1 feed, however getting it to install was a bit tricky. When I removed the original install, Opie died. Since I was doing my update from an SSH session (and I recommend anyome following this to do the same), I was able to wget the file and install it. You need to --force-depends (it requests tslib, but seems to work fine with what's already on my system).
If you want to gain a whole lot of ROM space, install libqte to sd/cf. You will gain about 2MB of free space, and the system is booting fine this way. Don't forget to issue "ipkg-link add libqte2" after installing. You should then be able to issue "/etc/init.d/opie start" and get your screen back up again.
Unfortunately, even after getting a working copy of libqte2 installed, opiemail still did not work for me. Uninstalled/reinstalled to sd, still no luck. So I uninstalled it again, then taking advantage of my newfound rom space, I installed opiemail to root. And it worked!?!? Manually copied the desktop links, pics, and libs back to sd, made the symlinks, and it's still working fine. This has got me scratching my head, however the program is working correctly now, I can pull my mailboxes, and the applet is also running.
So I still have no clue why most people are able to load this program with no problems, but I'm back up and running again with no apparent problems from the slight downgrade of libqte2. Hope this helps out for anyone else having a similar problem.
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The version of mplayer mentioned here:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...7770&hl=mplayer (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7770&hl=mplayer)
ie.
"I used the following packages from xmms-embedded.sourceforge.net/feed/oz32
mplayer_20030614-10_armv4l-strongarm.ipk"
works fine from the command line.
However it doesnt integrate with xmms
more work needed
ta
Dg
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Hey coredump ...
The image looks like a great idea .... but I notice that all the kernels are for collie, and I have poodle. I suspect using the wrong kernel would be bad
Any advice?
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Hey coredump ...
The image looks like a great idea .... but I notice that all the kernels are for collie, and I have poodle. I suspect using the wrong kernel would be bad
Any advice?
In therory it works with all machines.
Problem is: You'd need to rebuild all machine-specific stuff and
compile a ROM for each machine.
That's a little bit to much work, I'm sorry
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I've uploaded RC9 of the cardfs ROM to the usual place.
NOTE: You need a newer kernel from the "kernel" directory for this release.
Older kernels will suffer from dependency problems.
This release fixes the following bugs from ealier versions:
- Icon texts in -EN ROMs should now be in english
- mount /mnt/card (ie: a manual mount) now works for non-VFAT cards
- The timezones package is included, fixing PIM and
opie-citytime problems users were seeing
- openssh-sftp is now included and ready to use
Whats new:
This ROM now features an ext2 formatter since some people were trying to
install cardfs to an VFAT card (which - of course - doesn't work).
If you boot this ROM with a VFAT formatted SD card right after flashing,
it will allow you to format the SD card. Fear not, it asks two times (well actually 3)
before it does anything
Formatting your card will destroy any files on it
It is now also possible to make a backup of your network settings once you have configured it.
Run the command
mhbackup.sh backupfrom the console. It will copy the backup to /mnt/card/.backup.
This backup will be restored after re-flashing the ROM. Just make sure you keep the
".backup" directoy on your SD card.
Happy flashing
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Well .... I tried it anyhow. No dice. After flashing all I get is a black screen with a flacking battery light. *sigh* well back the Opie and the crappy constantly-crashing package manager and dependency problems ....
Thanks for trying anyhow
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CoreDump - Have you heard of any problems installing tkc app onto the latest Hentges ROM. I have a 64-0 kernel and a 128MB SD card and installed the cardfs-opie-full-openzaurus bin file on first boot up. All went great and looks great. But when I try to install any of the tkc app's to the sd card the install seems to go ok but the applications will not run. Any ideas?
cya
bill
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As with all pre-oz-3.3 software, you'll need oz-compat to use it on OZ ROMs > 3.3.6
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It makes no difference if I run them with or without the oz compat libs. None of thekompany apps will run for me. I've removed and re-installed and reset with compat libs but no joy. I can't figure it out.
cya
bill
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I'll try to install tkPlayer later today and report back. It worked fine w/ 3.5.1 and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work w/ 3.5.2
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First, Coredump thank you for a great image.
Second, why does the usb-ethernet so flaky. It seems a hit or miss when I connect via usb to my W2k system. Also, if I am trying to sync with Intellisync in the security settings I get ~50 pop-ups on my Z about allowing or denying unauthorized connections (I also have accept sync from any selected). With Opie selected I don't get the annoying pop-ups but the sync does not seem to work consistently.
Any ideas, help, etc would be appreciated.
Thanks
John
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Second, why does the usb-ethernet so flaky. It seems a hit or miss when I connect via usb to my W2k system
I don't use USB, so I don't know. Might be your Windows or even a 3.5.2 bug
Also, if I am trying to sync with Intellisync in the security settings I get ~50 pop-ups on my Z about allowing or denying unauthorized connections (I also have accept sync from any selected). With Opie selected I don't get the annoying pop-ups but the sync does not seem to work consistently.
This has come up with 3.5.1, too. I don't know if there is a solution for it, yet.
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I'll try to install tkPlayer later today and report back. It worked fine w/ 3.5.1 and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work w/ 3.5.2
tkPlayer launches, but crashes on some files.
Other files are played back correctly.
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There is a solution to the USB problem here:
USB Solution (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9005)
You have to run a script before putting the Z in the cradle, but it works.
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Figured out the syncing issues:
1. Need to link /home/root to /root (like Oz3.5.1)
2. Use Opie instead of Intellisync in the sync dropdown in Security.
Thanks
John
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CoreDump: just wondering where the kernel images have gone to be used with your ROM?
URL: http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/ (http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/)
seems the kernel dir vanished over night
- Devz
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CoreDump: just wondering where the kernel images have gone to be used with your ROM?
URL: http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/ (http://hentges.net/tmp/do_not_use/)
seems the kernel dir vanished over night
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Thanks for mentioning it :-)
I did some maintenace on the server yesterday, will have it fixed soon.
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No probs. Thanks for the prompt reply & proactive development of your cardfs based ROM.
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If you have problems with resuming from suspend, remove opie-wirelessapplet (which isn't installed by default)
I dont see opie-wirelessapplet installed on my 5500 when I check in AQPkg yet I'm still locking up at every suspend.
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I've run out of space on my z and it won't let me install anything else. I flashed the 64-0 image!
I've got a 256mb flash and when i was using oz3.2.1 I moved the /opt, /root, and /home directories to the sd and symlinked to them. When I tried that with this version of oz, it fubared the install and I've had to reflash. I want to be able to install everything to sd and have my z use the sd for everything, before trying to use the internal memory. Any ideas?
If it helps, I don't intend to remove the SD from my z ever so i can use it like a kind of hard drive.
Thanks in advance.
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@powered_by_penguins:
You might want to read this:
http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/car...to.shtml#mvroot (http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml#mvroot)
It works but still has some issues. If you can live w/ (harmless) ipkg error messages,
go for it.
@ all:
I've just uploaded a new version : T3 final (http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/oz3.5.2-opie1.1.7.shtml)
It fixes some small bugs in the installer. I'm using it for a few days now, and it apears to be
stable
Please understand that I'm not testing each and every installed application.
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hmmm.... thats odd!? It didn't ask me if i wanted to move the directories, but now it shows the SD twice in the system info. As long as it aint messed up its fine. It doesn't appear to have changed anything and the link you pointed me to said it doesn't free any space. I don't mind it not freeing any space, but will it make sure i don't lose any more, or at least not too much more? Sorry to be a nuisance but I refreshed the package lists a couple of times and it FILLED the z so that I couldn't install konquerer!
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ok, everything was ok but now i've trashed gaim! it wouldn't work with msn so i updated a few ipks and now the whole lot is dead. I don't fancy having to reflash so is their anythjing i can do to fix it?
the error i get from konsole is
gaim: symbol lookup error: gaim: undefined symbol: gaim_eventloop_set_ui_ops
Any idea how to repair or could someone point me in the direction of the ipks that coredump used in this release? many thanks in advance!
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That's easy. Gaim was installed to your SD card. You can restore the SD installation into its
original state by wiping the card and reinstalling cardfs w/o flashing.
Details can be found here:http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/cardfs_howto.shtml#reinstall
That won't help you if you've FUBAR'ed your ROM though
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hadn't thought of doing that... just did it and it works great now. thanks.
Anyone know why gaim won't connect to msn or yahoo? on msn it doesn't even try to connect, and on yahoo it just says 1% then thats it! I'm using the install of gaim that comes with coredumps rom! any help would be appreciated greatly, thanks.
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I'm using opie-mail. Everything is working good. But when I got mail, the led is not blinking and I don't hear any sound. I added these settings in the configuration of opie-mail.
Have I to install some other packages?
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I'd just like to add my name to the long list of thanks to CoreDump for his excellent contribution to the Zaurus. After many months of just forgetting I had one, its now back in action. I'd just like to say that the issues with MSN are down to Microsoft. They constantly change the MSN protocols to prevent people connecting to MSN on anything other than messenger. I use Slackware on my desktop, and updates to Gaim are frequent and generally contain updates for MSN. This is annoying I know, the only thing I can suggest is to try and persuade your friends to use something other than MSN! Anyone using Gaim or Trillian can opt for a number of IM networks.
Keep up the great work CoreDump!
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I too would like to thank CoreDump for his great ROM!!!
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Glad you like it