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For Sale / Wanted / Gps Receiver, Wifi Card, Dock Etc For Sale

« on: December 08, 2008, 02:12:24 am »

Hey all. Unfortuantely my Zaurus (SL-5600) was stolen so I am selling the accessories that were not with it when it was taken. Items and prices are listed below and are open to negotiation (though not much). All prices are including shipping for the US I might send overseas but it will cost more. If you are interested in any of these items please email me at abot7@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Here goes:

Globalsat BR305 serial GPS receiver with SL-5600 cable $80
    I used this with Zroadmap. It worked well

Ambicom w1100c 802.11B CF Wifi card  $45
    worked well right out of the box on my SL-5600

Dock $10

Sync cable $10

Extra power cable $10

UPDATE: I have sold pretty much everything here except for some cables.

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6000 - Tosa / Angstrom Status On Tosa

« on: December 03, 2008, 10:21:16 pm »

I'm not sure you can ever change the update menu, there's an immutable block of flash for recovery, this is why zaurus is hard to brick.

trisoft IIRC had downloads of various roms.

Well I have done it. My update menu was in English before but now it is Japanese.

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6000 - Tosa / Angstrom Status On Tosa

« on: December 03, 2008, 10:20:00 pm »

Unfortuantely the only NAND backups I have been able to find are Japanese and while that looks cool and all my Japanese is not really up to par.

There are several topics about NAND backups on this forum. Also the page about tosa on www.oesf.org should contain a link to SL-6000 NAND backup. Please take care to check.

Unfortuantely I have checked and all the links I have been able to find to the sl-6000L NAND backup are broken. I was hoping someone else might have squirreled one away just in case.

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6000 - Tosa / Angstrom Status On Tosa

« on: December 03, 2008, 01:45:30 am »

This may be a bit off topic but I was testing Angstrom on my Tosa but when I tried to reflash my NAND backup it turned out the the backup was bad. Unfortuantely the only NAND backups I have been able to find are Japanese and while that looks cool and all my Japanese is not really up to par. Anyone have a good NAND backup they would be willing to share? Oh yeah also my update menu is still in Japanese even after flashing Angstrom.Thanks

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Angstrom Manual

« on: December 05, 2007, 01:09:00 am »

That wiki does seem to forget that the zauri are only a small portion of the machines angstrom supports.
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For those that are interested in the list:
Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 (Collie)
Sharp Zaurus SL-5600 (Poodle)
Sharp Zaurus SL-6000 (Tosa)
Sharp Zaurus SL-C7x0 (Corgi, Boxer, Husky, Shepherd)
Sharp Zaurus SL-C1000 (Akita)
Sharp Zaurus SL-C3xxx (Spitz, Borzoi, Terrier)
iPAQ h2200
iPAQ h4000
iPAQ hx4700
iPAQ h5000
Nokia 770 internet tablet
HTC universal/ iMate jasjar
Motorola A780
Psion Teklogix NetBook Pro

Do you know how the testing on the HTC is going, koen?

I don't think you can say that Angstrom supports th hx4700. Yeah it installs and runs but half the programs don't work (package manager crashes all the time and takes panel buttons with it). As far as I can tell there is no way to install root to CF or SD, and you can't install apps to either (no ipkg-link). There is no documentation about it in the wiki or the manual and from what I read trying to docs from other ipaqs is likely to lead to trouble. If you even suggest posting a work around to the wiki you get blasted cuz you didn't know ( not documented anywhere ) that the fix you came up with has been  banned by  the developers. All in all this distro on the ipaq is not ready for users. Alpha testers maybe but definitely not users.

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For Sale / Wanted / Gps Receiver, Wifi Card, Dock Etc For Sale

« on: October 18, 2007, 03:32:17 pm »

Hey all. Unfortuantely my Zaurus (SL-5600) was stolen so I am selling the accessories that were not with it when it was taken. Items and prices are listed below and are open to negotiation (though not much). All prices are including shipping for the US I might send overseas but it will cost more. If you are interested in any of these items please email me at abot7@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Here goes:

Globalsat BR305 serial GPS receiver with SL-5600 cable $80
    I used this with Zroadmap. It worked well

Ambicom w1100c 802.11B CF Wifi card  $45
    worked well right out of the box on my SL-5600

Dock $10

Sync cable $10

Extra power cable $10

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: February 25, 2007, 12:32:26 am »

How is this ROM working now? I tried it a while back on my poodle, but had to go back to Sharp ROM because I couldn't get my GPS reciever (serial Globalsat BR305) and I kept having power issues(it would just shut off after a while). Is it ripe enough for everyday use on the poodle? I use my poodle for PIM, mp3s and GPS (with zroadmap). I had a wifi card (Sandisk Connect+) too but I sold cuz I couldn't get it working under Sharp ROM and now I can't seem to find one that works with sharp ROm.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 29, 2006, 02:03:38 am »

5) xmms window does not fit on the screen and xmms will not play mp3s correctly, the sound is garbled.

6) xmms-embedded will not install. ipkg says it can't find the package.
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xmms-embedded is an opie app... When I tried gpe a while back the lack of a good GUI media player for QVGA was one of the reasons I didn't get very far. I second CoreDump's assesment that for now, Opie is the better choice for collie and poodle.
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But didn't Coredump write that Opie wasn't being maintained anymore? Are we poodle users destined to fade away into obscurity? I can't afford a C-series Z, at least while maintaining my marital status. Why have the Developers forsaken us, why,........................... why!!!!

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 27, 2006, 12:08:44 am »

I have recently installed the Hentges GPE image and I am having some problems with it. I will post them here but is there a bugtracker I should post this to? Is there a page which I can read to see if anyone has had similar problems with this particular ROM and what solutions they might have come up with. I hate to waste your guys time asking repeat questions. I have read this entire topic. I am somewhat new to beta testing (although I do run Debian testing) so I apologize for the lack of knowledge/proper etiquette. The problems are listed below:

1) When I suspend GPE it just stops responding and the backlight never goes off. I have to reset to get it back up.

2) Some keys on my keyboard stop responding. ie caps lock and FN. A reboot will fix this.I can't use num lock at all.

3) Applet launchers on the panel disappear at random. A reboot doesn't fix this, I have to readd them to the panel.

4) If I minimize a window it is gone forever (or until the next reboot) and the associated application cannot be restarted.

5) xmms window does not fit on the screen and xmms will not play mp3s correctly, the sound is garbled.

6) xmms-embedded will not install. ipkg says it can't find the package.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 25, 2006, 04:59:28 pm »

Especially while trying to get my GPS reciever working. Sometimes it just wont boot while the reciever is plugged into to the serial port. Sometimes if I boot it up into Opie and then plug in the GPS reciever it reboots soem times it stays on. If I start gpsd like this "gpsd /dev/ttyS0" gpsd starts fine but a "cat /dev/ttyS0" just spits out garbage and qpegps does not ever pick up a signal. I used this GPS on sharpROM with zroadmap and it worked fine.

No GPS here to test sorry.

Also I can't control the volume from xmms-embedded the slider moves but the sound stays at the same level.

It is unlikely that any Opie bugs will get fixed anytime soon :-(

It does change with alsamixer though. I don't have to do a user memory erase with this latest package right? doesn't the install write over it?
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Neither the installation nor any upgrades will touch your /home partition (at this time).
In fact, the flash isn't touched at all (besides flashing the new kernel of course)
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I know you said that you don't have a GPS to test but I jusst wanted to ask this again as I am not sure if this should work like I think: if I cat /dev/ttyS0 with a GPS reciever hooked up to my serial port I should see the NMEA sentences output to stdout, provided baud rate and all is correct right?

Also, I just installed the new GPE rom (same version) because you said Opie is not being supported , however everytime it goes into suspend I can't wake it up and I have to reset. Is there something I can do about this? Thanks.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 23, 2006, 01:28:40 am »

A new update is available (use the dist-upgrade command):

- Fix a wrong hutils.conf on all machines but collie after an upgrade
  (SL-Cxx00 users should no longer get cardfs prompts etc)

All Users Please Note:
- Exit GPE or Opie before running dist-upgrade
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What happens if you dont exit Opie before running dist upgrade? i forgot to exit but it seemed to run fine. However I am having some strange issues and I am not sure if they are related. I am getting alot of spontaneous reboots. Especially while trying to get my GPS reciever working. Sometimes it just wont boot while the reciever is plugged into to the serial port. Sometimes if I boot it up into Opie and then plug in the GPS reciever it reboots soem times it stays on. If I start gpsd like this "gpsd /dev/ttyS0" gpsd starts fine but a "cat /dev/ttyS0" just spits out garbage and qpegps does not ever pick up a signal. I used this GPS on sharpROM with zroadmap and it worked fine. Also I can't control the volume from xmms-embedded the slider moves but the sound stays at the same level. It does change with alsamixer though. I don't have to do a user memory erase with this latest package right? doesn't the install write over it?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 20, 2006, 12:37:44 am »

Ok I got past the medium mount bug by just copying the .opiestorage.cf file off my cf card and copying it to the root of my sd card and then renaming it to .opiestorage.card( I am not sure if renaming the file is necessary as I left a copy of .opiestorage.cf there too)using my card reader and then I rebooted. So I can boot the system now. I have a NAND back that I got off hentges.net when the first poodle 2.6 ROMS became available and I restored the NAND from the service menu (hold D,P and click reset) shoudl I be using this NAND backup with this ROM? And I after I flashed the latest ROM should I have done a format of the user data partition? I tried to do it from the Sharp menu but it just went throught and began to boot. What exactly is NAND(I dont' mean NAND as a word I mean NAND in the context of the Zaurus)? Is it the ROM memory where the root fs is stored on a stock Z? Sorry for all the questions but I haven't been able to find the answers to these on the forums.
 

Could you post the output of "mount" when that happens? Sounds like the auto-mounter is going nuts.

I can't issue the mount command because I am not at a shell at this point. I will try and clarify. When I reboot first I get the logo and then here is what I see:

Press anykey to launch altboot.........
Booting last selection [3]
Checking filesystem on /dev/mmcblk0p1
/dev/mmcblk0p1 is mounted

WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause SEVERE filesystem damage.

Do you really want to continue? (y/n) no        //(I always hit no)

check aborted
Mounting /media/card...ok

Note: No boot -images found in [/media/card/boot-images]      //There has to be a boot image some where on the card because I boot off it and have a crapload of space in my root when I goto sysinfo

...rootfs configuration...

This setup lets you reconfigure your new rootfs.
Most probably the rootfs is configured with defaults based on aflashinstallation.
If unsure, go with the defaults by pressing <ENTER>

Usually you /home directory is located on another flash partition.
Do you want to move /home inside the loop image? [N/y]     //Here I go with the default of No

Do you want to keep the SD, CF and /home ipkg install targets?[N/y]   //again I choose No /etc/altboot-menu/15-bootSD: 822
: cannot create /media/card/etc/ipkg.conf_: Read-only file system
mv: overwrite '/media/card/etc/ipkg.conf'?    //here I type yes and then it continues booting into Opie. when I reboot I have to go through the whole Spiel again.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 19, 2006, 04:35:41 pm »

Is it possible to sync to Outlook with GPE? I can do it through qtopia desktop with Opie but When I tried to do it with GPE it doesn't work. I have a good connection and I can ping the Z but Qtopia desktop doesn't connect under GPE. I ask because syncing is somewhat important to me and it was mentioned that Opie is not being maintained anymore. I have a Poodle pxa255.
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Qtopia desktop won't ever work with GPE. I don't use syncing myself so I have no idea if / how you can sync GPE w/ Lookout.
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Do you use the Z at all for PIM apps? If so how do you avoid have to renter everything twice on a desktop and then on the Z? Without calendar functionality and address book functionality my poodle is of limited utility. Also I can't get past the Opie media mount bug I tried the the step you wrote; before going to the console and entering ipkg remove mediummount but it just comes back and says that there is nothing to do. Also everytime I try and boot it goes to rootfs configuration and it wants to fsck the SD card but it says that it is mounted and gives a warning. Is this normal? And it asks if I want move the home directory to the sd card when I say yes or no it comes back and says "cannot create /media/card/etc/ipkg.conf: Read only file system." My sd card is a kingston 1 gig, 1 big partition formatted ext2. I have checked the lock on the SD card and it is unlocked. Danke.

BTW There was a question before about a kernel panic after flashing. Mine did that too at first and what I noticed was that I had to change the permissions on gnu-tar and reflash. The permissions were only read write for everyone no execute. I changed and it flashed fine and then booted. A tell tale sign that this is the problem is that flashing goes real quick and it tells you that gnu-tar could not be accessed.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Hentges Rom: New Versioning System

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:47:38 am »

Is it possible to sync to Outlook with GPE? I can do it through qtopia desktop with Opie but When I tried to do it with GPE it doesn't work. I have a good connection and I can ping the Z but Qtopia desktop doesn't connect under GPE. I ask because syncing is somewhat important to me and it was mentioned that Opie is not being maintained anymore. I have a Poodle pxa255.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Avoid Nand For Storage

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:22:30 am »

Does anyone know how to get altboot running on a poodle with OZ 3.5.4? I have installed the ipks but I am not getting an altboot menu when I boot. All I get is the Open Zaurus logo and that dinosaur and then init boots. On an interesting note if I hit a button before init boots then I will never boot init and I will have to reset. Is there a way to enable boot messages on 3.5.4? Thanks