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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Bounty For Collie Sd Driver

« on: February 13, 2007, 09:21:21 pm »

I read that the SD Card Association has opened up their specs for both the physical layer and the host controller. And the Linux and FreeBSD folks are now working on drivers:

spec: http://www.sdcard.org/HostController/index.html
Linux driver: http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci
FreeBSD driver: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2006/09/sdmmc-f...er-outline.html

On the strength of this, could Sharp now be persuaded to release their own driver source?

--Dan

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Security and Networking / Wifi Blues

« on: January 27, 2007, 01:33:55 am »

Fixed it. I was using Ad Hoc and not Managed mode.

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Security and Networking / Wifi Blues

« on: January 26, 2007, 09:22:54 pm »

I have an SL-5000D running OZ 3.5.4 GPE and I'm having WiFi network problems. I've included a description below of how I setup the WiFi cards (an SMC2642W and a Netgear MA701) and what /etc/network/interfaces looks like.

The card is recognized and the driver is loaded.

  utilities>PC/CF card info
     state: ready
     device: wlan0
     driver: hostap_cs
     type: network

The output of cardctl ident for socket 0 looks just like the entry in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf.

The signal strength in the Wireless Monitor applet is 87% and it seems to see the correct ESSID. I have WEP security disabled while I'm getting it setup.

But ping 192.168.1.1 (router) hangs. It doesn't display the number of dropped packets -- it just hangs.

So what have I done wrong?

--Dan


Setup:

1. Remove the orinoco driver:

  ipkg remove -recursive *orinoco*

2. Replace /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf with the following:

  device "hostap_cs"
     class "network" module "hostap", "hostap_cs"

  card "SMC 2642W 11Mbps WLAN Card"
     manfid 0xd601, 0x0005
     bind "hostap_cs"

  card "NETGEAR MA701 Wireless CF Card"
     manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
     bind "hostap_cs"

3. Add /etc/resolv.conf. The file in the ROM is a dead link.

  rm /etc/resolv.conf
  echo "nameserver 192.168.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

4. Run utilities>network setup:

  global tab
    DNS server: 192.168.1.1

  wlan0 tab
    select static
    address: 192.168.1.103
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    broadcast: 192.168.1.255
    gateway: 192.168.1.1
    check WiFi device
      configure
        ESSID: deco
        mode: ad-hoc
        channel: 5

Here's what /etc/network/interfaces looks like:

# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(, ifdown(
 
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# Wireless interfaces
iface wlan0 inet static
   wireless-mode ad-hoc
   wireless-essid deco
   wireless-key off
   wireless-channel 5
   gateway 192.168.1.1
   broadcast 192.168.1.255
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   address 192.168.1.103
   wireless_key off
   wireless_channel 5
   wireless_mode ad-hoc
   wireless_essid deco
iface atml0 inet dhcp

# Wired or wireless interfaces
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth1 inet dhcp

# Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether)
# ... or on host side, usbnet and random hwaddr
iface usb0 inet static
   address 192.168.0.202
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   network 192.168.0.0
   gateway 192.168.0.200


# Zaurus 2.4 Lineo net_fd; obsolete
iface usbd0 inet static
   address 192.168.129.201
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   network 192.168.129.0
   gateway 192.168.129.200

# iPAQ 2.4 mach-sa1100/usb-eth
# (192.168.0.202 is the iPAQ's IP, 192.168.0.200 is the host's IP)
iface usbf inet static
   address 192.168.0.202
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   network 192.168.0.0
   gateway 192.168.0.200

# Bluetooth networking
iface bnep0 inet dhcp

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Cxx0 General discussions / Installing Oz On A C700

« on: January 17, 2007, 05:37:17 pm »

I tried this on a second SL-C700 and the behaviour is repeating, so I'm going to file a bug.

--Dan

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Cxx0 General discussions / Installing Oz On A C700

« on: January 16, 2007, 02:39:11 am »

It turns out I don't have a WSOD -- the installation is working, but the display is almost entirely white. If I turn the c700 slightly to the side I can just make out what's on the display. So I managed to set the password and calibrate the cursor.

But how do I set the display brightness?

--Dan

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Cxx0 General discussions / Installing Oz On A C700

« on: January 12, 2007, 02:29:39 am »

I'm trying to install OZ 3.5.4.1 (OPIE) onto an SL-C700. I've copied initrd.bin, updater.sh and zImage.bin onto a FAT16 CF card and gone through the update procedure. The update finds the card, load the files and reboots. I remove the CF card during the reboot process.

I've tried this procedure several times and each time I get a white screen of death.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

--Dan