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General Discussion / Sandisk Sd Card Formatting

« on: June 16, 2005, 11:11:43 am »

My experience (SL6000L, Sharp ROM) has been that most programs won't install to SD or CF, and only work properly when installed to internal flash.  So you're probably not doing anything wrong - that's just the way it is.  Internal, hard-coded stuff with the OS, eh.

But if you've installed programs like dictionaries, Bible readers, Gutenbooks and the like, you can probably install their data directories to SD or CF, which could account for substantial space savings on internal flash.

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General Discussion / How To Completely Reset My Sl-6000l

« on: June 07, 2005, 07:22:43 pm »

If you're still running the original virgin Sharp ROM you can follow the following procedure to return your 6000 to its original state.  If you're running a different ROM, then lets hope that someone else provides an answer, as I've nary a clue.

According to the Sharp SL-6000L/SL-6000N personal mobile tool Start-up Guide, pages 87 & 88...

1. turn the Zaurus off and make sure the screen has gone blank.
2. attach the AC adapter, making sure the charge light comes on.
3. press the reset switch.
4. press the On/Off key while holding the OK key to display the Maintenance menu.
5. select Format, which erases all data in the Zaurus Internal Flash memory and then reformats the memory.  Data or settings entered after purchase or software you have added will be deleted.  Application updates and the contents of the Zaurus system will not be erased.

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Sharp ROMs / Stop Suspending With Tkcplayer

« on: May 21, 2005, 05:11:58 pm »

And if you place dreadlocks' shell script in the /home/QtPalmtop/bin/ directory, you can then add a desktop shortcut using Tab Settings or manually by creating+editing a .desktop file in one of the /home/QtPalmtop/apps/ subdirectories.

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6000 - Tosa / USB Adaptor & Cables

« on: December 07, 2004, 06:07:03 pm »

Ooot - I hadn't noticed that the iRiver USB host cable can be left on the Zaurus while docking / undocking.

Thanks, freshroastedpeanuts!  This makes things much easier.

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6000 - Tosa / USB Adaptor & Cables

« on: December 07, 2004, 11:41:44 am »

I have an SL-600L with expansion adapter, and would like to connect a USB storage device to the expansion adapter's serial port.  This would let me dock the Zaurus in it's cradle while leaving the USB key connected.

It's a piece o'cake to use the Zaurus' main USB port for USB storage devices, but before spending even more money on cable adapters, does anyone have thoughts on USB-host-capability of the 6000-L expansion adapter serial port?  Or for that matter, for the serial port on the 6000 itself?

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General Discussion / Howto: Mount Smb/usb Rw For Non-root

« on: December 01, 2004, 03:54:11 pm »

On my Zaurus SL-6000L the non-privilaged user zaurus can (un)mount SD, MMC, and CF cards.  But it appears that you must be root to mount/unmount SMB shares and USB drives, and if mounted as root then all files on the mounted filesystem are owned by root, thus not writeable by the zaurus user.

I whipped up the following trivial shell scripts to scratch this itch, and thought they might be of some use to other Zaurites.

Place the scripts somewhere in your search path, make them executable using chmod, create the /mnt/usbstorage/ directory and call from a zaurus user console prompt.  You'll be prompted for root user password if you have one set.  I imagine that you could fully automate these scripts by using the credentials switch and file, and even make clickable icons.

Feedback is welcome, especially if there's some really simple factor that I've overlooked.

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#!/bin/sh
# msmb
# mount an SMB share so that it's RW by non-privilaged "zaurus" user
/bin/su -c '/home/root/usr/bin/smbmount //host/share /mnt/smb -o username=user netbiosname=zaurus workgroup=workgroup uid=nnn gid=nnn' root
/bin/mount|grep host

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#!/bin/sh
# musb
# mount a USB drive so that it's RW by non-privilaged "zaurus" user
/bin/su -c '/bin/mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstorage -o uid=nnn gid=nnn' root
/bin/mount|grep usbstorage

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#!/bin/sh
# usmb
# unmount the SMB share
/bin/su -c '/bin/umount /smb
/bin/mount|grep host

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#!/bin/sh
# uusb
# unmount the USB drive
/bin/su -c '/bin/umount /dev/sda1' root
/bin/mount|grep usbstorage

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6000 - Tosa / MAC address

« on: September 28, 2004, 10:23:27 am »

"...does the unit accept 128 bit encryption, mine is 26 digits..."
"...have to use 26 characters and 128 bit encryption?..."

You're fine - the Zaurus SL-6000L *does* support 128 bit WEP keys  The key here is that the 26 digits you mention are hexidecimal digits, that is 0-9 and A-F.

40 bit encryption => 10 hex digits (5 ASCII chars)
128 bit encryption => 26 hex digits (16 ASCII chars)

Tell your security admin not to fret - your Zaurus meets spec.

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General Discussion / I'm returning my SL-6000

« on: September 23, 2004, 09:33:33 am »

...mini USB port that wouldn't bend back to fit the USB cable in...

Not that it matters now, since you already returned the 6000, but...

The USB cable that ships with the 6000 is mini-B, which fits the docking base.  The USB port on the Zaurus itself is mini-A.  All you had to do, dude, was buy the appropriate additional cable.

From other threads here at zug, I found and purchased a Goldx 5 in 1 Quick Connect USB Cable Kit, which does the trick quite nicely.

cheers and God bless,
ybiC

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6000 - Tosa / SL-6000 Expansion Adaptor

« on: September 14, 2004, 10:03:19 am »

I bought an expansion adapter for my Zaurus SL-6000L and am quite happy with it, for my purposes anyways as a laptop-replacement.

It attaches to the back of the 6000, more or less doubling the bulk/weight of the Zaurus, and provides/includes a second full battery, a second serial port, and a second CF slot.  The microphone, speaker, and reset button are still fully accessible and functional.  I'm not sure if both serial ports are simultaneously usable, as they both seem to be addressed as /dev/ttyS0.  

My favorite benefit of the expansion adapter is extended run-time from the additional battery.  A close second is the flexibility provided by the second CF slot - I use a 128 MB SD card as additional system flash for installing programs to, the first CF slot for data storage on a 256 MB card, and the second CF slot for a 1GB card for oggv music files.

I've not done quantitative tests, but I sure *seem* to get much longer run-time with the second battery. I suspect that the battery monitor toolbar applet may mis-report status - it will say that the secondary battery is almost depleted, and appear to *not* switch over to the primary battery, shutting down instead.  But it seems that what may really be happening is that the Z has already depleted *both* batteries when it says that the secondary is gone.  But like I said, this is just my impression without any timed tests to confirm or deny.

cheers and God bless,
ybiC

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6000 - Tosa / 6000L expansion jacket serial port

« on: September 09, 2004, 11:09:19 am »

I use the 6000L expansion adapter's serial port for console connections to routers and switches, and it works fine.  Especially with SerialIO's JeTermz GUI terminal program, or even with Ckermit from a text Konsole.   The only oddity I've observed is that both the expansion adapter and built-in serial ports are addressed as /dev/ttyS0.  That's all with the standard Sharp ROM.

Also, if you intend on using the standard serial port, then SerialIO's ZthinCableRS242 is a winner, as it can connect even when the bottom cover is open, allowing you to use the thumb keyboard for console work.
cheers and God bless,
ybic

http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=385
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=792
http://www.serialio.com/products/JeTermZ.htm
http://www.serialio.com/products/adaptors/ZThinCable.htm

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General Discussion / Mange icons & tabs with Qtopia/Sharp ROM?

« on: June 13, 2004, 07:08:04 pm »

Dang, you\'re right tumnus. 8^p

I had used Settings -] Tab Setting to tweak the order of the Tab icons, but hadn\'t spotted the trash can nor figured out that the arrows were for relocating icons.

Too bad the Files tab is non-removable, since it\'s made completely redundant and unecessary by the installation of (the vastly superior) tkcExplorer file manager by thekompany.com
cheers,
ybic

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General Discussion / Mange icons & tabs with Qtopia/Sharp ROM?

« on: June 13, 2004, 04:35:14 pm »

Thanks jem58.
That did the trick perfectly for moving the tkcExplorer icon to the \"applications\" tab and deleting the \"thekompany\" tab.

I\'d still prefer to do away with the tabs entirly, but this is a good start.  8^)
cheers,
ybiC

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General Discussion / Mange icons & tabs with Qtopia/Sharp ROM?

« on: June 13, 2004, 02:26:09 pm »

I recently purchased a SL6000L, and with the addition of thekompany.com\'s tkcexplorer file manager I\'m pretty darn pleased with it.

Except that tckexplorer installation added a \"thekompany\" tab, and I\'d much rather have tckexplorer be in the \"applications\" tab just like all the other apps.  Or better yet, do away with the tabs entirely to conserve screen real estate, since all apps/tools/settings are available from the Q button menu.

Are either of these possible when staying with the standard Sharp ROM and software?
cheers,
ybiC