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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0beta1 Is Out!

« on: January 29, 2006, 04:43:14 pm »

Ok,
     Got pdaxrom working on my 6k, wifi works, startx worked, mostly all was good.  Then I ran ipkg update and ipkg upgrade, and now I can't start x.  startx results in the following message:
"Imageon_iniScreen()
:Bad file descriptor

Fatal server error:
no screens found

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining"

If someone can point me in the right direction on that (where to find logfiles, what file got tweaked, etc) I would be much obliged.  I tried a search, but probably didn't use the right terms, so if there is a thread somewhere, just point me in that direction with a "Silly Newbie" type comment.

Also, as an FYI, ipkg upgrade gets severly hosed when it sees that wget is outdated, since it first uninstalls wget, and then tries to wget the updated package.  That one was an easy fix, just d/l'd a copy of the updated wget to a CF card from my PC and installed off that, but still, its a kinda silly bug.

Hi,

Changelog ?

Between rc12 and beta1 only minimum packages changed.

Is posible only:

edit /etc/ipkg.conf
ipkg update
ipkg upgrade ?

Thx.
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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc3 Released

« on: November 07, 2005, 01:25:02 pm »

Now for my latest issue.  I am able to get my XP machine (yeah yeah, evil M$, I know) to see the Z6k as a storage device by running the usbd.net script, however, I can only see the /mnt/cf card, and not the /mnt/cf2 card in the expansion sled.  Additionally, after about a minute it seems that Qtopia tries restarting.  The screen goes completely black for about a minute, then it displays the login screen (with the Tux pic) and shows:

"Welcome to zaurus on tty1
Linux: 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix (armv5tel)
0  sessions are opened at Mon Nov 7  2005 18:01:03

You have 10 seconds to log in or Qtopia will be started.
zaurus login:  killall: qserver: no process killed
                                                                  killall: q
server: no process killed
"
Then the screen goes black again for a few seconds and then I get the screen I described above.  It just keeps cycling back and forth.  While this is going on, I still appear to have connectivity to the Z as a USB Mass Storage device.  Am I not supposed to run Qtopia if I want to run any of the usbd functions?

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Guylhem Rom / 1.0rc4 Wireless Setup

« on: November 01, 2005, 10:48:11 am »

Just my $0.02 but I found that I had to change  the line of the script that sets mibattribute=dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=1 to zero if I was using the same key info for all keys in the script.

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Guylhem Rom / Usbmouse, Fastkernel, Guyhelm Rom Questions.

« on: October 29, 2005, 11:22:22 am »

Just an FYI.  I have a Gyration Bluetooth mouse and keyboard that I tried out.  I used the Bluetooth USB Dongle that ships with the set (had to use a goldX adapter cable).  Anyway, the keyboard worked fine.  All the keys were properly recognized in a console.  The mouse however was stuck in the center of the screen and only moved up and down.    Even that movement was kinda flaky.  

I swapped out the BT mouse and keyboard and just connected a Logitech USB TracMan Wheel, which exhibited the same trouble.  If anyone knows an easy fix for this, let me know.  Its not a huge deal for me right now, but someday I plan to take over the world with just my Zaurus and a paperclip.  It might be important then.

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6000 - Tosa / Fstab

« on: December 20, 2004, 06:02:09 pm »

Hey fellow 6000 owners,
     In a fit of bloody brilliance I was editing the fstab on the Z and accidentally deleted a line.  To make matters worse, I didn't realize I had deleted said line until after I hit the old :wq .  So, I have no idea which line I deleted, but I think it was important, as I get all kinds of weird errors during boot up.  With that prologue, I beg and plead each of you to take a look at my fstab (below) and tell me which line I killed.  (Please don't get all slashdot on me and just tell me line #6 and leave it at that).  If someone with a virgin fstab wouldn't mind posting their complete and untouched version, it might be good to make a sticky, incase I am not the only idiot out there.

/dev/mtdblock2      /               jffs2    ro,noatime     1 1
/dev/mtdblock3      /home       jffs2    defaults,noatime     1 2
none                     /dev/shm   tmpfs   size=1m,noauto     0 0
none                     /dev/pts     devpts  gid=5,mode=620   0 0



Just when you thought you made it idiot proof, they went out and made a better idiot.

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: December 03, 2004, 11:05:40 pm »

Ok,
   Everything was working almost perfectly, and then I did the d'OH! and tanked my fstab.  Can someone please post a copy of what they have in their fstab?  Preferably someone who has a stock zaurus fstab, and not a new kernel /ROM setup.  I'd be much obliged and my Z might be much less nuked.  Thanks.

MSC_Geek

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6000 - Tosa / /etc/passwd And Shell

« on: November 22, 2004, 07:29:54 pm »

Just curious,
      I am running the ROM that shipped with the Z, and I am confused.  When I check my /etc/passwd file the zaurus user says /bin/sh as does the root user, but when I open a terminal it automatically starts me out in bash.  If I su I get the plain sh shell, so I am not sure why/where my /etc/passwd file is being overridden.  I don't see a .profile or any other dot type files that look like they would be starting bash.  Anyone got any guesses?

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: November 22, 2004, 03:16:24 pm »

Ok,
     First off, I tried size=.5 (that's POINT 5) in the icewm preferences file and now that looks great.  

     Next, I found where to modify mozilla's font sizes.  goto ~/.mozilla/firefox/<hashcode>.default/chrome
and create a file called userChrome.css (or copy userChrome-example.css to userChrome.css) and then enter the following:

* {
font-size: .5pt !important;
font-family: sans-serif !important;
font-weight: normal !important;
}

      That will make all your fonts look the same in mozilla, and make them something that fits on the screen.  If you want you can use different fonts for different items, but I'll leave that up to you.  (more info is easily available by doing a google search on userChrome.css).

     If you use thunderbird just copy the file you made above to ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/<hashcode>.default/chrome/

     It would probably be more elegant to link to the first file, so you only have to change on, but I did it this way.  Hope it helps.

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: November 22, 2004, 02:44:25 am »

hwkeye,
    If you upgraded debian after the 17th of November, icewm seems to have been changed significantly.  If you go to /etc/X11/icewm (after chrooting) you will find a file named preferences.  Copy that file to your /home/root/.icewm/ directory and then you need to edit it.  Towards the end of the file you will find a bunch of entries like TitleFontNameXft="sans-serif:size=12"  If you change those so that size =1, the fonts become almost usable.  I am going to try size=.5 tomorrow, and I will let you know if that gets it closer to the original sizes.  This only works for icewm stuff.  I am still working on where to change mozilla and things like that.

Nothing like blazing a new trail.

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: November 11, 2004, 11:48:54 am »

Smuelas,
    You were correct, it was not related to my USB disk.  As for what I meant by the VGA terminal, I use the terminal app that came with the Z to mount everything.  Probably a moot point, but at the time wasn't sure.

     I launch icewm without the ampersand, mainly because I can't get the xmodmaprc file to load properly.  It keeps telling me line 1 out of range or some such, goes all the way through line 7 and then aborts.  I am still working on what is up with that.

     I was able to apt-get -u upgrade and could even install mozilla-thunderbird.

     I think my problem is the menu fonts in icewm are too large.  When I start Tbird I can see the title bar for the window and then 3-5 characters fit on the screen.  These suckers are at least an inch tall, possibly 1.5".  If that is what is happening in my icewm menu it would explain my earlier issue.  I don't have much exp with icewm, so I am not sure how to change fontsize or what config file to edit.  Which fonts are you using?

    Thanks for starting this thread, I knew I wanted to do a distro on my Z, but there wasn't enough out there for me to figure out how to start.

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X/Qt / Debian with Xqt

« on: November 08, 2004, 12:46:21 pm »

Smuelas,
     Thanks for all the info, it has emboldened (is that a real word?) me to play around a bit.  I have almost gotten it working, but I am still having a problem.  My config is a little different, I am running the stock Sharp Kernel that shipped with my 6000.  

I have a 128M CF card which holds a 64M swapfile.  Instead of putting debroot on a CF or SD card I have a 40G USB drive that I formatted ext2 and mount from the VGA terminal.  

I can chroot to it with no troubles, and I can start icewm, but when I click on the icewm logo button (where the start button would be if this were windows) I don't get a menu, the screen just goes all grey, and then back to the xwindow background with the icewm terminal.  Is this supposed to work?  

I haven't tried any apps yet, so if there is something I should run from a console to test, let me know.   Thanks.