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Linux Issues / Connecting to the outside world
« on: June 08, 2004, 08:15:36 pm »
You\'d you have thunk it, I got everything that I wanted to do with this thing (except one) working, which included connecting to a generic 2.6 kernel computer via the docking station, connecting to the outside world via IP Masquerading, and hotplugging (under Slackware, at least).

They\'re all relatively simple answers; I\'ll post a complete HOW-TO as soon as school\'s out (junior going on senior in high school...).

There\'s only one more quesiton that I\'ve got (at the moment; I\'m sure that there will be more questions later). On the docking station, there\'s this one large goofy button that is apparently a sync button. Now... how can I utilize this under Linux?

Beak

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Linux Issues / 2.6.6/connectivity/hotplug/etc
« on: June 06, 2004, 06:05:24 pm »
Well...I now have YET another problem. Hotplugging. Stubear, if it isn\'t too much to ask, could you post that hotplug script? I\'m lost at what I should do...

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Linux Issues / Connecting to the outside world
« on: June 06, 2004, 02:12:59 pm »
Hello again,

By the time that all of my questions have been answered, I\'ll be able to write a book on them .

Having sucessfully connected the Zaurus to my computer and vise versa, I\'d like to be able to connect the Zaurus to the outside world. I\'ve got the general idea, but actually implementing that idea isn\'t very easy.

Here\'s my setup: My internet connection is cable, which connects into eth0 (IP Dynamic) of my router. The router then connects eth1 (192.168.1.254) to a switch. My computer is connected to the switch via (its) eth0 (192.168.1.2). The zaurus is connected via a USB (TCP/IP) connection, usbd0 (192.168.3.1), to my computer, usb0 (192.168.3.2).

How do I make the Zaurus able to browse the \'net?

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Linux Issues / 2.6.6/connectivity/hotplug/etc
« on: June 06, 2004, 01:34:55 pm »
I already posted this on another thread, but here goes!

I finally got it to work!

This is how you can connect the Zaurus SL-5500 to your 2.6.6 and beyond computer via the USB docking cradle.

1.) You\'ll need to make sure that your kernel (on your computer) supports both USB and the Sharp Stock ROM image (or, if your SL-5500 has another ROM, such as OpenZaurus, then support for the ARM devices). Make sure that you enable, at a minimum, the following:

A.) Support for host-side USB (CONFIG_USB)
B.) Controller Interface Support *I compiled using modules and never loaded! That was the problem
i.) EHCI HCD
ii.) OHCI HCD
iii.) UHCI HCD
C.) Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
i.) Sharp Zaurus (stock ROMs)

There are other things that I enabled, such as USB_DEVICEFS, but I\'m unsure if they make a difference. I don\'t think they do, but then again, I think rain is wet

2.) Now, with your shiny new kernel, under root, and assuming you compiled using modules...under your computer...

root@galadriel:~# modprobe usbnet
root@galadriel:~# modprobe modprobe [u, o, e]hci_hcd
root@galadriel:~# ifconfig usb0 192.168.3.2 up
root@galadriel:~#

Now, under your Zaurus...this might get a little tricky. If you cheated like I did and sent the terminal program over to the PDA with a Windows machine, then you should make sure that usbdcore and net_fd are enabled. If they aren\'t, then modprobe them into the PDA.

After making sure those modules are there, then do the following:

bash-2.05# ifconfig usbd0 192.168.3.1 up
bash-2.05#

If you can ping 192.168.3.1 from your computer and 192.168.3.2 from your PDA, then you\'re connected!

It should be pretty much the same way with the Network & Sync...under Services, select USB. Specify the TCP/IP info information, and set your IP as 192.168.3.1. Broadcast is 192.168.3.255. I think I put the gateway as 192.168.3.2, but someone may want to check that out.

Anyway, I got it working! Whooo!

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Linux Issues / Connection with USB and desktop kernel 2.6
« on: June 06, 2004, 01:34:03 pm »
I finally got it to work!

This is how you can connect the Zaurus SL-5500 to your 2.6.6 and beyond computer via the USB docking cradle.

1.) You\'ll need to make sure that your kernel (on your computer) supports both USB and the Sharp Stock ROM image (or, if your SL-5500 has another ROM, such as OpenZaurus, then support for the ARM devices). Make sure that you enable, at a minimum, the following:

A.) Support for host-side USB (CONFIG_USB)
B.) Controller Interface Support *I compiled using modules and never loaded! That was the problem
   i.) EHCI HCD
   ii.) OHCI HCD
   iii.) UHCI HCD
C.) Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
   i.) Sharp Zaurus (stock ROMs)

There are other things that I enabled, such as USB_DEVICEFS, but I\'m unsure if they make a difference. I don\'t think they do, but then again, I think rain is wet

2.) Now, with your shiny new kernel, under root, and assuming you compiled using modules...under your computer...

root@galadriel:~# modprobe usbnet
root@galadriel:~# modprobe modprobe [u, o, e]hci_hcd
root@galadriel:~# ifconfig usb0 192.168.3.2 up
root@galadriel:~#

Now, under your Zaurus...this might get a little tricky. If you cheated like I did and sent the terminal program over to the PDA with a Windows machine, then you should make sure that usbdcore and net_fd are enabled. If they aren\'t, then modprobe them into the PDA.

After making sure those modules are there, then do the following:

bash-2.05# ifconfig usbd0 192.168.3.1 up
bash-2.05#

If you can ping 192.168.3.1 from your computer and 192.168.3.2 from your PDA, then you\'re connected!

It should be pretty much the same way with the Network & Sync...under Services, select USB. Specify the TCP/IP info information, and set your IP as 192.168.3.1. Broadcast is 192.168.3.255. I think I put the gateway as 192.168.3.2, but someone may want to check that out.

Anyway, I got it working! Whooo!

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Linux Issues / Connection with USB and desktop kernel 2.6
« on: June 05, 2004, 08:49:37 am »
Alright, time to get down to brass tacks.

I just got my SL-5500 the other day, and MAN, I loved it even before I turned it on. I wanted to have a terminal so bad on this thing, and I got it. The only problem was I had to use my Windows 2000 system reserved for games and nothing else to do so. I want to decrease my usage of Windows down to nil eventually, so... I need some help.

Here is my situation. I\'ve got a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 using the stock ROM, version 2.38, running kernel 2.4.6-rmk1-np2-embedix (the one that came with the PDA). Connections to the outside world will be done via the USB docking station. For my computer, I\'ve got a home-built computer with an AOpen AK72 motherboard with a Slot A 800 MHz Athlon Thunderbird CPU. This particular model has four USB slots available: two in the front (via cable to the motherboard) and two in the back (built in). For my OS, I\'m running Slackware Linux 9.1 with kernel 2.6.6. I want to be able to connect to the Zaurus through FTP or SSH or something so I can transfer documents, programs, etc. to and from the PDA.

I know this might be a large order to fill, but what must one do, from scratch, to accomplish this? I plan on posting the successful steps onto my website for others to use as well (although I don\'t see what\'s wrong with using this forum as well  8) )

I am willing to recompile the kernel completely, if needed. I\'m a high-school junior (soon to be senior) and have a summer vacation to mess around with my toys.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Beak

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Linux Issues / 2.6.6/connectivity/hotplug/etc
« on: June 04, 2004, 10:33:03 pm »
Hmm, I must be doing something wrong here. \"ifconfig usb0 192.168.201.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up\" yields that usb0 doesn\'t exist as a network interface. Maybe I\'m just being dense, but I don\'t know what I should do!

I\'m running 2.6.6 on my desktop. dmesg tells me nothing.           lsmod:         usbnet                 16072  0
usbcore               107732  1 usbnet
crc32                   4352  1 usbnet

And finally, the ifconfig message...

ifconfig usb0 192.168.201.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
usb0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
usb0: unknown interface: No such device

Oh, and btw, I didn\'t configure the Zaurus at all, besides what was needed...help!

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Linux Issues / 2.6.6/connectivity/hotplug/etc
« on: May 30, 2004, 10:28:50 pm »
Hello all,

I\'m going to be getting an SL-5500 in a few days (shipping right now), and I\'d like to connect it to my Linux machine. As we speak, I\'m upgrading from 2.6.5 to 2.6.6 and I included the Zaurus stock ROM support under USB. Now, my questions are as follows:

1.) Besides the USB support for the Zaurus ROMs, what, if any, kernel parameters are necessary for connecting the Zaurus to my PC (so that I can sync [see question 3], browse the internet [through tunneling or masq.? I\'m not familiar to either], etc.)

2.) After question 1 is sucessfully answered, I would like to be able to hotplug this baby right into the cradle and have it get an IP. How can I do this?

3.) I\'d like to be able to use this PDA as a, well, PDA. I understand that Sharp made the mortal mistake of not supporting sync with Linux while basing their PDA on Linux. How does one do this, or does the 2.6.6 kernel\'s Zaurus support fix this issue?

Thanks for any info you can give me. I ordered the PDA Thursday night and it\'s supposed to take a few more days; UPS doesn\'t ship on Saturday, Sunday or Memorial Day, so I\'m itching for it to arrive

EDIT: If it helps anyone, I\'m using Slackware 9.1, so any help you give me should be of help to anyone running anything, not just a Debian or RPM fix  8)

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