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Deals and Great Z Buys / Kingston 512MB SD card -- $25.99

« on: October 26, 2004, 06:20:22 pm »

I'm about to order one of these, thought I'd pass along the deal:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=...0495&dcaid=1688

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Help me get started cross-compiling for OZ

« on: October 26, 2004, 03:33:24 pm »

As I mentioned in another thread, I'm trying to get Frotz (and some of my other favorite apps) working in OZ. I don't have a linux box, so I have to cross-compile from a Cygwin environment on Windows. I haven't done this before, so I'm trying to get to a state where I know everything's set up right and works properly, then figure out what I need to do to get the new apps working.

I'm sure there's someone out there who could easily compile this for me, but I'm using this as a learning experience as much as anything else. I want some fishing lessons, so to speak.

So far, I've followed the instructions here: http://takahr.dhis.portside.net/cgi-bin/rw...+on+Cygwin%3Aen

Before I try to compile something that doesn't necessarily work, I want to compile something that should already work. This way I can verify that my setup is correct. So I got source for a random app from the software index. I chose "zuc", a unit converter. (for those playing along at home: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zuc/zuc-1.1.tar.gz)

Here's where I'm stuck. I ran the environment setup script from the cross-compile page. I did a 'make' from the zuc directory, and it gave a few warnings, but seemed to work. I'm left with a 'zuc' file, among other compilation results. I put the binary on the Z and tried running it from the shell. I get this error:

./zuc: symbol lookup error: ./zuc: undefined symbol: _7QString.shared_null

So I must have missed something. I'm thinking:
* There's some other library that I need to install on the Z
* There's a support file that I need to copy along with just 'zuc'
* Some of those compile warnings were serious enough to break the app
* Something isn't set up right in my build environment

Could someone give me a push in the right direction?

Incidentally, I think a HOWTO on cross-compiling would be of great help. Especially if it used an existing app and walked through step-by-step how to set up the environment, build, and package it. I'd be happy to write something like this, once I get to that point...

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / libncurses4 on 3.5.1?

« on: October 21, 2004, 01:50:27 pm »

I'm trying to get Frotz to work on OZ 3.5.1. The existing package installs OK if I ignore the dependency on "terminal", but won't run because I don't have libncurses.so.4.

I poked around and saw that there was a libncurses.so.5. I thought I'd be clever and copy this as version 4. Surely the new version does everything the old one did, and more.

That got me closer -- I can see the usage screen now, but opening a .z5 file gives me an error like this:

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root@collie:/mnt/ram/home/QtPalmtop/bin# ./frotz /mnt/cf/if/slouch.z5
./frotz: symbol lookup error: ./frotz: undefined symbol: __divsi3
So I figure I have two options -- recompile Frotz to use the newer ncurses, or get a real copy of the older ncurses. What should I do?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / usbd0 is "No such device"

« on: October 19, 2004, 04:04:48 pm »

Heh.

Found the problem. I still had the winsfc app open from when I transferred the new ROM earlier today. That was somehow keeping the connection open (probably on the XP side). As soon as I quit the program, I got a beep-boop... boop-beep, and the connection activated.

I hate when it's my fault.  

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / usbd0 is "No such device"

« on: October 19, 2004, 04:00:36 pm »

That doesn't seem to work, either. I left it set in Light & Power to never suspend when it's on AC power (i.e. in the cradle). Just for fun, I tried manually suspending and resuming, but of course that didn't help.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / usbd0 is "No such device"

« on: October 19, 2004, 03:42:02 pm »

Install 3.5.1, they told me. It's better, they said...

Finally got SSH working on OZ 3.3.5, so I decided to upgrade to 3.5.1. Got all the bits and pieces and flashed it. Indeed, it's much nicer-looking. But when I plugged into the cradle, I didn't get the familiar boo-beep from XP.

ifconfig on the Z didn't show any IP address, and ipconfig on XP didn't show the connection as being up. So I went to Network on the Z, saw that DHCP was on, and manually entered the IP info I was using successfully before (the standard .201 IP address, etc). Pulled out and back in the cradle. Nothing. Tried the "Start" button: "Starting interface failed". Rebooted the Z while in the cradle. Still nothing. Tried enabling the connection from the XP side. Nope.

I searched the forums, and found some messages advising to use "ifup usbd0". Tried that, and got a few lines of "No such device":

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SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
route: SIOC[ADD|DEL]RT: No such device
Also saw mention of just "usb0", and tried that too:

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ifup: Ignoring unknown interface usb0
So I must be missing something -- what do I do to get the USB network enabled again?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Enabling FTP on OZ 3.3.5

« on: October 14, 2004, 01:21:15 pm »

I recently installed OZ 3.3.5 on my 5500 (because I couldn't find 3.5.1). I'm trying to FTP into it now. I can ping it when it's in the cradle, but FTP connections fail:

Connected to 192.168.129.201.
Connection closed by remote host.

I assume there's some config change I need to make somewhere, but I don't know where/what that might be. What do I do?

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Accessories / Big beefy keyboard

« on: September 21, 2004, 06:02:05 pm »

What's the biggest, beefiest keyboard that works with the Z? Seems like the trend is toward tiny little ultra-portable jobbies, but I've got the built-in keyboard for that. I want something I can plop down on the desk and type for an hour on. I don't care if it doesn't fold up, and I don't care if it's wireless or not. I just want full-size keys, with a real number row, and all the important symbols accessible. What can I use?

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General Discussion / Terminal Annoyances

« on: September 01, 2004, 05:41:43 pm »

Aha! I think that's it. I have the terminal installed to internal memory, but I was cd'd into a CF directory. It wakes from suspend just fine if I'm in a non-CF directory. I don't have an SD card yet, so I can't try that.

One other bit of weirdness, though. If I go into suspend while a program is running (such as a looping Perl script or even "su"), waking from sleep will either kill that process (su) or push it to the background (Perl).

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General Discussion / Terminal Annoyances

« on: August 31, 2004, 07:34:42 pm »

Yeah, 'stty sane' fixes the backspace -- that's cool. Waking from suspend still eats my terminal, though, both the one from Sharp and the QKonsole app. Is that just how suspend works?

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General Discussion / Terminal Annoyances

« on: August 31, 2004, 12:48:43 am »

I've got some issues with the Terminal apps:

* In the regular Terminal, pressing the Cancel/On/Off button to wake from Suspend mode sends an Esc to the terminal, killing the session. Really irritating when I had a terminal session frontmost when it went into Suspend mode...

* KTerminal doesn't seem to respond to the backspace key. Maybe it's a setting that's wrong on my system, but I don't know where to look. This little keyboard is tricky enough as it is, ignoring the backspace just makes it harder.

Any fixes/workarounds for either of these issues?

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5x00 General discussions / Screen Rotation on SL-5500

« on: August 25, 2004, 05:44:05 pm »

Which rotation package are you using?

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General Discussion / All my new apps disappeared!

« on: August 25, 2004, 05:31:36 pm »

I flashed my new 5500 back to the Sharp ROM this morning and installed a few apps (the Hancom stuff and Terminal). I put the Z in my pocket and went to lunch. When I got back, I pulled it out and turned it on, and it started booting up. I thought that was odd, since I didn't turn it off.

Once it was done booting, it was just like the first time I flashed it -- none of the new apps were there, and the sound setting changes I'd made were undone.

It's possible that a button or two got pressed in my pocket, but surely there's not a button combination that reverts back to the stock ROM setup? What might have happened?

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Been thinking about this -- is it possible that the Z re-flashed itself? The CF card with the ospack was still in the slot when this happened. I've since deleted the ospack.

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General Discussion / Identifying your ROM

« on: August 25, 2004, 11:32:40 am »

I got one! I got one!

Just bought a 5500. It didn't have the stock ROM, though. I'm going to put on the Sharp ROM while I get used to it, then I'll look around and see what else is out there.

Before I get rid of this one, though, I'd like to know what it is in case I want it back later. How can I tell what ROM I'm using?

System Info->Version shows:
Qtopia 1.5.0
Linux Kernel 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-emb
Zaurus 0.0

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Update: I figured it out, accidentally. I rebooted, and the splash screen told me it was The Kompany ROM.

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5x00 General discussions / 5500 vs 5600

« on: August 12, 2004, 03:06:05 pm »

I know the differences between the two units on paper, but I'm interested in personal experiences of the 5500 and 5600. Is there a significant speed difference? Which keyboard is better? Is there anything you can do with a 5600 that you can't with a 5500?