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6000 - Tosa / Ac Without Battery

« on: March 31, 2006, 02:57:00 pm »

I was hoping to find a way to mod it for plain old aa batteries or something else easily replaceable.  The exploding battery thing is a bit spooky.
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If you can boot it 'from AC,' you can boot it with an external battery pack. The AC adapter just provides 5 Volts DC. Four AA NiMH cells will do that just as well.

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6000 - Tosa / 6000 Head Count

« on: January 22, 2006, 07:33:54 pm »

I don't have the need to modify my 6000 because it isn't my primary pda.  It is already great for what I use it for, which is my "instant on" web machine.  It is constantly within my home's wifi range.  The only thing I would like to improve is the usb keyboard layout.  The guylhem rom is supposed to fix that, but I'm unsure of its stability.  If drwowe's cg rom addresses this, then that will complete my needs for the 6000.

As far as keyboards go, I prefer the 760's, the 3100's, the 6000's and then the 5500's last.  The 760 is just missing the Dpad, but I don't play games as much and so the directional keys are fine enough.  The 6000 and 5500 just don't cut it mainly because I hate hitting the fn key to input numbers.
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See my keyboard post at the end of the keyboard thread in the 6000 hardware forum. Building on what was already posted, I am using keyhelper with my own xml mapping file (url in my post) and I have no keyboard problems when using usb keyboards. I switch back and forth between the mapping for the built in keyboard and the usb keyboard with a simple command line entry also documented in my post.

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6000 - Tosa / Keyboards?

« on: December 10, 2005, 02:00:18 pm »

using patches, drivers and multiple hacks, yes.
and looks like you will still have problems as reported here.

is it easier, no
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What patches, drivers would I need to use?
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I tried using an IR keyoard - SK6688 - but was unable to get it to work properly with my 6000. Since I have the expansion sled, which makes my 6000 much thicker, I wouldn't be able to use it easily even if it had worked. It is easy for me to use a usb keyboard, but the mapping issues were a (minor) pain.

I fixed the mapping problems by installing keyhelper and putting the keyhelper.xml file provided earlier in this thread in my Settings directory. Then I ran khctl reload.  Wow! That was easy and almost worked. Somehow keyhelper messed up the < and > keys (shifted , and . respectively), but, with a bit of experimentation, I was able to fix that with two new mappings in the keyhelper.xml file. You can get a copy of mine at:

[a href=\"http://www.cs.unca.edu/~boyd/keyhelper.xml.txt]http://www.cs.unca.edu/~boyd/keyhelper.xml.txt[/url]

Finally, I added two aliases to my .bashrc file:

alias usb='khctl reload'
alias nusb='khctl disable'

Now I have all keys working on the usb keyboard(s) - I have several usb keyboards and they all map the same - and I enter usb at the bash prompt when I want to use a usb keyboard and nusb when I want to use the built-in keyboard. Using the built-in keyboard with the usb mapping isn't bad, but it screws up generating control keys by using shift and fn at the same time. It may have other problems that I haven't discovered, but, for causal use it is OK. It is so easy to switch back and forth that I haven't really tested using the built-in keyboard with the usb mapping

Although I look forward to using the Guyhelm ROM for other reasons, keyhelper has eliminated my need to use it to get the usb keyboard working fully.

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6000 - Tosa / Zaurus Screen -- Spare Part

« on: October 10, 2005, 06:11:04 pm »

Hi seed,

i think it's better to search for the receipt or to contact
the people were you purchased the Zaurus.
Like all displays, there's only the complete unit available
(including LCD, touchscreen and backlight).
We made a display repair for an SL-6000 and i just checked
the part and price:

Part# : VVLS040V7DD01   LCD UNIT
Price : 300.00 EUR (roughly $360)

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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Another option, or at least a temporary workaround, is to use a usb mouse. On my stock 6000, it 'just worked' when plugged in and provided most of the functionality of the touch screen. I use the touch screen instead of the mouse because there is a refresh problem with some software, but I could use the mouse for 90+ percent of the things I do with my Zaurus.

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6000 - Tosa / Wavemon And Libncurses5

« on: March 26, 2005, 09:33:08 pm »

Hello,

I've finally installed a wireless home network.  I want to use my 6kl to audit the strength of my new router.  I downloaded wavemon from the webpage to my zaurus.  I tried to install it but got a warning that libncourses5 was not installed.  So I went out the the feed and installed it.  But after installing I got a warning that states:

 "The extract of some files are failed. This application may not execute normally. When you cannot operate the application, please remove it."

First I laughed...."are failed"...is that like "your huts belong to us"?

I still get the same warning when starting wavemon.  Any idea what is wrong?

Thanks,
Roger
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The ipk you are trying to install is bad. I had the same problem - probably the same ipk - untill I got the libncurses5 ipk from the cacko feed. That one worked fine for me.

[a href=\"http://bryandeluca.com/cacko/feed/]http://bryandeluca.com/cacko/feed/[/url]

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6000 - Tosa / Keyboards?

« on: March 19, 2005, 07:59:05 pm »

I just want to follow up to my previous post in this thread concerning modifying the usbkbd module to work with my mini usb keyboard and the 6000.

First I enabled non-working keys by modifying usbkbd.c from the 6000 kernel source, compiling the module and copying to the 6000.

Then by using the keyhelper configuration file that RobbH provided earlier in this thread, I have the proper scancode combinations working with the usb keyboard.

Last I was able to set up a script that is called by the hotplugging subsystem whenever the keyboard is plugged in. By using keyhelper, this script enables the keyhelper configuration file when the keyboard is plugged in and it disables keyhelper when the keyboard is unplugged thus returning the normal functionality to the built-in keypad.

I'll be glad to go into more detail if anyone is interested.

Robert
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I'm very interested. One of the few issues I have with the stock 6000L is the odd key mapping on a usb keyboard. I've made do by remarking the keycaps and occassionaly resorting to the built in keyboard for the keys that aren't mapped, but it would be much nicer to have the proper mapping of all the keys. Would it be practical for you to post an .ipk or just a tar archive of your files? I think the usb key mapping are standard so it shouldn't be necessary to do much, if any modification for different usb keyboards.  

Thanks!

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6000 - Tosa / screen fonts on the 6000L

« on: February 22, 2005, 09:38:53 am »

Also try top ipk here:
Link

It installs larger fonts that work with sl-6000 in vga landscape mode. The site suggests installing to sd card, so I did. Very nice. Now I can see the print in qkonsole.

But they only work in Landscape mode? Bummer if true.

Thanks,

gdog
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Fortunately, fonts tend to work independly of screen orientation or screen size. These work just as well in Portrait as in Landscape mode.

I have noticed some problems with screen redraw using fonts larger than 14 point, but the 14 point font works very well for me using black font on a white background. It would be nicer if the fonts were bold.

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6000 - Tosa / screen fonts on the 6000L

« on: February 22, 2005, 09:32:10 am »

Also try top ipk here:
Link

It installs larger fonts that work with sl-6000 in vga landscape mode. The site suggests installing to sd card, so I did. Very nice. Now I can see the print in qkonsole.

But they only work in Landscape mode? Bummer if true.

Thanks,

gdog
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6000 - Tosa / USB Mouse?

« on: February 09, 2005, 09:56:37 pm »

makes me wish I had bought a USB keyboard with a downstream USB port too (one I had seen had two ports), but I was doubtful that it would work at all on the Zaurus with a mouse attached. Hence I had bought a keyboard with no extra ports at all.

Makes me repeat to myself - take risks, experiment, only  then will you learn.
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I'm using a two port USB hub - $4 at compgeeks - with a mini optical mouse - $6 at compgeeks - and a small usb keyboard - $17 at newegg. This setup works very well with my 6000 in landscape mode.
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I'll be using it to create web pages while I bicycle tour in Europe next summer. This setup weighs just over 2 pounds, and replaces about 10 pounds of laptop and accessories!