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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Rc8 C860 No Sound

« on: January 13, 2005, 08:58:24 pm »

An update... I grabbed a copy of lsof, and recalled that fuser also serves the purpose. Both show nothing (i.e., /dev/dsp -> /dev/sound/dsp is free, according to them). Yet, any attempt to start esd | esdcat | esdctl yields "Can't open /dev/dsp!". I am running as root.

Any ideas?..

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Rc8 C860 No Sound

« on: January 13, 2005, 07:29:09 pm »

I have a related (I believe) problem. XMMS will often refuse to play the next (MP3) file in a sequence, for no apparent reason. Any further attempt to do anything sound related (restart esd, run mpg123, etc.) results in an error message "/dev/dsp: Device a resource busy" or "Can't open /dev/dsp!". This does not go away when I kill X. I couldn't immediately identify who is holding /dev/dsp (esd is not running, and an attempt to start it results in this same error message), and fstat is not available...

Two separate questions: (1) Why can this be happening in the first place? (2) Once it has happened, what can I do, short of rebooting?

FWIW, this is in RC8 only; I can't recall seeing it in RC5.

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Cxx0 General discussions / C860 keyboard stops responding problem

« on: September 15, 2004, 02:03:32 pm »

I've had this problem recently since upgrading to Cacko 1.21b, on resuming from suspends

The keyboard froze on me today on resuming from suspend (pdaXrom 1.1.0 "Kathrin" RC3). I had an Ambicom WiFi card inserted. Now, I remember reading something about this (or similar?) problem being solved by moving a cardctl (?) command by a line or two in some script. But I can't find that page anymore... Does anybody remember it? Thanks much in advance!

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Cxx0 General discussions / Do I need a power converter for the C860?

« on: August 31, 2004, 03:44:09 pm »

FWIW, http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/tips/Zaurus_...accessories.htm mentions a world adapter (100-240 V), which seems to be about as small as the native one. Not too cheap though.

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General Discussion / c860 vs 6000

« on: August 19, 2004, 03:52:16 pm »

I'm another person planning to buy a Z, and have been hesitating between a 6000L and a C860. I was somewhat biased towards the clamshell, and reading this thread seems to have amplified that feeling. I do have a few extra questions though, concerning the C860 (hope you can bear with me - most if not all of them *are* newbie!):

1. I've read that you can "brick" the thing if you make a mistake updating the ROM. How much of a danger is there really? What should I watch out for? (I am a professional UNIX developer, but my current experience with PDAs is, well, zero.)

2. Which ROM would people recommend for starters? What I want to do is some text editing/emailing, some Web surfing, perhaps a few games. I'd like to run X if it's practical.

3. How much of a nuisance are the Japanese characters on/near the keys? In particular, did I get it right that the Ctrl and Alt keys are not marked in English?

4. How well does it work with Bluetooth? What card(s) is/are recommended? Any success/failure stories?

Thanks much in advance!

                                                                                                             Stefan