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General Discussion / New Zaurus This Summer?
« on: June 10, 2005, 12:00:48 pm »
Whilst we're asking questions of TriSoft. When will the c3100 be available to buy from you guys?

Can you take a pre-order now?

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Off Topic forum / Apple With Intel Chip
« on: June 10, 2005, 03:37:52 am »
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I was all doom and gloom for abut 24 hours. But, really, this is an architecture switch comparable to the same advances that would have been made on the PowerPC if IBM had been able to deliver. I just got a new iMac over the weekend, and I have neither regret nor apprehension.

The only thing that worries me is the DRM on Intel chips. But there's no guarantee that Apple will incorporate this (it only works with Microsoft's Janus DRM, AFAIK) -- the company has traditionally worked in just enough DRM to appease the music companies and no more.
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There is some interesting commentary from a guy[1] who has also just made the switch to Apple. He raises some good points. There's also loads of eye-candy images on his website of the new 30" Apple monitor he bought  
[1] [a href=\"http://urbanmainframe.com/folders/blog/20050609/]http://urbanmainframe.com/folders/blog/20050609/[/url]

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General Discussion / Software Archive For The Zaurus
« on: June 09, 2005, 10:37:45 am »
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Hello all,

For a number of years now I've been using the Zaurus software index (www.killefiz.de/zaurus) for applications for my sl-5500. Now I've upgraded to a c1000, and I'm using the pdaxrom feeds for the software - I didn't realise until today that ZSI had been replaced by the Embedded Linux Software Index (www.elsix.org) - and it would appear that many are the same. I understand Roy who has been developing elsix.org doesn't have time to work on it any more and I was wondering if there was interest from others who would like to see a new central web-site for Zaurus software.

Key requirements:
    - Search - the index should be easily and fully searchable - almost google like in its simplicity
    - Platforms - the Zaurus community used to be rather compact, but its incredibly diverse now, and I would like to include a feature which will indicate which platform software has been created for, fully tested on and works on.
    - Easy interface - so we can use it from our Z's :-)
    - Feedback - (possibly using moderators) do dead links etc are removed
    - Version tracking for software - so each package is only mentioned once
    - Capture remote data from feeds - Feeds are used a lot now, but aren't all that helpful if you don't have access to the net from your Z. Collecting data from the feeds would save a lot of effort on the part of developers. And they could then go to the site and add information about the package (or use information from another package if its the same for a different rom etc).

Ideas taken from:
    - www.killefiz.de/zaurus - wonderful site, but a little lacking in some areas and not updated much
   - www.elsix.org - not updated much, a bit lack-luster.
   - www.versiontracker.com - wonderul site for macintosh software
   - www.rpmfind.net - very useful site for finding packages for a particular linux distro.

What do you all think?

Allan

- I'm not much of a software for an OS developer, I'm a web-developer, so this is a little way of giving something back to a very cool community...
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Well we now have two websites that initially intended to be the "central web-site for Zaurus software" and apparently neither one is. So why not help to develop the extra functionality for one or the other (probably elsix) instead of creating "yet another" website that will probably die the same death when you get bored of maintaining it in the same way as the other two have.

Thats the problem with a lot of open source software, so much reinvention of the wheel. Why not fix whats obviously broken?

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General Discussion / New Zaurus This Summer?
« on: June 09, 2005, 10:33:39 am »
My C3000 has not even arrived yet and already its being talked about as the next "dead" model.

I hope this doesn't turn out to be the next poodle in terms of development interest.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Usb Host On Oz 3.5.3 For C3000
« on: June 07, 2005, 09:42:32 am »
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root@spitz:~# modprobe usb_ohci_pxa27x
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/usb/usb_ohci_pxa27x.o
insmod: init_module: usb_ohci_pxa27x: Operation not permitted
modprobe: failed to load module usb_ohci_pxa27x
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dmesg /should/ give you a better error message in this case. As per the insmod man page:

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Only  the  most  general of error messages are reported: as the work of trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the dmesg usually gives more information about errors.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Bitbake Scripts...
« on: June 03, 2005, 09:40:36 am »
I'll try it out tonight and post the results here.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / New Keymap For C1k
« on: June 03, 2005, 04:52:26 am »
Am I right to assume that this could be applied to the C3000 eventually as well?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Safe Files On Cf Card
« on: June 03, 2005, 04:07:31 am »
In KDEPim:

You may also wish to have the program store your settings and data on the CF by default.

This could be achieved by using the 'Data storage path' setting within 'Actions->Configure->Data storage path'.

However setting this to use your CF permanently will require you to always have your CF inserted before using the apps.

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!
« on: June 03, 2005, 03:51:09 am »
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Adding double-buffering to month view would be a lot of work compared what you will gain.
I am using double-buffering in the agenda view.

z.
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Unfortunate, but understandable.

The refresh rate of the calendar view (which I use exclusively) is what originally turned me off of KO/Pi when I first tried it long, long ago, though, as I stated, I have noticed that it has improved. However, I find that it still is not as fast to update as the Sharp calendar or Qualendar (which is based off of the Sharp calendar). I guess I'm just impatient (^^;

- ashikase
- anpachi, gifu, japan
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I assume this redraw rate issue is only a problem on the Z and not on a desktop machine. I've been using KOpi on a Windows XP laptop, used for work, and a linux desktop at home. Neither machine is particularly powerful but I have never noticed this issue.

When my new c3000 arrives soon I'll most probably be putting kopi/kapi on that too so I hope I don't discover this problem.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / First Charge Of C3000
« on: June 02, 2005, 06:45:34 am »
[1]Trisoft /might/ do it for you. But I don't know what their policy is on units not supplied by them.

[1] http://www.trisoft.de

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe Image For C1000
« on: June 02, 2005, 04:00:11 am »
Well done on the rotation hack. Nice work!

As for the slbl stuff.. This is a neat workaround, but it must be difficult to remember where on the screen each icon is.

Perhaps there is some way to map combination key presses to these commands, that could provide you with a little easier access to these functions.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Ok, Kde Works; What About Gnome?
« on: June 02, 2005, 03:32:08 am »
Looks nice. Here is the jpg... [ Invalid Attachment ]

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Accessories / Serial/bluetooth Car Gps For Z?
« on: June 01, 2005, 03:59:31 am »
There are ample GPS CF adapters that will work just fine with your Z. The biggest problem you will face is getting any useful mapping/navigational software. The last time I looked into this I discovered that the concept of "free" navigational software has not quite made it into the mainstream as yet.

I am not sure if there is anything commercially available, but it is something I  would be interesting in pursuing in the future.

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ELSI General Discussion / What's Wrong With Elsi?
« on: May 31, 2005, 12:23:56 pm »
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Another problem might be the start page, at least I think the entries there are too large, so you don't see a lot of them at once. I'd show just the first line from the description on the start page, that'd make it more compact. And put the 'Recent projects' bar to the left, it's a bit lost on the right side.
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I agree with this. The start page entries are really too large, not helped by the extremely accessible    font size used on the site.

I think perhaps the index needs on there to give software categories on the first page, that would be very useful.

Also a one-line "about" or "mission statement" piece of text somewhere at the top of the page wouldn't go amiss. To the new and uninitiated user, the whole concept of the site may be lost.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Set Correct Wireless Card Driver
« on: May 27, 2005, 09:25:44 am »
I've posted on the topic of manually setting your WEP up with iwconfig multiple times and it continues to be an issue for people.

EDIT: Here is one of the most recent of these posts.

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