Background:
- Zaurus SL-6000L (what a great little machine, by the way)
- wireless AP configured as DHCP server, no WEP
- gpe rom is beautiful, but not functional enough for real use, opie rom looks ok and mostly works, so thats what I have described below
- I would welcome any comments about how to do anything better, or how to avoid some of these steps...
1) flash rom
- get appropriate files from
OZ web site- place opie.data on root of cf card as "updater.data"
- place "updater.sh" on root of cf card
- click reset button on back of Z
- hold down "OK" button while powering on
- follow on-screen prompts to flash rom, resize user space, etc.
2) enable wlan0 auto-start
- Settings/Network, click on wlan0 entry in list, click "Configure" button, click on "TCP/IP" tab, check "Automatically bring up" entry (and "DHCP" entry, if its not already checked)
3) reboot
4) edit wlan0 settings
- Settings/Network, click on wlan0 entry in list, click "Configure" button, click "Rescan Neighborhood" button on "General" tab, click on your AP once its found
- enter appropriate ssid, set channel if desired
- WEP does not appear to work - leave it disabled
- wireless led will now light, but connection won't yet work
5) reboot
- now wlan0 will come up and DHCP connection to your AP will be working
6) add
http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...5.2/feed/devel/ to package manager source list
- click "OK" when asked about rescanning feeds - package manager might lock up (it often does, which is documented on OZ website), but just keep trying - it should work eventually
7) install service-release-*.ipk, oz-compat*.ipk from "upgrades" feed
if you want Opera 7 (seems to be more reliable than konqueror-embedded):
- add
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/feed/ to package manager source list
- install "opera" and "opera-cseries fix" ipks
<EDIT> - must set opera to use compatibility libs (from little 2.95>3.3 icon on Settings tab, once oz-compat ipk is installed)
- opera will work fine, but it does crash fairly often, usually on graphics-intensive sites (I usually run it in "content column, no images" mode for speed and stability
9) have fun
Other Recommendations:
- make NAND backups of your system 1) after installing base opie and 2) after installing the software you want but BEFORE running much of it (in case somethings breaks) - these backups will save you a lot of reinstallation and reconfiguration time if you get stuck (I've had to reflash several times when Z will mysteriously not work anymore, e.g. touchscreen stops responding, etc.) - remember to rename each one so they don't get over-written (since name is always "syst0006.dbk") <EDIT> - to make NAND backup:
- press RESET button on back of Z while holding down D and P buttons on keyboard (you'll eventually get used to the contortions required)
- NAND backup/restore options are on page 2 - press Page Down button to get there
- these usually work on battery power, but AC is safer!
- press RESET button on back of Z when complete, and then power on
- try KO/PI as PIM suite - I prefer it to the opie-pim apps - it works well, is full-featured, syncs well with desktop versions of itself (for some reason there is no OZ build of latest version - perhaps I'll try to make one - use the ipks in the OZ feed - they are lacking the OM/PI mail app - I use opie-mail instead
- I prefer opie-embeddedkonsole to the standard opie-console
- stay away from opie-wirelessapplet and opie-bluetoothapplet - they are both neat, but seem to bring on instability and lockups
Problems that still exist:
- package manager locks-up a lot - this IS documented (but I still like it better than cli mode)
- FN key only works in two-press mode (once for FN, once for the function key you want) - this IS documented
- no underscore at all from keyboard - this IS documented
- would love to get WEP to work (haven't tried WPA, maybe someday)
- included filemanager is a royal pita to use and has many bugs, but still seems to be the only practical option
- no version of opie-mediaplayer will play mp3s
- can't get newgroups to download from my news server using opie-mail (and it didn't work using OM/PI on the Sharp ROM either - must be something going on that I don't understand - yes, I have it configured identically to my desktop SUSE 9.1 machine where news works fine)
- xmms-embedded will not play streams, even after ensuring that their url ends in .mp3 and/or :mp3 (local mp3s play fine)
- opie-keypebble always just displays gibberish graphics (although it appears to connect to my desktop machine)
- "fbvncserver" ipk installs and works (installs ~8 icons for various flavors, rotations, etc.) but appears to be read-only - can't interact with Z from my desktop machine
- "zaurus-fbvncserver" doesnt' appear to work, and also appeared to kill my touchscreen, requiring a reflash
- opie doesn't recognize my Socket BlueTooth rev. H card out-of-the-box - this is not really surprising, but I haven't yet played around with it - probably needs a CSR-fix ipk or something
- you run out of /root space awfully quick - I'm about to start experimenting with install-to-SD stuff - will post success/failure when I know more
- I still need to figure out how to have multiple wireless configurations - probably need to add named entries to "/etc/network/interfaces" and then manage them them using ifup/ifdown - I'll post more when I figure it out...
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