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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe Calendar And Weddav

« on: March 29, 2006, 11:37:34 am »

GPE seems to be working really nicely here with OZ 3.5.4 on my Zaurus collie.  I am using Sunbird Calendar (windows) at my office and the calendar extension in Thunderbird (Mepis Linux) at home.  I have access to a server that supports webdav and save the calendar there from both locations so I have an up to date version of my calendar that I can read and edit from work or at home.  

What I am wondering is whether there is a way to access the same calendar using GPE Calendar.  Will it support loading and editiing a remote file in this way?   It doesn't look like there is a way to do it but I thought I would ask here in case anyone knows a way.

Ken

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe, Gaim, Package Manager, Mail

« on: March 27, 2006, 10:59:51 pm »

Sylpheed installed easily but I can't get around on the small screen to set  up accounts.  Will tinker futher but it looks like it doesn't work in the small format.

See https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=101415 to make sylpheed run a bit better on QVGA.
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Great, thanks, good progress.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe, Gaim, Package Manager, Mail

« on: March 27, 2006, 11:46:54 am »

2) gpe-mini-browser or minimo
3) you could try sylpheed
4) gaim-2.0 is what you're looking for
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Thanks, lots of good stuff there.

I have been doing fine with the command line package installation.  The gui package manager doesn't work.

Didn't find minimo but gpe-mini-browser and dillo both look pretty good.

Sylpheed installed easily but I can't get around on the small screen to set  up accounts.  Will tinker futher but it looks like it doesn't work in the small format.

Gaim works just fine.

Looking good ..  . . just need to get an email program working.

Ken

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe, Gaim, Package Manager, Mail

« on: March 27, 2006, 02:10:47 am »

I have managed to get both gpe and opie images of 3.5.4 running from the sd card as root using altboot.

I have again spent most of a weekend trying to get opie working well, and, well, I must be opie challenged.  The package manger is worse than before, konqueror still doesn't install propertly and so far as I can see opie t is no better than the earlier version which, for me at least, was interesting but not useable for actual work.

Poking around in gpe, it is lookng more complete than before but I still have these issues:

1.  Are other finding that the package manager crashes often with a message about the back end having failed?

2.  Is dillo what people are using for a web browser?

3.  I would like to install gpe-mail but it isn't in the stock feed.

4.  I would like to install gpe-gaim but it isn't there either.

I have had a lot of fun with my collie in the year and a half that I have had it, but I am begining to think it will be obsolete before I figure out how to actually get it set up as a useable device.

Ken

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe-mail

« on: March 26, 2006, 07:32:05 pm »

I have OZ 3.5.4 set up to boot from sd using altboot and I am exploring GPE.  I see mention of gpe-mail but can't find it in the package list.  mailx is there, but I am guessing that is not the same thing.  Any hints?

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5x00 General discussions / Altboot On Sl-5500

« on: March 25, 2006, 06:39:37 pm »

Similar to question I posted at
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18467&hl=

I have a feeling there is some step we are missing, related to what is the right kind of image file to use and where to get it.

Does someone know the answers?

Cheers

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Using Altboot For Opie And Gpe From Sd On Collie

« on: March 25, 2006, 05:37:07 pm »

Thanks for all the work on this new release, it looks good.  I have done a 64-0 install on my Collie choosing Opie.  So far so good, but I want to move the root to the SD card.

I have read http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/docs/altboot.shtml and I think I understand it.

I went to
http://ewi546.ewi.utwente.nl/mirror/www.op...ollie/tarballs/
and got all 3 images, bootstrap, gpe and opie.  I put them on the cf card, put that into the zaurus and used filemanager to copy them across to the sd card putting them into a folder called /boot-images.

Hoping it was a simple as that, I rebooted the zaurus, and from the Altboot menu, chose 8 Install RootFS from tar.gz.

I got an error saying that altboot doesn't yet support using multiple files this way, so I deleted the bootstrap and gpe files leaving the opie version called opie-image-3.5.4-collie.rootfs.tar.gz

Rebooted and made the same menu choice.  Got the same error.

I would like to end up being able to use Altboot to choose from opie or gpe when booting but I am missing something.  

Any suggestions?

Ken

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5x00 Hardware / Targus Keyboard On Z5500

« on: November 12, 2005, 08:36:43 pm »

I am using OZ 3.5.4(rc) on a Zaurus 5500.  I have a Targus "Universal Wireless Keyboard" that I understand can be used on the Z.  So far I don't have it running.

I wanted to use the Z in Landscape mode and found that I can change the direction of the screen rotation in the Appearance settings.  That is good because otherwise the IR port would be facing down and not be accessible.

Questions I have at this point are

What is the best way to attach the Z to the keyboard?  

What package do I need to install in the Z to get it talking to the keyboard?

Anyone else doing this?  I know that it does get used with the Z, but haven't got it going here yet.

Cheers
Ken

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5x00 Hardware / take a 5500 apart ??

« on: November 12, 2005, 08:24:47 pm »

I have a broken 5500 Z. I would like to take it apar. I have taken out the 4 scews in the battery compartment, the 2 on the top and 1 on the side. At this point it starts to seperate.  I believe I am missing 1 or more screws. Can someone point out where they are??
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There is a good source of info about this at:

[a href=\"http://repair4pda.org/disassembly_sharp.html]Zaurus Dissasembly[/url]

Ken

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: September 30, 2005, 02:36:42 am »

Has anyone got this working with the Henteges version of OZ?  The packages seem to install but don't run properly here on my 5500.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gaim, Xmms, Opera......

« on: December 09, 2004, 01:19:06 am »

I installed Gaim (w/ all those libraries) and it just can't open...I really wonder...

I have the service pack version of this installed and I can get it to work with icq but not with yahoo or msn.  Have others been able to get it to work?

 

Installed Opera 7.3 (using compat) and konqueror...
But they just crash TOOO often....(might be because of those crazy javascript and flash in the website)
how can I make them "stable", is there any CSS code that I can edit (Just like firefox)

I haven't tried Opera but once I followed the instructions about which libraries to install and got my wireless networking operating, konqueror worked.  Mine crashes to but it seems to be the result of my root folder where it puts it cache folders running out of room.  I can't find anywhere to change that, I would like it to be on the sd card which is where I have konqueror installed.

ANd finally, is there any tutorial page for the use of those krimst, wellenreiter....

Sorry for my terrible English, English isn't my first language afterall

Hey, your English is just fine.

As to wellenreiter, Iron Geek has some good stuff at
Iron Geek

Cheers

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Konqueror-embedded And Its Cache

« on: December 09, 2004, 01:01:42 am »

I have the same problem.  It creates a series of folders with a single alpha character all in root.  But I can't see where I can set that I want the cache to be on the sd card . . . .

A
Another odd little problem is that in its display of text from a web page it repeats the first letter of a paragraph as the first character on the line above the paragraph like the "A" before this paragraph.  Not sure what that is about.

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Linux Issues / Help ! Can\'t ping the Zaurus

« on: November 12, 2004, 01:18:56 pm »

I am having the same problem with an SL5500 and Mandrake 10.1.

These are from the PC:



[root@full log]# lsmod | grep usb
usbnet                 25832  0
mii                     4992  1 usbnet
usb-storage            72932  0
scsi_mod              114648  4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,usb-storage
usblp                  12288  0
usbcore                99132  6 usbnet,usb-storage,usblp,uhci-hcd
[root@full log]# modprobe usbnet
[root@full log]# modprobe modprobe [u, o, e]hci_hcd
FATAL: Module modprobe not found.
[root@full log]# modprobe [u, o, e]hci_hcd
FATAL: Module [u, not found.
[root@full log]# /sbin/route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.129.201 *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 usb0
192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
default         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
[root@full log]# /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.129.201 0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 usb0
192.168.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         192.168.0.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
[root@full log]# /sbin/ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:B0:D0:19:80:0E
          inet addr:192.168.0.101  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fe19:800e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:40027 errors:14 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:14
          TX packets:23381 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:12957494 (12.3 Mb)  TX bytes:2247056 (2.1 Mb)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xdc00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:17937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:17937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:1876343 (1.7 Mb)  TX bytes:1876343 (1.7 Mb)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 86:4E:1B:08:7D:0D
          inet addr:192.168.129.1  Bcast:192.168.129.255  Mask:255.255.255.255
          inet6 addr: fe80::844e:1bff:fe08:7d0d/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0   TX bytes:25976 (25.3 Kb)

[root@full log]#


On the Zaurus, the same commands all came up blank.  The first two responded

Kernel IP routing table
with the headings for the table of data but the tables were empty.

The third command gave no response at all.

The 5500 is new to me.  The systme info screen says Opie 0.9.3, kernel 2.4.6-rmk1-embed and OpenZaurus 3.2

I have a feeling there are some networking packages missing in this unit.  Several pages suggest using the Network Setup Application.  Although there is a Network icon in Settings, it comes up with a Connections tab and a Profiles Tab and both are empty.  There all of the buttons ask you to set an interface first and there are none.  

I am thinking I am missing some network components on the Zaurus and perhaps should put in the new 3.5.1 ROM image but I have heard the packaging module isn't working in that and I don't know which image to use (I have a 256 meg SD card and and 512 meg CF card plus a CF wireless lan card.).

Ken

 


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