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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How Do I Add Feeds?

« on: July 15, 2006, 02:36:31 am »

         I have perl and python repositories working
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Did you test to see if 'ipkg search' works on your perl feed? I added the perl feed to my /etc/ipkg dir as /etc/ipkg/perl-feed.conf and was able to install perl with a simple 'ipkg install perl' BUT if I try and do a search with:

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root@spitz:~# ipkg search 'perl*'
root@spitz:~#All I get back is nothing. I can install other things if I know the ipkg name, but search isn't searching... I've already done 'ipkg update' and nothing. Searching works for packages in the regular feeds already set up in OZ 3.5.4.1 but not for the new perl feed I added.

Any ideas?  

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5x00 General discussions / Lost+found Directory

« on: December 31, 2005, 04:44:16 pm »

The way to tell what a directory entry actually is would be to examine the long listing from the 'ls' command:

From my ubuntu system, I did an 'ls' of a few files just to give you a bit of an explanation.

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$ ls -ld /dev/{xconsole,hda,null,cdrom} /dev /etc/passwd /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  14480 2005-12-31 07:35 /dev
brw-rw----   1 root cdrom  3, 0 2005-10-30 21:09 /dev/hda
crw-rw-rw-   1 root root   1, 3 2005-10-30 21:09 /dev/null
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 3 2005-10-30 21:09 /dev/cdrom -> hda
prw-r-----   1 root adm       0 2005-12-31 14:30 /dev/xconsole
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   1438 2005-09-18 17:39 /etc/passwd
srwxrwxrwx  1 mysql mysql 0 2005-10-30 21:09 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
When you do an 'ls' with the '-l' command you get the permissions and other attributes of the files listed. With regular files like /etc/passwd you only see file permissions,

-rw-r--r--  which translates to User has read/write permissions, Group has read permission, and Others have read permission. But if you look closely and if you remember from seeing other listings of files, there is one extra space beyond the 9 required to show Read, Write, eXecute permissions for User, Group, and Others. That first space is an indicator of what kind of file it is.

Regular files won't have anything but a dash usually.
Directories will start with a leading 'd' as /dev has above.
Block device files start with a leading 'b' as /dev/hda has above.
Character device files start with a leading 'c' as /dev/null has above.
Symbolic Links start with a leading 'l' (that's ELL) as /dev/cdrom has above.
Pipes (FIFO's) start with a leading 'p' as /dev/xconsole has above.
Sockets start with a leading 's' as /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock has above.

Generally I've not had much sucess with finding usable data in the lost+found directory. Sometimes you might get a snippet of something though and when you do, you're really glad that it was there. If anything it can help you decide what needs to be updated on your system (if you're using rpm and such) because you can sometimes determine if certain packages were corrupted and then have rpm re-install them.

Hope that helps.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Can A Serialio Sharp Serial To Db9 Cable Originlly

« on: December 23, 2005, 11:16:39 pm »

Well I've hooked up the stock Sharp CE-170TS serial cable to both my SL-6000L and my SL-C3100 Zauri and have had no problems hooking them up to my PC's serial port to access the serial console. Nothing fried, nothing died though I've heard other people talk about the serial port on the C3100 not being usable for certain things but so far I haven't had any issues whatsoever. *shrugs*

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko 1.23 + Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard Problems

« on: December 23, 2005, 02:33:57 pm »

wahhh... ok... i'm ok now.  

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General Discussion / Sl-6000 Poll

« on: December 23, 2005, 12:09:41 am »

Well I started with the SL-5600 and then moved up to the SL-6000L when it came out and now have a C3100. I still have the 5600 and 6000. I love all of them

I have the sled for the 6000 and I had a great holster (was actually for a pair of binoculars) for it but then the holster busted shortly after getting my C3100. I couldn't take my 6000 with me and the C3100 BUT since the 6000 is very, very rugged I've decided to make the 6000 my rough-n-tough field machine. I don't worry about it, it's able to hold it's own and I don't mind scratching up the outside anymore.

I love the Tosa. I wouldn't give it up for anything  Upgrading it via hardware hacks now, well that's another matter...  

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko 1.23 + Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard Problems

« on: December 21, 2005, 08:56:30 pm »

guess not eh... *sigh*

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / How To Get The Hitachi 4 Gb Microdrive Out?

« on: December 20, 2005, 08:25:07 pm »

I definitely feel for you Tombraider    I also made the mistake of jamming my microdrive into the CF slot right away (was excited) and then found it was very interesting getting it back out again.

Definitely once you do manage to get it out you'll want to add a piece of tape (I used clear scotch tape) to make a pull-tab BUT make sure you don't cover the hole that says "Don't cover this hole" otherwise... well, you'll find out if you do but you won't because you'll be careful, right?

Anyway, hopefully you have some sort of fingernails available to help you in this, on the day that I was messing with my microdrive I happened to have not cut my fingernails really short and was able to use them as 'pincers' to grab the CORNERS of the microdrive where the itty bitty screws go in to hold it together. Then with sure but steady force I was able to pry the drive straight up and out. I wouldn't wiggle it, just grab where the screws are and pull right up.

Your fingers might hate you afterward but you should have a good drive. Just make sure you pull it out slowly or you'll risk dropping your lovely microdrive to the floor and that'd be a bad thing.

As for the pull-tab via tape solution I've had no problems with a piece than ran down both sides of the drive (front and back) more or less in the middle of the drive and having the piece of tape form a tab at the top. It's never come loose, it's never gummed up the drive, and it's never gotten in the way. I've had this microdrive for over a year and no problems with it or the tape. I hope yours gives you many years of good service

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko 1.23 + Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard Problems

« on: December 20, 2005, 08:17:43 pm »

Hallo! Firstly I'd like to say THANK YOU to Anton Maslovsky and all those who have helped with debugging and testing and suggestions for Cacko. I installed it on my C3100 (after previously using a hideously hacked up kernel amongst other things) and it is WONDERFUL.

I've gotten everything working on it right out of the box and it's been a pleasure to use. Really my hat is off to all of you.

Now to my reason for posting: I use a ThinkOutside Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard. I am able to get it recognized easily with Cacko and my Socket 2.5+ Bluetooth Card Rev G. but my keyboard mapping is haywire. I previously had it working quite well using Tetsu's v18b kernel for the C3100 and a re-worked hidp.o that I got from:

Something Interesting Archives (Japanese)

When I switched over to Cacko 1.23 naturally my modifications were gone but I had somehow hoped upon hope that my bluetooth keyboard would work just fine (everything else did so I thought I was on a roll   .)

Unfortunately, that just isn't the case. I've tried replacing the hidp.o and usbkbd.o that I had from my Tetsu kernel and the modified one from the Something Interesting Archives blog but to no avail. Nothing works. It seems the keys are off and just aren't responding right. I can't use KeyHelper to remap some of the keys it seems as some of them are making Sharp Special codes like 0x200e or some such and they just show up as ffff in KeyHelper and I can't input the correct letter for those.

Anyone have any ideas? Cacko 1.23 has made me a believer  I can't say thank you enough for all the work that's gone into it. I'll definitely be a regular financial supporter of this project here on out and I'd definitely not have any problems being a guinea pig, especially if it involves fixing the keyboard  

Thanks for any help whatsoever!

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Nevermind. It's Been Fixed.

« on: December 18, 2005, 05:24:44 pm »

Actually, the two 9MB partitions aren't useless. If you've ever done an 'ls -la' on them you'll find that they've got a .sys folder in them which has some tarballs.

From what I recall they're used when the system boots into the backup/restore system and launches some sort of rudimentary operating environment which only handles the backup and restore so it can get a reliable backup/restore without files being in use, etc.

Please note that what I say here is pieced together from my rather interesting memory and having scanned a few posts about them somewhere that I can't remember. But the main thing is that the partitions do have a use and I can't remember whether or not the special areas get the .sys folder and other tarballs recreated in them or not.

Just figured I'd throw my 50 cents in  I do agree that it's rather lame to have goofy baby partitions... perhaps it's something like the PC Bios limitation on accessing files above 1024 cylinders in order to boot? I remember having to create small 16mb /boot partitions to hold nothing but the kernel and some other system files so that LILO could boot linux. I don't know if there's something similar with ARM or not. Maybe sharp just figured two little required partitions would be the only way they could guarantee that certain system things would just be there and they wouldn't need to worry about it *SHRUGS*

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Qt/Qtopia / Sharp Zaurus Sdk The Easy Way

« on: November 17, 2005, 10:35:57 pm »

Ever seen puppy linux, Meanie? Puppy Linux can boot off of most things. It loads completely into memory. If you use a CD, you can actually have Puppy Linux write everything ---back--- to the CD that was changed so you actually can --save-- your work and not lose it. Neato.

Puppy Linux

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5x00 General discussions / Problem With Hidden Ssid

« on: October 17, 2005, 10:58:19 pm »

Don't know what to tell you really. Even with my laptops using certain cards seemed to give me this same problem. I couldn't associate until I set the SSID to broadcast.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Bluetooth

« on: October 07, 2005, 10:24:26 pm »

Ya don't say... hmmmmmm.... now to find that blue-capped ambicom and give'er a spin!

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / User Guide Online

« on: October 07, 2005, 10:14:50 pm »

I second what GadgetGuy says about those who aren't really expecting support. They would generally not buy from you.

I always end up buying some high-end laptop that is never really supported by the vendor when it comes to putting linux on it and so I have to hack around to get things working. But basically I do all that I must in order to get it working. I never expected any support from Sharp (I bought Sharp laptops, namely the Actius MM20 and Actius PC-AL27, very nice... both of them) and never got any. They never said they'd support it so it didn't matter.

Depending on whether you've got the time and/or ability to create very useful applications, y ou may be able to get business simply from providing better software or customized solutions. Either way, Sharp Zaurii won't ever really be an "in" thing like an iPod. I personally don't care for the iPod so much but it just works for most people and it looks cool.

Unfortunately the Zaurus looks cool, really cool in fact, but not everything "just works" and usually do anything neat or what people would expect standard these days (bluetooth support) isn't and doesn't work out of the box.

EmperorLinux has made a nice business for themselves by taking laptops that may not normally work very well (or at all) with Linux and created custom kernels and software sets to make them work perfectly (or very nearly). Things that cause people lots of trouble (suspend/resume, hibernation, etc) on laptops under linux are handled by EmperorLinux so end users don't have to bother with it. Many people buy their laptops just for that reason. The end-user may very well be capable with linux systems but just not want to bother with the headaches of getting a laptop running right.

Might want to check them out. I personally have never bought a laptop from EmperorLinux but I have thought about sending in my MM20 for a depot install. I just never got around to it

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Bluetooth

« on: October 07, 2005, 04:13:36 am »

No it isn't worth opening. Don't buy it. I bought one (remembering that I had read somewhere on here that the ambicom was supported but completely forgetting that it was the version with the BLACK cap... *sigh) and found out after I  got home that it was hopeless.

I didn't return it for a couple of reasons... 1. I'd really thrashed the packaging...  2. it did work for my laptop with the pcmcia adapter, so I figured I could still use it.   3. i hoped one day it might work.

I bought the blue cap version last year... it still doesn't work. .... LOL

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Flash Life Expectancy On Cxx00 Series?

« on: October 07, 2005, 01:34:21 am »

Every man truly "needs" a Z. It's a fact of life. Just like a wife truly "needs" 10 pairs of shoes (at least) and 5 different purses (minimum)

And remember... every wife generally upgrades their shoe/purse collection frequently during their lifetime.