Messages

1

5x00 General discussions / Most "alive" Rom/image For The Sl5500 Right Now?

« on: March 16, 2006, 01:42:12 am »

standard problem with dns and cash ;(

http://openzaurus.sf.net/ will work always anyway
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=115137\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

So when is the full release of OZ 3.5.4 or 3.5.4.1 due to happen? It doesn't appear on the mirrors as of the 15th of March. I'm curious, since I haven't had a working version of any ROM on my SL-5500 for quite a while now. I haven't touched it in about 6-8 months, and I couldn't get it to sync to a machine running SuSE 9.3 (or more recently 10.0), or access the repositories online.

Also, does the package manager work properly on the new ROM? Would I be able to set up the mirrors as sources?

-Copperlion

2

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: June 03, 2005, 06:05:29 pm »

With the binaries, did you just download, extract, and copy the files into their proper directories? How did you install them?

From a quick look at the tarball I'd say do the following (as root):

cd /
tar -zxvf /path/to/the/tarball/gpe-multisync.tar.gz

This will extract the files to locations under /usr


Si
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=82608\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Multisync seems to be installed under /usr/local for SuSE 9.2, rather than just /usr. When I try to move the files to what I think are the proper locations, Multisync still doesn't see them. Right now, Multisync doesn't want to start since I tried what you suggested, only I did it as superuser, and I can't find the files that were extracted. It could be that my system is messed up since I tried upgrading my KDE installation to 3.4, and I can't start a session as root from the login screen. I can only seem to do this stuff as superuser for the moment.

3

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: June 02, 2005, 02:31:16 pm »

I haven't built anything from source. I apt-get installed multisync and used the binary plugin from http://handhelds.org/~florian/multisync/gpe-multisync.tar.gz.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=80924\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

With the binaries, did you just download, extract, and copy the files into their proper directories? How did you install them?

I've been using Linux (SuSE specifically) for over 3 years now, and there's obviously a lot I still need to learn. I'm not as familiar with command-line interface as I would like, and I haven't spent much time installing packages beyond what I get through the YaST installer. I haven't tried the SuSE version of apt-get (I think it's called apt4-rpm or something like that), but I might give it a shot in the near future if I can find some time.

I've tried a few things to see if I could get the sources to build correctly. Nothing has worked so far.
With the errors I posted, would that suggest I need to update some development files? I'm not sure what lardman means by "look into" glib.h and pkg-config.

4

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: May 02, 2005, 10:50:31 am »

Sorry for not getting back to this. I've had way too much to do this weekend to get around to looking at my Zaurus or getting it to sync with my computer. I'll try to get to it sometime this week.

5

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: April 26, 2005, 12:02:44 am »

OK-
I have extracted the files, and I have found the Makefile in each directory. I get a slew of errors when I try to build them, however. Here's a sample:

Code: [Select]

copperlion:/usr/local/lib/multisync/libgpevtype # make PREFIX=/usr
make: pkg-config: Command not found
make: pkg-config: Command not found
cc -Os -fomit-frame-pointer  -MD -Wall   -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -fPIC -D_GNU_SOU
RCE -DPACKAGE=\"libgpevtype\" -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DPACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR=\"/usr/shar
e/locale\" -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DPACKAGE=\"libgpevtype\" -I. -c tag-db.c -o tag-db
.o
tag-db.c:10:18: glib.h: No such file or directory
In file included from tag-db.c:11:
gpe/tag-db.h:19: error: parse error before '*' token
gpe/tag-db.h:20: error: parse error before '*' token
gpe/tag-db.h:20: error: parse error before '*' token
gpe/tag-db.h:20: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `gpe_tag_list
_prepend'
gpe/tag-db.h:20: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
tag-db.c:14: error: parse error before '*' token
tag-db.c: In function `gpe_tag_list_free':
tag-db.c:16: error: `GSList' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:16: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
tag-db.c:16: error: for each function it appears in.)
tag-db.c:16: error: `i' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:18: error: `tags' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:22: warning: implicit declaration of function `g_free'
tag-db.c:27: warning: implicit declaration of function `g_slist_free'
tag-db.c: At top level:
tag-db.c:30: error: parse error before '*' token
tag-db.c:31: error: parse error before '*' token
tag-db.c:32: warning: return type defaults to `int'
tag-db.c: In function `gpe_tag_list_prepend':
tag-db.c:33: warning: implicit declaration of function `g_malloc'
tag-db.c:33: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
tag-db.c:35: warning: implicit declaration of function `g_strdup'
tag-db.c:35: error: `tag' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:35: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
tag-db.c:36: error: `value' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:38: warning: implicit declaration of function `g_slist_prepend'
tag-db.c:38: error: `data' undeclared (first use in this function)
tag-db.c:38: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast
make: *** [tag-db.o] Error 1
copperlion:/usr/local/lib/multisync/libgpevtype #This is following the instructions, as far as I can tell, but it doesn't appear to be working.
Any suggestions?

6

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: April 25, 2005, 03:04:59 pm »

I'll help (I'll install it in parallel on my Manrdake 10 box), where are you up to currently?


Si
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=76714\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

I have managed to find and download the packages mentioned, unzipped the tarballs, and now am wondering which source directory they are talking about. I don't see any directory marked as source in the stuff I unzipped, and Multisync has stuff spread all over the place. Which directory should I be looking for?
If I look in the directories that have been created by unzipping the tarballs, and run make from within those directories, should that work? I don't remember seeing anything that would allow me to build from those locations. (There's usually a MAKEFILE in the directory to direct the program to the proper object file, isn't there?)

Thank you in advance for any help.

7

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: April 25, 2005, 01:45:57 am »

Am I on my own to decipher what the instructions koen linked to mean for a SuSE system? Has anyone here managed to get the GPE plugin for Multisync to work? Has anyone managed to get their Zaurus using the GPE ROM to sync using anything other than Multisync?
I recognize that I don't have enough experience with this stuff to figure it out blindly, but I'd be happy to learn if I could just get a little assistance getting started. I'm not a software developer, and I've been teaching myself how to configure and run SuSE with some help from the SuSE Linux Support Forums. The Zaurus is a completely new ballgame. I'm mostly self-taught, so I haven't picked up as much of the conventions and skills that others might have. With just a little bit of direction, I can figure out a lot, though.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm not making sense of the directions koen linked to.

8

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: April 19, 2005, 07:53:58 pm »

See http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/GpeSync for the latest information on syncing.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=75904\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

And for those like me who are not as familiar with makeing (installing from source) plugins for programs, the simple and straitforward instructions would be?  

I'm trying to say that I'm not sure which source folder they are talking about, and the link only gives me one file instead of the 3 they talk about. I can find the files and download them separately, but what folder should I be downloading them to and installing them from for this to work? I've used make before, but only to install the ATI video drivers on my SuSE box (at one point it requires the user to make modules and make install). I'm still learning the command-line interface, though I'm only one or two steps ahead of the complete novice.

I know I've been pampered with YaST, and easy rpm installation for most of what I use.

9

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / How To Sync With Gpe?

« on: April 18, 2005, 08:20:01 pm »

I'm running SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional on my PC. GPE is on my SL-5500. I've seen something about a gpe-sync plugin for multisync, but I'm not really following what it's asking me to do. I'm assuming the plugin will work for the GPE-ROM on collie.

Does anyone have simple, easy-to-follow instructions for setting up the Z to sync properly from the cradle?

I definitely prefer the look and feel of GPE over OPIE, but if I can't get the Z to sync with GPE, I'll be switching back.

10

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / More Newbie Questions of OZ 3.5.1

« on: November 24, 2004, 04:37:53 pm »

I managed to download the Packages file from the OZ feed. I edited it to only include the packages I had downloaded to my CF card, and things went generally well. I did some manipulation to get it to recognize the file locations as well. Unfortunately, it still isn't installing correctly. It says that the install is successful, but I can't find the files I've installed.
Using the ipkg command in the terminal has so far been unsuccessful as well. Any suggestions?

11

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz 3.5.1 security ... problems/ fix

« on: November 24, 2004, 04:32:01 pm »

I've been trying everything I can think of to get the opie-securityplugin-pim to install, and so far I've had no success. I managed to get the package manager to find the Packages file on my CF card, and it tells me that it has been successful after I told it to install them. I can't find the executables or the icons for the games, however, so I'm disinclined to believe it.
Attempting the ipkg command from the terminal has been unsuccessful as well. When installing the pim using ipkg, it gives me an error, and says that it can't find the multiauth plugin, and is unable to access opie-security.
Any suggestions?

12

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / More Newbie Questions of OZ 3.5.1

« on: November 19, 2004, 10:23:17 am »

using file:///mnt/cf, the package manager finds the package file, but I still can't get it to install the files.
I haven't had the time to try installing from the command line, but as soon as I finish my job interview today, I should have some time.
-More later
-CopperLion

13

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / More Newbie Questions of OZ 3.5.1

« on: November 18, 2004, 08:30:16 pm »

Is there another graphical package manager for Opie or OZ that works with ipk files on cf or sd?
I tried pulling the Package file from the downloadable files at Openzaurus.org, and stuck that on my CF with the ipks that I want to install. I then tried to tell the package manager that /mnt/cf was a valid server. It checked the Packages file on the CF, but returned an error, because the locations specified in the file were wrong. I actually read somewhere that <ipkg> and the GUI package manager for OZ check for the Package file, and have trouble installing anything without it.
I was planning to try using <ipkg> at the command-line tonight, and I'll post the results if it works. I'll even try manipulating the Package file and see what happens.

-CopperLion

14

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz 3.5.1 security ... problems/ fix

« on: November 12, 2004, 10:22:42 am »

So where would I be likely to find such a plugin? I've done some Google searching and come up blank. I've also seached every location that I'm already aware of to find any sort of security plugin, and I haven't found anything that specifically mentions the kind of security that I'm looking for.

15

Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz 3.5.1 security ... problems/ fix

« on: November 10, 2004, 11:22:05 pm »

I just switched to the OZ 3.5.1 ROM, and it appears that I no longer have the ability to set up a security passcode for startup of my Z. Do I have to load a separate plugin for this function, or is it a plugin already on the Z that just isn't working, similar to what ozzric100 posted?
I looked at ozzric's post, and I don't seem to have that particular file on my Z. I'm still pretty new to the Zaurus experience. (It's my first PDA, and I've had it for less than a month, so feel free to poke fun at my inexperienced questioning- I promise not to be offended.  )
The obvious question I'm asking is what the libmultiauth* will do- and will it be necessary to enable the security functions of the original Sharp ROM?
Also, are there other security plugins that you would reccommend? I don't have wireless for it yet, but I would like to be able to password-protect an occaisional file. Among other things, my Z will function as my personal finance tracker (which I want password-protected beyond the rest of the functions of the Z). If I will be able to protect files individually, I might even use it as a gaming prop in LARP-style games.
Thanks in advance for any advice you decide to provide!