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Ubuntu / Zubuntu 2.0 Released

« on: December 08, 2009, 07:09:36 pm »

The "illegal instruction" error is apparently due to many arm packages being built for arm6 and later architectures, which are not completely compatible with arm5 as implemented in the Zaurus models.
DO NOT USE "apt-get" to install anything if you are running Zubuntu 2.0 unmodified.  This can and often will install packages with incompatible binaries which will disable your existing distribution and require a reinstall to fix.

Instead, download the individual packages and check the binaries by using readelf to check for any binaries (ex executables or libraries) which any architecture later than "v5".  Install these packages using "dpkg" instead of "apt-get".

There have been some reports of users downgrading to "Jaunty (9.04)" which is said to not use any of the incompatible binaries.  Downgrading is apparently not supported by "apt-get", and is not a trivial procedure.

Hi, pulled out my Z after a long time to try Zubuntu 2.0, and I like it!
Anything new on the illegal instruction problem?

apt-get upgrade fails when trying to update bash due to an illegal instruction.

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Ubuntu / Zubuntu 2.0 Released

« on: December 05, 2009, 04:17:53 am »

Once Zubuntu 2.0 is installed, is it possible to use apt-get to downgrade it to Jaunty ?  I'm trying to find a relatively simple way to eliminate the v6 and v7 arch binaries so I don't get the "illegal instruction" errors on my C3000.  I understand that Jaunty does not seem to have the v6 and above binaries.

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Security and Networking / Wli2-cf-s11 In Monitor Mode (rfmon) ?

« on: January 25, 2005, 09:23:06 am »

I have a WLI2-CF-S11 network card I'd like to have working with kismet.  This card requires the orinoco_cs driver.  I understand this driver requires a patch to use RFMON.  When I use the patched driver and try "iwpriv eth0", there is no ioctl shown for *monitor" mode.  Kismet also claims it cannot put the NIC into monitor mode.

Does anyone know if this card supports monitor (RFMON) mode ?  I understand I will need this for use with kismet.

Any ideas would be most welcone.

OSS542

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Syntax Error In Linker Macro

« on: January 07, 2005, 09:44:53 pm »

There appears to be a syntax error in the linker macro
(/usr/lib/libc.so) at line 4 which must be commented out in order for
the macro to work.

/* GNU ld script
Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
the static library, so try that secondarily. */ <--- comment this out
/* *** BUG in libc/scripts/output-format.sed ***
elf32-bigarm,elf32-littlearm */
GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a )

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Upsidedown Desktop On Zaurus Sl-c700

« on: January 06, 2005, 06:22:05 am »

It seems that on the Zaurus SL-C700, a user log out from the "desktop"
display must be done with  the display in the portrait orientation or
the "desktop" will be upside-down for landscape orientation
after the next login.

I am using the GPE frontend on the SL-C700 with the OpenZaurus 3.5.2
distribution.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

J. Hart