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Sharp ROMs / Cacko Rom 1.23 Is Released

« on: February 11, 2006, 12:21:55 pm »

I just spent more time than I would like to admit getting my networking set up. Make sure eeverything is set up on the access point side like the mac address list, wep key, or whatever you might use. On the client side set up a static IP just to take one more variable out of the picture. Make sure you are set up to match your access point. I set mine to a specific ESSID, infrastructure, and shared key. Depending on the access point you have, you might be able to find hints to these settings in the AP setup. My stubling block was that the ESSID is case sensitive. Once I finally entered the name in caps it was able to connect. Until then my CURRENT tab acted like yours.


          windom

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / 512mb Sd (non)automount Using Hentges Rom

« on: March 13, 2005, 07:20:19 pm »

I think you misunderstood me   
Just add the "sleep 3" in /etc/init.d/sd before "sdmgr" is launched. There's no need to boot from SD (not that there's a way to do so anyways)
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I tried adding the sleep command. I seemed to help a bit in that my zaurus 5500 never missed the SD twice in a row. IOW, the first boot would miss it but an immediate reboot caught it. Beore, I sometimes could reboot until the cows came home and not have the SD detected. Or so it seemed. The detection of the SD seems delayed for some reason. Usually if the boot does not detect the SD, the Zaurus finds it about 20-30 seconds after Opie is completely up and running. What I've tried now is this: I modified mmfix. If it completes it SD detection loop without finding the SD I explicitly execute '/etc/sdconrol insert'. One more check for the SD is made after it finishes. If the SD is found then I go on my merry way. If not, it exits the way it ordinarily would under those circumstances. It is a lot of overhead but it seems to work. If it matters I am using a 512 Meg PNY SD.

   windom

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / 512mb Sd (non)automount Using Hentges Rom

« on: March 11, 2005, 07:33:25 pm »

What modifications were needed for sdcontrol?

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Just some minor stuff. I could not see where FSTYPE was set so before the 1st mount I set it to '-t vfat', the 2nd mount '-t ext2', and the 3rd mount '-t auto'. I also tried sticking  a '/sbin/e2fsck -y /dev/mmcda1' before the 2nd mount. I later moved it to /etc/init.d/sd.  I also added a 'depmod-a' before the modprobe of sharp_mmcsd_m. One time I could not get the module to install even from the terminal (using the modprobe command) until I did the depmod. I know that couple of depmods are called in the boot process but figured it wouldn't hurt. Same thing with assigning values to FSTYPE. I'm trying to leave as little as possible to chance.

I couldn't try the sleeep command as you suggesteed since I can't boot opie from my SD. I found that OPIEDIR and QPEDIR are not set. But that's another thread.

                 mt

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / 512mb Sd (non)automount Using Hentges Rom

« on: March 09, 2005, 06:16:13 pm »

I have been having the same problem getting my SD mounted at boot. I have tried the new versions of sdcontrol and I still have a problem. I can get my card mounted by running sdcontrol (with a couple of mods I put in) from the terminal. It seems the problem is that sdmgr isn't calling scontrol. I bet you already came to that conclusion seeing the path this thread has taken.

      windom

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Dual boot setup

« on: March 09, 2005, 01:32:23 pm »

Where can I find modrom-dualboot.ipk? I have searched and searched but cannot find. This must be a real loser question because it seems everyone else can find it.

Thanks

       windom