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Software / Text Nethack

« on: May 05, 2005, 01:43:58 pm »

This is pretty darn cool . Thanks for sharing. One problem, though:

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root@grond[/media/card/Install_Files]# ll nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root      1030462 May  4 06:32 nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk
root@grond[/media/card/Install_Files]# ipkg -d sd install nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'I can install anything else, from package file or feed,  just fine. Any ideas? thks
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Hmm.  Strange.  It might be a bad ipkg (I built the ipkg manually instead of using a utility/script.)  Can you untar the ipkg manually?  ("tar -ztf nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk" or something.)

Eric

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Software / Text Nethack

« on: May 04, 2005, 04:07:24 am »

Hmm.  Maybe I'm the only one who wanted this, but I went ahead compiled a gui-less nethack.  nethack-console_3.4.3-1.ipk
There shouldn't be any dependencies.

[img]http://www.taedium.com/zaurus/nethack-console.png\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

So now with nethack, vim, ssh and screen I'm pretty well set, software-wise!

- Eric

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Usb Keyboard Howto?

« on: April 05, 2005, 08:31:39 pm »

Sounds like it.

I got an adapter from Maplins that had the right genders but just didn't work.

If you have nothing in /proc/bus/usb then you are off to a bad start. I think you need a different cable.

- Andy
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Ya, that was it exactly.  I got the iRiver cable and now it works fine (well, except for the keyboard mapping -- any hints ?  Or is keyhelper the way to go?)

Anyhow, thanks for all of your help!

Eric

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Usb Keyboard Howto?

« on: April 03, 2005, 12:31:48 pm »

Firstly try plugging in the offending keyboard and issue from a root login...

modprobe usbkbd

If that brings the keyboard to life then tell me what the contents of /proc/bus/usb/devices is.

...actually tell me what the contents of that file is when the keyboard is plugged in even if it doesn't work.

- Andy
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Hi Andy,

When I type in 'modprobe usbkb', both usbkbd and usbcore show up in 'lsmod', but there's nothing (no files at all) in the /proc/bus/usb/ directory.

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bash-2.05# modprobe usbkbd
bash-2.05# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usbkbd                  2976   0  (unused)
usbcore                63264   0  [usbkbd]
...
usbdcore               35504   0  [pxa_bi storage_fd]
usbdmonitor             5488   0
usb-monitor             6496   0
...
bash-2.05# ls -la /proc/bus/usb/
dr-xr-xr-x    2 root     root            0 Apr  3 09:07 .
dr-xr-xr-x    4 root     root            0 Apr  3 09:07 ..
bash-2.05# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
cat: /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory
bash-2.05# uname -a
Linux zaurus 2.4.20 #1 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:59:43 +0900 armv5tel unknown
Maybe it's the wrong sort of adapter, even though everything fits physically.  I got it from a '[a href=\"http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?mt=a&n=0&coe=0&oidPath=0%3A-23542%3A-33761%3A-33775%3A-33777%3A887124]universal usb cable kit[/url]' I got at Target (which was significantly more than the Sam's Club price.)   Maybe the iriver cable would work better.

Does it look lik anything to you?

Thanks,
Eric

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Usb Keyboard Howto?

« on: April 03, 2005, 05:06:58 am »

Hello egw,

Are you sure you got mini-A cable? not a mini-B?
You don't need to do any insmod to work with USB keyboard, they will be automatically loaded.  What 'lsusb -v' command says?
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Hi DreamTheater,

Ya, it's mini-A on one side and A-receptacle (female) on the other.

It's strange.  I get an error when with lsusb

  bash-2.05$ lsusb -v
  cannot open /proc/bus/usb, No such file or directory (2)

The error goes away (replaced with no output) when I "insmod usbcore".

Do you have to use a specific type of keyboard?  I'm using a regular full-sized usb keyboard.  The sticker on the back of the keyboard says it needs 5V @ 100mA -- perhaps that's the problem?

Eric

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Usb Keyboard Howto?

« on: March 28, 2005, 06:50:44 pm »

Hi,

So I got a mini-A USB adapter and now I'm trying to get my (generic) USB keyboard to work with the Zaurus (c3k, stock.)  I've done

  insmod usbcore
  insmod usbkbd

but when I plug the keyboard in, nothing happens.  There's no movement in dmesg or anything.

  bash-2.05# lsmod
  Module                  Size  Used by
  usbkbd                  2976   0  (unused)
  usbcore                63264   0  [usbkbd]
  usb-monitor             6496   0
  sharp_mmcsd_m          41008   1
  squashfs               31344   1  (autoclean)
  prism2_cs              69584   1
  p80211                 18864   1  [prism2_cs]

anyone know what might be wrong?

Thanks,
Eric

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Linux Applications / Mille Bornes

« on: February 22, 2005, 02:43:01 am »

Hi,

I'm playing around with the cross-compile toolchain at nautilus6.org, testing it out by compiling Mille Bornes from bsdgames.

[img]http://www.taedium.com/zaurus/mille-01.png\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /]

It works all right on my machine (c3000), but I'd like to know if it works elsewhere.  In particular, I can't remember whether or not the libncurses (/lib/libncurses.so.4.2) is the stock one or if I got it from an ipk somewhere (I think it's stock because I don't see anything curses-related in 'ipkg list', but I installed and uninstalled a lot of random stuff when I first got the Z.)

The binary (no ipk) is at http://www.taedium.com/zaurus/mille-arm.exe.

It's an old game so it doesn't deal with large fonts/small screens -- too narrow and you lose the right (scoreboard) side.  Too small of a screen will seg fault.

Thanks,
Eric

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Software / Gnu Screen Escape

« on: February 18, 2005, 02:38:35 am »

You can use "Fn + Shift + A" which is equal to "Ctrl - A".
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Heh.  Ya, that's true, but "Fn + Shift + A" isn't any easier to press than "Ctrl + A" for me.

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General Discussion / Switching Between Windows

« on: February 18, 2005, 02:36:49 am »

Hello,

This sounds stupid, but I can't find where my nethack went.  I installed qt nethack and that went all right.  I changed the permissions in /opt/Qtopia/games/lib/nethackdir and was able to start it up from the terminal command line and all.  But then I went back to the terminal and now I can't get back to the nethack window.  There's no icon or anything on the bottom bar.  It's strange and not a little frustrating.

Okay, I'm not so far into the game that I don't mind killing the process or whatever, but I'd still like to know if there's some general way to switch between running processes (like C-Tab in Windows.)

This is on a stock SL-C3000.

Thanks,
Eric

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Software / Text Nethack

« on: February 17, 2005, 05:12:52 pm »

(cut)

If you still want ascii, then choose Game, Options, ascii_map after starting it up (or I imagine you can make a .nethackrc tto set it, haven't tried that yet).

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Cool.  That works pretty well.  Still, it'd be nice to be able to play it in the terminal itself (that's what programs like screen are made for!)  Even thought it's text-mode, a lot of things still go through the gui (e.g. wielding, wearing, etc.)  Does anyone have nethack compiled without qt/x/et. al.?

Eric

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Software / Vi Problem

« on: February 08, 2005, 02:07:41 am »

Hi,

I'm having an intermittent problem with vi (stock vi, stock c3000).  Sometimes I can open and edit a file, but other times, I get an error


    garbage() failed to read oldhdr??[More...]
    Trouble writing header to tmp file


and the file doesn't load.  If I quit and try to edit the file again, the error changes to


    <filename> is busy.


Anyone know what this is all about?

Thanks,
Eric

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Software / Gnu Screen Escape

« on: February 06, 2005, 03:26:04 am »

To answer my own question, I installed KeyHelper and mapped the kana/hira key (first Japanese key, next to the left-control)  to send C-a:

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Eric

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Netfront Shortcuts?

« on: February 05, 2005, 08:58:33 pm »

Hello.

The bargainpda review says that the Netfront browser "supports lots and lots of keyboard shortcuts", but so far I haven't been able to figure out how to use them.  Google finds lots of Netfront shortcuts, but for the Series 60 (Nokia cell phone).  Anyone know how to get these legendary shortcuts working?

Thanks,
Eric

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Accessories / LinkSYS CF Wireless G card

« on: February 01, 2005, 07:23:49 pm »

Well, the WCF54G has been out for a while.  Anyone tried one in a Zaurus?

Is it worth it to get an 802.11g card instead of (much cheaper) b?

Eric
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I picked one up and the answer appears to be "no, it doesn't work" (stock sl-c3000, 1.01jp rom).

Eric

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Software / Gnu Screen Escape

« on: January 28, 2005, 03:02:50 am »

Hi,

Okay, so I've installed gnu screen, but typing C-a is hard on the Zaurus keyboard.  I'd like to remap one of the application keys (say, 'Address') to send a C-a, but I can't figure out how to do it.  Is there some setting I can change?  Or do I need an external program?  The 'Application Key' settings don't seem to help.

Thanks,
Eric