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Security and Networking / New Bluetooth Drivers

« on: July 28, 2005, 08:58:31 pm »

Could somebody please do me a favour & comment on the belkin card I've posted about in this thread. I'd like to know if I have the slightlest chance of getting it to work or should I just return it? thks
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Neither Affix nor Bluez list that BE2830 as being directly supported (but not listed as not working either).  Might be too new.  Bluez mailing lists mention other Belkin devices, but not that one.  Affix mailing lists don't talk about anything belkin at all.  If it will work with anything, it will work with Bluez.

You should see if you can find out what the chipset is on the thing... Bluez and Affix seem to list chipsets that are supported rather than all the adapters that may use them.

If the chipset is similar to other devices (it probably will be) you might have a chance.

I'd say right now your chances of it working out of the box are like 10-30%.  With some work 40-70% and 30% chance of not working without you adding support (eg. writing code) yourself.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Irk On Oz-3.5.2, Working Targus Build? [resolved]

« on: March 14, 2005, 10:57:17 pm »

http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...rgus-r0_arm.ipk

I can confirm that this one worked perfectly for me.  But, if you installed any other versions before this, you might have a ~/Settings/IRK.conf file sitting around mucking things up.  I know the original IRK in the 3.5.2 feed contained settings for Belkin and Pocketop only.  If this file is still there, it might be telling IRK that these are the only models available.  I'd uninstall any version you have installed right now, make sure this file is deleted or moved somewhere to back-up, and install again.  Should work like a charm after that.

Thanks for the help acpkendo, but it didn't work for me directly as you described (above). After removing every possible reference to any irk files, configuration and otherwise, and reinstalling the targus version... All I got was a black screen, no opie.

Checking mailing lists, it turns out this is caused by IRK not finding a configuration file: /root/Settings/IRK.conf.  This regardless of whether there is one in /etc/ or anywhere else.

So, for those of you who install the targus version from nothing and it won't work: Copy /etc/IRK.conf to /root/Settings/IRK.conf, stop and restart opie... And that should do it.   This has been a problem since 3.5.1, and still affects 3.5.2.  If you install the wrong version, uninstall it, manually remove any and all IRK.conf files, then install the proper version and copy the IRK.conf to /root/Settings from the /etc directory.

If you don't copy the IRK.conf file, IRK will SIGSEGV when it can't find it and crash opie right at startup, leaving you with a black screen.

[RESOLVED!!!]

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Irk On Oz-3.5.2, Working Targus Build? [resolved]

« on: March 13, 2005, 10:34:30 am »

(1) http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...rgus-r0_arm.ipk
SEEMS like a good candidate, but after installing it... Belkin and Pockettop are the only two candidates. Why does it say targus when you can't use the targus with it?

This should be the one to go for.

Have you asked on IRC/mailing list whether anyone else has had this problem? I'm not sure how many people have targus keyboard with which to test, so it may simply be that an option was forgotten when it was compiled (I don't know much about IRK I'm afraid) and hasn't been picked up until now.

Si
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Nope, haven't tried the IRC/mailing lists yet.  I think I will give your suggestion a try however.  It probably is the case that not many people have the targus.

I was able to get the keyboard to work _for a time_, but I had to install the whole OE build system, and generate my own image and irk package.  Then it worked, but there were other problems, like a broken text pad that wouldn't save files.  I just about punted the thing.

Thanks for the response

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Irk On Oz-3.5.2, Working Targus Build? [resolved]

« on: March 12, 2005, 01:18:07 pm »

If someone can point me to a build of irk that works on 3.5.2 with the targus keyboard, I'd be very happy.  Heck, I'll even buy you a beer.  Make that two beers, and a plate of nachos.

I've looked up, down, sideways... Craig's site, OZ 3.5.1, 3.5.2, the feed directories, the upgrade directories...

Nowhere can I find an IRK build that actually has a working targus keyboard option with OZ 3.5.2.  I'll back up my claims:

(1) http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...rgus-r0_arm.ipk
SEEMS like a good candidate, but after installing it... Belkin and Pockettop are the only two candidates. Why does it say targus when you can't use the targus with it? [Note to self: uninstall old one first]

(2) http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...11.1-r1_arm.ipk
The old standby. Doesn't specify which keyboards may or may not work with.  This one... Supports Belkin and Pockettop.  No targus.

(3) http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...0.11-r0_arm.ipk
I tried this one out of sheer frustration.  Works well with Belkin and Pockettop but not targus (no surprise)

(4) http://195.184.237.106/~zaurus/irk-zaurus_0.11.0_arm.ipk
Craig's own irk from his website.  Doesn't work at all on OZ 3.5.2.

(5) http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...11.0-r1_arm.ipk
Out of frustration I also tried this one.  It didn't really work at all.  Had some install problems that went away with -force-overwrite, but didn't work.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
(sl5500 using OZ3.5.2 image)