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Software / Kino & New Tetsu Kernel 18h

« on: July 21, 2006, 07:22:21 pm »

Works fine on mine.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Wifi Problem

« on: May 19, 2006, 04:05:29 pm »

Netgear replaced the MA701 under warranty and now my Z connects just fine   .  Still have not figured out why the old 'defective' one can still work in Ad hoc but while managed mode failed. I'll see how long this one will last.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Wifi Problem

« on: May 04, 2006, 08:54:20 pm »

I wish I had another wifi card to try, but I don't.  I am waiting for a cf-pcmcia adapter so I can try to see how the MA701 will work on my laptop.  All signs point to a hardware failure of the MA701 but the wellenreiter bit just totally threw me off.  Back to the books to read up about linux wlan ...  Thanks all for the input.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Wifi Cf Card

« on: May 03, 2006, 06:08:23 pm »

I find a generic wifi 11b CF card for $32 + Shipping and wonder if that can be used with Sharp ROM and Tetsu kernel. It uses a Prism 2.5 chipset.  Any advice?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Time Discrepancy

« on: May 03, 2006, 05:47:50 pm »

I do not know a solution but this may be due to the setting of the hardware clock. I think Windoze always set the HW clock to localtime while most UNIX machines prefer UTC. I can't test this because all the unix machines that I have access to dual boot with windoze and the HW clocks are all set to localtime.

Somehow, the usb driver does not know how to account for that. In addition, I should also mention that I have /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific linked to /etc/localtime.  If not, ssh sessions into Z will come up with TZ set to UTC instead of PDT.

I noticed this problem when I first started using ko/pi. When I sync the Z to my XP desktop, the timestamp of the ics file would be off by one hr but the timestamp of the calender events were correct. As long as it does not mess up my calender, I can live with that.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Wifi Problem

« on: May 03, 2006, 05:07:58 pm »

I have been using the MA701 for almost a year without major problems until a month ago.  I can connect but then after a few minutes there will be no connection even when the signal strength is quite high.  E.g., clinking an URI in opera will not connect but yield a TCP error.  I can sometimes disconnect and reconnect to get another couple minutes of connection, but sometimes no connection at all.  It is not the AP because other users connect fine.  The puzzling fact is that I can fire up Wellenreiter with an Ad hoc connection and capture all the APs available for as long as I want.  That would seem to say it is not a hardware problem.

I have reverted the machine back to Factory Default and still got the same problem. Any pointers or suggestions for troubleshooting will be much appreciated.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Usb Ethernet For C1000/cacko1.23?

« on: April 29, 2006, 03:51:45 pm »

There is also one using ADMtek Pegasus II Chipset from here for $9 + $5 shipping. The product code is 27-04-016. It is quite a battery hog, though.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Sftp

« on: March 17, 2006, 06:19:15 pm »

You can change the password with the command passwd in a terminal. Open /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow in a text editor or use cat in a terminal and check the second field. If it is empty, there is no password set for that user.  You might also want to try the following for troubleshooting sshd.

Look at /etc/ssh/sshd_config to see what options are enabled.  These will override those compiled in as default.  If you want to use password to log in, set "PasswordAuthentication yes".  Should also set "PermitEmptyPasswords no" and "PermitRootLogin no"; just a suggestion for security reason unless you really want to log in remotely as root.  If sshd is started by inetd, I don't think you need to do anything such as restarting sshd manually to read the new config file but I could be wrong on this.

Since you can ssh to localhost, your sshd is working fine.  Also as bluedevils suggested, you can test your connectivity by ping (both in and out) or ssh to another machine.  You are almost there.  Good luck!

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Hardware Mods / Charging Through A Phone Plug?

« on: December 22, 2005, 05:12:34 pm »

Battery pack would be nice.. but for a 16 hours flight, not sure it would last that long
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I just started using the socket battery pack.  It is rated at 5V 7200mAh.  I was able to recharge my Z 3 times with it and still have some juice left.  I will use it as the power source on my next long trans-pacific flight next month and see how it holds up.

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Software / Kde-pim/pi 2.1.0 Available!

« on: December 21, 2005, 09:43:13 pm »

I have a question about sync and I am just too stupid to figure it out.  I sync from XP using a local file profile with my Z connected via USB in "Storage" mode.  The box for addressbook file used by Ka/pi is checked.  When I sync in Ko/pi, only mycalendar.ics is updated but not std.vcf, even if I have both calender and addressbook checked in the multiple sync options of the profile configuration.  I also tried Synchornize | Multiple sync and I got the same result.  The only way that I can update both file is to do the sync in Ka/pi and Ko/pi separately.

I was expecting that the sync will update both files when it is done in either ko/pi or ka/pi.  Did I get this wrong?  Thanks.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Syncing Between Korganizer And Korganizer/e

« on: November 11, 2005, 03:07:03 pm »

That's frustrating.  Have you tried just taking the .ics file and do a file import?  Like what bluedevils is doing.  You can then be sure that there is no path problem.  Other places to check are the config files which contain paths.  I have one incidence where for some unknown reasons, the data storage path on my Z was messed up and all my appointments were gone because ko or ka couldn't find the .ics and .vcf files.  Sync, in this case, failed as well.  These are the rc files in the config directory and the .microkdehome.  I do the sync from the pull down menu "synchronize" in ko/pi on an XP, set up a profile to do mulitsync on both the .ics and .vcf files as a local file.

Here is the fragment of my profile setting (with Z) when I connect the Z via USB.  My data storage path is /hdd3/Documents/kdepim/apps/korganizer/mycalendar.ics. The Z is assigned as drive E.

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QString,with Z/RemoteFileName,E:/Documents/kdepim/apps/korganizer/mycalendar.ics
QString,with Z/RemoteFileNameAB,E:/Documents/kdepim/apps/kabc/std.vcfHere are the ones for scp.

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QString,ssh Z/PostSyncCommand,"c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\scp2.exe" c:/temp/mycalendar.ics zaurus@192.168.0.2:/hdd3/Documents/kdepim/apps/korganizer/mycalendar.ics

QString,ssh Z/PostSyncCommandAB,"c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\scp2.exe" c:/temp/std.vcf zaurus@192.168.0.2:/hdd3/Documents/kdepim/apps/kabc/std.vcf

QString,ssh Z/PreSyncCommand,"c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\scp2.exe" zaurus@192.168.0.2:/hdd3/Documents/kdepim/apps/korganizer/mycalendar.ics c:/temp/mycalendar.ics

QString,ssh Z/PreSyncCommandAB,"c:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\scp2.exe" zaurus@192.168.0.2:/hdd3/Documents/kdepim/apps/kabc/std.vcf c:/temp/std.vcf
They are just 4 simple scp instructions.  When I sync from XP it will pop up a window asking for my password for zaurus.  Although I am using XP, it should be the same principle for unix.

--pang

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Time Discrepancy

« on: November 02, 2005, 12:53:15 am »

The problem was definitely related to daylight saving time.  After switching to standard time this week, there is no more time discrepency.  Now, I just have to figure out if it is the settings on my desktop or that on the Z.

--pang

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Syncing Between Korganizer And Korganizer/e

« on: October 28, 2005, 05:09:13 pm »

Sure, Ko/pi will sync fine with SSH; either using a public key or password which is what I am using.  I am running sshd on the Z.  I just have not tested the write back part to see if the ICS files on the Z is updated correctly.

--pang

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Syncing Between Korganizer And Korganizer/e

« on: October 28, 2005, 01:24:31 pm »

I use both Ko/pi from kdepim 2.2.3 on my c3k and windoz XP desktop.  I only initiate sync from the XP.  Via USB and SSH are pretty reliable except that I always have problem doing write back to the Z.  After the write back, while still connected via USB, the ICS file will appear to be updated because from XP explorer the time stamp is current.   But if I do a ls on the Z ICS file, it will retain the old time stamp.  Also Korganizer on the Z will not show any updated items.  Only after I reboot the Z will I see the updated ICS file and Korganizer will load all the updated entries.  It appears to be a weird file lock or something along that line.  It could be that I have the data storage location changed from /home/zaurus/kdepim (on the flash?) to /hdd3/Document/kdepim (on the vfat hd).  The work around for me now is just to update my schedule on the Z only so I do not need any write back.  The ICS file is not that big (about 500k) and syncing is quite fast.  I have not tried write back via SSH yet.

I have to admit that syncing in Ko/pi is definitely not as foolproof (especially for an idiot like me!   ) as in Palm.  But I love my Z and enjoy learning Linux; there is no way in hell will I go back to Palm.

--pang

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Time Discrepancy

« on: October 22, 2005, 04:25:41 am »

I have a strange problem with my C3K.  It has Sharp ROM 1.11 and Tetsu v18a kernel.  The time is set to PDT (US/Pacific, Seattle) and I sync it with ntpdate.  Here is my locale.conf

[Language]
Language = ja
[Location]
Timezone = America/Seattle

And the date command returns "DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss PDT 2005".

My desktop XP is also set to same time zone and sync to the same time server.  So the clock on the XP is the same as shown on the Z.  When I connect the Z with USB to XP (PC link setting: storage), explorer shows the time stamp of the files on the Z 1 hr earlier e.g., foo on Z will show Oct 21 19:04 but XP explorer will show the same file with time stamp Oct 21 18:04.  I tried that on 2 XP and 1 gentoo linux and get the same result.  It looks like it is the daylight time difference.  Have I set something wrong on the Z?

Any clues will be much appreciated!

--pang