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For Sale / Wanted / Sharp Zaurus Sl-c3000 & Accessories

« on: September 20, 2005, 04:03:25 pm »

After 6months of Zaurus bliss I've decided to sell my SL-C3000 as I really don't use it much enough to justify the price! I only use it as an incredibly expensive MP3 player, bit of a waste really!

Its in perfect condition, with a working AmbiCom 802.11b Wireless CF Card, Kingston 256MB SD Card, PD Air Leather Case, Mini-USB Adaptor and necessary Japanese to UK Mains adaptors.

If your interested please take a look at my auction at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=5811221404


Thanks all,

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: June 15, 2005, 10:24:16 am »

Cheers mulveyr,
I'll have a look, it may also be related to another problem I've been having with 1.23b in that when I disconnect the USB from the PC after filesharing the Internal Disk (Documents Folder), it unmounts and I've been having to reboot the Zaurus to restore it.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: June 15, 2005, 06:00:43 am »

Okay, I've had a little time this week to play around with C3K 1.23b1, and wanted to report some of my findings...

I'm glad to say that my AmbiCom WL1100C-CF  is properly recognized and functional on C3K - I'm even able to utilize WEP encryption with my home network.  Although I did noticed that I needed to use infrastructure mode instead of Ad-Hoc when attempting to communicate with my home network.

I haven't been able to get the Music Player to work.  Once I click on an MP3 file,  the hourglass icon and the words "Please wait..." will remain on the screen for over an hour.  I get the same result if I attempt to launch the Music Player directly from the Multimedia tab.  When this happens, Music Player will become non-responsive, and will either need to be killed, or the Zaurus will need to be rebooted.  I haven't been able to find any errors logged within dmesg, but I think that I may have a configuration issue. 

The USB connectivity worked for most of my 1.0 and 2.0 thumb drives, however one "high speed" thumb drive from DELL wasn't properly recognized by the automounter and dmesg captured some (spammy) errors.  I'll try tweaking some settings and will report my findings on this later. 

I also attempted to host a Sony digital camera, as well as an ImageTank portable 40Gb photo storage device.  I wasn't really surprised that the Zaurus didn't recognize either of these devices, but I'll post my configuration settings once I get these devices to communicate properly.

So far I'm quite pleased with C3K 1.23b1.  I still have a lot more things that I'm wanting to test... Just need to find time to test them all.  Again, great work on C3K everyone!
www.oesf.org/index.php?act=findpost&pid=84306

Are you sure you have an Ambicom WL1100C and not an Ambicom WL1100B? Several people, including myself, have not had much luck with the WL1100C and 1.23b, I'm very surprised that yours has just 'worked'!!! Any tips?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: June 13, 2005, 03:41:59 am »

Hi,
I seem to have encountered a problem since installing Cacko 1.23beta1, I've only just noticed it and am sure it wasn't always like it; but it seems several programs such as Kino2 and the Sharp MusicPlayer and VideoPlayer are unable to save their settings.
For example the Sharp MusicPlayer fails to recall which folder was open when it previously quit and Kino2 won't save any changes to its preferences.

Is there one folder where all these type of programs store their settings? It may have simply become read-only somehow. Eitherway I'm not entirely sure what is going on and would appreciate some assistance!

Thanks in advance!

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko Rom 1.23 For C1000 Progress

« on: June 06, 2005, 03:13:33 pm »

Fied synching issue - now Intellisynch works perfectly using drivers and applications for C7x0
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Genius!  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Kino2 Preferences Read-only

« on: June 06, 2005, 12:43:36 pm »

Hi all,
I have only just noticed, but for some reason Kino2 version 0.4.2 on my SLC3k running Cacko beta1, will not save changes made to the preferences.
Everytime I make any change to the preferences, then click ok, then open the preferences again the changes I just made have been lost. I know this never used to happen so something has altered Kino2's capacity to save the preferences.

Has anyone else ever experienced this problem, or know of a possible solution? Where does Kino2 store the preferences?

Thanks in advance!

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko Rom 1.23 For C1000 Progress

« on: June 01, 2005, 03:41:55 am »

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear, the Cacko beta1 ROm is what I'm talking about, I've got it installed on the C3k, but as I mentioned the Ambicom WL1100 rev 2.2 doesn't work and it lacks WPA. Just wondering when we can expect an update?
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No, you made yourself clear, but what you didn't do is ask your question in the correct thread.  This thread is specific to the 1000 cacko rom.  Try your question in the 3000 thread.
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I only asked it ere as it related to the development of the Cacko 1.23 ROM!!! Blimey! If no-one knows the answer you should have just said!

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko Rom 1.23 For C1000 Progress

« on: May 31, 2005, 03:18:59 pm »

Is this release also valid for the C3000? I'm still without WLAN as the Ambicom WL1100C v2.2 doesn't function, and it would be nice to have WPA security in addition to WEP if possible?

If not, are there any updates in the C1000 release that could be released as a patch for the C3000 release?

Russell 
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There already is a beta Cacko ROM for the C3K, that iamasmith created.

Follow this thread among others
[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12296]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12296[/url]

and I think it hosted here

allbest
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Sorry, I didn't make myself clear, the Cacko beta1 ROm is what I'm talking about, I've got it installed on the C3k, but as I mentioned the Ambicom WL1100 rev 2.2 doesn't work and it lacks WPA. Just wondering when we can expect an update?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko Rom 1.23 For C1000 Progress

« on: May 31, 2005, 10:51:46 am »

Is this release also valid for the C3000? I'm still without WLAN as the Ambicom WL1100C v2.2 doesn't function, and it would be nice to have WPA security in addition to WEP if possible?

If not, are there any updates in the C1000 release that could be released as a patch for the C3000 release?

Russell  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: May 15, 2005, 07:44:00 am »

What does the card get recognized as when you insert it?

What drivers get loaded after it is recognized? (lsmod)

Have you disabled auto-connect and specifically entered your SSID? Have you tried re-entering your WEP key?

What happens when you try to connect using the network applet?

If it helps, here is part of the dmesg output, which seems to contain some sort of error:
Prism2 card SN: SN0000000001
linkstatus=CONNECTED
pxa_pcmcia_suspend(0)
hfa384x_docmd_wait: hfa384x_cmd timeout(1), reg=0x8888.
hfa384x_drvr_start: Initialize command failed.
hfa384x_drvr_start: Failed, result=-110
prism2sta_ifstate: hfa384x_drvr_start() failed,result=-110

Any ideas?

Russell 

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: May 15, 2005, 05:49:21 am »

What does the card get recognized as when you insert it?

What drivers get loaded after it is recognized? (lsmod)

Have you disabled auto-connect and specifically entered your SSID? Have you tried re-entering your WEP key?

What happens when you try to connect using the network applet?

Intially the card is recognised as a 'Z-Com XI300 11Mb/s 802.11b WLAN Card', however I have added the following to wlan-ng.conf so that the card is recognised correctly:

card "Ambicom WL1100 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card"
  version "Ambicom","WL1100 802.11b CF-Card","2.2"
  bind "prism2_cs"

The card fails to connect whether auto-connect is on or off, with the SSID entered or not and after re-entering the WEP key, several times.

When trying to connect the card activity light illuminates, and the applet says 'Initializing' for about a minute before the card's light goes out and the applet says 'Network Offline'.

I've also tried switching DHCP off on the AP and entering the details manually in the network applet, but all that happens is it connects for about 15-seconds before replying "No Connection detected. Check you WEP Key settings and/or TCP/IP settings."

Any ideas anyone? What has changed in the Cacko ROM's network services compared to the original C3000 Sharp ROM?

Russell 

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko 3k Usage Poll

« on: May 14, 2005, 08:54:22 am »

I've been using Cacko on my C3k for the last week, and I think its a great improvement upon the Sharp ROM.

I'm running it with the latest (18a) tetsu kernel and nearly all is well.

The only problem I have is with the wireless connectivity, as my Ambicom WL1100C v2.2 doesn't work in Managed mode anymore; bit of a nuisance. However I haven't been at home for the last week and using it on the move without wireless connectivity it is great!

Good job so far!

Russell

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: May 14, 2005, 08:48:59 am »

ok, after reflashing the root password has disappeared, not sure where it came from in the first place though!

But the Ambicom still doesn't connect to a Managed AP; now iwconfig replies:
 'SET failed on device wlan0 : Function not implemented'

What am I missing!!!

Russell

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko3k Feedback

« on: May 14, 2005, 08:20:52 am »

I'm still having problems with my AmbicomWL1100C-CF, version 2.2, it just won't connect now I've installed the Cacko ROM.

I can't try and manually set the configuration from a bash terminal either as iwconfig reports 'SET failed on device wlan0 : Operation not permitted.'

I can't su to resolve this issue either as the root user has a password which I don't know!!! I was told in a previous post that there isn't one on the Cacko ROM, but that's not the case on my install!

The Ambicom card is a great wireless card and works fine in my other devices and did in the SL-C3000 before installing the Cacko ROM, it would be a shame to render the card worthless now.

Russell

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Cacko Beta Bits

« on: May 09, 2005, 02:05:09 pm »

 Hi all,
I've got a couple of quick questions, firstly what is the root password for the Cacko ROM installation? I'm trying to set up my WiFi card and the standard user doesn't have the adequate privelidges to use iwconfig.

Secondly, I had previously designed my own startup logo, which I have re-installed, however it has rotated 90-degrees counterclockwise and is distorted at the top and bottom. Does the Cacko ROM change the format required for the startup logo at all? Any ideas?

Otherwise the Cacko ROM looks great and gives the SL-C3k the GUI it deserves!
Good job everybody involved!

Cheers

Russell