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SIMpad forum / Problems With Package Manager

« on: April 20, 2005, 05:01:37 pm »

I failed to install a couple of packages on my SIMpad with opensimpad-0.9.0rc1_opieXXL.jffs2 .

As recommended in some previous post, I tried to upgrade the package manager first.

Then I selected some packages (which leads me to the question: where can I get information about the packages; sometimes the name just doesn't tell me anything).

After telling the package manager to start, I left the Pad alone, and when I returned after some minutes, the package manager was terminated with SIGKILL.

Some of the selected packages were installed, others weren't.

On another attempt, it terminated with SIGSEGV.

I have no idea what went wrong, nor did I find any diagnostic output: dmesg doesn't contain anything related; there is no /var/log/messages.

Did anyone observe similar things?

BTW: There is one bad line in /etc/ipkg.conf:
it points to
http://openzaurus.org/official/unstable/0.9.0-rc1/feed/opie
instead of
http://openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.2/feed/opie

And: Is there a way to do a local package installation, i.e. download all feeds to a CF card and install from there? I tried, but didn't succeed. Luckily, I ebayed an old network card, so I could install via network.

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SIMpad forum / Re-install Opensimpad With Hh.org Bootloader

« on: April 20, 2005, 03:03:11 pm »

This is the advice cmartin gave me:
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Oops, I realize that I managed to overlook it in the old SIMpad forum. Thanks!

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SIMpad forum / Re-install Opensimpad With Hh.org Bootloader

« on: April 16, 2005, 05:25:35 pm »

I installed the latest opensimpad image (opensimpad-0.9.0rc1_opieXXL.jffs2, see Topic at old SIMPad forum) and the new hh.org bootloader along with it.

Now I managed to screw it (I tried to install some packages, and now they are neither there (I can't use them) nor gone (I can't reinstall them).

I thought reinstalling OPIE might be a good idea. I understand that I have to erase the flash in order to make the SIMPad install the image from a CF card.

But how do I do it? The erase flash option of the bootloader needs the blocks to be erased (see http://www.handhelds.org/Compaq/bootldr.html) , but which blocks should I erase?

Do I have to reinstall the old bootloader 2.5.3? The installation guides always start from the "classic" bootloader.

How else can I reinstall (preferably from CF card)?