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Software / Some Newbie Questions, Oz 3.5.2

« on: June 20, 2005, 12:32:40 am »

- under the memory tab, I am told that I have 30 MB. I thought
that I should have 64 MB?

Do you also have a RAM-disk? The 5500 can have its memory split (see the installation instructions above). To get the full 64Mb you'll have to flash a different kernel (make sure the version matches the root fs though otherwise you will probably have troubles).

OK; now I understand the meaning of the numbers in the different kernel
files. Learned something, thanks.

- in the system info tab, the tab memory shows me that I have 8MB free,
without much software installed. Is this normal?
Again I would have expected more ... Any suggestions on where
to check if I can free memory?

You say you've used Linux before - is this the total free memory = free + cached?

It is indeed only the free memory; cached is another 12mb.
And x + y indeed adds up to 64 mb.

Do you know why there is, within storage, another distinction between
a) internal storage /dev/root and b internal memory?

are applications installed into the memory part, and where to applications
like calendar store their data?

- my start menu has an entry called terminal. When I started it,
I get a linux login prompt. However, I do not know login name
or password. Are there generally used standards? Also, I do not
know how to return to the GUI ...

Does it go full screen, can you not click on the 'taskbar'? It may be have moved to a differnet vt, there is a way to get back to opie but I can't remember what it is (tried 'exit' ?).

OK, it went full screen and now I understood that I did something comparable
to alt+cctrk+F2 under regular linux. I changed the terminal. I found
the opie terminal under applications.

Welcome to the club,

Thanks! I really like the zaurus! And thanks also for your very
helpful comments!

Christian

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Software / Some Newbie Questions, Oz 3.5.2

« on: June 19, 2005, 03:19:22 am »

Hi all,

I have surfed, googled and read a lot about open zaurus and opie in
the last days, but many things are still not really clear to me.

I would be thankful for some answers on the following questions.

I have a sl5500 with oz 3.5.2. Bought it used and oz and opie are already
installed. The device has never been really used so I see no point in
reinstalling. Also, I never installed linux, but am very familiar with
using linux.

- opie wall paper shows 1.2 but sysinfo shows version 1.1.7
   does this make sense?

- when I use the ipk search engine I find opie applications only for
   opie 1.2, I think. Can I install these applications under 1.1.7, or
   do I first have to update opie to 1.2? If so, how?

- given the problems I read about suspend under oz 3.5.3 I decided
  not to upgrade. Or have these been fixed?

- under the memory tab, I am told that I have 30 MB. I thought
  that I should have 64 MB?

- in the system info tab, the tab memory shows me that I have 8MB free,
  without much software installed. Is this normal?
  Again I would have expected more ... Any suggestions on where
  to check if I can free memory?

- what is the difference between memory and storage?
  Under storage, I get internal storage with about 14 MB (all used)
  and internal memory (15 MB, all available)

- my start menu has an entry called terminal. When I started it,
  I get a linux login prompt. However, I do not know login name
   or password. Are there generally used standards? Also, I do not
   know how to return to the GUI ...

- is there any offic program/suite for opie that allows me to read/edit
   word or ooffice text docs, spreadsheets, and presentations?

- finally, is it possible to run wireless using WPA? I played around
   but never got an IP address from my router while wpa was on.

Now, maybe the last question would be: is there a comprehensive
documentation that covers issues like these for newcomers?

Thanks very very much for any input on this. Much appreciated!

Christian