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5x00 General discussions / Qpe Rotation And Qt Embedded Rotation

« on: February 09, 2006, 10:47:20 pm »

http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/opie.html
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Thanks, that's a good site.  The rotation utility is available, but the fonts package for the rotated image is a dead link.  Any other places it might be?
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Try This:
[a href=\"http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/download/sl5600/qt-emb-fix/qt-embedded-rotation-fix_2.3.2-4_arm.ipk]http://www.currybrothers.com/zaurus/downlo...2.3.2-4_arm.ipk[/url]
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Thanks!  It works!  Interesting effect with the wrong rotation direction, though  

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5x00 General discussions / Qpe Rotation And Qt Embedded Rotation

« on: February 08, 2006, 09:25:51 pm »

http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/opie.html
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Thanks, that's a good site.  The rotation utility is available, but the fonts package for the rotated image is a dead link.  Any other places it might be?

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5x00 General discussions / Qpe Rotation And Qt Embedded Rotation

« on: February 07, 2006, 02:04:29 pm »

Does anyone know where to get these anymore?

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5x00 General discussions / Sl-5500 & (symbol) Wifi Inconsistencies

« on: February 04, 2006, 01:42:47 am »

My Zaurus runs Sharp ROM V3.13 and I'm using the Symbol Networker CF wifi card.  When I first installed the card and set up the Network information, all was well.  I quickly accessed a local wifi signal, and also the signal provided at work.  No glitches whatsoever.  Then, a few days later, i started getting the message, "Could not locate remote server" in Opera after attempting to load a web site - any web site.  The wifi icon shows Connected status, and in Network>Current there is a >80% signal strength, with 20-35% signal quality.  Yet, I can't access the web.

The only change that I can recall, between proper wifi performance and no wifi performance, is transferring all my contacts from MS Outlook to the Z using the Z interface.

Because I am Linux-illiterate, I'm not sure even where to begin.  There is nothing to re-install or uninstall.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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For anyone who may care... Got it working again by deleting the 2 original setups in Settings>Network, then setting them up again.  Everything okey-dokey  

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5x00 General discussions / Sl-5500 & (symbol) Wifi Inconsistencies

« on: February 01, 2006, 09:07:26 pm »

My Zaurus runs Sharp ROM V3.13 and I'm using the Symbol Networker CF wifi card.  When I first installed the card and set up the Network information, all was well.  I quickly accessed a local wifi signal, and also the signal provided at work.  No glitches whatsoever.  Then, a few days later, i started getting the message, "Could not locate remote server" in Opera after attempting to load a web site - any web site.  The wifi icon shows Connected status, and in Network>Current there is a >80% signal strength, with 20-35% signal quality.  Yet, I can't access the web.

The only change that I can recall, between proper wifi performance and no wifi performance, is transferring all my contacts from MS Outlook to the Z using the Z interface.

Because I am Linux-illiterate, I'm not sure even where to begin.  There is nothing to re-install or uninstall.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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5x00 General discussions / Import Contact List To Sl-5500?

« on: January 09, 2006, 08:50:46 pm »

Firstly, I am unknowledgeable about linux - zero, none-whatsoever.  Yet, I have this SL-5500, and I'm trying to get my many-year accumulation of contacts onto it, from an old Sharp ZR5800.  So far, I have migrated all the contacts into Outlook Express.  I have Qtopia, installed on a W2K machine.  What now?  Can I copy the contacts to an SD card and transfer them to the Z that way?  Can I cradle up the Z and do a direct transfer?  Thanks for any help and suggestions, and remember - I have no expertise.

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 30, 2005, 07:02:43 pm »

A kind qpeGPS user has created  http://gps.pazu.info - it'll create a map for you after giving it the required LAT/LON. Plus, it tells you what entry you need to make in the maps.txt file.

I think that qoeGPS only works with the PNG format, so be sure to save the map as a PNG file. Then just copy the saved map to your maps directory on your Z and add the entry to maps.txt.




Ian
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That's a GREAT site - thanks.  Easy to get the maps needed, but I can't figure out how to get the maps off the site.  There is the storage option, but I can't find a download option anywhere...  Help yet again?

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 17, 2005, 10:28:55 pm »

As I said, if I try and install just maps_arm.ipk, the Z refuses telling me to uninstall the current version. Must I completely uninstall/reinstall QpeGPS again?

The maps_arm.ipk, unless you've got a different copy from me, contains both the "qpegps" binary and the maps. So yes, you'll have to uninstall any previous version first.

I've downloaded Expedia maps - it shouldn't be a problem but you do need a CF network card.



Ian
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Everything is golden - well, mostly.  I'd assumed that I needed both the arm.ipk and maps_arm.ipk files, and when I installed the arm.ipk file, the maps file icon turned from red to blue as well, implying that it had been installed too.  So, installing just the arm_maps.ipk file got 'er done.  GPS works, even with everything running off the SD card.

Can I download an Expedia map on a desktop, copy it to a CF card, and get it where it needs to be properly on the Z w/o downloading to the Z?  No network card yet.

Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 08, 2005, 07:27:27 pm »

So do you see any maps when you type:-

ls -l /home/QtPalmtop/qpegps/maps   ?

If so, then that's what you want to change your maps directory to be. If not, then the maps never installed for some reason.
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No, no map files at all.

Early in this epic struggle, I uninstalled and reinstalled QpeGPS several times - and used different versions- to try and get the maps back.  I wonder if there is any cause/effect relationship between this and the maps problem?

As I said, if I try and install just maps_arm.ipk, the Z refuses telling me to uninstall the current version.  Must I completely uninstall/reinstall QpeGPS again?

Has anyone downloaded and used Expedia maps? QpeGPS Documentation says this is possible.


Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 06, 2005, 03:12:32 pm »

Yes. Also, as expected, the maps, eg m3160-42--6.png, aren't there.

How about the "find" command? Did that produce anything?
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The response was:

/home/QtPalmtop/ubahn/maps
/home/QtPalmtop/qpegps/maps
/usr/mnt.rom/card/QtPalmtop/ubahn/maps

"ubahn" refers to software I've installed to help with navigating subway/metro routes.  It also has a maps subdirectory.


Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 04, 2005, 12:58:57 pm »

That wasn't meant to be taken literally!

Oh, the shame... wallowing in acute embarassment, I retype correct commands into Terminal and find that the file maps.txt appears in both the locations you suggested, at least I assume that's what this message means:

-rwxrwxrwx  1 root qpe
   0 Aug 10 18:36 maps.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root   qpe
466 Apr 10 2003 sources.txt

Yes?

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: September 02, 2005, 12:46:12 pm »

Under your config tab, is your Map directory still showing as "/opt/Qtopia/qpegps/maps/"?

Yes

Whatever is showing as your map directory, check if the maps are installed in there by typing from the Terminal:-

ls -l <map directory>

When typed directly at the bash-2.05$ prompt, I get a syntax error message: "syntax error near unexpected token 'directory>' "
I tried w/o brackets, and tried parentheses, no help

If the "ls -l" shows nothing, try the following if you installed to SD:-

ls -l /mnt/card/QtPalmtop/qpegps/maps

The response is: No such file or directory.
I believe I installed qpegps to the internal memory last time, to eliminate the SD card as a possible problem.

As I navigate around the Files utility, under Files/Internal Storage/Application, there is no entry for qpegps (?)  It must be installed somewhere.

I have read the Documentation info at SourceForge, but it is a bit short on details.  I'll give it another try.

Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: August 31, 2005, 10:32:34 am »

Eureka!  It looks like the GPS connects properly now - have not had a single failure since rebooting.  The GPS status button in QpeGPS shows green, but with 3 question marks - meaning, I assume, that it can't ID my particular GPS.  Walking around the yard last night, QpeGPS quickly detected direction changes and accurately showed direction, after just one or two steps - excellent.  Satellite acquisition was adequate, typically 4-6.  My Garmin Etrex does only slightly better. Thanks for all the help, Ian and all.

Most features seem to be functioning - with the exception of maps.  The Map tab shows only the crosshair and long/lat coordinates.  The example maps supposedly provided in this version of QpeGPS are not loaded.

And can someone tell me what the Info tab is supposed to display?  All I have is a drop-down menu which doesn't drop down, i.e.' has no choices, and a blank screen.

Would someone familiar with QpeGPS provide a "QpeGPS for Dummies" instruction on how (and where) to bring in maps.  The best technique for me right now would be with a CF card, as I haven't bought a network or modem card yet to get online with the Z.

Again, thanks for the great help in getting the GPS up and running.

Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: August 30, 2005, 10:35:54 am »

What do you get if you type:-

dmesg|grep ttyS
ps -ef|grep [t]tyS3

It says:
ttyS04at port 0xc56703f8 (irq = 35) is a 16550A

What do you get if you type: ps -ef|grep [t]tyS3

It says: grep [t]tyS3: command not found

I did a reboot, then ran the "dmesg" command in Terminal - the reference this time was to ttyS03.  So i started QpeGPS, which balked at first, giving a "Can't start GPS" error.  I selected Retry from the options, and got Green GPSD AND GPS status buttons!

Unfortunately, I'm at work and can't spend enough time outdoors right now to try and acquire satellites - I'm getting in the green GPS status button as QpeGPS tries to see some satellites.  Will report back ASAP.

Still not seeing any maps show up (yesterday I installed the next-to-newest version of QpeGPS, which comes with a maps pkg)


Lee

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5x00 Hardware / Gps Problems

« on: August 29, 2005, 01:44:25 pm »

Do I understand this right? With the GPS card inserted, when you type "setserial -g /dev/ttyS3", you get the following response:-

UART: unknown, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 0

Yes, double-checked it this AM

What do you get if you type:-

cardctl ident

I get:
Socket 0:
   product info: "CFGPS", "LPV1.0", "", ""
   manfid: 0x0104, 0x0060
   function: 2 (serial)

cardctl config

I get:
Socket 0:
   Vcc 0.0V  Vpp 0.0V  Vpp2 0.0V

Eject and re-insert the GPS card. Then type "dmesg" and do you see any message referring to "ttyS03" at the bottom of the dmesg output?

No, but there is reference to "ttyS04 at port 0xc56703f8 (irq = 35) is a 16650A"

Have you tried the card with a laptop yet?

I have used it in 2 laptops, 3 or 4 times with complete success, but not in the past few days.  Early in the history of this post I did confirm that it was still working in my laptops.


Lee