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SIMpad forum / Feedback On Open Simpad 0.9.0rc1
« on: June 28, 2005, 11:21:39 am »Quote
QuoteI played with the new OpenSimpad. Thanks for all the guys (and gals?) for working on this (even though it appears to be dead now).
As always I liked Linux/Opie feel.Â
My WiFi cards have been identified and I was online in now time. I used konqueror. I worked but on certain websites, like cnn.com (I understand this is a known bug) it crashed. In addition, for some reason, konqueror was creating folders in / starting with the first letter of each website I visited and had temp files there. So, my / looked terrible.
I was able to download programs from the feed and update some.
For the following reasons however, I decided (for now) to go back to Win.
1. It is really hard to use the soft keyboard because the touchscreen is not completely accurate (even after playing with the config file and calibrating it multiple times) at the bottom and the keboard is so tiny. Without a reliable way for input, it is hard to use Simpad.
2. The CF card (through a PCMCIA adaptor) appeared to have been recognized (the applet flashed that an IDE drive was found); however, it was not mounted. I could not find a solution.
3. USB connection to the PC does not work (I found no solution). In Win I was able to connect through USB.
4. Konqueror problems that I described above.
I am not a dev. so I can't help but wait for somebody to fix this. Until then I am using WinÂ
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Hi kurochka,
I'm kinda with you on the choice between win and linux for the simpad. I've found myself swinging between the two (and occassionally hanging my SL4) but I also find that CE.NET 4.1 has enough apps to make it usable on a daily basis for me.
How did you get windows to recognize SL4 through USB? I've yet to find a working simpad.inf file for it. I am using WindowsXP.
Having said that, I am still hopeful to try opensimpad/opie (or GPE) again when it reaches RC1.0 or something. Hopefully things get sorted out and yes, I also faced the same stylus accuracy problem.
I tried flashing in the newer image from [a href=\"http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/opensimpad/20050620/images/]http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/opensimpad/20050620/images/[/url] but have no idea what to do with the bootstrap file. I guessed that the image file http://devernay.free.fr/hacks/opensimpad/2...32.rootfs.jffs2 goes to root "boot> copy hda1:/opensimpad-rootfs.jffs2 root" after I rename it, copy it to CF and have the SL4 rebooted and dropped to prompt. Maybe someone can post a install guide for this image and also what to do with the bootstrap file.
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I have the lite version installed, could not get the largest file to flash without errors.
You will need to edit /etc/init.d/opie to have a line which contains
export QWS_KEYBOARD='Buttons'
to get the buttons to function. The stylus accuracy is much better but I still have problems with the sound, can't mute it and crackes most of the time particularly bad when I insert a PCMCIA card.
Mark