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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Xcas Installation On Sl-5500

« on: July 12, 2005, 12:57:45 pm »

Hi,

I've been trying to get XCAS (or some good computer algebra system) to install on my new SL-5500 (running OZ 3.5.3 + GPE), but am not having success, probably because I'm nt very familiar with Linux.  Thus my question:

Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions on downloading and installing XCAS on my SL-5500 (I don't have a network card, but I do have a card reader, an SD card, a CF card, and a Windows XP system)?

Or, conversely, I've been talking to Lardman because I saw that he uses XCAS (and has an .ipk for it), but he sent this reply:

I have a feeling that this stuff is built using ARM5 (as my toolchain is setup for my C750), and you need ARM4 so:
1. it may not install as ipkg won't recognise the arch and,
2. you may get unknown instruction errors when you run it.

Hmm, if you can find someone with a GPE 5500 setup with OE/BB I'll give you/them the patches for giac to get it to build.

Can anyone help out with this?

Thanks,
Phillip

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / New To The Sl-5500

« on: July 07, 2005, 12:23:07 pm »

You are holding the wrong buttons. Don't hold any of the big buttons outside. Open the keyboard and actually hold the keys marked "c" and "d".

Felipe
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Thanks for the pointer.  I forgot that this unit has a keyboard, which is the reason I got it in the first place

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / New To The Sl-5500

« on: July 07, 2005, 12:14:57 pm »

Hi everyone,

Let me preface what I say by saying that I don't have experience with Linux - I just bought a refurbished SL-5500 off of Ebay, and this is my first experience with the operating system.

Having said that, I'm having problems flashing OZ + GPE to my Zaurus.  I have a card reader, and bought a 128 MB Sandisk CF card.  I copied the kernal and the GPE image over to the blank card, renaming them 'zImage' and 'initrd.bin', respectively.

I then put the CF card in the Zaurus, removed the battery cover, held what I thought was the C and D buttons (the one showing a menu, and the one with the envelope printed on it - I assume those are what are referred to as C and D, right?), and pushed the full reset button with the tip of my stylus.

Nothing happened.  I looked at the front of the device, and the yellow charging LED came on for 5-10 seconds and then went off again.  The green mail LED did not light up at all.  I thought maybe the button combination was wrong, so I tried using every 2-button combination (with the exception of the 4-way pad) that I could, but still nothing.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Phillip

Edit:  I didn't realize the 'C' and 'D' refer to the letters on the keyboard.  The unit is currently flashing