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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sitecom Wifi Card

« on: July 14, 2005, 06:29:21 pm »

Hi,

Has anyone had experiance with any sitecom wireless cars, and know weather they are any good, of weather to saty clear of them?


Thanks   


Jedeye
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You have a specific model in mind?  Also, I think that a simple Google search would reveal a lot of info about your card... that, or you could look in /etc/pcmcia/config to see if it's in the list (assuming that I know what I'm talking about).  On the 5500 config file, there is no mention of "sitecom" at all.
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Thanks for the reply

I don't really have any more info or model number as it was just the cheapest card on the UK ebay, but there was no mention of model number.

I tried a google search but no real mention of sitecom for the zaurus.

The config file you speak of, is this where all the compatible cards are listed?

Thanks  

Jedeye

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sitecom Wifi Card

« on: July 13, 2005, 08:07:35 pm »

Hi,

Has anyone had experiance with any sitecom wireless cars, and know weather they are any good, of weather to saty clear of them?


Thanks  


Jedeye

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Cannot Create Simbolic Link Or Usb Network

« on: July 13, 2005, 04:33:32 pm »

Hi,

I am having a few teehing problems with OZ at the moment.

When ever i try to install local .ipk file (from the OZ feed) I get the message simbolic linking failed.


Also does anyone know of a tutorial on getting USB networking to work with OZ and Fedora Core

Cheers

 

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Best Rom For 5500

« on: July 11, 2005, 07:20:26 pm »

When looking on the elsix.org website, and I click on "Download the latest release" for any given software, it then gives me an option for OZ. If after clicking the OZ option, and it says "All the required libraries are accounted for." does this mean that the software is avalible for OZ, and I can then download it from the feed or elsix.org?

Cheers for all the replys, they have been more than helpful.

 

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Best Rom For 5500

« on: July 11, 2005, 03:45:51 pm »

* 80% of the packages in that index are one or more of { missing, badly packaged,

actually the problem is it can't be updated.  Except by killefiz, who is absent from the scene at this time.  Use killefiz to search for what you want, then use elsix.org to grab it.  I've been updating the files on elsix, so you may have decent luck finding it there, once you know what you want.

I've been pleasantly surprised to find a number of those packages are still alive and being developed.  A number of issues deal with changes in home pages, etc.
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Thanks for the reply ken.

Does the software on elsix.org work with open zaurus or is this also for the sharp rom

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Best Rom For 5500

« on: July 11, 2005, 03:33:43 pm »

Does this mean that if i use Open Zaurus I cannot use any of the software listed in the Zaurus Software Index

That's correct. It doesn't matter too much though, because

* 80% of the packages in that index are one or more of { missing, badly packaged, hardly working, compiled with outdated tools, illegal, and - which is really the most serious problem - unmaintained and abandonded }.

* 95% of the open source software mentioned in these archive is available through the OpenZaurus feed. If you miss a package, notify us.
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So to get this right (for my small brain) most of the software in the software index is avalible for use on open zaurus through feeds (which are a bit like yum and rpm's). Or most of the software in the index is crap, and better software which does the same things is avalible on open zaurus.

Really i am interested in programs like a pascal compiler, apache mysql and php servers, java compiler and html editor, plus quake if i am lucky. Am i likely to get these for openzaurus because if I have the choice i would much rather use and support an open source project.

And one last question, do any of the ROM's support the sandisk connect plus wifi cf card straight out of the box.

Thanks for the reply Mickey

Jedeye

P.S. Is there a link to somewhere where I can browse the apps avalible in the OZ feed.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Best Rom For 5500

« on: July 11, 2005, 01:17:45 pm »

2) With the opensource ROM's, can you still run all Zaurus software designed to run with the sharp ROM?

OZ uses *only* the oz feeds.  sharp/tkcrom uses non-oz-feed ipk stuff.
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Does this mean that if i use Open Zaurus I cannot use any of the software listed in the [a href=\"http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/]Zaurus Software Index[/url]



Also with the sharp ROM, does it come with terminal.


Cheers, and thanks for the replys

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Best Rom For 5500

« on: July 10, 2005, 02:09:01 pm »

Hi,

I have just bought a second hand 5500 and would rather use an open source ROM on it.

My three questions are:

1) Which ROM will run best (smoothest/fastest) on the 5500, and is best suited for use with the 5500?

2) With the opensource ROM's, can you still run all Zaurus software designed to run with the sharp ROM?

3) Is there a version of pdaXrom for the 5500, and does it run very fast. If there is a version, will it allow me to run apps like Gimp on the 5500.


Thanks for any replys.
 

P.S. Great forum, and the Zaurus seems to have a great community.