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New products and alternatives / Kingjim Portabook Xmc10 Using With Arch Linux

« on: December 02, 2016, 02:26:32 pm »

Where did you buy it from?  I might be interested in getting one at that price.  Thanks

EDIT:  Oh I see your in Tokyo so got it local.  

Dear TheWalt,

Yes, it is available from www.amazon.co.jp. Hope they can ship abroad.

Sincerely, Nori

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New products and alternatives / Kingjim Portabook Xmc10 Using With Arch Linux

« on: December 02, 2016, 07:32:09 am »

Dear all forum members,

You might be interested in Japanese product named Portabook.

It has 8" screen (1280x768 dots), width=19 cm, height=15 cm (area is just A5-size), depth=2.3-1.5cm, weight 830g ,and with *foldable* keyboard. (see pictures and spec sheet below).
CPU Atom x7-Z8700, RAM 2GB, eMMC 32GB storage. Preinstall is Windows 10 home 64 bit ed.
Though it is much larger than clam-shell PCs like Fujitsu LOOX U/G90(Fujitsu UH900), I do not know comparable hardware's with this dimension and usable keyboard.

The spec:
http://www.kingjim.co.jp/sp/portabook/xmc10/

I posted this article because I'm trying to install Arch Linux, and have many troubles like GPD Win.
Also important is the price: now on bargain about 210 US$. I purchased two.

The main problem is that the wifi (Realtek RTL8723BS connected via SD host controller, which is reported by the Device Manager in Windows).
Other problems are no sounds, no supend or hibernate, keyboard and display instability. The last two are almost solved. (module loading order problem, and use EFIFB).

Though there is the well-known efforts (https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs), this driver module does not recognize the one inside this PC. The reason is that sd host controller module does not provide the entry in /sys/bus/sdio/devices/.

I would like to know if GPD Win, that is very similar architecture, users get same problems, and the how you overcame them.

With very sincerely,
NORI

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

« on: November 11, 2016, 05:56:13 am »

My status I'd like to report.

I'm running the new kernel and rootfs on C3000, thanks to Greguu.

I hustled X for some time, and found current X is too demanding to Zaurus.

I'm now comfortable with Emacs in fbcon. I used fbterm and uim-fep to enable Japanese input and output. W3m is used for web-browsing. Networking I'm using is Planex USB ethernet dongle.

Next, I wanted to self-compile various packages including kernel, but again it is demanding too.

Woom, it was casual to develop software on Zaurus on Qtopia. (I heard so. I am new to Zaurus since this April.) There still remains many old software on the Internet around. Almost all of them stops update since around 2009... Linux system have grown up to huge from those days. I once hastled with linux on PowerPC Macintoshes.

My aim is to study the (self-) software builds on the fly, and finally to write a new program myself everywhere. Before all, I must catch up the Arch system. I installed Arch into my laptop and am looking around how Arch world be.

Regards,
NORI,

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

« on: November 04, 2016, 06:19:23 pm »

Hi Greguu,

Thank you for replying me.

I used the Xmodmap you indicated, and noticed that Fn+'-'->'@', Fn+'/'->'<', Fn+'.'->'>' key combination does not work.
I added Fn+'c'-> @, Fn+'n'-> '<', Fn+'m' -> '>' lines to the Xmodmap, attached.
Hoping this helps somebody.

NORI,

Hi NORI,

thanks for the feedback. Happy to have more users.

Xorg and keymap : https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showto...st&p=282236
Xorg rotation : https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showto...st&p=282112
Xorg and touchscreen  : https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showto...st&p=282202

Try flubox or similiar. They are faster than XFCE.

Cheers!

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Zaurus - Arch Linux ARM support / Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

« on: November 03, 2016, 08:36:57 pm »

Dear Greguu,

Thank you.
I tried the new kernel on my C3100, and successfully have boot.
Also thank you for the new rootfs.
I installed and now 'pacman -Syu' works.
I also installed xfce4 and saw the same problem discussed here 1 year ago. The x server displays 480x640 rotated, and the keymap is not good. Though zaurus memory is limited, I think X is favored from user's point of view. I'lll check the X configuration.

I briefly checked the battery indicator LED(orange), and it seems to change according to charging status.


 

Linux Kernel 4.9-rc3

Download here : https://github.com/greguu/linux-4.9-rc3-c3x...leases/tag/v0.2

Code: [Select]

Experimental Kernel for Sharp Zaurus C3x00 series
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-       boot.cfg is example only for use with kexecboot.
        You will need to adjust your root= accordingly

-       The is an experimental release. Please post issues or suggestions on OESF.org/forum


v0.2 Change Log

-       Set USB power level to 180mA (not sure this actually works)

-       Reverted PCMCIA regulator additions by moving soc_common.c/h to 4.6.7 version

v0.1 Change Log

-       SPI PXA2xx driver was reverted to 4.6.7 version

-       IPV6, ALSA and some filesystems are modules again instead of compiled into the kernel

-       F2FS was added

-       SECCOMP enabled as required by systemd

-       Online charging may work again. This needs some testing.
        Replug the power cord after a boot brings the charging LED on
Cheers!