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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Feed Available... Requests?

« on: October 02, 2005, 05:56:08 am »

Some ham radio apps would be cool and would bring more people over too linux on a pda too.
If you do any ill post to ham user groups im involved in.
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from here http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/
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Xlog, a logging program for Amateur Radio Operators
http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/xlog.html

Xcall, a packet radio program for X
http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/xcall.html

Colrdx, a ncurses tcp/ip DX-cluster client
http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/colrdx.html

Xdx, a GTK+ 2.0 tcp/ip DX-cluster client
http://www.qsl.net/pg4i/linux/xdx.html

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from here http://users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/index.html
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QSSTV not tx only version but this one http://users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/downlo...stv-5.3c.tar.gz

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from here http://www.qsl.net/n1vtn/phaseshift.html
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PhaseShift is a PSK31 communicator with a GUI based on the  Qt (1.4.x or 2.x.x) library
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/ham/...hift-0.4.tar.gz
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or any others that are easy to port

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X/Qt / Getting Started With Development

« on: September 30, 2005, 12:04:50 pm »

Hi Folks,
I have read the FAQ, checked the Wiki, and had a google or two but I could do with advice on getting started programming the Z, particularly with X/Qt. This seems an excellent way to port things to the Z but I don't want to exclude Qt, or perhaps use SDL...

In short, I am confused as to where to start and what toolkits to use. 

I come from developing using Embedded Visual C++ on Windows for Windows CE, where it's all straightforward: you've got the Microsoft WinCE APIs, built in help, and when all is said and done the IDE works well.

If people were starting over on developing for the Zaurus, what toolset would you use, are there any IDEs worth working with, and where would you look for inspiration.

Sorry to ask a n00b question, but coming from the hand-holding world of MS development, this is quite a shock to the system  
Thanks!
Nick.
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Just a few links that may help
[a href=\"http://www.pellicosystems.com/devolinux/zdevolinux/index.html]http://www.pellicosystems.com/devolinux/zd...inux/index.html[/url]
http://www.kevinboone.com/myfirstqtopiaapp1.html
https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Developing
http://java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/pp4zaurus/
http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobil...cles/ztutorial/
http://www.trolltech.com/download/qtopia/index.html
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/zaurusdevel
http://www.micronova.com/ZAURUS/index.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4063513468.html
http://www.uv-ac.de/ipaqhelp/index.html
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/saweyer/z/index.htm


not in any order just from my bookmarks and may lead to other sources of help

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 30, 2005, 10:50:04 am »

Well spoken lardman !

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 30, 2005, 05:25:03 am »

I think these negative type posts are not doing anyone any good !
In fact i have even been looking into other PDA's due to some of the negative comments.
I appreciate the effort that goes into maintaining a forum such as this,especialy on someones free time and goodwill to serve the Zaurus community.Why do people bother posting negatively ,it will never do anything good but the exact opposite and may even steer people away from the Zaurus altogether.
PS. this is aimed at no particular person but at all who post,where ever you post and in whatever other forums elsewhere,try and be more posative and helpfull please,for the benifit of all.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 23, 2005, 10:49:59 am »

Guys (Hagisbasheruk especially) - this is "OZ/Common" NOT PocketWorkstation/Common or Debian/Common - use correct sections.

Hagisbasheruk - you are new in this forum - find some free time, use Search option to find some threads about things which interest you but dont select random section to start asking about things which was discussed many times.
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Ok some admin move this to :
OE Forums > ROMs, Development, and Model Specific Forums > Everything Development > X/Qt
Sorry for posting here ! like i said i haven't used forums much but they seem a good place for infos
Cheers from Hagisbasheruk  
Oh! how about a 2.2Gb or upwards microdrives instead of a cf card?
I'am not conserned about speed but just whether these newer cf drives would work in the zaurus,most say they are IBM compatable clones and well wouldn't this do away with any corruption issues?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 22, 2005, 06:43:41 pm »

Hay i only just found out about the Zaurus last week after seeing one on ebay.
I don't often use forums so pardon the CAPS and content pasting lol.I never even thought to search the forum OOPS
Like i said i would like to be able to run ham radio apps on it so that seems the appeal for me.
What about these 2.2 Gb cf microdrives that are on ebay are they any good for a sl-5500 or sl-5600?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 22, 2005, 06:03:16 pm »

is it me or has a particular "team" been a little "testy" lately, too much coffee perhaps?
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Looks like it !! i just thought it would be a good/better idea too team up/exchange ideas and infos and therefore make the OS's better for all users.
P.S INFORMATION IS FOR SHARING JUST LIKE LINUX  SO DO USE A FAVOUR KOEN BE POSITIVE,i just checked all your previous posts to see if you were one of those NEGATIVE types but you seem ok so sorry for getting your hump up......but you have not answered my questions ether;(
BACK TO THE POINT HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS?
IF SO COMMENTS PLEASE !

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 22, 2005, 01:25:22 pm »

OPPS U R RIGHT BUT LOOK BELOW

I don't know if you checked, but OZ offers > 2000 packages, so what is missing in respect to debian?

Why don't use you OZ/GPE? That way you'll have real X server which will perform much better as X/qt.
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[a href=\"http://wiki.debian.net/?PocketWorkstationXQT]http://wiki.debian.net/?PocketWorkstationXQT[/url]
Instructions are to install PocketWorkstation with X-Qt on the Sharp ROM. X/Qt information is available at http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/index.html

NICE SCREENSHOTS HERE http://xqt.sourceforge.jp/screenshot.html
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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Ipkg Request: Xfe

« on: September 22, 2005, 11:43:03 am »

Cool ....you should start a request board for PPL wanting software for there zaurus(who just dont get cross-compiling)
Any chance of a Qsstv port for zaurus sl-5500
http://users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/index.html
http://users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/downlo...stv-5.3c.tar.gz even a good dummies step by step walk through ie 1.do this 2.get this install like this 3.exactly like this bla bla would be really helpful
Most other stuff seems to be dated links for cross compilers dead etc
Cheers if you do start a thread like this before you know it 20,000+ apps converted by all zaurus community......YeHa and like i said in another post ill do all the Ham Radio apps once i learn properly how to do this ,mind you i still don't have a zaurus yet but Xmas is on its way and ebay will have me sourcing out a sl-5500 or sl-5600 as thats within my price range  LOL

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 22, 2005, 10:36:41 am »

using jffs2 on CF card is actually slower and will destroy the cards faster. Ext2 without -noatime would be the best choice.

Any chance you could please email Klaus Weidner kw@w-m-p.com with any suggestions regarding a better way to do this as he won't continue releasing this if he doesn't hear from people.

I don't know if you checked, but OZ offers > 2000 packages, so what is missing in respect to debian?

Why don't use you OZ/GPE? That way you'll have real X server which will perform much better as X/qt.
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Regarding software i cant seem to find much Ham Radio software,ie SSTV,PSK,MORSE,PAKCET(decoding) via soundcard or Radio control via Com ports.....plus loads of other stuff.
Once i get a zaurus i will make it my task to modify/port these types of applications once i learn c++,java and Qt/embeded.
Anyway how about some1 doing a how to convert some ham radio app from source to run on the zaurus ;)maybe QSSTV(i can just imagine talking to someone on my Handheld Radio and then sending them some Slow Scan TV pictures of the location i am at{via sd card from camera} COOL -Then ill finish the rest!!
10,000+ apps on Debian too so maybe it would be better to find a way to download/compile/import these packages via a script automatically.
Regarding the X server i can comment on except the way i read it :
includes X11 able to run most Linux applications - it supports virtual screens larger than the physical screen, realtime anti-aliased scaling and rotation, 3-mouse-button emulation and a full keyboard (useful i.e. if you need to send Ctrl-Alt-Del to an application)(LOOKS REAL TO ME)....
The reason i sy that is because of the next statement :
VNC client fbvnc (same features as X11 above) - remote administer your NT box from your Zaurus
"fbvnc"<<<has this got to do with that?i just dont know enough to comment really!
Invite  Klaus Weidner kw@w-m-p.com to partake in OZ he knows more about this than me,i'm just a Joe Blogs who thought this was way cool{FULL DEBIAN} on zaurus,after all doesn't OZ and others get there roots from there?

About OpenZaurus
Background

The OpenZaurus project was created as an alternative Operating System for the Sharp Zaurus Personal Mobile Tool. The original purpose behind the project was to create a system (kernel + root filesystem) which was a bit closer to what the developer community specifically desired. The method by which this was accomplished was simply to use the Sharp ROM as a base and make alterations, bugfixes, additions and even removals, where necessary, to make the package more open.

Shortly after this, it was revamped completely. OpenZaurus was then a Debian based embedded distribution built from source, from the ground up. Given its debian roots, it is quite similar to other embedded Debian-based distributions, such as Familiar for the Ipaq. This means of doing things also facilitates an easy method for users to build their own custom system images.

Current Versions of OpenZaurus are built from the OpenEmbedded Build system, this was again a complete rebuild of the entire distribution from scratch.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Full Debian Linux On Zaurus Sl-5500 Etc

« on: September 22, 2005, 07:40:02 am »

I JUST WANT TO KNOW HAS ANYONE TRIED IT YET ?
Ihave no zaurus yet but have been reading lots and found this....probably the most interesting zaurus topic yet!!
Let me know how you get on with this ,even better OZ team up !!OZ/Debian
http://www.pocketworkstation.org/

      Full Debian GNU/Linux operating environment, with easy access to the many GB of available software. Want the Konqueror web browser and have 50MB free space on your SD card? Run "apt-get install konqueror", go eat lunch and come back to find it ready to run. No porting needed.
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      includes X11 able to run most Linux applications - it supports virtual screens larger than the physical screen, realtime anti-aliased scaling and rotation, 3-mouse-button emulation and a full keyboard (useful i.e. if you need to send Ctrl-Alt-Del to an application).
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      VNC client fbvnc (same features as X11 above) - remote administer your NT box from your Zaurus.
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      Runs completely out of a single directory (a 256MB SD card is ideal), no re-flashing or modification of the existing operating system is required.
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      Switch between qtopia and X11 whenever you like without rebooting or needing to stop any of your X11 applications. This currently still requires waiting half a minute for QPE to load, but I'm working on making it near-instantaneous.

Requirements
You need:

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      A storage card with a Unix filesystem (ext2 works, FAT doesn't) and 95MB free space (125MB if you also need to put the archive on it) for the "base" archive, 200/280MB for the "big" one. SD/MMC cards are most useful due to keeping the CF slot free for network cards, but CF cards and microdrives also work.
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      Approximately 20 MB free RAM on the handheld. This is only really relevant for the SL-5000D with the Sharp ROM which has less than 32MB available - don't try to run Qtopia at the same time as Debian in that case.

Supported platforms:

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      Sharp SL-5000D or SL-5500 running the Crow ROM is recommended. OpenZaurus and the original Sharp ROM also work, but please refer to 'known bugs' below.
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      The Japan-only C700 and C750 models also work, and are highly recommended (here's a comparison between the c700 and 5600. See 'known bugs' section below for further instructions.
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      Compaq iPAQ color handheld running Familiar Linux. (NOT Windows CE, and it isn't officially supported yet and needs some tweaking, see 'known bugs' below. Send me mail if you want to try it.)
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      Other comparable handhelds running Linux might also work with some porting, let me know if you have one you want supported.

     Klaus Weidner kw@w-m-p.com

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      Feedback! I won't continue releasing this if I don't hear from you (yes, this means you). If you try it, let me know what you did and how it turned out. If you decided not to try it out, please tell me what should have been different. Also, tell me if I should add you to the (very low-volume) announcement mailing list to tell you about new versions.
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      Help on setting up power management properly on the various ROMs (suspend/resume, backlight, hardware clock, alarm function) - please let me know what works and what doesn't. I'd like to phase out the zapmd hacks if possible.
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      A fix for the crashes when writing (see above, probably buggy SD/MMC driver)
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      jffs2 file system on flash cards using the blkmtd driver - this would offer compression and better write performance. Anyone have a working Zaurus-compatible version?

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted Sl-5600 Or Sl-5500 In Uk

« on: September 19, 2005, 06:57:10 pm »

Wanted sl-5600 or sl-5500
For a Christmas present to myself
I can Get a brand new one from ebay for £85 but i have had my fingers burnt there before purchasing a pda from there.
I would prefer a sl-5600, in very good condition with extras and good battery i would pay upto £100
In used condition with extras i would pay upto £75-£85
For the sl-5500 i would pay £80 for one in very good condition with extras
In used condition with extras i would pay upto £55-£70

As i have had bad experience on ebay i would ask you to send first so i can make sure the device is working ok.Then i will pay the same day i recieve the zaurus via paypal or other sellers sugested terms.

Or mabey the is some kind sole who doesn't use theirs anymore could just send me it and ill return postage costs to them when i recieve it.

I just want to learn/write programs for this device,i have started already on my Suse box here at home java and c++ and getting the hang of it ok but it would be better if i had a zaurus now because  i keep getting desturbed.

Anyway what ever happens i would not be able to commit for a purchase until the begining of December thats when i get my £100 for Xmas.
my email is smcdougall27@aol.com
If you feel kind enough to donate a zaurus then post to

Steven McDougall
27E Swallow Rd
Faifley
Clydebank
Scotland UK
G81 5DP