Messages

1

Zaurus - pdaXrom / Normal Vs. Root User

« on: November 08, 2005, 11:40:07 pm »

I don't use pdaxrom, but on a normal linux box the user has to be part of the wheel group to use su.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=102227\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

That's interesting.  I think it depends on the distribution though, as I've just checked and ordinary users of SuSE are in groups "users uucp dialout audio video" and can su/sudo.
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=102233\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

You are correct.  It depends on the distribution.

2

Zaurus - pdaXrom / 6000 Rc12 Installation Questions

« on: November 02, 2005, 11:54:59 pm »

Okay, so I have the wireless working now.  So now I'll try updating the Zaurus via WiFi.

Haz

3

Zaurus - pdaXrom / 6000 Rc12 Installation Questions

« on: November 02, 2005, 11:24:05 pm »

Thanks very much for your advice.

Is there a way to avoid the interim step (Guylem)? I thought that the installer for RC12 allowed for manipulation of the memory space (at least that's what the install menu implies).

Any and all help appreciated.

I never have used the Guylhelm step (or whatever that ROM's name is).   I set my root partition to 47M if that is any help.  I certainly agree that the setup is a bit cryptic as there is no decent documentation for all the steps.  The forum definitely is the right place.  Here are some of the things that I have found that have helped:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14462&hl=

That seems to be the most useful starting out.  I think you will agree seeing as I noticed that you had issues with starting out with twm instead of matchbox.  You can do a:

cd / && tar --no-same-owner -xf /root/.home_default.tar

to enable your Matchbox functionality.  Obviously this creates all the needed references for .xinitrc to ensure you are using Matchbox over TWM.  I didn't find the wifi setup useful, as that did not enable my wifi to work out of the box.  I am however using WEP keys, and I will not "open" my wifi access point just so my PDA can use it.  I still find that after setting the clock, and a suspend occurs, it renders the display useless as it is frozen.  I'm still investigating that issuehttps://www.oesf.org/forums/style_images/1/folder_post_icons/icon14.gif.  So right now, WiFi is the most important piece for me to get this thing running as that is how I plan to update my packages.

I also found that at one point I could not do sustained scp USB transfers from my Linux workstation at some point in RC12, but apparently that was fixed as it works now.  I noted that it was set to "should be fixed" in the bugs area, so oh well.


Haz

4

Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom Rc11 For Pxa Devices

« on: October 16, 2005, 03:35:04 am »

Greets..
  I have a 6000L.  One thing I have noticed is that eventually, I can suspend the ROM and when I attempt to resume, the system becomes available, but it's as if the interface isn't responding.  I mean, I can move my mouse around the screen, but it does not allow me to click anything.  The keypad will not allow input either.  I noticed that the time and date reset as well, even after I have reset it.  I read about loading up embedix-utils, but those are already on my system.  I'm able to continue to SSH into the system, but I thought I would bring it to someone's attention.  I am using the Matchbox display manager as well.  This is for ROM RC11.  It does look really good, however.

If I kill the xterm that was open from a remote SSH session, that changed the cursor to looking regular, but I was still unable to make any input.  I would also like to add that I had modified the system's clock at some point as well before suspending.

Haz