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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Memory / Ram

« on: November 02, 2006, 09:14:32 am »

Hey, guys.

Thanks for the help.  It's good to know that my machine is "normal".  

So I am interested in trying out a swap file, and I picked up the memory manager applet that Meanie mentioned in his "Customisations" area.  It does have a swap file tag, but the "panel" seems to be truncated - the bottom part (under "manage...") seems to be cut off.

So, I was wondering if you guys could point me to a fixed version of that applet?

Thanks again!

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Memory / Ram

« on: November 01, 2006, 10:44:46 pm »

Hello.

I am writing a program, and in while in the process of desinging it, I got to thinking about how much RAM I would have to work with.  I know the sl-c3100 (the model I have), comes with 64MB of RAM, but I'm unsure how much of that gets used up by the OS etc...  Anyway, I went to system info and checked the memory tab, and I'm seeing that on my zaurus, 31.3MB is being used and 30.7MB is free.  

I only have 2 programs, the dictionary and the notepad set to fast load, so I can't imagine why more than half of my memory is being used up.  Is this about average for a sl-c3100 running the default japanese 1.02 ROM?  Does the OS and all the background stuff use up HALF of the 64MB?

If you guys could let me know if my situation is normal, I would appreciate it.

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Personal Java/Jeode/J2ME Personal Profile / Finding The Available Screen Size?

« on: November 01, 2006, 06:40:45 pm »

Hello.

I'm working on a java app that I will be using on a sl-c3100.

The problem I have having is that I want my program to use all of the screen that is available at any given moment, but there doesn't seem to be a way to find out what *IS* available?  I'm pretty sure that the j2me specification is basically the same as java 1.1.8, and the only way I am aware of for getting the screen size is:

Dimension d = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();

and the problem with that is that it just gives you the absolute size (either 640 x 480, or 480x600), and doesn't take into account the task bar, or the virtual keyboard/kanji pad.  This means that when my program launches, it is bigger than the space I have available.  Additionally, even if I set it to take the height of the taskbar into account, opening the virtual keyboard covers part of the app.  

Is there anyway to figure out how much screen is availble in java, on a zaurus?  Also, is there any sort of event I can listen for to handle the case that the virtual keyboard gets opened (so I will know I need to resize my program)?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Japanese Study Possible W/ Pdaxrom

« on: June 27, 2006, 02:27:08 pm »

Hello.

Thanks for all the work!  I'm going to look into all this, and see what I can come up with.  If it doesn't work out (my moving to pdaXrom), I'm leaning towards sticking with the Sharp ROM, and writing my software in the old Java version.  I didn't want to have to deal with AWT, but if there's no other choice...

Thanks again!

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Japanese Study Possible W/ Pdaxrom

« on: June 21, 2006, 01:42:00 pm »

Hello.

I bought a 3100 last year, and have happily been using it as an amazing tool for Japanese study since then.  The main selling point for me has been the ability to have Japanese dictionaries that can be searched via handwriting (kanji) recognition.

Like I said, I have been extremely happy with the 3100 so far; however, its one main fault (for me) is its lack of Java support - the reason being that I would like to write a flashcard / study tool for the device, but don't want to have to go through the trouble of writing it in Qt (I have already done a lot of the work in Java, and setting up the development environment for Qt is a pain).

Anyhow, I have been looking around for a solution to my problem, and I'm wondering if pdaXrom is a possible match for my needs.

I have done some looking around for myself, but I would really appreciate it if one of the pdaXrom gurus would let me know if these functionalities would be possible on a 3100 / pdaXrom setup (Entries marked with an * are absolutely essential.  Other entries are "nice, but not essential"):

1*.  Maintains japanese input support, including handwriting recognition.  (From what I have read on the forums, it seems like you can get uim up and running in pdaXrom, but I am wondering whether it includes some sort of handwriting support.)

2*. Java (at least 1.4) support.

3*. A dictionary program exists for it that I could install Jim Breen's jdic (edict) dictionary into.

4. That dictionary program could also be used to access the two Japanese dictionaries (koujien and the other)that are included with the 3100.  (I know this might be impossible because I think they are encrypted...)

That's pretty much it.  Basically, I just want a solution with which I have Japanese handwriting support, a japanese-english dictionary, and the ability to run some Java study programs that I write.

Thanks for your help,
joe

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General Discussion / Can't Use Japanese In Qt Designer 2.3

« on: November 30, 2005, 03:17:37 pm »

[[[First off, please excuse me posting this in two places.  I posted this in the QT/Qtopia forum as well, but it doesn't seem to get as much traffic as this General forum, so I wanted to post it here as well.]]]



Hey guys,

I'm having a problem entering Japanese text in QT Designer 2.3.  Here is an outline of what happened...

About a week ago I went ahead and burned the latest Mandriva 2006 cds, and installed Mandriva on my computer.  I went ahead and set up Japanese support/input (making sure to use a utf-8 font), and everything worked fine - I could see/type in Japanese on the desktop (when I make a new folder, file, etc...), I could see/type in Japanese in Firefox, etc.  I could even enter Japanese text when making forms in QT Designer.  This is using SCIM/ANTHY, by the way.

I did, however, have a problem.  When I installed Mandriva that time, I installed all the developement stuff with it, which included a newer version of gcc.  The problem was that, as you all know, in order to do Zaurus QT developement, you need to have gcc 2.95 installed if you want to build (so you can test) for the x86 environment.

Anyway, since I wanted to try a new install anyway (There was a bunch of other stuff that I decided I didn't want installed), I went ahead and deleted/reinstalled Mandriva.  I got everything setup again (including Japanese input/support with SCIM/ANTHY again), and everything seemed fine - I could use Japanese everywhere...

However, now I have installed the qtopia 1.5 sdk again, and I absolutely cannot use Japanese in QT Designer anymore.  For example, if I create a new button on a form, and try entering some Japanese for the button's text, it comes out as "?".  I looked at the font that is being used for the form/button, and it says it's using a Japanese font ("Sazanami"), but it just doesn't matter.

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?  I KNOWI was able to use Japanese the first time.  And now, well... I've tried everything to get it working again.  I've reinstalled Mandriva multiple times - with Japanese as the only language; with all the development stuff included again; etc...  Nothing works.

If you guys have any ideas, please try to help me out.

joe

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Qt/Qtopia / Using Japanese In Qt Designer

« on: November 30, 2005, 03:15:19 pm »

Hey guys,

I'm having a problem entering Japanese text in QT Designer 2.3.  Here is an outline of what happened...

About a week ago I went ahead and burned the latest Mandriva 2006 cds, and installed Mandriva on my computer.  I went ahead and set up Japanese support/input (making sure to use a utf-8 font), and everything worked fine - I could see/type in Japanese on the desktop (when I make a new folder, file, etc...), I could see/type in Japanese in Firefox, etc.  I could even enter Japanese text when making forms in QT Designer.  This is using SCIM/ANTHY, by the way.

I did, however, have a problem.  When I installed Mandriva that time, I installed all the developement stuff with it, which included a newer version of gcc.  The problem was that, as you all know, in order to do Zaurus QT developement, you need to have gcc 2.95 installed if you want to build (so you can test) for the x86 environment.

Anyway, since I wanted to try a new install anyway (There was a bunch of other stuff that I decided I didn't want installed), I went ahead and deleted/reinstalled Mandriva.  I got everything setup again (including Japanese input/support with SCIM/ANTHY again), and everything seemed fine - I could use Japanese everywhere...

However, now I have installed the qtopia 1.5 sdk again, and I absolutely cannot use Japanese in QT Designer anymore.  For example, if I create a new button on a form, and try entering some Japanese for the button's text, it comes out as "?".  I looked at the font that is being used for the form/button, and it says it's using a Japanese font ("Sazanami"), but it just doesn't matter.

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?  I KNOWI was able to use Japanese the first time.  And now, well... I've tried everything to get it working again.  I've reinstalled Mandriva multiple times - with Japanese as the only language; with all the development stuff included again; etc...  Nothing works.

If you guys have any ideas, please try to help me out.

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Original Sharp Rom For 3100

« on: November 21, 2005, 10:31:21 pm »

Hello.

Thanks for the help guys.  I found what I needed on the Conics site.  

Also, I just wanted to say that I wasn't in any way saying anything negative about the backup I got from the Trisoft site.  I used the one I found there on my own accord, and it worked fine.  I just wanted to return to a completely unaltered ROM now.

Thanks for all the help, guys!

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Original Sharp Rom For 3100

« on: November 20, 2005, 08:07:09 am »

Hello again.

I'm looking for the original Sharp ROM that shipped with the 3100.  When I was having the problem I had last week, I went and flashed to the NAND on the Trisoft site, thinking that it was an unmodified version of the original Sharp ROM, but it seemed to be modified in some ways (Different screen when booting up, different IME, etc).

Anyway, it didn't seem to matter much because once I used that to get the machine to boot up again, I just restrored to a backup I had made.

However....

Now I wanted to restore my 3100 to factory defaults, and I did, but I'm noticing that it's "factory defaults" are the Trisoft ROM (It uses their loading screen, etc.)

I just want to set everything back to default (I've been experiencing some weirdness.  Hancom sheet has locked up repeatedly, etc). Does anyone know where I can find the original ROM?  I looked on my installation disks, but I didn't see it.

Thanks.
joe

ps.  Also, if I reset to the original ROM, will it reset to the original Kernal?  I went ahead an "updated" to Tetsu's special kernel.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Please Help!

« on: November 15, 2005, 12:08:29 am »

Also, I wanted to ask about one other thing....

The reason I let the battery completely expend itself was because I was under the impression that it was important to do this when dealing with a new battery (Make sure it is completely exhausted, then completely recharged the first couple of times).  

Is this practice not necessary with the battery provided with the Zaurus?

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Please Help!

« on: November 15, 2005, 12:05:33 am »

Hey, Meanie.  Thanks for the responses.  

I actually just found out the same thing you just said - it seems like if the battery goes dead, it is impossible to power the thing back up again - even if you have it plugged into the adapter.  That seems pretty stupid, but at least I'm not going to worry that there is something wrong with it anymore.  

As for installing something to get a more accurate reading, I'm wondering if I'll be able to keep my system as is (i.e, still maintaining full Japanese support), if I go ahead and install that kernel?  

Thanks for any help you can give me (And the help you already have given me   )

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Please Help!

« on: November 14, 2005, 10:22:27 pm »

Now I'm having the same problem again...

This time the battery died on me (I swear it went from half power to NONE in less than a half hour on the lowest screen brightness setting), and it shut itself down.  Now it will NOT boot up again.  I plugged it in to the adapter, but pressing the on/off button does nothing.

Is there something special you need to do to turn the thing on when it shuts itself off?

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Zdict

« on: November 12, 2005, 05:14:19 pm »

I figured out a way, although I'm not sure if it's the best.

If you just put the new dictionary in one of the dict folders that are already on the hdd, it works.

joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Zdict

« on: November 12, 2005, 04:43:33 pm »

Wow! Ztenv's jump features (the ability to go back and forth between words) are much better than the default Zdict included with the c3100.

I am however having one problem.  I can get it to find and use the default dictionaries (The Koujien and Genius ones), but I can't get it to find/use the EPWING EDICT dictionaries that I put on hdd3.  Does anyone have instructions for doing that?

Thank you!
joe

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Please Help!

« on: November 12, 2005, 02:43:59 pm »

Ok...  I got it working.  

It seems that in order to get the on+OK method to work, you have to hit that sequence several times.  Not just hold it down.  Man I wish the instructions had said that.

sorry for all the posts (but I was really panicking)

joe