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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Problem Almanac

« on: February 05, 2006, 01:35:47 pm »

Since I have a C1000, and I am not a LINUX-crack, I had some problems with the Zaurus but that's all solved.
I was thinking and maybe it is an idea to start a kind of trouble-shooting manual for zaurus users. I really don't know if there is already such a manual (I haven't found it).
I think it maybe helpfull to help everyone.

Let me know what everyone thinks abaout it, if is is possible to set this up.

Rino

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Challenge

« on: February 05, 2006, 12:11:59 pm »

Marc,

Thanx for you advise, the Zaurus is back to his working state.
It was indeed the so called 'diag flag'.

Thanx again,

Rino

Rino,

if your Zaurus runs into the diagnostics menu every time
you turn it on, the reason may be a so-called "diag flag".

While in the diag mode, look at the table in the lower area
of the display:
Under the line "NAND DIAG Ver.x.x.x" there is a field
"BootFlg:". This should say "----" and not "DIAG".
If you read "DIAG", clear it as follows:
On page 3, select the "EXTRA MENU" and press "OK"
Then select "Clear Diag Flag" and press "OK"
Confirm the "Flag = none" message with "Cancel"

The field "BootFlg:" should now bet set to "----".
Remove battery. Tick the reset switch. Put battery back
in and turn the Zaurus on.
---> Normal Boot !

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Challenge

« on: February 02, 2006, 02:23:52 pm »

Marc,

i will try this.

I get back to you if it's works.

Thanx

Rino,

if your Zaurus runs into the diagnostics menu every time
you turn it on, the reason may be a so-called "diag flag".

While in the diag mode, look at the table in the lower area
of the display:
Under the line "NAND DIAG Ver.x.x.x" there is a field
"BootFlg:". This should say "----" and not "DIAG".
If you read "DIAG", clear it as follows:
On page 3, select the "EXTRA MENU" and press "OK"
Then select "Clear Diag Flag" and press "OK"
Confirm the "Flag = none" message with "Cancel"

The field "BootFlg:" should now bet set to "----".
Remove battery. Tick the reset switch. Put battery back
in and turn the Zaurus on.
---> Normal Boot !

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Challenge

« on: February 02, 2006, 10:17:15 am »

I did and still no luck.
The main question is if there is a possibility to do anything by the 'commandscreen' or must the Zaurus reset by the hard-reset button?

Rino

Got into the diagnostic/service menu and the NAND-restore did his work.
However the system did not reboot from itself (stays in the diagnostic-screen), so I did what the manual said and pressed the hard-reset button.
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Did you remove the battery & disconnect the power adapter when doing the hard reset button?
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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Challenge

« on: February 02, 2006, 09:45:27 am »

Recently I posted already a topic for some help. Untill now I am no step further. But reading al the topics (it took me a while) I can't imagine that there is no-one out there who can't help me out.

I have the following problem:

I got a c1000 from a friend, but he suggested to do a restore because he had some software troubles (programs which did't worke like the use to do, stuff like that).

I went to the TRI-soft.de site and downloaded everything I need.
I followed the manual and dit a NAND-restore, because the simple-restore didn't work.
Got into the diagnostic/service menu and the NAND-restore did his work.
However the system did not reboot from itself (stays in the diagnostic-screen), so I did what the manual said and pressed the hard-reset button.
But this doesn't work and the only way I can get out of the service menu is (after the green bar is finished) and the message on screen is OK by boot to command-line, is by doing this:

'pressing B+D en while repowering the Zaurus' (u get a Sharp - Japanese - screen which scrolls up and shows several messages), which are:

INIT: version 2.78 booting
sl_time nand_read_time
touch: /home/sharp/etc/rtc_reset: No such file or directory
INIT: Enetering runlevel 4

INIT: sending processes the TERM signal

Lineo uLinux
Kernel 2.4.20 on armv5tel

Zaurus login:

Then the manual tells me to login as 'zaurus' or 'root'
When I type 'root' I get

login[175]: root login on 'ttul1'
#
Where to go from here........?

When I type 'zaurus' I get
password:
what do i fill in because the old password doesn't work?

I checked it with the manual from TRIsoft and the only difference is the folling lines:
sl_time nand_read_time
touch: /home/sharp/etc/rtc_reset: No such file or directory
which doesn't appear in the manual but only on my screen.

Can it be that I am missing the file or a directory to make a hard-reset? (Maybe that’s why the reset button doesn't work).

I  have been surfing around the forums and everyone is talking about using the Cacko-ROM, so I thought lets try this.

I followed the instructions (release notes), but I can’t do step 2 till 5 because I am right back in the service/diagnostic-screen.

Could someone please tell me (Linux-dummy) step by step what to do?

Needles to say that I am hoping u can really help me out because as a LINUX-dummy I am really grasping for straws………….


Thanx already for making my day.


Rino

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Troubles With C1000

« on: January 08, 2006, 08:09:09 am »

when it asks for password, type nothing on it.....


I dont know why you are going that far deep into it.  something must be wrong...
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I'm new to the Zaurus and totally unknown with Linux so the only thing I want to do is finish the restore which doesn't want to finish (I think) because I'm getting the message:
touch: /home/sharp/etc/rtc_rest: No such file or directory

How can I fix the problem with the missing directory and sub-directies
A step by step, the dummy way, would be very helpful because, as I already told you, I new to Linux land and unable to fix it myself.

Thanks already very much for trying to get my Zaurus working

regs
Rino

PS
The hard reset doesn't work
Is that because the Zaurus misses a file or a directory with this file or . . . . .

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Troubles With C1000

« on: January 08, 2006, 04:05:43 am »

Oke,

 If have done a restore, but I can't do a hard reset. The service menu is keep getting up.
According to the TRIsoft manuel u can also do a 'boot to command-line'
This is working.

the following things appear on my screen:
INIT: version 2.78 booting
sl_time nand_read_time
touch: /home/sharp/etc/rtc_reset: No such file or directory
INIT: Enetering runlevel 4

INIT: sending processes the TERM signal

Lineo uLinux
Kernel 2.4.20 on armv5tel

Zaurus login:

Then the manual tells me to login as 'zaurus' or 'root'

When I type 'root' I get
login[175]: root login on 'ttul1'
Where to go from here........

When I type 'zaurus' I get
password: what do i fill in because the old password doesn't work?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Troubles With C1000

« on: January 08, 2006, 03:38:39 am »

'Nand restore from SD - file:SYSTC100.DBK - (in red) not excist file'
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IIRC the card must be in FAT format, not FAT32. A hard reset as described before should take you out of the service menu.
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He dude,

i did what you said and now it is busy doing the restore. Lets hope this is the end of all my troubles. I will keep u informed.

Thanx in advance

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Troubles With C1000

« on: January 07, 2006, 03:59:20 pm »

 Hi there,

just got an sl-c1000 from a friend who didn't use it anymore. lucky me I guess.
However he had some software troubles. So after a search on the internet I got to a site WWW.TRISOFT.DE. This site has images u can use to downmload. When i downloaded the images (no problem there) but a simple restore of the backup didn't work. So as last hop I tried a NAND-backup. I did everything acording to the description but the only message I get is 'Nand restore from SD - file:SYSTC100.DBK - (in red) not excist file'
Oke, if that doesn't work, u need to leave the service menu by makng a hard reset, and ther began the trouble I can't leve the service-menu.
I am not a very skilled LINUX-guy so if anyone could help me, PLEASE