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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Opera7.55 For Oz/opie 3.5.4-rc

« on: July 09, 2006, 12:36:34 am »

Ok i think a summary is in order here. I'm sure the original ipk could be modified easily to include the proper path changes. But, since I don't know how to repackage, here goes. To install opera follow the instructions under the proper heading. I'll repost Greg's instructions for ease of use here as well. Thanks to mr Squishy, Greg, and the others in this thread. I've tested this on a fresh install. You don't need to worry aout editing any ini files, or copying anything else over.

1) Install the sharp-compat-libs, opie-sh and the qte-font-helvetica-large ipk (or the helvetica size of your choice) from the opie feed.

2) Copy the attached ipk to your CF-card and open a terminal:

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cd /media/cf
ipkg -d sd --force-depends install opera_7.55.OZ3.5.4_arm.ipk
cd
ipkg-link add opera
3) Go to the Settings tab, click "Reload Icons"

4) Go to the Settings tab, click on Libraries, List, Applications, Opera Browser and click okay.

If you have root on internal flash:

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rm /usr/share/opera
ln -s /opt/QtPalmtop/opera /usr/share/opera
If you have root on SD:

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rm /usr/share/opera
ln -s /media/card/opt/QtPalmtop/opera /usr/share/opera
If you have root on CF:

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rm /usr/share/opera
ln -s /media/cf/opt/QtPalmtop/opera /usr/share/opera

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Wifi Card Refuses To Start/stop

« on: July 06, 2006, 01:46:41 am »

First of all, let me say thanks to the OZ team for a great 3.5.4 release. It't fixed so many issues. I'm running a collie with 3.5.4 Hentges Rom, and I've got a weird problem. My wifi card once inserted will immeadiately active DHCP mode a scan for an open network. It will not stop or let you do anything to it, till it finds one, or drains the battery. When I try and stop my wifi card  with the network program in Opie, it fails. This is because it's scanning for an open connection endlessly (the led flashes, and the info shows the unit channel hopping) Wereleitner II also warns of an active dhcp connection, and also fails to stop it. What could be causing this weird behavoir and how can I fix it? I looked into ifconfig and the like, but I don't see anything that would help. Not sure where the network.conf file would be, or what it should look like. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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For Sale / Wanted / [fs] C-760 And Accessories

« on: May 20, 2006, 01:26:59 am »

still selling this?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Suspend Take 10s

« on: May 19, 2006, 03:55:40 pm »

I have the same problem.. Often, it just won't resume at all. Any fixes?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Fragged Disk, Opie Won't Boot

« on: April 22, 2006, 11:57:59 pm »

Thanks... tried root, no password, and it didn't work. I guess nothing left to do but reflash then. Thanks for a great ROM, btw.. Works out nicely.. I think I may try to altboot with gpe this time as well

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Fragged Disk, Opie Won't Boot

« on: April 21, 2006, 03:39:40 pm »

After freezing while starting xmms, the disk was corrupted, generating alot of nasty errors on boot.  After failing to start opie, it still gives me a shell, but I can't login. Are there any defaults for usernames or passwords? I flashed with hentges rom and opie. I'd like to see if fsck can rescue me out of this one, before just reflashing.. Thanks

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For Sale / Wanted / Fs: C700

« on: February 28, 2006, 08:16:58 am »

Well I'm glad it went to a friend, always nice that way.. especially if he didn't know the joys of owning a Z

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For Sale / Wanted / Fs: C700

« on: February 28, 2006, 02:16:36 am »

Got another? I'd love to help you help me   Can't run pdaxrom on the 5500.. just too small :-(.. But REALLY REALLY want to run it.

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For Sale / Wanted / Zaurus 5500 For Sale - Mint Condition

« on: February 28, 2006, 02:14:48 am »

both for $20 with all the extra's.
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Count me in for both for $20   Where do I send the money?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Network Configuration

« on: February 26, 2006, 07:41:27 am »

If your Z is connected to your PC which in turn is connected to the Internet, you have to (for Windows):

1) Enable Internet Connection Sharing for your PC's internet connection - just select the Z Virtual Ethernet Adapter from the list.

2) Go into the Z's Virtual Ethernet Adapter settings on your PC and enter the following:

IP: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1

and for DNS enter your router's ip adress to your PC (usually 192.168.1.1)

3) On your Z, go to usbd0 settings (Usb ethernet) and enter 192.168.0.2 for IP and the rest of the settings above for the rest. For DNS also use 192.168.1.1

If all goes well, you should be able to ping your PC (192.168.0.1) as well as, say, www.google.com.
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works great.. and it still allows for syncing as well as ssh, scp, etc.. Thanks..

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Sharp ROMs / Howto: Sharp Rom 3.1 + Pocket Workstation

« on: February 16, 2006, 08:14:09 am »

Put the two files from pocketworkstation.org on your sd or compactflash card

gnu-tar.gz
zaurus-debian-*.tgz

Open terminal app and follow as below. This should work perfectly on a sl-5500. Your mileage may vary. I know other have had troubles with permissions, etc. this should work as long as your running as root.

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vi /home/sharp/etc/launch.default
type a,ZZ    #save 'a' to file and quit. See launch.config
              #for details,prevents qtopia from restarting

terminate qtopia via shutdown app, terminate
10 seconds later, you'll see a command prompt

root

#If you need to format card
umount /mnt/card  # SD/MMC card
mkfs.ext2 /dev/mmcda1  

umount /mnt/cf      # CompactFlash or Microdrive
mkfs.ext2 /dev/compactflash    

cd /mnt/card    # SD/MMC card, Sharp or OpenZaurus ROM
cd /home        # SD/MMC card, Crow ROM
cd /mnt/cf      # CompactFlash or Microdrive

gunzip gnu-tar.gz
chmod 775 gnu-tar
./gnu-tar -C debroot -xvzpf zaurus-debian-*.tgz  #This will take a about an hour

cd /debroot/INSTALL.d
./postinst.sh
Answer 'yes' to everything including 'Start Vncserver now?' and 'Start Fbvnc now?'.
Debian is now installed, and running. Read the readme, and apt get your heart ot.

icewm has two graphical config tools, icepref and iceme.
You might want to try apt getting them.

apt-get install packagename

You can get out of the X environment by pressing SHIFT+Fn+Q. (use virtual keyboard, not real)
You should be back to the command prompt after pressing Shift+Fn+Q.
To get back to qtopia, run the script to stop zdebian, put a q in launch.default, and exit.

/etc/rc.d/init.d/zdebian stop
vi /home/sharp/etc/launch.default
type r,q,ZZ
exit

qtopia will now boot

Needed vi commands:
r              change current character
ZZ             write file to disk, quit vi

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General Discussion / Flash Rom With Sd Card

« on: February 13, 2006, 12:53:36 pm »

I figured.. Are SD cards slower than CF cards? Initially I figured since the CF slot would be taken by a wifi card, it made more sense to have SD cards to store data on, so you could do both at the same time, right? I'll look into getting an old CF card then.

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General Discussion / Flash Rom With Sd Card

« on: February 13, 2006, 04:39:53 am »

Ok, I'm new to this community, and to the Zaurus. I just got one today, and would really like to run Debian/pdaxrom on it, as I like the idea of running a minipc out of the box. Course, it's only a 5500, so they may not be an option. I've looked at using hentges or cackos rom to start, as I guessing? the default sharp won't meet my needs. I'd like to do some wardriving, programming, and browsing on the device, as well as using media player. But, I've seemingly no way to flash the device, as I have 2 SD cards, and no CF cards. I'm not real open to buying another card, if I don't have to as I have enough (2 gb between 2 cards) storage as it is. So, can anyone point me into the direction of getting OZ or some other ROM flashed onto the device without having a CF card? And how would I then install everything to my SD card, so the data would be presevered in power loss, as well as freeing the 64mb of flash ram to use as ram on the unit. Hentges, in reading the forum, seems to be the easy way to get a quicksetup, but only with a cf card? I should mention I guess, if it helps, that I do have a CF wifi card. the LinkSys WCF12.  Thanks, and great forum. Wonderful to see others using this great little pda. Had a Sony Clie, but this looks like it could go much farther.