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C1000/3x00 Hardware / 3100 Optimisation

« on: November 04, 2010, 11:52:56 am »

hello

i've got my 3100 with cf for wifi and gps ; usb for external keyboard.
software : kexecboot and debian sid
kernel : 2.6.36

i wish i enhanced some stuff, and i need your help to know if what i'm thinking is possible.

1) replace the 4GB micro-drive by a CF of 16 or 32 GB ; is there any limitation on the CF card GB size ?

2) I'd like to run wifi and gps at the same moment sometimes. here is my idea :
i'd like to get a "nano wifi" (like this one : http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-EDUP-Wireless-N-1...b#ht_5120wt_883 )  
chipset rtl 8188 csu, supported according to this thread : http://ns.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg47477.html

and here i have several solutions...
      * if possible, transform the big USB in mini USB.
      * add a big usb female adapter in my zaurus. i found a place to make it fit under the arrow cross (down right of the keyboard).
      * remove the USB adapter, keep only the wifi module, and make it fit under the arrow cross.

the second and third solutions are the ones i prefer, especially the 2nd (new usb female adapter). it would need to change the resistor to 1K (according to albertr, see : http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/zaurus/www.iral...aurus/wireless/ )
add an hole in the zaurus (under the arrow cross), and have 4 electrics wires run into the zaurus to the usb female adapter.
(the third solution requires the same wiring, but no hole in the zaurus).
i obviously can't wire it myself, i don't have the skills. but i wonder if i knew exactly what must be connected "where" and "to what", maybe i could find an electrician near my location that could wire it for me (4 wires, and the  1K resistor).

i need you to advise me about that, what you think about my wishes (CF, and usb nano-wifi).

thank you
flux

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6000 - Tosa / Debian On Tosa

« on: November 02, 2010, 08:48:32 pm »

hello

i'm setting up debian on a tosa's friend device.
i was wondering what i should modprobe in order to ifup wlan0

for the moment, i

modprobe prism2_usb

which gets me usbcore too.

but i get a :

ioctl[SIOCSIWENTODE]: No such device


i read that i should use
 /sbin/usbctl on 1

but can't find this ; anyone know in which package i could find it, or the program that replace it ?
thx a lot
flux

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Ubuntu / Problem Booting

« on: October 23, 2010, 08:07:58 pm »

hello,

i use a sl-c3100
i have untar zubuntu-desktop and   spitz-root_addition, taken from : http://www.omegamoon.com/blog/index.php?en...ry090829-014821    :    zubuntu 2 for spitz.
on my sd card  (/dev/sda1)
on my sd card i have a swap (/dev/sda2)

on my hda1-2-3-5, i have a debian.

since today, i installed kexecboot (i tried 2.6.2, 2.6.34-rc-3 and 2.6.34-rc4), i can't boot on my debian, kexecboot don't see it (before i use u-boot).
kexecboot sees the zubuntu   zImage on " /mnt/boot/zImage" on sda1. when i try to load it, just, after recognizing the partition on my hda
zubuntu blocks (won't continue) on this message :

     waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p1....

the only key of the keyboard who is "recognize" at this point is "on/off"... it tells me that i pressed it when i push it, but the zaurus won't stop. to stop it, i have to remove the battery and the power cable.

what can i do to make something work (old debian, zubuntu... other) ?

ask for others details if needed.
Thank you :)

Flux


edit 1 : problem solved after reinstall total of cacko and reinstall zubuntu

edit 2 : after a while booting zubuntu or debian, both on sd card, with kexecboot,  problem reappeared (i don't know why).
it seems that only reinstall cacko doesn't help the problem.
i remembered installing android after cacko. and then, reflashed with kexecboot (2.6.34-rc4) .
but no, still doesn't work.

i obviously miss something, but what ?
does anyone as a clue to pass this :
"waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p1..." ???
thank you a lot

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Debian / Howto Install Debian ; Help

« on: October 23, 2010, 06:12:16 pm »

hello,

i want to reinstall debian on my sl-c3100, but most links are dead.

for example :
http://armel.applieddata.net/developers/li...root-fs.tar.bz2

so, as i can't find this   armel-root-fs.tar.bz2,

i can't follow the instruction of : https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Q18:_I...ternal_drive%3F

btw, i have installed kexecboot ; i think it won't be a problem even the above howto explain with uboot ; i hope so...

thx

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Debian / Last Kernel

« on: January 29, 2010, 12:44:59 pm »

hello,

i wish i upgrade to last kernel (at least 2.6.31, better : 2.6.32) ;
may i only apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-versatile (or an other, like : linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-ixp4xx... which one ?)
or do i need to flash kernel an other way ; could someone tell me where we could easily find everytime the newest kernel ?

thank you  

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Debian / Localisation

« on: November 18, 2007, 11:53:16 pm »

just added in wiki for   locales - glic-2.7

apt-get install belocs-locales-data belocs-locales-bin

dpkg-reconfigure belocs-locales-bin

echo "export LC_ALL=fr_FR@euro" >> ~/.profile    (or whatever locale you chose)

logout / login

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Debian / Different Problems...

« on: November 10, 2007, 05:54:14 pm »

hello

here are the problems...

 in my /etc/apt/sources.list  (EABI), i put this link :
deb http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian sid main

but... it nevers upgrade packages (seems freeze)... so i wonder if there is another
debian-sid-EABI which is "in action"... in order to be able to install packages such as
epiphany-browser or else, because in my feed, there is loots of "packages non installable"
the problem come too with package locales (and so many others...) but tihs one is primordial !

then, i got a mplayer-kdrive problem :
i re-encode video (bitrate 150, Width 320) in order to play it smoothly on my Z.
but : mplayer -zoom  --> video lag  (even with -framedrop....)
do you know better solutuons ?
overclocking would be one ? if yes, how do you do it on debian EABI ?


and i wish my Zaurus was a router (it can get wifi, my other pc can't). there is iptables which is
installed... do you know if kernel-yonggun or another is planning to add
"xtables-netfilter-iptables" in their modules ?

flux

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Debian / Irc #debian-zaurus

« on: November 04, 2007, 04:25:52 pm »

i just installed myself on #debian-zaurus   @  irc.freenode.net

if some of you wants to come idle or speak...

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Debian / Iptables

« on: November 04, 2007, 11:28:24 am »

i saw earlier that in kernel 2.6.23.1, there isn't the iptables modules. before, i tried OZ, angstrom (and other distros)... never there was iptables-modules.
my zaurus, as it is a very mobile computer, may be very often facing the wifi attacks from wifi, both on the internet, and in my university-campus.

The question is : how do you guys set-up a firewall right now ? is there a way ? or nobody has one and nobody care ? don't you guys think it could be a "plus" to be able to launch iptables when our zaurus comes on an untrusted network ?

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Debian / 2.6.23.1-eabi Uboot

« on: November 03, 2007, 03:33:48 pm »

i'm starting this topic because after thinking, all we talk about this subject in the thread "xorg user" as no-sense

to resume (before arriving at the actuals problems) :

uboot + debian eabi = install ok if follow the wiki

1-cfg.sh : bugs that might be corrected now

2-cfg.sh : pb :
when we arrive at the stage  :  
ts_calibrate
   ts_open no such file or directory
i'm still trying to understand it ... the only thing i change, was "icewm + icewm-experimental + icewm-gnome-support" by "fluxbox"

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Debian / Xorg In User

« on: November 01, 2007, 06:54:18 pm »

hello, excuse me to start a new topic ;
i installed debian on c3100 with the method without network (...)
http://www.bigbridgezau.sakura.ne.jp/dev/debian/

i have 2.6.20-cpufreq kernel
dist-upgrade to sid
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-fbdev laptop-detect xbase-clients fluxbox (...)

in root : startx     works -> i arrive under fluxbox.

in user : startx
i get a library pb (from /opt/kdrive/libts-0.0.so.0 , it can't open this file)
and a /tmp write error.
i did :  chmod 1777 /tmp  -> no more /tmp error, but still the libts-0.0.so.0 pb

i tried to ln -s this library to /usr/bin  -> doesnt work.
then :
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/kdrive startx     -> gives me a ld-linux.so.3 pb (can't open the file)

so my question : is there another way to be able to startx in user ?