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General Discussion / How to install ipkg-new

« on: August 20, 2004, 08:21:22 am »

I've SL6000 with sharp rom and I want to install some open zaurus applications. I presume, it can be done by ipkg-new.  Where can I download ipkg-new for sharp rom (default with sl6000) and how to use it?

Thanks

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General Discussion / how to find jar file name in .jar applications?

« on: August 03, 2004, 10:33:38 pm »

I just want to run a jar file through jeode in zaurus and don't now how. Is there any way to find the main class name in jar file.
 
Thanks

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Security and Networking / Network range in SL6000

« on: July 21, 2004, 10:28:53 am »

I'm using Sl6000 to communicate with windows XP PC which has DWL520 adapter(Dlink wireless PCI adapter) trhough ad-hoc mode, but the range is very less.

Earlier I had SL5600 with ambicom wifi cf card which gave me a very good range, but now with SL6000, the range is only a few feet. Since I have a dial-up internet connection, I beleive its not a good idea to get an access point.

Is there any way to extend the wireless range?  And if I get an access point with broadband router (Now that the price is cheaper and availble widely), is there any way to share the internet connection to the zaurus wirelessly?



Thanks for your help.

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General Discussion / Where to download python?

« on: July 02, 2004, 02:51:27 pm »

I'm looking for a site to download python and other modules.  Riverbank no longer supports python and an alternate site is given. But, there are no downloads. The alternate site is http://www.vanille.de/projects/python.spy

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General Discussion / 'How to' Documents not working

« on: July 02, 2004, 11:05:15 am »

I'm using linux and mozilla broweser. How-to documents in zaurus users group site is not working. I'm wondering whether it is the browser or is the site.
I would appreciate any help.

Thanks

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Linux Issues / cannot get usb0 in debian 2.6.3

« on: May 12, 2004, 10:31:51 am »

I went through all the documents related to connecting z with linux, but could not get the usb0 interface appear in debian 2.6.3 .

In the configuration file, I enabled \'Multi purpose USB Networking Framework(USB_USBNET)\" as module and Sharp Zaurus(Stock ROMs). I\'ve usb-core,usb-uhci as well.

What am i missing?

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6000 - Tosa / Zaurus Touch-Screen Problem

« on: May 11, 2004, 07:37:37 pm »

My SL6000L\'s touch-screen suddenly stopped working. After unsuccessfully trying out all the procedures mentioned in page 84-88 of the user\'s manual, I finally had to do a disk format. The touch-screen started working, but I lost my precious font resolution. In other words, the smoothness of the font was lost and I can now see serrations in the fonts.

If anyone had been through a similar kind of problem, I would appreciate your help and inputs.

I contacted SHARP service people and as usual they were ignorant (they stink), arrogant and stupid. Yes! these guys are stupids in my experience. They didn\'t seem to have any product knowledge and were trying hard to blame me.

May I suggest that those of us facing shabby treatment from SHARP should file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org)? That way, if enough people file complaints, SHARP service people might be forced to be polite and helpful. Afterall, we all spent $700 on this machine and wouldn\'t we want some kind of service from SHARP for this investment at least during the warranty period?

Angry and sad,
Naanu

SL-5600; SL-6000L; 256MB+256MB SD; Micro Innovations Keyboard; Ambicom WiFi for SL-5600

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6000 - Tosa / How to connect USB Flash Drive to Zaurus

« on: May 01, 2004, 07:14:40 pm »

I would be thankful if someone could help me on how to connect USB Flash Drive to Zaurus SL6000.

What type of cable/connector is needed and where could I get it?

Are there any special drivers needed or can Zaurus automatically recognize USB flash drive just like it recognized SD Card?

That way, I could transfer files by copying them to the USB Flash drive and then copying them to my harddrive at work. BTW, I use the Zaurus cradle at home and thought that USB flash drive would be a good way to port data.

Thanks.
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SL-6000L; 256 MB Lexar SD Card; Micro Innovations keyboard - TKB680PK (FYI. Keyboard works just great!!! Micro Innovations has two kinds of keyboards - TKB700U and TKB680PK. Both are one and the same. These keyboards are exactly the same as Pocketop keyboard. Simply love it!!); Home made case.

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6000 - Tosa / Battery Life of Zaurus SL6000L

« on: April 18, 2004, 10:20:12 pm »

:?:
I would like to know what kind of battery life are you people getting from 6000L. I got my 6000L on Friday and charged it fully (six hours). When I started using it, I was surprised that the first 25% (approx.) of the battery power was spent in just 10 minutes. I called SHARP and found those guys to be extremely unfriendly, unhelpful, arrogant and ignorant. The service representative told me that he had absolutely no information regarding the battery life since it hasn\'t yet come from their product people. That bloke didn\'t know to properly answer even basic questions about the product. He asked me to charge the battery for full 24 hours, while the manual indicated time for full-charge as only 4 hours. Anyway... I charged the unit for a full 24 hours. These are the results of my study:

BACKLIGHT: Just a notch above total darkness (that is, 20% backlight).
APPLICATION: Opened up a HancomMobileSheet
WIFI: ON at all times, except on one occassion indicated by (*)
BATTERY CHARGE: FULL (charged for 24 hours)

TIME (minutes)       BATTERY LEVEL
16                 25% battery drained
10
10
30(*)       WiFi was kept \"OFF\" during this duration
44
35
39                 75% battery drained
25                 Battery was very low and the unit shut-off automatically

The unit shut-off automatically after a total of 209 minutes, roughly three and a half hours.

I thought that the battery should last longer than that! SL5600 seems to have a longer battery life although the manual says that the power consumption is 3.4 Watts, while 6000L is supposed to draw only 2.6 Watts. Agreed that SL5600 has a 1700mAh battery as against 6000L, which has only a 1500 mAh battery. But still......!!??

While on the subject, a 6000L review indicated that power users can have the option of using \"a supplemental battery equipped expansion jacket...\" Do you guys have any information about this and where it would be available?

Also, is there any external keyboard compatible with 6000L?

Thanks folks. I always enjoy the postings in this group.

Warm regards,
Naanu

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General Discussion / vnc client in sl5600

« on: March 29, 2004, 10:17:31 am »

I\'m a newbie and need some help installing vnc client on zaurus.
I have the original rom supplied by sharp. The vnc server runs fine on my zaurus and I could see my Zaurus on my xp desktop. However, when I run keypebble on my zaurus, it says \"hostname wrong\". The keypebble I installed was opie-keypebble-sharprom 1.0.0 sharprom.ip

I would appreciate any help

Thank you

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Security and Networking / ip address in zaurus

« on: March 27, 2004, 01:28:39 pm »

I\'m using the ad-hoc connection between sl5600 and xp. Internet works fine. Xp\'s ip address is 192.168.0.1 and i\'ve  set sl5600s ip address to  \"get ip automatically\"

If I\'m forcing some ip address like 192.168.0.5 to zaurus, it does not work. Now i\'m not able to recognize what ip address the zaurus has.

Thanks for help.

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General Discussion / Some questions from newbie

« on: March 21, 2004, 02:27:57 pm »

I recently purchased Sl5600 and i like it  a lot. However i\'ve some questions.

1) Rightnow i don\'t have wireless network, but i\'m planning to set up a wireless communication with xp and 5600. Is adhoc the right mode to set up the connection(i\'ve only dial up internet connection)? I\'m trying to purchase a netgear ma701.Any suggestions.

2) Sometimes, when I read a document file from 5600, it says the memory is not available and the some texts are not displayed.

3) I\'ve a 250 chip which I heard that there are some bugs in it. Can a newbie fix those bugs. What knowledge is required to do that? I\'ve been mandrake and debian for quite some time.

Thanks a lot for all helpful people.