Topics

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5x00 Hardware / Cracked Screen!

« on: September 11, 2004, 12:57:43 pm »

I've been having a pig of a week which has just been topped off by discovering that my Zaurus screen has been cracked.

Since then I've had to do a full reset (different thing) and now can't get passed  the 'calibrate your screen' part.

Can anyone advise me if this really is the end of my lovely SL5500, or is there some sort of hope?  And if so what?

Thanks,

Jim

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Software / libpng and Gaim problems

« on: July 10, 2004, 01:59:08 pm »

Can someone tell me what I need to resolve this problem so that I can use Gaim?

libpng warning: Application  is  running with png.c from libpng-1.2.5
libpng error: Incompatible libpng version in application and library
QPixmap::convertFromImage: Cannot convert a null image

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General Discussion / eMail synchronizing no longer working

« on: July 03, 2004, 04:22:10 pm »

When I first got my 5500 I was able to get qtmail synching with Outlook under Windows XP.  Then I disabled that to get ordinary POP3 mail working on my personal mail.
Now I'd like to get it working as well as my POP3 account.  But everytime I try it I get synch errors.

Can someone tell me what I may be doing wrong?

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Software / java applet problems

« on: June 30, 2004, 07:11:28 pm »

I have been unable to successfully run any downloaded java packages.

When I run 'evm DocReader.jar' or other jar files I get the following error.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: DocReader/jar

Invariably I download to my SD card but I've never been able to run them when installed in RAM.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

Jim

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Software / pdb format reader?

« on: June 30, 2004, 06:01:17 pm »

I've just purchased and downloaded a pdb format ebook from Powells.com under the mistaken belief that my reader supported this format.

I've tried a couple of other readers but with no success.

Can anyone recommend another reader known to work with pdb formats?

Thanks,

Jim

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Software / Kmerlin?

« on: June 28, 2004, 07:23:38 am »

Has anyone managed to get kmerlin to work?

I installed it succesfully but when I attempt to connect it just goes back to offline.  When I run it from the command line I get no indication of an error or anything!

Any help gratefully received.

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Software / libz and libc woes

« on: June 24, 2004, 06:24:20 am »

Can anyone help please?

Last night I was having great fun installing loads of software on to my newly formatted SD card.  I then got clever and tried to install some existing packages on the SD card as well (Oper 7.3 as a replacement for the embedded Opera 5.0, and move Gaim and fbcvncserver to the SD as well).

Big mistake, somehow I've now lost libz*  (I'm not even positive that I have libc* properly installed).

Can someone tell me where I can get these libraries and what the restrictions are on installing software on the SD as several of the packages failed when I tried to install on SD?

Thanks,

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Accessories / earphones with Wi-Fi CF Card?

« on: June 23, 2004, 09:44:13 am »

I thought I'd posted this before but I can't find the original, so appologies if you've already seen this.

I want to be able to listen to my SL5500 whilst connected to the internet over Wi-FI but I can't fit the earphones and WI-Fi card in simultaneously.

Can anyone recommend earphones that will fit at the same time?

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Software / Word game rules or HOW-TO?

« on: June 23, 2004, 09:36:35 am »

Can anyone tell me the rules for the scrabble-like word game?

I cannot work how to change letters or pass a go.

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General Discussion / Aol Instant Messenger on Zaurus

« on: June 22, 2004, 05:43:22 am »

Can someone advise the best earphones to use to be able to listen to music and use wi-fi via a CF card at the same time?

When I plug my earphones in, I can't plug the Cf card all the way in, and therefore can't listen to music

TIA

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Software / IPKG Downloads

« on: June 20, 2004, 04:57:42 am »

Could someone explain why it is that when I click on a link to download an ipkg file, Opera opens it rather than downloading it, which it does with tar files etc?

Also what changes, and where do I need to make them to prevent this annoying behaviour.

Thanks,

Jim

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General Discussion / ROM 2.5?

« on: June 19, 2004, 02:30:38 pm »

I\'ve been using my SL5500 very hapily for several months now.  I\'ve installed many apps & themes, all of which I thought were for the Sharp 3.x ROMs.

However, I\'ve just seen in System Info that the Kernel is reported as 2.4.6-rmk-np2-embedix, Compiled by: SHARP, ROM version 2.35.

Do I need to upgrade?  If I do, can I upgrade via SD or USB as I use my CF card for Wi-Fi?

Thanks in advance.

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Accessories / Zaurus as a mobile phone

« on: June 19, 2004, 11:20:21 am »

I\'ve seen talk of the Audiovox RT8000 for GPRS.

Can anyone tell me if it would be good enough to be a mobile phone?  I would like to use it as a phone primarily on GSM for making & receiving calls.

Can you also tell me what its like on the battery?

Thanks in advance

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5x00 General discussions / streaming audio?

« on: June 06, 2004, 06:22:00 pm »

is it possible to use streaming audio on the sl5500?
if it is, does it work with the media player or do i need something else?

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Software / Is there an offline news reader for the SL5500

« on: May 20, 2004, 04:22:29 pm »

I\'m looking for an offline news reader (preferably RSS but anything will do).

Does anyone know of one?