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Open Embedded / Stupid Oe Question

« on: January 17, 2007, 12:22:48 pm »

Hi all,
I am trying to build an Orbiter for Plutohome for the zaurus using OE. It requires a few libraries that I now have working bb recipes for. But when I build the executable, I get :

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NOTE: Couldn't find shared library provider for libDCECommon.so
NOTE: Couldn't find shared library provider for libSDL_Helpers.so
NOTE: Couldn't find shared library provider for libSerializeClass.so
NOTE: Couldn't find shared library provider for libPlutoUtils.so
What do I need to add to the bb file so that it will find these or their bb files?

Rob

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Open Embedded / Failed To Build 3.5.4.1 2.4 For Collie

« on: September 13, 2006, 11:45:08 pm »

Hi,
I am trying to build a gpe-image for collie kernel 3.5.4.1 however, it always pukes on checking for GCONF_DBUS. Is this a bug or a problem with my config? d-bus was built earlier in the image compile. Here is the error:
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| checking whether the ccache arm-linux-g77 -march=armv4 -mtune=xscale linker (arm-linux-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
| checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
| checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
| checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
| FYI:  Using default config source xml::${sysconfdir}/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults for schema installation
| FYI:  Will build with debug checks but no debug spew
| checking for gtkdoc-mkdb... false
| checking for db2html... true
| checking for GCONF_DBUS... configure: error: You need either ORBit or D-BUS for IPC
| FATAL: oe_runconf failed
NOTE: Task failed: /media/usbdisk/collie/bitbake-1.4/tmp/work/gconf-dbus-0.0cvs20060102-r9/temp/log.do_configure.14955
NOTE: package gconf-dbus-0.0cvs20060102-r9: task do_configure: failed
ERROR: TaskFailed event exception, aborting
NOTE: package gconf-dbus-0.0cvs20060102: failed
ERROR: Build of gpe-image failed
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Should I submit a bug report? or is this some problem with my environment?

DoTheDog

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Open Embedded / Bitbake Do_package Question

« on: August 21, 2006, 02:01:53 am »

Ok, I am sure this is a stupid question. But I have googled and googled and even posted a question on the IRC channel.

Anyway, if any of you are following this saga, I am trying to build the Orbiter for PlutoHome (http://www.plutohome.com). It is a home automation system, and I want to use my Akita as an Orbiter or remote.

Here is the question. I am building a number of libraries that are required for the Orbiter executable. I have actually successfully compiled all the dependencies and the executable itself. However, the ipk's aren't what I expected. The makefiles create .so files and the do_package default seems to put them in -dev.ipk files.

I have tried:
PACKAGES = "serializeclass serializeclass-dev"
FILES_serializeclass = "${libdir}/libSerializeClass.so"
FILES_serializeclass-dev = "${FILES_serializeclass}"
AUTO_LIBNAME_PKGS = "serializeclass"

But that doesn't seem to help. I still get:
NOTE: Not creating empty archive for serializeclass-11424.1.1-r0

I have tried grep'ing but I am flying a bit blind here...

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Rob

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Open Embedded / Help With Bb File

« on: July 17, 2006, 12:32:50 am »

Hi all,
I really need some help with this. I am running Suse 10 and have successfully installed bitbake, the OE.db, compiled a gpe-image and mysql. Here is my question. I am trying to compile plutohome orbiter for the zaurus (akita). PlutoHome is a open source home automation suite. It uses an "orbiter" as a remote using either bt or wifi. I would love to get this software running on my c1000. IF I can get it to compile, I'll get another c1000 or two to use in the new home automation setup.

Here is the problem. As I mentioned above, I have the environment setup such that I can compile anything that already has a recipe/BB file. I am trying to compile PlutoOrbiter. It requires SerializeClass, PlutoUtils, DCE and a number of header files from other Pluto specific packages. I am starting with a relatively simple lib from pluto called SerializeClass. I have successfully compiled it on pocketworkstation on my z but I can't seem to figure out how to compile it using bitbake.

One question is: the source for PlutoHome is in svn. How do I write in the recipe to download it from the svn repository?

Here is my BB file:

LICENSE = "GPL"
DESCRIPTION = "PlutoHome SerializeClass for Akita"
SECTION = "base"
PRIORITY = "optional"
MAINTAINER = ""
DEPENDS = ""
PR = "r1"

SRC_URI = "http://svn.plutohome.com/pluto/trunk/src/SerializeClass/"

S = "${WORKDIR}/SerializeClass-${PV}"

inherit gpe-image

ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"

PACKAGES = "${PN}"

FILES_${PN} = "/usr/local/bin/*"  


Here is the result of "bitbake SerializeClass_SVN"
oc60174:/home/oc60174/crosscompileOE/stuff/build # bitbake SerializeClass_SVN
NOTE: Psyco JIT Compiler (http://psyco.sf.net) not available. Install it to increase performance.
NOTE: Using cache in '/home/oc60174/crosscompileOE/stuff/build/tmp/cache'
NOTE: Parsing finished. 2649 cached, 1 parsed, 35 skipped, 0 masked.
NOTE: build 200607162222: started

OE Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION     = "1.4.2"
OE_REVISION    = "e1e2c14d38a8ce5263bb95e2c150225a0a822a6b"
TARGET_ARCH    = "arm"
TARGET_OS      = "linux"
MACHINE        = "akita"
DISTRO         = "openzaurus"
DISTRO_VERSION = "3.5.4.1"
TARGET_FPU     = "soft"

ERROR: Nothing provides dependency SerializeClass_SVN
NOTE:

Here is my local.conf file:
DL_DIR = "${HOME}/crosscompileOE/stuff/sources"
BBFILES = "/home/oc60174/crosscompileOE/stuff/org.openembedded.oz354x/packages/*/*.bb"
BBMASK = ""
PREFERRED_PROVIDERS = "virtual/qte:qte virtual/libqpe:libqpe-opie"
PREFERRED_PROVIDERS += " virtual/libsdl:libsdl-qpe"
PREFERRED_PROVIDERS += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial:gcc-cross-initial"
PREFERRED_PROVIDERS += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc:gcc-cross"
PREFERRED_PROVIDERS += " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}g++:gcc-cross"
MACHINE = "akita"
TARGET_ARCH = "arm"
TARGET_OS = "linux"
DISTRO = "openzaurus-3.5.4.1"
KERNEL_VERSION = "2.6"
INHERIT = "package_ipk"
IMAGE_FSTYPES = "jffs2 tar"
BBINCLUDELOGS = "yes"
CVS_TARBALL_STASH = "http://www.oesources.org/source/current/"
#added because qemu-native puked on make
ASSUME_PROVIDED +="qemu-native"

Any and all help is very much appreciated.

Rob

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Has Anyone Gotten A Bluetooth Headset Working?

« on: March 20, 2006, 08:14:39 pm »

I've googled and googled and searched the oesf forums and it doesn't seem like anyone has an answer.  It appears that you would need to get btsco compiled but its dependencies include alsa etc. which looks difficult to get running on a 2.4.20 kernel. I'm most interested in using it with KPhone, so I need it to work with voice quality sound as well as a mic.

Love to hear if anyone has had success.

DoTheDog

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X/Qt / Icewm Menus Missing Letters

« on: February 23, 2006, 01:06:59 am »

Calling all Pocketworkstation gurus. I have a goofy thing going on where I am losing menu items. See the image attached. The "Programs" Menu item on down are all missing. I have checked the files in /etc/X11/icewm and ~/.icewm and can't seem to find the file that configures the menu.

I am running it in jp_eucjp and I am pretty sure that this has something to do with it because after I took that screenie, I installed ttf-kochi-gothic and ttf-kochi-mincho and I lost more menu items. When I went into the .icewm/menu file there was a bunch of garbage in there (mojibake).

If this helps I installed pocketworkstation straight  on hdd2/debroot (not cramfs image). I expannded hdd2 to about 1.2 GB using parted and formatted it ext3 and installed there. Besides the menu problem everything seems to be working.

Any and all help is appreciated. Again I hope it is something trivial...

DoTheDog

EDIT: OK, I think I paniced too soon. After installing the Japanese fonts, and a logout, restart of pocketworkstation, the menu items came back in Japanese! I guess that still leaves the question where are the config files for Logout, Programs etc...

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Stupid Kphone Question

« on: December 14, 2005, 11:29:41 pm »

Hi all,
I have kphone set up with FWD and now with Vonage (to make pstn calls). It has worked great! I was on a business trip to Tokyo last week and was able to call the office toll free number with only a few hickups, (I'd lose connections at variable times e.g. after 1 minute, after 10 minutes, etc.). Anyway, I get back to the office and I can't make VOIP calls through our firewall. I talked to our sysadmin and he says he'll look into it...

Anyway, I have a couple of guys on my team that I could call using kphone, however, I can't seem to be able to make an ip to ip or host to host call.

kphone keeps appending @fwd.pulver.com to the ip address I put in. Well, I can't get out to fwd.pulver.com on port 5060. Is there any way to tell kphone just to call an internal ip address instead of going through fwd?

I tried a new profile with no Host Part of SIP URL (doesn't work). I tried SJPhone on a windows pc to call the z and it goes right through no problem. I just can't make ip to ip calls FROM the z.  

Any Ideas are much appreciated!

DoTheDog

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Gadgetguy, Did You Find A Good Voip Headset?

« on: November 26, 2005, 10:22:42 pm »

I checked out your thread in the hardware section but it looks like people are more interested in building one. I've gotten kphone working with fwd and now I need a good headset to use it.

I did some shopping today and now know of two that don't work

I bought a 3/32 to 1/8 gender bender at rat shack (274-398)

And a Hands free set there as well  (43-1901) but got no sound and the mic didn't work. I get the feeling the mic is on the right and the earphone is on the left for this one.

I also tried a  an earglove sport stereo at Best Buy. it comes with a 2.5mm to 3.5mm converter dongle but I got sound out of the right side but the mic was in the left ear bud not the mic...

Needless to say they are both going back tomorrow.

I would love to hear of any that work with or without the gender bender.

DoTheDog

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Smbmounter 0.1-2 Not Working

« on: September 18, 2005, 11:17:15 pm »

Hi all, I am having trouble with smbmounter. I like the idea of being able to smbmount without having to type a really long string in qconsole. The problem I am having is that I can define the server name (netbios name AND tried IP address as well) share name, username and password. Basically when I hit the mount button, nothing happens.

I can smbmount command line.

When I try to run smbmounter in qconsole, as user zaurus:

#sudo smbmounter
SlSharedManager: can't  get proc entry
Display size = 480x640

I also got an error:
could not open translation file /home/QtPalmtop//i18n/ja/libsl.qmid

I just put a link in that directory like so:
ln -s /home/QtPalmtop.rom/i18n/ja/libsl.qmid /home/QtPalmtop//i18n/ja/libsl.qmid

now I don't get that particular error anymore.

Does anyone know what the "can't get proc entry" error means and is this the reason smbmounter won't work? If so anyone know how to fix it?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Available Work Area Is Very Low

« on: September 13, 2005, 11:34:06 pm »

I'm lying here in bed listening to some tunes on MusicPlayer (wirelessly streaming drom my file server) and surfing the OE forums on Opera 7.3 and I keep getting the dialog in the subject. Anybody else get this? Where is the "work area" and how do you make it bigger? I'm using a c3100. Any ideas? Seems like I should be able to surf and listen to tunes...

I wonder if it happens with pocketworkstation, xmmx and firefox with the swap file?

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Has Anyone Gotten Wireless Ad-hoc Mode Working

« on: September 13, 2005, 12:11:57 am »

Topic says it all. I have a c3100 with a planex gw-cf11x. The thing works great in infrastructure mode but I can't get it to connect to my laptop in ad-hoc mode. Any and all help is appreciated!

Rob

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Another Keyboard Mapping Question

« on: August 31, 2005, 01:04:00 am »

I'm running the stock sharp rom and the keyboard on the z itself is working just fine. The problem I have is the usb keyboard mapping is for a Japanese Keyboard. I realized this when I tried to type a ":" and had to use the "'" key. Does Keyboardhelper work in this situation? Or is there an easier way to default the usb keyboard to US qwerty? Also, is there any way to map the 10 key pad as well?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Stupid Wireless Ad-hoc Network Question

« on: August 29, 2005, 11:41:06 pm »

Hi All,
As the title of the thread states, I am having a bit of a problem trying to create a wireless ad-hoc network. I have an D-Link AP at home that is working fine with the z C3100. I have the Planex CF card (bought it in Japan when I bought the z  

In any event, My problem is I don't have a wireless access point at work and was hoping to use my laptop to create a peer to peer network that I could use to get out on my work lan and out to the internet.

Here is the problem: Using the stock ROM and network configuration utility I created a connection called zaurus1. For now I am using no WEP encryption just to see if I can get a connection. I am trying to connect to a Dell Latitude X300 running Win XP sp1. (Yeah I know, I do have Suse 9.3 on it as well but haven't really tried it with that yet). Anyway, after setting up both the laptop and the z to have common ssid's, and compatible IP's (Not on my work lan subnet). The Win XP box tells me that it has connected to zaurus1. Funny, the planex card link light on the z isn't even on.  When I try to connect using the configuration that I created for it , it cannot connect to the zaurus1 network. The funny thing is, if I change the mode from ad-hoc to infrastructure with otherwise the same settings, the z says it is connected however, I can't ping either the laptop or the z.

Going back to the subject of my post, I am hoping it is something really stupid that I am forgetting or something.  Any and all help is very much appreciated!

Rob

BTW if you need any other information, please let me know and I'll post it.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / /home Full C3100 Help!

« on: August 22, 2005, 11:44:42 pm »

Hi all, I just got a new c3100 in Japan about two weeks ago and have been loving it. I have been using meanie's guide here:
http://www.users.on.net/~hluc/myZaurus/
It has been great. Well, after installing a bunch of apps I noticed that I was getting kinda low on space on the /home drive (about 12MB left out of 89MB). That wasn't a problem until, I tried reinstalling Debian Pocketworkstation using xqt-debian-install.sh version 0.3.7. It failed saying that I was out of room on /home. I checked it (df -h) and sure enough it was completely full.

I tried running meanie's script to move all the . files out of /home/zaurus and that only freed up about 300K. I have been looking all over my /home drive to find the culprit but can't seem to. Anyone have any advice on where to look to free up more space? I want to get Debian back on. I was liking it alot but needed to install Open Office.

Any and All help is appreciated

Rob

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I am running the stock Sharp Rom...