I posted pics of the USB port. I sort of hope mine is busted. That connector should be Universal, as in USB. It would really be great to plug things into it, like an external HD as I mentioned earlier. The pics can be found at:
http://www.profitsource.us/zaurus/usb.zip So I suppose I\'ll be sitting tight with the Sharp ROM for a while then...until the OZ guys get around to porting it. That\'s too bad...but it could take the sting out of an RMA. I\'m just hoping that more people jump on board so that we can see what\'s going on. I also remember someone once saying that one of the benefits of a 6000 was to plug it into a PC by USB would show up on the PC as a hd. Well, that hasn\'t happened for me yet. I have used the included util on the CD but the files transfer like it was on a serial cable. I also notice that even changing directories take a long time through that program.
I\'ve been installing programs from the SHARP website. I installed a couple without incident, but I found that the BilliardsZ game once froze it up to the point that I had to reboot. The filemanager and the file browsers that is part of the rom love to help me create new directories but fail to help me in deleting them. I got to go into terminal and rmdir there.
I\'m going to reboot it and get that dmesg for Mickeyl. For rebooting, I close all my programs and then turn off the unit, then hit the reset button, and then it boots. Is this the correct procedure?
Today I\'ll get out and get a trendnet (?) 10/100 cf card. I\'m also really interested in the Targus Universal kb. Everyone says the network card will work without drivers but there is a driver for the keyboard. Its an .ipk file if I recall correctly and all those have been working for me. So I\'ll probably go ahead with it if I can find it. This is all getting quite a bit expensive, but I know I\'m going to really get the use out of it. I used to have the Hp48S and GX calculators and I would write lots of programs on it. Clearly it was Linux that drew me to this PDA, but the fact that it benefits from the latest in technology over whatever those WinCE PDA’s have is just great. I’m happy with it, I just want my USB to work and I’d like to get OZ working.
tumnus, Is it correct from your signature that you have installed Suse 9.0 on your PDA? Holy cow…that would be awesome. I’d love to install Mandrake 10 Community on mine. But the sheer size of those distributions I feel might cause some problems. Anyway, if its true that you installed Suse on your PDA, can you direct me to some resources on the web or from yourself on how to accomplish that.
The USB socket is Mini-USB and it looks just fine. My male connector is lodged a bit up close to the top of the socket. I’ve tried to gently move it down, but it keeps its original position. Take a look at my pics. I’m sure you’ll say, it should fit just fine. Which leads me to think that it should. But trust me guys, I have done everything from easing it in from direct directions and lining it up for a straight in approach. Everything else can plug into that rear connector on the docking station from the supplied SHARP cable to the cable that came with my camera.
I want it to work, so I’m willing to RMA for this reason. Check the pics yourself.
-Lox
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