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5x00 General discussions / Move Root To Cf Card

« on: November 19, 2006, 03:12:55 am »

I want to use the 64-0 zImage but I dont know how to make the root go to the CF

How about altboot'ing to a loop image file on SD or CD?
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I would like to altboot to a loop file but for some reason I am getting no altboot menu when I start up my Z. I am running OZ 3.5.4 the latest release with opie on an SL-5600 . I have installed all the altboot ipks. I am not sure but it might be there but I can't see it because I don't see any boot messages is there any way to enable boot messages on 3.5.4. After I installed the altboot ipks it now takes a little longer to get to init and if I hit a button before init starts it just sticks (I see the Open Zaurus logo and that chinpo dinosaur thing)and init never starts and  I have to reset.

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: November 10, 2006, 04:33:40 am »

So. .. Anyone know how to get a Prism3 card working on OZ/GPE 2.6.17?
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I just got my sandisk connect plus wifi card working. It is still kinda of iffy but i am slingin' packets so that is a plus. Apparently it uses some prism3 firmware junk and the hostap driver. But I have to load the hostap driver manually with modprobe. If I do while the card is inserted it locks up. I also had to go to /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf and comment out the line about "bind ide_cs to 0" inorder to disable the flash mem on my card and get the wifi working. From all that I have read they won't work at the same time. I have installed the install kit for poodle 3.5.4.2 from ewi but there are no apps at all on this rom. Does anyone know if there is a card fs type deal for this rom like for the hentges 2.6 ROMs? I also got syncing to Qtopia desktop over USB working which also allows me to sync stuff from Outlook. sweet.

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5x00 General discussions / 2.6 Kernel And Opie 3.5.4.1 Killed My Poodle

« on: November 06, 2006, 01:28:57 am »

I think I may have found out what the issue was. I surfed around various doc sites and apparently if you flash and then don't format the user data portion of the flash ram you get weird issues and eventually a broken install. I flashed sharp rom and haven't had the same problem ever since and I have been using the same battery since so it was not a battery or charger issue.

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5x00 General discussions / Big Storage Options...

« on: November 06, 2006, 01:22:39 am »

Actually on SL5600 (Poodle) using the 3.5.4.2 RC1 2.6.17 based Distro, SD cards can be used of upto 4GB. Could be larger, but I think 4GB is the Currently Available max anyway, so no way to test it.
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How is this distro? I was having trouble with an earlier 2.6 rom on my poodle and switched back to the sharp rom. Have you tried the rc2 distro? is rc2 an unstable/ testing distro? Have you been able to sync with it? I could never get OZ to sync with Outlook.(I know microsoft is the devil but i have to use it at work.)

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5x00 General discussions / Big Storage Options...

« on: November 06, 2006, 01:19:17 am »

is there an absolute max that the zaurus sl-5500 will accept on the sd an cf slots?
(like is there any hardware limits that would restrict size.)

This question is old, but I'll pick it up nonetheless since I just pounded that question as well.  The OZ FAQ says that 1GB SD is the max for the collie.  This is an issue of the driver and since that one is closed source it is unlikely to change anytime soon.

That much being said I wonder how hakujin can claim to have used an SD card 2G in size and even flashed OZ from it .  AFAIK, neither is possible for the SL-5500 as well as the SL-5600.
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Woah there killer. I never wrote that I flashed from a 2gig sd card. If you go back and read my post you will see I wrote that the 2 gig card never worked. When I wrote that I had flashed from an SD card I was talking about a 256 meg san disk sd card. My point was that you can flash from an SD card on an SL-5600. The largest sd card i got working was a 1 gig kingston. However I also have a seagate 4gig microdrive (it says on the package that it is only for cameras) that has been working fine for a while now.

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5x00 General discussions / 2.6 Kernel And Opie 3.5.4.1 Killed My Poodle

« on: August 16, 2006, 04:47:55 pm »

Yes, text mode logon would work, or you could modprobe the g_ether module.

Sounds rather strange that it works when Opie's not running, does it charge okay, or does it just stay on if it's attached to mains power?


Si
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I am not sure if it is charging or not because the charge LED goes out. I think it must be because text mode works. But even if I have it connected to mains power If I let Opie load the screens went black and I would have to rest it to get any action out of it at all. The really weird thing is it didn't do this right away it started doing it after a while after I had loaded the 2.6 kernel.
And it didn't do it all at once it just shut off one time and wouldn't come back on until I plugged it in but then it worked fine for a couple of days and then it ultimately died and I had to reflash 2.4. I also noticed popping and skipping while playing back mp3s using xmms-smebedded. I just did a NAND restore wtih the 2.6 NAND back up from hentges. I then installed the 2.6 kernel again and this time I put GPE on it and it is working but I can't suspend it. It locks up if I try and then I have to reset it.

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5x00 General discussions / 2.6 Kernel And Opie 3.5.4.1 Killed My Poodle

« on: August 15, 2006, 12:36:32 pm »

This may be a charging/battery reporting issue. Can you ssh in? If so, look at the battery percentage and voltages under /sys (don't have my Z with me atm I'm afraid) and see whether it actually appears to charge.


Si
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the only problem with that is that in order for me to ssh in I have to modprobe the g_ether module (I haven't figured out how to get it to load automatically yet, is it in modules.conf?) and I can't access the terminal.  I fit was a battery reporting issue would it still work under text mode log in? Also I reloaded 3.5.4 and it seems to work fine other than the fact that I can't seem to get any of the progs to install from the feed.

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5x00 General discussions / 2.6 Kernel And Opie 3.5.4.1 Killed My Poodle

« on: August 14, 2006, 12:40:52 am »

I was running Hentges 2.6 kernel and Opie 3.4.5.1 with a cardfs installed to my SD. After about 2 weeks my poodle has stopped charging. I put it in the cradle to charge the charge LED comes on and then goes right back out. If I reset my Z it gets all the way up until it displays the Opie desktop and then the screen goes blank and it will not turn on anymore. I tried to reflash with the same image and the flash went fine but the same issue cropped up right away. About 4 days ago it started just going dead. I was in the middle of playing some MP3s using xmms and it would just cut out and die. I would hit the on button and it would come on but then would die right away again. I would plug it in to my car charger and then it would come on again and work for a while but today it would not come on at all. Funny thing is if I rebooted (reset) and then stopped Opie from loading and went to a command line it would stay on as long as I wanted.But if I let Opie start it would croak again. I thought it might be the battery but as a last resort I reflashed 3.5.4 with the 2.4 kernel and it is working fine. Anyone have any ideas? Should I forward this as a bug to the developers?

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: August 07, 2006, 01:40:44 am »

Has anyone had problems accessing the 3.5.4.1 feeds? I have tried several and all I get  is a host name lookup failure error message when I use either package manager or ipkg update from the command line. But otherwise web surfing works and gaim works. For the record I am usb connected to my laptop and going over a usb to ethernet bridge to the internet. Oh by the way if I try to bridge to my wireless connection it doesn't work for some reason. But bridging to ethernet works like a champ.

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: August 04, 2006, 11:21:24 pm »

I just got a new SD card and installed the cardfs to it. It works great except for my wifi card which worked under 3.5.4. I do a modprobe hostap_cs to install the driver. (I believe this was the driver it used under 3.5.4. and insert the card. If I run iwconfig I see wlan0 as an available interface but I get nothing but errors when I try to set any config values eg: essid, key, channel etc. In the Opie network config applet if I try to rescan neighborhood nothing happens and wellenreiter says "can't bring up interface wlan0 no such device." Could anyone point me in the right direction to start looking? Thanks

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: July 30, 2006, 06:31:34 pm »

Erk. . . That sounds like it could be a problem.

You could always try what I did on my last attempt. . .?

I downloaded the entire packagefeed onto my SD-card. ^^

EDIT:

Just a point in note, I used Konqueror and KGET to make downloading easier. It just took all the links and saved them all to the directory of my choice.
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Ok never mind I am a retard. It turns out that my SD card is a little skizzled and won't let me install the cardfs so I installed it on my CF microdrive and now I have all the apps as promised. However since the cardfs is on my microdrive I can't put in my wifi card and USB networking still isn't working. I am trying to connect it to my WinXP (ducks to avoid a stoning) laptop but the laptop just doesn't see it and the Z doesn't auto setup the connection like it used to with 3.5.4. I guess what I am going to do is buy another SD or MMC card and install to that. Anyone have any suggestions for a nice 1 gig card that is known to work?
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The 2.6 kernel uses the g_ether driver for usb networking now. First, make sure to run

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modprobe g_ether
ifup usb0That should bring up your interface on the Z. Note that it is now usb0 and no longer usbd0. Next, follow the instructions on this site to get the windows driver installed:
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you may need to remove the old sharp drivers in order to get internet connection sharing to work. I use this setup to get my Z online when I am at work  (Just don't tell my IT guys.. )
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Hey thanks for the help USB is working now however it appears that when my Z is connected my laptops internet connection is no longer working so I will have to look in to that when I get some more time. I saw on you signature thay you have a homebuilt gps unit. Are you using that with your Z? If so would you have plans to build one? I am somewhat handy with a soldering iron and circuit boards. I was thinking of getting a BR305 GPS reciever for my Z but they are a tad expensive.

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: July 29, 2006, 07:39:22 pm »

Erk. . . That sounds like it could be a problem.

You could always try what I did on my last attempt. . .?

I downloaded the entire packagefeed onto my SD-card. ^^

EDIT:

Just a point in note, I used Konqueror and KGET to make downloading easier. It just took all the links and saved them all to the directory of my choice.
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Ok never mind I am a retard. It turns out that my SD card is a little skizzled and won't let me install the cardfs so I installed it on my CF microdrive and now I have all the apps as promised. However since the cardfs is on my microdrive I can't put in my wifi card and USB networking still isn't working. I am trying to connect it to my WinXP (ducks to avoid a stoning) laptop but the laptop just doesn't see it and the Z doesn't auto setup the connection like it used to with 3.5.4. I guess what I am going to do is buy another SD or MMC card and install to that. Anyone have any suggestions for a nice 1 gig card that is known to work?

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: July 29, 2006, 01:25:11 am »

Would I be mistaken in assuming that this experimental opie (2.6 on poodle) does not contain 80% of the apps of the standard feed like the cardfs FEature list says? I installed it but I have a very limited set of apps compared to what I had on my opie 3.5.4. However speed and stability are insanely good. But my Wifi card and USB networking do not work. Has anyone tried mplayer? That was my major problem with 3.5.4 no decent video. Coredump are you Herr Hentges?
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Try grabbing the packages you miss from the feeds
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There's a problem with that: My wifi card doesn't work with the new ROM neither does my USB connection (my laptop just doesn't see it) so I have no way of accessing the feed from my Z. Downloading single ipks from the feed would be a dependency nightmare. I am not sure what driver my wireless card needs. I tried modprobe hostap but it still doesn't work. It worked fine under 3.5.4 though. Does the cardfs image have all the packages like the Cardfs feature list says or does the feature list not apply to this experimental ROM. I noticed that the cardfs feature list says it only works on sl 5000 and sl 5500.

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5x00 General discussions / Best Rom For 5600?

« on: July 28, 2006, 01:32:53 pm »

Would I be mistaken in assuming that this experimental opie (2.6 on poodle) does not contain 80% of the apps of the standard feed like the cardfs FEature list says? I installed it but I have a very limited set of apps compared to what I had on my opie 3.5.4. However speed and stability are insanely good. But my Wifi card and USB networking do not work. Has anyone tried mplayer? That was my major problem with 3.5.4 no decent video. Coredump are you Herr Hentges?

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5x00 General discussions / Big Storage Options...

« on: June 26, 2006, 03:46:42 pm »

I have come across a CF microdrive that works. It is a seagate 4 gig photo hard drive. The package says it is only for cameras but so far it is humming along nicely in my Z. I have loaded a gang of mp3s on it for playing on xmms-embedded (opie media player will not play mp3s on my Z). I will let you all know if it dies anytime soon. It cost 70 bucks at Fry's. Internet search didn't come up with it being cheaper anywhere else.