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Software / How can i change my screen-saver in my sl-860?

« on: February 13, 2004, 07:47:50 pm »

There are some settings in /home/root/Settings/qpe.conf that you can play around with.

You can specify an image using the key \"ScreensaverImage = \".  Point it to a PNG file somewhere on your Z (full path, to be safe).  QT seems to automatically display this image in a random position and it jumps around randomly at a random time interval.  I don\'t know of any way to disable or control this.  So best pick a somewhat small image that will look cool bouncing around your screen.

I used the Amiga ball!

~ray

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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 13, 2004, 06:41:45 pm »

OT bit... why are microsoft worried about some of their code appearing on the web?  linux code has always been availible for download, but is infinitely more resistant to being hacked/exploited.  Maybe they are just worried that people will now know how crap their code really is.

Yup.  That\'s exactly why.  I work with a dude that used to work at Microsoft (he hates them and couldn\'t wait to get away) and he tells me that their code is awful beyond belief.  I mean, just look at the cause of most of the security holes: buffer overflows!  This is one of the first things you learn to avoid as a programmer and any coder worth his salt has trained him(er)self well to protect against this.  I\'m amazed at how many of these things have been uncovered.  I think it makes a good gauge of what their code looks like.  (i.e. crap)

~ray

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Cxx0 Hardware / SL-C860 Charger and amperage

« on: February 13, 2004, 12:43:30 pm »

You must have a defective charger because mine has not exhibited this problem.  My charging light stays on the entire time it\'s charging and, when it goes out, the battery applet indicates 100% charge.

~ray

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General Discussion / 860 questions - looking for help

« on: February 13, 2004, 12:22:49 pm »

Leo, The hancom app suite that comes with the Z has a presentation app that supports powerpoint files (in addition to a word processor that supports word files and a spreadsheet that supports excel files).  I don\'t know how good the presentation app is; I haven\'t really used it.  You can find out more at hancom\'s web site: <http://en.hancom.com/index.html>

Also, the supplied power adapter works fine for me.  It\'s rated at 100 volts input, but I\'ve no problem with 110 in the USA.  It\'s a standard power adapter with 5V DC ouput; any one should work, in case you ever need a replacement.  The supplied one is also very nice for traveling because it\'s very compact and the prongs fold up into the case.

~ray

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Cxx0 Hardware / Is SDIO support a hardware or a software/driver issue?

« on: February 11, 2004, 07:04:45 pm »

Interesting...

Well, thanks for that info.  I guess that explains it.

I guess c[78]60 owners should not leave their units unbooted for very long...

~ray

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General Discussion / reverse post order, or not?

« on: February 11, 2004, 10:35:02 am »

Awesome dude!  Thanks for fixing that!

~ray

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Cxx0 Hardware / Is SDIO support a hardware or a software/driver issue?

« on: February 11, 2004, 10:34:19 am »

Watchdog Reset Causes the Real Time Clock (RTC) to Increment at the Wrong Frequency.

hmm... I\'ve noticed several times now that my C860 seems to have lost some time after a reboot.  I wonder if this has something to do with it?

Do you know any more details about this \"watchdog reset\"?  i.e. when does it take place and what is it designed to protect?

If it takes place during a reboot and it slows the clock down, this probably explains what I\'ve observed.

~ray

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Maximize/minimize ZUG forums

« on: February 10, 2004, 11:00:30 am »

Thanks offroadgeek.  This makes a big difference when you\'re reading zug on your Z.

BTW, is there any chance you could implement/enable/fix the \"jump to first unread message\" feature.  The little icons that normally do this (on other similar forums) on the zug only jump to the top of the page that contains the first unread message -- you still have to then search for the message on that page.  This would greatly improve the experience, especially when reading on the Z.

Thanks!

~ray

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5x00 General discussions / Opera 7.x won\'t start from Qtopia (works fine from konsole)

« on: February 09, 2004, 02:40:34 pm »

Strange...  The link already existed.  But just for the heck of it, I deleted and re-created it.  Now it works!  Weird.

The only explanation I can think of is an ownership issue with the link.  But that should have been obviated when I ran Opera as root.  So, I dunno...

Thanks lardman!

~ray

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General Discussion / how to: install to sd/cf from shell (ipkg)

« on: February 09, 2004, 02:34:05 pm »

Rich,

Thanks for the response.

A question: when you install this way, do you get home and opt dirs on your cf/sd media?

I edited my ipkg.conf, as you said, and the result was the same as when I typed the path directly on the command line (i.e. \"ipkg -d /mnt/cf install app.ipk\") -- I got home and opt dirs.

This is not what happens when I install to cf/sd using the Software applet (i.e. it puts the binaries in QtPalmtop/bin; no home; no opt).

So it must be doing something different.  I\'d like to know what.

~ray

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5x00 General discussions / Opera 7.x won\'t start from Qtopia (works fine from konsole)

« on: February 08, 2004, 11:55:23 pm »

a quick follow-up...

...opera completely dies and goes away after quitting prematurely, after being launched by Qtopia.

I thought I saw an extra one running earlier but it had to do with an apparently malfunctioning neuron in my brain: I typed \"ps -a|opera\" instead of \"ps -a|grep opera\"!  doh!  

~ray

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General Discussion / how to: install to sd/cf from shell (ipkg)

« on: February 08, 2004, 11:43:58 pm »

a quick follow-up...

I just checked /etc/ipkg.conf on my 5500 and it too only lists root and tmpinst.  So I think we\'re still missing something.

 0ray

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General Discussion / how to: install to sd/cf from shell (ipkg)

« on: February 08, 2004, 11:12:39 pm »

On OZ (and I presume on the Sharp ROM):
ipkg -d <name> install ipkg_package_name.ipk
where name is one of: sd, ram, root, cf

hmm...  I just tried it with cf but it complained it doesn\'t know what it is.  It claims it only knows about \"root\" and \"tmpinst\".  This is consistent with what I found earlier when I followed the help text to /etc/ipkg.conf.  Is this broken maybe in tkcrom 2.5.1??

put prog in /mnt/cf/home/QtPalmtop/bin instead of /mnt/cf/QtPalmtop/bin

Why would it be placed in /mnt/cf/QtPalmtop/bin? This directory doesn\'t exist in the root (/QtPalmtop/bin) anyway. The files will be placed in /mnt/cf/home/QtPalmtop/bin or /mnt/cf/opt/QtPalmtop/bin and symlinked to /opt/QtPalmtop/bin (which is the same as /home/QtPalmtop/bin if I remember correctly).

Well, I\'ve been installing apps to my sd card on my 5500 for over a year and I\'ve yet to see it make a home or opt dir on my sd card.  The apps I\'ve installed there can all be found in /mnt/card/QtPalmtop/bin etc.  That\'s with the tkcrom and the sharp rom before that.  Perhaps it\'s different in OZ?

I\'m trying to set-up a shell script to install all of my apps automatically after I reflash a rom and I want some things to be installed to sd.

You want ipkg-link. It may be possible to get it to work on the Sharp ROMs.

What does it do?  I\'ll take a look at it.

Thanks!

~ray

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5x00 General discussions / Opera 7.x won\'t start from Qtopia (works fine from konsole)

« on: February 08, 2004, 10:38:53 pm »

When I run it from Qtopia, it appears for about a second and then quits with no messages. When it appears, I can see that it is missing its toolbar icons.

If I run it from konsole, it runs fine!! (toolbar icons and all.)

I assume it hasn\'t just disappeared into the background (and lost its taskbar icon)? What does \'ps -a\' tell you?

I\'ll have to check that.  I just checked it now and it looks like there\'s two running.  I\'m using it right now though so I don\'t want to mess with it.

 

What does the .desktop file point at in terms of the binary?

Just \"opera\".  Same as I type in the shell.

 

FYI the lack of icons was probably the standard thing - you need to stick in a symlink.

Umm... what standard thing?  I don\'t recall seeing anything like that.

P.S. You\'ve posted in the wrong part of the forum - 5X00 section.

Oops, you\'re right.  I could\'ve sworn I clicked on \"Everything C7x00\"!!  :?

Oh well...

Thanks for the resonse...

~ray

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General Discussion / how to: install to sd/cf from shell (ipkg)

« on: February 08, 2004, 04:06:15 pm »

Hi,

I can\'t find this ? answered in any faq:

How do you install to sd/cf from the shell using ipkg?

I\'ve tried \"ipkg -d /mnt/cf install <ipk>\" but that doesn\'t seem to work quite right (put prog in /mnt/cf/home/QtPalmtop/bin instead of /mnt/cf/QtPalmtop/bin and created ipkg db in /mnt/cf/opt/??).

I\'m trying to set-up a shell script to install all of my apps automatically after I reflash a rom and I want some things to be installed to sd.

Thanks,

~ray