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Debian / How To Install Debian On Your Zaurus (obsolete)

« on: November 05, 2007, 04:18:28 am »

Q16: I am using a Cxx0 or C1000. How can I install Debian EABI to my SD card?

A16: The installation comes in two parts. 1. Install the Angstrom kernel & Angstrom system; 2. Install the Debian EABI system
Note:
-- If your Zaurus is already running with uboot (such as the new pdaXrom versions), then you have to do a NAND Restore to revert to the factory stock rom in order to flash this kernel.
-- If you want to keep using uboot, go to Q20 now.
-- The 2.6.22 kernel (2.6.23 yet to be verified) has troubles with altboot, so don't use it for now unless you know how to solve the problems.


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Many thanks for the guide! But still lost ...

Ok, here I am. I want to have Debian EABI on my C860. Q16 is my starting point.
Yes, I am the problem child :-).

Where can I find an angstrom 2.6.21 system to download? Or can I use Poky instead? Or did anybody try the november edition of angstrom?

Thank you all
Detlef

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Debian / Titchy On All Clamshell-models

« on: October 12, 2007, 09:06:58 am »

I am going to put the bits in this thread together into one coherent howto (installation procedure for all C-series models) during the weekend.

Ahh, what an announcement! I'll keep re-checking here every few hours!
BIG 'Thank you!'

detlef

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: September 11, 2007, 02:38:53 am »

anki has an emacs front end, but I haven't tried it yet

Will take a look. Thx for the hint.

I'm currently desiging a leitner app as a local web server using a browser (curses if you like) as the interface, primarily for heisig, but should be flexible enough for general use
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Nice news! My main concern is about speed. I have yet to find a program as fast as real index cards, esp. if it comes to going over vocabulary you more or less know.
That's why I'm looking into curses instead of a "nice" GUI. Speed!  Don't know if a browser based solution will cut it there.

Detlef

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Software / Flash Card Program For Testing Vocabulary?

« on: August 17, 2007, 03:50:43 am »

All these programs are GUI oriented. Does anybody of you know of a curses based flash program
(using the Leitner-methodology) ?

Detlef

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Fixes For R198/r197

« on: June 11, 2007, 03:40:39 am »

one question -- for these SPs.... the ones for 198 are the ones for 700/860, correct?

Also, do I have to apply sp1, then sp2, then 3... or just sp5?

It seems like I just do "sp5" ... right? no others before?

Scott
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197 seems for 700/860 and you do just  SP5

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Fixes For R198/r197

« on: June 02, 2007, 05:02:12 am »

hi Meanie, are your patches good for sl-c860?
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They've worked ok for me so far, except for the issues that Meanie's fixed already. Back up first & the n see how it goes. That's waht I've done.
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So you have R197 + sp3 running? Just to be sure before flashing ...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 Usage

« on: March 26, 2007, 04:02:27 pm »

if anyone with a c7x0 or c8x0 has upgraded to pdaXii13 yhey could in theory generate a flashable initrd.bin using zbackup and upload it as pdaXii13 Charlie base...
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Is there some guidance to do such a move? Would very much like to follow you, but my vehicle is just a little 860er.

detlef

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Xpdf Zoom Levels

« on: March 26, 2007, 03:52:09 pm »

I have the latest xpdf 3.0.1-1 installed and want to know if there is a way to get a zoom level between 100% and 125% ?
As shown in the screenshots below in meanie's zbook3k.pdf, there is extra space being wasted (at 100%) in the margins.
At this zoom level, the text is tiny.
If I zoom to 125%, the zoom level is too much and now I have to scroll horizontally, but the text is much more readable.
I would like to see zoom levels in increments of:
105%
110%
115%
120%

pic 1 (xpdf @ 100%)
pic 2 (xpdf @ 125%)
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I use the command line xpdf -z 111 my.pdf to get i.e. 11% magnification.
If you read a longer book that you start repeatedly an alias will work fine.

Detlef

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Programs For Scientific Usage

« on: March 21, 2007, 05:10:50 am »

Hi,

after having unsuccessfully tried to compile R on my cacko/Xqtrom Zaurus 860
I´m more than willing to flash pdaXrom and install that lovely language for on the road usage :-) Thank you!

But one question remains: Which pdaXrom should I flash on my Z?
Does the old pdaXrom suffice or do I need one of the newer ones?
Which one is most promising for an 860? Are these pdaXroms binary compatible?
(I guess not, but must admit I find it hard to follow  all those different versions for different machines.)

Or is it wise to wait another week or two and then having a 2.6 kernel based brand new stable pdaXrom?

Thx for any hints!

Detlef

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Any Good Outliner Apps Available?

« on: March 15, 2007, 04:41:13 am »

For my workflow the vimoutliner fits best.
See vimoutliner.org

Obviously it´s a vim extension, so may be some learning required ;-)

For the rest ZDevils remarks for the command line apply here, too.

Detlef

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Software / Gobolinux On The Z

« on: February 15, 2007, 04:26:16 am »

After playing around with my Z for only a few weeks I´m now looking for a way to dive into developing.
Gobolinux http://gobo.kundor.org/wiki/Main_Page seems similar to gentoo. they have announced an arm port of their distribution  http://gobo.kundor.org/wiki/GoboLinux_Embe...g_GoboLinux-ARM
complete with a seemingly nice toolchain. Is there a HOWTO or something to build/use a kernel for my zaurus 860 with this distribution. Or should I let my fingers away, if I need a HOWTO for such an experiment? :-)

Perhaps I can combine this question with a more general one: I've successfully build some applications in my cacko/Xqt setup but the 2.4 kernels seems to get old and I´d like to have a 2.6er for the reports of snappier operation. What toolchain and distribution would you recommend?

Waiting for the next pdaxrom? Angstrom? They seem to do a lot of things "the right way".
Something else like gentoo/gobo? Is there any way to streamline repositories, so that say a packages compiled with softfloat can easily be recompiled as a hardfloat one and can be used in different roms?

Any pointers to documentation of the current status of Z developement with respect to setting up toolchains and roms are highly appreciated.

And by the way: Thx to everybody in here! The Z community is a nice place to be.

detlef

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Security and Networking / Best Way To Transfer Files To The Z Over A Netwok

« on: February 14, 2007, 09:26:52 am »

I have an Ubuntu box with no monitor that control with VNC with my Zaurus. I would like to be able to easily transfer files from there to my Z in a secure manner. What would be the best way of doing this?

Thanks.
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My tool of choice is rsync + ssh. Works like a charm and no need to mount.

(Btw: Are there fuse and sshfs for the Z?)

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Unionfs

« on: January 13, 2007, 10:50:23 am »

What mars wrote 7 months ago is so true! Is anybody working on a unionfs based distro for any of the Zs? Unionfs is on its way into the regular kernel and would solve a lot of inconveniencies. Seems there is something going on in the spanish channel, but I can´t understand that language :-(

Detlef

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User Request for Applications / Chessdb - Possible To Compile?

« on: January 13, 2007, 10:44:53 am »

Hi,

I´d really like to see chessdb http://chessdb.sourceforge.net running on my Z.

As far as I can see it depends on tcl/tk and c++. I´d try myself, but I´m still searching my way into crosscompiling and and trying to learn with smaller applications.
(and having difficulties with softfloat/hardfloat and cacko and pdaxqtrom)

Has anybody fun looking into chessdb?

Detlef

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X/Qt / No Question Mark In Abiword (pdaxqtrom)

« on: January 04, 2007, 10:40:13 am »

I think it's shift + / to give you "?" ... let me check ...

EDIT: Just tried ... its shift + "?." key ...  ... on my C1000 anyway ...
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Believe or not, I had found the key with no problems,   but it does _nothing_ in abiword.  
xev shows that a "?" is sent, it works in other applications including vim/nedit/aterm but not in abiword. I can insert a ? with insert->symbol, but that´s rather unsatisfying.