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5x00 General discussions / Cf Card Help

« on: February 10, 2009, 11:50:28 pm »

Cool!  Thanks for the help.  It did not occur to me that it was possible!  

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5x00 General discussions / Cf Card Help

« on: February 10, 2009, 07:57:51 pm »

Whoa!  So I can use the new CF card type I on my SL-5600 (CF card slot type II) without any incompatibilities and converters??  

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5x00 General discussions / Cf Card Help

« on: February 09, 2009, 08:31:53 pm »

I've been contemplating on getting one so I get some extra disk space for my Zaurus sl-5600.  So I decided splurge on a compact flash card... Sandisk SDCFB1024800. Turns out it's a type 1 card and I can't cancel it anymore (it's shipping as we speak). I'm wondering if there are any options for me to use it on my Z or should I just use it elsewhere.

Please advise.  Thanks!

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5x00 Hardware / SL-5500 Memory Limits?

« on: October 25, 2008, 12:36:25 pm »

largest ive tried is 1gb and had no trouble with that

Thanks for the response.  1 GB CF cards are difficult to find nowadays, I think.  I would hope to know how well the SL-5600 handles 4, 8, 16 GB CF cards though.

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5x00 Hardware / SL-5500 Memory Limits?

« on: October 25, 2008, 08:39:55 am »

I want to dig this thread back up because I have a similar question, but mine is on the SL-5600.  I have the last Sharp ROM update (1.32) on it.

I'd like to know the maximum capacity CF memory cards (not microdisks) I can plug in it, even at driver level.  I'm thinking of buying a CF card to store data and would want the largest capacity.

Please help.

Thanks very much.

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5x00 General discussions / Sl-5600. Which Os For Wpa-psk/tkip

« on: December 05, 2007, 07:21:42 pm »

Hello,
Just picked up an SL-5600 on ebay, my first Linux PDA.  I need to be able to use the wireless network where I go to school.  They use WPA-PSK and TKIP.  I haven't bought a wireless card yet, but what I really need to figure out is if there is a 5600 ROM that that supports this (not real comfortable compiling my own ROM).  I see Cacko does, but there is no SL-5600 version of Cacko, is that correct?  
I've poked around quite a bit on the forums, but most of the references for WPA I've seen are old or discuss compiling your own ROM.
I'd appreciate any advice on a CF card/ROM combo that will make WPA easy.
Thanks and regards,
-Phil

I'd like to resurrect this topic.  Sadly, the thread has been ignored but I am also wondering about this and do hope someone sheds light in this situation.

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: December 05, 2007, 07:10:21 pm »

I still have my 5600 sitting on the shelf in the closet.. I used it as a usb wifi router for a while before retiring it..

I have a Poodle and although I found Watapon one of the best ROMs I've ever come across, I've eventually found myself back to the Sharp ROM.  I would like to know how you managed to get this working though.

The Watapon ROMs were surely difficult to find but thankfully, I managed to unearth them.  This is a great rom and I hope it is picked up and built on again.

Thanks for hosting it, dreadlocks!

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Sharp ROMs / Problem With Smc Ez Connect 2642w

« on: September 26, 2007, 07:29:41 pm »

I read this thread from OESF which seems to have gotten me further.

https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showto...a384x_corereset

Nothing to worry about - no need to ship it back.

The clue is (as always) in the error message

initmac

Which means (I think) that it is failing to IINITiate the Media Access Control layer.

I have a Netgear prism2 card using the wlan_ng drivers and had the same problem with the added bonus of the card going into suspend mode at the end of it.

All that is happening is that your card is unable to attach to a network.

Try setting up the following

Goto the network setup application and add a new connection

In the Account tab call it Test

In the Config tab unceck the Non Spec ESS-ID

Wntr an ESS-ID of Test and change network type to Ad-Hoc

Now goto the TCP/IP tab and set the IP Address to 1.1.1.2, the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.252 and the Gateway to 1.1.1.1

This connection will be useful if you ever want to run Kismet as well as for testing your card

Now OK that and select your new connection and hit the connect button

You should see the Link light on the card come up and a connection will form

From here its just a case of troubleshooting your Wifi connection - ie we have proved it works smile.gif

Nothing like how I expexted the card to work, but have been messing around with this card (and a bluetooth one) for about a week now (since I got my Z) and think I pretty much worked out the wrinkles

My CF card lights up but I can't tell for sure if that means the card is working.  I know it's setup as static IP and there's a green light indeed that flashes.  Does this mean the card works?

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Sharp ROMs / Problem With Smc Ez Connect 2642w

« on: September 26, 2007, 08:23:00 am »

I've configured syslog to show me kernel logs.

Code: [Select]

Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost kernel: ts: pxyp=89(4060/0,1903/0)1
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost kernel: pxa_pcmcia_init(0)
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost kernel: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.12-shp Unloaded
Sep 27 07:29:55 localhost kernel: p80211.o: 0.1.12-shp Unloaded
Sep 26 23:30:24 localhost cardmgr[134]: initializing socket 0
Sep 26 23:30:24 localhost cardmgr[134]: socket 0: D-Link DCF-660W  11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card
Sep 26 23:30:24 localhost cardmgr[134]: executing: 'modprobe prism2_cs'
Sep 26 23:30:24 localhost cardmgr[134]: executing: './wlan-ng start eth0'
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.12-shp Loaded
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 39, io 0xf6000000-0xf600003f
Sep 26 23:30:24 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: register event for eth0 not handled
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: hfa384x_corereset: hfa384x_corereset not supported on pcmcia. Use driver services COR access function instead
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.5
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
Sep 27 07:30:24 localhost kernel: STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Sep 27 07:30:25 localhost kernel: Prism2 card SN: (serial number omitted)
Sep 27 07:30:25 localhost kernel: pxa_pcmcia_suspend(0)
Sep 26 23:30:25 localhost cardmgr[134]: executing: './wlan-ng suspend eth0'
Sep 27 07:30:47 localhost kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Sep 27 07:30:47 localhost kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Sep 27 07:30:48 localhost syslog: klogd shutdown succeeded
Sep 27 07:30:48 localhost exiting on signal 15
I'm still on the fence on flashing firmware.  Can someone explain to me what this means?

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Sharp ROMs / Problem With Smc Ez Connect 2642w

« on: September 23, 2007, 05:56:43 pm »

The prism2_cs is the correct module for your card using the old Sharp Linux kernel. You won't have much luck using that kernels hostap module for your card.

Many of those cards were shipped with old v1.3.6 station firmware. They did not work very well with the Sharp rom unless you upgraded the firmware to at least v1.7.4. You can see what firmware your card has by inserting it in your Z and then checking the dmesg output. If it's older then 1.7.4, I would suggest you upgrade your card's firmware. I've upgraded mine from 1.3.6 to 1.8.2 and it works great with the 2.6.17 kernel using the hostap module, but I use OpenZaurus.

If you want to upgrade the firmware, here's the instructions and links to primary and station firmware: Flashing Intersil Prism Chipsets
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=167813\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Thanks for the explanation.  Just checked mine through dmesg.

This is what is written on mine:
ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0
ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.7
ident: sta f/w: id=1.3.5

I guess this means I should upgrade the firmware then.  My Linux kernel is 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix.

EDIT:
Over at Tyrannozaurus a user shows he has exactly the same firmware as mine but his works out of the box for sl-5500 and sl c1000 sharp rom.  Now I'm not sure what the problem is.

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Sharp ROMs / Problem With Smc Ez Connect 2642w

« on: September 21, 2007, 10:53:43 pm »

Hi,

I've not been able to use my EZ Connect wireless CF card on my Zaurus from day one though I know it worked when my friend gave it to me (he has no idea about my problem).  I've been trying to find the drivers that make this device work but have not had much luck in it.

Originally, I use Watapon 1.6.1 rom and I checked what driver it used, which is prism2_cs.  But it does not yield any wireless extensions so my research lead me to use hostap drivers.  That gave me wireless extensions but did nothing when I went to a hotspot.  It found nothing and left me completely baffled.

Since I saw on the Sharp Zaurus website that such a device was being sold for the Zaurus, I figured I'd go back to the Sharp ROM available on their website. 1.32.

Now I've spent much of today flashing and bringing back my configuration so I can be happy with my Z again.  Then I tried the CF card and voila... nothing.

It still uses the prism2_cs driver and there isn't any wireless extensions AGAIN.

Someone please help me on this problem of mine.

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5x00 General discussions / 5600 Pc Sync Questions

« on: August 02, 2007, 07:00:01 pm »

Thanks for the input.  Could you tell me more of what you did and does that mean that the usb docking station could be used as an interface for samba to access the Zaurus or did you just connect via network?

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5x00 General discussions / 5600 Pc Sync Questions

« on: July 30, 2007, 08:04:38 pm »

Hi all,

I've been thinking of getting a device to sync my sl-5600 to a desktop computer for some time and while I have not exactly decided yet on whether to get one, I thought I'd want a question answered.

If you're wondering why I don't have the docking station, the sl-5600 I have is a gift which basically came in with the Zaurus (currently running Watapon 1.6.1), a make-shift charger, wireless CF card and a 64 mb sd card.

Anyway, here's my question:

I'm planning on a new desktop and I know Windows is mostly out of the question for my new box.

My choices are: Linux (any flavour, most likely Ubuntu), Mac OSX (and an iMac, probably), or perhaps FreeBSD.

What I'd like to know is that with this, which platform would I have the best chance of doing a pc sync?  I'm extremely unfamiliar with PC sync with a Zaurus so I'm interested in listening to what info anyone can provide.  I also keep reading about the Qtopia desktop being able to sync or what not, but it's not very clear to me.

Thanks for the input.

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Sharp ROMs / Watapon ROM

« on: May 16, 2007, 02:57:27 am »

Try here.

Watapon 1.6 and 1.6.1 hosted.
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=node/77

EDIT:
The uploads are corrupted.  I'm going to reupload them for Antikx.

Edit 2:
Reuploaded and verified.  The links should be good.

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Sharp ROMs / Configuring Qpe-terminal

« on: May 15, 2007, 06:38:47 pm »

waaaait... you have a CF card right?
do a backup to a CF card after you clear it out...

that would be the simplest...
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=161377\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Well, I did some digging and there's some interesting aspects to this.

If I su 'zaurus' from konsole, I cannot seem to run qkonsole nor embeddedkonsole.  It says permission denied even though it has execute permissions for all users.  I also note that qpe.sh in /home/QtPalmtop seems to have set QPEUSER=root and QPEGROUP=root.  I can also infer from the process table that the running qpe owner seems to be "root.root".  Interesting behaviour to say the least.

I did try to modify qpe.sh which made my Zaurus not boot to desktop.  I had to boot into commandline from startup and fix that up.

I don't have a CF card but I do have a 64 mb SD card.  Kind of on the tiny end there.

I'm going to do a bit more digging but I find it interesting that in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, there does not seem to be any link to running qpe...