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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 27, 2004, 07:47:24 am »

Cool!

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General Discussion / C860 Java Development - nEED SETUP HELP

« on: November 26, 2004, 09:02:43 pm »

For a compiler I use KOPI, http://www.dms.at/kopi/ , it's a java one, so it's also embeddable :-).

I'm trying to use that too.  So... how do you set it up on the Zaurus?  (More specifically, the SL-C860, which comes with J2ME (I think it's the "cvm" app I found in the j2me directory).

While on the subject, are there any J2SE (Java 2 Standard Edition) JREs (Java Runtime Environments) for the Zaurus?... or are we limited to J2ME (Jave 2 Mobile Edition)?  Will KOPI run on J2ME or does it require J2SE?

Also, does anyone know how to get CVM in Zaurus SL-C860 working?  It looks like it only works in applet form, but I want to make a full java application with harddrive access, etc...

Thanks in advance.

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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 26, 2004, 03:58:07 pm »

The link I was given above shed some nice light on the simlink confusion in the Zaurus Linux directory setup.  You have a potential of 4 kinds of media on the Zaurus:

• Read-Only Internal Memory or ROM Disk (/)
• Read-Write Internal Memory or RAM Disk (/home/)
• CF Card (/mnt/cf/)
• SD/MMC Card (/mnt/card)

It's the interaction between the ROM Disk and RAM Disk that expalins why there are so many simlinks and duplicate diretories.  The root system directories are on the ROM Disk, but some of the files in them need to be changed by the system from time to time, so instead most of the root level system directories are nothing more than simlinks to equivalent direcories in the RAM Disk (inside the /home/ directory structure).

That's the first level of simlinks.

The 2nd level of simlinks is based on trying to have as many of the system binaries in the ROM as possible.  Most of the system binaries in the /home/ system directories are simlinks back to yet other directories off of the root.  When a system file is overwritten, the simlinks in the /home/ system directories get overwritten with actual new binaries and files.

So, in short, ROM simlinks to RAM which simlinks back to ROM.  The setup makes sense considering that this is an embedded Linux setup.  I can imagine that other Embedded Linux setups are similar.

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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 25, 2004, 06:39:50 pm »

Thanks!   The link is also very helpful!

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Cxx0 General discussions / Bochs (x86 emulator) on VGA Zaurus? Anyone?

« on: November 25, 2004, 05:01:53 pm »

How about the DOS app I attached above?

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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 25, 2004, 04:52:08 pm »

/home/zaurus/Applications/.. appears to be the Linux equivalent of Window's C:\Program Files\... directory.  It isn't needed (since you could simply place the executables in the /bin/ directory).  Does that sound right?

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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 25, 2004, 04:44:27 pm »

Wow!  That's great!  Thanks!

Are there any additional links talking about the /home/zaurus, /home/QtPalmtop, /home/sharp, and other Zaurus-specific diretories and sub-directory structures?  (There seems to be a LOT of structure under these)

While looking around the links above, I found:

/home is a fairly standard concept, but it is clearly a site-specific filesystem.

...so maybe there's a sharp document/website that talks about the SL-C860 version of the /home/ directory.

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Cxx0 General discussions / Linux Directory Structure

« on: November 25, 2004, 02:39:42 pm »

What's the basic/general Linux directory structure?  I'm still trying to figure it out and I keep forgetting where in the maze of directories to find certain things Im looking for.  I've noticed the that directory structure appears to change slightly from one Linux Operating System flavor to another.  Is there a link to an image of the directory structure and it's meanings?  Which directory contains what subject, etc?

With this information I should be able to navigate through the Terminal screen better.

Thanks in advance!

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Software / KDE-Pim/Pi 1.9.6 Release

« on: November 25, 2004, 10:23:45 am »

Cool!  Thanks!  

The simlink is in the internal non-DOS flash.  The SD card is MS-DOS.  I've used this approach on many of Zaurus applications before, such as Stratagus (WarCraftII) and others, and it works because the actual simlink isn't on the DOS formated media, while still pointing to a DOS formated media.

So, Error 39 can be roughly translated to: "Unsupported File System Type"?

I look forward to the new version of K Opie Mail.  Thanks so much for your time and efforts!

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Software / KOrganizer / KO/Pi (KOrganizer Platform independent)

« on: November 24, 2004, 07:24:20 pm »

I encountered an Error 39 Initializing Folder error when using K Opie Mail.  I wrote more about it on this post <here> .  Does anyone know what the problem/solution is?  Has anyone else encountered this (or a similar) problem?

Thanks in advance!  

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Sharp ROMs / Damn Small Linux

« on: November 24, 2004, 07:21:23 pm »

I looked over the DSL website, but I didn't find a version of DSL compiled for ARM XScale processors.  It looks like DSL is an optimized build of Intel x86 Linux executables, and doesn't work on any other Computer systems (Mac, Unix, XScale ARM, etc) except for Intel x86.

So... it doesn't look like it would work with the Zaurus... unless someone recompiles all of the source code used to create each piece of the DSL image.  Also, the final build may be much bigger or smaller than the current 50 MB DSL build.

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Sharp ROMs / Damn Small Linux

« on: November 24, 2004, 03:50:15 pm »

Wow!! Now THAT is COOL!!!      

Now all I need to do is buy a few of those 50 MB credit card sized CD-Rs!  This take Knoppix to a whole new level!

Thanks for passing this on!

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Software / kmail / kitchensync status?

« on: November 24, 2004, 03:38:56 pm »

I encountered an Error 39 Initializing Folder error when using K Opie Mail.  I wrote more about it on this post <here> .  Does anyone know what the problem/solution is?  Has anyone else encountered this (or a similar) problem?

Thanks in advance!  

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Software / KDE-Pim/Pi 1.9.10 Release

« on: November 24, 2004, 02:04:14 pm »

ulf1, I also added this as an enhancemnet request at the link you provided above...

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Software / KDE-Pim/Pi 1.9.10 Release

« on: November 24, 2004, 01:54:22 pm »

I encountered an Error 39 Initializing Folder error when using K Opie Mail.  I wrote more about it on this post <here> .  Does anyone know what the problem/solution is?  Has anyone else encountered this (or a similar) problem?

Thanks in advance!