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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Bugs In Rc121 Accouncement Thread

« on: December 07, 2006, 06:22:59 am »

Hi,

some more:

in /etc/rc.d/init.d/single

there are the lines

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# Kill all Processes
#/sbin/killall -15
killall -15
sleep 3
#/sbin/killall -9
killall -9
the killall on zaurus just prints the usage when called like this. According to the usage it expects a name of a process or a process-group.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Final Config

« on: December 07, 2006, 03:32:17 am »

Hi,

I had to reinstall r121 because I tried OZ/GPE and a NAND-Backup of R121 is not restoreable. Btw: I found pdaXrom better than OZ/GPE for my needs. Anyway, For future use I wrote a script to do the nessecary fixes to r121 and to install the extra packages I need.

Here is what I wrote in https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22119

Here are the Fixes that I had to do:

- wpa_supplicant script: Line 26 of /etc/rc.d/init.d/wpa_supplicant file. There is a double hyphen -- in the middle of the line that calls wpa_supplicant in daemon mode. This causes the wpa_supplicant not to load.

- The default install does not have the [Fn] + [1,2,3,4] hot keys correctly set-up. You need to change the line in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx from ->
defaultserverargs=" -nolisten tcp"
to ->
defaultserverargs=" -nolisten tcp -kb"

For my WPA-PSK-configuration see

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=22285

I don't have an ambicom-card, but I saw many posts about that card. Is it somehow special? My D-Link card works well with WPA-PSK.

I changed my keyboard-mapping to support german keys. What exactly do you want to change?

I don't use overclocking so I can't help there, sorry.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / How To Remove

« on: December 06, 2006, 10:11:38 am »

Thanks for answer.Can you explaine me How I can restore the original nand(With the sequence you tell me Zaurus enter in restore menù).I would not break my zaurus.Thanks so much
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Hi,

if you did a NAND-Backup before installing u-boot you should use this file. Or, alternatively, download a NAND-backup file from somewhere, e.g.

[a href=\"http://www.trisoft.de]Trisoft[/url]

Trisoft download page

The filename is SYSTC860.DBK for a zaurus C860.

Put this file on a CF-card, insert the card in your zaurus and then enter the Diagnostic Menu as described earlier. From the Menu choose "NAND-Restore" and follow the steps, there is not much you can do wrong during this process. Only keep the power connected. After you are back in the Diagnostic Menu choose Reset from the Extra-menu.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / How To Remove

« on: December 06, 2006, 07:48:16 am »

Hi,

I think it depends on the zaurus you have.

On an 860 press FN+D+M at the same time without battery and without power connected. While pressing these three buttons plug in power to enter the diagnostic menu. There you can do a NAND-restore.

If this is not clear enough or you don't know how to do NAND-restore, feel free to ask.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Wpa-supplicant Configuration

« on: December 06, 2006, 03:35:48 am »

Hi folks,

in the past I used WEP but since my new wireless router supports WPA-PSK I thought it is a good idea to use it.

So I installed hostapd and wpa-supplicant and changed the default wpa_supplicant.conf to support my wlan.

It worked almost right out of the box without problems (There is a bug in /etc/rc.d/init.d/wpa_supplicant, the "--" has to be removed).

I wrote a small script to connect, but I have not yet figured out how to give my zaurus a name. The iwconfig after "Setting Wireless" shows no effect. Here is my script:

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#!/bin/sh
# Wireless lan settings script
echo "Resetting wireless"
ifconfig wlan0 down
dhcpcd -k
killall dhcpcd
rm /var/run/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid 2> /dev/null
#rm /var/run/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 2> /dev/null
sleep 1
echo -n "Setting wireless ...."
iwconfig wlan0 nick Zaurus rate auto power 1
sleep 1
echo "Turning up network"
/etc/rc.d/init.d/wpa_supplicant restart
dhcpcd wlan0
sleep 2
ifconfig wlan0
echo "done"
I use this script to connect. To disconnect I just eject the card.

How do you use wpa-supplicant? Any suggestions for improvements?

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Bugs In Rc121 Accouncement Thread

« on: December 02, 2006, 10:01:12 am »

Hi,

I forgot:

- The display backlight does not (always?) turn off when closing lid.

- Key config app does not work, not possible to reassign the special keys like mail or mouse buttons there.

Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Bugs In Rc121 Accouncement Thread

« on: December 01, 2006, 07:37:09 am »

Here are the Fixes that I had to do:

- wpa_supplicant script: Line 26 of /etc/rc.d/init.d/wpa_supplicant file. There is a double hyphen -- in the middle of the line that calls wpa_supplicant in daemon mode. This causes the wpa_supplicant not to load.

- The default install does not have the [Fn] + [1,2,3,4] hot keys correctly set-up. You need to change the line in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx from ->
defaultserverargs=" -nolisten tcp"
to ->
defaultserverargs=" -nolisten tcp -kb"

- The german key-mapping file does not work. I created my own file.

- vi does not work, it sometimes displays incorrectly. I use vim instead.

- xterm has a problem with text-output.

- xmms seems to consume too much CPU-time, much more than in other roms.

- The application-menu "Settings >" is half out of display.

- Volume applet and mixer do not work.

- I have not found the second and third "mouse-buttons" yet.  

Very nice rom after doing some small fixes!!  

Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Xmms Problem

« on: December 01, 2006, 07:03:41 am »

With my 860, I am using the current 1.1.0r121.  After a fresh install, I cannot get any sound to work with XMMS.  Anyone know what the problem is?
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Hi,

this has already been mentioned several times. Use alsamixer from shell

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TERM=xterm-color
alsamixerand unmute the channel (press "m" on the channel). There you can also set the volume. In XMMS I had to change the output device to alsa.

To get a nice running 1.1.0r121 I had to do several small fixes that I mostly found here. Now it is working well, including WPA/WEP, sound, gnumeric, kapi/kopi,...
 
Jan  

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Is Out!

« on: September 29, 2006, 08:16:48 am »

ok, now try this:

open Aterm
write "xterm" and enter
try to write something in xterm - if you see strange characters that's a problem
press CTRL+C in Aterm to close xterm - if you see strange characters instead of xterm closing, that's a problem
now exit from X (menu, exit, ok)
try to press "a" - if you cannot enter the "a" character, that's a problem

Let me know
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can you try these lines? fast and useful...
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Hi scoutme,

you are right. Not everything is 100%. There is still a configuration issue in xterm and the annoying keyboard problem after exit from X.
You con use "FN"-"a" to enter the "a" character in console.
Seems I got used to the smaller problems - I don't even notice them anymore  

Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Is Out!

« on: September 26, 2006, 11:30:15 am »

REALLY??

Plaese, tell me how did you get these results

None of the problems I spoke about in my previous post?

Hi folks,

sorry, I was a bit fast to complain on charging. I don't know what happened, but now charging on my C860 seems to work. After I unplugged power it started to charge and since then it works fine (stopping when it is full, restarting correctly).

Apart from WiFi, which I was not able to test yet, everything so far works fine for me! This version seems much better than Beta4 which was already the best one so far.

- Backlight control works fine now
- Installation was smooth
- Installation of apps is 100% accurate
- It seems even faster than Beta4!

This is a really amazing release!   

Jan
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Hi,

as I said: no problems so far (I'm still searching for the right mouse button, FN+"mouse click" does not work??).

Concerning charging:
I unplugged power and after a few seconds the icon changed from green "charging" to blue "battery indicator". After a few seconds I plugged power again and the charging light went on plus the icon changed to green "charging" again.
Charging works fine now. Charging lamp goes off when full which was not the case in Beta1.

All I did on installation was:

- install new u-boot
- install new release
- install rox, gnumeric, kdepimpi, planner, vim and all depending packages
- change desktop to rox
- applied bugfix to get brightness-keys to work (see [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20563]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=20563[/url] for details)

WiFi I will test today.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Is Out!

« on: September 25, 2006, 09:19:22 am »

Hi folks,

sorry, I was a bit fast to complain on charging. I don't know what happened, but now charging on my C860 seems to work. After I unplugged power it started to charge and since then it works fine (stopping when it is full, restarting correctly).

Apart from WiFi, which I was not able to test yet, everything so far works fine for me! This version seems much better than Beta4 which was already the best one so far.

- Backlight control works fine now
- Installation was smooth
- Installation of apps is 100% accurate
- It seems even faster than Beta4!

This is a really amazing release!  

Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Is Out!

« on: September 25, 2006, 05:27:10 am »

Hi there,

just installed r121 to my C860. I found that the apm for 860 is
not working. the battery is at 5% all the time and is not charging
at all since the charging (amber) light is not on.

Can anyone help ?

BR,

Felix.
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On my C860 I have the same problem. The charging light remains off. When the Z is "switched on" the battery monitor applet indicates charging but I don't know if it is really doing anything??

Any fixes to that problem so far?

Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / 1.1.0r121 Is Out!

« on: September 25, 2006, 05:04:25 am »

excellent work!  I've noticed a few bugs (using C750):

- no cardctl for switching wifi schemes
- no audio!
- menu button does not work, have to use stylus
- some menu pixels are displayed "off screen"
- everything displayed on screen is "ghosted"

These all present in beta4 as well as r121, but were not present in beta2.  (never got around to trying beta3)
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1- Yaeh it is because new Kernel and using udev now
2- Audio is working for me!
3- OK it can be patched
4- Here it is OK!

my Z is a SL-C3100

1. Udev?  Is there a way to get wifi & switching between networks working then, with the current beta?
2. You're lucky!  I miss my audio so much.  Anyone else experiencing this? C750
3,4,5. I can expect this in a future release?
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Try go to SHELL and load alsamixer , look for MUTED audio channels and unmute it... do it while playing somethink with mplayer....
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Hi,

I already knew about alsamixer, it is the same "problem" as in Beta4. But here I noticed something else: When I was using Beta4 I didn't have to change the settings of mplayer. Here mplayer said "Can't open eSound Output Plugin". I changed it to "ALSA 1.2.10 output plugin" and after unmuting the audio channel it works fine now.

Audio is essential for me, I don't want to carry around an MP3-player while I have my Z with me anyway.  

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom 1.1.0beta 4 And New Bootloader

« on: September 04, 2006, 09:20:51 am »

The Ctrl and Alt keys still do not work at all    any solution so far??

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Have you tried the two japanese keys right to the Fn key? They work for
me on my C860 (from [a href=\"http://openzaurus.org/wordpress/howto/c7x0-and-cxx00-26-kernel-information/]OpenZaurus c7×0 and cxx00 2.6 Kernel Information[/url])
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Thanks, that works  

Does anyone know how to change this without the GUI, which doesn't seem to work? I find it difficult to hold both kanji keys and press left or right to switch desktops. With Calendar and Address as Ctrl and Alt this was quite easy.

Cheers, Jan

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom 1.1.0beta 4 And New Bootloader

« on: September 04, 2006, 09:14:08 am »

Can anyone explain why I can boot into the emergency system but when I try to do anything it just freezes?

I have a c760.

I can change the directory to /mnt/cf but when I try to do this:

nandlogical /dev/mtd1 WRITE 0x0 0x20000 u-boot.bin

it just freezes. Actually, if I try to do anything (like `ls') it freezes.

I tried using that D-M method that sashz presents us (the one with all the pics) to no avail, i.e. it seemed to work, but then it just booted into the emerg system again and froze like before.

Any help?

Thanks.

dq
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Hi,

on my C860 I had the same problem. I just removed the card when my Z was turned off and reinserted it after turning the Z back on. This was not ment to solve the problem, I did it just to check if it was the correct card, but it solved the problem