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Messages - Bertram Wooster

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Python / Creating Python 2.4 Zaurus Image
« on: January 11, 2005, 06:55:52 am »
dear kopsis, thanks for all your work!
do you also plan to release a non-image version, which does not necessarily have to stay on sd/cf but can be installed/copied to harddisk (on a c3000) directly?

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / What Case Do You Have For Sl-c3000?
« on: January 09, 2005, 11:01:45 am »
not really cheap, but definitely worth a look...
http://xigma.jp/en/04/slc3000/u-dx/index.html

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Python / Python On Zaurus - Newbie Questions
« on: January 08, 2005, 07:04:22 am »
dear people at zug. i don't want to bother you too much, especially as most people in here definitely know what they are doing (in contrast to myself). on the other hand i am sure that you know the answer to my questions (please not the plural...)

ok. i am not new to computers and programming in general, but my experience is based on many years of win and a bit of visual basic and to some assembler on my c64 (oh, yes those were the days... - visible sign of getting old?).
now i dared to venture into the promising abyss of linux on a c3000. it's a beautiful machine, without any doubt, but as soon as one starts to fiddle with it, problems start to arise.

python as a programming language still seems a good choice. i am not able to compare it with c or java, but i got it running under win and reading http://diveintopython.org/ makes me sure i did the right decision.

now the problems start:
QUESTION1: which python distribution makes most sense on a c3000 (sharp rom)?

there is the riverbank distribution, abandoned and old, but at least i got it running on my z. however i found those different versions:
http://starship.python.net/~hinsen/Zaurus/...2.2-1.0_arm.ipk
http://www.awaretek.com/python_2.2.3-1.0_arm.ipk
http://txt2tags-pda.sourceforge.net/src/py...2.3-1.1_arm.ipk
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/qt/python/pyth...3.3-1.0_arm.ipk
QUESTION2: which of these riverbank distributions works best (on the c3000)?

well, the pyqt is just as confusing
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/qt/python/pyth....10-1.0_arm.ipk
http://www.linuxdojo.net/zaurus/feed/pyqt_3.2.2-2.0_arm.ipk
http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/ftp/pub/bob/Zaurus...3.5-1.0_arm.ipk
QUESTION3: which pyqt? the newer the better?

supposedly there is also an ide for this riverbank distribution:
http://starship.python.net/~hinsen/Zaurus/...ide_0.8_arm.ipk
i couldn't make it work: the icon appears, it will start (hourglass) but nothing will happen (python on the terminal however works).
QUESTION4: how can i make the ide work?
QUESTION5: do i need it at all? and which alternatives are there on the z?

well, and then there is the vanille-distribution. updated, that's fine. however i think that only the gcc2 feed makes sense for a c3000 with an original sharp rom (btw: what does the oz in the files' names stand for: open zaurus? wouldn't that be gcc3?)
anyway, i tried to install this (before installing riverbank's!), but the ipk didn't show up in the add&remove wizard. googling i found out that vanille's distribution is "ar formatted" (whatever that might mean):
https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...c=5054&view=new
on the other hand i also read on a completely different page (http://zsi2.stonekeep.com/index.php?v=d&a=2134) that the new sharp rom (i guess the c3000 should have a relatively new sharp rom) is able to handle these "ar formatted" files:
"Apparently the Sharp ROM uses ar formatted ipks instead of the tar.gz version used on OZ/familier."
QUESTION6: what is "ar formatted"?
QUESTION7: how can i change it to a format able to be installed (i guess tar/ipk would be the best choice)? i know that there is a description on the zug-page mentioned above (mkdir foo; cd foo; ar x file; tar zcvf file), but please (please, please) explain... i would like to know what i'm doing...

i guess i stole enough of your precious time (and i'm afraid that this is not the last of my post here). thank you for reading this and even more thanks to everyone who will answer.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Compilation Of Wifi Cf For 3k
« on: January 07, 2005, 12:21:41 pm »
SanDisk Connect Plus is not working. Though at a different forum some help seems to approach (especially thanks due to the man behind Cacko ROM):
http://www.dsitri.de/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=21
Main point (as far as a newbie can decipher) is that you install HostAP drivers and change them slightly. For me, however, these hints are still a bit too much. Especially as I wouldn't dare flash my rom on the C3000.
Has anyone tried to successfully install HostAP on C3000?

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Software / Password Manager (kde Pim/pi 1.9.15) Categories
« on: January 06, 2005, 05:32:37 am »
Many thanks for your help!

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Software / Password Manager (kde Pim/pi 1.9.15) Categories
« on: January 05, 2005, 07:56:25 am »
As a newbie to Zaurus I have tried to work out how to create new categories in Password Manager (part of KDE Pim/Pi 1.9.15). All I can do is rename the default one.
I'm running the software on a C3000, installed on HD.
Many thanks for your help!

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Accessories / Cases For C3000
« on: January 01, 2005, 07:12:25 am »
guess i'm answering my own question... just found this case from pdair:
http://www.pdair.com/picture.php?pdcode=286
http://shop.brando.com.hk/pdairzaurusc3000case.php

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Accessories / Cases For C3000
« on: December 31, 2004, 01:52:14 pm »
thanks for the quick reply! the one for the c8xx sure looks nice - though is it possible to close the clamshell completely? one picture seems as if the clamshell will always be left a bit open as there is some leather underneath it?
http://www.trisoft.de/pfpics/PIELFRAMACASE.../PFC_860_14.JPG
btw wish you all the best for 2005!!

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Accessories / Cases For C3000
« on: December 30, 2004, 04:29:35 pm »
Has anyone already seen cases for the C3000? I have just stumbled across this link:
http://xigma.jp/04/slc3000/mini6/index.html
However I couldn't find a dealer in Europe or USA for these. Neither could I find other cases for the new Zaurus...

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