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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Datentime Enhancement

« on: March 12, 2007, 08:37:57 am »

I have enhanced the datentime python script which is used to set the date and time to also allow you to set the timezone. I have added an additional third tab which has just a simple dropdown list of 24 timezones, one city for each of the major time lines off GMT. This makes it simple if your city is part of the pick list to set your timezone. If it isn't, you need to set it manually by symlinking your timezone from /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime.
Of course you need to actually install the timezones package first in order to be able to select a timezone.
I also have updated the timezones package (timezones_2007_all.ipk) to include the latest daylight savings data.

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Off Topic forum / Woohoo

« on: March 06, 2007, 06:14:10 pm »

wow, 2000 posts in almost 2 years... my C3000 is getting 2 years old later this months!

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Zbackup For Pdaxii13

« on: March 06, 2007, 11:26:24 am »

i have updated zbackup so it can support akita devices as well.

can someone with akita test and see if it works?

please make sure you make a nand backup before ypu try it.


install zbackup, then from outside of X, just run zbackup

it should create a initrd.bin on /mnt/card

now in theory, you could use this initrd.bin file to reflash your Zaurus...

on the c3100/3200 it should generate two files, initrd.bin just like for c1000, but also a pdaXrom-C3k....tgz file on /data
rename this file to hdimage-custom.tgz and you should be able to restore your system just like you the way you initially flashed it but using these backup files instead....


removed attachment. use new attachment in the following posts...

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Is It Just Me

« on: March 05, 2007, 11:03:06 pm »

it seems like the site is much slower than it was before the db failure. anyone else experiencing this or is it just my network connection?

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Off Topic forum / Hello?

« on: March 01, 2007, 09:12:09 am »

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Site Is Broke

« on: February 28, 2007, 07:29:31 pm »

we are desperate to talk about Zaurus stuff. please fix the forum.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Upgrading Beta1/beta3 To Pdaxii13

« on: February 24, 2007, 01:45:43 am »

since pdaXii13 is based on beta1/beta3 and build directly on a Zaurus installed with pdaXrom beta1/beta3, it is possible to upgrade those system to pdaXii13 base without reflashing them.

in order to upgrade to pdaXii13 you will need to be running either beta1 or beta3 already and have about 10MB of free space left on your NAND (the exact space needed is not known and may be less).

make sure you do a NAND backup before attempting this. this is a generic upgrade method and may not work as expected on some systems with fancy setups. make sure you have a backup before upgrading to pdaXii13...

What you need to do is download and extract http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13...ii13-custom.tgz to your Z somewhere (preferably CF card rather than SD card)
Shut down X and any unneeded services including SD service
Then from the extracted directory run

Code: [Select]

./install-fix-beta3 / upgrade
reboot and your system is patched to the same level as pdaXii13 base.

running version will tell you which edition and version of pdaXii13 you have.

The full pdaXii13 is available for the C3000 model as a complete install since  there is no beta1/beta3 for it in the first place, however, you can use this method to upgrade an older pdaXii13 to the latest patch level as well...

C1000, C3100, C3200 can be upgraded this way without requiring you to reflash, but of course you can use the pdaXii13 Akita installer to flash if you want to.

The installer (both for Alice and Sally) have an upgrade option which basically does the extraction the update file for you and also installs the files.

C7x0, C8x0 can use this method to update their setup.

pdaXii13 base edition is a collection of bug fixes and patches rolled together to fix quite a lot of bugs in pdaXrom beta1/beta3. pdaXii13 full adds a lot of pre-installed and customised applicatons which requires a lot of space and only available to C3x00 models...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 Usage

« on: February 14, 2007, 07:00:27 pm »

which edition of pdaXii13 are you using and why?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 On Nand

« on: January 12, 2007, 12:00:55 am »

I have created an experimental version of pdaXii13 which lives on the NAND instead of the MicroDrive so it can be flashed for C1000, C3100 and C3200.
In essence, I extracted the akita initrd.bin from pdaXrom beta3 and added my patches and scripts and recreated the initrd.bin.
This basically means, it is pdaXrom beta3 bug fixed with the same fixes as pdaXii13 on the C3000 so it is equivalent to pdaXii13 base.

To differentiate between the two versions, I will call the orginal pdaXii13 for the C3000 which installs to the MicroDrive pdaXii13 Spitz
This new version for the C1000 which installs to the NAND will be called pdaXii13 Akita

http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/feed/pdaXii13/akita/

bug fixed for beta3 in pdaXii13 base:

enabled sticky keys
replaced mmc driver with sharp_mmcsd_m.o (for >1 GB SD cards)
added tun.o module
added ntfs.o module
included ipkg-make-index (for generating Packages files)
added inputrc which enables home/end functionality in terminal
updated fstab to mount filesystems using utf8
updated passwd and group to add zaurus user and group
enhanced profile with various extra env variables/dir colours/bash prompt
updated sudoers   to allow zaurus user to sudo without password
updated ipkg.conf to point to new mega beta3 feed on tyrannozaurus
updated fonts.conf to look for additional font directories
added sd.conf for sd card module config
added sd_mem_ctrl for sd card control script
added smb.conf with default samba config
added usb-storage hotplug script for auto mounting up to 4 usb disks
added keybdev hotplug script for remapping usb keyboard
enhanced x11scr so running applications are also rotated
updated rc.xml   with extra keyboard shortcuts
added spitz.xmodmap which is my   customised working keyboard map
added usb.xmodmap for usb keyboard
enhanced rc.rofilesys to create extra loop devices
enhanced rc.sysinit to automount zgcc image and swapfile as well as enabling execution of rc.local
added mntloop to automatically mount loop devices at bootup
enhanced halt to do extra unmounts and release inodes during shutdown
updated samba start/stop script
updated sd start/stop script to use new SD module
updated x11 to auto start X
updated Xdefaults to enable transparency/shades in terminals
updated xpdfrc to specify font location for xpdf
added mixmos pre-configured volume config
added mixmos-wrapper script to allow mixmos to launch while volume aplplet is running
updated input.cfg default input/key mapping
added pdaxii13.conf for   custom bootup options in pdaXii13
added fixdsp which is a brute force script to reenable /dev/dsp
added sdmgr which is the SD card manager for SD module
updated startx to enable sticky keys when starting X server
replaced Xfbdev with patched X server that has silkscreen working
patched qtconfig to fit on the screen
upgraded AbiWord to 2.4.4
added ax for controlling sticky keys (accessx)
added aterm
added diff
added ftp
added telnet
replaced buggy vi with vim
added obconf
updated and patched gqview to fit on Z screen
fixed inputconfig.py to not corrupt kernel.map and removed ability to remap ctrl/alt
fixed network.py not to eject microdrive
fixed datentime.py to disable atd before changing time/date
enhanced cpuoverclock.py to run with command line interface too
enhanced mbsession script (.xinitrc)
added screencap   script to enable screen capture
enhanced usbfunction.py to correctly select hdd3 partition on C3x00
added usbnet script to quickly configure ICS from command line
added usbstorage script to quickly configure usb storage from command line
patched xpdf to fit on Z screen
patched xmms with extra key controls
added xmms-wrapper script to disable DPMS while XMMS is running
updated mb-applet-cards to allows new SD module to unmount SD cards and added feature to mount and unmount USB disk
updated mb-applet-tasks with new icon and also to load autoexec at startup
updated mb-applet-blanker to sync with lightnpower config when it starts and also to use xset-wrapper and disabled xmms controls
added xset-wrapper script for blanker applet to customise DPMS settings
added Xdialog
added usbkeyboard control script
added kbselect   usb keyboard selector GUI
added smbctrl samba control GUI
added vncctrl   x11 vnc control GUI
added pdaxcfg which is a very simple pdaXii13 config GUI
added version info script
patched matchbox-panel to not lose applets when screen is switched between VGA and QVGA
added matchbox-panel-manager  allow changing applet order
added dircolors
replaced ls with custom colour support
patched libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.600.2 to force applications to not go beyond 640x480
added libstdc++.so.5.0.7 library which is needed by some older applications
added libiconv.so.2.2.0   library which is needed by beta1 applications
added click.wav to enable click sound for screen capture
added mplayer.conf with default config to enable bvdd
added simple flite-file GUI
added simple flite-text GUI
updated esd.conf to disable auto respawn

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Scim-anthy

« on: January 07, 2007, 09:50:12 pm »

Has anyone been able to compile scim-anthy? Last time I tried to compile it on my Z, it corrupted my fiilesystem badly. scim is in the pdaXrom feed and so is scim-pinyin, but no scim-anthy

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Sfdisk Output

« on: December 26, 2006, 08:24:35 pm »

can anyone provide me with the output of sfdisk for the C3100 with standard hdd partitions?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dir_colors

« on: December 10, 2006, 09:06:16 pm »

I want to change the colour of the directories when displayed by ls in a bash script. I tried generating the values for LS_COLORS and exported the env but it doesn't have any effect. Also, there is no DIR_COLORS file under /etc
I compiled dircolors so I got the right colour string, but it doesn't appear to be working. What else do I need?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Matchbox-panel

« on: December 10, 2006, 09:48:06 am »

well, I really hated it when the matchbox-panel lost the applets when you resized the screen so I hacked it not to do that anymore. This should work on all clamshell models with 640x480 screens running beta1/beta3

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Utf8 Support In Gtk2

« on: December 06, 2006, 08:24:56 pm »

Previously on beta1, I had scim installed and configured and was able to enter Japanese in Abiword. Now with beta3, scim still works because I can enter Japanese in mrxvt, but I am unable to enter Japanese in Abiword and I also leafpad which is another GTK2 application. So it seems the GTK2 libraries in beta3 don't support UTF8?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Usbkbd.o

« on: December 06, 2006, 07:32:51 pm »

Is anyone able to recompile that module for the 2.4.20 kernel? The one that comes with beta3 has the same bug as the one that comes with Cacko/Sharp ROM. There are several dead keys, ie the , . ' keys don't work or are conflicting with F keys.
There was a patch for usbkbd.o for Sharp ROM which fixes this problem. Is anybody able to track down that patch and recompile that module with it? sorry, I got the patched binary and it works fine on Sharp ROM, but don't know where I stashed the patch source code