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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Help! Usb Nic Driver Always "initializing"!

« on: March 28, 2007, 11:04:41 am »

I am very glad to hear you have successed.

Can you tell us the detail of your cross compile? It should be best to attach the source and Makefile if you modified.

Our cross compile according to:
http://mail.pdaxrom.org/contrib/docs/kerne...mpile-3100.html
And compile wifi cf driver ok, but always meet problems when compile driver for usb lan, and it make us crazy.

Any help?
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Got toolchain and kernel sources from cacko lon time ago ... i dont know where to find it now.
arm-cacko-linux-gnu-2.95.3-2.2.5-hardfloat-19.50_21.09.05.tar.bz2
cacko-1.23-kernel-2.4.20.tar.gz

I run linux in vmware and unpacked compiler to /opt as is
unpacked kernel to /usr/src

changed version.h in compiler toolchain to contain 2.4.20 ... there is 2.4.18something in it.

PATH=/opt/cross/arm/.../arm-cacko-linux/bin:$PATH ... I dont remember exact path
export PATH

add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); to dm9601.c
make org

thats all ... DON'T strip!

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / New Packages Announcement

« on: March 28, 2007, 07:57:43 am »

Hello

Bought USB NIC adapter with DM 9601E chip so I tried and finally compiled Davicom 9601 driver for kernel 2.4.20 (cacko, pdaxrom beta 1, beta3)

Install instruction:

unzip somewhere
cp dm9601.o /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/driver/usb
depmod -a

then after you connect dm9601 USB NIC adapter you will get eth0 in ifconfig -a.
Just add IP address by

ifconfig IP_ADDRESS netmask NETMASK
route add default gw GATEWAY
and you can drive :-)

Meanie please add it to another version of pdaxii13 and package kernel-modules_2.4.20_armv5tel.ipk.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Help! Usb Nic Driver Always "initializing"!

« on: March 28, 2007, 06:05:52 am »

In fact we have try to compile it on native almost one week.

You may try to download from meanie's zgcc 2.95.squashfs

Result is here:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...=22996&hl=wlags

If want to know more about compile kernel or driver, you may search keyword 2.95 in this forum.

PS:
We in QQ group 8505684, if you have qq number.

Have a luck.
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Trying crosscompile

insmod dm9601.o
dm9601.o: kernel-module version mismatch
        dm9601.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix
        while this kernel is version 2.4.20.

I am going in your feet :-)

EDIT:

compiled ... tested ... working ... :-)

insmod usbcore
insmod crc32
insmod -f dm9601.o

ifconfig eth0 10.0.7.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
ping 10.0.1.160  working ....

attached my driver .... don't strip this module! or you get Floating popint exception don't know why ...

now ... how to clear -f flag and put it in depmod database to load usbcore and crc32 automatically and autoload when usb nic is pluged in

EDIT2:

New version without any problems.
Install instruction

copy to /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/driver/usb
run depmod -a
then after you connect dm9601 USB NIC adapter you will get eth0

question:
How to set up this eth0 adapter automaticaly when loaded?
I need to put IP address manualy now like ifconfig eth0 address netmask mask.
I woluld like to have on this rth0 dhcp or IP address in config file somewhere.

Any solution for USB NIC in pdaxrom?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 On Nand

« on: March 28, 2007, 03:00:49 am »

Since moving to 5.3.3 I too have been noticing more X freezeups after a resume. The previous version I was using, 5.3.2 or 5.3.1. (I can't remember which one, sorry), rarely had that problem.
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Out of curiosity, just how does X "freeze" upon resuming?  Does X start and then freeze after the screen is painted?  Or does it just remain dark?  If the latter, have you waited a few minutes to see if it does eventually wake?

I'm asking because I installed the full app package to my SD card.  I noticed that my Z didn't seem to want to wake from resume, but then I decided to just let it sit for a while.  Eventually (might have been close to ten minutes later) it did start.  I'm pretty sure that the problem is that apm was ejecting the SD card upon suspend.  When resuming, it would remount the SD card and then run some process that seems to update all the links for all the packages installed to SD.  This really takes a while if you have everything installed, like I did.

My solution was to go into /etc/apm/suspend.d and /etc/apm/resume.d and remove the links to the cardctl script.  Since I got into the habit of always ejecting my CF device prior to suspending, this works for me.  My SD card is essentially a permanent fixture and shouldn't require unmounting.

After making this change, my Z resumes very quickly and I haven't noticed any freezes.
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Seems to me X are working ... I can move cursor on screen, I see whole desktop but any other input (screen taps, keyboard) is not responding. I can even suspend and resune again. Only way is to kill X from ssh and startx from ssh or reset by batery switch.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Help! Usb Nic Driver Always "initializing"!

« on: March 27, 2007, 10:23:22 am »

Hello

I have bought usb/lan with same chip. I will try to compile driver by myself. I see if I will have more success than you.
Can you write me where did you found sources for that driver?
Did you crosscompiled driver or compiled native on Z?

UPDATE: found driver here: http://www.davicom.com.tw/big5/download/Dr..._LINUX_V100.zip

Thnx
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I am the friend of wells. His source is downloaded from [a href=\"http://www.davicom.com.tw/]http://www.davicom.com.tw/[/url].
In pdaxrom, we found none successed compile driver native on Z. If you want to do it, may need a cross compile enviroment.
We have successed in compile wifi card driver for Agere Hermers I/II. When compile USB lan driver like rtl8150 and DM9601, we meet problem like Wells said before. And it seems not caused by driver source, maybe we missed something in compile env which not know.

If you successed, tell us how to do it.

Thanks
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I would like to compile it native on Z but I am looking for native gcc 2.9.5 compiler for pdaxrom beta 1 or 3.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Help! Usb Nic Driver Always "initializing"!

« on: March 27, 2007, 09:19:57 am »

Hello

I have bought usb/lan with same chip. I will try to compile driver by myself. I see if I will have more success than you.
Can you write me where did you found sources for that driver?
Did you crosscompiled driver or compiled native on Z?

UPDATE: found driver here: http://www.davicom.com.tw/big5/download/Dr..._LINUX_V100.zip

Thnx

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxii13 On Nand

« on: March 27, 2007, 02:53:35 am »

Hello

Found some annoying behaviours (let's say bugs) in pdaxii13 5.3.3 version.

1) Sometimes X freezes, sometimes at work (compiling in ssh connected through usb net) sometimes after suspend. CTRL+ALT+Backspace won't work. what actually help is kill X session from ssh session and from that session startx again then X works again. But what to do when I don't have Zaurus connected to PC. Reboot is not actually right solution for me. Stange is that only X are freezed everything on background is working. Problem appeared when I started using swapfile on my 4 GB SD card Pretec Chetah 133x.

2) Justreader does not work in CP1250 encoding. Also FBreader didn't work from scratch. After I instaled glibc-gconv-cp1250_2.2.5_armv5tel.ipk FBreader started working but justreader no. In pdaxrom beta1 justreader worked like charm from scratch. Something changed in methods displaying chracterd from beta1 to beta3. Maybe bug in justreader, but I don't know what to fix.

3) I tried run my binary of duke3d (that with broken save/load function (i want to fix that game)) in pdaxrom beta1 it worked. In pdaxii13 i got SDL Parachute Floating point exception. Did something changed in method how SDL manage floating point between beta1 and beta3?

Can anyone (more experienced than me) duplicate those errors and find out reasons? Most Annoying error is no 1. FBreader works for me (I liked justreader more) and I can live without duke3d :-), but reseting Z quite often after suspend in really no good.

Last comment: In there _any_ really any possibility to synchronize any of many  PIMs appz in pdaxrom with MS outlook 2003 or directly with MS exchange? I know that evolution has plugin to web interface to exchange. Sync PIM with exchange is really only missing feature from sharp rom.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dosbox Package Issues

« on: March 26, 2007, 07:51:50 am »

Do not "pause" the game for very long, because it will eventually freeze up.

hmmmm.. that could be what's leading to the freeze.
I guess it's good to keep in mind that if you are planning on putting your Zaurus down for a few minutes, then do a save first.

Wellswang... can you do a recompile with SDL sound support. You seem to have some sort of magic trick for getting Dosbox to run really fast, and it would be great to have sound support too (if id doesn't cause major slowdown)
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I will have a try to compile the latest version of SDL / SDL-mixer and etc.
but I'm not sure whether it can improve dosbox's sound support.
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Already have them here: [a href=\"http://z.drun.net/packages/]http://z.drun.net/packages/[/url] (sdl* , including -devel packages)

They are optimized for iwmmxt, while not requiring it.

I found that sometimes too.
Press Ctrl+Alt+backspace and wait 10-30 seconds and it will dump you out of X.
Fn+Ctrl+backspace (to exit you out of dosbox) might work too. Ithink it just takes a long time.
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Not working ... I don't know where problem can be, but it seems to be something with swapfile. Even when I kill X from network it won't ends ... Z need to be restarted.
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Try running "startx" from network, and when (if) X cursor shows, kill it with Ctrl + C. then you have your prompt back. At least most of the situations were solved for me that way.
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It works! ... but what to do when network unavailable? reset? Only X are freezed totally. I haven't such problem on beta 1. Proably will migrate back.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dosbox Package Issues

« on: March 23, 2007, 03:20:22 am »

I found that sometimes too.
Press Ctrl+Alt+backspace and wait 10-30 seconds and it will dump you out of X.
Fn+Ctrl+backspace (to exit you out of dosbox) might work too. Ithink it just takes a long time.
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Not working ... I don't know where problem can be, but it seems to be something with swapfile. Even when I kill X from network it won't ends ... Z need to be restarted.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dosbox Package Issues

« on: March 22, 2007, 08:55:13 am »

I found that sometimes too.
Press Ctrl+Alt+backspace and wait 10-30 seconds and it will dump you out of X.
Fn+Ctrl+backspace (to exit you out of dosbox) might work too. Ithink it just takes a long time.
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I tried to run - i does not mean that I played it :-)

Knights Of Xentar - seems to be playable! great! very good console like RPG.
Warcraft I - too slow but working.
UFO - enemy unknown ... working seem to me slow.

All without overclocking...

But overal I'm impresed.
Any possibility to speed it up a little bit?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dosbox Package Issues

« on: March 22, 2007, 05:54:35 am »

Hello

I have some strange proglem when I run dosbox then after suspend, when I resume all input is not working, well not all mouse pointer is visible and react but no taps are recognized and no keyboard events. Need to reboot. I am using /mnt/card/swapfile 256 Mbytes and pdaxii13 5.3.3. Where can problem be? I was using melanie and wellswang dosbox ... same problem. I used swapoff -a before suspend and same result

Can anyone help?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Descent D1x-rebirth

« on: March 22, 2007, 04:26:12 am »

Thanks for this, I loved Descent back in the day.

Having trouble getting it o run - error:

Code: [Select]

/games/descent$ ./d1x-rebirth-sdl -menu320x240 -tmap quad

Error: Not enough strings in text file - expecting 621, found 514

Error: Not enough strings in text file - expecting 621, found 514
I have symlinked the 2 descent.* files to /usr/local/share/games/d1x-rebirth as required.

Any ideas?
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You need to have data files from version Descent 1.4a ... look here [a href=\"http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/]http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/[/url] in section download -> resouces, there are pathes to update data files from version 1.0 to version 1.4

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Dosbox Package Issues

« on: March 21, 2007, 11:34:01 am »

I've compiled dosbox 0.70 with sdl-sound support and iwmmxt, O4,fast-math and unroll-loops optimzations.
and of course i fixed some of the keys...
anyone wanna test this build?
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*raises hand in the air and makes a noise like Horsehack*
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ok, here ya go...

note that /usr/bin/dosbox is the actual binary and the default config files are located under /usr/share/dosbox
you can create your user specific dosbox config file as /home/root/.dosboxrc
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Installed all required libs ... but segfaults on pdaxii13 5.3.3 c1000

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Descent D1x-rebirth

« on: March 21, 2007, 10:38:51 am »

Hello

Finally managed compile descent on my C1000 running pdaxii13 5.3.3.
Remaped save/load keys to O,P from alt+F2 alt+F3.
Other keys you can remap in menu.

You will need also descent.hog and descent.pig files from game
(no problem to find on net. If still problem, PM me)

Best played zoomed with usb mouse.
d1x-rebirth-sdl -menu320x240 -tmap quad (for 320x240)
d1x-rebirth-sdl -tmap quad (for 640x480)

When you are playing in 320x240, game is so fast that you won't need -tmap quad parameter.

Someone could package it properly ... just giving away binary ... thnx

EDITED: please move it to package announcemet... I made mistake ... wanted to put it there .

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Descent D1x-rebirth

« on: March 21, 2007, 10:38:08 am »

Hello

Finally managed compile descent on my C1000 running pdaxii13 5.3.3.
Remaped save/load keys to O,P from alt+F2 alt+F3.
Other keys you can remap in menu.

You will need also descent.hog and descent.pig files from game
(no problem to find on net. If still problem, PM me)

Best played zoomed with usb mouse.
d1x-rebirth-sdl -menu320x240 -tmap quad (for 320x240)
d1x-rebirth-sdl -tmap quad (for 640x480)

When you are playing in 320x240, game is so fast that you won't need -tmap quad parameter.

Someone could package it properly ... just giving away binary ... thnx