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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Power Management

« on: September 12, 2006, 11:10:23 pm »

@pelrun: thanks for the info - if I'd known this back when I started the thread it would've saved some time! (the battery applet is compiled, not a python script so there is no dissecting as I couldn't even find the source)

@Dobby: I imagine such a script would go something like this:

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#!/bin/sh

if [ ! -f ~/.apm_store ]; then
  lightnpower.py --loadandquit
  cat /proc/apm > ~/.apm_store
else
  $CUR = $(cat /proc/apm)
  $OLD = $(cat ~/.apm_store)
  if [ ! "$OLD" = "$CUR" ]; then
    lightnpower.py --loadandquit
    cat /proc/apm > ~/.apm_store
  fi
fi
(and you could run it every so often with atd)

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Firefox And Xfce4 Keymapping Questions

« on: September 11, 2006, 11:04:16 pm »

I am particulary interested in getting the menu key working and the brightness keys.  In one of the posts on the finetuning xfce topic it does mention using the settings app to map custom commands but I have not been able to find how that works.  When I go into the Windows Manager settings/keyboard I cannot see how to add any new shortcuts.

I presume this is still the area you're having trouble with. Note that it doesn't let you change the default settings (you have to add an entry in the list at left). Then just choose a command shortcut in the bottom box and start pressing buttons. Chero has written a good howto somewhere...
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The problem is that I do not seem to be able to "chose a command shortcut".  Well that is not quite true.  If I click on one that says "none" a box comes up but I am not sure what to type in in it.  clicking on keys does not seem to do anything.

The first box that comes up asks for a command  (e.g. '/sbin/setfl +' to increase brightness), then click OK, then then next box is where you press the button you want to trigger that command.

The second bit is where it gets tricky - if xfce recognises the button, it'll save the shortcut and all is well. If not, it won't do anything and you have to delve deeper into key mappings etc because X isn't responding to the buttons at all.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Power Management

« on: September 11, 2006, 10:59:00 pm »

I've just read this thread and I'm a little confused as to what people managed to get working. I'm using Xfce 4.4 beta 2 and would like to get power management working (removing ac changes power settings). Is this possible? It doesn't seem to be working at the moment.
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All you need to do is run the matchbox battery monitor applet - it will take care of this. I believe it needs some sort of panel to run in (I'm using fbpanel), but I presume it will also work with the xfce panel.

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Firefox And Xfce4 Keymapping Questions

« on: September 11, 2006, 03:54:31 pm »

I am particulary interested in getting the menu key working and the brightness keys.  In one of the posts on the finetuning xfce topic it does mention using the settings app to map custom commands but I have not been able to find how that works.  When I go into the Windows Manager settings/keyboard I cannot see how to add any new shortcuts.

I presume this is still the area you're having trouble with. Note that it doesn't let you change the default settings (you have to add an entry in the list at left). Then just choose a command shortcut in the bottom box and start pressing buttons. Chero has written a good howto somewhere...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Need Feeds For Beta3

« on: September 10, 2006, 04:18:15 pm »

This looks to be it:

http://mail.pdaxrom.org/download/1.1.0beta...rus-Cxx00/feed/

edit: you beat me to it!

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Firefox And Xfce4 Keymapping Questions

« on: September 06, 2006, 10:54:24 pm »

Well the firefox issue is sorted out, but I am still wondering about xfce4 and keymapping.

Is there a simple solution to this (like there is for the default WM) or is because it is complicated that I have not been able to find out any information about this problem?

Are other xfce4 users just "living with it"?
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Which part are you having difficulty with? xfce4 recognises my calendar etc keys as 'XF86LaunchA' etc and maps them to custom commands with no problem...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / How Do I Connect My Bluetooth Mouse?

« on: September 05, 2006, 04:49:40 pm »

I don't have a solution, but usually info on devices and drivers can be found in dmesg... (this might give you an idea of whether it is successfully connected or not)

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Wireless Mouse Issues

« on: September 05, 2006, 12:44:21 am »

If it's a Microsoft mouse, then I'd say this is a feature, not a bug...  

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Cell Ir Beta3 Help?

« on: September 05, 2006, 12:43:18 am »

bump
using the ppp dialer, I get:

(+cgdcont=1,"IP","cellular1wap,"",0,0^M)
expect (OK)
alarm
Failed
Connect script failed.



This isn't terribly useful to me-- I have no real idea if the phone isn't getting the ir signal, if I'm using a wrong APN. protocol, connect speed, etc.

Ideas on how to get more info??  (or how to make it work if anyone has a blinding flash of insight....?)
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Put "debug" and "dump" in your ppp options file to get more info. By the looks of it, Chero's answer was closer than mine - the Zaurus isn't getting any response from the phone...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Cell Ir Beta3 Help?

« on: September 04, 2006, 04:00:50 pm »

I have this working on my SL6000, and I discovered that I couldn't get it to work using ppp from the shell - for some reason I have to use the pppdialer app. On the command line everything appears to work until it stops just short of actually doing anything!

It's exactly the opposite of wireless etc which can't be configured with graphical tools - the only way this would work is to use the tools straight out of the box...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Gpe Pim Apps

« on: August 31, 2006, 03:49:08 pm »

I just updated (yes, I'm very much behind) to the latest version of gpe-calendar etc as in Xromer's feed. The calendar is certainly much nicer, but now the alarms aren't working again! at isn't being called - a file is created in /var/spool/at, but it isn't complete (much like the initial problems with earlier versions).

Does anyone else have alarms working on an SL6000 with the latest versions?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Usb To Serial Converter Don't Work

« on: August 29, 2006, 03:52:40 pm »

I'm only shooting in the dark here, but I have a /dev/usb/ directory - maybe in there?

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Pdaxrom On Sl-5500 For Dummies

« on: August 27, 2006, 04:08:01 pm »

NO package feed is working for me, even when I have checked the EXACT url on another machine. It connects but then just times out after about 30 seconds.
One of my guesses on this point is the port used is still blocked- anyone know the EXACT port in use by ipkg?

If it connects it's very unlikely that the port is blocked. There are some networking issues floating around that cause the connection to hang, particularly as soon as you start saturating it (e.g. downloading). Discussion around here somewhere, not sure if anything was ever resolved. Also issues with 2.6.14 kernel if you have this on your desktop/router machine. Try changing the mtu to a lower value and see if it helps.

Also I see in the other thread that you are having problems with apps being set for landscape mode (I have the same issues on an SL6000). The solution to this is generally a better window manager which forces the correct sizes - not sure if this is a possibility on a 5500...

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Xfce Panel Problems

« on: August 27, 2006, 04:01:57 pm »

Personally I like xfce but yes, the panel is the one major issue. I just don't use it - use fbpanel instead which is nice and simple (I believe I got the idea from Chero...)

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Zaurus - pdaXrom / Fsck For Jffs2 - Some New Points

« on: August 24, 2006, 10:29:42 pm »

It also mentioned that mounting root as readonly before shutdown will force the write. I don't know if these are all properly setup in pdaXrom beta3 for C1000 release.
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Many (most?) Linux systems do this, so it seems like the best way. Interestingly enough though, /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt appears remount every filesystem except jffs2 (and swap/proc etc)...

(I have an SL6000, not a C1000, but I would have thought this stuff is the same)
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Do you mean I can fix this by adding the line for remounting JFFS2 in the script?
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actually, it remounts / as ro which is the jffs2 partition
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Does it? The version of the script on my zaurus only (it appears) does the following:

a ) turn off swap
b ) 3 attempts at unmounting network filesystems
c ) remounts (specifically only) ext2,ext3,minix,vfat and reiserfs filesystems as read-only

It doesn't look like it does anything with the jffs2 partition... (I don't know a lot about jffs2, so here is where you tell me I'm wrong   )