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slackwaresupport · « **Reply #120 on:** April 08, 2005, 12:20:19 pm »

vnc works for me. i can not control anything from my vncviewer side though.

slackwaresupport · « **Reply #121 on:** April 08, 2005, 12:24:09 pm »

RUH RO!! on a reboot. i cant click anything on the zaurus, like the screen is disabled.!

sriley · « **Reply #122 on:** April 08, 2005, 12:34:39 pm »

Did you pull the battery and try again?

slackwaresupport · « **Reply #123 on:** April 08, 2005, 12:50:19 pm »

removed the vnc server. and rebooted. back to normal

kahm · « **Reply #124 on:** April 09, 2005, 06:00:36 pm »

I've posted an analysis of the USB keyboard map in:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11834

Most of what is there applies to the Cacko3k rom, save for the few bits about the Japanese support.

Merardon · « **Reply #125 on:** April 09, 2005, 07:10:48 pm »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in regards to the Slackware ROM that was hoped for earlier in the thread, the best bet is ARMedslack. When that's finished then somebody can base a ROM off of it for the Zaurus.

cybernetseraph · « **Reply #126 on:** April 10, 2005, 10:58:55 am »

The Slackware ROM was me, the linklooks good, if i get some time this summer then i'll look into it.

Exams are coming up for Uni though, so not yet.

Pity I wasn't on the forum recently no alpha for me.
How many people would like a slack ROM (afrid the question mark isn't working on my Z right now)
IF enough show interest I'll do it, and if i can get some info sorted out.

Later,

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Merardon · « **Reply #127 on:** April 10, 2005, 02:37:31 pm »

The lack of a Slackware ROM is one of the few defects in the Zaurus, in my opinion. I'd love a Slackware ROM.

slackwaresupport · « **Reply #128 on:** April 10, 2005, 06:46:14 pm »

slackware would be great, but, the package manger doe not check for dependences, slackware is based on KISS , " Keep it simple Stupid". its not gonna install something you dont want, because its a dependent on some other program.

cybernetseraph · « **Reply #129 on:** April 10, 2005, 07:09:47 pm »

May I ask why the lack of dep support is a 'but'(still haven't fixed the q. mark) as an avid slack user i pefer the simplicity of thwat approach, it avoids problems and means you know what you are installing.

I'll certainly consider donating my summer to the cause.

Later kids!

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Merardon · « **Reply #130 on:** April 10, 2005, 09:12:15 pm »

That's not something I mind at all. I much prefer installing everything myself, and if you can't figure out how to open up the documentation and find out for yourself what it needs for dependencies, you shouldn't be trying to install it in the first place.

kahm · « **Reply #131 on:** April 10, 2005, 09:34:33 pm »

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That's not something I mind at all. I much prefer installing everything myself, and if you can't figure out how to open up the documentation and find out for yourself what it needs for dependencies, you shouldn't be trying to install it in the first place.
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And that is precisely why nobody's bothered to make a Slackware rom for a PDA. A lot of users have enough problems with IPKs, never mind .tgz's.

I'm not entirely sure yet-another-rom is necessary. It comes with linux. You can replace Sharp's linux with a better version of Sharp's linux in Cacko, a completely GPL version in Opie, two seperate X versions in GPE and PDAX, and a full distro in Debian.

I'm not saying don't do it, but I'm not sure what the draw for Slackware is. Is there something that one of the pre-existing roms doesn't do?

kahm · « **Reply #132 on:** April 10, 2005, 09:58:57 pm »

Incidently, I hadn't realized that we'd taken over a thread for our 3k rom feedback. I've created a new topic:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=11855
where we can stay out of the way of the Slackware rom discussions.

Merardon · « **Reply #133 on:** April 10, 2005, 11:47:32 pm »

I love Slackware. The primary reason is that it doesn't rely on the GUI. It's there when you need it, but I much prefer doing things on the command line. It boots straight into the prompt, and I love it that way. I've also found Slackware to be much faster, easier to use, more configurable, more reliable, and generally better then any other distribution I've tried. I keep trying other distro's, but I keep coming back to Slackware.

EDIT: I didn't mean to take over the thread, I just thought it appropriate to mention ARMedslack. I apologize for any inconvenience.

kahm · « **Reply #134 on:** April 11, 2005, 12:29:50 am »

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I love Slackware. The primary reason is that it doesn't rely on the GUI. It's there when you need it, but I much prefer doing things on the command line. It boots straight into the prompt, and I love it that way. I've also found Slackware to be much faster, easier to use, more configurable, more reliable, and generally better then any other distribution I've tried. I keep trying other distro's, but I keep coming back to Slackware.

EDIT: I didn't mean to take over the thread, I just thought it appropriate to mention ARMedslack. I apologize for any inconvenience.
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That tells me why you like Slackware on the desktop, but hasn't explained what you're trying to solve by putting it on the Zaurus. You can boot to command prompt in Cacko and PDAXrom if you wanted. What is going to the trouble of cooking up a Slackware rom going to do for you that can't be done on an existing platform? It seems like a lot of work to go through to use Slackware's package manager instead of .deb's or ipk's. (What does Slackware use for a package manager these days? Last time I used it RPMs hadn't been invented yet.)

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