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[euroclie]

Let me know if anyone can burn something. The suspense is killing me.

I have a USB2 DVD writer at home (actually, it's an IDE internal writer, but I bought a simple, cheap USB2 to IDE adapter), I wonder if I could somehow make it work with the Zaurus... That would sure be cool! At last a simple way to perform a full backup of the microdrive! I'll try first to write a DVD at the lowest possible speed using one of my laptop's USB1 builtin connectors (normally I'd use a USB2 PCMCIA card to connect it), and if it works then I'll try doing the same from the Zaurus. But that'll have to wait until I'm back home (next week-end)!

[kahm]

The new package is showing lots of promise. I probably could have used the old package and just made a /dev/sg0 - I didn't know that the functionality was compiled into the kernel

cdrecord -scanbus properly reports my Archos drive, and better yet, cdrecord -checkdrive -dev=0,0,0 properly recognizes it as a CD-RW drive.

Now to actually try burning....

[kahm]

The /dev/sg* entries seem to disappear on reboot. I had to manually create a /dev/sg0 again to get cdrecord to work.

I created an ISO file out of the 412mb April version of the wikipedia file for the Z, and did a successful dummy burn at 2x. I initially forgot to include a speed parameter and it started off at a 16x burn.  The buffer was all over the place, but  it got as far as 50mb or so before I cancelled it. It said the fifo was never empty, but USB1 shouldn't be able to do a 16x burn. I'll leave experimentation on that for later.

I'm in the process of actually burning the file now to test if it works.

[slackwaresupport]

looks like debian is going broke..
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-annou...4/msg00019.html

the new project manager explains they only have about 40k in cash..  ruh ro

[iamasmith]

The /dev/sg* entries seem to disappear on reboot. I had to manually create a /dev/sg0 again to get cdrecord to work.

I created an ISO file out of the 412mb April version of the wikipedia file for the Z, and did a successful dummy burn at 2x. I initially forgot to include a speed parameter and it started off at a 16x burn.  The buffer was all over the place, but  it got as far as 50mb or so before I cancelled it. It said the fifo was never empty, but USB1 shouldn't be able to do a 16x burn. I'll leave experimentation on that for later.

I'm in the process of actually burning the file now to test if it works.
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Awesome, right I'll take a look at the /dev structure creation for the beta ROM.

[kahm]

Well, I'll be damned. The Zaurus really can do pretty much everything, can't it?

Five years ago, if someone told me that I'd one day be burning CD's off of my PDA, I'd have thought they were nuts.

You could probably get away with a 4x burn, I've only tried 2x. But it works, and can be read on the Z and my WinXP box.

                                   

[nilch]

Wow ! great testing guys...

we, on the sidelines are watching this thread like keen hawks  :-)
CD burning from the Zaurus, superb.

I can start visualising scenes where I pump in my CF card from the Camera into my Z, and burn all those great pics (and movies) to a CD having access to a CD burner at a friends place without access to my home computer even.
Great.

Now just a side question ? I am sure you are using CDRECORD util to burn (Kahm), but is there a GUI tool also which can be used (easily ported) on the Zaurus ? I think with this ROM (with CDBurning built in) many will be asking for a GUI tool too.

On my (linux) desktop I used to use K3B. I wonder what tools will be available which can be ported to the Z.

Thanks guys for the excellent testing and feedback cycle.

[kahm]

I think that there are only a handful of people who've even bothered to try this so far. I wouldn't get too anxious about a GUI quite yet

It is only useful if you don't have access to *any* computer whatsoever. As soon as you have a computer with both USB and a CD-burner, you're better off dumping the data to the computer and burning from there. Including ISO generation, it took over 40min to write the CD.

Maybe I should try testing piping mkisofs through cdrecord. Hmm....

Had I owned this setup 6mo ago, I'd have taken it with me to Japan instead of a laptop.

[kahm]

Oh, and a feature request for Mr. Smith for the next rom. Traceroute. And whois (or dig I suppose, which is more current.)

Traceroute especially, though.

I've also had that USB keyboard map issue become a little more annoying. It turns out that rebooting doesn't necessarily fix it. It sounds like some of the problems Guyhelm was having - A is Function, 1 through BS become a-n, etc. I tried rebooting, manually removing and reloading the usbkbd module, etc. I was about to give up on it when it seemed to fix itself. I'd unplugged and replugged the keyboard a half dozen times, and the last time just worked.  

(does anyone else feel like we need a Mr. Anderson to go with our Mr. Smith?)

[iamasmith]

Right, I'll add traceroute, whois, nslookup and dig.

Thanks for the testing kahm, excellent work.

BTW: If you want to run XQT then I'm sure we can get k3b going... unfortunately a port to a QT interface will take a bit longer.

[stupkid]

(does anyone else feel like we need a Mr. Anderson to to with our Mr. Smith?)
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Ha!  His ID would work for that too iamasmith (I am Agent Smith).

[kahm]

Right, I'll add traceroute, whois, nslookup and dig.

Thanks for the testing kahm, excellent work.

BTW: If you want to run XQT then I'm sure we can get k3b going... unfortunately a port to a QT interface will take a bit longer.
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I'm a lazy bastard, aren't I? These are all tested:

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(MTR, Traceroute, Dig)

I'd suggest adding ncftp as well, as soon as I can track it down. It keeps a config file in the user's home directory, so I'll munge the ipk to simlink it off.

I'm supposed to be doing my taxes today.  Anyone else notice how many views this thread has? Almost 3000 now...

[iamasmith]

Any more news on a repro scenario for the Qtopia crash kahm?

I'm not wholly convinced of properly fixing the usbkbd issue until we have finished the userland stuff. This sounds like I'm going to have to backport some kernel patches to get it working reliably. Sorry this may take some time... we may have to go with a workaround initially.

[kahm]

Any more news on a repro scenario for the Qtopia crash kahm?

I'm not wholly convinced of properly fixing the usbkbd issue until we have finished the userland stuff. This sounds like I'm going to have to backport some kernel patches to get it working reliably. Sorry this may take some time... we may have to go with a workaround initially.
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I haven't had time to set and reset my 3000 10x in a row yet.  It'll be done within the next 36hrs. If it's there, I'll find it.

I realize the USB stuff will take time to iron out. Consider my posts a stream-of-consciousness  sort of thing - I'll just blurt out whatever I come across at the time. It gets the issues recorded and noted, nothing more. If I don't do it that way, I'll inevitably forget.

[fastscirocco]

So sad I'm missing out on all the fun! :-(

I was one of the original 5, but a death in my family prevented me from flashing my C3000 before Iamasmith left on vacation.

Sitting here staring at my stock Z waiting anxiously for the next official release!


Keep up the good work guys!

Chris

PS I remotedesktopped into my file server at home, from that into my computer and from that to my wife's computer...and then launched tetris on her computer!

I was sitting on my couch laughing my A** off using 4 computers to play TETRIS!

Am I sick?