Z6000l 3.5.3 Experiences

[Gondola]

Well, I flashed with the 6000 version of the OZ 3.5.3 release (opie updater.data if that matters).  I followed the instructions on the Installation site exactly.  It went through the flashing process and gave me the "Please reset" message.

I waited a couple minutes to make sure it finished, then hit the reset on the back with the stylus, then tried turning it on, but nothing happened.  I repeatedly tried to reset, power-on, no results.  I opened it up and turned the battery backup off, left it for a while, put it back together and returned it to the base; it started charging.  I left it for over an hour then tried to boot again, no luck.

I kept it on the charging base all the time except for when I had to physically remove it to remove the battery.

I'm not sure what else to do..

[Gondola]

Well, I am in the process of restoring; the "hold d and p while resetting" thing worked to get me into the maintenance menu.

I was worried there for a bit.

Well, I flashed with the 6000 version of the OZ 3.5.3 release (opie updater.data if that matters).  I followed the instructions on the Installation site exactly.  It went through the flashing process and gave me the "Please reset" message.

I waited a couple minutes to make sure it finished, then hit the reset on the back with the stylus, then tried turning it on, but nothing happened.  I repeatedly tried to reset, power-on, no results.  I opened it up and turned the battery backup off, left it for a while, put it back together and returned it to the base; it started charging.  I left it for over an hour then tried to boot again, no luck.

I kept it on the charging base all the time except for when I had to physically remove it to remove the battery.

I'm not sure what else to do..
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[Gondola]

The NAND restore worked.  Thanks to the posted NAND backups, I was able to get my 6k restored back to the stock Sharp load.

Also, FYI, I was able to restore from an SD card -- CF was not necessary in my case.  (Lexar 1gb SD).

Well, I am in the process of restoring; the "hold d and p while resetting" thing worked to get me into the maintenance menu.

I was worried there for a bit.

Well, I flashed with the 6000 version of the OZ 3.5.3 release (opie updater.data if that matters).  I followed the instructions on the Installation site exactly.  It went through the flashing process and gave me the "Please reset" message.

I waited a couple minutes to make sure it finished, then hit the reset on the back with the stylus, then tried turning it on, but nothing happened.  I repeatedly tried to reset, power-on, no results.  I opened it up and turned the battery backup off, left it for a while, put it back together and returned it to the base; it started charging.  I left it for over an hour then tried to boot again, no luck.

I kept it on the charging base all the time except for when I had to physically remove it to remove the battery.

I'm not sure what else to do..
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[lardman]

It looks like the instructions need to be updated.

Here's my recommendation (I don't have a 6000, but from the look of the files, this is the way it needs to be done now):

in http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstable/3.5.3/

Rename the kernel, zImage-tosa-20050409225341.bin to zImage.bin

Choose one of the ROM images:

bootstrap-image-tosa-20050409225341.rootfs.jffs2
gpe-image-tosa-20050409225341.rootfs.jffs2
opie-image-tosa-20050409225341.rootfs.jffs2

Rename to initrd.bin

Stick the initrd.bin, zImage.bin and updater.sh (from the above directory) on your CF card, then follow the instructions from step 7 (Connect AC adapter to your Zaurus SL-6000 handheld.)

Outdated instructions here (but you still need to follow the end of them):
http://openzaurus.org/web/index.php?option...id=32&Itemid=44


Si

[Gondola]

Just an update.  Oddly enough, NONE of my md5sums are correct compared to http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...6000/md5sum.txt except for updater.sh.  I'm going to try to re-download them and try again.

[lardman]

Okay, so md5sums are an additional problem.

Do follow my instructions though; they have been confirmed as working on #openzaurus - the instructions on OZ.org need updating.


Si

[Gondola]

Another update

Installed Opie.  The default icons and such are a bit small, but it's a very usable system.

The biggest problems I ran into were the keymap and the requirement to manually configure the wireless, instead of being able to do so through the GUI.

Going to check out GPE next..

Just an update.  Oddly enough, NONE of my md5sums are correct compared to http://www.openzaurus.org/official/unstabl...6000/md5sum.txt except for updater.sh.  I'm going to try to re-download them and try again.
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[Gondola]

Thanks for the tip, lardman.  The files were my original problem (copied the wrong ones, corrupt downloads, whatever), but I would have run into another roadblock had I stuck with their install instructions.

[Mickeyl]

The default icons are only small if you didn't read the OZ release notes hence forgot to remove $HOME/Settings/qpe.conf

You can do it afterwards by copying /opt/QtPalmtop/etc/skel/qpe.conf to $HOME/Settings/qpe.conf

[BarryW]

Anybody else having clock issues??  Mine is already 2 hours behind!

Okay something to add.  It has Anchorage being 7 hours ahead of LA.  We are only 1 hour ahead.  That would be gmt -9, I think that is what is screwing up my clock.  Is there any way to either fix the offset or turn off network time??

[adf]

installed gpe.

wireless (from console) is excellent.
suspend/resume works perfectly.
the gui package installer is still weak--crashes if asked to handle dependencies

I had a problem with libs. libcrypto just would not install.. and ipkg kept saying it couldn't find ldconfig (a kind of big problem).  This could very well be user error or a botched install.  Has anyone else had anything like this?

without libcrypto (I think that was the problem) i couldn't do ssl w/ minimo--though actually I couldn't even log onto zug w/ minimo--it wouldn't send user info. browsed nicely though.

 I also had auth probs trying scp and ssh. my guess is that was libcrypto too..though I'm not sure.
 didn't get a chance to try gxine yet.

gtk packages I didn't see (I assume they can be bitbaked without too much trouble though) but expected. abiword, gnumeric, firefox, dillo.  
A definite improvement (though the 2.6 will really make the difference, I suspect).
I will poke at it some more

[Gondola]

I still can't make my wireless work.  I configured the /etc/network/interfaces according to the existing 3.5.2 documentation, which appears to differ in format from what the GUI app will create if you try to use it.  

Unfortunately, there's no wlan0 listed in the GUI app, and if I try to do a "write in" in the drop box it says that wlan0 already exists.

I'm using 128 (108) bit WEP with DHCP.  When I do "ifup wlan0" the wireless LED lights up, but the console just says "Discovery..." a few times then gives up.

If someone with a working wlan0 config w/WEP could post it I'd appreciate it, thanks..
(Psst, that means you, adf  )

[adf]

fire up a console
su

/sbin/ifup wlan0


that's it


to turn it off:
 su /sbin/ifdown wlan0

[Gondola]

Here's my config.

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iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless_mode managed
hostname zaurus
wireless_essid myssid
wireless_enc on
wlan_ng_default_key_id 0
wlan_ng_key0 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
I discovered a typo in my key when I was posting it.  Heh.  It's working now!

The wireless connects a lot faster with OZ3.5.3/GPE than it used to with the Sharp OS.
 

[adf]

Sorry--I thought you were having gui rather than wep problems.

Any luck with ssl, usename password on websites w/ minimo?

ideas on gpe package weirdness (like it must be user error?)

Has anyone else tried gpe?