Rc10 Out For Testing..

[pgas]

@adf I believe that except some pakcages which might include some different configuration (for instance X) all the applications are the same for 6000 and SL-C model...so yes the unstable feed can be used.

see some feeds here: https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7513.

I thought siag was dropped...what lib is missing (often for a lib xxx look for a libxxx.ipk or xxx.ipk , without the lib in front)

Note the feed here http://www.pdaxrom.org/ipk_feed.php is the 1.05 feed and wasn't compile with softlfloat and the ipk there might not work.
(basically all apps for RC5+ should work) the official feed is http://212.10.30.205/rc10/Zaurus-SL6000/feed/

[hbo]

I had a lockup on my 860 just now. Unfortunately, I hadn't yet set up ssh with my key, so I couldn't log in to the machine to troubleshoot or recover. I had jjust finished dumping a  tarball of the SD card over the wireless when the lockup occurred. The pointer still tracks the stylus, but otherwise the interface is completely unresponsive.

[addendum]
The backlight dims and the power icon in the task bar changes when I switch to battery power, so something is alive in there.

[adf]

pgas- thanks.  

missing libMowitz.so.0

I'll check the other feeds.


why was siag dropped btw?  I had high hopes for it...

[hbo]

Bug report
kathrin rc10
SL C860
128MB swap partition on sd
About 400MB of packages on /mnt/card.
About the same amount of free space in   /mnt/card.
qpkg

After installing lots and lots of sw from the rc10 feed to /mnt/card/ I rebooted the machine. When I brought qpkg back up. the drop down list for destination was empty. Attempting to install a package resulted in the log shown below. /etc/ipkg looks fine   to me. It's includedd at the end of this post.

Error log:

Code: [Select]

ipkg: invalid destination specification: -force-depends
Valid destinations are directories or one of the dest names from /etc/ipkg.conf:
root
cf
sd
net
ide
user
tmpinst
ipkg: invalid destination specification: remove
Valid destinations are directories or one of the dest names from /etc/ipkg.conf:
root
cf
sd
net
ide
user
tmpinst/etc/ipkg.conf:

Code: [Select]

src feed0 http://212.10.30.205/rc10/Zaurus-7x0-860/feed/
dest root /
dest cf /mnt/cf
dest sd /mnt/card
dest net /mnt/net
dest ide /mnt/ide
dest user /mnt/user
dest tmpinst /home/tmp/ipkg/inst

[hbo]

Bug root cause and fix

The libpcre library's aliases were not linked to the root:

Code: [Select]

# ls -l /usr/lib/libpcre*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 May 20 22:52 /usr/lib/libpcre.so -> /mnt/card//usr/lib/libpcre.so
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           34 May 20 22:52 /usr/lib/libpcreposix.so -> /mnt/card//usr/lib/libpcreposix.so
# ls -l /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcre*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 May 21 02:32 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcre.so -> libpcre.so.0.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 May 21 02:32 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 -> libpcre.so.0.0.1
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        45260 May 20 22:52 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcre.so.0.0.1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 May 21 02:32 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcreposix.so -> libpcreposix.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 May 21 02:32 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcreposix.so.0 -> libpcreposix.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8116 May 20 22:52 /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcr
ipkg is a shell script which calls grep:

Code: [Select]

# grep -c grep `which ipkg`
11
grep in my case comes from the grep ipkg:

Code: [Select]

# ls -l `which grep`
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           55 May 20 22:57 /opt/native/arm/3.3.6-xscale-softvfp/bin/grep -> /mnt/card//opt/native/arm/3.3.6-xscale-softvfp/bin/grep
And that executable depends on one of the missing aliases for libpcre.so:

Code: [Select]

# ldd `which grep`
        libpcre.so.0 => /mnt/card/usr/lib/libpcre.so.0 (0x40026000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40039000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
Sooo, I added /mnt/card/usr/lib (and /mnt/card/usr/local/lib) to /etc/ld.so.conf and ran ldconfig, which solved the problem with qpkg.  

[hbo]

Another bug report

This may not be an rc10 issue, but it's a bug nonetheless. The base OS comes without the zoneinfo database. It's available in the feed as the "timezone" package.  The database (as delivered by that package) is about 1.5 MB, so I guess I can understand leaving it out, although it's not a tradeoff I would have made. At any rate, the date and time applet doesn't let you change the timezone, whether or not the package is present! This is a bug in my book. If you expect an average user, even a Zaurus average user, to know to type 'ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/... /etc/localtime' then you will either weed out all the unskilled users, or hear them whine a lot.  

[hbo]

Request for Enhancement

Since this release candidate (and maybe earlier releases) includes OpenSSH, it would be possible to run xinit from startx using the ssh-agent. That way, typing 'ssh-add' in any terminal would give any program launched by the desktop the ssh identity (via the user's ~/.ssh/id_*) that was added to the agent. And then we could brag to our friends that we were just as sophisticated and cool as SuSE and Red Hat. Wait... forget that part.    

Code: [Select]

/usr/bin/ssh-agent xinit $client $clientargs -- $server $display $serverargs

[Laze]

Hbo thank your for very good and precise bug reports - we are looking into them now..

Btw. i agree with timezone problem i haven't still figured out and good and easy way to let the user select the timezone - will add it soon ™ ;-)

[miskinis]

Any chance of getting an RC10 for SL-5500?  I'm pulling my
hair out trying to get an X11-based system running using
other ROMS, etc. this weekend...

John

[donquixote]

I had a lockup on my 860 just now. Unfortunately, I hadn't yet set up ssh with my key, so I couldn't log in to the machine to troubleshoot or recover. I had jjust finished dumping a  tarball of the SD card over the wireless when the lockup occurred. The pointer still tracks the stylus, but otherwise the interface is completely unresponsive.

I'm having this same problem. I'm forced to quit X completely before shutting the Zaurus off.

dq

[jerrybme]

I've been experiencing lots of lock ups, mouse moves but rest of the GUI is unreponsive. Sshing in & killing x server fixes things. There was some correlation to umounting & mount my micro drive & wifi card. For a while I made sure to unmount before removing but lock ups continued. Lock ups also ocurred without removing the CF card. I hacked the /etc/apm file per DVDRW's post and number of lockups have decreased (sashz seemed to have a more elagant solution in the script, but without the sleep command). So far they only ocur with removing the wifi or CF card without unmounting the drive (using the applet). I haven't had any unassociated with mounting & unmounting. Anyone else having similar experience?

[hbo]

Anyone else having similar experience?

[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=81171\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

I'm continuing to have occasional lockups on my 860. I haven't discerned a pattern, but I'll keep your experiences in mind going forward.

As far as APM, I notice that when I switch to battery power after a long time on AC, if I haven't recently touched the machine, it hibernates immediately.

I've also had a repeat of symlinks to libraries on /mnt/card/usr/lib going away. I installed and played a game of Frozen Bubble. After a long interval, I rebooted the machine. Frozen Bubble wouldn't start after the reboot, complaining that perl couldn't find lib_SDL_something.so.2. Once again, the .so was linked under /usr/lib, but the extended names were not. This was a fresh reload so I could increase the size of the root partition, so I hadn't yet added the /mnt/card library paths to /etc/ld.so.conf. I did that and then ran ldconfig, which fixed the problem again. It sounds like either the symlinks were there after an install, or else the environment was providing a LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the frozen-bubble.sh script so that it worked fine. After the reboot, either the links or the environment went away.

[adf]

I have, I hope, a simpler issue.

on my 6k  If I plug in a usb kbd and mouse, I have to insmod path to usbmouse.o  (kbd is just insmod). No biggie, but automation would be nice. the real issue is that the mouse lights up, but has no noticeable effect on anything-- doesn't control the pinter, etc.

How do I get my mouse to control the pointer?  (tried hid.o, too btw) suggestions?

[Laze]

Tosa USB is not 100% complete - there will be updates later the next couple of days.

[pgas]

Anyone else having similar experience? (X freezing)

yes, there is a hack of the apm script that works nicely in this forums here:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10804&st=15

(maybe it as not been updated in rc10...i didn't upgrade yet.

See also here:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12622