Rc10 Out For Testing..

[adf]

I'll wait for the updates then.

While I'm  at it,though, any one have a way to get ir keyboards workig? (my belkin is really more compact than my roll-up usb kbd
AND..... the sharp CE-AG06 camera?  easy enough to pop in th module, but software to work with it?

[pgas]

the sharp CE-AG06 camera? easy enough to pop in th module, but software to work with it?

there is no software for the sharp camera in pdaxrom.

[adf]

the sharp CE-AG06 camera? easy enough to pop in th module, but software to work with it?

there is no software for the sharp camera in pdaxrom.
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then I guessss it is a (2.4 supported) usb cam and gphoto2 ?  I didn't see such options in acquire in gimp.

[jerrybme]

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
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Thanks pgas, actually that's the hack that I'm currently using (the dvdrw hack I mentioned in my post). It has reduced the number & frequency of lockups. I used it in RC9.1 too, but was hoping it wasn't needed in RC10.

Cheers,
Jerry

[Gondola]

I've been experiencing the X lockups as well (rest of system remains running).

I've installed the above linked apm script, hopefully the lockups will stop..

[jerrybme]

Another bug I haven't been able to resolve. The /root/Choices/input.cfg doesn't seem to modify the Shortcut buttons or silk screen areas. I've run the input setup applet and checked to make sure the proper values are set. The proper keys show up in the applet drop down boxes. I'm guessing for some reason those re-mappings are not being read properly. Re-mapping the Ctrl Alt keys & the mouse buttons work fine.

Cheers,
Jerry

[Laze]

Another bug I haven't been able to resolve. The /root/Choices/input.cfg doesn't seem to modify the Shortcut buttons or silk screen areas. I've run the input setup applet and checked to make sure the proper values are set. The proper keys show up in the applet drop down boxes. I'm guessing for some reason those re-mappings are not being read properly. Re-mapping the Ctrl Alt keys & the mouse buttons work fine.

Cheers,
Jerry
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hmm.. I don't have this problem after setting it up using the input settings program.. Please try again and exit x and start again. Also make sure you have done a ipkg update and ipkg upgrade before trying.

[adf]

popped in the xserver mouse settings in startx ..mouse works if i manually load the modules. I lose the pointer If i unplug the mouse, though...and of course if i use a startx script with the mouse settings in it and have no mouse attached or no modules loaded I have no pointer.

useable, but at some point it should be automated.and least on starting x, maybe checking for a mouse and loading the appropriate modules and options? (same w/ keyboard).

having x restart on plugging in a mouse  might not be so nice  

still googling after ir kbd use.  

is there a libgphoto (?) for pdaX usb cam/v4l devices? ( I really nedd to get familiar with the dev tools)

any one tried guylhem's 6k kernel w/ pdaX?

[hbo]

I'm giving this RC a lot of exercise. Something baaad happened that I just noticed.  My 1GB SD suddenly (or at least I noticed it suddenly) lost most of /usr. The only thing left was /mnt/card/usr/lib/ipkg.. Running an fsck.ext2 on my 6K showed about 20 errors, and left me with most of the missing files under lost+found. I'm an IT professionial. I have certifications. The nice folks at the hospital gave me several, for instance. So naturally I had no backup.

The fact that the ipkg directory survived may indicate that it was that command that trashed the card. I did several 'ipkg remove' commands, switching between the gui and the command line, and between -d /mnt/card and not. So the bug is probably between my ears, or riding on a cosmic ray that is now passing the orbit of Jupiter after flipping several crucial bits on my SD card. But I still think it may have been bad behavior with the package manager and/or ipkg.

I have to feel that way. I have my professional pride to salvage, after all.

[hbo]

Bug report

A sequel to the sad story above. After reloading rc10, reformatting my sd card,  altering the base OS the way I like, layering on tons of software, performing a NAND backup while simultaneously making a tar backup if the newly loaded sd, all in a marathon session, I had X11 up, ready to start poking at all that software I loaded. But I noticed that the time was off. It looked like Greenwich time. "Odd," I thought, "I set the timezone before the backup." Sure enough, the clock was actually 17 hours slow, although that made it look 7 hours fast if you didn''t look to closely. (I didn't, so it looked to me like Greenwich, 7 hours ahead of PDT.) So, I typed 'ntpdate my.fave.ntpserver.com'. Wham! The screen went dark. "Oh no!" I tapped the screen, the backlight came back on My sigh of relief died in my throat as the system went in to hibernation. Hitting the on button brought me back to the desktop, but now it was frozen, like so many reports have it, after hibernating with a CF WiFi card.

Now for the bug.  

The desktop wasn't frozen! X had died and left the display on VT2, which was an unresponsive, though pretty, piece of eye candy. (I herewith resist the temptation to compare it to my ex-wife. She wasn't that pretty.)  Logging in with ssh and typing 'chvt 1' got the console back. I think it's a bug that there isn't some failsafe mechanism that does a chvt 1 if X dies, and there's no activity, or a login session, on any virtual terminal other than 1. Either that or the X server should scrawl "aaaagggh!" on the screen as it dies.

thank you for listening.

[jerrybme]

I'm giving this RC a lot of exercise. Something baaad happened that I just noticed.  My 1GB SD suddenly (or at least I noticed it suddenly) lost most of /usr.
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I had a similar experience with my /mnt/card/usr today. On a reboot it was just plain gone. Before doing anything else I rebooted, as I had this happen a couple times with RC9.1. After the 2nd reboot /mnt/card/usr was back & everything happy on my SD card.

@Laze: This input remapping failure happened after the ipkg upgrade (from console, no X running). I've both rebooted & restarted X server. I normally run the ROX Pinboard, but using the default Matchbox WM has the same result. When this first happend I though it might be due to left over files from RC9.1. I'm running with a single partition /=57 mb. So I did a NAND restore with original Sharp ROM, then installed RC10 again over that; resizing / back to 57 mb. Still having input remapping problem with shortcut buttons & silkscreen. Could it have anything to do with single / partition? (don't think so but....?)

Cheers,
Jerry

[sashz]

I'm giving this RC a lot of exercise. Something baaad happened that I just noticed.  My 1GB SD suddenly (or at least I noticed it suddenly) lost most of /usr. The only thing left was /mnt/card/usr/lib/ipkg.. Running an fsck.ext2 on my 6K showed about 20 errors, and left me with most of the missing files under lost+found. I'm an IT professionial. I have certifications. The nice folks at the hospital gave me several, for instance. So naturally I had no backup.

The fact that the ipkg directory survived may indicate that it was that command that trashed the card. I did several 'ipkg remove' commands, switching between the gui and the command line, and between -d /mnt/card and not. So the bug is probably between my ears, or riding on a cosmic ray that is now passing the orbit of Jupiter after flipping several crucial bits on my SD card. But I still think it may have been bad behavior with the package manager and/or ipkg.

I have to feel that way. I have my professional pride to salvage, after all.
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for restore symlinks from card try
ipkg-link mount /mnt/card

[adf]

you did apply the sd bugfix/update, right?

[hbo]

for restore symlinks from card try
ipkg-link mount /mnt/card
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Thanks. I know about that one. In this case, it was the card that was corrupted. I've looked over the Cxx hardware forums and there are threads talking about sd cards having problems with large continuous writes. I have certainly been doing a lot of write to mine, lately. But this is the only failure I've seen, so I'm hoping it was an isolated problem. But the way I'm using the machine, if the problem isn;t rare, I'll probably run across it again sometine soon.

[hbo]

you did apply the sd bugfix/update, right?
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Duuuh, What's that?

It sounds like I haven't applied it.