Pdaxrom Rc12 For Sl-c7x0/7500/c860/c1000/c3100

[maslovsky]

/etc/pcmcia/bluetooth line 22 should state "/sbin/cardctl ident 0" instead
of "/sbin/cardctl ident" in order for bluetooth to work on 3100

PuthreGuy
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It should better say "/sbin/cardctl ident $SOCKET" to support both CF sockets properly.

[gab74]

Testing on C3100.... all seems well but when i suspend i cannot resume !
When i push the power button Zaurus flash up the screen and the power down......Any helps ?

After resuming.....i noticed the clock shows a wrong time.....
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The instructions here works for me:

[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5618&hl=hwclock]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...5618&hl=hwclock[/url]

cheers
-- desert rat
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yes, but using ntp needs to connect to internet and i'm not always connected to the web...

[huu]

It should be in the FAQ really. Like previous post suggested, the hardware clock needs to be kept in UTC.
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Apparently so. However, the FAQ entry really should suggest some other method for doing this than hwclock --utc, now that there is no hwclock easily available. I don't remember exactly how it works, but it might be sufficient to write an /etc/adjtime that says, for example,

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0.000000 1131415328 0.000000
0
UTC
If this is sufficient, wouldn't it be a good idea to put this in the root file system to start with? If not, wouldn't it be an equally good idea to include hwclock (and put the instructions somewhere)?

[maswell]

Hey guys...

This is my first upgrade, so bear with me.  Do I need to reflash to upgrade? If I do that, I will lose all of my settings/icons/etc?!!?  Im willing, as it sounds like R12 is worth it, but I hate to lose all my configs...

[desertrat]

yes, but using ntp needs to connect to internet and i'm not always connected to the web...
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You don't /need/ to use ntp. And as per the instructions you don't even need ntpdate either (just use the date command (or whatever those instructions said) to set the clock initially.

After following those instructions my 3100 has been keeping the correct time (to the second) even through reboots. Just to be clear, after you've set the time correctly then there is "no need" to run ntp or ntpdate. By "no need" I mean no need to run it constantly. You may want to run it once a month or something to to correct any minor drifts. FWIW I've been running rc12 for nearly a week now and the time is still accurate to the second (as far as my eye can tell). With the Sharp rom I was losing a couple minutes per reboot!

Now that the hostap modules are available for rc12 (thanks agraef), pdaxrom (thanks sashz, Laze, et al) is a useable alternative to the dreaded Qtopia. Actually Qtopia isn't that bad, it's just that the way it implements the open file dialog is seriously outdated and was driving me insane

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cheers, desert rat

[web-angel]

Hi,
Excuse me but I haven't all understand about the root limitation of my C860
I just bought this Z under cacko 1.23 and I want to install PdaXrom ...
I want a root partition at the same capacity than the zaurus rom.
Sould I use the fix that I have found in this forum or the pdaXrom installation provide me directly the choice to make an unique big partition ?
Thank's for your help ...

[pgas]

If you want to keep the partitions
as they are defined for the sharp rom
then do nothing.
If you want to modify the partitions
then you can use the tools provided by the pdaxrom installer.

if you have modified the partitions and want to go back
to the original partitionning then do a nand restore with an original backup

[web-angel]

Thank's PGAS ! It's what I have understand :-) So I thin the best way is to make a unique partition for pdaxrom ...
So I must find the original NAND for the C860 because mine is endomaged and I don't want to make a nand backup of an endomaged NAND ...

[pgas]

So I must find the original NAND for the C860

http://www.trisoft.de/en_downloads.htm

http://downloads.conics.net/pda/zaurus-sl-...iginal-backups/

[dwchapin]

Can someone clarify the status of PyQt on RC12?

It's not in the default feed, although the qt (non-embedded) libraries seem to be there.  And pygtk is there.

A search on this forum reveals a version on zaurus.spy.org, in http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/x11/feed/, but this was built against python 2.3 and RC12 uses python 2.4.  I actually extracted the version above and moved the libraries from /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages to 2.4 by hand, and doing this works for some sample pyqt programs in the PyQt samples (analog clock etc) but e.g. fundamental stuff like widgets.py crashes, so I'm assuming there is some basic incompatibility between SIP in 2.3 and 2.4.

There's Mickey's very complete builds at vanille.de, but these seem to all be based on Qt/Embedded instead of Qt/X11 and this is obviously the whole point of pdaxrom.

I could take the trouble to build it myself I guess, but I'd prefer not to if someone has already gone about it, or has plans to in the near future.  This is the only thing keeping me on Cacko at the moment, and since my test-drive of RC12 has otherwise gone very well, I'd love to be able to switch.

[smuelas]

Hi Sashz,
Yesterday I tried for the first time pdaXrom on my SL-6000. Everything went smoothly and I didn't find any special problems. Just a couple of details until understanding the organization of the distro.
I want to let you know that I've been really impressed for your work. You have done a really impressive job, with so many applications and packages, and most specially I want to thank you for it.
To the moment, I've just tested the original Qtopia with Xqt-Debian, and I had everything working perfectly, but, there was this problem of a small chip maintaining Qtopia and the X's from Xqt. Too much sometimes.
As I have a big (6 Gb) microdrive with the Debian used for xqt, I've tried also with your pdaXrom to CHROOT sometimes to the head of Debian and try different applications. And, almost everything, works perfectly. For example, Firefox, that is not on your feed, works much better than before, althought it takes a long time to appear, afterwards runs o.k. The same for Thunderbird. And a lot of applications that I had in Debian, like GV, Xcas, Maxima, and others.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to run one thing of paramount importance for me: JAVA. I can't understand why as before I used the standar jdk-1.1.8 from Blackdown with SwingZ.jar directly from Debian with no one problem. Now if I try an application with graphics, the SL-6000 freezes and I have to reset it.
I have also tried to install Java on your distribution directly, but then I obtain always a "Segmentation Fault" message. And this is only if the application has graphics. If I run some test programs of just calculations on the console, it is o.k.
What do you think? It is almost sure that the libraries for the X's used by Java are too old to run on pdaXrom.
Apart from that, as I said before, pdaXrom is very impressive and I congratulate you for it.
I have found some difficulties in changing from "openbox" to "icewm". In fact, I'm still fihgting with this.
Another point that can be of interest for someone is that the CHROOT doesn't work if I launch the X's with "startx". I have to do it with "xinit". Doing it with "startx", it does not accept to share the display. This must be the famous "-nolisten" that I've seen on your startx.
Sorry for the length of this mail and once more: CONGRATULATIONS!!
smuelas

[pgas]

For example, Firefox, that is not on your feed, works much better than before, althought it takes a long time to appear, afterwards runs o.k. The same for Thunderbird.

firefox and thunderbird from this:

http://mail.pdaxrom.org/rc12/Zaurus-7x0-860/feed/

feed should work on your 6000.

I have found some difficulties in changing from "openbox" to "icewm".

install both icewm and icewm-pdaxrom. then do:

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mv /home/root/.xinitrc /home/root/.xinitrc.matchbox
ln -s /usr/bin/icewmsession /home/root/.xinitrc
restart x and you should be in icewm.

As for Java and debian, search in these forums you should be able to find solutions to your problem

[smuelas]

Thanks a lot pgas for your very quick and useful answer. I will do as you say immediatly.

>As for Java and debian, search in these forums you should be able to find solutions to your problem

This point is more doubtfull for me. I haven't read any one message speaking about the TRUE java on pdaXrom, but I will try.

Thanks once more

smuelas

[pgas]

This point is more doubtfull for me. I haven't read any one message speaking about the TRUE java on pdaXrom, but I will try.

Never tried myself but:
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10630
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8505
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2181

[ShiroiKuma]

pgas, is there any way to make the filesystem interface UTF-8 in pdaXrom.

This is my biggest hickup with it and I had to go back to Cacko because it isn't UTF-8.

Why is it important, I have lots of files with Japanese names and folders too. Unfortunately under RC12 the names just show up as gibberish, a bunch of question marks. It has to be something with the file interface directly, i.e. that it only uses the Western character set encoding or something, because the files also show as gibberish in chrooted debian, while the same debian install on a CF disk works fine under Cacko.

Is it possible somehow to modify this?

I've noticed in Cacko on startup it says "filesystem interface UTF-8" or something similar.

Since the startup process is similar, I assume you and the Cacko developers - Maslovsky et al. probably share some parts etc. So I assume this is doable.

Am I wrong and will I never see the Japanese-named files under pdaXrom?

Thanks for help if any...