Cacko Rom 1.23 Is Released

[maslovsky]

1. Does cacko use the rc-rofilesys file?? (i noticed cacko will still startup fine without so i'm guessing no..)

Yes, it does

2. If it doens't use rc-rofilesys then how do i fix my problem above?

You need to edit the the file in /root/etc/rc.d

3. What are hda1 & hda2 used for??  (i used to have sys & .sys directories but they somehow went away...)

Backup of system files, used by Sharp restore process

If you still have default partitioning, you're simply wasting some space (approx 30 Mb) in your internal flash. I'd suggest to resise your root partition and reflash the ROM.

4. Why does the space get wasted? If i have 128M of ROM space and i allocate 30 for the root partition where does the rest go??

When you allocatre 32 mb (the minimum) for the root  partition it's all used by the ROM files. The rest is available for user storage via /home

[xamindar]

I don't believe it!  I just tried out cacko and it is wonderful except now neither of my two network cards work.  What gives?  I thought there was additional kernel modules not less, did I miss something?

The D-Link DCF-650W just says "unsupported card" and the old generic one tried to connect but can't.  I will try the generic one again and see if I can get it working.  

Any ideas?  Are there network modules that I am missing that are not installed by default?

edit: ok, the generic one works. whew!

edit2:  also, how do I turn off the time setup from popping up when I tap on the time in the taskbar?  Jp rom didn't do that.

How can I get /home to show up in the system info program?  I can't easily see how much space I have left on it without typing "df -h" at the moment.  And what is "Temporary Storage" and what is it used for?  

Thanks!

[rokugo]

edit2:  also, how do I turn off the time setup from popping up when I tap on the time in the taskbar?  Jp rom didn't do that.
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one simple workaround is to install Maslovsky's Qtopia Alarm Clock [a href=\"http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/qpealarmclock.html]http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/qpealarmclock.html[/url]

How can I get /home to show up in the system info program?  I can't easily see how much space I have left on it without typing "df -h" at the moment.
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Um....what do you think the "Internal Flash" indicator bar in the User Area tab means?  

[xamindar]

one simple workaround is to install Maslovsky's Qtopia Alarm Clock http://my-zaurus.narod.ru/qpealarmclock.html

Thanks!  I'll check it out right now.

How can I get /home to show up in the system info program?  I can't easily see how much space I have left on it without typing "df -h" at the moment.
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Um....what do you think the "Internal Flash" indicator bar in the User Area tab means?  
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hmm, I don't have a "user Area" tab.  There is only a "storage" tab which lists the internal hard drive and something called "Temporary Storage" which is a whopping 10 megs!  Did I do something wrong?

[rokugo]

hmm, I don't have a "user Area" tab.  There is only a "storage" tab which lists the internal hard drive and something called "Temporary Storage" which is a whopping 10 megs!  Did I do something wrong?
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The C1000 has 128MB of internal flash memory. In Cacko, 32MB (or whatever size decided during the installation) gets partitioned into the root, leaving the remaining 96MB or so as the user (home) partition.
And this 96MB is whats shown in my system info's User Area tab as "Internal Flash". Actually its slightly less,  91136KB.
And my "Temporary Storage" is also around 10MB.

So since the C3100 also has the same 128MB flash memory, I assumed the info tab was the same as the C1000 with only the addition of the internal HD info bar.
Maybe I got it wrong?

Need a 3100 cacko user to confirm this.

[xamindar]

The C1000 has 128MB of internal flash memory. In Cacko, 32MB (or whatever size decided during the installation) gets partitioned into the root, leaving the remaining 96MB or so as the user (home) partition.
And this 96MB is whats shown in my system info's User Area tab as "Internal Flash". Actually its slightly less,  91136KB.
And my "Temporary Storage" is also around 10MB.

So since the C3100 also has the same 128MB flash memory, I assumed the info tab was the same as the C1000 with only the addition of the internal HD info bar.
Maybe I got it wrong?

Need a 3100 cacko user to confirm this.
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You are correct rokugo.  I think maybe what is happening is that the internal hard drive is taking the spot of what should be the internal flash on my c3100.  The internal hard drive is listed first on the tab right where the internal flash should be.  But I have no idea how the memory applet works so I could be wrong.

Can any other c3100 cacko people confirm or deny this?


I also have another question regarding cacko and the internal hard drive for anyone who has tried this.  Would cacko still mount the drive if it only had one partition?  At the moment, and this is factory default, the drive had three partitions;  the first two are like 8 megabytes each and as far as I can tell are not used (why are they there?).  And the last one is the rest of the drive.  If I repartitioned it to onlt one partition would it still work?  I could probably even edit fstab myself anyway.  I just wonder if there is some strange reason for the two partitions.

[maslovsky]

The C1000 has 128MB of internal flash memory. In Cacko, 32MB (or whatever size decided during the installation) gets partitioned into the root, leaving the remaining 96MB or so as the user (home) partition.
And this 96MB is whats shown in my system info's User Area tab as "Internal Flash". Actually its slightly less,  91136KB.
And my "Temporary Storage" is also around 10MB.

So since the C3100 also has the same 128MB flash memory, I assumed the info tab was the same as the C1000 with only the addition of the internal HD info bar.
Maybe I got it wrong?

Need a 3100 cacko user to confirm this.
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You are correct rokugo.  I think maybe what is happening is that the internal hard drive is taking the spot of what should be the internal flash on my c3100.  The internal hard drive is listed first on the tab right where the internal flash should be.  But I have no idea how the memory applet works so I could be wrong.

Can any other c3100 cacko people confirm or deny this?

I don't have a C3100 device to check, but yes, Sysinfo application on 3100 could be a little confused about mounted internal storage. What do you see on that tab?

I also have another question regarding cacko and the internal hard drive for anyone who has tried this.  Would cacko still mount the drive if it only had one partition?  At the moment, and this is factory default, the drive had three partitions;  the first two are like 8 megabytes each and as far as I can tell are not used (why are they there?).  And the last one is the rest of the drive.  If I repartitioned it to onlt one partition would it still work?  I could probably even edit fstab myself anyway.  I just wonder if there is some strange reason for the two partitions.
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Cacko mounts the hard drive the same way Sharp ROM does. It won't boot it you repartition your microdrive. Those two partitions contain system files, which are used to restore factory defaults from japanese menu.

[why2jjj]

I also have another question regarding cacko and the internal hard drive for anyone who has tried this.  Would cacko still mount the drive if it only had one partition?  At the moment, and this is factory default, the drive had three partitions;  the first two are like 8 megabytes each and as far as I can tell are not used (why are they there?).  And the last one is the rest of the drive.  If I repartitioned it to onlt one partition would it still work?  I could probably even edit fstab myself anyway.  I just wonder if there is some strange reason for the two partitions.
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Cacko mounts the hard drive the same way Sharp ROM does. It won't boot it you repartition your microdrive. Those two partitions contain system files, which are used to restore factory defaults from japanese menu.
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I asked a question sort of like this earlier, wondering if one could re-partition the c3100 zaurus into something other than 3 partitions.  The answer was yes, although if you ever wanted to be 100% safe and compatible with the japanese ROM you needed a partition named hdd3.  Meanie supplied some code in this thread showing how you could get the ROM to respond to other partitions besides the default 3.

[xamindar]

I don't have a C3100 device to check, but yes, Sysinfo application on 3100 could be a little confused about mounted internal storage. What do you see on that tab?

Storage tab has the following:

Internal Disk : 3971808 Kb
Temporary Storage : 10240 Kb

and then of course plugging in any CF or SD cards will appear below that.

I asked a question sort of like this earlier, wondering if one could re-partition the c3100 zaurus into something other than 3 partitions.  The answer was yes, although if you ever wanted to be 100% safe and compatible with the japanese ROM you needed a partition named hdd3.  Meanie supplied some code in this thread showing how you could get the ROM to respond to other partitions besides the default 3.
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Oh yeah, I remimber meanie's site talking about that now.  But I guess it doesn't matter that much.


About the wifi card that I have that doesn't work with cacko.  I checked in the sharp rom and the module that loads is "prism2_cs.o".  Are there any ipks that include that module?  If not then would it work if I tried using the module that the sharp rom has?

[Jon_J]

[Bug/problem with swapfile in Memory applet] ?
I don't mean to change the subject and I did a search first for this.
I just used my NAND backup from Trisoft for my C3100 and restored my original Sharp ROM, then I installed Cacko ROM 1.23.
This is the second time I've had Cacko 1.23 installed.
The first time, I immediately changed themes, so I never realized the "memory applet" on the taskbar was available.
My point of this post is, that there is a bug or problem with the "Swapfile" enabling function.
I enabled a 64Mb swapfile and it was working fine. It was located in /hdd3/Documents/
I verified this location by taking a look at it in Tree!Explorer.
I later decided to reboot my machine from the Qtopia boot screen, (accessed from Settings | Shutdown).
I think my problem may have been caused by, me not disabling the swapfile, before I rebooted.
The reboot was different than a "normal" reboot.
There was no graphic band at the top of the screen with Qtopia and other elements, like there is in a "normal" reboot.
Then it hung up at this error and kept repeating this error:
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hdd3: cannot find interrupt
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I'm not sure if I remember the exact wording, but it was saying it could not locate an "interrupt"

I had to resort to battery removal.
20 seconds later, I re-inserted my battery, plugged my C3100 into AC power and switched it on.
It NOW booted normally. Once I was back in Qtopia, I examined the swapfile in the "Memory" applet. It had been disabled.
I also looked at it in Tree!Explorer, and it was still there.
I decided to remove the swapfile, if it was going to cause these problems.
I removed it using the Memory applet, since that was the program that created it.
My question is: If I decide to use a swapfile again, should I Enable/Disable it whenever it is Needed/Not Needed?

I was using the swapfile to try to get a stubborn PDF file to open in QPDF 2.2.1
It never opened, This file opens easily in Picsel Browser on my Palm
Jon

[xamindar]

I don't think it is a swapfile problem.  The swapfile is automaticly disabled on a reboot so you would have to re-enable it every time.

I have a similar problem with my internal hard drive as well and I don't use a swap file that much.  Ever sence I put cacko on it I will sometimes recieve a "hdd error" on reboot and it complaining about the hard drive not being ready in which it just kind of freezes there.  I just accept it as a small bug and a battery pull and restart usually fixes it.

[Jon_J]

I hate to clog this thread up with replys. I'll only make this one reply.
I just rebooted from the Shutdown icon in Settings tab, and my C3100 just rebooted normally.

I may have had another problem with the reboot mentioned in my post above,
but I don't know what the problem could be. I just assumed the swapfile was the cause.

I did install several programs before above mentioned reboot.

Jon

[maslovsky]

Storage tab has the following:

Internal Disk : 3971808 Kb
Temporary Storage : 10240 Kb

and then of course plugging in any CF or SD cards will appear below that.

OK, this means that Qtopia version on 3100 doesn't show you the internal flash storage like it does on C1000. Sysinfo is just using Qtopia library functions, it doesn't query mounts directly to look up the storage.

[xamindar]

Storage tab has the following:

Internal Disk : 3971808 Kb
Temporary Storage : 10240 Kb

and then of course plugging in any CF or SD cards will appear below that.

OK, this means that Qtopia version on 3100 doesn't show you the internal flash storage like it does on C1000. Sysinfo is just using Qtopia library functions, it doesn't query mounts directly to look up the storage.
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Is there a library I can replace to get internal flash listing back?  Or some other way of fixing it?  Thanks for the info.

[TheWalt]

Storage tab has the following:

Internal Disk : 3971808 Kb
Temporary Storage : 10240 Kb

and then of course plugging in any CF or SD cards will appear below that.

OK, this means that Qtopia version on 3100 doesn't show you the internal flash storage like it does on C1000. Sysinfo is just using Qtopia library functions, it doesn't query mounts directly to look up the storage.
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Isn't temporary storage the 10meg /tmp setup in ram upon boot?

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echo "mount tmpfs"
mount -t tmpfs -o size=10m none /dev/shm