Help Please With "error Linkling" ...

[telemetric_au]

im quite tired after staying up late getting the interent working on z...

but now i got another prob,

if i install apps from package manager to SD it gives "Error Linkling" lines in the log near the end of the installation process, this doesnt happen if i install to root, but i need the space there, and would ideally like to put root to sd thus freeing up that space for more ram ??

tried a few times with some luck...

so if any ione can point me to an existing discussion or put me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated...

thankyou...

[lardman]

This is using the GUI package manager?

Do the apps work, perhaps the message is warning that it cannot link things like /usr/bin (which is normal).

Otherwise try using ipkg-link.


Si

[telemetric_au]

yes in gui,

they dont work, and there can be quite a few of these errors in a row...

the apps do work though if installed to root and run from there...

ive seen the ipkg-link term mentioned before but havnt tried it as kant access any info on it... maybe i can get synopsis or guide...

will just do an install now and get a copy of the log..

[telemetric_au]

at the moment im running a sd file syetem config that's prettty pasic from this post:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4514&st=0#

it may have something to do with it, im not going to worry too much more about this problem until i can get my whole fs onto sd and free up all built-in mem for ram...

maybe someone can suggest a method that works well for them... have tried downloading the "tar ball" from the opz site and setting that up via altboot menu, but after installation it wont boot from it...

[lardman]

If you want all of the RAM available just make sure you use the 64-0 kernel.

If you want to install everything to SD you'd be best-off using hentges: http://www.hentges.net/misc/openzaurus/index.shtml, lots of info about this on the forum too.

If you use hentges, then you probably don't need ipkg-link (I've not used it) as you can install to what the Zaurus thinks is root, but is actually the SD card. I may be wrong here though.

To use ipkg-link
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ipkg-link is used to create symlinks from files installed to one of the mount points to their correct location under /.

To use ipkg-link, the appropriate mount point must be listed in /etc/ipkg.conf (lines starting with 'dest'.)

For the case of a dest line like this: dest card /media/card/packages

You would invoke ipkg-link like so: ipkg-link mount /media/card/packages

This will link all of the packages installed to that mount point. Other options are given at the command prompt if you invoke ipkg-link with no arguments.


Si

[telemetric_au]

im running 64-0 allready but it seems to still have a 14mb root capacity ??

unless i got the images mixed up... either way ill look into the hentges, thanks.

[telemetric_au]

worked it out

[gepeto]

worked it out
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How? I am having a very similar problem on my C700 with OZ..

[telemetric_au]

it did have something to do with being unable to make the necessary links as part of the installation on sd or cf ...

so when i started using root on via altboot loop imaging i was installing to sd still but by choosing root  so no problems...

i think it may have originally been a problem of running out of space on root for the symlinks to the sd card... possibly brought on by using all internal ram (apart from flash) for ram and not storage aka 64-0 rom ...

[gepeto]

IPKG Is also incredibly SLOW...

Installing a small package like opie-bartender worked fine, but took forever.. just loading the ipkg.conf file must take 30seconds... is that normal speeds?

[koen]

IPKG Is also incredibly SLOW...

Installing a small package like opie-bartender worked fine, but took forever.. just loading the ipkg.conf file must take 30seconds... is that normal speeds?
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No, ipkg is really fast. It will get slow when it needs to parse huge repositories and OZ has over 12 thousand packages  You can remove some feeds if you want it to be faster.

[gepeto]

IPKG Is also incredibly SLOW...

Installing a small package like opie-bartender worked fine, but took forever.. just loading the ipkg.conf file must take 30seconds... is that normal speeds?
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No, ipkg is really fast. It will get slow when it needs to parse huge repositories and OZ has over 12 thousand packages  You can remove some feeds if you want it to be faster.
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Thanks for the tip. Now, I haven't tried that many packages but I was able to install Opie-bartender fine...but kopi..no luck.. I guess I'll do some more testing tonight as I still can't use the wifi at work now..

[telemetric_au]

i prefer aqkg, with the output level set to troubleshooting do you get a progress meter of current dl'ds