Author Topic: Pdaxrom 1.1.0beta 4 And New Bootloader (Read 65912 times)

adf · « **Reply #150 on:** May 20, 2006, 07:42:57 pm »

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Is SL 6000 still supported by pdaxrom?
I didn't see any update since beta1...
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afaik they are trying to get the new system coherent and polished before the move it to all z platforms. beta1 is only a few months old still (and what I have on my 6000). I wouldn't sweat it.

frank7d · « **Reply #151 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:43:32 am »

Hi,
I think I am going for pdaXrom with this SL-C1000.

I tried step

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11) Green LED must light on for ~20 sec.

this seemed to work. It might have been less than 20s, however.

But I could not manage to boot the emergeny system. The screen would never turn on.

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Bootup emergency system
1) Insert SD or CF card with pdaXrom
2) Press and hold ON button and plug power cable
3) Wait for 10 sec and leave ON button

I had to do a NAND restore to see the thing alive again.

Obviously I am missing some detail. Maybe some kind soul could point me the way.

frank

frank7d · « **Reply #152 on:** May 24, 2006, 08:57:54 pm »

Problem solved:
After I had gunzip'ped pdaXrom-1.1.0beta4-Kathrin-u-boot-akita-current.zip I found emergenc.img differed from the file Winzip had extracted.
BTW the green and orange leds both turned on when flashing via the "C" and "D" keys. The leds were lit not for 20s but only for about 10s.
The Z did not accept a 64 MB and 128 MB CF card, only a 1GB SD card.

Resetting: Taking the battery out and unplugging the power supply is one way. One can just push the reset button beside the battery compartment. It was meant for that.
I really appreciate to have a 2.6.16 kernel on this tiny machine. Still the emergency system only. But let's call it a day.
Many thanks to EVERYONE who contributes. I did spend a couple of bucks yesterday donating.

Frank

SL-C1000
openwrt, dd-wrt

Fatty · « **Reply #153 on:** May 28, 2006, 01:21:10 pm »

After installing beta4, I try NAND backup to a CF (FAT16) and succeed. But when I try to restore the same image, NAND restore failed with message 'format error'. Any idea?

I have no problem restoring previous backup like beta1 one.

EDIT: tried SD and failed also.

adf · « **Reply #154 on:** May 30, 2006, 02:33:47 pm »

Does beta4 support larger than 1 gig sd cards? I'd like to try an install to a large sd, If it does

Glaive · « **Reply #155 on:** May 30, 2006, 02:48:21 pm »

Well, the fourth beta is great but has a few anoying bugs:

1. disabling of speaker sound after inserting headphones must be done manualy. It would be great to have it automated as in Xrom <beta4, cacko...
2. sound from speaker is weak and distorted! It's not hardware malfunction as i've reflashed to cacko and the speaker sound there is ok.
3. Usbfunction doesn't work so we can't use Z's as usb mass storage devices. The problem in the script is that it checks an nonexistant file for device model info. It's easy to fix that. But after that it accesses /etc/usbcontrol which doesn't exist in beta4.
4. The short shadowy bar over fbpanel is extremly irritating!

Regardless of this, thanks to Sash and everyone else who contributed to making an extremely powerful 2.6 kerneled zaurus system!

adf · « **Reply #156 on:** June 03, 2006, 05:03:50 pm »

Ok..everything installed just fine.

1st quesion--which kernel is current? The one in the curent zip , or the updated one listed with voLtage control?

2nd queston Hostap-driver install fails with the error "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia no such file or directory" What is the fix for this? I use an ambicom wireless card, and I'''m pretty dependant on hostap.

Comment: Big sd cards, like my 4 gig from zipzoomfly seem to work perfectly on Beta4 I'd have tried it sooner if omeone had said so.

adf · « **Reply #157 on:** June 05, 2006, 08:47:51 pm »

er... I'm trying a nand restore from the trisoft site. Everything seems to be ok... it says ok --meaning it's done. when I reboot I get nothing. just a black screen and a charging light.

ideas??

EDIT: Once again, some fiddling and a few power cycles and it is working fine.

anunakin · « **Reply #158 on:** June 05, 2006, 10:29:16 pm »

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Well, the fourth beta is great but has a few anoying bugs:

1. disabling of speaker sound after inserting headphones must be done manualy. It would be great to have it automated as in Xrom <beta4, cacko...
2. sound from speaker is weak and distorted! It's not hardware malfunction as i've reflashed to cacko and the speaker sound there is ok.
3. Usbfunction doesn't work so we can't use Z's as usb mass storage devices. The problem in the script is that it checks an nonexistant file for device model info. It's easy to fix that. But after that it accesses /etc/usbcontrol which doesn't exist in beta4.
4. The short shadowy bar over fbpanel is extremly irritating!

Regardless of this, thanks to Sash and everyone else who contributed to making an extremely powerful 2.6 kerneled zaurus system!
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1- For now ...
2- go to shell and run alsamixer ... look for "right XXXX" and "left XXXX" controls .... put all in max.... speaker is nice now...
3- hum.... time for try it here!
4- Yea.... but in my Z... the bad is a huge dark dot in center of screen ... dont have it in beta 3

Hey, remember beta4 ... is a alfa4 .... new "kernel" === "many bugs"

Hrw · « **Reply #159 on:** June 06, 2006, 05:04:29 am »

http://wiki.openzaurus.org/KernelInfo26 can be good read also for pdaX beta4 users.

dinorex · « **Reply #160 on:** June 16, 2006, 05:21:54 am »

I tried with my new C1000 with the boot loader and every reboots can ONLY go to D+M mode without pressing any D+M combination.... (therefore any holding ON button is in vain...)

is there any idea to that?

ZDevil · « **Reply #161 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:34:17 am »

I suspect if the bootloader was not installed properly. If it is installed properly then the Z should boot into the shell and not DM mode. Maybe try to flash with another card would work.

InSearchOf · « **Reply #162 on:** June 16, 2006, 08:28:51 am »

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I tried with my new C1000 with the boot loader and every reboots can ONLY go to D+M mode without pressing any D+M combination.... (therefore any holding ON button is in vain...)

I think you might have turned on the flag in your Diag Mode Menu.... I dont remember which menu it is under but there is a ON/OFF switch in there that you can flag it is auto boot in DM mode until that flag is turned off...

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FDK · « **Reply #163 on:** June 16, 2006, 09:14:18 am »

Anybody know, how to fix problem with screen in beta4 ?
My screen working not so good then i tryed press on it.
Thx in advanced.

Sy Ali · « **Reply #164 on:** June 20, 2006, 07:30:32 pm »

Ok, I've been playing around with the beta. It think the obvious stuff has been reported.

However, when I went to fix the hideous sound issue with xmms, by running alsaconfig, I got:

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Error opening terminal: rxvt.

I ran xterm -e alsacong .. but I got:

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xterm: unable to open font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-60-iso10646", trying "fixed"....

That font is horrific, and alsaconf is not displayed correctly. It was very annoying to try to read through the garbage to get sound working well. I don't know if sound _is_ working properly, as there seem to be lots of options which I'm not familiar with. =)

I realise that the new kernel fixes the sound issue.. but perhaps this xterm issue remains?

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Author Topic: Pdaxrom 1.1.0beta 4 And New Bootloader (Read 65912 times)