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« on: April 27, 2006, 04:21:40 pm »
hi all

I'm giving my noob point of view to contribute to "what sould be updated" (or created?) thread, so please be patient since it could even be OT...

I think this could help to keep in mind non-linux-experienced-user point of view, that's all.

what I miss most in order of relevance:

1) a good pim software (like opie one, not gpe)
2) an easy way to sync to a windoze machine (opie-like)
3) a working package manager (I'm learning how to use ipkg but I think this is not for beginners or occasional users)
4) any working emulator to play something when I'm travelling on a bus (xmame? snes9x? but keep in mind that if they don't work from scratc....)
5) a working mp3 player and eventually a video player (keep in mind how hard it could be for a non-experienced user to use a command line mp3 player!)
6) a pdf reader

I've tryed both opie and gpe on my c3k: I like them both but I'm not satisfacted

ty in advance and bye,
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2006, 04:32:42 pm »
al_do: this thread is not for such posts but for exact requests what users want.
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2006, 04:36:43 pm »
I'm sorry... but I thought my requests where quite "exact"....

If you think of a PDA from a windows user point of view they're absolutely exact....
And I think a lot of people own a Z without beeing able to hack it or compile anything...

bye
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2006, 05:46:13 pm »
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I'm sorry... but I thought my requests where quite "exact"....

This thread is specifically for people to request updated versions of programmes to be compiled and added to the upgrades thread. See the first post: https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=119002

For your type of questions you should start a new thread - not only will they then not move this thread off-topic, but also people will see what you're asking and you'll have more exposure for your questions.


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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2006, 03:42:06 am »
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also is mplayer updated with the iwmmxt patches?
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136291\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Yes, but that doesn't work with softfpa, since the instructions overlap. It does work with EABI
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136310\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
when might we reasonably expect EABI?
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2006, 04:21:17 am »
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also is mplayer updated with the iwmmxt patches?
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136291\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Yes, but that doesn't work with softfpa, since the instructions overlap. It does work with EABI
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136310\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
when might we reasonably expect EABI?
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=136313\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

It's running on my c700 and hx4700 right now. You can build it yourself with OE
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2006, 06:11:42 am »
koen: Is it worth sticking up some Angstrom test images on the Angstrom site?

Edit: You already have I see: http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/highl...mages-available

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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2006, 01:39:33 am »
very intresting about the EABI, what other features does it bring to the table, or in other words why should i go and set up an EABI tool chain right now
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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2006, 03:01:57 am »
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very intresting about the EABI, what other features does it bring to the table, or in other words why should i go and set up an EABI tool chain right now
[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

See [a href=\"http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort]http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort[/url]. In short: it's the end to all the 'but <foo> uses a different float thingie, so it's incompatible'
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2006, 04:00:15 am »
I'm off fishing again next week... after that I guess I'll setup OE and give angstrom testimage a spin   It sounds like a major breakthrough.
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« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2006, 05:31:26 pm »
side note on the eabi link koen posted.  what machines does debian think they are building for?  orphaned acorns?
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« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2006, 03:55:33 am »
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side note on the eabi link koen posted.  what machines does debian think they are building for?  orphaned acorns?
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« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2006, 03:53:27 am »
Like I was telling many times I will drop all non-request posts from "3.5.4.x upgrades" thread. They will land here in this thread.
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« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2006, 02:36:24 pm »
[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Overall[/span], this release is extrememly good--it's much more stable than the SharpROM release that I was running, and much faster. It looks very good, and most of the applications that I use are available. It's great to see that there's such active development for the Zaurus, I'd like to thank everyone that's helped contribute to this release.

The altboot package is absolutely terrific! I'm using a 1GB SD card as my root directory, and it works flawlessly. On the Sharp ROM I had a horrible spaghetti mess of symlinks to get something similar that never worked as well. This is a huge improvement.

[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']My configuration:[/span]
    Zaurus SL6000-L (tosa)
    OZ/Opie 3.5.4.2
    Linux pimento 2.6.17 #1 PREEMPT Fri Jun 30 08:43:48 CEST 2006 armv5tel unknown

[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Now for the bugs & observations & requests...[/span]

wireless
      I have been unable to connect to any wireless network (with or without WEP). I
      can establish an 802.11b connection (the iwconfig program reports that the Zaurus
      is associated with the desired wlan), but udhcpc never gets an
      address. The networks I've tried work correctly with many other clients, and I've
      tried establishing connections with the Network Settings applet, using ifup, using ifconfig and iwconfig, etc.


opie PIN authentication
        it's inconsistent...sometimes the screen locks properly, sometimes the screen is
        not locked after the Zaurus suspends (either manually or by timing out and
        auto-suspending)

        if it's successful, why prompt with "enter opie" and "another try" options--
        this doesn't make sense

        suspending the Zaurus should _always_ cause it to lock the screen

        putting the Zaurus in the cradle should not bypass the authentication (ie., if
        it's screen locked, it should remain that way when inserted in the cradle)


zsafe
        suspending the Zaurus should _always_ cause it to lock the application, returning
        to the zsafe password prompt upon "resume". This is the behavior on the desktop,
        and under the Sharp ROM.


keyboard
        the "numlock" sequence [Fn][Num] doesn't work (the "N" symbol appears on the
        taskbar, but the keys don't produce numbers

        [Fn][Space} doesn't produce the pipe (|) character

        the key repeat rate is too fast

        the [Fn] key is not sticky

buttons
        On my 6000, there doesn't seem to be a way to map the button with the "dot"
        (above the [Cancel] button)

froot
        related to other issues with mapping buttons, the button in the middle of the
        directional (arrow) ring doesn't send the [SPACE] character

konsole (opie-embeddedkonsole) doesn't run--the icon appears on the taskbar, but the
        application doesn't launch.

KOPI
        with the kopi-alarm applet in use, the alarm correctly wakes up the
        zaurus, but the

screen brightness (backlight)
        the screen is always at full brightness--it doesn't dim when the Zaurus is running
        off the battery. The brightness slider on the taskbar or the "Light and Power"
        settings applet has no effect. The option to dim the screen when running on
        battery has no effect.

[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Missing Applications[/span]
        These are applications that I used often under the Sharp ROM. I
        understand that running Sharp apps is no longer possible due to the
        soft-float issue, but I'd really like to see these applications--or
        programs with equivalent functionality--available for OZ/Opie:

                Opera
                        I found Opera to do a very good job at dealing with
                        the screen size on the Zaurus, managing bookmarks,
                        etc.

                ethereal

                kgrok
                        it was great to be able to use the same database (flat
                        file + forms) on my desktop & Zaurus
                                http://www.bitrot.de/pda_kgrok.html

                eLog
                        a terrific tool for maintaining electronic log books,
                        with synchronization capabilities between different
                        installations. Again, I miss the ability to use the
                        same tools on my PDA and server/desktop
                                http://midas.psi.ch/elog/download.html

                T&T Bureau de Change
                FXConv
                        two different programs to display currency
                        conversions. I consider these essential when
                        traveling--they can download updated currency rates
                        from the internet. I understand that they depend on
                        floating point handling found on the Sharp ROM, but
                        I'd really love to see a port to OZ or a program of
                        equivalent function.
                                http://free.pages.at/uberger/zaurus/fxconv_en.html
                                http://www.vanstrien.net/zaurus/ttbureaudechange/

                T&T World CLock
                        A clock, displaying time in different cities. More
                        convenient than the "City Time" applet.
                                http://www.vanstrien.net/zaurus/ttworldclock/index.html

                lep-gen
                        One-time password generator, compatible with S/Key.
                        This was invaluable as a means of generating a secure,
                        one-time password when logging into my account from an
                        untrusted remote machine (such as in a cyber-cafe).
                                http://www.ima.umn.edu/~pliam/lepgen/

                nethack
                        it would be fun to have this compiled for OZ. The
                        Sharp version works surprisingly well.

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« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2006, 03:19:28 pm »
Let me repeat: forums are NOT bugtrackers.

See http://openzaurus.org/wordpress/2006/09/02...2-rc2-released/ for more info
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