A Clean, Fresh, Configured Eabi Rootfs Tarball

[kkazakov13]

Umm... suppose you just did exactly what other people (including me) did, and you got all these mplayer, touchscreen and shadowing issues, then I don't really have anything to say on top of my head...  and I can't really explain how these things work for me either.

If i were you, I would just do it all over again if I still want to run Debian. Otherwise, just blame on the bad luck...

I followed everything exactly - except that i bzip2 -d 'ed the file on my machine before unpacking to hdd. Did reinstallations about 4 or 5 times ...

Anyway - I guess it's just a bad luck

[ZDevil]

Then, kkazakov13, if you don't mind me asking again:
-- What do you have in /dev/fb* and /proc/fb ? Does it help if you (re)install the three mplayer-related debs here: http://yonggun.tistory.com/54 (under "Video" at the very bottom)?
-- How is your touchscreen settings (e.g. ~/.profile, /etc/ts.conf )
-- How to reproduce the window shadowing, so that I can try and see if I can also see that?

[kkazakov13]

Then, kkazakov13, if you don't mind me asking again:
-- What do you have in /dev/fb* and /proc/fb ? Does it help if you (re)install the three mplayer-related debs here: http://yonggun.tistory.com/54 (under "Video" at the very bottom)?

I have the same things in /dev/fb* and /proc/fb as yours. The mplayer included in the rootfs had not pxa option, the one you mention have pxa but does not work. I installed the 3 files (removing first the original ones)

-- How is your touchscreen settings (e.g. ~/.profile, /etc/ts.conf )

Haven't touched them - whatever is in the rootfs

-- How to reproduce the window shadowing, so that I can try and see if I can also see that?

Can't tell you - it's just there! the first time I boot IceWM from the rootfs. Did _nothing_.


P.P. Anyway - I'm stopping to experiment with Debian for now as I need _working_ machine ( going back to my heavily customized beta 3 ... seems this is the most stable for now). I really wanted to watch 640x480 movies without overclocking ...  

After some time maybe I will try again. Will keep monitoring the Debian section closely

[jpmatrix]

Then, kkazakov13, if you don't mind me asking again:
-- What do you have in /dev/fb* and /proc/fb ? Does it help if you (re)install the three mplayer-related debs here: http://yonggun.tistory.com/54 (under "Video" at the very bottom)?

I have the same things in /dev/fb* and /proc/fb as yours. The mplayer included in the rootfs had not pxa option, the one you mention have pxa but does not work. I installed the 3 files (removing first the original ones)

-- How is your touchscreen settings (e.g. ~/.profile, /etc/ts.conf )

Haven't touched them - whatever is in the rootfs

-- How to reproduce the window shadowing, so that I can try and see if I can also see that?

Can't tell you - it's just there! the first time I boot IceWM from the rootfs. Did _nothing_.


P.P. Anyway - I'm stopping to experiment with Debian for now as I need _working_ machine ( going back to my heavily customized beta 3 ... seems this is the most stable for now). I really wanted to watch 640x480 movies without overclocking ...  

After some time maybe I will try again. Will keep monitoring the Debian section closely

i don't want to be sad but could all your problems come from an actual hardware problem ? perhaps oriented toward the touchscreen ? and which appear in certain situations only.... i don't know....
before going back to pdaxrom can you try latest angstrom to see if you have same problems?

[kkazakov13]

i don't want to be sad but could all your problems come from an actual hardware problem ? perhaps oriented toward the touchscreen ? and which appear in certain situations only.... i don't know....
before going back to pdaxrom can you try latest angstrom to see if you have same problems?

Definately _not_ a hardware problem. I'm already back to beta3 ... needed to write some docs later in the bed, while listening some music ... anyway ... i have no shadow issues under X, and no jittering under beta 3. Also I did tried angstrom about 2 weeks ago - I did not had these problems there either. Don't remember the kernel version there. BVDD driver also works under pdaXrom beta3, so I suppose my pxa layer is not broken either

[glac]

Hello Zdevil,

Thanks for your excellent work. I've installed it on my C3200 and it's working very well (the wifi card is connecting very very fast and flawlessly).
The only remark I have to do is that, in the new tarball, the mplayer installed does not have the pxa driver option. I've had to install the younggun ones to make it work with pxa (I'm having troubles with aspect correction in pxa but I'll open another topic to deal with it).
I have the 2.6.23.9 kernel installed, are the modules of that kernel already in the tarball (if so, the first topic must be coreected).

Thanks,

glac

[scottlfa]

Just got my 3100, copied the tarball over etc ...

stuck at Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I get this regaurdless of the kernel or image ... even get it when I copy the working C1000's debian off SD to the HDD.

Very frustrating thing is the emergency console has nothing that enable's me to access the hdd.  And rebooting does not fix the console error for me.

[jpmatrix]

Just got my 3100, copied the tarball over etc ...

stuck at Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I get this regaurdless of the kernel or image ... even get it when I copy the working C1000's debian off SD to the HDD.

Very frustrating thing is the emergency console has nothing that enable's me to access the hdd.  And rebooting does not fix the console error for me.

just reboot and try to wait a little at this error message

to have a beautiful emergency console, boot pdaxii13 install and choose "go to console" (something like this)

[scottlfa]

How did you do that?  VERY interested.

Yeah the kernel panic is a stopper ... what am I doing wrong?  PdaXii13 is looking better and better ...

[jpmatrix]

How did you do that?  VERY interested.
Yeah the kernel panic is a stopper ... what am I doing wrong?  PdaXii13 is looking better and better ...

go get the pdaxii13 install files, or get them here : http://matrixmen.free.fr/zaurus/pdaxii13/
then proceed to flash process, with battery off, reset, then battery on, then OK-ON, choose 4, SD or CF, then Y
then at the pdaxii13 install menu, just choose to go to console, there you can mount hdd to do the MAKEDEV procedure
of course don't flash anything  and just reboot

[adf]

I gave it a whirl-- used up a few hours, never got anything working right- saw kkazakov's posts and headed back to pdaxii13.

I think this project, if any, has a future. The feature set in 2or0's kernels alone makes it worth watching.  I'll try again soon (I have a vacation coming). In the meantime any idiot-proofing of the installation and guide would be much appreciated.  Also, is there some way to backport the goodies, like webkit, from sid to lenny (an keep the project on testing)? Sid breaks things, and it is tough enough to manage a shoe-horned port alone, without managing a "port" (I know, not technically what it is, but you get the idea) of an already unstable system.

I'm back to pdaxii13v2 with a touch of etch for the time being.  Hopefully that isn't seen as criticism or condemnation. A "big" distro, like debian, on the Z was what I'd been hoping for since I bought my 5600 almost 4 years ago. You guys seem to have achieved that, though not quite in a way I'm comfortable using, yet. Keep up the good work, please

[scottlfa]

Just spent four days strait ticking myself off.   The kernel panic has stumped me.  For now I will head back to PdaXii13.  I think Cortez has something, a simple boot flash ... just my network card isn't supported.  I will keep an eye out.

[jpmatrix]

it's "funny" to see how people can have lots of difficulties to install their debian on zaurus and how it works without any major problems for other people........ i try to make a poll about that right now

[scottlfa]

Indeed, its strange ... had no issues getting it onto the C1K, went easily.  But the HDD on the C3.1K seems to want to fight, I will in the end return (can't help it).

[adf]

Remember the "old" days when lilo was "it" and systems had a /boot partition....?  would this not be much easier (on all but 3000..and maybe even that) if we did some thing like Nand=/boot?  Probably there is some obvious difficulty, but if there isn't it seems like this would be a great way to handle the various media issues.
As someone with a comparatively limited skillset and non-standard hardware, this sort of solution has obvious personal appeal.

Jpmatrix--sign me up as 1 count of "struggled to no avail."