Zubuntu 1.0 Rc1

[Jon_J]

One other thing which has been mentioned here: tskeys consumes 89% and up to 92% of CPU according to "top"
When first booting, I launch the console (which takes awhile) and use "top" to kill it. Once its killed response is greatly improved.

tskeys is responsible for the "selected device is not a touchscreen i understand". It tries to use the device used for the offscreen keys (home, mail, contacts etc) which is configured for Akita on default (sorry, my fault). Try to delete the files /etc/zaurusd/mach-config-funcs and /etc/zaurusd/mach-config-vars and reboot. With a bit of luck the message is gone  

I deleted both files and I still get the error message upon reboot. It doesn't seem to effect performance, I still need to kill tskeys to get "snappy" performance in the window manager.
I looked in /etc/zaurusd/ and these two files have been re-created.

Try commenting out the lines for tskeys in /etc/init.d/zaurusd

That stopped tskeys from loading. I'm not sure if I edited this file correctly. I had to comment out a couple commands: "fi", because I was getting syntax errors.
/etc/init.d/zaurusd

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#!/bin/sh

killproc() {            # kill the named process(es)
        pid=`/bin/ps -e x |
             /bin/grep $1 |
             /bin/grep -v grep |
             /bin/sed -e 's/^  *//' -e 's/ .*//'`
        [ "$pid" != "" ] && kill $pid
}

. /etc/zaurusd/config

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo "Starting Zaurusd"

    if [ "x$HAVE_ALSA_MIXER" != "x" ]; then
        /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
    fi

        if [ "x$HAVE_INPUT_SWITCHES" != "x" -a -x /usr/bin/switchevd ]; then
            /usr/bin/switchevd $SWITCH_EVENT_DEVICE &
        fi

#        if [ "x$HAVE_TSKEYS" != "x" -a -x /usr/bin/tskeys ]; then
#            modprobe uinput    
            if [ -x /usr/bin/setleds ]; then
            /usr/bin/setleds +num < /dev/tty0
        fi
        if [ -e /etc/profile.d/tslib.sh ]; then
            . /etc/profile.d/tslib.sh
        fi
#            if [ -e /etc/pointercal ]; then
#                /usr/bin/tskeys $TSKEYS_CONF $TSKEYS_DEVICE &
#            fi
#        fi
 ;;

    stop)
        echo "Stopping Zaurusd"
    if [ -x /usr/bin/switchevd ]; then
            killproc /usr/bin/switchevd
    fi
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tskeys ]; then
            killproc /usr/bin/tskeys
    fi
    if [ "x$HAVE_ALSA_MIXER" != "x" ]; then
        /usr/sbin/alsactl store
    fi
 ;;

    restart)
        $0 stop
        sleep 1
        $0 start
 ;;

    *)
        echo "usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        exit 1
 ;;
esac

exit 0

[Capn_Fish]

I just commented out the whole block, IIRC.

I managed to get Kdrive built, no idea if it has XKB support or not. I'll get to testing it eventually.

The dhclient issue seems to be kernel-related, since when I boot with the 2.6.24-Yonggun kernel it works fine (still get the unknown hardware message, but it works).

[Wildherb]

OK, thanks, I'll do a completely fresh install with all the latest files and make sure my card is Ext2 at the same time. Will report back later this evening...

Cortez. I've done a fresh install using the spitz tar file in your link an the other files from your blog - I trust that will give me the latest kernel. I've also made sure my SD card is formatted ext2 this time. I still cannot see any CF devices and hence cant even manually configure a network interface. My symptoms are:
no /dev/hdx devices listed at all
no output from pccardctl ident

Here is my dmesg | tail output:

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logger created 64k log 'log_radio'
TCP cubic registered
Xscale iWMMXt coprocessor detected
sa1100-rtc sa1100-rtc: setting systen clock to 1970-01-02 etc
Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblkp01..
mmc new SD card at address b368
mmblk0: mmc0:b368 SD      1960448K1B
 mmcblk0: p1 p2
VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystel) readonly
Freeing init memory: 80K
What now?

[ofels]

-Orinoco/hermes is modprobed by default (I think there's something that can be done with making a list of card IDs or something similar)

Blacklist the orinoco modules in /etc/modprobe.d/

Oliver

[Jon_J]

Has anyone mapped the menu key on the clamshell zaurus to zubuntu's menu yet? If so how?
I have tried xbindkeys-config, but it wants a two key combination when making new shortcuts.

[Capn_Fish]

Using Fluxbox makes it easy. I don't know if there's a way to switch Openbox out for it (I didn't see anything obvious, ln -s should work ), but you could disable the Fluxbox panel and it should act the same (and eliminate the need for xbindkeys).

HTH

[Wildherb]

Just a quick post to say that I'm now up and running with my C3000! Wifi is running just fine and the microdrive is recognised. apt-get seems to work fine. Thanks Cortez and everybody else!

[cortez]

Has anyone mapped the menu key on the clamshell zaurus to zubuntu's menu yet? If so how?
I have tried xbindkeys-config, but it wants a two key combination when making new shortcuts.

Zubuntu uses LXDE, which is based on Openbox. For instructions on how to change mouse and keyboard mappings in Openbox, see here

[zmike]

Hi Cortez,
This looks like a promising release but I haven't had any luck with my SL-C860. I went through changing the event2 to event1 for the touchscreen but when startx runs, it opens a window in "portrait" mode but upside-down. I have the zaurus open for the keyboard.

Mouse clicks are far off the mark.

At bootup I get

/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1313: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for reading: No such file or directory
Can't open display :0
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1251: No soundcards found...

I hope to get it running to see how it does but have only command line for now.

[zmike]

Some progress - I edited .xinitrc and it helped but the mouse is way off. Is there a way to calibrate it?
Thanks!
 mike

I do get an error "Extended Input Devices not yet supported. when I abort startx

ts_calibrate does the trick. Now I have to figure out how to configure networking with a symbol technologies card I guess.

[speculatrix]

Now I have to figure out how to configure networking with a symbol technologies card I guess.

the socket/symbol wifi card is soft-mac, so you have to have a firmware uploader for it - spectrum24 chipset IIRC. I think it was posted to this forum a while back, let me know if you don't find it as I can probably dig out a copy (I had one once, but traded up to a prism2-based zonet/mercury zcf1100).

[Fatty]

Now I have to figure out how to configure networking with a symbol technologies card I guess.

the socket/symbol wifi card is soft-mac, so you have to have a firmware uploader for it - spectrum24 chipset IIRC. I think it was posted to this forum a while back, let me know if you don't find it as I can probably dig out a copy (I had one once, but traded up to a prism2-based zonet/mercury zcf1100).

My Socket Low Power Wifi CF works.

Initially, it complaints for fw. I goes to /lib/firmware and find nothing there. As I have Debian installed also, I copy all files from there to Zubuntu's and the interface comes up at eth0. Of course, I have to configure the /etc/network/interface manually beforehand. Now my ugly Pretec (works with both Debian & Zubuntu) can now goes to Akita  

I also replaced the internal 16G CF (which replaced the original MD long long time ago) to a Socket bluetooth CF (works when dual-booting to Debian, yet to figure out how to set up a ppp connection with my HTC Touch Pro). If everything goes right, I will have a dual wireless Z  

[zmike]

Thanks for the reply. I hope I don't have to update the firmware. It works with Cacko and Angstrom - not sure what is different. I searched and didn't see anything for the firmware so if you have it I could try it. Not sure how I would upgrade it since I have mainly Apples or Linux desktop-wise.

I wasn't getting any response to the card at first but after searching, I ran:

modprobe pxa2xx_cs

Looks like something to do with firmware because I get the message:

spectrum_cs: Cannot find firmwared: symbol_sp24t_prim_fw
spectrum_cs: Firmware download failed
hermes @ c4880000: Timeout waiting for card to reset (reg=0x0000)!
eth0: failed to initialize firmware (err = -110)
spectrum_cs: register_netdev() failed


Thanks!
 Mike

[Fatty]

spectrum_cs: Cannot find firmwared: symbol_sp24t_prim_fw
spectrum_cs: Firmware download failed

I don't mean you have to update firmware in your card. I mean you don't have the firmware (driver) in Zubuntu's /lib/firmware. (In fact the rootfs of Zubuntu release doesn't contain the firmware)

I've sent you the files which are from Andromeda Debian in case you don't have. It work for me.

[zmike]

Thanks! Got the file and put it onto the SD card. The symbol is now blinking so that probably does it!
Now to wrestle with iwconfig.

Thanks again!
 Mike