Cacko Zaurus Qtopia ROM 1.21 is available!

[zxerx]

I am unable to communicate via IR, I cannot send or recieve between my C860 and my friend\'s 5500

I just sent and received files between a C760 with a fresh install of Cacko 1.21 and a Palm Pilot. It worked fine.

[zxerx]

One slightly annoying thing I\'ve noticed with Cacko 1.21 is that the orange charge light only stays on for about a minute when the power supply is plugged in. The applet monitor shows that the unit is charging ok, and if I pull the power lead out and plug it back in, the light comes back on, but only for a minute or so.

The plug on my power supply is a little bit loose, so I rely on the light to know that a proper connection is being made.

[PS: Anyone know where I can get the correct sized plug from - the local tandy wasn\'t much help]

[datajerk]

X/qt and / problem fixed.

Apparently there is a conflict with /home/zaurus/Applications/cyrillica/english and /home/zaurus/Settings/keyhelper.xml

Removing the following (see below) from keyhelper.xml and restarting Qtopia fixes it.  The old behavior is back however, to witness xhost + and startup an xterm from another host but send to the zaurus display.  / and . keys send: ; and . unshifted and J and * shifted.  All local apps OK.

The VNC I built for X/qt also has problems with the / and . keys.  shift-. comma, and shift-comma send nothing.  This is also evident when you run the keyhelper app in the setup tab.

I tried dumping the custom maps in /home/zaurus/Applications/cyrillica/english and fixing keyhelper.xml to display the \'?\' however X/qt had problems.

Bottom line removing the code below gets it back to the way 1.20 worked.  Long term a better solution for the / and . keys would be nice.


<mappings>
    <!-- swap / and , -->
   <define key=\"Comma\">
      <map key=\"Slash\"/>
      <map_modifier Shift=\"On\"/>
      <map_unicode shift_unicode=\"/\"/>
   </define>
   <define key=\"Slash\">
      <modifier Shift=\"On\"/>
      <map key=\"Comma\"/>
      <map_modifier Shift=\"Off\"/>
   </define>
   <define key=\"Comma\">
      <modifier Shift=\"On\"/>
      <map key=\"Comma\"/>
      <map_modifier Shift=\"Off\"/>
   </define>
    <!-- Fn+o = left curly brace -->
   <define code=\"2015\">
      <map key=\"Less\"/>
      <map_modifier Shift=\"On\"/>
   </define>
    <!-- Fn+p = right curly brace -->
   <define code=\"2016\">
      <map key=\"Greater\"/>
      <map_modifier Shift=\"On\"/>
   </define>
</mappings>

[stupkid]

IR breaks after you install libopieobex 1.0.3.  On a fresh install it is fine.  I\'m looking at how I can get a work around at the moment, but I think this means that the Opie PIMs might have problems on this ROM.

[ArchiMark]

Hope someone can please advise!

Just took the plunge and reflashed my C860 with the latest Cacko QT ROM.

Followed instructions carefully and everything seemed to go OK.

However, after I did the step \"Install New ROM\" and it installed OK and then got message saying

\"Cacko Linux Installer

Congratulations!

Cacko Linux ROM installed on your Zaurus SL-C860!
Probably, you want format Internal user flash now?

<Yes>    <No> \"

Since the message said \"Probably, you want\" I figured that this is what you should do, so I said Yes and it did the format.

Then when it rebooted I got the start screen that says \"SHARP\" in big red letters with the words \"Please wait....\" in small black letters below. Also, I see a \'#\' symbol and flashing cursor in the lower left corner of the screen.

Well, that was about a 1/2 hour ago and I still just see this screen.

Is this normal???

If not, what should I do now??

Thanks!!

Mark

 :oops:

[padishah_emperor]

Did you repartition to 27MB ?

[padishah_emperor]

Maslovsky,

I did a test with IR.

We tried IR between a 5500 and a Nokia 6310, that worked.
We tried IR between a Nokia 6310 and my C860, that failed.
We tried IR between a 5500 and my C860, that failed.

It works on my C860 with tkcROM (so it\'s not hardware), but not with Elena, but I don\'t want to keep flashing (done too much recently) so I cannot try it with Daniella, but I think that had the problem too.

Someone else mentioned modules, is there a module missing? I\'m at a loss.

IR breaks after you install libopieobex 1.0.3.  On a fresh install it is fine.  I\'m looking at how I can get a work around at the moment, but I think this means that the Opie PIMs might have problems on this ROM.

Doesn\'t apply in my case, I dont have it installed.

[ArchiMark]

Did you repartition to 27MB ?

Yes, I did that!

As I mentioned I followed all the instructions....

Only thing I did that is not on instructions was the issue I mentioned about doing the \'format Internal user flash\' after the \'Install New ROM\' step.

Any suggestions??

Thanks!

Mark

 :?

[padishah_emperor]

It has happened to me on occasion, reformat the CF card, put the three files back on and try again.

[ArchiMark]

It has happened to me on occasion, reformat the CF card, put the three files back on and try again.

Thanks again for your help padishah!

Actually, just tried flashing again while waiting for a reply....

While flashing seems to work, I still CAN\'T boot up my Z. It hangs on the SHARP (big red letters) start up screen. Also, just see a \"#\" symbol and flashing cursor next to it in lower left corner of screen.

Please see my previous message above. I wrote down exactly what the screen message is and edited the post above to reflect the actual message.

Thanks for any suggestions!!

Mark
Would like to have working C860!

 :roll:

[alphonse]

I want to return a \"kanji\" key to the standard.
Can I do it if I do what?

[ArchiMark]

It has happened to me on occasion, reformat the CF card, put the three files back on and try again.

OK, just tried that and still get the same result!  :oops:

While I get messages from installer that install went OK, when my C860 reboots all I see is the startup screen with the words \"SHARP\" in  big red letters and \"Please wait....\" in small black letters below that.

Also, at the very bottom of the display there\'s a black horizontal band across the bottom. In the left corner of this band there\'s a \" # \" symbol and a flashing cursor. After 5 minutes or so, the cursor disappeared and instead I see \" . \" next to the \" # \" symbol. Also, I the \"Mail\" green light indicator is blinking on and off....

Hmmm....the \"Mail\" green light stopped blinking...if I hit \"enter\" key the blinking cursor comes back....

Is this progress??

Should I just let the Z keep running for some time to see if it ever completes booting??

OR....Can someone PLEASE advise??? :?:

Right now I\'ve got a very expensive paperweight sitting here!  :cry:

Thanks!

Mark
C860 Paperweight Owner...

[amrein]

Type:

startx

[ArchiMark]

Type:

startx

Thanks for suggestion amrein! (I assume that was for me..)

Just tried typing \"startx\" at the cursor then hit \"enter\". Get the blinking cursor back but nothing else has happened. It\'s been more than 5 minutes...

Any other suggestions???

Thanks!

Mark  :cry:

[jerrybme]

Did you try reformating cf card and download the ROM again as padishah recommended? One of the files may be corrupt. If you can get to the flash menu, you don\'t have a brick; if all else fails you can flash to another ROM.

Good luck,
Jerry