SL5500:OZ 3.3.6pre1 & OPIE 1.1.4 Snapshot preload custom

[ironstorm]

get it while it\'s hot...

OZ3.3.6pre1 initrd.bin preloaded with opie 1.1.4 (May 16th)...

:arrow: http://dx.northern.ca/opie1.1.4/

[JohnKiniston]

What\'s different in opie 1.1.4? I cant seem to find a release notes saying what has changed.

[bluey]

I packed the feed, initrd and zImage.

http://admin.di.fc.ul.pt/~bsantos/

[ironstorm]

What\'s different in opie 1.1.4? I cant seem to find a release notes saying what has changed.

Well, I don\'t know if there are any release notes...

I can tell you what I\'ve noticed so far:

- konsole now has a full screen mode, which I like...  you tap a hotspot to get out of it

- apps seem a bit faster loading, and I can flip between calendar and address book without either of them locking up

- bug fix for calendar so appointments edit screen does not go off physical screen when appointment title is long.. (this has been an annoyance for me from opie 1.0 -] 1.03)

- mediaplayer fixed some bugs but has some new ones...  mime type problem is fixed, but it currently can\'t scan for available songs on my z.
it still plays music okay, but you have to use add file for each song and then flip to a different tab and then back to playlist before it will play.

[Greg2]

- mediaplayer fixed some bugs but has some new ones...  mime type problem is fixed, but it currently can\'t scan for available songs on my z.

You will have to edit the opiestorage.cf where you keep your music, here\'s my file:
The same would have to be done for /mnt/card if that is where you keep it.

I have been using this for 3 days without a problem.

Thanks for the initrd.bin

Greg

[bluey]

I believe that with opie-mediumount you can setup this options without messing with that file. But knowing its contents makes tinkering with it easier, of course.

[JohnKiniston]

I took the plunge and I\'m happy with the results.

Opie 1.1.4 looks pretty!

And the wifi detection built into the network app is nice!

[dansawyer]

There were dependencies noted for this upgrade. Is that list somewhere?

I have lost the upgrade instructions; where are they??

Thanks,
Dan

[lpotter]

get it while it\'s hot...

OZ3.3.6pre1 initrd.bin preloaded with opie 1.1.4 (May 16th)...

:arrow: http://dx.northern.ca/opie1.1.4/

The version of hotplug and pcmcia packages you are using are a bit broke in regards to the zaurus. (cf cards do not get recognized) I have noticed this eslewhere besides your rom image.  I de-graded to an earlier version of both packages, and cf worked again.

[dansawyer]

CF is intermittent; what versions of hotplug and pcmcia did you use??

Dan

[giromoussa]

Dear All,

It seems that the initial url link in this thread is down?

I downloaded the the package from Bluey\'s site - thanks for that bluey. But I noticed that the zimage is providing no storage on ram. Being a new user of Zaurus and OZ, I am aware that you can store all your apps on an SD or CF card. I have a sandisk 256MB SD card which I can use. I have read some threads in the list regarding doing so but at the same time some ppl seem to be having problems with formatting Sandisk using ext2.

It would be really great if someone can point me to a detailed how-to on going ahead with this after flashing with the OZ in this thread. If this can include formatting SD using ext2 and then installing and running apps such as nmap, kismet, pdf viewer etc from the SD card, it would be great. I am sure most of you have already done this and if you can share your experience with the rest of us, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Giro

[Greg2]

It would be really great if someone can point me to a detailed how-to on going ahead with this after flashing with the OZ in this thread.

Here\'s the How-to that I first used and still use for reference:
http://www.linux-migration.org/ch05.html

I will bookmark moving /opt and /home to SD for you:
http://www.linux-migration.org/ch05s10s05s03.html

Greg

[ironstorm]

The version of hotplug and pcmcia packages you are using are a bit broke in regards to the zaurus. (cf cards do not get recognized) I have noticed this eslewhere besides your rom image.

You\'d have noticed this if you\'d run OZ3.3.6pre1 before, as that is a problem common to all ROMs built off of it... (I didn\'t upgrade any non-opie packages, I didn\'t even do all of the opie ones - just enough to get the basics and pim stuff working)

I\'m not sure if the CF problems have to do with the kernel or compiling things against the new GCC, you\'d best ask Kergoth or Mickeyl  about that one....

I de-graded to an earlier version of both packages, and cf worked again.

Do tell... where did you get an earlier version compiled w/ GCC 3.3.2 that works or did you manage to install libcompat?  

If you describe the procedure and it proves more reliable that what\'s on the initrd now, I\'d be happy to implement it...  as even I have the occasional CF hick-up, which I work usually around by cartctl suspend, zaurus suspend, zaurus resume...

[Keola]

Will this work or be modified for the sl-5600?

[giromoussa]

First of all, I would like to thank Greg2 for the really useful link. Secondly, is anyone using a pdf viewer, email client that works with 3.3.6pre1? I am not able to get any working (qpdf, mailit, qtmail etc).