Some Question about Zynergy5600 1.1 ROM

[zy212]

Hi 1st of all great user group!
I \'m Pocket PC user before and decide to try new OS and get into Linux.
I just got a Sl 5600 last Friday and haven\'t sleep much this weekend, the more time i play with the Z the more stuff i discovered, so far it has been a great PDA ( one thing i wish to change is the screen, kind of outdated).

I have couple Questions need a help :
1. I update my rom to sharprom 1.32,  then flashed to Zynergy5600 1.1(which is great rom Love it) then I add the \"Special Kernel  \" 1.3, I used the Zynergy5600 1.1 updater.sh with Special Kernel  \"zImage.bin\" file (which have to rename as \"zImage\") to flashed, in the end it says update suecssful ask me reset, which i did and also i did  format as according the Zynergy5600 1.1 steps.
Are these steps correct?
Do i need do format with Special Kernel  \" 1.3?
Do i have the \"Special Kernel \" 1.3 in my Z now ? ( haven\'t feel any speed different)

2.I do get my sandisk wifi card worked with Zynergy out of box, email, ftp, opera No problem  
But I notice that Zynergy can’t install any software use GUI its crash as the web site described, I try to us konsole to install it still don\'t do it
can any one show some example line i can use in terminal?
lets say I want to install \" kino2_0.22_arm.ipk\" which located in CF card

Do I just type

\"bash-2.05$ ipkg kino2_0.22_arm.ipk\"
And if I wan to uninstall something,  which command line is for uninstall?

and also I try to find my cpu infor
using the line:

\"bash-2.05$ /proc/cpuinfo\"
terminal respond as\" bash: /proc/cpuinfo: Permission denied\"

If I use \"bash-2.05$ cat/proc/cpuinfo\"
terminal respone as\" bash: /proc/cpuinfo: No such file or directory\"

I really want to keep using Zynergy5600 1.1 ROM and know very little about Linux
Please help

Thank you

Linux Z newbie

[nixmeister]

Hey zy212, Lemme see if I can help out here:

1- For flashing the special kernel (good move, it kicks ass) you DO NOT HAVE TO FORMAT. The update is just fine. To see if you\'re running the special kernel, once it\'s booted see if you have this file:
/proc/cccr_change

If you do, then you\'re running the special kernel. If you don\'t, it didn\'t work, and you should double check the zImage you\'re using and the updater script. You can also tell if you\'re running the special kernel by cat\'ing like so:

cat /proc/version

if you see \"colin@paravel\" in that text, you\'re running the special kernel.


2- There have been some posts on fixes for the Zynergy installer GUI, but I never paid attention to them. I use it for uninstalling (it works fine for this), but never for installing. To install that kino package you were talking about you would do this:

su
cd /mnt/cf/Documents/Install_Files
ipkg install kino2_0.22_arm.ipk

I\'m not sure what the uninstall flag is (like I said, the GUI works fine for uninstalls)

cat\'ing the /proc/cpuinfo should work fine as root, or as user zaurus. Are you sure you\'re typing this correctly?
cat /proc/cpuinfo?



Hope this helps!

[zy212]

Hi nixmeister
Thank you very much for you reply , I\'m so dump forgot leaeve space after cat /xxxxxx

Yes I got that special kernel v1.3 in myZ it shows in system info:
Linux Kernel
version: 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-emb
complied by ( colin@paravel )

I used your command line, it do install too ...great

is that line:
su
cd /mnt/cf/Documents/Install_Files
ipkg install kino2_0.22_arm.ipk
means will intall the ipk to internal flash or CF?

any software or game you been suesuss install on 5600?
try to get gameboy emulator working

once again thak you very much for you help

[zy212]

ohoo ...I put back sharp-media_1.5.0_arm-withcodecs.ipk, its shows mp3 and mpeg file but unable to play...?! and my voice recoder doesn\'t seems to load now...
I installed the mplayer and kino before but won\'t work so i uninstalled ...is that have left anything to confict with sharp media player?

thanks advance

SL-5600, Zynergy5600 ROM, special kernel v1.3
Sandisk CF Wifi
Sandisk 128 CF card

[nixmeister]

The ipkg install *.ipk will install to the internal flash by default. There\'s an argument to tell it to install elsewhere if ya need to, but I can\'t remember it off the top of my head. Where the ipk\'s are doesn\'t affect where it gets installed to, so keeping \'em on the cf card, or sd card will be fine. I only put in the cd to /mnt/cf/.... because you mentioned that was where you had the ipk, I shoulda mentioned that it doesn\'t affect where it gets installed to.

I don\'t know anything about the gameboy emulator, but it sounds like a fun toy
The only games I run are the commercail ones from eongames.com:

interstellar flames, strategic assault, motocross, and rocketelite. If you have to buy a game, interstellar flames it should be

BTW, if you\'re going to use the overclocking program, don\'t take it above 471. That\'s where I run mine, and I haven\'t had any problems whatsoever. Hope it all works out for ya!

[Ethereal]

In my experience, using ipkg to install to a card (-d cf | -d /mnt/cf | -d sd | -d /mnt/card) will fail to put the launcher into the GUI menu tabs--the program will be installed, but can only be run from the command line.

However, I have had uniformly good reults installing .ipk\'s with the GUI installer when they have been in /mnt/cf/Documents/Install_Files and the cf card has been formatted vfat (borrowed from my digital camera).

[nixmeister]

True, installing packages with the command line will not automatically update the icons, but you can always restart Qtopia, or even faster, run into the tab setup utility, fiddle around a little bit (but don\'t change anything), and exit. That will bring the new icons up without having to reboot

[Ethereal]

True, installing packages with the command line will not automatically update the icons, but you can always restart Qtopia, or even faster, run into the tab setup utility, fiddle around a little bit (but don\'t change anything), and exit. That will bring the new icons up without having to reboot

I tried all of that.  Apps appeared when installed with ipkg to internal flash (which I try to use sparingly).  However, apps installed via ipkg to -d sd weren\'t even able to be added to the GUI menus manually.    YMMV.

[nixmeister]

Really? I have installed everything to internal flash, I wasn\'t aware of that bug. I know there\'s a way!!! lol
Thanks for the tip there Eth, I woulda been way miffed finding that out on my own one of these days
How\'s that 6000 treating ya? I\'m tempted, but I\'ve had the 5600 only about 6 months....

[Ethereal]

How\'s that 6000 treating ya?

No complaints!  Everyone raves about the screen, and I can\'t argue.  (I\'m not sure if the biggest improvement is the resolution, or the transflective vs reflective difference.)  It\'s also interesting, given all the problems I heard about when Toshiba released the e800 line, that none of my non-VGA apps had any problem adapting to the 640x480 screen.  I will say, however, that I think the screen is probably the single most compelling factor to consider the 6000 (and, although I\'ve never seen one, probably the Cxxx\'s, too) in a category apart from PDA\'s--a sort of demi-laptop, which makes the size a little easier to forgive.

My real motivation for getting the 6000 was having 802.11b and BlueTooth without having to shuffle CF cards, and although I\'d have been happier with a 6KW, this setup delivers just as well!  

Now we just need a Zynergy6000 ROM!

[DrWowe]

however, that I think the screen is probably the single most compelling factor to consider the 6000 (and, although I\'ve never seen one, probably the Cxxx\'s, too)

The Cxxx screen is nice (ive seen one) but the 6000 is better.  Cxxx is unreadable in sunlight.

Now we just need a Zynergy6000 ROM!

Stay tuned...  

[zy212]

Yeah 5600 \'s screen is kind of dark comparing ipq and casio pocket pc, its seems smaller (I have to cut a bit screen protector film which is for pockt pc, to fit on it)still usble i guess ...
by the way i still haven\'t get my sharp media player and voice recorder works on Zynergy5600 , I think the previous mplayer and kino screw it up ....can\'t fig out guess have to  reflash the Zynergy5600 to beging then.  any tips? if i reflash theZynergy do i have to do the special kernel v1.3 again?

Thank you all for post.

[nixmeister]

I might have to cave and get a 6000. I\'ll have to start thinking up excuses to buy one

That sucks that your having problems with media player stuff zy. Sharp media player is so far the only one I can get to run ok on zynergy, although I haven\'t tried mplayer and kino yet. tckPlayer crashes for me. I use Dr.Z for video, and love it, although after I play a movie, I have to reboot before the sharp media player will work again.

About reflashing, if you do reflash zynergy (I\'ve had to do it once a while back), you will have to reflash the special kernel. Anyone have more useful media app tips for zy? I could use some myself
I\'m sick of using the sharp media player for my mp3\'s....

Have you uninstalled both kino and mplayer and the sharp media player still doesn\'t work? What does it say when you run the program from the command line? I think the command line name of the program is mpegplayer or something....