pdaXrom 1.1.0 - RC1

[ScottYelich]

dunno...

I just flashed it twice.

I see 0 apps... no openbox, anything.

all I see is a stardard x11 login. with a few xterms and an xclock.

Is there something that I'm missing?  :-/

Scott
ps: there isn't even a readme... nothing... with this.  not sure what there is to
test or play with.

[Laze]

I agree with the "open" points - and the next release will be available to the public - but due to the "nature" of the current release we just wanted to make sure with didn't destroy anything and also kept the "bugreporting" to a minimum :-)

Hell, we might even release the RC1 to everybody soon due to the low amount of bug reports.

Scott - is will soon post a how-to guide on installing it "properly".. Zumi seem to have the same problem and Foxdie was kind enough to make a guide for you all - but i seem to have misplaced the URL - but i will find it as soon i get home and get rid of these damm hangovers..

Btw. if we release the RC1 one to the public we will probally also be using a BitTorrent will anyone be using this - that way we could kill some of the bandwidth problems we are having when releasing new stuff :-) And yes lots of people offers file mirrors but our main problem is that people just click the first http download they see. So the next release is going to be with http link rotation and BitTorrent if no one disagree.

[ScottYelich]

hey.... have a sec to hop into irc?

ya, spy.org is always available, if you want to dist pre or large stuff there.

Ok, I can see the apps.... but can't figure out how to get openbox to run as
more than just a wm.

Did foxdie post his instructions url here?

Scott
ps: this is a 700 ... had cacko 1.21 on it 32/32... couldn't flash 1.1.0, so
I used 1.0.5 to repartition 50mb root... then flashed 1.1.0 fine... but
something is still missing.  /home/root wasn't there, etc.

[Zumi]

Maybe you forgot to reformat the user partition or you can delete the /home/root dir and copy the content of the /home/root/ dir from the tar.gz file found in the /root/ (.home_default.tar.gz)

I did this, however lockup stay.

Mainly you should:
1. Use the 1.0.5 ROM to repartition you root partition to 50MB.
2. Flash as normally to 1.1.0 RC1
3. Get into the flashing menu again and choose 3. which is supposedly have the text "Erase all / Format (all data will be lost!)" in Japanese and then hit Y.
4. The system boots, finish.

However it doesn't work for me (this way), because I'm experiencing frequent lockups. The instructions from Foxdie was roughly the same (I left out redundant steps and long instructions (hey, dev. version! ).

I have a feeling the problem connected to the C700 hardware (it has much smaller disk inside (about 64Mb), so maybe this causes the lockups). Please always write the type of your Zaurus when posting. (I have a C700 too)

[lardman]

BitTorrent will anyone be using this

I can do without any troubles.


Si

[Foxdie]

http://foxdie.timduru.org/zaurus/installpdaxrom.html is some instructions I made to install the RC1 successfully.

[ikm]

Laze, have you got my reports? Got no replies and besides I'm not sure if my mail is working

[Laze]

ikm - don't think so..

[Zumi]

Laze, have you tested it on C700 too, before the release, or I am the first one trying to flash it on a C700?

I hardly can test it if it locks up when I try to start anything...

Zumi

[sigmaX]

bittorrent is an OK in here...  

[ScottYelich]

Laze, have you tested it on C700 too, before the release, or I am the first one trying to flash it on a C700?

I hardly can test it if it locks up when I try to start anything...

Zumi

I did format ... etc... I figured out that I had to get to the menu that would allow me to
repartition -- so I used 1.0.5  and made 50mb root... etc.  I then formatted / erased
home, etc.  installed (flashed) ... but no /home/root ... I just found the url to the
foxdir instructions -- yes, I then did the untar for /home/root ... but now when
I launch X on the 700, it locks up... pretty much right away.  I was able to
click on the power menu item and close the window once.... ever since then
everything just locks up when I click on it.  I haven't seen a single app run.

sometimes, the wm doesn't even start up ... the icons on the menubar are blank
and the cursor doesn't move.  :-<

Scott

[Zumi]

I did format ... etc... I figured out that I had to get to the menu that would allow me to
repartition -- so I used 1.0.5  and made 50mb root... etc.  I then formatted / erased
home, etc.  installed (flashed) ... but no /home/root ... I just found the url to the
foxdir instructions -- yes, I then did the untar for /home/root ... but now when
I launch X on the 700, it locks up... pretty much right away.  I was able to
click on the power menu item and close the window once.... ever since then
everything just locks up when I click on it.  I haven't seen a single app run.

sometimes, the wm doesn't even start up ... the icons on the menubar are blank
and the cursor doesn't move.  :-<

Scott

Mainly the same here, except that I can run sometimes some app before the lockup.

I post here my bugreport, you can check that your error is the same as here.

Greetings!                                                                     
                                                                               
First, things that are good to know:                                           
ROM: pdaXrom 1.1.0 - RC1                                                       
Zaurus: SL-C700                                                                 
                                                                               
I'm experiencing some serious (I think) matchbox caused lockups.               
                                                                               
I reflashed, reformated as described here:                                     
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...me=Custom7x0ROM                                                           
                                                                               
X starts up, but sometimes it locks up before all of the matchbox-panel         
icon are loaded. This happens not too often. But in most cases if I try         
to start anything, my C700 locks up. There _are_ some cases when the           
thing I started starts correctly, I managed to run this way aterm, xkbd,       
fltdj. Sometimes it outlines the window and locks up after that. If I           
edit .xinitrc and comment out the last 3 line which contains the               
matchbox-desktop, matchbox-panel and openbox and add some custom stuff         
(for example "xmms", or "python /usr/bin/datentime.py", they start and         
run correctly, I didn't experienced lockups this way.     
Lock up means for me: Zaurus not responding to anything, not even to           
CTRL-ALT-Backspace, I have to get the battery out and restart to get it         
work again.                                                                     
                                                                               
The matchbox specific errors I get when I call startx (with the default         
.xinitrc):                                                                     
                                                                               
mbmenu: no _MB_THEME set on root window                                         
mbdesktop: failed to open /usr/local/share/applications                         
mbdesktop: failed to open /home/root/.applications                             
mb-applet-menu-launcher: failed to open /usr/local/share/applications           
mb-applet-menu-launcher: failed to open /home/root/.applications               
                                                                               
Removing all applets from the panel except the menu (app. lanucher)             
doesn't solve the problem. Leaving the the SD card in/pull it out doesn't       
make difference either.                                                         
                                                                               
Zumi

I have a feeling that this is a C700 specific bug.

Zumi

[ScottYelich]

yes, 100% the same for me.

if you
cd /home/root
mv .xinitrc .xx
and then startx, you can run on the system...
so, something in matchbox is causing the lockup....

I can not run *any* apps.. they all cause the lockup.

I'll try some things... but for now, I'll mostly have to wait for a fix
and rc2.

Scott
ps: 700

[Caesium]

Just wanted to pop in 2p and say these lockups doesn't occur on my 860, to strengthen the 700-only case.

[ikm]

ikm - don't think so..

Ok, I'll just post them here.

In general, everything looks superb. Outstanding work. The things I mentioned so far are:

1) The /mnt/card directory contains Documents/Install_Files when not mounted. It should really be just empty

>         Fixed bugs in XServer - now it must support 320x240/240x320 modes.

2) How can I try that? Then I try running sdl app 320x240 fullscreen, it still is in the center of the black 640x480 screen (when run from console, it works fullscreen). And xrandr shows only one resolution.

3) Unfortunately, the SD does not appear to work at all. There is a card inserted, the sharp_mmcsd_m module is loaded, the '[SD]-clustsize = 4000' message appeared in dmesg -- so everything seems ok in the kernel space, but there is just no /dev/mmcd/ directory, which is referenced in /etc/fstab. Seems to be a devfs-related problem.

4) When logging in remotely over the ssh, it loads power settings. It should do so when the login session is started on the local console only.

5) Having openssh by default with no root password opens a huge security breach, as any uneducated user of pdaxrom with a network connectivity has an open backdoor, and is totally unaware of it!
The openssh should not be installed by default. Those who need it should install it themselves, so they know they did it.

> Fixed problem with Xrandr and AtiCore - bad drawing in portrait mode.

6) The screen is still corrupted a bit on the bottom when I suspend/resume in portrait mode.

p.s. Tested on C760.