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cwaig

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« on: September 23, 2004, 04:38:13 am »
I picked up development of IRK again a little while ago (initially to mod it so I could use CMD+Cursor's to control the mouse with Yakty's cunning InputHelper plugin), and decided to do a cleanup and rework on the code (to make adding new keyboards less of a chore), and include the extra keyboards that Takeo added into my "official" release.

The result will be IRK 2.0.0 (next week sometime) - the first release will definitely work with Pocketop keyboards, and will include untested support for all the keyboards added by Tim and Takeo over the past year (but moved to the new keyboard driver architecture I've put together).

I'd appreciate it if a few people would volunteer to do a spot of testing on the keyboards I don't own (ie. Palm, Micro Innovations TKB780U, Targus and Belin F8U1500) - post here if you're up for it....
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2004, 10:41:42 am »
cwaig, I'm using OZ 3.5.1 and I don't remember if IRK works under OZ/OPIE (I seem to remember it did on older versions).  If it does, I'll be glad to check out the new IRK 2.0 with a Palm IR keyboard.
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2004, 11:32:33 am »
Irk 0.11 is in OZ 3.5.1 feed.

We will package 2.0 when it will be released as source.
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2004, 11:40:10 am »
Greetings.

I'll be happy to help test the IRK 2 driver. I have a Targus Universal Keyboard and a Zaurus 5500 running ROM 3.1.

The work you have done on IRK is greatly appreciated. The external keyboard has made the Zaurus almost a laptop replacement.

Thanks again.

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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2004, 11:47:42 am »
I have a generic "made in Taiwan" IR keyboard which has a nicer feel to it than my pocketop...it would be nice to get this running with the Z.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2004, 11:50:45 am »
cyboreal: Did you have any problems getting IRK to work with OZ 3.5.1? On my 5500, if I install IRK to root after installing OZ 3.5.1, and reboot, my Z hangs when starting Opie.

Thanks,
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2004, 12:04:10 pm »
I'm running OZ3.51 & likewise opie refused to run after rebooting, so I've uninstalled it for now.

There is a version of IRK on ZUG which runs under 3.36pre-1...it worked very well, but alas not the 3.51-feed version.  I'm tempted to install the 3.36pre-1 version just to see if it works under 3.51..I guess it might well not, but if I get anywhere with it I'll post results here.
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2004, 12:15:16 pm »
Maybe that's what's hanging my Z?  I had thought it was due to a problem with rotation, but maybe not.  I installed to a 64-0 image, so installed to my SD card, ipkg-link recognized it, but I've not been able to load OPIE since... on a hunch, I booted to runlevel 3, ipkg remove irk, /etc/init.d/opie start... and I'm up and running again.  It looks like IRK hung something.  Anyone else see this pattern?
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2004, 03:33:39 pm »
Im running OZ3.3.6-pre1 / Opie 1.1.4 ROM Hentges with a pocket top and I can help test.

Not haveing much luck with any other IRK yet.


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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2004, 06:51:40 am »
Will a Phillips SWK-8640 work? You mention WebTV keyboards on your website, which is why I ask.
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cwaig

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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2004, 07:02:28 am »
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Will a Phillips SWK-8640 work? You mention WebTV keyboards on your website, which is why I ask.
Probably, if LIRC support was put back in - the thing is that they use consumer IR (like a TV remote) rather than IrDA (like a PDA keyboard). So while the standard kernel modules build into the Zaurus to do IrDA comms to your phone and stuff will allow you to get input from an IrDA keyboard (as long as you know the serial data speed, protocol and keymap), a consumer IR keyboard requires you to install LIRC, and train up an LIRC config for it (the original version of IRK used this approach, but once I got the IrDA  based Pocketop keyboard I dropped consumer IR support from IRK - it could go back in, but I've not had any incentive to do it...).
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« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2004, 07:25:04 am »
If you were to put it back in, then would it not be possible for people to get there keyboards working and submit settings to you ?

Would allow a large number of keyboards to be added.

Just a thought ?
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2004, 05:36:50 am »
I also thought it'd be cool to be able to use a remote control with my Z.

Not that it would ...you know, serve any practical purpose. Then again neither do car stereo remotes (IMO), but that doesn't stop people from making them. So that means they're cool, right?  
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2004, 10:36:33 pm »
Anticipation......
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« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2004, 08:56:28 am »
Slightly delayed 'coz of a heavy worldload from the day job, a couple of parties and a weekend away in Edinburgh for the opening of Holyrood. No worries - it will surface RSN.....
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