New custom Qtopia ROM for c7x0/860

[zbones]

Did you try the SDL rotate 180? I wonder if that would be any slower.

I couldn\'t remember how to do it :oops:.

When I tried it on the 5500 so I could use my right hand for the keyboard, it did slow a little, but hardly noticeable.

maxmame just put garbage on the display using the 1.2.6, but worked ok with the 1.2.5, then I tried doom again and it was the right way round  :shock: .

pps: any luck with xu4 or exult?

I have not tried them yet.

[zbones]

xu4 error\'s with the following on 1.2.5

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# u4

QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice

Aborted

With the 1.2.6 I get the same corruption as I did with maxmame.

It works on my 5500 with 1.2.6.

I can\'t try exult as I don\'t have the files anymore.
I remember completing this on my old 386 many years ago.
Peter

[sriley]

ALL THE WORK FROM CACKO IS GREAT!!!

That\'s a no brainer!  =)

[mk500]

YES! This ROM finally fixes the signal strength meter for Socket WIFI owners. No more \"signal low\" messages!

Cacko RULES!

[Richjn]

Just got round to giving it a go and can confirm that the built in pretech bluetooth works fine with my Socket CF card.  

Not quite sure why but under system info I\'m showing only 5 mb spare sytem memory with over 34 mb used up by cache and this straight after a reboot (I\'ve got a 760)  :?

As mentioned by mk500 Yep no more low signal strength.


Richard

[kuijer001]

I presume I can install it on my C700 ?
Maybe a dumb question, but which directories should I backup in order to safe my data from my TKC-Apps

[zbones]

Richard,

Unix does not waste memory like some operating systems.

If you have any free mem, it will be used to cache your filesystems.

Any memory shown as \"cache\" is doing the above and is effectively free ram.

If you need to use it, the cache will be discarded and the memory used for user/program space instead.

Basically 34mb cache + 5mb free ram = 39mb useable for programs.

Why have memory doing nothing?

ROB.
Yes you can install it on a c700 (twice if you really need to :wink: ), although I have never tried this (don\'t have one).

Backup everything under /home using tar to a cf/sd card.
Also, in case of problems, take a nand backup first. (full system backup, see the how to sections on this site)

Generally I never restore apps this way, I always re-install the applications from their ipkg files.  Any userdata I have (mp3\'s pics, source code, docs, spreadsheets etc) I always store on my sd card anyway, this is backed up seperatley via rdist.

Peter.

[Richjn]

zbones

O]K] thanks as you guessed I\'m fairly new to Linux (love and hate it at the same time) it was just that out of all the roms (and I have tried them all) this is the only one that has taken up this amount of memory from a clean boot. Normaly I have 30 + mb described as free (even if free = cache + free) and 16 mb or so as cached.


Richard

[zbones]

Check the applications (mainly the pims apps) for fast load settings.

Tap and hold the icon untill you get another screen.  If the fast load box has a tick in it then the application is pre-loaded into ram so it will consume memory, but will start instantly when required.

Unchecking all the fast load options on the latest cacko rom gives me :-
cache 34mb free 9.5mb = 43.5mb on a reboot.

Personally I use the pims a lot and prefer having fast load set on.
If you don\'t use them then turn this off!

Memory only becomes a problem when you have none left.
On my 5500 only a few apps ran out of ram, qpegps with 2500 map files at 1280x10324 on sd, Quake, freeciv and compiling a few source code packages(most worked ok)

The 5500 only had 32mb of ram and I got round this by adding 8mb of swap in the usr ram space.

I have yet to run out of ram on the c760 with any rom.

Hope this helps.

[Richjn]

zbones

Thanks for thoughts but I knew this already. Your comment about fast loads for pimms is this set as default on the new cacko rom (I can\'t check I\'ve taken it off) as this is not the std Sharp setup? it would explain why so much cache is taken up.

Richard

[zbones]

Unless I am very mistaken, the cacko rom seems to default to setting fast load for the pims. which imho is correct as most people will not need the extra ram.

My figures were after disabling all of them, but after adding many other apps.

I have since re-enabled the calender and address book pims (as I use these a lot) leaving todo off, and my memory has gone down to 34mb cache and 6mb free, straight after a reboot.

The previous figures where after disabling all fast loads and reboot, when I first looked they were similar to yours, ie 34mb+5mb.

So I imagine your fastloads are turned on.

A clean cacko install adds the pims.

Peter.

[Richjn]

Can\'t comment on the new Cacko rom but fast load wasn\'t enabled on the 1.17 / 1.18 roms and the memory stats were simmiler to other roms.


Richard

[ppfundst]

Hi!

This may be a dumb question, but how do you access the CTRL key? In the X11 rom it was with the \'Calendar\' key but that does not seem to work anymore.
Also, how do you access the functions key (F1, F2, F3... F12)? My guess would have been the Fn key + the number, but this too does not work.

Alternatively, how do you add those keys definitions (CTRL, ALT, FN) in a keyboard file? (I would like to try to have a french keyboard, and I have a few hours to spare...)

Thanks!

pat

[offroadgeek]

I seem to be having an issue with this custom cacko rom, it\'s a minor one though.  it seems that after the screensaver comes on, it seems to crash to a black screen with white garbly gook text... then qtopia restarts.  this doesnt happen every time, but it does happen frequently.

has anyone else experienced this?

[zbones]

I have been using this rom since the day it came out and have not seen this problem once.

I did somehow manage to set the clock back into Japanese mode, a reboot cured it thankfully.