Kathrin RC8 Is Out..

[Laze]

Yes its out - download and enjoy.. Remeber we are always thankfull for donations and banner clicks :-) Btw. there is also a bunch of new programs and games in the feed - visit the webpage for more information for download etc.

Important:
- 700 750 users must increase root partition to 45 MB or more.
- All the bugreports we think are fixed have been closed - if you think its not fixed please make a new bug report and try and describe it in more detail ;-)
- Remeber to setup feed to http://mirror1.pdaxrom.org/current/
- If you downloaded before the 30. december 2004 you should do an update - see here for more info https://www.oesf.org/forums/inde...t=30#entry59327

Know bugs so far:
 SDL calibration bug
 Screenflickering on touchscreen power on
 Ratoc USB not implemented yet :-) - ipk update soon
 Sometimes GUI(matchbox/openbox) hangs when out of suspend
 Installer writes "error message" after flash erasing
 Applets "disapear" when too little space in menubar
 Gaim taskbar icon crashes when too many applets (more than 5) are loaded in menubar
 Select timezone/city in datentime.py (look /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab )
 Horizontal gradient support in matchbox-desktop
 Update clock when out of suspend
 Caps Lock not working

Fixed bugs from buglist(hopefully):

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non-root default user ?                                 http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=233
firefox: "find as you type" not working                 http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=197
XMMS should get headphones remote keymapped             http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=190
Remapping buttons                                       http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=35
Launcher Keys                                           http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=196
Very unwilling to eject CF wifi card when no network    http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=211
xmonobut toggle key conflicts with menu                 http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=231
aterm problem when launching from panel                 http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=186
keyboard locked when coming back from suspend           http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=229
SL-7500 is not able to be updated!                      http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=232
AbiWord defaults to Times New Roman ...                 http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=200
gnumeric crashes                                        http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=213
Backlight switches with Z when lid is closed            http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=225
Linksys WCF12 (and WCF11) using wrong kernel module     http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=205
Ambicom card not detected                               http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=199
Corega WLCFL-11 Prism2 CF WiFi does not work            http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=161
Buffalo WLI2-CF-S11 not working                         http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=178
Socket WiFi Card Drivers need patch                     http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=215
Orinoco driver patch                                    http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=149
Space Link WL-110 not work                              http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=121
Socket Wifi CF 6004 REV B (fixed with above)            http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=11
CF Modem and Network cards not supported                http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=12
Socket Bluetooth CF ver. G,H                            http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=118
AbiWord launches random windows                         http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=209
wireless applet feature request                         http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=221
'PPP Modem' offers missing /dev/ircomm by default       http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=224
/home ownership                                         http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=201
gdb doesn't break at breakpoints                        http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=210
Gaim Segfault                                           http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=189
gaim quits when MSN sending                             http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=198
Xserver hangs on C860                                   http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=164
WIFI Applet icon disappears...                          http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=45
onscreen keyboard icon has different beh..              http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=184
fdisk shows extra empty partition                       http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=203
dosfsck thinks logical sector size is zero              http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=204
CPU 100%                                                http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=30
FN keys for brightness and zoom                         http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=193
backlight brightness control keys?                      http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=195
Extra key mappings                                      http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=145
Jog Dial Scrolls Horizontally instead of Vertical       http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=192
Left side scroll                                        http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=188
Enable Jog Wheel in Portait mode                        http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=132
Suspend from the keyboard                               http://www.pdaxrom.org/buglist.php?doaction=showbug&bugid=133
Misc/new stuff fixed:

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- xvkbd with autocompletion
- consoletools added to feed:
    console-tools-libs
    console-tools-fontfiletools
    console-tools-kbdtools
    console-tools-screenfontstools
    console-tools-vttools
- Package manager support multi (un)install, proxy, edit ipkg feed url
- /dev/mixer busy when volume applet is running (Just use esound in XMMS output)
- dosbox added
- latest minimo added
- Mozilla 1.7.5 added
- Many many programs added and updated to feeds;-)
- Keymapping is not working 100% like window draging with alt/ctrl (FIXED)
- "power on" keys should not launch programs when pressed to power on Zaurus
- "complicated" init strings are accpeted for pppconfig/pppdialer
- configuration of silk keys/onscreen shortcuts
- configuration of calendar,address,mail, home shortcut buttons
- configuration of ctrl+alt buttons mapping
- configuration of right/middle click input method
- ntpd auto load at boot
- Unable to hide keyboard by taskbar icon when xvkbd have been rotated and after quiting it,
 Â it won't launch from applet again.
- Screenblanker(long mp3 playback program) added
- xvkbd resizing when using different keyboard layouts/window titles
- default dillorc settings
- /etc/pcmcia/pcmcia updated
- xset s 0 after matchbox load (mbsession)
- ntpd.conf replaced at boot/card insert (network fix)
- Make it possible to set wireless setting for default profile - if not wireless just write "empty" defaults
- Write "default" wireless config always no matter if its wireless - so it can fallback to "open"
- Support for configuring NTP servers in datentime.py
- xvkbd implemented as default keyboard/applet
- Timezones added
- Thunderbird 1.0 added to feed
- Firefox 1.0 added to feed
- Rdesktop added to feed
- Battery low warning i GUI
- NTP time support/NTP program
- New onscreen keyboard http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/xvkbd/ - xvkbd
- ReiserFS,NTFS and CDFS support
- Updated to latest wireless extensions (w16)
- Dillo size/font problem fixed
- Taskbar for running programs
- New Wireless applet
- Various "glitches" in networs settings tool.
- Added support for Euro,Pound(Sterling) and Yen directly on keyboard, fn+p = Pound, fn+k = Yen, fn+s = Euro
- Added support for keyboard suspend, shift+"home" button will suspend/poweroff Zaurus
- Links has been compiled with support for -g paramet.
- /sbin/sltime -set should be added to timendate.py
- update /usr/bin/xkbdlauncher - add "-in cat stuff.
Install instructions
(Thanks to philo)
Extract the 3 files - initrd.bin tools.tar updater.sh - to the root of your CF or SD/MMC card.
Make sure the Zaurus isn't plugged into AC power.
Remove battery for at least 5 seconds.
Replace battery (replace battery cover, lock cover), plug in AC power.
Press and hold the "OK" button on the keyboard.
Turn the power on, you should see the Japanese service menu.
Select option 4 (flash/update).
You then have four options (1. USB, 2. CF, 3. SD, 4. Back)
press the button on the left with the 'Y' in it
Choose either option 2 or 3, depending on which media you put the files on.
the pdaxrom installer is launched.
sl-c760/c860 only:
 choose option 3 NAND Flash Utils
 choose option 3 fix sharp loader NAND 64MB limit ()
 fix is applied, then you reboot
 go through options again
chose option 1 resize root partition
enter 121
reboot
choose option 1 install new rom
the rom is flashed
reboot the z
at login prompt, log in as root
then startx
then calibrate the touchscreen

[alan]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahaaaaaaa !!!!!

LET'S ROCK !!!!

[Laze]

Yeashhhhh - we are btw. rocking in #cacko :-)

[sashz]

please use http://mirror1.pdaxrom.org/rc8/feed/  for install packages for RC8

[DaMightyWhightyMan]

yey..

is there an easy way to update to the new release? (other than reflashing)  theres an update.sh fiile in the zip archive.  So can this be done with a simple

./update.sh  

??

thanks

[tharald]

Great job guys! Just flashed and got firefox up and customized. Really dig the input config. Thanx a lot. Merry Xmas!

[Randolph_Carter]

Oh yes! I'm downloading it as of I speak.
lemme translate the known bugs while I download...

[cs_jacky]

Hi,

Anyone got ASUS Wireless CF Card working in RC8? My card can load the driver (from dmesg) but failed to get an IP address from DHCP. I tried use static IP but still cannot ping the gateway. There is no route setup.

My card works find in RC5. What is the problem? I have to switch back to RC5 now.  Thanks.

Best regards,
Jacky

[philo]

possible fix for you:
stop the card, remove it and put it back in.

mine didn't work until i did that, even after putting in the wep key and such.

philo

[philo]

thanks for the new toy guys.

i'm digging in and enjoying :)

philo

[freebird]

Thanks to you all PDAXROM TEAM
 
LAZE I  want make a small donation but i d'ont have any bank card

can i have an adress to send some 50€ cash in a courrier

sorry for the bad english

[cs_jacky]

possible fix for you:
stop the card, remove it and put it back in.

mine didn't work until i did that, even after putting in the wep key and such.

philo

I installed linux-wlan-ng driver from chrisd.

However, I still cannot get the dhcpcd work properly. I tried static IP again and the route table setup properly. Unfortunately, I still cannot get it working. The Wifi applet show the signal strength of my wireless network but I cannot access it.

Please please help me. It works in RC5!

Best regards,
Jacky

EDIT: Finally, I can setup my wifi network if I disable WEP completely. I found the following errors in my console when I insert my card:
cardmgr[130]: + Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) "
cardmgr[130]: +       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
cardmgr[130]: + Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) "
cardmgr[130]: +       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
cardmgr[130]: + Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) "
cardmgr[130]: +       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.

Then, I uninstall linux-wlan-ng and reboot. The wireless works fine (with orinoco driver). However, I need WEP support. I want to get it back.  

I enable WEP again (with orinoco) and I found that the following error:
eth0: Error -110 setting multicast list.
eht0: New link status: Connected (0001)

I can get the same error message if I run "/sbin/dhcpcd -N eth0". I think this is the problem. Anyone tell me how to solve it.

[Laze]

I don't think the linux-wlan-ng driver is needed - just try and inserting card and using config tool to setup network.

Maybe also post cardctl ident output, cardctl status after the above and let us see..

[cs_jacky]

Hi,

Here is the output of cardctl ident:
Socket 0:
  product info: "ASUS", "802_11B_CF_CARD_25", "Version 01.00", ""
  manfid: 0x02aa, 0x0002
  function: 6 (network)

The network connection works if WEP is disabled.

I just found that the "eth0: Error -110 setting multicast list." will generate even if I disabled WEP (so is the error message not an error?).

Thank you very much.

Jacky

[cpuffer_zaurus]

OK if needed the torrents are up (lets see how long my server stays up).
You can grab the torrent files from my homepage at www.red-belt.org
Please leave your downloader running torrents work best when
we all work together.

Laze and team, THANKs I could say more but it would be wordy and so just THANKs..

Charles Puffer