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14:24.07will_rHello. I've just installed OpenZaurus on my Zaurus. I can only boot to a prompt.. How do I start GPE? Am I missing something obvious?
14:24.44hrwwhich flavour you installed?
14:25.54will_rwhich flavour of openzaurus? It's 3.5.4.1, on the C3200.. Apparently it comes with GPE.
14:26.40hrwi comes with bootstrap/opie/gpe and you have to choose one
14:26.51hrwyou chosen gpe or bootstrap?
14:27.23will_ris this at the altboot menu or during installation or at some other point?
14:28.21hrwwhen you select one for download
14:28.36will_rAahh right I think I must have downloaded the bootstrap version then
14:28.50will_rokay thank you - that makes sense!
14:29.11hrw;)
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15:04.36kollahrw: I have now partitioned my 2GB SD on collie, with swap partition and ext2 and also used it quite a bit... no failures yet afaik, only very slow :)
15:10.05hrwthats because of debug code
15:10.19hrwyou have 0418 or 0417 release?
15:12.27kolla0418
15:13.29hrwkexec kernel from 0417 - it probably do not had debug on
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15:23.25kollahrw: havent tried kexec no
15:26.45Laibschgood to see the progress on the collie.
15:26.59LaibschSorry, I still made no significant testing contribution
15:27.51hrwkolla: kexec -h
15:28.04hrwkolla: you need to isntall kexec-tools (or kexec-utils) first
15:28.08hrwits easy
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15:45.50kollahrw: ok, I'll give it a go.. kinda busy with landrey and cleaning up atm :)
15:46.15hrwI need to clean a bit too
15:46.30kollalaundry
15:46.48kollamy brother phoned me this morning, asking if it was ok for him and his gf to come visit me next weekend, hehe
15:47.08kollaso now all hell is loose :)
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16:39.31Blue89who was that who suggested I setup my /etc/network/interfaces so I know the wifi card is on the right network?
16:39.45Blue89I tried it, and I am still having problems
16:40.00hrwwireless_essid NAME
16:40.58Blue89I now can get on the network, and stay connected for varying lengths of time, but it still drops off randomly
16:40.58hrwbroken card?
16:40.58Blue89(actually I am listening to music on it so I know when the music stops it is offline)
16:41.03Blue89it just dropped off as I was typing
16:41.10hrwsorry but I have to go
16:41.15Blue89ok
16:42.16Blue89one more thing: if I do "cardctl eject 1; sleep 30; cardctl insert 1" I get my connection back, but I will lose it again
16:42.38Blue89also, having swap greatly expanded the time it would stay connected
16:43.20Blue89this seems to me more like a software issue than a hardware one
16:48.29kollaprism? hostap?
16:48.42kollanever got it working well with OZ :P
16:49.25kollaallthough my d-link dfc-650W works better than my SMC EZ Connect
16:49.49Blue89I never messed with the river I have, I got the one that was updated without people's card numbers, and I had to tell the driver my card number
16:50.04Blue89driver*
16:50.19Blue89that is hostap
16:51.01Blue89for some reason my zaurus is actually staying connected now, it is going on 5-6 minutes now without dropping
16:51.21Blue89so if there is anything I can install that will fix it, now is the time to tell me ;-)
16:51.28kollamine always drops when I transfer data to/from it
16:51.58Blue89mine always drops right when I type a command to use the network, like the shift key is sucking up all of my power >_<
16:52.23kollairc and ssh connection works fine, but scp, wget or whatever with larger files always drops
16:52.30kollahehe
16:52.39Blue89hmm
16:53.07Blue89so if you could restrict the traffic from a software level and help the card to keep up, it might work better?
16:54.24Blue89wow, it made it for about 10 minutes and it just dropped off
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16:57.25mimecarhi
16:57.52Blue89hi
16:58.04kollanot sure.. I've sort of given up on wifi on the zaurus
16:58.26kollait works fine with ancient sharp images and very old OZ images
16:58.47Blue89me too, but there is nearly nothing I can do with it without either wiifi or some emulators, it is a bit of a waste to give up on wifi
16:58.48kollamaybe it will work better again now with 2.6-kernels :)
16:58.49mimecarkolla: what're your doing ?
16:59.18kollajust complaining about my prism2 cards not working well with my collie
16:59.43mimecarwhat's the model ?
16:59.54kollacollie?
17:00.02mimecarnot, the wifi card
17:00.24kollathe cards are d-link dfc-650W, and smc ez connect
17:00.33mimecarok
17:00.38kollathe d-link works somewhat better than the smc
17:00.44mimecarI have the dlink 660w and works ok
17:01.02mimecardo OZ detect card insertion ?
17:01.02Blue89I have a planex broadlanner, which is apparently cooperating now
17:01.14kollaif I run sharp rom it works fine, but with OZ the signal level is like.. the half or so
17:01.39mimecarwith the same access point ?
17:01.43kollaand I can stand 2 meters away from the AP and see the signal level jump up and down
17:01.59kollamimecar: no, tried with a bunchload of APs, it doesnt really matter
17:02.21mimecardid you update the system ?
17:02.48Blue89I can't reallytry it with any other networks, because I don't know how to get a list of networks in range from the terminal
17:03.05mimecarBlue89: do you use opie or gpe ?
17:03.14Blue89gpe, but I put E on it
17:03.29mimecargpe don't have a search applet
17:03.32mimecaronly opie
17:04.44Blue89not even a terminal-based one?
17:04.59mimecarI haven't find it
17:05.43Blue89btw, my card was connecting to my neighbor's network instead of mine, which means that it cares more about alhpabetical order of the ssid name than it does about signal strength
17:06.02mimecardo you know your essid name, aren't you ?
17:06.04Blue89therefore I know it connects to at leas t one other network
17:06.13Blue89I know mine
17:06.29mimecarthen, you can use networks app to configure the wifi
17:06.34mimecaron the settings tab
17:06.49Blue89but if I ever want to get on wifi at the krispy kreme or something like that I don't know the network name if it isn't posted
17:07.17mimecarhave you ask on the OESF forums ?
17:07.58mimecarwww.oesf.org
17:08.08mimecarit's a forum with all related zaurus subject on it
17:25.32Blue89mimecar, they told me in another channel that I can use kismet to find network names
17:25.57mimecarit's another option
17:26.12Blue89that's like bringing a chainsaw to cut a peice of paper, but I guess either way it will work
17:26.30mimecaryou should check iwconfig options
17:26.41Blue89I have
17:26.42mimecarit's posible you can search networks
17:26.49Blue89I didn't see any search options
17:27.20kollamy suspection is that the card doesnt receive enough power for some reason
17:27.48mimecarkolla: test it with the charger plug
17:28.10kollaalready tried, no difference
17:28.54kollaI have tried everything there is to try over the years :)
17:29.27mimecarkolla: buy another wifi card :P
17:29.50kollawell, I did that too, and it only got worse :)
17:30.14mimecarlaunch the zaurus throught the windows
17:30.17kollait doesnt really matter to me, I rather use the CF slot for microdrive
17:30.17mimecarthat will work
17:30.37kollaand have it onine via usb
17:30.41kollaonline
17:34.44mimecarwith usbnet ?
17:52.42kollayes
17:53.00mimecaris there a word editor on OZ ?
17:53.11mimecarI have some files with tables and I need edit it
17:53.16kollapivot_root'ing to gentoo on the microdrive..
17:53.37Blue89mimecar, ipkg install abiword
17:53.56mimecaris bigger than my screen
17:56.04Blue89?
17:56.12Blue89try rotating the screen
17:56.14mimecarI have a collie (240x320)
17:56.23Blue89it may snap inro normal resolution
17:56.28Blue89oh, nevermind :-(
17:56.36mimecarabiword UI is desiged for bigger resolution
17:57.43Blue89is it possible to run x with a virtual resolution so it will shrink big programs? something like the pocket pc resolution mod apps?
17:57.57Blue89that will look crappy but it may work
17:58.38mimecarif you use 240x320, can be crazy
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18:30.36rvalles21:25:09 < rvalles> great way to finish the day
18:30.37rvalles21:25:22 < rvalles> I broke a pin of the CF connector of my SL-5500
18:30.37rvalles21:25:45 < rvalles> otherwise, my zaurus is perfectly fine...
18:30.37rvalles21:26:21 < rvalles> other than throwing it to the ground then jumping on it, what can I do? did you experience anything like that?
18:30.38mimecarhi rvalles
18:30.41rvalleshi mimecar :/
18:30.52rvallesit probably happened already to somebody else
18:31.07rvallesI cannot be the first person who's idiot enough to end up like this
18:31.23mimecarrvalles: is the pin inside the zaurus ?
18:31.25rvallesmimecar: worst of all, I was testing 2.6 with locomo...
18:31.27rvallesmimecar: no
18:31.34mimecaron the CF side ?
18:31.34rvallesmimecar: I safely recovered it
18:31.45rvallesmimecar: it's on a small plastic box
18:31.57rvallesand now the zaurus' CF is missing a pin.
18:32.27mimecarthe pin break is on the zaurus
18:32.31mimecaror is on the CF ?
18:34.34rvallesthe broken pin was in the zaurus CF slot
18:34.59rvallesand is now outside the zaurus, I've stored it in a little box.
18:35.14mimecarok
18:35.35mimecaryou can disasemble the zaurus or create an adaptor
18:36.36rvallescreate an adaptor?
18:36.49rvallesmimecar: @jabber
18:36.51mimecaryes, between the bad coneector and the CF
18:38.45rvallesweird.
18:38.49rvallesI think I'm fucked
18:38.51rvallespretty much fucked.
19:26.49kollarvalles: check what the pin is.. .there's a rather large chance that it was just yet another ground pin :)
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23:31.53CoreDump|afkumm, what was the name of the GPE ebook reader again?

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