Re: Linux on X50

Those who wish to pursue this should email me directly at
richard_at_handhelds.org and I will send you what information I have
regarding contacting Dell and who we have managed to reach. (which isn't
much)

In respect to the privacy of the employees at dell, I will not publish
the information on this mailing list or the wiki web page, and ask that
none of you do either.

Richard

Jorge Schrauwen wrote:

>I we should.
>While doing it refur to the current work that is done.
>Maybe that will spark there interest.
>
>Jorge
>
>On 10/5/05, Angel Sánchez Morales <salemixu_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I contacted Intel and one guy gave some info to us, i also tried to
>>contact with PowerVR (the ones of the 3D accelerator on the x50v) and
>>didn't answer my mail. About Dell... i haven't contacted them because i
>>read someone already did it and didn't get anything, but perhaps we
>>should try again.
>>
>>
>>
>>Filipe Cardoso Lana wrote:
>>
>>
>>>hello !
>>>i still doesn't have a x50v, but i'm starting in a new
>>>job, so soon i'll buy one. i'm a linux enthusiast, and
>>>also study linux in the college, then i want to run
>>>linux on my future x50v.
>>>i'm thinking about calling people from dell and intel,
>>>as was discussed here before. if the people who
>>>already
>>>called them, or who have the phone numbers, could
>>>please send them to the mailing list or put the phones
>>>in the project page ? i'm planning on calling them
>>>asking for some help and tell the effort to port linux
>>>for the dell x50. well if hp help linux on their
>>>handhelds, why dell don't do the same ?
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Halvor Borgen <halvor.borgen_at_hig.no> escreveu:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I've been following this list since I decided to buy
>>>>a Dell Axim x50v.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not a developer, but I have an interest in the
>>>>OS Linux, and I would
>>>>really like to use it on my x50v.
>>>>Me not being a developer doesn't imply that I don't
>>>>want to develop, it
>>>>just means that I don't know where to start!!
>>>>
>>>>Can someone point me in a direction here?
>>>>Litterature on embedded linux,
>>>>kernel development for handhelds and such.
>>>>
>>>>I just have the USB-cradle which came with the
>>>>device to connect it to
>>>>my computer.
>>>>
>>>>-Halvor
>>>>
>>>>Mark Wiesbock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>It'll be fun playing
>>>>>>with linux on the x50v :D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Oh yea it will! Ive been watching this for a while
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>now, I cant wait. I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>really appreciate all the work you guys have been
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>doing! I'm actually
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>on my way to understanding Linux on embedded
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>systems more now by
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>playing around with something called a gumstix.
>>>>>(http://www.gumstix.com). Its a really cool little
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>board, VERY small,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>and hopefully with some of the stuff I learn from
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>that, I could one
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>day apply it to maybe a newer axim version that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>comes up and help more
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>with getting Linux running on it! :)
>>>>>-Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>On 05/10/05, rada b. <radish28_at_rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Didn't Richard get the framebuffer working? I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>thought we were just waiting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>for him to put the sources together again for
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>that.. It'll be fun playing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>with linux on the x50v :D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jorge Schrauwen <jorge.schrauwen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>ok thanks for the info.
>>>>>>If you do got it to work on the x50v i'm willing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>to try it on an
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>x51v... sould be getting mine soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Jorge
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 10/5/05, Fisherss wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>kernel only. framebuffer driver works on x50 but
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>not x50v, it uses a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>special chip. and no other driver working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jorge Schrauwen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bij booting a kernel... you mean: loading the
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>kernel only or also some
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>driver 'n stuff?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On 10/5/05, Fisherss wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>currently we have booted kernel on x50v.
>>>>>>>>>x50 and x50v don't have a bootloader like you
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>said, we use another
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>bootloader named haret.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Rusko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Hi everybody!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Linux on a Dell Axim X50??? Wow! This is
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>great!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I hope it will be available soon!!!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I would like to ask you a couple of questions,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>I hope you can waste 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>minutes to answer me... :-)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>- will it work even on a x50v?
>>>>>>>>>>- is there a bootloader on x50v? I mean, I
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>have a X5 and pressing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>"contact"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>and "scroll" during reset I can load an .img
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>rom from the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>CompactFlash...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>is this still possible on the x50v (or do you
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>know a similar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>key-combination)?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Many thanks for your help and excuse me for my
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>terrible english...!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Bye!
>>>>>>>>>>Rusko
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>>~Jorge
>>>>>>>>
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