Re: Familiar on 5450 - Kernel upgrade

From: Philip Blundell <pb_at_nexus.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 15:51:39 +0100

The easiest thing to do is just to flash an unstable image from
http://handhelds.org/~pb/unstable/. These already include the latest
kernel and xserver, which should fix the suspend/resume problems that
you were experiencing in 0.7.2.

p.

On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 12:15, erik.chakravarty_at_accenture.com wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> Wondered if you could spare a little time to help a Familiar newbie.
>
> I've been a Linux user for many years but recently bought an iPAQ 5450
> and wanted to get Familiar up and running.
>
> I've done this once already, and got a working GPE session going. Really
> liked it but the main problem is the annoying suspend/resume bug in the
> current Familiar kernel. Unfortunately had to reflash PocketPC back on
> because the device wasn't really usable.
>
> I saw notes on using ipkg to install a new kernel (36.9?) which
> apparently eliminates this bug - however I have no way getting a direct
> connection to the Internet from my iPAQ (no expansion packs, and I have
> no WLAN or Bluetooth devices yet at home...). I have also tried to set
> up USB networking from my Debian laptop but this just made my iPAQ
> hang...
>
> I was thinking that I could transfer the kernel and any other required
> modules directly to an SD card over serial... I've seen some listed on
> ipkgfind but which ones do I need? Can I use ipkg to install local
> packages rather than remote ones?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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