[iPAQ] Re: [Linux] pocketlinux

"Muller, Edward" <emuller@PaineWebber.com> writes:

> I played around with Pocketlinux for about 1/2 an hour over the
> weekend...Looks like it has a lot of promise....
>
> One of the things I noticed is that they have init (or something
> else, but most likely init) run pppd....This simplifies a ppp setup,
> but means you can't get a serial connection to the ipaq....

Yep, I added it to the inittab. For our purposes, it was nicer to
have it start up automatically, so we could telnet in immediately
(rather than having to start up ppp manually). Feel free to gunzip
the ramdisk image, mount it using a loop filesystem, and tweak it
however you see fit.
 
> Does their X implimentation of Java really run that much faster
> under X?

I don't know. We haven't tried running it under X on the iPaq.
Theoretically, X should be a bit slower -- it's got more overhead,
although possibly not that much. Mostly, we aren't using X due to
memory consumption considerations.
 
> A combined PocketLinux/Handhelds.org thing would be great....X &
> Java....Drool....

:-)

Cheers,

 - Jim

-- 
Really, I'm getting paid to play with all these toys.  :-)
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