RE: ANNOUNCE: busybox based jffs2 image for testing

This is a fantastic setup, using busybox saves a lot of great space.
Ash helps too.

I also had to modify some things:
- reinstalled some packages (filemanager, and I believe system info?)
because they didn't show up in the opie screen.
- created a couple CF mount/unmount scripts because I don't know how to
get hotplug to do that for me. The CF partition showed up in
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1.
- And more of the usual stuff mentioned below.

Regardless of using busybox or the regular familiar base, I never
managed to get the stowaway keyboard working. The setup is very
confusing for me. Permanently messing around with my params linuxargs
setting in the boot loader is a very touchy task, that I don't fully
understand. There are some more complexities to make it all work, like
which modules to load, how to load them, what scripts to modify,
creating buttons so I can switch init levels in opie (current accepted
method of switching between keyboard and regular serial). Could we
create a Qt input method that initializes/manages the stowaway keyboard
and assorted modules and getty programs for us? Maybe enhance the
kernel so it serial IO can be overridden by a user's program?

Finally.. does anyone know what we can sync the handheld contacts
datebook and todo lists with? Does qtopia desktop work for you guys? I
keep hearing that there's something in the works... isn't qtopia that
something?
 
- Aaron.

-----Original Message-----
From: opie-admin_at_handhelds.org [mailto:opie-admin_at_handhelds.org] On
Behalf Of Timothy Farrell
Sent: April 27, 2002 9:44 PM
To: Robert Griebl
Cc: opie_at_handhelds.org
Subject: Re: [Opie] ANNOUNCE: busybox based jffs2 image for testing

Ok, now we need a new image with the X.ramfs.tar file included. Here is
a
list of things, I had to do to get mine to work.
- flash
- zmodem over the X.ramfs.tar and rename it
- customize the /etc/init.d/usbnet file to account for my desktop
address
settings
- deleted /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key* and restarted sshd to generate new
ones
(this should be standard practice for a bootstrap image...security
reasons)
- took off your custom line in ipkg.conf and added the official opie
feed
- rebooted (not necessary, but it was easier than restarting everything)

Other things I did to get it usable:
- installed ext2 and ext3 support for my CF card
- made PCMCIA-CS mount my CF card on insertion
- reinstalled tinylogin and busybox (since their presence is not known
to the
ipkg system)
- installed a bunch of packages via qipkg (some of which did not
install, this
is due to the qipkg/ipkg c-version incompatibilities)
- dang, ssh still is buggy in the familiar feed, but a symlink fixes
that

I love the smallness of ash with the features of bash...kudos to you.

For some reason, I could not get my flash card to mount. The modules
would
install, but the device under /dev never showed up.

Keep up the good work.

tim

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 03:46, Robert Griebl wrote:
> Happy testing ;)
>
> And yes - uclibc is in the works (busybox is already linked against
it)
>
> cu
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Timothy Farrell" <tercero12_at_yahoo.com>
> To: "Robert Griebl" <griebl_at_gmx.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Opie] ANNOUNCE: busybox based jffs2 image for testing
>
>
> Thanks,
> I'm downloading it now. Do you have plans to switch it over to uclibc
at
> all?
>
> On Monday 22 April 2002 19:40, Robert Griebl wrote:
> > I have taken a familiar v0.5.2 image and replaced nearly everything
on it
> > with busybox/tinylogin. It has opie-base with
> > filemanager/sysinfo/qikpg... running. There is a complete SSH, USB,
PPP
> > and PCMCIA setup included.
> >
> > And the best: You still have ~7MB free for your opie apps.
> >
> > For anyone who is interested: please test -- if it works, maybe the
> > familiar people will switch over to busybox.
> >
> > Image and README are at http://www.softforge.de/bb
>
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