Re: Angstrom Opie 1.2.3 testing

Yesterday I installed this on my hx4700.

I have to say that it works better than the Familiar 0.8.4 on the same device.

I haven't spent too much time with it yet, but I do have the following
comments:

  1. The networking doesn't work out of the box. I needed to modprobe one
module before it would work. I'm not sure it that should be done for me on
bootup or held off until I configure the network. I think on boot might not
be good because it starts the power drawing device. I'm not sure if a hook
exists for the Network setting tool to load the module, but it didn't work.

  2. The joypad buttons are oriented incorrectly. I know that was recently
fixed in a patch for Opie 1.2.3, so perhaps using either a newer CVS date or
back porting patch to bitbake would fix this one.

Things that seem to work fine:

  1. Networking, once I modprobed the module (sorry I forgot the device at
home today so I can't include the module name).

  2. The power button! My device wanted to always be on when running Familiar
0.8.4.

  3. I restored my data from Familiar 0.8.4 and it seems to work fine!

  4. It powered up from a sleep for an alarm. I didn't notice it make any
noise, but it's at least waking up fine!

On Sat January 12 2008 09:52:47 pm Paul Eggleton wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to announce that some testing images of the Angstrom Linux
> distribution (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org) containing the Opie
> user environment version 1.2.3 are now available. For most devices, this is
> the first time Opie 1.2.3 has been available in a distribution in any form,
> and once testing and debugging has finished we hope that this will give
> access to Opie to more users.
>
> If you have one of the following listed devices, we would love to hear
> feedback on how well it works for you:
>
> * iPAQ h2200 series
> * iPAQ h3900 series
> * iPAQ h4000 series
> * iPAQ h5000 series
> * iPAQ hx4700
> * Zaurus SL-5500
> * Zaurus SL-5600
> * Zaurus SL-C1000
> * Zaurus SL-C3000
> * Zaurus SL-C7x0
> * Zaurus SL-6000
> * Motorola A780
> * HTC Universal
> * Siemens Simpad (see note [1])
>
> The central point for information is the following wiki page:
>
> http://linuxtogo.org/gowiki/AngstromOpieTesting
>
> From there you can find information on how to download and run an image on
> your device as well as some known issues.
>
> For devices above with PocketPC installed, there is an easy method of
> booting into Angstrom that allows you to boot from a card without
> completely replacing PocketPC - details on the page linked above.
>
> Opie is now on the path to becoming a supported choice of environment
> within Angstrom, and we expect the testing period to last for at least a
> month, during which time we will be collecting information and fixing
> serious bugs where they are found.
>
> We welcome all feedback, so if you can, please try one of the images and
> send your reports to angstrom-distro-users_at_linuxtogo.org. Note that this
> message is cross-posted so please be careful if you reply.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
> [1] There is an image available for the Siemens Simpad, but there is a bug
> preventing Opie from starting on this device - some help debugging this
> problem would be welcome (see
> http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3681 for details).
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