Re: h3600-utils problems

I never did get past that. I'll try again sometime when I
have more time.

According to Tonneson, Thomas,
> Tony looking back in the archives I see you had the same inital h3600-utils
> and xserver-tiny-h3600 problems,
>
> http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/intimate/6/0688.html
>
> How did you ever get these resolved, I dont want to reboot this time as I
> will be left with no virtual keyboard only terminal access which has no
> networking.
>
> Thanks
>
> Thomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Godshall [mailto:togo_at_of.net]
> Sent: 15 October 2003 08:40
> To: Tonneson, Thomas; 'Thomas Tonneson'; 'intimate_at_handhelds.org'
> Subject: Re: [Intimate] Insall over proxy
>
>
> According to Niklas H?glund,
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 09:42:16AM -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > > According to Niklas H?glund,
> > > > The way I did it, IIRC, is the following:
> > > >
> > > > 1. In minicom (on the serial terminal), make sure USB networking is
> > > > working (using modprobe, ifconfig, etc.)
> > > >
> > > > 2. Still on the serial console, set http_proxy.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Still on the serial console, run intimate-install. As networking
> > > > is set up to happen over USB, the packages will be downloaded over
> > > > USB from the proxy.
> > >
> > > So you have some kind of setup where you can do serial-console and usb
> at
> > > the same time? I have to switch cables.
> >
> > Yeah. My cradle has both an USB and a serial cable.
> >
> > If you don't have that, and can't type an "=" on the virtual keyboard,
> > you should still be able to log in with ssh over the usb cable from the
> > workstation. Then you can set http_proxy and start the installation.
> >
> > There's a nice ssh client for windows called putty that you could use.
> >
> > Another way could be to create a script when logged in over the serial
> > console that sets http_proxy and starts the installation. Then you
> > can start that script from the on-screen keyboard without having to
> > type an equal sign.
>
> Thanks. I've got linux on the laptop, so I'll use openssh
> and iptables (no need for proxy), but your tips should help Niklas.
> And I guess I'll try again now that I've done a bit better
> with usbnet on the Familiar side.
Received on Thu Oct 16 2003 - 18:44:19 EDT