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Comment on Dosbox for Zipit Z2! by Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:23:26 +0000

Hey DW,

It looks like these guys are working on it:
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX3

. Other than that it appears not a lot of folks are looking into it.
http://www.anytux.org/hardware.php?system_id=726

I’d be interested to hear if you get anything going. Good luck

Comment on Dosbox for Zipit Z2! by DW

DW — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:59:18 +0000

Here’s an off the wall question:

Dell Axim x3

Intel XScale 400MHz Prox

64MB RAM/64MB ROM

Can I relieve it of its Windows CE burden and put Linux on it?

I have been waiting years to try.

Only problem: Touch screen only, no KB.

Thoughts?

Comment on New Ubuntu Z2 Userland from Mozzwald by Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:19:11 +0000

Hey Naitsirhc,

You should be able to drop the relevant files in from the ubuntu distribution onto Mozzwald’s ubuntu userland and get things working. This may be quite similar to what is already there. Will be curious to see if this works out, good luck !

Comment on New Ubuntu Z2 Userland from Mozzwald by Naitsirhc Hsem

Naitsirhc Hsem — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:42:49 +0000

could the armel versions of ubuntu http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ be used on the zipit? my SD card is cracked and I don’t know when I will get a new one so I can’t test it now.

Thanks,
Naitsirhc

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:47:00 +0000

Hey David,

Thanks for tips! I’m sure they will be quite handy for the next person who wishes to change the screen settings from scripts too. Happy hacking

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by davidn70

davidn70 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:07:42 +0000

nevermind – I just found it.

echo 0 > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/brightness # turns the screen off
echo 700 > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/brightness # turns the screen on

In case anyone wants to know. Thanks again for such wonderful toys

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by davidn70

davidn70 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:57:43 +0000

Thank you – one more question – do you know if there is a command you can issue to make the screen come out of power save mode? Similarly, is there a command to make the screen go into power save mode? I was hoping to use a few of these as alert devices for home automation. I got the sound part worked out but the power save on the screen is a toughie.

Thanks again!

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by Hunter Davis

Hunter Davis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:38:09 +0000

Hey Davidn70,

Yeah, I recall a long time ago I had java working. I believe I had to cross compile it with a scratchbox env. It may also be pre-installed on one of my previous userland images. Good luck!

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by davidn70

davidn70 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:00:49 +0000

Nice work – I got started today using the updated image for “normal users” or whatever it’s called – very nice.

I am really interested in using Java on the Z2. You mentioned in a very old thread that you had done it. I can’t get it to install through apt-get.

Any hints you could give would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Comment on New Video/Tutorial – Flashing a Stock Z2 to Newest Debian Image (Windows edition) by rkdavis

rkdavis — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:17:00 +0000

charlie: I would try using the panasonic sd card formatter ( http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html )on the card just to /reset/ it back to a known state. and then try again with physdiskwrite (or dd). sometimes sd cards get really flakey and a reset to a known state using the panasonic sd formatter helps.