tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39922032012-01-19T10:57:46.752-05:00Zaurus and the BlogAll data pertains to the Sharp Zaurus Personal Data Assistant. Blog talk may also contain other PDA makes and models.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-72950479349868622152007-01-16T22:43:00.000-05:002007-01-16T22:53:04.568-05:00Webring.com pretty much hijacked the whole webring. I don't know how its being managed. I stepped away for some IRL issues awhile back with the intention of returning to admin the webring but when I got back I found that the Webring.com managers had taken it over due to lack of activity...no notice or anything.They stated that they had served noticed in the manager forums and newsletters (??).Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1159934086915890562006-10-03T23:52:00.000-04:002006-10-03T23:54:55.206-04:00AAARRRGGGHH!!! (no, I know this isn't Pirate's Day)It appears that I lost management of the Zaurus Webring due to me not being diligent enough in maintaining it...that sucks. Actually, I'm still listed as the manager, but I've no management console...weird. I think I'll not pursue regaining management of it, as I think that process will be convoluted.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1157685895928799352006-09-07T23:22:00.000-04:002006-09-07T23:24:55.950-04:00There've been no updates in awhile, due to the fact that I've moved jobs and been elevated in job status...that means, no time to play with the Zaurus (although I still play around...I have many toys but no cycles to dedicated a bunch of time to one specific platform).The Zaurus hasn't been powered up in over a year. I'm thinking of restoring an updated ROM so I can access my successful backup Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1116798171535289512005-05-22T17:41:00.000-04:002005-05-22T17:42:51.540-04:00Last week, I upgraded from to Sharp's 3.13 ROM. I'm attempting to try to sync to the desktop (WinXP). It doesn't seem to be happening. I'll post once I succeed.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1101319788714345182004-11-24T13:02:00.000-05:002004-11-24T13:09:48.716-05:00Hi all! Been extremely busy with work lately...and Happy Thanksgiving (yeah, I'm early). Being interested in a work-related project, I decided to run kismet on my Zaurus instead of running it on my laptop. It's taken quite a bit of time to get it running but I's now operational on my Z! I'll do a write-up on it soon and provide screenshots of kismet in action. I'll also provide the URL to Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1099408875964617452004-11-02T10:17:00.000-05:002004-11-02T10:21:15.963-05:00To secure a wifi connection using a firewall instead of WEP: http://www.zaurususergroup.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1086 Although this guy couldn't type for crap, I think I'll try this (out of boredom). A note: WEP is better than NO WEP. Also, there's WPA, which is LEAGUES beyond WEP. Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1085876581180818092004-05-29T20:22:00.000-04:002004-05-29T20:30:05.120-04:00Hrmm I changed the format of this page. I like this theme...alot. Looks nice, not plain, not gaudy. I've even added comments. Keep in mind, the archived posts will still show the old theme. Oh well. Enjoy!Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1085128252382874852004-05-21T04:27:00.000-04:002004-05-21T04:30:52.383-04:00Got the Zaurus semi-working with my Linux desktop now (Slackware 9.1) via the cradle. I've been trying to get it working with Qtopiadesktop but they're not talking together, but that's sorta fine, for now, since I can actually connect via ping to the Zaurus when its in its cradle (Kudos to the kernel maintainers for putting the Zaurus code into the kernel by default...the second I plugged in myRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1085091679840249142004-05-20T18:12:00.000-04:002004-05-20T18:21:19.840-04:00While multitasking last night when I got home from work, I decided to go to Sharp's site, download the 2.38 software that typically comes on the companion CD, and sync my Zaurus to the desktop in Windows XP. All went well. I suppose I can even use this particular version of QtopiaDesktop in Linux. I ended up pulling out the Z's cradle, which I hadn't used in over 2 years, installing the USB Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1085011648683487692004-05-19T19:55:00.000-04:002004-05-29T22:35:02.356-04:00I've got some news. I just saved alot of money on my GIECO insurance... Just joking...hahahaha. Really... I ordered a new PDA last week and it arrived yesterday afternoon. I'm now the proud owner of a Dell Axim X3i. It's gorgeous and I like it alot. I just have to get used to the lack of a keyboard and CF slot. I also WAS going to sell my Zaurus on eBay but decided to keep it. It's stillRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1081980063469966152004-04-14T18:01:00.000-04:002004-04-14T18:04:54.543-04:00More data on PDAs - Softfield MX-7 (haven't seen or heard much on this...and, there's no direct links on Softfield.com to the content that I found): MX-7 FAQ MX-7 Data/Spec sheet Now, why can't I find any more data than this? I'd like a review based on a USER perspective (not a deveolper or "person-who-likes-geek-toys" perspective)...Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1081979716905608372004-04-14T17:55:00.000-04:002004-04-14T17:59:07.263-04:00Thought I'd also mention this page. It regards AMD's possible handheld solution: AMD AlchemyRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1081979167386799502004-04-14T17:46:00.000-04:002004-04-14T17:49:57.826-04:00Yeah, I've not posted in awhile. I'm still using my Zaurus. What have I done lately? Not much beyond daily PIM activities. I REALLY need to get xml2dtm running (see last entry)...I have access to my old backed up data but its highly cumbersome to navigate through the address book, swimming through the xml code. I also found this link....holy crap! That's a SERIOUS abundance of Zaurus data. Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1076794096155560002004-02-14T16:28:00.000-05:002004-02-14T16:37:33.233-05:00I've added this Blog to the Zaurus Webring. Not much else has happened since my last post. I charged up the Zaurus for the first time in over a month. Of course, it was dead. It did a boot and I had to restore a backup. Someone sent me a link to a tool called xml2dtm. Supposedly, it fixes the problem that occurs when you upgrade to ROM v3.10, where you cannot use your old addressbook data.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1070326202059093062003-12-01T19:50:00.000-05:002003-12-01T19:50:55.170-05:00Well, I did a bit of research and it seems that ROM v3.10 doesn't work with the Linux version of QtopiaDesktop. I'm not going to complain. I'm not going to whine. I will say this: why are they not supporting their PDAs with syncing programs, much less the Linux desktop? That's all. I doubt I'll be purchasing another Zaurus or other Linux PDA. Tired of spotty support.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1069851872672570962003-11-26T08:04:00.000-05:002003-11-26T08:05:18.390-05:00About 5 days ago, I created a slackpack for QtopiaDesktop (v1.7, I think). This is for me only. I did it because those fools at Trolltech only offer it in RPMs for Suse and Redhat. They also offer it for MacOS. There is no source. I built the slackpack using the 'rpm2tgz' tool. The binary executes and the product seems to work, although I cannot seem to get the app to talk to my Zaurus. Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1067316533714223062003-10-27T23:48:00.000-05:002003-10-27T23:49:02.483-05:00Yesterday, I needed some info that I normally keep on my Zaurus. Well, when I upgraded to Sharp's 3.10 ROM, my address book backup data became obsolete (they changed formats). Now I have to learn Perl so I can create a script that will pull my old address book data into a readable format. I've no idea how to create a script that will pull that data and create a file that's readable in 3.10's Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1060686440427153142003-08-12T07:07:00.000-04:002003-08-12T07:07:20.413-04:00This is just plain sad sad sad sad. Why the hell do I keep letting OpenZaurus smack me around like I'm some dopey dumb cartoon character. I've been running the latest OZ the last 4 days, but sadly I'm going back to the stock ROM. There's still no backup application. There's an application which backs up your settings and configurations, but no actual utility that backs up everything within Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1060324393586647652003-08-08T02:33:00.000-04:002003-08-08T02:33:13.513-04:00Argghh! I cannot get my Zaurus to access the internet now that I've moved out of my sister's house and into an apartment with a coworker. I know exactly how to get it working but unfortunately, I don't have access to his firewall. I hate asking people to make changes to firewalls, I hate it I hate it I hate it. This is exactly why I need my own broadband access. Hrrmmm...I wonder if there's Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-1058912864059770492003-07-22T18:27:00.000-04:002003-07-22T18:27:44.010-04:00Yes, I'm still here. Nothing new on the Zaurus homefront. I want to maybe buy another Zaurus. I'm thinking on the 5600. Then again, I hardly touch my current Zaurus. I just don't have time to play with it. Yes, I use it from time to time but as a very basic PIM. What I really do is read webpages that are stored on a CF card: The Slackware Book, which is posted at the Slackware main site, Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-947601592003-05-22T19:45:00.000-04:002003-05-22T19:52:40.000-04:00From http://w.webring.com/hub?ring=zaurussl5x00webr Ring Stats · Created 09/03/2002 · 12 active site(s) · 32 page views today · 11134 total page views · details WOW...those numbers are more than all my webpages combined. Now, all we need is more members. I've recently been visiting http://www.zaurus.com/dev/board/. I started visiting that site in April 2002, when I'd bought my Zaurus. Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-940781282003-05-09T18:57:00.000-04:002003-05-09T18:57:13.446-04:00Two entries ago, I'd stated that I hoped that the Zaurus would talk to the new Ericsson T68i I acquired. Well, that seems to NOT be a problem. In fact, I'm duly impressed, as I transferred ALL my phone contacts from the Zaurus to the T68i without any format problems. The Zaurus transmitted both Home phone numbers and Work numbers...anything attached to that number, the Zaurus transferred Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-917299672003-03-31T15:54:00.000-05:002003-07-22T18:14:01.843-04:00Updated the below, which was in a dire need of link updates. I mainly changed the Zaurus links, since ZaurusZone changed domains a few months ago. I think I got every link changed but one (which I have to track down): http://www.unixfool.com/pda.htmlRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-916957962003-03-31T03:03:00.000-05:002003-03-31T03:03:58.246-05:00I haven't posted in a LONG time. I'm still using my Zaurus, at work. I mainly use it to store passwords and such. I don't really have all that much time to use a PDA at work extensively, as I monitor many networks for intrusions. Oh well. Hopefully, I'll be able to use the Zaurus with my new cell phone, a Sony Erricson T68i. We shall see. G'night.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-868158472003-01-02T00:44:00.000-05:002003-01-02T00:57:32.000-05:00The Zaurus WebRing now has a forum (new for the whole WebRing system). Feel free to add your .02 at the forum regarding the webring or the Zaurus in general. In fact, this is a good opportunity for me to start using the forum as a resource, where people can find data regarding the Zaurus. Stay tuned, as I've just gotten a job offer and may be busy for the first few months of this year. No, Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-860956162002-12-16T01:14:00.000-05:002003-03-31T03:01:35.000-05:00Guess what? OZ 3.1 Release Candidate 1 is out. I may test it out either tonight or tomorrow. Piete from irc.freenode.net's #slackware tested it out and was giving me blow-by-blow notes as he was workig with it. It got me all excited again, but I must realize that RC means BETA, so I won't be disappointed when I find broken things. Well, that's all for now. Night.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-858544622002-12-11T15:30:00.000-05:002002-12-11T15:30:04.020-05:00OK...today I removed Konqueror-embedded from the SD card and reinstalled it (into internal memory). Konqueror still runs out of memory, crashing. I'll make a post to www.zauruszone.com and/or the Zaurus General mailing list and see what's the norm for Konqueror for the Zaurus.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-858494992002-12-11T13:35:00.000-05:002002-12-11T13:38:05.000-05:00test Hrmm...it seems Konqueror (desktop version) can't post entries to my blog...weird. I'd thought that I did the last log entry with Konqueror but it was so late and I was so tired that maybe I was confused. Oh well.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-858286362002-12-11T03:11:00.000-05:002003-07-22T18:16:17.896-04:00I need to explain that last post. I wanted to compare Opera and Konqueror-embeded on my Zaurus. I opened this page to try to make a post from the Z using both browsers. I installed Sharp ROM 2.37 but it didn't feel the same as OZ...it feels inadequate, so I decided to try to use some of the apps I used in OZ. Konqueror doesn't install using the .ipkg GUI installer. I had install it by Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-857711792002-12-10T02:11:00.000-05:002002-12-11T13:34:28.000-05:00I'm typing (more like pecking) this from my zaurus using Konqueror-embedded. I'm going to have to stop now since this input window doesn't scroll...can't see what I'm typing at this moment. :o(Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-857668342002-12-10T00:05:00.000-05:002002-12-11T13:31:53.000-05:00I'm, at this moment in time, flashing the Sharp 2.37 ROM. After messing with the Zaurus and OZ 3.0 part of the afternoon and most of the evening, up until 10:45PM, I finally decided enough was enough. Some things haven't changed from the last time I used OZ (back in May). There's still no backup app. OZ itself may be considered more stable than the Sharp ROM for some folks, but its not the Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-857507402002-12-09T18:18:00.000-05:002002-12-11T13:32:07.000-05:00Just now noticing that opie-irc tends to crash alot when trying to activate it. Seems that 4 times out of 10, the app will crash. I just keep trying until it doesn't crash. :o\ Allso, found a new and very intuitive Zaurus site: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/zaurus/.Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-857344892002-12-09T12:12:00.000-05:002002-12-11T13:33:57.000-05:00Fluxbox works on the Zaurus, apparently (haven't actually tried it myself yet). Found this post at Zaurus Zone: _____________ fluxbox does work. install tinyx, xmonobut and fluxbox. then replace your /usr/sbin/X file with the following: #!/bin/sh export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/X11R6/lib" export DISPLAY=:0.0 rm /dev/ets touch /dev/ets ln -s /usr/share /usr/X11R6/share Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-856281572002-12-07T00:54:00.000-05:002002-12-07T00:54:09.320-05:00The last two nights, I've been in bed browsing the web with my Zaurus using Konqueror (instead of reading, as I usually do). One night, I went to a Debian HowTo page and read for almost an hour without any shutdown. I did have the light at its lowest setting but I'd assumed the wifi card was sucking down battery power. Last night, I did a short web browse then decided I wanted some software onRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-854314792002-12-03T11:09:00.000-05:002002-12-03T11:52:14.000-05:00I noticed that the time on my Zaurus kept changing, so I followed this FAQ tip at http://openzaurus.sourceforge.net/oz_website/faq/faq.php?id=42 I I installed a bunch of apps last night. I'll provide a list soon. One of the apps was the Konqueror browser. This browser is MUCH better than Opera...so much better than Sharp really should consider just dropping Opera, IMO. I ran into another Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-854136722002-12-02T22:55:00.000-05:002002-12-02T23:34:50.000-05:00OK. I installed OZ 3.0 last night. I selected the 40-24 ROM, since it was the recommended one for newbies. My laptop dualboots XP and Linux and last night, Linux was booted. I didn't want to reboot to XP so I thought I'd attempt to download the required OZ files (zImage-5500-40memory-24storage.bin and initrd.bin) and move them to CF card using a PCMCIA-CF adapter. While I use a PCMCIA wifi Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992203.post-854019282002-12-02T18:50:00.000-05:002002-12-02T18:50:05.583-05:00Welcome to my Zaurus journal. I've found that my PDA page is becoming large in digital size. After looking at it a bit, I've found that most of the data is related to the Sharp Zaurus that I purchased in April of 2002. Each time I purchase a peripheral or do something stupifying, I edit my PDA page to reflect those changes. There's a ton of yellow 'UPDATE' banners that reminded me of Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368326205701250122noreply@blogger.com0