Re: [Sheflug] Opie/Ipaq

[John M Cooper <john [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 10:02 +0000, Steve Fisher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I took the plunge last night and installed linux on my old Ipaq 3600.  I 
> went for opie/familiar and installed from a CF card:
> 
>  http://familiar.handhelds.org/familiar/releases/v0.7.2/install/download.html
> 

Did you really mean 0.7.2? I think currently 0.8.2 is the stable
version.

http://familiar.handhelds.org/releases/v0.8.2/install/download.html

> Fairly straight forward and I only had my heart in my mouth once after I 
> had been playing with it for half an hour it died, but a hard reset 
> fixed it - phew!!
> 

Have had similar experiance with my 3800, thought that I had bricked it
a couple of times but in the end it always comes back.


> I can't seem to find any of the applications (other than PIM) on the 
> menu and all applications mentioned in the package manager seem to be 
> installed.  I am looking for:
> 
> sheet (spreadsheet)
> remote (ir remote)
> opie player 2
> games (Chess to play on the train in the morning)
> 
> I think my google skills are deserting me! 
> 
> Though it does look ominous! Just found this in the opie FTP
> 
> As of January 2005, Opie is no longer in packaging business. See your 
> distributor for Opie feeds. Hmmmmm.
> 

I have only ever tried the GPE port so I am afraid I can't really help
you there! sorry. But have you tried an ipkg upgrade?

john

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