john robert boynton: ipaq 3800 Linuxlicentious radio(Untitled)- July 4, 2002 Getting the Stowaway keyboard to work on the ipaq. Note that the ipaq 3800 needs a little adaptor that should now come with the keyboard, or you can get the adaptor separately from targus or "think outside". Stop the console from going to the serial port by creating a file called bootparams with the following content (all on one line, even though it might wrap in your browser): set linuxargs "noinitrd root=devmtdblock1 init=linuxrc" After you do this and reboot, you should see console...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102813/categories/ipaq3800Linux/2002/07/04.html#a503 (Untitled)- July 2, 2002 Nifty opie trick for conserving battery juice: On the light and power settings screen there's a slider for the light. I slide it to off, but don't tap OK. The next tap anywhere on the screen puts the light back at the level it was. For example, when I want to listen to mp3s in the dark, I conserve power, but the light will come back when I tap anywhere on the screen -- way better than trying to adjust the light settings in the dark with the light off.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102813/categories/ipaq3800Linux/2002/07/02.html#a484 (Untitled)- July 1, 2002 opie: Sometimes opie apps won't start for me. It's because opie seems to need a fair amount of space in tmp to run anything. Why's that I usually stick a bunch of mp3s in tmp. Well, maybe soon I'll have a friendly MMC for my mp3s. Also, when I use the shell, I always want to press the center button of the cursor control to hit 'enter'. That usually worked with ice, but with opie, all heck breaks loose. Little bug, I guess. Ooh! It's a trifecta: opie's smart enough to time out. In general...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102813/categories/ipaq3800Linux/2002/07/01.html#a477 |