[TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux

[Roy Vestal]

Thanks David. The alias ****** off statements is what I missed. It's 
working fine with the Sharp ROM. I'm going to try the OZ ROM too.  
thanks again!


David A. Cafaro wrote:

>Ok I think this is how you do it (I'll double check when I get back to
>work tomorrow, that's where I have it still setup).
>
>First add these lines to your /etc/modules.conf file:
>alias CDCEther off
>alias acm off
>alias usb0 usbnet
>
>Next create a file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-usb0 with:
>BOOTPROTO=static
>BROADCAST=192.168.129.255
>IPADDR=192.168.129.1
>NETMASK=255.255.255.0
>NETWORK=192.168.129.0
>DEVICE=usb0
>
>(Double check these with the setting in your zaurus, I believe those
>should work with the zaurus defaults)
>
>That should bring up your network connection when you plug in your 
>Zaurus and power it up.  I'll double check when I get to work tomorrow
>post corrections if needed.
>
>Cheers,
>David
>
>
>On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 16:11, Roy Vestal wrote:
>  
>
>>Ok, so i have the old sharp rom 2.37 and windows syncing and qtopia 1.7.0 
>>and fc1 sorta syncing. How do I setup hotplug to recognize it?
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Roy Vestal" <rvestal at trilug.org>
>>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:23 AM
>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux
>>
>>
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>>
>>>Did you ever get it to sync with Windows?
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Roy Vestal" <rvestal at trilug.org>
>>>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:58 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I'll try it. I did downgrade to 2.38 and it synced but I'm still going to 
>>>>try OPIE
>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: "David A. Cafaro" <dac at trilug.org>
>>>>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:25 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Yep, if you are running the 3.x series ROMs on the Zaurus, there is no
>>>>>sync solution with Linux.  This guy was trying to reverse engineer it,
>>>>>but last I checked he had yet to get it all worked out:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.cyph.org/zsrep/
>>>>>
>>>>>Best bet if you need to Sync with Linux is to use either the 2.3x series
>>>>>roms (all of which will sync with Qtopia, just be mind full of the open
>>>>>root ftp account), or to use OpenZaurus for your ROM:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://openzaurus.org/web/
>>>>>
>>>>>OpenZaurus (Opie version) is what I currently run, and it syncs fine
>>>>>over Multsync.  I gave up on Sharp, I think they have pretty much
>>>>>abandoned the US market and the older SL5x00 Zaurus models.  Best to
>>>>>start getting hooked up with the Zaurus Users groups:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.zaurususergroup.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh, and just as a note, I Just got my new PalmOne Treo 650 Smartphone,
>>>>>and it's now syncing with Evolution :-).  The Zaurus is now going to be
>>>>>my embedded Linux test machine.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>David
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:01, Roy Vestal wrote:
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>usb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>i think i just found the problem. I've updated the ROM and according to 
>>>>>>QT
>>>>>>folks, the new sharp rom will not sync with QTopiaDesktop on linux. :/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyone
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
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