Talk:FAQ

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I made some readability changes and changed the questions and answers into proper English. Speaking of which, has there been any effort to translate bits of the FAQ into other languages? I know we have plenty of Germans working on the team... --JTD 09:55, 7 June 2006 (BST)

If you have something to add/change in FAQ then do it directly.

If someone want to translate FAQ then go ahead: FAQ/DE, FAQ/FR, FAQ/RU etc link in top of FAQ. -- Anonymous

SharpROM applications under OZ?

This FAQ seems to imply that SharpROM applications both work and don't work under OZ/Opie (see sections "What should I choose, Opie or GPE? How do they differ, which one has more apps available?" and "What is this 'soft-float' which OpenZaurus use?"). Does this mean that only SharpROM applications that don't use floating point operations will work? Is there any reliable way to tell whether an application uses floating point or not (e.g. by disassembly?). Could someone clarify this? What about 3rd-party Qt/Embedded applications, like those from theKompany.com?

-- pakman 25 July 2006

Can't write network config

when I start the GPE Network Settings Tool, enter my su password, enter my WLan key and then click on >ok< to save it, I get an error: "no write access to network configuration" - and wonder(!) settings are not saved :/ after installing GPE, I weren't able to format /dev/hda2 because it was already mounted (/dev/hda3 was not, so I was able to run mkfs.vfat). Maybe there is a connection in depths.......

-- genshu 29.10.2006

Ok, I was right. Here the informations:

PDA: Terrier, SLC-3200

OS: Openzaurus GPE

Problem: can't follow the steps in "finishing up" in the spitz tutorial.

Reasons: /dev/hda2 mounted "ro", can't be umounted

Solution: open the root shell in "utilities"-dir in the gpe env,

(does not work? standard terminal and su works as well),

1. reboot

(at console with su rights, type "reboot" and hit enter.)

the system reboots,

at altboot hit a button to enter altboot, choose 5 (advanced options),

then choose 2 vor /bin/sh (not entirely sure, but choosing 7 at first should work as well)

enter your altboot password,

at console enter:

1. mount

a list of mounted devices appears.

if there is a device "/dev/hda2" mounted (should not, would be a wonder), umount it.

if not, you can easily enter

1. mke2fs -j /dev/hda2

some seconds later your done!

type:

1. reboot

again, and don't miss altboot to say it shall start the default way again (option 1)

... but that's just one part of the story.

You log in to gpe and maybe you get an error "can't create dir /~gpe or somewhat.

the answer is easy:

/dev/hda2 was your /home dir.

after formatting your user and root dir is missing.

so get the root shell and type:

1. cd /home (type mount /dev/hda2 /home if it is not mounted by any reason)
2. mkdir username (your username - same as the one you have created on firstboot or later by the usermanager)
3. mkdir root
4. chown username username

well, now you have a "rw" hda2.

and don't forget to once login as username and root, so that gpe can create all its standard-dirs 'n' stuff.