Unofficial Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 FAQ -Unofficial Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 FAQ Table of Contents Networking How can I get to my LAN or the Internet from the Zaurus? Using a LAN or WLAN card, it should 'just work' If your Zaurus is connected to your LAN via an ethernet CF card or a Wireless card, you should have access to the PCs on your LAN and the Internet, beyond. This is assuming your Zaurus is configured properly (e.g., you've provided a DNS server for it to use, so you can access websites using their domain names, rather than IP address), etc. Last updated: 2002.Apr.08 Using the cradle and a Windows desktop... ... Last updated: 2002.Apr.08 Using the cradle and a Linux desktop... ... See the 'Zaurus Ethernet over USB under Linux HOWTO Source: Charles-Edouard Ruault Last updated: 2002.Apr.08 Why is my Zaurus trying to connect to port 67? It's trying to get an IP using DHCP Port 67, in the past used for BOOTP traffic, is now more commonly used for DHCP - to automatically obtain an IP address on a network, and get other related information (like DNS servers, default gateway to use, etc.). The Zaurus is trying to do DHCP. Source: Dax Kelson Last updated: 2002.Mar.31 Can I use my desktop browser's bookmarks on the Zaurus? Convert desktop Opera to Zaurus Opera using Perl There's a Perl script which you can run on your Zaurus (and possibly on a desktop) which will convert Opera for Windows' bookmarks to Opera for Zaurus' format. Source: John Mayson Last updated: 2002.Apr.15 Converting them yourself Opera on the Zaurus uses a simplified bookmark system, and stores its bookmarks in pairs of lines; one the name of the bookmark, the other the URL. For example: Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com/ Google Search http://www.google.com/ (This file is "/home/root/.opera/bookmarks.dat" on the Zaurus.) Opera on the desktop uses a slightly more complicated, but also plaintext, bookmark system. Netscape uses an HTML format. Last updated: 2002.Apr.15 I can't telnet into my Zaurus! in.telnetd isn't installed by default The default Sharp ROMs don't come with a telnet daemon. ... Last updated: 2002.Apr.06 Telnet is disabled by default Either using the "vi" editor on the Zaurus through the , or by downloading the file via FTP and editing on your desktop, you'll want to edit the file "/etc/inetd.conf" on the Zaurus. Find the line that looks like this: #telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.telnetd ... and remove the "#" (comment) at the beginning of the line. Finally, restart the "inetd" daemon by running this command: killall -HUP inetd Source: Jim Murff Last updated: 2002.Apr.01 I can telnet, but I can't log-in as root! Add "ttya1" through "ttya7" to /etc/securetty By default, most Unix systems do NOT allow root to connect to the system on anything but the physical terminal. Similarly to the above, you'll need to edit the file "/etc/securetty" on your Zaurus. In this case, you'll want to add seven lines, "ttya1" through "ttya7". Source: Brian F. Morgan, Peter W. Borders, Paul Flinders, Benjamin Meyer Last updated: 2002.Apr.17 I can't SSH into my Zaurus! Install the OpenSSH package ... Once installed, you must generate some host keys, by running the following command from the : ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N '' (Note that those are two single quotes on the end.) Source: Casey Anderson Last updated: 2002.Apr.05 I can't FTP into my Zaurus! Connect to port 4242 The FTP server on the Zaurus listens to port 4242, rather than the normal port 21. Last updated: 2002.Apr.01 I can't MGET multiple files off of my Zaurus! MGET won't work with the built-in FTP server The Qtopia FTP server running on port 4242 of the Zaurus doesn't support the 'NLST' request, which is what an FTP client's 'MGET' command uses to see what files it should download. Source: Jeffrey FOx Last updated: 2002.Apr.05 Does Opera on the Zaurus support SSL encryption? Yes SSL v2, SSL v3 and TLS v1. Source: 'RR' on zaurus-general Last updated: 2002.Apr.04 Is there a serial comm. terminal for the Zaurus? Yes, minicomm has been ported You can get it from the Zaurus Sourceforge site. To make minicomm use the serial port by default (and not present an error message about 'Configuration file not found...'), create the file "/etc/minirc.dfl" containing: baudrate 9600 pu bits 8 pu parity N pr port /dev/ttyS0 (that's "tty", capital 'S', zero) Source: Dax Kelson Last updated: 2002.Apr.06 I heard I can run Konqueror on the Zaurus - Can I!? Yes! Download the Konqueror/Embedded package You can install Konq/e for your Zaurus. It supports bookmarks, zoom-out (like Opera) to 20%, zoom-in to 150%, multiple pages open at once, and much more. You can get it from SourceForge. Last updated: 2002.Apr.06 Can I use BlueTooth on the Zaurus? Not currently The Zaurus SL-5500 doesn't have built-in BlueTooth, and at the moment, no BlueTooth CF or SD cards are supported. Last updated: 2002.Apr.08 It's under development A tool called 'blueZ' has been tested on the Zaurus, and works with a Nokia 6310. Expect more soon Source: Stefan M. Last updated: 2002.Apr.15 Using tkcJabber, people on AIM can only send me messages if they're in my buddy list Your server-side AIM preferences are setup with this restriction An easy way to fix this is to login to AOL's Java-based AIM Express and update your preferences there. Source: theKompany.com Last updated: 2002.Apr.09 Using tkcJabber, I can't seem to remove people from my buddy list tkcJabber is grabbing your list of buddies from the IM server. An easy way to fix this is to login to AOL's Java-based AIM Express to update your server-side buddy list. Source: theKompany.com Last updated: 2002.Apr.09 Is there a way to mount Windows SMB shares on the Zaurus? There are SMB ports which may work The "Familiar" Linux-on-iPAQ project includes a number of SMB packages, which may or may not work. Try searching for "smb" at ipkg find. Source: Jason Dixon Last updated: 2002.Apr.11 Can I run Zaurus apps. remotely? Login via telnet or ssh, and set LOGNAME=unknown You can run programs on the Zaurus (and displayed on the Zaurus) while connected remotely (eg, via telnet or SSH), but you'll first need to set the environment variable "LOGNAME". Run this command first: export LOGNAME=unknown And then you can launch Zaurus programs like the Calendar ("datebook") or the Calculator ("calculator") from your remote session, and have them pop up on the Zaurus, as if you clicked their icon! Source: Jim Murff Last updated: 2002.Apr.25 Use VNC You can use your desktop (keyboard, monitor, mouse) as if it were your Zaurus (keyboard, LCD, stylus) by running the VNC server software on the Zaurus, and a VNC client (like "xvnc" for Linux) on the desktop. Anything you do to the Zaurus' screen over VNC will happen right on the Zaurus, and vice-versa! (This is especially useful for getting the Zaurus' screen onto a projector for demonstrating Qtopia.) Last updated: 2002.Apr.25 Isn't there a WAP browser for the Zaurus? Wapaka There's a Java-based WAP client, called Wapaka Last updated: 2002.Apr.26 Compiled by Bill Kendrick, bill@newbreedsoftware.com