On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:33:07PM +0100, Simon Pickering wrote: > Though I'm new I am a quick learner. My main goal is to have a working > native X environment on my Z. Most of the stuff I use is X based and I > presume I can find something to fulfil my PIM needs (which are basic). > > If I can manage a useful window manager then I'll have something to play > with at least.
I'd still recommend going with the chroot / pivot_root-based approach and having the entire distribution on an SD/MMC card - on Matt's system, the root filesystem is in the built-in flash storage, you have to manually move /usr and other large directories onto external storage. This can be rather tricky to get right, and if you're not careful you can lock up your system or run out of space at inconvenient times. My "pocketworkstation" distribution does work natively on the SL-5x00 and SL-C7x0 (using pivot_root to switch over entirely to the root filesystem on the SD/MMC card), and contains a default icewm configuration. Nearly all X11 apps work after a simple "apt-get install" as long as the space for them is available. Your problems getting it running seem to have been caused by the faulty "tar" implementation distributed with the OZ system. Are you willing to give it another try using GNU tar to unpack it (http://www.w-m-p.com/software/pocketworkstation/gnu-tar.gz), or the modified Crow ROM? -Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
