tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post4237801585344496305..comments2024-01-19T20:26:43.909-08:00Comments on Macro Fig: iz2jffs v5deeicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-6847870730156654592014-03-14T17:23:45.222-07:002014-03-14T17:23:45.222-07:00I can host it for yaI can host it for yaNetoMXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595948063368163363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-42160453641519115302014-03-07T04:06:16.136-08:002014-03-07T04:06:16.136-08:00You should be able to connect to a hidden network....You should be able to connect to a hidden network. If you know the SSID you can just type it in. There are also some wifi menu options to let you load an example config file and edit it by hand for odd situations. I'm not sure what would prevent wpa2 from working. It works for me, but you may want to look at the wifi config file and try to add or remove quotes around IDs and/or passwords. deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-48470319562896352722014-02-27T23:59:35.818-08:002014-02-27T23:59:35.818-08:00First off, Iz2 has been the best z2 linux distro I...First off, Iz2 has been the best z2 linux distro I have had the privilege to run so far. It has been the only distro I have been able to connect to a wireless network with. I havent even been able to connect to a wireless network while my z2 was stock. Although I am able to connect to an open network, I havent been able to connect to any wpa2 networks. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you solve this problem? Has anyone been able to connect to any hidden networks? If so, how did you manage to get connected? Any input will be greatly appreciated. Even if it's just pointing to any resources that will enable one to figure out a solution to these issues themselves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382856382523963950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-4042550318791749942014-01-05T09:23:20.256-08:002014-01-05T09:23:20.256-08:00Correct, iz2jffs-e5-10.tgz is the current version ...Correct, iz2jffs-e5-10.tgz is the current version of gmu-gmenu2x-jffs.tgz.<br /><br />I'd say rockbox is about 90% functional. The sound is good and a few of the plugin games work well enough. As you probably guessed, the power saving features of rockbox are not implemented, and the battery meter implementation is not as good as good as I'd like. I think you get about 2 hours of music on the battery. I don't really know for sure because I leave it plugged in most of the time. There are *some* power saving features built into the userland that help a little. For example, it'll turn off the screen when the lid is closed.<br /><br />You could try out the userland in qemu but the audio doesn't work so it's not much fun. My latest blog post mentions this, but I'm a bit delinquent providing the updated scripts that make it easy. <br /><br />Ebindkeys is mentioned a few times on the blog. I don't think I included it in the jffs image so you'll have to install it manually from the ebindkeys zip file in the goodie bag. More info here...<br /><br />http://macrofig.blogspot.com/search?q=ebindkeys<br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-43225672974821942072014-01-03T19:15:29.779-08:002014-01-03T19:15:29.779-08:00Oh yeah, I looked in the old instructions for ins...Oh yeah, I looked in the old instructions for installing, and it mentioned extracting "gmu-gmenu2x-jffs.tgz" to the root of the SD card. Is that file the same as "iz2jffs-e5-10.tgz"?Joe Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282788598684234707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-72197360254774557322014-01-03T16:46:04.259-08:002014-01-03T16:46:04.259-08:00Does it conserve power well? Is rockbox fully fun...Does it conserve power well? Is rockbox fully functional? To get to the ebindkeys setup, do i just enter that phrase in a terminal? is there an emulator I can use to test out the userland? Thanks in advance. Joe Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282788598684234707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-58609680595287874802013-12-26T06:48:59.950-08:002013-12-26T06:48:59.950-08:00Yes and no. That's the original reason I got ...Yes and no. That's the original reason I got into this, and I have one permanently stationed in the car for rockbox and another by the bed for internet radio. However I ended up reserving the stop and play buttons for mouse emulation. I prefer the large space bar for play and pause. It's easier to access without having to look at the device. You could change this by modifying the keymap and/or the ebindkeys setup.deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-29442870277409621522013-12-25T18:03:28.529-08:002013-12-25T18:03:28.529-08:00would this userland work as a mobile media player ...would this userland work as a mobile media player with internet radio? Are the controls set to work like a mobile device? ex: play button plays, stop button stops, volume keys on side do their original actions. Thanks in advance. Joe Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282788598684234707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-27203433364755554502013-10-15T06:49:58.676-07:002013-10-15T06:49:58.676-07:00I hope it works out. I took a quick stab at vice ...I hope it works out. I took a quick stab at vice and it seems doable. It segfaulted until I disabled the screen doubler and overrode the requested screen size for 320x240. Needs more work. I'd try to borrow the screen size stuff in the ifdef DINGOO blocks. GP2X is no good because it can (hardware?) rescale inside SDL. <br /><br />It'll probably need zipit specific keyboard code to handle the red alt keybindings, but maybe generic keyboard support will work good enough if you load the nonstick keymap in a wrapper script.<br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-52831846774556832792013-10-14T05:43:36.816-07:002013-10-14T05:43:36.816-07:00Got the native compiler and libs/include tarball a...Got the native compiler and libs/include tarball and will try on zipit or qemu. I guess I have the old Z2 development kit VM somewhere but will try to avoid it if I can :-) Thanks a lot.fanoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705466828449055996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-34713664825491912062013-10-10T06:26:36.506-07:002013-10-10T06:26:36.506-07:00Nice. Once you have that, you can use the libs/in...Nice. Once you have that, you can use the libs/include tarball from the try-try-again blog post (mentioned above) if you don't want to download and build all those packages yourself.deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-18163458510717988842013-10-09T23:55:54.176-07:002013-10-09T23:55:54.176-07:00http://rayhaque.blogspot.fr/2010/02/all-new-zipit-...http://rayhaque.blogspot.fr/2010/02/all-new-zipit-z2-development-kit.html<br />The torrent is very slow, but still present !Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-45266722725435887072013-10-09T12:14:48.610-07:002013-10-09T12:14:48.610-07:00And speaking of soggy brains. I double checked th...And speaking of soggy brains. I double checked the blog and it looks like *this* is the post where I actually got the native compiler working.<br /><br />http://macrofig.blogspot.com/2012/10/try-try-again.html<br /><br />Maybe I deleted the "Slow Learner" post myself because it was full of fail.<br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-39086963184594952962013-10-09T12:06:57.333-07:002013-10-09T12:06:57.333-07:00Oops. Did I say Megabytes? I meant Gigabytes. T...Oops. Did I say Megabytes? I meant Gigabytes. The soggy spots in my brain still remember when Mega was the big stuff.deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-7122737017668569122013-10-09T10:31:54.735-07:002013-10-09T10:31:54.735-07:00Google for "zipit z2 development v2" It...Google for "zipit z2 development v2" It was a 3MB debian VM image with scratchbox on it when I originally got it via bittorrent. That torrent may be dead now, but I think the Hungarian ftp site might still have a live copy. Mine is up over 10MB now. Is there any free site that'll host a 10MB VM image?<br /><br />Alternatively you can try to use the native IZ2S gcc I made. I think you can get it from the goodie bag, but the "Slow Learner" blog post where I wrote about it appears to have disappeared down the internet memory hole? Did blogspot.com censor me, or just lose it? I wonder... deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-70706501553402421232013-10-09T04:06:09.757-07:002013-10-09T04:06:09.757-07:00Hi deeice, I searched through you blog post and di...Hi deeice, I searched through you blog post and didn't find anything about your build enviroment for iz2jffs stuff. Do you have some cross compiler setup, buildroot config/snapshot or VM image you could share so one could build more stuff compatible with your iz2jffs set of dynamic libaries (uclibc, SDL, alsa,...). Thanks.<br /><br />I am thinking about building C64 and ZX spectrum emulator (vice for C64 as it runs fine on Dingoo A320, not sure about zx spectrum one yet, fuse probably)<br /><br />fanoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705466828449055996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-27506540107862948242013-09-12T11:30:27.813-07:002013-09-12T11:30:27.813-07:00Ahh good. More info is always better. Here's...Ahh good. More info is always better. Here's another tip for zipits stuck in the infinite update loop. <br /><br />Some stock zipits may not run scripts off a miniSD card without calling home first via WiFi for a software update. The update servers are now gone, so it'll never finish. But you may be able to break out of the update loop. Try this:<br /><br />When the zipit asks to Setup WiFi try hitting the "home" button. That should get you to the main menu so you can do the reset. ie. about 5 presses of "next" and then "home" gets you to the menu, then Tools/Set Defaults and Restart to get it to boot off the SD.<br /><br />I haven't run into this yet myself, but I still have a few zipits still in the boxes so who knows...<br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-80193188313436586772013-09-11T01:26:06.920-07:002013-09-11T01:26:06.920-07:00Today, I have finaly updated the readme file
of fl...Today, I have finaly updated the readme file<br />of flashback-v1.zip in the goodibag.Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-17109120198837830402013-09-09T12:04:48.721-07:002013-09-09T12:04:48.721-07:00Apparently, to do a restore properly you should bo...Apparently, to do a restore properly you should boot from an SD card because restore.sh can sometimes fail if you try to run it when booted from the jffs on a uboot zipit. It can't properly overwrite the jffs part of the flash while you're running off it. If you do this by accident you can still boot into iz2s with only the blob bootloader and the stock kernel restored. From iz2s you should be able to install the iz2jffs jffs from the flashback zip file.<br /><br /># Fix the jffs mtd to be a block device.<br />rm /dev/mtdblock2<br />mknod /dev/mdtblock2 b 31 2<br /><br /># Grab the mtdblock2.bak from flashback-v1.zip<br /># and restore the jffs.<br />dd if=mdtblock2.bak of=/dev/mtdblock2deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-16912028159099517752013-05-24T13:10:53.943-07:002013-05-24T13:10:53.943-07:00Total success ! mtdblock1 and 2 were copied easily...Total success ! mtdblock1 and 2 were copied easily, and my openzipit flashed Z2 fastly booted on a fresh iz2jffs-e5 :D<br />I must now actuate flashback-v1 with a resume of all this, and post it in the goodibag. Thanks, it seems that it was a popular demand.Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-55368432526399532652013-05-23T14:09:03.224-07:002013-05-23T14:09:03.224-07:00I don't think the order matters. If you only ...I don't think the order matters. If you only do mtdblock1, I believe you should be able to boot IZ2S and load the jffs from it. If you dd both mtdblock1 and mtdblock2 (in whatever order) you should then have an iz2jffs system.<br /><br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-26063673552665517712013-05-23T13:17:08.551-07:002013-05-23T13:17:08.551-07:00I took a look at the old autoflasher, and yes, log...I took a look at the old autoflasher, and yes, logically your script should work. If I want to get rid of the proprietary files, be sure that my boot files are not corrupted, and have a fresh iz2jffs at reboot, can I do the same with mtdblock2 ? And must I do it before mtdblock1 ?Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-20170862845685861432013-05-23T08:57:29.401-07:002013-05-23T08:57:29.401-07:00If someone wants to try to flashback his Z2, I war...If someone wants to try to flashback his Z2, I warn to NOT to do it from Z2lite nor wejp small system, this could lead to brick the Z2 !Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-47169129569523406282013-05-23T08:09:13.981-07:002013-05-23T08:09:13.981-07:00Somehow the link to http://mozzwald.homelinux.net/...Somehow the link to http://mozzwald.homelinux.net/node/107 disappeared from my previous comment. It details the long way back to stock from openzipit by going to uboot first. <br /><br />The shortcut would be to just restore the kernel, but sometimes you first have to fix the dev/mtdblock files to be block device files instead of character devices<br /><br /># Fix kernel mtd to be a block device.<br />rm /dev/mtdblock1<br />mknod /dev/mdtblock1 b 31 1<br /><br />wc -c /dev/mtdblock1<br /># Should say 2293760 or you're outta luck.<br /><br /># Grab the mtdblock1.bak from flashback-v1.zip<br /># and restore the stock kernel. <br /># This should work. maybe.<br />dd if=mdtblock1.bak of=/dev/mtdblock1<br /><br />deeicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279539485678280832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800117832296019702.post-82752521253965668242013-05-22T16:48:27.989-07:002013-05-22T16:48:27.989-07:00I'm not sure of that, but it seems to me that ...I'm not sure of that, but it seems to me that the flasher rewrites all the flash with different partitions. In Mozzwald's Z2uflasher, restore.sh is the script to flashback from uboot, and flash29.sh is the one to uboot from openzipit.<br />So maybe a new script, hybrid of these two scripts can allow to flashback from openzipit ?Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775278508713970278noreply@blogger.com