samba over BT PAN and PPP

when try to connect with PC using samba via BT PAN and PPP, the following line should be commented:

/home/etc/samba/smb.conf
...
# interfaces = usbd0 eth0 bnep0 irda0 irda1 pppd0
...

eventhough all corresponding interfaces (bnep0 and pppd0) specified, if uncommented the abovementioned line, samba didn't work.

money tracker - Zaif

i use this as my money tracker while i'm on broad for biz or leisure. btw, this is not a perfect travel assistance as this does not support currency and the input is a bit inconvenient. however, before i found a more powerful tools, this is the best one that i've found (except the commercial software TravelPro).

Takahiro's inside out - Zaif

the software does not have an option for data deletion. however, the data is saved as:

/home/zaurus/Documents/application/zaif/data_yyyymm.xml

where yyyy = year and mm = month of the data

deleting the files will erase the data.

password manager - ZSafe

freeware to encrypt and save your passwords and user ids.

download: http://z-soft.z-portal.info/zsafe/index.html

chinese input keyboard - ckeyboard

a must-installed chinese input ckeyboard. support wildcard "*" for changjie.

download: http://www.kol.com.tw/racklin/zaurus/dl/CKeyboard_1.05_all.ipk

classic game - prboom

prboom - a Doom clone on z. follow the steps to make it work properly in c760:

for the game engine, download:

prboom
doomdemo - for gui
libsdl-image (1.2.5 cvs)
libsdl-net (1.2.5cvs)
libsdl (zports version)
libsdl-mixer (zports version)

don't use 1.2.6cvs as listed.

also, it needs .wad files to run:

freeware version
doomII

some frequently visited zaurus sites - (1)

here is a list of my favourite z sites:

Zaurus User Group
Zaurus Software Index
http://zaurus.spy.org/ - many useful links
http://zaurus.cis92.net/plps/ - chinese discussion forum with efonts

a best free gui text editor - ZEditor

can't stand with vi? ZEditor should be installed once after you have newly flashed rom

download at:
http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/satoshic/dw_engzd.htm

dictionary - ZBEDic

of course, dictionary is a very important app for a PDA (or i should call PMT - Personal Mobile Tool). for z, there is a freeware dictionary app: ZBEDic

the app and dictionary databases (with many languages) can be downloaded at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bedic

file manager - Tree!Explorer Qt

a gui file manager that is a must for Z:

http://hpcgi2.nifty.com/taku2001/zau/texplorerqt/top.cgi
this is a freeware and there is a commercial version which is more powerful. see the same page.

pdf viewer - qpdf

a good pdf viewer, pdf file size < 2MB

download at: 2.2.1-beta5-FreeType-T1lib対応修正版

to display simplified and traditional chinese, install the following as well:

http://www.kol.com.tw/racklin/zaurus/dl/qpdf-cj_20030222_all.ipk

free hand write pad - FreeNoteQt

a very good freehand note taker.

download at: http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=1736

ebook reader - JustReader

a great ebook reader with full C7x0 support

downloaded here: http://justreader.sourceforge.net/

a great calendar app - Kopi

it's a brilliant calendar app, which can sync with sharp standard dtm calendar and hence indirectly sync with ms outlook

download at:http://www.pi-sync.net/html/download.html
download also alarm applet and dtm addr book applet as well

in using kopi, it has to disable sharp datebook alarm to avoid duplication. here is the instruction:

renamed /home/QtPalmtop/bin/datebook

e.g.
/home/QtPalmtop/bin/datebook.original

Latest version is version 1.7.7.

create multiple playlist for music player

in default sharp music player, it will search the playlist under the path
/home/zaurus/Documents/.playlist

So, either create a playlist under the path

touch playlist2.m3u

OR

make a link to your playlist

ln -s /mnt/card/Music_Files/SD_Playlist.m3u SD_Playlist.m3u

auto clock calibration

i've added the following line in /home/etc/ppp/ip-up for auto clock calibration to HK Observatory clock

ntpdate stdtime.gov.hk

ntpdate can be downloaded here.

login scripts for easy use

after terminal login, i usually change the following login script for convenient use:

(1) by default, the user is zaurus.
/home/zaurus/.profile
if [-f ~/.bashrc]; then
. ~/.bashr;
fi
su

that makes the login change to root automatically

(2) adding some useful alias
/home/zaurus/.bashrc
PS1="[\u@\w]\$ "
alias ff="find / | grep"
alias la="ls -a"

(3) copy /home/zaurus/.bashrc to /home/root

stable BT connection w/ cacko rom v1.21a

well, in using cacko rom, the BT drivers became unstable with Nokia CF card. After a loooooooong trial, i've found that changing the clock speed help improving the stability.

echo xxx > /proc/cccr_change
where xxx =
162 overclock
161 default (PXA255)
242 normal
241 default (PXA250)
121 power saving
(referring to /home/zaurus/Settings/freqchange.conf)
putting this command to ip-up (xxx = 121) and ip-down (xxx = 161) help to maintain a stable BT connection during web browsing and email.