Restoring wlan-ng.conf, no "sdmgr" problem....

Thanks for the reply , I'm learning basic linux commands/structure little by little, but all that I know about .tar is that its a type of compression, right? Sorry to be so helpless but could you explain the steps further? Also I'm assuming that this is something that I can perform without reading from a card given my situation. Thanks a lot.

Yes, tar is a compression program, much like zip in Windows. The first item after the tar command is a set of flags: x=extract, v=verbose, f=filename specified (Tar was originally designed to work on tape units in Unix, hence its name "Tape ARchive"). The second item is the name & path of the tar file. The following items are a list of files to extract from the archive -- in this case just the home/etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf file.

Can't think of any reason at the moment why it wouldn't work for you. I'll have to think it over...

That's ROM 3.1x and I'm on 2.38 using dialup so rather clueless.

Did you do a search at oesf to see what other people did there?

If those unfinished jobs are old, I would kill them. Maybe start another thread about using the command line to do stuff? Also see the stuff I have on my two sites for newbies?

Ah, bunch of stuff with the following search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=orinoco+driver+zaurus...

sdjf

I have more time now, so I can give you the URL of my command line newbie page:

http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/new.html

It has annotated links to what I think are the best places to go for people who aren't techies to learn stuff. And gives URLs of the relevant page(s) in my blog as well.

I really like the article I used when I got back into the computer world again, called something like "learn unix in 10 minutes." It's a really good starting place.

You might also look at the hints I give on my console tutorial page about troubleshooting.

http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/tutorial.html

I try really hard on the site to explain stuff instead of expecting people to know it all, although it's harder to do on the ipk installation page, which is so complex.

Anyhow, I think the most important thing to do is post exact copy of commandline activity so people can help better diagnose. If you are at least set up to sync with a main computer, you could copy and paste console stuff into a file, sync to main computer, and post from there.

Another really helpful place to go would be irc.freenode.net for chat, where you can get instant feedback. Folks on the channels there have helped me over some rough spots, a whole lot. Catch is that their tolerance for people who haven't done their homework by reading the man page and trying stuff out first is extremely limited.

People on #zaurus should be understanding if anyone is actively reading. And, since the commands are bash commands, after you read the man page for the relevant command (and get royally confused), #bash is a good place to go for clarity and suggestions for helpful webpages.

sdjf

Gosh, I have no trouble with vi on my Collie, but maybe that is because I do not use visual mode in vi. I use it to enter stuff, but often pop back out into command mode to do a lot of stuff.

See, I am kind of a nerd about syncing and firewalls as I've never done it, all I have on site is my Zaurus, and all the ssh I do is via my modem on the web to my friends' Linux machines.

The idea of a secure shell sounds right, but that's a shakey area for me. I just know I do fine with vi, like it better than all the other editors I have as I can enter global commands. But the 47 character display is definitely a problem. I have learned to NOT use command line append :a or insert :i modes as the version I have doesn't save more than some of what I enter if I do long lines. Instead, I go into 'append' or 'insert' in visual mode, and then I know the text I enter is secure, no matter how long the lines.

I used vi on Unix back when Linux didn't exist yet, and I recall getting very confused by the need to keep track of visual commands. Uh, maybe it was 'ed', or 'ex', but I like things that I can see in front of me while I work.

sdjf

Hmmm. If there isn't anything you need to hang on to, you could always do a hard reset (do you have a manual?) and start out with the unmodified ROM the way it came after you flashed it??

I'm getting lost about how far you've gotten, but I'm sure if you post in the Networking or in the Sharp ROM Forum, you'll get helpful response. I think oesf'ers can understand your getting lost and needing more detailed help. So many more people read both those subforums regularly.

You do need to get the sdmgr working again, and my 2.38 is most likely way different for that, it's better not to mess with files at this stage that aren't for your ROM as you can't make a backup the way stuff is now, right?

sdjf

Wow, nothing new for a day or two and now a whole bunch of info to read.... Thanks for the ideas

sdjf. If you want to post your wlan-ng.conf for comparison that would be great, because I think that I

just made some kind error with format or spacing etc. I'm going to do some more looking around in

subdirectories for that unpacked .conf as well. Thanks for the help.

you said:

" sdmgr[97]: no such device."

Let's see if you have the sdmgr for sure. The message may have meant no recognized sd card was inserted as of startup.

Do the following and copy exact results:

ls -l /sbin/sdmgr

find / -name sdmgr

I think it may be same locale as mine. If not, double check with the "find" command as above and that'll tell you if it's anywhere on your system. Let's see these results before I make more suggestions.

cheers

sdjf

I just noticed your additional posts, I tried to execute the command but my crappy original battery

died. I have my a/c charge at home and will try a little bit later today. Thanks for posting the .conf

and .opts files. Much appreciated. Just a side note, maybe the Zaurus is gaining in popularity,

every time I have been here there are a good number of guests. Interesting.

Okay, in order: -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 6316 Dec 31 1969 /sbin/sdmgr

and: /sbin/sdmgr

I'm not sure why, but I had to su to issue the second command. Otherwise it says permission denied

about 50 times. I have a Linksys WCF11 coming in the mail from China sometime pretty soon, and

just got an sl-5600 running OZ, so I might just devote time to making the network applicatons that

I'm interested in run on that instead. I know nothing about compiling, so that might be a bigger

hassle than the ones I have now. Sorry for the wait on those commands, and thanks again.