Re: OZ instability/performance C3100

Hi again, 

Thanks for your replies! 

> > I have several issues:
> > - When I turn my device on, it turns itself off again after 5-10
> > seconds. After a few attempts it will stay on.
>
> I've noticed this myself on my C3000. It doens't happen as often any
> more. I think it has to do with the number and length of power button
> presses. Since you're new to this your experiences with different
> lengths of presses would be good.

Yes, I've figured out that a short tap on the power button helps. This should 
be adressed though, there is nothing more annoying than fiddling to get your 
zaurus to stay on when you need to make a quick note. It looks like the 
system percieves a press to the powerbuttons as several presses so it turns 
off right away.

> > - It is incredibly slow compared to the cacko ROM.
>
> Slow? I've always seen OZ as faster than Sharp, expecially after the
> switch to softfloat. What exactly do you see as slow? The first boot
> will of course take a while as it's setting up lots of packages.
> Further boots will be much faster (if you even ned to reboot).

It is not the boot that bothers me, I reboot it only every 3 months or 
something so that is not the problem. As Samuel also noticed, it takes 5-10 
seconds to get it to respond to anything when you take it off standby.

> > - Battery consumption is much higher.
>
> This is an interesting observation. What kind of difference are you
> seeing? Perhaps Richard Purdie (our kernel hacker) could comment on
> this.

My system also loses power when switched off, but also uses more power when it 
is operating. I think the loss of power when switched off might be related to 
the powerbutton problem. (I've found it turned on in my pocket a few times)
The extra power consumption when operating might be related to the harddisk. 
The Cacko ROM is in flash and hardly ever uses the harddisk. The Hardisk eats 
lots of power compared to the rest of the zaurus i think.

> > - I cant seem to find a good audiobook player. (Had Kino2 on the cacko
> > rom, but that depends on some Sharp libraries the author told me) (Now,
> > I use XMMS, but the buttons are really small (uses only part of the
> > screen) and the power is turned off when i close the clamshell.)
>
> What format do you need to play? I use mpd for music playing myself
> with the ncmpc frontend. If you run GPE you can use gmpc or glurp as a
> frontend.

I've tried the mpd with ncmpc and it looks very promising. I cant seem to find 
any documentation though. Can you point me to any?

> > - Programs hang (the biggest problem is kopi, because i've lost
> > appointments)
>
> I haven't used kopi in a while. How/when is it hanging? It *should* be
> working, as should everything else.

The kopi hanging problem has not occurred recently. I do get error messages 
that it cannot save its data when I try to shut it down. A while later, it 
can save its data though.

> > I really do love the much more current software on OZ and the larger
> > choice of software so any help is very much appreciated!!
>
> Perhaps you should try gpe and see if it works better for you?

I might, but I like the looks of opie. I'll try if i can get these problems 
resolved first... :)

Thanks, Ger.


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