''[MGS]'' [[2003/05/23]] - I wanted to start a page collecting information about running Tcl/Tk on the Sharp Zaurus [PDA]s. In particular, I have grand designs on the newly-announced SL-C760.

''[escargo]'' - Isn't there a slight problem since these were announced for the '''Japanese'''
market[http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/030516.html]? 
(The primary problem being software and hardware are for the Japanese mobile phone network.)

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Framebuffer Vs X11

The Zaurus uses the framebuffer and Qt. [[Add more info]].

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Running X11 on Zaurus

You will need X11 for the Zaurus which you can get at [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zaurus/x11zaurus_0.8_arm.ipk?download].

1.  Unzip zx64.zip somewhere on your Zaurus (CF, SD, etc...)
2.  Install X11 for the Zaurus
3.  Reboot your Z
4.  Press your /  on the keyboard to select the boot prompt.
5.  Select A and log into your Zaurus
6.  Type X to start X11

X11 on the Zaurus works great but conflicts with Qtopia over power management. Here are some solutions from Zaurus Zone's forum:

 After installing X11 for the Zaurus, open the file :
  /usr/local/Xredir/etc/zapmd
and commented out
  /usr/local/bin/zapmd (just add an #at the beginning of the line).

or here is another one

1. I added a # at the beginning of each line in
  /usr/local/Xredir/etc/rc.d/init.d/ztsd
and
  /usr/local/Xredir/etc/rc.d/init.d/zapmd

2. At the beginning of /usr/local/bin/wm I added 3 lines
  /usr/local/bin/ztsd &
  /usr/local/bin/zapmd &
  sleep 2

(the sleep may not be needed, or possibly could be reduced)

3. At the end of /usr/local/bin/wm I added 2 lines
  killall zapmd
  killall ztsd

4. I was still having problems with ice's config. So I ran
  ln -s /usr/local/Xredir/usr/local/lib/x11/icewm .icewm
in /home/root
(somehow icewm wasn't finding its setting at this original location)

With these settings, I can switch between qtopia and X. I drop out of Qtopia using the terminate qtopia butting in the Shutdown app.

I hit /? then 'a' during the countdown to drop to a prompt

I run:
wm

after I logout of icewm, I type exit to drop back into Qtopia.

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Compiling Tcl and Tk for Zaurus

[[Add more info]].

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'''Links'''

   * Sharp SL-5500 - http://www.sharpusa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,698,00.html
   * Sharp SL-5600 - http://www.sharpusa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,1016,00.html
   * Zaurus Developer site - http://www.zaurus.com/dev
   * How to docs for the Sharp Zaurus - http://docs.zaurus.com
   * IPKG How to for Sharp Zaurus - http://docs.zaurus.com/index.php?id=ipkg_howto
   * http://ezaurus.com/
   * SL-C750 and SL-C760 press release [http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/030516.html]
   * ipkg feed of tcl and tk arm binaries for linux iPAQ and Zaurus [http://members.chello.nl/~k.vangelder/ipaq/feed/], current only 8.3.4
   * tclkit arm binaries for 8.4.1 [http://www.equi4.com/pub/tk/8.4.1/tclkit-linux-arm.gz]
   * X11 for Zaurus [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zaurus/x11zaurus_0.8_arm.ipk?download]
   * Zaurus Zone  http://www.zauruszone.com/
   * Zaurus XFree86 [http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=591]

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