Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000 Instruction Manual page 17

my Zaurus SL-C3000 and SL-C3100
Most information about the SL-C3000 found on the net is in Japanese and a lot of the instructions
out there are for earlier models of the Zaurus. Although a lot of that info is still valid because the
C3000 is backward compatible with lots of the older models not everything works. Since the C3000
is newer, it has extra capabilities those guides do not mention. Also sometimes things that worked
in the older version do not work on the C3000 anymore due to it being implemented differently on
the C3000. This guide is intended specifically for the SL-C3000 model (also sometimes referred to
as Spitz) but a lot of the info can also be applied to similar models. Most of the information will also
apply to the SL-C3100 (also known as Borzoi) since the two models are very similar. In some areas,
however, there are significant differences between these two models and those will be highlighted.
Some of the customisations require additional files which should be downloaded first. Create a
folder called custom on a CF/SD card or via the USB connection to /home/zaurus/Documents and
copy these customisation files
have been transferred to /home/zaurus/Documents/custom
The first thing you probably need to do is to install a terminal/console application and backup your
Zaurus. These instructions are primarily for the Sharp distro/ROM, although most of it can be used
for Cacko as well.
Essential Packages
The following are applications and utilities that I consider absolutely essential and must have
packages:
qkonsole - a terminal console with multiple tabs (sessions), scrollbars, colour selection, history
and fonts
keyhelper - allows you to customise and reassign keys
c3000-custom-jaen - add English text to the menus and tabs
opie-sh and/or qshdlg - shell enhancement for dialog and input boxes (required by some apps)
sudo - enhances security if used correctly (needed by some apps)
unicodefonts-verdana - extra font with extended character set and rotatable
automounter-c3000 - enables automatic mounting of loop and USB devices
Tetsu's special kernel - an enhanced kernel for Sharp ROM/distro that fixes some annoying
bugs and improves performance as well
The following are very useful applications that I would also always install:
applets that appear in the taskbar
clipboard-applet - allows you to cut and paste between application
qpe-suspendapplet - allows you to enable and disable suspend temporarily
tasklistapplet - allows you to select running applications from a list
memoryapplet - allows you to manage swap files and view memory usage
combbattery-applet - allows you to manage and monitor power settings as well as overclock
and underclock
These libraries are often needed by several applications and should be installed to satisfy most
generic dependencies:
libraries
kmicrokdelibs - [kmicrokdelibs_2.1.2_arm.ipk]
libfloat - [libfloat_1.0_arm.ipk]
libiconv - [libiconv_1.8-2_arm.ipk]
libncurses - [libncurses_5.0_arm.ipk]
libpng3 - [libpng3_1.2.4-1_arm.ipk]
libsdl - [libsdl_1.2.5-slzaurus20050731_arm.ipk]
qpe-libqtopia - [qpe-libqtopia_1.6.0-13_arm.ipk]
openssl - [openssl_0.9.7d_arm.ipk]
zlib - [zlib_1.2.2-1_arm.ipk]
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into that folder. Most the instructions below assume that the files
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