[Linux-7110-psion] New, and interested....

[Keith O'C. <kei...@bl...>]

Hi,

I have just found this project and am interested in getting Linux running on my 5mx. I have a 128 cf card and a pcmcia adaptor lying around, so I guess I have all the hardware I need. I have trawled through the howto and the message archive, but still have some rudimentary questions. You have to bear in mind that I am just a user and not a developer.

1: I have tried two of the distributions DPKG & IPKG and had them both working. It seems that the IPKG is the one being activly developed, so that is the one to go with. Is this correct?

2: The DPKG distro defaulted to a readable font, whereas the IPKG distro remains at 40 lines after installation. The howto section dealing with screen fonts refers to a program called "consolchars" which is not installed as part of IPKG. How should I change the font size in the IPKG distro?

3: I downloaded the IPKG "feed" directory on to my machine and want to install some other programs from it onto the Psion, but I am at a loss as to how to do it, and cannot find any docs (ipkg -h is not enough for me I'm afraid) Am I supposed to install additional programs while the CF card is in the Psion or in the laptop? How?

4: I joined this mailing list a week ago and there is very little traffic. Is this a low volume list, or is there active discussions elsewhere?

If after reading this it is obvious that there are documents that I have not read, then just point me at them!

Keith.
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