supereater14 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 I got it to work now, thank you. I have a problem when I start x I can't right click (the square) so I have to restart to drop back to terminal. Also can't seem to get wifi, have WEP so I do iwconfig eth1 essid "<error 411>" key s:<key_here> then dhclient eth1 and get no IP... For the right click thing, you have to move the mouse before you can right click. You also have to be holding down the smiley face button while you click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 If anybody knows why I can't turn off my zipit would you please tell me how. After I flashed it the first time I have to take out the battery to turn it off. Thank you in advance! you just have to press the reset button in the side with something small and sharp (i use mechanical pencil lead) you can also use the shutdown command at the prompt, but it takes a minute or two to actually shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSuperman Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 you just have to press the reset button in the side with something small and sharp (i use mechanical pencil lead) you can also use the shutdown command at the prompt, but it takes a minute or two to actually shut down. I prefer to run init 0 to shutdown my zipit. Quicker to type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro-Starr Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 For the right click thing, you have to move the mouse before you can right click. You also have to be holding down the smiley face button while you click. Thanks that worked for me, don't know if they mentioned that or not (maybe implied). Has anybody tried zipit on WEP-based wifi or WPA-based? Like the "init 0", works really fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSuperman Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Thanks that worked for me, don't know if they mentioned that or not (maybe implied). Has anybody tried zipit on WEP-based wifi or WPA-based? Like the "init 0", works really fast. I am connected to a WPA AP right now on my Zipit. You do realize that you cannot connect to a WPA/WPA2 AP with the iwconfig line that was given to you before, right? You must use wpa_supplicant for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro-Starr Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 OMG I was doing it wrong! I don't know why I was trying to say the passwd was a string (the key s:) as WEP doesn't do strings. So basically get rid of "s:" and it works. Now if "chmod +777" libertas helped, I don't know. Funny how such a simple thing can throw lots of people off! lol I was actually attempting to connect via WEP btw, but how would you get wpa_supplicant if you can't get online just incase others might inquire about it? Thank you to everybody that replied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSuperman Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 OMG I was doing it wrong! I don't know why I was trying to say the passwd was a string (the key s:) as WEP doesn't do strings. So basically get rid of "s:" and it works. Now if "chmod +777" libertas helped, I don't know. Funny how such a simple thing can throw lots of people off! lol I was actually attempting to connect via WEP btw, but how would you get wpa_supplicant if you can't get online just incase others might inquire about it? Thank you to everybody that replied! I think my device came with the wpa_supplicant installed already. I cannot remember for sure though. Type wpa_cli --help and see if anything comes up. If you get a help page, well then it is already installed. If not, just change your AP to WEP and login, do an apt-get install wpa_supplicant, then change your AP back to WPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 i use mine with WEP encrypted wifi type iwconfig eth1 key mykey during wireless setup to use it p.s. this was posted from my zipit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSuperman Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 i use mine with WEP encrypted wifi type iwconfig eth1 key mykey during wireless setup to use it p.s. this was posted from my zipit A little off topic, but what web browser are you using? Links2 has been my favorite, but doesn't do javascript. Elinks doesn't have a graphics mode so doesn't show images. Dillo is ok. Everything else that I have used is not lightweight enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 i use elinks and dillo too. i tried iceweasel, but it took FOREVER to load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro-Starr Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I attempted to install wpasupplicant (found out it's not wpa_supplicant), but it said already installed. I don't know if it was because I updated the Open Zipit OS. I created a new thread for you guys to post what you use and such if you'd like to post there, kinda get it going =]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Does anybody know how to make it standby when the lid is closed and/or get a battery monitor working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 does anybody know what the ^ key is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dаrren Kitchen Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 For the wireless firmware, got here: http://cozybit.com/projects/gspi8686/ and rename them as Hunter says. These work so much better than the stock drivers that came on my Zipit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 (edited) a little off topic, but you can get a ssh server running on the zipit with the following commands: apt-get install ssh /usr/sbin/sshd -q now you don't have to use that tiny keyboard all the time! Yay! Edited March 2, 2010 by supereater14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdole369 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 a little off topic, but you can get a ssh server running on the zipit with the following commands: apt-get install ssh /usr/sbin/sshd -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config -q now you don't have to use that tiny keyboard all the time! Yay! I had a bit of an issue doing this: I'm using the rootnexus userland. http://zipit.rootnexus.org/ I needed to get into terminal and SU to root. Segmentation Faultsts... Found some files in /var/cache/apt/*.bin which I deleted. Now any apt-gets take like 2 hours to get to 98%, then segmentation fault again. Just my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I had a bit of an issue doing this: I'm using the rootnexus userland. http://zipit.rootnexus.org/ I needed to get into terminal and SU to root. Segmentation Faultsts... Found some files in /var/cache/apt/*.bin which I deleted. Now any apt-gets take like 2 hours to get to 98%, then segmentation fault again. Just my experience. I'm using aliosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdole369 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm using aliosa Noting that. I used side-track, and was able to easily install and run prboom and openssh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmist! Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 so i performed this hack on 2 zipits and the firmware for the wireless drivers haven't copied over on either i tried the previous link to the 3rd party link but they dont work either. any other links to the wireless files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supereater14 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 If you have wireless working, I discovered that wireshark works great on the zipit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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