"Robert Stelmack" wrote in message
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> ...which had comments about the newer version that would reinstall the
> entry to reinstate the old battery link upon uninstall. I tried the
> newer one, but still have no battery indicator, even after unistall.
> The web site linked to from the Zaurus Software Index
> (www.killefiz.de/zaurus/) has a link to www.killefiz.de/zaurus where the
> battery source had a link to
> http://community.zaurus.com/download...erx-batteryapp[...],
> but today I can't get to it to try to figure out what I need to do to
> change the program or reinstall the link to get the older version
> functional.

The Community site is currently down as Sharp has decided to revamp the
whole zaurus.com site without telling anyone and without the current site
continuing :-(

> The download page did have this comment: "Advanced battery monitor based
> on Opie's batteryapplet. This applet estimates the time remaining based
> on the battery usage rate. This applet requires libopie and is not
> guaranteed to run on IPAQs. Hint: To get a different applet view,
> tap-and-hold the applet icon until the perentage view is displayed."
>
> Now I am not that familiar with this Zaurus and don't know what
> "libopie" refers to so this might be a clue to someone that knows a
> Zaurus better than me.

OPIE is the completely open-source alternative to Qtopia:
http://opie.handhelds.org

libopie is a common library that most Opie originating apps need. To install
this and other Opie apps on a Sharp ROM, use this feed:
http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/sharprom/latest/ (Don't go installing
everything though. There are still some incompatible packages)

If you want to get back to the original battery applet, run the following
commands as root:

cd /home/QtPalmtop/plugins/applets
ln -sf /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/plugins/applets/libbatteryapplet.so.1.0.0
libbatteryapplet.so.1.0.0
ln -sf libbatteryapplet.so.1.0.0 libbatteryapplet.so.1.0
ln -sf libbatteryapplet.so.1.0.0 libbatteryapplet.so.1
ln -sf libbatteryapplet.so.1.0.0 libbatteryapplet.so

Then restart Qtopia

HTH

Colin

Robert Stelmack wrote:

>
> It shows installed, but no ICON shows up like the old battery
> indicator.

It probably is installed. As Colin said, you need to start Qtopia to get
the icons for some new apps to appear.

Thanks Daryn. I think I'd better learn to crawl on this Zaurus before I go
off and start reconfiguring it. I don't want to install Qtopia until I am
more familiar with this PDA.

I did some search on the Zaurus and found some files that dealt with this
battery issue. They were in /home/root/usr/lib/ipkg/info

Launcher-batteryapplet.control
Launcher-batteryapplet.postinst
Launcher-batteryapplet.postrm
Launcher-batteryapplet.preinst

The "control" file had the name JOSIAH BRYAN in it and it shows the
"Conflicts: opie-batteryapplet-ipaq" I did a search for Josiah Bryan and
sent an email to the two email addresses I found for him. Perhaps he could
answer my question. If you "Daryn" happen to know what needs to be done to
restore the Zaurus back to the old battery that would be greatly
apprieciated.

I'm just an old Unix user that has been away from Unix too long and working
on real-time proprietary computer systems.

Sorry to trouble your busy day.

"Daryn" wrote in message
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>
>
> Robert Stelmack wrote:
>
> >
> > It shows installed, but no ICON shows up like the old battery
> > indicator.
>
> It probably is installed. As Colin said, you need to start Qtopia to get
> the icons for some new apps to appear.
>

Josiah was kind enough to educate me so I would like to pass along his
response and fix to the original query:

-----Original Message-----
From: Josiah Bryan [mailto:josiahbryan@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:42 AM
To: Stelmack, Robert H
Subject: RE: Zaurus SL-5500 Battery Program query

Greetings
Yes, the community.zaurus.com site seems to be experiencing a lot of trouble
recently. I'll admit, i'm the one who wrote that battery applet. I applogize
for the trouble it has caused you. In the first version of the install file,
I forgot to make provision for uninstalling the applet, therefore the
install script effectively overwrites the symlink from the built-in ROM
batteryapplet. The good news is that it is possible to get the original
battery applet back and working. Now, I am just writing this from memory, as
I don't have the original zaurus ROM on my zaurus right now - im using Opie,
therefore the filesystems are slightly different. The good thing about the
original ROM is that the flash memory in the sharp ROM is read-only, which
means that an errant applet install (like mine) won't _really_ damage much.
Therefore, to get the original battery applet back, from Konsole (or telnet
into your Zaurus):

First,

# ln /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/plugins/applets/libbatteryapplet.so*

This is to make sure you know where the original applet is. I _think_ that
is the right path, I might be wrong. It is in a folder i believe located at
/usr/QtPalmtop.rom. I'm not sure of the exact structure of the folders under
QtPalmtop.rom, but it likely is in plugins/applets. Either way, look for the
libraries "libbatteryapplet.so*" under /usr/QtPalmtop.rom. Once you have the
absolute path where they are at..

# cd /opt/QtPalmtop/plugins/applets
# rm libbatteryapplet.so*

This removes my battery applet (or any other file with the name
libbatteryapplet.so*) so that you can symlink from the ROM to this RAM
location.

# ln -s /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/plugins/applets/libbatteryapplet.so* .

Make sure you use the _correct_ absolute path to the libbatteryapplet.so*
that you found up above, otherwise it will just create worthless symlinks.
You should now be back in business. You likely will have to restart Qtopia
for the applet to show up (start->Settings->Shutdown->Restart Qtopia) and
your original battery applet should be back in place. If it doesn't work,
let me knwo, and ill try to point you in a better direction.

A word of explanation about my original applet: You see, for the Zaurus
there are different ROMs that you can use - similar to the different
distributions of linux available for the desktop pc. These different ROMs
have slightly different filesystems, capabilities, etc. The ROM you are
likely using is the stock rom that shipped with the original zaurus,
probably Sharp 2.37 or somewhere around there. There are other ROMs that are
out there for the zaurus, just as there are other distros of linux out
there. One of the most popular alternative roms to the stock Sharp rom is
the Opie rom - an open source GUI and kernel for the zaurus. The Opie rom is
the rom toward which my applet was targeted. A key feature that the Opie rom
provides (which my applet depends on) is percentage-level accuracy in
battery reporting. If you've noticed, on the stock Sharp rom, it only
reports battery levels in 25% increments, whereas the Opie rom interpolates
battery usage down to 1% increments. My battery applet bases its etimation
of time remaining on simple average-percentage-over-time sampling of the
battery percetnage. Therefore, my applet likely will NOT work on the stock
Sharp rom, because the stock rom doesn't support such detailed battery
reporting.

If you have any other questions about the zaurus or about such applets,
please feel free to contact me -

~josiah
josiahbryan@hotmail.com

"Robert Stelmack" wrote in message
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> Thanks Daryn. I think I'd better learn to crawl on this Zaurus before I
go
> off and start reconfiguring it. I don't want to install Qtopia until I am
> more familiar with this PDA.
>
> I did some search on the Zaurus and found some files that dealt with this
> battery issue. They were in /home/root/usr/lib/ipkg/info
>
> Launcher-batteryapplet.control
> Launcher-batteryapplet.postinst
> Launcher-batteryapplet.postrm
> Launcher-batteryapplet.preinst
>
> The "control" file had the name JOSIAH BRYAN in it and it shows the
> "Conflicts: opie-batteryapplet-ipaq" I did a search for Josiah Bryan and
> sent an email to the two email addresses I found for him. Perhaps he
could
> answer my question. If you "Daryn" happen to know what needs to be done
to
> restore the Zaurus back to the old battery that would be greatly
> apprieciated.
>
> I'm just an old Unix user that has been away from Unix too long and
working
> on real-time proprietary computer systems.
>
> Sorry to trouble your busy day.
>
> "Daryn" wrote in message
> news:bvlqcf$m0t$1@apollo.nyed.circ2.dcn...
> >
> >
> > Robert Stelmack wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It shows installed, but no ICON shows up like the old battery
> > > indicator.
> >
> > It probably is installed. As Colin said, you need to start Qtopia to get
> > the icons for some new apps to appear.
> >
>
>