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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
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<title>Revol: Linux on the Psion Revo</title>
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</head>
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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="black" vlink="black">
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<h1>Revol</h1>
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<a href="index.html">Main</a> |
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<a href="sshot.html">Screenshots</a> |
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<a href="faq.html">FAQ</a> |
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<a href="download.html">Downloads</a> |
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<a href="links.html">Links</a> |
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<a href="dev.html">Development Stuff</a> |
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<a href="pkgdesc/pkglist.html">Packages</a>
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<hr>
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<h3> FAQ </h3>
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<ul>
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<li> <b> Did you write this? </b>
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<p>
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Well, not really. Its related to <a href="http://psilinux.org/">Psilinux</a>
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which is a project to port linux to Psions.
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When I started, the port to the Revo was pretty much
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complete, but no decent distribution existed for it (though there were
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some for the Revo+).
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The focus of Psilinux is on the 5MX, so
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I put this distribution together to better support the Revo.
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</p>
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<li> <b> Can I keep all my existing files in EPOC while I try linux? </b>
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<p>
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Any files on your palmtop will be lost when you boot linux. It is advised
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that you make backups of any essential files before you install. You will
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need quite a bit of free space for the install, so you may have to delete
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some files to install.
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</p>
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<li> <b> How can I change virtual terminal? </b>
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<p>
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The 'menu' key is generally the same as the 'alt' key on PC
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keyboards. You can switch console by pressing menu-1,2,3 etc.
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Similarly, pressing ctrl-menu-backspace equates to ctrl-alt-del
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and will cause init to reboot the system.
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</p>
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<p>
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Console 1 provides a default shell, you can start extra shells on
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consoles 2-5. Consoles 9 and 10 show the syslog output and kernel
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messages.
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</p>
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<li> <b> How do I type a pipe (|) ? </b>
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<p>
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Fn-T.
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</p>
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<li> <b> You always run as root! Dont you know this is bad practice? </b>
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Maybe on desktop/server machines, but this is a PDA. I decided it was
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pointless to bother with multiple users on a palmtop. If you damage
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the system, you can simply install it again fairly quickly.
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</p>
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<li> <b> Why does the filesystem have a peculiar layout? </b>
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I wanted to keep the filesystem simple so the layout is slightly different to
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a normal linux distribution. I have tried to keep it generally similar to
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the usual layout, however.
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</p>
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<li> <b> How do I start PicoGUI? </b>
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From the console, type 'P'. This should automatically start PicoGUI.
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</p>
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<li> <b> How do I change the PicoGUI theme? </b>
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Edit /etc/pgserver.conf and change the themes= line. There are several
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themes to choose from in /pgui/themes.
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</p>
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<li> <b> How can I set up a serial connection to my desktop linux machine? </b>
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There is a copy of pppd included which you can use to set up a PPP link
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if you wish. However, I usually use the simpler SLIP protocol.
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</p>
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<p>
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Firstly, on your desktop machine (you need SLIP support in the kernel
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or the SLIP kernel modules loaded), execute the following commands as
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root:
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</p>
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<pre>
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slattach -s 115200 /dev/ttyS0 &
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ifconfig sl0 10.0.2.1 pointopoint 10.0.2.2
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</pre>
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<p>
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(This assumes the revo cradle is on COM1, substitute ttyS0 for your
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serial port otherwise)
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</p>
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Next, on the Revo, simply execute /bin/connect. This performs similar
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commands to the ones above to set up the link on the Revo side.
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Hopefully, if the link is running you should be able to test the link
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by pinging the revo (ip 10.0.2.2) from the desktop machine. You can
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perform simple transfers between the desktop and revo using netcat
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(nc).
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</p>
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<li> <b> Shouldnt this be called GNU/Linux? </b>
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<p>
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Actually, no. The argument for GNU/Linux is that most linux systems
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are a modified version of the GNU system which has been around for
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longer than linux has. However, Revol uses embedded versions of
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the standard parts of the operating system normally provided
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by GNU tools (uclibc instead of glibc, busybox instead of the GNU
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fileutils etc). So Revol is a non-GNU linux system and it would be
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incorrect to call it GNU/Linux.
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</p>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<a href="mailto:fraggle@nospam.alkali.org">Simon Howard</a>. <br>
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I am not associated with Psion Digital.
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