Easy Way To Get Gp2x On The 'net ..

[torpor]

.. if you've got an sl5500+wlan card, you can rig it up to your gp2x with pppd over /dev/ttys0 and get yourself a new NFS /mnt .. weird idea, but i guess i'm gonna give it a try until USB gets fixed ..

 

[God Ginrai]

wait... what?

Could you elaborate a bit more?

 

[Paradox]

yeah, USB is fucking useless at the moment, why did they bother putting USB in it when you cant do shit with it.

 

[beanfarmer]

hay man how are you going to rig a compact flash card up to the 2x? also you will still need a driver for the 2x other than that gd luck

 

[whiskthecat]

Well i didnt understand any of that but if your getting internet on you g[2x plz send screenshots!

 

[beanfarmer]

i dont think hes got it working, ive just been googleing and what hes suggesting is that he is going to use a cf card from a sharp PDA that runs on linux (also has an arm prosessor) my question is how is he going to get the cf card in his gp2x, i wish him luck as i want wifi NOW!!!!

edit: bad spelling that I could see lol

 

[Alex.]

yeah, USB is fucking useless at the moment, why did they bother putting USB in it when you cant do shit with it.

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They're bound to add a proper USB driver come firmware 9.2.1 God I'm happy with my 32 :lol:

- Alex

 

[beanfarmer]

you know if if wasnt for ./ wed be on 9.2.1

 

[Wolfspirit]

No. I think what he is going to do is get on the internet with his sharp zaurus and then connect the zaurus to the gp2x via a serial cable. Then he will share the internet connection with the gp2x via the serial cable.

 

[icurafu]

you know if if wasnt for ./ wed be on 9.2.1

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wtf is dotslash?

 

[G Morgan]

./ is the command for running just about any binary in Linux. For example if you had a program prog.o you'd type ./prog.o to get it running.

 

[Hanz™]

you know if if wasnt for ./ wed be on 9.2.1

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wtf is dotslash?

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I think he mean't to write.

You know if it wasn't for /. we'd be on version 9.2.1 by now.

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Which unfortunately is still incorrect. Even without the sarcasm.
/. = slashdot [the website]

Edit: I don't have a problem with dyslexic people btw. Just get annoyed with all the people that try and blame GPH's problems on slashdot.
Scathing I know.

 

[Aimless_E]

./ is the command for running just about any binary in Linux. For example if you had a program prog.o you'd type ./prog.o to get it running.

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Don't mean to offend you but "./" is not a command its a syntax for the shell basicaly your saying "in this directory run this program" its a relative path not a command.

Just thought I'd clear that up for you linux noobies.

 

[torpor]

yeah, here's how it'll work:

sl5500+wlan card : on the internet already, no sweat.
<---- serial cable ----> gp2x : needs my new kernel, pppd, and a script


the gp2x connects to the sl5500 over serial, establishes a ppp connection, now has its own little 'network' between the sl5500 and itself. the sl5500 then acts as a bridge to the WLAN, and oila: the gp2x has itself some internet love!

lets see if i can get it working this week, just for the fun of it .. but if it does work, its (to me) a viable way to get gp2x network gaming up and running, for those who have the hardware ...

 

[Paradox]

how much does this sl5500 thing cost and what exactly is it

 

[saboteur]

Sharp Zaurus SL5500, it's a linux based PDA with a pull out keyboard. Nice little unit. U can usualy pick em up on ebay for around 100 to 150 gbp.

Cheers

 

[lucoxade]

Has anyone got pppd working on the gp2x yet?

 

[racoon]

I think effort should rather be put into getting an SDIO Wifi card (some drivers are floating around there) working with the GP2X or simply let GPH build one .

Not meaning to offend you, do what you want in your spare time, but I doubt it would be useful for many people .