Friday, January 02, 2004

I installed OpenSSH for the Cacko X11 ROM but sshd didn't run. I fixed the problem by running the following after installation: ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N '' ssh-keygen -d -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N '' ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N '' Once this was done I could run 'sshd' and ssh to the Zaurus from my desktop PC. Adding the following line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config enabled X11 forwarding: X11Forwarding yes This enables me to ssh from my desktop to the Zaurus and run X applications on the Zaurus but they display on the desktop. Effectively allowing remote use of the Zaurus. To do this you need to run 'ssh' with the -X option: ssh -X -l user machine.address.com 3:34:16 PM

Krzysztof Kowalczyk does a roundup of IMAP capable email clients. The pick of choice is Thunderbird. I also use Thunderbird for IMAP and it's quite good. The Cacko X11 ROM for the Zaurus uses Sylpheed which appears to support IMAP as well. I'll be trying it out as I've yet to find a really good IMAP email client for the Zaurus. The email client that came with the Sharp ROM was terrible. It attempted to download your entire IMAP mail archive which in my case has no chance of fitting on something as small as a PDA. I most often prefer using the web based interface of Fastmail. 12:28:28 PM