Don't know how to get files on my Opie iPAQ

[Mark]

Hello,

I got an old iPAQ 3760 for free, so I want to see what possible with linux. I
could install the booloader and the latest familiar+opie package - really
great no problems at all.
I could set up the connection to internet over usb to my kubuntu desktop and I
can log in via ssh: cool.
I did ipkg install opie-mediaplayer2, sucessfully.
But now I have no idea how to continue: How can I copy some .mp3 file from my
desktop to the opie ipaq?
I wanted to move the files via ftp, so I tried

***@h3600:~# ipkg install oftpd
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package oftpd.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
***@h3600:~# ipkg install atftp
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Collected errors:
Cannot find package atftp.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
***@h3600:~#        

Any suggestions out there whats the easiest way?

Thanks in advance

  Mark

[Andrew Browning]

Post by Mark
Hello,
I got an old iPAQ 3760 for free, so I want to see what possible with linux. I
could install the booloader and the latest familiar+opie package - really
great no problems at all.
I could set up the connection to internet over usb to my kubuntu desktop and I
can log in via ssh: cool.
I did ipkg install opie-mediaplayer2, sucessfully.
But now I have no idea how to continue: How can I copy some .mp3 file from my
desktop to the opie ipaq?
I wanted to move the files via ftp, so I tried
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Cannot find package oftpd.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Cannot find package atftp.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Any suggestions out there whats the easiest way?

...

If you can log in over ssh, then you should be able to copy the files
via scp without installing any additional software on either end.

from your home directory, assuming your iPAQ has IP 192.168.0.2:

$ scp Desktop/*.mp3 ***@192.168.0.2:/path/to/storage

or from your iPAQ, assuming your desktop has IP 192.168.0.1 and your
username is 'user':

***@h3600:~# scp ***@192.168.0.1:~/Desktop/*.mp3 .

This is from memory, so if you have trouble with the commands, consult
the scp man pages.

- Andrew

[Mark]

Hi,

works fine, thank you. Is there also a nice gui to copy files from Desktop
with the scp command?

Mark

Post by Andrew Browning

Post by Mark
Hello,
I got an old iPAQ 3760 for free, so I want to see what possible with
linux. I could install the booloader and the latest familiar+opie package
- really great no problems at all.
I could set up the connection to internet over usb to my kubuntu desktop
and I can log in via ssh: cool.
I did ipkg install opie-mediaplayer2, sucessfully.
But now I have no idea how to continue: How can I copy some .mp3 file
from my desktop to the opie ipaq?
I wanted to move the files via ftp, so I tried
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Cannot find package oftpd.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
Cannot find package atftp.
Check the spelling or perhaps run 'ipkg update'
Any suggestions out there whats the easiest way?

If you can log in over ssh, then you should be able to copy the files
via scp without installing any additional software on either end.
or from your iPAQ, assuming your desktop has IP 192.168.0.1 and your
This is from memory, so if you have trouble with the commands, consult
the scp man pages.
- Andrew

...

[Andrew Browning]

Post by Mark
Hi,
works fine, thank you. Is there also a nice gui to copy files from Desktop
with the scp command?

I do not know of any GUI for scp, but I have also never looked for
one. Maybe someone else knows of something.

- Andrew

[Paul Eggleton]

Post by Andrew Browning
I do not know of any GUI for scp, but I have also never looked for
one. Maybe someone else knows of something.

There's WinSCP if you're on Windows, and on Linux if you use KDE you can
simply use Konqueror with the fish:// protocol. However, you may find that
these tools will not work with the built-in SSH server (dropbear) because
they assume sftp is available and dropbear doesn't provide it. You can
remove dropbear and install the full OpenSSH package instead to get around
this.

FYI Opie has a built-in FTP server running on port 4242. Login will be
root and password I suspect can be anything but must begin with "Qtopia"
or "rootme". You'll need to enable syncing in the Security settings for
the address that you're connecting from, and I think it will also ask you
the first time you connect if the connection should be allowed.

Cheers,
Paul