JF's security (and other things) log

Finally got my PDA (hx4700) to work with Linux in a way that I like. I did these steps (found on http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceWithUbuntu):

Add to sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ubuntu hardy main

Unloaded the rndis drivers:

# rmmod rndis_host cdc_ether usbnet

Moved the conflicting kernel drivers:

# mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/usb/{rndis_host,cdc_ether,usbnet}.ko ~/

Installed the new drivers:

# apt-get install usb-rndis-source cdbs
# module-assistant auto-install usb-rndis

Installed the required software:

# apt-get install odccm librra0-tools librapi2-tools

Then I added two lines to /etc/network/interfaces:

auto rndis0
iface rndis0 inet dhcp


Connected the PDA using the USB cable and ran synce-pstatus.


And I got a response Yay


Now I can vnc to the pda using a freely available pocketpc vnc server and a vnc client on the laptop and remotely use it on my laptop without having to get the pda, fill stuff in using the stylus and otherwise mucking around with it.


Now I just need to get my laptop to do some bridging so I can sync my PDA with online stuff