[E3-hacking] Running an IRC bot on the E3

[Jasmine Strong]

Sadly the E3's a bit underpowered for that kind of thing.  You could  
try Ekiga but it'll be really slow.

-J.

On 7 Aug 2008, at 00:00, Deli Geng (David) wrote:

> Sorry for hijacking this thread. I just wonder if there is any  
> chance to
> convert the E3 into a video conference station? If so, what software  
> do I
> need to install on E3? Many thanks, David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: e3-hacking-bounces at earth.li [mailto:e3-hacking- 
> bounces at earth.li] On
> Behalf Of Matt Callow
> Sent: 07 August 2008 00:47
> To: e3-hacking at earth.li
> Subject: Re: [E3-hacking] Running an IRC bot on the E3
>
>
> 2008/8/7 Jamie Powell <jamie_p84 at yahoo.com>:
>> Hi,
> Hi
>> I'm something of a Linux newbie so be generous. :)
>> I'm running busybox on my E3 as per the wiki and I also have a  
>> Pegasus USB
>> Ethernet adapter working with a static IP on my LAN.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me:
>> - What is the command to auto-configure the E3's IP address via dhcp?
>
> You will need to run a dhcp client. Depending on the busybox
> configuration, it may be built in (It's been a while since I booted by
> E3).
> Try:
> udhcpc -i <INTERFACE>
> where <INTERFACE> is the name of your ethernet interface (probably  
> usb0 or
> eth0)
>
> If that doesn't work, try:
> busybox udhcpc -i <INTERFACE>
>
>> - Can I turn off the E3's LCD screen and just enter commands via  
>> telnet?
>
> Not sure if you can turn off the LCD, but you can probably turn off
> the backlight. Not too sure how though.
> If you run a telnet daemon (again, this may be already compiled into
> busybox), or better still sshd (dropbear) on the E3, then you should
> be able to log in via telnet/ssh
>
>> - How can I compile and run Energymech (an IRC bot)?
>
> You will need to set up a cross-compile environment. I used
> scratchbox, but others on this list have used openembedded
>
>> - How can I run dircproxy (a caching IRC proxy server)?
>
> Again, you will need to set up a cross-compile environment
>>
>> In the case of dircproxy, I already transferred an ARM binary to  
>> the E3
> via
>> wget, chmod 777 and tried to run it, but I just got a 'permission  
>> denied'
>> error.
>
> This could be because the binary is for the wrong ARM architecture or,
> more likely, it was built using libc rather than uClibc.
>
>>
>> Would be grateful for any info.
>> Thanks :)
>
> Hope that's of some help.
>
> Matt
>
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