sysinfo

I normally have a 16 MB swapfile on my ramdisk and default sysinfo that cames with the Sharp ROM does not show you any swap size.
The alternative sysinfo on sourceforge.net does show a swapfile, so I used it for a while

Out of boredom I tried the OPIE sysinfo. It has the very usefull feature of having a process managing tab, but does not show any swap size (I know there are other programs that do that)

Another thing I got very annoyed about was the fact that any file on a SD or CF card shows up in the document tab.
I fixed this problem by removing /dev/hda1 and /dev/mmcda1 from the mtab file.
To do so you must make /etc/mtab a file instead of a link to /proc/mounts.
Type the following into the terminal :

# cp /etc/mtab /etc/mtab.old

# rm /etc/mtab

# mv /etc/mtab.old /etc/mtab

You can also specify a directory on the card which will be whown in the document tab.
For example when you want the contents of /mnt/card/Documnets to be shown, but not the rest of the SD card then replace

/dev/mmcda1 /usr/mnt.rom/card (other stuff)

by

/dev/mmcda1 /usr/mnt.rom/card/Documents (other stuff)

Unfortunatly neither sysinfo then showed the size/remaining space of any card.

So I hacked the opie sysinfo to do what it noramlly doesn't. The sourcecode is available here
The binary now shows the swap size,the right card size even if the card does not appear in /etc/mtab and has a process managing tab.
I took the liberty of removing the about tab though

Installation instructions

• remove or rename the old sysinfo binary in /home/QtPalmtop/bin
• copy the new binary anywhere on your Z
• link the new binary to /home/QtPalmtop/bin/sysinfo
• (make sure the new binary is executable)