Maemo Garage and OS2008

[RobMtl007]

Greetings:


With my N800 and OS2008 firmware I tried to open a page on Maemo Garage with the list of all the programs.

The OS2008 will not open this page.

Anyone else have the same difficulty.

Regards Robert

[zerojay]

You're going to have to be far more descriptive than that. What does that mean exactly?

Works fine for me here.

[technut]

Just paste the URL into your next message and I'll give it a try.

[RobMtl007]

Greetings Technut:

Here is the URL: https://garage.maemo.org/

I hope it works for you.

Regards Robert

[technut]

I hope it works for you.It did. Which means I can't reproduce your problem to work on it.

When you installed OS2008, did you restore anything from a backup file? That's known to cause browser issues.

[RobMtl007]

Greetings Technut:

Bingo you hit the nail on the head.

I did do a restore from a backup file.

Oh well I'll wait for the official 2008OS release in Mid December.

This time I won't backup files.

Thanks again

[zerojay]

I restored from a backup as well and everything works fine for me.

[sjgadsby]

I restored from a backup as well and everything works fine for me.

Ditto. I don't think restoration from backup is the problem.

[yerga]

The problem as discussed in the bug report, it's because the configuration file ~ /.browser
You may have the option engine=opera if you used opera in your OS2007, but if you used microb in OS2007 this will be engine=microb and there isn't problem.

It's also my case, I haven't problems with the browser after restore from backup, but I used microb in OS2007.

Although I may be wrong.

[Maceo]

I have the same problem on my n800/IT2008beta, and it is repeatable for several sites, not only maemo.org/downloads.

Would you be so kind to explain to a Linux noob how to modify the .browser file in the system so that all instances of engine=opera are translated into engine=microb?

And btw - what's the .browser file for?

[Maceo]

One thing - I used both MicroB *and* Opera on IT2007 before upgrading, though I cannot remember which I used last.

[yerga]

I have the same problem on my n800/IT2008beta, and it is repeatable for several sites, not only maemo.org/downloads.

Would you be so kind to explain to a Linux noob how to modify the .browser file in the system so that all instances of engine=opera are translated into engine=microb?

And btw - what's the .browser file for?

The first thing is see if in this file is opera instead of microb. Menu->Utilities-> X Terminal
In xterm write "cat /home/user/.browser | grep engine" (without " ") and press enter.
If the output is engine=opera, then go to change this.

You need a real text editor for change this (Notes isn't a real editor). There isn't a editor for OS2008 easily installable yet (I think). If you know as become root, you can install nano as root user or red-pill mode. Search the correct repository in http://www.gronmayer.com/it/
Then run nano with "nano -m .browser". Change the engine part. Tap in WriteOut and enter for save the file. And exit with the Exit menu in nano.

Easy way:
Download the file attached to Documents directory, and with Xterminal:
First "cp /home/user/.browser /home/user/.browser.old"
and then "cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/browser.txt /home/user/.browser"
Browser must be closed before.
Test the browser.

The .browser file is a configuration file. It has the main configuration options for the browser.

I hope that you can understand me ;)

[shacky4]

I think I would just reflashl 2008 and not use the Internet backup.

[Maceo]

Yerga, thanks a lot for your detailed instructions - installed nano and changed the file - Maemo downloads works now!

[linuxrebel]

Just for the sake of adding info. NOTE: Nuclear fix!


open the xterm as provide ( utilities => xterm )

type at the $ sign (command prompt)

~$ rm -i .browser
the rm is 'remove' the i means interactve the .browser is the 'dot' file you want to remove
when it asks for conformation type 'y'
restart your browser it will create a new .browser file

[gochito]

:-) Got it to work! Thanks alot guys!

[arjaan]

This tip helped my browser to stop crashing. Thanks.

instead of installing a real editor you could also use the real editor already installed: vi

if you are a real linux noob:

edit the file by typing

vi /home/user/.browser

move the cursor to the line containing engine=opera
enter edit mode by typing a or i
change opera into microb
press the "back" button as an escape to leave edit mode
type :wq to write the changes and leave vi

restart browser and your done!