has anyone managed to install successfully the meego pre alpha release for the n900?

[fergusso]

if so ... what did you noticed with the performance?

-browsing?
-call features?
-intuitiveness?

etc.

[atilla]

is this serious?

[jaem]

@fergusso
Three words: "Pre-Alpha Release"

[krandal]

I just watched this awesome movie called Cube 2: Hypercube. It's about strangers being stuck in a room with exits but eventually every exit lead back to the same room. One guy in the movie hangs himself, for some reason I do to.

[smoku]

@fergusso
Three words: "Pre-Alpha Release"

So? It's some random three words tag, isn't it? ;)

It could be "Alpha-Beta Gamma" or "Foo-Bar Baz" or "Moe-Larry Curly" or anything else.
Who cares what "Pre-Alpha Release" means? It is bigger and longer, isn't it? :)

[maxximuscool]

if so ... what did you noticed with the performance?

-browsing?
-call features?
-intuitiveness?

etc.

Easy answer I know someone has, and that someone is NOKIA. Ask Nokia and see if we can get the proper MeeGo that fully worked on N900 then i'll give it a try.

[humble]

i have it running in qemu (terminal) i cant figure how to make ANY .img

Help would be very welcome and thanks

[abill_uk]

As much as it is publisised the new pre release of Meego is NOT available from the http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php site so where does the OP get this information from? and where is the actual download?.

[lucas777]

This poster who started this thread always creates these ******ed threats wtf is wrong with him?

[humble]

i followed this http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/Meego_on_Qemu to get it to run on the PC



Edit:I found the Jack Pot http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900

[fatalsaint]

As much as it is publisised the new pre release of Meego is NOT available from the http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php site so where does the OP get this information from? and where is the actual download?.

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/meego-codedrop.php

The .ks file is the new one. But I believe it is currently incorrect/broken. I've been trying to build it and am getting Missing Dependency errors.

[abill_uk]

I am getting close to it now Humble as i found this... http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/meego-codedrop.php

Anyone downloaded this yet and installed to N900?.

[abill_uk]

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/meego-codedrop.php

The .ks file is the new one. But I believe it is currently incorrect/broken. I've been trying to build it and am getting Missing Dependency errors.

LOL you typed this as i found it but i have not even tried yet but i think it is safe to say it IS official and released but what now?.

Who wants to be the guinea pig? lol.

[Optln]

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/meego-codedrop.php

The .ks file is the new one. But I believe it is currently incorrect/broken. I've been trying to build it and am getting Missing Dependency errors.

Yes, it is missing closed components. We have to wait tomorrow for them.

[abill_uk]

Yes, it is missing closed components. We have to wait tomorrow for them.

I amnot so sure your right because i think this image .. meego-codedrop-arm-n900-closed-201003311635.ubiimg along with the qflasher download is all that is needed... i think.

Can anyone throw some light on this?.

[MNX1024]

Can Meego be dual booted?

[fatalsaint]

I amnot so sure your right because i think this image .. meego-codedrop-arm-n900-closed-201003311635.ubiimg along with the qflasher download is all that is needed... i think.

Can anyone throw some light on this?.

No that's wrong. That's the old CLI/Terminal only image. Note the date: 20100331 < March 31st.

You want meego-handset-armv7l-n900-nokia-closed-1.0.80.8.20100630.ks (June 30th 2010).

It isn't a flashable image.. you have to build it yourself using the mic-image-creator tools.

[Optln]

I amnot so sure your right because i think this image .. meego-codedrop-arm-n900-closed-201003311635.ubiimg along with the qflasher download is all that is needed... i think.

Can anyone throw some light on this?.

Nope, it is just the day one release, look at the date on the filename carefully.

Edit: Too late :D

[abill_uk]

Yes your right Fatalsaint i am finding out as you type lol.

[w00t]

I -think- I'm getting somewhere, let's see.

[fergusso]

This poster who started this thread always creates these ******ed threats wtf is wrong with him?

ask yourself wtf is wrong with you? the thread topic is a very straight forward question.

this is a very helpful thread to begin with .... for those seeking answers whether it's installed or not.

[w00t]

As fatalsaint asked, here's the chickens I sacrificed to m-i-c to get it working:


/usr/bin/mic-image-creator --run-mode=0 --cache=cache --format=ubi --arch=armv7l --config=meego-handset-armv7l-n900-nokia-closed-1.0.80.8.20100630.ks

Seems to be going OK so far, better than my other attempts.. we'll see if it's actually usable or not though.. :P

[mokkey]

w00t and fergusso good you guys are tring to get this to work

[Optln]

As fatalsaint asked, here's the chickens I sacrificed to m-i-c to get it working:


/usr/bin/mic-image-creator --run-mode=0 --cache=cache --format=ubi --arch=armv7l --config=meego-handset-armv7l-n900-nokia-closed-1.0.80.8.20100630.ks

Seems to be going OK so far, better than my other attempts.. we'll see if it's actually usable or not though.. :P

Ha! I haven't paid much attention to this line before. I changed armv5tel to armv7l like you and it downloads something now :)

[w00t]

Ok, slight problem: I'm (reliably) informed that MeeGo won't boot ubifs due to size constraints, so --format=ubi is wrong.

Try --format=raw, and look into micro SD boots.

[Optln]

Ok, slight problem: I'm (reliably) informed that MeeGo won't boot ubifs due to size constraints, so --format=ubi is wrong.

Try --format=raw, and look into micro SD boots.

Don't forget to save kernel too. Full line should be:
sudo mic-image-creator --run-mode=0 --cache=mycachedir --format=raw --arch=armv7l --save-kernel --config=meego-handset-armv7l-n900-nokia-closed-1.0.80.8.20100630.ks

[w00t]

Status update:

It works! fatalsaint had the honor of being first to boot it, since I don't have a microsd card with me (I'm away from home...)

...but it is very raw. Screen brightness is very low, no way to turn it up, wifi isn't functional, no way to access a terminal, no way to shut the device off, and a lot of unfinished bits of software.

Basically, it's what you'd expect from a developer release. ;)

[Optln]

Noo, I wanted to be the first :P Anyway, good job. Mine is still downloading.

[nosa101]

Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!'


Please

[mokkey]

Good Good Boys

[lifenexus]

so w00t, this will create a flashable image like the firmware file or will u be able to get all the rootfs flile and try to boot from mmc? the installaion for ava is more like nitdroid's. will this be something similar?

[w00t]

so w00t, this will create a flashable image like the firmware file or will u be able to get all the rootfs flile and try to boot from mmc? the installaion for ava is more like nitdroid's. will this be something similar?

Flashing is going to be an interesting challenge, not sure how possible that is - yet.

Currently the approach we've taken is to dd to an SD card and boot from that.

[w00t]

Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!'


Please

Trying to persuade him to take a video atm. :)

[mokkey]

can we see screenshots plese????

[H3llb0und]

Pics please!
Or even better... youtube!

[lifenexus]

thx.. let us know when u manage to install it. is it possible to extracts files from whatever image format that gets build?

[fatalsaint]

Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!'


Please

I don't want to take pics from a camera... I suppose I could do video from a camera..

On first boot you can't read anything. The screen is so dark you can't read the text.

So I booted back into Maemo, mounted the SD card, and added


echo 255 > /sys/class/backlight/acx565akm/brightness

to /media/mmc1/etc/rc.local. That fixed that problem. I can now use it.. but you can tell none of the MeeGo dev's have even looked at the N900. This does not function at all like the "first look" video.. when you minimize apps and restore the screen refresh goes fuzzy.. Fennec is all kinds of buggy with constant lines through the screen (even crashed X, which restarted itself, nicely I might add..)

No rotate works, so landscape only. The onscreen keyboard won't close when you take out the physical keyboard.. Power button doesn't work.. Lock does not work... Wifi isn't working..

So yeah... nothing but a fancy blue and yellow guy on my screen :D

[w00t]

thx.. let us know when u manage to install it. is it possible to extracts files from whatever image format that gets build?

These images contain closed software which prohibits redistribution unfortunately.

I'm sure that it will get easier to make them though and hopefully Nokia will put their own images up on tablets-dev soon enough.

[lifenexus]

These images contain closed software which prohibits redistribution unfortunately.

I'm sure that it will get easier to make them though and hopefully Nokia will put their own images up on tablets-dev soon enough.

thx again. but provide us instructions to try. it is dual bootable rt?

[w00t]

I can now use it.. but you can tell none of the MeeGo dev's have even looked at the N900.

I'd like to add, with it being this hard to get working, I'm honestly not surprised. :D

Sarcasm aside: it's day one. I'm sure things will only get better. :)

[fatalsaint]

thx.. let us know when u manage to install it. is it possible to extracts files from whatever image format that gets build?

Yes.

But see w00t's post... so No :).

[w00t]

thx again. but provide us instructions to try. it is dual bootable rt?

See above for tips on how to make an actual image, and http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900 for more details/help - but a warning that it *is not really all that usable* and that it *will require some work/hacking on your part* :P

If you like using your N900 for phone/wifi - or just about anything - don't bother with this yet.

[mokkey]

are we going to see a vid on youtube n900 running this meego ting ?????

[fatalsaint]

are we going to see a vid on youtube n900 running this meego ting ?????

I am not sure I'll do a video.. but I am going to dinner, and then I will make a new post (assuming no one else gets it to work between now and then) - with a full step-by-step on getting it to work in Ubuntu 10.04 (should work for Fedora 12 too using mostly the wiki).

I'll take some normal camera pictures of it running since I can't find any way to take a 'screenshot' considering it has no network and no terminal and ... nothing.

So.. at the least I'll have that up a little later, and then one of the more prominent high-profile people can make video's and wind up on engadget...

[mokkey]

il come back lata its 3am over here lol

[abill_uk]

I think as this is very very early stages it is not advisable for anyone other than developers to install this to their n900 as it is no way a workable OS.

A BIG thankyou to Woot and Fatalsaint for there efforts and shows real community spirit. Thankyou guys.

[Optln]

I had a problem with Virtualbox, so it took a while but I finally made it. Will post some pictures in a minute and then sleep (it's 6 am here :D ).

[mokkey]

I had a problem with Virtualbox, so it took a while but I finally made it. Will post some pictures in a minute and then sleep (it's 6 am here :D ).

lol its 4am here

[mtrower2]

Ok, I also got it working now. I will try to post pictures soon. The UI mostly works although X has already crashed and restarted due to fennec just as someone else experienced.

[kruppin]

Damn it! I who wanted to feel this UI out alittle. :p As of now, its impossible to build a flashable image, only raw. Or atleast for me. And that sucks when you dont own a SD-card.

Anyway, max_leb_cnt (which I dont even know what means.) is what it complains about when you trying format=ubi, for those whos wondering.

[Optln]

I was thinking of making a video but it is a bit unresponsive and it wouldn't show anything more than the official video. By the way, WiFi works altough I still couldn't open Fennec.

[juandp77]

maybe you could post some pics

[sevla]

i followed this http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/Meego_on_Qemu to get it to run on the PC



Edit:I found the Jack Pot http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900

This is linux only correct?

[fatalsaint]

I was thinking of making a video but it is a bit unresponsive and it wouldn't show anything more than the official video. By the way, WiFi works altough I still couldn't open Fennec.

How did you get wifi working? Mine just says "Wifi is not available on this device."

[mtrower2]

Here is short video. Seems others have played around with it more though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtQsOb6mO0A

[Optln]

Some screens:
http://yfrog.com/j8s6306037jx

How did you get wifi working? Mine just says "Wifi is not available on this device."

I don't know :) It just found my network. Try using the switch on the right side. I can't connect to it though, when I enter my key, it deletes itself. A bit scary, like it doesn't want to :D I'll reboot and try again.

[mokkey]

Some screens:
http://yfrog.com/j8s6306037jx


thanks :) it looks kinda nice

[fatalsaint]

I don't know :) It just found my network. Try using the switch on the right side. I can't connect to it though, when I enter my key, it deletes itself. A bit scary, like it doesn't want to :D I'll reboot and try again.

Also: Did you have the dark black screen problem too and had to run the echo command?

[fatalsaint]

How To for your N900. (Ubuntu, and somewhat Fedora.. refers to wiki )

http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=4812

[fatalsaint]

I don't know :) It just found my network. Try using the switch on the right side. I can't connect to it though, when I enter my key, it deletes itself. A bit scary, like it doesn't want to :D I'll reboot and try again.

Ohhh OK. Sliding the switch makes it to go to:

There are no networks currently available

And adding my network doesn't work lol. Still no wireless for me :D. Maybe unsecured wireless networks might work?

[n900 lover]

one my main questions is, does it work in portrait mode?

plus you tube video not working.

But its looking good so far, hope we can double boot.

[fatalsaint]

one my main questions is, does it work in portrait mode?

plus you tube video not working.

But its looking good so far, hope we can double boot.


No rotate works, so landscape only. The onscreen keyboard won't close when you take out the physical keyboard.. Power button doesn't work.. Lock does not work... Wifi isn't working..


Not on the N900.

[juandp77]

How To for your N900. (Ubuntu, and somewhat Fedora.. refers to wiki )

http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=4812

this flash only the kernel or the entire n900 I mean if you do this you lose all your data?

[fatalsaint]

this flash only the kernel or the entire n900 I mean if you do this you lose all your data?

On your external SD card, yes. On your internal data and Maemo stuff.. no.

It installs the MeeGo rootfs to your external SD card and the flash command only flashes the kernel that boots it one time. Once you reboot it boots back into maemo as if nothing changed.

In the wiki is what to change to make that flash permanent.. though I can't imagine why anyone would at this stage.

[mtrower2]

The first time I booted Meego the brightness was fine and the front LED stayed lit. Now when I boot Meego the screen is dark and the LED is not lit. I will have to try the echo'ing 255 trick.

[aldevil]

Nice Thread .... Meego looks nice, but a lot of problems .. i'll wait for the final release

[Optln]

Also: Did you have the dark black screen problem too and had to run the echo command?

No, I didn't have such problem. But after reboot, my WiFi became like yours too.

[DonPIZI]

It looks realy nice, can't wait for the final release...
I've read somewhere it will be in october, right?

[abill_uk]

I got exactly the same symptoms as you fatalsaint and w00t i cannot get wifi working at all.
Ok this needs much more work to even be feasable to flash as the main OS so thank god i never did that lol.

Great work you guys we just have to wait but i do have a question here..... what will happen to all the apps n stuff from Meamo when we do go over to Meego... will they all need porting or what will happen?.

[crown77]

Well was anybody able to see the moorstone Release too? i cant understand if i look at the greate looking UI from the Handset Day 1 Video why the N900 stuff looks so different. I thought it would be the same UI of course without all the hardware driver needing features. But this looks really different. I tought there is One Version of Meego wich comes from Meego.com..

The Moorstone Handset comes from Intel and the ARM Based is the N900 so for me it looks like the ARM Based Development is just a small Part and the Moorstone Intel Release isnt a good sign..

[smoku]

can we see screenshots plese????

http://meego.com/devices/handset/handset-screenshots ??

[crown77]

this screenshots are not from the N900 Version sorry this are from the Aava Handset.

[smoku]

There isn't "N900 Version" yet.

[naabi]

It's four months till end of October. Short period of time in OS development, so I really have doubts about Nokia lauching Meego handset this year.

[smoku]

I really have doubts about Nokia lauching Meego handset this year.

Because they're not.
They are launching Harmattan (Maemo6 + MeeGo compatibility) handset.

[crown77]

And this Release we wont see from Nokia for the N900 then right? Becouse they said we dont give an official Version of Meego to the N900 Users.

[apache]

http://maemoarena.com/2010/07/how-to-install-meego-preview-on-n900/

Nice clean steps to run Meego in N900 working for me :D

[mangal_sk8erboy]

So? It's some random three words tag, isn't it? ;)

It could be "Alpha-Beta Gamma" or "Foo-Bar Baz" or "Moe-Larry Curly" or anything else.
Who cares what "Pre-Alpha Release" means? It is bigger and longer, isn't it? :)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
NICE ONE!!!!
i think pre alpha is like sort of a beta release..
i THINK!
beta is when its not an official non buggy version yet, its a buggy version which is sent out to the public so that THEY can find out the bugs and return to the supplier with the feedback.

[mangal_sk8erboy]

I'd like to add, with it being this hard to get working, I'm honestly not surprised. :D

Sarcasm aside: it's day one. I'm sure things will only get better. :)

and thats the power of open. ;)

[6sicSIX]

I just watched this awesome movie called Cube 2: Hypercube. It's about strangers being stuck in a room with exits but eventually every exit lead back to the same room. One guy in the movie hangs himself, for some reason I do to.

Unrelated to this thread, but thank you. I've always wondered what the name of that movie was, I was very young when I saw it and forgot =D

[johnel]

As long as all the source code is available then people can start fixing stuff.

Just to be clear is the current release is the open version of the image minus the closed components (battery management and stuff)?

Nokia are releasing their version a little bit later?

[HeavyComponent]

I'm waiting for the October release which is v.1.1. That one for sure will be a stable release.

[6sicSIX]

I don't really care if it's not stable, I would just like to see the demo running on my n900 (in dual boot as It is my primary device)

[smoku]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
NICE ONE!!!!
i think pre alpha is like sort of a beta release..
i THINK!
beta is when its not an official non buggy version yet, its a buggy version which is sent out to the public so that THEY can find out the bugs and return to the supplier with the feedback.

Alpha == We reached planned feature set and we have loads of bugs in
Beta == We think we crushed all critical and major bugs and this is what it is going to look and work like
Release Candidate == We think we crushed all known bugs and if you won't find any, this is what you'll get

So, pre-Alpha == We aren't there yet but we got a few parts working, you may toy with it

[Optln]

As long as all the source code is available then people can start fixing stuff.

Just to be clear is the current release is the open version of the image minus the closed components (battery management and stuff)?

Nokia are releasing their version a little bit later?
No, many closed components are available now actually. Like SGX driver or WiFi driver. In booting, it says something about BME too. Altough it doesn't show anything on the status bar, I think it is charging when connecting the charger(Phone gets warmer).

[sirfoxelot]

The Meego UI looks like it was designed by a child.
If this is what is to be expected in the final release, i'll stick with maemo

[mangal_sk8erboy]

The Meego UI looks like it was designed by a child.
If this is what is to be expected in the final release, i'll stick with maemo

i second that.
too used 2 maemo.
i hope they continue with maemo 6 7 etc!

[dchky]

The Meego UI looks like it was designed by a child.
If this is what is to be expected in the final release, i'll stick with maemo

While I agree with you on that entirely, I don't think it's targeted at your typical geek end user. I think it'd probably go down reasonably okay with the masses, but even then I'd imagine most people would very quickly dump it as soon as they become aware that it can be changed.

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I do know this looks clunky and seems to waste a lot of visual space - the wallpaper they used was a bad choice - first impressions count, and mine was essentially "yuck"

That said, no doubt it can be themed - probably Nokia and others will release their own user interface to sit on top of the OS.

In short, I don't like it, I'll stick with Maemo.

[mangal_sk8erboy]

While I agree with you on that entirely, I don't think it's targeted at your typical geek end user. I think it'd probably go down reasonably okay with the masses, but even then I'd imagine most people would very quickly dump it as soon as they become aware that it can be changed.

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I do know this looks clunky and seems to waste a lot of visual space.

That said, no doubt it can be themed - probably Nokia and others will release their own user interface to sit on top of the OS.

In short, I don't like it, I'll stick with Maemo.

can we expect a maemo 6 to finally save the day?

[sjgadsby]

can we expect a maemo 6 to finally save the day?

Maemo 6 is Harmattan.

At the time of the Maemo-Moblin merger, Nokia announced that the "Maemo 6" name had been dropped, and that, that release (codenamed "Harmattan") would be "an instance of MeeGo". It would be MeeGo compatible, though not use RPM, etc.

More recently, Nokia has shown they understand that using the "MeeGo" name for Harmattan, a product that's not quite MeeGo, causes confusion. Quim has begun referring to Harmattan as Harmattan-MeeGo instead for clarity, though he is quick to point out that won't be the final method of distinguishing the peculiarities of the upcoming OS.

In any case, no, Nokia isn't continuing to develop Maemo alongside MeeGo. MeeGo-Harmattan is a transition step, and following releases will be MeeGo, period. Also, since even before Maemo 5 was released, Nokia has been describing the "iconic" UI of Harmattan as strikingly different from that of Maemo 5. Had MeeGo not happened, you'd still be watching Nokia move away from the Maemo 5 UI right now.

[Patola]

Even if some people managed to build their own images here and were able to boot Meego, I feel it's useful to inform everyone why there is currently no N900 image and the current state of Meego on the N900. I got this email 3 hours ago from the meego-dev@meego.com mailing list:

Subject: [MeeGo-dev] About building Handset UX Day1 image for N900; some notes and explanations
From: harri.hakulinen@nokia.com
to: MeeGo-dev
sender-time: Sent at 4:16 AM (GMT+02:00).
mailing list: meego-dev.meego.com

Hello Meegos,

As you know, yesterday Handset UX developement was opened in MeeGo. As N900 is the other hanset reference device in MeeGo, we are of course actively developing all the required adaptation elements to make it possible to run MeeGo Handset UX on N900.

From N900 adaptation point of view, we have had some quite nasty last minute stabilty broblems related to our Day1 builds. It looks like Wlan and connman are not working nicely together now, and we don't know yet what exactly is the problem. We have recently started to use .35rc3 kernel, but that does not seem to be the issue, it's rather something related to wlan or Connman configuration, or something above connman that we are not fully aware of.

Now, when all the related source's are available, perhaps we can solve those issues as MeeGo community !

This really is Day 1 "codedrop" for Hanset UX rather than release, we also have bunch of other known issues and errors, like

- Wlan does not work on every boot
* sometimes you need to boot again..

- Sreen rotation does not work
* our accelerometer sensor is not working right at the moment

- On some applications closing button is hardly visible

- You can use home button once per application to go to task swicther, and come back, but not more than that
* this is known bug in framework

- There is no phone functionality
* Our new opensource drivers for modem module are not stable enough yet.

And in addition we still have some issues know already earlier, like

- Battery loading does not work
* BME, (nokia closed) component still don't work properly..


Because of all this and some misc problems, we decided that there is no point of creating ready-made image for N900. However, there is everything available to build your own image if you are really interested to try it now. Many things are now moving all the time, and what you get with these instructions is in fact the daily image containing the latest state of MeeGo Handset UX development for N900.

After all, this is "code drop" related to MeeGo development, and it is actually interesting first exercise to setup your build environment and start your MeeGo development by creating your first image yoursefl !

The kickstart file to enable the image creation is available at

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/meego-codedrop.php

Before you can download it, you need to enter valid IMEI code of your N900 device. That is required because of our current licensensing situation for some closed components that are required to build functional Handset UX Day 1 image. We are working on this issue and I hope we can get rid of this extra step in very near future.

Some instructions are available at

http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Releases/Daily
Theu are still under development and may contain some errors, please bear with un on this one as well.

So, now you should have practically everything available, so lets make MeeGo 1.1 happen together !

Br,
//Harri"

[w00t]

Important to note: even if you don't like the UI, it's completely open, replaceable.

[humble]

This is linux only correct?

im not sure, but the the first link i was off, but not the second

but i think it fedora only because i try to install tools but... RPM

i dont know:confused:

[gsever]

Even if some people managed to build their own images here and were able to boot Meego, I feel it's useful to inform everyone why there is currently no N900 image and the current state of Meego on the N900. I got this email 3 hours ago from the meego-dev@meego.com mailing list:

From his reply, I see that the current version of MeeGo and Android N900 port has lots of similarities in terms of what working and what not.

[patt2k]

is there any possibility that ported meego on n900 when its released will have portrait mode on n900"?

[ironm8]

As far as I understand everything, it seems that we will have a completely working Meego.
I understand it mainly from the fact that according to Patola 's mail the IMEI we have to input in order to get the latest meego build is due to the closed components licensing.
From this I understand that those closed components are made available to the meego devs hence they have access to the cellular modem,3G ect, resulting in a fulctional meego release for the n900(minus multi-touch :))

If one of those with more knowledge can approve of this i'll be happy. t might end all the speculation around if "this" or "that" will work.

[dchky]

Important to note: even if you don't like the UI, it's completely open, replaceable.

It doesn't matter that it can be replaced, it should at the very least be desirable as is, right out of the box. Even if that look and feel is simply utilitarian, it is better than trying to make some kind of cute statement, one that is simply lost on me. I know it's largely just a wallpaper, however, the videos floating around show a great deal of wasted space between elements.

[ryanl33x1511]

guys can u guys help me this, i follow the step to step 7 which is

7)Mount the SD card, replace /dev/sdc1 with your device and first partition.
Code:

mkdir mount
sudo mount /dev/sdc1 mount

and my sd name is /dev/sdb2
so how do i do it ?
mkdir mount
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 mount
but it then return command is it is busy or not found in fmap or something

[fatalsaint]

guys can u guys help me this, i follow the step to step 7 which is

7)Mount the SD card, replace /dev/sdc1 with your device and first partition.
Code:

mkdir mount
sudo mount /dev/sdc1 mount

and my sd name is /dev/sdb2
so how do i do it ?
mkdir mount
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 mount
but it then return command is it is busy or not found in fmap or something
Your SD name would actually be /dev/sdb, not /dev/sdb2. The number at the end refers to a partition number on the card - you don't write MeeGo to the partition but rather write it to the root car itself so that it can create 2 of it's own partitions.

Your dd command would have of=/dev/sdb in it and then you would mount /dev/sdb1 when that is finished.

[pycage]

If you just want to run MeeGo handset to see how it looks like, and don't necessarily need it on your N900, and have a netbook or other MeeGo-compatible computer at hand, you can get a netbook build of the handset UX from here:

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/1.0.80/1.0.80.9.20100702.1/handset/images/meego-handset-ia32-netbook-mtf/