Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

For now I will not reflash because it works fine and some of my configuration are still here, so, maybe in the future ;)

Thank you all, 5 hours ago I was very close to buy a new phone, but now everything is back to normal (almost :) )!!

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

Seriously? You just hosed /opt? While your device appears kinda ok now you have just shafted it. You MUST reflash or things are just going to get brokenerer as time goes on. The reason you still have some settings is because you only flashed rootfs. You need to do both rootfs & emmc. Now use you semi working device to bak up all you can; go back and try again.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

Once you have done the reflash, if you have any problems afterwards there's a section in the wiki that that advises fiashing the rootfs first and then the EMMC followed by the rootfs again. Don't usr the -R switch at the end of the command on the first 2 flashes. It may also be a good idea to NOT restore a full backup in case you restore some corrupted settings. Just restore communication and contact settings

And just for the record. It's virtually impossible to kill your N900 unless you physically smash it or sink it in a bucket of water. I've seen them brought back to life from some of the worst situations.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

I did..not knowing what I was really doing...

Well, for now seems ok, but, I'm not an expert (I just proved it), so I will do what you're saying.

Two questions:
-where can I find the internal backup made from N900?

-is this the procedure? http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...MC_in_the_N900 ---> http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...ftware_Updater

thanks for the tips

(by the way my N900 is totally fine now, I've reinstalled almost anything, CSSU and Power Kernel too, but I'm going anyway to reflash as you say)

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

i mean "postare piu contenuti contemporaneamente, esiste il tasto modifica messaggio per aggiungere/rimuovere eventualità"

internal backups are in the media mmc you selected before to make a backup. if you saveed the backup to N900, it will be under the folder backup, else in the mmc in the /media/mmc1 path.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

You now really want to add a comment to that forum thread that this advice is nothing to recommend. EVER.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

I agree with Andre, and as this is (i think) the third "**** after rm -rf /opt/*" thread I see, please point the thread where it was posted to a moderator so that we prevent more of these incidents.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

For the N900 this is akin to deleting the system32 directory on the PC. I too would like to see the post that recommends doing this step.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

Accompanied by some self-education on the subject of the command line, I hope.

Re: after "rm -rf /opt/* " n900 is broken
 

As far as I can search that "advice" was posted by MohammadAG (no less :), but in a very specific context (clearing up leftovers in /opt after reflashing only the rootfs).

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=50821