Forum: Nokia N900
2012-01-17, 09:47
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Replies: 86
Views: 24,901
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Forum: Nokia N900
2012-01-16, 09:20
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Replies: 86
Views: 24,901
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Forum: General
2012-01-12, 20:44
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Replies: 79
Views: 31,898
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Forum: Community
2012-01-05, 05:14
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,982
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-11-26, 16:51
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Replies: 375
Views: 185,603
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-11-20, 08:43
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,136
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Forum: Off Topic
2011-10-13, 20:26
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,691
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-09-24, 20:33
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,601
namebench
I read a thread on a Linux forum about a Google application called namebench. Basically, it recommends DNS servers for you based on a bunch of speed tests it does. I hooked my N900 up to my...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-10, 17:57
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Replies: 5,430
Views: 1,652,078
Re: The in-development Maemo 5 Community SSU
I had a broken packages problem which I managed to fix by firing up HAM and disabling various repos followed by a re-enable. I guess the forced refresh/update allowed the system to 'see' the broken...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-08, 16:07
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Replies: 5,430
Views: 1,652,078
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-08, 15:16
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Replies: 5,430
Views: 1,652,078
Re: The in-development Maemo 5 Community SSU
Yes, you can reflash the kernel only. http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#Flashing_only_the_kernel_from_a_FIASCO_image_.28expert_topic.21.29
I did that recently. Worked a treat.
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-08, 13:29
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,749
Re: modest-home-applet problem
Sorted it! I fired up HAM, disabled the repos that modest home applet was likely to be in then re-enabled them after an update. After a further update, I could then install modest-home-applet and...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-08, 12:50
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,749
Re: modest-home-applet problem
Tried that but I'm getting a message saying modest-home-applet is missing, basically. I've checked that the required repo is enabled & have done an apt-cache search for home-applet with turns up...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-08, 10:20
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,749
modest-home-applet problem
Basically, I'm unable to upgrade to CSSU 16.5. It seems the root of my problem is that in /var/lib/dpkg/status modest-home-applet is listed as deinstall ok config-files. (It's causing a broken...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-09-07, 08:32
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Replies: 5,430
Views: 1,652,078
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-09-02, 18:00
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Replies: 133
Views: 26,446
Re: Anyone regret buying N900?
No regrets whatsoever. I have concerns that I'll struggle to find a worthy and fully functional replacement when the time comes.
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Forum: Off Topic
2011-09-02, 17:56
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Replies: 100
Views: 22,466
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Forum: Community
2011-05-25, 20:03
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Replies: 446
Views: 87,309
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Forum: General
2011-05-15, 12:54
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Replies: 110
Views: 23,271
Re: Announcement: N900 R.I.P.
RIP Debian? What Are You Smoking???
Also, RIP N900? Nope, mine is fine! Doing stuff an iPhone could only dream of. I might be able to do the same stuff with a good Android phone but I can't be...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2011-04-26, 15:34
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,274
Re: Integrate SSH/SCP with File Manager
I wrote a little shell script some time ago using sshfs that prompted for remote host and user name/password and mounted to a pre-defined mount point. I had uploaded it to a couple of forums at the...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-04-17, 08:21
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Replies: 5
Views: 4,159
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-04-16, 09:01
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,105
Renewed interest.
I don't know if it's just a transient blip thing but I've noticed a bit of renewed interest in the N900 from the wider Linux community. A forum I frequent has seen a bit of activity lately with...
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Forum: Applications
2011-03-30, 01:40
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,651
Re: Insanely slow app manager
I found App Manager in particular was a lot quicker after I changed swappiness from the default 100 to something a bit saner! I did it 'manually' but Swappolube (http://wiki.maemo.org/Swappolube)...
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Forum: Development
2011-03-01, 02:14
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,672
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Forum: Development
2011-02-20, 10:59
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,043
Re: Debian or ubuntu or what?
Linux Mint is the one I'm currently recommending. Personally, I'd favour the Linux Mint Debian Edition because I actually use Mepis which is Debin based and compatible. As is LMDE.
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