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Forum: Nokia N900 2013-09-09, 00:04
Replies: 544
Views: 277,479
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: [Pre-Pre-Pre Announce]Black Aluminium replacement body & backcover for N900

Congrats, Estel, on this mock-up milestone!...

It's great to see this concept moving from idea to reality....been following your progress over the past year or so on this in this forum thread...
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Forum: Off Topic 2013-07-28, 02:46
Replies: 9
Views: 1,650
Posted By ArchiMark
Thumbs up Re: I am back and using my n900

Welcome back and well said.....

Have fun!

:)
Forum: Alternatives 2013-06-05, 02:50
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Lightbulb Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Not sure how you're trying to do the install, but best advice I can give you, is to try and follow the step-by-step instructions on this blog:
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Forum: SailfishOS 2013-06-02, 17:30
Replies: 110
Views: 53,863
Posted By ArchiMark
Wink Re: Jolla phones: not so open

Yeah, I'm sure that Jolla has someone monitoring this thread to help determine their strategic direction...

;)
Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-05, 19:39
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Thumbs up Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Yes....but thought you meant trying to charge via usb cable to pc....versus the AC charger...




Perfect....Thanks!!!
Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-05, 02:57
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Thanks for all the info...

To clarify, I was referring to using the AC charger....I don't use USB for charging...

Also, can you please clarify what key or keys I need to press to type symbols...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-03, 23:23
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Thanks.....I did go through your first page after getting Arch running and tried to follow our guidance....

Just checked and I did install n900-configs and xkeyboard-config-n900-git...




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Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-02, 21:25
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

First, thought I'd share two photos of N900 running Arch & LXDE....and then my questions....

So far, LXDE is working nicely.....
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Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-01, 16:46
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Trying to get Xorg and LXDE working on n900 now....

First I tried installing xf86-video-fbdev-sgx-git, but that did not work at all for me, just black screen....so, removed it and then installed...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-05-01, 03:56
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Thumbs up Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Well...............after doing reflash and starting Arch install all over again...

Success!!!

Still got the same error messages as before, but this time I did as you suggested and voila! was...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-30, 04:03
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Great.....so close....but....

Wish I had read your post first....

Thing is that I decided to reformat /dev/mmcblk0p4, due to console error message....

That didn't work and n900 would not...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-29, 13:49
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Thank you!

Did as you suggested and this time no error messages from u-boot-update-bootmenu!

btw, I did not copy-paste before, so, much have been a typo....

Well, just did reboot and I saw...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-29, 13:17
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I actually had that partition formatted to ext4 per the instructions on the blog....but for some reason, my n900 had problem with that.

So, that is why I reformatted partition to ext3.....
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Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 23:22
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Yes, understand that.....

I checked and it's actually in /mnt/boot....but I tried changing u-boot line to that and still got same error message...




Yes, I believe it and again apologize...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 23:16
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

So, are you saying that if I click return key after the last line and then save file, it is OK or are you saying to actually type in '\n' at the end of the last line or ?

Thanks.
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 23:02
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Thumbs up Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

No, edited the file in nano in terminal on N900.....



You are right, that for some reason, arch does flip partitions around....will try that....

**** Well, tried changing partition...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 19:32
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Yes, that is the Arch thread....although, instructions are very high level, ie, not 'step-by-step'...that is why I am following step-by-step instructions on the other blog page I gave link to...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 18:31
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

I only have '/etc/bootmenu.d directory from what I see in '/etc'....

I do not have a '/etc/bootmenu/d/' directory !

?????

:confused:

UPDATE
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 16:59
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Thanks again for all your help!

1. I just did


# mount
/dev/mmcblk0p5 on /mnt type ext3 (0)


It is on my internal storage (and I don't have a microSD card inside n900 right now...)
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 15:30
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Thanks for your help....

I just did as you instructed...says I already have the latest version....
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 15:02
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Thanks for the reference to that line.....

I'm not copy-pasting btw, I'm trying to understand each step as I go along and I type in everything myself, which is why I make a mistake sometimes, ie,...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 14:52
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Yes, I did extract the rootfs to the partition mentioned....

The only thing I can think of now is that particular partition that I created is not getting mounted automatically when I boot to...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 04:35
Replies: 635
Views: 331,559
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900

Back again..... :)

Have worked a lot on getting Arch installed...used the blog page as a guide...

http://blog.jakgibb.com/2013/03/28/arch-linux-arm-native-install-on-n900/

Installed...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-28, 04:11
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

Thanks....

So, installed u-boot-flasher via apt-get....

I created a new u-boot menu entry as follows:


ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM (eMMC)"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"...
Forum: Alternatives 2013-04-27, 15:41
Replies: 840
Views: 500,102
Posted By ArchiMark
Question Re: U-Boot for Nokia RX-51 with BootMenu (updated version 2012.10-rc3-1)

It's been 6 days since my post above and no input.....

Can some kind soul please give me some guidance as to what to do to get U-Boot to install ?

I really need to get it installed....

Thank...
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