Forum: Alternatives
2008-07-20, 22:32
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Replies: 381
Views: 198,283
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Forum: Nokia N900
2008-07-03, 21:50
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Replies: 1,631
Views: 371,294
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Forum: Troubleshooting
2008-06-16, 06:30
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,617
Re: The ugly truth.
As a 26 year Unix veteran (remember V6?) i have to agree. I started another thread where i documented how my 16 GB SD on my n800 regularly gets corrupted. I'm running ext3. I want to be able to...
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Forum: General
2008-06-06, 20:59
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,108
Re: Linus is talking to me?
Wow. So, since 1992, i've been pronouncing "linux" correctly. I'd guessed it wouldn't have anything to do with how he pronounces his name. I'm so prophetic.
Maybe that's because i read manuals....
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Forum: General
2008-06-05, 17:00
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,236
Re: How I listen to mp3 with the N8x0
I mostly use my old iPod Shuffle for podcasts, etc. But recently on a long drive, the battery died. I pulled out my N800, and resumed pretty much where i left off. This is unusual. Apparently, i...
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Forum: General
2008-06-02, 19:42
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,676
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Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo
2008-05-28, 20:42
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,336
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Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo
2008-05-27, 20:11
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,336
very large files
I perform backups by making a copy of everything on my desktop over wifi. I've been having problems with my 16 GB SD card, and have recreated the file system and restored data repeatedly. I...
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Forum: Off Topic
2008-05-15, 14:12
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Replies: 61
Views: 7,993
Re: free internet (kinda)
My wifi router is open by default. I haven't changed it. I consider open wifi a courtesy. It really doesn't hurt me. One of my neighbors (no idea which) had open wifi, and i used it to set up my...
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Forum: Nokia N800
2008-05-14, 19:05
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,769
Re: how much is the speed of CPU?
When i'm driving down the road at 55 MPH, my CPU speed is 55 MPH!
(There's an oft used joke about some laptop on the Space Shuttle: "And at 17,000 MPH, it's the fastest computer ever built!" ......
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Forum: Nokia N800
2008-05-14, 18:59
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,034
Re: Column width in Application Manager
I recently needed red pill to install some dependency. I was able to see enough of the name to select it, and the "info" button confirmed i'd gotten it right before clicking install. But Red Pill is...
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Forum: Newbie
2008-05-14, 18:48
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,138
Re: FBReader Editor Needed Freeware Please
I agree that HTML is good for FBReader. However, not all HTML is good. For example, i have a number of books where each chapter is in a new file. It's a pain in FBReader. Simple HTML is best. ...
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Forum: Nokia N800
2008-05-09, 01:15
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,957
Re: N800 as a Wireless Digital Photo Frame
What i do is scale my images to 1600x960 and rotate them so the long way is horizontal, them put them on my n800 via sftp. Slide show with Quiver. Then my slide show also works offline, and i can...
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Forum: Nokia N800
2008-05-09, 00:40
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,769
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Forum: General
2008-05-06, 14:56
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,146
Filled root filesystem
My root filesystem filled up, and it caused all sorts of wierd effects. My n800 complained that some database was corrupt, and it was going to do some other ambigous thing (on startup). The sound...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2008-05-06, 13:47
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Replies: 1,631
Views: 371,294
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Forum: General
2008-05-06, 13:38
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,407
Re: metalayer-crawler
The new Media Player .m3u files are simple lists of file paths.
Instead of
file:///media/mmc2/...
its
/media/mmc2/...
If i'd made the change, i'd have let it parse either form. Backward...
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Forum: General
2008-05-05, 21:29
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,407
Re: metalayer-crawler
This is really a rant. Please ignore it.
I guess my main quibble with busybox 'find' is that it isn't GNU 'find'. It's not just that it does the wrong thing with symlinks. So, let's say you have...
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Forum: General
2008-05-05, 19:03
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,343
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Forum: General
2008-05-05, 18:57
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,167
Re: JaikuInvites.com For Mauku
So, this is like Twitter for NITs? And the invites are to prevent spammers? Only now, invites are automated? Hot!
I'm so not very near a wifi connection for most of my day. When i get home...
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Forum: General
2008-05-05, 18:50
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,828
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Forum: General
2008-05-05, 18:22
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,407
metalayer-crawler
I wanted to be able to use the file manager to get at everything, not just the stuff in my home or on the cards. So, I put in a symbolic link (please don't do this :eek:):
cd MyDocs
ln -s /...
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Forum: Newbie
2008-04-29, 17:07
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,690
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Forum: Nokia N800
2008-04-29, 15:31
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Replies: 18
Views: 12,130
Re: ext3 linux filesystem on SD
It has happened yet again. Current idea is that the little tab that holds the 'internal' SD card in slides free, causing intermittent contact. e2fsck crashes with seg fault. Might like to debug...
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Forum: Newbie
2008-04-28, 01:53
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,758
Re: I can't install applications on N810
Found it in another thread. My 'internal' SD card was corrupt. Fortunately, I have another. If i can't install e2fsprogs, how am i going to reformat the card? I've got tons of stuff installed...
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