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Forum: Applications 2014-02-25, 20:05
Replies: 621
Views: 274,336
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: [Announce][WIP] Warehouse - native client for OpenRepos.net

I'm using warehouse 0.1.6 on my N9 (on wifi, so net connection is good)

Just how long is "Fetching repositories" typically supposed to take ?

I've been waiting many many minutes now, does this...
Forum: General 2013-08-24, 10:08
Replies: 14
Views: 12,246
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Apple charger actually compatible with a standard ? What is the world coming to ? :-)

"The Model A1265 (US version) can also be used to charge USB devices." Yes, you may have seen it charge some specific device, which you don't mention. But is it "dumb charger" compatible ? Have you...
Forum: General 2013-08-23, 18:31
Replies: 14
Views: 12,246
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Apple charger actually compatible with a standard ? What is the world coming to ? :-)

I agree with the anti-Apple sentiments in general, but I have yet to find a better charger than the Apple one.

Which charger would you rather carry in your pocket:...
Forum: General 2013-08-23, 12:48
Replies: 14
Views: 12,246
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Apple charger actually compatible with a standard ? What is the world coming to ? :-)

BEGIN RANT

I wish people would stop with the uninformed sarcasm ...

"I never thought they weren't compatible" well, I _know_ that older apple chargers (and apple compatible ones) are...
Forum: General 2013-08-22, 17:23
Replies: 14
Views: 12,246
Posted By LinuxCub
Apple charger actually compatible with a standard ? What is the world coming to ? :-)

A couple of years ago (or so), I bought an Apple USB charger, their 1A european model (Model A1300).

Why ? Because it is the smallest charger around that is not utter crap.

The downside: The...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-08-04, 19:38
Replies: 15
Views: 4,669
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9 and 5GHz

:-) I am LinuxCub, not LinuxClub (I am only one person) :-) And I have been using Linux since 1995. My post was not meant for you, I realise you are quite a guru, and I thank you for your work for...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-08-04, 13:05
Replies: 15
Views: 4,669
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9 and 5GHz

Were you doing this DOS/WIndoze thing where you _assumed_ that the current directory would be part of the search-path for executables/commands ?

In Unix/Linux, simply "cd"-ing to a directory...
Forum: Nokia N900 2013-07-27, 12:04
Replies: 49
Views: 34,332
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: [HW-FIX] losing time/date on battery swap? Replace bupbat

Kondensator _means_ capacitor, that's the whole point, I'd say :-)
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-07-24, 22:12
Replies: 1,578
Views: 1,039,503
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9

[mofazar] What kind of weird thinking (or not) lead you to try flashing with DFL61_HARMATTAN_30.2012.07-1_PR_LEGACY_009-OEM1-958 ?

(trying to teach fishing here, instead of giving fish ...)
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-23, 20:38
Replies: 19
Views: 3,035
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Help i can't delete a file from home/user

I think most of you are missing that we're not talking about deleting one (1) file, but a directory with files in it. He's talking about trying to delete a file "inside", but what are the permissions...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-23, 19:08
Replies: 19
Views: 3,035
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Help i can't delete a file from home/user

What does the command

ls -lR filename

(where filename should be the file or directory you downloaded) show ?

I'm specifically saying "directory", because you said "inside" ...

Trying...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-07-23, 15:49
Replies: 8
Views: 2,449
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9: increase number of notifications on LPS??

You might want to correct "cs" to "cd" in your second code-box above.
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-18, 15:56
Replies: 16
Views: 32,831
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: [Tutorial] Faster A-GPS response on Nokia N9

unless something odd is going on, like nano having some sort of superpowers, no-one _needs_ nano !

Anyone doing anything on a unix-like OS needs (yes) to know vi.

So would y'all stop being so...
Forum: Applications 2013-07-16, 12:11
Replies: 83
Views: 52,102
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: [Announce] Nine2D- Dropbox sharing plugin replacement for MeeGo / Harmattan

Would this explain how to get the icon to display correctly without reboot ?

http://blog.forwardbias.in/2013/06/harmattan-share-menu-missing-guide.html

(not my blog, just something I found)
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-05, 19:20
Replies: 9
Views: 3,401
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Exporting MyDocs partition read-only ?

Thank you all for helping ! Much appreciated.
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-04, 20:33
Replies: 9
Views: 3,401
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Exporting MyDocs partition read-only ?

Actually, since posting (isn't that always how it goes), I've been thinking something like this might be involved:

Setting up a loop-device, as read-only, referring to the original partition, and...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-07-04, 18:38
Replies: 9
Views: 3,401
Posted By LinuxCub
Question Exporting MyDocs partition read-only ?

On the N9, is there a way to get the system (usb-moded ?) to export the partition read-only. I don't want to get my N9 filled with viruses and other crap (or risk accidental file-deletion or the...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-06-16, 14:40
Replies: 6
Views: 1,692
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Disable light assisted focus

Get a cover for the very similar looking lumia phone, the Lumia 800. Since the flash is positioned elsewhere, and the camera is in the same position, the cover might obscure the flash ? I _haven't_...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-05-20, 13:32
Replies: 12
Views: 8,334
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9 WONT Charge Over USB

I suggest you disconnect the wires and short the wires, so that the female d+/d- pins are connected, and the male d+/d- pins are unconnected. 2 reasons:

1. never connect 2 outputs (they're...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2013-05-19, 22:43
Replies: 5
Views: 4,137
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: Modifying external charger to use with N9, beyond shorting pins

How about the 4 resistors right next to the pins you shorted ? :-) (retorical question, btw)

Remove those, or cut the lines going from the resistors to the 2 middle (data) pins.

I've done this...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2012-09-20, 11:28
Replies: 7
Views: 3,967
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9 : Strange behaviour with a car charger

If one is modding a charger with a good old-fashioned female USB port, then there is no pin 5 to unwire ... you must be talking about modding a charger with a micro-usb plug ?
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2012-09-20, 11:23
Replies: 7
Views: 3,967
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: N9 : Strange behaviour with a car charger

Did you also remove (or cut the connections to) the resistors that are usually connected to the data pins in apple-compatible chargers ?

I've modded several USB chargers to be recognised as pure...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2012-07-03, 17:22
Replies: 1,577
Views: 723,482
Posted By LinuxCub
Re: The Epic N9 PR1.3 Discussion Thread!

To (re)install AccuWeather, do

Open Terminal
devel-su (default password: rootme)
apt-get install wxapp

If that doesn't work, try

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
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