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2012-05-29
, 21:42
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#12
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Originally Posted by AJMAL P.M
Did not work broo
oh sorry!! My fault. I thought it was N9 connected to pc. My fault.
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2012-05-29
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#13
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Originally Posted by polarbear
Icon still exist in shortcuts....but cant open it
Based upon the fact that you may have lost/corrupted other files that you/may not be able to see in addition to your settings, I would suggest you back everything up and do a full reflash of the file system just in case.
That being said, if you wish to just try and repair it first, your first course of action is to determine if only the .desktop file has been lost or if the settings program itself is also gone.
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2012-05-29
, 21:50
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#14
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Originally Posted by michaaa62
icon still exist in my desktop...but can't open it
Since some applications use the MyDocs partition also to store their settings, it is a very bad idea to scan that filesystem completely. Do it on a per-file-base, whenever you exchange files from the N900 to windows.
Still i am not quite sure what the error is that you are facing, is it just the missing shortcut, or is the settings application corrupted?
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2012-05-29
, 22:25
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#15
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Alright, then the next step for you is to check /usr/bin and make sure you have both controlpanel and controlpanel.launch
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2012-05-29
, 23:13
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#16
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Is it possible that Norton Antivirus deleted a file from /usr/? I suspect that there is something going with a dotfolder in MyDocs and not anything on the rootfs. After all windows do not have access to the rootfs when connected as mass storage or otherwise. Even if you did manage to connect it, win wouldn't be able to read the ext partition.
Therefore a sane approach would be to run /usr/bin/controlpanel from terminal and see what errors it spews, then uninstall any app that adds a control panel applet (maybe it has corrupted settings and causes control panel to crash). Last resort before reflash is to remove all the dotfolders from MyDocs, except .documents, .pictures, .videos etc.
Therefore a sane approach would be to run /usr/bin/controlpanel from terminal and see what errors it spews, then uninstall any app that adds a control panel applet (maybe it has corrupted settings and causes control panel to crash). Last resort before reflash is to remove all the dotfolders from MyDocs, except .documents, .pictures, .videos etc.
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Proud coding competition 2012 winner: ρcam
My other apps: speedcrunch N9 N900 Jolla –– contactlaunch –– timenow
Nemo UX blog: Grog
My website: qwazix.com
My job: oob
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2012-05-30
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#17
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Did he say that he had it connected in mass storage mode? I must have missed that. In that case, you're correct, Norton shouldn't have had any way to make changes to that. It must be something else, give what qwazix said a try.
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2012-05-30
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#18
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Originally Posted by ramsheed
Forget it. That was for N9.
Did not work broo
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2012-05-30
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#19
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Originally Posted by qwazix
Is it possible that Norton Antivirus deleted a file from /usr/? I suspect that there is something going with a dotfolder in MyDocs and not anything on the rootfs. After all windows do not have access to the rootfs when connected as mass storage or otherwise. Even if you did manage to connect it, win wouldn't be able to read the ext partition.
Therefore a sane approach would be to run /usr/bin/controlpanel from terminal and see what errors it spews, then uninstall any app that adds a control panel applet (maybe it has corrupted settings and causes control panel to crash). Last resort before reflash is to remove all the dotfolders from MyDocs, except .documents, .pictures, .videos etc.
can u help me with xterminal command to do it? pls
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2012-05-31
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#20
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@qwaix.....pls reply.....i'm in deep trouble now
That being said, if you wish to just try and repair it first, your first course of action is to determine if only the .desktop file has been lost or if the settings program itself is also gone.