ignore me. I'm an idiot. had a brainwave and solved within 10 minutes of posting.
when i reflashed and reinstalled diabo5 and telescope, I omitted to apply the hack to copy the system notifier to the status bar.
one command in xterm later and normal service has resumed.
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Nokia 770 (2gb) since Aug 2007
Nokia N800 (32gb) since Dec 2007
Nokia N810 (16gb) since Sep 2009
Nokia N900 (64gb) since Aug 2010 ______________________________
when i reflashed and reinstalled diabo5 and telescope, I omitted to apply the hack to copy the system notifier to the status bar.
one command in xterm later and normal service has resumed.
______________________________
Nokia 770 (2gb) since Aug 2007
Nokia N800 (32gb) since Dec 2007
Nokia N810 (16gb) since Sep 2009
Nokia N900 (64gb) since Aug 2010 ______________________________