To follow on, since I am unable to get a KeyServer to confirm the key I decided to continue (based on the assumption that the Maemo Hackers PUB KEY is correct) and to export the key from gpg and add it to the list of trusted keys for apt with apt-key:

#gpg --armor --export 5FD45CD3EA68E29D | apt-key add -

[Note this is the full key, i.e. not truncated to the last 8 digits – advice on the correct format varies]

The response to the command is;

gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found

So, that is it. I appear to be stuck.

Mikeinnc
Just a query, have you Application Manager/Tools/Refresh Application List

and them /Tools/Log
There may be some information in there that could help.

Honeybadger
The thought of deselecting Virtual Memory scares me, why would I want to do it?

Reb - Just to make sure... You need to connect to WiFi BEFORE you attempt to connect to anything (ie: Keyserver) on the outside. Xterm will not automatically connect to WiFi for you like most everything else on the tablets do.

Deselecting Virtual Memory won't hurt anything unless it's actively being used - if which case I don't it will allow you to deselect it. Virtual Memory (aka Swap) is really nothing more than a temporary holding place.

The only reason I had suggested Honeybadger deselect it is because he was getting errors that his internal (non-removable) MMC was in use - I know that the N810 uses the internal (non-removable) MMC as it's choice for swap usage. I fear that something in his swap has become corrupted and I don't know how to tell HB to fix because he/she is missing some important abilities - namely the ability to become root.

I guess this should be a lesson to each and every N810 user out there. Make sure one of the first things you do is install becomeroot to make sure that you can do tasks from the command line that require root access - because if things go wrong on your internal card it's not like you can just pop it out and reformat in a desktop computer.

That would make sense, wifi is connected but do I need to connect specifically via Terminal? If so then it would require commands? Would you know what they are, please?

In the meantime I have dealt with the no-pub key issues for the two repos, Maemo Hackers and Tuomas Kulve , all thanks to Saluga for pointing me in the right direction
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...72postcount=10

A word of explanation for those of us sharing my pit of ignorance:-

Maemo Hackers: http://maemo-hackers.org/
Go down to Get GPG Key and download pubkey.txt
http://inz.fi/pubkey.txt

Tuomas Kulve: http://tuomas.kulve.fi/
Go to PGP and download pgp.txt
http://tuomas.kulve.fi/pgp.txt

Place the files ‘pubkey.txt’ and ‘pgp.txt’ in a suitable directory on your tablet.
Open terminal, gain root (by your own means) and navigate to the directory containing the two files.

#apt-key add pubkey.txt
#apt-key add pgp.txt

That will solve the no-pub key issues for those two repos at least.

OK I understand now, I have a N800 and so would probalby need to set up my own swapfile.

I recall seeing threads on the forum and, if I fell the need to set one up, I am sure I can best the reluctance of the Search function to report much of value.

Speaking of the Search shambles, it does not seem to be keeping track of my unread threads. I only discovered your recent posts when I came to post here myself.

Yay! I'm glad you FINALLY got that fixed and at least now I know if the pubkey bug bites me I can have this thread as a resource thanks for posting your fix.

As for wifi and Xterm if there is a way to connect to wifi from xterm - I don't know what it is I just always connect first if I know I'm going to be trying to grab something online - I've gotten similar errors to yours (the first ones) just by not being connected to wifi.

Yes, it was good to get the result. It also progresses my understanding of the Debian security process.

That is ok, just the knowledge that it has to be done is sufficient for me to get stuck in. My assumption was that Terminal was automatically sharing my wifi connection.

I checked out the error log in Application Manager and this is what it read:

hildon-application-manager 2.0.2
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_updates_chinook_._Pa ckages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_certified_dists_chin ook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_free_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_non-free_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://elkins.org chinook/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/elkins.org_packages_dists_chinook_main_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.cobb.uk.net chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.cobb.uk.net_apt_dists_chinook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
apt-worker[1280]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib - g_strsplit_set: assertion `string != NULL' failed
apt-worker[1280]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib - g_strsplit_set: assertion `string != NULL' failed
apt-worker[1280]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib - g_strsplit_set: assertion `string != NULL' failed
apt-worker[1280]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib - g_strsplit_set: assertion `string != NULL' failed
apt-worker[1280]: GLIB CRITICAL ** GLib - g_strsplit_set: assertion `string != NULL' failed
E: Failed to fetch http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com..././Release.gpg
E: Failed to fetch http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com...ok/Release.gpg
E: Failed to fetch http://repository.maemo.org/dists/chinook/Release.gpg
E: Failed to fetch http://elkins.org/packages/dists/chinook/Release.gpg
E: Failed to fetch http://www.cobb.uk.net/apt/dists/chinook/Release.gpg
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_updates_chinook_._Pa ckages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_certified_dists_chin ook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com_certified_dists_chin ook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_free_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_dists_chinook_non-free_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://elkins.org chinook/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/elkins.org_packages_dists_chinook_main_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://www.cobb.uk.net chinook/user Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/www.cobb.uk.net_apt_dists_chinook_user_binary-armel_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Perhaps a review of what I did. In 'My Selection', I clicked on Skype button. It asks 'Install Skype?'. I click OK.

A dialog then appears 'In order to install software from this source a catalogue must be added. Add catalogue now? Nokia Catalogue.' I click OK. The Application Manager screen starts; the by now infamous 'Downloading 1kb' message appears and that's where it stops. After a while, I cancel. If I 'Browse Installable Apps' in the App. Manager, of course it is empty (no apps available).

I have browsed to the repositories in the log, and in all cases it appears that the 'Release.gpg' file is NOT available. Is this the public key?

This should not be this ridiculously complicated. If I press a button that has been put there inside the OS saying 'Skype', I'd expect it to work!!

Thanks for ANY assistance!