Originally Posted by silvermountain

dpkg -i hildon-desktop_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb
dpkg -i libhildondesktop0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb
dpkg -i libhildonwm0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb

Originally Posted by Bundyo

You can replace these with dpkg -i hildon-desktop_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb libhildondesktop0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb libhildonwm0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb

Originally Posted by silvermountain

I found it a frustrating exercise to get the patch for locking and un-locking the home-screen applets in place to work but I finally managed to do so and it seems to work well for me.

Since I'm a total Linux n00b and struggled a bit I thought that there may be others out there like me that would benefit from more of a step-by-step.

Disclaimer: Following these instructions is your own decision and I take no responsibility for anything bad that may come out of it :-)

Also, note, I believe that this is only applicable to OS2008.

1) Download the required files.
In this thread qwerty12 lists the three files needed.

Download them one by one to a folder on your tablet that you can easily get to.
Me, I put them on a folder on the internal memory card I had created named "Content".

2) Install the files
This does require a few steps.

a) Open up Xterminal

b) Give yourself root access (me, I use rootsh and issue the command "root" and presto, I have root access and can do things I most likely never should).

c) Browse to the folder you saved the files in.
I had mine in a folder named "Content" on the internal memory card so I did:
cd /media/mmc2/content

c) I then issued the command "ls -l" to make sure I was in the right folder and that the files were there.

d) Then issue these three commands:
dpkg -i hildon-desktop_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb
dpkg -i libhildondesktop0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb
dpkg -i libhildonwm0_2.0.18-1fix1_armel.deb

3) Re-start the tablet

You're done. If you now go to the home-option (see my screen shot) you now have an option to toggle the apps to be 'locked in place' or 'movable'.

I love it.

Originally Posted by jalladin

can you or anyone else help me install this,..

I have all three of the files and the root download but once i put the first command in the Xterminal it said not found... i dnt have much experience in command lines...


please help, thanks

Originally Posted by silvermountain

1) Are you in the same directory as the files are when you are executing the commands?

2) Are you root?

3) Did you spell the commands and file names correct?

Originally Posted by jalladin

I dnt even know how to go to the directory in Xterminal and "get in root" i just followed the directions ( which didn really help me as a step by step once i got to the part after downloading)