N810 Faq

[adaviel]

I started writing a FAQ for the N810 tablet. At this point it's mostly things
I wanted to find out for myself, with a few extras.
Any contributions welcome.

http://andrew.daviel.org/N810-FAQ.html

[vinc17]

Good idea. This is not the first N810 FAQ, but there is useful information...

Concerning the "Help, my disk is full!" question, you say that it is only 256MB, but you can also say that it is compressed. About /var/cache/apt/archives/, I now use a symbolic link (this was suggested somewhere in the forum):

# mkdir -p /media/mmc3/var/cache/apt
# mv /var/cache/apt/archives /media/mmc3/var/cache/apt/
# ln -s /media/mmc3/var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/

(mmc3 corresponds to my ext2 partition here, but I suppose that it can be something else).

Concerning the keyboard configuration, an alternative solution is to modify the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-44 (it is re-read by killing the /usr/bin/hildon-input-method process that has the highest PID). References:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14698
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15582


See other information here: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14221

[danguyf]

You might post your FAQ to the wiki here so that others can add to it easily.

[adaviel]

About /var/cache/apt/archives/, I now use a symbolic link (this was suggested somewhere in the forum):

# ln -s /media/mmc3/var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/

(mmc3 corresponds to my ext2 partition here, but I suppose that it can be something else).


I believe this only works with an ext2 or ext3 partition on the SD card,
not the default VFAT.

[vinc17]

I believe this only works with an ext2 or ext3 partition on the SD card,
not the default VFAT.

I've tried with VFAT (apt-get update + apt-get install ...) and it seems to work. In fact, I don't see any reason why it couldn't work. Some package versions can contain a colon character (a character that is not allowed in VFAT filenames), but apt-get uses an escape sequence (%3a) in filenames.

[norbit]

how and where do you enter the codes to change the operation of the software. i tried x terminal but got nowhere. just trying to learn a thing or two. if someone could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.

[vinc17]

how and where do you enter the codes to change the operation of the software. i tried x terminal but got nowhere.

The commands must be typed as root (FYI, # is the prompt for root), but be very careful, as under root, you can do everything, including render your tablet unusable. To get root, see the FAQ (http://andrew.daviel.org/N810-FAQ.html#root) (the command "sudo gainroot" or "ssh -l root localhost" can be typed in the X Terminal).

Some more details...

If you have a N810, first reformat your internal memory card if it is incorrect. (Are all N810 affected by the bug (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2940)?) There should probably be something about that in the FAQ.

The mkdir command creates the directory (with the -p option, every needed intermediate subdirectory is automatically created). You can choose another directory name, but the goal is to have it on the 2-GB card (so, it must start with /media/mmc2 or something else if you have added partitions). The mv command moves the current data (/var/cache/apt/archives directory and its contents) into the new location. BTW, these data are not important; so, you can just create the archives directory manually and the archives/partial directory. The ln command creates a symbolic link from the old location to the new location; alternatively, you can change the location in some config file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d (but I haven't tried).

Another solution: the "apt-get clean" command (still typed as root) allows you to clean up everything in the apt archives directory; you can type it from time to time, when the memory gets full.

I don't know how to do that, but perhaps someone will write a GUI-based utility that would allow the user to choose the location of the apt archives directory and/or clean up this directory. This would be nice.