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so if you add the repos futures has posted your application mannager can update?

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

FWIW - I was finally able to install from the Tuomas Kulve repo. Turns out it wasn't a problem with the repository at all really. It was a conflict with an older (bora) version of gstreamer packages that I had install at some point (though I don't remember when or why). Evidently when I attempted to upgrade my ogg support a few days ago something went awry.

To fix the conflicts I did the following:

1) open Xterm and sudo gainroot
2) $apt-get install (insert package name here; eg: ogg)
3) watch for error messages - it might tell you to try 'apt-get -f install' without any packages. Do this and see if it can correct the problems you're having, otherwise it will tell you in more detail what the problem is - for me it said that it got errors processing and trying to overwrite 3 particular files.
4) Here I went back into Appliation Manager and manually deleted the 3 packages that were giving me the error messages (I tried to do 'apt-get remove' but it wouldn't work). Then back to xTerm and 'apt-get -f install' and viola - now new version of ogg is not broken and mPlayer isn't broken anymore.

I guess one of the lessons here is that it's possible that some problems we are blaming on repositories could actually just be dependency problems (aka: dependency hell).

Many thanks to Mr. Kulve for his assistance in figuring this out.

I know this won't help all of you having problems, but it might help some :D

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Thanks for detailing the process. It didn't solve my issues with tuomas.kulv and maemo-hackers repositories but, as a Linux command line novice, it got my feet wet with Terminal.

I am starting to feel proper grown up and geeky.

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So, is it now safe to re-flash and start over again?

Has everything settled down now?

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

Timely question, I have just done it so the answer would appear to be yes. Apart, that is, from my issues with tuomas.kulv and maemo-hackers which remain.

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Rebski, are you getting No_PUBKEY errors for both repositories? I was trying to help someone else who is getting the same PUBKEY error with the kulve repo and I did find that sometimes running 'apt-get update' from xterm as root might fix the problem. If not - do a Google search on the error: "The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available" You will get a lot of hits with varying suggestions on how to fix the missing key.

It's not really a problem with the repository :)

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

Yes that is correct. I had hoped that a clean install of the Os2008 would clear it up.

I have repeated your earlier instructions, after 'sudo gainroot' I get "Enable RD mode if you want to break your device" (very encouraging) and after 'apt-get -f install' I get "Unable to lock the administration directory, are you root?"

Presently i am trying to grasp (and failing) the content of the thread
[Announce] easyroot -- an even better way of becoming root
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=14583

I have installed EasyRoot from
http://olya.com/maemo/
and, after running your commands, get "4 Not Upgraded" so i am none the wiser.

I shall try Google as you suggest.

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I seem to be a fellow sufferer Rebsky...

DO you get an error when you try to deselect "Virtual memory"?

I am completely at a loss and am out of ideas, I finally put in a call to Nokia tech support though they have no idea either, they are even telling me the /mmc2 card errors I am getting in app manager aren't their error and are problably caused by 3rd party apps (I doubt it!).

I am hoping they might have a solution for me sometime this week.

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“The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available:”
I discovered the you can get the key by asking it from a keyserver using terminal: -

#gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys EA68E29D

[Note the 8 digit key is that for Maemo Hackers ]

The response to the command is: -

no remote program execution supported
keyserver: communication error: general error
keyserver receive failed: general error

While I am understandably thrilled to be dabbling in the arcane world of GPG, the response to the terminal command should be a little more forthcoming.

Is there an app that is required to be installed in order for the GPG communication to take place or is this capability deemed to be an integral part of OS2008?

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Can anyone here help? I have updated my OS to 2008 (twice, now) but whenever I try and install *anything* - yes, even Skype from a button - the Application Manager launches; throws up a dialog box that says "Downloading 1kb" and that is it. Period. Nothing. I have removed repository names. I have added repository names. In short, I've done just about anything to get somewhere....anywhere!

And...if I try to use apt-get in X-term, I get all sorts of error messages. I suppose I ought to sudo or be root - but what's the default password?

I'm seriously asking why I bothered......:(

ANY assistance gratefully received.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 :o 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.

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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.

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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! :confused:

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Oops! Looks like it WAS a connectivity problem. N800 was only device using wireless on the router / access point. My laptop was using ethernet and connected via work vpn. The router was not set up to point to my ISP DNS servers! Not a problem for laptop, since they were getting resolved via vpn DNS. Don't ask why some sites were reachable from N800 and others not - I don't know. Anyway, got DNS server IP addresses from DSL modem and put as 'static' DNS in router - and everything works! Yeah!! N800 can now reach the world via wireless!
Skype installed in an instant......

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Just as an exercise, late last night I disconnected from my wi-fi and tapped Refresh Application List. My log was almost identical to yours.

I had expected Application Manager to report that there was no connection but it just carrried on and reported the list of errors.

Isn't that a bit dumb?

I was just about to post this but see that you have sorted the problem already. No thanks to Nokia.

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

That is great information. And (following those directions) I have silenced a few of my repro errors. My question is, how do you quiet them down for other repros? I get the same error for a few others (people.mozilla.org for example , blassey's repro) and a couple others. I have been all over that repro and I see no public key posted anywhere. Can I tell my tablet to ignore that error or is there some way to get the key? I know it doesn't effect anything, but when I am troubleshooting a problem in app-manager I dont want to see a bunch of errors that I can 'ignore' I just don't want them there...

-John

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From what I could find at that time, there are several sources where registers of public keys are kept. In theory it should be possible to obtain the key from the public registrar and then use the 'add pubkey' method. This is my understanding but i could be wrong.

I then found that, as usual, I was making life hard for myself and that the maintainer of the repository simply make available the key on a web page.

But, from what you say, this is not necessarily always the case either.

I am not at all familiar with Linux and am happy to learn but it does get time consuming sometimes.

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I do suggest this thread to be closed.

The repository problems are not of immenent importance anymore and the posts lately discuss everything but repositories.
The posts on pubkeys are very useful, but should perhaps be located elsewhere.

It was a fine thread, now it is time for her to rest in peace

Abel.

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

Rebski - can you post the public keys on a separate thread please :)

This'll help a lot of people wondering what these gpg errors are!

Have some thanks ;)

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

nm - posted it separately with kudos to you/others...

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Is this "fix" still needed in Diablo?

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

No, this fix was for when the repos were down during the first OS2008 release. Thanks for the gravedig, though. :\

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

I assumed, as it was still pinned it was still current. I guess it need unpinning from the forum top.

Re: ATTENTION: How to fix Maemo Extras Repository
 

It is that (I never browse the individual forums), my apologies. Reggie, could we please get this unpinned so it doesn't confuse people?