Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

Me too, it corrupts my mmc image... (My N770 is willing to try another flash.)
But, I love the idea of using any alternative to hildon.
Thanks for your work, PENGUINBAIT!!!

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

I understand your frustration, if I had a 770, I could verify before I posted a tarball. But unfortunately I do not, so I am unable to verify and make useable on the 770 when I post. I have to rely on the community to try and test and report to me how to put a tarball out with 770 changes if necessary. I just can't afford to by a 770, and if I could, I would probably buy another n800, so I could do video conferencing. My next purchase will be larger memory cards and external hard disks, all this development has used up all my space everywhere.


OPENBOX-ROX I believe has a problem with openbox window manager, but I have not been able to determine from the postings thus far what the actual problem is?

Window Maker ROX should be working on the 770, I believe users said it waas working on the 770? Right?

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

I boot to flash

I mount a remote linux smb server (could be windows) (you will need cifs support in kernel or module)


mount -t cifs //192.168.0.1/public /mnt -o rw -o username=pb8,password=pb8passwd

mount the mmc

mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /run


cd /run

tar cvf /mnt/backupfolder/mmc0p2.tar .


to restore,

either run

mkfs.ext2 /dev/mmcblk0p2

if you do not have mkfs.ext2 you should install e2fsprogs, you will also get fsck which you should use after crashes on mmc.

apt-get install e2fsprogs

now


mount -t cifs //192.168.0.1/public /mnt -o rw -o username=pb8,password=pb8passwd

cd /run

tar xvf /mnt/backupfolder/mmc0p2.tar



I choose not to do compression with gzip or bzip2 because the 770/800 is not real fast at compressing and uncompressing files.

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

Penguinbait: I fully appreciate the obviously severe current restraints and priorities on your time and development goals. The fact that you have any time and concern at all for us 770 users is commendable. (I am puzzled, though, that you yourself don't have a 770. You mean you've never ever had one, but have come to the N800 as your first Nokia internet tablet, or that you had one but got rid of it?) Anyway, regarding the OPENBOX-ROX and the WindowMaker-ROX, the first would load on my 770 but not work, and the second would load and then corrupt my MMC. So from my own experience, neither works on the 770. I do hope that interested developers will come to your, our and my aid in this matter. Again, many thanks for your stalwart efforts. Regards, Jim

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

If you search you can read my many complaints about my 770 and the repair process. The long and short of it is I had a 770 for 11 months, I had a few issues I wanted fixed before the warrant was over, so I sent it in, never to b seen again. I took $240 after 1.5 months in repair, I initially did not take the money, but the the n800 was announced, so I called back and took the $240 and boutght a n800 for 400$, it was a good way to upgrade, but I no longer have a 770 now.


I really hope some of the stuff I have put out will encourage some more development in this arena. I am just playing around, and sharing. WE NEED SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS A REAL SOLID ALTERNATIVE.

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

Penguinbait: I am probably one of the lucky few(?) who bought my 770 shortly after it came out and have never had any hardware problems with it. Rather than buy myself a N800, which to me would not be any significant improvement on the 770, I have been tempted of late to spend a bit more and purchase a Sharp Zaurus, which apparently more readily lends itself to the sort of window manager experimentation you're doing, to say nothing of also being able to change the basic operating system. Anyway, I'm waiting though to see what further propects there might be forthcoming for the 770 before I go that route.

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

I also considered the switching to umpc, but the n800 only cost me $160, so it was a no brainer. I also nevery really had any hardware problems with my 770, I had one tiny little dead spot on the screen, I would have ignored it,but it was on the onscreen keyboard, I would have to hit the "S" key like three times to get a S and it mage handwriting recognition impossible. I put off sending it in for months, but my warranty was almost up. I initally hated the n800, thought it was ugly, now I like it better than the 770.

Re: OPENBOX-ROX Now Available
 

But of course as you didn't have a 770 you were satisfied with, the switch to the N800 made sense. But I DO have a well-functioning 770 (for now!), so the trade-off for me would not likely be the same as for you.

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I am pretty sure I would have purchased a n800 anyway, but it would have been a harder sell to the wife :D

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I hear you.