How do i get a divx movie on the phone to fit the whole screen. Im not seeing any settings with the default video player on the N900 to scale the video to fit the whole screen.
Provided you have rootsh installed and use sudo to extecute root commands, type
Code:
sudo apt-get install mplayer
That should install mplayer for you which you then can start from the command line.
Any other program in installable the same way. Alternatively you can use Hildon Application Manager to install these things for you. Be aware though, that HAM is sloooooow.
No there is not. It's a matter of your sudoers file allowing you or not to work without a password as sudo.
The workaround is to simply change your identity to root first via
Code:
sudo gainroot
and then repeat the commands I gave you, but leave out the sudo part. So:
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apt-get install mplayer
That should do the trick.
If this annoys you for whatever reason and you want to be able to use sudo without the need for a password, you'll have to edit a text file, located over at
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/etc/sudoers/01sudo
In there you'll need to have a line saying
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user ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/sudo
It requires a reboot to bring the change to effect. And ofcourse, this change will have to be done as root.
