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2011-02-08 , 03:29
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#31
Originally Posted by Ncc Tardis View Post
Yes, definitely have the correct ip address

when I enter that command after setting up x11vnc, it outputs a lot of text before ending up with text promoting another command to attempt, but theres no input, I'm just typing into blank space
You got that part right. The x11vnc server is starting on your N900 and it'll wait for connection request until you kill it. So it responds to nothing but CTRL-C.

At this stage you should run the vncviewer.exe (TightVNC) in your PC and enter the IP address of your N900 to start the VNC session. I was asking whether you've entered correctly in this dialog box of vncviewer.exe
 

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2011-02-08 , 03:46
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#32
Yep, sorry, managed to get it all working, I believe I was adding a space where I shouldn't have somewhere in the code.

Thanks again for all your help with VNC!

At this point I'm now trying to back everything up, I'll try and get backupmenu from the application manager if I can, as for myDocs, I should be fine just copying that to a local drive through SSH, right?
 
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2011-02-08 , 04:04
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#33
Originally Posted by Ncc Tardis View Post
Yep, sorry, managed to get it all working, I believe I was adding a space where I shouldn't have somewhere in the code.

Thanks again for all your help with VNC!

At this point I'm now trying to back everything up, I'll try and get backupmenu from the application manager if I can, as for myDocs, I should be fine just copying that to a local drive through SSH, right?
While I absolutely trust Rob is writing quality codes in backmenu, I'd recommend you to run the backup program provided by the system first before using backupmenu.

Your MyDocs would be just fine copying to local drive via SCP yes. However, don't you have the USB cable that can connect your MyDocs as a remote storage in your PC? It's faster copying this way.

One more thing you'd like to backup is a list of packages you've installed. You could get that list by running:

Code:
maemo-list-user-packages
or dpkg (my preference):
Code:
dpkg --get-selections | grep '\binstall\b' | awk '{print $1}' > package.list
EDIT: Revised the package listing method.
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2011-02-08 , 04:18
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#34
Will do. Had a blonde moment in forgetting I could now activate mass storage mode...

thanks again for all the help!

EDIT: Those two commands that you just suggested, I should be able to use print those commands to text files using

Code:
*command* > output.txt
right?
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2011-02-08 , 04:27
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#35
Right.

You may edit your topic and put a [SOLVED] prefix in the subject now.

Good luck
 

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2011-02-08 , 11:57
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#36
Originally Posted by Ncc Tardis View Post
Is there a way to print the output from a command to a text file? I've now had to go back to the

Code:
gconftool --all-dirs /system/osso/connectivity/IAP
command in order to get the proper input for the WiFi connection, however it's skipping past the connection I need, by about 4 - 5 lines.

I tried the 'less' command via an sh script,

Code:
gconftool --all-dirs /system/osso/connectivity/IAP | less
but that came back with

Code:
/media/mmc1/x1.sh: line 1: less: not found
I know you have now solved this, but just for interest:

To redirect output to a text file, use "> filename.txt" rather than "| command". I didn't mention that earlier when you had your initial problems because you can't type ">" without a working touchscreen either. You could then type "more filename.txt" to see the contents of the output.

The reason "less" didn't work is because it isn't installed on the N900 by default. "| more" would have worked.
 

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2011-02-09 , 06:13
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#37
Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who helped out with this, the phone is currently on its way to a repair centre, and I should have it back in about 2 weeks, fingers crossed it comes back working!

Thanks again!
 
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2011-02-21 , 02:10
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#38
Just got the phone back, turns out this was all much ado about nothing!

They didn't even wipe the memory, just replaced the entire Touch screen!

Thanks again everyone!
 

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2012-12-17 , 13:29
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#39
Originally Posted by 9000 View Post
How about backupmenu by Rob Simpson (aka RobbieThe1st here)?

To install without touchscreen, you may press CTRL-SHIFT-X at desktop. The Xterminal will be popped up, then type the following (hopefully you have rootsh installed)

Code:
root
apt-get install backupmenu
Then reboot the device with keyboard opened.

Actually I could tell you how to get SSH and VNC to control your N900 remotely in PC. Tell me if you'd prefer it. I'll show you.
what if i dont have installed the rootsh? my touchscreen is bad, so i cant download it with app manager... i have connected to a wifi with x-term and i want to connect my pc with the phone. what can i do?
 
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