mfratus2001 | # 1 | 2010-01-02, 14:19 | Report

I messed up my Audio Player while trying to install something else. So I deleted it in the Applications installer, with the idea I would just re-install it the same way. Oops.
I was messing with libraries, messed something else up, and finally just got fed up. I was about to re-flash it when I found an 45.6MB file named myRootImage.tar.gz and looked into it. It was a new filesystem image. I got it while following instructions on http://wiki.maemo.org/Modifying_the_root_image
and still had it.

Sure, I could have flashed my device, but I would lose everything on it, and my settings, bookmarks etc.

My tablet is dual-boot, so I booted off of the original install.
I plugged my USB cable in.
(I use Ubuntu, so you Windows users have to improvise.)

Add a group named user with the ID of 29999 with your user manager and add Root to the group.

Find myRootImage.tar.gz on the 'net and download it. Or make it via http://wiki.maemo.org/Modifying_the_root_image.

Use sudo on your PC to bring up Nautilus, and use it to browse to where you have myRootImage.tar.gz stored.

Double-click on myRootImage.tar.gz and it will bring up the Archive program. Click the ./ and you will see the root directory of the archive.

Extract it all onto the root ot your flash disk. You can try selecting to not overwrite any files if you are sure you are just missing something.

Unmount when it is done, and try a re-boot. It fixed mine, and I have my settings, even my passwords.

I'm sure I forgot something, but I just wanted to pass this on. I hate spending hours getting a system back up.

Andre Klapper | # 2 | 2010-01-02, 14:40 | Report

That's a pretty GNOME specific how-to (without mentioning so), plus I have no idea what hardware you talk about here.