Re: Debain arm on a nokia N800
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:27:12 -0400, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 May 2007 17:55:56 +0200, Detlef Schmicker wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> some months ago I posted on maemo (the platform used for the Nokia
>>> N800) mailinglist about my attemps to run DEBIAN-ARM on this platform.
>>>
>>>
>> I'd certainly be interested in informatin about getting armel on my
>> m800. There seems to be progress in compiling a kernel and setting p a
>> reasonable initial file system, but it's not clear what I have to do to
>> enable the n800 to actually boot from it.
>>
>> I think I'm looking for instructions that are more end-user-friendly
>> than the ones in
>>
>>
>>> http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-February/008480.html
>>>
>>>
>> I really don't know how to make my n800 boot differently, nor how to
>> get it back the way it was if things go horribly wrong. But having
>> Debian instead of maemo will, I suspect, make life easier -- at least
>> finding packages to install and using gcc and the like.
>>
>>
>>> (setup 2 and 3 are of interest here)
>>>
>>> I had quite low feedback. Maybe on debian-arm mailinglist there is
>>> more interest in this "port".
>>>
>>>
>> It's on the debian-arm mailing list that I found your post, now over a
>> year old.
>>
>>
> Here is how to boot the Nokia tablets from an SD card:
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Booting_from_a_flash_card
Let me tell you what happened when I started to do this. It may also
make it clear what I mean by not end-user-friendly. It's not as if I am
the kind of end-user that only knows how to enter entries into
spreadsheets, either.
First, it refers me to http://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access, where it tells
me to first enable extras http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras.
When I attempt to
: Go into the Application manager.
: Tap the menu -> Tools -> Application catalog...
: Double-tap maemo Extras.
I follow Tools->Application manager
I open its menu and follow ->Tools->Application catalogue...
I get a scrollable list which does not contain maemo Extras.
It does contain Debian Nokia Repository; when I ask for Details I'm told
web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extra
Distribution: bora
Components: free nonfree
Disables: empty square
There's also Nokia Research Centre Cambridge:
Web address: http://repository.mccc.nokialab.com
Distribution: bora
Comnponents: extras
Disabled: empty square
and a number of others that don't seem to mention 'extras' at all.
Here's my complete list:
Nokia Catalogue
Nokia Catalogue (3rd party software)
GPE main
The Battle for Wesnoth - 1st mirror
Debian Nokia repository
maemo-hackers
maemo <- this entry claims to be for
distribution mistral. all the
others seem to be for bora.
Maemo Applications
Maemo 3.0
Nokia Research Centre Cambridge
Gene Cash's Python scripts
OpenedHand Prebuilt Maemo Packages
Which one should I use for this? I'm currently running the factory-
installed OS2007.
* * *
When, from the page http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras I attempt to follow the
instruction
"To enable Extras repository, just open this link on your tablet."
I get redirected to a web page http://www.theedge.com/
When I attempt to open *this link* I get redirected to a web page
advertising The Edge, which seems to be some kind of magazine.
Did I screw up somewhere?
* * *
Nevertheless, I discover I did have an openssh installed. I start an
xterm, and type in
ssh root@localhost
and it says,
ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused
ssh localhost -l root
does no different.
Evidently I have the wrong ssh -- since I don't remember ever having to
choose a password during any installation I've ever done on this system.
And I never got to the point of being asked for a password.
The ssh I have is listed by the application manager as
openssh 1:4.7p1-2.maemo2 8 kB
openssh-client 1:4.7p1-2.maemo2 1.1 MB
openssh-server 1:4.6p1-5.maemo3 0.4 MB
-- hendrik
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