it worked for me once. then i messed the sudoers and reflashed the device. didn't install that package again tho (instead i just copied some of the binaries (wget/xargs/find) to /var/lib/install/usr/bin) On 3/27/06, Neal H. Walfield <neal at walfield.org> wrote: > At Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:01:49 +0200, > Armin M. Warda wrote: > > I just noticed, that 'NealWalfield' added to the Maemo Application > > Catalog Wiki entry for package 'some-gnu-utils_0.1_arm.deb' the > > following text: > > > > Causes installer to hang with SE2005_3_2005_51_13 firmware! > > > > I did not notice such a problem with this package, and never heard > > about similiar problems before, with any firmware version. > > > > Can somebody confirm the problem or no-problem? > > > > regards, Armin, > > > > P.S.: How can I find out how to contact 'NealWalfield', who added > > this to revision 535 of the Wiki? > > On a 770 with a near fresh SE2005_3_2005_51_13 install, installing > some-gnu-utils caused the app installer to hang: the progress bar > simply moved back and forth for over 5 minutes. Since the > app-installer runs in dialog mode, not only could it not be killed but > the menu system can't be activated. I eventually had to take the > battery out to force the device to hard reset. On reboot, the > app-installer reports some-gnu-utils as "broken" and refuses to remove > it. > > I added the warning last night after the problem occured. I'm willing > (and plan) to investigate further. > > Thanks, > Neal > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Kemal
