On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:26:32AM -0500, Willie McKemie wrote: > I haven't had much time to sit down and play with my 770, so all the > questions below are still outstanding. Though I've resolved to flash > to the new image. When time allows. If by "new image" you mean OS2006, then do it, you won't be sorry. > Someone asked about installing packages; I've been downloading to an > internet connected computer, then copying via USB over to the 770's > RSMMC card, then installing from the memory card. Is that a reasonable > or best way? If I ever get to the point where I can SSH into my 770, > then it might be more convenient to download directly to the 770. On OS2006 the most convenient way is to use the application manager. Brief intro: go to http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006 or http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationRepositories, pick the repositories you're interested in, add them to the application manager's catalog list (copy & paste is useful here), and then you can download & install the packages (with all their dependencies) with a single mouse click. Err. With a single tap. Three taps (there's a warning message about how 3rd party software can break your device yada yada yada). Brief intro about getting SSH (there's more than one way to do it; this is mine): add the http://repository.maemo.org and http://mg.pov.lt/770 repositories, install becomeroot and xterm, then in an xterm do 'sudo su' followed by 'apt-get install ssh'. Lock the root account ('passwd -l root') or change its password (the default is 'rootme'). Either create a /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys file if you want to use pubkey auth, or set a password for the 'user' account. That's it. Well, I also like to edit /etc/sudoers and add a user ALL=(ALL) ALL line (the becomeroot package adds a 'user ALL=(ALL) /bin/su' line only). HTH, Marius Gedminas -- Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20060915/76ca9e5a/attachment.pgp
