Updating in red pill mode is just asking to brick your device. I've heard of it happening almost every time. Use red pill mode as a temporary workaround for a single package, not as a way of life, no matter how much of a power user you are. The device just doesn't support it. Ryan Jonathan Greene wrote: > I can't answer that as I have nothing to do with software releases... > thats a Nokia / Maemo team question. I think you just need to tread > lightly with Red Pill mode knowing it's an official unofficial (or > perhaps unsupported) method of doing things. > > On 9/11/07, *Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida* <pmrdealmeida at mac.com > <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> wrote: > > Hello Jonathan, > > Why then should there be patches to some of the OS 2006 files? Do > you mean that these patches could simply be experimental even > though they have a version later than the ones installed in the 770? > > Does anybody at Nokia releases patches to essential OS 2006 system > files which can be updated under red-pill mode? > > Cheers, > > Pedro > ----- Original message ----- > From: Jonathan Greene <atmasphere at atmasphere.net > <mailto:atmasphere at atmasphere.net>> > To: Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida <pmrdealmeida at mac.com > <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> > Cc: Maemo users <maemo-users at maemo.org <mailto:maemo-users at maemo.org>> > Sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007, 22:27:15 CEST > Subject: Re: Updates in red-pill mode > "Welcome to the Matrix" > > I don't think Red Pill mode is advised for general use or system > updates. > It's really more of a backdoor. I've used it to get Python to > install in > the past as it seems to get past the missing library error though > I'm not > sure that's so much of a good thing either. > > On 9/11/07, Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida <pmrdealmeida at mac.com > <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have realized that in red-pill mode a series of system patches are > > available for installing, e.g., patches fr browser controls, > opera etc. > > > > I have installed some of these patches - not all - and my 770 > became more > > unstable ad even crashed to the point of aving to remove the > battery to be > > able to reboot it. > > > > Opera also got a new look as new, orange scroll bars replaced the old > > ones. > > > > Is it recommended to install the updates in red-pill mode or is this > > unwise? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pedro > > > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users at maemo.org <mailto:maemo-users at maemo.org> > > > https://lists.maemo.org<https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users> > > /mailman/listinfo/maemo-users<https://lists.maemo.org > <https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users>> > /mailman/listinfo/maemo-users> > <https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users>>; > > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Greene > +1.914.750.8740 > AIM / iChat - atmasphere > gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com > <mailto:jonathangreene at gmail.com> > Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene > blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp > <http://www.atmasphere.net/wp >   > <http://www.atmasphere.net/wp >; / http://www.maemoapps.com > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Greene > +1.914.750.8740 > AIM / iChat - atmasphere > gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com > <mailto:jonathangreene at gmail.com> > Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene > blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Ryan Pavlik AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com AbiWord Community Outreach Project: www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/ "Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." -- Helen Keller "The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as Ubuntu was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that were created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers." -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide
