On 3/19/08, Luca Olivetti <luca at ventoso.org> wrote: > En/na Mark Haury ha escrit: > > > Unfortunately, they are apparently sold out, and I can't find another > > source for either the keyboard or the USB adapter. > > I see plenty of that same keyboard on ebay, unfortunately they're a bit > more expensive that the one in the forum, but not that much. > What are they calling it? I tried a couple of different searches. > > > I need one of those > > USB adapters more than anything else. It's critical for using host mode. > > No, you can just use a standard female-a to mini-b adapter (or even a > female-a to female-a connected on the standard cable that came with the > n800) and switch the n800 to host mode by typing (as root) Those adapters are harder to find than you might think. I refuse to pay more for shipping than for the actual product, but all I can find locally is the X-in-1 cables, and that's too much bulk to carry around in my waist pack. > > echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode > > There are many posts on ITT explaining how to create menu entries to > automate that. > That's good to know. There's also a utility on maemo.org called "USBControl" that has a nice GUI, but I haven't been able to test is without an adapter. Mark
