Qole, thanks for responding. It turns out that it now seems to be working without my having done anything that I can remember other than perhaps doing a power down/power up of the N800. Thus I can now get GIMP and Openoffice to run, I am still interested to understand how this "app" relates to the N800 OS. Does Debian run as an app, a VM, or something else? Best Regards, John Holmblad Acadia Secure Networks, LLC * * Qole wrote: > Hi John, > > Mark has given you the right ITT thread to visit, but basically you > need to download a big tar file from the web, then extract it onto an > SD card. There's an icon that does this for you in your Extras menu. > This process usually takes about 45 minutes, but may take less time if > you've got a really good Internet connection. About 30 minutes for the > download, 15 minutes for the extraction. > > Here's the ITT thread again if you have any more questions: > > http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24272 > > (sorry for not answering sooner, I don't patrol the mailing lists as > often as I should) > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:28 AM, John B. Holmblad > <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > All, > > after installing an 8g SDHC card on my N800 I decided to make use > of it > by downloading/installing the Turbo Easy Debian for Everyone > v0.9.19 app > that is available now from the maemo downloads www page. It installed > successfully and it deposited apps into several app directory > categories > (extras, utilities, and comms ? - I am not in front of my N800 right > now to provide the exact details). However when I select on, say, the > openoffice app in the extras category, it fails with an obscure error > message. It seems that there is a defined sequence of the installed > "helper"apps that must be launched in order for things to work > correctly. Unfortunately the maemo www page for this app does not > clearly define those steps. > > Any help would be appreciated so I can avoid the need to hunt and peck > my way to success. > > Also, I would like to understand how this easy-Debian install > works. It > would appear that it utilizes the N800 OS as a sort of hypervisor > virtualization layer and the easy-Debian install runs as a guest > OS but > I am not certain. > > Any insights/help would be much appreciated. > > -- > > Best Regards, > > > John Holmblad > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > * * <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx> > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > -- > Qole: fanboy, wacko, and maemo.org <http://maemo.org> junta member _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
