Re: [maemo-developers] The future of the Application installer

2005-11-07 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marius Vollmer wrote: > It will very likely be > implemented by canibalizing synaptic or some other existing graphical > package manager. Have you looked at what the Ubuntu guys are doing? They want to have a cross between synaptic, their current "Application Insta

Re: [maemo-developers] r00t

2005-10-23 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Toni Willberg wrote: > The user account doesn't have password set at all (see /etc/passwd). I did, but it doesn't have "*" (no password) but "!", which usually means "Real password is somewhere that non-root can't read". And passwd- can't be read ... Regards Ian

Re: [maemo-developers] r00t

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jochen Eisinger wrote: > have fun :) Now you have root, can you get the encrypted password for the user account from wherever it is (I think passwd-)? A cracked could then get the password to make it easier. The password for root is "rootme" so hopefully the u

Re: [maemo-developers] Announce: xterm

2005-10-20 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jan Wildeboer wrote: > That's simple ;-) > > Crackjack on the /etc/passwd file ;-) Which is why I say the root password is simple. :-) But the user password is elsewhere (passwd- ?) and they way that the busybox su works, and the way that sudo is configured, mean

Re: [maemo-developers] Announce: xterm

2005-10-20 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Oliver wrote: > Now we just need the root password ... Cancel that, the root password is easy. The user password OTOH ... Ian ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.or

Re: [maemo-developers] Announce: xterm

2005-10-20 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jan Wildeboer wrote: > I Just installed it and it is up and running. > > No problems. Same here. Now we just need the root password ... Regards Ian ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https:

Re: [maemo-developers] Announce: Applications for download available

2005-10-20 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nils Faerber wrote: > Oh, we have that too, but the final release software for the device will > not have any xterm/shell installed and even if you install it it will be > very hard to become "root" on the device. I don't mind "very hard" as long as the method is do

Re: [maemo-developers] Porting applications for Maemo

2005-07-06 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Daniel Monteiro wrote: > 770->ARM->big endian, right? There is nothing about a processor that makes it big or little endian: the difference is in how the memory interfaces are wired. Some processors, such as the Hitachi/Renesas SH series, can have different memo

Re: [maemo-developers] Maemo Live 0.5a available

2005-07-06 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > Stopping scratchbox-core before running "kanotix-installer" > should do the trick. I will modify the installer accordingly. Yes, I sussed that a few days ago, and tried again. But stupidly, I gave a new user name rather than sticking with

Re: [maemo-developers] Maemo Live 0.5a available

2005-07-01 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roger Sperberg wrote: > I suspect that the two-step process of first Adding a book into the Plucker > Library and then using the Open command from there are what are stymieing > you. Yes, that sounds like it. I hit "Add", selected a book and hit "Open" and just s

Re: [maemo-developers] Maemo Live 0.5a available

2005-07-01 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > Besides these changes I installed Plucker Desktop and some eBooks. > Please test these features (I did not test them yet). Plucker runs but I can't seem to open any books. Also, I thought I saw mention that the knoppix-installer should w

Re: [maemo-developers] N 770 and webcam

2005-06-23 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Koen Kooi wrote: > Everything I heard indicates that it uses the omap1710 usb 'controller' > which can switch to OTG according to I think that for true OTG you also need a mini-AB that can detect which end of the lead is plugged in. And if Nokia really didn't inten

Re: [maemo-developers] trying to eliminate error from hildon-input-method

2005-06-23 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aleksandr Koltsoff wrote: > There are also other packages "missing" > due to the same reason (be sure to read the mailing list archives). I've tried a quick search, but can't find a list of which parts of the 770's software are proprietary. I'd be very grateful

Re: [maemo-developers] N 770 and webcam

2005-06-23 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Looks to me like the originator has just retracted his statement :( Oh dear. > On the other hand it's difficult to see how the small battery in > the 770 could have powered the bus. A USB keyboard would take very little juice. And you'd probabl

Re: [maemo-developers] N 770 and webcam

2005-06-22 Thread Ian Oliver
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Cherry wrote: > I know I've seen that the USB can be a host instead of the device. > I just can't find the reference right now. I read it in the comments here - http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8351 Dunno how "official" this is. Ian ___