January 14, 2010 - 2:53 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, n900, shortcuts, tips, tricks, xterm
Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900, Uncategorized | 4 comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
Disclaimer: If you are not comfortable with the command line, do not try this.
If you have installed an app from the Ovi Store web portal, you would have noticed that the process is not fast. Clicking the Download link opens the Application-Manager which takes anywhere [...]
January 14, 2010 - 12:21 am
Tags: maemo, maemo 5, maemo browser, Maemo firmware, Maemo major update, maemo pr1.1, maemo ram limit, n900, n900 fm transmitter demo, n900 ovistore, n900 speakers
Posted in Development, Devices, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
Hi folks a major firmware update for Nokia N900 is out. The Update is called PR 1.1 Release1.2009.42.11 to PR1.1 release 2.2009.51. Maemo 5 PR1.1 is being released on January 14, 2010. Starting in Finland at 7am local time and following a staggering process [...]
January 4, 2010 - 6:20 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, mkmms, n900, n900 camera, n900 mms, n900 mms application
Posted in Applications - Apps, Development, Devices, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
We all know N900 doesn’t yet feature a MMS sending capability. mkMMS is an application developed by Mohammed Sameer
The application is not yet finished. It’s in alpha stage but it’s working good. It lacks GUI and very limited in features.This application allows you to create [...]
December 28, 2009 - 4:19 pm
Tags: browser, maemo5, n900, n900 softwares, N900 Tricks, Nokia N900 portrait mode, tips, tricks
Posted in Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
If you connect the N900 to a computer via USB frequently, you will sooner or later encounter this error where the N900 will refuse to be used as external media.
This is because a program (or programs) is accessing files in the /home/user/MyDocs folder. To fix [...]
December 19, 2009 - 1:54 am
Tags: maemo5, n900, n900 faq, n900 key tips, n900 tips, shortcuts, tips, tricks, xterm
Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | No comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
This tutorial will show you how to add an icon to the topx shortcut in Part 1.
Find/create a PNG image of dimension 48×48. (google this)
Name the file topx.png
Save file to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/hildon/ (you will need root access)
Modify the topx.desktop file to include the following line. The [...]
This is part two of the Python for Newbies tutorial. Part One can be found here. The content of this tutorial is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
December 9, 2009 - 10:23 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, n900, nokia n900, python, tips, tricks
Posted in Development, Devices, Editorial, Nokia N900 | 18 comments
This is a Python tutorial that tries to touch on most areas of the Python language, but attempts to be very simple so that people who have never done any sort of programming can grasp it. Special attention will be given to its use as a Maemo OS development platform.
November 29, 2009 - 7:23 am
Tags: browser, maemo, maemo5, n900, N900-portrait, nokia n900, Nokia N900 portrait mode
Posted in Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, News, Nokia N900 | No comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
Now we have some interesting news for you all
Here are the pictures showing N900 can be used in portrait mode too, So it seems like they have already implemented and now taking their time to make it work flawless on accelerometer
It just matter of weeks [...]
I won’t go into every detail and feature because those have been covered ad nauseum already, including the fact that it has by far the best web browser(s) and the best multi-tasking experience of any comparable device out there right now. I will only focus on some of the features that are unique to the N900 and make it a real standout, and which, if any, could be considered the N900’s “ killer feature”.
November 24, 2009 - 11:09 am
Tags: android, maemo, maemo browser, maemo ram limit, maemo review, maemo5, n900, n900 camera, n900 expansion slot, n900 faq, n900 fm, n900 fm transmitter, n900 ovistore, n900 softwares, n900 speakers, n900 support, n900 techspecs, n900 thickness, n900 tips, n900 updater, n900 user manual, nokia, nokia n900
Posted in Device, Devices, Nokia N900, Reviews | No comments
HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
Hi the N900 support page is finally online.Whats the support page brings us:
-User Manual in all languages
-How To which is used for basic tweaks you can do in N900
-Softwares from Nokia for your N900
-Accessories Available for your N900
-Specification
-Simple 400 FAQ’s
N900 Support Page
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December 17, 2009 - 9:24 am
That is a nice tip. Thanks for sharing. As for the icon, I think it is just a matter or pointing the shortcut to an icon somewhere…
December 17, 2009 - 3:23 pm
I tried this trick with ifconfig. The window opens and immediately closes. Same if I launch osso-xterm ifconfig from the command line. Any ideas?
Great tip! Thanks!!
December 19, 2009 - 3:26 am
@rm42 yes, I wrote a HowTo here http://www.themaemo.com/howto-launch-a-terminal-app-from-a-shortcut-part-2/
December 19, 2009 - 3:39 am
@Geezer, not sure why that didn’t work. A twisted way to do this is to put the following in a script (/home/user/myscript.sh):
/sbin/ifconfig > /tmp/dat/usr/bin/osso-xterm 'vi /tmp/dat'
make the script executable
chmod a+x /home/user/myscript.shand call the script from topx.desktop
Exec=/home/user/myscript.shThis will open the output of ifconfig in vi
HTH
December 27, 2009 - 3:47 pm
Just the other day my phone displayed: “Unable to receive or send messages. Device storage full. Remove data to free memory.” What are the steps needed so the phone can return to it’s original settings. Furthermore, I don’t have any knowledge about reflashing.
February 18, 2010 - 2:59 pm
A slightly less twisted way to do this is to use this shellscript as the app:
/home/user # cat ifconfig.sh
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/ifconfig
read throw_away
This will wait for you to hit enter before quitting, without starting up vi.
If you have installed ‘less’ or ‘more’, that’ll work even better — you can do
/sbin/ifconfig | less
This is a great tip, I was getting real tired of the starting-up-xterm-starting-up-emacs rota.