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HowTo: Fix the annoying ‘Unable to connect via USB. Device storage in use’ error on the N900 without rebooting
Dec 28th
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 the problem, the program(s) in question needs to be found and stopped. To find the program(s), open a root terminal and type
lsof | grep MyDocs
This will display the programs accessing the MyDocs folder something similar to this:
Nokia-N900-42-11:~# lsof | grep MyDocs
sh 3474 user cwd DIR 179,1 65536 4326 /home/user/MyDocs/tmp
The second column displays the process-ID of the program (in RED above). Now, terminate the program with this command (repeat for multiple programs):
kill 3474
Now, run the lsof command again (press UP arrow to go back) and make sure the program is not displayed. If it is still running, execute this:
kill -9 3474
Reconnect the USB cable and you should now be able to use the N900 as external media.
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Nokia N900 Showing it can function on Portrait Mode – Pictures and Video
Nov 29th
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 to get the portrait mode working.
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HowTo: Create a shortcut to a file on the N900’s desktop
Nov 21st
Being able create a file-shortcut on the desktop is a standard feature of all desktop environments like XP, GNOME, KDE, OS X etc. Unfortunately, the N900’s desktop doesn’t allow putting any kind of link on the desktop except if its a bookmark. So if you like having quick access to certain files from the desktop, there is a workaround through the browser.
In the following example, I will create a shortcut to the agenda.pdf file. Open the file-system from the browser (see my previous post) and navigate to the folder of the file’s location.
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