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HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900 (Part 2)
Dec 19th
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 right side should be the name of file without the .png
Icon=topx
The topx.desktop now looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.1
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=topx
Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top
Icon=topx
X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
Save topx.desktop and reboot to see the icon for the shortcut in the Application Menu. If the icon does not show up, install a couple of apps from the Application Manager. This should update the icon-cache and display it.
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HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900
Dec 6th
On the N900, it is possible to run a terminal program like ‘top’ directly from the Desktop/Shortcut. The following example creates a shortcut to launch the system monitior program ‘top’.
1. Use a text-editor like vi or Leafpad to create a file with the following text:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.1 Type=Application Terminal=true Name=topx Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top Icon= X-Window-Icon= X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
2. Save the file as topx.desktop.
3. As root, copy the file to the ‘/usr/share/applications/hildon/’ directory. This will create an ugly blue application icon in the Application list called ‘topx’.
Launching ‘topx’ will execute ‘top’ directly in xterm. You may now put a shortcut on the desktop for quick access. The not-so-great part of this desktop-shortcut is that it displays the default icon.
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N900 Support Page Online
Nov 24th
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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N900 FM transmitter Demo
Nov 24th
FM Transmitter Demo
Hi geeks we all know N900 sports a fm transmitter.The N900 fmtransmitter is demoed by Steffen, a member of the Maemo 5 UI Team.The Fm transmitter is basically used to transmit the audio from N900 to the nearby Fm receiver.Here in this below video you can see the working of it.
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N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Nov 22nd
Hello folks,
The N900 running a linux os so there are many keyboard shortcuts available to us.Lets have a look of all the keyboard shortcuts and various light notification used in N900 for notifying and to start various process.
Notification lights colour:
1.Blue Color light is meant for Application notifications such as an IM or Text Or Email.
2.Orange Color light indicate the battery is getting charged
3.Green Light denotes Battery charge is full Read the rest of this entry »
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