On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 08:18:49PM +0100, Antonio Orlando wrote:
Alternatively, take the output of dpkg-query -l from a fresh flash,
then diff it with the one from your customized device.
Profiting by the fact that many are now flashing with the new firmware,
can someone please post the
ext Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Best would be to use dpkg-repack [1] script which rebuilds packages
from installed system (including modified config files) so you can
reinstall them later.
We were thinking about that, but I have uneasy feelings about
recreating packages from the
Marius Vollmer writes:
It should be pretty easy to get a list of installed packages from apt
(or the application installer) before the flash, and then reinstall them
in one swoop with apt-get install.
There is maemo-list-user-packages that you could use as
a starting point.
But
Alternatively, take the output of dpkg-query -l from a fresh flash,
then diff it with the one from your customized device.
Profiting by the fact that many are now flashing with the new firmware,
can someone please post the output of the suggested command from a fresh
flash, in order for
dpkg packages has postinst and prerm scripts that get executed while
installing/removing package. It it hard to guess what they do (and
modify) so you may not know what exactly to backup and may loose some
effects of those scripts when restoring just the files from packages.
[...]
tarring
Daniel Stone wrote:
you can't do the
bootloader, kernel, and initfs from userspace.
Well, you can, but it really isn't a good idea. It has no chance to be
completely safe, something may go wrong pretty easily (like random
device reboot). There is no safe order in which you can make the
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 15:05 +0200, Ferenc Szekely wrote:
Connectivity
o Improved quality of Bluetooth connections
Well that's an understatement :).
The connection with my bluetooth GPS (Globalsat BT359) was slow to
establish (10 seconds) and unreliable (max 30 minutes, typical 5
On 11/3/06, Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Daniel Stone wrote:
you can't do the
bootloader, kernel, and initfs from userspace.
Well, you can, but it really isn't a good idea. It has no chance to be
completely safe, something may go wrong pretty easily (like random
device reboot).
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 11:09 -0500, ext Michael Wiktowy wrote:
On 11/3/06, Frantisek Dufka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Daniel Stone wrote:
you can't do the
bootloader, kernel, and initfs from userspace.
Well, you can, but it really isn't a good idea. It has no chance to be
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 08:09:47PM +0100, Antonio Orlando wrote:
Reflashing the device is a fine thing, but it's rather annoying to
reinstall all the stuff back, so before doing anything I prefer to ask
here:
provided I have everything installed the normal way (on the internal
memory:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:27:16PM -0500, Michel Salim wrote:
Speaking of the image, where is it? Both nokia.com and maemo.org still
lists the original IT2006 release from May.
http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770
The new OS2006 image is SU-18_2006SE_2.2006.39-14_PR_F5_MR0_ARM.bin
The old
By the way, can someone confirm or deny that the backup tool
does not back up your /etc/apt/sources.list and therefore you
will have to re-add all the application manager repositories
manually?
Confirmed. Thus it is a good idea to copy it to the MMC before
you do the backup/reflash/restore
Michael Wiktowy wrote:
That is also something that could be said for the flashing through the
USB method too. If that is interrupted then you are likely equally
unable to boot your 770. However, you can always try again ...
There is big difference. You don't need the device to be bootable for
I think that using tar to back up and restore applications installed
with apt/dpkg would be a Bad Idea.
Can I ask why? I have not enough Linux knowledge to answer this (stupid?)
question myself. In a Windows environment, I can backup/restore everything
just with rar/unrar, having care to
Antonio Orlando wrote:
I think that using tar to back up and restore applications installed
with apt/dpkg would be a Bad Idea.
Can I ask why? I have not enough Linux knowledge to answer this
(stupid?) question myself.
dpkg packages has postinst and prerm scripts that get executed while
Am Freitag, 3. November 2006 19:52 schrieb Marius Gedminas:
It should be pretty easy to get a list of installed packages from apt
(or the application installer) before the flash, and then reinstall them
in one swoop with apt-get install. I plan to figure this out over the
weekend.
dpkg
On 11/3/06, Marius Gedminas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:27:16PM -0500, Michel Salim wrote:
Speaking of the image, where is it? Both nokia.com and maemo.org still
lists the original IT2006 release from May.
http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770
The new OS2006 image is
Is it posible to upgrade without flashing? Something like apt-get
dist-upgrading packages, flashing new kernel and initfs?
Greets.
On 11/2/06, Ferenc Szekely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
Nokia is publishing a new software image for the Nokia 770 Internet
Tablets today. This is an
On 11/2/06, Álvaro J. Iradier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it posible to upgrade without flashing? Something like apt-get
dist-upgrading packages, flashing new kernel and initfs?
Greets.
I recall the Nokia devs stating in the past that they did not intend
to support this route to upgrading. It
Neither of these things are technically insurmountable but it is a
question of whether you want them to spend time and effort trying to
get this to work and answering the inevitable questions from
situations where it doesn't work or taking the simple brute-force way
to upgrading and spending more
Well, do you think it is that hard? I don't mind reinstalling from
scratch, but probably many users will think it twice before upgrading,
because they don't have time to spend on reinstalling everything :)
Dist-upgrading shouldn't be that hard. For a bug-fixing release like
this one, it would be
So, let's say, is it possible to backup some directories and files via
ssh, flash the device, reinstall the ssh server and write the backed up
stuff into the flashed device, in order to have everything working again
with minimum effort?
Or, maybe (and better), if the exact list of
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:40:07PM -0500, ext Michael Wiktowy wrote:
I recall the Nokia devs stating in the past that they did not intend
to support this route to upgrading. It is too bad but I would imagine
that the problems involved are two-fold:
It's possible to upgrade the rootfs this way,
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 22:25 +0200, Daniel Stone wrote:
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:40:07PM -0500, ext Michael Wiktowy wrote:
I recall the Nokia devs stating in the past that they did not intend
to support this route to upgrading. It is too bad but I would imagine
that the problems involved
Speaking of the image, where is it? Both nokia.com and maemo.org still
lists the original IT2006 release from May.
- Michel
On 11/2/06, Álvaro J. Iradier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it posible to upgrade without flashing? Something like apt-get
dist-upgrading packages, flashing new kernel and
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