The first thing I did wth my Freerunner after getting it charged, finding how to enter the PIN for the SIM, etc was to flash the 2008.12 uImage and rootfs from: http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/releases/Om2008.12/
So I'm running a more stable system than the one that was preloaded, but the downside is that none of the instructions on http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner seem applicable. Quoting from that page: 'Openmoko starts by displaying the "Today" page, which is your home page. Icons in the top row indicate the status of the phone. The bottom row consists of three tabs. The tab with a house on the left leads to the "Today" page you're viewing now....' A photo of the screen is attached. It's nothing like that. It shows the time and battery status, and icons for 6 apps. That's it. How, for example, do I get to a shell prompt? Presumably I can ssh into the device over a USB connection. But ssh requires a user name and a password. What are they? I don't see how to find out what user names are defined, or how to reset passwords, except by getting to a shell prompt. I think sections 4 and 5 of the "Getting started" document (i.e. most of the document) need to be rewritten, unless there's already an updated version on some page I don't know about. Yes, I know this is community-supported stuff and actually I'd be happy to make a start on that -- but first of all I need to know how to find my way around the thing! Searching through the archived mailing lists, i see that some people think that other distros - SHR or FSO - are "better" than om2008.12. Is there a consensus on this, or is it just a matter of personal taste? Nick _______________________________________________ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
