Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

i have a a darn issu with in installing/upgrading new packages in easy debian using image m5v3d
i couldn't even upgrade open office
so i had to install the packages with dpkg one by one
it took for ever
because at some point of upgrading or installing n900 reboots

i tried to overcloak to reduce the running tasks etc...
i realy need the easy debian with it's installable apps (dsniff gerix-ng fasttrack msf3 hamster ettercap etc...)

so is this a common problem ?
do i have to use sdk in virtule machine ?
and is this new image has the upgraded packages from squeeze repository?

and why not installing it using the old methon i mean is it important to install it to a partition?

Thank you

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

Not entirely sure why your device is rebooting while performing package management operations in easydebian, however it is poissible that your device is I/O locking, and the watchdog is forcing the device to reboot.

This image has the updated packages from debian squeeze, so some functionality may be unstable.

Also, using a partition for easydebian removes the overhead of two filesystems (the image is a filesystem in its self).

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

Thanks for the fast reply
so do you think it is possible to prevent the reboots by installing the image into a partition?
or maybe disabling the self-defence (or something like that) with flasher r&d mode ?

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

I doubt that using a partition will resolve the issue, however, you can give it a try if you want.

I do not recommend disabling any safeguards, as you could get yourself into a lot of trouble.

On a side note, are you using easydebian from a microSD card, or from the internal storage? You may want to try the internal storage if you have been trying a microSD card.

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

no i'm using the internal storage
installing it to the partition now :)
i will be extremely happy if it got stable after that

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

You were probably having issues because your swap and easydebian image were on the same storage. Using easydebian on a microSD should improve your results.

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

OHH help me please i tried to install the downloaded image to the file system but at the first time i copied the lines changed xxx to ext2 and the path of the image so and pasted them in the terminal so i didn't have a chance to see any errors
but it didn't work + i did something stupid so i had to reflash my n900
anyway it is not a big deal cause i have backupmenu

the second time i tried to install it

with entering the command

mount /dev/ext2 /mnt/n900sd
i had

mount: mounting /dev/ext2 on /mnt/n900sd failed: No such file or directory

every thing before got working fine but if i continued ignoring this error

when enterin the command

tar cf - . | tar xfp - -C /mnt/n900sd

i had after few seconds errors about no space left on the device
then a bunch of unlimited errors

if i checked the rootfs i can see it is 0

so any idias

btw i have kernel-power v47
i have no microsd
please advice me

thanks

Re: [Announce] Updated EasyDebian Images
 

i have a clean reflashed n900
so no confilcts or problems may occure but the same still the samething happened as i mentioned above

Re: Updated EasyDebian Images
 

So, you dont't have a partiton to install easydebian to? Then you should have skipped those steps. You just need to decompress the LZMA file, and you will havr a ext2 image to work with. Simply point /home/user/.chroot to the image you extracted and you will be set.

You should never run commands in the terminal without knowing what they will do.

Re: [Announce] Updated EasyDebian Images
 

Don't use the partitoning instructions then. Just extract the image and edit /home/user/.chroot to point to the proper location.