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Originally Posted by AndrewG (Post 621290)

Several people have reported issues with these repos. Some say it's their internet connection, some say it's to do with the update thats "coming" one thing is for certain though, an address does not just magically change and put random letter configurations in them. So yes, perhaps he should check them but i'm sure as hell he won't find anything different.

@OP, sorry I can't help.

a day or two ago i downloaded the latest fw. my app manager would not work. kept saying operation failed.i later discovered it was because i had these joiku repo's enabled. that issue resolved

next i noticed i could not connect to app manager using wifi. only when using the tmo internet connection.. here it is a few days later and BAM jus tlike that i am able to connect using wifi. i dont know why that hapened but i also dont care as long as it worked. hope this helps some bdy who is having software updates issues

also.. dont go crazy like i did becaus eafter a update you cant find your fav apps to re-download. remember some of them may have been downlaoded t= from the ovi store or came with your device and thus will not be in the repos or app manager like Bounce. you have to visit ovi stote to get those back.

and make sure your not using espejo mirror for repos... they dont have all the stuff that the official extras and extras-testing/devel have

I have the same problem. I just found a bug someone submitted about the same problem. So I linked the bug to this thread and here you get the link to the bug. Just to have all information in the same place.

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8722

Regards,

Beni

I still have the problem of the failed catalogues

- Nokia Applications
- Nokia System Software Updates
- Ovi

Could this acutally prevent me from getting pr 1.2?

Markus

It turns out, that the bug I posted is a duplicate of this one:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7665

There I also found a workaround for the problem:

Use the terminal to edit the file /etc/resolv.conf. There you find the line 127.0.0.1 (which means somethin on the device handles DNS requests). Comment that line out and add any other DNS Server, for example CCC Berlin's 213.73.91.35 or google's open DNS server 8.8.8.8. So your resolve.conf looks like

Code:

#127.0.0.1

213.73.91.35

Restart you connection and everything should work...

i typed in sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf into the xterminals but it asks me for the password and i googled what the password is but so far i read there is none so how do i even get to edit the resolv.conf, if i may ask?

Here's the complete solution that works for me :

Download and install rootsh directly from the Nokia N900.
Open X-Terminal
~ $ sudo gainroot
~ $ vi /etc/resolv.conf
Changed "nameserver 127.0.0.1" to "nameserver 8.8.8.8" (Google DNS)
Press Shift + Z + Z (to save the file)
~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8

Here it is. Now you can update and everything else. :cool: