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Re: txt message..

Quote:

Originally Posted by James_Littler (Post 876151)

Sorry for not responding sooner, I was attempting to have some lunch.

The error that threw up indicates that you did it wrong.

Code:

ls -l /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger

LS (space) -L (space) /home/........

Type it again making sure you input the spaces correctly, they make a huge difference.

If you cant figure it out, either highlight the text so you can see where the spaces fall, or simply copy and paste it.

In terminal if you press the title bar it'll give you a paste option.

Out of interest what firmware version are you running (menu -> settings -> about product. Version: ?) as this was a problem seen quite often with PR1.2, I've not seen it on PR1.3 yet, maybe it's just not been out long enough.

this is the version im using : 20.2010.36-2.002

Re: txt message..

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharkinator (Post 876162)

ohk sir urmm heres what it says

drwx----- 5 user users 4096 Jan 29 2010 atta
hments
-rw------- 1 user users 624640 Feb 18 2010 back
p.db
-rw------- 1 user users 8543232 Nov 17 07:14 el-v
.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 0 Oct 27 20:33 el-v
.db-journal
-rw------- 1 user users 4063232 Jul 10 05:08 el.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 0 Jul 10 05:08 el.d
-journal
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Dec 24 2009 plug
ns

Heh. Well done for sticking with it - this is what James_Littler was asking for.

Looking a bit further back in this thread:

Quote:

Originally Posted by afaq (Post 876135)

I'm quite aware that I sound very unhelpful and perhaps even arrogant, but why did you buy the N900? Reason I ask is you have made a decision to purchase (or was it gifted?) a device that you very unfamiliar with. Even the most novice user knows what the x-terminal is.

I agree: this isn't helpful at all. When I was given my first computer I had no idea how to use it, but I now make a comfortable living working in the IT industry.

The problem is not that OP doesn't know how to use the N900, but rather a lack of experience asking good technical questions. In any case, either skill can be learned.

Now we just need to see what James_Littler can learn from the output of the command (aren't these just a bunch of sqlite databases?)

Re: txt message..

Looks like your database has been corrupted somehow.

Try the following.

1. Install rootsh
2. open terminal
3. type

Code:

root

4. type

Code:

cp /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db-journal /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db-journal.orig

5. type

Code:

cp /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db.orig

6. type

Code:

rm /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db-journal

7. type

Code:

rm /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-v1.db

8. Reboot

Once your phone is up and running, open conversations, this will take a long time to load, once it's loaded, you may see some old messages. If you cant, try sending a message and then see if it appears in conversations.

Re: txt message..

Quote:

Originally Posted by James_Littler (Post 876187)

... once it's loaded, you should see your messages. If you cant, try sending a message and then see if it appears in conversations.

How should he see his (old) messages, when you
told him to delete the conversations db?

nicolai

Re: txt message..

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicolai (Post 876194)

How should he see his (old) messages, when you
told him to delete the conversations db?

nicolai

It should use the backup/before-restore.db, shouldn't it?

If that's not present/empty then yes there will be no conversations visible, which is why I said try sending one and see if it appears in conversations.

If this is wrong, please let me know as I'm still learning and don't claim to be a maemo guru.

Re: txt message..

OMG thank u thankk u dudeeee ur a genius maaaan ur a geniusss it workdddd im getting everything noowwww thanks jamesss thank u very mucchhh maaannn ...... wht went wrong ?? did i do sumthing u mess it up in the first place ?? if I did do tell me so ttht i dont make the same mistake againn ..... GOSHHH thnks alot man :D :D

Re: txt message..

did i do sumthing to mess it up * * sorry i mean did i do sumthing to mess it up nnot u mess it up ... sorry

Re: txt message..

Probably not, often downloading films or large files with transmission can cause problems on the vfat partition, but I cant think what would cause this.
If it happens again, at least you know what to do.

Re: txt message..

yes yes thanks alott man :D