Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

when you're in /home/opt/java/ejre1.6.0_10/bin, did you type just "java" or "./java" ? note the dot and the slash at the beginning.
unlike windows, linux shells usually don't have the current path in the PATH variable.

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

If I'm in /home/opt/java/ejre1.6.0_10/bin and type "./java" I get "permission denied" ? (And this happens as root )

The autocomplete works with java but only without "sudo gainroot".

There's got to be some silly mistake I've made, but I just can't seem to figure it out... :(

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

can someone try nav4all? this might enable turn-by-turn navigation on the n900

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

Sorry I thought NinjaVideo.net had a java applet that you need to launch first in order to watch the streaming content on there????

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

@Xizor - Did you download the archive onto a Windows PC, expand it, then copy it across? If so, you may have lost permissions...

Type "ls -al /home/opt/java/ejre1.6.0_10/bin" into an xterm

On the left-hand side, you should see a column of permission data ("r", "w", "d" etc) ... the files should all have "-rwxr-xr-x" for their permissions.

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

ah, of course.

because you extracted it under windows and copied it to MyDocs first, the executable flags were lost. MyDocs is a vfat partition and doesn't support executable flags.

my suggestion to just copy the extracted content over wasn't so good after all.

you better delete the folder ejre1.6.0_10 (run "rm -rf ejre1.6.0_10" as root when in the directory /home/opt/java) and do this instead:

copy the .tar.gz (or .tgz, haven't d/l it yet) on the n900, then
now every file should have their proper flags and permissions :)

the changes in /etc/profile and the symlink won't be affected if you just delete the folder btw, so you don't have to do that again :)

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

Thank you both SubCore and Dak for the help! Now it's working. :)

Although I don't seem to be able to run even the simplest Swing- app => The ever annoying HeadlessException appears. :(

Dak, could you post the sample Java code for the Java Swing app you used for testing this rte?

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

Thanks for the instructions, Dak!

Just a note, the N900 has tar with gzip on it. So you can "tar xzvf" on your device without a problem. It avoids the permissions problems of the other methods.

Also /home/user/opt is also just /opt so you can shorten your path a bit.

Is there a specific reason why you choose /usr/local/bin for your symlink, instead of /usr/bin? Wouldn't it be easier to just add it to /usr/bin?

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

I tend to leave /usr/bin for "system" kinda stuff, and put all my personal meddling into /usr/local/bin

It's just the way I like to keep my hackery separate, that's all.

Re: JAVA on the N900 is possible!
 

Wow.

The headful Java works amazingly well.

I tried the Java 2D demo, and it worked at a reasonable speed! Not as fast as my desktop, but I didn't say, "oh man, this is slow" or anything...

If Sun will let N900 owners use this without trial limitations, then we really do have a viable Java SE for the N900.

Now to try Opera Mini via MicroEmulator ;)

(EDIT: Using this method)