Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Looks pritty cool, could you provide some information on how you did this?, i would love to try this out:).

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Debian is an awesome addition to NIT.
Anyone encounter the following error when using Synaptic manager to load an app.
It says I've run out of space on my devise and can't load app.
I have over 20gb on that card!
I'm on a trip so I can't read several hundred posts on my N800 to see if this has been addressed. TIA, Dan

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Me? Just:
Obviously, you need a Debian chroot environment with gmpc installed. Beta3-based here, but you should be able to make things rock with Beta4.

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Thanks, i kinda figured that you needed to do that :P.

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Does gmpc need mpd? If so, that'll be a problem for anyone using our stock chroot scripts...

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Well, it connects to an mpd. But you'd typically use it as a remote control (over wifi) for your media machine running mpd, or (atypically) run mpd under Diablo (like me), and then either maemo or chroot apps can connect and control it. Using the Debian mpd inside the chroot would be basically pointless.

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

I had that working with bootable debian beta3.. I had to remove your copy commands that overwrote the passwd and group files.. beta3's passwd file was so similar that there was no issues I ran into with not copying over the stock passwd file and keeping the mpd user.

Everything worked great for me. Beta4 will be a different story...

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Why? Your mmc cards are visible in the chroot...

I have tried a handful of XMMS2 clients and various other Debian media players, all of them have performance issues. So far nothing compares with maemo XMMS for performance...

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Yeah, but why run daemons from chroot (not necessarily available at boot, and blocks you from unmounting the card) when you've got the same thing already built for Maemo?

Not that you can't do it, but for mpd, I think it's pointless. For something else where there's no Maemo build, it could make sense.

Re: Debian Apps That Run Well On The Tablets
 

Just a note, I posted simple instructions for getting Alsa (sound) working in a Debian install that has no support yet (like the chroot image) in this post.