How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal

Thanks :-)

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any reference, perhaps?

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

I want to be able to have 9 homescreens instead of just four

I know its possible as i've seen both youtube videos and read tutorials

But I can't get it working using xterminal

So I was asking if anyone knew of a way I could get 9 home screens without using xterminal

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nope........

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In that link you have to use xterminal when
i do that i get errors etc

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

instead of giving up on the solution that has worked for many.. it's probably more useful to troubleshoot why it's not working for you.

You need to install a modified hildon desktop and you'll need to edit the gconf files. There's no GUI for this, as the Nokia released hildon is hard coded to 4 desktops in my understanding.

If you're getting errors.. you are better off posting the errors so people can help you troubleshoot rather than wanting an alternate method that nobody else has needed.

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

what he is looking is an application that would do the magic by modifying all the necessary files. reboot and magically he will have 9 home screen.

There is no such application exists yet, unless someone wants to create one :).

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That blog posting says to type "Sudo gainroot", when in fact you should type "sudo gainroot", as it is case-sensitive. Actually, you could just type "root" as I believe that is equivalent to "sudo gainroot".

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Good catch.. and yes "root" will do the same thing.

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I have typed this in xterminal on my n900

gconftool -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/5/bg-image -t string /home/user/MyDocs/Images/nseries_01.jpg gconftool -s /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/views/active -t list --list-type int [1,2,3,4,5]

and I get the error

Error: Parse error: Didn't understand 'home/user/MyDocs/Images/nseries_01.jpg' (list must start with '[')#


What have I done wrong?
or
What can I do to make it work

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

Two things:

1) Are you running that all on one line like you posted here?? Those are two different commands. (I just realized the blog doesn't specify the second enter key. You should hit enter there.)

2) The first one should look like:
I believe (with the quotes), and the second:

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How do i do them on separate lines without pressing 'enter'

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I just made this edit:

(I just realized the blog doesn't specify the second enter key. You should hit enter there.)


Note: I didn't write the blog post :D. Typo's in there are not my fault ;).

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Also, I'll point out he doesn't do a good job explaining what he's doing. That will give you 5 screens, the first commands tells gconf what image to use as a background for screen 5, the second sets the layouts from 1-5.

If you want more, you will need to run the first command for each desktop you want adding it an image you want:
Note the 6 in there instead of a 5. Do it for 7 8 and 9 too.

Then your second command will end with [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

I believe.

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

Thanks mate :-)

You've been a great help


I've finally got it working YEY

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does that create a 3x3 grid of desktops or a 9x1 strip of desktops?

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9x1

Going across in either direction

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That link is out of date. It is preferable not to point users to it.

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Fair enough. I got it from searching these forums and finding this.

Now.. instead of just saying "don't do that".. it would have been appreciated had you provided a more updated link, how to, something, that is "preferable" to point users too.

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Thanks for all help so far

but even though I have selected a pic for the new home screens (5,6,7,8,9)

They are all shown as black

and if i try to change the back ground from the phone they change the first four and 5-9 stay black



How can I change the background for these

Re: How do I get 9 homescreens without using terminal
 

I recommend reading through and following the thread I linked to just above yours.. and asking your questions in there instead.

I actually don't use the 9 desktops; so I don't know, but a lot of people that do may be subscribed to that other thread and be able to help. (If the answer isn't already in there.)

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I would, if I could. The most up to date information is probably here: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=702404 , but I would not like that thread to be used for discussing the "9 desktops" feature.

What really needs to happen is for someone to create a package that depends on modified hildon desktop, replaces hildon-home with the version that supports 9 views, and includes other small things that are necessary. I am really surprised that of the few thousands of users for this feature, not one bothered to do this job, which does not require any programming.

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So is anyone updated to newer pr 1.2 version or not? 13 weeks ago a person named Matan wrote

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You gave me this link
http://maemobriefs.blogspot.com/2010...e-screens.html

People who have commented on this site have experienced the same issue
But haven't discussed a fix

Does anyone know how to put backgrounds on home screens 5-9
As even though I have chosen an image in x terminal they won't change from black and I am unable to change it from the phone

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I was referring to this one. Not the blog post.

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See this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=702404 , or toward the end of this one: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47371 . In short, you need to install two packages for 9 desktops support. modified-hildon-desktop and a modified package called hildon-home.

The old package was already removed from extras-devel.