I want to replace hildon-home!
 

Guys,

I bought the device in november last year.
Since then have been experiencing the following problem:

1. my hildon-home crashes atleast once a day.
-- irrespective of the fact that whatever widgets i use or i dont use
-- it also happens when my desktop is completely empty
-- it appears less for a few days after a reflash or a firmware update.
-- but retains its normal rate of appearance withing 2-3 days

2. When it crashes all the widgets disappear and only the default calendar widget appears back.

3. This makes all the other wonderful widgets (weather, fb, twitter) simply unusable for me, because there is no point adding them everyday.

What i want is a solution to it..
if hildon-home is a file then i would want somebdy in this forum running the latest pr1.3 to upload the file, so i shall replace mine with it...(Only if this is technically possible..)

else pls suggest what do i do?


thanks in advance

somekeystrokes

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

flash your emmc and then reflash 1.3.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

The only issue I really have with the standard hildon-home is that it consumes about 5% cpu, it's otherwise very stable.

If you are using the modified version that provides you with up to 9 separate views, then that will probably be the culprit - it was for me anyway, same symptoms you described. Went away when I installed the faster scrolling version.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

@noobmonkey: i flash my emmc evrytime i do an upgrade...i just flashed my emmc a few days ago and then flashed with the latest pr1.3 global version.

@dchky: i dont use the tweaked version...i dnt have 9 views..
i have the standard 4 views.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

easy, add all your widgets to the safe list,
then when it crashes their re-added without you even knowing!
since i did this i dont even notice it crashing anymore

info:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...2&postcount=45

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

i copied the home.safe-set file through GPEfile manager to MyDocs, and then copied it to my pc through data cable.
updated the file in MyDocs

Now when i try to overwrite this file back into /etc/hildon-desktop through GPEfile manager...it says.."Access Denied"...what do i do?

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

think u must have root access with gpefilemanager....

if u have rootsh installed.
xterm
root
gpe-filemanager

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

That's your problem right there.
Install Titans or Matans modified hildon-desktop and it will stop the constant 5% cpu drain and I have found Titans to be more stable than the version included in PR1.3.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

could you give me xterm commands for copying and pasting..
im nt an expert at this..
pls

thnks

somekeystrokes

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

if hildon-desktop is crashing I would advise not go around it. It means that you have broken something by yourself (might be some applications from devel & testing etc.)

One known problem is that if you use 3rd party apps that make folders to your application main screen might make hildon-desktop use constantly cpu (for fix this I would recommend updated hildon-desktop from here or just installing those apps that make hildon go crazy)

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

Those are the commands; open up xterm, type 'root', and then gpe-filemanager.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

Okay, as I see, many people around here confuse Hildon-Desktop and Hildon-Home. These are NOT the same, and you should never, ever confuse them. The responsibilities of these processes are quite different.

As I (and many others) have already said many times in here, Hildon-Home only crashes when you use some widget on your desktop that crashes. This crash then brings down Hildon-Home too, which is then restarted by the OS, and after this, it tries to get rid of the widget that caused this to happen, thus removing all 3rd party widgets from your home screens.

So far, this has only happened to me once or maybe twice since I own the N900.

Also note that widgets not tied to Hildon-Home (eg. the Contacts shortcuts and Sticky Notes) can be safely used as they will never ever crash nor Hildon-Home nor the other widgets.

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

yes i agree,
my hildon-home crashes...not hildon-desktop.
and that happens even if i clean up all of widgets on the desktop.

?

Re: I want to replace hildon-home!
 

I did replace the file alright.
Thanks buddy for that..
but id say thats just a way around...thts not a solution..
what is the cause of hildon-home crashing...???
and how to rectify it...?