I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Ok, I'm a newbie. I have had my 770 for 5 days. I only know about Linux from a $2.00 CD I got 15 years ago. I have loaded Ubuntu as a second boot on my XP box. I have downloaded all of the various flashers related to the 770. I started with the base flasher to issue the --enable-usb-host command. It works up until the terminal says no suitable USB available, waiting. I plug in the power supply the Nokia splash screen comes up with the USB logo in the corner and nothing. If I monkey around with the power switch it will often boot the 770 and activate some kind of media loading software. So I know the USB is working. Besides I use a USB mouse and keyboard. What am I doing wrong?

AS for the multi boot. When I execute: apt-get install e2fsprogs
I get a bunch of PreDepends errors. e2fslibs, libblkidl, libcomerr2, libss2, libuuidl. I believe this is probably because I have a catalog missing or not entered properly.

Can someone help give me step by step instructions the flasher or where to get them? I have searched but all of the instructions give you the command line and then say to flash it, but now how. And explain what I need to do to fix the errors in my apt-get?

Thanks in advance,
santa_matt

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Well.. I know on the N810 I had to hold the Menu button, I think ,when connected via USB as it's powering up to get it to use the flashers..

But that was using an in-law's windows machine.. haven't done the linux one yet..

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Ah.. pulled from another thread:

http://maemo.org/community/wiki/HOWT...yFlashing%2529

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

I did both the plug in power and th power button while holding the home key. Both make the 770 come alive with just the Nokia splash screen and the USB logo in the corner. But it still won't talk to the terminal in Ubuntu.

santa_matt

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Are you running the flasher program on ubuntu as root user?

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Being a neophyte to Ubuntu I would have to say I have no idea. Any quick way I can tell?

santa_matt

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

put sudo before the command and put ur user pass when prompted.

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

OK two new things, first, I was not using root. I put in sudo -s -H and my password when prompted and then I could see I was root.

Second thing. I still could not get flasher to work. In frustration I tried a newer version flasher-3.0 and wit root established it worked great. I am in USB host mode. Now all I have to do is build a power adapter.

Does anyone have an idea on the e2fsprogs install? I added another repository from the wiki and was able to load some of the missing files manually from a web based ftp through the application manager. But there are still some files missing according to the build dialog. Anybody know of where there is a complete repository for this?

Thanks for all of your help so far.

santa_matt

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

Should be in the normal repositories... see if you have the right ones as suggested here

Re: I need newbie help on Flasher and multiboot
 

I added the repositories but still no luck. It says that I need:
as predepends:
e2fslibs
libcomerr2
libss2
as depends:
ssh
libetpan3
Isn't ssh an alternative to dropbear? I use dropbear to gain root. Do I have to install ssh also?

santa_matt