Somebody with debian running on the N900 could try: modprobe bq2415x_charger and see what happens.
lsmod |grep bq2415x_charger
bq2415x_charger 14125 0
Hey, solid yellow IS the in-kernel charging. BME does the blinking, but we don't need BME Please report if you can figure out whether the battery is charging or not. My (short) experience[*] with this is that the battery actually charges but much more slowly than normal, but that may have been due to a faulty USB port. [*] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=484