OK, I got my N900 for 3 days now and I am totally a newbie for LINUX. I tried to install aMSN and FM-boost yesterday, for some reason they both failed during installation. I cannot reinstall or remove them. Then I tried to reinstall aMSN in console and put command in XTerm:'apt-get install amsn', seen from this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36659.
Then it starts to download and install aMSN untill it says

'Reading database....22851 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fm-boost ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Failed to open file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache:file exists
dpkg:error processing fm-boost (--remove):
subprocess post - removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encoutered while processing:
fm-boost
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It seems problems are caused by fm-boost now, I tried everything I know to remove or reinstall fm-boost but failed


Also my N900 keeps disconnecting from my home router after no operating for a while. I read from a thread that it's something to do with powersave mode. I change that to intermediate and even to off, it stays a bit longer but still disconnects, any idea?

I am so newbie, Please help!! Thanks.

some thing happens when I tried to install fm-boost in console, it says
'Errors were encounterd while processing: amsn'

The only way I've seen to keep the net connected when you're not using it is to use it.

If you for example sit there and ping a site or leave Pidgin running then it should stay connected indefinitely, as soon as you stop using it for a while it disconnects.

This is a good thing by the way because as I can recall the Wifi bug that supposedly leaves Wifi on when it's supposed to be turned off eats about 150 (or more) miliamps per hour, with a ~1200mah battery you're not looking at very long life if you just leave it on all the time.

At idle, I've noticed the n900 with no net connected to use about 5-10 miliamps per hour. (Which means your phone will last a lot longer on a single charge when you're not using it.)

Thanks for reply, hope they can give an option later on to choose staying connected or not. LOL. Anyone knows about the amsn issue? Now I have problems with amsn, fm-boost, kmplayer and leafpad.

Anybody has any ideas?

try running as root and see if it works ("sudo gainroot" first):
#gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/
(this command recreates the file)

Can also try deleting file and running apt-get again.
#rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache
#apt-get purge amsn fm-boost
#apt-get install amsn

If there is still errors, post output of:
#ls -l /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache

On a sidenote there should be only /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache file, without dot. That one you got is probably a temp file which was left when your install failed/interrupted - deleting it should fix the problem.

aMSN is currently laggy / buggy. Pidgin is your way to go for msn currently

I'd just install msn contact plugin instead of pidgin, but that wasn't original question.

Thanks Elhana. After I input 'apt-get purge amsn fm-boost', it says:
'rm cannot remove '/usr/share/applications/hildon/amsn.desktop':
No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing amsn (--remove):
subprocess post - removal script returned error exit status 1
Removing fm-boost ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created sucessfully.
Errors were encountered while processing:
amsn
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Does this mean fm-boost have been removed but amsn failed to be removed?

BTW, how to copy the text from Xterm?

What should I do now?