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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
No. You want rootsh.

R&D mode has additional performance and stability consequences that most users do not want. Please don't recommend it.
Just curious: what are those "additional performance and stability consequences", i.e. what are all the things that R&D mode changes?
 
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Just curious: what are those "additional performance and stability consequences", i.e. what are all the things that R&D mode changes?
It enables the serial console (which consumes power), it changes some of the powersaving behaviors and, on the N900, it flashes the keyboard light when it's at 100% CPU, among other things.

Unless you have a specific reason for enabling it (root access doesn't count), don't.
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You can tell by that detailed report that GeneralAntilles had to try it himself, just to see what happened
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You can tell by that detailed report that GeneralAntilles had to try it himself, just to see what happened
Nah, I just listened to qwerty12 ***** about it for weeks on end.
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http://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access
Thank you qgil. However, when I try sudo <anything> I am prompted for password. I have no password - not for 'user' nor for 'root'. Is there any default 'user' or 'root' password?
 
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Originally Posted by brankomilosevic View Post
Thank you qgil. However, when I try sudo <anything> I am prompted for password. I have no password - not for 'user' nor for 'root'. Is there any default 'user' or 'root' password?
just follow the wiki pages instructions, please. (and read the disclaimer on top)

e: doesn't passwd work?
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Originally Posted by brankomilosevic View Post
when I try sudo <anything> I am prompted for password
Don't run sudo <anything>, run specifically this: sudo gainroot

Then just use the root shell to run <anything>.

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I got it. Thank you all. Sorry for disturbing you.
 
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Originally Posted by brankomilosevic View Post
I got it.
Keen!

Sorry for disturbing you.
No need to apologize, most of the people who responded to this thread were disturbed well before you arrived. Please continue to ask questions when you need assistance.
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