Thanks for your reply.

I've changed both the root and user passwords already.

Re: VNC, the problem is not getting VNC going, it's how to control the N800 from the VNC client on a PC. On Mike's page which you have provided a link to, there's a link to how another page :
How_to_use_x11vnc_to_'drive'_the_N800_from_a_PC
Trouble is that the link is dead. I know from looking at various forums that various people have figured out ways to control the N800 efficiently, but as this link is dead, I wondered if anyone else has a copy of the contents...

Try this: http://test.maemo.org/maemowiki/How_to_use_x11vnc_to_'drive'_the_N800_from_a_PC
On 770, hardware keys give the same symbols as F3-F8 PC keyboard keys, if I remember right. It worked also in VNC PC client.

Brilliant. That was just what I was after. Thanks very much

Has ssh suddenly "disappeared" from repository.maemo.org?
I'm unable to install it for the life of me as apt-get can't find it.
It was in repository.maemo.org, right? Tried both the mistral and bora sections and it's not there.
Even enabling red pill mode and doing an "apt-get-install ssh" isn't working.
I'm on the new Skype-enabled firmware BTW.
So, umm...anyone out there have the SSH package(s) they can throw my way or house in another repository?

Seems to be there...

From

http://repository.maemo.org/dists/bo...armel/Packages

ssh can be found at

http://repository.maemo.org/pool/mae...sso7_armel.deb

Do you have

deb http://repository.maemo.org/ bora free non-free

in your /etc/apt/souces.list?

Sure do but when I enable it and refresh the apps list it errors out with the "can't stat source package list" for the Bora free list.
Thanks for the link to the .deb file though, that installed just fine.

I have also installed OpenSSH and and trying to make sure that it is up and running, I did not get any errors during the install, I have enabled the red pill, and when I go to connect via putty (port 22) is says connection refused on. Is there a way I can check to make sure it is running?

ps -efjc|grep sshd

Thank You. Well it's running. Now I'm really confused. Is there something you need to do to enable communication between the tablet and the pc? I've just realized this is the first thing I've done to try and do so.

Try stopping and restarting sshd (/etc/init.d/ssh stop|start). Make sure you don't also have dropbear installed. Try rebooting. Enable the debug log in PuTTY to see if that sheds any more light.