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I extracted the files into a dir on my external sd card, and tried to move them over with emelfm2, but it's not letting me again. It seems like there's something still denying access. I don't know if a cardreader would make any difference. I have a usb cable I use to connect to my pc at home, but I don't think I can get access to the root internal memory from a pc, can I?

Yes you can access the tablet's internal memory from a PC using WinSCP. That's one of its great features.

Since you have the files over on your media card, you should be able to copy them over to /usr/share/dosbox directory. One question,...did you run emelfm2 while in root mode in XTerm? If not, try running emelfm2 in root mode and then copy the files. If this doesn't work and you still don't have access permissions, you can use emelfm2 to read and change directory permissions. In emelfm2, go to the /usr/share directory and tap on the dosbox directory. Press the menu key (the middle one on the left below the Escape key) and it will pull up a menu. Select Actions, and then select Change permissions. You'll see what the current permissions are for the directory with boxes you can check and uncheck to change the permissions.

I tried running emelfm2 w/ root enabled on xterm, didn't work, and then I tried changing permissions. When I bring up the change permissions window, it says I don't have authority to make any changes.

I wonder why nokia didn't just make the entire file system open to begin with...

Okay, I'm running out of ideas but let's try this. Since this is an access permissions problem, let's double-check your root status. Go into xterm and enable root. Type in:
whoami

It should say 'root'. If it says something else like 'user' then you aren't logged in as root.

Okay, it does indeed say "root" when I type in "whoami". I'm still unable to change permissions with the directory.

btw, I realize just how ridiculous this is getting. I promise I'm not just making up problems to solve : P

Ridiculous stuff is Addison's territory. Addison? Addison? Where are you when I need you bud?!!

Okay let's try this. Enable root in xterm, type in and run emelfm2, and then try to copy any file from your media card to the /usr/share directory. What happens?

Ok, I'll try that later tonight after I've recharged it. I'm at work right now and it's gone dead :P

Maybe I should also state that I bought my n800 used, if that makes a difference.

Hey Stereo, would it kill you just to reflash the whole darn tablet?

Only thing left that I can think of is that you either had or have "Maemo Extras-Develop" added as one of your catalogs at some point in time.

If that's correct than you basically would have been ungrading to an older, broken version.

Happened to me about a month ago.

Chatted with ukki over at #knots on freenode and he had me delete something but I forgot what.

And with that, I'm out of suggestions.

Take luck and care! *lol*

GADZOOKS, PUSHWALL!

it worked!

I've always wanted to say gadzooks.

I ran the file manager from xterm after gaining root, and now I'm able to use the directional keys. Thanks for all the effort, both of you. Very much appreciated.

Haha that's great!

So was it copying my dosbox directory into the /usr/share directory the thing that worked? I'm curious since that was how I got the directional keys to work initially for me with new version of DosBox. Or was it something else?