Originally Posted by SubCore

no problem

it looks like you have dns trouble, probably not only on the N900 but on your network. but there is a hopefully easy workaround: you make static entries for downloads.maemo.nokia.com
to do that, you just need to enter the IP + hostname into the file /etc/hosts

Code:

echo "195.113.232.88 downloads.maemo.nokia.com" >> /etc/hosts
echo "195.113.232.91 downloads.maemo.nokia.com" >> /etc/hosts

by using the append-pipe >> we make sure not to overwrite /etc/hosts but to append new lines to it, one host per line.

these IPs are what i get when i resolve downloads.maemo.nokia.com
i have no idea of akamai's network, so i can not guarantee they will work from brazil. also, these are probably temporary and will change.

if you enter "nslookup downloads.maemo.nokia.com" into a command prompt on your computer, do you get a response? if so, use those IPs. if not, there is something wrong with either your internet service provider or akamai (the host).

Originally Posted by SubCore

watch out for spaces!
/etc/hosts is the path to a file and must not contain spaces! always be very, very careful in a root shell!

to check whether you have successfully entered it, you can view the file contents by

Code:

cat /etc/hosts

it should look like this:

Code:

subcoren900:~# cat /etc/hosts 
127.0.0.1 subcoren900 localhost
195.113.232.88 downloads.maemo.nokia.com
195.113.232.91 downloads.maemo.nokia.com
subcoren900:~#

Originally Posted by maya

Well, it was different. See the image.

Originally Posted by SubCore

hehe ok i see you tried a few times
you have to edit this file so it looks like the one i showed you, with only 3 lines.

Code:

sudo gainroot
osso_notes /etc/hosts

edit:
btw, the reason your file isn't correct, is that you had too many " in your command. there should be only 2 of them, but you broke the string by adding a third.
as i said, you have to be very careful and exact.

Originally Posted by maya

ok, writed the command, opened in notepad and I replace the lines with:

Originally Posted by SubCore

no, just these 3 lines

Code:

127.0.0.1 Nokia-N900-51-1 localhost
195.113.232.88 downloads.maemo.nokia.com
195.113.232.91 downloads.maemo.nokia.com

the other two lines are from the xterm, they look similar on your device. and "subcoren900" just happens to be my hostname


and yes, it seems the easy way of editing in place with osso_notes doesn't work. i tried before i posted it and it worked, but apparently only for the first time. sorry for that.

usually, one uses "vim" to edit system files in place - there are a few other methods, but all of them are a bit too much to describe here, so i'll once again use echo. it's just the least complicated way

Code:

echo "127.0.0.1 Nokia-N900-51-1 localhost" > /etc/hosts
echo "195.113.232.88 downloads.maemo.nokia.com" >> /etc/hosts
echo "195.113.232.91 downloads.maemo.nokia.com" >> /etc/hosts

echo just outputs everything between the " ", we use > in the first command to overwrite the target file, and >> in the other two to append to the newly created file instead of overwriting it again.

if you input exactly these 3 commands as root, you should have a correct /etc/hosts file with 3 lines.

edit:
just to be sure - you know you can copy & paste from the browser into the x terminal, right?

Originally Posted by maya

One question, there is only 1 space between the ">" on both sides, right?.

Originally Posted by maya

edit:
ok, I accessed the N900's browser, I copied and pasted the code and ran the command again
cat / etc / hosts

But there's something wrong, because the answer does not change.

Originally Posted by SubCore

/etc/hosts is the path to the file you are editing, there is no space in there. the command is

Code:

cat /etc/hosts