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I've no idea what is causing the problem but according to bug #1153 this won't be fixed on 770 but is fixed on N800.

Hopefully they simply mean that this problem won't be fixed in OS 2006 but will be fixed in OS 2007 and OS 2007HE (not the currently available version, but the soon to be released version of OS 2007HE).

Yep, I know, I'm just trying to find a workaround for us 770 users who don't have an N800. I dunno if I want to upgrade to 2006HE (whenever it's released) JUST to get Joystiq, but if I can filter out the problem and be fine, then why not!

Try adding a comment to the bug asking Nokia what the problem is - they've worked it out, but are keeping it to themselves.

Workaround found!

Hadn't yet seen a reply to the bugzilla comment, so I kept fiddling with the feed in yahoo pipes. I finally discovered that if I take all their category feeds, combine them, and sort and filter them, then the result is a feed identical to their main feed, yet DOESN'T crash the 770 reader.

So, here it is for all to enjoy:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.ru...6g&_render=rss

Is there anywhere else I oughta post this so that everyone knows about it?

Hello - I have the exact same problem. My RSS feed reader has been broken since I subscribed to the PS3fanboy feed (sister site of joystiq.com). How do I delete it at the prompt? Could someone please post instructions please. thanks in advance!

You need to have XTerm installed. You can grab it here:
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/osso-xterm-advanced
Install Less, too, while you're at it:
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/less

Once you've got that, open up xterm.
Type:
cd ~/.osso_rss_feed_reader/cache/feeds
ls

After you type ls, you'll get a list of files. This is going to be unique to your system, so I can't tell you what you'll see. You'll need to view each one using the "less" program we downloaded until you find the one that goes with the offending feed. You can type:
less *name of file*
Replacing *name of file* with one of the file names.

It will give you some warning about a binary file, but hit Y to continue. It will show you a screen of garbage, but somewhere in there will be some identifiable text of the name of the feed. Once you have that, hit Q to get back to a prompt. If it was not the file for the offending feed, try another. Once you know which one it is, you can delete it by typing:
rm *name of file*

After that, exit out of xterm, then go into the RSS Feed Reader and delete that feed.

Isn't this easier?

In xterm as user...

Make a backup of your feed file...

Now identify your PS3fanboy site by viewing the content of feedlist.opml - make a note of the "id" tag that corresponds with your PS3fanboy feed.

You can use "more" to view the file a page at a time - press space to advance to the next page, and q to quit:

Now remove the feed. Let's assume the value for the "id" tag of your PS3fanboy feed is "puhblxn", in which case you can remove it with the following command:

Replace "puhblxn" with whatever value is present in your feedlist.opml file.

As an optional extra, you can remove the now unused PS3fanboy cache files. Using the same value you noted for the "id" tag, eg. puhblxn, execute the following commands:

Replace "puhblxn" with whatever id value corresponds with your PS3fanboy feed.

Now open the main RSS Feed Reader application and your PS3fanboy feed should have been removed.

Thanks Milhouse, didn't know how the feedfile worked. I just tinkered around until I figured out how to do it the way I was doing it.