Revision as of 12:48, 16 December 2007

Overview

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Orbiter Installation

Introduction

Nokia N800 works pretty well as a LinuxMCE Orbiter. Its WiFi is much more stable then the Nokia 770.

The Orbiter package and all dependences can be found in the Maemo garage, for information on how to use it read "Using Nokia770/N800 as a Plutohome Orbiter" on the SmartBlog.

Installation steps

This installation guide is for the N800 with OS2007.

Enable R&D Mode

Get the "flasher3.0" binary from the nokia page: http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php Enter the following:

./flasher-3.0 --enable-rd-mode

Plug the N800 into USB and power on. After confirmation by the utility restart the device.

Enable "red pill" mode

Go to the program manager, go to the catalogs and add a new source. Put "matrix" in the adress field and push "cancel". Answer the question with "red pill".

Install dependencies

Define additional repositories to get development libraries (we need at least Maemo repository):

Web address http://repository.maemo.org/
Distribution bora
Components free non-free extras

and

Web address http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution bora
Components free non-free

The following packages have to be installed manually (transfer to device and install via file or program manager:

mysql-common_4.0.24-10-nokia_all.deb
libmysqlclient12_4.0.24-10sarge2_armel.deb
libsdl-gfx1.2_2.0.9-4_armel.deb

Install the orbiter

Now install the orbiter package from the maemo garage: https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=162

linuxmceorbiter-0704-03_armel.deb (or later version)

Add new screen size to database

On the Core type the following as root:

mysql
use pluto_main
insert into Size (Description,Width,Height,ScaleX,ScaleY) VALUES('Nokia770',800,480,376,300);

Install fonts

Copy the Truetype fonts from the core to the N800 ("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/")

Create the orbiter in the LMCE administration interface

Add a new orbiter and select "Nokia770" as the screen size. After generation do a quick reload.

Go to orbit

much phun..

See also:

• Nokia 770
• Building Orbiter for the Nokia 770