Nokia N800
Overview
Official Site Price: about $400/230€
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
Dependency availability
You can find all the dependencies directly on the Maemo Garage page of the orbiter.
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/")
Quick'n'dirty on N800: sudo gainroot (or becomeroot) scp -r <user>@dcerouter:/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/ /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
This will copy files from core to N800 in xterm (maybe only if you have ssh installed)
Somebody please code format the above command, posting from my N800 while its fresh and tired of pecking keys. dragon_788
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..
