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Beastmaster	2006-01-22 , 04:12
Posts: 11 \| Thanked: 1 time \| Joined on Jan 2006	#31

In my particular Ubuntu VMware install, the password (starting with a U) was a bit hard to find...but it made sense afterwards.

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	aflegg	2006-01-22 , 09:10
	Posts: 1,463 \| Thanked: 81 times \| Joined on Oct 2005 @ UK	#32

The fact that it's shown the icon means it's mounted it, and so the sequence of steps weren't correct and the device has booted semi-normally.

FWIW, the Ubuntu image I downloaded put you into a user account called `ubuntu' with a password of `ubuntu'.

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Biomech	2006-01-22 , 12:48
Posts: 35 \| Thanked: 1 time \| Joined on Nov 2005	#33

When I try to run the "sudo root ./flasher" command, I am prompted for a password and I enter "ubuntu". Then I get a "sudo: root: command not found" message. If I type "./flasher --enable-rd-mode --reboot" without the "sudo root" prefix, it appears to run but it just waits for a valid USB device.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ls
flasher
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo root ./flasher --enable-rd-mode --reboot
sudo: root: command not found
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop$

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TVD	2006-02-02 , 22:10
Posts: 37 \| Thanked: 2 times \| Joined on Nov 2005 @ The Netherlands	#34

Biomech, I got exactly the same problems you had. You have to become super user in Ubuntu, you are doing this by using the command sudo -s -H then you can run the command ./flasher --enable-rd-mode --reboot

Now you're N770 is rebooting and you can proceed with the wiki tutorial. I did not see any green text during the boot, but I did see an extra icon under the Nokia logo.

I will change the wiki a little bit.

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	Hedgecore	2006-02-02 , 23:35
	Posts: 1,361 \| Thanked: 115 times \| Joined on Oct 2005 @ Toronto, Ontario, Canada	#35

Thank you TVD! Finally someone realizes wikis are live documents that most anyone can edit

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thaibill	2006-02-03 , 02:15
Posts: 94 \| Thanked: 6 times \| Joined on Sep 2005 @ Bangkok, Thailand	#36

Hi,

I downloaded Ubuntu-5.10.zip twice and got the same error when attempting to unzip it. I got the same md5sum on both downloads.

Here is what I did:

[root@darkside tmp]# md5sum Ubuntu-5.10.zip
d05acfdd21202bee363735c322d75bef Ubuntu-5.10.zip
[root@darkside burner]# unzip Ubuntu-5.10.zip
Archive: Ubuntu-5.10.zip
creating: Ubuntu-5.10/
inflating: Ubuntu-5.10/Ubuntu-5.10.vmx
inflating: Ubuntu-5.10/Ubuntu-5.10.vmdk
Ubuntu-5.10/Ubuntu-5.10.vmdk: write error (disk full?). Continue? (y/n/^C) y
bad CRC 74db82b1 (should be 1b5d2094)

This was done in different ext3 partitions with more than 25-gigs of free space. Any ideas of what's happening.

Bill

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thaibill	2006-02-04 , 07:19
Posts: 94 \| Thanked: 6 times \| Joined on Sep 2005 @ Bangkok, Thailand	#37

Disregard my post about experiencing unzip problems. I downloaded a free 30-day evaluation version of pkzip for Linux and all went well. Ubuntu-5.10 loaded into VMWareplay with no problems.

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	Arjun	2006-02-05 , 01:01
	Posts: 242 \| Thanked: 8 times \| Joined on Jan 2006 @ USA & BharatVarsh ( INDIA - Kerala ).	#38

I used the Root enabled Patch to the Nokia update Software by Kreature. But I still dont know how to become root. I have Vim and Xterm installed as well. Please tell me how to do this.