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2008-08-24
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Hi. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I have a lot of those. I'm new to Linux and the N810 so I don't know if this is possible but will the N810 boot verbose? I'd much rather see the boot process than those silly hands reaching out for one another when I start up. Thanks.
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2008-08-24
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http://wiki.maemo.org/Advanced_booting
lbt documented my steps to do this on the wiki. thanks to fanoush.
i've got a youtube of the n800 verbosely booting...
lbt documented my steps to do this on the wiki. thanks to fanoush.
i've got a youtube of the n800 verbosely booting...
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2008-08-25
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Ok... kind of scary. I was hoping it was simple as writing verbose = yes in a file somewhere. Sometime when I'm sufficiently brave (drunk) I'll try it. I trust if I brick my device I can restore?
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2008-09-01
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Sure is a bit scary or at least so complex that it seems like more trouble than the end result is worth. FYI, the N810 uses so little juice when idling that you'll get longer battery life if you leave it on rather than shutting down as you would with a laptop. I charge my N810 once a day and don't turn it off. I've yet to get to a low battery state.
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2008-09-01
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Originally Posted by fragos
Sure but anyone who asks for such verbose mode deserves this :-)
Sure is a bit scary or at least so complex that it seems like more trouble than the end result is worth.
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2008-09-01
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Open source provides lots of options for users with technical know how. I do however find "deserving any feature they desire" as questionable. Users are entitled to the rights outlined in the license and as developers also have obligations. As a user of open source, "appreciating the efforts of others" seems more appropriate.
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2008-09-01
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Originally Posted by fragos
I don't understand that sentence in the context here. Anyway, what I meant is that verbose boot messages are too technical and useless for any 'normal' tablet user (i.e. not unix nerd). Nokia tried very hard to hide them for good reason. If someone wants or needs them (s)he is unix geek and thus 'deserves' such additional complexity and hopefully has no problem with that.
I do however find "deserving any feature they desire" as questionable.
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2008-09-01
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seems like the wiki is down, im getting only empty page on that link...
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2008-09-11
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Originally Posted by fragos
And whatever you do, don't charge it while turned off! It is more costly to charge while nominally "off" than when "sleeping"! Why? The screen stays on the whole time the tablet is supposedly off!
FYI, the N810 uses so little juice when idling that you'll get longer battery life if you leave it on rather than shutting down as you would with a laptop.
I discovered this the hard way when trying to charge from a battery pack.
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2008-09-11
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Originally Posted by qole
hmm, i was planing to write that this was controllable, but then i notice that the setting i had in mind only works when the device is fully booted...
And whatever you do, don't charge it while turned off! It is more costly to charge while nominally "off" than when "sleeping"! Why? The screen stays on the whole time the tablet is supposedly off!
I discovered this the hard way when trying to charge from a battery pack.