Community SSU/Installation FAQ
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Most of the reasons why the Maemo 5 Community SSU cannot be installed can be checked under the Problems tab when viewing the package in Application Manager. |
Q: I can't update, as I get the message: TO UPDATE YOUR DEVICE TO THIS VERSION OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM YOU MUST USE NOKIA PC SUITE ON YOUR PC. CONNECT THE DEVICE TO YOUR PC VIA A USB CABLE AND LAUNCH THE APPLICATION.
A: RTFM. Specifically, see the banner at the top of this page(!): the message is misleading. You need to free up some disk space, or fix some conflicts with other packages. Check the "Problems" tab in the dialog before this for details.
Q: I cannot install Maemo 5 Community SSU Package because of xxxxx package
A: The best way to check out the source of the problem for this is to go into X Terminal and to use apt-get to install the package whilst Community SSU repository is enabled inside HAM:
apt-get install package name that is causing the problem
In most cases, users with modified-hildon-desktop will have issues updating hildon-desktop. That is because modified-hildon-desktop overwrites schemes set out by the normal hildon-desktop. To alleviate this issue one needs to remove modified-hildon-desktop before retrying.
In case there are a lot of packages are causing the problem you may run that with the only CSSU repository enabled:
apt-get update -y
That will also update CSSU.
Q: I can't install the enabler; it says "not enough disk space available". How much is required?
A: stlpaul reports that he freed up 15MB from the rootfs and "then it worked".
Q: The installation of CSSU fails and HAM says something about catalogue problems.
A: The Community SSU installer can not check if the CSSU catalogue or any other catalogue fails to update and does not continue in any case. Start Application Manager before you do any of the installation steps. Try to update your catalogues and remove any non-working catalogues, that is those marked with a red "!") in the Settings.
Q: The installer doesn't reboot N900 - I only have a black screen with backlight!
A: You probably have wall charger or USB cable plugged in. That prevents normal shutdown from happening so you need to shut down the phone manually. Try pressing the power button and if you get to the power button menu, shut it down from there. If not, then hold down the power button for long enough to shut it down.
After this, start your N900 normally and you should have the CSSU installed - try for example the portrait mode menu.
Q: After installing version 20.2010.36-maemo14, my hildon-status-menu has no rows
A: 20.2010.36-maemo14 introduces configurable rows in hildon-status-menu, gconf should use the default value, but in some cases doesn't, the following commands should set back to default:
gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-status-menu/view/number_of_rows -t int 6 gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/hildon-status-menu/view/number_of_rows_portrait -t int 8
Q: How do I uninstall the CSSU?
A: This is not a fully supported operation at the moment, however the following notes may help:
- disable the CSSU repository in the package manager
- disable the extras-devel repository (if left enabled, the upgrade command might force unstable versions of currently installed applications or libraries)
- uninstall
mp-fremantle-community-prusing the package manager - uninstall
mcspusing the package manager - uninstall Community SSU enabler using the package manager
- do an update check and install any that show up (or execute on the command line as root
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade) - As root, execute
apt-get install mp-fremantle-generic-pr