[Esbox-commits] r1230 - trunk/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/reference

eswartz at garage.maemo.org eswartz at garage.maemo.org
Fri Feb 13 23:45:47 EET 2009


Author: eswartz
Date: 2009-02-13 23:45:47 +0200 (Fri, 13 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 1230

Modified:
   trunk/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/reference/FAQ.html
Log:
Add horizontal rules between sections

Modified: trunk/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/reference/FAQ.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/reference/FAQ.html	2009-02-13 21:20:05 UTC (rev 1229)
+++ trunk/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/reference/FAQ.html	2009-02-13 21:45:47 UTC (rev 1230)
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
 	<TITLE>Frequently-Asked Questions: ESbox</TITLE>
 	<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 2.3  (Win32)">
 	<META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="0;0">
-	<META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20090213;15011649">
+	<META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20090213;15351248">
 	<META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright (c) INdT 2007-2008. This page is made available under license. For full details see the LEGAL in the documentation book that contains this page.">
 	<META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="Ed Swartz">
-	<META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="Ed Swartz">
-	<META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="Ed Swartz">
 	<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Language" CONTENT="en-us">
 	<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
 	<!--
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@
 	do I resolve networking issues?</A></P>
 </UL>
 <DIV ID="general-questions" DIR="LTR">
+	<HR>
 	<H2>General questions:</H2>
 	<DIV ID="what" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>What is ESbox?</H3>
@@ -100,13 +99,15 @@
 		applications and libraries on the Nokia Internet Tablet. 
 		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="licensed" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How is ESbox licensed?</H3>
 		<P>This software is produced by the ESbox team combined with third
 		party software developed from other Open Source Projects. This
-		software has been licensed under <A HREF="../../../../../sources/sources/sources/maemo-esbox-mica/esbox/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/about_files/epl-v10.html">Eclipse
+		software has been licensed under <A HREF="../../../../../sources/sources/sources/sources/maemo-esbox-mica/esbox/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/about_files/epl-v10.html">Eclipse
 		Public License Version 1.0 (&quot;EPL&quot;)</A>.</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="organized" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How is the ESbox Project organized?</H3>
 		<P>ESbox consists of three major layers: 
@@ -147,12 +148,14 @@
 			</BLOCKQUOTE>
 		</UL>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="releases" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How do I find out about future releases of ESbox?</H3>
 		<P>To find out about futures releases see: <A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/news/?group_id=192">ESbox
 		News</A> 
 		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="support" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>Which operating systems does ESbox support?</H3>
 		<P>The ESbox product runs on Linux (32 or 64 bit), Windows
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@
 		this via Samba sharing from the host to the VM. 
 		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="ask" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How do I ask questions?</H3>
 		<P>The <A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/">garage.maemo.org</A>
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@
 		before participating in the newsgroups. 
 		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="bug" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How do I report a bug or request a feature?</H3>
 		<P>The bug and feature trackers are stored at the <A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/?group_id=192">ESbox
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@
 		comments.</P>
 	</DIV>
 </DIV>
+<HR>
 <DIV ID="download" DIR="LTR">
 	<H2>Download and Installation:</H2>
 	<DIV ID="howtos" DIR="LTR">
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@
 		for installing from the ESbox update site. 
 		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="uninstall" DIR="LTR">
 		<H3>How do I uninstall ESbox?</H3>
 		<P>Removing plugins from Eclipse is easy, so no particular
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@
 		</UL>
 	</DIV>
 </DIV>
+<HR>
 <DIV ID="development-scratchbox" DIR="LTR">
 	<H2><A NAME="download"></A>Development in Scratchbox</H2>
 	<DIV ID="scratchbox-esbox" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="scratchbox-esbox|region"></A>
@@ -283,160 +291,165 @@
 		entries for each recognized target underneath. If not, try the
 		</SPAN><B>Refresh </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">button. </SPAN>
 		</P>
-		<DIV ID="esbox-windows-osx" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="esbox-windows-osx|region"></A>
-			<H3>How do I work with ESbox in Windows or Mac OS X?</H3>
-			<P>The Maemo SDK and tools only run on Linux/x86 at the moment,
-			but you may run ESbox on Windows or Mac OS X. To do this, ESbox
-			can use a <B>virtual machine</B> to handle all the building and
-			running work.</P>
-			<P>The preference page <B>Window &gt; Preferences &gt; ESbox &gt;
-			Build Machines </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">is the
-			gateway to configuring this facility. </SPAN>
-			</P>
-			<H4>Latest information</H4>
-			<P>Please see the ESbox project wiki page for the latest details,
-			as this FAQ may be out of date:
-			<A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><U>UsingESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine</U></A></P>
-			<P>page covers:</P>
-			<UL>
-				<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>VMware
-				configuration</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
-				<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>QEMU
-				configuration</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
-				<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Windows
-				and Mac OS X specific setup</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
-			</UL>
-			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Virtual machines</H4>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">The Maemo Eclipse Integration
-			project provides some preconfigured virtual machine images which
-			you may use with ESbox, which have Scratchbox 1 and Diablo SDKs
-			preinstalled. 
-			</P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">These images are distributed as
-			VMware *.vmdk images, but they may be used in VMware, QEMU, or
-			VirtualBox, since the disk format is common, and there are no
-			VMware-specific programs installed.</P>
-			<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">For Windows hosts, use a
-			Gutsy Ubuntu Linux image from:
-			&lt;<A HREF="http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_gutsy/">http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_gutsy/</A>&gt;
-			</SPAN>
-			</P>
-			<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">For Mac OS X hosts, use a
-			Hardy Ubuntu Linux image from:
-			&lt;<A HREF="http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_hardy/">http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_hardy/</A>&gt;</SPAN></P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>* These are temporary
-			locations; consult the wiki page for more information.</I></P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>* There are different images
-			because Samba has different showstopper bugs interacting with the
-			two hosts. </I>
-			</P>
-			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Shared folders</H4>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">A requirement for using virtual
-			machines in this way is that <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">projects
-			must be </SPAN><B>visible </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">to
-			the virtual machine through a </SPAN><B>shared folder</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">.
-			The Eclipse workspace is hosted on the host filesystem, and the
-			Linux VM builds programs inside this shared folder. (This isn't
-			the best way, especially since Windows doesn't support the same
-			attributes as a Unix filesystem, but it's the most expedient.)</SPAN></P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Usually
-			you will share a </SPAN><B>workspace folder </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">from
-			the host and mount it in the virtual machine, so that building and
-			running will work.</SPAN></P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Optionally
-			you can share </SPAN><B>scratchbox </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">folders
-			to the host so that C/C++ indexing will find your headers.</SPAN></P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">The
-			</SPAN><B>Build Machines</B> <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">preference
-			page lets you specify how folders are shared between the host and
-			the virtual machine.</SPAN></P>
-		</DIV>
-		<DIV ID="new-scratchbox-sdk" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="new-scratchbox-sdk|region"></A>
-			<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I install new versions of
-			Scratchbox or new SDKs?</H3>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">In the current edition, you must
-			install these outside ESbox using a standard script from maemo.org
-			(e.g. &ldquo;maemo-scratchbox-install_...sh&rdquo; or
-			&ldquo;maemo-sdk-<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">install_....sh&rdquo;
-			). </SPAN>
-			</P>
-			<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">Due to the
-			conditions needed to locate Scratchbox 1 or Scratchbox 2 mentioned
-			above, you can usually only use one installation at a time.</P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Use
-			the &ldquo;Refresh&rdquo; button under </SPAN><B>Window &gt;
-			Preferences &gt; Maemo &gt; Installed Targets </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">to
-			let ESbox know about the changes.</SPAN></P>
-		</DIV>
-		<DIV ID="new-scratchbox-targets" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="new-scratchbox-targets|region"></A>
-			<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I install new Scratchbox
-			targets?</H3>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">In the preference page <B>Window
-			&gt; Preferences &gt; Maemo &gt; Installed Targets</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">,
-			you may install new Scratchbox 2 rootstraps using the &ldquo;New&rdquo;
-			button. </SPAN>
-			</P>
-			<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">You may also
-			create new Scratchbox 1 targets this way, through a wizard that
-			mirrors the way &ldquo;sb-menu&rdquo; works when you setup a new
-			target, but currently no rootstrap is installed -- this must be
-			done manually.</P>
-		</DIV>
-		<DIV ID="synchronize-packages" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="synchronize-packages|region"></A>
-			<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I synchronize packages
-			with my project?</H3>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">When you create a new project
-			(<B>File &gt; New &gt; Project &gt; Maemo C or C++ Project </B>or
-			<B>File &gt; New &gt; Project &gt; Maemo Python Project</B>), or
-			when you invoke the <B>Project &gt; Validate Installed Packages</B>
-			command, ESbox will help you install the packages required by one
-			or more projects into one or more Scratchbox rootstraps or with
-			configured Nokia Internet Tablets (see the next section).</P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">ESbox will scan autotools-based
-			projects for the packages implied by the PKG_CONFIG_CHECK macros
-			in configure.ac and install these if missing. For other projects,
-			default metapackages recommended by the Maemo Eclipse Integration
-			project will be installed.</P>
-			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Networking setup</H4>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">Be sure to visit the <B>Network
-			Connections </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">preferences
-			before updating packages, so any proxy settinges are established.
-			Even if you start an operation and find it fails, you can
-			generally </SPAN><B>Cancel </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">the
-			operation, use the </SPAN><B>View Log </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">command
-			to avoid closing the wizard, then go </SPAN><B>Back </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">and
-			then </SPAN><B>Next </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">again to
-			retry.</SPAN></P>
-			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">If you can't connect to any
-			repositories...</H4>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">At the time of this writing,
-			there are some seriously annoying issues where no combination of
-			settings will seem to allow you to connect to the repositories to
-			update packages inside scratchbox. This is exacerbated when using
-			proxies or running Scratchbox in a virtual machine on a Windows or
-			Mac OS X host. This is either a problem in scratchbox, in ESbox,
-			in VMware, or in the maemo.org hosting providers, or some
-			combination &ndash; you choose :).</P>
-			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">As a last resort, you may to edit
-			<B>/etc/hosts </B><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">inside
-			each Scratchbox rootstrap and enter a manual address for
-			repository.maemo.org, e.g.:</SPAN></SPAN></P>
-			<P STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><B>206.57.28.43
-			repository.maemo.org</B></P>
-			<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">
-			(<B>ping </B>the repository.maemo.org address before using the
-			example, since the addresses may change.)</P>
-			<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
-			</P>
-			<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">
-			When updating packages inside a Nokia Internet Tablet, you may
-			also need to disconnect any &ldquo;static&rdquo; USB, WLAN, or
-			Bluetooth connections and directly connect the tablet to a WLAN
-			that can access the Internet, otherwise traffic may simply flow
-			into the host computer and die there.</P>
-		</DIV>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
+	<DIV ID="esbox-windows-osx" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="esbox-windows-osx|region"></A>
+		<H3>How do I work with ESbox in Windows or Mac OS X?</H3>
+		<P>The Maemo SDK and tools only run on Linux/x86 at the moment, but
+		you may run ESbox on Windows or Mac OS X. To do this, ESbox can use
+		a <B>virtual machine</B> to handle all the building and running
+		work.</P>
+		<P>The preference page <B>Window &gt; Preferences &gt; ESbox &gt;
+		Build Machines </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">is the gateway
+		to configuring this facility. </SPAN>
+		</P>
+		<H4>Latest information</H4>
+		<P>Please see the ESbox project wiki page for the latest details,
+		as this FAQ may be out of date:
+		<A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><U>UsingESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine</U></A></P>
+		<P>page covers:</P>
+		<UL>
+			<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>VMware
+			configuration</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
+			<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>QEMU
+			configuration</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
+			<LI><P><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?refs=ESboxOutsideLinuxWithVirtualMachine&amp;id=192&amp;type=g"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2>Windows
+			and Mac OS X specific setup</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A></P>
+		</UL>
+		<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Virtual machines</H4>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">The Maemo Eclipse Integration
+		project provides some preconfigured virtual machine images which
+		you may use with ESbox, which have Scratchbox 1 and Diablo SDKs
+		preinstalled. 
+		</P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">These images are distributed as
+		VMware *.vmdk images, but they may be used in VMware, QEMU, or
+		VirtualBox, since the disk format is common, and there are no
+		VMware-specific programs installed.</P>
+		<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">For Windows hosts, use a
+		Gutsy Ubuntu Linux image from:
+		&lt;<A HREF="http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_gutsy/">http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_gutsy/</A>&gt;
+		</SPAN>
+		</P>
+		<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">For Mac OS X hosts, use a
+		Hardy Ubuntu Linux image from:
+		&lt;<A HREF="http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_hardy/">http://embedded.ufcg.edu.br/~raul/files/maemo_server_hardy/</A>&gt;</SPAN></P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>* These are temporary
+		locations; consult the wiki page for more information.</I></P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>* There are different images
+		because Samba has different showstopper bugs interacting with the
+		two hosts. </I>
+		</P>
+		<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Shared folders</H4>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">A requirement for using virtual
+		machines in this way is that <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">projects
+		must be </SPAN><B>visible </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">to
+		the virtual machine through a </SPAN><B>shared folder</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">.
+		The Eclipse workspace is hosted on the host filesystem, and the
+		Linux VM builds programs inside this shared folder. (This isn't the
+		best way, especially since Windows doesn't support the same
+		attributes as a Unix filesystem, but it's the most expedient.)</SPAN></P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Usually
+		you will share a </SPAN><B>workspace folder </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">from
+		the host and mount it in the virtual machine, so that building and
+		running will work.</SPAN></P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Optionally
+		you can share </SPAN><B>scratchbox </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">folders
+		to the host so that C/C++ indexing will find your headers.</SPAN></P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">The
+		</SPAN><B>Build Machines</B> <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">preference
+		page lets you specify how folders are shared between the host and
+		the virtual machine.</SPAN></P>
+	</DIV>
+	<HR>
+	<DIV ID="new-scratchbox-sdk" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="new-scratchbox-sdk|region"></A>
+		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I install new versions of
+		Scratchbox or new SDKs?</H3>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">In the current edition, you must
+		install these outside ESbox using a standard script from maemo.org
+		(e.g. &ldquo;maemo-scratchbox-install_...sh&rdquo; or
+		&ldquo;maemo-sdk-<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">install_....sh&rdquo;
+		). </SPAN>
+		</P>
+		<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">Due to the
+		conditions needed to locate Scratchbox 1 or Scratchbox 2 mentioned
+		above, you can usually only use one installation at a time.</P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Use
+		the &ldquo;Refresh&rdquo; button under </SPAN><B>Window &gt;
+		Preferences &gt; Maemo &gt; Installed Targets </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">to
+		let ESbox know about the changes.</SPAN></P>
+	</DIV>
+	<HR>
+	<DIV ID="new-scratchbox-targets" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="new-scratchbox-targets|region"></A>
+		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I install new Scratchbox
+		targets?</H3>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">In the preference page <B>Window &gt;
+		Preferences &gt; Maemo &gt; Installed Targets</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">,
+		you may install new Scratchbox 2 rootstraps using the &ldquo;New&rdquo;
+		button. </SPAN>
+		</P>
+		<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">You may also
+		create new Scratchbox 1 targets this way, through a wizard that
+		mirrors the way &ldquo;sb-menu&rdquo; works when you setup a new
+		target, but currently no rootstrap is installed -- this must be
+		done manually.</P>
+	</DIV>
+	<HR>
+	<DIV ID="synchronize-packages" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="synchronize-packages|region"></A>
+		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I synchronize packages
+		with my project?</H3>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">When you create a new project
+		(<B>File &gt; New &gt; Project &gt; Maemo C or C++ Project </B>or
+		<B>File &gt; New &gt; Project &gt; Maemo Python Project</B>), or
+		when you invoke the <B>Project &gt; Validate Installed Packages</B>
+		command, ESbox will help you install the packages required by one
+		or more projects into one or more Scratchbox rootstraps or with
+		configured Nokia Internet Tablets (see the next section).</P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">ESbox will scan autotools-based
+		projects for the packages implied by the PKG_CONFIG_CHECK macros in
+		configure.ac and install these if missing. For other projects,
+		default metapackages recommended by the Maemo Eclipse Integration
+		project will be installed.</P>
+		<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Networking setup</H4>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">Be sure to visit the <B>Network
+		Connections </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">preferences
+		before updating packages, so any proxy settinges are established.
+		Even if you start an operation and find it fails, you can generally
+		</SPAN><B>Cancel </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">the
+		operation, use the </SPAN><B>View Log </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">command
+		to avoid closing the wizard, then go </SPAN><B>Back </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">and
+		then </SPAN><B>Next </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">again to
+		retry.</SPAN></P>
+		<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">If you can't connect to any
+		repositories...</H4>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">At the time of this writing, there
+		are some seriously annoying issues where no combination of settings
+		will seem to allow you to connect to the repositories to update
+		packages inside scratchbox. This is exacerbated when using proxies
+		or running Scratchbox in a virtual machine on a Windows or Mac OS X
+		host. This is either a problem in scratchbox, in ESbox, in VMware,
+		or in the maemo.org hosting providers, or some combination &ndash;
+		you choose :).</P>
+		<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">As a last resort, you may to edit
+		<B>/etc/hosts </B><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">inside
+		each Scratchbox rootstrap and enter a manual address for
+		repository.maemo.org, e.g.:</SPAN></SPAN></P>
+		<P STYLE="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><B>206.57.28.43
+		repository.maemo.org</B></P>
+		<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">
+		(<B>ping </B>the repository.maemo.org address before using the
+		example, since the addresses may change.)</P>
+		<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
+		</P>
+		<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">
+		When updating packages inside a Nokia Internet Tablet, you may also
+		need to disconnect any &ldquo;static&rdquo; USB, WLAN, or Bluetooth
+		connections and directly connect the tablet to a WLAN that can
+		access the Internet, otherwise traffic may simply flow into the
+		host computer and die there.</P>
+	</DIV>
 </DIV>
+<HR>
 <DIV ID="InternetTablets" DIR="LTR">
 	<H2 STYLE="text-decoration: none">Working with Nokia Internet
 	Tablets</H2>
@@ -459,9 +472,8 @@
 		<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>All the details </B></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">are
 		on this page:
 		</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">&lt;<A HREF="http://maemo.org/development/documentation/pc_connectivity/">http://maemo.org/development/documentation/pc_connectivity/</A>&gt;.</SPAN></P>
-		<P><BR><BR>
-		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="configure-for-esbox" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="configure-for-esbox|region"></A>
 		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I configure my tablet for
 		use with ESbox?</H3>
@@ -481,9 +493,8 @@
 		<B>Properties </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">and then </SPAN><B>Host.
 		</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">Edit the address and/or
 		username accordingly.</SPAN></P>
-		<P><BR><BR>
-		</P>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="run-debug-tablet" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="run-debug-tablet|region"></A>
 		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A NAME="howtos1"></A>How do I
 		run and debug on a tablet?</H3>
@@ -499,9 +510,8 @@
 		Internet Tablet</B>&rdquo; <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">connection.</SPAN></P>
 		<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">When this
 		fails, see the next entry.</P>
-		<H3><BR><BR>
-		</H3>
 	</DIV>
+	<HR>
 	<DIV ID="networking-issues" DIR="LTR"><A NAME="networking-issues|region"></A>
 		<H3 STYLE="text-decoration: none">How do I resolve networking
 		issues?</H3>
@@ -532,6 +542,7 @@
 		<P STYLE="font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">ESbox will
 		not use a proxy when directly contacting the tablet, since it
 		assumed to be local to the machine.</P>
+			<HR style="height: 1px; width: 50%">
 		<DIV ID="Section14" DIR="LTR">
 			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">General issues with virtual
 			machines and networking:</H4>
@@ -555,6 +566,7 @@
 			</SPAN><B>Bridged Networking </B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium">configuration
 			in VMware.</SPAN></P>
 		</DIV>
+			<HR style="height: 1px; width: 50%">
 		<DIV ID="Section13" DIR="LTR">
 			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">For USB networking:</H4>
 			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">By default, a USB connection will
@@ -583,6 +595,7 @@
 			this writing) does not support USB at all, so you will probably
 			need to use WLAN.</P>
 		</DIV>
+			<HR style="height: 1px; width: 50%">
 		<DIV ID="Section12" DIR="LTR">
 			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">For WLAN networking:</H4>
 			<P STYLE="text-decoration: none">The newest <B>maemo-pc-connectivity</B>
@@ -619,6 +632,7 @@
 			configurations should continue to work, as well as any wizards or
 			commands that reference the connection by name.</SPAN></P>
 		</DIV>
+		<HR style="height: 1px; width: 50%">
 		<DIV ID="Section11" DIR="LTR">
 			<H4 STYLE="text-decoration: none">For Bluetooth networking:</H4>
 			<P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><I>This is supported, but I
@@ -651,4 +665,4 @@
 	</DIV>
 </DIV>
 </BODY>
-</HTML>
\ No newline at end of file
+</HTML>



More information about the Esbox-commits mailing list