Updated Dec 01 2007: good news, seems like Skype installation is now working straight from Application Installer. :)
Just got Skype running on my N800, after flashing latest OS2008 (it was supposed to work on N810 only).
I tried installing it from Application Manager but it failed (“Download failed” message).
So I decided to give a try to apt-get ;)
First of all you need to become root on your N800. Apparently the ssh way is not working anymore (password used to be “rootme”, but I wasn’t able to login, I’ll try to investigate a little bit) so you will have to use the gainroot script. Use flasher-3.0 to enable R&D mode, open a xterm session and write: “sudo gainroot”. At this point I also suggest you to create a new password for root account (using passwd), so that in the future you will be able to use ssh to login onto your device. While root write:
apt-get install skype
Apparently worked fine, but when installing Skype package I got an error, complaining about not using latest N810 software (are you kidding me?! :D )
What now? Simple enough. I had the package, only need to have it expanded:
dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/archives/skype_1.7.62.48.2_armel.deb /
beside not being canonical it worked and I was able to make and receive calls! :)
Please remember that beside everything seems to be working fine, this is a hack. Do it at your own risk ;) So, basically, don’t blame me if something goes wrong! ;)
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How did you become root on OS2008? I could not find becomeroot package anywhere…
You need to have R&D mode enabled. Then open x-term and write “sudo gainroot”. You are done! :D
What is R&D mode? And how do I enable that – using the flasher, yes, but how?
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or with openssh , open x-term and write ssh root@127.0.0.1 , then digit “rootme” ( the password )… You are done!
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Not so simple in my brand new N800, due swap on SD matters (slowdown and memory trouble), but now seems to run nicely recreating Swap partition.
Btw, i can link you? A whois on my domain will clear you about my identity ;)
Memory management and overall system performances are a lot better on OS2008, so I’d say to give it a try anyway.
Feel free to link this blog at will! :D
In questa versione di Skype funziona anche la videoconferenza ?
No, niente video ancora. Dovrebbe essere possibile effettuare le videochiamate con Gizmo (http://www.gizmo5.com), ma non ho ancora avuto modo di provare.