[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Apt-got my way into a reboot loop??

[From: Michael Steinmetz]

Also sprach Jason Mills (jmills at vmware.com):

> * Use `flasher` to -enable- R&D mode
> * Use `flasher` to -disable- the watchdog timers (IIRC I disabled two of
> them)
> * Allow the N770 to boot normally
> * Bring up your 802.11b/g network
> * Spawn an xterm window
> * Gain root
> * Complete the apt-get upgrade

Could anybody verify this procedure? I could not, but I don't know
exactly which watchdog timers you mentioned. (I used:
"--set-rd-flags=no-lifeguard-reset,no-usb-timeout", but still any attempt
to "dpkg --configure maemo-launcher" makes the X unusable.

Did you do the repairing steps over ssh?


Cheers,
Michael