Re: restoring Sharp's datebook and addressbook (deleted by thekompany)

Greg,

Good thing you've got backups, ahem. The line

tar xvf /root/.home_default.tar

should also include:

home/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/datebook.desktop

I think it got broken up into two by the email.

So what you did was overwrite many files in /home with the ROM defaults.
You probably want to restore the last backup and run through it again, but
make sure those tar lines include the path at the end with a space in
between.

Sorry about that.

Regards,

Colin



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Thanks Colin,

> Greg,
>
> The Sharp Datebook and Addressbook have not been completely deleted. Only
> the links to the stuff in ROM have been deleted. Just run the following
> commands and it should restore your Sharp apps without wiping anything
out.

I'll try this, but I think the apps have been completely deleted. I
searched
for them. Nonetheless, here goes:

> su (enter the root password, which is the passcode, if it asks)
# prompt
> cd /home/QtPalmtop/bin
> ln -sf ./quickexec datebook
OK, included a space after -sf
> ln -sf ./quickexec addressbook

> cd /
> tar xvf /root/.home_default.tar
Wow! Long scrolling output!
> home/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/datebook.desktop

permission denied

waiting here . . .

> tar xvf /root/.home_default.tar
> home/QtPalmtop/apps/Applications/addressbook.desktop
> qcop QPE/System 'linkChanged(QString)'
> qcop QPE/System 'updateMenu()'
>
> Then the Sharp Datebook and Addressbook should appear on the Applications
> tab and Q menu.
>
> (That's another one for me to submit to the FAQ :-)
>
> HTH
>
> Colin