Getting SSH up on N800

Click the window icon (is there a name for this?), select Tools, Application manager
Browse installable applications, All
install dropbear-server (SSH server)
I also installed osso-xterm so I could find ip address
then you should be able to ssh into your N800 as root.
make sure you change the root password or anyone can ssh in...

Installing Python 2.5

This failed for me because there were missing libs: libglade2-0, libsdl-ttf2.0-0, libgdbm3
This seems to be caused by a missing source in /etc/apt/sources.list
I added:
- #maemo:name maemo repository
  deb http://repository.maemo.org bora free non-free
- to the end of the file
then apt-get update, and the install worked

I used x11vnc server on N800 x11vnc.deb
There are a lot of switches. The help message is huge: x11vnc-help.txt
I used -input KMB to allow control from the client
I used Chicken of the VNC client on my Mac. http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/
On a windows PC I have confirmed that both RealVNC and TightVNC clients work fine with the N800 x11vnc server.
I had problems setting up the password on the N800 VNC server. To debug, check out the /tmp/x11vnc.log file on the N800.
Here's what I did to set up my N800 to use a password.
- Start by writing the password to a file: (Type into X terminal on N800 or by ssh into N800)
- x11vnc -storepasswd <password> <file>
  - e.g., > x11vnc -storepasswd foo /home/user/.vncpwd
- This stores an encrypted password.
- Then create a file: /home/user/.x11vncrc with contents:
  - input KMB,KMB
  - rfbauth /home/user/.vncpwd
- My problem appeared to be either that I used ~ instead of /home/user or there were permission problems reading the .vncpwd file. Since I fixed both problems, I'm not sure if both are required.
- You toggle x11vnc from the gui, once to start, again to stop.
- You can do a ps to see if it's running, plus /tmp/x11vnc.pid will appear if it is running.

It's the counter-clockwise arrow button below the "joystick" control on the left!