If you are trying to setup an SSH connection through an HTTP proxy, then you need corkscrew.
I know, almost every distribution provides it, but you have to build it yourself on the N900. Here the steps:
Add the SDK Maemo repository adding:
deb http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/sdk free
to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list.
Then update the list and install the build-essential meta package:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential
Download and extract corkscrew:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://www.agroman.net/corkscrew/corkscrew/corkscrew-2.0.tar.gz
$ tar -xf corkscrew-2.0.tar.gz
Build it:
$ cd corkscrew-2.0
$ sh ./configure --host=armv7l-unknown-linux-gnu
$ make
Install it (default to /usr/local/bin/:
# make install
Make it executable:
# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/corkscrew
Add /usr/local/bin/ to your $PATH:
$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' >> /home/user/.profile
Easy, isn’t? :)
Tags: howto, linux