I just wanted to say thanks for the help so far. But it seems that using Kubrick may be a bit premature now, because I'm now able to get into the main system!
Code:
login as: root
Welcome to Kindle!
root@192.168.2.2's password:
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# N O T I C E * N O T I C E * N O T I C E #
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Rootfs is mounted read-only. Invoke mntroot rw to
switch back to a writable rootfs.
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[root@kindle root]# cat /etc/crontab/root
*/15 * * * * /usr/sbin/checkpmond
*/15 * * * * /usr/sbin/tinyrot
*/60 * * * * /usr/sbin/loginfo tmpfs
*/60 * * * * /usr/sbin/loginfo localVars
*/60 * * * * /usr/sbin/loginfo memusedump
*/15 * * * * /usr/sbin/loginfo powerdcheck
[root@kindle root]#
And as you can see, crontab/root is as it should be. Now I just need to add the weather script line.
Anyway, all I did was reinstall USBNetworking, and then carefully reread the instructions at
http://www.shatteredhaven.com/2012/1...work-hack.html. Specifically, the part where it says to type ";debugOn" and then "~usbNetwork" and then I got the lightning bolt/charging indicator as expected. Then it was just a matter of changing the network adaptor IP to 192.168.2.1, and using Putty to log into 192.168.2.2.
I'll be sure to report back if/when I get the weather to finally auto-refresh.