[Tutorial] Run Debian Linux on your Xperia Ray - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Things you need to download before we start with the tutorial:
A Xperia Ray and a Sdcard with atleast 2GB free space
Root permissions
Debian.img - Download
Bootscript - Download
Terminal Emulator - Download
VNC Viewer - Download
1. The first thing you are gonna do is to extract all the download files and copy them to a folder named debian on the root your sdcard.
2. Then you are gonna unplug the usbcable and start terminal emulator on the phone. Then you should type:
su
cd /sdcard/debian
sh debian.sh
3. After you have runned that command you should select your screen resolution and set it as default in the script that runs in the terminal emulator .
4. After doing that, you need to open the VNC client on your phone that youve downloaded earlier. In the connectio boxes you should typ in:
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 5900
Password: debian
Then just press the connect button and you should be able to see the debian desktop.
If you want to stop debian, just open the terminal emulator and type exit.
http://linuxonandroid.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks to:
fotak-x for the idea of this tutorial
zacthespack for bootscript

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when run sh debian.sh
error debian.sh(11): cut not found

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m4n0f said:
when run sh debian.sh
error debian.sh(11): cut not found
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Hmm, I dont get that error on stock 2.3.4, which rom do you use?
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i tried it on JJ's HYBRID ROM v3.1 and it works perfectly
Quick Question : is it possible to run Ubuntu instead of Debian ??

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angello2299 said:
i tried it on JJ's HYBRID ROM v3.1 and it works perfectly
Quick Question : is it possible to run Ubuntu instead of Debian ??
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No, Ubuntu requires more powerful hardware and wont work.
But Im gonna look for mor distros soon, maybe puppy linux?

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DevStaffAndroid said:
No, Ubuntu requires more powerful hardware and wont work.
But Im gonna look for mor distros soon, maybe puppy linux?
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will wait for it
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angello2299 said:
i tried it on JJ's HYBRID ROM v3.1 and it works perfectly
Quick Question : is it possible to run Ubuntu instead of Debian ??
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Yes, you can "run" ubuntu instead of debian. Get the ubuntu installer from the play store and it works just like the debian one. I used jj v 2.5 and sirkay xray v7 for this and I got rid of all my extraneous apps...so I had almost 300 mb free RAM. It lags beyond belief, but everything I tried worked (eventually). I think you need at least 2.5 Gb free on your sdcard....
The linux was a little bit disappointing....but the vnc is super cool!

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I got connection refused error when I try to connect with vnc client.I staterted the script succesfully but I got eth0 no such a dvice error and also vnc ip is empty

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ygecesefa said:
I got connection refused error when I try to connect with vnc client.I staterted the script succesfully but I got eth0 no such a dvice error and also vnc ip is empty
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Hmm, which rom do u use?
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If xperia ray have armv7 cpu then you can Ubuntu or Backtrack
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can I have centos pls

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbunTRzEQCI
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
havent tried it but it should work

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gigicach said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbunTRzEQCI
http://androlinux.com/android-ubuntu-development/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-android/
havent tried it but it should work
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Okay, Ill try it on my Xperia Ray tomorow, if its working i add it to the list
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foggyflute said:
can I have centos pls
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Im gonna try to make a cent os img tomorow, lets see if it would work.
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justmpm said:
Yes, you can "run" ubuntu instead of debian. Get the ubuntu installer from the play store and it works just like the debian one. I used jj v 2.5 and sirkay xray v7 for this and I got rid of all my extraneous apps...so I had almost 300 mb free RAM. It lags beyond belief, but everything I tried worked (eventually). I think you need at least 2.5 Gb free on your sdcard....
The linux was a little bit disappointing....but the vnc is super cool!
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i tried this and it work but it's laggy
anyway it's nice to have ubuntu on my phone and my laptop

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DevStaffAndroid said:
Hmm, I dont get that error on stock 2.3.4, which rom do you use?
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ics ka20.2 with kernel boot_uv_ics_r2
busybox v1.20.1

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m4n0f said:
when run sh debian.sh
error debian.sh(11): cut not found
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You didn't copy Debian and it's scripts in sdcard /Debian
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DevStaffAndroid said:
Hmm, which rom do u use?
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Offical rom zip which jjdoctor reased

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Knight47 said:
You didn't copy Debian and it's scripts in sdcard /Debian
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two files on sdcard/debian
----rwxr-x debian.img
----rwxr-x debian.sh