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Hello,
Anyone interested in porting linux to HTC Hermes? The Samsung processor is currently supported by vanilla 2.6 kernel
I tried running GNU HaRET 2006070419 version, here's the output of some commands:
Code:
# telnet 192.168.1.23 9999
Trying 192.168.1.23...
Connected to 192.168.1.23.
Escape character is '^]'.
Welcome, this is GNU/HaRET running on WindowsCE v5.1
PocketPC
HERM200
Minimal virtual address: 00010000, maximal virtual address: 7fffffff
CPU is ARM ARM arch 4T stepping 0 running in system mode
Enter 'HELP' for a short command summary.
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FB1: form=1 bpp=16 fbaddr=4E800000/10800000 x=240/2 y=320/480
FB0: form=160 bpp=16 fbaddr=4E800000/10800000 x=240/480 y=320/480
HaRET(1)# dump wince
Wince information
curr_perm: 00010001, memdiv: rdisk= 64 ram= 12493 pagesize= 4096
memdiv1: rdisk= 64 of 14612 ram= 12493 of 12493
memdiv2: 3 rdisk= 64 of 14612 ram= 12493 of 12493
OEMINFO: ncha=9
OEMINFO: HERM200
OEMINFO: HERM200
PLATFORMTYPE: PocketPC
PLATFORMTYPE: PocketPC
machine_id:0
audio_innum=1, audio_outnum=1
32snapshot failed
I don't think the Samsung SC32442A-400MHz processor is supported by this version of HaRET, but I found a page in russian where there is a version of HaRET for s3c2442 processors available!!
Here is some interesting output of this haret version:
Code:
# telnet 192.168.1.23 9999
Trying 192.168.1.23...
Connected to 192.168.1.23.
Escape character is '^]'.
Welcome, this is HaRET running on WindowsCE v5.1
Minimal virtual address: 00010000, maximal virtual address: 7fffffff
CPU is ARM ARM arch 4T stepping 0 running in system mode
Enter 'HELP' for a short command summary.
HaRET(1)# cpudetect
Warning: Detected CPU family: S3C24XX
HaRET(2)# cpuwgpio 1
Warning: Ready to watch s3c24xx GPIO
f0004 - GPA: 1
f0014 - GPB: 4e
f0024 - GPC: 3621
f0034 - GPD: 0
f0044 - GPE: f7e8
f0054 - GPF: d3
f0064 - GPG: 24be
f0074 - GPH: 7f
f00d4 - GPJ: 14b0
GPE changed to 0000f7e8
GPE changed to 0000f7c8
GPE changed to 0000f7e8
[...]
HaRET(3)# dump mmu mmu.txt
The MMU dump hungs the device
Samsung has also published manuals and datasheet of the processor, available here:
http://www.samsung.com/products/sem...ationProcessor/ARM9Series/SC32442/SC32442.htm
More information and kernel patches for Samsung SC32442A procesor can be found here:
http://www.fluff.org/ben/linux/
So, we have a lot of work to do... any developers able to help?
Wiki page
I've created a page on the wiki for the Hermes Linux port here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Linux
Forgive me for asking, but why would you want to put Linux on this device?
We've got enough issues getting support for the WM5 ROMs, don't you think?
If there's a good reason, I'd love to know what it is!
goestoeleven said:
Forgive me for asking, but why would you want to put Linux on this device?
We've got enough issues getting support for the WM5 ROMs, don't you think?
If there's a good reason, I'd love to know what it is!
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If there's a mountain to be climbed... :wink:
That's what I figured... Good luck!
Well, may be climbing that mountain is the main reason. But here you have another, in my opinion, interesting reason:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7937511405.html
Re: Linux on HTC TyTN / Hermes
pof said:
The MMU dump hungs the device
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What about running the "DUMP MMU" with gnuharet ? You can also try other commands
(POWERMON 10; NLED*)
They are ported from itsutils and should not depend on the CPU.
Hey cr2! Sorry for the late reply but I didn't see your post before
With gnuharet, powermon 10 works, shows this:
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HaRET(4)# powermon 10
2146258 1 70 % 3792 359 0 410 0 0 -1 -1 0 255 255 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 4
2147264 1 70 % 3792 359 0 410 0 0 -1 -1 0 255 255 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 4
[...]
Also nled* commands work, I can make the device vibrate with "nled on 1" and stop it with "nledoff 1", etc..
The MMU DUMP was ok with gnuharet, see attached file!
I also updated the wiki page with some info about the Hermes hardware, as there are now pictures of the chipsets available, see this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279151
yep.
got one. busy with htc sable. start when i'm done or bored.
Glad to see that lkcl and cr2 got an Hermes too
This sure means we'll see a linux kernel booting soon!
pof said:
Glad to see that lkcl and cr2 got an Hermes too
This sure means we'll see a linux kernel booting soon!
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It sure would be damned sweet to get rid of M$'s OS on this device! By the way, how is Qtopia and other Linux PDA "stuff" doing these days? The last time I tried it was back on my IPAQ in... 2001 I think.
You have GPE and Opie as the main graphic environment used in handheld devices those days.
It seems that soon a new environment called OpenMoko will be released under a free license too, this one is more phone-focused than the others.
pof
thanks for the post , im glad i came across it,
somethings been on my mind for the last few days, a mate at work is always on about Linux so it got me thinking, id like to give it a try on my TyTN
Iv got 2 questions for you,
first is there a newbie guid to running Linux on PDA's il have a look on wiki next im sure il find something. is there any that you guys can recommand which you have found helpfull.
2nd Now this is the question thats bugging me,,,,,
Can we run 2 OS on a PDA????
is this poss? to have a dual boot option when the PDA starts so we can select either Linux or WM05, both on there own will run on the device, how about installing both at the same time, and then being able to boot with one,
just some thoughts>?
I might start another thread on this just incase this thread isnt getting anymore traffic
well time to get back to work and start doing the job im actually getting paid to do
N2h said:
first is there a newbie guid to running Linux on PDA's il have a look on wiki next im sure il find something. is there any that you guys can recommand which you have found helpfull.
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Depends very much on which device you want to run linux, on the Hermes is not possible yet. But for the Universal or BlueAngel you have some guides here:
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/Universal
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/UniversalHowtoInstallLinux
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/BlueAngel
N2h said:
Can we run 2 OS on a PDA????
is this poss? to have a dual boot option when the PDA starts so we can select either Linux or WM05, both on there own will run on the device, how about installing both at the same time, and then being able to boot with one,
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You have WM5 on your flash, and Linux on the SD card. You start your pda with WinCE and then browse to storage card and run gnuharet.exe which will "destroy" WinCE and boot the Linux kernel and initrd found on FAT32 partition of SD card. Then from initrd, you mount the root filesystem on another partiton of the SD card...
pof thanks for the quick reply
il b ereading up on the guide links you have given,
also just to clarfy point 2
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You have WM5 on your flash, and Linux on the SD card. You start your pda with WinCE and then browse to storage card and run gnuharet.exe which will "destroy" WinCE and boot the Linux kernel and initrd found on FAT32 partition of SD card. Then from initrd, you mount the root filesystem on another partiton of the SD card...
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by this means can we boot with WM and then run Linux from SD card once this is run would WM be completey wiped from device memory? so any data we had on the device for WM will be lost,
just so im explaing myself propley, i was wondering if you can keep both OS on the device and SD card boot from WM when you need that and when you want to use Linux boot with Linux but without losing you WM5 data etc.
same as some of the apple macs that can boot with windows and apple oc from the same machine and switch between the differnt OS's
thanks for the quick reply,
Iv got a collegue with universal I wonder if he will let me borrow his Universal??? lol
You can boot linux from SD card and you don't loose any data on WM5 when you shutdown linux and go back to WM5.
pof thanks mate,
il be hopefully running Linux on my Tytn,
you never know,,,,,,,,,,, by the time i learn and update myself on linux it may running on our devices
all the best to anyone else also trying!!!
I would love to try and help you guys, but i haven't got much experience in these kind of stuff. Where should i start looking for more info on the project?
The status of hermes linux port is always updated at this wiki page:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Linux
All development happens at #htc-linux in freenode irc server, but unfortunately as of now there's not a booting kernel yet for the Hermes, so you need some knowledge of low level programming to help at this stage.
i actually have studied low level programming with assembly and c, but i'm not that familiar with kernels :-/.
Hello all,
if you are like me, you love to do things by yourself and see how it works. In this thread I'll show you how to create your Linux environment in order to create and compile your own roms - any version (1.5, 2.3, etc etc). I had soooooo many problems to make it work, so here is THE thread
BE CAREFUL : this thread is ONLY to set up the OS. The Android you will compile will not be compatible with your x10 as it needs to be "edited" for our phones. It basically shows you how to get ready
Note : parts 1 and 2 explain how to set up Ubuntu into a virtual machine in Virtualbox. If you don't virtualize Linux, if your Ubuntu is already installed, etc etc you can directly go to 3. It's just here to explain how to install Ubuntu.
This tutorial works of course for any "hard installation" of Ubuntu (I mean not in a Virtual machine) and in any virtualizing software (Virtualbox, VMWare, etc etc). I've dropped the Virtualbox tutorial because the software is free
1. Requirements
2. Set up Ubuntu 64 bit (Virtualbox)
3. Set up Android Source dependencies
4. Set up Android Source
5. Regular use
1. Requirements
A working computer, capable of virtualization (if you don't want to wipe your Windows or your MacOS X !) and with Internet connection
Few Gb on your hard drive (10Gb minimum ! Recomended : 15-30Gb)
As much RAM as possible (Minimum 1024Mb), and as powerful CPU as possible (Core2Solo, Core2Duo, ...)
A bit a time
2. Set up Ubuntu 64 bit
Download and install the latest Oracle VM Virtualbox for Windows
Download latest 64-bit Ubuntu Linux (as .iso package) - you can store the file wherever you want.
(Optional) Download the VirtualBox v4 extension, this will allow you to support improvements like USB2.0... Install : once VirtualBox will be installed, File>Preferences>Extensions>Add... If you get an error (Error 1), try to put the file in a "very simple" location (like C:\) and reinstall.
Once you've set up Virtualbox, run it. Click on "New", then follow the wizard.
Make sure you set the following :
Operating System : Linux
Version : Ubuntu (64 bit)
RAM : 512Mb (you can adjust more, but avoid use lower than 512Mb - I use 2Gb)
Create a new hard drive : set it variable size or fixed sized, but you'll need at last 15Gb to get all the files. To feel confortable, I use 30Gb (variable)
The computer is created, now run it. It will say there's no OS. Click on Devices > CD/DVD > More CD/DVD... Here is you virtual player. Click on Add, and select the Ubuntu .ISO file you downloaded. Then, choose it in the list, and click Choose. Now, you can restart the virtual machine by clicking Machine > Restart.
The computer should restart from the virtual CD, so install it to your virtual hard drive - regular install, same as if you were installing it on a physical HDD.
Once it's installed, do not forget to kick the .iso file from the virtual player for you not to start always on the CD
3. Set up Android Source dependencies
In Ubuntu, do right-click on the upper bar (where are Applications, Shortcuts...), and click Edit Menus. Then, go to System > Administration and tick Software Sources. We need to do this because Sun is highly restrictive on access to Java setup files...
Close that, then click on System > Administration > Software Sources.
Enable all sources, then on the second tab, tick the two Canonical sources (the most important ones, as these sources allow to install Java !)
Close the window and allow to refresh the sources (if you don't, next steps won't work).
Go and read the official Android Source page. That's what we're going to do.
Run a terminal, and copy/paste this : (this is a corrected setup, it should work like a charm -- please tell if it's not)
Code:
sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl sun-java6-jdk zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32readline5-dev lib32z-dev
After setup complete, make sure Java works, by typing
Code:
java
and
Code:
javac
This should return help on both commands. If one of these doesn't work (ie. "command not found"), your environment is not configured properly.
4. Set up Android Source
Create a dir called "bin" in your user dir.
Code:
cd ~
mkdir bin
echo $PATH
Then, type this :
Code:
curl http://android.git.kernel.org/repo >~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Next step is to create a folder where we'll store Android sources we work on. You can place it and name it as you wish, let's call it "android" and place it on the user folder.
Code:
mkdir android
cd android
Then, run this command :
Code:
repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git
If it returns "command not found", restart Ubuntu !
Enter username and email, although I'm not sure it's useful for our use -custom roms-.
Now, let's get the files ! Type
Code:
repo sync
and wait... Wait... Wait... Lots of commands, of "Resolving deltas", "Receiving", etc etc. It can be very long (depends of your Internet speed), just wait...
Finally, let's register the public key and finalize setup process. Type
Code:
gpg --import
And the cursor will down a line and nothing will appear. Stuck ? Broken ? Woooops ? Not at all ! Program is waiting for you to type the key, which is sooooooo big. So, copy and paste all this :
Code:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux)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=Wi5D
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Once pasted, hit CTRL+D, this will make the program to register the key, and will display the key has processed.
Everything is now done, you have all the sources and you are ready to create your own roms. You can edit files simply by double-click, or use any software you want.
If you want to compile, simply run a terminal, go to your folder (remember it is cd android (MS-DOS-like command), where android is the folder you defined above) then type
Code:
make
. After a long time (depends on how much RAM you assigned to the machine, 512Mbits is slow), you will generate IMG files.
5. Regular use
If you want to get the latest source files (ie you have 2.1 files and want 2.2.1 files), simply run a terminal, go to your working folder and type
Code:
repo sync
. This should do the trick (correct me if I'm wrong)
Compiling sources takes hours to process, and you may want to kill the compile or pause it. You can then abuse of these keyboard shortcuts (common to Ubuntu OS) :
Code:
CTRL+C
will kill the process. Use it carefully, as it instantly kills it with no prompt.
Code:
RIGHT CTRL+P
is a Virtualbox command. Il will pause the whole Ubuntu (and also your process), and makes the screen ugly/gray (it just stuck the screen on Virtualbox v4.x). This is helpful when you run a Virtual machine, as you can pause the OS and make your computer to sleep/hibernate (or save an image - do NOT turn off your computer, as it will turn off the Virtual machine also !). Out of sleep, you can type again RIGHT CTRL+P to make the process to continue.
** Please note it might be risky to flash your phone with the stock rom you compiled (I mean with no modification), as this is not intended to work on X10
** Please note this install is for AOSP and NOT for Android SDK (you can install it with ease).
What's the difference ?
Android Open Source Project (AOSP) allows you to get the source code of the Android Operating System, in order to improve/change it, and create your personalized Android operating system
Android SDK allow you only to create and edit apps for Android Operating System.
Please note that compiling takes hours to process ! (3 hours or more)
** For any question, deeper info : please FIRST read official documentation. Easy to use, you'll get all info ! **
man...did you ever stop?!
THANKS FOR INFO. If you can explain how to make system images for our X10 then we can use the dual boot option to make gingerbread or froyo roms for dual boot using Zhidu chargemon file.
I am not clear on making and android system image for the x10. can we extract a system image from a running rom? that way I could make a system image of black freedom and we can all dualboot it instead of installing it.
rendeiro2005 said:
man...did you ever stop?!
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Lol I can't stop
@SuperUserMovado : I'd love to know, unfortunately I am like you - I don't know how to do this. I'm gonna get several info there and there and try to do some stuff
Regarding Zd's Dual, please note it is not compatible with his xRecovery, which makes things a bit boring when you want to easily install a custom rom AND benefit of Dual Boot.
Dual boot by the way is an excellent idea, but it has limitations (of course), like no SD card mount and few other things because it run from SD card and not from NAND.
EDIT : here is a good start : http://source.android.com/porting/index.html
I have just started playing with this and have compiled one aosp rom from source. I think it can be extracted from a running rom but I'm not sure how yet. On the other hand it looks like the source is available on the se dev website. I'm having trouble downloading it... not sure yet if its on my end or theirs.
Here's the error if someone could help me out: (Ubuntu 64bit)
Archive: /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip
[/tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip or
/tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip.zip, and cannot find /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip.ZIP, period.
Check this site out as well. The whole site is really helpful. I'm in the process of compiling a captivate rom with some slight changes and i hope it works.
Edit: Btw if you get the error repo not found, type this into the command line
code:
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
then close the terminal, reopen another one and it should work
@superusermovado
I'm pretty sure you use unyaffs for the system.img and split_bootimg.ph for the boot.img.
That's how to decompile an update.zip.
From there you recompile as usual. I'm not going to post the instructions because they are all over the net.
Hint: Andy rubins tweet lol
gavriel18 said:
I have just started playing with this and have compiled one aosp rom from source. I think it can be extracted from a running rom but I'm not sure how yet. On the other hand it looks like the source is available on the se dev website. I'm having trouble downloading it... not sure yet if its on my end or theirs.
Here's the error if someone could help me out: (Ubuntu 64bit)
Archive: /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip
[/tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip or
/tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip.zip, and cannot find /tmp/X10_X10mini_X10_minipro_X8_2.0.A.0.504.tar.gz-4.zip.ZIP, period.
Check this site out as well. The whole site is really helpful. I'm in the process of compiling a captivate rom with some slight changes and i hope it works.
Edit: Btw if you get the error repo not found, type this into the command line
code:
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
then close the terminal, reopen another one and it should work
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Thanks for info
About this package, what's the content ?? The easiest way is to download from XDA the generic global rom, it's the same -- with no bug
Perceval from Hyrule said:
Thanks for info
About this package, what's the content ?? The easiest way is to download from XDA the generic global rom, it's the same -- with no bug
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Huh? The generic ROM is compiled. The one we are talking about here is source-code. I thought you should know since you started this topic on how to setup a build environment. Im not intirely sure what the download from from SE is but it looks like the source-code from all the changes and additions SE made to the bare system. So there's the kernel source and some other stuff that I don't know the purpose of.
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LouNGeRR said:
Huh? The generic ROM is compiled. The one we are talking about here is source-code. I thought you should know since you started this topic on how to setup a build environment. Im not intirely sure what the download from from SE is but it looks like the source-code from all the changes and additions SE made to the bare system. So there's the kernel source and some other stuff that I don't know the purpose of.
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A compiled rom is not a problem
I was asking what was the content within the rom, and as you said - i supposed too - it is the original + all SE garbage.
Very interesting to get some apps back on AOSP (some like the *Scape, i do like predictive input from SE, gains a lot of time)
To answer then, the SE kit should contain everything of what SE adds : RachaelUI, all their apps (the *Scape), modules (keyboard, apis...), etc etc and all files to link these components to the kernel. And make our phones as fast as a monster truck. Not as fast as AOSP (Formula 1 !!!!!)
Don't forget the most important part, the package contains the SE kernel.
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After using, struggling more like with Ubuntu and VMware, the main issue being I couldn't figure out getting VMware tools running so copy and pasting was hit and miss, I tried the Cygwin method instead which works much better for me on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
XperiaX10iUser said:
After using, struggling more like with Ubuntu and VMware, the main issue being I couldn't figure out getting VMware tools running so copy and pasting was hit and miss, I tried the Cygwin method instead which works much better for me on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
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VMWare is much more difficult to run than VirtualBox. But course you can try and compile Android from Windows
But I definitely can't tell you if the kitchen method will work for XPERIA.
Perceval from Hyrule said:
VMWare is much more difficult to run than VirtualBox. But course you can try and compile Android from Windows
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I've put VB on too, but thought I'd try the Cygwin method, which as I've said works for me, and is better imo, at least for what I need.
Perceval from Hyrule said:
But I definitely can't tell you if the kitchen method will work for XPERIA.
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I can, and it does.
XperiaX10iUser said:
I've put VB on too, but thought I'd try the Cygwin method, which as I've said works for me, and is better imo, at least for what I need.
I can, and it does.
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Thanks for info then
Hey guys, did someone do the same install as me ? (Windows 7 x64 host // Ubuntu 10.10 x64 guest).
I've never been able to make USB to work, kinda weird... Because when you compile Android, you'd like to send it to your phone *warning !*
Perceval from Hyrule said:
Hey guys, did someone do the same install as me ? (Windows 7 x64 host // Ubuntu 10.10 x64 guest).
I've never been able to make USB to work, kinda weird... Because when you compile Android, you'd like to send it to your phone *warning !*
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That's why I went the Cygwin route, much less hassle imo.
XperiaX10iUser said:
That's why I went the Cygwin route, much less hassle imo.
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I would say it depends. Linux environment is much cooler to work with source files (no boring "NOOO Windows can't find how to open this weird non-Windows file. What to do ? 1.Delete 2.Crash Windows 3.Phone Ballmer to make a tender offer)
Is compiling long with Cyg ? From AOSP, it takes me up to 3 hours with my (well RAM-ed, well CPU-ed) Virtual Machine.
Just saw some interest for Fedora install on Nook in another thread to my surprise. I thought I am the only pervert interested.
Anyway this is pretty raw at the moment. You need to know your way around Linux and have a Linux box (naturally).
Just not to disappoint you later on, here's what not working:
Only based on Fedora13 from upstream (F14 work is ongoing by Fedora-Arm team and I am just tracking them).
Wifi (still did not get to look into it)
BT (same)
accelerated graphics
Don't know of any touch-friendly WM, so defaults to Gnome.
Multitouch (disabled in driver at the moment since no userspace support anyway).
backlight control does not work, need to rewrite the kernel driver
Xorg does not know what to do with accelerometer input.
Probably tons of other things I forgot about.
You must be out of your mind if you want to try it on a tablet at this stage. Or just super curious.
You will need a microSD (at least 2G) card that you can dedicate to this.
Instructions:
Get "base" fedora sdcard image: http://nook.handhelds.ru/fedora/fedora-sdcard-v0.1.img.gz
Get base Fedora 13 beta3 rootfs: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2011-May/001271.html
Get kernel modules for the kernel: http://nook.handhelds.ru/fedora/modules-2.6.32.9-fc13.tar.bz2
Unzip the base sdcard image and write it to your sdcard with dd.
run fdisk on the sdcard and add another partition covering the rest of sdcard in addition to the one already there. Write changes
do mkfs.ext4 /dev/yoursdcard2 (basically format the second partition you just created as ext4)
mount the /dev/yoursdcard2 somewhere as root (/mnt/somewhere later on)
untar the F13-beta3 rootfs to the /mnt/somewhere
Now you are almost ready, just need to fill some configs.
Edit /mnt/somewhere/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-usb0 and add this there:
Code:
DEVICE=usb0
#BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BROADCAST=192.168.2.255
IPADDR=192.168.2.2
NETMASK=192.168.2.0
NETWORK=192.168.2.0
GATEWAY=192.168.2.1
ONBOOT=yes
Edit /mnt/somewhere/etc/resolv.conf and change "nameserver" there to 8.8.8.8
Add multitouch config in /mnt/somewhere/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/touchscreen.conf
Code:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchscreen"
MatchIsTouchScreen "on"
MatchProduct "cyttsp-i2c"
Driver "mtev"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "On"
Option "SwapAxes" "true"
Option "InvertY" "true"
EndSection
cd /mnt/somewhere/lib/modules and untar the modules file there.
umount /mnt/somewhere
Ok, now you are ready to do some stuff on the nook.
Insert your sdcard into the nook and boot it. You'll see Fedora text console. The installation is pretty basic.
Plug the nook into your Linux PC usb port. It should see a new network device
On the linux PC as root execute: ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
Enable ip forwarding on your host if you have it disabled (typically in /etc/sysctl.conf, the setting is ...ip_forward, make it =1. Run sysctl -p for the changes to make effect.
Enable internet access to internet for your nook via IP masquerading: iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.2 -j MASQUERADE ; iptables -I FORWARD -s 192.168.2.2 -j ACCEPT ; iptables -I FORWARD -d 192.168.2.2 -j ACCEPT
Now use ssh to login to your Nook: slogin [email protected] the root password is "fedoraarm" (no quotes)
Once logged into the nook, time to install some packages.
rpm -Uvh http://hongkong.proximity.on.ca/yum/base/12/arm/fake-kernel-provides-1.0.0-0.fc12.armv5tel.rpm
update the system: yum update ; yum install tar openssh-clients
Install the gnome environment: yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment' --skip-broken
The gnome installation will take a while and will download everything from the net.
Now install the multitouch Xorg driver, get it at http://nook.handhelds.ru./fedora/xf86-input-mtev-0.1.12-1.armv5tel.rpm
Ok. Now you are ready to go. Run "startx &" and the Gnome will start on the nook. You can play with it a bit, use your finger as the mouse pointer.
You can add startx & at the end of e.g. /etc/init.d/rc.local to make it start on system startup or you can do it in a more pretty way.
There are some virtual keyboards in the repo. I tried gko and it sucks.
the "onboard" seems to be the one working best for me. "xvkbd" is a bit hard to operate.
The best one of them all is fvkbd, but it needs libfakekey missing from the repo, grab it at http://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/p...3/armv5tel/libfakekey-0.1-6.fc13.armv5tel.rpm
Enjoy.
Fedora-arm homepage: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM
I intend to include all the missing pieces into the fedora repo so that you don't need to install all those extra things. Also eventually I plan to add more hardware support and then hopefully migrate to a much newer kernel.
Ha, cool. Glad to see that not everyone thinks that only Ubootoo should be thrown on devices. I'll give this a twiddle for fun.
13 had Moblin, I wonder if that's any better for touch input..
Now i don't feel near as silly for working on my gentoo install for the nook!
Nice, I am still waiting on OpenSuSe
Why not try using Gnome 3? I just poked around in Fedora 15 today and saw the new UI, and I loved it. Bigger buttons, launcher dock, etc. Give it a look!
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Why not try using Gnome 3? I just poked around in Fedora 15 today and saw the new UI, and I loved it. Bigger buttons, launcher dock, etc. Give it a look!
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Fedora15 is not available for arm arch yet. But there is some work in that direction. So sure, once it's available I'd give it a try.
Great stuff here. I knows its early development, but fun none the less to see what our nooks can do.
And thanks verygreen for all your developments lately
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verygreen said:
Fedora15 is not available for arm arch yet. But there is some work in that direction. So sure, once it's available I'd give it a try.
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in fedora 13,
Code:
su
yum install gnome-shell
...
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
============================================================================================================
Installing:
gnome-shell i686 2.28.0-3.fc12 fedora 301 k
Installing for dependencies:
gjs i686 0.4-1.fc12 fedora 126 k
mutter i686 2.28.0-2.fc12 fedora 1.2 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 3 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
...
gnome-shell -replace
I haven't tested it myself; however, it is something I found. My linux hard drive had hard drive failure. So, I am on windows in the meantime. Will report back later after testing it myself.
pts69666 said:
in fedora 13,
Code:
su
yum install gnome-shell
...
============================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
============================================================================================================
Installing:
gnome-shell i686 2.28.0-3.fc12 fedora 301 k
Installing for dependencies:
gjs i686 0.4-1.fc12 fedora 126 k
mutter i686 2.28.0-2.fc12 fedora 1.2 M
Transaction Summary
============================================================================================================
Install 3 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
...
gnome-shell -replace
I haven't tested it myself; however, it is something I found. My linux hard drive had hard drive failure. So, I am on windows in the meantime. Will report back later after testing it myself.
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No "gnome-shell" package in Fedora-arm repo at this moment,
Quite excited to see some work in bringing Fedora to the Nook Color! I <3 Fedora.
I just wish ARM had the same support as the full Fedora. Or that they would skip releases for Fedora ARM and go yearly... aka, skip to 15 next, then 17.
Could this be used to help port Ubuntu Touch?
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Could this be used to help port Ubuntu Touch?
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No, Ubuntu Touch is based on CM and has very little in common with a full Linux port.
(This is not nessesary for MAC but you can have this for further use later,
In general you will need:
Python 2.4 -- 2.7, which you can download from python.org.
JDK 6 if you wish to build Gingerbread or newer; JDK 5 for Froyo or older. You can download both from java.sun.com.
Git 1.7 or newer. You can find it at git-scm.com)
Setting up a Mac OS X build environment
To build the Android files in a Mac OS environment, you need an Intel/x86 machine running MacOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Android must be built on a case-sensitive file system because the sources contain files that differ only in case. We recommend that you build Android on a partition that has been formatted with the journaled file system HFS+. HFS+ is required to successfully build Mac OS applications such as the Android Emulator for OS X.
Creating a case sensitive disk image
If you want to avoid partitioning/formatting your hard drive, you can use a case-sensitive disk image instead. To create the image, launch Disk Utility and select "New Image". A size of 25GB is the minimum to complete the build, larger numbers are more future-proof. Using sparse images saves space while allowing to grow later as the need arises. Be sure to select "case sensitive, journaled" as the volume format.
You can also create it from a shell with the following command:
# hdiutil create -type SPARSE -fs 'Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+' -size 40g ~/android.dmg
This will create a .dmg (or possibly a .dmg.sparsefile) file which, once mounted, acts as a drive with the required formatting for Android development. For a disk image named "android.dmg" stored in your home directory, you can add the following to your ~/.bash_profile to mount the image when you execute "mountAndroid":
# mount the android file image
function mountAndroid { hdiutil attach ~/android.dmg -mountpoint /Volumes/android; }
Once mounted, you'll do all your work in the "android" volume. You can eject it (unmount it) just like you would with an external drive.
Installing required packages
Install XCode from the Apple developer site http://developer.apple.com/. We recommend version 3.1.4 or newer, i.e. gcc 4.2. Version 4.x could cause difficulties. If you are not already registered as an Apple developer, you will have to create an Apple ID in order to download.
Install MacPorts from macports.org.
Note: Make sure that /opt/local/bin appears in your path BEFORE /usr/bin. If not, add
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
to your ~/.bash_profile.
Get make, git, and GPG packages from MacPorts:
$ POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 sudo port install gmake libsdl git-core gnupg
If using Mac OS 10.4, also install bison:
$ POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 sudo port install bison
Reverting from make 3.82
There is a bug in gmake 3.82 that prevents android from building. You can install version 3.81 using MacPorts by taking the following steps:
Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf and add a line that says
file:///Users/Shared/dports
above the rsync line. Then create this directory:
$ mkdir /Users/Shared/dports
In the new dports directory, run
$ svn co --revision 50980 http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/gmake/ devel/gmake/
Create a port index for your new local repository:
$ portindex /Users/Shared/dports
Finally, install the old version of gmake with
$ sudo port install gmake @3.81
Setting a file descriptor limit
On MacOS the default limit on the number of simultaneous file descriptors open is too low and a highly parallel build process may exceed this limit.
To increase the cap, add the following lines to your ~/.bash_profile:
# set the number of open files to be 1024
ulimit -S -n 1024
Next: Download the source
Your build environment is good to go! Proceed to downloading the source....
Why you posted this? It can be found on android's website. Also,you didn't post the whole tutorial.
why not simply install VirtualBox vor Mac and install a VM within?
...sometimes the life is complicated^^
@SWEATTAIMI did you actually manage to get a fully working build on mac? And if yes which version of OS X?
I've tried many times on OS X 10.7 and eventually ended up installing ubuntu on a separate partition...
secondary partition? what about the users here?
i use a VM on a small **** x86 notebook and can do all the development work + complete compiling. i thought a mac has much better hardware^^
I used to have ubuntu installed in vmware too but compiling took too long and it was really annoying. I rather prefer it this way... No shared resources
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@SWEATTAIMI did you actually manage to get a fully working build on mac? And if yes which version of OS X?
I've tried many times on OS X 10.7 and eventually ended up installing ubuntu on a separate partition...
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Fully working what ?
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Why you posted this? It can be found on android's website. Also,you didn't post the whole tutorial.
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This is full for mac
Its a setup only
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Fully working what ?
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You mean build then i have not came to that point yet as i downloaded all sources on my Japanese lesson xD
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I wonder if this will work for ICS on 4GB macbook
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I wonder if this will work for ICS on 4GB macbook
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Yes it will worked on a macbook 2010 version
Sent from Mexico
Dear all,
I installed Unbuntu Touch on my Nexus 4 yesterday (18.09.2013, with the build 20130917.1). It is working more or less, as expected :silly:
One of the problem I am facing is that the ssh server is not working. I could install (and --reinstall) it without problem (apt-get install openssh-server ssh), but if I check with "ps -ef|grep ssh") I only see the ssh-agent and the connection from another computer is not working.
Any idea?
Best regards,
Pierre
[email protected]:/# apt-get install --reinstall openssh-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/231 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 38659 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace openssh-server 1:6.2p2-6 (using .../openssh-server_1%3a6.2p2-6_armhf.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openssh-server ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for ufw ...
WARN: / is world writable!
WARN: / is group writable!
Setting up openssh-server (1:6.2p2-6) ...
[email protected]:/#
[email protected]:~$ ssh [email protected]
ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.69 port 22: No route to host
[email protected]:/home/phablet/Downloads# ps -ef | grep ssh
phablet 739 711 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
I just noticed that I have the same problem...
If I had time I would look at it, too, but right now I have other things to do...
To98 said:
I just noticed that I have the same problem...
If I had time I would look at it, too, but right now I have other things to do...
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Same problem here. ssh to another device is possible, but no acces to phablet.
Same In GNex
try
sudo service ssh start
(if you are root or not you must use sudo)
but it does not automatically start when reboot
Still not wokring
[email protected]:/# service ssh start
ssh start/running, process 5890
[email protected]:~$ ssh [email protected]
ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.69 port 22: No route to host
[email protected]:~$ ps -ef|grep 5890
vmalep 12613 12544 0 13:00 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto 5890
chaoskernel said:
try
sudo service ssh start
(if you are root or not you must use sudo)
but it does not automatically start when reboot
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thank you! installed version 57 and used
sudo service ssh start
work fine!