[Q] Linux on Android MK808 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have an MK808 and want to install more of linux environment. At the moment I have optware installed and running transmission successfully, but I don't know how to have it start transmission up on boot. Also wanting todo the same for openSSH and Samba.
So instead of using optware I was looking at a more full linux distro. I come across a thread on this forum where it was modifying so Linux ran at the top level with android chrooted under it, but I can not find the kernel image and my init is a binary file not a shell script as per the instructions. Any ideas?
The other option is Linux on Android, but will this let me access my android files when using SSH from it (ie. I can have a mount to access the android file system)? Can I have it start on boot and run the services I wanting (transmission, openSSH and Samba).

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How install Debian on a LG P500

If you want to install Debian, just follow this step:
1. Download this : megaupload.com/?d=EV1SOKWJ
In the debian folder you should change the installer.sh and bootdeb files by this one
Download them:
installer.sh : mediafire.com/file/6j99zi0g1lu4oxq/ashu11x_installer.rar
Bootdeb : mediafire.com/file/osshm94mo1qhd65/ashu11x_bootdeb.rar
2. After that, copy the debian folder unzipped to the root of your sd-card
3. Than open Terminal and type:
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/debian
sh installer.sh
bootdeb
cd /scripts/onetime.sh
sh onetime.sh
That's it!
Credits:
ashu11x
An other way to install it
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Ok galoula create a universal way to install Deban AND UBUNTU
So,
Download Linux Installer here:
uk.androlib.com/android.application.com-galoula-linuxinstall-tFjz.aspx
Install it
Press "Menu" button and choose "Setup".
The configuration apper, the defaults settings work without touch anithing : Debian Leny into a 500M loop file named "Linux.loop" in th sdcard. for lunch this Linux, the script name is "linuxboot".
Detailled functions :
- Install into LOOP file
Check to box if you want use an loop file, a loop file, is a virtual disk, same as image of hard drive. The loop file can be in any directory. I recomand to put this loop file into sdcard with an extension ".loop".
- Server
Name or IP of download server. If this option is empty, the default server is used. To install ubuntu, leave emtpy.
- Distribution type
Type of distibutions, actualy, Debian or Ubuntu.
- Distribution version
Version in type distribution. Warning ! Please check your version with a real type ! Debian can be Lenny or Squeeze, but no Dapper or Jaunty ! This two end, is Ubuntu version !
- Script to lunch Linux
The command to lunch Linux. you can choose own command to lunch. It permit to install Lenny into file Lenny.loop with script name bootLenny and install. after that install debian squeez or Ubuntu Jaunty into a partition of your SD card, and use an JauntyBoot to lunch jaunty. You have two Linux distributions on the same phone !
- Install into (loop)
Enter full path for the filename used as loop. I recommend to /sdcard/myfile.loop
- File size
The size of file allowed for loop. The size is alocated directly, no possible to change or have an dynamic size !
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The full site with pictures
android.galoula.com/en/LinuxInstall/
where is the /scripts/onetime.sh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129803
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996746
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954807
ccownu said:
I'm back:
Ok galoula create a universal way to install Deban AND UBUNTU
So,
The full site with pictures
android.galoula.com/en/LinuxInstall/
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on My P500 that one sucks, it worked on 2 gb not on 8 gb, but as told its an rc
Or just do this: ← How to Build CHROOT ARM Ubuntu Images for Android! (UBUNTU ONLY) SHALL WORK ON DEBIAN I THINK!
How to Install Busybox on your Android! →
How to Install Ubuntu on Android!
Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin
For those of you who want to install Ubuntu on your Android smartphone or tablet device, here’s our universal guide on how to do it. (This guide is based off my original guide at NexusOneHacks.net)
*Note – This guide should work on most “rooted” Android smartphones/tablets with no further modification.
We will be running Ubuntu “chrooted” under Android OS, which just means that we will be running a “virtual” Ubuntu OS that runs on top of the Android OS. Your Android OS will work fully (e.g. your phone will keep working normally) while the Ubuntu runs on top of it.
First of all, you should have your Android device “rooted” because you need root access to run Ubuntu off your Android.
Second, your Android OS must support loop devices. Most newer Android smartphones/tablets come with this support so we can mount our Ubuntu image as a loop device. If not, you will either have to build your own kernel with support for loop devices or you can try an aftermarket ROM for your phone as most aftermarket ROMs come with support for it.
For example, G2 Phone and Nexus One both come with loop device support so there’s no need for us to compile a new kernel for it but for others, you may have to.
How do you know this? Just try installing Ubuntu and if it doesn’t boot, your Android device needs a kernel with loop device support. Otherwise you are fine.
How to Install Ubuntu on Android! (Windows)
First, download the following Ubuntu.zip file (from a preferred mirror), unzip and copy over the whole ubuntu directory to the SD card of your Android smartphone/tablet device:
Download ubuntu.zip http://downloadandroidroms.com/files/get/Nhi9EJWSw7/ubuntu.zip
(Turn USB storage ON then copy over the Ubuntu folder to the root directory of your SD card.)
(What it looks like after copied over to the SD Card)
1) Again, make sure you have your Android smartphone/tablet “rooted”!
2) You must have Android SDK installed or have access to adb.exe.
3) Make sure your Android phone/tablet is in debugging mode. Go to Settings->Applications->Development and make sure USB Debugging is checked ON.
4) Connect your Android device to your computer via USB cable and set the USB mode to “Just Charge”.
5) Your Android device should be recognized as “ADB Device” under Device Manager. If not, install appropriate drivers.
For all HTC Android smartphones/tablets (such as G2 Phone, Nexus One), you can download Windows drivers here:
HTC Windows 64-bit driver download – Click Here to Download Driver
HTC Windows 32-bit driver download – Click Here to Download Driver
6) Open up a command prompt by typing “cmd” under Start->Search programs and files.
7) Browse to your SDK directory where you installed the Android SDK:
8) Then go into platform-tools directory:
9) Type “adb devices” to double-check your Android device is recognized.
In this example, I used an HTC G2 Phone, which shows up at “HT09SR204261″. This is fine. However, if you get an empty device, that means you didn’t install the drivers for your phone/tablet correctly. (Go back to #5)
10) Type “adb shell” to enter the Android shell.
Then type “su” to enter super user mode, then type “cd /sdcard” and “cd ubuntu” to enter the ubuntu directory in your SD card of your Android device.
11) Next, type “sh ubuntu.sh” to run the script which will basically get your Ubuntu image ready to run on your Android smartphone/tablet.
If you get error messages, don’t worry and keep going.
12) Type “bootubuntu” to enter Ubuntu. (Next time you enter Ubuntu, you just need to type “bootubuntu” from your /sdcard/ubuntu directory, no need to run ubuntu.sh again.
If you got “[email protected]” at this point, congratulations! This means your Android OS comes with loop device support and Ubuntu is now running “chrooted” on top of your Android OS!!!
However, if you failed at this point, your Android OS probably doesn’t support loop devices, try installing another ROM or compiling your own kernel with loop device support.
How to Install Programs on your Ubuntu!
Once you’ve got Ubuntu running on your Android device, it’s time to install some Ubuntu packages(or programs).
Type “apt-get update” to update, this is the first thing you will need to do before installing any new programs.
How to Install OpenSSH-server on your Android Ubuntu!
Type “apt-get install openssh-server” to install OpenSSH-server. What is OpenSSH-server? If you want to connect to your Android Ubuntu via an IP address (and SSH into it), you will want to do this.
How to Install TightVNCServer on your Android Ubuntu!
If you want to access the GUI of your Android Ubuntu, you can install TightVNCServer, which allows you to access the Android Ubuntu via Android VNC app on your Android smartphone/tablet or even access it remotely from your desktop computer.
Type “apt-get install tightvncserver” to install.
How to Fix Language Issues
Above is after I connected to my Android Ubuntu via SSH2. Well, for some reason my default language switched to German. To fix that, just type “export LANG=en_US.UTF-8″:
How to Install LXDE!(optional)
Next, we will install LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment). Although we can use Ubuntu’s default GNOME (and trust me I love that), LXDE takes up less memory so our GUI access will be faster.
If you like GNOME, you can skip this step though.
Type “apt-get install lxde”
Next, let’s setup xstartup file so that when TightVNCServer is started, the LXDE runs instead of GNOME:
Type “cat > /root/.vnc/xstartup”
Then type:
cat > /root/.vnc/xstartup
#!/bin/sh
xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
icewm &
lxsession
Then hit Ctrl+D twice and enter to save the file.
How to Start TightVNCServer!
Next, let’s start the TightVNCServer and connect to it from our Android phone and my Windows 7 desktop:
Type “export USER=root” and “vncserver -geometry 1024×800″.
Here, you can change the resolution settings 1024×800 to the resolution of your liking.
Now your TightVNCServer is ready to accept any incoming connections from your phone or computer. Just point to the correct IP address and use port number 5901 to connect.
On your Android smartphone, just download the free app “Android-VNC-Viewer” and set the IP address to “127.0.0.1″ and port number 5901 to connect.
And you should be able to get into your Ubuntu like this:
You can also use desktop software like TightVNC Viewer and connect to your phone.
Do “ifconfig” to find out what your IP address is in your Android Ubuntu.
In this example, mine was connected to “192.168.1.131″.
Then connect to “192.168.1.131:5901″ on your TightVNC Viewer:
Here’s LXDE running on my desktop off my G2 Phone’s Ubuntu:
Troubleshooting
Ubuntu not running?
Try typing “cp” under Android shell and if you get an error message, it means you need to install Busybox. Install Busybox and try again.
Final Thoughts
As said in the video, there will be a lot of improvements in the speed of Android devices in the near future. This year, there will be a slew of dual-core 1Ghz processor-equipped Android devices being introduced. Which just means our Android Ubuntu will run faster and faster.

[Q] Android general questions

I'm new to Android and have a few question that didn't get answered by Google it. I have bought my first Android phone (SGS2 of course, after years of being a Symbian fanboy), but have not received it yet.
1. Does everything run on top of Dalvik JVM? At the bottom is the Linux kernel. Then there is a Linux process which runs Dalvik VM. Could for instance Sun's JVM run on a Linux process of its own or another Linux application?
2. Can C/C++ Linux program run on Android? Though compiled for ARM. Android has NDK (Native Development Kit) which allows it to run C/C++ applications inside Android applications, but I'm wondering about running C/C++ applications directly on Android. BusyBox is coded in C, but runs on Android. Is it running directly on the kernel's linux process or within an Android application on Dalvik?
3. The latter(Q2) would indicate that not everything run on top of Dalvik. Otherwise C/C++ programs would not run.
4. Android uses ADB (Android Debug Bridge) for its CLI magic. BusyBox uses Ash. Can one install bash as the default shell, with full GNU Core Utilities commands? Some forum posts indicate that it is possible to install an ARM re-compiled bash version.
5. Android can be rooted by installing applications like Super User or BusyBox that would let the user execute applications as root. That would indicate that there exist a root user, in addition to the actual user. Is this similar to how it is on Linux? Can I define a password for the root user so that no applications can run root directly?
6. Are all user data stored in the database SQLite? User data is accessible through different applications, but how does Android determine access rights to it?
7. I have read that Android applications run on their own Linux process and are assigned a unique user ID. Does this mean that we can run ps to see all running processes or does it act like the Sun JVM just showing each VM process? However looks like different applications can run in the same process. Can these be distinguished or do we just the the once process.
8, Is the camera application (that some have made modifications of) a Google app or Samsung app? Just wondering since the former would allow such modified versions to run on other than Samsung phones, but given that different phones have different camera specs I don't see how this could go well.
9. Can the codes typed in the dialer be executed through a shell instead (adb)?
There are some apps that run direct c++ code. The stock gallery app for example is written in c++. So not everything uses that dalvik virtual machine. I don't know enough to answer all your questions though.
Not many replies. That is disappointing.
Perhaps I could move this thread to another forum here on XDA? Or perhaps another forum.
In the meantime I'll try some more Google search on the subjects...

[Q] Electrify, ADB, and Windows 8

I'm trying to get adb to detect my Electrify on Windows 8, it would seem rooting and/or installing ROMs is impossible without adb, I have my phone plugged in and all the drivers installed except one "Motorola ADB Interface" of course. The manual driver installer errors out on "Cannot detect Operating System" is there anyway around this, either forcing the driver in, or not using ADB to root?
Use a linux live cd and install the android sdk, or use something like vmware, or try to extract the driver and force it to install in device manager, or dual boot an os that isnt in beta...
Sent from my MB855
The linux live cd should actually work I didnt think about that
I found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741824
It says its for use with HTC phones but could it possibly work with mine?
Its a year and a half old
Will the driver for my phone be installed/available?
I would post this there but its kind of a dead thread
If you have a spare thumb drive of 4gb or larger laying around you can do a persistent install of ubuntu (or just about any other distro) using LinuxLive USB Creator, which can be found here: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
If you're not very familiar with linux, persistence is like having your linux operating system on a thumb drive with the advantage over a live cd being that any changes you make (such as installations or saved files) are not lost upon shutdown. So you could install the android sdk (which is all you should need) and then whenever you needed it you could just boot from your thumb drive. If you need help setting up (such as installing the sdk and setting the path and what not) let me know.
-devx

[Q] Mount linux from TWRP

U have 2 ways If u want linux on ur Android device :
1. "Native" way. Individual device have individual tools for booting linux.
2. Mount linux on top of Android.
I have some smartphones that im not using. And I want to install linux on it (some small linux, maybe without gui, just for linux terminal).
This smartphones dont have "individual tools". So without knowledge how to port Multiboot or Kexecboot (etc.) this way cant be used.
(I have native linux on my ASUS tablet, so I understand a little about "what I want")
But I dont want to install linux on top of Android (LinuxOnAndroid, Linux Deploy etc.).
So my question is :
TWRP have Terminal Command (In Advanced menu) that can run .sh scripts. Can I mount linux inside of "recovery" (throught the TWRP Terminal Command) ? (On the Android, linux can be mounted throught the Terminal Emulator)
I wanted to test it by myself, but I havent the time for this. So maybe someone already experiment with this.
PS. All I really need its native linux terminal (not terminal emulator, or some another terminal with ported utilities). So maybe someone know easy way how to "replace" android with native linux ?
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[ COMPLETE LINUX INSTALLER ] can't get permission from terminal app. Please reinstall Complete Linux Installer

Hi.
I'm a bit new to android rooting but have experience with linux.
I was trying Complete Linux Installer app for installing Kali Linux on my android phone.
I follow the instructions the app provides by downloading the zip folder and extracting the two files into a directory called kali in /
Before this I installed both the terminal app and the Android VNC app on my phone.
When i try to boot linux it says "unable to get permission from terminal app. Please reinstall Complete Linux Installer"
...and I did. But to no surprise, it still didn't work.
The app requires rooted android. rooting android phone is a bit more than just getting root privileges on shell. You need to unlock bootloader and root the device first.
Also please note you can't run linux on android, these kind of apps just provide some chroot environment for command line you can connect to VNC or SSH.
The app mentioned is outdated, but you can use Linux Deploy.

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