[MediaCenter] RPi-Media Center Beta - Raspberry Pi Development

Welcome everyone to my RPi Media Center. This project is aimed at RPi 2 & RPi 3. Just a couple of things before we get started:​
This project aims to explain how to set up a complete multimedia center (mediacenter), a game station and a download server. All in one. Any use aimed at hacking / stealing content with copyrights / third parties without express consent is prohibited. This project is based on a set of free software that can be easily found on the internet. This project has no lucrative purpose, its sole purpose is to teach and educate people the configuration and use of the different programs. This project was originally maintained by AikonCWD and has since stopped updating the project, so i am taking it on board to get it back up and running smoothly again. Obviously there will and are hick-ups/bugs. Thus for the mean time i will keep the project in Beta until we have a fully functional release.
For DCMA reasons Kodi will be supplied with NO EXTRA ADD-ONS. Please do not ask about them Look HERE if you are such inclined to do so. We do not condone such behavior.
Features:
-Multi-Media Center: Kodi 17.4 Krypton
-Game Center: RetroPie 4.0
-Game Streaming: Moonlight 2.2.1
-Download Center(s): Transmission & PyLoad
-Workstation: XFCE, FireFox & Chromium
-Tools: a bunch of extra tools
Needed Components:
-RPi 2 or PRi3
-MicroSD SDHC card (6gb or more recommended)
-MicroUSB Charger(5Volt and 3Amp)
-Protective enclosure for the RPi
-HDMI Cable
Recommended Extras:
-Power supply cable with the ON/OFF click button switch
-Heat sinks and fan to help keep the RPi Cooler
-Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
-Xbox360 Controller (USB)
Pre-Configured for ease of use:
-Everything is pre-configured for a plug and play functionality. You shouldn't have to set anything up unless you have updated the files.
-Everything is in English, Originally translated from Spanish. (Please note i can support more languages if its needed in the future)
-Protocols SSH and SMB (Samba) are enabled (Username: root / Password: aikoncwd)
-Transmission setup for maximum torrent speeds (IT IS HIGHLY RECCOMENDED TO SET THIS UP WITH YOUR OWN Username and Password! Info on how to do that can be FOUND HERE)
-Access via Zeroconf enabled (For remote control via SmartPhone)
Whats Been Disabled for Performance Reasons:
-AirPlay
-Time Addon
-RSS news reader disabled
-Library Sharing Via UPnP
Okay Lets get started with the Installation, its pretty straight forward i have shrunk the .img as low as i can for the mean time. After Beta is done i will make more of an effort to shrink the file further.
Installation:
1. Download the preconfigured BETA-RPiMediaCenter.img image
2. Record the image on your microSD card :
-Windows : Use Win32DisKImager
-Linux :
Code:
sudo pv BETA-RPiMediaCenter.img | sudo dd of=disk2s1 bs=4M && sync
-MAC : Use the Apple-PiBakery program , thanks to jagarciavi
3. Insert your microSD with the .IMG that we loaded on to the SD-Card In the previous step
4. Plug in the power
5. The Raspberry will light up (Red/Green LED's on the mainboard) and the start up splash will show.
7. RPi Media Center will start automatically at boot every time.
8. (Optional) Verify that the partition occupies 100% of your microSD with the command:
Code:
df -h
MD5 CHECK-SUM:
Code:
921d4d195a795ddef00cf221160836f6
*Verify on windows with this TOOL
After Install
It is recommended that you set-up a static IP for your Media Center. It makes things a whole lot easier if you're using Moonlight and Transmission.
Which can be done by:
Opening Terminal and Typing
Code:
nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
Then removing # From each of these lines:
Code:
interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.100/24
static routers=192.168.1.1
static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8
And then setting up as to how you need it to. Its different for everyone.
Extras Install Guide:
Configure PyLoad (optional)
PyLoad is a program that allows you to transform your Raspberry into a direct download server . The PyLoad daemon is installed and configured, but it is disabled by default since not all users need to use it. If you want to enable and use PyLoad ... keep reading:
First of all we are going to configure the daemon so that it is auto-executed when turning on the Raspberry . Edit the cron auto-boot file with the command:
Code:
crontab -e
We are located at the bottom, locate the line @reboot pyLoadCore -daemonand remove the comment from the beginning, it should look like this: @reboot pyLoadCore --daemon( you have to put the 2 dashes in front of the word daemon ). Save the changes by pressing the keys: CTRL+ X, then Yand finallyIntro
You will have to restart your Raspberry to have the pyLoad daemon running, remember that Kodi turns on automatically, you must close it to return to the console.
We access PyLoad through a web browser using port 8000 , for example: http://192.168.1.100:8000
The default user is root and password root . In the top menu you can manage the user and change the password (recommended), just below you will find the configuration where you can edit the configuration, captchas plugins etc ... and add any premium account you have from the different hosts.
Overclocking (optional) DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
I recommend enabling a bit of overclock , you'll get more fluency when moving through the Kodi menus and you'll noticeably boost performance when playing emulators. Your CPU will be able to perform faster calculations and access to ram memory or microSD disk will have lower response times.
Strongly recommend use some method of ventilation / cooling in order to avoid reaching 85C , since the RPI lower speed if it reaches that temperature
If you want you can run a benchmark (diagnostic) to test your overclock level, execute the following command:
Code:
curl [url]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aikoncwd/rpi-benchmark/master/rpi-benchmark.sh[/url] | sudo bash
Raspberry Pi 3: Overclock settings
Edit your file nano /boot/config.txtand paste the following code, you can adjust the values ​​to have more or less overclock:
Code:
force_turbo=0 #Enable cpu-overclock over 1300MHz (default 0)
avoid_pwm_pll=1 #Enable no-relative freq between cpu and gpu cores (default 0)
arm_freq=1300 #Frequency of ARM processor core in MHz (default 1200)
core_freq=550 #Frequency of GPU processor core in MHz (default 400)
over_voltage=6 #ARM/GPU voltage adjust, values over 6 voids warranty (default 0)
sdram_freq=575 #Frequency of SDRAM in MHz (default 450)
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020 #Set SDRAM schmoo to get more than 500MHz freq (default unset)
over_voltage_sdram_p=6 #SDRAM phy voltage adjust (default 0)
over_voltage_sdram_i=4 #SDRAM I/O voltage adjust (default 0)
over_voltage_sdram_c=4 #SDRAM controller voltage adjust (default 0)
gpu_mem=256 #GPU memory in MB. Memory split between ARM and GPU (default 64?)
gpu_freq=550 #Sets core_freq h264_freq isp_freq v3d_freq together (default 300)
v3d_freq=500 #Frequency of 3D block in MHz (default ?)
h264_freq=350 #Frequency of hardware video block in MHz (default ?)
dtparam=sd_overclock=75 #Clock in MHz to use for MMC micrSD (default 50)
dtparam=audio=on #Enables the onboard ALSA audio (always use this ON)
dtparam=spi=on #Enables the SPI interfaces (default OFF)
temp_limit=80 #Overheat protection. Disable overclock if SoC reaches this temp
initial_turbo=60 #Enables turbo mode from boot for the given value in seconds
hdmi_drive=2 #Normal HDMI mode. Sound will be sent if supported and enabled (default 2)
hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 #Avoids bringing TV out of standby and channel switch when booting (default 0)
hdmi_ignore_cec=0 #Pretends CEC is not supported. No CEC functions will be supported (default 0)
hdmi_force_hotplug=1 #Pretends HDMI hotplug signal is asserted (default 0)
start_x=1 #Enable software decoding (MPEG-2, VC-1, VP6, VP8, Theora, etc. default 0)
overscan_scale=1 #Video Output will respect the overscan settings (default 1)
disable_overscan=0 #Disable overscan configuration. Set 1 if you see black lines on TV (default 0)
disable_splash=1 #Avoids the rainbow splash screen on boot (default 0)
avoid_warnings=1 #Disable warnings (Red=over-temperature ; Rainbow=under-voltage). (default 0)
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
Read the commands well, you may want to modify some to customize your image.
Raspberry Pi 2: Overclock settings
Edit your file nano /boot/config.txtand paste the following code, you can adjust the values ​​to have more or less overclock:
gpu_mem=256
gpu_mem_256=128
gpu_mem_512=256
gpu_mem_1024=256
arm_freq=1100
core_freq=550
sdram_freq=483
over_voltage=6
over_voltage_sdram=2
temp_limit=70
force_turbo=0
initial_turbo=60
hdmi_drive=2
hdmi_ignore_cec=0
hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1
hdmi_ignore_hotplug=0
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
#disable_overscan=0
#overscan_scale=1
#overscan_left=49
#overscan_right=49
#overscan_top=29
#overscan_bottom=25
max_usb_current=1
dtparam=audio=on
dtparam=spi=on
You will find a script called bcmstat that allows you to accurately measure the hardware status of your Raspberry, you can see at what speed your CPU is going and at what temperature it is, for this it executes:
/root/bcmstat.sh
MoonLight
*Coming Soon*
DOWNLOAD​HERE
Download Option#2
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Credits:
AikonCWD for his amazing original work
@Valkiry for continuing the development
BUGS
-Desktop/Emulationstation and wifi addons are currently not working.
Just use These commands for what you need when it goes to the terminal:
Desktop Environment:
Code:
startx
RetroPie:
Code:
emulationstation
Wifi
Code:
./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh 829 gui
Bluetooth
Code:
./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh 803 gui
I will fix these at a later date But for the mean time let me know how you go

Raspberry Pi Mediacenter
Hi. The previous version from AikonsCWD impressed. I was looking for ways to update KODI on Krypton, found your topic. Thanks for the update, but the scripts do not work, the command line falls out. Are there plans to upgrade from beta? I was looking for a way to cross Raspbyan XFCE and KODI, but really nothing happened. Do not tell me how to update or build your image? Thank you.
P.S. English is not my favorite language.

AlexFBG said:
Hi. The previous version from AikonsCWD impressed. I was looking for ways to update KODI on Krypton, found your topic. Thanks for the update, but the scripts do not work, the command line falls out. Are there plans to upgrade from beta? I was looking for a way to cross Raspbyan XFCE and KODI, but really nothing happened. Do not tell me how to update or build your image? Thank you.
P.S. English is not my favorite language.
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Thanks for your feedback, I'm looking at updating it this year but I'm not sure when that will occur. The scripts don't work as stated. If you exit out of kodi you will be met with the command line which is where you run said commands to get them to work. Kodi is updating to 18 later this year so I might update the project to support 18 and the scripts till then this runs as intended.

Hello and thanks for the effort!
Although the image is working fine in my RP2+, I tried it into an RPB3+ and looks the OS is not booting.
Any idea what's happening? I tried default values and also overclock values, neither is making bootstrapping the OS.

kikobeats said:
Hello and thanks for the effort!
Although the image is working fine in my RP2+, I tried it into an RPB3+ and looks the OS is not booting.
Any idea what's happening? I tried default values and also overclock values, neither is making bootstrapping the OS.
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It's not for 3b+.
Only RPi2/3/3B

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[Linux] Ubuntu 9.10 on nike

kaiser ubuntu port based on zubuntu by Omegamoon for Sharp Zaurus was successfully launched on HTC Nike!
Instructions:
1. download kernel
http://84.23.71.227/kerneloftheday/zImageUbuntu
2. download ubuntu basefiles and rootfs
3. place ubuntu.img, haret, initrd.gz and zImageUbuntu to Storage Card/ubuntu/
4. place this default.txt there too
Code:
set RAMADDR 0x10000000
set MTYPE 1724
set KERNEL zImageUbuntu
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline "pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 lcd.density=160 board-htcnike-keypad.keypadlayout=1 board-htcnike-keypad.sticky_timer_time_ms=350 no_console_suspend"
boot
5. change board-htcnike-keypad.keypadlayout=1 to 0 if you have 20key nike.
6. run haret and press "Run", ubuntu & kernel will be loaded to login prompt, login with username root and no password, you will get root shell.
7. write
Code:
export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event0
ts_calibrate
and calibrate your screen.
8. write startx and see LXDE running on your nike! you've got real linux box in pocket!
Note, rootfs for ubuntu needs 1GB of free space on your sdcard!
For now, you cannot work with screen, we have some difference from kaiser panel's, i.e. ubuntu gui is completely unusable, this thread were started to find out why.
based on this thread from kaiser forum.
Credits: dzo, Omegamoon, domy007, mblaster and guys from Rhodubuntu thread.
I dont get any response when i try to calibrate screen on niki 200
thats strange, it must work.
I will debug on touchscreen problems, but ubuntu running and that is great, now we have only input-devices problems, and this is more better than nothing.
Sounds great, but wouldn't it be better to try something smaller like puppylinux or Feather linux ?
zubuntu is only we have compiled for ARM and working with our hardware that starts X and tested on other htc's devices.
rzk333 said:
zubuntu is only we have compiled for ARM and working with our hardware that starts X and tested on other htc's devices.
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Ok thanks for the information, did some reading before and was always wondering why they use ubuntu but this answer set things straight.
Greetz,
Great to see a full linux distro around for htc devices. I will fix the '_' tomorrow... Any other missing characters?
How is the speed of ubuntu? Is it very sluggish or usable?
'=' character maybe, for export line.
zImageUbuntu is updated (your link is still valid).
'=' and '-'are on '*'-button, '_' is Alt-
I have included the msm_fb_refresh and the keypad changes into my auto-updated-kernel, so you should be able to use the fresh kernels from my thread with ubuntu if you want recent updates (zImageUbuntu is not automatically updated).
got some progress,
1) msm refresh thread seems to disable sleep mode in android, thread polls framebuffer many times in second and drains battery.
2) linux logo on bootup must be disabled - logo gets over ts_calibrate's first crosshair point.
2) still trying to make touchscreen and tslib friends - i2c bus debug messages logs saying that touchscreen is connected and recieves data correctly.
found some data:
/dev/input/event0 - htcnike-kbd
/dev/input/event1 - htcnike-ts
but still no data from touchscreen...
rzk333 said:
got some progress,
1) msm refresh thread seems to disable sleep mode in android, thread polls framebuffer many times in second and drains battery.
2) linux logo on bootup must be disabled - logo gets over ts_calibrate's first crosshair point.
2) still trying to make touchscreen and tslib friends - i2c bus debug messages logs saying that touchscreen is connected and recieves data correctly.
found some data:
/dev/input/event0 - htcnike-kbd
/dev/input/event1 - htcnike-ts
but still no data from touchscreen...
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Disabled msm refresh thread from the android kernels again. The kernel you linked in your first post is now automatically updated with anything new in the repository. Bootlogo is disabled, too. Good luck with tslib, let me know if when you need something else to be hacked into the kernel.
mblaster
I've just test the usb ether function in the zImage from the post
showthread.php?p=6675397
and it works just fine.
(Just when I had managed to make adbd works... but ssh is more reliable)
Thanks gTan64.
wow, that is good, now I can dump system state without hours of keyboard typing
I've managed to get internet by usb (cdc only) thanks to gTan64: just apply the patch from is post ("Debian on the vogue"), you can extract it from the download links.
And the TOUCHSCREEN WORK!!!!!!!
But you need to compile tslib from the tslib git (github.com/kergoth/tslib.git), the one in the rootfs from this post doesn't work.
Will make a more complete post later, I think.
Bye.
Ubuntu always shows me a black screen when I try to startup it!
What can I do make it work?
omg, I knew that something is wrong with tslib in this rootfs!
thanks for r&d, if you will make some packages & mans, I'll add them to first post.
Maybe you can upload some pics ?
But you need to compile tslib from the tslib git
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I tried to compile - but no luck, autoconf fails to make configure...
I also uploaded debian rootfs and posted links in gTan's Debian on Vogue thread.
nothing happened last month?

[Module] X8Overclock | v004 - Multiple freq | X8 | X10 mini | X10 mini pro | 11-04-11

Rom cookers: if you include this module in your ROM, please make a link to this post in your release post, so your users can know how to work with it and update the module themselves
Intro: (dev post)
Since the X10 kernel is working, we might have a hope that someday we will have our custom kernels. If we can have custom kernels, we can do the overclocking easily.
Until that day, we will still have to overclock with modules. To make overclocking works with our current kernel, as far as I can see, we need to do the following things:
1. Patch cpufreq data to change maximum reported freq (these value will be read by Android for further controls). cpufreq will then call the low-level acpuclock functions to change real cpu freq.
2. Patch acpuclock data + code to change real cpu freq.
Right now I'm working a proof-of-concept module, with finished 1 and half of 2. I will need to patch acpuclock code in the running kernel to make the frequency applicable.
That means, right now, Android reported that I have a 800MHz MSM7227, although it's running at 600MHz, and cpufreq's governor accepts to change to the maximum 800MHz (it's 600MHz for real). We will need to patch acpuclock code to change PLL and apply the correct divisor.
Source on github : https://github.com/doixanh/X8Features
Release history
April 11. v004. Default to 691MHz. Multiple frequencies are available for SetCPU: from 614MHz to 826MHz. You can now change frequencies with SetCPU - much like with custom kernels! You can even SetCPU freq at boot.
April 07. v003. Compatible with SetCPU. Easier for code maintenance.
April 06. v002 for mini pro. x8oc module for x10 mini pro released! Be warned: I didn't have your x10mini pro hardware so I didn't test it throughoutly.
April 06. v002 for mini. x8oc module for x10 mini released! Be warned: I didn't have your x10mini hardware so I didn't test it throughoutly. 710MHz was reported not too stable. A lower freq is more stable.
April 06. v002. Experimental! It maybe very unstable! Undervoltage for all frequencies except the max freq (Reduced voltages for 128MHz, 245MHz, 320MHz, 480MHz). This can potentially save battery. I need test results for saving battery from you guys
April 05. v001. Default to 710MHz.
Requirements:
- Rooted
- Baseband x15
- xRecovery (for automatic installtation)
- Dare!
Installation:
a. Manual installation : it will be better if you can do this way.
- Download appropriate x8oc-vXXX.zip (for X8), or x8oc-vXXX-x10m.zip (for X10 mini), or x8oc-vXXX-x10mp.zip (for x10 mini pro) below, unzip
- Remount /system as rw
- Push x8oc.ko in to /system/lib/modules
- Edit /system/etc/hw_config.sh, add one line at the beginning
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko # x8 overclock
For people who want to set specific freq at boot, write the following instead of the code above:
Code:
# x8 overclock
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko
sleep 2
echo xAB > /proc/x8oc
Where AB is your desired code for that frequency. Test the frequency carefully before applying it at boot!
(you can edit hw_config.sh by pulling it to your PC, edit, and push it back)
- Reboot your phone
b. Automatic installation : much like x8gesture, I will have to prepare update.zip for each ROM. I'm pretty busy now, so be patient.
General instruction
- When you install x8oc, SetCPU will not recognized the new max frequency. Don't touch the slide and/or change the governor. If you do that, the new frequency will be lost. You will have to reboot your phone to get the new freq.
- For geeks only: it is possible to change maximum frequency after you install x8oc. With following command, you can replace AB to other values to change max freq:
Code:
echo xAB > /proc/x8oc
20 to change to 614MHz
21 to change to 634MHz
22 to change to 653MHz
23 to change to 672MHz
24 to change to 691MHz
25 to change to 710MHz
26 to change to 730MHz
27 to change to 749MHz
For example, set to 749MHz:
Code:
echo x27 > /proc/x8oc
This feature still works with v004
Somebody asked about the meaning of AB above. If you look at the source you will understand
In short :
- AB is stored in hexadecimal
- Max frequency = AB (in decimal) * 19.2MHz
Example:
AB = 27 means AB = 0x27 = 39 (in decimal)
Real frequency = 39*19.2 = 748.8 MHz
You can put 28, 29, for even higher frequency... but I don't recommend to do that. It was unstable for me.
x10 mini / x10 mini pro users:
Support for x10 mini / x10 mini pro has been added since 06-04-11. However, I don't have your hardware so you must test this module before install it:
- Push x8oc.ko to /system/lib/modules
- Run the following command
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/x8oc.ko
If the phone is still working, no crash, no black screen, then it works.
Until you're sure that it works with your hardware, don't install it to hw_config.sh or you will get boot loops and may severely damage your hardware
Disclaimer
This module is dangerous! It may cause severe damage to your hardware. I'm not responsible if this module kills your lovely phone. Use it at your own risk!
Donations are welcome
PLEASE DON'T SPAM IN THIS THREAD WITH UNCONTRIBUTED POSTS.
Can you share the source code of your module?
I was too lazy to build a separated module for OCing Everything is a mess inside my current x8gesture module
I'll try to do something more and then separate OC into a new module.
info about MSM7227 CPU:
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a7227&c=qualcomm_msm7227
Holy sh*t. They included bunches of controllers inside this MSM 7227
Max. 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 Turbo, Embedded 320MHz DSP (GSM, GPRS/EGPRS Multislot Class 12, EDGE, UMTS Release 6, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, MBMS baseband), 400MHz modem processor, Adreno 200, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1, EGL 1.3, Direct3D Mobile, SVGT 1.2, DirectDraw,
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Is there anyway to enable that turbo mode by moding? It must be locked somewhere, the safe clock is 600mhz, but it might run 800mhz or more stable too, might be battery draining issue, or overvoltage necessity but with scaling that should not be a real issue, if only used to extreme situations, and, for a bit of time.
f.e. Samsung Galaxy Ace has same CPU and it run at 800Mhz
This is a great project and it looks very promissing.
ZTE Blade has same cpu and they had problems overclocking just the main core, but in the end they solved it, I guess you could take a look at their solution as well.
And thanks again for the dualtouch module.
I read many overclocked kernel sources for MSM7227 in difference devices. What they did was to modify acpuclock.c :
1. add new freqs to freq_table
2. add new freqs to clkctl_acpu_speed arrays
3. modify acpuclk_set_div to set PLL for overclocked freqs
Because acpuclock is initialized very early during boot process, cpufreq (initialized much later) will read those available freqs from acpuclock to apply to its governors.
In our case, because we cannot modify acpuclock in the kernel before it's initialized, our module will be loaded much later than both acpuclock and cpufreq. Therefore, my approach is to modify (inline patch) both acpuclock and cpufreq in memory, while the kernel is running.
So far, as mentioned in OP, I modified cpufreq and acpuclock data (as in 1. and 2.), so that Android thinks that max freq is set at 800MHz. We will have to do some inline memory patches to acpuclock function to change PLL for freqs more than 600MHz during runtime. More precisely, we need to patch acpuclk_set_div function.
I did a quick study about ARM instruction set, looked for branch (and branch with links) instructions. I managed to redirect calls to acpuclk_set_div to my own function in module, so that acpuclock_set_rate calls to my function, instead of the original one. However, it seems that the param received by my function is always NULL.
Looking for reasons and solutions. Any suggestions?
@racht: no, we thank you for your hard work in your Hackdroid ROMs.
It seems that I made a mistake. acpuclk_set_div was not separated as a function. Instead, the compiler included it in the caller function (acpuclk_set_rate). This will be a big big big problem for us to hijack the call.....
Hope everything works out! 200mhz is a big jump
Can u share your sources?
Maby i can help you
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I will need to rewrite the module, because everything is placed in my x8gesture I will do it soon.
The initial commit is pushed to github at : https://github.com/doixanh/X8Overclock
All contributions are welcome.
as an example of omap3
http://code.google.com/p/milestone-overclock/
This project consists of a kernel module for OMAP3 phones with Android to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.
The module has an interface in /proc/overclock/* that allows enabling and disabling of overclock in runtime without rebooting. No flashing of custom roms or kernels is needed, since that is not even possible with the Milestone, Droid X and others.
andrej456 said:
as an example of omap3
http://code.google.com/p/milestone-overclock/
This project consists of a kernel module for OMAP3 phones with Android to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.
The module has an interface in /proc/overclock/* that allows enabling and disabling of overclock in runtime without rebooting. No flashing of custom roms or kernels is needed, since that is not even possible with the Milestone, Droid X and others.
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Thats good idea but edit is needed because X8 does not have 1,2 processor
EDIT: With 800 processor thats so close x10 1000 processor,cant imagine how fast x8 will be
as-mario said:
Thats good idea but edit is needed because X8 does not have 1,2 processor
EDIT: With 800 processor thats so close x10 1000 processor,cant imagine how fast x8 will be
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to not fit in the x8, but the wiki to be useful
if we take this as an example you can write a module
sorry for my english
It seems that my approach is like milestone-overclock. Their CPU is different, but we can know that we're having a good direction.
Good news: I managed to hijack calls to acpuclk_set_rate (the function contains acpuclk_set_div). This way, we can write our own set_rate and set_div function.
Destination is not too far away
YES, YES and YES! It's running at 684MHz! Will upload a screenshot soon!
This below screenshot is taken at 710MHz with only CPU test
It seems that our CPU is not stable above 748MHz.

The HP Touchpad Sticky Master Thread

This is some of the info that I have put together and I figured it may help some of you also. Let me know if I need to add anything. Looking forward to working with this device. Hopefully the Devs will take an interest in it also. With these hardware specs I feel like they will. Anyway, carry on............
Dev/Config/Soft/Tools
CyanogenMod team Touchpad port
HP Site
SDK - Multiple Platforms Instructions
Command line tools
Java - WIndows 32 and 64 Bit Instructions
****Note - Be sure to add the Java Bin path to your Environment Variables PATH
Java - Linux
Bluetooth with Non-WebOS device
Enabling Developer Mode (Rooting)
How To: Connect TP to network shares​HW
Exploded and PCB
Quick sum up/start up guide Thanks KameoRE
Bill of Materials
Specs 16GB
Specs 32 GB
Repair Manual / Teardown
Comparisons​
Extra info
Enabling Developer Mode (Rooting)
In general, simply installing the Palm SDK gives you everything you need for full access to the Linux operating system on any webOS device. There is no special "rooting" or "jailbreaking" process. Simply installing the SDK provides you with unlimited access to the Linux operating system.
Download & install the Palm SDK for Linux, OS X or Windows.
Enable developer mode on the HP Touchpad:
Launch Device Info and tap its top-left menu.
Select "Custom Application..." and type in: ##3386633#
In the application, move the Developer Mode slider to the On position.
Tap Reset the Device.
When reset is complete, Developer mode is enabled.
Plug the device into the computer via the USB cable, and just close out the USB storage mode thing.
The next step varies:
Mac OS X / Linux: Type novaterm into terminal to directly access the Linux command line for the HP Touchpad.
Windows: you will need to download and install a novaterm program.
On Windows 32-bit, download novacom-win-32.tgz and install novacom with NovacomInstaller_x86.msi.
On Windows 64-bit, download novacom-win-64.tgz and install novacom with NovacomInstaller_x64.msi.
Then, just like the Mac and Linux users you can just type novaterm.
At this point you will have a window with a prompt that says [email protected]: or something similar.
You are now logged in as root on your webOS device and can do anything you would normally do on a Linux device.
DISCLAIMER: We cannot be held liable for any loss of data, damage, bricking, or other malfunctions of the device. We solely provide the information needed to achieve root access.
This quick sum up/start up guide might come handy:
http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/293028-new-touchpad-heres-your-get-started-guide.html
[Q] What is wrong with my touchpad?
RESET: Hold Power Button & Home Button until the tablet resets.
Doing the above solved the below issue.
My touchpad won't turn on I used it until it had about 30 % battery last night, but didn't put it to charge. When I woke up this morning, it was at 28% battery. I used it to check facebook and xda, locked it and put it down to watch the price is right but when I went to use it again, none of the buttons unlocked it. I plugged it into mulitple outlets and held the power button for about 30 seconds each time, but nothing is happening I don't know what to do. Can anybody help?
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solution #2
this happened twice:
plug it in to pc
open webos quick install
tools - command line
type "reboot" and hit enter
Bill of Materials
$318 Bill of Materials
Comparisons
Comparisons
Exploded and PCB
Exploded and PCB
First non-webOS phone to be fully tetherd with HP TouchPad
First non-webOS phone to be fully tetherd with HP TouchPad
Worked for me, I had to fool with it a couple of times to get it to work. My screenshot is attached
The messaging does not work but the phone calls do.
How To: Connect TP to network shares
How To: Connect TP to network shares
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Updated (Sep 7th 2011):
Rewritten to include a method for stock kernel, make shares usable for KalemSoft Media Player & automount at (re)boot. Thx to everybody who contributed to this thread! (Under construction, finished later)
Updated (Aug 9th 2011): processed some comments from this thread and the fact that uberkernel now also supports CIFS (& NFS).
Prerequisites:
- HP Touchpad, webOS 3.0.2 or later.
- One of the following Kernels:
---- Stock kernel
---- Uberkernel 3.0.2-52 or later (Next to support for CIFS & NFS this kernel also supports UTF-8. More info here: WebOS Internals Uber-Kernel
---- F15C,.. (completed later)
- Terminal access to your TP, either via webOS Quick Install or Xecutah + Xserver + Xterm (install from preware)
- Internalz Pro with show hidden files set to yes
Three parts:
This guide has three parts:
Basic Mounting
Mounting with shares visible in apps like Kalemsoft Media Player
"Sticky" mounting: Auto mount at (re)boot
Definitions:
hostIP = IP address of the computer or NAS you want to connect to. You can use hostnames too, but need to also edit /etc/hosts then.
sharename = The share name you want to connect to as configured on your computer/NAS
mountpoint-path = as discussed above, e.g. /mnt/nas
cifs = type of filesystem to mount (cifs is better version of smbfs, I've been told)
auto (or can also be noauto) auto/noauto determines if the share is mounted automatically at startup.
username & password = share login credentials. There are probably safer ways to do this instead of having this plain text on your device, anyone can tell me how to do that?
rw = access mode, in this case read & write, other possibilities exist too
The numbers have someting to do with filesystem check at boot.
1a: Basic Mounting (without fstab)
- Create a mountpoint, a path where the share will be accessible, e.g. /mnt/nas or /mnt/media/internal/nas I used Internalz Pro in master mode for this.
- In a terminal type:
mount.cifs //<hostIP>/<sharename> <mountpoint-path> -o username=<username>,password=<password>
Example: mount.cifs //10.0.1.26/DataVolume /mnt/Shared -o username=foo,password=bar
1b: Basic Mounting (with fstab, not supported by stock kernel)
To be finished later
2: Mounting with shares visible in apps like Kalemsoft Media Player
To be finished later
For now please refer to:
Road to Success - How to allow NAS to show up under /media/internal on Touchpad Apps?
How To: Connect TP to network shares
How To: Connect TP to network shares
3: "Sticky" mounting: Auto mount at (re)boot
To be finished later
For now please refer to:
Road to Success - Mounting SAMBA/CIFS Permanently on Touchpad
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Original post:
In short: The stock kernel on a webOS 3.0.2 Touchpad does not support CIFS. Or at least I didn't get it to work just the same way I do get it to work out of the box on a 1.4.5 Pre-.
Then I saw this thread: F15B & F15C test kernels
It says CIFS support! So I hesitantly installed this experimental F15C kernel, quickly ran Govnah to set max speed to 1.5 GHz (I don't want no real overclocking beyond this speed). But, YES, it does work, I now can access my NAS!
After I initially posted this thread webosinternals also added support for CIFS (& NFS) to the uberkernel (as of version 3.0.2-36). Thanks a lot for that guys!!
So how to go about:
- Install the F15C kernel from the testing kernel feed
The rest is standard linux stuff for mounting Samba shares:
- Create a mountpoint, a path where the share will be accessible, e.g. /mnt/nas or /mnt/media/internal/nas I used Internalz Pro in master mode for this.
- Open /etc/fstab again you can use Internalz Pro in master mode for this
Add a line:
//<hostIP>/<sharename> <mountpoint-path> cifs auto,username=<username>,password=<password>,rw 0 0
hostIP = IP address of the computer or NAS you want to connect to. You can use hostnames too, but need to also edit /etc/hosts then.
sharename = The share name you want to connect to as configured on your computer/NAS
mountpoint-path = as discussed above, e.g. /mnt/nas
cifs = type of filesystem to mount (cifs is better version of smbfs, I've been told)
auto (or can also be noauto) auto/noauto determines if the share is mounted automatically at startup.
username & password = share login credentials. There are probably safer ways to do this instead of having this plain text on your device, anyone can tell me how to do that?
rw = access mode, in this case read & write, other possibilities exist too
The numbers have someting to do with filesystem check at boot.
- Save the file
- Open a terminal
- type in this command:
mount -t cifs //<hostIP>/<sharename> <mountpoint-path> -o username=<username>,password=<password>
No idea whether all the -o options are still needed, as they are in the fstab line already as well.
Apparently mount -a should also mount your shares inside fstab. But for me that didn't work, maybe because I have it set to noauto.
This should do it.
Unmounting as follows:
umount <mountpoint-path> e.g. umount /mnt/nas
Note: as soon as you have a kernel running that supports CIFS, you can also use the xt tools. See this thread and the threads referenced inside it. samba filesharing - install/support thread
The xt tools will take over all the fstab editing and directory creation.
I agree this is still cumbersome. On an Android phone for example this is buildin in every decent filemanager. So I really, really hope that either or both Gemini and Internals HD will have some easy solution for this (both configuring and the actual mounting/unmounting). Or a solution straight from HP, this is also aimed at enterprise market after all!
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Weird shortcut to USB mode
Has anybody else seen this?
While connected to PC in "just charging" mode I reached out and accidentally hit the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time. The TouchPad instantly switched to USB Storage mode.
Interesting behavior and I couldn't seem to find any mention of it anywhere.
PreCentral had it as a tip on their web site about a week ago and I spotted it there - http://www.precentral.net/access-usb-mode-touchpad.
Quite a few other useful titbits crop up on there - it is worth following. I use the webOS News app from the App Catalog. That gives heads-up on the free software codes as well.
dmarchant said:
PreCentral had it as a tip on their web site about a week ago and I spotted it there - http://www.precentral.net/access-usb-mode-touchpad.
Quite a few other useful titbits crop up on there - it is worth following. I use the webOS News app from the App Catalog. That gives heads-up on the free software codes as well.
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LOL, I think you mean "TIDBITS."
Too bad there is no reverse version of this.

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Grouper/Tilapia

Welcome to the most customizable N7 kernel on xda
Bricked-Kernel Nexus 7 (grouper)
Replaced NVIDIA's strange hotplug manager with my own: tegra_mpdecision​
Features:
Based upon Googles tegra3 source
Fixed section mismatches
Various other fixes (look @ github)
Compiled with gcc4.7.2 toolchain (linaro 09.12)
Replaced NVIDIAs hotplug manager with tegra_mpdecision (better battery life + performance)
Extensive sysfs interface for mpdecision with all the tuneables you want
Highly modified ondemand governor for tegra3 & mpdecision (this is the only recommended governor atm)
Fixed usage of 51Mhz clock
GPU OC (416/484/520Mhz)
Truly variant free CPU OC for all devices (51 - 1600Mhz)
Fixed max cpufreq resets throughout the kernel
All cores now use the max frequency (before: only in singlecore, otherwise -100Mhz)
Undervolting (faux123)
Default clocks: 102min & 1300max (+100Mhz overclocked) & 475 Maxscroff
earlysuspend/lateresume for ondemand including special screen off settings to save power
Aroma Installer by amarullz
cmdline interface for cpu min/max/maxscroff/gpuoc/scheduler/governor
---Just flash the kernel with your desired settings, no more need for oc apps. Reflash if you want to change sth. It's that easy!
FSync Control by Ezekeel
export t3 variant to debugfs by faux123 (adb shell cat /sys/kernel/debug/t3_variant)
lowered panel min brightness to 8
ZRAM
enabled NFSv3&4
Check the compare links for the rest ​
Where is tha Changelog???
There will be no more changelogs.
Instead the download pages were outfitted with compare links to github for each download.​
How to install?
Flash through recovery. #done.​
Where to complain about errors/bugs?
Please use the Issuetracker for bugs/errors/feature wishes!
Issuetracker @ https://code.google.com/p/bricked/issues/entry
[email protected]
IRC Chat: Freenode IRC #bricked​
Download:
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(If you download, please hit Thanks below my post! Thank you!)
>>> DOWNLOAD <<<​
Donor List:​
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Thank you very much!​
Source:
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Benchmark:
Knowledge base:
What is tegra_mpdecision?
100% kernel based multi core decision! (should cpu1/2/3 be online or not, do we need the low-power/ninja core now?)
This replaces the stock nvidia hotplug solution.
Check /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/ for the configuration.
startdelay = time until mpdecision starts doing it's magic (20000)
delay = time between checks (130)
pause = if something else plugs in the cpu, fall asleep for 10000ms (10 secs)
scroff_single_core = Force low-power mode if screen is off (1)
enabled = enable(1) or disable(0) mpdecision. This does not affect scroff_single_core!
min_cpus = min cpus to be online, cannot be < 1. Default: 1
max_cpus = max cpus to be online, cannot be > 4. (if you set it to 2 and min_cpus to 1 you will basically have a dualcore) Default: 4
idle_freq = a value against that will be checked if a core +/- is requested. (475000)
lpcpu_up_hsyteresis = minimum number of requests that have to be send in order to switch to low-power mode (4)
lpcpu_down_hsyteresis = minimum number of requests that have to be send in order to switch to g-mode (quadcore-mode). Overridden by a requested freq that is higher than the max supported lp-mode frequency. (2)
If cpu0 is below that value and a core up of another cpu is requested, nothing will happen.
If any other cpu is above that value and a core down of that cpu is requested, nothing will happen. (otherwise it would now put down that cpu even though it is still working, which isn't what we want)
Hot plug thresholds (aka now it gets 'complicated')
This small formula calculates which value will be used: (number_of_cpus_online - 1) * 2
The result of this formula will be the nwns_threshold where a new cpu is hotplugged.
The result of this formula + 1 will be the nwns_threshold where a cpu is unplugged.
nwns_threshold_x = runqueue threshold, if this is reached cpuX will be hot/unplugged
twts_threshold_x = time threshold, this amount of time must have passed for the related action to be taken (hot/unplug)
Example:
One cpu is online.
(1 - 1) * 2 = 0 ergo:
nwns_threshold_0 = cpu1 will be hotplugged at this value
((1 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 1
nwns_threshold_1 = cpu0 will be unplugged at this value
This will regulate when we switch to lp-mode, effectively replacing the quadcore g-mode core with the ninja lp-mode core.
Two cpus are online.
(2 - 1) * 2 = 2 ergo:
nwns_threshold_2 = cpu2 will be hotplugged at this value
((2 - 1) * 2) + 1 = 3
nwns_threshold_3 = cpu1 will be unplugged at this value
etc...
(all times are in ms)
If you want to see the mpdecision magic happening:
Code:
adb shell
cat /proc/kmsg | grep 'MPDEC'
mpdecision's input event boost, aka project butter
This will boost your min cpu speed if you touch the screen or press a button and gives you full control.
In those events the min cpu freq will be risen to a predefined value (look below) on every online cpu. This boosts overall reaction times and smoothness a lot. (works similar to the qcom mpdecision binary)
Configuration files:
[email protected]:/sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf # ls
boost_enabled
boost_freqs
boost_time
All of them work like the usual sysfs files, except one special case:
boost_freqs will list all frequencies from cpu 0 to cpu x. Cpu 3 and any following cpu will share one frequency.
To change those frequencies echo the cpu number + the frequency in khz. To change the boost freq of cpu3 (and 4,5,6,7,8, etc) the echo would look as follows:
Code:
echo "3 1026000" > /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
for cpu0:
Code:
echo "0 1026000" > /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
Defaults:
Code:
cat /sys/kernel/tegra_mpdecision/conf/boost_freqs
910000
910000
760000
620000
Recommended governor?
Ondemand.​Why do I have no WLAN?
This kernel is too big for our boot.img with WLAN included into the kernel, so it is built as a module. That means it needs to be inserted into the kernel upon boot up, which needs to be automated for maximum comfort = userinit (init.d) support.
The zip adds init.d support to your ramdisk, if that fails for some reason the wlan module cannot be inserted.
if
Code:
adb shell lsmod
doesn't show this:
Code:
tun 14060 0 - Live 0x00000000
cifs 239646 0 - Live 0x00000000
bcmdhd 433083 0 - Live 0x00000000
Then init.d support is probably missing.
You can test it by going to /system/etc/init.d/ and executing 00wlan.
Code:
adb shell
su
. /system/etc/init.d/00wlan
Wait a few seconds and try to enable wifi and repeat the above lsmod command (should now show bcmdhd as live, you can execute 01cifs and 02tun too).
If WLAN now works, init.d support is missing.
You need to have busybox installed in order to be able to get init.d support going, this shouldn't be a problem for most people, since it is usually installed when rooting your phone anyway (and who does unlock but not root their phone? :/)
It does not matter if busybox is installed in /system/bin or /system/xbin, my script will detect the location upon flashing and patch the ramdisk accordingly.
If no busybox is found, the script will add init.d support to your ramdisk with the default location: /system/xbin/busybox. All you need to do is install busybox there and reboot your phone.
​
show-p1984 said:
Knowledge base:
(under construction)
tegra_mpdecision manual:
coming soon(tm)
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looks great is this kernal compatible with cm10 based roms such as paranoid android
Flypants101010 said:
looks great is this kernal compatible with cm10 based roms such as paranoid android
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Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
show-p1984 said:
Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
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All AOSP roms work with Bricked
* Hello World *
What tweaks did you make to on-demand, if you don't mind me asking? The only thing I've noticed is that frequency switching seems to happen faster & more often.
Feel like flashing something tonight!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
I tried flashing this a few times and it fails with each try.
Dabaum said:
What tweaks did you make to on-demand, if you don't mind me asking? The only thing I've noticed is that frequency switching seems to happen faster & more often.
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I mostly adapted it to work with the lpcore while the screen is on and also with special power saving setting while the screen is off.
The 2 phase frequency was changed to accomplish that.
It also applies a powersave bias while screen is off.
Additionally I changed the settings to allow faster scaling with less load. (70% > freq incr)
Source is currently being uploaded, but since I kept the history intact it is taking ages. You can look it up there in more detail once the source is up
airmaxx23 said:
I tried flashing this a few times and it fails with each try.
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With what message?
I guess because your recovery does not identify your device as 'grouper'.
show-p1984 said:
With what message?
I guess because your recovery does not identify your device as 'grouper'.
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It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
airmaxx23 said:
It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
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It most certainly does not say "failed" and nothing else. Look harder.
Using twrp recovery me and my beta testee had no problems at all.
show-p1984 said:
It most certainly does not say "failed" and nothing else. Look harder.
Using twrp recovery me and my beta testee had no problems at all.
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It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
show-p1984 said:
Yes, ofc
Running cm10 nightlies myself.
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And just to be clear, with non-CM based ones as well? I'm running the 'Glazed' ROM....
airmaxx23 said:
It just says failed, I've had no problems flashing anything else and I'm flashing mutilple times a day usually.
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Nothing wrong with the zipfile, maybe corrupted download? did you do md5 hash check before flash?
It's either your custom recovery or a corrupted download, period.
ps. Happy Flashing.
airmaxx23 said:
It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
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corrupt download? checked md5/sha1?
corrupt phone upload? checked md5/sha1?
friedsonjm said:
And just to be clear, with non-CM based ones as well? I'm running the 'Glazed' ROM....
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As long as it is AOSP you should be fine.
But just try it and report back, then we are all a bit more enlightened
(Sorry, I can't possibly test all the ROMs out there ^^)
T-junk said:
Nothing wrong with the zipfile, maybe corrupted download? did you do md5 hash check before flash?
It's either your custom recovery or a corrupted download, period.
ps. Happy Flashing.
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If I try downloading it directly to my tablet the resulting file is only 17.51K in size, downloading it with a computer takes care of the problem.
airmaxx23 said:
It says "unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip."
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I get the same.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
airmaxx23 said:
If I try downloading it directly to my tablet the resulting file is only 17.51K in size, downloading it with a computer takes care of the problem.
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StrangerWeather said:
I get the same.
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I guess same problem for you StangerWeather.
Try downloading on your pc, I will look into that webserver issue tomorrow. (or maybe it's a chrome issue? who knows ^^)

[Updated: JUN 15] Easier XMir Setup (Now with Libertine!)

EDIT: I bring you the new OFFICIAL way of installing X11 applications, I've been neglecting this thread way too much and need to give it some love.
The old instructions (OLD METHOD) are no longer needed as of April on the rc and rc-proposed channels, this should work on all channels however (tested up to latest devel-proposed image)
NOTE: You still need a writable image for the first parts of this, after you install the tools, it can go back to read-only.
1) Open Terminal
2) Install the following packages: libertine libertine-tools python3-libertine-chroot
3) Open the Ubuntu Store and install the scope: libertine-scope
4) Open the Libertine application that's now available in your launcher and follow instructions, it will set up a Ubuntu Vivid chroot in your home directory, install the components needed, and drop you at the package management screen. From here, you can update and add PPAs to the container via the Settings Icon -> Manage Container, Install packages via the plus icon, etc.
5) Favorite the Libertine XApps scope by swiping up on the home screen and hitting the star, then open the scope and you'll see any applications you installed there.
If you cannot install your container via the Libertine application (I know that it didn't have support for chroot until recently, not sure if that version has landed yet), you can install your container via the teminal, so open your terminal but DO NOT sudo su. All Libertine-container-manager commands MUST be done as phablet.
To create a container (this line will likely change when Xenial drops as Libertine will be switching to LXC on Xenial):
Code:
libertine-container-manager --create -i <container id> -n <friendly name (this shows up in the Libertine app)> -t chroot
Using this command, the system will build the new libertine container, wait until it's finished and then you can continue by using the installed Libertine application.
Onscreen Keyboard in Libertine Applications
THIS CAN FINALLY BE DONE! The only con to it, is that it is mostly unusable in applications that open dialog boxes along the bottom of the screen, the XMir window does not scroll up like native applications do to give a better viewing window. (I have been told that this will change in OTA-12 when the keyboard support drops for Libertine/Puritine apps)
To install on-screen keyboard:
Open Libertine and add ppa:brandontschaefer/maliit to your container. Then hit update in Manage Containers. Once done, install the following, maliit-inputcontext-gtk2, maliit-inputcontext-gtk3, maliit-framework. After that, setup is complete in your container, now we need to do some extra work outside the container to make it pass the GTK_IM_MODULE variable we need over to Libertine. To do this, add this line to your .bashrc or if you have a writable image, you can add this to the systemwide profile (not sure if this will be replaced on OTA though):
Code:
export GTK_IM_MODULE=maliitphablet
Restart the tablet OS, Open an application such as Libreoffice Writer and BEHOLD!
Notes
You can also manage your container via the terminal with libertine-container-manager. To get a root shell without installing mate terminal (You can't get a root shell via this method (installing a term), Proot acts like fakeroot all over your container's rootfs), you can use the following:
- l-c-m exec -c bash (This command does not mount any user directories (/home/phablet will not exist) and is best used for making changes to the container's rootfs)
or if you only need a user shell:
- DISPLAY= libertine-launch <containerid (default is vivid)> bash (This mounts user directories, but is no different than if you installed something like mate-terminal and ran it. The reason we are passing an empty DISPLAY variable is because libertine-launch will refuse to start if DISPLAY isn't set, even it if doesn't exist.)
- DPI Hacks: To change the DPI of applications in Libertine, you need a new way to make the .Xdefaults file as only the XDG User directories get mounted inside the libertine container, not your entire Home. To do this, install your favorite editor inside of the libertine container (I find nano to be the easiest for new users), and open Terminal, then follow these instructions:
1) Open your editor to ~/.local/share/libertine-container/user-data/[my container id, default = vivid]/.Xdefaults and fill it with the following:
Code:
Xft.dpi: 175
or what your preferred DPI is. On the Nexus 7 flo the comfortable DPI is 175 with an application font size of 14 (I use Liberation Sans which comes from Libreoffice).
- You can make your applications look great still, you don't have to be stuck with the default Raleigh GTK style. Download and install LXAppearance in your container and add ppa:noobslab/themes then start installing themes. Enjoy! The Ubuntu Touch Themes are wonderful and FlatPlat works well with the system UI as well.
Some cons to this:
- It requires at least 3GBs available in your internal storage (wherever your home folder resides) to store a full, non-touch Ubuntu Vivid container.
Pros:
- It survives OTAs, the only thing able to break this would be a change to XMir, PRoot, or Libertine. Which is landing in the images shortly by default so there's not much of a chance to break this.
- Nothing you do will break your UTouch system. Unlike the old method, this only installs the items needed to run the container, which are to become standard inside the images very soon.
OLD METHOD
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EDIT: I have not tested this in stable, rc, rc-proposed yet. Only the dev-proposed channel.
So there is some questioning I see going on about how to run things like Firefox efficiently and well. So I figured I'd write up a little something for it.
First you'll want to set your DPI in ~/.Xdefaults, as I have a Nexus 7, mine looks similar to this:
Xft.dpi: 240
Note that you may need to do some additional tweaking.
Now that you have Xdefaults made, install the ubuntu-pocket-desktop and matchbox-window-manager packages (along with the program you wish to use, for this tutorial, I'll use libreoffice).
Create a file in /bin called wm-wrapper.sh (or whatever you choose here, just remember the name), fill it with:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no -use_dialog_mode const-horiz &
exec [email protected]
and save it, then chmod a+x it.
EDIT: For this next part, I recommend copying the .desktop to ~/.local/share/applications to avoid them being overwritten on package updates.
Now, navigate to /usr/share/applications/ and open the .desktop file for the application you are wanting to run. Add the following lines under [Desktop]:
Code:
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true
Change the Exec line so that your wrapper (in my case wm-wrapper.sh) is in front of the executable, such that the line becomes (or similar):
Code:
Exec=/bin/wm-wrapper.sh libreoffice %U
Save it, then search for your application in the Unity Scopes. Open it up and you should see your application running as an XMir app easy. For future applications, you will simply need to do the changes to it's .desktop file.
EDIT: A helpful redditor gave me this tip to enable sending touch events over to Xmir. Setting the GTK_TEST_TOUCHSCREEN environment variable to 1 will apparently remove hover events and the like (events that are not normally sent with a touch screen, but with a mouse). I have not had time to take a look at this yet however so YMMV.
Thanks man, gonna try this on my n4 later today. ?
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Thanks man, gonna try this on my n4 later today.
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No problem, Like I said, not sure if it works on other channels, but it works great on the dev-proposed channel. You will also want to close applications using their menu items as closing the Xmir root window will cause the application to terminate without asking to save anything. Libreoffice can get around this via Document Recovery though.
I had been working on this for a good solid week testing applications and different ways to get X11 applications working so I could make it a full workstation, so I figured why not post my findings since the Ubuntu forum doesn't seem to get much love.
Thanks for the matchbox tip! It works quite nicely, especially, it brings a nice onscreen keyboard with it. I use the following setup now:
~/.local/share/applications/gedit-mb.desktop
Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GEdit in Matchbox
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=/usr/share/gedit/logo/gedit-logo.png
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
#X-Ubuntu-XMir-Enable=true
Exec=/home/phablet/bin/matchbox-wrapper.sh gedit
~/bin/matchbox-wrapper.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:1
Xmir $DISPLAY &
sleep 1
# xlogo
# xeyes
# x11vnc -forever -nopw -quiet -display $DISPLAY &
matchbox-window-manager &
sleep 1
matchbox-keyboard &
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~/.matchbox/kbdconfig
Code:
# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/223110/what-are-the-keyboard-shortcuts-for-matchbox-window-manager
<ctrl><alt>p=prev
<ctrl><alt>n=next
<ctrl><alt>d=!matchbox-desktop
<ctrl><alt>x=!xterm
<ctrl><alt>f=!firefox
Together with the Xft.dpi setting (I use 220) this gives me a quite usable editor. If you have any other tips ShadowEO, I'd love to hear them!
One thing I'd like to figure out is how to modify the DPI for the Mir GDK Backend. Currently GTK3 applications started with the backend are way to small.
ShadowEO said:
One thing I'd like to figure out is how to modify the DPI for the Mir GDK Backend. Currently GTK3 applications started with the backend are way to small.
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Do you have a specific example? Which application are you looking at?
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Do you have a specific example? Which application are you looking at?
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Sorry, for some reason I wasn't subscribed to this post (weird.)
Anyway the specific application I was looking at was gedit, when started with the native GDK Mir backend, it is almost unusable with touch as the elements are so small. GDK_SCALE doesn't work and neither does any of the GTK dconf settings for scaling.
Also, I have switched to using rc-proposed, so any more changes I do will likely be able to be installed without worrying about the snapshot channel.
Also messing with some touch-screen specific .gtk2.0-rc entries seem to help, but since I reformatted, I don't quite have those offhand at the moment. I'll have to look them up again.
Hi!
Thanks a lot for all these useful explanations! Finally I was able to run Firefox on my bq E4.5 (rc-proposed)! But I have a few questions:
1) I don't have any on-screen keyboard
2) it works like with a mouse (no touch scrolling for instance)
Is there something I can do about that?
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Hi!
Thanks a lot for all these useful explanations! Finally I was able to run Firefox on my bq E4.5 (rc-proposed)! But I have a few questions:
1) I don't have any on-screen keyboard
2) it works like with a mouse (no touch scrolling for instance)
Is there something I can do about that?
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You could try the touchegg package for multi touch gestures, I haven't gotten around to testing it yet. As for keyboard, you can use onboard for most applications or if the application is a QT application, it will pop up the system keyboard (behavior was exhibited by calibre)
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You could try the touchegg package for multi touch gestures, I haven't gotten around to testing it yet. As for keyboard, you can use onboard for most applications or if the application is a QT application, it will pop up the system keyboard (behavior was exhibited by calibre)
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Thanks a lot for your answer. Sorry I don't know much yet about all this so my questions might be silly!
1) I installed touchegg but I don't know how to make it work
2) I have no keyboard in any app I installed (caja, gedit, firefox, ...)
Another question: I have a bq E4.5 and although I have 3.5G of free space on my internal memory the space available for apt-get-ed apps is much smaller (I have 50M left after installing just those few apps above). So no way to try libreoffice or other heavier app. Do you know if there is a solution for that?
Thank you very much!
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2) I have no keyboard in any app I installed (caja, gedit, firefox, ...)
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If you use the matchbox setup I described above then you should have a keyboard.
Another question: I have a bq E4.5 and although I have 3.5G of free space on my internal memory the space available for apt-get-ed apps is much smaller (I have 50M left after installing just those few apps above). So no way to try libreoffice or other heavier app. Do you know if there is a solution for that?
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This website describes a tweak to put the apt cache on an external SD card. It's in German, but the command lines should be clear enough. Let us know how it goes.
https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Ubuntu_Touch/Terminal/#Freien-Speicher-beobachten
You would need to run touchegg in the wrapper. Sadly wth keyboard, the only applications that will get the system keyboard are QT based applications. GTK+ and other applications will require onboard to be installed. I messed around with trying to install maliit-context-gtk2 to get the system keyboard to show in all apps, but that broke the keyboard completely.
Remember XMir is better used with a physical keyboard since it doesn't trigger the Ubuntu keyboard for everything.
You can also make the system img bigger if using MultiROM: you simply run e2fsck -fp /path/to/Ubuntu.IMG and resize2fs <target size> /path/to/Ubuntu.IMG.
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I've played around with this a bit, but I can't get touchegg to work. I start an xmir application, then log in via ssh from my desktop. After setting the DISPLAY variable, I can start more X applications ok. After starting touchegg I see an output like this:
Code:
Reading config from "/home/phablet/.config/touchegg/touchegg.conf"
Try to make a multitouch gesture. If everything goes well the information about the gesture must appear
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Flick
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Drag
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Pinch
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Rotate
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Tap
[+] Avaliable gesture:
Name -> Touch
I assume that I am supposed to see some more output when a touch gesture is recognised by touchegg, but nothing ever shows up.
I can see touch events with either xinput or evtest
Code:
$ xinput test "xmir-fake-touch-pointer:0"
motion a[0]=36317 a[1]=42290
button press 1
motion a[0]=36590 a[1]=41730
motion a[0]=36645 a[1]=41275
motion a[0]=36536 a[1]=40469
motion a[0]=36263 a[1]=39524
motion a[0]=35935 a[1]=39034
motion a[0]=34897 a[1]=38019
motion a[0]=33532 a[1]=36934
motion a[0]=32713 a[1]=36303
motion a[0]=31839 a[1]=35778
motion a[0]=31293 a[1]=35533
motion a[0]=30856 a[1]=35323
motion a[0]=30638 a[1]=35253
motion a[0]=30419 a[1]=35148
motion a[0]=30255 a[1]=35078
motion a[0]=29928 a[1]=34903
motion a[0]=29873 a[1]=34868
motion a[0]=29873 a[1]=34868
motion a[0]=29873 a[1]=34868
button release 1
Code:
$ evtest /dev/input/event0
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x0 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
Input device name: "elan-touchscreen"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event type 3 (EV_ABS)
Event code 47 (ABS_MT_SLOT)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 9
Event code 48 (ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 31
Event code 53 (ABS_MT_POSITION_X)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 1343
Event code 54 (ABS_MT_POSITION_Y)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 2239
Event code 57 (ABS_MT_TRACKING_ID)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 65535
Event code 58 (ABS_MT_PRESSURE)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 255
Properties:
Property type 1 (INPUT_PROP_DIRECT)
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 9936.473027, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 57 (ABS_MT_TRACKING_ID), value 1159
Event: time 9936.473088, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 48 (ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR), value 12
Event: time 9936.473088, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 58 (ABS_MT_PRESSURE), value 27
Event: time 9936.473118, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 53 (ABS_MT_POSITION_X), value 338
Event: time 9936.473118, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 54 (ABS_MT_POSITION_Y), value 1059
Event: time 9936.473149, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 9936.509709, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 48 (ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR), value 11
Event: time 9936.509709, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 58 (ABS_MT_PRESSURE), value 43
Event: time 9936.509709, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 53 (ABS_MT_POSITION_X), value 351
Event: time 9936.509739, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 54 (ABS_MT_POSITION_Y), value 1061
Event: time 9936.509739, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 9936.512791, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 58 (ABS_MT_PRESSURE), value 46
Event: time 9936.512791, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 53 (ABS_MT_POSITION_X), value 357
Event: time 9936.512791, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 54 (ABS_MT_POSITION_Y), value 1063
Some websites point to synclient for the configuration of touchegg, but that doesn't seem to work in Xmir:
Code:
$ synclient
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?
Does anyone else have more luck with touchegg?
While researching it, I stumbled over references to xSwipe, but I haven't looked into that any further.
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You would need to run touchegg in the wrapper. Sadly wth keyboard, the only applications that will get the system keyboard are QT based applications. GTK+ and other applications will require onboard to be installed. I messed around with trying to install maliit-context-gtk2 to get the system keyboard to show in all apps, but that broke the keyboard completely.
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Just to reiterate, the matchbox-keyboard works fine for me!
Oh, and one thing I wanted to share: The firefox extension Grab and Drag allows a more natural touch screen style drag-to-scroll.
I completely forgot the matchbox keyboard while writing that reply, I'm not sure what's going on with touchegg as I haven't had a chance to play with it on Ubuntu touch. It could be that XMir isn't actually passing that much information about touch events.
matchbox-window-manager struggle
I am on the new Aquarius m10 Ubuntu tablet.
Tried to run tome applications and realized the X11 and Mir problem.
Came across your solution! Thank you for sharring!
Well, I dont seem to be able to install matchbox-window-manager
It shows a lot of missing dependencies and I am not abble to install them manually either..
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
matchbox-window-manager : Depends: libmatchbox1 (>= 1.7-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxsettings-client0 but it is not going to be installed
Any light?? Thank you very much
eskizon said:
I am on the new Aquarius m10 Ubuntu tablet.
Tried to run tome applications and realized the X11 and Mir problem.
Came across your solution! Thank you for sharring!
Well, I dont seem to be able to install matchbox-window-manager
It shows a lot of missing dependencies and I am not abble to install them manually either..
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
matchbox-window-manager : Depends: libmatchbox1 (>= 1.7-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxsettings-client0 but it is not going to be installed
Any light?? Thank you very much
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Mhm, not sure. You do have set it to read-write and you did an apt update, right?
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Mhm, not sure. You do have set it to read-write and you did an apt update, right?
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Thanks for sharing this info! I also own the M10 ubuntu tablet and try to run some X11 apps.
I am able to apt-get matchbox-window-manager. But it won't start and says it can't find the display.
Running either:
Code:
matchbox-window-manager
matchbox-window-manager -d :0
as a normal user or root always returns: "can't open display! check your DISPLAY variable.".
ubuntu-pocket-desktop is up to date and I also set the DPI in ~/.Xdefaults.
What could be the reason it can't find the display? What could I try?
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What could be the reason it can't find the display?
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You don't have an X server running. At least not at :0.
What could I try?
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Follow the instructions in the original post or in my post #4.
Bumping this thread as I've edited the OP with the official instructions for running Legacy X Applications on Ubuntu Touch. As well as information about getting the system maliit-based OSK showing in X Applications (It's not that great though, you still may have better luck with matchbox-keyboard/on-board, but not sure how you'd even start those in Libertine.)

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