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LINUX BOOTS at OPAL! Thanks to linwizard project!

Hi there,
I got Linux to boot at OPAL via linwizard project. Here are steps needed to get it work.
1) download image from:
http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-20080602.tar.bz2
2) copy content of file to the microSD card
3) edit default txt and replace init=/linuxrc with init=/bin/sh
4) run haret and let it boot.
After a while you'll get to shell. No graphics.
Now you can attach microusb cable and connect it with your linux laptop (I recommend ubuntu)
and you will get usb0 interfece to start up.
Which IP to use to connect with OPAL I still must investigate.

Well ip connectivity now works:
ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>
Notas:/# ifconfig usb0 up 192.168.2.200 netmask 255.255.255.0
Listik:/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/Documentation# ping 192.168.2.202
PING 192.168.2.202 (192.168.2.202) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.2.202: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.95 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.2.202: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.72 ms
And how to do it:
prolong "set CMDLINE" line with
ip=192.168.2.202:192.168.2.200:192.168.2.200pal:usb0
But in this image there doesn't seem to be any telnet/ssh server running. I will try cook image with ssh server support later

Download error
Were not able to re-upload

404 file not found error!!

http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/
and open latest gizard-<date>.tar.bz2
or that I suppose.
The latest link should be http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-20090703.tar.bz2

does this mean any chance of android working? anyone tried?

Hey,
I'm a new Opal user and I'm interested in getting *nix running on my device. I still haven't had the chance to mess around with this stuff but I'm excited to see this thread.
I was looking into the possibility of running Android on the Opal and it seems the closest thing is this thread bout running it on the Herald (it uses the same processor as the Opal).
I don't any experience in Linux porting so I thought I'd share this, in case anyone else is interested. And at the same time, I'll try to see if I can get something working based on what has been/is being done for other devices.
Sorry for the long post.

Hey Folks,
Any progress on getting Android on Opal? I am eagerly waiting to load one.
Kindly let me know, if this version of Linux when loaded, gives the UI.
Cheers'
Vijay
cijoml said:
Hi there
I got Linux to boot at OPAL via linwizard project. Here are steps needed to get it work.
1) download image from:
http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-20080602.tar.bz2
2) copy content of file to the microSD card
3) edit default txt and replace init=/linuxrc with init=/bin/sh
4) run haret and let it boot.
After a while you'll get to shell. No graphics.
Now you can attach microusb cable and connect it with your linux laptop (I recommend ubuntu)
and you will get usb0 interfece to start up.
Which IP to use to connect with OPAL I still must investigate.
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Android can boot on Opal
I have some good news, Android can boot on the Opal. This is just a proof of concept as it's missing tons of drivers and is completely useless.
Touchscreen and all keys except for the volume control (and obviously the reset button) are not working. So you basically can't do anything when you run it.
What I tried is the same as what's written in this thread about running Android on Gene. They're using the build made for the Herald/Wing (just as I was proposing in my last post) with customized initramfs and kernel.
You'll find all the necessary details in that thread. However, there's a newer build than the one mentioned there it's wing-linux-0.4pre2.cab. And the suitable kernel for that build is supposed to be the pre2 posted in this post but it didn't work on my Opal so I tried the older Gene kernel and it worked. The main difference between the two is bluetooth support, and that's obviously is of no use for us.
This doesn't effect the Windows rom, nor does it requires any special partitioning. Still it's best to have everything backed up before launching it, just in case.
This is the official site for the wing/herald build:
http://wing-linux.sf.net/
This thread on their forums about the Gene port will probably be of use to us:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/wing-linux/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4
I'm reading about the next steps but as I said before, I don't have any previous experience or knowledge about this type of things. If someone can give me hand, I would be more than grateful. At any rate, once I have better understanding of the concept I'll contact the people behind the Wing and the Gene ports.
P.S: If you do try to run this, keep in mind that this will take lots of time, specially for the first launch. And when you get an error saying something like "android sh: can't access tty" just ignore it and keep waiting. After a while you'll have a flashing "android" on the screen, and after some more waiting you'll reach the main screen.

Is this just THE BEGINNING
Sooper Stuff..!! So is this just THE BEGINNING??
How do we port the drivers and other required information in the build?
Cheers'
Vijay
www.msigeek.com

A Lil' help
I'm going through the Gene port thread here and on the Wing-linux sourceforge forums but I'm still a bit overwhelmed.
I would appreciate any help as I'm completely new to porting. I have some programming and linux knowledge but never attempted this type of things.
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So am I.
Hmmm...
Right. Lets do it the way I did it.
1. Get the touchscreen working. Through HaRET, you must have got the GPIO interrupt whenever you pressed the touchscreen. You must have got two numbers corresponding to each press - a smaller number and a bigger number. The smaller number is the GPIO, and the larger number is, well, lets say a special GPIO value for the same pin.
Now checkout the Gene branch through git.
Goto /wing-linux/kernel/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-htcherald.c
Scroll down to a block of code where you'll see the touchscreen code. Enter the smaller number in the .dav_gpio statement, and the IRQ number in the OMAP_GPIO_IRQ() statement below.
2. Follow the Kernel build instructions on the development section of the wing-linux wiki (the two make commands)
Copy the zImage into the linux folder on your SD card
Boot into wing-linux. The touchscreen should start working.
3. Now, hopefully, after the touchscreen's working, You would essentially just require two more buttons - the home button and the back button for minimum functionality. Everything else can be worked on by the touchscreen.
Then follow the instructions on the wing-linux forum (Page 2) to get the KEY(row,col) values of the keys on your handset. Hopefully you should get atleast a couple. Note down the corresponding keys and their KEY(r,c) values output.
4. Fire up board-htcherald.c again and goto the place where you have the KEY(r,c,KEY_blah) thing and replace the codes as per your obtained KEY(r,c,KEY_blah) values (The Home button is the one commented as Left Button)
5. That's all I can help you with as of now. I'm also figuring out a stable way of getting the DPad and the center select key to work, but It'll take some time.

Thanks kshaurya!
(This guy right here is the one who fixed the kernel for Gene, I asked him for some pointers).
I don't want to take my device apart just yet (I usually do my best not take to dismantle anything that I haven't owned for at least 3 months unless absolutely necessary) and I couldn't find a place that states what touchscreen it uses. I'm just hoping that it's the same a tsc2046 as well. [Is there anyone without a warranty and/or willing to check for us?]
I'm gonna double check the values I got from the touchscreen as for some reason I seem to have to IRQ values, probably forgot to get rid of some spamming irq. And, at the same time, I'm currently setting up a VM as a building environment, my main boot is Intrepid 64 and there's no 'psyco' package for 64 machines.
If anyone else have some experience and wants to try this, refer to: http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HaRET_20Documentation (using haret to get the GPIO and IRQ values needed).
And to:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/wing-linux/wiki/Development (acquiring the source code from Wing Linux and how to build it).
And a quick question for anyone that tried booting Android on the Opal, what screen did you get when Android finally finished booting?

I don't want to take my device apart just yet
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Huh? where did that come from? Wing Linux will not touch your WM.
I seem to have to IRQ values
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Do you mean two? Well, that's exactly what you should get. Even if it's just one, enter that value in the code.
my main boot is Intrepid 64 and there's no 'psyco' package for 64 machines
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Oh no. dont tell me that you are building the entire thing. all you need to do is build the KERNEL! Please! Don't go into building the whole thing from scratch. Use the make ARCH ARM commands given on that page.

kshaurya said:
Huh? where did that come from? Wing Linux will not touch your WM.
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I mean to check the screen, in case it turned out to be different that what you have.
kshaurya said:
Do you mean two? Well, that's exactly what you should get. Even if it's just one, enter that value in the code.
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Yeah, stupid typo.
I noticed now that one of them appears when I keep the screen 'touched' for a bit longer.
kshaurya said:
Oh no. dont tell me that you are building the entire thing. all you need to do is build the KERNEL! Please! Don't go into building the whole thing from scratch. Use the make ARCH ARM commands given on that page.
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I'm not gonna build the complete thing. Seems like I got too exited and failed to notice that building the kernel only requires a cross-compile toolchain, te rest is for compiling the whole thing.
I'm not THIS stupid usually . Honestly!
Thanks again!

I'm not THIS stupid usually . Honestly!
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Its pretty normal

Weird.
I've only changed the two touchscreen values and built the kenrel. It finished without any error but now it won't boot.
It gets stuck, even before the space allocation part, with this error: "sh: can't access tty; job control turned off". And then it displays a prompt.
I'll try modifying an older build, I'm pulling them from the repos at the moment.
After all, the pre2 kernel from Gene didn't boot on my device (although it got stuck later on).

Try doing a clean install - Remove the linux folder and try again.
Also, make sure that you're not forgetting to checkout the Gene branch.
Code:
git checkout Gene
Is your default.txt modified? And have you downloaded the modified initramfs.cpio?
check in the Gene forums for that.

Already tried the clean install, no dice. The default.txt is untouched and I'm using the modified intramfs. What happened this time is different from what happens using the original one, it's not asking me to specify the partition size but instead it's waiting for a command. I could probably ssh via usb but I have no clue how that might help.
And I've already checked out the Gene branch from the beginning.
I've tried compiling the kernel for pre1 (after changing the screen values) from SVN and it did boot (both using the cabs for pre1 and pre2) but no touch screen yet. All in all, I'm guessing that there's too much hardware difference here.
And the button for lowering volumes didn't work either, it seems like whatever you changed for getting it to work on Gene is the same as what we need here, but I'll think about that later.
I only have two ideas left:
- Trying to go back to a more stable build (with lesser features and lesser possibilities for errors). Maybe 0.3.
- Trying to create some kind of hybrid kernel using this alongside the HTC Vogue build as it probably has closer hardware to the Opal (obviously, I'm talking about everything beside the MSM7500 400MHz processor that it has). I'm hoping it won't get to this cause I'm definitely under qualified for that at the time being.

What happened this time is different from what happens using the original one, it's not asking me to specify the partition size but instead it's waiting for a command.
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Could you post a screenshot?
I've tried compiling the kernel for pre1 (after changing the screen values)
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I'm assuming you mean the touchscreen values? Try interchanging and see.
Trying to go back to a more stable build
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I wouldn't recommend that. Defeats the whole purpose.
Why don't you try getting in touch with darkstar?

kshaurya said:
Could you post a screenshot?
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A friend borrowed my digital camera, I tried my laptop's webcam but the text it too blurry. Couldn't fix it using gimp either. So here's exactly what's showing on the screen:
Code:
mdir: Cannot creat directory `/mnt' : File exists
modprbe: could not parse modules.dep
initramfs: Creating device nodes:
initramfs: Loading /initrd.d/10-initfs.sh module
initramfs: Loading /initrd.d/30-wingboot.sh module
Selected:
ROOT_DEVICE=/dev/
CMDLINE=debug quiet psplash=false loglevel=7 init=/sbin/init console=tty0 video=omapfb:accel fbcon=rotate:3 4 root=/dev/
initramfs: Loading /initrd.d/80-loopboot.sh module
initramfs: Loading /initrd.d/85-blockboot.sh module
booting from: /dev/
mount: Mounting /dev/ on /mnt failed: Invalid argument
Unable to mount rootfs device
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
/ $
And after the prompt, on the same line, there's a flashing '_' waiting for input.
Using the original zImage (from the pre2 cab) it's right around here that the screen clears and the Wing Linux installation script kicks in.
kshaurya said:
I'm assuming you mean the touchscreen values? Try interchanging and see.
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Will try that next.
kshaurya said:
I wouldn't recommend that. Defeats the whole purpose.
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I meant it as just a temporary test to till the cause of the incompatibility is figured out. With less things that could go wrong, it'll be easier to locate the ones that are going wrong.
kshaurya said:
Why don't you try getting in touch with darkstar?
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You're right. I should post a thread on the project's forums asking for his help.

Tutorial to Import SMS from Nokia phone to HTC Hero

Hi,
I finally managed to import all my messages from my N95 to Hero and here is a tutorial I wrote for the same.
http://vinodmishra.com/2009/09/how-to-import-smss-from-nokia-to-htc-android-devices/

RemoteSojourner said:
Hi,
I finally managed to import all my messages from my N95 to Hero and here is a tutorial I wrote for the same.
http://vinodmishra.com/2009/09/how-to-import-smss-from-nokia-to-htc-android-devices/
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Has anyone got this to work, i can't get the Date formate changed over to, i copied and pasted the string in the post but it doesn't change it over.

niktheman said:
Has anyone got this to work, i can't get the Date formate changed over to, i copied and pasted the string in the post but it doesn't change it over.
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Ok got it to work,

okay my converter sux I got it .D if you could post more info to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4385729 your tutorial for Hero could be much more simpler...
and dont forget to give credits plx .D
best regards

I had mentioned your thread as a credit in my blog post. Maybe I will make it bold now . And I know it could be simpler. When I have time I could write a tool to insert the xml generated by Amber Nokia convertor into the SQL Lite databases directly without doing all the hacks i.e. merging a tutorial to convert NOkia->WM and then WM->Android. The WM bit isn't really necessary tbh.

Sorry I just noticed.. I forgot to include the link to your post and only included the modaco ones SOrry for that.. Done it now

iphone to htc hero???
anyone?

Almost there, but a little help needed please
Hi, have followed all the steps and got a saved copy of import.xml.
Next I connected the phone using the USB cable. (Didn't mount it as a USB device)
Then I opened Command Promt on my PC and changed to the android SDK tools directory.
Then I type "adb shell" (without quotes)
It says:
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
$
At this point the phone disconnects from HTC Sync and I have to end adb.exe (which appears twice) in windows task manager to get it to reconnect to sync.
Any suggestions please?

If it disconnects from HTC Sync, it's fine as long as you get the shell prompt

RemoteSojourner said:
If it disconnects from HTC Sync, it's fine as long as you get the shell prompt
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But then if I type "su" after the $ it says su: permission denied...

I assume your phone isn't rooted then.

RemoteSojourner said:
I assume your phone isn't rooted then.
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Maybe not. To be honest I'm starting to feel a bit out of my depth here. I don't really have any programming knowledge and haven't really used dos much before. I'll go and research 'rooting' now, but if you can come back with a quick instruction in the meantime that'd be great

Ok, so I've found various instruction for how to root my phone. Only problem is that they each seem to relate to what network I'm on. I was originally on T-Mobile, but paid to have it unlocked so I can use my 3 sim. Should I just use the instruction relating to T-Mobile? Sorry for so many questions, but I'm a bit worried about permanently wrecking the phone

RemoteSojourner said:
I assume your phone isn't rooted then.
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Ok, if I use the instructions here (my ROM version is 2.73.+) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4525393&postcount=1 do you think it should be ok? I am a bit worried about the part where it says "flashrec is using an exploit that isn't patched yet in the current kernel used by HTC, however if/when HTC patches this, flashrec will stop working. So for now it's ok but a next version might have patched this, so keep this in mind !"

retroscendence said:
Ok, if I use the instructions here (my ROM version is 2.73.+) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4525393&postcount=1 do you think it should be ok? I am a bit worried about the part where it says "flashrec is using an exploit that isn't patched yet in the current kernel used by HTC, however if/when HTC patches this, flashrec will stop working. So for now it's ok but a next version might have patched this, so keep this in mind !"
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[PRJ][17.09.11] Android/Linux on TG01 development, new stuff in git

Edit: WARNING! If you do not follow the below instruction, your post WILL be deleted, not moved. Thank you for your cooperation. ~TheRomMistress
bally3 said:
Appreciate your enthusiasm, but can you move the conversations about userspace (builds) to the Discussions thread please, as this thread should be primarily for the KERNEL development only.
Appreciate your understanding,
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Hi!
I have now a TG01 too, and started to develop some Linux stuff for it.
The branch for it is in our htcleo repository.
http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
I did already a bit reasearch and put some new stuff in the htc linux wiki. I will update it if I found something new.
http://www.htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tg01
17.09.11 Edit10 and last:
Hi!
I pushed my last changes. There some new stuff in repo now like:
- Powerbutton support
- Fixes for Power/USB
- Panel Code
- Notifications
- Usb cable pull/push did not crash device anymore
and much other.
I'm closing this project for me because I've no time to work on it.
One Info, the problems with the GUI after boot are ril related. The biggest work is RIL. It looks like you have to write (or find) a RPC based RIL lib.
have fun!
Markinus
Edit9:
Calls works now. But the mic not.
Battery works, a simple cable detection driver too. Problem, you cannot in the moment pull or push the cable in/out. If you do it the devices will crash after ca. 15 sec.
Build updated.
Edit8:
Audio and vibration works.
!Important: Run clrcad.exe in wince bevor you run haret and boot linux!
Edit7:
The Volume and Camera Buttons are now supported.
Edit6:
Added touchscreen buttons
Added first Test Build! Extract to sd and run haret! Look to Post 2.
Edit5:
Touchscreen is working now. I had to recalculate the calibration values. Later we have to look to better calib values, maybe a calib app for users.
Edit4:
We have now a official mach id 3197. This have to be changed in the default.txt for haret.
Edit3:
So some new stuff is checked in:
- panelfile with basic support for mdp and lcdc
- sd card works
- usb works
- rpc, pcom, works
Status: the device is booting now android till the unlock screen in the GUI, but without touchscreen ...
Edit2:
Branch is in our Leo repo:
http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
The basic stuff is now in. Is booting. I didn't find a device ID for tsunagi, so I had to create one.
status: kernel is booting and android starting. We need to write much new stuff to get all hardware working.
default.txt:
set mtype 3197
set ramaddr 0x11800000
set ramsize 0x0e800000
set initrd_offset 0x00a00000
set KERNEL zImage
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline ""
boot
We need to research much stuff. And all this needs much time. So don't ask for dates
!!!IMPORTANT: USE ALL STUFF AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
!You can break your device!
Markinus

First Test Build:
Look to top whats working.
Second testbuild:
http://www.multiupload.com/WQN1Q1SJ0E
http://www.multiupload.com/P0B04IK8S0
Have fun on test!
!!!IMPORTANT: USE ALL STUFF AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
!You can break your device!

hi markinus! i'm glad to see another dev involved to port android on TG01! a new hope for our phone! yesterday i've thinked to sell it.. but now i've a new hope.. and can't wait for some news, good luck.. and if you need help.. just ask..
just a question.. what means "kernel is booting" status? sorry for my english

can you post a link to the kernel your using?

Good to see things moving here.
Hope that the TG01 community will get a workin' kernel
They're worth it.

Ok. I'm going to try this one but after I finish with my homework.
I'm downloading it now.
Wait for news.........

Nice thread, I hope to have good news ..

Last News...
After I download the file I had some problems. It gave me errors when I try to make arch=arm tsunagi_defconfig. Error was like a privet file and you don't have access. So I copy all the files on new directory and then I was able to do make arch=...... defconfig. Then I compiled it with success.
Then I make all changes in default.txt and it run then restart. But this time I think it's problem from some APP. What it say but I wasn't able to see it. It was to fast.
I need some help to set debug haret.
Current default.txt in haret/debug/ is: pwf tg01-ramconsole.txt 0x1FFC0000 0x40000
If some one can help me how to change it that's go be perfect.
Sorry about my English I'm still learning.

Markinus said:
Hi!
I have now a TG01 too, and will start to develop some Linux stuff on it.
I will create a new branch for it in our htcleo repository because some things we can use for both. If I have something what you could try, I will post it here.
I did already a bit reasearch and put some new stuff in the htc linux wiki. I will update it if I found something new.
We need to research much stuff. And all this needs much time. So don't ask for dates
Edit2:
Branch is in our Leo repo:
http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
The basic stuff is now in. Is booting. I didn't find a device ID for tsunagi, so I had to create one.
status: kernel is booting, it means we go through the basic hardware init. I fixed the memory layout.
default.txt:
set mtype 1100001
set ramaddr 0x11800000
set ramsize 0x0e800000
set initrd_offset 0x00a00000
set KERNEL zImage
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline ""
boot
Markinus
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That's great job what have you done. It's amazing. I thing kernel is booting now but I am not sure. With me is still restarting.
If I can help with something just tell me. I'm not professional but may be I can do something.
I was thinking about board configuration and all other configs.. but I didn't know how to do it. So
Thanks for your job.

For those who want to try himself.
1st. Download from Markinus posts his repository it's on the right side on the page http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
2nd. Unzip it in a folder that you have created before. How to unzip it?
Go to Applications -> Accessories->Terminal
In Terminal tap: cd name of your new folder, ( example: cd myAndroid )
then you have myAndroid$
Now you tap : tar xvzf directory where you have download Markinus repository. (example: tar xvzf /home/downloads/linux-on-wince-htc-linux_on_wince-htc-linux-on-tg01.tar.gz.gz)
You will see how the file is unziped.
3rd. You will see in your folder that there is a new folder named (linux-on-wince-htc-linux_on_wince-htc-on-tg01 or something like that). If you see like a small lock in the front of this folder then do this. Create a new folder put the name you want. Then cut everything from the folder linux--on-wince-htc...........etc. and past it in your new folder.
(example what I did it was easy just in my folder myAndroid I create a folder kernel_1 and I paste everything inside.
4th Now wen we have not everything but may be a part of. Is time to download toolchan (compiler) and some libraries.
in your Terminal tap : apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32readline5-dev lib32z-dev.
thats for the libraries.
and this one for tollchains or cross tools or ... what you want call it.
http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/release858
download it and install it. in the same folder as repository (example myAndroid/cross_tools)
Thanks to Endrix with his tutorial help me a lot.
5th.Now enter in your kernel_1 folder or whatever you called it and tap: make ARCH=arm tsunagi_defconfig
6th When finish writing to configuration. tap: make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
enter
If you have done everything without errors then you will see how linux is building your kernel.
7th When finish building go to (exaple myAndroid/kernel_1/ARCH/arm/boot/ ) ther is your kernel Image and zImage you can use both if you want. :O)
Thanks Markinus and Endrix.

EDIT: I've only got windows at work... Can someone please upload a compiled kernel so I can try it on my TG01 so I can give feedback?
Awesome, seriously well done guys!!!
I've not had time to help like I had hoped, so simply well done to those involved so far
).

Glad to hear it finally arrived Markinus
Good to have you on board too. With regard to a compiled kernel, everyone please allow Markinus some to time to get things working before we start asking for kernels to check.
Just so that people understand, kernel booting doesnt mean kernel loading a android gui environment, so theres still nothing to see. What Markinus means by that is he can see that the hardware is being initialised and the things that should be happening when a kernel boots are happening.
Good to see things moving again though

bigandrea said:
Hopes for Windows 7 Phone?
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This is an Linux/Android thread. You should ask the question in the appropriate thread.

Bally, I knew it wasn't ready per se, I just wanted to try and contribute by testing to see if they got the output they expected on multiple phones as I don't have the time to help with development as I expected to

One thing ttt bothers me, TG01 has a low amount of ram (or at least i think so) for winmo most roms get just 100 or so.. Running opera and some music on the backgorund may be enought to get things messsy.
Will android spend more or less in comparissom?
thanks

Kalas_22 said:
One thing ttt bothers me, TG01 has a low amount of ram (or at least i think so) for winmo most roms get just 100 or so.. Running opera and some music on the backgorund may be enought to get things messsy.
Will android spend more or less in comparissom?
thanks
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i also worried about this too. but most android devices have 256 ram or so. and android is more effiecient with ram management than windows mobile. we also have badly optimised toshiba dlls. when running android, it shuts down windows mobile, and opens android os, so both os dont run in the background, thus saving ram. also i wonder after we manage to get functional android roms, we get skinned versions, such as HTC Sense! what do you guys think+

There you have one compiled kernel..
Is ready to execute. Just extract it to your sd card in your phone and that is all. Then run haret.
This one is from Endrix file I just replaced the Image file and set the new default text. There is a zImage as well and you cant try it if you want.

bojan6 said:
There you have one compiled kernel..
Is ready to execute. Just extract it to your sd card in your phone and that is all. Then run haret.
This one is from Endrix file I just replaced the Image file and set the new default text. There is a zImage as well and you cant try it if you want.
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dont have a tg01 to hand at mo.. can anyone post up the output please?

Scougar said:
Bally, I knew it wasn't ready per se, I just wanted to try and contribute by testing to see if they got the output they expected on multiple phones as I don't have the time to help with development as I expected to
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I stand corrected.
Markinus HAS got to the gui...wow!
we need a touch screen driver now.. good work...very impressive!

bally3 said:
I stand corrected.
Markinus HAS got to the gui...wow!
we need a touch screen driver now.. good work...very impressive!
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im sorry but does this mean, we have a functional bootable androidrom??

[SCRIPT/WIP] [28.01.2012] autosync - sync your apps and data when connecting to PC

Hey guys!
I'm currently into scripts so I thought about creating something new. But I didn't know what...
But a friend was just looking for something to automatically synchronize all apps on the phone with the PC (copy them to PC and back to phone when needed).
So I decided to create something for him and share it with this great community.
Currently it's a really early version. The only option is currently to copy the apps and their data to PC. Nothing more.
Feedback is always welcome.
Note: I've made this for Linux, it may work for Mac also.
I won't make a Windows version! Don't ask for it!
How it works:
It will use adb to pull all apps and their data to PC.
You'll be asked for a folder to save to only once, it'll be saved in a config file.
It will wait for your device to connect and then start syncing.
When it's finished it'll tell you where everything have been saved.
Requirements:
-USB-Debugging on
-Enough free space on PC
-adb in the $PATH-variable (don't ask how to, use Google)
WIP:
-Music, image and video syncing with PC
-Restore saved apps from PC to phone with the script
-Some speed improvements (cause it runs really slow)
-Get a nice UI (last thing to do! Don't ask for it now!)
Download:
http://depositfiles.com/files/z26tkazxm
Source code:
http://pastebin.com/DWWVJat5
Tips:
To get it really automated put it in your Window Manager autostart folder.
How to do this: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Autostart_Programs
When script asks you for the path to save, don't use the format ~/something - this won't work.
Use /home/you/something instead.
Don't put a / at the end of the path.
I'll correct this in future versions.
Use option -h to get the help with all commands viewed.
Enjoy it and give me feedback!
Sent from my loved HTC Desire [email protected]

Tutorials
Tutorials will go here.
I will now create one for the cygwin method.
Addon package for the cygwin method: http://depositfiles.com/files/lipqqsv8t

Changelog
22.01.2012:
-initial release
28.01.2012:
-added restore option (beta) -> see the -h option for how to
-started the development for music, picture and video sync

Ditti4 said:
I won't make a Windows version! Don't ask for it!.
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do3in said:
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It's because I don't know how do batch code and the windows version would get updates later.
You can try to recode it for windows if you give me credits.
I got an idea. Gimme till tomorrow...

Hey dudes!
I think we can get the script working on Windows with Cygwin, but I don't know (yet) how to autostart scripts in the Cygwin environment.
So it would be good to have someone to test it with Cygwin.
BTW: restore function should work know. Will do some testing today and if everything is right I'll release an update.
Sent from my loved HTC Desire [email protected]

[Support Thread] ArchLinux on the TF300T(G)

Hi everyone,
If you have any questions relating to Arch on the TF300, please post them here and not in the dev thread
I'll do my best (as well as others, I'm sure) to answer them, but bear in mind that you should have some basic Linux knowledge before flashing!

this is awesome!
cb22 said:
Hi everyone,
If you have any questions relating to Arch on the TF300, please post them here and not in the dev thread
I'll do my best (as well as others, I'm sure) to answer them, but bear in mind that you should have some basic Linux knowledge before flashing!
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I can't thank you enough for this, it's been fantastic so far! I only have a few questions, as I am extremely new to arch linux...as in this is the first time I've used anything aside from debian in the linux world.
To start, how would we go about changing DE's? I've downloaded a couple, but i get errors every time i try to start one saying that another window manager is already running. With ubuntu one just logged out and chose from the log in screen, but there doesn't appear to be a log out process for this, i get a black screen every time i do. Other than that, are there any general programs/settings/tweaks that you would suggest applying? While this is very nice, it still seems to be missing some basic functions, such as putting the screen to sleep and having a set system time.
Despite all of that, this has breathed new life into my tablet, you're doing fantastic work and I hope you only continue to make it more amazing!

fankuan19 said:
To start, how would we go about changing DE's? I've downloaded a couple, but i get errors every time i try to start one saying that another window manager is already running. With ubuntu one just logged out and chose from the log in screen, but there doesn't appear to be a log out process for this, i get a black screen every time i do. Other than that, are there any general programs/settings/tweaks that you would suggest applying? While this is very nice, it still seems to be missing some basic functions, such as putting the screen to sleep and having a set system time.
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Take a look at the .xinitrc file in the home directory. It's a hidden file so you may need to "show hidden" or give an editor the full path (/home/user/.xinitrc)
The file runs the following by default:
Code:
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
You can change everything after `exec` to the script for a different DE, such as `startkde`. If you don't know the command, there should be a list of session templates in /usr/share/xsessions/. Inside each .desktop file there's an "Exec=" line, everything after that is the command to sub in.
My crappy bash skills threw together a quick command to get a list of installed xsessions:
Code:
grep "Exec=" /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop | sed -E 's/^Exec=(.+)$/\1/'
The output on the default rootfs will just be "startxfce4". If you have KDE another line should output "startkde", and so on. Put the command in your .xinitrc (making sure to replace the current one) and then reboot as there's no proper way to log out.

whoops
timothyb89 said:
Take a look at the .xinitrc file in the home directory. It's a hidden file so you may need to "show hidden" or give an editor the full path (/home/user/.xinitrc)
The file runs the following by default:
Code:
exec startxfce4 --with-ck-launch
You can change everything after `exec` to the script for a different DE, such as `startkde`. If you don't know the command, there should be a list of session templates in /usr/share/xsessions/. Inside each .desktop file there's an "Exec=" line, everything after that is the command to sub in.
My crappy bash skills threw together a quick command to get a list of installed xsessions:
Code:
grep "Exec=" /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop | sed -E 's/^Exec=(.+)$/\1/'
The output on the default rootfs will just be "startxfce4". If you have KDE another line should output "startkde", and so on. Put the command in your .xinitrc (making sure to replace the current one) and then reboot as there's no proper way to log out.
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First of all, thanks for the help! Unfortunately, I appear to have done something incorrectly, as the Linux partition will no longer boot. That code didn't return anything but a ">", although as I type this i realize I may have needed to be root...haha, regardless, I tried to edit the .xinitrc file with "exec /bin/usr/startlxde", which is what was after "exec=" in the xsessions directory, nothing happened after waiting quite a while after boot.
I suppose I'll have to reflash the entire partition, considering i can't access the filesystems to change it back. Ah, the wonders of linux!

Sorry if I repeat my question,but how can i activate the keyboard without using a pc with linux ?

fankuan19 said:
First of all, thanks for the help! Unfortunately, I appear to have done something incorrectly, as the Linux partition will no longer boot. That code didn't return anything but a ">", although as I type this i realize I may have needed to be root...haha, regardless, I tried to edit the .xinitrc file with "exec /bin/usr/startlxde", which is what was after "exec=" in the xsessions directory, nothing happened after waiting quite a while after boot.
I suppose I'll have to reflash the entire partition, considering i can't access the filesystems to change it back. Ah, the wonders of linux!
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You should be able to gain access easily via Recovery. Just adb shell in, mount /dev/mmcblk0p8 /mnt and look in /mnt/linux - that's your root file system...
Razorbacktrack5535 said:
Sorry if I repeat my question,but how can i activate the keyboard without using a pc with linux ?
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Without using a PC... Hmm, that could be tricky. If you're in Android, and you add this line to the top of /data/linux/home/user/.xinitrc
Code:
maliit-server &
(before the exec line)
It should give you the virtual keyboard when you restart into Linux.

cb22 said:
You should be able to gain access easily via Recovery. Just adb shell in, mount /dev/mmcblk0p8 /mnt and look in /mnt/linux - that's your root file system...
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I was actually able to just use the terminal emulator in android to navigate back to the .xinitrc file, turns out i wasn't supposed to leave the "--with-yadda-yadda" bit, so i got lxde working...and as it turns out, i don't like it nearly as much as the DE you included, so i'll be switching back to that!

First off: thank you SO much for your hard work at this! My tab has never browsed the web this well. It's better than the desktop I'm sitting next to. Arch is amazing!
Just a few questions. Do we have basic tab controls yet? I'm looking for, specifically:
Brightness Control
Enable/Disable Touchpad
Volume Control
Sleep/Suspend/Hibernate
Especially that last one! As far as I can tell, if I'm not going to use the tab for more than a couple minutes, it's apparently best to shut it down or reboot back into Android so it can "sleep". Or plug it in. I know we're rough around the edges yet, but is this stuff in, or no?

koiulpoi said:
First off: thank you SO much for your hard work at this! My tab has never browsed the web this well. It's better than the desktop I'm sitting next to. Arch is amazing!
Just a few questions. Do we have basic tab controls yet? I'm looking for, specifically:
Brightness Control
Enable/Disable Touchpad
Volume Control
Sleep/Suspend/Hibernate
Especially that last one! As far as I can tell, if I'm not going to use the tab for more than a couple minutes, it's apparently best to shut it down or reboot back into Android so it can "sleep". Or plug it in. I know we're rough around the edges yet, but is this stuff in, or no?
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I don't think sleep/suspend/hibernate is implemented at all quite yet. The backlight seems to turn off completely when the screen times out though so you can fake having a low power mode, though obviously true sleep would be nice.
As for volume control, use pavucontrol. You may need to install it with `pacman -S pavucontrol`.
For brightness ... there's no good way to do this as far as I can tell. XFCE has a brightness control applet you can add to the bottom panel but it doesn't seem to work, and most of the usual packages (e.g. xbacklight, etc) don't detect the backlight device. Oddly enough I gave e17 a try and its builtin brightness applet worked fine, I wonder what they do differently ...
At any rate you can control it manually: the file /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight/brightness has a 0-255 value which controls the screen brightness. Note that you need to run the echo command as root
Code:
# echo "1" > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight/brightness # minimum brightness
# echo "255" > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight/brightness # maximum brightness
# echo "0" > /sys/class/backlight/pwm-backlight/brightness # completely turns off backlight. use with care
Setting it to zero makes it next to impossible to see the screen. I ended up having to ssh into the device (or reboot) to get it back.

I modified the file through a PC and It works ! Thanks, no problems with wifi

Sleep / Suspend isn't implemented yet.
But, I did a bit of testing, and the TF should last for about ~40 hours with the screen off, and the processor in the Low Power mode (which it does automatically. Obviously, it's still wasteful compared to proper suspend, but it's not too bad.

Really liking this so far, other than managing to break wifi once, which I fixed by doing a quick re(install I guess is the proper term). Any chance of a future release having SLiM or something setup out of the box(I'd do it but looking at some of the guides, we are missing some files(?) :s) either that or is there a way to autologin a new user other than the default one named user?
(edit for more info) I've tried following a guide I found on the arch wiki which had me modify [email protected], but it didn't boot so I had to edit it back to the default.
Thanks for all your work cb22, and thanks for taking my advice and switching file hosts

This may be a dumb question
But I can't for the life of me find out how to flash the hybridkernel.blob, I've already done every other thing, but i'm lost as to what to do there. Can I get a bit of guidance please?
:Nevermind: Silly me forgot to go to fastboot, I was trying to do it with adb, for any others though, reboot to fastboot on your tf300t and then run go to the location of fastboot on your pc and hold shift and right click and select open comand line here. Then move the hybridkernel.blob to the same location as the fastboot and run fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging blob

Shingaling said:
But I can't for the life of me find out how to flash the hybridkernel.blob, I've already done every other thing, but i'm lost as to what to do there. Can I get a bit of guidance please?
:Nevermind: Silly me forgot to go to fastboot, I was trying to do it with adb, for any others though, reboot to fastboot on your tf300t and then run go to the location of fastboot on your pc and hold shift and right click and select open comand line here. Then move the hybridkernel.blob to the same location as the fastboot and run fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash staging blob
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Disregard, didn't see the edit until after you posted essentially the same thing I did.

So, does Adobe Flash support work at all in Chromium? I haven't gotten it to recognize the plugin at all. Any way to get this working, or is it just gonna keep bugging me to install it?

koiulpoi said:
So, does Adobe Flash support work at all in Chromium? I haven't gotten it to recognize the plugin at all. Any way to get this working, or is it just gonna keep bugging me to install it?
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I don't think it works at all, I've tried every permutation sudo pacman -S flash-plugin that I could think of and I've gotten notwhere.

They is no flash for ARM for pure Linux.
Wysyłane z mojego ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T za pomocą Tapatalk 2

Itege said:
Any chance of a future release having SLiM or something setup out of the box(I'd do it but looking at some of the guides, we are missing some files(?) :s) either that or is there a way to autologin a new user other than the default one named user?
(edit for more info) I've tried following a guide I found on the arch wiki which had me modify [email protected], but it didn't boot so I had to edit it back to the default.
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In theory you should be able to install a proper display manager without too many issues:
Code:
# pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
# systemctl enable lightdm
...though when I tried this the DM would never actually be run. I was able to run it manually over SSH without issues (both lightdm and slim worked, more or less). I'm in the process of investigating why it isn't run at startup like it should be, whatever the issue is doesn't seem to be related to the display manager itself.

I have an issue with wifi.
1: The WLAN do not find any Network with Channel 12 or 13.. I think I must change the region in germany, but where?
2. The WLAN do not connect, they search for an network adress and after 30seconds they ask for wlan key again.. the key is correct and my router shows the connection.. but archlinux means the key is wrong.. testet with router und smartphone wlan hotspot..
3. 3G not connecting, i have create a profile for BASE Germany, but they do not connect.
UPDATE:
for 2: Sometimes they connect and I can surf. But the ping are more then 600ms.. After few seconds the connection lost, sometimes they connect again, sometimes say ask for wlan key again.
Maybe you can help me. Sorry for my bad english.
Yours Sincelery
Robert

Could any of you guys find out if you have a process running in "interruptible" state named "kinteractive_lo"?
You can check that using "top" in CLI or installing gnome-system-monitor. I guess the standard xfce task manager works as well.
It's driving me nuts and I believe is one of the reasons why I have to hard-reboot my tablet, since invoking reboot with --force works perfectly.
Thanks in advance!