I just got Zubuntu running on my universal!!! I'm so excited!!!!
It's kernel 2.6.32 with the android drivers enabled but i've only gotten zubuntu to start. None of the keys seem to work...or anything else for that matter. will do some more test and debugging.
Here's the link to the Zubuntu page
Here's a link to the rootfs
I got the kernel, default text, and haret attached below.
Congratulations!
Keep us informed if make any advance in getting it work!
awesome
Bravo very cool, good luck with solving the problems will watch this topic
Great news mate, I will test it by myself today
How can I install it?
The download link is crash don't work. Please upload again.
The link is working, I have no problems
I think. Thank you.
great!
touchscreen work?
is there any progress on this project?i think drivers from other linux kernel's could be imported.what works and what does not?
Any chance you could point me in the direction of the Git and defconfig that you used to build the 2.6.32 kernel?
keep it up !!
Any news so far??
Any news on this topic?
Making this work perfectly would be awsome, hence the large amount of RAM and CPU power!
Unfortunately im a linux user, not a developer.
I hope someone could get the touchscreen and keyboard drivers from other distro.-s, e.g Titchy linux, or Opie.
It has been already done for other HTC phones, and for Samsung Omnia, and there is a big bunch of programs already compiled for ARM versions of Ubuntu.
Getting and making the drivers work with this wont take more than days for developers, but without the suitable knowledge, it would take weeks for us to research everything about embedded linux's from zero.
I'm going to release a new 2.6.33 kernel, defconfig, and the source changes for everybody to play with later this evening (now posted below). It's faster and the power functions seem to work and you can see the touch screen enabled not functional in ubuntu tho.... .
KEYMAP
Posted corrected keymap above. All of the fn keys are as they are labeled on the universal except for & and the first and last rows of special keys.
Not kwl: Kernal Panic
how to fix? =]
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Hi I am working on a project based on linwizards kernel, basicly converting it completely to run on an excalibur. Right now all we have done is rebuilt the kernel with proper screen timings and demensions, as well as a semi working keymap.
So basicly we have a terminal, and x but we cant use x yet since linwizard was created with touchscreen in mind, and the excalibur has no touch screen.
So anyone with this kind of development experience (linux, some c, compiling, custom toolchains, etc.. might help to have an excalibur) Please respond here if interested, and thanks.
More info on project located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2770031
I am now working on porting linux to HTC Pharos. Gotten HaREt to boot it, working on the keymap. Will post the image here when it's "usable"
For questions go to the launchpad project's "Answers" page. For discussion, use this thread.
Links:
Progress (Handhelds.org Wiki)
Launchpad project
Git repository
very very cool ... but try to do one better... try to get the android working on our phone !! (the image has been released so it should be possible to compile it for the Pharos)
I'm going to make android work, but I won't make a ROM before next year because android doesn't have a soft keyboard (onscreen keyboard). They plan to develop it in the first quarter of next year though.
Android Roadmap
Still, a working android (but without keyboard) would be cool, so when the linux kernel is good to use, I will start on android.
please DO NOT make it a rom, if possible make it work with HARET because then we have a choice!! (far more flexable)
i see you're dependant on the drivers released by source.android. q1 09 will be great (hell its allmost 2009 anyway)
I'm developing on HaRET, will release that after some time. I will maybe release an android ROM when it's stable and usable. Btw, all releases (ie. files) will be in the first post. So no need to go through pages (if this discussion will be that popular) to look for files...
Also, I can make it work pretty well without the soft keyboard drivers, but not with android. So here's my plan:
1 Make the linux kernel work (keypad and touchscreen most important now...)
2 Release kernel + a distro like familiar
3 Make it work (loosely) on Android
just a supporting note
I will be happy to see your linux rom
Awesome! It will be very interesting to see the progress of this.
i tested linwizard , the touchscreen dont work .
do you found any driver?
what about android?
touchscreen work now.
files will be available soon.
Hey, why don't use kaiser,nike,vogue,polaris zImage and just change the mtype to have android on your Pharos?
Launch haret console and find the gpios button commande and maybe somebody can make a new zimage compatible with your device?
hi,
thank you for the idea.
i already started the project.
touchscreen work very well, and i'm now working on buttons and jog wheel.
pharos is omap850 and many difference/and similarity with list of model you listed.
lets hope it work now.
can you please give me any documentation.I'm very thankful.
Oh yeah i didn't mention it wasn't the same chipset so it isn't possible to merge source with our thread.
I don't know much things but i can try to help you.
Try to contact @ : dzo, dcordes or another member in the kaiser thread
Can you please post a POC zip. I want to test how android is reactive on Pharos.
Thanks.
please join this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=494991
source will be uploaded on server as soon as possible.
for now you can play with proposed file.
you can join our project.
Hello.
I've been trying to boot android the opal by trying the vogue kernal (since it has the same specs as the opal) on the opal until i came across this. a fellow xda-dev member had some good news on android booting on the opal.
heres the original quote from him in the "LINUX BOOTS at OPAL! Thanks to linwizard project!" thread.
MusikMonk said:
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.
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i've not tried it yet, but the touchscreen drivers and buttons are not working. if anyone could help build a android kernel for the opal, it would be extremly great!
This thread will be used for future android builds for the opal.
It is possible "Android" in this mobile ????
I would like install to
no, i don't think you can install, but you can boot it from haret. i'm not sure too how to boot it though, trying to find a way.
okay i tried reached till ANDROID boot screen struck waiting for fone to respond.. responded now struck on power off screen..
nothing happens powering offffff strucks.. any way it worked half way.. now i have hope one day will run android on opal
If the Opal is based on the Omap850 chipset, anyone care to try the Wing-linux project on their phones? It's Android ported (or in the process of being ported) to the Wing/Herald. The keys won't be mapped to your phones but I wonder if it will actually boot all the way to the Android desktop. (Btw, the first boot takes a long time to finish.)
would love to try android!!
ivanmmj said:
If the Opal is based on the Omap850 chipset, anyone care to try the Wing-linux project on their phones? It's Android ported (or in the process of being ported) to the Wing/Herald. The keys won't be mapped to your phones but I wonder if it will actually boot all the way to the Android desktop. (Btw, the first boot takes a long time to finish.)
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Actually, we're already working with wing-linux:
MusikMonk said:
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.
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At any rate, the main thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=462188
I would appreciate any help because, at the moment, I seem to be the only Opal owner working on the port. And I lack the experience.
I was working on modifying the kernel so that the touchscreen would work but I ran into some problems and I've been too busy during the last week to do anything concerning this project.
i'll be happy if anyone could post links to videos showing android running on our HTC touch viva
I got Android CupCake installed and working on my HTC Opal a few weeks back using the WingLinux.
Keys are not mapped and Android is not fully functional but never the less, its android 1.6 on your viva...u can chk da pic off my facebook album, i dnt wanna upload'em again:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068361&id=1493937383
what is special in android which make it different from windows? How it connect to windows pc and linux?
http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about&l=en
After reading this i thought it is possible to bring this to our omap 850 devices so i just want see ur views
you can use e17 booting angstrom + illume thanks to wing linux project
but there aren't angstrom image ready to load you must compile...
As gp.triple pointed out, it should be possible to do. As Wing Linux uses Angstrom+Android so Angstrom+E17 shouldn't be a problem.
And pitillo on #wing-linux mentioned a couple of days ago that he was trying to build it for elf (aka Touch, another Omap850 device). If he succeded in making one, it should run as is on our devices.
Personally, I prefer having a Kernel that supports all Opal features before worrying about builds and packages. And sadely, I'm not having lots of success there
Anyway, check the link in my sig if you want to know more about Wing Linux.
MusikMonk said:
Personally, I prefer having a Kernel that supports all Opal features before worrying about builds and packages.
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're right I also think that before we have a working kernel and then you can choose what you prefer
Linux is freedom
i tried android wing linux already , its cool thnx musik monk
Hi,
I have recently ported PostmarketOS with the help of the developers of the os. It is an initial port, so only display, touchscreen and charging work. 3D acceleration seems to be broken for now, same as other things such as wifi and stuff. The only tested UI for now is xfce4, as it can run on the framebuffer. If someone is willing to help with the port, it would be great For now I'll try to make wifi and bluetooth work.
Here is the link to the device page on the pmOS wiki, flashing instructions are also there : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/HTC_HD2_(htc-leo))
Update : wifi works now too
Dominduchami said:
Hi,
I have recently ported PostmarketOS with the help of the developers of the os. It is an initial port, so only display, touchscreen and charging work. 3D acceleration seems to be broken for now, same as other things such as wifi and stuff. The only tested UI for now is xfce4, as it can run on the framebuffer. If someone is willing to help with the port, it would be great For now I'll try to make wifi and bluetooth work.
Here is the link to the device page on the pmOS wiki, flashing instructions are also there : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/HTC_HD2_(htc-leo)
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Hi Dominduchami, thanks for your work.
Here is the link with the bracket on the end
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/HTC_HD2_(htc-leo)
Is there a download link there?
@Robbie P Hi. There isn't really any download link, but in the link to the wiki there's an installation guide. You'll just have to install pmbootstrap and follow the instructions there. If there is a need for it, I can also make an image of the sd card with the rootfs, but I think it wouldn't be really practical, because alpine linux is updated all the time
Dominduchami said:
Hi,
I have recently ported PostmarketOS with the help of the developers of the os. It is an initial port, so only display, touchscreen and charging work. 3D acceleration seems to be broken for now, same as other things such as wifi and stuff. The only tested UI for now is xfce4, as it can run on the framebuffer. If someone is willing to help with the port, it would be great For now I'll try to make wifi and bluetooth work.
Here is the link to the device page on the pmOS wiki, flashing instructions are also there : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/HTC_HD2_(htc-leo))
Update : wifi works now too
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Hello, are you still working on this? Would you perhaps be interested in working together?
Please get in touch!
ImToby said:
Hello, are you still working on this? Would you perhaps be interested in working together?
Please get in touch!
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Hi.
Sorry for the late reply. I'm not really working on it right now and I don't plan on doing anything with it in the near future. If you want to work on it however, I can give you some advice on how to set up the environment and such, if you want. The things that probably can be also made working are audio and bluetooth, graphics acceleration is afaik not possible in pmos with such old kernel.
Can you upload sd card with rootfs images ? please