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htc wizard with linux?

hi, is there a linux, which i can install on my htc wizard? when yes, can you give a link and a introduction?
Thanks!

No, But it is being worked on! So sorry no link!

Link
http://linwizard.sourceforge.net/

Interesting .. for those who decided to go anti M$ .. bump!

ok i want to install linwizard, but it doesn't worked! the error is:
UNABLE TO OPEN LOG FILE ...
TINY_CONSOLE_INIT_DONE .
CANNOT OPEN SCRIPT FILE
\STORAGE\PROGRAMM FILES\HARET\LINUX.HA
i puted the files on storage card or what is storage?
i did it by this introduction
http://omap850.om.funpic.de/downloads/wizard/readme
and here are the files:
http://omap850.om.funpic.de/downloads/wizard/
HELP!

ok i want to install linwizard, but it doesn't worked! the error is:
UNABLE TO OPEN LOG FILE ...
TINY_CONSOLE_INIT_DONE .
CANNOT OPEN SCRIPT FILE
\STORAGE\PROGRAMM FILES\HARET\LINUX.HA
i puted the files on storage card or what is storage?
i did it by this introduction
http://omap850.om.funpic.de/downloads/wizard/readme
and here are the files:
http://omap850.om.funpic.de/downloads/wizard/
HELP!
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You don't put the files on the storage card. You create a new directory in the root of file system called "Storage". This is confusing I know. You want a new folder called "Storage" on the *same level* as your "Windows" and "Storage Card". Then you put the files in Storage/Program Files/Haret.
Also if you are using the kernal from that site (i.e. pre built) you wont be able to do anything. On boot it will crash with a kernal panic. If you want a working version you have to compile your own kernal from the source in their repositry...and I ain't talking you through that! Even then you only get a command prompt
Lewis

WOW THX!!!
but now i have a kernel panic^^
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)
after that the device is freezed
only what i can do is a soft reset!
*grmml*

WOW THX!!!
but now i have a kernel panic^^
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(1,0)
after that the device is freezed
only what i can do is a soft reset!
*grmml*
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Yes! I told you that would happen! See my above post. Have compile the newest kernal to get anywhere - and even then you only get a command prompt.
Lewis

Next Problem, did i understood that right, that i need linux on my pc? because that looks like in ubuntu in the shell or a other linux.
cd /usr/local
tar xvfj /path to/arm-linux-gcc-3.4.1.tar.bz2
vi ~/.bash_profile
add in the line: PATH= ":/usr/local/arm/3.3.2/bin"
make su - <username>
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i havent linux on my computer. so what could i do? can somebody send me the kernel, or his complete folder with linwizard?
mail: [email protected]
Thanks!

Grab a Linux liveCD like Knoppix www.knoppix.org or DSL - Damn Small Linux which is only about 60mb so will be a quick download, if you install it to a USB stick too then you can write files to it as well.
EDIT: Just realised that if all you want to do is to extract files then grab WinRAR it does most things like tarballs and the likes.

Yes you need Linux to compile a kernel - and a fair few dependencies.
I have attached a kernel i compiled (I *think* it's the latest). I can't see why this would be a problem as the source is open to anyone, but if it is let me know so I can remove it.
Lewis

interesting, can anyone post some screen shots of Linux on the wizard?

This one seems a bit more recent, and will get you a command line without a lot of hassle:
http://webtomware.rhoen.de/linwizard/

Hmm.. but the linux seems to be bit far fetch from being usable, huh? Usually, I'm good in getting stuff from the web, but it seems that this linwiz information is a bit hard to dig. I was just wondering, how functional is it currently? I know that there are a few linux for others Windows based phone and they have quite a history to them, so I presume there are some working linux that can be transfer to the Wizard?

Hmm.. but the linux seems to be bit far fetch from being usable, huh? Usually, I'm good in getting stuff from the web, but it seems that this linwiz information is a bit hard to dig. I was just wondering, how functional is it currently? I know that there are a few linux for others Windows based phone and they have quite a history to them, so I presume there are some working linux that can be transfer to the Wizard?
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Yeh it is. It's all on that webpage I linked a while back. The wiki is where you'll find instructions. If you find the readme file it talks you though it., but the compiled kernel I posted above is the latest anyway. It is only a command line and people are still working on it. Long way from being at the standard of other devices (Blue Angel, Universal etc.). But still, its hope! I for one can't wait.
This one seems a bit more recent, and will get you a command line without a lot of hassle:
http://webtomware.rhoen.de/linwizard/
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Thats the same thing. Experimental way of getting an x-server running. If i read the forums right they've since found a better way using the more compatible linux frame buffer standard instead.
Lewis

I am interested in Installing Gnu/LinWizard on my Cingluar 8125.. were can i found the ROM.. link please

http://webtomware.rhoen.de/linwizard/linwizard-0.1.4.tar.gz
that works!
Linux i am comming!^^

and now? have anybody linux on his pc, to install like in the readme? i want nano x on the ppc too^^
if anyone could install it, can the person send the files? or the folder?
or how can i install it on windows?
thank you!

any one try to install it in QTEK S200

Debian Lenny on Droid Eris [02/14/2010 - WORKING! mjgdroid completed!!]

EDIT [02/14/2010]: Please see mjgdroids FINISHED PORT HERE.Make sure to thank him and/or donate to mjgdroid.
EDIT: MAKE SURE YOUR ROM SUPPORTS PARTITIONS ON YOUR SD! YOU CAN USUALLY FIND THIS INFO IN YOUR ROMS FAQ.
I'm currently looking for a work-around. Mounting EXT3 still works in the rooted terminal, but that doesn't help Android see your FAT partition.
Here it is folks, working instructions to get Debian Lenny running on your Droid Eris! I say that it's 90% complete because I do not yet have fully functioning MeeGo, I hope to resolve the issue sometime this weekend. Otherwise, all is well. I'm releasing the instructions so that others in the community can contribute.
Thanks to ban_dover for a lot of initial work. For author credit, other contributions, and the original thread leading up to my fix, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748094. If there is ANYONE else who needs to be credited here, PLEASE pm me and I'll edit this post.
Also, if you're wondering "Why Debian Lenny?" it was readily available and already set up for ARMv5 and up. There are also available MeeGo binaries for Lenny. WOOHOO! Everybody's life is easier.
EDIT: I've released what I consider to be an unstable/incomplete RAW image. I will not link to unstable images in this post, you can download it on page 2 of thread. This image can be used to skip both step 1 and converting the image from QCOW to RAW.
1. Create ARM image containing Debian Lenny
In Linux command line
- Download Debian ARM Installer
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dis...el/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dis.../versatile/netboot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile
- Create disk image
qemu-img create -f qcow deb-arm.img 4G
- Run QEMU VM to run Debian ARM Installer
qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -hda deb-arm.img -initrd initrd.gz -append "root=/dev/ram" -m 256
- In Debian installer, follow prompts
I chose the following user access, root-pass:debian91, user:debian and pass:debian91
Install desired defaults. I initially went with desktop environment; core environment may be best for MeeGo
- Reboot VM ONCE to permit it to statisfy any changed dependencies
2. Create filesystem on phone and copy Lenny
In Linux SUPER-USER command line
- Backup SDCARD if necessary
- Enter superuser mode
"sudo sh" or "sudo bash"
- Partition SDCARD
Use partition editor of choice (I used GParted)
FAT must be first partition
Create second partition as ext3
- Mount EXT3 partition
mkdir sd
mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 sd
- Convert QCOW image to RAW image
qemu-img convert deb-arm.img -O raw deb-arm.raw
- Mount RAW image as loop
mkdir image
mount -t ext3 deb-arm.raw image -o loop,offset=32256
- Copy image contents to EXT3 partition on SDCARD
cp -r image/* sd
- Unmount both SDCARD and RAW image
- umount deb-arm.raw && umount /dev/sdb2
3. Bind necessary nodes and create chroot jail
In eiter ADB shell or in rooted phone command line (either method MUST BE SUPERUSER!!!)
- Enter superuser mode
"su" (make sure to accept and remember if asked on rooted phone; also not sure how to superuser in ADB shell)
(NOTE: The folowing commands should use "busybox" as a prefix if using ADB shell in terminal)
- Mount EXT3 partition (should be /dev/block/mmcblk0p2)
mkdir /data/local/debian
mount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/local/debian
- Bind the necessary nodes
mount --bind /dev/pts /data/local/debian/dev/pts
mount --bind /proc /data/local/debian/proc
mount --bind /sys /data/local/debian/sys
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
- Enter into Debian system
chroot /data/local/debian /bin/bash
4. Installing MeeGo and opening an Xsession through VNC
- COMING SOON!! (like, over the weekend)
EDIT: MINOR SETBACK DUE TO FROYO NOT SUPPORTING PARTITIONED SDCARDS. WORKING WITH DEVS TO RESOLVE.
Connecting chroot to VNC
Running MeeGo environment
- Why Not Now
Finding the best way to get an xserver on Android... possibly without VNC
Seeing which is better, install MeeGo before copying to SDCARD, or after
- Possible future: adapting Lenny to favorite distro flavor
- This would take a lot more of my time, and those who want to convert it to ubuntu can google it more easily

Information Sources
This is a list of articles that I've gleaned my info from.
Debian Lenny ARM on Qemu
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
http://www.finalcog.com/howto-install-debian-lenny-arm-qemu-ubuntu-jaunty
http://kevin.deldycke.com/2007/04/how-to-grow-any-qemu-system-image/
Chrooting Troubleshooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748094
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=6073.0;wap2 (helpful in determining why nexus one and incredible images wouldn't chroot)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-470306-start-0.html
Inspiration
http://bayleshanks.com/wiki.pl?tips-computer-android-g1_debian_cyanogenMod
Most of the G1 development on XDA
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/120622-how-run-ubuntu-droid-incredible.html

Very cool, good job.

very nice indeed!

Thanks guys.

I've always wanted to ask but thought it might offend someone. In any case, what will this enable us to do that we couldn't do already?
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App

xnatex21 said:
I've always wanted to ask but thought it might offend someone. In any case, what will this enable us to do that we couldn't do already?
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App
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My thoughts exactly, I have no idea what's being said here.

Sweet! Nice work.

korben dallas said:
My thoughts exactly, I have no idea what's being said here.
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Hmm... I sometimes fall on the answer that its obvious. Let me give a few reasons why I did it. Other than "it is fun for me."
1. Because we can, lol
2. It opens potentially the full gamut of available Linux software that wouldn't otherwise run (unless ported)
3. Broadened capability means wider choice
4. Unknown territory (at least for Eris users) provides new frontiers
I like these answers, three out of four also sum up why open source exists.

Very nice man. Got any screens?

Nikolai2.1 said:
Very nice man. Got any screens?
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Right now, my camera is my eris. I'll get somebody to take either video or some pics this weekend so y'all can see it in action.

Could anybody create an image and upload it I just spent the last 4 hours waiting for debian to install inside qemu only for it to hang right before the end lol. Needless to say I just want to experiment with it but I don't really want to do that again or risk it hanging again.

Running X from Chroot
OK, so I was sitting around on break and it hit me that Debian Lenny has the Gnome Mobile desktop designed for touch interfaces in its repositories. The project is called Hildon and was the basis for Maemo before it became MeeGo. Voila, debian gui solved.
Then I remembered an article I'd read while in college on running X from within a chroot jail. I love google; I took a look around for it and found it: http://norman.walsh.name/2003/08/22/chroot. Bingo! We may not need VNC to get graphical output.
In short, my free time is going to consist of installing Hildon in Lenny and writing a script to bind the proper directories, descend into chroot and run X.
It's interesting to note a few things. I read on a few boards that android doesn't have it's own Xserver. Historically, chroot was used for testing purposes to ensure that a system could run on the existing kernel/hardware/etc. Well, in Debian Lenny we have an xserver and its dependencies compiled to run on ARMv5 and up. So technically if we can get X to run from chroot with the proper bindings, then we can get that SAME xserver to run directly on Android. Further, the ability to run Debian in chroot directly implies that the same software will run outside of chroot.
And one speculation: it would be an interesting experiment to see if these tools could be run side-by-side with the default Android rom. To any devs familiar with Android roms, does that sound overly ambitious?

AcidRoot said:
Could anybody create an image and upload it I just spent the last 4 hours waiting for debian to install inside qemu only for it to hang right before the end lol. Needless to say I just want to experiment with it but I don't really want to do that again or risk it hanging again.
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Hey AcidRoot! I give no guarantees as I mentioned I'm still working out kinks, but I can upload my image. I'll compress it, upload it, and edit this post with a link to it.
My current image of Debian Lenny ARMv5 is available here. I'm not posting the link in the first post because this image does not constitute what I'd call stable and complete, just so you're forewarned.

composerdude said:
Hey AcidRoot! I give no guarantees as I mentioned I'm still working out kinks, but I can upload my image. I'll compress it, upload it, and edit this post with a link to it.
My current image of Debian Lenny ARMv5 is available here. I'm not posting the link in the first post because this image does not constitute what I'd call stable and complete, just so you're forewarned.
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Thanks alot I know the risks I just want to experiment with it.

One of the kinks that would be immediately noticed is that paths to executable directories are not set. When chroot into /data/local/debian, make sure that one of the first things you do is change the path variable.
Code:
PATH=/usr:/bin/:usr/local/bin:.

oman def going to try this later on tonight... sounds GREAT

What is this exactly?

Awesome work man! I've been following this in ban_dovers thread. I just needed to comment here so it'll show up in my "participated" folder on my xda app.
I'll be lurking and waiting for something more stable and noob friendly. Keep up the great work.
Sent from my nonsensikal froyo using XDA App

@joshw0000: Thanks for the encouragement!
@EVERYBODY: I just discovered today after updating Tazz Froyo to the latest version that updates to CM6 have aparently broken support for partitioned SD cards. I am looking for a work-around before working out more kinks. My istructions still work, it's just that ANDROID sees a blank SD, even though partitions can still be mounted to run Debian. Anyone testing, check your FAQs to make sure partitions are supported. I'll keep you posted on my end.

[Shell Script] Setup a build environment for AOSP in a snap.

If you are like me you are tired of reformatting to have to type in a long mess of stuff just to use adb well I have simplified it in a small sh file. It installs all the applications according to Android's website. I even updated the application names to the ones which Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit recognizes. It's an initial release feel free to modify.
Extract all files to your HOME dir, edit the username in phones.rules and execute in terminal
Find the most recent version on github (Link in my Signature)
Download initial release here : https://github.com/elginsk8r/build_env/zipball/master

elginsk8r said:
If you are like me you are tired of reformatting to have to type in a long mess of stuff just to use adb well I have simplified it in a small sh file. It installs all the applications according to Android's website. I even updated the application names to the ones which Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit recognizes. It's an initial release feel free to modify.
Extract all files to your HOME dir, edit the username in phones.rules and execute in terminal
Find the most recent version on github (Link in my Signature)
Download initial release here : megaupload dot com ?d=QJ1VLJIL[/url]
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gr8 idea how to run it on windows7??

doomhammer07 said:
gr8 idea how to run it on windows7??
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You can't compile on windows, you need a linux distro or mac to do so!

cdesai said:
You can't compile on windows, you need a linux distro or mac to do so!
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Or a Linux distro running as a VirtualBox VM under Windows.

a change to your script...line 14
cd ~/sdk/tools
should be changed to
cd ~/android-sdk-linux/tools
anyone could probably figure it out but for those in need and confused..

Can someone repost this script? Some sort of FBI warning on megaupload atm.

I'll reupload when I get home tonight with updated version
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA

link has been updated. Thanks JKILO for pointing that out I must have overlooked that one.

hey there!
is there a possibility to get this script anywhere?
the link to github is dead and i can't find it elsewhere...
would be really cool!
greetz n thx,
sUsH

Guide for building your own custom Raring Ubuntu-Core IMG.

Guide to making a Raring Ubuntu-core image on a Linux PC/laptop (NOT a virtual machine (VM)) for the purpose of installing it on your TF101.
All credit goes to the time and consideration x3maniac took to assist me with doing this!
OP for Tubutnu by x3maniac
This guide allows you to create a CORE Ubuntu image on your Linux box and then install it using the Tubuntu application for Windows. ***Please note, a CORE image does not contain a GUI. The gnome-core guide in the next link will walk you through the steps of installing the gnome-core GUI after you have made your fresh Raring Ubuntu-Core image.***
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37803357
***Why do I want to do this when the OP by x3maniac already has a Raring image for download? This guide is helping you make your own UPDATED image. There are daily builds of Raring and the image in the OP by x3maniac is over 2 months old as of this last update to this post.***
Please note that I am using a stock Ubuntu 12.10 laptop. I believe any variant of Ubuntu on a laptop or PC should work with this guide just fine.
Download the files first and then open Terminal to input our commands.
Download: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/daily/current/raring-core-armhf.tar.gz
(You may optionally choose any date time from the Ubuntu-core folders. Ensure you are using the armhf tar.gz file.
Download (Recommended): https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqn9aa94oeju9kf/modules.tar.gz
Alternate Download: http://goo.im/dev/x3maniac/mod_firm_ext.zip
Alternate Download: http://www.novaspirit.com/downloads/mod_firm_ext.zip
After the downloads are complete, open Terminal and let’s get the image built!
A side note, I did not know that using ~ represented the user folder so if you do great, if not it will help you understand that /home/thomas can be represented using ~. So any subfolders of /home/thomas are included using the ~. I will specify my full paths and you can substitute the directories you wish to use. (Linux is still new to me too, I know enough to be dangerous!)
1. mkdir /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring
2. cd /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring
3. sudo apt-get install qemu
4. sudo apt-get install qemu-user-static
5. Now type this command: qemu-img create raring.img 200M
a.The Ubuntu Raring core image is approximately 186MB. So you understand at 186MB you only have 14MB available of extra stuff you can put into the image. You can resize up later but never down. You may specify any MB size you wish to use for the image. Experiment later, for now just make it 200M.
6. fdisk raring.img (you will see an error about invalid flag, this is ok, step 7 below is w for write, do proceed to step 7)
7. Type w to quit
8. Determine the file system you want (I used ext4)
a. Now type: mkfs.ext4 raring.img (according to config file of Tubuntu app, the partition is set up as ext3, you can use that as well)
b. A warning that your image is not a block special device (when choosing ext4) hit Y to proceed.
c. From /Ubuntu-raring directory type: mkdir mount
9. Now type: sudo mount –o loop ./raring.img ./mount
10. Now type: cd mount
10a. Now type: ls (you are only listing the mount directory to verify you have the lost+found directory) Go up one directory to /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring
11. Now type: cp /home/thomas/Downloads/raring-core-armhf.tar.gz /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring
12. Now type: sudo tar xvvf raring-core-armhf.tar.gz –C ./mount (you should not be in the mount directory)
13. Now type: sudo tar xvvf modules.tar.gz -C ./mount (you should not be in the mount directory)
14. sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring/mount/usr/bin (enter)
15. Now type: sudo chroot mount (if successful you will see /#)
16. Now type: passwd and make a password and confirm it.
17. Now type: exit
18. Now type: sudo umount ./mount
19. You should now be in the /home/thomas/images/ubuntu-raring/ directory. From here use the ls command and see your raring.img file.
20. You will need to copy this file your Windows box and use the Tubuntu installation application OR wheelie and nvflash commands. (Wheelie and nvflash commands are for more advanced users).
21. Click on this link for the next guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37803357

Hi, I have no problems creating the image and mounting it. But when chrooted:
apt-get update
0% [Working]qemu: Unsupported syscall: 374
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com:80' (-11 - System error)...
I am on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. What could it be? qemu & qemu-user-static installed, qemu-arm-static copied...
Thank you and sorry for my CZ-english

onmail said:
Hi, I have no problems creating the image and mounting it. But when chrooted:
apt-get update
0% [Working]qemu: Unsupported syscall: 374
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com:80' (-11 - System error)...
I am on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. What could it be? qemu & qemu-user-static installed, qemu-arm-static copied...
Thank you and sorry for my CZ-english
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I need to update my guide. After the image is created on your Linux box you then install it on your tablet using tubuntu application. From the tab is where you run apt get commands. Sorry about that.
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TomTcom said:
I need to update my guide. After the image is created on your Linux box you then install it on your tablet using tubuntu application. From the tab is where you run apt get commands. Sorry about that.
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Oh, I see, but I think I will not be able to install apt-utils wpasupplicant if the wlan0 adapter is not working (I mean when wpasupplicant is not installed in the image).

onmail said:
Oh, I see, but I think I will not be able to install apt-utils wpasupplicant if the wlan0 adapter is not working (I mean when wpasupplicant is not installed in the image).
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Yes you will because the core image has everything you need except the supplicant. You can make your own supplicant or copy from your working dual booted prime image of android. Let me try and update the guide later tonight.
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onmail said:
Oh, I see, but I think I will not be able to install apt-utils wpasupplicant if the wlan0 adapter is not working (I mean when wpasupplicant is not installed in the image).
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Ok, made several changes to my guide. Here's a couple things to note in case you missed them.
1. This guide helps you make an image of Raring Ubuntu-Core. This means there is no GUI and an additional post I have linked to for installing Gnome-Core (your actual desktop environment) for Raring.
2. After the Raring.img is made, you need to start on the Raring Gnome-Core guide and follow those instructions. That installation takes about 2 hours to download and answer questions because it is such a core install.
3. About the wifi, you will be using x3maniac's Tubuntu Windows installation application and starting from fresh with Prime Android and your new Raring image and if you follow the second guide it will walk you through setting up your wifi (do make sure you boot into Prime Android and set up your wifi first before booting to Raring.
4. Please familiarize yourself with the OP I have linked to for the x3maniac Tubuntu application.
It's not as hard as it may seem. After you do it a few times it's rather quick. Installing gnome-core by yourself is kind of slow and a bit tedious but the purpose of doing this was to have complete control of your image.
Later on if you are brave you can also build your own kernel as well and make changes. See my guide in my xda signature.
Hope this helps, thanks for using my guide. Hit the thanks button a couple of times and I'll make sure you get up and running.

TomTcom said:
Ok, made several changes to my guide. Here's a couple things to note in case you missed them.
1. This guide helps you make an image of Raring Ubuntu-Core. This means there is no GUI and an additional post I have linked to for installing Gnome-Core (your actual desktop environment) for Raring.
2. After the Raring.img is made, you need to start on the Raring Gnome-Core guide and follow those instructions. That installation takes about 2 hours to download and answer questions because it is such a core install.
3. About the wifi, you will be using x3maniac's Tubuntu Windows installation application and starting from fresh with Prime Android and your new Raring image and if you follow the second guide it will walk you through setting up your wifi (do make sure you boot into Prime Android and set up your wifi first before booting to Raring.
4. Please familiarize yourself with the OP I have linked to for the x3maniac Tubuntu application.
It's not as hard as it may seem. After you do it a few times it's rather quick. Installing gnome-core by yourself is kind of slow and a bit tedious but the purpose of doing this was to have complete control of your image.
Later on if you are brave you can also build your own kernel as well and make changes. See my guide in my xda signature.
Hope this helps, thanks for using my guide. Hit the thanks button a couple of times and I'll make sure you get up and running.
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OK, thanks a lot, I will try. I have been playing with Tubuntu for some weeks and now I just started playing with building the image (and thinking about kernel...). Just now I am on Lubuntu (with xfce4 which I prefer) with 2.6 kernel and I am trying on my son's TF101 Raring with Gnome and 3.1 kernel. I am just thinking about the possibility when one system is "fine tuned" if it would be possible to copy it from one TF to the other one (I mean just the Linux partition).

onmail said:
Hi, I have no problems creating the image and mounting it. But when chrooted:
apt-get update
0% [Working]qemu: Unsupported syscall: 374
Err http://ports.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Something wicked happened resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com:80' (-11 - System error)...
I am on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. What could it be? qemu & qemu-user-static installed, qemu-arm-static copied...
Thank you and sorry for my CZ-english
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Replying to my own post because I must say - sorry, I am ehm an idiot... Because the only problem was - I have not edited the /etc/resolv.conf in the mount/etc directory. So now I can easily apt-get anything in the chroot! So it seems I can easily "prepare" an image with everything inside

onmail said:
Replying to my own post because I must say - sorry, I am ehm an idiot... Because the only problem was - I have not edited the /etc/resolv.conf in the mount/etc directory. So now I can easily apt-get anything in the chroot! So it seems I can easily "prepare" an image with everything inside
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Did it work? I couldn't not without finding a way to inject VI into the image for editing the file. You can mess with permissions but it ultimately doesn't work from the Linux box.
If you are able to do it without the tab, post the instructions and I'll add it to my OP and give you the credit.
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TomTcom said:
Did it work? I couldn't not without finding a way to inject VI into the image for editing the file. You can mess with permissions but it ultimately doesn't work from the Linux box.
If you are able to do it without the tab, post the instructions and I'll add it to my OP and give you the credit.
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It works I am just in the middle of installing xubuntu-desktop... I have made a quick & dirty bash script which will help to set hostname for the new TF101, root password, make a new user with password and add him to sudo group, automatically enable all the deb repos (universe etc.), set cpu freqs in rc.local and install some usefull utils (sudo cpufrequtils bash-completion wpasupplicant nano mc net-tools). And there is a second script you can run on the first run on TF101 which will resize the linux partition to its limit, copy the wpa_supplicant.conf from the android partition and starts wlan0 I will send this to you asap but will test this first. Hope my English is understandable

onmail said:
It works I am just in the middle of installing xubuntu-desktop... I have made a quick & dirty bash script which will help to set hostname for the new TF101, root password, make a new user with password and add him to sudo group, automatically enable all the deb repos (universe etc.), set cpu freqs in rc.local and install some usefull utils (sudo cpufrequtils bash-completion wpasupplicant nano mc net-tools). And there is a second script you can run on the first run on TF101 which will resize the linux partition to its limit, copy the wpa_supplicant.conf from the android partition and starts wlan0 I will send this to you asap but will test this first. Hope my English is understandable
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Xubuntu on raring is working without any problems. Now I would like to get the nvidia accelerated drivers working. I have tried 2 or 3 3.1 kernels but still without success. Googling for some help on compiling 3.1 kernel.

onmail said:
Xubuntu on raring is working without any problems. Now I would like to get the nvidia accelerated drivers working. I have tried 2 or 3 3.1 kernels but still without success. Googling for some help on compiling 3.1 kernel.
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Awesome! If you go to the op for x3maniac, you can view his github that has 3.1 kernel source. Take a look and see of it helps.
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Awesome! If you go to the op for x3maniac, you can view his github that has 3.1 kernel source. Take a look and see of it helps.
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By the way, I have instructions for compiling the 2.6.36 kernel in my xda signature if that helps you.
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By the way, I have instructions for compiling the 2.6.36 kernel in my xda signature if that helps you.
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Yes, I know, I have already checked that. The 2.6 kernel is ok but I would really like to see the nvidia drivers working...

Had an issue mounting raring.img in step 9, had to run sudo fsck.ext4 "path to file" afterwards it mounted smoothly, dont know why tho.

JoinTheRealms said:
Had an issue mounting raring.img in step 9, had to run sudo fsck.ext4 "path to file" afterwards it mounted smoothly, dont know why tho.
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Hmmm...did step 8a work ok?
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Hmmm...did step 8a work ok?
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Afaik it did, gave me the mentioned prompt, and finished without error. Might have something to do with me running a x64 vm ? as i wasnt able to chroot either. Im trying to get this running on my tf300t, but its alot different to installing it on the trusty tf101
Cheers for the guide tho, help me understand the whole process :good:

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Afaik it did, gave me the mentioned prompt, and finished without error. Might have something to do with me running a x64 vm ? as i wasnt able to chroot either. Im trying to get this running on my tf300t, but its alot different to installing it on the trusty tf101
Cheers for the guide tho, help me understand the whole process :good:
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I believe our dev x3 mentioned there were differences on a VM so it probably has to do with that.
Glad the guide is helpful. Welcome!
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Nice guide ! I just crated a 13.04 raring img. ( Used VM Kubuntu 12.04 )
Need some updates but nice
And there is a problem with actual release, wpa supplicant is not pre installed and now I'm in the begining of your second guide and cant set up wifi.
I had to download package with chroot, then install with my tab same for nano
Anyway, it's just FYI I dont really need help

Kingzak34 said:
Nice guide ! I just crated a 13.04 raring img. ( Used VM Kubuntu 12.04 )
Need some updates but nice
And there is a problem with actual release, wpa supplicant is not pre installed and now I'm in the begining of your second guide and cant set up wifi.
I had to download package with chroot, then install with my tab, and now it doesnt find iwlan0
Anyway, it's just FYI I dont really need help
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This guide wasn't designed to use wifi, only to correctly package it for flashing 13.04 directly to the tab. The next guide adds the gui and requires your Android to be set up to copy over the wpa_supplicant file before executing those commands.
Onmail was able to script more changes to the image from "chroot" but I didn't go that far, he was able to get the supplicant and other abilities such as adding to the package better than I did.

[DEV][WIP][Linux] Easy GNU/Linux on our tablet

Hi all!
Many of us are dreaming of having a real native desktop operating system on Galaxy Note 10.1 as a second system. Of course, the software there is not touch-optimized, but you can attach keyboard and mouse via USB-OTG and Bluetooth and imagine it's a netbook
exception13 showed us that it's possible and shared his work on in a forum and repo. X-Stranger could use it and shared compiled images of ArchLinux. But what if you want to do something more specific for your own needs and you are not such a great developer as both of them are?
My project is for all of you who want to have native GNU/Linux, who want to participate but don't know how yet. It's a guide how to build it from scratch. The problem is - I am not a superdev too and I couldn't do many things. Frankly speaking, all the remaining things seem to be small but I don't know how to overcome them. Maybe it's because I'm studying economics but not programming
Link to the guide.
I need help from anyone who knows how to overcome any of the problems on every step! Everything I managed to do by myself is already written there and currently I have a compiled kernel which is booting a partition on external SD but it freezes there.
If you have any ideas - you can just make a pull request out of Github's webinterface, if you don't know how to edit this html but know something about building Linux - you are welcome to open an issue or write it here and I will include it in the guide.
Let's make our Galaxy Note 10.1 better together!

,I just got my Note 101.1 earlier today. I'll look into the missing information and add to the webpage. Is there anything that you think I should look into first?

I actually had a question.
Looks like you have the section "Harder Way - how to prepare binaries" split into Ubuntu and Arch. Instructions for compiling the kernel are the same.
I guess my question is why the choice to show the arch kernel being compiled under arch?
Might be easier to read the guide with all the kernel compiling done in Ubuntu.
**Edit**
What I didn't originally mention is that i really like it. Hoping to help contribute as well.

darksabre_x said:
I actually had a question.
Looks like you have the section "Harder Way - how to prepare binaries" split into Ubuntu and Arch. Instructions for compiling the kernel are the same.
I guess my question is why the choice to show the arch kernel being compiled under arch?
Might be easier to read the guide with all the kernel compiling done in Ubuntu.
**Edit**
What I didn't originally mention is that i really like it. Hoping to help contribute as well.
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Good question. The reason for that are that despite how close Arch Linux and Ubuntu are, the environments are different. Ubuntu usually has some sort of bash completion enabled by default whereas Arch Linux doesn't and of course each of them requires diferent packages installed to perform the same functions. I believe thermatk did each distro separately as to make things simpler for the end user. Pick a distro and go as each distro's guide can be tuned independent of the others.

Soul_Est said:
Good question. The reason for that are that despite how close Arch Linux and Ubuntu are, the environments are different. Ubuntu usually has some sort of bash completion enabled by default whereas Arch Linux doesn't and of course each of them requires diferent packages installed to perform the same functions. I believe thermatk did each distro separately as to make things simpler for the end user. Pick a distro and go as each distro's guide can be tuned independent of the others.
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Doesn't really answer my question considering the end kernel will be the same regardless of the distro being used. I think you took my question as "Why are there 2 options for kernel compilation?", which wasn't what I was asking.
Looks like thermatk actually addressed the question with a page update.
It now gives separate options depending on which distro you want to end up with on your Note 10.1, in addition to separate kernel compilation options.
What I was referring to was when it was Ubuntu only instructions from kernel compilation all the way to deployment on the tablet and Arch only instructions. The kernel and linux image instructions weren't independent of each other, as they currently are.

Update
I'm really happy to hear that someone else wants to use it and contribute! :victory:
darksabre_x, you are right I separated the guide into parts yesterday because the system where you compile kernel doesn't really affect anything on the tablet.
Soul_Est, thank you for helping with questions in the thread :good:
Now I understand that tabs are not the best way to do it, will start this day from trying to rewrite this to a navbar constantly on top which lets you choose options from a dropdown.
Also yesterday got the guide to the point when one path through can get ypu to a bootable distro! You can compile kernel wherever you want, you should be on stock based rom and choose to install Arch on separate partition which probably will be a partition on SD. What you have to add at the end is
Code:
pacman -S lxde
and copy xorg.conf from X-Stranger's post. Once rebooted, you will be able to enter android:changeme and
Code:
sudo lxdm
and the gui will start if you don't have USB-OTG and keyboard you won't be able to enter password but you can poweroff from the interface's right corner :good: Attention: if gui says that it has no permissions to write logs do
Code:
sudo mount -n -o remount, rw /
and retry but do not forget to write here about it!
What are the current problems:
Why exception13 and X-Stranger both hardcoded the whole cmdline for kernel and forced it not to be changeable from bootloaders. It's easy to fix in the config but there should have been some idea or i'm paranoic?
What's wrong with LinuxDeploy, separate partitions and CyanogenMod? hiruna filed a bug but meefik seems to be away for a week. If anyone else with CM has an idea on how to overcome this maybe with some special unmount commands CM is thinking that ext4 partition is th extSdCard and mounts it so that LinuxDeploy can't install anything there (seems that it's the problem) while stock can't mount ext4 as extsdcard and is not touching the partition.
How do we make Debian/Ubuntu to boot? Both ways - for separate partition and img are stuck one the problem that not any mkinitramfs or abootimg or their combinations could get to a better state than initramfs shell. Separate partition should be easier so focus should be on it for the start.
Adapt X-Stranger's guide about booting Arch from *.img. It's there and should be tested, rewritten and easied and some whitespaces should be filled. I know there are some as i have spent many hours in Arch with little dirty hacks like
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ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
that are needed but no one ever wrote that they are.
What's wrong with basic video? While we get bootable Arch if you add lxdm and xorg.conf it should work with lightdm and boot there without console commands. If you try to install lightdm you will get nothing but a black screen if you start it with
Code:
sudo lightdm
... and it should boot automatically without touching console.
Oh and why is kernel from exception13 not building at all? XD

Redesign #2
Anyone dislikes the new design idea with navbar selectors instead of tabs?
I hope it's better.
Will soon update the guide with last steps to have Arch with LXDE bootable from separate partition.
That's fun as I started this project to get Ubuntu working... :angel:
If anyone can understand what should be done with mkinitramfs to make debian/ubuntu rootfs bootable - please do it.

First success!
If you choose any pc distro, arch on sgn with lxde on a seaprate partition you will now get a fully working guide that will give you a native bootable GNU/Linux =)
That's first success for me but still i hope to get help as i don't know things I asked two posts ago and it's difficult to move forward.

XFCE problems
XFCE is booting (not in the guide yet) but for working with fingers in XFCE one should probably disable multitouch S-pen works fine.
http://lists.x.org/pipermail/xorg/2012-July/054626.html
http://xfce.10915.n7.nabble.com/Xfwm-window-borders-do-not-respond-to-touch-screen-td17348.html
Will find a way to enable onscreen keyboard on LightDM and update the guide with XFCE. Still I was hoping to make it my primary DE and they are not supporting fingers moving windows upstream :crying:

I was hoping to contribute this weekend but unfortunately my only machine is down after mucking up the /lib folder when heimdall. To add insult to injury, I have no backups. Installing Arch Linux or Debian and configuring everything to my liking again will take a few hours.
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How to setup WiFi using wpa_supplicant.conf
How to setup WiFi using wpa_supplicant.conf​
1. Copy the "wifi" folder to "/opt"
- You will need gedit to edit the nameservers.
- You also need two dependencies before installing gedit.
- The two dependencies are : gtksourceview3-3.6.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz and libpeas-1.6.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz
2. Download them and copy over to ArchLinux
3. Install the dependencies first then gedit:
Code:
sudo pacman -U gtksourceview3-3.6.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz
sudo pacman -U libpeas-1.6.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz
sudo pacman -U gedit-3.6.2-2-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz
4. insmod the drivers:
***NOTE*** " 3.0.31-gedcc915 " is my kernel name. Change it to your
kernel name if it is different.
Code:
sudo insmod /lib/modules/3.0.31-gedcc915/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
sudo insmod /lib/modules/3.0.31-gedcc915/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd/dhd.ko op_mode=0 firmware_path=/opt/wifi/bcmdhd_sta.bin nvram_path=/opt/wifi/nvram_net.txt_murata
5. Enable the wlan0:
Code:
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
6. Setup wpa_supplicant and ip address:
Code:
sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -Dwext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
sudo ip addr add 192.168.1.33/24 dev wlan0
sudo ip route add default via 192.168.1.1
7a. Add nameservers:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf
7b. Go to the next available line and type:
Code:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
7c. Next line :
Code:
nameserver 8.8.4.4
7d. Save it
8. Go back to the terminal and edit the wpa_supplicant file:
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
- wpa_supplicant.conf file should be like this:
Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=1
network={
ssid="NETWORKNAME"
scan_ssid=1
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
psk="NETWORKPASSWORD"
}
9. And finally, to connect to your network, run
Code:
sudo dhcpcd
Open up a web browser and enjoy!
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WiFi
I am currently including WiFi in the main guide as it's something everyone needs :laugh:

Soul_Est said:
I was hoping to contribute this weekend but unfortunately my only machine is down after mucking up the /lib folder when heimdall. To add insult to injury, I have no backups. Installing Arch Linux or Debian and configuring everything to my liking again will take a few hours.
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I will be happy if you join :good:

thermatk said:
I will be happy if you join :good:
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I'll get right on the Arch Linux instructions once I get an Arch based OS installed. Hopefully that'll be tomorrow.
Written on my Galaxy Note 10.1

is this project dead ?

Equilibrio said:
is this project dead ?
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Great job! This is awesome.
Anyone else having dependency conflicts with bluez and obexd-client?

cctoro said:
Great job! This is awesome.
Anyone else having dependency conflicts with bluez and obexd-client?
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I did before but it really depends on what you have install at the time when you do the update.

Having a small issue
Ok, so I followed all the instructions and set the kernel up to boot from mmcblk1p2 (my ext4 partition on my sdcard I made for linux), and used dd to copy the prebuilt arch to the partition, and it boots and eveything seems to work but the wifi.... I repeated the process from the beginning all over and recompiled to make sure i didn't miss anything, but still no wifi... And since I'm using the prebuilt image copied to the sdcard for the distro, and everything works in it if i boot the .img from the internal storage and use the premade recovery, I'm assuming maybe there's something missing from compiling the kernel? In either case, if anyone has any ideas about this, please help, or if someone can make a properly compiled recovery.img that boots from mmcblk1p2, that would be super awesome.... I'm only mediocre in linux skill so any help would be appreciated!

K, so i was an idiot and forgot to copy the compiled kernel modules to /lib........ OOPS!
Arch linux distro booting from mmcblk1p2 with 1p3 as swap... all work awesome! Working on dri2 for the mali now.....
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Could you post a prepared .IMG, possibly? Thanks.
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