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I follow the Wiki very well since months, but there seems to be no news on Linux-Porting efforts!?
Is the project stopped, or where have I to look for the current state, news and problems?
I am willing to help, - but I am a linux newby.
Is there some Kind of Mailing Archive for the developement? The one in Sourceforge seems not to be used since a year!!
Where can I follow the current status ?
Best Info I found, and I am refering therefore is http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=30148#30148
JuNuKN said:
Where can I follow the current status ?
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The Himalaya code is merged into the handhelds.org CVS. The main problem
is the missing SD driver, which should be
reverse engineered from the wince code.
So at the current stage linux on the HTC
PDAs (HP ipaq hx4700 included) is not for
newbees
so basically, do you mean that those smart Linux Developper are not able to code that SD driver and will steal into Microsoft OS?
No wonder Microsoft is calling that stealing intellectual property!
well unless the hardware sdchip maker or the software dll maker let people in on the interface there really is no way to make a new interface without reverse eng the existing stuff
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so basically, do you mean that those smart Linux Developper are not able to code that SD driver and will steal into Microsoft OS?
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The Linux developers don't have the hardware datasheet for ATI Imageon chip
that describes how the SD interface works.
If you have followed the Linux driver development, the majority of drivers are
reverse engineered, because many
hardware companies think that
hadrware description is
"intellectual property".
unlockMe said:
No wonder Microsoft is calling that stealing intellectual property!
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Who cares what microsoft says ?
Reverse engineering for interoperability
is legal
even in the "Land of the Free".
Isn't it going on (elsewhere) ?
It seems, that the developement is going on (elsewhere) ....
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HTCWallaby
NEWS 2005/4/4
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Added support for flash and gsm-(bootloader) uarts.
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New binary distribution v0.2.
greetings all. i'm new here, so forgive me if this has all been asked before.
i've got one of these BlueAngels (mine's branded i-Mate) and small annoyances with wince drove me to look into running linux on my PDA. i think that i can be of help on this project and would like to talk to others who have made some progress already.
my main question in this: how similar are the wallaby, himalaya and blueangel? should I be able to get as far as previous developers have with those other devices? I cannot find much information on the blueangel in the wiki here and information on HTC devices at handhelds.org is scarce. do i just need to keep digging?
sjs said:
how similar are the wallaby, himalaya and blueangel?
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himalaya and blueangel are similar,
wallaby is different.
sjs said:
I cannot find much information on the blueangel in the wiki here and information on HTC devices at handhelds.org is scarce.
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Take the himalaya wiki as a basis and
change the things that differ, for example,
MMU 1st level descriptor table is at A01D0000.
WiFi is ACX100-based.
Find out if ASIC3 SDIO (driver exists) or ATI3220 SDIO (???) is used.
Read on handhelds.org about the HP hx4000 and hx4700 ipaqs - they are also by made HTC.
Isn't it possible to use Qtopia or Movista on these HTC devices?
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himalaya and blueangel are similar,
wallaby is different.
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ok, this is what i suspected. i've been reading more on the himalaya as that is what is supported by the current hh.org kernel. i'm hoping to have success running one of those kernels on my device as soon as i get it to compile. since they both have a pxa263 i think it should work. (famous last words)
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Take the himalaya wiki as a basis and
change the things that differ, for example,
MMU 1st level descriptor table is at A01D0000.
WiFi is ACX100-based.
Find out if ASIC3 SDIO (driver exists) or ATI3220 SDIO (???) is used.
Read on handhelds.org about the HP hx4000 and hx4700 ipaqs - they are also by made HTC.
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thank you for this info. i will have to start reading a lot. i'm currently reading the intel dev manual for the pxa processors... unfortunately between school and work there's not a lot of time for this but as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day. 8)
Jainoxi said:
Isn't it possible to use Qtopia or Movista on these HTC devices?
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Qtopia works off the raw framebuffer.
If you have the working framebuffer driver,
then yes.
sjs said:
Rome wasn't built in a day. 8)
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Here is some more info.
thank you again. i think once i grasp how the kernel boots this device (first time hacking on a kernel) and familiarize myself with the dev manual i'm going to attempt to get a console on the device. i still have to see how far the lcd and keyboard drivers are.
have you had any success booting a kernel on this device? i have gotten as far as haret showing me a fully red thermometer and the penguin's eyes changing but then it freezes, every time. the only kernel i have attempted so far is the 2.6.3 one for the himalaya on the wiki. i would be happy to even see a kernel panic. i haven't used linexec yet, but i don't think haret is the problem here.
there is lots that can be done with haret but i'd rather start debugging the current code to get a feel for it before i jump in and write my first kernel code.
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have you had any success booting a kernel on this device?
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No. Buggy haret freezes during boot.
sjs said:
i have gotten as far as haret showing me a fully red thermometer and the penguin's eyes changing but then it freezes, every time.
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i haven't used linexec yet, but i don't think haret is the problem here.
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Don't waste your time on linexec, because haret is its derivative.
Haret is a nice piece of software, but it has some major problems in linboot.cpp
that should be fixed first.
The booting fails for me here:
preloader = (uint8 *)((mem + 0xfff) & ~0xfff);
preloaderPA = memVirtToPhys ((uint32)preloader);
Output (L"TMP Preloader physical/virtual address: %08x %08x", preloaderPA, preloader);
so i have replaced memVirtToPhys (returning -1) with LockPages, get the "real" physical addresses, but it still doesn't boot.
I don't really get it WTF is this garbage collector stuff doing there. Maybe we
can rewrite it completely, but i don't have
time right now
hi there,
this stuff is really interesting...
may I join you somehow?
buzz
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Here is some more info.
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From atihwtbl0.txt
[USB] //USB
"HostClk"=dword:0x1 // enable function clock if there is a host port
"Port0Mode"=dword:0x2 // 0 disable, 1 host, 2 function, 3 OTG
ATI integrates TransDimension's USB On-The-Go OTG Core into new Imageon display co-processor for handheld devices.
http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/news4636.html
There are a lot of datasheets on interfacing to PXA* here
http://www.transdimension.com/downloads/index.html
buzz_lightyear said:
may I join you somehow?
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You can start a blueangel hardware wiki
sjs said:
I cannot find much information on the blueangel in the wiki here and information on HTC devices at handhelds.org is scarce.
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ATI Imageon has hardware 2D acceleration,
MPEG decoder (betaplayer
source code shows how to use it),
USB OTG (as i have mentioned it is enabled in the "function" mode), video capture port
(also can be used), SDIO port (not yet clear if it is used). If we will trust the atihwtbl0.txt
there is an I^2C port (unused) and some
GPIO lines (unused).
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Find out if ATI3220 SDIO (???) is used.
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The SDIO and VIDCAP sections are missing in the atihwtbl0.txt file.
The video capture is working...
[SDIO]
SDIOEnable
CardDetectEnable
ControllerEnable
InvertSDClock
[VIDCAP]
DeviceConnected
ITUFormat
buzz_lightyear said:
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of course! i myself am still getting my feet wet here. currently i'm reading the following intel documents:
(this is roughly the list over at http://zap.eltrast.ru/en/haret.html )
http://www.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/manuals/278638.htm
http://www.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/manuals/278639.htm
http://www.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/manuals/278641.htm
http://www.intel.com/design/intelxscale/273473.htm
http://www.intel.com/design/pca/applicationsprocessors/applnots/278786.htm
These are somewhat in order of decreasing importance (according to HaRET's author). I'm just past pg. 100 of the first one listed, PXA26x developer's manual.
As cr2 said, a page for the Blue Angel's hardware on the wiki here would be useful.
I haven't found any sites with anything really useful apart from on www.handhelds.org and this website here (obviously excluding intel's documentation), but perhaps someone else knows of some other fruitful sources.
I finally got the 2.6.16 opie working on my Universal (O2 XDA Exec) . I was using a simplified chinese version WM 5.0 originally.
As I am an experienced Linux PDA user, I owned Sharp Zaurus 5500, 5600, and C1000, ran Qtopid, Cacko, OpenZaurus, and GPE . The current opie port to the Universal is really a fork from the opie about the Sharp Zaurus C-series . In fact, I think it is good. Becaue opie has a large user base and has existed for a long time.
What I think about the current "Linux on Universal" work is rough, but good to see it can already up-and-running, and even IR bluetooth, and wi-fi working . however, there are many things we should do. We should put the branch into the official OPIE development work (create a feed at http://opie.handhelds.org) .
Some easy todos
- Map universal keybroad keys properly . Add virtual ctrl and alt key maps . Cannot do escape, maybe use the hangup key to do so.
- Enable the hot key for wireless configurations, need to write a simple interface and redirect to the desired settings_app
- sound is not working (driver problem?)
- battery charing is not working for me, battery status is not showing anything
- Volume control applet need to hook up with volume up/down key
- USB storage emulation support (can copy from Zaurus feed and cacko rom)
- Keyboard LED auto detection, or on/off swich by hook up the light hotkey
Other todos may depends on other componetns
- Get webcam software or camera software (depends on camera driver)
- Fnid a phone interface software, or write up one (depends on the phone hw driver availability)
- Repartition the internal flash, boot Linux se JFFS directly
Other comments
My first installation of OPIE doesn't work, the touch screen didn't work. Cannot get through the calibration process. I then reformat the SD Card, and untar again for GPE. Same issue, but GPE can work without a pointer/TS . I then get back to 2.6.12 and findout the files on the website are corrupted. Then I install 2.6.16 OPIE again, then it alll worked (include TS). After a reboot, it still work. I suspect there are some HW status condition bugs in the TS driver. But I cannot do battery charge, LED lights after plug USB .
Hope these comment helps the project. I am happy to get around with this project. And I am experienced Linux user/developer . Hope to hear feedbacks from you guys.
Cheers,
David
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I finally got the 2.6.16 opie working on my Universal (O2 XDA Exec) . I was using a simplified chinese version WM 5.0 originally.
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Good
As I am an experienced Linux PDA user, I owned Sharp Zaurus 5500, 5600, and C1000, ran Qtopid, Cacko, OpenZaurus, and GPE . The current opie port to the Universal is really a fork from the opie about the Sharp Zaurus C-series . In fact, I think it is good. Becaue opie has a large user base and has existed for a long time.
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I think so to,but we will try to support both GPE and Opie. Maybe try to create a xdm or something.
What I think about the current "Linux on Universal" work is rough, but good to see it can already up-and-running, and even IR bluetooth, and wi-fi working . however, there are many things we should do. We should put the branch into the official OPIE development work (create a feed at http://opie.handhelds.org) .
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It is allmost done. HTC UNiversal has some support in Opie, i am sitting on some files wich are allmost ready to be commited, but if more comes in your mind, then commit it.
Some easy todos
- Map universal keybroad keys properly . Add virtual ctrl and alt key maps . Cannot do escape, maybe use the hangup key to do so.
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Escape is the green telephone button on the hardware keyboard. A keymap is a plan, you are welcome to do it if you want to.
Please commit your hardware keyboard, the brand's has different the keybaord layout:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=UniversalKeyboard
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- Enable the hot key for wireless configurations, need to write a simple interface and redirect to the desired settings_app
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I agree, you are welcome to do it
- sound is not working (driver problem?)
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Sound worked in the .12 kernel, there are profgress here. The CVS got drivers today, i tried it, but it's still buggy.
- battery charing is not working for me, battery status is not showing anything
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I agree, you are welcome to do it
- Volume control applet need to hook up with volume up/down key
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I agree, you are welcome to do it
- USB storage emulation support (can copy from Zaurus feed and cacko rom)
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There has been som prgress here, but i dont know the status on it.
- Keyboard LED auto detection, or on/off swich by hook up the light hotkey
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Under progress as a userspace solution, but will be controlled by the kernel when it's ready.
Other todos may depends on other componetns
- Get webcam software or camera software (depends on camera driver)
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We have the drivers, just need to port them to the Universal.
- Fnid a phone interface software, or write up one (depends on the phone hw driver availability)
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I agree, you are welcome to do it
- Repartition the internal flash, boot Linux se JFFS directly
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Yes, but we have to get all to work first.
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My first installation of OPIE doesn't work, the touch screen didn't work. Cannot get through the calibration process. I then reformat the SD Card, and untar again for GPE. Same issue, but GPE can work without a pointer/TS . I then get back to 2.6.12 and findout the files on the website are corrupted. Then I install 2.6.16 OPIE again, then it alll worked (include TS). After a reboot, it still work. I suspect there are some HW status condition bugs in the TS driver. But I cannot do battery charge, LED lights after plug USB .
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I have heard others have had the same problem. But i have had it only once, it happend yesterday. I dont know what it is, but it seems like it is a good idea to have .opiestorage.cf in the root of your linux partition the foirst time you boot.
Yes i have heard that the .12 image is broken, i will upload a working one.
Hope these comment helps the project. I am happy to get around with this project. And I am experienced Linux user/developer . Hope to hear feedbacks from you guys.
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Yes we need help, there are only one guy (cr2) wich is writing drivers at the moment. He realy needs some help.
Join the IRC channel #htc-linux at irc.freenode.net and you will get in contact with the linux porters.
David
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BTW Dont start a new llinux for the universal thread, we allready have a sticky one .
Goxboxlive
Hi,
I've not tried Linux on my universal yet, bit I've got a couple of questions to people that have tried it and the fantastic people that are developing this:
How fast does it run, faster than WM5?
Will this ever be simple and easy to install for users that have little or no experience with Linux?(The tutorials still look like Japaneses to me)
When(if ever) do you guys think this will be able to be used as a phone?
And finally I ask as a big gamer, How well does/will it play games? Does Linux suffer from the same keyboard driver problem as WM5?(not responding to multiple key presses)
Thanks
-Adam Don
Since it is the first time to use this Wiki , I posted the wrong message and shoudn't start this topic, I am suppose to put this post in the Linux topic section. Sorry for that. Because I think there are more activities on that part and should generate better feedbacks. I will forward this message over there. Sorry to generate multiple same message.
Adam, if you post feedback to my message in the "Linux On Universal" topic, I will reply your message correspondly. Sorry for causing inconvienience.
Hi guys,
I saw some forum topics about running succesfully running google's android on the kaiser and the vogue!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=383695 (Kaiser)
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265 (Vogue)
The source for all those things is this page,
http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/
see here for an video on the kaiser...
http://echofloripa.blogspot.com/2008/04/android-in-kaiser-t-mobile-mda-vario.html
Do you think some linux experts are capable of running it on the hermes(tytn)?
I am not an expert on this, but i tried the Kaiser files on the hermes, but it didtn load the kernel right..
You dont have to flash your hermes for this, only running an exe on the hermes....!
TripleQ said:
I am not an expert on this, but i tried the Kaiser files on the hermes, but it didtn load the kernel right..
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If you will compile the kernel for Hermes, you can probably start the android runtime.
this will be cool....
keep us informed
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If you will compile the kernel for Hermes, you can probably start the android runtime.
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i'm a newbie in linux but i'll try to search about it. i think that in POF's web are a hermes linux kernel...
Yeah the idea off running android on the Hermes is very cool!
I dont have the knowledge to get this working...but the guys from the kaiser and the voguage(touch) forums where capable enough let it work..
Is anybody here smart enough for this?
ilion said:
i'm a newbie in linux but i'll try to search about it. i think that in POF's web are a hermes linux kernel...
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Interesting...here's POF's Linux thread started in 2006 and still active!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=273579
Any news?
I have seen compiled versions of the kernel for the Kaiser and the Vogue, but if anyone has a compiled kernel for the Hermes I willl test it out (I have three at home )
And the wait continues . Now with the Android developer challange closing Im despirate to get Android on my Hermes before it finally dies after being dropped for the 200th time.
The major boos tint his will be when the memcard drivers are written - the Hermes is low on RAM as far as I understand, and thus has problems. Once everything can be run from the card, it will be pretty trivial for someone who know what they are doing to recompile the kernel.
Doesn't seem to be much recent progress though!
Seemingly I can't spell.
It doesn't look like it is going to be easy getting this working as the controller for the mem card on the Hermes is apparently causing some trouble!
Hi there,
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It doesn't look like it is going to be easy getting this working as the controller for the mem card on the Hermes is apparently causing some trouble!
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That's not all!
There are some information that all the android stuff is compiled for ARMV5.
So no chance to drive the hermes with the packages provided.
HTC Kaiser also uses some newer instruction set.
If you got enough spare time, try to compile some of the android packages for ARMV4. That's what hermes is running.
Anyway, there's a lot work to get a suitable linux on hermes.
There had been some breaktrough on universal. Check that out!
Full debian EABI running on this platform!
It was console based first, but there had been a lot of development in the last few month and it has grown to a very useable linux
Hopefully there would be some usable linux on hermes platform too!
There's so much information so far...
...and it is similar to the openmoko stuff.
Maybe we should not waste the time to focus on android.
Regards,
scholbert
Any news?
I want Android for my Hermes
hmm
what?? hmm ... drools
I had just been browsing the web and thought I better keep an eye out for this ... looks awesome.
Looks like a lot of guys have been working to get Android on the TyTN II and just yesterday they were able to make/recieve calls. Im sure once a lot of the bugs are worked out, it can be ported over to the Hermes.
......mmm
Hi,
AdamNimrod said:
Looks like a lot of guys have been working to get Android on the TyTN II and just yesterday they were able to make/recieve calls. Im sure once a lot of the bugs are worked out, it can be ported over to the Hermes.
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that's the theory so far.
TYTN II is equipped with a newer ARM11 with a V5 instruction set (MSM7500) for system OS. Android has been designed to run on these new processors.
Fantastic work had been done by those guys to make it run!!!
TyTN uses older instruction set... i wrote this before.
Anyway, if there'll be some mods in the source code it perhaps will do some day.
Another complex part is all that GUI stuff. There's nothing to be found about the ATI 2282, the hermes is using for graphics.
Due to this fact there's only a very simple framebuffer in the current linux port for hermes, no ATI specific code for the GUI.
Maybe some of the masterminds out there will solve this issue some day .
At least i'm very interested in some source code for the ATI Imageon 2282 !
Anyone???
scholbert
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Another complex part is all that GUI stuff. There's nothing to be found about the ATI 2282, the hermes is using for graphics.
Due to this fact there's only a very simple framebuffer in the current linux port for hermes, no ATI specific code for the GUI.
Maybe some of the masterminds out there will solve this issue some day .
At least i'm very interested in some source code for the ATI Imageon 2282 !
Anyone???
scholbert
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http://www.umpcportal.com/products/product.php?id=55
if that is correct info athena has this same ati chip. And when I looked at the Athena/Android project, someone has allready made something with graphics. Look at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393389
it says graphics done!
Hope this helps in any way.
Hi sniveri,
thanks for the links.
...if that is correct info athena has this same ati chip. And when I looked at the Athena/Android project, someone has allready made something with graphics. Look at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393389
it says graphics done!
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HTC Athena uses ATI W2284. Maybe this part is very similar to W2282 on hermes.
Anyway, if you have a look in the patch, they also use vsfb (very simple framebuffer) driver for graphics.
This is the same like hermes, maybe it's O.K. for testing.
There's not much ATI specific code inside.
Still would enjoy to have a look on some ATI imageon driver code
Regards,
scholbert
I have unpacked two initrd-images and tried to found out what those contains. First one that works on hermes has init-file that is straigth link to /bin/busybox. After starting busybox it continues to inittab script to set environment settings or so I think.
Second initrd-image, that is made for kaiser or vogue, has someway compiled init file or something that I can not edit with any program..? It would be nice to know what scripts or commands this file contains.
Wow，it is cool.
I hope some expert can make Android run on our phone.
Hello everybody!
I have been playing with the ARM port of Ubuntu and my Archos 70 for a few days now and I got it to boot and login on a root account.
Not a lot of things work. The touchscreen, sound, hardware buttons and 3d don't work (I'm guessing this since Unity doesn't work).
You don't imagine the pain that I had to suffer to get here without input of any kind.
Everything else seems to work fine, slow but fine (X, gnome, etc).
Things that I haven't tried yet are the webcam, the HDMI, the SD reader and the USB (which would help me a lot to get things working faster)
I'll update my post with pics and a link to download the image when it's done uploading.
For those who have been longer on the Archos community or have some experience I would ask you to give me some advice to get the touchscreen working.
Update :(12/03/2011)
Sroll down for a link and instructions on how to install it (The touchscreen works in this new image)
afaik touchscreen is connected by usb internally. check dmesg of android and figure out which driver you need and build/download/whatever it to ubuntu
Thanks! That's actually a great idea. I never thought about that
I did what you told me and it revealed that the screen is a Unitec USB Touch (Win7) with a 227d:0709 ID. I haven't found any information online except for this which isn't that informative either: lii-enac.fr/en/architecture/linux-input/multitouch-devices .html
is it not an option to re-build(and probably modify) the driver based on the gen8 source? looks to me that it is in the source package(gen8gpl-froyo/linux/drivers/input/touchscreen).
@veenstrac of course, as long as there is no ARM assembler code included it shouldn't be that hard to port it to an ubuntu kernel. except for the bit that ubuntu uses a newer kernel (2.6.3x) than archos (2.6.29). maybe some APIs need to be modified to get it compiled and working
I finally got the touchscreen working!
I didn't need to compile any drivers or anything. Just by changing the evdev configuration worked!
The problem now is that I can't "click" the mouse properly (when I do it it stays "pressed" forever) and also that X crashes after a while...
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I finally got the touchscreen working!
I didn't need to compile any drivers or anything. Just by changing the evdev configuration worked!
The problem now is that I can't "click" the mouse properly (when I do it it stays "pressed" forever) and also that X crashes after a while...
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What did you do to modify it and get it to work? I have the same touch screen and I've tried a number of things to the evdev config and none seem to make any difference.
this sounds cool anything i can do to help?
If anyone knows how the evdev can be modified to make this work, can they please share this with the rest of the world? I've tried to no avail. I would really like to be able to use UNR, but it's worthless without a touch screen on a touch screen only device.
I'm sorry I didn't respond to any of the later posts. I had a really terrible week full of exams ...
Anyway, I will be working on Ubuntu this weekend to see if I can solve the rest of the problems (wifi not working, sound not working, crashes ....). But for those who want to try I uploaded the image to Dropbox. Please give me some feedback: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3122179/rootfs.img
Once you have downloaded it you have to install the SDL and replece the Angstrom img with this one. (It won't work if you have the Urukdroid intramfs).
So yeah. Good luck with that and thanks in advance to those who give me some feedback
Hey
I would like to help you out, just one question, are you using the netbook edition or is it the desktop one?
It's Ubuntu Netbook Edition but I make it boot to the "normal" desktop since Unity needs 3D to work.
The graphic card is another thing I am working on since it would be better to use Unity in these kind of devices.
Hello,
If you want to try Linux on Android (for me, A101), you can try old method (with chroot) on Android rooted device (for me, Chulri root method); it's very easy to boot Debian or Ubuntu while Android is running:
link 1 http://www.saurik.com/id/10
link 2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=899037
But for me, it's just for fun, not to work with this linux. But it works.
hum hum
Hello all,
may i resume or i am wrong if i say :
What super_sonic says allow to boot Ubuntu "inside" Android and get wifi, touchscreen and 3D working
What you propose with your rootfs.img is to get Ubuntu running really on the tab but unfortunatly with no wifi for the moment
I don't know if this can help but i was folllowing the same type of work here :
ttp://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=47869
Thanks guy for all the WORK you are doing
Yes, that sounds great! Will test it as soon as possible!
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Sorry for posting again, but i must precise i can not publish links here so the "http" and more is missed on each URL, those links might be helpful for you guys :
forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=47869
.openaos.org/archives/152
be lucky
tazarus said:
Hello all,
may i resume or i am wrong if i say :
What super_sonic says allow to boot Ubuntu "inside" Android and get wifi, touchscreen and 3D working
What you propose with your rootfs.img is to get Ubuntu running really on the tab but unfortunatly with no wifi for the moment
I don't know if this can help but i was folllowing the same type of work here :
ttp://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=47869
Thanks guy for all the WORK you are doing
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Thanks dude! I really appreciate when what I do is useful for someone!
And yeah the guy from the archosfans forum it's me
Dropbox has suspended my account for using too much bandwith. So if you want to try it I hope I will have a new version by Monday on another server.
one more
Thanks,
don't worry for your img, i get it just before they closed your DropBox
I found one more guy trying to put Debian on A101
3w.dev.katlea-studio.com/home.html?PHPSESSID=fik67vlp0mv9c59pg8cm5pt0c3
he says "About wifi: ability to connect and make a ping but the internet does not work. I try to solve this quickly."
good luck again
tazarus said:
I found one more guy trying to put Debian on A101
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He succeeded actually.
cf. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000081
Hi all!
Someone of you might already know about the virtualization engine ExaGear Desktop that enables running of x86 apps on ARM boards. And now ExaGear can be run on Raspberry Pi 2.
http://eltechs.com/product/exagear-desktop/
For owner of previous versions of Raspberry Pi there will be a special vertion of ExaGear. Submit pre-order request in order to be the first to know about this release:
http://eltechs.com/exagear-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-pre-order/
That's pretty impressive.
shinji257 said:
That's pretty impressive.
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Thanks! We'll keep you informed about updates.
Bty there is an interesting and very detailed article about ExaGear Desktop on ODROID board written by independent user:
http://magazine.odroid.com/assets/201502/pdf/ODROID-Magazine-201502.pdf
this sounds pretty interesting, i have been looking for a solution to a problem at work, we need 30+ work stations to do simple data entry through a Microsoft access frontend. is it possible to run MS access in ExaGear? and would it have any trouble linking back to an SQL server?
the hope is to buy 30 Pi's rather than having to shell out for that many PC's, if something like this works it would save us a fortune
Thanks
PWR_USR said:
this sounds pretty interesting, i have been looking for a solution to a problem at work, we need 30+ work stations to do simple data entry through a Microsoft access frontend. is it possible to run MS access in ExaGear? and would it have any trouble linking back to an SQL server?
the hope is to buy 30 Pi's rather than having to shell out for that many PC's, if something like this works it would save us a fortune
Thanks
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You can if your Access version runs on Wine[x86].
A processor emulation on the rpi should be very slow...
paju1986 said:
A processor emulation on the rpi should be very slow...
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Exagear has very efficient bt core which utilize ~50% native performance. But rpi itself is not very fast device, so it depends on software requirements.