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Android is a new open source mobile operating system that Google developed and an SDK has just been made available.
It would be great to see this ported to the Universal if its possible.
I don't see why it would not run since the Universal can already run Linux (to some extent) and Android is just based on that. Whether and to what extent the hardware can be supported is another question that only our programmers can answer. As we can surely count HTC out on supporting their legacy devices it might not be worth anybodies time in the end.
SDK for Android would not help at all. It is just a set of headers and import libraries. To port something to a device you need complete source codes of its kernel, software, etc. Even more - we don't know hardware requirements for Android. It may require the NOR flash to run from it - and we don't have it on our device at all.
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Even more - we don't know hardware requirements for Android. It may require the NOR flash to run from it - and we don't have it on our device at all.
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Nobody uses NOR these days, it's too expensive and provides no real
benefit over NAND. The XIP days are over.
I hate java with passion, but i don't see any reason why Android software
will not be running on the universal.
Any news? I mean: can Universal run an Android ROM?
I saw something on tytnII, is there an hope?
can anyone confirm if android requires a customised hardware or minimum requirements....
By The Looks Of It I Shouldnt See Why Not...
I Saw That Video Of It On The Tytn And It Looks Like Its Just A Linux Based Kernel Booting Though Haret.
Theirs Already Some Pretty Good Progress With Linux On The UNI And I Dont See Why It Shouldnt Be Possible To Patch This Up. (Wish I Could But Im Not A Linux Coder )
maybe something like this
(click on the emote)
could be done for univ.
Getting A Replacement
I Get My Replacement XDA Exec On Monday Hopefully So Ill See If I Can Do Anything. No Promises Though
Regards,
OllieD
It looks promising but I am also awaiting the Ubuntu Mobile edition for PCC: it looks awesome!
if it has to run java bytecode
hi a .CAB solution should be possible. tis my prefered choice at present. KVM with class jar anyone??
any news ?
Kaiser can run Android, any ROM for Uni?
In this thread we have Android ported in to a Kaiser, hope someone is working on an Android ROM for UNI!!
It looks very nice the interface
Does anyone knows more info about this?
Thanks
Gracias
Any news on Android for Uni?
I've been trying to get it to work on my ELFin too, but i gave up when i only managed to get the Linwizard running without startx... (i dont know how to telnet and startx -.-)
Any news on this?
I'm thinking of getting a universal but i'm gathering info on it atm!
Has anyone been able to get some real progress on this matter?
I installed this onto my main memory, but when I run it I get a blank screen and the phone vibrates continuously, what am I doing wrong? I think this version is supposed to work on the Universal.
hye !
i also tried to install android on my universal, but it didn't work at all, i only had a black sreen and it vibrate without stopping. if someone has an idea, or a new thread were we can find out a running android os for uni... i take it !
Very keen on this
Is there a project? .. I'm a developer and would be willing to assist, but i haven't got enough experience with these devices to start the project off myself...
Count me in as a beta tester
It would be great to have Android on Uni!!
So this news means that very soon developers can start working on android to be ported on other devices!!!
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
hello,
their seems to be a few posts on this being ported to BA recently. ow ive got linux running on my BA fairly well (havent got round to setting up gprs etc yet though but thats a different matter) and id be willing to try and get a port of android working, if someone can extract the 3 img files in the android sdk as ive not managed to do that yet ? anyone want to try and help or am i talking of a lost cause
ok, ill post this incase anyone is watching. i made some progress getting andriod running but i keep getting seg fault tryingto run it, any1 who could provide insight let me know pelase
Unfortunately I can't help you but I'll be keeping a VERY close eye on this thread!
Good luck, I'm sure there are a whole load of people who'd buy you a beer if you succeed.
Steve
glad to see someones watching . ill have another play around over weekend see what i can come up with
it will be interesting to see how android works on BA keep up with the good work
Nice.
I like my BA and I don't wont to change it until an open linux mobile is avaible (an open Iphone could be great).
Maybe a sub-forum called "Blue angel linux" could help.
I'm bored or a problem with the actual BA linux is the acces to the wifi chipset?
And this seems noise. And I don't want to pay for having linux on my BA!
http://www.a-la-mobile.com/news/press/pr080114.html
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I'm bored or a problem with the actual BA linux is the acces to the wifi chipset?
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Not the access, but a nice gui/setup.
remember linux is designed primarily for people who know what their doing. yes theirs guis now which help but you stil need command line to use linux properly. except on the iPhone and android from what ive seen
actually there was an earlier thread regarding android. and with 921+ adding 200+ views here, We bet there are people that are REALLY interested porting this.
hope we get it up and running.
anything for our BA.
even alternatives to WM6 are welcome.
well im not having a lot of look, it seems to be segfaulting pretty much constantly. think its down to the busybox shell though so im going to find a newer one and try that later, does anyone know what version of the arm feature set the BA uses. (because from reading http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973) android only seems to work on devices using ARMv5 featureset. whatever that means)
UPDATE: thats not a problem, the pxa263 in the BA is ARMv5TE so thats ok - gotta love wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale)
Further update: ok been reading up a bit more and im doing the risky thing of building my own kernel for android see if i can get round these damn segfaults
ok just thought id post up so people done think ive given up here . still havign issues compiling the linux kernel with the android addidtions. mainly because i ahvent got a proper linux machine at home (only virtual pc on this computer)...dont suppose anyone uses linux and has a decent knownledge of compiling kernels on here ??
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ok just thought id post up so people done think ive given up here . still havign issues compiling the linux kernel with the android addidtions. mainly because i ahvent got a proper linux machine at home (only virtual pc on this computer)...dont suppose anyone uses linux and has a decent knownledge of compiling kernels on here ??
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I've compiled kernels under Linux before, but not for an embedded system like the angel's.
Where did you get the tarballs for everything? And what distro of Linux did you install?
Really, real machine vs virtual machine, in this case, shouldn't matter. It might, but shouldn't.
not so much the fact im using a virtual machine, its the fact im only on a 2mb connection so downloading linux cd images takes ages and since debian is the only distro ive seen which has arm crosscompile tools that work that means 2 dvds or 9+cd images. most of the tarballs ive had to rip direct from the android sdk emulator. i could host them somewhere if someone wants to try and help me out getting a kernel running - after that i think most of android should fall into place on its own, but getting openbinder support in the kernels proving difficult
EDIT/UPDATE: ok just tried installing the arm crosscompiliers on my development dedicated server and it seems to be compiling a kernel as i type (hopefully) so looks to be some progress happening here
Been following your thread with interest.
I should be getting a new PDA from work, so then I could take the risk of bricking my trusty and battered Blue Angel.
Any chance you could post some links to the various bits you are using? Not a step by step (unless you have the time) but the starting points so others can attempt to duplicate your efforts in parallel?
Good luck - I'm rooting for you!
ok, im just tarballing up the files on my webserver now, didnt have any success with kernel, looks like im going to have to take the blueangel drivers etc from the kernel posted on handhelds.org and manually merge the config files into the android kernel image to get it to compile. unless anyone can suggest a way to do that easily (windows or linux routine i dont mind)
the main sites ive used to help out ive listed below
http://benno.id.au/blog/ << somewhere on their theirs a link to the android root filesystem image. (http://benno.id.au/android/system.tar.gz and http://benno.id.au/android/data.tar.gz)
http://nemustech.blogspot.com/2007/12/android-porting-to-real-target-hw.html
http://euedge.com/blog/2007/12/06/google-android-runs-on-sharp-zaurus-sl-c760/
http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/BlueAngelKernel
the three above above links help even though their not scriptly related to android on blueangel
the rest of the files are in http://radiodmp.net/android-files/ - the 365mb file contains the 2 arm cross compilers and also both the newest blueangel linux kernel and the android kernel - as said above these need merging (android kernel needs to be the one that is the final kernel as its newer i believe
edit: ive just put the system and data tars linked above into the folder on my server also to save people time.
hope that helps
if anyone wants any help drop me a message and ill try and help out. will of course keep trying to sort it myself too
Any update on this?
Actively watching this thread and just wanted to know. I'd love to be able to play with Android.
good to see ppl interested. ive not had time to try and merge the kernels yet, hopefulyl might get chance this week
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good to see ppl interested.
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Still watching, still interested!
Keep it up.
Steve
ok managed to hack together the two kernels, compiling it as i type - hopefully it'll workon my BA
I read a lot about android is running on this, and that.. lot of devices. Is there a possibility to run it on a T830? I don't know much about android, and it's hardware support, so this question might sound a bit lame
It have to be pda specific like windows mobile?
Android Kernel
Hello,
Well i think it is possible to compile a Android Kernel to boot on FSC T830. But the main problem is its hardware support. Well, FSC T830 has supported Processor and enough ROM and RAM to make Android fit in. I did not test it or did any work to compile such kernel but if you want to work on it then let me know . All we need are some basic info about the hardware to know if its worth trying or not.
k1dugar said:
Hello,
Well i think it is possible to compile a Android Kernel to boot on FSC T830. But the main problem is its hardware support. Well, FSC T830 has supported Processor and enough ROM and RAM to make Android fit in. I did not test it or did any work to compile such kernel but if you want to work on it then let me know . All we need are some basic info about the hardware to know if its worth trying or not.
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What do we have to know about it?
Hardware Info.
Hi, Tookool
Well we need the chipset info about the GSM controller, mainboard, wlan, gps, bluetooth, display, touchscreen and keyboard.
We need the keyboard and display to work at the very first place else it would be impossible to do anything. I have read on the forum about dual booting from SD card using gnuharet.exe. So we can compile a kernel and boot it on SD memory. Well I'm going to take a look on the Android Kernel and try to compile it and run it over QEMU. Hope for the luck.
k1dugar said:
Hi, Tookool
Well we need the chipset info about the GSM controller, mainboard, wlan, gps, bluetooth, display, touchscreen and keyboard.
We need the keyboard and display to work at the very first place else it would be impossible to do anything. I have read on the forum about dual booting from SD card using gnuharet.exe. So we can compile a kernel and boot it on SD memory. Well I'm going to take a look on the Android Kernel and try to compile it and run it over QEMU. Hope for the luck.
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Hi!
From where can I obtain these informations? I did a quick search on the net, but...
Hardware info.
CPU: Intel XScale PXA270 (ARMv5TE) :Supported
Display: 240 x 240 (1.7' x 1.7') :Unknown (Supported on other device)
Touch Screen: - :Unknown
Audio: AC97 (not sure) :Unknown
ROM: 128MB :Supported
RAM: 64MB :Supported
GSM: Ericsson EMP U250 :Supported
GPS: SiRFstarIII GSC3f/LP :Supported
Key: QWERTY (Keymap) :Supported
WiFi: Atheros AR6001 ROCm 802.11b/g :Supported
Bluetooth: Broadcom 2040 :Supported
USB: USB 1.1 :Supported
I am trying to build kernel with info i have about the hardware. Hope it will boot at least.
I'm looking for the infos you didn't find
wifi: WLAN 802.11b/g
bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0
keyboard: QWERTZ
usb: client/host
I found these, but I don't know if this is good or not I'm not really into things liek this
Hi,
I'm using the WM6.1 on my FCS T830 right now, but running Android on it sure sounds like an even cooler idea.
I hope somebody manages to get this working!!!
k1dugar said:
CPU: Intel XScale PXA270 (ARMv5TE) :Supported
Display: 240 x 240 (1.7' x 1.7') :Unknown (Supported on other device)
Touch Screen: - :Unknown
Audio: AC97 (not sure) :Unknown
ROM: 128MB :Supported
RAM: 64MB :Supported
GSM: Ericsson EMP U250 :Supported
GPS: SiRFstarIII GSC3f/LP :Supported
Key: QWERTY (Keymap) :Supported
WiFi: Atheros AR6001 ROCm 802.11b/g :Supported
Bluetooth: Broadcom 2040 :Supported
USB: USB 1.1 :Supported
I am trying to build kernel with info i have about the hardware. Hope it will boot at least.
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Hey!
Any news?
Well, is this project dead or what happened?
Donno, k1dugar isn't responding
Im sorry for late reply.
Hello,
I am sorry for late reply but somehow i lost the interest on building this image now bcoz of lack in features availability in Android which would make this image useless. I'm waiting for google to launch the full source code for it. I'm Working on making WM6.1 final rom where all feature will be working and stable.
Please carry on the work, i normally dont work in a way that i will do something and upload my final work. I like ppl to research themself and make it themself so they can learn and improve something on there way. Sure untile i think its stable and wont harm someone's hardware in anyway then i will upload the final work, until then just step by step guide.
Let me finsh WM6.1 with help of all you ppl and then we can work on Android, I personally Love *NIX system. I would be more then happy to make my phone run Linux.
A fully working wm 6.1 would be great Just keep up the work with that, android can wait Don't forget about the blue keyboard thing
Before to use Android, the first step must be to have a linux kernel working on T830.
I've tried to compile 2.6.28, but I haven't succes.
It isn't impossible, but it seems hard to make, because the kernel is strictly relate to hardware platform.
There is someone that want to try thiswith me ?
Let me now.
Thanks
tea4two
tea4two said:
Before to use Android, the first step must be to have a linux kernel working on T830.
I've tried to compile 2.6.28, but I haven't succes.
It isn't impossible, but it seems hard to make, because the kernel is strictly relate to hardware platform.
There is someone that want to try thiswith me ?
Let me now.
Thanks
tea4two
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I would like to help with everything I can. The only thing is that I never made such things like building a kernel or so But if you can provide me with instructions and things like that it would be great!
Hi TooKooL,
First steps to compile the kernel are very easy.
I'm using Fedora 10 so what I write is related.
There is the need to have the right Chaintool to compile.
I've found this information: http://loox-linux.sourceforge.net/chaintool.html
, but I work different:
1 - yum install arm* (is not the rigth command to use, but you need to install all arm-* packages)
2 - Download linux Kernel (i've used latest 2.6.28)
3 - Unpack tha kernel: tax xvzf linux-2.6.28.tgz
4 - make a symbolic link ln -s linux-2.6.28 linux
5 - modify top level Makefile in this way:
ARCH ?= arm
CROSS_COMPILE ?= /usr/bin/arm-gp2x-linux-
6 - run: make menuconfig
7 - Setup the right value in the lernel (drivers, cpu, ecc..) THIS IS THE TRUE PROBLEM!!!!
8 - run: make zImage
To load linux kernel use HaRET.
Copy on root of SD-CARD:
HaRET.exe
zImage
startup.txt
the startup.txt contain olny one row with the word "boot" (without quote)
Run HaRET and linux start to load..... if kernel is compiled rigth..... (i'm not lucky)
Other useful link are:
http://sites.google.com/site/siteofhx/Home/android/android-porting-steps/english
http://loox-linux.sourceforge.net/
Let us know if you have some results...
Regards
tea4two said:
Hi TooKooL,
First steps to compile the kernel are very easy.
I'm using Fedora 10 so what I write is related.
There is the need to have the right Chaintool to compile.
I've found this information: http://loox-linux.sourceforge.net/chaintool.html
, but I work different:
1 - yum install arm* (is not the rigth command to use, but you need to install all arm-* packages)
2 - Download linux Kernel (i've used latest 2.6.28)
3 - Unpack tha kernel: tax xvzf linux-2.6.28.tgz
4 - make a symbolic link ln -s linux-2.6.28 linux
5 - modify top level Makefile in this way:
ARCH ?= arm
CROSS_COMPILE ?= /usr/bin/arm-gp2x-linux-
6 - run: make menuconfig
7 - Setup the right value in the lernel (drivers, cpu, ecc..) THIS IS THE TRUE PROBLEM!!!!
8 - run: make zImage
To load linux kernel use HaRET.
Copy on root of SD-CARD:
HaRET.exe
zImage
startup.txt
the startup.txt contain olny one row with the word "boot" (without quote)
Run HaRET and linux start to load..... if kernel is compiled rigth..... (i'm not lucky)
Other useful link are:
http://sites.google.com/site/siteofhx/Home/android/android-porting-steps/english
http://loox-linux.sourceforge.net/
Let us know if you have some results...
Regards
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Hi!
So, if I understand I need that chaintool (can't find download link on the page), a kernel (simple desktop linux version???). First of all make these things clear please After that I think I have to work with that chaintool as you mentioned in point 1, 4 ... Right? Sorry, but I'm new to this, I never even used linux before. Edit: ok, I found the kernels you mentioned, what files do I need to download?
linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2
linux-2.6.28.tar.bz2.sign
linux-2.6.28.tar.gz
linux-2.6.28.tar.gz.sign
linux-2.6.28.tar.sign
These?
And what about that arm package installation? It's a shame I'm a novice and I want to make this, but I have to start learning somehow
I've found other informations about to use HaRet to boot linux.
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HowtoLinuxHaret
There is the need to partitioning the SD Card in two partitions, FAT16 and ETX3.
The FAT16 is used to boot linux (copy files: Haret.exe, zImage and startup.txt)
The Etx3 is usedt to save all Linux files (/boot, /usr, /bin, /var, and so on)
I've tried to start several kernel images without success.
Haret hang when on the screen appears "Jump to kernel...."
The device hang too, the only way to unlock it's a Factory Default server.
It seems only a Kenrel issue. I don't understand where I must start to compile a new kernel.
There are PDA similar T830 ? This maybe a good starting point.
I don't understand how to use sartup.txt
This file contains information for the boot sequence, I have only "boot" write in It, but other parameter are required (I think).
Surfing the nternet I've found the need to know GPIO, how must I use it ?
Tea4two.
WOW!!!
Little success.....
I've found this project about n560
http://www.elcom.pub.ro/~adrian.popa/n560-linux/
and Linux boot on T830 .... but hang suddenly....
I'm very happy, because this is a good starting point to port Android to T830
Attention!!! You MUST repartitioning SD-CARD before copy files on it to boot Linux.
Then Linux start, but hangs suddenly and the device vibrate endless.
The only way to stop is to remove the battery.....
then before to try: MAKE BACKUP OF YOUR DATA!!!!!
For Developers:
The good starting point is to download HandHeld kernel, running follow command:
cvs -d server:[email protected]:/cvs checkout -d linux-2.6.x-hh linux/kernel26
Then use looxn560_defconfig: make looxn560_defconfig
And after..... we need to understand how change kernel config to match T830 hardware.
We need to use in the rigth way GPIO's.
GPIO's are connected to various devices (led, keyboard, touchscreen, vibrate....), so wrong configuration hang the linux boot.
Good work...
Tea4two
tea4two said:
WOW!!!
Little success.....
I've found this project about n560
http://www.elcom.pub.ro/~adrian.popa/n560-linux/
and Linux boot on T830 .... but hang suddenly....
I'm very happy, because this is a good starting point to port Android to T830
Attention!!! You MUST repartitioning SD-CARD before copy files on it to boot Linux.
Then Linux start, but hangs suddenly and the device vibrate endless.
The only way to stop is to remove the battery.....
then before to try: MAKE BACKUP OF YOUR DATA!!!!!
For Developers:
The good starting point is to download HandHeld kernel, running follow command:
cvs -d server:[email protected]:/cvs checkout -d linux-2.6.x-hh linux/kernel26
Then use looxn560_defconfig: make looxn560_defconfig
And after..... we need to understand how change kernel config to match T830 hardware.
We need to use in the rigth way GPIO's.
GPIO's are connected to various devices (led, keyboard, touchscreen, vibrate....), so wrong configuration hang the linux boot.
Good work...
Tea4two
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I'll definiately try this later today, and I'm looking for that boot info for haret too.
Hello everyone,
I am happy to inform all those folks who waited for a full Linux operating system on the HTC Kaiser PDA that today a little bit modified version of Zubuntu finally booted successfully on my HTC Kaiser.
It is a really in the alpha-state but it works, let's see what do we have:
TouchScreen: works perfectly with calibration
Screen: looks good. but programs doesn't support Kaiser's small resolution. You can fix this by using INTERPOLATION, but this makes picture quality a lot worse. To try it out edit the default.txt, find the mddi.height and mddi.weight values and change to for example 480 and 360.
Keyboard: works exactly as expected, some fine tuning with the keyboard map will be done
ScreenRotating
Not tested/not working:
WiFi (MY #1 ISSUE, TRYING TO FIX): I extracted the wifi section from an Android rootfs, successfully modprobed wlan.ko, dmesg shows that the driver is loaded OK, but:
Code:
iwconfig
tiwlan0: no wireless extensions
ifconfig tiwlan0 up
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address
TI's WLAN_LOADER program didn't work either, so now I am moving to the other driver (wl12xx)
Bluetooth (Driver is there, no BT programs installed, couldn't test it)
3G
Cameras
Phone (NO dialer, nothing, however perhaps gsm-libs can help us firing it up)
Many many thanks goes for all these people form the #htc-linux IRC channel: randomblame, Markinus, ali1234, Ondalf and bombenbach for their outstanding support and help!
I would like to say thank you especially to phh for his awesome help and patience with me!
Click on the image for more pictures!
Stay tuned for: hopefully working WiFi, screnshots, YouTube-demonstration.
If you are interested, want to say thank you, want to help, or have an idea how to fix some things please write into this topic.
Also if you like my work, please consider a little a donation for me
After all, I am pretty sure now you want to try this on your own too, so here is the link for the Google-Code website. Download all the files and read the Wiki to know what to do.
http://code.google.com/p/kaiser-buntu/http://code.google.com/p/kaiser-buntu/
Link to RootFS:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ANRC94ON
Mirror (thanks to jmcbrother):
http://rapidshare.com/files/371631240/ubuntu_rootfs.rar
Mirror #2 (thanks to hoatienii):
http://www.mediafire.com/?uvytadoykyy
Want to be updated? Check out the project's Twitter page!
http://www.twitter.com/kaiserbuntu
Thank you,
DOMy
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great work . please upload link to test
Sweet that is great news! I can't wait to try it out!
Me wants the alfa link
This is so great!
Maybe we can find a solution at my hackersspace.
Great Work... Luv Linux.... Ported Android on Windows Mobile Device... Eager to port Ubuntu on Kaiser...
can you please share the Linux Beta link ...
Makes me almost wanna install Ubuntu on my PC.
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Makes me almost wanna install Ubuntu on my PC.
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oh……thank you……I wanna test……wait ……
Would it be destructive to flash it to nand at this point in the project?
I wouldn't count on it even remotely fitting on the NAND. Besides, you'll probably have to have half the apps on an SD card anyway...
how about a build that will work with the new nomorootfs installers so hose of us like me can try it without going back to winmo, Would like to install to ext2.img files or sdcard partitions.
And is this remotely close to the MER Linux build that progress seems to be halted on I was able to get it to work
working XWindow?
I wouldn't recommend installing it to NAND (it doesn't work so good, for example I didn't have time to test power/suspend).
Xwindows works perfectly (except the resolution issue).
DOMy
resolution issue. can you please explain that? (whats wrong in resolution) before i flash back to ,WM and try it
Michga said:
resolution issue. can you please explain that? (whats wrong in resolution) before i flash back to ,WM and try it
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The problem is that the rootfs is not for the Kaiser and the Xserver uses some hardcoded resolution (that means there is no config file for it) so circa half of the windows are too big for the screen. It is not a big problem because you can move them around so it is easy to get to one of the corners and resize them so you can see the whole thing at once.
Fixing this is on my To-Do list
sorry for the dumb question but...
will this support phone???
no mention in the OP.
I assume no. (for now anyway)
mnjm9b said:
sorry for the dumb question but...
will this support phone???
no mention in the OP.
I assume no. (for now anyway)
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Driver support is there, but AFAIK no frontend yet.
DOMy
mod: I found this: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/comm/gsm-utils and this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man8/gsmctl.8.html perhaps I will try it later (or someone can try it and report)
This intrigues me muchly, but why ubuntu/debian based?
There are other, (and imho simpler), bases to build on, slackware springs to mind, and there are some tiny distros out there, which may also be worth looking at, to say nothing of the likes of Familiar, an interesting candidate for a non-android htc-linux.
Smooth debian linux with and without GUI.
I am not linked in any way to this App or its developer. But I have been searching for an out of the box linux that works on the SGS3. Out of the several I tried this was the only functioning one,
called Linux Deploy (playstore link here).
Its installs a variety of debian distros by loop method and then chrooting in VNC (or SSH). ( i use bVNC)
- may sound complicated but the app does it all . just select what you want to try and how big you want the image file and where you want to place it (internal or external SD). default settings are fine for most except if Gnome and KDE will need increase image to 1.5Gb otherwise fails)
It also gives a variety of GUI, I tried XFCE and KDE
It runs on top of Android so you can still call and receive messages etc.
The only thing I would suggest is that you unmount the loop before killing app or rebooting android. I think it will remain running in memory even if the app is killed.
Linux Deploy 1.2.7
The new Linux Deploy version, programs for automation of installation process and start of GNU/Linux of distribution kits on devices with the Android platform is available. Application creates an image of a disk on a flash card, mounts it and sets there the selected distribution kit of GNU/Linux. Also distribution kit installation directly on the card section is supported.
Applications from new Linux-system are launched in a chroot-surrounding parallely with standard operation of the Android platform. Installation of a distribution kit is carried out on a network from official mirrors on the Internet. For operation to application privileges of the superuser (ROOT) are required. Access to Linux-system is carried out through SSH, VNC or X Window System. The code of the utility is available under the license GPLv3, ready assemblies are placed in the directory Google Play.
Characteristics:
Supported OS: Debian, Ubuntu;
Assembly under architecture of armel and armhf;
Installation type: loop-file, SD card;
Supported file system: ext2, ext4;
Management interface: SSH, VNC, X;
Possibility of use of surroundings of a desktop: XTerm, LXDE, Xfce, GNOME, Unity, KDE;
Supported language: Russian, English.
Main changes in Linux Deploy 1.2.7:
X Window System support (GUI start via the X-server);
Automatic configuration of DNS;
Support of a surrounding of a desktop of Unity;
The error of start of session of GNOME in Ubuntu is corrected.
Is on GitHub, 4PDA, PlayMarket! (can't post links)
play . google . com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linuxdeploy
github . com/meefik/linuxdeploy
4pda . ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=378043
is this something like ubuntu for linux where the vnc connection(although local) becomes the bottleneck?
exge said:
is this something like ubuntu for linux where the vnc connection(although local) becomes the bottleneck?
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not, it is ubuntu on your device
Sound
Is it possible to get the sound working this way?
linux deploy
hi can i use it on a note2
Very nicely done.
This app works really great!
At the moment I am using "Ubuntu precise" with KDE. Ist works quite well. What do you use ?
I just installed Fedora 18 with Gnome on my Nexus 10 using this app.
I am having trouble to mount the USB flash drive to it ( using an OTG usb adapter)
I don;t know enough about linux to mount the USB drive
when I plug in the drive in android the path is
/storage/sdcard0/usbStorage
This application is awesome. Everything works perfectly. Well, not everything, but I guess that is chroot's fault. Anyway, can I somehow make digitizer work? I am successfully controlling my phone through x2x, although it would be merrier if I could use my phone's digitizer for input. I'd be grateful for any kind of help.
P.S. superdave42, try custom mounting that path in Linux Deploy's settings.
linux deploy to samsung galaxy tab 2 P5100
I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P5100BUDLL1
Kernel 3.0.31-1121627
version Build jz054k.p5100BUDMD1
i have installed Linux Deploy by following the steps I was able to install Kali
I proceeded to install kali-full
but 'I still have problems with postgresql 9.1
and the wifi
wireshark with no problem only with airmon-ng does not recognize the wifi
and tells me to install 'iw-3.10.tar.bz2
I downloaded the 'iw-3.10.tar.bz2
I tried to install it in every way possible but nothing some advice
thanks to all
sorry I'm wrong the page post
It's okay. You are posting in the right thread as there's no official thread for this application in the Applications section, or at least I am not aware of it. Anyway, as far as my knowledge reaches, the reason why you can't mess with WiFi in a chrooted Linux installation is mainly because it is running in a chroot jail (feel free to correct me if I am wrong). In order to make Kali Linux (or any other Linux distribution installed through this application) able to manage WiFi state, I think you need to do some mounts that I'm not aware of at the moment, unfortunately.
EDIT: Try typing this command line (credit to Robertozzz for this post, check out the rest of it too) either from adb shell with superuser permissions or by connection to the SSH client run by Linux Deploy:
Code:
mount -o bind /dev /data/local/mnt/dev
Tapatalk seriously needs some text formatting, otherwise I need to type BBCode myself... and an option to preview.
hello nice to see someone using this beautiful app as well! there should be an official thread for this..
I manage to use both vnc uaing bvnc as well and framebuffer method.. vnc got that slight lag especially when scrolling image dense content on chromium, but framebuffer is buttery smooth!
I'm thinking of upgrading this GTN 8000 (I got the same processor as you mate exynos 4 quad 1,4ghz 2gb ram) to something with snapdragon 600 or even better 800.
anyone here with snapdragon 600 got experience with Linux Deploy? how much boost might I get from those beast? :cyclops:
thanks
Android 4.3 Supported
Just an FYI for anyone using this app. It does work in Android 4.3 with Debian. Not sure if it XVNC or Framebuffer work (download of Gnome failed), but I was able to get a chroot and shell to Debian. Looks like the developer himself hosts the downloads for the supported distros (the "MIRROR" variable in prefs), and I'm not totally thrilled about that... Nothing personal, I just like to be careful.
But on that note, the code is Open Source, and available at:
https://github.com/meefik/linuxdeploy
You don't actually need the github download. All of the real work is done with a shell script(s). After installing the app, you can find the workhorse script linuxdeploy in "/data/local/linux/bin" and this handles almost everything. Some pretty nifty code in there, a couple of cool recursion tricks I might use later.
If you're handy with the command line, you can forego the UI after initial setup/distro download.
Code:
<android> % su -
<android> # export MNT_TARGET=/data/local/linux/mnt
<android> # cd /data/local/linux
...To see the settings file
<android> # cat etc/deply.conf
.... To start the distro you already downloaded (Debian)
<android> # bin/linuxdeploy start
... To get into the now-running distro (this can be done from multiple windows in Android Terminal!)
<android> # bin/linuxdeploy shell
.... If the prompt ain't enough, test it out (hostname isn't standard on Android)
debian # hostname
localhost
...
Now, I totally hate that it downloads everything piecemeal after selecting a distro, but it may be that I just have the settings wrong. Not all distros worked for me. I got failures on finding "apt-get" when installing Ubuntu -- probably easy to fix, but I didn't look into it because I was new to chroot. I notice that there are updates in the github from just 3 days ago, so it's actively supported.
I liked his competitor Complete Linux Installer better in Android 4.2, because it's super newb friendly and explains every single step very clearly, and it worked the first time I used it. Unfortunately it failed on my Nexus 7 (2013) / Android 4.3, so I moved to Linux Deploy. Not regretting the change because I've learned a lot, but I hope to see both options on Android 4.3 soon.
-Pie
I'm having difficulties installing it on a Galaxy S4 I9500. Here's what I get as an output: /data/local/linux/bin/linuxdeploy: line 1411: dd: Permission denied I tried changing the size of the image, but that didn't help either. For what it's worth, I'm running a stock ROM as well as CWM. Also, I read somewhere that Busybox is required, so that's already installed. Could it be because I'm trying to install it on my external SD card, and not my internal memory?
Kali Linux working with "Linux Deploy" app on S4 i9505
I've found this interesting post about Kali Linux working with "Linux Deploy" app on S4 i9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2400638
Another suggestion I would like to make you is to consider some alternative remote session that would speed up the interface like for example:
- xrdp (much faster than vnc)
- teamviewer or Splashtop for easier access even from another computer/phone in another network. Splashtop video performance and real-time interface is really impressive
With Splashtop you can just have your own Linux PC and connect to it anytime. You could avoid to to install ARM Linux on your mobile...
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QUOTE=delstam;44843172]I'm having difficulties installing it on a Galaxy S4 I9500. Here's what I get as an output: /data/local/linux/bin/linuxdeploy: line 1411: dd: Permission denied I tried changing the size of the image, but that didn't help either. For what it's worth, I'm running a stock ROM as well as CWM. Also, I read somewhere that Busybox is required, so that's already installed. Could it be because I'm trying to install it on my external SD card, and not my internal memory?[/QUOTE]
First of all, awesome app! Takes a lot of the steps out of getting a desktop OS working on our portable computers....
I am asking this here because I dont know where else I can ask it. So if there is a support/discussion forum specifically for the app somewhere my apologies for posting here.
Is there any way to do an install from ISO image? Kali is giving me a "failed getting release" error at the moment no matter how I put the path in (cross checked it on the site, but welcome to suggestions if anyone elses is working).
Thanks in advance.
heavylildude said:
hello nice to see someone using this beautiful app as well! there should be an official thread for this..
I manage to use both vnc uaing bvnc as well and framebuffer method.. vnc got that slight lag especially when scrolling image dense content on chromium, but framebuffer is buttery smooth!
I'm thinking of upgrading this GTN 8000 (I got the same processor as you mate exynos 4 quad 1,4ghz 2gb ram) to something with snapdragon 600 or even better 800.
anyone here with snapdragon 600 got experience with Linux Deploy? how much boost might I get from those beast? :cyclops:
thanks
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I cant figure out how to get ssh and or vnc client connected to the linux deploy app... can you help me please?
Move Linux Deploy to MicrSD
Hi guys,
i would like to move the linux deploy application to microSD card, i have a GT-i9505, With root privilege, and foldermount installed, but i don't find the installation path of this application.
Someone can help me please ?
Bye
Cristian
SonneKonig said:
I cant figure out how to get ssh and or vnc client connected to the linux deploy app... can you help me please?
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Hello have you tried using changeme as password?