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Debian working niceley on Desire.

Debian for Desire.
If you are able to try this on another android device, please do as I will be very interested in the results.
Download
http://www.multiupload.com/79TSI1AAF9
You will need.
-Root access.
-Busybox (included in most custom roms)
-1.4gig free on SDCARD
-VNC Client (ie. AndroidVNC)
-Terminal Emulator (ie. ConnectBot)
-7zip
Instructions
-Extract the file deSIREbian.7z on your PC using 7zip.
-Copy the contents (debian.img and deboot) to root directory of SDCARD.
-On your phone in terminal emulator type
su
sh /sdcard/deboot
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You should get a blank screen showing "localhost:/#" after a couple of seconds.
-On your phone in your VNC client log in using these details
Password - password
Port - 5901
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Nickname and Address are not needed, call it what you want though.
Changing the colour to 24bit and enabling local mouse pointer and full screen bit map are not neccesary but reccomended.
-Thats it.
Notes.
-You can log in via ssh, (gives a much better terminal, ie works properly with aptitude). Use [email protected] and password "toor"
-The version of Debian is Armel Lenny, installed using debootstrap.
-It is just the base package with LXDE on top, you only get a desktop, a file browser, an internet browser, and a pic viewer.
-If you want more packages there's tonnes of room on the image. eg apt-get install openoffice.org or apt-get install abiword or apt-get install any flipping thing u want
-You can access the SDCARD from Debian at "root/sdcard" (read-write)
-You can access Debian filesystem from Android (When Debian is running) at "sdcard/debian" (read only)
-debian.img is mounted at "sdcard/debian" using "dev/block/loop5"
-So far the only rom i have come accross that this dont work with is one of the cyanogen nightlies from last week. apart from that, working on opendesire, cyanogen, defrost, leedroid, official 2.2 with busybox...
Issues.
Debian cannot be shut down. You need to reboot the phone to do this. (You can kill the VNC server with "vncserver -kill :1" there is an icon on the festoons to do this.)
Update log.
deSIREbain.
-First release.
deSIREbain2
Fixed
-Loading a second terminal no longer breaks vnc.
-You no longer need to create the folder debian on sdcard.
Added
-ssh server (login with root and toor)
Removed.
-The image has been downsized from 2 gig to 1.4

Hey,
thank you for your work, i will test it so far and will tell you the results
got this error:
Code:
# su
su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
sh /sdcard/deboot
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sdcard on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or di
rectory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
chroot: can't change root directory to /sdcard/debian: No such file or directory
#
If you have the same problems try out
su
mkdir /sdcard/debian
losetup /dev/block/loop3 /sdcard/debian.img
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop3 /sdcard/debian
ls /sdcard/debian
thx to mercianary for help
greetings

I found this guide quite helpful at getting a bootstrapped Debian setup running.
http://www.saurik.com/id/10
I didn't need to insert the ext2 module as it's already loaded for me, I guess G1s didn't have that convenience back then.

blackstoneuser5 said:
I found this guide quite helpful at getting a bootstrapped Debian setup running.
www . saurik.com/id/10
I didn't need to insert the ext2 module as it's already loaded for me, I guess G1s didn't have that convenience back then.
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I used parts of this for reference too. Its a great guide, explains things really well.

i've just updated this. link is in the first post.
Fixed
-Loading a second terminal no longer breaks vnc.
-You no longer need to create the folder debian on sdcard.
Added
-ssh server (login with root and toor)
Removed.
-The image has been downsized from 2 gig to 1.4

debian for desire--help please
hi
I spent much time for searching debian or ubuntu for desire, but nothin worked
know i found this and i have download everything and start to install over the terminal
but the " sh /sdcard/deboot" is not workin to
there's only this answer:
# su
su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
sh /sdcard/deboot
[: not found
losetup: not found
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
mount: No such file or directory
busybox: not found
sysctl: not found
chroot: not found
may somebody help me?
i really want to have it on the desire
thanks

It looks like you had not installed busybox
Which ROM do you use ?

oh i'm sorry
i'm a newbie and don't really know what a rom is
but i had problems with busybox and there was a somebody who said i can get the app titanium and let it install the busybox

could you please show me a tut how to install busybox
maybe a german tut
thanks

Getting error at: sh /sdcard/deboot
line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `else'

Rosi1337 said:
Getting error at: sh /sdcard/deboot
line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
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dont know why that happened.. works on mine. syntax looks ok to me.
try with this one (attatched), it's the same but without the bit that's not working for you.
what rom are you using, i shall try to replicate the error so I can try to fix properly.

thepuechen said:
could you please show me a tut how to install busybox
maybe a german tut
thanks
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There should be a guide on installing busybox somewhere if you want to search for it, i know i remember seeing one a while ago.
Too be honest, your better off just flashing a rom that includes busybox, it would be MUCH easier.
have a look here and see what takes your fancy, I would recomend defrost, because it is stable and easy to overclock.

Thanks mercianary,
It works fine!,
I use customised DeFroST_0.9b_uvonly with USB-host patch.
By the way I would like to add more options to kernel line.
Where can I find like a menu.lst file ? or How to add it to kernel line.
There is no /dev/graphics/* in running Debian console.
I would like to use FrameBuffer on running Debian.
thanks,

Android VNC won't connect Trying to get a handshake, but then says that VNC connection failed

please paste at that time log
jacobtc said:
Android VNC won't connect Trying to get a handshake, but then says that VNC connection failed
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Please paste at that time log.
Maybe vnc server does not running.

tknv said:
Thanks mercianary,
It works fine!,
I use customised DeFroST_0.9b_uvonly with USB-host patch.
By the way I would like to add more options to kernel line.
Where can I find like a menu.lst file ? or How to add it to kernel line.
There is no /dev/graphics/* in running Debian console.
I would like to use FrameBuffer on running Debian.
thanks,
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You should understand that this is not a really booted native linux. Instead you are working in a chroot environment. So there is no kernel running that can get parameters. Only the the stock kernel of your DeFroST. Also there is no FrameBuffer as the graphic hardware ist not accessible. Instead this approach uses a vnc-server to which you can connect via a local viewer.
The advantage of this approach is clear:
- run almost any linux package available in the debian repository
- use your phone as before with the nice android
The disadvantage:
- no graphic output, so no 3D-games (which are rare under linux on the arm platform ;-)
- you can crash your android by eating up to much ram (not such a problem - it restarts on its own and if not you just have to reboot)

Thread is dead?
It seems this thread is dead. The problems many users seem to have come from a dirty setup. The image is broken in many terms:
- wrong file permissions on important binaries, like su
- wrong file permissions on many device files under /dev, so the ttys are only accessible by root
- wrong permissions on other places so there are always errors when installing additonal software (e.g. with the man pages)
- wrong setup that uses the root user for the desktop - instead an unprivileged user should be used
- missing packages for timezones and locales so the time is only right, if you are in a UTC region and console programs having trouble displaying anything else then plain english
I can not recommend using this setup image. It is better to use one of the instructions available online to get a clean setup.

Su doesn't work because your allready root.
Getting anything but root to work would be a real pain.
As you said its a chroot environment, its never going to be perfect.
The image was made using debootstrap just like all the other 'clean' ones.
Yep, it is broken as hell, but it works for what most people would need it for...make,gcc,python,a proper web browser,torrents, and some emergency word processing on the train to work.
The problem most people have is not being able to mount the image, this is due to fro-yo a2sd taking up all the loop devices.

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents.
I tried this on a MIUI rom and the scripy didnt do anything - ie i ran it using:
"# sh /sdcard/deboot"
.....and all it said was:
"#"
I entered all the lines in the shell script but the last one said it failed to launch VLC and no commands registered property (not even ls)
So i tried it on Defrost 5.1, and the script still didn't work.
But when i entered everything manually, it did work. Not too sure about the green theme though.
But thanks alot! Saves me spending a few hours trying to coax a working debootstrap out of my computer.
Thanks!
Josh.

mercianary said:
Su doesn't work because your allready root.
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Nope. Actually su works only for root. It's missing the setuid root flag like all other binaries that should have it set.
mercianary said:
Getting anything but root to work would be a real pain.
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Nope. I am always working as a normal, unprivileged user in my chroot. You just have to be in the proper groups. No need to work as root. Android works also with an unprivileged user.
mercianary said:
As you said its a chroot environment, its never going to be perfect.
The image was made using debootstrap just like all the other 'clean' ones.
Yep, it is broken as hell, but it works for what most people would need it for...make,gcc,python,a proper web browser,torrents, and some emergency word processing on the train to work.
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This is what I do not understand. There is no need that it is broken, as mine works without any errors. So I think something went wrong in creating yours. For sure a chroot is no running OS but you can server almost any service with it and run anything you want (if your ram does not get exhausted ;-).
mercianary said:
The problem most people have is not being able to mount the image, this is due to fro-yo a2sd taking up all the loop devices.
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Yes. Everyone with a good rom should have a2sd+ (aka the old a2sd) which saves more space than the froyo one and leaves your loop devices for you.
jo

[GUIDE] Mount Windows or Linux share on Kindle using CifsManager

NOTE: These instructions may be outdated. If you've installed a recent ROM, the cifs drivers are probably built in, and you should be able to use Cifsmanager as long as the "Load cifs module" option is checked.
These are my notes for mounting a remote Windows share on my Kindle Fire. Note that this also works with CM7.
Why do this? My usage example is so I don't have to manually copy comics down to the Kindle for reading with Perfect Viewer. I can read them directly via Wifi on my Kindle. It's also a lot easier to manage the files on the PC.
Root is required
CifsManager Free
https://market.android.com/details?id=ws.plattner.cifsmanager&hl=en
Drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396960
Big thanks to riverzhou for providing these files!
Steps
1. Install root if necessary - find another guide for this
2. Ensure a proper share is available from PC
3. Install CifsManager - note, not available on Amazon appstore, so will have to install from Android Market, or side load
4. Copy drivers to /sdcard/cifs
5. CifsManager
Load cifs module -> checked
Load via insmod -> checked
Path to cifs.ko: /sdcard/cifs/slow-work.ko:/sdcard/cifs/cifs.ko
Use IP for share, like this: 192.168.15.100/sharename
Create folder on sdcard for mount point, like /sdcard/comics

Ectoplasmic said:
These are my notes for mounting a remote Windows share on my Kindle Fire. I have it working, and will tidy up the steps as time passes.
Why do this? My usage example is so I don't have to manually copy comics down to the Kindle for reading with Perfect Viewer. I can read them directly via Wifi on my Kindle. It's also a lot easier to manage the files on the PC.
Root is required
CifsManager Free
https://market.android.com/details?id=ws.plattner.cifsmanager&hl=en
Drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396960
Big thanks to riverzhou for providing these files!
Steps
1. Install root if necessary - find another guide for this
2. Ensure a proper share is available from PC
3. Install CifsManager - note, not available on Amazon appstore, so will have to install from Android Market, or side load
4. Copy drivers to /sdcard/cifs
5. CifsManager
Load cifs module -> checked
Load via insmod -> checked
Path to cifs.ko: /sdcard/cifs/slow-work.ko:/sdcard/cifs/cifs.ko
Use IP for share, like this: 192.168.15.100/sharename
Create folder on sdcard for mount point, like /sdcard/comics
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Worked out pretty good for me! Thanks

I just tried this... worked well for me as well.

Nice, now if only I can get rooted again after the 6.2.1 update, I'll be able to follow my own guide again

Can someone explain how to set up the computer side of this? I got the Fire side working (I think), but I'm not sure how to get a remote share working under Windows.

brian112358: it really depends on your version of windows.
Ectoplasmic: You're Awesome. You just single handedly gave my kfire 2TB of resources while on my home network.

brian112358 said:
Can someone explain how to set up the computer side of this? I got the Fire side working (I think), but I'm not sure how to get a remote share working under Windows.
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I was having problems with my Windows shared folder as well. After trying all kinds of variations on my path name I eventually started from scratch, but instead of manually entering my mount paths I let CifsManager do it for me. Then everything worked as it should, even though my manual entries were exactly the same as the automated ones. Go figure.
Anyway, I'm on a 32-bit Windows 7. First, find the folder you want to share and Right-Click>Properties>Sharing>Advanced Sharing>Check the Share this Folder box>Ok. Take note of the name. (Mine was "Downloads")
The share path for my folder is now:
192.168.1.101/Downloads
In CifsManager I followed the OP's instructions for setting the driver paths, but I did not create a folder for the mount point on the KF. Instead, I set Mount point prefix to: /mnt/sdcard/cifs. I then added a New Share Path and only entered the following:
Share Path: 192.168.1.101/Downloads
*Tap on Mount Point field and it should auto fill
That's it. CifsManager then created a new folder: /mnt/sdcard/cifs/Downloads. I do not have a password login for my pc so I left user as "guest" and password blank. Works perfectly now. Like I said, everything was exactly the same as my manual entries, but for some reason it works now
Hope that helps.

golucky said:
brian112358: it really depends on your version of windows.
Ectoplasmic: You're Awesome. You just single handedly gave my kfire 2TB of resources while on my home network.
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Glad it's working. I also noticed a little better Wifi performance since the 6.2.1 update, at least with this app.

This is really handy to have. Saves a lot of trouble copying files to the Kindle. This is the sort of thing that needs to be baked into custom roms.

Followed the steps in the OP. Only thing is I'm still getting the same errors that I got before adding the drivers provided.
if I use the IP of the share I get : Mounting the share has failed with an error. mount: No such device or address. (I can browse to the IP/path with ESFE)
if I use the network name I get: Mounting the share has failed with an error. mount: Invalid argument.
I tried to insmod the cifs.ko via terminal and it threw an error code there too. "Exec format error"
I'm running NRG's ICS CM9 ROM 6/23 with Hashcode's 3.x kernel (dated Jun 8 in About tablet info)
Edit: or could it be the drivers just don't like the 3.x kernel. Leaning towards that after a little more reading.

ProfEngr said:
Followed the steps in the OP. Only thing is I'm still getting the same errors that I got before adding the drivers provided.
if I use the IP of the share I get : Mounting the share has failed with an error. mount: No such device or address. (I can browse to the IP/path with ESFE)
if I use the network name I get: Mounting the share has failed with an error. mount: Invalid argument.
I tried to insmod the cifs.ko via terminal and it threw an error code there too. "Exec format error"
I'm running NRG's ICS CM9 ROM 6/23 with Hashcode's 3.x kernel (dated Jun 8 in About tablet info)
Edit: or could it be the drivers just don't like the 3.x kernel. Leaning towards that after a little more reading.
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I just installed cifs from the market. Did not bother with the drivers and cifs connected with my server the first time. I am on twa's job ROM.

ghost_og said:
I was having problems with my Windows shared folder as well. After trying all kinds of variations on my path name I eventually started from scratch, but instead of manually entering my mount paths I let CifsManager do it for me. Then everything worked as it should, even though my manual entries were exactly the same as the automated ones. Go figure.
Anyway, I'm on a 32-bit Windows 7. First, find the folder you want to share and Right-Click>Properties>Sharing>Advanced Sharing>Check the Share this Folder box>Ok. Take note of the name. (Mine was "Downloads")
The share path for my folder is now:
192.168.1.101/Downloads
In CifsManager I followed the OP's instructions for setting the driver paths, but I did not create a folder for the mount point on the KF. Instead, I set Mount point prefix to: /mnt/sdcard/cifs. I then added a New Share Path and only entered the following:
Share Path: 192.168.1.101/Downloads
*Tap on Mount Point field and it should auto fill
That's it. CifsManager then created a new folder: /mnt/sdcard/cifs/Downloads. I do not have a password login for my pc so I left user as "guest" and password blank. Works perfectly now. Like I said, everything was exactly the same as my manual entries, but for some reason it works now
Hope that helps.
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Hi -
I set mine up just like this ... and it did indeed create the mount point /mnt/sdcard0/cifs/comic. I get the little green circle on CifsManager ..BUT.. when I click on the mount, CifsManager gives me this error: This feature depends on an installed file manager (astro/estrongs).
I do have Astro installed, and also Perfect Viewer (comic reader). I can navigate to /mnt/sdcard0/cifs/comic via root-manager and I see my comics, but can't load them. If I try to load them via any other method (while cifs mounted) I get file not found.
What could be the problem please ??
Thanks

Not sure if this will help anyone. I just came back to this thread thinking I needed the syntax for installing the drivers. Turns out I didn't.
Every relatively modern ROM I've installed (CM9, CM10) has not needed drivers, either on my KF, or my Samsung. However, I found it necessary to ensure "Load cifs module" is checked in the CifsManager settings.
Also, if you're using PerfectViewer, something I didn't know for quite a while is that you can actually browse and read from network shares directly from the app. Use the "open file" method and not the bookshelf, change from Local to Lan and go from there.
I still like to use CifsManager for various reasons

Webtop + Ubuntu tutorial

Hello,
I know that there are a lot of references about webtop + ubuntu but at least in my case was not easy to find a way to obtain a fully working ubuntu in my webtop. Considering that I have a Lapdock that was a must so I decided to post a brief tutorial of what I did, it's basically a compilation of the work of other and I don't intend to take credit at all.
The first thing is to have a ROM with blur on it like Gingermod, Nottach46, epsilon, etc.
One key thing is that you don't format your partitions to ext4 because Webtop2sd doesn't work on it. Considering this the stock rom should work also, the only mandatory thing is that your phone must be unlocked and rooted.
Of course you will require an external SD with enough space to contain a partition of at least 2 GB in my case I opted for 3GB and after install Open Office, Filezilla, rdesktop I still have about 50% free.
Step 1. Install and execute webtop2sd, this could include partitioning your SD card please be sure it was installed correctly using the diagnostics tab (I included an screenshot of how should look like)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119555
Step 2. Once installed the webtop2sd you should enter in your webtop and execute the webtop configurator (the one with the penguin icon) and execute the 2 options, install lxterminal and synaptic. Please note that this process could take some time, try to have patience.
Step 3. Using lxterminal execute the apt-get dependencies fix. I included a bash file that executes all the steps for version 1.7 just rename from txt to sh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192488
And ready once the step 3 completes you can use synaptic to install anything like OpenOffice, Filezila, etc. In case of Open office please be sure to freeze tzdata to avoid upgrades, that can be done searching for the file in synaptic then select in package menu the Lock version option.
Please let me know if you require further assistance.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397583

Oh my lol, this is like, the 3rd guide we have. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420376

mfragoso said:
Step 2. Once installed the webtop2sd you should enter in your webtop and execute the webtop configurator (the one with the penguin icon) and execute the 2 options, install lxterminal and synaptic. Please note that this process could take some time, try to have patience.
Step 3. Using lxterminal execute the apt-get dependencies fix. I included a bash file that executes all the steps for version 1.7 just rename from txt to sh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192488
And ready once the step 3 completes you can use synaptic to install anything like OpenOffice, Filezila, etc. In case of Open office please be sure to freeze tzdata to avoid upgrades, that can be done searching for the file in synaptic then select in package menu the Lock version option.
Please let me know if you require further assistance.
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I did all the steps till Step 2. I can not find the webtop configurator icon. So I am stuck in this step!. Do you know if out there is a video tutorial how to install Ubuntop?...Could you help me out?

Duel booting thread Finished :)

One of my favorite things about android is being able to duel-boot os's and playing around with Linux distros ,but ive seen a drop off of them being brought to Android sadly . so im starting this thread in order to get all the duel-boot,chroot boots and all other ones into one place if i forget one please let me now and ill do my best to add it
Note these are not all native boots and i take no responsibility for anything that happens to your device, these are not mine either and the owners should be thanked im just bringing them together :victory:
Native Boots
My favorite and best (in my opinion) are the native boots Starting off is Ubuntu as a native boot
UBUNTU
The original creators in bringing Ubuntu to the Acer a500 first are right here on XDA netham45 and sp3dev The original thread can be found here Here
To start off on booting Ubuntu Natively you're going to need Root obviously and acer recovery installer which can be downloaded from the Android market
for the sake of this tutorial ill go over booting it off the internal storage :laugh:
1.Start by making sure you have 8gigs free of internal storage as this is how big the .rar is unpacked
2. after you download acer recovery installer youll need to flash this recovery Here
3. After that download all 3 of these .rar's onto your pc put them in a folder of there own and extract the first one they should all merge giving you one rootfs File1 File2 File3
4.once you get the rootfs move it to the home directory of your internal storage
5. power off your tab and boot into your recovery using power and volume- and your good to go
6.some tweaks you could do would be
For sound
Code:
usermod -a -G audio <your username here>
For cpu frequency scale
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:artfwo/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-cpufreq
it will appear in you task bar on reboot best set to performance
:laugh:
Backtrack
Ive been told it works the same way but replacing the ubuntu.img with the backtrack.img which you can download from
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
Cannot confirm this if someone tests it please reply back
BODHI LINUX
Bodhi Linux is another Linux brought to android with the dev being here on XDA apapousek Make sure to look at the original thread and thank it Here
There are to differant builds Alpha1 and Alpha2 ill be going over Alpha2
1.Start off by using gparted or any partitioning tool should work, and partion your micro sdcard make the first one as ext4 and make it at least 1.5gb name it bodhi make your second partition 128mb at least of fat32 format
2.mount the partitions
3.download bodhi Linux from Here
4.Extract the bodhi tarball to the root of your micro sdcard by using the commands
Code:
sudo su
cd /media/bodhi/
tar -jxvf /home/name/bodhi_alpha2.tar.bz2
5.Copy recovery.img to the second partition and flash it using Acer recovery installer from Here
6.Boot into recovery and you should be good to go
7.once booted into bodhi open terminal and type in setupwifi
CHROOT
Not as good in my opinion alot less functionality but there still fun for testing out a Linux distro and require less space without having to sacrifice your recoveryThere basically running a virtual machine on top of android to run a Linux distro all the ones I've tried have been slower so i just tend to stay away from them but feel free too XD
First of all there's a couple of different apps that will help you get it installed hassle free (for the most part)
starting off there's Linux installer standard Here
There's also Complete Linux installer with two donate versions available Here
Manual Method
There's also a more manual way of setting up chroot.
1.Make sure you have a terminal emulator Here 7zip Here and a .img file for a linux distro ill put up backtrack since it seems to work well make sure you get the ARM version of Backtrack And finally Android VNC Here
2.Download the .Img file of your choice in this case Backtrack 5 and extract it once this is done you will get another folder with bt5.img.gz and a whole other bunch files right click on the bt5.img.gz and go to extract here now copy them all into a folder called BT5
3.copy the folder called BT5 to the internal storage of your device it will be around 5gigs
4.Make sure you have Root access and busybox installed
5.Now open up your terminal emulator app and type in
Code:
su
cd/sdcard/BT5
Then hit enter and type in
Code:
sh bootbt
You should see [email protected] if it worked if it did then you can go ahead and use BT5 commands or you can get a gui by typing in.
Code:
tightvncserver -geometry 1280x800
Hit enter then type in
export USER=root
hit enter then
vncpasswd
Now its going to ask you for a password just create any random one and then verify it . After that it will ask you if you want to create a view only password hit n
6.Finally open VNC android you'll have nickname which doesn't matter port which is usually 5901 if that doesn't work try 5902 or 5903 address leave bank and make sure your connected to [email protected] just hit connect and your done one final thing to remember though is when you want to exit you have to go back to terminal and type in exit to shutdown
WINDOWS
WINDOWS95
windows is actually run through an app which emulates it i believe it has little to none drivers instaled and you cant really do much that ive found but its fun to mess around with and show off :laugh: to get this up and running is pretty simple all you have to do is.
1.Download this .rar HERE
2.Extract the folder to get a sdl.apk and a folder called sdcard move both of them to the root of your sdcard
3install the .apk and open it when shutting down though you have shutdown the right way by hiiting shutdown if you dont on reboot youll get a scandisk error
WINDOWS XP
Windows xp is even slower more useless and way more complicated to run BUT its still kinda cool to have
1.First you'll want to download everything you'll need bochs for android from HERE Sdl.zip from HERE Bochs for pc from HERE and Qumu manager for pc HERE. Last thing you will need is a windows xp.iso file not .img but .iso (ide post one but i read somewhere its ilegal to post .iso for windows :/ )
2.Download and install boch's for android on your tablet then move the SDL.zip to the root of your SDcard
3.Install Boch's and Qemu manager onto your pc
4. what you going to need to do is run a virtual machine with the .iso you have so first thing you'll want to do is once you install Boch's for your pc hit the start button then go to all programs and find the Boch's folder inside of that folder there should be a program called Disk image creation tool.
5. Next type in hd then hit enter, after that type in flat then hit enter ten after that its telling you what size you want it to be usually windows xp doesnt need more than 1.5gb so type in 1500 and hit enter then finally type in c.img and hit enter.
6. Now you want to open Qemu, once inside Qemu you want to start a new virtual machine do this by going to the vm tab and click on new virtual machine.
7.you can give it any nickname it doesnt matter just give it one and hit next.
8.Now it wants to know how much ram you want to allocate to this virtual machine 512mb to 1gb is usually fine pick and hit next.
9. Then hit finish now what you want to do is install the .iso to the blank image file but you need to specify what it is so go to the drives tab, click on Harddisk zero.
10.now you have to find the file c.img its usually located in program files/bochs you might have to make sure all files is selected in your file type bar.
11.Select thec.img file and hit ok
12. Now you want to click on your cd-rom that is your windows xp.iso file so browse and find your windows xp.iso and click ok.
13.Now your ready to run your virtual machine just hit the run button (green one) and if everything went alright you should see it start to boot up.
14. Now you'll have some on screen prompts make sure you follow them and choose ntfs file system when it prompts you to. (process will take 30min+ depending on computer speed)
15. Once your installation has been completed and your at the desktop you want to stop virtual machine. click yes end session. (i know right all that time just to spend two seconds in it)
16.Now you want to find the c.img file which is no longer blank and has windows xp installed to it. Usually in program files/bochs copy it then paste it inside the folder called sdl on your sdcard. If there is already a c.img inside of it just overwrite it.
17.okay almost done (i promise ) your going to want to copy all this code
Code:
megs: 256
cpu: count=1, ips=6000000, reset_on_triple_fault=1, ignore_bad_msrs=1
# filename of ROM images
romimage: file=BIOS-bochs-latest
vgaromimage: file=VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
vga: extension=cirrus, update_freq=25
pci: enabled=1, chipset=i440fx, slot1=cirrus
ata0: enabled=1, ioaddr1=0x1f0, ioaddr2=0x3f0, irq=14
ata1: enabled=1, ioaddr1=0x170, ioaddr2=0x370, irq=15
ata0-master: type=disk, path="c.img"
#ata0-slave: type=disk, path="d.img"
#ata1-master: type=disk, mode=vvfat, path=/sdcard/HDD, journal=vvfat.redolog
#type=cdrom, path="CD.ISO", status=inserted
boot: c
config_interface: textconfig
#display_library: x
# other choices: win32 sdl wx carbon amigaos beos macintosh nogui rfb term svga
log: bochsout.txt
sb16: enabled=1
mouse: enabled=1
sb16: wavemode=1, dmatimer=500000
clock: sync=none, time0=1
Now go to your sdcard/and go the sdl folder and find the bochssrc.txt file overwrite everything in that file with the lines of code you just copied
The megs value at the top is how much ram you want to allocate to windows xp
18 Save te text document and your ready to run windows xp just open up bochs on your phone
Miscellaneous
These are all the os's that ive found that have been duel booted but are not worth it or a tutuoriol was never released will update it as i find them.
so far the only one i know of is Armedslack thsnks to hellvy from what i know of its the same way as bodhi linux but using armedslack packages
MAC OS
Im trying to figure out old mac os and newer ones right now ill be righting a tut once i get it figured out

Just adding another distro. I'm running ARMEDslack. You can use BODHI LINUX approach for installation, but use armedslack's Mini root filesystems instead. For me, there's so many stuff i have to do after installation (mainly recompiling apps & libs) and i'm not sure if anyone interesting in Slackware distro this day. So i'm not recommend this distro unless you have too much free time and know how Slackware work
Another thing, is there anyone get nvidia display driver works? i can't see any practical step to get it working, just ac100 display driver unbuntu package. If anyone get it working, pls share xorg.conf to me

Does ext4 partition has to be the first partition or second to boot bodhi because vfat as second partition cannot be recognized by cwm recovery and I cannot copy any files from internal to external sdcard

el.quechon said:
Does ext4 partition has to be the first partition or second to boot bodhi because vfat as second partition cannot be recognized by cwm recovery and I cannot copy any files from internal to external sdcard
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first and its not meant to be copied you haven to dd it to it sorry you can't just copy it directly i don't think and fat32 is what the second partition needs to be

gears177 said:
first and its not meant to be copied you haven to dd it to it sorry you can't just copy it directly i don't think and fat32 is what the second partition needs to be
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it booted in to terminal but usb port didnt work so couldnt use keyboard

No need to flash the kernel to recovery partition, use my dualboot bootloader.

It booted ok for me but it wont let me login at all
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I have a couple questions...
How well does Linux(mainly Ubuntu) run on the A500? Like is it smooth and all the various controls work well.
Does the HDMI out work? If so can you extend the desktop through the HDMI out to another screen. Like have two different windows on each screen.

Drewmungus said:
I have a couple questions...
How well does Linux(mainly Ubuntu) run on the A500? Like is it smooth and all the various controls work well.
Does the HDMI out work? If so can you extend the desktop through the HDMI out to another screen. Like have two different windows on each screen.
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I'm not sure bout hdmi if you do all the tweaks it runs reasonably well but won't run games and still lags when opening huge programs i had it for a couple of months for the most part you can install whatever you want some programs have missing repositories and you would need to create you own but there not that common i used it for compiling c+ as i need the multiwindow to do it but it will most likely crash if you try to update it i updated it to 12.04 successfully but was then having wifi problems you wil need an external usb keynoard to set it up at first when you boot up click on the top right corner and connect to wifi before doing the setup saves you a couple of steps

gears177 said:
I'm not sure bout hdmi if you do all the tweaks it runs reasonably well but won't run games and still lags when opening huge programs i had it for a couple of months for the most part you can install whatever you want some programs have missing repositories and you would need to create you own but there not that common i used it for compiling c+ as i need the multiwindow to do it but it will most likely crash if you try to update it i updated it to 12.04 successfully but was then having wifi problems you wil need an external usb keynoard to set it up at first when you boot up click on the top right corner and connect to wifi before doing the setup saves you a couple of steps
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gears177 can you tell me how did you fix wifi after upgrading to 12.04, are you using the ubuntu image from netham and while upgrading did you have any trouble with the packages related to plymouth

el.quechon said:
gears177 can you tell me how did you fix wifi after upgrading to 12.04, are you using the ubuntu image from netham and while upgrading did you have any trouble with the packages related to plymouth
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i never did fix it i tried everything i could think of nthing worked i dont know it seems that its not even turning on your wifi card i dont know maybe mess around in terminal and try to turn it on with wlan0 up or whatnot im not sure maybe if i get some free time ill try again as for updating i did it in small amounts and i didnt update everything im not sure but i did have a couple of errors they might of been related to plymouth

gears177 said:
i never did fix it i tried everything i could think of nthing worked i dont know it seems that its not even turning on your wifi card i dont know maybe mess around in terminal and try to turn it on with wlan0 up or whatnot im not sure maybe if i get some free time ill try again as for updating i did it in small amounts and i didnt update everything im not sure but i did have a couple of errors they might of been related to plymouth
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Thats it plymouth i dont know why it keeps failing to instAll and i tryed that thousand times upgrading it always break wifi
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el.quechon said:
Thats it plymouth i dont know why it keeps failing to instAll and i tryed that thousand times upgrading it always break wifi
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try installing it manually might work

sorry it took so long guys but its finally done for the most part

does netham have a source code for his kernel

el.quechon said:
does netham have a source code for his kernel
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maybe in the original thread i didnt find one but then again i didnt really look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260

Great work man! I am so happy as a huge ubuntu fan to have this tutorial here for my beloved device.
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Hey guys is there a script like v6supercharger for ubuntu
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lifeofcoding said:
Great work man! I am so happy as a huge ubuntu fan to have this tutorial here for my beloved device.
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Thanks
el.quechon said:
Hey guys is there a script like v6supercharger for ubuntu
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I dont believe so someone could always make one....

Backtrack works natively.
If you go on kernel-xp website there is a RTL8187 kernel for chroot which works well. Its based on acer ICS source code
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[GUIDE] How to install Ubuntu, Debian or other distro in our Tablet Z

Hello guys, someone requested me to create a guid to achieve this so here i go.
1. Make sure your tablet is rooted
2. If your tablet has a bootloader locked, you will need to check if you can remount /system as RW since this was a problem to, if your tablet reboots after mounting /system RW, then here is a temporal fix remount system created by me or you can go with a more permanent solution created by Fisherman
3. After you have a working root without any reboot problem, go to the play store and download this amazing app Complete Linux Installer created ZPWebsites, i recommend you to donate since it's a good app and also the donated version provides the ability to change resolution inside the app, if you don't use the donate version then you will have to change the resolution manually which i don't recommend.
4. Open the app, you will see a nice welcome, it's going to install some scripts and verify busybox version and probably update it, let it finish.
5. After everything finish to update-install, please swipe to the left, you will see a menu, with some options, select Install Guides.
6. Here you will see a list of all distros available to install, in my case i selected Ubuntu 12 install guide
7. On page 1 you will find a little explanation of the process to make this work, please make sure to have Developer options enabled on System Settings and inside the Developer options you must have enabled USB Debugging and finally enough space, at least 4-5GB
8. Go to page 2, in this page you will find the ability to download the linux distro, in my case Ubuntu, click on Download Image and select Download Large Image since this one includes almost everything i needed, but maybe you will need a lighter version.
9. Click on Download the VNCViewer App and Downnload Terminal App please don't use another terminal app.
10. After everything is downloaded, go to page 3, here you will see that you need to unzip the linux distro image, you will need to create a folder on the root sdcard, name it the distro name, in my case "ubuntu" and then extract the zip file here.
11. After the extraction is done, go to page 4, you will see some info related to launch the linux inside our tablet (Please remember the password, in my case it's ubuntu). Go to the app menu by swiping at the left side, click on Launch
12. Click on Settings -> Edit and check if you need to change the path of the linux image, in my case was good, no needed to change.
13. Select your Linux Distro and Click on Start Linux, you will see the terminal app running and asking you for a password, YOU NEED TO PUT HERE THE PASSWORD THAT PAGE 4 GAVE YOU, then after everything loaded you will see on the terminal something like "[email protected]" that means it worked and you are ready to connect via VNC, but before check the username inside the terminal LOG, in my case is ubuntu.
14. Open the VNCViewer App, and put the IP Address as localhost, port number: 5900, username the one that the terminal showed you in my case ubuntu, password the one on page 4, in my case ubuntu. Then click on Connect, it you did everything as expected then you should have a working linux on your tablet.
Let me know if you have any issue.
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Has anyone tried this?
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Works, Perfect, in locked bootloader 370 firm versión wifi.
Tested for me.
Enviado desde un telégrafo 80gbs

Keep an eye on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333518 We won the Tablet competition, so a brand now Z tab will be on its way to me very shortly, with more linux goodness to follow soon after!

zacthespack said:
Keep an eye on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333518 We won the Tablet competition, so a brand now Z tab will be on its way to me very shortly, with more linux goodness to follow soon after!
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Yes! i checked it today, hope to see awesome stuff. Thanks!