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Hey, Im following
http://www.androidfanatic.com/cms/community-forums.html?func=view&catid=9&id=2248
For how to set debian up. However chmod 4755 * fails for me saying operation not permitted when I am cd /sdcard/debian I read through a couple other posts on google and the site above where it says people can on versions pre 1.5 but once on 1.5 US it breaks the su whitelist some?
Anyways, Anyone have some ideas for me, as the google trail went cold for me as the people who had this issue was already at the end of the threads with no resolve or joy. Thanks. =)
too much in 'yo chmod!
hey i have set up mine. you just gotta forget about the chmod and just skip it and do the rest of the steps then type exit. then once it reboots, just type
su
cd /sdcard/debian
sh bootdeb
then it should be running
Yea I thought so too on the chmod step, so I tried going to the next, the installer.sh and said not allowed or something.
I tried running boot debian and so, and it came up with the load screen, then it had a chmod issue and then the G1 restarted. So what am I missing here? =/
hmm, im not entirely sure. when i installed it i simply
su
cd sdcard/debian
chmod 4755 *
su sh ./installer.sh
exit
su
cd sdcard/debian
sh bootdeb
Well I was reading other posts, Could it be a issue that Im already running apps off the EXT2 part of my SD card? I have the debian files on the FAT32 area. I saw some people saying that might be a cause of the issue?
if your debian dir is on fat32, you need to delete the first line of installer.sh script
Ok did that and the installer.sh ran did alot of not found errors then when I tried to bootdeb it looked like it was trying to load, then it rebooted the G1. =/
Any other ideas? Also if I wanna try to uninstall the work it did, what does it create to delete?
Mysticales said:
Ok did that and the installer.sh ran did alot of not found errors then when I tried to bootdeb it looked like it was trying to load, then it rebooted the G1. =/
Any other ideas? Also if I wanna try to uninstall the work it did, what does it create to delete?
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Which image are you using? There's one for fat32 and one for ext2. Try this: download fat32 version http://www.androidfanatic.com/cms/unofficial-app-repo.html?func=fileinfo&id=21
you may need to remount when entering the following commands in the terminal
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
place zip file on sdcard. go to terminal and enter:
su
unzip "whatever_your_debian_file_is_named".zip (not sure what its called)
cd "whatever_your_debian_file_is_named"
cp installer.sh /sdcard/gscript
then go to Gscript and load installer.sh, before you save, delete the line that says "./fsrw"
then save this edited script as installer1.sh
go back to terminal
cp /sdcard/gscript/installer1.sh /sdcard/debian
cd /sdcard/debian
su
sh ./installer1.sh
sh ./bootdeb
if that doesnt work out try rebooting and doing these commands
cd /sdcard/debian
sh ./bootdeb
to delete, go to debian directory then
rm -r debian
afaik, all the data from debian is self-contained in debian.img
Ill try that, btw yea I have that file you linked to. But before I do this, the stuff your mentioning, wont affect the fact that I have my apps installed to the SD right? Mounting and unmounting things.
Mysticales said:
Ill try that, btw yea I have that file you linked to. But before I do this, the stuff your mentioning, wont affect the fact that I have my apps installed to the SD right? Mounting and unmounting things.
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No, your apps should be safe. If you're using the link I posted, you need to put debian on /sdcard which is fat32
you're apps2sd should be mounted at /system/sd and should be unaffected by your debian installation/uninstallation.
I'm not sure if remounting /system is required, but i think it allows you permissions so you can use the utilities in /system/bin. I would remount just to save myself time.
Btw, I could not chmod my debian directory, but debian runs fine for me.
jonnybueno said:
to delete, go to debian directory then
rm -r debian
afaik, all the data from debian is self-contained in debian.img
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Oops, my bad. Should be:
cd /sdcard or cd /system/sd depending on where you put your debian directory
the you can
rm -r debian
Jonny your great. =) The remounting thing worked! Then ran the installer, got alot of not found, but after that all, I booted into Debian, and did the onetime.sh to set the unix pw.
(Which for the record to anyone in the future doing a search on this once your in debian, do cd scripts and enter that folder and type sh onetime.sh )
Now onto the next step and adding a GUI Which gonna attempt that all now.
Edit: And Grr... not gonna try to do the rest of the repos on EDGE connection.. Gotta wait till I get home. =( (Wifi rules for linux starts lol)
I think the image we installed is only 750MB so from what I've read, it is advisable to resize your debian img. Thats another world of brain hurt for me... but there is this guy with this thread who is offering to upload his custom image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528262
5 more votes by the end of the day and maybe he'll upload it.
Well... I already did the resize heh. Got a 2.3GB image on right now, which fits on my 4GB, since I have a 1GB EXT2 Partition and rest is fat32.
I used ubuntu to make a image and mount both images and copied the data from one into the other, then did the tasks after I booted debian again to get everything smooth again. =) But I wont stop him from uploading his image if it has a GUI already installed, which is what im after atm. =)
Update, So far having a lil issue getting the desktop to show up on VNC, however I did get other tasks done and stable running. Also came across this post which is vital as the default install seems to want to give you a repo that 404s too much so before you start your tasks, after you install debian and get into it, do this stuff.
ZilverZurfarn said:
For those (like me) who get errors when apt-get'ing thightvncserver and/or lxde:
(from the thread at androidfanatic.com)
instructions
cd /etc/apt
nano sources.list
now add
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
after the first one
then hold down the trackball and hit o
then hit return (to save the new sources.list)
then hold the trackball and hit x (to exit nano)
then type
apt-get update
apt-get install tightvncserver
apt-get install lxde
That did the trick for me at least.
/Mats
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yeahhh
now my problem is that debian is restarted all time
error
chroot: can't change root directory to /data/local/mnt: No such file or director
y
Well While mine worked, sorta, I just went with the 1 click debian install thread, made life a lil easier. Heh.
Hello, I follow the instruction on how to enable linux swap, cpu, and virtual memory here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542899
when but i typed those commands in the terminal to enable them
su
#linux_swap_en=1
#sys_vm_en=1
#proc_cpu_en=1
#reboot
after a reboot, i check, it doesn't seem to me those are enable. Can you please tell me if i am doing it right?
I'm running Cyan latest rom, I have 1gb ext2, 32 mb linux swap.
Much thanks.
you have to change it in the actual file, not enter it in the terminal. then push the file to your phone and chmod 775 it
oh ok, thanks. So i'm running cyan's rom, can you recommend which settings are best to get them enable?
i haven't really experimented with the user.conf setting much since i have been working on my theme. i use the compache 32mb with linux-swap 32mb with whatever the all the other standard settings are in the user.conf file.
hi everyone, i seem to be having a whole lota problem with the backswapping automatically enabling. i'm currently running cyanogen 4.2.5. My problem is this. when i first boot up my g1 and adb shell free, i get swap 0'z all across the board. when i run the adb shell sh /system/sd/userinit.sh and go back into adb shell free, the swap becomes 24mb. now if i reboot my g1 and check adb shell free, the swap goes back to 0. is it supposed to be like this? or do i have to enable the script everytime i reboot my g1. i searched the forums and there is just too much info. i'm a very newb. very much appreciated.
Try Swapper on Market. It's worth it.
peaman427 said:
hi everyone, i seem to be having a whole lota problem with the backswapping automatically enabling. i'm currently running cyanogen 4.2.5. My problem is this. when i first boot up my g1 and adb shell free, i get swap 0'z all across the board. when i run the adb shell sh /system/sd/userinit.sh and go back into adb shell free, the swap becomes 24mb. now if i reboot my g1 and check adb shell free, the swap goes back to 0. is it supposed to be like this? or do i have to enable the script everytime i reboot my g1. i searched the forums and there is just too much info. i'm a very newb. very much appreciated.
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Do you have a user.conf file?
Instead of swapper, i would recommend the user.conf creator application on the market.
you can enable compcache and backing swap from there
yeah i've tried downloading the new user.conf and userinit.sh, pushed them both into the /system/sd and chmod 755 both. still no luck.
went to market and downloaded swapper and seems to be working nicely now. can i get rid of user.conf and userinit.sh now that i have swapper?
peaman427 said:
went to market and downloaded swapper and seems to be working nicely now. can i get rid of user.conf and userinit.sh now that i have swapper?
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you could but you should keep it just in case.
hmmm i can't seem to adb mount anything, keeps tell me that device or resource is busy. i tried uninstalling swapper and still the problem. ugh!
n/m forgot to use the remount command bleh
Hi all!
I want to share the way i have to run Debian on Nexus One
I'm editing my own install of deb-armel and ill upload to everyone but first i need to finish it
By now, we will use a qemu image ready and edit it to your needs
You'll need a SD parted with Amon_RA recovery, few files i'll upload later and some skills with Debian, of course hehe
Partition could be user-alike but i recommend:
Im using a microsdhc 8gb class-2 from my magic
- EXT3: 2gb (nice for install a lot of stuff)
- SWAP: 150MB
- The rest as fat32
You need also a rom with app2sd or mount ETX3 partition under /system/sd, im using Modaco's 1.3
First of all, im working on archlinux but this can be done on windows too using the qemu version for windows
Install qemu on your machine.
NOTE: Also you can start a new installation from 0 using images (iso) and info found on google
Now we will use the following QEMU images:
http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/armel/
We will download the followings Of course you can choose the small or normal version with X preinstalled (the X version preinstalled is not tested by me and i dont know if works)
debian_lenny_armel_small.qcow2 150M
initrd.img-2.6.26-1-versatile 2.1M
vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile 1.2M
Put they in your home folder or where u want.
Now, lets run it.
Use the following command (run it from the folder you have the downloaded files) :
qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-1-versatile -hda debian_lenny_armel_small.qcow2 -append "root=/dev/sda1"
Wait a moment... Debian-armel running under qemu
Here are the configuration by default:
- Keyboard: British English
- Language: English
- Mirror: ftp.uk.debian.org
- Hostname: debian-armel
- Root password: root
- User account: user
- User password: user
Edit the system to fit your needs, im not going to explain how to do this, im asumming you know how to. If u don't, use the debian reference guide:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/
Of course, you'll need to edit basic things as locales, network, ssh preferences, etc...
Edit your system, update, configure packages, etc...
Once edited and configured, quit you virtual machine.
Now, we are going to convert the qemu image to a raw image, mount the fs and copy to your SD
Assuming you still in the same folder as the qcow2 image of debian (for windows, google a little, im sure there are something to do the same):
qemu-img convert -O raw debian_lenny_armel_small.qcow2 debian.raw
With this will obtain the qcow2 converted to a raw file (without touching the original qcow2 file)
Now mount it where u want or follow this steps:
sudo mkdir /media/debian
Before mount, lets see where start the partition on the raw file:
sfdisk -l -uS debian.raw
U will see a list of partions under the raw file, use the first, like this one:
debian.raw1 * 63 20225834 20225772 83 Linux
Now, we know the / starts at 63, mount this partition
sudo mount -o loop,offset=$((63*512)) debian.raw /media/debian
Ok, we have our partition mounted now, lets make a copy in our EXT3 partition on SD.
Use the USB Storage function from android, sd card reader... and mount the EXT3 partition
Once mounted, copy everything from /media/debian to /media/yourSDext3mounted
cd /media/debian
sudo cp -a * /media/yourSDext3mounted/
If everithing works as expected, umount the systems /media/debian/ and /media/yourSDext3mounted or use the Android notif to disconnect the USB storage function
Check if everything is now in the SD EXT3. Open a terminal and adb shell
adb shell
cd /system/sd
ls
U'll see the Debian / extructure and the app & app-private
Of course dont worry about this, u can still using apps2sd and debian at the same time
Now, it's time to boot debian
We need some modded files from the G1 version to boot it:
Download from Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q67SNOBC
Download from MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com/?mxgcyk3whdt
Also, files attached to post (rename the extension to tar.gz)
Put the files into your FAT32 SD partition, no in a folder just in "/"
Now, it's time to give it a try
U have two ways:
Open a terminal window in your PC
adb shell
cd /sdcard/
sh installer.sh
sh bootdeb
Or:
Open up a terminal in your N1, like Terminal Emulator on Market
cd /sdcard/
sh installer.sh
sh bootdeb
PROFIT!!!
Enjoy your debian-armel on your N1
For the next chapter, how to run X with VNC Viewer
Bye and thanks for reading!
Looks like Klingon to me.
I have Debian running too now
Nice! Cant wait to try it out!
nice, i've been looking for a n1 debian how-to
Installing debian is pretty much the same as running it on your g1. I had it working the day after I got mine using the g1 instructions.
So, what's the reason or running debian on your phone?
Jst wondering
u
The reason by now is just fun hehe
But, if we can run it natively via fastboot, would be awesome hehe
Sorry for the delay guys, ill do it now, the last night was too late for me 4am here hehe
EDIT: Just give some time more, i going to try it with the Cm 5.0 beta 1
jairuncaloth said:
Installing debian is pretty much the same as running it on your g1. I had it working the day after I got mine using the g1 instructions.
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I couldnt get chmod or installer.sh from the g1 instructions to work. I tried it both with bacon and modaco 1.3. I skipped the jesusfreak part though so maybe thats why. Anyway seeing confirming instructions would be nice.
Because the g1 files need to be modded first
I have it running it under modaco 1.3 and now im going to try it with the new b1 from cyanogen
Guide ready
Enjoy it!
Hi,
i have one question about debian. Is the network traffic routed trough android, or does debian has direct access to the wlan adapter for monitor mode and aircrack ?
meld0
it's using the same ip and mac, so is shared for both
If there are the apropiate drivers maybe, don't really know
Calling Linux Experts!!! hehe
Is there any way to create a boot.img bootable via fastboot to run the ext3 partition of sdcard with debian?
Driskol said:
Calling Linux Experts!!! hehe
Is there any way to create a boot.img bootable via fastboot to run the ext3 partition of sdcard with debian?
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sorry for being noob in this matter but, why do i need debian on my phone? what does it give me?
amir
The answer is a choice, Android or a Full Desktop OS with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, etc...
When its booting I'm getting an error:
/system/bin/bootdeb: line 61: chroot: command not found
Doing "find / -name chroot" only returns binaries within the debian image.
Any ideas?
Driskol said:
The answer is a choice, Android or a Full Desktop OS with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, etc...
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How well does Firefox run?
Can anyone take some pics or video?
Any instructions for creating and mounting linux as an img file instead of using separate partitions?
tetlee said:
When its booting I'm getting an error:
/system/bin/bootdeb: line 61: chroot: command not found
Doing "find / -name chroot" only returns binaries within the debian image.
Any ideas?
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Maybe your rom doesn't have Busybox
EDIT: Im going to make a img version tutorial
Of course, this version was without the highmem kernel, now with more ram, more flawlessly
Has anyone gotten adfree to work on the aria? I'm running cm 7.1 rc1 and DC 8.9. Updated my hostfile but I'm still getting ads.
You need to either symlink your hosts file to your sd-card or have s-off.
I tried the system link thing and rebooted, but it didn't work. Do I have to change my IP address or something?
If you don't have s-off you have to symlink the hosts file from recovery because you don't have system write access. Do you have the android SDK on your computer? You need to link the file with adb.
Navigate to the directory adb is installed in, i.e. platform-tools, with command promt. Then run each of these commands while in clockwork recovery. When you reboot AdFree will work.
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell mount /data
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb shell cp /sdcard/hosts /data/data/hosts
adb shell mv /system/etc/hosts /system/etc/hosts.bak
adb shell ln -s /data/data/hosts /system/etc/hosts
adb reboot
adb kill-server
Or you could use the program i wrote to do this for you after you have installed the SDK.
KillerBeaver said:
Here's a small program for windows to automatically link the AdFree hosts file on the sdcard to the system hosts file. This should fix issues with AdFree not working for peope with HTC phones. You must have CWM and the Android SDK installed in"C:\Android\". Just extract the program and run it.
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AdFreeFix.zip
Adfree doesn't seem to download anything to my sdcard. When i click the use /data/data/hosts symlink and create symlink if needed and then hit download and install hosts. It says it downloaded and installed fine but theres no trace of a hosts file, i searched with root explorer. If i could just download the latest hosts file and transfer it to my sdcard, id be in business .
Oh, that's weird. Have you tried reinstalling AdFree? lol i'm assuming you have, but just asking.
KillerBeaver said:
Oh, that's weird. Have you tried reinstalling AdFree? lol i'm assuming you have, but just asking.
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Yea i tried that but still no go. Adfree says i'm 'good to go' but there's no host file anywhere. The only way i get a host file is if i 'revert'. Maybe the app is just broken, i don't know....
Adfree works fine on my Aria running cm7 but I also have s-off.
I did some googling and downloaded a hosts file from http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/, put it on my sd card and installed with adb manually via your instructions, and it works. Thanks, no more bloody ads!
Great, glad to hear you got it working, never heard of that problem before.
I decided to s-off my phone. Ad-free works much better now. it was much easier than I thought.
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