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[MOD] v0.3.1 Working Full Ubuntu for 1.5.7 and 1.8.3 based on Sogarth's script

Sogarth's webtop2sd will be released soon, you really should wait and install that instead of this! Thanks -The Management
No longer breaks on 1.83, thanks to Romracer
Update: This script worked on my phone. Mind you I was installing it from a fresh SBF flash, but it should work on your phone too. Absolutely no guarantees as usual.
Update 11th April 2011, 06:59 PM: Won't be getting CWM package because it'd be huuuuuuuuuge.
Update 28th April 2011. 16:38 PM: Removing BETA tag since there have been no issues with the script for quite some time.
First off I would like to thank Sogarth for making this script in the first place as well as Romracer for fixing it for 1.83. Since he is busy doing more important work I decided to do this little hack for those of us that updated to 1.5.7 and dont feel like flashing back to earlier versions to get full Ubuntu working.
Again, this is only necessary if you're already running 1.5.7 or 1.8.3.
Secondly, I am still working on this script so it may not work for you. If you have a problem you may post in the thread or PM me showing exactly the error message, word for word, that you receive.
Updates will be included in the OP from time to time as I fix errors.
Instructions:
1) install.bat (from your computer)
2) adb shell (get a shell on your phone)
3) su (get root on your phone in that shell)
4) . /data/local/tmp/install.sh (run the install script *on your phone* don't forget the "." and the space after the dot, or you will have to chmod 755 the shell script manually)
5) ?????
6) profit\
Noob instructions, written by Viamonte (I take no credit or responsibility):
Thanks again for all your help. Now the noob instructions:
"1-Download "Terminal Emulator" from the market, on your phone (or any other terminal), and the file anexed in this thread to your computer.
2-Connect the Atrix to the computer via USB, configuring the connection mode to "None" and enabling USB Debugging mode (Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging)
3-Unzip the file you downloaded on your pc, and run Install.bat. This will push the script to your phone.
4-Go back to your phone and open the emulator you downloaded. Then type "su" (without quotes) and press enter. Then type ". /data/local/tmp/install.sh" (without quotes) and press enter again.
The script should begin running now. It will stop in two moments where you'll be instructed to get a cup of coffee, and may take several minutes to continue form this point. When finished, the Atrix will reboot.
To check if this worked, use the Webtop either on your multimidia dock or your lapdock and verify if new itens appeared on your task bar and on the right upper side of the screen"
0.3.1 release
0.2 release
0.1 first release
Changelog
0.3.1 fix to gconf file's mdate so it does what its supposed to do =)
0.3 Small typo fixes and cpp package install fix by romracer, now works on 1.83 =)
0.2 Fixed some typos in uninstall.sh and make sure the %gconf file wound up in the right spot.
0.1 - first version. NOT CWM install but ready to be packaged for that more or less

Nice, I'll give this a shot later.

Ill give it a shot when I get home!
Sent from Motorola Atrix on TELUS.

My phone is working perfectly, so why not ruin it?
I'm giving this a try right now!
1.4.57 - Rooted and gingerblurred with HDMI Mirroring and Webtop hack.
I'll update as progress goes along:
Edit 1:
Initial try gave me this
Checking device state...
Obtaining temporary root access...pushing shell scripts
A filesystem file already exists. Reset it? [n] y
Mounting the filesystem...
07.sh
--------------------------------------------
EXECUTION FAILED
Unable to mount the filesystem file. ERR 07
--------------------------------------------
Press any key to continue . . .
Edit 2:
Ok, it doesnt work with resetting it. How about removing?
Checking device state...
Obtaining temporary root access...pushing shell scripts
A filesystem file already exists. Reset it? [n] n
A filesystem file already exists. Delete it? [n] y
Deleting the filesystem file...
--------------------------------------
EXECUTION FAILED
Unable to delete the filesystem file.
--------------------------------------
Press any key to continue . . .
Edit 3:
Ok, only one option left then.
Checking device state...
Obtaining temporary root access...pushing shell scripts
A filesystem file already exists. Reset it? [n] n
A filesystem file already exists. Delete it? [n] n
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXECUTION FAILED
The filesystem file already exists, but no operations have been selected.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Press any key to continue . . .
=====================================================================
Edit 4:
Since execution is failing I'm trying to find the problem. Using ADB Shell i tried to manually run the shell scripts and stumbled here:
(I tried chmod 777 @ 02.sh to see if that was the problem, no change is results)
# ls -l
...
...
-rwsr-sr-x shell shell 87 2011-04-06 12:13 03.sh
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 82 2011-04-06 12:11 02.sh
-rwsr-sr-x shell shell 251 2011-04-06 12:04 01.sh
# pwd
pwd
/data/tmp/shell
# /data/tmp/shell/02.sh
/data/tmp/shell/02.sh
/data/tmp/shell/02.sh: not found

I had the same issue as flybob when I tried to run the script.
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Good effort, but 1.57 changes how we have to run commands as root. On a normal linux box, I'm sure your methods would work fine, but we're not dealing with a normal su binary. You should look into doing this as CWM as opposed to .bat files. I had a hell of a time getting around the restrictions since the psneuter exploit was closed.

Ah, I did not think about that Ririal, thanks for the info. I am not familiar with CWM though.
Why is the /tmp directory in /data ? That would certainly cause every script to fail.
I'll look at this some more tonight.

Ririal said:
Good effort, but 1.57 changes how we have to run commands as root. On a normal linux box, I'm sure your methods would work fine, but we're not dealing with a normal su binary. You should look into doing this as CWM as opposed to .bat files. I had a hell of a time getting around the restrictions since the psneuter exploit was closed.
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How about a shell script that we can run in terminal emulator ? and the output goes to screen and a log file for debug !

molotof said:
How about a shell script that we can run in terminal emulator ? and the output goes to screen and a log file for debug !
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most of the script is now run by shell scripts, no reason you couldn't run them in the terminal emulator, just get the order right. There are also a few lines I didn't translate to shell so you'd have to enter them by hand.
In any case I'll keep working on this until Sogarth releases his version with union mounts =D

You might be interested to know this;
# cd /tmp
cd /tmp
# pwd
pwd
/data/tmp
# ls -l /tmp
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2011-04-09 14:47 tmp -> /data/tmp
I'll happily help with the script, i know tons of linux and got my Atrix ready to be bricked

flybob said:
You might be interested to know this;
# cd /tmp
cd /tmp
# pwd
pwd
/data/tmp
# ls -l /tmp
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2011-04-09 14:47 tmp -> /data/tmp
I'll happily help with the script, i know tons of linux and got my Atrix ready to be bricked
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That's just a symlinked directory. I won't make a difference if you call either.

Yes, just replied to the previous question
Why is the /tmp directory in /data ? That would certainly cause every script to fail.
I'll look at this some more tonight.
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However, why doesn't the scripts run as wanted...?
# cat /tmp/shell/02.sh
cat /tmp/shell/02.sh
#!/bin/sh
/system/bin/su
/bin/rm /data/ubuntu.disk > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS#
# ls -l /tmp/shell/02.sh
ls -l /tmp/shell/02.sh
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 82 2011-04-06 12:11 02.sh
# /tmp/shell/02.sh
/tmp/shell/02.sh
/tmp/shell/02.sh: not found

flybob said:
Yes, just replied to the previous question
However, why doesn't the scripts run as wanted...?
# cat /tmp/shell/02.sh
cat /tmp/shell/02.sh
#!/bin/sh
/system/bin/su
/bin/rm /data/ubuntu.disk > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS#
# ls -l /tmp/shell/02.sh
ls -l /tmp/shell/02.sh
-rwxrwxrwx shell shell 82 2011-04-06 12:11 02.sh
# /tmp/shell/02.sh
/tmp/shell/02.sh
/tmp/shell/02.sh: not found
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Ah ok my mistake, you didn't quote anything I didn't realize that's what you were responding too
Likely noexec flag causing that issue.
Also, you can't invoke su from inside a shell script. It just doesn't work with this su binary.

yeah, I guess not. I hadn't realized that it wasn't a real 'su' before making this... too bad.
If anyone figures out how to get around that we'll be in business Unfortunately that's way beyond my expertise.

Okay, after fiddling a little bit and talking to a friend I may have solved some of the problems, mainly with the scripts executing and su working.
I will have to rewrite a bunch of things but should report back tonight.

the2dcour said:
Okay, after fiddling a little bit and talking to a friend I may have solved some of the problems, mainly with the scripts executing and su working.
I will have to rewrite a bunch of things but should report back tonight.
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su -c "command"
You'll have to allow superuser on the phone for every single command.

PM'd you my error. I tried manually editing the permissions, but that didn't work.

Running on GladAtrix2 v3
USB debugging on; USB set to none
Checking device state...
Obtaining temporary root access...pushing shell scripts
-------------------------
EXECUTION FAILED
Unable to chmod scripts.
-------------------------
Press any key to continue . . .
Changed /sdcard-ext to /sdcard in script. Got this error
Checking device state...
Obtaining temporary root access...pushing shell scripts
-------------------------
EXECUTION FAILED
Unable to chmod scripts.
-------------------------
* server not running *
Press any key to continue . . .
Running BETA_ubuntu-1.0.6.4.zip. File extracts to BETA_ubuntu-1.0.6.2 directory. Ran ubuntu-1.5.7.bat
Moved BETA_ubuntu-1.0.6.2 to C:\ Same error

The only easy workaround to that I can see at the moment is to
Code:
adb shell
su
chmod 777 /path-to-scripts/*
ls -l /path-to-scripts/*
make sure all the files are executable (should say rwxrwxrwx)
then remove the bit of code from 1.5.7.bat
Code:
set retval=
for /f "tokens=*" %%l in ('%~dps0adb.exe shell "/bin/chmod 6755 /mnt/sdcard-ext/shell/* > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS"') do set retval=%%l
if "%retval%" neq "PASS" set message=Unable to chmod scripts. && goto abort
If anyone can help me fix this problem I should be able to automate the chmod process using ririal's suggestion of su -c. The problem is that there are too many nested quotation marks in this section of the batch file, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to escape quotes so they pass through to adb:
Code:
set retval=
for /f "tokens=*" %%l in ('%~dps0adb.exe shell "/system/bin/su -c [U]'/bin/chmod 6755 /mnt/sdcard-ext/shell/*'[/U] > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS"') do set retval=%%l
if "%retval%" neq "PASS" set message=Unable to chmod scripts. && goto abort
The underlined bit is where I need to escape either single or double quotes.

the2dcour said:
The only easy workaround to that I can see at the moment is to
Code:
adb shell
su
chmod 777 /path-to-scripts/*
ls -l /path-to-scripts/*
make sure all the files are executable (should say rwxrwxrwx)
then remove the bit of code from 1.5.7.bat
Code:
set retval=
for /f "tokens=*" %%l in ('%~dps0adb.exe shell "/bin/chmod 6755 /mnt/sdcard-ext/shell/* > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS"') do set retval=%%l
if "%retval%" neq "PASS" set message=Unable to chmod scripts. && goto abort
If anyone can help me fix this problem I should be able to automate the chmod process using ririal's suggestion of su -c. The problem is that there are too many nested quotation marks in this section of the batch file, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to escape quotes so they pass through to adb:
Code:
set retval=
for /f "tokens=*" %%l in ('%~dps0adb.exe shell "/system/bin/su -c [U]'/bin/chmod 6755 /mnt/sdcard-ext/shell/*'[/U] > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo PASS"') do set retval=%%l
if "%retval%" neq "PASS" set message=Unable to chmod scripts. && goto abort
The underlined bit is where I need to escape either single or double quotes.
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^ escapes batch, \ escapes shell. Hope this helps. If you zip up and send me the whole process in a single .sh file I can wrap it up in CWM for you.

Bionic Webtop Chromium (Chrome) Browser

This thread is now obsolete!
Use this thread to do way more!!!
THIS COULD BREAK EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD AND SCREW UP YOUR LIFE FOREVER!!!! YOUR PHONE COULD BE BRICKED!!! YOUR WIFE COULD LEAVE YOU AND YOUR PARENTS COULD DIE!!! DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAKE SURE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE FASTBOOT FILES FOR THE BIONIC JUST IN CASE!!!
I got Chromium Browser to run on the Webtop. It's a little messy (have to open it through a terminal emulator) but it works. I borrowed heavily from Sogarth who made this thread.
Made it a little easier.
Unzip and place the webtopchromium folder on the root of /sdcard-ext
webtopchromium.zip
If you are plugged into a computer make sure to change USB Mode to charge only before you proceed.
Use a terminal emulator or adb to run these commands:
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u root bash
cd /mnt/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium
sh webtopchromium.sh
This may take 10 minutes or so...
When it is finished reboot...
Use a terminal emulator or adb to run these commands:
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u root bash
cd /mnt/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium
sh installdeb.sh
Now when inside webtop open a terminal emulator in the phone window and run:
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u adas bash
export DISPLAY=:0
chromium-browser
You can just run the installdeb.sh (much faster) if you don't want to backup webtop with rsync. You can always use the fast boot to fix either way.
**Thanks to tallnerd for suggesting the faster method**
**A huge thanks to Sogarth for discovering all this first for the Atrix**

reserved
To uninstall and revert back to the stock webtop:
Using adb with root access:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
cd /system/bin
mv mountosh mountosh.new
mv mountosh.orig mountosh
cd /data
rm ubuntu.disk
Reboot

I tried this, but it broke my Xperia Play. The micro HDMI cable I bought also broke the micro USB port on my phone.

v1r7u41 said:
THIS COULD BREAK EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD AND SCREW UP YOUR LIFE FOREVER!!!! YOUR PHONE COULD BE BRICKED!!! YOUR WIFE COULD LEAVE YOU AND YOUR PARENTS COULD DIE!!! DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! MAKE SURE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE FASTBOOT FILES FOR THE BIONIC JUST IN CASE!!!
I got Chromium Browser to run on the Webtop. It's a little messy (have to open it through a terminal emulator) but it works. I borrowed heavily from Sogarth who made this thread.
Get a copy of these debs and put them on your sdcard-ext.
chromium-browser
Dependencies
Make sure to unzip the debs.zip and copy the .deb files and the mountosh.new to the sdcard-ext.
Use adb or android terminal-emulator.
Now check to make sure you have at least 1G free:
Code:
/bin/df -h /data
There should be at least 1.0G under the Used column. If not, you won't have enough to create a decent disk. If so, then you can keep going:
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u root bash
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/ubuntu.disk bs=1024 count=1048576
/sbin/losetup /dev/block/loop7 /data/ubuntu.disk
/sbin/mkfs -t ext3 -m 1 -b 2048 /dev/block/loop7
mkdir /tmp/osh
/bin/mount -t ext3 /dev/block/loop7 /tmp/osh
At this point, we've created a 1 GB disk file (1,024×1,024=1,048,576), formatted it as ext3, and mounted it in /tmp/osh.
I'll assume that rsync is in /mnt/sdcard-ext:
Code:
mkdir /tmp/deb
/usr/bin/dpkg-deb -x /mnt/sdcard-ext/rsync* /tmp/deb
/tmp/deb/usr/bin/rsync -avx /osh/ /tmp/osh/
And now we have a duplicate of our /osh partition.
After that:
Code:
mv /system/bin/mountosh /system/bin/mountosh.orig
cp /mnt/sdcard-ext/mountosh.new /system/bin/mountosh
chmod 0755 /system/bin/mountosh
chown 0 /system/bin/mountosh
chgrp 2000 /system/bin/mountosh
You can now reboot your device, and you should now boot into the new partition we've just created.
Now Install the debs.
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u root bash
touch /osh/var/lib/dpkg/status
touch /osh/var/lib/dpkg/available
mkdir /osh/var/lib/dpkg/updates
dpkg -i --force-all --root=/osh /sdcard-ext/chromium*
dpkg -i --force-all --root=/osh /sdcard-ext/libxss*
dpkg -i --force-all --root=/osh /sdcard-ext/lzma*
You will get some errors from dpkg but just ignore them. Moto broke dpkg's way of telling what is already installed.
Now to run chromium you will need to start webtop like you usually do
then open a terminal-emulator in the phone window and type this
Code:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u adas bash
export DISPLAY=:0
chromium-browser
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You should make a chromium icon/app that will run that last command when you click it

Yeah. I definitely need to clean this up, but I just wanted to get things moving .

I'm anxious to try this. I'll gladly be the third person to do it, but I don't want to be the second. Someone with more experience than I give it a try.

updated to make it a little easier

Posting this from Chrome on Webtop. It is noticeably faster than Firefox. Like butta!
Thank you so much for putting this together!

Maybe I'm missing something here but when running the script/install all goes well til the very last line, when I enter the "chromium-browser" command it states bash: chromium-browser not found. Can someone give me an idea of what I'm missing or doing wrong here please

Check your /sdcard-ext/webtopchromium folder before you run the installdeb.sh and make sure these are there:
chromium-browser-inspector_12.0.742.112~r90304-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_all.deb
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg_10.0.648.205~r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb
chromium-browser_10.0.648.205~r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb
libxss1_1%3a1.2.0-2_armel.deb
lzma_4.43-14ubuntu2_armel.deb
If chromium-browser_10.0.648.205~r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb isn't there run:
Code:
cd /sdcard-ext/webtopchromium
/tmp/deb/usr/bin/wget https://answers.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security-proposed/+archive/ppa/+build/2443315/+files/chromium-browser_10.0.648.205%7Er81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb

Well this sucks, I did a full wipe/nandroid restore and now that it's done I go to download the files and they're not there. Can anyone re-upload the files for me please?

Why, oh why did Moto not use Chrome? It is faster and I have not had a single low memory warning while using Chrome. In fact, I have yet to have it register over 3% in memory manager. Thanks again V1r7.

I'll setup a host for the files soon. Check back later (im away from computer) tonight.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App

Got the file off of my computer, still running into issues though. Verified that all of the correct files are there and installed/uninstalled a few times just to verify. Quick question are you guys running the webtop adaptor or the lapdock? I'm running on the lapdock and wondering if this would make any difference at all if you're using the webtop.

I'm using the lapdock. Sorry I don't know enough to help you out. I'm rooted and followed the instructions and it worked.

Goto your terminal and type
busybox find /osh/usr/bin -name chrom*
Let me know what you find.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App

When I type those commands it does absolutely nothing, just goes on to the next terminal line the same as the last.

try:
busybox find /sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/ -name chrom*

v1r7u41 said:
try:
busybox find /sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/ -name chrom*
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When I type that it comes up with these results:
/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/chromium-browser-inspector_12.0.742.112-r90304-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_all.deb
/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg_10.0.648.205-r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb
/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/chromium-browser_10.0.648.205-r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb
/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/chromium-browser_10.0.648.205-r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb.1
/sdcard-ext/webtopchromium/chromium-browser_10.0.648.205-r81283-0ubuntu0.10.10.1_armel.deb.2

Open terminal:
su
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u root bash
cd /sdcard-ext/webtopchromium
dpkg -i --force-all --root=/osh chrom*
exit
/usr/bin/sudo -H -u adas bash
export DISPLAY:0
chromium-browser

How to install ubuntu on the Droid 4

How to install ubuntu on the Droid 4
Note to mods: this thread is a branch off of this thread
Huge thanks to zacthespack for creating the ubuntu installer app and original boot script and to zeroktal for modifying the script to work on the D4 and helping me get it working on my device.
I decided to take my experience in setting this up and put it into a how-to so that others could enjoy the experience of having ubuntu on the Droid 4. If zackthespac or zeroktal have any problems with me making and putting this guide up, please let me know and I will remove it.
Knowledge Required:
working knowledge of command line
working knowledge of vi
OR the ability to learn how to use both
Tools Required:
A rooted Motorola Droid 4
BusyBox (Android Market)
Terminal Emulator (Android Market)
Android VNC Viewer (Android Market)
Ubuntu Installer App (Android Market)
zeroktal's ubuntud4.zip file (attached to this post and mediafire)
Vi Cheat Sheet (lagmonster.org)
Step by Step:
Install BusyBox, Terminal, and Android VNC Viewer
Install and run Ubunutu Installer App
Follow the on-screen instructions and click next
Download either the Small or Large image to your phone, (use zeroktal's ubuntud4.zip file instead of the boot script provided in the guide) after the image downloads (will take a while because the file is HUGE) click next
For this screen, the instructions differ from the app.
1. With your D4 plugged into your PC in USB Mass Storage, create a directory (folder) called ubuntu in the EXTERNAL sdcard's root*
2. Extract the image you downloaded to that directory
3. Download and extract the attached .sh (ununtud4.zip) to that directory
4. Disconnect your phone from your PC
5. Open terminal and run the following commands:
su [ENTER]
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard-ext [ENTER]
cd /mnt/sdcard-ext/ubuntu [ENTER]
sh ubuntud4.sh [ENTER]
960x540 [ENTER]**​If you get an error message: ubuntud4.sh: 45: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "then") see troubleshooting section below.​killall -TERM Xtightvnc [ENTER]
vncserver :1 -geometry 960x540 [ENTER]**​6. Open androidVNC app and enter the following settings:
Nickname: Anything you want
Password: ubuntu
Address: localhost
Port: 5901
Color Format: 24-bit color (4 bpp)
7. Hit connect
8. Hit your menu soft button and then set input mode to touchpad
9. You have ubuntu on your Droid 4!
To "shut down" ubuntu:
press the menu button, select disconnect in VNC
In terminal type this command 3 times (terminal will close itself when you are done):
exit [ENTER]
To "start up" ubuntu again:
Follow steps 5-8 above
Troubleshooting:
If you get the error message: ubuntud4.sh: 45: syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "then") you are about to have fun with vi at the command line.
Do the following from inside terminal:
su [ENTER]
cd /mnt/sdcard-ext/ubuntu [ENTER]
vi ubuntud4.sh [ENTER]​If you see ^M or ^ at the end of any line (remember to scroll all the way to the right to see the end of long lines) remove it. once you do that, everything should work just fine. (See the Vi Cheat Sheet above for help with Vi)
Note: Vol Up + E is [ESC] by default in this terminal emulator
Notes:
* It does not have to be on the external SD, but if you put it on the internal SD you will have to modify things as needed-- if you dont know what needs to be changed, just put it on the external SD.
** Screen size can be whatever you want it to be, but 960x540 is the size of the D4 screen.
*** This is a fairly involved process... especially when it comes to editing the .sh file in vi things can get very frustrating and hard, but just take your time and you will get it. As always, doing anything with root access on your phone, especially on the command line has risks. I am not responsible if anything goes wrong with your phone... proceed at your own risk!

greekchampion04 said:
Notes:
* It does not have to be on the external SD, but if you put it on the internal SD you will have to modify things as needed-- if you dont know what needs to be changed, just put it on the external SD.
** Screen size can be whatever you want it to be, but 960x540 is the size of the D4 screen.
*** This is a fairly involved process... especially when it comes to editing the .sh file in vi things can get very frustrating and hard, but just take your time and you will get it. As always, doing anything with root access on your phone, especially on the command line has risks. I am not responsible if anything goes wrong with your phone... proceed at your own risk!
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I actually got it up and running on my internal sdcard partition. Pretty much just have to modify the Mount remount command, and a few lines in the script.
Here's the original command
Code:
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard-ext
And the modified one
Code:
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:57 /mnt/sdcard
Only things you have to change are the device location(179:57) and mount location(drop the -ext after sdcard)
Now, after that you also have to modify the script a bit. Just go through it, and anywhere that you see sdcard-ext, drop the -ext off the end.

thanks for putting that up for everybody! like i said, if you know what you are doing its not a hard swap to make.

Is anyone else getting just a gray screen when they remote in? What could be causing this?

i had that same problem at first... did you use zeroktal's ubuntud4.zip file? or did you use the ubuntu.sh file included in the app?

I used the sh file included. I did however fix the problem, when mounting at the start i confused vold with void. I did not get the file system mounted properly. This method does work!! however I am currently trying to get bash on my droid to replace sh as the shell. I've checked the forums but have not found anything yet about someone installing bash on the droid 4. With no way for nandroids I feel i should wait before I kill sh.
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If you mod your init.sh in your root directory to the following, your vnc will work on startup without issue. It will also shutdown vnc on exit.
#!/bin/bash
#############################################
# Asks User to screen size and saves as REZ #
#############################################
#echo "Now enter the screen size you want in pixels (e.g. 800x480), followed by [ENTER]:"
#read REZ
##############################################
# Pick which desktop environment to use, this#
# is done by having a xstartup file for each #
# desktop, then renaming the one you want to #
# use to 'xstartup' before boot #
##############################################
echo "Please select which Desktop environment you want to use, type the number to select it then press [ENTER]"
echo "1 - LXDE"
echo "2 - Gnome"
echo "Make your Selection:"
read DESKTOP
if [ $DESKTOP == 1 ]
then
mv /root/.vnc/lxstartup /root/.vnc/xstartup
fi
if [ $DESKTOP == 2 ]
then
mv /root/.vnc/gxstartup /root/.vnc/xstartup
fi
###########################################
# Tidy up previous LXDE and DBUS sessions #
###########################################
rm /tmp/.X* > /dev/null 2>&1
rm /tmp/.X11-unix/X* > /dev/null 2>&1
rm /root/.vnc/localhost* > /dev/null 2>&1
rm /var/run/dbus/pid > /dev/null 2>&1
############################################################
# enable workaround for upstart dependent installs #
# in chroot'd environment. this allows certain packages #
# that use upstart start/stop to not fail on install. #
# this means they will have to be launched manually though #
############################################################
dpkg-divert --local --rename --add /sbin/initctl > /dev/null 2>&1
ln -s /bin/true /sbin/initctl > /dev/null 2>&1
###############################################
# start vnc server with given resolution and #
# DBUS server, (and optionally an SSH server) #
###############################################
dbus-daemon --system --fork > /dev/null 2>&1
/etc/init.d/ssh start
vncserver :1 -geometry 960x540
echo
echo "If you see the message 'New 'X' Desktop is localhost:1' then you are ready to VNC into your ubuntu OS.."
echo
echo "If VNC'ing from a different machine on the same network as the android device use the 1st address below:"
##########################################
# Output IP address of android device #
##########################################
ifconfig | grep "inet addr"
echo
echo "If using androidVNC, change the 'Color Format' setting to 24-bit colour, and once you've VNC'd in, change the 'input mode' to touchpad (in settings)"
echo
echo "To shut down the VNC server and exit the ubuntu environment, just enter 'exit' at this terminal - and WAIT for all shutdown routines to finish!"
echo
###############################################################
# Spawn and interactive shell - this effectively halts script #
# execution until the spawning shell is exited (i.e. you want #
# to shut down vncserver and exit the ubuntu environment) #
###############################################################
/bin/bash -i
#########################################
# Disable upstart workaround and #
# kill VNC server (and optionally SSH) #
# Rename used xstartup to its first file#
#########################################
killall -TERM Xtightvnc
/etc/init.d/ssh stop

Also save the follow lines between ### as remount.sh on your system partition. Then chmod 755 /system/remount.sh. Now you can just run run from a terminal /system/remount.sh and voila it remounts correctly and starts ubuntu(with the above fixes). Im still working on the unmounts.
####### for the internal sd card
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:57 /mnt/sdcard
/mnt/sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.sh
######
OR
####### for the external sd card
mount -o remount,rw,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard-ext
/mnt/sdcard-ext/ubuntu/ubuntu.sh
#######

great stuff!

feel free
Feel free and take, modify, repost or edit anything I touch.

QUESTION:
After I delete all the ^M and ^ what do i do next? I try to hit the command ":x" to exit and save changes but it just creates another line. Also when I press VOL UP + E to escape nothing happens.

PhanTuhC said:
QUESTION:
After I delete all the ^M and ^ what do i do next? I try to hit the command ":x" to exit and save changes but it just creates another line. Also when I press VOL UP + E to escape nothing happens.
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In vi, the command to save and exit is :wq (probably short for write and quit).

remember, read up on the vi quick-reference guide: http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi.html

OK I fixed it but now its not letting me connect with androidVNC. All the settings entered is correct but when I try to connect it says:
"VNC connection failed!" localhost/127.0.0.1:5901 - Connection refused"

ok, i've gone thru this a few times (slowly and deliberately) and must be missing something...the directions seem pretty straightforward! here's what i know...
busy/terminal/vnc are all installed
small 2.5gb image is unzipped in /sdcard-ext/ubuntu directory
the attached .sh file from page 1 is in the same directory
i removed all ^M using vi
but when I try sh ubuntud4.sh i get an error...
"mkdir failed for /data/local/mnt/ubun, No such file or directory"
(plus a few other errors)
should the directory be "ubun" or "ubuntu"? am I typing something incorrectly?

copy and paste new script
Copy and paste the new scripts I posted. They will fix your problem. Remember to use the remount script from /system/ the rest will work perfectly if you are root. I'll check back later on your progress.

Ok, well I started from scratch (deleted both .img and .sh files) and it's still not working.
I have all the apps installed (and yes rooted, SU works just fine)
I used Ubuntu Installer app to download the image zip (tried both the large and small img)
I downloaded the .sh file from the first post
The /sdcard-ext/ubuntu/ folder now has two files: "ubuntu.img" and "ubuntud4.sh"
All ^M characters have been removed from .sh file
Still no joy...
Ideas? What am I missing?
In terminal, I can set SU permissions and the mount/cd commands work just fine...it's the last sh command that spits out a bunch of errors about not being able to create/find the directories.
I'm going to format the sdcard and try again...any help is appreciated.
Update: Even after re-formatting the SD and following the steps exactly, no luck!

Did you remember to remount the sdcard with exec and suid permissions?

Andbuntu will work much better than this method. It works on every single phone with modification to the "environmental variables".
http://code.google.com/p/andbuntu/
Follow the directions in the script to make the process much easier than the first post.
instructions:
generate an image with rootstock on an ubuntu computer.
put it on /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
run the script on your phone with "sh /path/to/script"
Here is the script. http://andbuntu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/uboot
Also, run "firstRun" to make things like terminals work properly.

Adamoutler: That didnt work for me. The permissions were incorrect on the mounted partitions.
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[mod][6T] init.d / services.d framework using Magisk [linux]

This thread will allow you to set up init.d (and services.d) scripts on your phone so they can run at boot time.
Prerequisites
- understanding of what "init.d" scripts mean ...
- your phone must be rooted (see https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-unlock-bootloader-root/)
- you must have a working Magisk (see https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk)
- linux knowledge (I am not a Windows guy but instructions below should easily apply to Windows / PowerShell)
- adb knowledge
If this scares you, stop reading and go play with something else.
Attached zip file contains
- a magisk.img file
- a directory with init.d scripts
- a directory with services.d scripts
You can use the scripts provided or not use (some) of them, or write your own.
What's the difference between init.d and services.d scripts?
The idea is to have 2 directories on your phone with scripts:
Code:
/system/etc/init.d/
/system/etc/services.d/
The init.d scripts are run early in the boot (when Magisk initializes). The scripts in /system/etc/services.d/ will run a bit "later", to be precise: when sys.boot_completed = true.
Important warrning: even when sys.boot_completed = true, this does NOT guarantee that /sdcard is mounted. Your script can "sleep" until /sdcard is mounted if it relies on things on /sdcard. See for example the code in /system/etc/services.d/LS99maxvolumewarning which will show how you can do that.
Scripts in init.d should NOT rely on any of the file systems being mounted !
The framework will run all scripts in parallel. So be careful that you do not write scripts which depend on eachother!
The framework will run all scripts as background processes so that they do not hinder the normal boot of your phone.
Prepare the basic setup
To use the scripts (or your own), you must first create the directories init.d and services.d; to do that open a linux shell and do:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# mkdir /system/etc/init.d/
# mkdir /system/etc/services.d/
# chown 0.0 /system/etc/init.d
# chown 0.0 /system/etc/services.d
# chmod 755 /system/etc/init.d
# chmod 755 /system/etc/services.d
# sync; exit
Putting the scripts on your phone
Download the attached zip file (initd.zip); create a directory in your linux file system and unzip, e.g.
Code:
> mkdir mydir
> cd mydir
> unzip ~/initd.zip
> adb push init.d/ /sdcard/
> adb push services.d/ /sdcard/
> adb shell
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# mv /sdcard/LS00* /system/etc/init.d/
# mv /sdcard/LS99* /system/etc/services.d/
# chown 0.0 /system/etc/init.d/*
# chown 0.0 /system/etc/services.d/*
# chmod 755 /system/etc/init.d/*
# chmod 755 /system/etc/services.d/*
# sync
# exit
$ exit
Installing the magisk image on your phone
First important remark: I need to turn this really into a proper magisk "module" but I need to study that first. Open a linux shell and do:
Code:
> cd mydir
> gunzip magisk.img.gz
> adb push magisk.img /sdcard/
> adb shell
$ su
# cd /data/adb
# mv magisk.img magisk.img.orig
# cp /sdcard/magisk.img .
# chown 0.0 magisk.img
# chmod 644 magisk.img
# sync
# exit
$ exit
That's all !!! If you now reboot your phone your init.d and services.d scripts will run.
How can I tell this is working?
Each script has a log file in /data/; whose name is LS00 (for init.d) or LS99 (for services.d) appended with the name of the script. That log file is passed as "$1" into the script and the script code can write to this log file using:
Code:
LOGFILE=$1
echo "Hi I am writing to the log" | tee -a $LOGFILE
To check that the log files are there, open a linux shell and do:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# ls /data/LS*
And you should see something like:
Code:
16 /data/LS00blockdev 4 /data/LS99bootclean 4 /data/LS99maxvolumewarning 4 /data/LS99sysctl
4 /data/LS00governors 4 /data/LS99callrecording 4 /data/LS99network 4 /data/LS99trimcaches
4 /data/LS00kerneltweaks 4 /data/LS99cputweaks 4 /data/LS99overlays 4 /data/LS99turnoffnightmode
4 /data/LS00procgate 4 /data/LS99enablecallrecording 4 /data/LS99remounts 4 /data/LS99workqueue
4 /data/LS00readahead 4 /data/LS99hdparm 4 /data/LS99resetprop
4 /data/LS00resetprop 4 /data/LS99magiskhide 4 /data/LS99sqlite
To check the contents of the log files, do:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# cat /data/LS*
And you will see logging info:
Code:
>> Starting /system/etc/init.d/LS00procgate at 19700110-17:21:12
-- remounting: mount -o remount,hidepid=2,gid=3009 /proc
<< Ending /system/etc/init.d/LS00procgate at 19700110-17:21:12
>> Starting /system/etc/services.d/LS99maxvolumewarning at 20181201-07:34:00
-- slept for 4 seconds waiting for /sdcard/Android
-- disabling max volume warning
<< Ending /system/etc/services.d/LS99maxvolumewarning at 20181201-07:33:58
What's next
Write your own scripts (and share them). Note that scripts must be owned by root (chown 0.0) and have 755 linux permissions (chmod) to run.
How does it really work?
No secrets ... magisk.img is actually a magisk module which runs the scripts. To see the inner details, do the following after you have installed the magisk image and rebooted your phone:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# ls -l /sbin/.core/img/template/
total 12
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2018-03-12 21:19 auto_mount
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 935 2018-08-06 17:59 post-fs-data.sh
4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 498 2018-08-05 10:11 scriptwrapper*
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2750 2018-08-11 12:07 service.sh
Magisk will run the post-fs-data.sh first and service.sh later. Check the code of both of these files to understand how init.d and services.d are ran (using run-parts). If you want more details please read: https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/guides.html#scripts.
Disable ALL scripts from running
If you want to disable any script from running do:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# touch /data/noinitrd
To undo this and get your scripts running again, do:
Code:
> adb shell
$ su
# rm /data/noinitrd
What do my init.d scripts do?
Code:
LS00blockdev: change properties of block devices (non rotational, no kernel io stats, ...)
LS00governors: set all CPU governers (to schedutil; which is actually the 6T default)
LS00kerneltweaks: a few basic kernel tweaks + stop debug of kernel modules
LS00procgate: protections against the procgate security vulnerability (thanks to @topjohnwu)
LS00readahead: change the readahead amount on logical disk devicesw
LS00resetprop: reset model, brand, manufacturer (only useful if you would want to get your phone appear externally as a Pixel; check the code)
What do my services.d scripts do?
Code:
LS99bootclean: clean junk and log files
LS99cputweaks: improve scaling governor
LS99enablecallrecording: enable call recording (must be done at every device boot)
LS99execonce: a whole series of settings; this is only executed ONCE
LS99hdparm: increase readahead on /system and /data
LS99magiskhide: hide some packages from seeing root
LS99maxvolumewarning: remove the high volume warning (I am not sure this will always work !!!)
LS99network: TCP transmit queue and congestion control
LS99overlays: enable all overlays automatically (if you use substratum then no need to enable them manually)
LS99remounts: improve file system performance of multiple partitions
LS99resetprop: increase memory used by dalvik
LS99sqlite: REINDEX and VACCUM sqlite database files (the script only runs every 3rd day)
LS99sysctl: optimize linux kernel settings and TCP/IP performance
LS99trimcaches: trim android cache files
LS99turnoffnightmode: reset the night mode to OFF (night mode conflicts with dark mode in newer Google apps)
LS99workqueue: tune kernel work queue

Thanks man I have been trying to get boot scripts to run.

jacksummers said:
Thanks man I have been trying to get boot scripts to run.
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excuse me for the ignorance, but what is the use of this mod?
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isoladisegnata said:
excuse me for the ignorance, but what is the use of this mod?
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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At the end of OP he's got a summary of what the different scripts do.

I am stuck here > unzip ~/initd.zip
It keeps saying:
1|OnePlus6T:/mydir # unzip /initd.zip
unzip: can't open /initd.zip[.zip]
Any ideas I extracted initd to the directory where my platform tools are and where I do my system updates am I supposed to extract it somewhere else? How do I create a directory in my linux shell using windows cmd promts?

kirschdog1 said:
I am stuck here > unzip ~/initd.zip
It keeps saying:
1|OnePlus6T:/mydir # unzip /initd.zip
unzip: can't open /initd.zip[.zip]
Any ideas I extracted initd to the directory where my platform tools are and where I do my system updates am I supposed to extract it somewhere else? How do I create a directory in my linux shell using windows cmd promts?
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Looks like a simple typo "/initd.zip" implies that the file is located in the root directory. "~/initd.zip" would be in your "home" directory. Since I don't know if "/mydir" is defined as your home directory and presuming initd.zip is located there try "unzip /mydir/initd.zip" (no quotes).

Still not working
Base2 said:
Looks like a simple typo "/initd.zip" implies that the file is located in the root directory. "~/initd.zip" would be in your "home" directory. Since I don't know if "/mydir" is defined as your home directory and presuming initd.zip is located there try "unzip /mydir/initd.zip" (no quotes).
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1|OnePlus6T:/ # cd mydir
OnePlus6T:/mydir # unzip ~/initd.zip
unzip: can't open //initd.zip[.zip]
1|OnePlus6T:/mydir # unzip /mydir/initd.zip
unzip: can't open /mydir/initd.zip[.zip]
Any ideas? How to get this working? I tried both commands to no avail.

kirschdog1 said:
I am stuck here > unzip ~/initd.zip
It keeps saying:
1|OnePlus6T:/mydir # unzip /initd.zip
unzip: can't open /initd.zip[.zip]
Any ideas I extracted initd to the directory where my platform tools are and where I do my system updates am I supposed to extract it somewhere else? How do I create a directory in my linux shell using windows cmd promts?
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You have to create the directory mydir on your linux machine, not on your phone.

Base2 said:
Looks like a simple typo "/initd.zip" implies that the file is located in the root directory. "~/initd.zip" would be in your "home" directory. Since I don't know if "/mydir" is defined as your home directory and presuming initd.zip is located there try "unzip /mydir/initd.zip" (no quotes).
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No, not a typo. mydir is on your PC, not on the phone !

foobar66 said:
No, not a typo. mydir is on your PC, not on the phone !
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How do I create the directory? I'm using a windows device using adb command prompts?

kirschdog1 said:
How do I create the directory? I'm using a windows device using adb command prompts?
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Search how to create directories in PowerShell ... I am not a Windows guru :crying:

foobar66 said:
Search how to create directories in PowerShell ... I am not a Windows guru :crying:
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Ok thank you.ill hold off as it appears to be above my pay grade.

foobar66 said:
You have to create the directory mydir on your linux machine, not on your phone.
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This won't work anymore as magisk doesn't use magisk.img anymore

Su access to /data/data

Hi, i try to exec "su ls /data/data" from java code. But can see only too folder
com.myproject.test and com.google.android.gms
su -v # 24.3:MAGISKSU
su whoiam #root
If i exec this command in termux i will get full list of applications. What is problem and how can i fix that?

your use of "su" is bad ... to launch a command as root from within a program, you should use the "-c" switch (as mentionned in man page). every android app is sandboxed, so you see the content of your application's directory (/data/data/<APP name>).
"man su" to read more (on android, or on linux to read with a large screen).
"su whoami" launch whoami and I suppose you're using termux as root