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Does anybody succeded in booting a functional chroot ubuntu or debian on this beautifull smartphone?
.. i'm kinda stuck at top of it, can't load at all the image
Please post here your discoverings/progress/scripts

hi , i try to install debian from the linux installer app but the installation stop at fetching distro. I really need it because need hamachi to work.
if you can post a prepared image for mounting in a loop??
i search it....

imayoda81 said:
Does anybody succeded in booting a functional chroot ubuntu or debian on this beautifull smartphone?
.. i'm kinda stuck at top of it, can't load at all the image
Please post here your discoverings/progress/scripts
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chroot does work but sadly i could only get it working through adb shell and even that by manually typing every command.Tried to create a script for it but sadly that does not work.could not understand why that is as manually typing those commands in adb worked.
Anyway been a long time since i tried that.Will re-try in a day or two once i fix my computer

I guess that's something wrong with kernels.. does anybody compiled one with loop ? mine seems not containing it..
plus scripts act very strange, confirmed..
any more people trying this?

imayoda81 said:
I guess that's something wrong with kernels.. does anybody compiled one with loop ? mine seems not containing it..
plus scripts act very strange, confirmed..
any more people trying this?
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Nothing wrong with the kernel.Which one do you use?I use the Stock Rom.It has support for looping.I can give u a screen shot of the adb running ubuntu(on the command line ofcourse).Will start with the scripts again in a day or two.Interested?

mickeul said:
why don't you try to install archlinux, because you can install it with the chroot installation on the desktop ?
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I doubt it will work on the Optimus.Will try your suggestion also soon.
edit:got debian to boot from terminal emulator.The only thing remaining are the scripts.

manasgirdhar said:
I doubt it will work on the Optimus.Will try your suggestion also soon.
edit:got debian to boot from terminal emulator.The only thing remaining are the scripts.
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Can you please upload some material? also we may try Gscript for booting.. what's wrong with scripts ? I can't immagine where's the probelm.. sh problem? maybe better bash?

imayoda81 said:
Can you please upload some material? also we may try Gscript for booting.. what's wrong with scripts ? I can't immagine where's the probelm.. sh problem? maybe better bash?
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Yaa Sure.i will upload the stuff in a day or two.See the Problem is creating loop using scripts.When i give the following indiviual command:-
mknod /dev/loop99 b 7 0
then it works but when i give the same command using a script(.sh) it gives an error 'knod:invalid number'.Till the loop is created we wont be able to mount the device.at the moment i am trying a few alternate commands.If it can work i will post the complete work.If not then i will post the image file and the temp scripts.
Its damn hard getting it to work.If it works then i will also work on debain and BackTrack 5 and other arm linux's.Lets hope for the best.

manasgirdhar said:
Yaa Sure.i will upload the stuff in a day or two.See the Problem is creating loop using scripts.When i give the following indiviual command:-
mknod /dev/loop99 b 7 0
then it works but when i give the same command using a script(.sh) it gives an error 'knod:invalid number'.Till the loop is created we wont be able to mount the device.at the moment i am trying a few alternate commands.If it can work i will post the complete work.If not then i will post the image file and the temp scripts.
Its damn hard getting it to work.If it works then i will also work on debain and BackTrack 5 and other arm linux's.Lets hope for the best.
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we should contact some kernel developer just to understand if loop is compiled in actual kernels.. I use B17 modaco but thing act crazy when i issue a mount command.. best wishes for ur work

imayoda81 said:
we should contact some kernel developer just to understand if loop is compiled in actual kernels.. I use B17 modaco but thing act crazy when i issue a mount command.. best wishes for ur work
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No need to bug the dev's for such a small thing.Loops are supported in the original LG Kernel.Like i said i can mount it by typing all the commands manually but the problem occours when i use a script to do the process automatically.
If loops were not compiled i doubt i could get it to mount even by manual commands.
What craziness happens with you when you issue a mount command?
Maybe i could advise you on that?
EDIT:I think i finally found the problem with the script.Not Sure.will do some further testing and get back to you.

Hello !
If that can help, got Ubuntu running on mine, using this : http://nexusonehacks.net/nexus-one-hacks/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-your-android/
I'm using the CM7-RC1. The files should be placed in /sdcard/ubuntu/ <-- check your /sdcard symlink ! With CM7, it's fine. But stock got a weird behaviour.

anyvie said:
Hello !
If that can help, got Ubuntu running on mine, using this : http://nexusonehacks.net/nexus-one-hacks/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-your-android/
I'm using the CM7-RC1. The files should be placed in /sdcard/ubuntu/ <-- check your /sdcard symlink ! With CM7, it's fine. But stock got a weird behaviour.
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even i just moved to cm7 RC-1.Gonna check my scripts now.

i got my hands on Maemo in a chroot envoirnment.atleast thats what was said on the file.i still have not tested it.Anyone interested in the img?
Edit:Got the Boot script to work for debian Finally.Now creating the prep script.once done will check on the official kernel and then post Debian atleast.Right now checking on cm7.

manasgirdhar said:
i got my hands on Maemo in a chroot envoirnment.atleast thats what was said on the file.i still have not tested it.Anyone interested in the img?
Edit:Got the Boot script to work for debian Finally.Now creating the prep script.once done will check on the official kernel and then post Debian atleast.Right now checking on cm7.
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CM7 RC1 is a good base to start from.. even too good
however I get variable results launching mount commands in FR17 even from adb... sometimes it crashes the shell after a ioctl error..
i'm giving up on stock based roms.. there something wrong with busybox commands in them..
are u working chroot on top of CM7 RC1 ?

This thread should be moved to dev, am i wrong or maemo is on works here?
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imayoda81 said:
CM7 RC1 is a good base to start from.. even too good
however I get variable results launching mount commands in FR17 even from adb... sometimes it crashes the shell after a ioctl error..
i'm giving up on stock based roms.. there something wrong with busybox commands in them..
are u working chroot on top of CM7 RC1 ?
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No Mate.Nothing wrong.I got it to work on FR17 as well as cm7.the only problem is that i have been unable to download tightvnc and lxde on the Debian chroot envoirnment.Some prob with my net connection.Keeps disconnecting.anyway.I have to make the read me file with instructions and then i will zip it and upload it.any special request for the file host?

svceon said:
This thread should be moved to dev, am i wrong or maemo is on works here?
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no point in moving to dev.i am trying to chroot into Maemo.Not Native booting.altough i will give the native boot a go in August because my exams begin soon.

imayoda81 said:
i'm giving up on stock based roms.. there something wrong with busybox commands in them..
are u working chroot on top of CM7 RC1 ?
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You mean, use debian as a primary OS, like launching it when the phone start ?
In case of yes, debian would be started when Android start, or you want to avoid Android ?
manasgirdhar said:
No Mate.Nothing wrong.I got it to work on FR17 as well as cm7.the only problem is that i have been unable to download tightvnc and lxde on the Debian chroot envoirnment.Some prob with my net connection.Keeps disconnecting.anyway.I have to make the read me file with instructions and then i will zip it and upload it.any special request for the file host?
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Did you try to change your DNS Servers ? You can use Google's on 8.8.4.4/8.8.8.8
Did you try to connect by other means ? 3G, WiFi ?
Finally, for personal use, which debian img did you use ? Your own-made ? I ask because I just DLed an ubuntu image that someone else did, based on the ARM-one. But I don't see any ARM specific image on debian's website (or I don't know the other name, which could be shown).

[HOW TO] G.B on International Builds using 2ndinit (minor update 04/07/11)

Before anything............. This may Brick your phone, follow instructions and it wont
Big shoutouts to:
2nd-init------
skrilax_cz for writing this awesome trick!
edgan for getting it working on atrix with taskset
this hack:
eval for crazy loopback mount idea and all scripts
unknown for lots of helpful testing and debug
XLR88 for the system.img of GB 2.3.4
This is an example of the sort of thing that 2ndinit makes possible
but it is a quick hack and running with the wrong kernel - so still buggy
Bugs
1) The screen flips out when locked, so basically you swipe left and screen goes right.
2) No wifi
3) Camera dont work
4) Moto sign in not working
5) fingerprint
Working
1) Mobile data
2) network
3) Google sign in
4) Market
5) Calls
Will update when fixes are found and bugs are ironed out.
How to get GingerBread via 2ndinit on a locked bootloader for motorola atrix
Tools you need
Adb or Rootexplorer, 2ndinit.apk, terminal
Fastboot
Install 2ndinit.apk
Reboot
in terminal type
ls -a /sys/kernel/debug
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should get output not
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Download this ...........http://download839.mediafire.com/gv6kzdu34z3g/lcldnltaqj8xd9x/2ndGB.tgz
extract this to sdcard
Download this ...........http://hotfile.com/dl/122055970/0a6dfce/moto-fastboot.zip.html
Extract to sdcard
Delete everything in /preinstall
adb shell
su
cd /preinstall
rm -rf
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copy 2nd-init, taskset, busybox to /preinstall
In ternimal
chmod 755 2nd-int
chmod 755 taskset
chmod 755 busybox
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Rename hk. Img to system.img to and then copy to /preinstall folder
copy files from /ETC/rootfs/ to /system/etc/rootfs/ and set permissions
chmod 644 /system/etc/rootfs/*
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copy this to /system/bin/ download and add gb directory to /data/ so it becomes /data/gb/
In terminal type
ls -a /sys/kernel/debug
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you should get nothing at all
reboot.....
Backup your data this is a recommendation just in case
reboot again...........
when rebooting hold volume down then scroll down to EARLY USB ENUMERATION then volume up (do this everytime you want gingerbread)
wait.............
You should successfully boot into GingerBread... Congradulations
getting back to froyo
reboot
If all this fails, install 2ndinit.apk from here
Then repeat this tutorial...
Sorry about the crap video
WATCH HERE
If anyone can help to solve the flip of screen here is some clues that may help
1) screen is working prefectly until screen turns off, then it flips

Glad my work could be of use =)
And thanks for taking this off my hands while I'm away... hope you can fix the touch screen left-right input flip ... if anyone has any ideas, PM me, _unknown and stevendeb25. Here's to hoping all international users can enjoy 2.3.4 soon!
PS. haha thanks for quoting all my cursing in IRC about my /data failures
How my hack works
For international devs who want an idea of how I did it (before stevendeb25's tutorial & release) the following details my mount_ext3.sh:
Loopback hack only loads if you fastboot menu to early USB enum, so, run if ro.usb_mode==debug (plus helps us debug to adb early... why /system/etc/rootfs/default.prop we copy to / has ro.secure=0 & persist.service.adb.enable=1) In addition to default.prop we copy, extracted files from GB's ramdisk:, /init, /init.rc (modified, comment out mounting /system) and ueventd.rc from etc/rootfs, plus symlink /sbin/ueventd->/init.
Next, mknod and mount /preinstall rw, where we keep taskset, 2nd-init and busybox binaries, as well as system.img (CG60 from hktw 2.3.4 sbf.) It's probably already in /dev/block/ but this varied across froyo builds so mknod and mount rw to be safe. Good idea to use /preinstall/busybox from now on as /system mount dis/appears.
e2fsck -y the system.img and then losetup the loopback mount, umount -f -l /system, and mount -t ext3 <loopbackdevice> /system. For debug cat out /proc/mounts to a file in /preinstall or /data, actually I also append ">>/preinstall/debug 2>&1" to every command. Finally, now you can (taskset) 2nd-init your new system!
Unfortunately, seems necessary to fastboot -w or just rm -r /data/* between boots of froyo and GB. Annoying, but I couldn't easily get a GB-only /data mounted.
Now, can you fix the input flip left-right after lock screen? Clues are: it doesn't happen if this trick is tried on GB kernel (with Froyo ramdisk, system, and same 2nd-init trick.) Also, it persists after warm reboot, GB->GB. Pulling in /system/lib/hw from Froyo didn't help. Tho you'll want to bring back (and insmod) aev.ko, evfwd.ko, plus revert dhd.ko to Froyo version, as the first two are in-kernel on GB, and the latter seems to differ. I am fairly confident most bugs can be fixed by replacing (lock screen? nvrm_daemon?) pieces of GB userspace with Froyo versions in system.img. I just lost a bit of ambition after finding the fastboot oem unlock in the BL plus I will be away for a bit.
So, good luck to stevendeb25 and all you non-ATT Atrix hackers!

At least International users get some Gingerbread love! Good job guys!

i can't believe!!!
what a great new!!!
thanks guys!
the video seems to be really amazing!
wanna try it!!!!

that bootscreen looks awesome at first part in the video, is that stock?? oo

Excellent work brothers, you guys are really making us proud as well as you should be!

Very good job!
Now I can start dreaming about GB in my non-att atrix

You sexy, sexy man! Rawr!!

Great news
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stratax said:
that bootscreen looks awesome at first part in the video, is that stock?? oo
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Yeah stock orange uk bootscreen
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Lol..
Awesome Steven, lookin' forward
bongd said:
You sexy, sexy man! Rawr!!
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Stock Bell Atrix on Rogers with updated radio, Rooted, deodexed, Honeycomb theme, and frozen!

Released ............ enjoy guys, if dont want flip screen, dont lock the phone

This remember me when we try to put android on Windows Mobile Phones!haha
Anyway, nice work man, Let's play a lil

Wow, good work guys. I am sure this has been torture for international users. For the past couple of weeks, we in the states (or anyone on at&t) have been like kids on Christmas, while everyone else sits on the sidelines It's a good thing the 2nd init port got put to good use.
HolySorento said:
This remember me when we try to put android on Windows Mobile Phones!haha
Anyway, nice work man, Let's play a lil
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Android has been ported to the Iphone, but as far as I know only to the older generations.

c'mon guys, are you trying that??
post your opinions!!

stevendeb25 said:
Released ............ enjoy guys, if dont want flip screen, dont lock the phone
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Great work steve

Steven, is there no way for you to use drivers from the hktw build to fix wifi and camera?
Or do those require kernel level access or something?
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stevendeb25 said:
Yeah stock orange uk bootscreen
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Think anyone could post this? It looks much better than the ATT one.

tasty_boy said:
c'mon guys, are you trying that??
post your opinions!!
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I'd love to try but without wifi and that flip issue I think I'll pass this version.

Sinful Animosity said:
Steven, is there no way for you to use drivers from the hktw build to fix wifi and camera?
Or do those require kernel level access or something?
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Other way around... if you pull in dhd.ko from the latest Froyo build you flashed on your system, as well as aev.ko and evfwd.ko (and /system/etc/firmware or wifi/ ?) into loopback mounted /system you will have more chance of working wifi in HKTW2.3.4. (HINT HINT you could do this directly in the mount_ext3.sh script... copy useful 2.2 stuff to /preinstall, copy back into new /system after unmount,remount, even insmod if you have to...)
Remember, this trick produces a mismatch between /system version (GB,2.3.4) and kernel version in boot.img which is actually running. We can take care of ramdisk post-hoc before 2nd-init but older kernel and its API is still in place so pieces of HKTW userspace will have to be replaced/modded to fix bugs. This version of mount_ext3 is an early release for the hackers who want to tinker until it works... good luck! I will have only web and ssh access off and on for 10 days but can answer any questions by PM, on IRC or here..

[GUIDE]BackTrack 5 in webtop (BackTop)

BACKTOP v0.00001​
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Alright, so this is a guide to finally get the backtrack 5 software running inside of webtop. It uses chroot and xterm to allow full access to the software contained within the backtrack 5 arm image.
Prerequisites:
CWM Installed:
For all version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
WebTopMOD installed:
For 2.3.4 go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169457
For 1.8.3 go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790
You do not need to download the Debian disk image. Will we be using the backtrack disk image instead.
BusyBox Installed in /system/bin:
Downloaded "BusyBox Installer" from the app store.
BE SURE TO INSTALL IN /SYSTEM/BIN!
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The Goods:
BackTop.zip:
Download and un-zip the attached files into /sdcard/bt
BackTop.zip
BackTrack 5 ARM Image:
PART 1 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/p1BT5
PART 2 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/BT5p2
PART 3 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/BT5p3
These download links are from the xperia backtrack project and where I took inspiration to get it working in webtop. After using 7z to unarchive just place bt.img in the /sdcard/bt folder. The archives other contents can be safely ignored.
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What you should have by now:
WebTOPMOD for Atrix.
BusyBox Installed in /system/bin.
Downloaded scripts placed in the /sdcard/bt folder.
Downloaded bt.img placed in the /sdcard/bt folder.
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Give it a go:
Step 0: Connect the phone to display/lapdock. Run webtop and wait for it to boot.
Step 1: Open LXTerminal from the dock and type "cd /sdcard/bt"
Step 2: To run BackTop type "sudo bash backtop"
You should be presented with a white xterm screen. You can now use all the utilities built into backtrack 5 with ease. You can even run the gnome desktop environment! (More on that bellow)
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Running Gnome:
You first need to kill off all the webtop crap do this by typing the following in xterm.
"ps ax|grep awn|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
"ps ax|grep panel|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
Then start gnome by typing "gnome-session" in xterm.
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Accessing sdcards:
You'll need to make two directories inside of backtrack /sdcard and /sdcard-ext to do this type:
"sudo mkdir /sdcard"
"sudo mkdir /sdcard-etc"
Once you've done this simply reboot your phone and restart BackTop.
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Known issues:
ettercap causes network connectivity inside of webtop to fail.
If something does go terribly wrong you can always force quit backtop with the following command:
"sudo bash /sdcard/bt/forcekillbt"
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Cool stuff, I'll definitely check this out. Moved to development.

mate I don't have webtop but as a network engineer I'm giving this a big thumbs up, super cool to have a pen testing suite in your phone!!!

reserved #10Chars

It might just be me but do your links work? Specifically the http://bit/ly ....etc. thanks
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edit: had a smart attck and everything is tip top...well done sir...thx!!

that is the most metal thing ever
I'd prefer it actually dual boot on my phone for hac..I mean testing on the go xD

What will this one do that the others don't?
Cheers

pederb said:
What will this one do that the others don't?
Cheers
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If you don't know what BackTrack is then you don't need it.

pederb said:
What will this one do that the others don't?
Cheers
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its a pen testing Linux suit. its essentially Linux loaded up with hacking tools meant for testing networks to prevent hacking or "penetration". hack your own network. discover the vulnerabilities. and patch them. - to put it simply

This is amazing. Thanks.

7z issue with the bt.7z
Hum... I might be doing something wrong but I am not able to uncompress the 3 volumes posted in the links... I was able to download them all but the only one who actually I can uncompress is the first one and it generate a file bt.7z that I am also unable to uncompress... I am getting the following msg when I try to 7unzip them:
"cannot open file 'x:\xx\xx\bt.7z.002' as archive"
Should I join them all into one then use 7zip?
Forget it I just found it out by myself... is using a program to join them all into one then Unzip it.

My dream come true .............. i assume that we can run kismet and metasploit framework ?!
What kernel and rom were you able to make this run well with as i am having really bad reboots after i undock the phone from the lapdock as i am running faux123 kernel and cherry crust v3.

webtop when connected to hdmi not doing anything...
I was trying to use this backtrack distro on my AT&T Atrix and I must admit that I am a kind of noob on this ... I wasn't seeing big advantage until now that we have bt to use instead of the stock version...
I have no Lapdock so I am using Ronaldo_9 CWM version to run Webtop on HDMI in my GB 2.3.4 ( 4.5.91 from Kenneth Penn ). It was working til I followed these instructions ...
Well a little bit of what I did:
1- Downloaded the WebTopMOD from Joe Ferreira v2 to install with CWM.
2- Got also BusyBox installed through the BusyBox Installer over my /system/bin
3- Downloaed (even knowing it's not needed) the Debian disk from Joe Ferreira link (to install webtopmod).
4- Downloaded the BlackTrack 5 image from the links on the first post
5- Downloaded the BackTop.zip from the first post
6- Created the /sdcard/bt folder and put only the bt.img and forcekillbt and backtop files from Backtop.zip file onto it...
7- Plugged in my HDMI cable over my tv (yes I have no lapdock)
8- The Webtop option pop's up and when I selected it.....
Nothing happened... not even an error msg or stuff... the only thing still working is EC... but webtop none.... Does anyone of you have any clue or hint of what can I do about it?
EDIT: Got it working... it was because of the broken V2 WebtopMOD so I flashed the V1 and everything went fine.... Thank you all for not helping it made me a better researcher

I think I just wet myself I've been waiting for someone to come up with this since they started the ARM archticture and ported it to the XOOM tablet
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The built in wifi doesn't support packet injection does it?

baumerman said:
The built in wifi doesn't support packet injection does it?
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It doesnt....
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BCM4329 supports Promiscuous Mode and Multiple Monitor mode.
It supports Packet Injection, too.
The WiFi module needs to be modified for enabling these things... I'm currently working on GenTop, but after finishing that work I can take a look at it and see if I'm skilled enough to enable it on the driver.

kholk said:
BCM4329 supports Promiscuous Mode and Multiple Monitor mode.
It supports Packet Injection, too.
The WiFi module needs to be modified for enabling these things... I'm currently working on GenTop, but after finishing that work I can take a look at it and see if I'm skilled enough to enable it on the driver.
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That would be awesome... just amazing how u dealing with a lot of stuffs simultaneously ....... tyvm for visiting this thread its almost dead...
Doing a simple (means not a complex one) research at Google it seens that there's no much of Monitor mode for android cell phones so far... not sure why if nobody cares or if it's not possible... but u got skill enough to give the last word
Hope to hear something soon...

I wish there was more development for this, and +1 for packet injection

gzrecoil said:
I wish there was more development for this, and +1 for packet injection
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There is monitor mode for iPhone and itouch... not sure the reason why not for android :-(
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How to switch from Ubuntu to Fedora 18

First of all, I need to acknowledge that I'm standing on the shoulders of giants, in composing this post. Mad props have to go to Rob Clark, for writing Freedreno and the Fedora installer I used. I also have to give credit to the people who made Ubuntu possible on the Touchpad (jshafer817, BodemM, castrwilliam, jcsullins, Calc1Programmer, Mystikal57, and lots of other people...I couldn't possibly post them all here, but that in no way diminishes my gratitude to them for all their hard work!)
Second of all, this is rough. Like "only shows kernel messages, good for nothing as it is" rough. I'm posting this to help spur on more work, so we can get things up and running faster.
Thirdly, you must have Ubuntu already installed to use this process, and it WILL destroy your Ubuntu install. I repeat, this WILL destroy your Ubuntu install. Only do this if you want to play with something that doesn't work right yet, and are willing to sacrifice something that does work to get it. You also need moboot 0.3.8 (which you already probably have if you have a working Ubuntu install).
Finally, no warranties. This will probably not work very well for you. I can't guarantee that bad things won't happen, and I will not be responsible if they do. I'm also LAUGHABLY FAR from being an expert, so look critically at these instructions before you go ahead, I can't guarantee I didn't miss anything. This is also probably not the most optimal method...the best method is probably what Rob posted in the readme, but that assumes you don't already have a Linux installed, which won't work so well for those of us with 16GB Touchpads.
Ok, having said all that, here's the good stuff.
Go to https://github.com/freedreno/touchpad-fedora and download the zip file.
Unzip it somewhere. There will be a bunch of scripts, a boot folder and a rootfs folder.
On your Touchpad, either in Android via a root terminal, or in WebOS with a root terminal, mount your /boot as read-write "sudo mount -o rw,remount /boot"
Go into the newly writable /boot, and delete uImage.Ubuntu (you'll need the free space...you can copy it to your computer or the SD Card if you want to reinstall it later). Copy uImage.Fedora to /boot. When you're done this, you should probably remount /boot as read-only "sudo mount -o ro,remount /boot"
Create a folder on your SD Card. Doesn't matter what you call it, but copy all the files from the rootfs folder there. There should be 11 of them, numbered 00 to 10.
Boot into WebOS, if you're not there already, and make sure you have WTerm installed and set up for root access.
Erase your Ubuntu partition, but don't destroy it. "mke2fs -F -T ext3 /dev/store/ubuntu-root" in WTerm. ***THIS IS DESTRUCTIVE***DANGER WILL ROBINSON***BE SURE BEFORE YOU DO THIS***
Make a temporary directory to mount your ubuntu partition on. "mkdir -p /tmp/linux"
Mount your newly formatted ubuntu partition. "mount /dev/store/ubuntu-root /tmp/linux"
CD into the folder you created that has the 00 through 10 files in it, and untar each one of them into /tmp/linux. The way I did this was to simply type "tar -C /tmp/linux -xvzf 00" and hit Tab. When it finished, I hit the up arrow, backspaced over the filename, then typed 01 and hit Tab, and so on for all eleven files.
When the files are all untarred, I typed "sync" (not sure why, it's in the script), and unmounted the temporary directory "umount /tmp/linux"
Last but not least, we have to rename the volume from ubuntu-root to fedora-root. "lvrename store ubuntu-root fedora-root"
That's it. You can close WTerm and reboot. When the moboot menu comes up, you'll see that Ubuntu is gone and Fedora is there, select it to boot. According to Rob's blog post, adb and rndis are working, so you can get access to a shell using adb, when it finishes booting.
Let me know how it works out for you, and please reply if you can improve my method (or if I screwed something up!).

I got rndis working...all I had to do was do it on my linux laptop, it didn't seem to work in Windows (surprise, surprise). With that running, I was able to get to yum via the adb shell. I yummed up gnome-shell, and it seemed to install OK, but I got an error when I tried to startx. It said there were no screens available, and it failed. I googled around a bit on that error, and it suggested I check into systemctl, where I noticed that "systemd-modules-load.service" had failed, and I saw module loading failure messages in dmesg, makes me think freedreno isn't loading right. I'll work on it some more after breakfast.

Turns out Rob forgot to add libdrm to the rootfs downloads. He added it last night to the git, and I've updated this guide to reflect that. Still doesn't boot to a GUI, but I'm closer than I was. startx throws an error about "no screens found", must need to be configured. I'll work on it later this evening and see what I can come up with.

Got it (sorta)! The libdrm version Rob supplied didn't quite match the Xorg version. A simple 'sudo yum update' and a reboot, and I have a GUI. Now to figure out how to add a user without a keyboard...

If this gets working I'm deff going to install. I'm dying for gnome 3 on a tablet.
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Head to your local Walmart (I think every town has one lol ) and buy the Bluetooth crapple keyboard....assuming it will work..but you might want to look it up...I just seen one there the other day.
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OK quick search says yes it will pair...also if on the cheap..... http://dx.com/p/mini-bluetooth-keyboard-for-android-wince-nokia-symbian-s60-cellphones-black-37863 was successful under webos....so probably under android or Linux assuming your Bluetooth works.
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Great guide, can't wait to try this on my TP! It's been a while since I last messed around with it and this seems quite useful, as Gnome 3 is kinda optimized for touchscreens.
I was wondering though, does it matter which version of Ubuntu is installed or does it overwrite everything anyway?

https://github.com/freedreno/touchpad-fedora
Appears to have been a small update 4 days ago.
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[GUIDE]BackTrack 5 Chroot (Backtop2)

[Project dormant unless someone else picks it up]
NOTE: This is a chroot for the Webtop, not the Android+VNC chroot method.
Hi everyone, this is my first guide (I'm not sure I can call it that yet, or if this is in the right section) so bear with me.
I tried the Debian chroot guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790), and I really liked the idea, but I had too many apt-get issues and it often crashed my Webtop, so I tried building my own Ubuntu Lucid chroot using rootstock, but internet didn't work.
I later saw this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184161, but the links were dead and the scripts it referenced were out of date. I'll sort of combine the two guides here since Backtrack actually works surprisingly well.
Just on a side note though, I haven't fully tested the Backtrack tools, but the only thing I haven't found to work are the wireless tools.
Let's start!
Required:
-Rooted Atrix (with Blur based ROM)
-LXTerminal installed on Webtop
-Enough free space (around 4 GB just for room)
-7-Zip
-Some Linux/Unix distro native or in a VM
1. Install the easy-signed.zip from the Debian chroot guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790
but the other files aren't needed.
Make a folder called WebTopMOD (case-sensitive) on either external or internal memory for later.
2. Look here for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184161, but the links are dead. Active links are here:
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?x9cgxzdx84vc6uj
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?xaoidipkg1o7vgo
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipur
Use 7-Zip to uncompress the three files (called bt.7z.001,002,003) and you'll get a bt.img.
Full bt.img in a zip:
DL from Mega or from Google Drive
3. The image isn't usable in this state yet, since the image is formatted with ext2, and we need ext3.
Copy the image over to your Linux VM or computer on a easy-to-find directory, and open up a Terminal window (usually CTRL+ALT+T).
In Terminal, type this in:
Code:
cd <directory where you put bt.img>
mkdir tmp tmpbt
sudo mount -o loop bt.img tmpbt
dd if=/dev/zero of=linuxdisk count=0 bs=1MB seek=4096 (This is the size of the chroot image you want, in MB)
mkfs.ext3 linuxdisk (just type y when it asks)
sudo mount -o loop linuxdisk tmp
sudo cp -rf tmpbt/* tmp
sudo umount tmp
sudo umount tmpbt
[Sorry, made a mistake twice] Copy the newly made linuxdisk file to a directory named WebTopMOD on your internal memory or sdcard-ext (folder and file names are case-sensitive).
4. Start Webtop, then open LXTerminal, then start the chroot by typing in:
Code:
/usr/sbin/linux
and after it loads for a bit, you'll get an xterm window with the shell for Backtrack!
If you want to quit the Gnome session, closing xterm doesn't work, since by issuing the commands to kill the webtop processes, it also kills the webtop window manager, and if you do close it there's some kind of weird glitch with a small popup window constantly disappearing and reappearing. (It'll be a WIP for now I guess, the only full solution is to reboot your Atrix). It seems to have to do with the way the linux command mounts the chroot disk under loop50, I'll try and make something to fix this later.
-----------------Extras moved below-----------------------
Pictures:
Chromium Running
BT Desktop (Gnome)
BT Desktop with AIW
THANKS TO:
k.taylor89 for the original Backtop Method
SystemR89 for the Debian chroot and scripts to make this work
The original developers of the Backtop chroot image
And any others I may have forgotten!

Extras:
If you want a GUI (Gnome):
k.taylor89 said:
You first need to kill off all the webtop crap do this by typing the following in xterm.
"ps ax|grep awn|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
"ps ax|grep panel|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
Then start gnome by typing "gnome-session" in xterm.
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If you want to take it step further and start Gnome after bootup, this isn't a full solution yet but you could edit your start-oshwt-1.sh and 2 scripts so that the chroot automatically starts on bootup without anything else in Webtop, and from there start gnome-session. I'm testing that now.
Installing Apps:
Since this is based off of Ubuntu Lucid, you can install anything from the Lucid repos, you just have to fix the sources list since the Backtrack sources don't seem to work.
Code:
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old (Backup just in case)
sudo nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
Comment out (#) any line with the backtrack servers, and uncomment any line with the Ubuntu repos.
Press Control+X, Y, then Enter, then run apt-get update to update the repos.
Apps like Chromium install and run without a hassle (just run apt-get install chromium-browser), but I actually get the error "Bus error" for some reason when Chromium remains idle, it seems to be an unsolved bug in the version of Chromium for armel devices in the Lucid repos, if anyone else has a fix, please do tell.

First.
I think its only for lapdock ..........

3n3rg1c said:
First.
I think its only for lapdock ..........
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Oh sorry yeah I forgot to mention that. I mean I guess if you have the mod that lets you use Webtop anywhere, that'll work too.

Hi,
The "Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipu" doesn't work.
Could you fix it.
Thank you.

sintoo said:
Hi,
The "Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipu" doesn't work.
Could you fix it.
Thank you.
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Oh sorry I copied the link incorrectly, updated in OP.

i've gotten it running on my ubuntop model, when i ran it from the terminal it would not give me any issues when closing it back up. is there a way to only launch the gnome panel? running: gnome-panel in the terminal didn't work

etruj said:
i've gotten it running on my ubuntop model, when i ran it from the terminal it would not give me any issues when closing it back up. is there a way to only launch the gnome panel? running: gnome-panel in the terminal didn't work
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I'm not sure if there is a way to start just gnome panel because of the way the chroot is implemented, since to run gnome-panel, an X session must already be running within the chroot and I need to figure that out.

My first two times i lUnched the session the wallpaper would flicker and then just the panels would come up. Now i get hit with the errors and loop pop ups. Maybe there is a way to launch the session then kill everything but the panel?
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etruj said:
My first two times i lUnched the session the wallpaper would flicker and then just the panels would come up. Now i get hit with the errors and loop pop ups. Maybe there is a way to launch the session then kill everything but the panel?
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The workaround I found worked so far was to modify the start-oshwt-2 script so that it would run a very slightly modified version of the script that automatically starts gnome-session (gnome-panel alone is really stubborn, still haven't figured that out) and doesn't start whatever window manager in WebTop to avoid flickering errors and panel only errors (but of course you don't have access to anything from the actual WebTop, but you could also have start-oshwt open a Terminal window from WebTop too).

Can you attach the script?
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etruj said:
Can you attach the script?
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Just rename it to linux, and copy it to wherever you like on your Atrix. You can also copy it to a directory within your terminal path.
This isn't my script, it's from the Debian chroot, just modified to automatically start gnome-session (credit to SystemR89)
You might need to chmod +x the file.
Also, if you want to start it automatically from start-oshwt-2.sh, make sure you copy the file to a directory within the terminal path, and add the line
Code:
sfalv -i "linux"
and comment out any other line that starts a different X window manager.

running "sudo gnome-panel" gives me the panel while staying inside the original ubuntop. i think i can just swap out that one line in your script to get it working. thanks! also noticed my chrome crashes after a few minutes, ill post the error code and screen grabs soon but was wondering if you ever experienced anything like it?

etruj said:
running "sudo gnome-panel" gives me the panel while staying inside the original ubuntop. i think i can just swap out that one line in your script to get it working. thanks! also noticed my chrome crashes after a few minutes, ill post the error code and screen grabs soon but was wondering if you ever experienced anything like it?
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Yes, in fact. It's a bus error, and I tried to fix it, but the fix doesn't work (and it only seems to affect Chromium).

Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone wanted to take this project over, since I don't have an Atrix anymore and don't have anything to work with.
Thanks.