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I've been running Debian natively from my SD card for a while, so I decided I'd share the [relatively easy] instructions. First, though, here's the status of the hardware support...
* X11 is working quite nicely. 480x640 resolution is best for using E17.
* I'm trying to think up a solution for the 3D accelerator. LLVMpipe works but it's not much faster than classic Mesa. Maybe that's because I'm only testing performance with Mupen64Plus and SuperTux Ideally we would have an open-source OpenGL ES 1.0 driver with an OpenGL 1.3 wrapper/Gallium state tracker, but unfortunately Qualcomm closed it
* The hardware buttons don't generate input events (except the power button, which apparently makes SDL windows fullscreen).
* USB function ether works. This means you can SSH into it or update packages without a data connection (I don't think data even works).
* Sound doesn't work because Android doesn't use ALSA - or maybe because DZO hasn't written the proper driver...
* Camera(s) would need a Video4Linux driver; again, not my area
* Bluetooth is untested.
* GPS needs userspace work (gpsd?) - maybe the HTC Dream page at HTC-Linux.org has info...
* Calling - untested because: 1) I doesn't got the software, and 2) even if it worked, I have no one to call
If you're willing to wait indefinitely for those things to be fixed (or if you don't care), all you need is a Debian chroot on an EXT2-formatted SD card and my special NBH. The NAND should also work*, but Debian probably wouldn't fit on it. These instructions should also work for Ubuntu, Gentoo, FSO/OpenMoko, Angstrom, ARMedSlack, Fedora, or what have you - the only requirements are ARMv6 or lower and a semi-standard root filesystem layout (i.e. /sbin/init).
For those of you who don't trust binaries, I've uploaded my patches to the kernel and tinboot needed for Debian to boot. For everyone else, I have NBH files ready. Just flash the NBH, insert your SD card, and it should boot.
Links:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnv2memddug (source)
http://www.mediafire.com/?immywzmmqjn (binaries)
*LogFS patch included and enabled in my NBH.
Interesting, i'm going to have to try it out, any chance of getting it bootable from within android, like haret is with windows?
what exactly is debian??
is it like ubuntu thats on my computer
jadenj5 said:
what exactly is debian??
is it like ubuntu thats on my computer
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yes
10char
little confused though, where do I get the debian root files though
Debian Root
Instructions to build your own RootFS follow. If you're lazy, Google for a pre-built one.
If you're on Ubuntu:
Code:
sudo apt-get install debootstrap
sudo debootstrap --arch armel --foreign unstable root/ http://http.us.debian.org/debian
Substituting "unstable" for "stable" or "testing", "root/" with the the path to the directory you want the rootfs in (probably your SD card mountpoint), and your country code in ftp.??.debian.org (or another mirror). You might also need to do
Code:
sudo mount -o remount,rw,dev,exec $MOUNTPOINT
to your SD card (which, again, should be ext2-formatted) for debootstrap to work.
Then to complete the bootstrap:
Code:
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras-static
sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $ROOTFS/usr/bin/
sudo chroot $ROOTFS
From inside the chroot, do
Code:
/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
Then, apt-get install whatever you want on the phone (after configuring /etc/apt/sources.list), exit the chroot, unmount the card, insert it in your phone, and boot!
You'll need - at the very least - xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and xserver-xorg-input-evdev *WITHOUT* installing the other video or input drivers. And a desktop/window manager. If you haven't used Debian before, try e17.
Thanks man, i'm going to go check it out
If you're lazy, Google for a pre-built one.
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can't find one.?
If you're on Ubuntu:
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ubuntu 10.04 debootstrap doesnt know about stable/testing/unstable names, but knows about lenny, squeeze, sid
okay, I maked Debian unstable rootfs - here it is (127MB tar.bz2). here is dpkg -l.
root password is "1", apt sources.list is configured to most close to me mirror. I also added /proc into fstab.
how to pack my rootfs into .img image now?
can you post a screenshots please ???
there is nothing to show now, really. we need to make working pack first.
google e17 screenshots, on device you will have same.
a note about the sound issue. You are correct in that the vogue kernel does not have alsa support at this time.
nice job on this
Code:
E: No such script: /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stable
debootstrap installed with no errors but that's what I get when I try to run
Code:
sudo debootstrap --arch armel --foreign stable /media/79e9dd5a-174b-4324-a704-6aa06807fe35 http://http.us.debian.org/debianc
Try "lenny" instead of stable.
gTan64 said:
Try "lenny" instead of stable.
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progress but now i get
Code:
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://http.us.debian.org/debianc/dists/lenny/Release
Look closely - the mirror URL doesn't contain "debianc", does it?
gTan64 said:
Look closely - the mirror URL doesn't contain "debianc", does it?
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I'm F-ing retarded
/facepalm
-Edit- any packages you would advise to install?
New problem
Code:
[email protected]:/$ sudo chroot /media/79e9dd5a-174b-4324-a704-6aa06807fe35_
chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error
Could it be because sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras-static had no packages and I had to install sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras
Code:
sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $ROOTFS/usr/bin/
This step is essential - without qemu-arm-static in your chroot, you won't be able to run/emulate any ARM binaries (in this case, Debian-armel's /bin/bash).
Yes, you do need the static version. Last I checked it was actually in the Ubuntu repositories, so look again...
As far as what packages to install, here you go.
Essential packages: xserver-xorg-{video-fbdev,input-{mouse,keyboard}}
Essential desktop packages (pick one): e17 fluxbox lxde xfce4
Recommended packages: cellwriter xfce4-goodies
Suggested packages: Whatever floats your boat.
Packages I installed even though having no sound makes them useless: zynaddsubfx supertux sopwith bomberclone
So here's what i have been tinkering and i might share it as well here..
so its basically a back port of MTP support from the latest Ubuntu releases..you just have to update the GVFS(GNOME virtual file-system) of the Ubuntu Precise Version so it can recognize and mount the Nexus 4..so far its been good and stable for me..i am using a 32bit installation..
so here's what you just have to do..
Add the backport repository for MTP support in GVFS.
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
then
Code:
sudo apt-get update
you will see stuff getting queued from ubuntu servers and other repositories
Then, upgrade the system, you should see many GVFS packages in the list.
Code:
sudo apt-get upgrade
you will be prompted that the GVFS will be updated with a new one..just proceed and wait for the update to Finish
And then, reboot via sudo command on the terminal or manually and you’re done! Plug your Nexus 4 and see it poppin!
**if ever this has been posted kindly delete the thread MODS..TIA!!
Thank you....
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cant get adb to recognize my ONE, fastboot works just fine. in 51-android.rules i have SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" , dont remember ever having this much troulble getting it to work on ubuntu
To install adb and fastboot, I used webupd8 ppa:
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
I'm having a similar issue. I've always had a bit of a funny issue trying to get adb to work consistently but considering I don't do it often, that is probably why. As for the repository. The 13.10 repository hasn't been updated yet with the android-tools-fastboot and adb. I'm not sure when or if they'll be updated but they're not available for now. I did a clean install of 13.10 so I lost everything I installed before then. Trying to remember how to set it up again is a pain
ADB IS THERE IS 13.10 Repositry
LinuxScouser said:
I'm having a similar issue. I've always had a bit of a funny issue trying to get adb to work consistently but considering I don't do it often, that is probably why. As for the repository. The 13.10 repository hasn't been updated yet with the android-tools-fastboot and adb. I'm not sure when or if they'll be updated but they're not available for now. I did a clean install of 13.10 so I lost everything I installed before then. Trying to remember how to set it up again is a pain
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Hey Dude I Just Installed ubuntu 13.10 and did apt-get update and then inputed these commands ''sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot" works just fine
andromodgod said:
Hey Dude I Just Installed ubuntu 13.10 and did apt-get update and then inputed these commands ''sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot" works just fine
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Yep, I've done that. And fastboot works perfectly, but adb won't.
LinuxScouser said:
Yep, I've done that. And fastboot works perfectly, but adb won't.
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adb is working fine for me
All of them don't work for me on adb devices emptiness.
Your udev rules are correct, right?
here you go
The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
Hi
I've been at this for a few hours now and I'm just getting nowhere. I know this is a common issue but I assure you I have read every other thread and tried everything I have seen.
I have a HTC One M7 on the UK network Three with CWM recovery. Previously it was running Android Revolution HD, I tried to install the other Android Revolution HD Google Edition and right at the very end when I was asked to install Superuser is where I started running into problems. As it stands, my device is in a bootloop. If I'm careful I can time it right and boot into bootloader. From here, trying to enter recovery just puts me back into a bootloop.
All my HTC Drivers are installed fresh as of today. If I run erase cache, get var or anything along those lines all I get is <waiting for device>. When plugged in the device displays in Device Manager with the following details. I'm on Windows 8.1.I can't post a screenshot so it's text.
Unknown USB device (device failed enumeration)
Device status: Windows stopped because this device has reported problems (code 43)
I can't even find a RUU for my device, if it would even help at this point. Here's a transcript of my bootloader info.
*** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
M7_ UL PVT SHIP S-OFF RH
CID-H3G_001
HBOOT-1.44.0000
RADIO-4A.13.3231.27
OpenDSP-v26.120.274.0202
eMMC-boot
Where do I go from here? Bootloader factory reset does nothing, trying to flash a ROM doesn't work because the device isn't recognised, etc. I'm totally lost. The only suggestion I've even found is that I might have more luck in Windows 7, but I only have one system which will take 8-9 hours to back up to an external HD and unless it was a 90%+ shot I want reinstalling Windows 7 to be an absolute last ditch attempt.
Is there anything I'm missing?
Adb n fastboot drivers won't work with Windows 8.1 unless you are on hboot 1.55 or higher
You can try Windows 8 or Windows 7 but if you have ubuntu live cd
Try using it to sideload or push a rom
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Harish_Kumar said:
Adb n fastboot drivers won't work with Windows 8.1 unless you are on hboot 1.55 or higher
You can try Windows 8 or Windows 7 but if you have ubuntu live cd
Try using it to sideload or push a rom
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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I've never used Linux but I'll make a live usb stick and try to work it out.
toyfights said:
I've never used Linux but I'll make a live usb stick and try to work it out.
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Sure
If you are planning to use ubuntu live cd or usb stick..try these
after booting from live usb
open the terminal and type these commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
these are needed to install adb and fastboot drivers
and next type this command
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51.android.rules
notepad will be opened...copy and paste the below lines in it and save it
#Newman
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="283b", MODE="0660", OWNER="martijn"
then place the adb folder on the ubuntu desktop
in order to navigate in to it...type this
cd ~/Desktop/adb
now you are good to go
you can use fastboot n adb commands
the only difference is that you have to use "sudo" infront of every command
like "sudo adb reboot bootloader"
Harish_Kumar said:
Sure
If you are planning to use ubuntu live cd or usb stick..try these
after booting from live usb
open the terminal and type these commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
these are needed to install adb and fastboot drivers
and next type this command
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51.android.rules
notepad will be opened...copy and paste the below lines in it and save it
#Newman
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="283b", MODE="0660", OWNER="martijn"
then place the adb folder on the ubuntu desktop
in order to navigate in to it...type this
cd ~/Desktop/adb
now you are good to go
you can use fastboot n adb commands
the only difference is that you have to use "sudo" infront of every command
like "sudo adb reboot bootloader"
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Got it! Thank you so much.
In case anybody else finds this thread and is in a similar situation, here are my stray observations about the process.
Use unetbootin with Ubuntu 12.04. I wasted 2 hours trying to solve a weird error because YUMI makes live disks in an unusual way.
I couldn't get anything to go in the live disk Ubuntu without granting myself root. Sudo didn't make a difference, "sudo su -" was what got everything going.
I don't know if it made a difference but this advice led me to the official Ubuntu site and the Android SDK when I was trying to fix the YUMI issues and I used their content for the 51.android.rules, just because of the permissions and the vendor ID.
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
is what I used.
Once I had ran through the great instructions here and granted myself root, all I had to run was "fastboot devices" which confirmed my device was being recognised and "fastboot cache clear" to enable the device to boot into recovery. After that I switched back to Windows and everything was fine.
IF ONLY BOOTLOADER HAD A CLEAR CACHE FUNCTION.
Thank you again, so much! Great advice.
toyfights said:
Got it! Thank you so much.
In case anybody else finds this thread and is in a similar situation, here are my stray observations about the process.
Use unetbootin with Ubuntu 12.04. I wasted 2 hours trying to solve a weird error because YUMI makes live disks in an unusual way.
I couldn't get anything to go in the live disk Ubuntu without granting myself root. Sudo didn't make a difference, "sudo su -" was what got everything going.
I don't know if it made a difference but this advice led me to the official Ubuntu site and the Android SDK when I was trying to fix the YUMI issues and I used their content for the 51.android.rules, just because of the permissions and the vendor ID.
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
is what I used.
Once I had ran through the great instructions here and granted myself root, all I had to run was "fastboot devices" which confirmed my device was being recognised and "fastboot cache clear" to enable the device to boot into recovery. After that I switched back to Windows and everything was fine.
IF ONLY BOOTLOADER HAD A CLEAR CACHE FUNCTION.
Thank you again, so much! Great advice.
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Cool
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Harish_Kumar said:
Sure
If you are planning to use ubuntu live cd or usb stick..try these
after booting from live usb
open the terminal and type these commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
these are needed to install adb and fastboot drivers
and next type this command
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51.android.rules
notepad will be opened...copy and paste the below lines in it and save it
#Newman
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="283b", MODE="0660", OWNER="martijn"
then place the adb folder on the ubuntu desktop
in order to navigate in to it...type this
cd ~/Desktop/adb
now you are good to go
you can use fastboot n adb commands
the only difference is that you have to use "sudo" infront of every command
like "sudo adb reboot bootloader"
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Got it! Thank you so much.
In case anybody else finds this thread and is in a similar situation, here are my stray observations about the process.
Use unetbootin with Ubuntu 12.04. I wasted 2 hours trying to solve a weird error because YUMI makes live disks in an unusual way.
I couldn't get anything to go in the live disk Ubuntu without granting myself root. Sudo didn't make a difference, "sudo su -" was what got everything going.
I don't know if it made a difference but this advice led me to the official Ubuntu site and the Android SDK when I was trying to fix the YUMI issues and I used their content for the 51.android.rules, just because of the permissions and the vendor ID.
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
is what I used.
Once I had ran through the great instructions here and granted myself root, all I had to run was "fastboot devices" which confirmed my device was being recognised and "fastboot cache clear" to enable the device to boot into recovery. After that I switched back to Windows and everything was fine.
IF ONLY BOOTLOADER HAD A CLEAR CACHE FUNCTION.
Thank you again, so much! Great advice.
I've got 2 linux boxes sitting on my desk, one is running Arch the other Ubuntu 14.04. Both machines are able to detect fastboot mode if I boot it using the stock recovery but neither is able to connect using ADB when booted to system or recovery unless sideload is enabled.
I've seen plenty of posts of people using adb in linux so I'm just trying to figure out what I'm missing. Thanks
For adb when you're fully booting into stock or a rom, do you have adb enabled in developer options?
Sblood86 said:
or recovery unless sideload is enabled.
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That is how it is suppose to behave. Adb is not active until you select the adb sideload option.
I'm on linux.
Sblood86 said:
I've got 2 linux boxes sitting on my desk, one is running Arch the other Ubuntu 14.04. Both machines are able to detect fastboot mode if I boot it using the stock recovery but neither is able to connect using ADB when booted to system or recovery unless sideload is enabled.
I've seen plenty of posts of people using adb in linux so I'm just trying to figure out what I'm missing. Thanks
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You can dissect the Linux VM I'm using for adb.
i386 VM http://tinyurl.com/zok3o93
amd64 VM http://tinyurl.com/j75g5ju
It's a bare bones install. Installed only 2 packages, android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot, and grabbed the skia tar for adb 1.0.32.
I am running as root when I use adb.
If you happen to be using an x64 kernel, I saw mentioned for adb 1.0.32. One would need to grab the following packages for it to work.
dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libncurses5:i386
thekrakah said:
You can dissect the Linux VM I'm using for adb.
i386 VM http://tinyurl.com/zok3o93
amd64 VM http://tinyurl.com/j75g5ju
It's a bare bones install. Installed only 2 packages, android-tools-adb and android-tools-fastboot, and grabbed the skia tar for adb 1.0.32.
I am running as root when I use adb.
If you happen to be using an x64 kernel, I saw mentioned for adb 1.0.32. One would need to grab the following packages for it to work.
dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libncurses5:i386
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Long story short I wound up bypassing the need for ADB in the first place. Sorry to have bothered people
I expect it was the fact that I hadn't actually found the option to enable ADB in the settings however.