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[Chroot] Chroot scripts for lg optimus. Run ubuntu ,debian or meego from Android

These are the scripts I have running on my phone to chroot to any image. Simply extract to / sdcard/bt5, copy the image you want to run and rename bt5.img
Then from the terminal run:
su
cd sdcard/bt5
sh bootbt
http://www.multiupload.com/19WPTHNA90
I encourage anyone who wants to upload your own images optimized for the display of the Optimus.

Need rooted phone and busybox installed, running in original firmware with quarsar v3 kernel, no problems.

we can run meego thru this? this is for developing purpose, or does it allow us users to boot OB into another operating system?

what can we do thru using this?dual boot?

of the moment only chroot, of course dual boot is possible

i'm sorry if this sounds noob, but wat does chroot do? I have only heard of multiboot. If i download that file of urs, what can i actually gain from it? thx in advance

nickrule1896 said:
i'm sorry if this sounds noob, but wat does chroot do? I have only heard of multiboot. If i download that file of urs, what can i actually gain from it? thx in advance
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Chroot 'jails' another linux distro inside your android using the same kernel.
For example I use chroot with my Multimedia HD (Blusens T50, a Emtec Q800's brother) in order to have a debian distro plenty of space (the chroot is a external space to mount into the system) also updatable. Then, I can install in my case an ftp server, a torrent client, etc...
Regards.

From where can we download the images?

In xda exists multiple posts with images for chroot if not in google appear links with how to make your rootfs system in ext2
enviado

wuebas said:
These are the scripts I have running on my phone to chroot to any image. Simply extract to / sdcard/bt5, copy the image you want to run and rename bt5.img
Then from the terminal run:
su
cd sdcard/bt5
sh bootbt
http://www.multiupload.com/19WPTHNA90
I encourage anyone who wants to upload your own images optimized for the display of the Optimus.
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any instruction to chroot the Megoo on ob ?

u should watch this http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/MSMQSD

of the moment exist on internet one image that load it in terminal mode (no gui) with bash shell, it is similar to ubuntu terminal. Maemo gui is possible install in ubuntu, it is hildon desktop. Since my experience the most usable desktop is lxde running vertical mode 760x1024 with real vnc using virtual keyboard of android and emulated mouse. Backtrack 5 is usable but the image has errors and gnome run slow. other alternative is matchbox desktop for small screens in embeded devices.
To run meego or maemo is necesary config gui and install vncserver.
For other part, meego uses moblin desktop, it is posible install in ubuntu too.

Here i share one rootfs with lxde and backtrack repositories, it is in spanish language; http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=260402

Linux ON droid not IN android question????

Ok, this goes out to any and all DEVs out there. We all know by now that we (some people not me) can run linux within android using the loop mounts, vnc viewer, etc... Now how about REPLACING android with a linux distro like debian or maybe even what these guys use http://openpandora.org/ ..... its linux based and has an arm CPU.. Any way I'm talking about flashing over android wiping the internal sorage and installing linux on it or even using the boot loader to flash over android???, of course this is getting rid of any 3g connection and phone usage. I understand that, I am talking about giving our RETIRED droid 1s a use. I wanna see my D1 run a linux distro in full hardware mode NO MORE ANDROID. now dont get me wrong I love android as much as the next guy, but why now flash something else to it???
Another link I found, this is for windows mobile but hey, similar idea.
http://wing-linux.sourceforge.net/trac/wiki/FAQ
P.S. I AM NOT A DEV JUST AN IDIOT WITH AN IDEA!! my ignorance is NOT bliss and I would love to know if this is even possible. I'm willing to help ANY WAY I CAN. lol
THANKS!!!

I don't think it's possible. Because of the locked bootloader we're forced to use Motorola's bug-ridden Kernel and as Android's Kernel is a heavily modified Linux Kernel it most likely won't run an ordinary Linux distro.
But I'm no expert either

Milestone is locked, Droid is not ...

Maybe this will help (if you don't know german, you can use Google Translate):
http://www.android-hilfe.de/anleitu...debian-chroot-mit-lxde-auf-dem-milestone.html

Thanks for the replies. Again the USA Droid 1 is nit locked or at least has been completely unlokcked. I've read a million "run debian on android" posts... I don't need to know German to see that the post above is the same thing. Like I said before I have NO INTEREST IN RUNNING LINUX ON ANDROID. I want TO REPLACE android completely with Linux to make a device like the openpandora handheld from my first link.
Any one up to the challenge????
Thanks again!

Really, no one??

I've been running Debian on my Droid booting from the SD card for a while, more recently trying Arch Linux after realizing that anything optimized for ARMv7, VFPv3, NEON, or Thumb-2 (I'm not sure which unfortunately) won't boot because of a page fault or something. Ubuntu, MeeGo, and Angstrom just kernel panic and don't give any useful information even at the highest debugging level. I'm back to using an ARMv5te Arch Linux build (http://archlinuxarm.org) although I could just as well use Debian. I really wish Ubuntu worked for multitouch.
Well, I got the touchscreen calibrated! I forgot that my screen rotation hack only rotated the framebuffer It's stuck in portrait for now. I decided to use mtev (MeeGo's multitouch X11 input driver) after being fed up with evdev's aversion to being rotated, but now that I'm back to the stock portrait rotation evdev should work fine.
If you want instructions, either PM me or wait until I post a full guide and/or my patched kernel tree. It's not super difficult, but it's a lot of command line use and compiling.
What works:
*CPU and SD card (obviously )
*Touchscreen (single touch/portrait only for now)
What needs work:
*Keyboard mapping is wrong, the number keys and symbols don't work. I need to figure out how Android handles Alt. I had to patch the GPIO keyboard driver because the keyboard worked in the console but not in X11, which expects EV_SYN.
*Sound is OSS only, but there is no mixer device, so aumix is useless and there's no volume control or sound output.
*I haven't tried the SGX driver, so I can't comment on hardware acceleration yet.
*Battery charging relies on battd, which is a proprietary Android binary from Motorola. It might run on Debian with "ls -s / /system" and the creation of the socket it expects (init.sholes.rc I believe), but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Untested:
*WiFi (needs firmware, but should work)
*Bluetooth
*Calls/data
*Sensors (although the accelerometer and compass seem to be recognized by evdev)
I'll upload my kernel, either as patches or on GitHub (or binaries if there's enough demand) once I get around to fixing the keyboard issue. Fingers crossed that I don't get carried away cleaning up the kernel, or worse yet, give up...

This is incredible news! I'm so glad to hear it. Of course you are running in hardware mode? Not through android? If so I'm super exited about this! I love arch Linux, I run it on all my computers and I understand it more than any other distro I've tried. I would love to give it a shot, though I'm not that great at compiling I think it will be worth it.
As I said before I am in no way a dev or even a Linux pro, but I can get by and if theres any way I can help this project become "complete" I'm willing to learn what ever is necessary to do so.
Also were u able to get an x server running? Possibly a DE? That would be crazy awesome.
Thanks a million, looking foreword to work with you and make this happen!

For anyone who's interested, I put together a quick package containing my kernel patches, configuration notes, and an automated kernel build script.
It's pretty self-explanatory aside from the installation of the root filesystem, which I leave up to your imagination
As I've probably repeated several times now, I've run Debian and Arch Linux natively on my Droid with my patched kernel (no chroot or VNC "hack"). With enough determination, it's possible to run practically anything on it - personally, I'm determined to get Ubuntu on it.

WOOT... insta-fail for me LOL you have it set up to work in specific directories? I thought i placed everything right but I guess not.. I got an error on the first line of output lol
Welcome to gTan64\'s lazy Droid kernel compiler\!
build.sh: line 5: [: missing `]'
build.sh: line 5: -z: command not found
build.sh: line 5: -z: command not found
Entering $WORK
Applying patches
build.sh: line 16: /*.patch: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/arch/arm/boot/compressed': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/compressed': No such file or directory
Setting up build
cp: cannot stat `/GNUmakefile': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/sholes_config': No such file or directory
FIXME! No numeral or symbol input until someone finds a third-level
modifier key to use instead of AltGr for the keyboard.
cp $MISC/defkeymap.map $K_SRC/drivers/char
Building kernel!
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Kernel build done!
You have done something amazing, I'm just to stupid to figure it out my self. XD
I can understand why you would want ubuntu with all its pre-setup glory and support for nearly all hardware but dont you think its a little heavy for this hardware? lol I doubt you would try to use the Unity UI but I doubt that alone would even fit in ram LOL you could just use the ubuntu packages and drivers with debian maybe?
THANKS AGAIN!!!!

That's what happens when I don't test my own scripts
I was thinking too much about making it easy. Just try applying my patches to your tree manually.
Code:
cd kernel_src
patch -p1 <../patches/first.diff
patch -p1 <../patches/next.diff #and so on...
#Obviously, substitute the paths of the actual patches ;)
#Finally, copy sholes_config to .config and invoke 'make'.
It's actually much simpler than my script makes it, and you don't need my convoluted folder setup.

UM lol I cant find any patch files? are they in the ZIP? or do I have to obtain them elsewhere?
I can tell this is gonna be a hell of a project LOL
THANKS!!!

"Duh" moment - I used the .diff file extension instead of .patch
I'm such a scatterbrain... Remind me not to release anything before testing
EDIT: Strike that, reverse it. They're .patch files.

I AM BLIND lol I found them... BUT.. when I try to patch. terminal just seems to lock up... I press enter, the curser moves to the next line but it doesnt do anything. lol how long should 1 patch take?? its been about 10 minutes and I leave it be for now
EDIT:
LOL i forgot the "<" in the command OOPS but I'm not seeing any .config file or folder in the source to copy the sholes_config too. yes I have show hidden files on.. PS unfortatly usinf Fedora 15 gnome 2...... (on server so I can work on this anywhere through vnc )
THANKS

When I said "copy sholes_config to .config", that's literally what I meant. .config is the Linux kernel build configuration file, not a folder.
'cp /path/to/sholes_config .config' from your kernel tree should do it.
Oh, I forgot to mention that you need an ARM cross-compiler/toolchain. I use the gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi package in Ubuntu, but I don't know what the Arch equivalent is off the top of my head.
The "GNUmakefile" is just a convenience, it exports "ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi-" before calling the actual makefile. If you don't have an ARM cross compiler in your path, it won't build at all. If you do, modify CROSS_COMPILE to point to it - on some systems it's called arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi, etc. etc.
Let me know if you get anywhere before it errors out.

OK I put the config file in the kernel_src but unfortainatly I'm using Fedora 15 XP I installed arm-gp2x-linux-gcc which is the fedora arm gcc I guess... lol so wha would I edit in the .config to make it point to arm-gp2x-linux-gcc. Its not my first attempt to compile an android kernel but I've never been succesfull LOLOL
thanks

I'm pretty sure that toolchain won't work - the GP2X was ARMv5 IIRC, so unless it's a newer build of GCC (4.3 or higher) and you're absolutely sure it supports the ARM EABI and the ability to generate ARMv7 instructions (which is unlikely if it's pre-4.1), I would recommend a newer toolchain.
CodeSourcery makes a pretty solid one: https://sourcery.mentor.com/sgpp/lite/arm/portal/release1803
If you end up using it, you can change the second line in GNUmakefile to "CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-". Don't worry about changing .config.

Well I DLed the linux/GNU installer and it gave me "arm-2011.03-41-arm-none-linux-gnueabi.bin" LOL
so I was thinking would it just be easier to just use my lappy with crunchbang (debian based) so I can follow ur instructions with deb / apt-get LOL fedora is a ***** and it dont have what I need... I cant find an arm v7 cross compiler for it
thanks

.bin files are the Linux equivalent of Windows EXE installers. Run it like this:
Code:
#cd /path/to/installer.bin
./installer.bin
#substitute the actual name, of course.
It needs root permissions if you want to install it to /usr/local (sudo ./installer.bin or su -c 'sh installer.bin'). You can also install it to /usr, but that will make it more tedious to uninstall later. If you decide to install it in your home folder - say ~/toolchain - you don't need root permissions, but you will need to add ~/toolchain/bin to your path:
Code:
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/toolchain/bin
To be honest, I prefer Ubuntu to Fedora/OpenSUSE/$RPM_distro, so if you have access to a Debian or Ubuntu system, using that would make my life easier

Omg duh... the "non_Linux" part of the name true me off lol i'll start doing this on my laptop it's deb based crunchbang. I prefer anything over rpm distros too but it was a quick painless install on my server XP thanks ill try this when I get home
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[Q] Anybody up for porting Ubuntu?

Since we got a x86 cpu i want to use ubuntu on it, as im from germany i still dont have my I but has anybody tried linux on android?
Adam Outler mentioned something that this would not work...
Btw can somebody tell me what the kernel version is..?
Sorry mods for (possibly) posting in the wrong section :/
//Robert
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Robbilie said:
Since we got a x86 cpu i want to use ubuntu on it, as im from germany i still dont have my I but has anybody tried linux on android?
Adam Outler mentioned something that this would not work...
Btw can somebody tell me what the kernel version is..?
Sorry mods for (possibly) posting in the wrong section :/
//Robert
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
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Kernel version is 3.0.8.
If you can install linux distros on the backend of rooted ARM devices it should make sense we could do the same....maybe

Ubuntu on a RAZR I ? Linux x86 apps + windows apps with wine without even recompile? I think this devece needs some love. It can be the next HTC HD2 for shure.

I dont understand the htc comparison
But i have your ideas about no need to recompile and wine in mind too...
But i understand adam because linux for android is compiled for arm achitecture so a usual desktop image would make more sense...
Why is the kernel version so low?!
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What we need to do
I have a friend with this device, after rooting he reports there is no chroot command from terminal. If so we must:
Compile busybox (with more extensions) for x86 and install it alongside root (or after root)
Make a mountable image from an ubuntu clean install and mount it (probably also needs busybox)
chroot into this mounted image
run a vnc X server on a framebuffer
vnc from android
This is how it is done on other android devices, will attempt to compile and try these instructions out this weekend when I meet him but booting native ubuntu is a much better idea (even better if we can make it receive calls ).

And for what Windows on 4,3 inches display? It dont have hdmi.
Odoslané z GT-P7300 cez Tapatalk 2

The micro usb is acting like hdmi with adapter...
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Go look up the HTC HD2. It can run Windows Phone 7 and Android dual-booted (with Linux from SDCard), and was originally the last, albeit most powerful, Windows Mobile 6 phone ever made.
Even though it is four years old, there is a massive and vibrant dev community behind it, making it reach the front page of XDA forums.
However, even the venerable HD2 is getting old, with 1GHz processor and half a gig of RAM that was top-of-the-line years ago, and people have looked in vain for some kind of successor. Hopefully, the Razr I, with an unlockable bootloader and Intel processor, will be the one. But that remains for us to do.

pablocrossa said:
I have a friend with this device, after rooting he reports there is no chroot command from terminal. If so we must:
Compile busybox (with more extensions) for x86 and install it alongside root (or after root)
Make a mountable image from an ubuntu clean install and mount it (probably also needs busybox)
chroot into this mounted image
run a vnc X server on a framebuffer
vnc from android
This is how it is done on other android devices, will attempt to compile and try these instructions out this weekend when I meet him but booting native ubuntu is a much better idea (even better if we can make it receive calls ).
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So I tried this out and there is a chroot-compatible busybox after rooting ("busybox chroot" needs to be called as opposed to "chroot" as there is no properly made link), so anyone with this phone can try (using a PC) install Ubuntu without the grub bootloader using manual partitioning on a single ext3 (I am not sure if ICS supports ext4) partition on a microsd, put into your phone, use a root terminal, mount it, mount the adequate dev, dev/pts, proc and sys partitions and chroot right in. You then might want to install a VNC server in Ubuntu to be able to create a VNC X session in a framebuffer and a VNC client on the android side to VNC into localhost (127.0.0.1), but that should work, I didn't have time to try it this weekend If someone gets stuck post and let us see what happens I cannot wait to see if wine can run desktop Spotify with sound, excited a little hehe.
EDIT: So to make this more understandable you must:
Install Ubuntu (using your computer) to a MicroSD, specifying partitions manually and choosing only a single ext3. Right before clicking install there is a button with something along the lines of "Advanced options", disable the install the bootloader (grub) option.
Insert the MicroSD into the phone and open a root terminal
I don't use Android, maybe it automounts in /media/sdcard or /sdcard, if not you will have to find the device and partition name (probably /dev/mmcblk0p1 or /dev/sdb1) and issue "mount /dev/DEVICEPARTITION /media/sdcard"
mount -t proc proc /media/sdcard/proc
mount -o bind /dev/ /media/sdcard/dev/
mount -t devpts devpts /media/sdcard/dev/pts
busybox chroot /media/sdcard /bin/bash
Now a shell from Ubuntu should open. apt-get update && apt-get install vncserver (maybe the DNS settings must be set in /etc/resolv.conf, not yet sure)
vncserver (or start vncserver, something along those lines)
Now from Android install a VNC viewer and vnc into 127.0.0.1 (or localhost)
That should do it, again if you get stuck post here

i had htc hd2, the most amazing phone in the world. I wanna buy the rarz i for the x86 processor in it. But cpu power without community and developers is nothing :|
Sorry for my bad english.

Yesterday we tried something:
We used dd to put an arch linux image on a micro sd card...
Though my laptop wasnt even able to boot from any sd card, this should work on our phone...
but how to make it boot from the sd card? xD
btw you might have noticed, this will make only linux boot, not android, we dont chroot, may somebody build a simple ubuntu img for complete linux installer?
//Robert

so right now i am trying to chroot into an img file, mounting it and then chrooting it but all i get is:
chroot: can't execute '/system/bin/sh': No such file or directory
whats wrong?

Robbilie said:
The micro usb is acting like hdmi with adapter...
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Razr i MHL capable???

as far as i know, sadly not no

Ok so finally I got Ubuntu Quetzal running with chroot, still some problems (missing randr extension in vnc) but ill get over this

Hey,
great work. :good:
Good to see there are people with the same ideas. I´ve searched a lot for this thread.
I will also try to get this device for the same reasons when it´s cheaper. Has anybody tried to get Plasma Active or Tizen to run?
I think Active should now be possible through kubuntu Active?
Cheers!

Hi all
At first you can try a application from play store called Linux installer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
Otherwise you can wait some weeks for an nexus 7 Ubuntu port witch looks really interesting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957561
Ahhh maybe have a look at the andrinux project here at xda
[/COLOR]Here's the andrinux link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387105
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Robbilie said:
Ok so finally I got Ubuntu Quetzal running with chroot, still some problems (missing randr extension in vnc) but ill get over this
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thanks for your post on preparing an arch image (I don't have permision to post in devel forum, maybe because I'm a newbie ), It worked well for me although I had to adjust some things such as path and pts mount
I now have a gcc toolchain and a latex distrib on my phone I had never used arch, found it very good
I've also tried some window managers ... the one I find best for the moment is enlightenment in the touchscreen mode, awesome works great as well.
I would also suggest to use Hacker's keyboard instead of stock android, it is a complete keyboard, very usefull when dealing with terminals ... as for VNC viewer, one should recompile android-vnc-viewer with the patches given in Issues 238 and 239 (can't post links either), it's a lot better
I've had a lot of fun, thanks

First, Complete Linux Installer doesnt work because its images are compiled for arm not x86 (i tried )
Secondly, I did a tutorial here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966984
the nexus 7 stuff is interesting and we consider making flashable fastboot for the razr i since we dont have cwm or such you know
i am talking to jordan keyes who recently owned a nexus 7 who probably will try out the ubu stuff and i might get some system info
but i would really prefer a dual boot, capable of booting from sd...

I came across this site today:
http://www.pvsm.ru/wine/10369
translated here
I don't know if this could possibly help you any further but I thought that I might as well post it.

Arch Linux for Nexus 4 [CHROOT]

I knew I wasn't the first one to think about this, so I did a little googling and I found a free app that installs Arch. Notice, this is not my app; Arch Linux Installer is the hard work of azlinux765. Here is that awesome app that will automatically download and install a chroot Arch Linux environment without any of the trouble usually related with installing Arch:
Arch Linux Installer link to Google Play
This app worked without trouble on my Nexus 4 running CM 10.1, but you will need to install Busybox and Android Terminal Emulator, if you don't have them already. Of course, you must be rooted for this to work.
However, THAT IS NOT THE ARCH WAY. So, I'm going to keep working into a tutorial for those who like to get dirty in the terminal, like I do.
Warning: This project is a work in progress. Nothing is finalized yet, let alone stable. I will keep posting corrections as they come along.
I do not take responsability for want happens to your device if you follow this instructions. You should take some time to read and understand what everything does, instead of blindly typing commands. Continue at your own risk.
Now that we have gone through the legal bs, let's get to the fun stuff.
Here is a preview of the script. It still does not work, but is the basics of it.
1 - Download the arch image. I used Arch Linux ARMv7 OMAP3/4
2 - Save it into your Nexus at the folder /sdcard/archlinux/ or /storage/emulated/0/archlinux/
3 - Extract it and remove the tarball (notice, the file is named arch.tar.gz. If your name is different, use the name of your file):
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard/archlinux/
# tar -xvzf arch.tar.gz
# rm arch.tar.gz
4 - Now let's mount the important stuff
Code:
# bash
# cd /sdcard/archlinux/
# mount -t proc proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs sys sys/
# mount -o bind /dev dev/
# mount -t devpts pts dev/pts/
# ln -s /proc/self/fd dev/fd
# echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" >> /sdcard/archlinux/etc/resolv.conf
# chroot . /bin/bash
At this point chroot does not work for me. Maybe wrong image? Who knows. I'll look into it.
Things I'm looking up:
1 - What Arch Linux ARM image works with the Nexus 4? I know mako uses an ARMv7 architecture, so it has to be one of this choices from the Arch Linux ARM website:
- ARMv7 OMAP3/4 plataforms
- ARMv7 AM33x BeagleBone
- ARMv7 Tegra2 TrimSlice
- ARMv7 Armada 510 Cubox
- ARMv7 i.MX6 plataforms
2 - Create an initial script
Other tutorials:
Arch Linux ARM Installation in an Android Chroot
Arch Linux Terminals in Android

Reserved for later fixes

There is a blog post somewhere that explains how to install arch in android (chroot). Awesome stuff.
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io53 said:
There is a blog post somewhere that explains how to install arch in android (chroot). Awesome stuff.
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Thanks. I found a couple of links (the last links in the OP) where they explain how to set a chroot with Arch for any Android device. But, I haven't found any info in what arm image should I use for mako. So, I may try them all when I have time and see which one works better. I also emailed azlinux765 to ask him what image he used for his app. Hopefully he shares it, because his image works perfectly.

http://devwithopinions.blogspot.ca/2012/06/welcome-back-gnu-my-revenge-on-android.html
This was the post I was talking about.
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Hi,
I managed to mount and enter a chroot env a couple of days ago. I used the Odroid-X image from the ArchlinuxARM page (They didn't seem to have an image in the community support section for a Snapdragon S4). That image is a partitioned disk image, though - you will have to extract and create another image of just the root partition from within that image first.
I've run into a problem exiting the chroot environment, though. It doesn't seem to be stopping all the running processes. I exited the chroot and unmounted the image, but lost about 80% of my battery overnight! If anyone has any experience running linux in a chroot environment, pointers would be very helpful!

if i manageed to install archlinux on my nexus 4, would i be able to run everything as a normal desktop? i know ofc within the limitations of hardware, like installing thunar for managing files, etc..?
whats the state of compatibility with GPU?
edit: i did read your post from archlinux, so now i understand some of it, i've installed archlinux on my desktop, im a noob, sorry
but for second question, is there any possibility that arch support mobiles in the future? just a vague question.

Reynaldo2333 said:
if i manageed to install archlinux on my nexus 4, would i be able to run everything as a normal desktop? i know ofc within the limitations of hardware, like installing thunar for managing files, etc..?
whats the state of compatibility with GPU?
edit: i did read your post from archlinux, so now i understand some of it, i've installed archlinux on my desktop, im a noob, sorry
but for second question, is there any possibility that arch support mobiles in the future? just a vague question.
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There is an app on play store (Linux deploy) that let's you install arch Linux and run it parallel with android.
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[GUIDE] Install and use Ubuntu Touch 16.04 on Teclast tablets [ISO]

Our tablets are based on Intel SoC, so we are ablet to run Desktop Os, like Windows 10 but also like GNU/Linux Distros.
The main problem is UEFI on Baytrail tablets (Teclast x98 Air 3G, Air II, Air III), because they use a 32 Bit UEFI, that is really different from classic UEFI (64 Bit, like Teclast x98 PRO and other Teclast running Windows 10 x64).
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Three images of my Teclast x98 Air 3G running Ubuntu 16.04 x64, Deepin 15.1 x64 and Xubuntu 16.04 running on eMMC.​
But, Linux users and Linux developers are really smart and they provide a compatibility patch to boot 64 bit operating system on a 32 Bit UEFI running on a x64 Tablets (yes, it is not a joke).
My dream is to have a fully working Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity 8 and MIR, in order to have an Ubuntu Touch experience...But, to start people learn how to install it, I made a customized ISO of Ubuntu 16.04 that you can see in the second post.
Remember, you can always turn back to original Teclast Dual OS configuration using my guide:
- [GUIDE] Teclast x98 Air 3G: fresh install Windows 10 and Android with repartitioning
Now, what you need:
- A compatible x64 GNU/Linux distro: please start with My Ubuntu 16.04 customized ISO or XJUbunTAB customized ISO;
- If you use any traditional ISO (and not My own or XJubuntu), remember that you need to download bootia32.efi and put it in Pendrive/EFI/Boot on any 32 Bit UEFI Tablets;
- Rufus to burn the Distro on a Pendrive;
- HUB USB with a Keyboard and Mouse.
Procedure:
1) Burn your ISO on a Pendrive and check if "bootia32.efi" is placed in efi/boot;
2) Plug your HUB with pendrive, keyboard and mouse;
3) Turn on your Teclast by pressing 2-3 seconds power button and start pressing ESC on Keyboard;
4) Go to the last tab of your Bios, find Boot Override option and select your bootable pendrive;
5) In the Grub, select "Try Ubuntu for Teclast" (do not use Install Ubuntu for Teclast), the first time is better to erase all partitions anc create an EFI partition (at least 201 Megabyte), a root partition "/" in the rest of free space, set bootloader on root of hard drive (eMMC) and do not create any other partitions (like SWAP)..See the following image, I've partitioned my Teclast x98 Air 3G using gParted Live:
6) Finish installation and power off the tablet;
7)Restart your Teclast tablet with the same config (HUB with Ubuntu pendrive..), you will probably cannot boot into Ubuntu, just because you need to do an "upgrade Grub"..So, enter in Bios and select Boot override..In the Grub option, press "C"
8) Now you have to find the name of disk and partition where is installed Xubuntu (in my case it was "hd1,gpt2")..So write:
Code:
#ls
Now try to see folders in each partitions, so digit:
Code:
#ls (hd[B]x[/B],gpt[B]x[/B])/ <--- ([B]x[/B] means a number..)
If you see a file called autorun.inf or a folder called casper/ it would be the USB stick, so try another partition. If you see a file called vmlinuz and one called ignited.img you found the correct pairtion.
9) Now please digit:
Code:
#cat (hd[B]x[/B],gpt[B]x[/B])/etc/fstab
You will see the contents of the text file called fstab the interesting information is in a line that is commented out (starting with #) the line you want to look for says / was mounted on and then it says the device name of the partition that Linux would call this. For me that was /dev/mmcblk0p2 we need this information in the next command.
10) After you have checked the correct Ubuntu partition, write:
Code:
#linux (hd[B]x[/B],gpt[B]x[/B])/vmlinuz root=/dev/[B]mmcblk0p2[/B]
#initrd (hd[B]x[/B],gpt[B]x[/B])/initrd.img
#boot
11) Nice, you are now booted on your Ubuntu installed OS, now please remove the pendrive;
12)Now you need to write on terminal:
Code:
sudo update-grub
13) Restart tablet, now you are able to boot without point "7-8-9-10-11-12" of this guide!
What works out of the box:
- MicroSD
- Inverted touchscreen (Use uTouch to solve this issue)
What doesn't work:
- UMTS 3G
- Wireless WiFi Realtek RTL8723BS (Also using Ndisgtk and Windows OS drivers)
- Sound
- Power Management
- Volume buttons
I made some reports after installed Xubuntu on eMMC:
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_uname-a
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_Dmesg
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_aplay
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_xinput_list
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_lsusb
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_lspci
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_lsmod
- Teclast_x98_air_3g_lshw
Someone able to patch them using Android Kernel sources?
- Android device tree
Download links:
- My Ubuntu for Teclast release (see the second post)
- Sourceforge download link to XJubuntu 16.04 and 14.04
Interesting links:
- How to Install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10
or
- As Unity 8 Takes Shape, Here’s How To Install It on Ubuntu 16.04
Sources:
- Teclast official Forum x98 Ubuntu x64
- Linux on Atom based Device tree By Techtablets
- Ubuntu installation and instructions
- ASK Ubuntu install Ubuntu 14.10 (64-bit) on a Windows 8 bay trail atom tablet
- Other sources, I don't remember..

Ubuntu for Teclast​Guys, I'm working on a customized ISO to use on our Teclast x98 Tablets.
This ISO has some extras to be booted on EFI 32 Bit (x98 Air) and the integration of "firmware-nonfree" package", but this is just an example.
Based on Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial Xerus" x64 upgrated to 0X/04/2016​
Integrated Packages:
ubuntu-restricted-extras
Packages for compress archives: p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller
Flashplugin
Ubuntu-after-install
Openjdk-8-jre
Tlp
Zram-config
Linux-firmware-nonfree
Gdebi
Synaptic
"Get purge"
Lm-sensors psensor hddtemp
Integrated Software:
Hotot
Libreoffice-base
vlc
Kodi
Telegram
Secpanel (like Putty for Windows)
Google Chrome
Ndisgtk (no more needed, probably there is a patched kernel, see post #29)
XScreenSaver (really nice!)
Xinput calibrator (to fix inverted touchscreen!!)
Pinta
Grub-customizer
Unetbootin
Gparted (use it in Live if you need!)
Build-essential
Download: Mega.co.nz (remember to use OpenDNS or Google DNS)
Feedback: If you have any suggestion, please tell me! :good:

This will be nice if ubuntu will work like android or windows on this tablet. Great job.
One question. Is there a way to boot and work only from usb stick ? Without install at tablet.

micky1067 said:
This will be nice if ubuntu will work like android or windows on this tablet. Great job.
One question. Is there a way to boot and work only from usb stick ? Without install at tablet.
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Hehe Man yes, there are other ways, such as install it on pendrive and use boot override from bios to boot in it..

Maxximo88 said:
Hehe Man yes, there are other ways, such as install it on pendrive and use boot override from bios to boot in it..
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So I think I will check it if I a can do this in this way first. Hope we become the driver for all other things too.
Do you think we can take ubuntu in new version 1604 ?

micky1067 said:
So I think I will check it if I a can do this in this way first. Hope we become the driver for all other things too.
Do you think we can take ubuntu in new version 1604 ?
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Man, this is Ubuntu 16.04 with added the Xubuntu Desktop Environment..You can logout and enter in Unity..
I've tested also Ubuntu 14.04 and the reports I've attached refers to that version..
See here:
- Sourceforge download link to XJubuntu 16.04 and 14.04
So, you are able to install it and then:
- How to Install Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10
or
- As Unity 8 Takes Shape, Here’s How To Install It on Ubuntu 16.04

Oh... great... Sorry for the question. I have not see which version it was.

micky1067 said:
Oh... great... Sorry for the question. I have not see which version it was.
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Thanks to you, I've added the links I sent you to the first topic.
If you have any other questions, please ask me!And if you have suggestions, I'm here!

Thanks to you. At last one person like to have like me ubuntu at our tablet.
Mhhm. Do you think we can also have three OS on the tablet. android, windows 10 and ubuntu (maybe installed to sd card) ?
When I have some news I will send here.

micky1067 said:
Thanks to you. At last one person like to have like me ubuntu at our tablet.
Mhhm. Do you think we can also have three OS on the tablet. android, windows 10 and ubuntu (maybe installed to sd card) ?
When I have some news I will send here.
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I think we need to flash single boot bios, install Windows first, install RemixOS x86 and later install Ubuntu, so Grub will allow to boot one of three.
You will set RemixOS as primary, so if you are out of home the tablet will boot into Android, if you are at home or office you can use a Keyboard to change boot selection!
Have sense?

Mhhm. But maybe it will possible when you push the windows button by dual boot bios you become grub. Here you can choose windows or ubuntu.
The only thing is to install grub in boot partition of windows. This will be a nice way. Better like to have RemixOS.
One thing. I have Tablet air 3g C6J6 with only 32 GB. I installed right now Android and Win10 pro. The programs are at sd card with 65 GB.
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micky1067 said:
Mhhm. But maybe it will possible when you push the windows button by dual boot bios you become grub. Here you can choose windows or ubuntu.
The only thing is to install grub in boot partition of windows. This will be a nice way. Better like to have RemixOS.
One thing. I have Tablet air 3g C6J6 with only 32 GB. I installed right now Android and Win10 pro. The programs are at sd card with 65 GB.
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You are able to use SD Card too..If you use Grub Bootloader you will be able to boot from:
- eMMC;
- SD Card;
- USB Pendrive;
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Thank you Maxximo and everybody trying to make XJubuntu work on your tablets!
As soon as I find the time I will add utouch and Ndisgtk among other things to XJubuntu.
I've corrected the download links on http://xjubuntab.xjesus.net

xjesus said:
Thank you Maxximo and everybody trying to make XJubuntu work on your tablets!
As soon as I find the time I will add utouch and Ndisgtk among other things to XJubuntu.
I've corrected the download links on http://xjubuntab.xjesus.net
Q: Do you know why I can't change my signature in XDA?
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Hi Man,
I'm working on a Ubuntu ISOs, as you have done for your Xubuntu customization!
Here the packages I've integrated:
ubuntu-restricted-extras p7zip
p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller
flashplugin-installer
ubuntu-after-install
openjdk-8-jre
tlp
zram-config
linux-firmware-nonfree
gdebi
synaptic
Get "purge"
lm-sensors psensor hddtemp
Software installed:
hotot
libreoffice-base
vlc
kodi
telegram
secpanel
Google Chrome
ndisgtk (to use windows wifi drivers)
XScreenSaver
xinput calibrator
pinta
grub-customizer
unetbootin
gparted
build-essential
For your signature, You cannot exceed some limits in signature!!!

I have to try this: <b>Installation. Must locate /boot on the eMMC and not the SD card, because the UEFI does not support booting from SD card. Need to resize NTFS to make space for /boot. </b>
Tonight I’ll be uploading a new release with some of your suggestions/ideas:
xinput-calibrator
NDisGTK + Windows WiFi drivers from Realtek
Unity8 MIR
I have disabled auto-login to be able to select XFCE/Unity/MIR
Some cosmetic changes and internal changes. CHANGED MAIN PANEL TO HORIZONTAL AND DROPPED DOCKY
Added Quicksynergy

xjesus said:
I have to try this: <b>Installation. Must locate /boot on the eMMC and not the SD card, because the UEFI does not support booting from SD card. Need to resize NTFS to make space for /boot. </b>
Tonight I’ll be uploading a new release with some of your suggestions/ideas:
xinput-calibrator
NDisGTK + Windows WiFi drivers from Realtek
Unity8 MIR
I have disabled auto-login to be able to select XFCE/Unity/MIR
Some cosmetic changes and internal changes. CHANGED MAIN PANEL TO HORIZONTAL AND DROPPED DOCKY
Added Quicksynergy
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Hi, this evening I successfully installed and booted from my first ISO!!i erased all eMMC, with 205 Mib of EFI and the rest for "/" partition
Tomorrow I will upload it..Is SourceForge free?

Following with interests - nice work

Kostiz said:
Following with interests - nice work
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I'm uploading the first ISO.

ISO successfully uploaded on Mega, please refer the second post.

Thank you very much for your huge and incredible work!
I've got a question: is this version a COMPLETE GNU/Linux system? I mean, can I install Ubuntu packages from their repo?