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[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Try fluxbox. It is a featherweight desktop manager. It's like 30 megs. I was not able to get that to work though. It would not launch anything. The mouse and interface works though. I think it's missing dbus and/or ptmx.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
To start completely over, remove the app, then remove the /sdcard/linux.loop and reinstall the app. This is a full reset.
[Captivate Android Development] flxdms:
I've tried pretty much everything right now and I still can't get past option 3. That thing just won't mount.
[Captivate Android Development] Dani897:
oh yes flux box, forgot about that. thanks
[Captivate Android Development] mnjm9b:
At least you have an option 3...lol
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Ok.. it looks like the version online has not been updated... The version we worked on, is on my stock, rooted dev phone and it worked from start to finish. The market version will not work by just pressing 1,2,3,4 on my daily phone.

from start:

Press settings

press back

press button 1

press button 2

press settings

change filesystem to ext4

press back

press settings

change filesystem to ext2

press back

press button 3

press button 4

press install Linux boot script.

open a terminal emulator

type bootlinux

type exit to quit, do not press back from terminal emulator.
[Captivate Android Development] flxdms:
I guess I'll wait for an updated version on the market. This looks promising. If only I could mount/get past option 2.
[Captivate Android Development] bulletproof1013:
Tried that 10 times still no go.
[Captivate Android Development] mnjm9b:
I only tried one more time

But yea, still no more buttons after 2.
[Captivate Android Development] bulletproof1013:
What rom / kernel? I'm on cm7 with oc of 1.3
[Captivate Android Development] metalmansam:
How can we get this updated version that you used? the one on the market isn't working for me either. I can't get to the 3rd button. Am I missing something?& What kernal are you using? does it matter? This would be so awesome to get working. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
tried this on MIUI beta 7 (CM7) and it didn't work....button #3 didn't come up
[Captivate Android Development] whitesox311:
+1

10char
[Captivate Android Development] bulletproof1013:
Bump. 10char
[Captivate Android Development] brd912:
How many files does it download? I'm on 280

sent from another planet running continuum.v4 using xda premium app
[Captivate Android Development] m7ia:
The version posted worked fine for me, Serendipity 6.3 Onix kernel 2.0.3.

What should I apt-get? haha can't think of anything

EDIT is this using standard debian repos? I can't seem to find some common apps
[Captivate Android Development] Dani897:
1 did you figure out the missing components?

2 how did you install fluxbox?

3 what are you using to start debian.

i ask because i tried apt-get install fluxbox and it ran the install but when i type startfluxbox it says can not start xserver

i am using terminal emulator, can that be the problem?
[Captivate Android Development] m7ia:
He also said fluxbox did not work for him... and we are using a terminal emulator so I'm not all that sure that a X will work
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
apt-get install fluxbox tightvncserver ssh
tightvncserver

use a vnc app to access the desktop:1

it creates a second desktop, not on your monitor, but a background X server which you need an X client to connect to.... VNC.

you will then need to figure out what's up with the launching of apps. I'm not quite sure on it. I'm working on it. Once i've got it, I plan on releasing an all-in-one apk.
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
AndBuntu is working on Andromeda3.

Setting up environmental variables. Environment is: sh
Verifying dependencies...
Remounting root filesystem as rewritable
Attempting to remount /system dir as RW...
Removing preexisting loopfs devices.
setting up /dev/loop2
Checking for interference mount points
failed.
Mounting /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img at /data/local/mnt as EXT4 Filesystem
ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed: Device or resource busy
Mounted /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img as EXT4 loopFS at /data/local/mnt/ubuntu.img
Mounting /data/local/mnt/dev/pts
Mounting /data/local/mnt/dev/proc
Mounting /data/local/mnt/dev/proc
Setting up network forward...
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
checking /etc/resolv.conf s..
checking localhost entries in /etc/hosts and /data/local/mnt/etc/hosts
Clearing /data/local/mnt/tmp..
Ubuntu is ready! Chrooting terminal into Ubuntu distribution.
type 'q' to quit
root@localhost:/# apt-get
apt 0.8.3ubuntu7 for armel compiled on Oct 5 2010 14:18:11
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
update - Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade - Perform an upgrade
install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
remove - Remove packages
autoremove - Remove automatically all unused packages
purge - Remove packages and config files
source - Download source archives
build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
markauto - Mark the given packages as automatically installed
unmarkauto - Mark the given packages as manually installed

Options:
-h This help text.
-q Loggable output - no progress indicator
-qq No output except for errors
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
-b Build the source package after fetching it
-V Show verbose version numbers
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
This APT has Super Cow Powers.
root@localhost:/#

Use titanium backup to move Apps to internal memory and apply the script directions.

This process will be much easier soon!
[Captivate Android Development] Dani897:
i figured that terminal emulator was the problem, vnc came to mind, want sure what to apt-get. thanks again!
[Captivate Android Development] DigitalEagle:
I got Linux running, thanks for the guide and info! I'm pretty excited about this!

I downloaded fluxbox and tightvncserver, as well as ssh and haven't had a lot of luck being able to detect vncserver even hosting.

When I try to connect, it hangs for a second and then says "Transport endpoint is not connected". I checked to see what services were running and I got this response. Perhaps I'm forgetting something?
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
It looks like you need to inject a ip forward.

sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

try using an app like connectbot to inject that command into the system after you've connected into linux. it must be done outside of the debian environment.

I am really focusing more on AndBuntu now that we have Linux Installer in a working state.
[Captivate Android Development] vette95:
Still going on?

Sorry to ask this way, but is this "linux-on-captivate" (debian, ubuntu or any other) still going on?

Please tell me it is, I got everything to install just fine, liberate loop, but when I go to the terminal and run linuxboot it gives me an error with the chroot, asks me to press "1" to try to umount, gives me about 20 lines of error and then just lands on the terminal again.

It says:

To exit Linux, exit aqll thread and exit the FIRST bootdeb at LAST !!!

losetup: /dev/loop0

I use /dev/loop1

chroot: applet not found (where could it be?)

Do you want to try force umount chroot ?

Press 1 for YES.

I press 1 and enter, then I get a lot of lines reading:

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/dev: Invalid Argument

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/sys: Invalid Argument

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/proc: Invalid Argument

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/data: Invalid Argument

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/res: Invalid Argument

umount: can't umount /data/data/com.galoula.LinuxInstall/mnt/system: Invalid Argument

and like 10 more lines

at the end it reads:

losetup: /dev/loop: No such file or directory

and back to command line of terminal...

Any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] jmtheiss:
I second this question - if the andBuntu project is still alive, that would be excellent.
[Captivate Android Development] Smasher816:
I follwed some tutorial on the portal a long time ago,

and have Ubuntu with vnc control (on cm7)

It uses one script (does both install and starting), and a 3.5Gb Ubuntu.img
[Captivate Android Development] vette95:
Could you give us a step-by-step on that?

As you can see on my signature, I'm on Serendipity VII
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Andbuntu is on hold. That is the linux Installer project. Andbuntu will become a apk soon enough.
[Captivate Android Development] jmtheiss:
Okay - thanks for the update.
[Captivate Android Development] vette95:
Please hep me with this...

Thanks, we'll be waiting for that.

As for the Linux Installer, this is what I get once I run linuxboot:

Any ideas on what could be the issue?

I am using what my signature shows, followed the install instructions as given here.

Tried twice, the second time I uninstalled linux install, and then deleted Linux.Loop and used SD Maid to clean all traces.

Tried again, same issue. :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] stewi21:
i have a feeling that meego was designed to run on qualcomm chipsets, however hopefully im wrong...with that in mind, could meego be ported to our captivate?
[Captivate Android Development] AdamOutler:
Before i start working on bringing Linux to the Android in a simple form, I've got to finish work on bringing Android to Linux in a simple form.... https://plus.google.com/10471104011...bLRQj#104711040110222472212/posts/PEbhUYbLRQj
[Captivate Android Development] FukTheRegister:
Please try lunch linuxboot without "export" before
[Captivate Android Development] Verfassergeist:
Ubuntu on my phone?! Think I just died....
[Captivate Android Development] Smasher816:
I forgot about this thread... Sorry to leave you hanging.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/ubuntu-10-10-on-android-the-slightly-less-difficult-way/
[Captivate Android Development] shinji257:
Disregard this post...
[Captivate Android Development] doublehp:
Hello Adam :D

I know you quiet well ... because Galoula sent me your emails to help translating them :D Happy to see you here :) He talked me about you quiet a lot :) He was very happy to find a very active user for his app. All your comments and bug reports will be on top of our priority list :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16961006

Linux Installer 3.3 is out. Please update, and contact me by email if any trouble. support@galoula.com

Galoula made a huge update; I did all translations and debug. New tutorial, new quick installation guide.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toomie05:
Hello Just wanted to say thank you to all the peope who support this awesome website.

I got my TBolt yesterday and i know people have said they have had weird reception for 4g and what not. Luckily my house is in the center of a 4g area so in my house i have had perfect 4g coverage but today i went to town and i looked like it was trying to switch from 3g, 1x, or 4g but unsuccefully as it would only stay for a few seconds then disapear. Does this have to do with Verizon problems? if not what should i do?

Thanks
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BubbaRob1978:
I was having the same issues going back to 3G from 4G. I would get no icons on the top of the screen and could only make phone calls. Tech support had me do a factory restore and that fixed it right away. Very annoying for sure to have to set up your phone all over again. If this keeps happening I'm not sure I will keep the phone. I am not about to factory reset every time this network handoff issue occurs.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landale:
Tech support told me they are working on a fix and I don't need to hard reset it yet. To me its silly to hard reset if its just going to happen again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schwab16:
i was having similar issues and tech support had me take out the battery for a min and then put it back in and boot up and i had 3g back
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landale:
Battery pull didn't work for me...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toomie05:
thanks guys battery pull seemed to work well!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beveritt:
Local VZW store said a national tech support email went out this afternoon regarding TB problems switching and dropping data. Email said the fix is on the network side and the phones have to be hard reset after 1PM mountain time to be fixed. Sounds fishy, but maybe worth a try.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2ktibltd:
I saw this linked in another thread. I take no credit for it.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc...blems-3g-data-dont-hard-reset-read-first.html

It helped me a little bit with my sporadic 3G connections here at work.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinggolf12:
It appears vzw's eHPRD's network is down which is why data has been dropping once a tbolt is out of LTE coverage.

Use the ##778# menu (hit call after ##778#)-->password is 000000-->modem settings-->Rev A-->choose enable-->hit the menu button on the tbolt and commit changes

This is from the androidcentral forums. I can't post links yet, but a quick search over there will reveal the specifics.

This forces the device to use EVDO instead of eHPRD so you'll lose simultaneous voice/data, but at least if you're not in LTE coverage you'll get data. The device will still connect to LTE if it's available.

This worked on my device and my wife's.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phillycreamboy:
I noticed that even in some areas of the same city that this network error is causing no access to 3g. I tested it by following the guide and sure enough the 1x switched to 3G. I hope Verizon gets this up and running. I think this is also causing calls to drop.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvward:
God Dam ****ing verizon biooootch, angered me so much saying i couldnt get on 3g because I voided my warranty by doing *#*#4636#*#* and shutting of LTE. OMG I wanted to punch her through the phone.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJComet:
I've been having an issue and I don't know if it's related, but it sounds like it.

I've been turning my phone to "CDMA auto (PRL)" whenever I go out for the day to conserve battery. But there's this one place that seems to disconnect me whenever I go. It's happened twice now, but when I go there, I lose data service and can't manage to get it back even after switching to 4G. The first time it happened, it was out from about 11pm to 3am. Today, though, I switched it to 4G and it came back, along with 3G.

Now, the problem here is that my girlfriend's Thunderbolt is fine during all of this. I'll lose 3G, but hers will stay connected even though we'll be in the same location. I don't understand what would be different about mine than hers. :S
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvward:
Hey DJComent try pinggolf12's fix it worked for me.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Picolini:
This is in reference to the official Verizon Wireless HTC Thunderbolt car dock. Not any aftermarket or third party dock.

Just picked it up today and it's very nice, high quality and nice adjustability.

My issue is with how the phone functions while plugged in. It of course initially launches the Car Panel app, which includes the standard useful gigantic shortcut buttons to maps/navigation and phone. Footprints is a waste of space in my opinion. I'm sure there's no way to adjust that. I hate that the music app isn't built in, what's with that?!?!

Anyway, it appears you have to drop down the notification shade to turn off the Car Panel... no way to just get to the home screen. Lame. When I do this and go to the standard HTC music player app it starts out in landscape (I have the phone in landscape mode) then immediately goes into some weird up-side down portrait mode! It isn't the standard portrait mode either, it's basically the landscape mode smashed into portrait mode, as the equalizer button is gone and I can't hit next/back, etc. Is this happenning to anyone else? Why won't the damn thing stay in regular portrait mode, or at least go in a functional yet upside version of itself?

It's hard to explain, but I'm sure those of you who have the dock have seen this. Any work arounds? They really need to address this. I primarily bought the dock to place my phone in it while playing music while driving, and this just totally kills it.

I know I can use a 3rd party app and it'd probably function better. I've got Winamp installed, I'll see how that goes. But I'd like the standard app to actually work.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] fronc:
Totally agree that the HTC Car Panel is worthless. Unfortunately, there doesn't seems to be a way to adjust this on stock.

However, if you root and install a custom rom, namely "Das BAMF 1.1," it replaces the Car Panel with the Google Car Home app. This app is highly customizable, and you can change which buttons appear on 3 or 4 different screens. It might play nicer with your music player, but at the very least, you can put a third party music player on your Car Home homescreen.

Might just make rooting worthwhile for that functionality alone.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] icehokie:
You don't even have to root to get something like that. There are at least a couple of car dashboards available on the market for download.

Sent from my Thunderbolt using Perfect Storm xda app.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] fronc:
Will they launch automatically when docked?
[Thunderbolt Accessories] icehokie:
Yeah. It works just fine automatically. At least when using the Verizon dock that is.

Sent from my Thunderbolt using Perfect Storm xda app.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Picolini:
Awesome, thanks for the heads up on the car dock apps in the market, I assumed I'd have to launch those manually myself. I'll take a look into them.

Any of you having issues with the music player forcing it to stay in landscape mode but rotating it into an up-side down portrait orientation? It's really, really annoying.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] gab1972:
Vlingo (which is free) is your friend. You can configure it to start when you plug in the car charger.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] MoreGone:
Here is what the music player looks like, complete crap and unacceptable
[Thunderbolt Accessories] Deltaechoe:
load in the google car home, i think you can find it in the market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.carhome

just set it to default to that and use a music player like winamp for android, that one works just fine in my experience
[Thunderbolt Accessories] MoreGone:
Ive tried on the AOSP Car Home and obviously the Sense Car Home, both work the same. I use Winamp for wireless music transfer but find the overall appearance to be antiquated. I've been mostly streaming music since I got the forever fast 4G that never skips but still frustrating not to be able to use the stock music player in landscape.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] subzero2000:
Thunderbolt VZW Car Dock and HTC Music Player in landscape

My experience is exactly the same, it's not just you. I wish they'd fix it, it is annoying as hell, as overall I like the HTC Music Player, but that display in landscape makes it unusable. My "fix" is to turn the dock so it's in portrait mode instead, and it works fine that way.

Oh, and for exiting the Car Dock app, I simply choose Menu -> Exit, which does what I want.
[Thunderbolt Accessories] mike.s:
This is a severe case of misplaced blame. None of the complaints has anything to do with the car dock itself. The car dock just signals the phone to go into "car dock" mode. Everything else is software on the phone. Oh, and the one Verizon sells isn't "official," or OEM, either. It is an aftermarket, third-party dock made by iGRIP (a German company unrelated to HTC), and branded for Verizon.

First, whatever car dock app is installed becomes the new home screen. This is normal Android behavior, and the phone will do exactly the same thing with any car dock which puts the phone into car dock mode.

Yes, the HTC car dock app is lame. I've been using "CarHome Ultra" (30 day free trial, $1.99 to buy) which can be downloaded from the Market - it allow you to configure multiple pages of buttons, similar to the regular home screen (but no widgets, unfortunately), displays some useful info, and is very configurable. You can also grab "Car Mode Control" (free), which lets you choose which car dock app you want to come up automatically when entering dock mode.

Yes, you use the pulldown to go back to the regular home. You can then place the car dock app on the home screen to switch back.

I use an iPod, mostly (need more than 32 GB), but both Pandora and SubSonic work fine for me in landscape mode.
[Desire HD Accessories] ToneyEricsson:
Trying to clear something up - I will be getting a 32GB SDHC Card but wondering about which particular one to go for. There is the SanDisk 32GB microSDHC Card which is listed as Class 2 but theres varying opinions about the actual speed of it compared to cards that are a higher class for example the Lexar 32GB microSDHC Card which is a Class 10.

I'm trying to find out how much of a difference the Class 10 makes to the Class 2 if any because I have read on quite a few different sites the SanDisk Class 2 is just as fast reading and writing?

Here are both the cards

http://www.expansys.com/sandisk-32gb-microsdhc-card-microsd-32gb-class-2-197717/?partner=aw&ito=AFW78888&awc=2959_1301260049_6705c794bf850061e50959b4e440eca8

http://www.expansys.com/lexar-32gb-microsdhc-high-speed-card-with-reader-class-10-208567/?partner=aw&ito=AFW78888&awc=2959_1301260213_cd6f332daa757821910686daf28cb561
[Desire HD Accessories] Foladko:
If it's class 2 it means it has minimum read/write speed of 2MB/s, while class 10 is 10MB/s.

The Lexar card seems kinda phony.

If it's true I regret buying a Kingston 32GB class 4 for 90€ :(
[Desire HD Accessories] ToneyEricsson:
Prices vary here in the UK significantly depending on which retailer so I wouldn't feel bad.

Heres the Lexar again from another store its even more

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/18934088/Lexar-32GB-Micro-SDHC-Class-10-with-Reader/Product.html

I'm just trying to find out for fact is the Lexar Class 10 better as I have always bought SanDisk only.

Would be nice to hear from anyone who has that Lexar card that could confirm if its any good or not.
[Desire HD Accessories] tkolev:
Sandisk usually deliver more than promised, so a class 4 could be performing like class 6 or even class 10. On the other hand if it performs just like class 4, you can't return it claiming there is something wrong with it. Anyway if i could spare the money for these cards I'd probably go for the SanDisk and hope for higher speeds - their quality is unmatched.
[Desire HD Accessories] ToneyEricsson:
Thanks for that I ordered the SanDisk as you said they are reliable and I have never had any problems with either their sdhc or camera cards.
[Desire HD Accessories] fatthumb:
I'd recommend Patriot 16gb class 10, just received it today after ordering from Amazon last week! Many good review from other users as well and the price ain't expensive for 16gb Class 10!

Careful when buying Sandisk, I have read there are many counterfeit items sold very cheap on eBay. Those probably are the cards that were rejected by Sandisk (didn't pass QC).