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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jazztrmpter:
Hey shaola, long time no chat. I'm in the same boat as this gentleman. I want to reflash the ICS stock rom just to see what it's about, but cwm fails to actually do it. I tried with cwm, and it said it flashed successfully, but I booted the tf up and it went straight into Prime 3.2.1, the rom I installed with OLiFE.

Also, doesn't OLiFE need an image to flash? Not a zip file (like most roms come as)?

Do you know how to completely get rid of OLiFE recovery and replace it with CWM? I have cwm installed and I can boot into it, but the OLiFE recovery option to "skip wiping data and cold boot Linux" is still there.

ASUS Transformer tf101 32gb + dock.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
hi @ all,

yesterday i used olife to put ics 4.0.3 with ubuntu in dualboot on my transformer. everything works fine so far. then i tried to do a full backup with olife (backup -> ubuntu (for dualboot backup) -> android (as first rom) and whether i check personal data or not, as soon as i press "any" key after putting the tf in apx mode, the script starts nvflash, but gives me a warning:

nvflash configuration file error: file not found

and then it seemed to start the backup with the last line saying [Resume Mode]

this is the point where i can't see if he's doing anything and after half an hour i closed the terminal since there was no progress shown.

now my questions:

-should i just have waited longer?

-what will be shown while backing up?

-is the missing config file a problem? any way to solve it? (i read something a time ago where you had to adjust some path, but can't find the thread anymore)

cheers & thx in advance,

canedha
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaola:
Yes, Olife needs and image file instead of zip, you can (re)place the boot.img, system.img and recovery.img you want to in the images folder.

If it's easier four you you can also flash revolver by gnufabio downloading nvflashable rom and go to stock from there.

---------- Post added at 10:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 AM ----------

Please use the web search engine, just typing your error i found it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1191141&page=160

there and the first post of the next page
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
I already found and read that one, but it didn't give any answers to the problem?!?

The only hint is remove.cfg in this one line, but the other guy tried it and ran into even more problems...

did i missunderstand the posts or did i miss something?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaola:
The other problems of that guy are unrelated, so fix the .cfg thing
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
Hi thanks for your help and patience.

I changed the .cfg thing in the backup.sh, with the same result. Could not find config file :S

Then I saw that the Variable LAYOUT in the option I'm using is given the value android-linux and if I'm correct that the config files name that is searched for by the script adds up to android-linux.cfg, then i know why there is no file. there is simply no file with that name.

when i changed it to dualboot (which is the file that was used for creating the system with android 1 and ubuntu 2), since dualboot.cfg is in the folder, the script continued but ran into another problem somewhere.

when i read the terminal correct he SENT the bootloader.img? but then he couldnt find a file again...

i downloaded the olife package again to see if i had an corrupted/old one, but it exactly the same (version 1.2a i think)

is there a newer version or could somebody send me a working one?

or does somebody know how to fix it (if i did something wrong in my first try, probabely i have to make more changes than the one .cfg removal in backup.sh) ???

thx in advance,

toby
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssciberras:
2 things:

1) did you manage to hdmi woring?

2) did you maange to get precise running? am having the same problems

stephen

---------- Post added at 09:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 PM ----------

I am trying out mounting ubuntu from a loop image file from emmc - most works.

However, am running in some probs.

1) upgrading to 12.04 beta failed miserably - kept freezing, and could not connect to internet as nameservers were not set. I could not even make the file myself.

2) Tried using latest kernel, but lost wifi

3) Tried injecting bluetooth hcd file myself into lib/firmware - this did not work. I saw a post by braernoch ( 21314873 , 1442 in this thread ). has this been addressed later so as to be automatically loaded?

thanks

stephen
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdubs628:
Need help

So I decided I would uninstall the ubuntu partition by simply doing a factory reset from android. Now I can't get it to go into APX mode. Is there anything I can do or did I just really mess things up?

Also I think I did the original install of ubuntu wrong as I can only log in as a guest and need an admin password to do anything.

Edit: So I solved the problem and am now back to my original pure Android. However my USB is no longer working, or at least not showing up and I can't get access to my filesystem. Should I just factory reset?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
edit:

i tried several other combinations of changing .cfg, renaming, googling for an update etc but without luck :(

someone any suggestions?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urko95:
One question...

Are the developers working yet in this project?

I expect to see 12.04 in Transformer when it's out...

Thanks developers, I love you guys..

Regards,

Urko
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
expect = would love (and thanks for all the hard work you put in the project in your spare time!) ???
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucasmine:
is it possible to do it from a Live Cd?

I`m trying to run the ./OLiFE.sh but it says permission denied...

Already on su, just in case...

Solved.

After creating the root account, log in it.

Them give permissions to the files inside OLiFE Folder...

Shoud work fine then...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
didn't work for me as long as the OLiFE folder wasn't in the home directory... just a hint for linux noobs (like me :) ) which struggle with permissions etc...

edit:

still struggeling with the backup function :S see here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23909973&postcount=1763
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Is work even still being done on this project ?

Looks like the Wiki has the same yes and no's as last year had and OPs have not been updated since Nov 11
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Yes. lilstevie hasn't updated the OP on a while, but the dev thread is still (somewhat) active. Last major update was (me) fixing sound support sometime in Feb, I believe. There has also been some progress on hardware acceleration, though nothing suitable for release yet.

What you are experiencing is what happens when the devs have actual lives and put stuff like uni work first. Expect a spurt of activity when the easter break comes round.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Yea I don't expect 24/7 work and updates, just wasn't sure if since the announcement of Ubuntu on Android this was dropped or not

Cheers
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
No, all indications say that the OEM needs to integrate ubuntu on android, but secondly it will only output via MHL/HDMI, meaning the device display will not output the framebuffer
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stonerhino28:
I have tried to install ubuntu on my Transformer using the one click installer and lilstevies method. I cannot get the sbk detect tool to run. I am also curious if i could get some one to help me install ubuntu to my microsd card as I only have a 16gb transformer and would like to keep as much memory free as possible. If this is not feasible let me know and i will install it to my internal memory. Thanks in advance.

My Transformer is a C1O serial number.

I rooted the stock rom and will use any rom that you recommend.

I am not well versed in linux so if i ask how to do something on linux to do the install, bear with me as i am trying to learn. I have tried ubuntu on my desktop and have it installed on my sons computer.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaola:
Your device is sbk2 so read this for instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1537566
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hiob10hiob:
Graphic Acceleration

Hi Guys,

Has somebody 3D graphic acceleration working?

I have heard, that the AC100 (also Tegra 2) guys have this working.

(i cant post links, just search in the Ubuntu wiki for AC100)

Thanks for your great work ;)

ps. has somebody 12.04 working? Is there a rootfilesystem
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
It's being worked on in the dev thread. Once we've worked out a few of the problems, we'll post a how to here.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
problem still unresolved :S anybody got a hint 4 me?

maybe rdnetto or prob. the dev? anybody else getting these problems?

could somebody try to backup his system with OLiFE and tell me if its working (if yes probabely send me his software version?)

link to porblem:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23870794&postcount=1756

and

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23885076&postcount=1760

thx 4 the help! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
IIRC, there is a problem with one of the layout names not matching the name of the file. Try replacing them with the actual paths (use absolute instead of relative if you want to be certain).

Keep in mind that OLiFE doesn't currently have a restore feature, so if you want to actually use it it'll take a little messing around.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
thank you :)

unfortunately i already tried changing the names. it found the .cfg file but then stoppen on another error (have to recreate it to describe it exactly, but i think it was again missing a cfg file...)

if OLiFE is not able to restore, then is there another backup program that just backups my complete system (as it is) like a sector-to-sector copy as it is possible in windows backup programs?

because rigth now i have a fresh install of ics (with update & root) in dualboot with ubuntu, and would like to have a backup that if things get messed up (with an update-error etc) i just have to restore it:)

thx again,

canedha
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
There are three approaches you can take, if you don't want to mess around with OLiFE.

The first is to use on of the GUI-based alternatives. I have no experience with them, but presumably at least one has backup support.

The second is to modify the normal nvflash backup script (just search the forum for it, it should be around somewhere) by replacing the config file with the one used in OLiFe, then adding additional lines to backup.sh and restore.sh to copy UBT.

The third is not nvflash based, and may be useful to anyone who has SBKv2.

Use dd and ssh* to backup UBT (mmcblk0p8) under Android, and to backup the Android partitions under Ubuntu. Note that this will not preserve the kernel partitions (LNX and SOS) or the partition table, which will need to be backed up separately. However, it does have the advantage of being able to use compression (i.e. pipe dd's output through tar), which will dramatically speed up the transfer.

Restoration of an image produced this way requires at least one working OS on the TF. (Or one on a microSD and a kernel-blob to match). If you don't use compression, it's also fully compatible with the nvflash-based techniques.

* There are plenty of results on Google on how to do this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acid0ne:
Update android with dual boot.

Hi. I've sucessfully installed ubuntu on my tf101 and all was working correctly until today. Today I received an auto update from asus for android os and when i want to install it the tablet restarts and it always starting ubuntu. How to perform android update without loosing ubuntu and how to solve problem when now it is always starting ubuntu on boot. Whipe data will restore android but update will always come from asus and it is prompted in android os. Any ideas how to perform android update ?? Best regards. Acid0ne
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djUniversal:
Excellent....FLASHING!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhinta:
Multiboot by cmw.zips

This will restore cwm on recovery partition.

And multiboot by flashing Ubuntu.zip or Android.zip

Create flash-recovery.sh in flashkit dir !!

The code below wil not work unless you provide some info on witch flash mode you used !!!!!

Like me i have selected flash-linux-android.sh,

View it and find witch --config file it use as you can see below.

--->--configfile ./flash/android-linux.cfg <---

#!/bin/sh
nflash --bct ./images/transformer.bct --setbct --configfile ./flash/android-linux.cfg --bl ./images/bootloader.bin --odmdata 0x300d8011 --sbk 0x1682CCD8 0x8A1A43EA 0xA532EEB6 0xECFE1D98 --sync
nflash -r --download 5 ./images/recovery.img

To Make this code above work replaced nflash with ./nvflash -> then sudo sh flash-recovery.sh

Android <-- Prime 1.7 kernel !! you can select any kernel you want !!

MD5 : 97cf64f6d5698276bde1d8657ec80cef

Ubuntu

MD5 : 40c9f82c30e0fd8230c712e23f2e3597
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfusion77:
Doesn't seem to be working for me, i edited the sh file and changed to the proper config. I have linux installed as the default OS and android on the recovery so i changed --configfile ./flash/linux-default.cfg. I get unknown command sync and connection failed nverror on transferring over the recovery image. Dunno if its on my end or not anybody have any ideas?

Edit i pasted my info into a nano terminal file i created and reflashed and everything worked, downloading primes new release to test this out with. Thanks jhinta so far this is looks like a great way to keep us updated with future roms.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhinta:
Do you have a recovery.img in dir images?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfusion77:
It appears to be a problem with my original sh script but copying the contents over to a nano file thru terminal fixed the issue, everything successfully copied over now and i flashed over the linux.zip and linux booted with no problems at all. Just downloading primes new zip now to test out android. Thanx :)

Just flashed the new prime 1.7 zip and booted up to it without any issues, rebooted and went into recovery and flashed linux.zip and it booted directly into linux :) Nice work
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertazzi65:
hi, i have big problem

running with sudo script flash-linux-android.sh

with this line

./ubuntu/abootimg-x86_64 --create linux.img -f ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg -k ./ubuntu/zImage -r ./ubuntu/initrd.img

i have this error:

./ubuntu/abootimg-x86_64: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

I have not figured out how to change the line:

./ubuntu/abootimg-$(uname -i) --create linux.img -f ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg -k ./ubuntu/zImage -r ./ubuntu/initrd.img

how do I change it?

Best regard
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhinta:
try running abootimg from command and see if you get output if not build it from source

just go to abootimg dir and try run abootimg
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Simple Version

Here's a simple nvflash package I put together to make things easy. It uses Jhinta's CWM files (incl.) and Prime 1.7. Just add ubuntu.img (from the OP) and run download-ubuntu.sh. (You'll still need to run the firmware injection script for drivers though.)

http://www.multiupload.com/6GZSLRBP8S

MD5: 843f964141ac96423c2fcdfc26092050
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albertazzi65:
with this manual command

antonio@ubuntu:~/Desktop/linux-flash-kit$ sudo ./ubuntu/abootimg-x86_64 --create linux.img -f ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg -k ./ubuntu/zImage -r ./ubuntu/initrd.img

i have this error

./ubuntu/abootimg-x86_64: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

antonio@ubuntu:~/Desktop/linux-flash-kit$

:-(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhinta:
So your asking for help.

And sure i like to help.

But when i say a you do b, your on your own!

Like before run abootimg and see if it works if not build it
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pim:
usb wifi card

Hello,

I have an external wifi usb card and I wanted to use it on my transformer.

When I plug it under ubuntu, nothing happens. It's working on my acer laptop under ubuntu.

Any idea ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnesus:
Try if lsusb in terminal shows anything new after connecting it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nex7er:
Links for Ubuntu not working.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pim:
Yes lsusb is showing Realtek RTL81187 Wireless Adapter. But on my laptop the light beginns to blink on the device when it's plugged in ; on the transformer nothing happens.

Btw is there any chance to see the touchpad working ? My Acer laptop screen has just died and I need to buy a new laptop. If I could use my transformer with ubuntu fully working, I wouldn't need to buy another computer :-)

Anyway I really appreciate all the work you guys are doing
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aligatro2010:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16155739&postcount=65
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
back up and running
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluesy_92:
You said that a Windows version of the kit is coming soon, in the first post. What version of Windows will this run, and will I be able to boot only 2 operating systems, or would it be possible to tri-boot Windows, Linux, and Android?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
windows version of the flash-kit, windows will not run on this device
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Does anyone know of a program that can be used to partition the eMMC from within Ubuntu? Nvflash is really hit and miss for me.

(Obviously, you'd have to use it when running Ubuntu from a SD card, rather than the eMMC.)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
at this point no, unfortunately when it comes to repartitioning some of the partition data sits outside of the gpt layout in tegraparts
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
tar is pointless in this situation, tar is compressionless and all piping the dd output though tar would do is put the image in a tarball, running it though gzip would probably be the better option
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ke1evraTi:
I tried compiling the kernel last night again and ran into more issues. I followed the guide made by rdnetto but only used "make" instead of "make -j2". I ran it twice to make sure the it wasnt a one time glitch. Also when I ran "make tf101_gnulinux_defconfig" I got some weird error but I dont remember what it is. When the kernel failed to compile the it showed the error below. I have tried google for solutions but have been unable to find anything concrete. I can see that its an error with the wireless drivers but I am not sure why I am getting these. I thought I inject the drivers after the kernel is built. Is there a config option to disable treating warnings as errors?

cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329/dhd_linux.o] Error 1

make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329] Error 2

make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2

make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2

make: *** [drivers] Error 2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acid0ne:
You can edit file drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329/Makefile and remove -Werror from DHDCFLAGS and kernel will compile without errors.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud77:
Search this thread for "cat /dev/zero " you will find the whole command to type in a terminal to fix this

But, it most probably seems like you blew up your android partition
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ke1evraTi:
Thanks, your fix did the trick. If I want to compile the CROS kernel do I follow the same steps?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acid0ne:
If you have that same error message probably yes.

Ok that fix boot of android but is it possible to update android os without removing ubuntu ? Or how to remove update from android os because it's all the time showing me that is an update from asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssciberras:
anyone know if how to get hdmi working? with the ac100, they have used the nvidia-tegra drivers, but they clash with the kernel provided by lilstevie. I cannot try Cros kernel, as i have sbkv2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conizius:
Some recent update (must be in the last month) rendered my 12.04 completely useless :(

It just keeps flickering on the login screen, alternating boot messages (console) and the login screen.

I don't know where to start searching the problem because I can't get any error message... Xorg.log is 0kb and Xorg.log.old looks fine as if Xserver has been shutdown normaly.

I even did a new install (well a fresh 11.10 and then an update). Right after the dist-upgrade the same result :(

Does anyone encounter a similar problem? Does even anyone know a fix?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
I meant it in the sense of use tar as a frontend to gzip/etc. Admittedly an unneeded level of abstraction, but it does simplify things a bit IMO, particularly since most people are more familiar with using tar than gzip directly.

The defconfig line is important, because if it fails then all the settings in the configuration will be completely wrong. Try running 'export ARCH=arm' first.

Also note that the changes to bcm4329 (which result from changes in the latest version of gcc) are included in the sound patch I uploaded in the dev thread (which hasn't been uploaded to the git yet). Since you'll probably want your speakers to work, it'll be easier to just apply that. (I think it has a few other changes for the same reason as well.)

The CrOS kernel can be used under SBKv2, but uboot can't. CrOS currently needs uboot because it doesn't seem to parse the partition table properly. I'll be working on fixing this soon, atm my TF is being repaired (hardware problem - nothing related to Ubuntu).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
apt-get autoremove pulseaudio
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ke1evraTi:
I just compiled the CrOS kernel this morning and was going to flash it later today.Good thing you mentioned that it cant read the standard android partition table. What exactly is the problem?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
I'm not sure - having my TF die kinda stopped all dev work in its tracks. CrOS actually has support for the Tegra-style partition tables, meaning it should be able to access the previously hidden partitions as well. I'll have to take a look at the source and figure it out - it could be as simple as changing one of the kernel parameters, but I can't really do anything until I've got a working TF again.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ke1evraTi:
I'm going to try to flash the kernel cros today keeping the stock tegra bootloader. Is there something I need to pay attention to to figure out what's wrong? Is there a log file generated that I could post? I know that my question seems vague but I searched both tf threads and the iconia thread and couldn't find an explanation of the problem.