yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy64:
Yes I had the same problem. (Twice so it's not a casualty)

You can reboot Android with Power On + DOWN button and after instead of UP Botton to boot Ubuntu , you have to wait "a certain time"

I don't remenber exactly but it works.

The only way to come back to a normal configuration is to reinstall (what I have done)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
it has been said 2 or 3 times in the thread :)

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0p3 bs=1m
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konrad1337:
11.10

So now that 11.10 has been released, would updating then replacing the kernel/modules/bootimg/and updating the initrc with the one compiled from lilstevie's or vhda's repos work?

Just was curious if anyone would know before jumping head first into it and having to redo the ubuntu partition lol.

Thanks in advance
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy64:
Ubuntu 11.10

Will the new Ubuntu 11.10 (today :)) makes our life easier on the TF101?.

"Ubuntu 11.10 introduces two new desktop images for ARM subarchitectures: armel+ac100 for the Toshiba ac100 netbook (NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC), and armel+mx5 targeted at the Freescale i.MX53 Quick Start development board. Both of these images are "best-effort" community-supported images aimed at developer and hobbyist use. "

source : wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa7d:
Can i install from windows 7 ?

What about this article http://eeepadhacks.net/transformer-hacks/how-to-install-native-ubuntu-on-eeepad-transformer/
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanielT3235:
Can i install from windows 7 ?

Only works with Honeycomb 3.1 not 3.2. There are booting issues. You can backdate to an older version.

Or.. Do what i did. Follow this =)

If you get stuck follow the posts from page 86 onwards, i asked plenty of questions! Have fun!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa7d:
thanks

i will give a try
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trialsrider1:
Using that flash kit, if android does not boot, just re flash it from clockwork mod and it'll work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa7d:
The usb device not found !! what is the solution ??

The sync is working fine

Edit:

i forgot apx mode and now i install them

But how can i enter ubuntu only prime verison what i got ?

Edit 2::)

I entered But I can't find the keyboard to complete the settings ?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just go to Your Pc, connect it to your transformer, enter the ADB shell and type:

DISPLAY=:0 onboard

then should a small virtual keyboard appear in your ubuntu and you should be ready to go.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa7d:
Ok thanks

it works :)

But after i enter to the system I can't use the keyboard anymore :confused:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You have to go to the system settings, then to assistive technologies preferences. From there check the box in front of enable assistive technologies, click on preferred applications and under mobility, select onboard. This should be it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megacoolrock:
ok just a few questions, i cant get the transformer to a linux machine is there a way to do it on windows? will unity come on it? and 1 more, will it work with and without the dock?

Sent from my revolver!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
When You use the ressources of this thread, you will have unity on your linux machine.

To the question, it was asked many times before. Microsoft already announced an ARM version of windows 8, but it isn't releaed yet.

This ARM version should theoretically be able to run on tegra 2 devices like the Transformer.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megacoolrock:
i ment can ubuntu be flash to the tf over windows 7

Sent from my revolver!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Oh, Yeah I think out there is a flash kit for windows, I saw it in a thread... But I can't tell You where because I forgot it. When I find it, I'll PM You
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfa7d:
Thanks

but the problem still i can't find the keyboard :o
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey guys, how can I change the Rom I am dual booting with ubuntu, without losing my dual boot?

I am running Prime! 2.0.1 and would like to update it to 2.0.3... but I want to keep ubuntu, so any ideas?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megacoolrock:
ok problem, i get this when i flash

sending file: ./images/bootloader.bin

| 976013/976013 bytes sent

./images/bootloader.bin sent successfully

file not found: ./images/system.img

failed executing command 2147483647 NvError 0x4

command failure: create failed

---------- Post added at 01:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

disregard that i figures it out

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 PM ----------

how do you get ht e touchpad to work?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megacoolrock:
how do i get wireless working with a wep network?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billy64:
Ubuntu 11.10

Hy all, I have done an update to Ubuntu 11.10, Unity is working fine but I can't start anymore Zoho (word and spreadsheet) and I cannot instal more programs from Ubuntu.

Do you have the same problem?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Please try doing this from the terminal (e.g. sudo apt-get install htop) and post the output.

To anyone who hasn't already, I would wait at least a week or two before updating to the new distro. There are enough issues as it is without worrying about things which could be broken by temporary bugs.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thompson5545:
Have just gotten Ubuntu up and running on my Transformer, am having a slight issue though.

When I run the Firmware Injector I get the following message:

Extracting firmware for bluetooth and wifi

Pushing firmware to device

./adb: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

./adb: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

./adb: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Restarting the wireless module

./adb: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Cleaning up

Firmwares hopefully installed if all went well

Please note: BT requires a package to be installed from the ppa (coming soon)

I've tried the other methods of getting WiFi up, but no wlan or eth is found. Did something go wrong? And does anyone have a fix?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
Hi,

I didn't have the time to read all those pages so I just hope to not get flamed here.

I just have 2 simple questions before attempting to go this path.

1. Is there any method to not lose any data on current Android ROM installation when passing to Dual Boot ? (taking the nandroid image of the current ROM and using it maybe ?)

2. After going Dual Boot, shall I be able to upgrade my Android ROM through clockwork recovery ?

3. Is it possible to run Ubuntu from MicroSD card ?

thanks for your replies...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
Any Ideas? Grr almost made it!

salamandar@salamandar-HP-HDX-16-Notebook-PC:~/Desktop/linux-flash-kit$ sudo sh flash-linux-android.sh

reading config file ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg

reading kernel from ./ubuntu/zImage

reading ramdisk from ./ubuntu/initrd.img

Writing Boot Image linux.img

Nvflash started

usb read error (108): Cannot send after transport endpoint shutdown

uid read failed

salamandar@salamandar-HP-HDX-16-Notebook-PC:~/Desktop/linux-flash-kit$ sudo sh flash-linux-android.sh

linux.img: No such file or directory

Nvflash started

rcm version 0X20001

System Information:

chip name: t20

chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 4

chip sku: 0x8

chip uid: 0x037c620044c02297

macrovision: disabled

hdcp: enabled

sbk burned: true

dk burned: true

boot device: emmc

operating mode: 4

device config strap: 0

device config fuse: 0

sdram config strap: 0

sending file: ./images/transformer.bct

- 4080/4080 bytes sent

./images/transformer.bct sent successfully

odm data: 0x300d8011

downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000

sending file: ./images/bootloader.bin

| 976013/976013 bytes sent

./images/bootloader.bin sent successfully

waiting for bootloader to initialize

bootloader downloaded successfully

setting device: 2 3

creating partition: BCT

creating partition: PT

creating partition: EBT

creating partition: BAK

creating partition: GP1

creating partition: APP

creating partition: CAC

creating partition: MSC

creating partition: USP

creating partition: PER

creating partition: YTU

creating partition: UDA

creating partition: UBT

creating partition: SOS

creating partition: LNX

creating partition: GPT

Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 3 PT please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 4 EBT please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 7 BAK please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 8 GP1 please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 9 APP please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 10 CAC please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 11 MSC please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 12 USP please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 13 PER please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 14 YTU please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 15 UDA please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 16 UBT please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 5 SOS please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 6 LNX please wait.. done!

Formatting partition 17 GPT please wait.. done!

done!

sending file: ./images/bootloader.bin

| 976013/976013 bytes sent

./images/bootloader.bin sent successfully

sending file: ./images/system.img

/ 536870912/536870912 bytes sent

./images/system.img sent successfully

sending file: ./images/ubuntu.img

/ 4194304000/4194304000 bytes sent

./images/ubuntu.img sent successfully

file not found: linux.img

failed executing command 2147483647 NvError 0x4

command failure: create failed

rm: cannot remove `linux.img': No such file or directory

salamandar@salamandar-HP-HDX-16-Notebook-PC:~/Desktop/linux-flash-kit$
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konrad1337:
alright, so I have this dual booted and all; how would I go about updating/flashing a new android rom now that this method overrights cwm recovery?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
Just try again under some condition, I haven't quite figured out what, abootimg does not generate the linux.img, as you can see in the 2 occurrences one created it the other did not
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
you can temp restore cwm, that is one of the new things still to come to the flashpack (part of the reason v1.1 is only a beta release)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
Right you are! 2nd attempt worked like a charm! System rebooted into android, i ran android setup, shut down, powered up for linux, and ran ubuntu setup, NICE! Now to figure out wifi and the like MUHAHAHAHA!

Thank you very much lilstevie!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
Close to wifi (I think) wlan0 shows a device, but when i run "iwlist eth0 scan" i get "Interface doesn't support scanning", any clues as to my mistake?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
This post will help get wifi working (just -i wlan0 rather than -i eth0) once you have run the firmware injector
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
tried it getting errors, how is this line supposed to be entered?

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

eapol_version=1

ap_scan=2

network={

ssid="YourSSID"

scan_ssid=1

proto=RSN

key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

pairwise=CCMP

group=TKIP

psk="YourPSK"

}

at a loss 8(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
that information goes into your wpa_supplicant.conf :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfusion77:
I refreshed the post to make it a bit easier :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
Too much information, deleted
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blk_jack:
Everything works great and I'm really surprised by how quick everything loads & runs! Wifi work around is manageable but trackpad of course would be absolutely killer!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Two suggested improvements:

-in the .cfg files, replace 'linux.img' with './linux.img'. This seems to fix the problems with nvflash not finding it.

-add some code to the flash scripts so that it checks that all of the .img files are there before it starts. It's really frustrating to wait for it to finish flashing a large image, only to crash because one of them is missing.

For some reason all of your executables segfaulted on my (64-bit) system - I had to replace them with my own copies. The MD5s matched up though.

I haven't been able to get it to work though.

I successfully ran the flash script, but the Transformer just freezes at the boot screen. The same thing happens if I enter recovery mode.

When I flash the ROM by itself the same thing happens, so I'm guessing it has to do with that... (The nvflash unroot script works fine though.)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafarataneneces:
Pretty cool man, looks pretty sweet
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikolaus2007:
Any ways to use dual boot with ubuntu on sd card?

don't get an answer for this in any thread.

greets
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightswitch2159:
no love, permissions were correct, and marked as a executable.

Still get the same thing

server@LIGHTSWITCH-SERVER:~/transformer$ sh flash-linux-android.sh
reading config file ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg
reading kernel from ./ubuntu/zImage
reading ramdisk from ./ubuntu/initrd.img
Writing Boot Image linux.img
flash-linux-android.sh: 3: ./nvflash: not found
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pim:
Hello

I have the same roblem. I downloaded the images and placed them in /images

Then I open my terminal :

pim@pim-Linux /media/E/ASUS/temp $ sudo ./flash-linux-android.sh

reading config file ./ubuntu/bootcfg/bootimg.cfg

reading kernel from ./ubuntu/zImage

reading ramdisk from ./ubuntu/initrd.img

Writing Boot Image linux.img

./flash-linux-android.sh: 3: ./nvflash: not found

I tried to change chmod but it's still the same

pim@pim-Linux /media/E/ASUS/temp $ ls -l

total 891

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 363197 2011-07-30 08:55 adb

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2011-07-31 21:22 flash

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 211 2011-07-26 19:18 flash-android.sh

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 350 2011-07-30 03:59 flash-linux-android.sh

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 350 2011-07-30 04:00 flash-linux.sh

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 489 2011-07-30 04:01 flash-purelinux.sh

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2011-07-31 21:17 images

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 906 2011-07-30 08:57 inject-firmware.sh

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 519137 2011-07-26 09:21 nvflash

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4146 2011-07-30 09:42 README

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 207 2011-07-26 19:18 restore-default.sh

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4096 2011-07-31 21:17 ubuntu

Any idea ?

I'm not a pro in linux, but I switched from windows to ubuntu 1 year ago :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aligatro2010:
lilstevie, if I will do factory reset, will ubuntu's partition erase?

try to moving all files to a different folder. Or you can modify scripts so nvflash is executed using full link instead of relative.

./nvflash -> /media/E/ASUS/temp/nvflash
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightswitch2159:
I fixed my issue, (somewhat) I just moved to a different machine. Same version of ubuntu, one is just acting as a LAMP server.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamandar:
having zero luck, think my ubuntu image is probably hopelessly tinkered with (in the wifi area), gonna start fresh and try the injector.

Does my security setup (wpa/wpa2) have an impact? In other words is wpa2 supported?

What should I change in the wpa_supplicant.conf if i am using it?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdfuogh:
1. Not sure, someone else take a go at this one.

2. I think CWM is considered like a mini-OS, so when you dual-boot Ubuntu, you've replaced your second boot with Ubuntu over CWM.. you know? So you no longer have CWM, and will probably have to flash new upgrades, or get a ROM with OTA updates (like Revolver).

3. I think one of the first demonstrations of Ubuntu on our Transformers was done by one of the devs using a microSD card. It was slow as hell compared to running it on the actual TF, but it's do-able.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
Seriously? "I didn't have the time" to follow the FORUM RULES, of which the first one is:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
1. You can pull the existing UBT partition via nvflash, shrink it down, then use it as part of the nvflash script. If that sounds too hard, you could always backup everything to a (micro)SD card.

Everything on the Android ROM will be retained when switching between OSs after they're installed.

2. Yes. The above posters are wrong - CWM is retained for the current version of the dual boot script.

3. Yes - see the old thread by Jhinta on how to do this. However, i would advise against it - it's extremely slow (4 min boot time vs 20 sec boot time) and you'll miss out on the updates to the kernel, like hw accel and touchpad usage.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thompson5545:
Can disregard this, I got it working. Any progress on flash or the touchpad?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Flash works, if you search the thread you'll find you just need to install a package or a plugin for Firefox (I forget which I did). Youtube is kinda pointless without sound though.

Touchpad is working, you just need to use an updated kernel. I plan to post instructions here on it when I figure mine out and have the time to do so.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesjones:
USb to Ethernet module

Here's my goal, i have a netbook for one reason, i have to use a program called PCPRO for programming phone systems.

So i'd rather use my beloved transformer for this. ;)

I know wine will be hard but i've read about qemu, then wine.

I also have a usb to ethernet device i would like working.

I'm in good shape, typing under ubuntu right now. loving it.

touchpad would be great, can't wait for that, for now i'm using usb mouse.

Anyway, the usb to eth device uses the rtl8150 module. lsusb makes it show up, but without the module i'm hopeless. If anyone can help me get this working it'd be awesome, then i'll be on my last trial to over come. Getting PCpro to somehow run. ;)

BTW, this project is great, and i'll help push it along in anyway I can.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
I don't think you understand - WINE isn't just hard, it's physically impossible. WINE may be an option in the future when support for Windows 8 ARM edition is added, but that's years away and is irrelevant unless there's a Win8 ARM version of the program. (Which will only be the case for major programs, like Office and Acrobat Reader).

QEMU is only an option if the program can be run in a ridiculously slow/outdated environment. If you can run it in DOS or Win95 (I once saw someone running Win95 on a N900), then you may have a chance. If it needs something like WinXP it's not going to happen. I mean you can try, but IMO you'd be wasting your time.

If it's a closed source Linux x86 program and doesn't have a FOSS alternative (which would be rather unusual), QEMU may be an option since you won't need to emulate the X server, if you even need a GUI at all.

Here are your options:

Recompile the program for ARM Linux. This is only an option if you have access to the source code, which won't be the case for the 99.99% of commercial software.

Run in QEMU. Only applies to 90s era software.

Find a FOSS alternative. e.g. Use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft Office. FOSS programs have the source available, so you can recompile them for ARM (if the packages aren't in the repositories already).

Write one yourself. Not an option for most people, but if you understand how the protocols, etc. work and you really need it then it's a possibility.

Run the program on a remote x86 system and use VNC/RDP/etc. This requires constant, reliable and fast internet access (and will likely use a considerable amount of data. e.g. 200 MB/hr). Unfortunately, this isn't an option if you need to physically connect the transformer to the system, as I suspect you do.

I'm busy with exams right now, but in a month's time I may (unless I find something more interesting to do) experiment with emulation to see how far we can actually go in terms of x86 support. Don't expect anything though - I'll probably just prove that you can't run WinXP on the Transformer.

Oh, and before anyone starts asking about the Transformer 2 being able to, the key criteria is clock speed (not the no. of cores or the amount of RAM). The Tegra 4 (not 3, which the TF2 uses) chipset will apparently be capable of ~2 GHz. WinXP needs at least 233 MHz, so if we assume 10% efficiency (which is a very generous overestimate), then around then it may be an option.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldur999:
I think a lot of people are waiting for this :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
I'm working on it right now.

On a related note, I can't seem to boot the modified kernel. I installed it by creating a blob, writing that to mmcblk0p4 and rebooting, but when I try to boot the new kernel I get a kernel panic. I'm using the same kernel arguments and initrd that were in the flashpack, and the kernel source is the most recent version from lilstevie's git (I got the same results using vhda's fork).

The kernel arguments are the same as in the original flash pack, so I must be missing something - maybe the initrd is wrong?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesjones:
The program i"m needing to run isn't special at all, it loads, downloads a database, you make your changes, save a file and upload it. Speed isn't an issue so long as it does load. I can send you a copy of the program i'm trying to emulate, and you tell me if you think it's even possible.

I do understand what you're saying and was already aware, but my understanding was that basic things should work under Qemu.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
The problem isn't the program itself, it's the OS. QEMU emulates an entire computer, so you need an OS to actually do anything. The OS will be unusable if the emulator is too slow, and extremely likely to crash.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
What do you mean by UBT partition ? And what is shrinking ?

I want to use my current Android installation without any change on the files so that my settings & programs on Android are retained.

Ok, I will use the non-MicroSD solution which is described in this thread. I'm just afraid of losing my current Android settings & programs.

Please show me the correct way for this.

thx.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
The UBT partition stores user files and settings as well (I think). Applications are stored on a separate partition, but they aren't worth saving - once you sign in they all get automatically redownloaded, though if you're worried you might want to make a list of them first. I meant shrink the partition down since it will be smaller once some space is taken by the Ubuntu partition.

Since installing Ubuntu involves formatting and repartitioning the entire drive, it's easiest to backup your files and restore them later. I suggest doing a complete nvflash backup of all the partitions before you start, so that if you do lose something it can be easily recovered from the images. Note that the nvflash backup may skip the UBT partition by default, since it's usually the largest.