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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pim:
Can't make the wifi work !

Sorry guys but I can't make my wifi work and I become really crazy ! I've been trying for hours.

What I've done so far is copying the drivers from the android partition to the ubuntu partition. The wlan0 is shown when I type ifconfig.

Then I've creted the file : /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

with this conf :

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="NETGEAR"
psk="mydummypass"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

After this I did what is in post #118 :

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

added in my /etc/network/interfaces

Then I've rebooted my system and I still can't connect . My Wifi network is encrypted in WPA without mac filtering.

ifconfig :

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:31 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:2618 (2.6 KB) TX bytes:2618 (2.6 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:a7:cf:9d:ae:19

inet6 addr: fe80::46a7:cfff:fe9d:ae19/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:58 (58.0 B) TX bytes:11820 (11.8 KB)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 44:a7:cf:9d:ae:19

inet addr:169.254.8.82 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

Any help is welcomed :)

Another question : is it possible to install linux mint instead of ubuntu (ubuntu based os)

thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcarrz1:
I'm done with Ubuntu, so the script I want to use is the 2nd to last one or the last one? What is blobsbegone and does it work with clockwork flash able roms that are in blobs (at least I think they are, like prime non-nvflash and revolver)

Or do I just want the last one that's factory reset essentially? And after the script that's appropriate, how do I get cwm back on again? Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icow:
when will we have a windows flash it as i have o idea how to use linux so im leaving it well alone
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GadgetViews:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is only for the asus transformer, so it may not work for your touchpad.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvhh:
Filesystem Corruption

Everything is working great, thanks to your pointers on IRC,

But it seems that the apt-get upgrade is putting something that is causing filesystem corruption,

I'm trying to pinpoint the issue. But visible syptoms are dpkg barf about a (random) package filelist corruption (empty or newline missed). upon inpection of the file, it show signs of corruption (random bits of other files in there).

However the stuff is great, I am impatient to see the next release. Keep on the great work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
a) Make sure you're using the latest rootfs (oneirc)

b) There may be something wrong with the kernel you're using. (I had some issues of my own with it.) Follow the instructions on the wiki for rebuilding the kernel.

Running Ubuntu under Android is possible using chroot (and vice versa). However, it is rather slow, since the TF's resources are rather limited. It can and has been done, but it's probably not worth it, especially if you just install a tablet-centric desktop environment under Ubuntu.

You can store the rootfs on external media, but you still need to flash the kernel onto the TF (this can be done with just CWM). You'll also need to modify the kernel image to point to the right drive. (Edit the root=/dev/mmcblk0p8 kernel argument - device names are pretty much the same under Android, and you should be able to figure out how to extract the images from the kernel build instructions.)

Note though that the eMMC is much faster than even a class 10 microSD - when I was using one it took 4 min to boot, compared to the 20 sec it does now.

He was talking about the mouse.

Sounds like your rootfs is corrupted. Verify that the MD5 for the file you downloaded is correct, then reflash it (backup anything important first)

This could be caused by either the image being corrupted when you first flashed it, or subsequent corruption caused by the TF crashing. The latter is the most probable, but still unlikely to occur as ext4 is fairly reliable.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
I'm pretty sure he means the touchpad, as in the mouse :p
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
HaRET is horrible, it is a hacky method of hot reseting the cpu which I would rather avoid. More importantly though a method like HaRET does not exist under android.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvhh:
The md5sum is ok, and no TF crashing between a seemingly ok filesystem and a corrupted one, Maybe doing an online resize of the filesystem during the install is not a great idea,

I will try on the next reflashing, if it occurs.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
online resizing is not an issue, it is a supported feature in kernel, I feel something else will be wrong somewhere, and even if it is online resizing causing the issue 1:2000 is pretty good odds for success, even bootloader flashes hold a 1:100 fail rate.

Even then 2 reflashes in a row corrupting from an online resize would be very unlikely.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvhh:
any reason why the SYSV IPC haven't been compiled in ? some of the application are relying on this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
yeah, known issue. I didn't re-enable it; it is disabled under a default config
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
There are a lot of useful things disabled by default. I suspect the default configuration is just based on what's known to work. If you know what's missing, just compile the kernel with it enabled and test it. (Instructions in the wiki)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JVlasy:
I would like to know if I CAN USE te U BOOT or if it really doesnt work? thanks...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
It does (allegedly) work, you have to create the uboot image yourself, and compile the binary from the source in lilstevie's git.

Note that the CrOS kernel is experimental, so it's probably less stable than the regular one.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squall89:
Was anyone successful in installing eclipse within the latest ubuntu version? I tried via apt-get but that ends up in a lot of dependency failures. Or does anybody know about an eclipse arm port which will run on the transformer under ubuntu?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stibbons:
Hey hey.

Any updates on this? Alternatively, do you still want some help isolating the problem? :-)

The wiki currently states that the flashkit kernel is out of date. Is there a recommended stable version? Or is HEAD good enough?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
the wiki is wrong, just cause I have committed the new changes to the kernel to git, does not mean that they are stable. the flashkit will be updated at each stable interval :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dropslack:
fedora in asus transformer

hi lilstevie, i would like to ask about something.

is it possible if i install fedora using your script?

here are a step by step/proof on concept what will i do

1. replace the ubuntu rootfs with fedora rootfs.

2. move /lib/modules from ubuntu rootfs to the fedora rootfs

3. repack fedora rootfs with your kernel

4. install fedora to transformer using oLife script.

is it correct or not?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
move the firmwares for bcm4329 to /lib/firmware and modules to /lib/modules. kernel lives outside the rootfs,
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dropslack:
Thanks!

I will try... and post the result here.

Now, i have to spare my time to do that :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waarna:
Hello from Latvia,

if ill set ubuntu on my tf101g will there work 3G internet??
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
No, because you cannot install ubuntu on your tf101g
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bebida_b:
help with sound

i install ubuntu in my tf101 b60ka 16gb but a dont have any sound i have a lot of error when the ubuntu loads any one had any problem like this!!!!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
Its a known issue there is no sound
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
noob needs clarification

hi all,

i'm thinking of installing ubuntu on my tf in dualboot.

i've read a lot of different threads and seen multiple tutorials but some things are still unclear for me.

1. when using dualboot, will i get an boot prompt every time i start, where i can choose to boot android or ubuntu?

2. if 1. was correct: as far as i understood the dualboot option, after choosing android or ubuntu in the boot prompt the correct image has to be installed every start to use it?

3. if yes, how long does this take then e.g. when using android and then wanting to use ubuntu, to switch the os?

4. will all my data be wiped when installing ubuntu in dualboot for the first time? (as far as i know, yes, but would be nice to hear it from a more experienced user)

5. will be all data lost for each change of os? for example can i browse and play on android, then start ubuntu work a bit and then switch back to android and continue playing and browsing, or would all my data (savegames, apps etc) lost?

6. when installing ubuntu, is it possible to backup my actual system to use it as my android rom? or should i go with a new rom like prime and install all apps etc again?

thx for your help in advance,

toby

ps: if someone is offended by these questions since they have already been discussed, plz provide me the page or post nr and i will read it myself (not too lazy for that :) ) but finding specific answers in a thread of 140+ pages is very hard.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bud77:
All of your questions are answered in that thread ... most in the first page

1) NO

2) NO

3) NO

4) Not sure with the olife prime pack

5) YES it's a complete reboot between each

6) NO, partitions differs
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
thats exactly what i was waiting for ^^ the things are not totally clear to me as they have been written in the first couple of pages and when crossreading the whole thread and others ;) this is why i asked...

and see your answers are exactly the type of stuff that gives more questions than answers.

1-3: ok i was wrong about dualboot, but how is it then working?

is it then booting a primary os until i get into a boot mode with a key kombination and switch the os?

4: since the partitions are splitted i assume the data is lost.. thx here, i haven't thought about that.

5: i'm aware of that there is a complete reboot between the os changes and that non saved data like some open text notes, a paused game etc are lost. but what about the saved files? this is why i asked about savegames and apps -> stored data. what happens to them, because somewhere it was written in a way that for every os switch the os image would be written on the disk again therefore overwriting all stored files... sounded stupid to me but i havent done it yet, thats why i asked.

6:thx

again, i'm searching for HELP. i'm not to lazy to read things or try stuff, i just want to clarify things that i READ but didn't totally understand before getting started.

i dont want to end up with a bricked tab...

but thx anyway
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RomainB60:
It works with a combination of buttons at power on.

Data that was saved is still saved after a boot under an OS or the other.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conizius:
Well yes I got it to work.

The repository of oniric has problems with unsolvable dependencies due to some packages which have been upgraded to 3.7 and others are stuck at 3.5.

Therefore I used the packages from natty to get it to work (yes work all your way through launchpad to fulfill the dependencies ;) or send me a pm and I might upload all packages somewhere).

But still it's not yet fun... first of all you have really limited ram and therefore you have to trim down the heap and you will not be able to browse with firefox while having eclipse running :(

And what really bugs me is that there is no sun-java and p2 (installing plugings) has trubbles with openjdk as it seams. Every time I install anything it gives me "Unpack facility not configured" and stops.

So maybe someone will find a way to get around this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilstevie:
1-3 are no, as has been said by a few people.

4. Yes, this is an unavoidable aspect of reflashing the entire emmc, there are a few steps that can reduce this, but it is not straight forward at this point.

5. No, the initial installation is the only time that everything needs to be moved around, /data has 6GB shaved off it to give the ubuntu image a permanent home.

6. It is possible to restore your stock image, boot.img recovery.img and system.img in backups can be (after removing the date code from the backup) moved into ./images/ this will not restore your user installed apps though. I do have something that I am putting together to make this step a little easier.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
sun-java was dropped from oneiric altogether due to licensing issues, so openjdk is the norm under x86 as well now. If this issue occurs under x86 I presume they'd fix it in a bit, if not you might want to report it upstream. You could try using the package from the natty repos, though I don't know how well that would work.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Apparently Asus is going to release an unlocked bootloader for the TF Prime in February. This should be good news for anyone with a Prime who can't run Ubuntu.

(source)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
hi,

first thanx for this awesome program. it works like a charm.

but i have some problems switching between the OSs. when i boot prime and press long the power button i have only the options restart, recovery and cancel.

for restart it is booting android again and when i press recovery it seems that it recovers the second partition and therefore writing ubuntu into the first bootloader section as well?

so how to switch OSs? is there a way to just shut down prime (just long press power doesnt work) so that i can power+vol_down into recovery mode booting ubuntu?

or what do i have to press when for example if it also works when using the restarting option?

i'm sure that just some stupid thing but i cant figure it out by myself ^^

i also found on the prime 1.7 thread a zip including the missing shutdown option but how to install this without cwm that not there because of ubuntu?

thx in advance for all help!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
OLife has an option to restore CWM (it's under Advanced) which you can use to install the patch for the shutdown option.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
hi there,

another question of a linux noob. ^^

i'm running ubuntu 11.10 in dualboot mode with android.

i found out that dropbox is not working under an arm based ubuntu but i would need to have access to the files in my dropboxfolder under ubuntu...

therefore i thought about syncing my files in android and then accessing them in ubuntu.

how do i get access to the data stored in the android partition when running ubuntu?

i think i have to mount the partition, but which one?

can anyone tell me the command line for that?

thx canedha
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
If 'apt-get nautilus-dropbox' doesn't work for you, you could try compiling the source (available on the Dropbox website). Alternatively, you can mount it like planned (see below).

I believe the partition is /dev/mmcblk0p7 (check the wiki). The command to mount it is 'sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p7 /media/Android_Data' (presuming you've created a folder at the mount point). Alternatively, you can add the entry to /etc/fstab to have it mounted at boot.

I would like to point out that if you are using Unity, then you can just click on the corresponding media card icon on the Unity bar and it will automatically mount it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
@ lilstevie

Is this video using one of your ROMs ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUkCScxGUm8

Just wondering how back in July this looks like a moderately working Ubuntu on TF101 but looking at the Wiki and reading your thread it sounds like your current version is still very much not for mainstream, am I missing something ?

Cheers :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
That was Jhinta's ROM, which was the predecessor of the current ROM by lilstevie. Everything shown working in the video works (plus what's listed in the wiki), and it will be faster (in the video he's running it from the microSD, which is much slower than the emmc).

If you consider the July version to be 'moderately working', you'll have no problems with the current version. The release is not for mainstream use because some stuff (hw accel) doesn't work and some things (putting it into suspend [disable this or you won't be able to close the screen]) cause it to crash, and there's not yet a decent GUI to install it with. That said, most people who are comfortable with Linux shouldn't have too much trouble using it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Thanks for that, yea I was wanting to give this current version a run, but was under the impression it was at a less working stage than this video - until I found this video and wondered how that was even possible.

H/W Accel is important but can live without it for testing purposes, and the dualboot option is great too

Thanks for the reply, its given me a good insight into where we are at with this release :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blk_jack:
What I do is access my dropbox files from the web ui. Not a solution to getting the linux app itself working, but a decent work around.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
Is there any way to get a scroll down gesture on the touchpad?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
i'm syncing my files in android now (with drop sync) and then access them in ubuntu.

thx for all your help! :)

but i have another question just 4 my understanding.

the bootloader has two "partitions" the primary and recovery. right now the recovery in my case is used by ubuntu. so if i want to use cwm i have to use the olife script, which is able to temporarily switch the recovery part of the bootloader to cwm and then back?

when i decide to go with another rom e.g. revolver, if i want to test the ics (later this year ;) ) or if i want to update android or ubuntu, then i just have to flash these roms with nvflash to the primary partition? or will there be a problem because of the second partition? e.g. woudl i have to reflash ubuntu as well when updating android?

thx in advance,

canedha
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Not at present.

The partitions you mentioned are called LNX and SOS. Each one contains a kernel and specifies which partition to load the OS from. LNX is used when you boot normally, and SOS when you hold down POWER + VOL_DOWN.

OLiFE has an option for updating the Android image without touching the Ubuntu partition. (I would recommend you backup your data before using nvflash though, since if something goes wrong you lose everything.) This will flash APP with system.img and LNX/SOS (depending on which is the default) with boot.img. Recovery.img isn't needed, as it contains CWM. Because UBT is the last partition and doesn't change the names of any others, it won't cause any problems.

Alternatively, if you know what you're doing, you could install the new ROM from within Ubuntu by writing system.img to APP with dd, and boot.img with CWM. This is a bit trickier though, so you're probably best off using OLiFE..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
One more question .... update manager is popping up notifying me if I have updates is it safe to update?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
Yes. The updates cannot affect anything Transformer-specific about your configuration.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0x90:
Ubuntu on the transformer works great. The only thing iam missing is better X11 drivers. Whats the status on the proprietary tegra drivers for hardware acceleration?

Has anyone compiled a kernel which supports them ?

I currently dont have alot of spare time to tinker around with kernel-compiling. So if anyone already have a kernel that atleast support them that would save me alot of time.

// 0x90
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
There's the CrOS-derivative kernel which has experimental (and partially working) hardware acceleration, but it requires uboot. If you don't have time to tinker, I suggest you just wait until it's ready for us.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 0x90:
great. i will try uboot with the cros kernel :) i dont have time but i dont think it will take that much time when there is a kernel + bootloader i can start working from.

// 0x90
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
Thanks ... and it is recommended or even good to use this tool?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1365774
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canedha:
thx for all your help, i really love this forum :)

for putting ubuntu on my tf I used frankstools (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364095). when I now want to use oLife to update the android partition or want to use the option for putting cwm temporarily on the SOS partition to add some stuff to android, will this work?

or will there be problems because i didnt use olife in the first place for installing ubuntu?

another question:

if i start flashing around (and we all know that this is going to happen ^^) and there's some error (selfmade or by program, whatsoever ^^) as long as i get into apx mode, i can always rescue my system?

is there any way to totally brick your system? in other words, where do i have to be extra careful?

i ask because i had a LGOS for a couple of weeks and there was no way to totally brick the phone. i mean for a totally ****ed up system you had to send it to some guys to unbrick it for a couple of bucks. how is that with the transformer?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdnetto:
I haven't tried it, though I can guess how it works. You're free to use it, but if you have any problems with it you'll need to ask in that thread for help.

This will only work if both of them use the same .cfg files, otherwise the difference in the partition sizes will result in random data being overwritten.

As long as you can use nvflash, there is no way to brick the transformer. This is not necessarily the case for SBKv2 devices, which do not yet support nvflash. But if you have a SBKv2 device, you can't use Ubuntu anyway, so it's a moot point.