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[Other TouchPad Development] mr_bankai:
GUI?

has anyone managed to get Gnome or KDE working? If so, can you show me how? I keep getting fatal errors when I try "apt-get install kubuntu". I'm not anything close to an expert in linux and would appreciate any help!

I'd settle for knowing how to have lxde auto start with the terminal instead of having to type lxsession every time. =P thanks guys!
[Other TouchPad Development] kevina90:
Just do everything you did to get ubuntu chroot working but instead of installing ubuntu chroot in preware, install debian chroot. The version is squeeze. I haven't tried backports though.
[Other TouchPad Development] oscar8x:
Did you try Ubuntu with a USB Keyboard/Mouse (USB-Host)?
[Other TouchPad Development] mrmylanman:
This is pretty awesome. I'm going to move on to Arch Linux once their ARM port is working better on the Touchpad.

So far I got XFCE4 to work on the Touchpad, and the experience is extremely fluid for the most part. Geany works (a very light weight semi-IDE) for some quick programming and whatnot, and Chromium for full internet experience, should I need it. I am currently working on making some python and imagemagick scripts so it's nice to be able to continue that work and test it on the go, something I haven't been able to do prior to this.

I'm very impressed at how well this works on the Touchpad's hardware. Very impressive. Thanks for the writeup.
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
Thats on Ubuntu or Arch?
[Other TouchPad Development] mrmylanman:
Ubuntu. From what I read (real quickly) Xserver doesn't want to plug in to Arch ARM in the chroot environment yet (I could be wrong, I just looked quickly).

Got it running in Ubuntu though, and everything seems pretty snappy. Here's basically how I did it:

apt-get install libgtkstylus

apt-get install xfce4

Add this line to /root/.bashrc

alias startgui='export GTK_MODULE=libgtkstylus.so && startxfce4'

You'll need to restart xserver and ubuntu chroot then when you want to start XFCE, just type startgui into the terminal and it should start up without a hitch, and long pressing will serve as right-clicking. There's also an addon for chromium called chrome-touch or something like that which allows you to treat it as a touchscreen as far as scrolling goes.

I also changed the DPI setting in the Appearance app to 132 and adjusted the font size accordingly. Made fonts look more smooth and nice, since that's the actual DPI anyway.

Let me know if I can be of any help.
[Other TouchPad Development] fit333:
yay ..managed to f-up my lovely ubuntu 11.04 dual boot trying to install the partition...FML
[Other TouchPad Development] paperWastage:
i guess people hate reading

I created users and launched lxde from the users

useradd -d /home/<username> -m <username> -s /bin/bash

Then in /root/.bashrc, i added the below line to login as the user

su <username>

Then in /home/<username>/.bashrc, add the lxsession

lxsession &
[Other TouchPad Development] fit333:
--------------cant install partition--------

gawd i feel like such a noob.

giving up in 3-2-1 fukit.

i need a stiff drink to hold me over till android drops..grr
[Other TouchPad Development] marcs100:
E17 goodness

E17 is a good fit to use as a desktop environment, if you chose the illume or illume-home profiles these are both designed for mobile devices and tablets they have a soft keyboard included (which granted is not that great but it gets the job done).

I also use easystroke for gestures (mainly for right mouse click).

So far it is working well.
[Other TouchPad Development] mwfoshee:
Can I run Java on HP Touchpad running Ubuntu

GREAT Info!!!! Thanks to all! After about 3 days I managed to get ubuntu up on my hp Touchpad

If anyone can help,

Here is what I'd like to do (Install JRE I believe) in firefox,

I thought this would work from a terminal in ubuntu running on HP touchpad --> apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

The error(s) I get are many, but the jest of them is this "unable to locate package sun-java6-bin" I assume I now look like the noob I am. Trial and error got me this far.

on the desktop Ubuntu The plugin was called "IcedTea" It allowed me to access education20/20's teacher website and install other plugins.

Thanks

Think I found it ==> apt-get install openjdk-7-jre didn't work

openjdk-7-jre installed but didn't work. I found "Icedtea" in synaptic package manager but it won't install says "unresolved dependencies" Any Help?
[Other TouchPad Development] amarjyoti:
Totally +1 this. E17 is really nice on the touchpad :-)
[Other TouchPad Development] Ferrari353:
[Q] Partition Touchpad to run Linux?

In Preware, there are apps or something for Ubuntu and Debian, but they say you need to partition your hard drive with meta-doctor....I tried looking it up and didn't know what to do. I want to use Linux at least until I can get Android. Can anyone help me with this?
[Other TouchPad Development] yareally:
look under the developer's subforum at the stickied topic on running ubuntu.
[Other TouchPad Development] Nburnes:
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Application:MetaDoctor
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
[Q] How do I get Gnome working on my TP via Ubuntu chroot

I have installed gnome, gdm and ubuntu-desktop but I can't seem to get them to launch. I might not even be using the right commands.

How do I check that I have everything installed to run start the ubuntu desktop?
[Other TouchPad Development] yareally:
try typing startx on the commandline or gdm

one of those should launch your desktop.
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
When I try gdm I get the following error:

** (gdm-binary:24645): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

When I try startx I get the following error:

hostname: Temporary failure in name resolution
xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "KennethsHPTouchpad:0" in "add: command

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0"
after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
xauth (argv):1: bad display name "KennethsHPTouchPad:0" in "remove" command
[Other TouchPad Development] yareally:
Looks like something was not set up correctly then :(. Most likely in your xwin configuration file in regards to telling it what display and such to use.
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
Not sure about Ubuntu but in Arch Linux you need to install and run dbus first before you start gdm
[Other TouchPad Development] Ommie:
First.. do me a favour and type apt-get install lxde and install that, it should be very small.

Once that's done, type "lxsession" in the terminal and see if lxde boots. If not, there's clearly something wrong with your ubuntu install itself and you should consider deleting the extf3 partition and starting again.

If it works then, provided you installed ubuntu-desktop correctly, even if Gnome isn't working, you should see package manager somewhere among applications or something in the launcher, you can use that to install Gnome.
[Other TouchPad Development] ambivalent-one:
I'm not too familiar with Ubuntu on the TP. Try the command restart gdm or sudo restart gdm (don't know if sudo is needed with the TP chroot ubuntu setup...) if you get errors please copy them in your reply.
[Other TouchPad Development] amarjyoti:
Consider this script -

http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/295909-easy-autoconfiguration-ubuntu.html

I found it to be very useful... Automatically start lxde, correct dbus error, set time, add virtual keyboard with function keys and so on... :-)
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
Im telling you, this is a D-bus daemon issue.

If you dont have it installed, then install it. If you have it already installed then try updating it and after make sure to start it before you start gdm.
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
I ran apt-get install dbus and it says its the most currently version.

dbus-launch returns

DBUS_SESSIONS_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-mAu4Ldca7V,guid=c850b108fd60f92350323e90000008a

DBUS_SESSIONS_BUS_PID=3443

DBUS_SESSIONS_BUS_WINDOWS=4194305

If I run gmd afterwards I get the same error as before.

How do I start it?
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
Im not sure how its done in Ubuntu, i guess someone else might be able to help you.

maybe it isnt possible to run gdm in the chroot
[Other TouchPad Development] nidlaX:
dbus-launch gnome-session
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
This returns: Segmentation fault.
[Other TouchPad Development] kevina90:
i dunno about gnome but I have lxde and xfce running
[Other TouchPad Development] nidlaX:
apt-get update && apt-get -f install

Then try running dbus-launch gnome-session again.
[Other TouchPad Development] iNT0XiC8D:
To create the ext3 partion without using the doctor use the following code in NovaTerm or Xterm on the TP;

lvm.static lvresize -L -2G /dev/store/media
lvm.static lvcreate -L 2G -n ext3fs store
mkfs.ext3 /dev/store/ext3fs

Then proceed to Step 2 of this guide.
[Other TouchPad Development] apopberz:
I haven't finished just yet I'm wondering if I need to do this step or not

"Copy the prefsDB.sl file off of your phone from the var/preferences/com.palm.wifi/ and into the "config" directory that you just created. "

(this is during the build section of the meta-doctor stuff)

If I skip it will I not have wifi within Ubuntu?

I don't have the TP in front of me right now so I just did a build without that file and the 'make' worked fine, but I might re-make it with the file just in case.

Also is it worth setting the VAR size to 2gb in the makefile?

and Does running metadoctor destroy all the personal settings in webOS when you run it?
[Other TouchPad Development] raz123:
To those that have Chrome running under Ubuntu, how does it compare to the WebOS browser in terms of performance?

Can it do hi-def flash, for instance?

What about calls through Google Talk?

Details!! :D
[Other TouchPad Development] ericerk:
May I ask For a bug list :D??
[Other TouchPad Development] apopberz:
And you've done this without incident? Others have said this will cause your entire storage partition to corrupt on reboot, or worse when the TP comes within 2gb of reaching it's storage capacity!
[Other TouchPad Development] shane369:
Somewhat off topic but has anyone tried to compile XBMC and run it on the touchpad?
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
Is there a driver available that can be used on the touchpad that supports glx extentions?

Does flash crash a lot for everyone else? (chromium)
[Other TouchPad Development] techpreneur:
This guide worked for me. http://leo.gaggl.com/2011/08/ubuntu-extending-the-hp-touchpad/
[Other TouchPad Development] iNT0XiC8D:
I have, and both Touchdriod 2.3.5 and Ubuntu are running nicely. One thing is to make sure you install Ubuntu after creating the ext2fs partition. If you already installed it you'll need to uninstall first.
[Other TouchPad Development] iWannaBeAdored:
I fail when creating a Ubuntu partition. Once I enter the final "mount -a" in the instructions, I get:

mount: mounting /dev/mapper/store-ext3fs on /media/ext3fs failed: No such file or directory

I checked on my TouchPad and /media/ext3fs DOES exist :(

Any help?
[Other TouchPad Development] masterosok:
Did you do the meta-doctor method or the resize method?
[Other TouchPad Development] iWannaBeAdored:
The meta-doctor method
[Other TouchPad Development] Plancy:
I get prompted for a password when I try to gain root access, how do I set a password? trying to run a script at at boot, in /home/webos but it asks for password for webos.

And where are the darn arrows keys on the standard webos keyboard. :(

thanks
[Other TouchPad Development] agentdr8:
For arrow keys, you'd have to map them to unused keys on the onscreen keyboard with xmodmap, much like you do for right-click. Xev is your friend for finding keycode values.
[Other TouchPad Development] kicker22004:
For those who don't know yet...you can shut off the onscreen keyboard by opening (tweaks) in the preware apps and shuting it off...not sure if everyone knows this...Can this please be added to the OP.

Thanks Guys
[Other TouchPad Development] Plancy:
completely new to linux. what is the key name for Escape, and Control?. I bought the breed case+keyboard for ipad but the keyboard's Escape. Control and Alt key do not function, xev registers control and alt, but the escape key nothing. so i will find a useless key to use as escape. Thanks
[Other TouchPad Development] HumptyBogart:
I'm note sure if anyone else has done/posted this yet or not...

There is a version of enlightenment desktop for phones/tablets. If you install Synaptic package manager by running:

apt-get install software-center (you get ubuntu software center too but it crashes).

you can use Synaptic to install Enlightenment. Start it by running:

enlightenment_start

You will go through a wizard to start and the first two options are for tablets/phones. It's a blt easier to navigate since there are softkeys for back, close, keyboard, and home.

I'm sure there's an apt package you can install from the command line but this is just how I stumbled into it.
[Other TouchPad Development] iNT0XiC8D:
'apt-get install e17' for the latest enlightenment.

Illume-Home profile seems to work best for me.
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
Can someone help me get ArchLinuxChroot listed in Executah?
[Other TouchPad Development] Rennat:
hey I have ported my tutorial over to the WebOS Internals wiki and it has been updated to work correctly. My older tutorial copied here is out of date. I would appreciate it if you would replace it with a link with the WebOS Internals Wiki page. (google "webOS internals Ubuntu chroot")
[Other TouchPad Development] hardik1us:
How to install E17

I have used http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/295909-easy-autoconfiguration-ubuntu.html link and setup ubuntu on touchpad and everything working fine.

Now I want to install E17, can someone help me with this please?

Do I have to remove lxde auto start and other stuff to install E17?

I tried to run apt-get install e17 command from lxde terminal window as root but gives me some errors.
[Other TouchPad Development] cc-max:
@hardik1us: to help you, we need the errors ;)
[Other TouchPad Development] Adonis K.:
I just installed XFCE4 in Ubuntu and suddenly the keyboard disappeared and left a black background from all the Chroots installed (ArchLinux & Ubuntu). Is there a way to make it appear again?
[Other TouchPad Development] tikilou:
Hello, i have installed LXDE with ubuntu on my touchpad, do you know a method for use bluez and blueman manager on a chroot? I use a keyboard bluetooth, and i want to use a mouse (he no pair with webOs), it's "Microsoft Notebook Mouse 5000"
[Other TouchPad Development] elgo:
changing default window manager/running Jack & ALSA

hey everyone. I am enjoying Ubuntu Chroot on my t-pad (or touch-p as I like to call it.)

I used the autoconfigure script to set it up with xfce but now I have installed Enlightenment (e17) and wish to change my default window manager to e17.

Problem is, I can't figure out where the xinit or similar file is located. I looked in my home directory, checked the autoconfigure script to try to find the file reference, etc. And I can't for the life of me figure out how to switch my default window manager to Enlightenment e17 so that it auto boots instead of xfce.

Does anyone know how?

Also, I've been trying to get JACK (audio framework) and ALSA (midi framework) working so that I can run sequencers and audio programs like Ardour, Traverse, Regarded, etc. I know that webOS uses Pulseaudio but I can never get QJackCTL, ALSA, or any audio framework to start in Ubuntu. They always error out and I can't get any pro audio apps to start.

Thanks in advance for any help.

- Elgo
[Other TouchPad Development] Ch3fkoch:
ARRGGHH

Did somebody experience the problem, that XServer won't show up in Xecutah?

tried different orders for installing these, with restarting and so on.

no way.

Or ist it adequate to start Xecutah, then start Xserver from the Launcher

... ...?

so far everything worked, then, being so near to ubuntu on the touchpad.... This -,-

Google searches couldn't provide any help on this *gnahrr*

Hope somebody knows how to fix this issue =/
[Other TouchPad Development] dodgejcr:
I have been working with crimsonredmk on this for a while now. It is in the works. As you can see, I have already made a package for it HERE. We are trying to get the package in Preware officially but until then, it is ready to be used with Xecutah. All you have to do is add one line to the file I listed in the link above. Cheers :D

I know varemenos is already aware of it, but this is for anyone else that is curious.
[Other TouchPad Development] decalex:
Anyone know a good resource for lxde shortcuts, with the HP bluetooth keyboard, specifically? I've checked the main ubuntu touchpad threads on precentral and xda etc, and haven't found much. 'm mostly looking for ways to use "Alt" and would love to be able to use the function keys (HP bluetooth keyboard has neither..). All of the other shortcuts in chromium work awesome. i feel like I have a brand new device now.

If no resource, does anyone know the location of the shortcuts preferences file in lxde?
[Other TouchPad Development] adecker89:
I'm having the same problems. I read something about them changing Xecutah recently so that xterm starts xserver automatically, but now I can't get chroot to work right. Haven't found any solutions yet, and it's proving to be quite annoying.

EDIT: got it working by uninstalling chroot, xecutah, xterm, xserver, and reinstalling. I'm not sure what went wrong before, my best guess is that you need to install xecutah first and then chroot after.
[Other TouchPad Development] Ch3fkoch:
nice and easy auto config for a fresh chroot =)

I'm so sorry, could've posted the knowledge I've gained with the time ^^

XServer seems to be started automaticly everytime chroot is started.

A hint for this can be seen in the update changelogs for chroot for example.

Now if somebody like admins or the thread owner are reading this...

the following link should definetly be at the end of the first post:

http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/295909-easy-autoconfiguration-ubuntu.html

This is so brilliant!

Big Thanx to zane9000 over at Precentral
[Other TouchPad Development] Xyzodiac:
Desktop eviroments you mean? Lol, I'm pretty sure you could compile a standalone WM if you wanted lik Fluxbox, Openbox and maybe even a tiler so this isn't the limit.
[Other TouchPad Development] HellSassa69:
I dont understand the Step 1-A: Creating a WebOS Doctor fully!

Do I have to connect my touchpad to my computer via USB when I am following all the steps which are stated at:

or dont I have to connect my touchpad and if not what is the whole thing wiorth for when the files are on my computer and not on my touchpad?

webos-internals doesnt say anything like "connect your touchpad" thats why I am asking
[Other TouchPad Development] wmlcloud:
Thanks, is this procedure also valid for Oneiric Ocelot?
[Other TouchPad Development] maxawesome:
The link to the test feeds is no longer valid:

http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/armv7

OP mind updating with new steps?
[Other TouchPad Development] walidbang:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbp3zv8RRH8
[Other TouchPad Development] Segnale007:
I been wondering for a while, is it possible to use the same ubuntu chroot image but start the vnc server from within android?
[Other TouchPad Development] jcsullins:
http://testing.preware.org/
[Other TouchPad Development] jacobas92:
I thought I might post this in case someone else ran into this problem.

XFCE4 by default has super-p bound to a menu that doesn't work, therefore rendering lowercase p useless. This can be fixed by removing the super-p shortcut in Applications>Settings>Keyboard
[Other TouchPad Development] edounn:
adobe flash

hey, can any shed some light on how to install flash on arm? I've tried everything, no help with google, that I could find. Thanks!
[Other TouchPad Development] itsDefying:
Works fine for me.
[Other TouchPad Development] ebogart:
I think I am going to give up I can not get makefile to save after I edit it and the harddrive to partion.

this is for the makefile:

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

make DEVICE=touchpad CARRIER=wifi all will not work just and error.

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ed/meta-doctor'

mkdir -p downloads

Please download the correct version of the webOS Doctor .jar file

and then rename and move it to downloads/webosdoctorp305hstnhwifi-3.0.5.jar (i.e. the downloads directory that was just created under the current directory).

make[1]: *** [downloads/webosdoctorp305hstnhwifi-3.0.5.jar] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ed/meta-doctor'

make: *** [all] Error 2

it will not let me move the 3.0.5 file to the downloads part of meta doctor. I think that is what it is asking me to do. I contacted the army of monkeys but no reply.

Thanks
[Other TouchPad Development] metal1f3:
To those that were wanting me to write a more user friendly tutorial for installing Ubuntu. I've hit a rather significant snag. I use Ubuntu on all of my machines, and i assume that most of you are using windows. My wife does have a laptop with windows on it. Unfortunately I think the heat sink went out in it yesterday, and the laptop will only stay booted for about 5 minutes before shutting down. I did manage to install Ubuntu on her touchpad using her laptop last week, just to run through the process before I wrote a tutorial. I dont want to hijack this thread, but I will give a couple of pointers from memory. I was unsuccessful running the commands through novaterm, but had no problem running the commands from the touchpad itself. Just google webosquickinstall. Install it on your pc. Use it to install xecutah on your touchpad (in webos). You can then use the app to get a command line on your touchpad and run the commands from there. If anyone has any questions just pm me and I'll give you my email. I will be glad to help. Good luck!
[Other TouchPad Development] azazeldead:
you most format your partition... try with mkfs.ext3 "your partition location" in novaterm

---------- Post added at 06:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

you most format your partition try.... mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/store-ext3fs in novaterm
[Other TouchPad Development] PieGuyX9:
Minecraft server on UbuntuChroot

Thanks for this awesome tutorial. I proceeded to install the Java JRE on my touchpad (after installing LXDE) to play around with Minecraft. I also set up a Minecraft server and port forwarded my router, having done this in the past. Of course I can't connect to the server on my PC using my internal IP when the server is running, can someone tell me if this should work/ I'm doing something wrong? Sorry if this is in the wrong section! Thanks in advance!
[Other TouchPad Development] Lister Of Smeg:
Hi Guys,

How do you fix the broken graphics driver on Ubuntu 12.10? As it appears to display in like 8bit / 16bit, with lots of interference (dots/wavey display).

Also, where do you get the RootFS 12.04 file from?

Lastly, how do you enable WiFi ? As it can see my router, but when I try to join it, it says I do not have the right permissions, even though my account is an Admin account...

Thanks, Lister
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raven75:
one noob question, sorry if someone have ask before. I'm currently with lite'ning v5.0 KG6, can I flash this kernel T27 with v5.0 KG6? My battery life drain like hell, would it be better with this kernel T27? Or T26 better? Anyone comment?Thx..:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dexterdave:
I have the same problem before on litening kg6 what i did is drain all the juice of my battery and charge it again and wipe battry stats on cwm..hope it helps.