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[Android Software Development] DarkhShadow:
I submitted 2 because it works on both my current kernel(ignore my outdated sig) and stock

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
cool by all means submit more than one if you know it works on other firmwares etc
[Android Software Development] mscion:
Glad to hear you have aquired a Note. It is a pleasure to use. My question was actually concerned with phones that have a hwkb like a Droid 4. For example, I have a n900 that I run debian linux on. The N900 has a 3.5 inch screen. But if you combine the area of the screen and the area of the keyboard on the N900, it is effectively the same as a 4.5 inch phone using a vkb. As I do alot of typing this is a real plus for me. The Droid 4 has a 4 inch screen, better processor and more ram than N900 so might like to try ubuntu or debian on it. But if you look at the keyboard on the Droid 4, for example, it doesn't have a Ctrl key which is quite useful when using linux so I was wondering if ppl had put ubuntu or other flavor of linux on Droid 4 (or some other comparable slider) and played with the key definitions so they have, for example, Ctrl key.

Thanks!
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Ok here are the test images for Archlinux and openSUSE.

These are only core images so no GUI or anything, and they are ALPHA so likely very bugy, but if you want to help and and try and fix the bugs and speed up the release of stable images please download and help solve bugs :)

THESE ARE NOT FOR NORMAL USERS

Archlinux ALPHA Core

[SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT FILE]

openSUSE ALPHA Core

[SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT FILE]

Once these images are stable enough to be BETA I will create the three standard sizes images, and these will then be included in the app for donation users, once they are stabler they will be released to all

Fedora will be posted soon!
[Android Software Development] basily:
Any update on this issue yet?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Looking into it, sorry needed to get the new images sorted, and in the process of sorting out moving to all up in the air a bit but yes will look into it!
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Ok heres the Fedora image :)

Like the others this is a ALPHA and only the core image

[SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT FILE]
[Android Software Development] Vocalshock:
Ok, I am trying to install ubuntu on Nexus 7. I am running stock rooted of course. I am running the complete linux installer. I start linux for ubuntu and it runs commands in terminal. New 'x' desktop is localhost:0 If connection from a different machine on the same network as the android device use the address below: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found Last command line is root@localhost:/# So I was informed to use PocketCloud. If there is not an error from above maybe I am confused as to what to put into PocketCloud. Do I add conncetion and choose VNC? then do I select os as windows? What would be nickname and host address. I am sure the pw is the one i set during the install so I got that. Can someone please advise? Thanks :)
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
As writen in the last page of the install guide (after the page about porting) the info you need to connect is:

IP: localhost

port:5900

Password: ubuntu

The password you set it your password for your user account not the password for vnc.
[Android Software Development] Vocalshock:
As writen in the last page of the install guide (after the page about porting) the info you need to connect is:

IP: localhost

port:5900

Password: ubuntu

The password you set it your password for your user account not the password for vnc.

thanks worked
[Android Software Development] mrgq1111:
not sure what to do from here or whats going on
[Android Software Development] japzone:
You need to be rooted in order to boot Linux.
[Android Software Development] AlanB412:
Tangentially related question:

Would I be able to use this to perform ADB-over-Wifi/Fastboot commands on other devices(such as my Nexus 7)? If so this could be the best on the go rooting solution of all time!
[Android Software Development] Vocalshock:
I got Ubuntu Small running on Nexus 7. Firefox crashes and chrome will only display a white page. Any Suggestions? Also try to run large ubuntu and screen flashes and icons will not show up. I guess it must not work on Nexus 7 or could it just be user error? Thanks :)
[Android Software Development] mrgq1111:
I am rooted.
[Android Software Development] barryflanagan:
Your problem seems to be with your busybox - the error is that "cut" is not found. cut is provided by busybox.

However, I am not sure what the status of busybox is with the recent installers. I think I read that a version is provided. You could try installing a busybox from the market (I use Busybox Free) and see if that helps.

Hope this helps.
[Android Software Development] mrgq1111:
that did work thank you. Also, should the screen be discolored when it starts up? or is it because im using only 800x480 res when my phone has 720p res. i'm also selecting 24-bit color
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Im looking at other methods of payment for donations/buying donation keys, are there any other methods other than paypal that people would like me to support/use.

I currently do use bitcoins so could offer this as a payment method, but would anyone what/use it? and if not what about other methods?
[Android Software Development] japzone:
How about the SlideMe Market for people that don't have access to the Google Play Store?
[Android Software Development] anonymusneo:
i found this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=758755

for aircrack on android , maybe someway it might be helpful to get aircrack working with linux on android? :)

---------- Post added at 10:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:17 AM ----------

and this too

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562138
[Android Software Development] scitobor:
XMing and VLC/X11 integration on GN

Just saw this, and installed Ubuntu! Amazing!

I have a galaxy note - and just realised it has performance comparable to my notebook (Sony Vaio G1 - 2GB RAM 1.3 GHz Core solo) (Galaxy Note - 1GB RAM Dual core 1.2GHz)

Works easy under VNC. I connected up XMing and that worked first time. I think XMing is much more impressive to see, no display size limitation and you can have multiple windows interspersed with regular MS windows, the same under X in linux.

I've been trying to get VLC working. It installs to the GN ok, but won't work. It seems to me it should be possible to pipe video and music off the phone using X11 at least under linux, though XMing might not be up to that. I'm not expecting it to play on the GN, I know graphics support isn't there yet. I want VLC to work as a media server in conjunction with X11.

Has anyone tried getting VLC working as a server in linux on the phone?

The VLC direct app allows me to play movies off the phone on the PC monitor, so the GN is certainly up to that.
[Android Software Development] catawalks:
Woohoo! I had a different linux installer on my G1, it ran but was slow as all hell. Just tried this out on my Droid X2 and Ubuntu 10 works fine. Seems like some of the applications are missing from /usr/bin but I am on the desktop! I tried with Ubuntu 12 and that just got stuck on the grey screen like so many Atrix users. I'll try moving it over to my internal memory instead of having it run off my SD card and I'll edit with results.

Thanks for making this, so easy to use!

Update: Still working from my emmc. Still have the problem where leafpad and update manager aren't found, but I'll work on it more when I get home.

EDIT: I also forgot to mention that I am trying the small versions on MIUI4DX2 Beta1 which I believe is based off GB.
[Android Software Development] Martin155:
drag and drop

do you know, if it´s possible to do "drag and drop" on linux (for example to move with folders)?

thanks
[Android Software Development] ultra99:
I have a problem with "Loop devices MISSING", is that common?
[Android Software Development] japzone:
It depends on the file manager your distro has installed but most do.

It means it can't find your IMG file. Try checking the location of your disk image and make sure that the app has the correct location entered.

Launch-->Select Image--> Menu button--> Edit
[Android Software Development] Trickster03:
Still having resoultion issues here...I've uninstalled everything and re-installed...Still same problems... =/ I'm just screwed? What I've noticed though. It fits perfectly on the TOP. Like the menu buttons and logout buttons etc. But then I'm still able to move over to the right and back..when there is NOTHING but more screen to the right...I don't get it..Same thing with going down.....:crying:
[Android Software Development] japzone:
Have you tried the PocketCloud app? I had issues with the default app but PocketCloud worked much better and without issue.
[Android Software Development] Trickster03:
Yes I have..Still same issue.. =/
[Android Software Development] japzone:
What resolution did you set the VNC for and what device are you using? Also please post some Screenshots so that we can actually see what your having issues with.
[Android Software Development] Prometeo88:
I can´t find the problem? any idea? it get stock there.... look at the picture in the attachment!

my devices is acer iconia a500 with ics thor v170... please help!
[Android Software Development] DrLeoB:
Finally got a chance to try this ... Success!

Got Debian Large image running last nite on my International n7000 w/Android 4.0.4 & Criskelo ICS ver. 9.1 and Speedmod kernel k3-9.

Just followed the instructions, eventually....;)

No real issues that were not operator error and the machine runs ok, just a little laggy with the mouse. Still not comfortable with that part of the setup so will play around some more and maybe try some of the smaller cores.
[Android Software Development] DrLeoB:
Ubuntu - Large, too...

Just got Ubuntu large running under the Criskelo/SpeedMod combo also. Runs with less lag than the Debian install, almost usable...

Downloading the medium size Ubuntu now to try to refine my input method ... Very Cool!
[Android Software Development] DrLeoB:
Ubuntu w/LXDE Works - Not very Laggy, Usable!

Got the smaller version of Ubuntu running w/LXDE. Everything that is there seems to run pretty quickly, tho still with a slight but acceptable lag. This UI is usable but needs to have some stuff added to really test out. I'm struggling a little as the resolution I used was 1280x768 and things are pretty small and I'm unfamiliar with this UI and where the display settings are hiding.... will keep plugging at it.

All in All, Nice work DEV!!!! I've made a $$donation$$.
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
Apparently this is single core only? IS there any way to enable multicore?
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
Hi all. I uploaded a video demo of how extremely smooth, imo, ubuntu 12.04 full is running on my galaxy s2. I opened libre office, firefox and gimp.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSId7rzybCk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks for this bootscript!

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GT-i9100 ICS 4.0.3 CF-Root
[Android Software Development] japzone:
I was curious about this as well. If the Linux install could take advantage of my Nexus 7's Quad-core processor it would improve performance greatly. If I could reserve a Core specifically for Linux would be acceptable as well. That is what I do with my VM on my PC.
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
I wish my device was that smooth! Takes a while to open even Chromium :confused:
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Looks fine to me everythings running ok, Im guessing your not typing exit before trying to connect to vnc just doing it to show the shut down errors?

At the moment it is only using the one core, I am not completely sure how i will go about making it support multi core but it is something i am working on.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
I would also just like to say that I am now taking bitcoin donations, any amounts are welcome, but if you donate over 0.5BTC I will send you a donation key (As long as you email confirming that you sent the donation) and over 2BTC will get you on the donation list!

My bitcoin wallet id is 13XxX4R2UFSkyCRyPMDXV1fT6VqzFi9d9T
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
Don't know about you guys but if i go to System Monitor -> Resources in Ubuntu i see two cores with different loads. Is that fake?

I do get an error "System program problem detected Do you want to report this now" message at startup. I guess it has to do with it trying to initialize or install a bunch of drivers and it fails. Like the printer icon shortly appears in system tray then it goes away again.

But before anything it needs full GPU power!

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GT-i9100 ICS 4.0.3 CF-Root
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
The Unity version is SUPER laggy on my Samsung Galaxy S3, LXDE is much better and much more stable. Unity gives me System Program errors and takes forever to do almost anything. Unlike the guy with the Galaxy S2 video who has Firefox opening pretty quickly.. doing that on mine kills the system.

Also, I hope you don't mind but I threw together a quick Galaxy S3 guide and posted it in the section here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1808875

I'd be lucky to even get to that page within 5 minutes of waiting!
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Fine by me with the guide, apart from the that fact you got the project name the wrong way round (you have androidonlinux instead of linuxonandroid) and I will look into the whole multi core stuff more to work out if it is or isnt working..the big issue is giving enough ram to Ubuntu to use without android getting pissed and killing stuff (which is what causes firefox to crash etc)
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
Bugger! How could I get the name wrong?! Fixed anyways.

And yeah. Comparing the guy's video to mine, though, something is seriosuly awry with the SGS3. There ought to be enough RAM free as there's usually at least 100mb free (Android kicks in and starts freeing stuff up at about 44mb?). It's similar with LXDE, Chromium takes a long time to load and operate, but it is much better than the Unity one so far

I only thought about the MC support as well when I ran conky and it said I was trying to use too many CPU's. It'd only run with monitoring 1 CPU.
[Android Software Development] geomad:
i booted ubuntu 12.04 ( downloaded from ubuntu stite ) for the one x. it is extreamly laggy, the icons to the left dont appear, and firefox force closes as soon as i open it. system also givs me error at startup. does anyone is experiencing similar issues?
[Android Software Development] fonseca898:
Ubuntu with LXDE shell is very usable on my GS2, XFCE is almost as fast. I've gotten a decent amount of use out of this on my phone, looking forward to installing on my Nexus 7 soon. Thanks for the continued work.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The app needs Bootreceiver so that it the 'start linux on boot' option will work but of cause if you dont use this option then theres no need to let it use it ;)

Drivers are a big issue as yes ubuntu has to use the android kernel which does make it different from device to device (As some are missing modules for normally supported things ithin ubuntu) but once we have a good working native graphics we can start to play with this kind of stuff yes
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
There are Mali 2-- and 400 drivers available for Linux and Android kernels. I just don't have a clue how to start compiling them.

EDIT:

also disabling some startup services did indeed speed things up for me. But, I do have to clear all memory, then lock the phone. Otherwise if SystemUI redraws it chews memory again. Much faster, though, can use Firefox and Chromium now.
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Hi. I found your app and this thread yesterday. WOW. I downloaded the app (and bought a donation version to support you right away). I have a Galaxy Nexus and a Motorola Xoom. I REALLY want to run this on the Xoom since it has the larger screen. I tried the Ubunto small and while it works I really want the apps that are in the Ubuntu Full distribution. My unix/linux skills are really rusty (that's why I'm excited for this project).

I also tried the Debian Large but could not get the desktop to render properly (it was stuck on "Starting desktop"). My preference is to use Ubuntu, but If I can get Debian Large working that would be OK for now.

I know that Unity does not work with the Tegra chip. Would you consider creating a new distribution that has all of Ubunto Full but without Unity (i.e. use LXDE desktop)?

Note: I also saw an earlier post when you mentioned that removing Unity should also work.If this is easy from the terminal session would you provide the steps (exact commands) necessary.

Thanks for your work on this. I

As a side note would you add a FAQ on your website describing how mounts work.
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
Error: this script requires root

Hello

I'm trying out the full Ubuntu but I've run into problems.

I'm getting this:

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ cd /sdcard/ubuntu

$su

# uxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img cut:not found

Error: this script requires rootI Type: su

I'm using a stock rooted Atrix running gingerbread and the ubuntu12.04 v4 Full. I downloaded the app last night so its up to date.

Just after I get the error in the terminal window the superuser tells me its been granted superuser permission. Im wondering if superuser isn't getting there fast enough?

thanks for any help

Jonnym
[Android Software Development] :
I got that same error until I downloaded a busybox app and installed the latest version. Once I did that all errors went away and it worked finally.
[Android Software Development] MemoryController:
This is better for your Xoom

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138661

No vnc and the like required

Sent from my GT-I9100 running CM10
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
I have just downloaded buzybox just before posting and it was no help :(
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1808875

Check there. I had the exact same problem. Either replace the bootscript or make the edits ;)
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
OK I will try it, thanks for the link!
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
No probs!

If you don't have the Galaxy S3, you might want to just make the root edit part (the first one) Or if your external SD card is mounted as extSdCard you can just download the bootscript.sh I provided.
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Thanks for the link. While that looks interesting, I prefer the mechanism used here -- I still retain native Android functionality (without nandriod back and forth). I may try that when I have some time, but I'd like to get linux-on-android working first.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Hey guys sorry not been about much been housing sitting for a friend, however i am more active on the IRC channel so hit it up if you need support quicker ;)

We have been looking at drivers to try and fix the issues with tegra chips but as ubuntu is sharing the kernel it dosnt work so well, but all should be alot better once we can sort a safe and stable native graphics set up, been working on a few ways, one is unstable but has touch screen the other more stable but far more hacky (involves forcing ubuntu to take over the graphics by killing androids graphics) which works but has no touchscreen support. But im getting there ;)

You can easily install extra programs into the small image that has LXDE, its best to use apt-get to do this via the command line, what programs are you looking for?

Unity support was given because everyone wanted it when I released my first 12.04 image, however I think now people have had a chance to use it they release just how much it slows down the system (that and the whole tegra problem) so prehaps with my 12.10 image i will drop support again.

So the question is do you want to remove unity or use the small image and install more software?
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Yes I agree that while Unity is very pretty is has the potential to slow down the system too much. As I mentioned I would like to see a standard Full distribution that does not include Unity. I know it would be a bit more work for you, but to satisfy everyone perhaps you could have two Full versions (one with Unity and then without).

The full image has more programs already and more free space; so removing unity (if it's removed and not disabled) would provide even more free space. While using the small version and adding to it would reduce it's available space.

I would prefer to start with the Full and REMOVE Unity. I would be fine with either LXDE or XFCE.
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
I've followed the steps I'm getting a different error now. the last bit says:

#uxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubumtu/ubuntu.img

dirname:not found

[[:not found

validating image checksum...

it then just stays like that.

any ideas?

thanks again for the help

Jonnym
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
TO remove unity this should do it

sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-music unity-lens-applications unity-greeter unity-common unity-asset-pool unity-2d-launcher unity-2d libunity-misc4 libunity-2d-private0 gir1.2-unity-4.0

You might need to clean more packages up if you want it completely gone.

You can then use

apt-get install lxde

To isntall lxde, a quick reboot and lxde 'should' but what you now see

How long do you leave it for? it can take up to 20 minutes to validate the large image
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
OK I will try again but I did leave it for quite a while. One thing I have noticed is when I plug in to my PC via USB cable I can no longer see my internal SD card, only the external one, is this due to the ow open up DirectoryBind app?

When I removed DirectoryBind app and changed the bootscript back it worked again.

Thanks again

Jonnym
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
Sorry me again

It didn't work again.

I found that I couldn't get the open up DirectoryBind icon to go green, it remained red. I'm guessing because in the link to the external sd car was extsdcard on my Atrix its called sdcard-ext. I changed the source from /mnt/extSdCard/ to /mnt/sdcard-ext/ and got a green light. Then I changed the bootscript to read if:

[ -d /sdcard/sdcard-ext ]; then

$bbox mount -o bind /sdcard/sdcard-ext $mnt/external_sd

This din't work either. Im getting the following:

uxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

:not fount

:not found

Error: /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

exit: Illegal number: 1

Any clues out there...Im getting very lost

thanks again for the help

Jonnym
[Android Software Development] MattBooth:
My guide was for the Galaxy S3, I dunno which device you're on but it looks to be different.

Two things with the MD5, if you use Teracopy on your PC (it's free, better than the Windows file transfer daemon) you can use that to check the image file and by-pass having to use it on your phone. Simply check the image using teracopy (or something for checking md5's) and don't copy it.

It sounds to me like you just need to remove the part that checks for root and not bother with the directorybind stuff (for now, at least) and see if you can get it working from there!
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
After extracting the file on my computer I had no problems

.215 radio - SimplexROM - Daily Driver - XT912 - tethered
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Extracting would not work on my razr. I downloaded on my phone but I had to put it on the computer extract it and then put it back

.215 radio - SimplexROM - Daily Driver - XT912 - tethered
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
Same I extracted on my PC and transfered it.

jonnym
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Unfortunately that did not work. After exit and restart (can't execute reboot command) all I get is a blank grey screen with an x. Any other suggestions?