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[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
But everything uninstalled and installed ok? the grey screen is due to no desktop environment starting so its likely vncs xstartup file will need to be edited if everything installed ok
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
|[B]VIDEO| Ubuntu 12.04. FULL incl. Unity on Galaxy Tab 2[/B]

Hi all,

i uploaded another demo video of how smooth Unity runs on Galaxy Tab 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id8FttXyLfo

You will see:

1. OS Monitor (Android) after fresh restart

2. Booting Ubuntu

3. Connecting through VNC

4. System Monitor

5. "System Program Problem Detected"

6. Firefox

7. XDA Forum

7. Youtube!

8. LibreOffice

9. Gimp

10. "exit" ubuntu

11. Dolphine (Android) V8 Benchmark

Make sure to read my post on page 83 of this thread. There you'll find a link to a demo video of Unity on Galaxy S2, which runs a lot faster, and also some tips to make yours run just as fast.

Good Luck.
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
I got it working. After alot of playing it turned out that buzybox wasnt installed properly...my error. Once loaded it loaded to the grey screen alot of people are getting. I tried the fix opening a second vnc but it was also grey.

But Ubuntu 10 small worked, with the two vnc app trick! Looks great.

My next question is, I have a work and play kit, basically a dock for a monitor with keyboard and mouse, how can I get linuxonandroid to play on that without launching the webtop?

Thanks for all the help so far!

Jonnym
[Android Software Development] Jonnym:
Also when do we get this?

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

No time soon im guessing :(
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Yes. Every thing installed.

Reading thru past posts I noticed a recommendation to

echo 'lxsession' > /home/Ubuntu/.Xsession.

I tried that and got the desktop but it kept hanging up. So for now I'm using the small distro. I installed LibreOffice and that seems to work remarkably well.
[Android Software Development] cryporchild:
The only indication I could find was on Canonical's website:

"It’s the must-have feature for late-2012 high-end Android phones."

Hopefully by the end of the year then!

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Does anyone know what the root password is for the Debian images?

Sudo isn't installed on them (which is good), but I have no way of changing it like people here have suggested for the Ubuntu images.

Thanks!
[Android Software Development] japzone:
From my experience it asks you in the Terminal at first boot what password you want.
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Run or install a terminal app and make sure that you have root.

Clearing the catch and the dalvik catch will not hurt either

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[Android Software Development] HunnyBearLewis:
I've been searching and could find no solution, perhaps someone has some input.

After some initial trouble with the vnc viewer I finally got to the Ubuntu desktop but the icons on the left bar are invisible but turn blank grey with mouse hovering over. Any clues why this might be happening or if it's a known bug with Ubuntu 12? This is on my A500, btw.

Thanks in advance if anyone knows what is up.
[Android Software Development] FranceIsBacon:
This is a known issue with devices that have the Tegra chipset.
[Android Software Development] mishamosher:
Can LXDE be changed to GNOME in the small package of ubuntu v6? How?

Also, every time that I fire up any app that has a GUI from terminal, there appears the message "Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0".". I've tried reinstalling the GTK2+ engines, xorg libraries, and some tweaks on the xorg.conf file playing with the Xinerama function, also THIS. It's kinda annoying because some apps like Synaptic doesn't open by the right way, I always have to "sudo synaptic" from term to have it open. Any ideas?

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Sorry, Ubuntu V4 Small package, not V6 (got confused with the script version :cyclops:)
[Android Software Development] cryporchild:
Thanks, but I still can't seem to switch to root in a terminal in the VNC session (using the password I entered at first boot).

Turns out it isn't a problem though - the script to set up the X server, ssh server etc. leaves you at a root prompt, so I can do what I want as root at that prompt.
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
You have to enable the root account first.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=set+root+password+linux

I guess this should work:

Sudo passwd root

Use root at your own risk, read for example:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

EDIT:

Hups I'M SORRY you said sudo isn't available for you *shame*
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Although I have the small Ubuntu running fine on my xoom, I would still like to see a Ubuntu large distro with lxde.

Also, my xoom is running team EOS jelly bean. The mount point have been changed in jelly bean. The start script tries to mount external_SD which does not exist -- /storage/sdcard1 is the external SD card and /storage/sdcard0 is the internal card. It would be nice to have startup scripts that recognized that jelly bean is different.

Question - How can I tell how much space is left in the image? The 'df ' command does not work.
[Android Software Development] mishamosher:
Then, you can from the terminal on your phone (the one that opens at the *nix boot-up) put these two:

passwd root

passwd 'your-current-user-account-here'

After you put every passwd line to be executed, there will be a promt to put the new password (without asking the previous one!). Then, the su and sudo elevations on VNC will work with the passwords you've declared.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
As said above, just increase the size of the small image, people wanted unity and thats what people got at least until 12.10 at which point I will be dropping unity support again (either way I cant please everyone).

You can set your own mounts using the mounts editor if you have bought a donation key, I cant support every possible mount point myself mainly because I dont know every mount point as so many different devices and ROMs use different points. If you do not have a donation key then you can always manually edit the boot script (found /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files) to change it to your mount point
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
I have the donation key version, but using "mounts" isn't clear to me. Is there a FAQ on its use -- I couldn't find anything.

I am going to install Ubuntu in a VirtualBox on my Windows computer and try to increase the image size. I assume that the resulting image will not match the md5 of the supplied image. Do we just copy the resulting image to the sdcard without an md5 or do we need to generate a new one. The FAQ doesn't really discuss what to do with the resulting img after the resize.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Good point i will write up a FAQ on it tomorrow. You will not need a md5 file just copy tge image over to your sdcard
[Android Software Development] joesnose:
Hello I love this app, make linux so easy to get up and running. Thanks.

I would also like to know how to change window manager, I would like to get e17 up and running, I have installed it but don't know how to get it to run. Any advice.
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
@zacthespack i read you want to drop unity for later ubuntu images, but i want to say that i'm highly pleased with it, no lags or crashes at all even using a stock kernel. I thought maybe only people whos devices lag make posts about it not beeing so very cool... If you drop it, i'll have to manually install it, no prob.

@all stop using androidVNC and start using PocketCloud, if you're not already doing so, it's way better! At least until we get native graphics...

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[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
A question and comment about unity.

Question: I am currently running the ubuntu small image with LibreOffice installed on my Motorola Xoom (Tegra 2). All seems to be working except I have a password problem. When the screen saver locks I cannot get into the system. A dialog is displayed with the user as ubuntu. I entered a password at startup 'ubuntu' but it will not accept that password. I tried to sudo passwd ubuntu from the terminal session which seemed to work ok, but that password also failed to unlock the screen saver. What's going on with passwords?

Comment on Unity. I would love to try Unity, but since it will not run on a Tegra device that rules it out. I suspect that while Unity may look really nice even if I can get it running its performance may be lacking. However, if you can get a native viewer that allows Unity to run on a Tegra device its performance may be fine.
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
The password ubuntu is for the vnc connection.

You have to enter the unix password, that you set when you first ran the linux installer with the launch button (i was asked for a UNIX password in the android terminal).

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[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Sorry I wasn't very clear. I did enter a password in the terminal. I just used 'ubuntu' as that password. So both the unix password and the vnc password should have been 'ubuntu'. The problem is that the unix password does not seem to work.
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
Since you installed some apps, the password works, right?

If i go ahead and "lock screen" i get a black screen with mouse pointer, but no pw promt...

I GOOGLED and found this from May, also see reference...

http://askubuntu.com/questions/128785/lock-screen-password-incorrect

So i hope it has to do with ubuntu itself and not with vnc, that means the problem is not for this thread.

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[Android Software Development] DiehlC:
Hey guys,

I am having a couple issues with the Debian Small img.

Ubuntu works fantastic for me, but debian seems to be acting up..

For one, the biggest problem I am facing, is I cant shutdown Debian. At all. Exit, just exits from "Localhost" and then Exit (again) just exits to a normal user in the android system..

But all it does it shut down the VNC, and SSH (which actually is still working despite it saying its shutdown..)

So thats a big issue, as I cant have debian running on my phone 24/7/30-31/365...

Is there a "busybox umount" command I can use to unmount the loop device? and if so what is the directory of the loop device that should be unmounted?

Next, another issue I am having with Debian, is no matter what I do, I have actually changed the root password multiple times from the terminal session, and yet, no matter what, when I am in VNC using the GUI terminal, the "su" password always fails for some reason..

So because of that, I can only be logged in as the "debian" user with the password "debian". and because of that I am not a sudoer so I cant even install anything via apt-get unfortunately.. :(

Any thoughts on this guys? I hope we can work this out, and preferably soon since debian has been running for a while.

Thanks for your time folks, I appreicate it!

Take care,

-Cody Diehl
[Android Software Development] DiehlC:
Okay thanks.

I managed to "kinda patch" that password issue, by installing "sudo" and adding the default user to the Sudoer's. So thats a temporary fix that is working for me.

As for the first issue, I dont understand though... when I ran ubuntu, it would unmount, and exit and actually give a prompt. But when I exit on debian, it just drops out of linux, and thats it. It just goes to the System terminal session of android.

but that doesnt make sense because even though it exits, the VNC session can still connect, I can still connect on Localhost via connectbot, etc.

But in Ubuntu, when it exits, it pretty much exits, I cant connect via VNC, and I cant reconnect via Connectbot either. Only does this happen in Debian.

Idk its just confusing. But Yeah Rebooting is defintiely the best fix I see.

Good to hear.

Thanks for the advice.

Take care.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Anyone using the backtrack images and having issues hit up the new image http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxonandroid/files/Backtrack/Image/backtrack-v9-image.zip/download

It has fixed the issues with using a terminal within backtrack, now also asks for a vnc password on first boot (no more defaults!) and cleaned up the other errors, let me know if theres still any more issues otherwise this image may well be completely stable (Again)
[Android Software Development] Mangala_Dharma:
Hello ! I saw on ubuntuvibes.com that ubuntu 12.10 will come with gnome 3 integration, or with another new image altogether. Maybe it would be possible to build an image of it for us people with tegra 3 devices ? :D

Sent from my HTC One V using my dog
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Morning works with version 5 good but it doesn't remember of the settings. I am just learning with linux is there any place I could find to edit my way the startup scripts for whatever I need to do

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I would also like to do to make the image of to 5 gigabytes

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[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
I will likely build a tester with gnome three soonish see how well it runs let you guys decide

What settings do you mean?

and to increase the image please see https://linuxonandroid.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/74683-how-to-i-give-linux-more-space-
[Android Software Development] Jonasmyst:
Question (I have scoured this thread and searched with no luck)

I installed the full install of Ubuntu and then removed it because of the tegra issue. (Other than that it worked fine)

Then I installed the small package with LXDE. Looks great. However, I am unable to change my input. It is set to No Pan; Trackball Mouse and the rest are grayed out. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Software Development] Jonasmyst:
Hmm. It is on fullscreen at 1280 x 800 resolution (which did work for the Full install). Not entirely sure what you mean as you said they must be fullscreen or 1:1 but then say to change to the option other than those two. I apologize if I am missing something.

And thank you for responding!
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
File:/sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

MD5: 0dc77112927a667cdc5caa7fc8b51a1c

I would like to make the package/system 5gb for more aplications

Linex is a pain but I know some

Thanks 1,000,000 for any help

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[Android Software Development] Jonasmyst:
Stock (.28) and yes a bluetooth mouse.
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
My external sd card is name differently I think that's what I have 0 space error that's another thing. On the shutdown dialogue it says failed to unmount external sd ?

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[Android Software Development] Jonasmyst:
Ok I will continue to stay tuned! I tried it without the mouse and out of the dock. No joy. :(
[Android Software Development] hololight:
I tried downloading the newest version of backtrack (v9) since I was having issues with v8 (terminal windows couldn't open in gnome). The download is completing correct (verified by md5sum listed on sourceforge), but the unziped image file is failing md5sum check based on the md5sum file included in the zip.
[Android Software Development] mykid:
Greetings, i need some help on my TF101 tablet (asus) :)

When i was on the stock rom, i had no problems and paths were /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard/external_sd.

Since i flashed the EOS ROM, i can't CHROOT ubuntu anymore, and it seems only because of a path problem, who's now : /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/microsd.

Can you help me please ??
[Android Software Development] FrankStealth:
Go ahead and edit the bootscript.sh.

Mine is in /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files

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[Android Software Development] jinkira:
Hi I downloaded version v9 for the same reasons as above to my HTC one X, however my problem is a little different when I open up a terminal Window and start typing for some strange reason the letter "M" always opens the mail menu

is there a setting that I am missing?

could it be the kernal I am on? (Faux 7)

or the Rom? (ViperX)

or is it a bug?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The checksum error shouldnt be prehaps in uploading the image changes a bit, but if it boots it should be fine.

This sounds like keyboard short cuts defaulting again (had this issue with ubuntu 10.10 and gnome) I would suggest opening the keyboard short cuts and having a look.
[Android Software Development] jinkira:
what shortcuts are you referring to?

as I do not have any keyboard shortcuts setup on my phone is there an area within the backtrack image or config i should ammend?

if so where exactly do I have to go?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
They are keyboard short cuts to do with Gnome itself, you will need to change these yourself yes, there should be under the gnome settings a keyboard short cut item?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The BETA images for Arch linux are in the process of being uploaded, these will be included in the app in tomorrows update for those with a donation key. There will be a few other changes in tomorrows update but you will just have to wait until then for that :P

Now the BETA images are in need of some testing as there seems to be issues with the vnc connection...well on my device anyway so I will be posting them here to so you guys can test it :)

I will aim to do fedora next and then opensuse but its a little slow going...but we are getting there and will support 6 different distros after it!
[Android Software Development] HTCOmega:
Ubuntu Full + Toshiba Thrive = Graphics Issues?

Okay, so I've poked around on the thread and really haven't found a fix for this (please point me in the right direction if I'm wrong) but when I VNC into my full version of Ubuntu on my Toshiba Thrive, I log in just fine but the graphics are complete garbage.

Case in point:

If anyone has any ideas what's going on, I'd appreciate it. I can provide more information as-needed since I'm not 100% what information might be relevant here.

:EDIT:

Apparently it's a Tegra issue. Anyone know any workarounds and if BT has any known issues with Tegra devices? I'm having an issue with child processes in BT command prompts.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The backtrack issue was fixed in the new v9 image which was posted a page or so back but it will be in todays app update
[Android Software Development] stqism:
Has the thought of porting Xorg and setting up a bootloader crossed anyone's mind? It would be a true Linux on android port.

Sent from a sexy turtle.

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Well, it would just be Linux on arm, running on a formerly android phone.

Sent from a sexy turtle.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
We are looking at ports of x11 and getting native graphics but we will not be doing native ports as these would be different for every device. I may well do one for my note as thats the only device i have
[Android Software Development] stqism:
I'm familiar with making distro's and compiling kernels, may as well attempt to port xorg to my samsung dart with lxde, losing the ability to call/text will suck though.

Sent from a sexy turtle.
[Android Software Development] jinkira:
where are the "GNOME settings"
[Android Software Development] DarkhShadow:
Google is your friend :s

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Software Development] jinkira:
WEll that I did after a long process...

"gconf-editor"

now what setting do i have to change as there are hundreds??

I want to remove the letter "m" from opening the chat/mail menu
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
You will need to look through the keyboard short cuts and find the one that is using just m and then change it to something that you wont use.

On another note the large archlinux image didnt upload correctly so redoing it now so should have the update ready this afternoon, everything else is ready just waiting on my slow ass upload speed
[Android Software Development] jinkira:
Thanks for the prompt reply well tried going through each one and its a no go hopefully your latest upload will resolve the issue

as right now the "s" key is also not working

s - opens the shutdown menu

m - opens the mail menu
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Ok guys the ArchLinux images are now uploaded and the new 1.1.5 update released for the app

and I need some BETA testers to give me feedback on the archlinux including screen shoots please!

Please post in the thread or via email any issues you find that arnt already known so I can fix everything up to get it stable :)

ArchLinux Core [SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT]

ArchLinux Small [SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT]

ArchLinux Large [SOURCE FORGE] [TORRENT]

These are only in the app for those with donation users but you guys have helped so much here are the files to help test (even if you havnt donated!)

The changes logs:

ArchLinux Core

*Updated to beta

*Internet working

*All updates and fully working pacman

ArchLinux Small

*All changes from Core included

*'Mostly' working vnc GUI

*LXDE Desktop included

*2GB file size

*Known Issues - LXDE dosnt render correctly, VNC does not let you change password, password set to 'backtrac'

ArchLinux Large

*All changes from Core included

*'Mostly' working vnc GUI

*KDE Desktop included

*3.5GB file size

*Known Issues - KDE# dosnt render correctly, VNC does not let you change password, password set to 'backtrac'
[Android Software Development] Nexz:
Redo the config procedure

Is there any way to redo the config procedure?

I reinstalled the app, but it doesnt seem to work.

My problem is that I forgot the password for the terminal :p
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The config process can be redone yup just remove the file /root/DONOTDELETE,txt (I think thats what its called)
[Android Software Development] Nexz:
There must be an easier way. I´m using a Galaxy Nexus, running rooted JB Stock.

My root folder ist empty, im using Rootbrowser lite.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
/root within the image file not android
[Android Software Development] kutomo:
what's the step to install archlinux via terminal buddy? i've download your large one but i can not install it on my android phone.what i have to do with the md5 file,and do we need extra boot img to install it ( i've use ubuntu.sh but it's look not same with the ubuntu cause i can run ubuntu perfectly on my droid).thanks mate for built the good linux on our droid phone
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
You will need to use the app, place the archlinux.img and md5 files into a folder on your sdcard (or internal memory) called archlinux, then open the launcher in the app and select archlinux if it says the image cant be found then press menu and edit to edit the location to point to the image file
[Android Software Development] Nexz:
Another problem here:

When I open the terminal in backtrack, to start a tool, it asks me for a password and then force closes again.

Is it backtracks fault or am i missing something?
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Always save the first extraction, the image file changes with use so if things go really bad just delete the image and paste in another

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[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
Well I wanted to give this a try using the app, but I have a problem with the app. I have the app and I've paid for one of the donation keys. The problem is that the app doesn't recognize that I should have a donation key.

This is on a Xoom running a Team EOS jelly bean rom. What do I do to get the app to recognize the donation key?