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[Android Software Development] Tom.K:
Is this compatible with LDPI devices? I can't download 1gb+ and then waste it as my connection is very limited.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Make sure both apps are installed the key and the main app, you may need to reboot your device and start the main app for it to find it

Its compatible with any screen size however you need a ARM7 processor to run Ubuntu 12.04, to test it you could try the core image first (only ~200MB to download) and if working then download the larger image
[Android Software Development] mykid:
This message is for TF101 users, please what Rom did you flash on yout tablet (in GB, ICS or JB) and who is able to CHROOT ubuntu without any problem ?

If you don't want to poluate the thread, msg me :)

Thanx in advance...
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Hello all!

I am thinking about working on a ROM that includes a Debian/Ubuntu installed baked right into it!

The install would have the same functionality as the Core images I have created (i.e no GUI etc) and would be part of the ROM (not 100% how I will carry this out but im thinking installing it into the data partition).

The idea would then be everything would be preinstalled! including the terminal app, a custom launcher app and the vnc app (if you choose to install a GUI!) having it preinstalled and not in a image file would mean the size limitation would only be the size of the space which is why im not sure where it would be installed yet.

This ROM would be based off CM9 and would include extra features to improve the useablity of the linux install.

If this was to get a good response then I would like expand this to other devices but as the note is all I myself it would be the first device to get it

So the question is would you all be interested in such a rom? Please answer the poll and if you have any ideas or input reply to the thread
[Android Software Development] amitabhr:
Probably a good idea, i would definitely be interested. Can't see the poll anywhere though.

BTW, would it be possible for you to NOT run the android GUI/launcher & various services at all and just run vncviewer full screen ? So that the linux is faster like a native install.
[Android Software Development] rlrbjr:
My "two cents":

This sounds like a lot of work and results in a restrictive implementation. Personally I would rather you try to get Ubuntu working on Tegra devices.

Furthermore, I would not be interested in a ROM build from CM9. Why would you want to base this work on CM9 when CM10 is just around the corner. I have already transitioned both of my devices (Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Xoom) to Jelly Bean. Galaxy Nexus on LiquidSmooth JellyBean and Xoom on TeamEOS3.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Yes we do still need to work on fixing the tegra issues but as its only unity and we dont have a tegra device progress is slow.

As far as reasoning behind CM9 is pretty much just down to the fact that CM10 is not fully working on my device, but the changes would easily be moved to CM10 im sure.

It wouldnt effect the progress of LinuxonAndroid as a whole much as it would only be something I would do during time I tend to set aside for general code work and playing about with other projects
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Start a new thread

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The reason I like to linex is the 1 minute shut down and back to a full phone

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[Android Software Development] duchski:
Using Ubuntu 10 on Atrix 4g CM7

Anybody with atrix4g / lapdock phone here? I use WYSE VNC Pocket Cloud and graphics is pretty bad when on the lapdock. What is the best resolution? I use 1366x768.

Anybody?
[Android Software Development] wcypierre:
hi, I would like to ask, how to remove the OS that I have installed with the help of Complete Linux Installer? Can I just remove the img file or there's additional steps?
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Try The VNC that's in the app and use sugested settings

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[Android Software Development] cjrhoades:
I've never been able to get this working on my Atrix before but since there's been a few updates I decided to re-download everything and try again. Still can't get it working...

app_38@android:/ $ export PATH=/data/local.bin:$PATH
app_38@android:/ $ cd /sdcard/ubuntu
app_38@android:/sdcard/ubuntu $ su
oid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
Checking loop device... FOUND
Illegal instruction
Error: Unable to attach image to loop device! (Image = /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img)
1 app_38@android:/mnt/sdcard/Ubuntu #

Same error as last time. Dunno why it's having an issue with the whole loop device thing since I'm using a kernel that supports it (2.6.32.59-MB860-CM9-faux).
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
razr maxx runs super with ubuntu 10sm. I left it running all nite and still at 94% batt

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[Android Software Development] mscion:
Hi, I was thinking of checking out arch linux but a donation key is required. I had previously purchased the complete linux installer. Do I need to purchase an additional donation key to test arch linux?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Nope just update the your old complete installer to the donation key anyone that bought one of the old paid apps will have a donation key
[Android Software Development] darkstep:
using wildfire and cm7 geting the same error on ubuntu and backtrack.. any help? thx

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ cd /sdcard/ubuntu
$ su
# otscript.sh /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
Checking loop device... FOUND
No user defined mount points
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
[1] Segmentation fault ${bbox} chroot $...
Shutting down Linux ARM
umount: can't umount /data/local/mnt/external_sd: Invalid argument
# losetup: /dev/block/loop255: No such device or address
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
They're pretty good would reply in I would just contact them

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[Android Software Development] DarkhShadow:
You mean the original Wildfire? Won't work as its ARMv6

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Software Development] darkstep:
why its in working devices then
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
We don't test all the devices but rather users submit what they get it working on. Debain does support arm6 so its possible they just tried that and thought they all would work. I will update the guides in the next update to say which support what arm version
[Android Software Development] darkstep:
ok thx for the info, so debian works i just tested it too bad that backtrack doesnt
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Yeah Ubuntu dropped Arm6 support at 9.04 I believe and backtrack is based from 10.04 :/
[Android Software Development] mscion:
Thanks. Something must have gone awry when the OS was updated. I just reinstalled from back-up and it worked. Keep up the good work!
[Android Software Development] R3d0n3:
Would it help to have a shell into one overnight for a while?

R1

Asus tf700t - stock rom/kernel - root - linux on android
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Possibly Yes please PM me so we can talk
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Ok guys time for something new!

I have kept the same old rather dated and rubbish blogspot site since the project started, simply because it was easy, which is very lazy on my part :P

Well! we now have a nice new shiny website!

The new site will be taking over form the old blogspot site in the week as I move the rss feeds in the app and sending stuff to facebook etc over to the new site and make sure everythings working.

However you can check it out right now http://linuxonandroid.org/ let me know what you think in PM, if you find any bugs etc or any improvements you think would work well!

You will also notice a wiki link in the main menu, which takes you to our brand new (and very much empty!) wiki site http://wiki.linuxonandroid.org/ We will be filling in some information over the next few days. But seeing as it is a wiki the main goal is for the community behind the project (Thats you guys) to fill the wiki up, prehaps your device needed some tweaks to get it working? Write a wiki page for it! Prehaps you have a cool use for LinuxonAndroid and want to show other users how to set it up (maybe a webserver?) Write a wiki page for it!

In time we will develop it further but you are all more than welcome to dive in and start making pages, and templates for different pages etc etc.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Donation Device fund

*TO MODs if you would rather this post wasnt here let me know I will remove it*

We have decided that in order to fix the tegra issues and the big issues with the Atrix (many still cant get the GUI to render) we have started a LinuxonAndroid Device fund on indiegogo, our goal is $1500 which will get us a range of devices to 'officially' support.

The more we make the more devices we will get, every dollar will go towards making LinuxonAndroid a better product!

There are a range of Perks that you can get depending on the amount you donate which should sweeten the deal so please head over to the fund page to read more and donate!

http://www.indiegogo.com/Linuxonandroid

(Of cause if you cant or would rather not donate you can always help by spreading the word!)
[Android Software Development] Q9Nap:
putting out a request for someone to please port cinnamon desktop to arm. cinnamon is a gnome-based desktop that is similar to old-school gnome before it went to unity. i've already requested assistance from the lead dev over a month ago and he has not responded. zackthespack said he has thought about porting mint 13 (cinnamon) to the linux-on-android project, but doesn't have the time.

source can be found here: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
I do plan to look at this further just been rather bogged down. Once opensuse and fedora and archlinux are stable we will do the next wave :)
[Android Software Development] nvo2411:
Will it work on SAMSUNG galaxy R gt-i9103. It is rooted & can i place the ubuntu files in external sd. Help
[Android Software Development] vetzki:
Thanks for the ubuntu images and the app.

Running on Stock Huawei Ascend P1.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
The wiki is now starting to take shape but we need your help!

There are a few areas of the wiki we simply cant do on our own so we need people to contribute to it.

The first and easiest page to help on is the root guides page, we get alot of people wanting to use LinuxonAndroid but who have no idea how to root, so we want to build up a list of guides for as many devices as possible. These guides can just be links to XDA guides etc but I havnt the time to go through XDA and find the guides for each device, so please take a moment to link to the guide for your device!

You will see that the galaxy Note is already done to give you a idea of the format we want! http://wiki.linuxonandroid.org/index.php?title=Rooting_Guides

Another area we are looking for help in is the "uses for linuxonandroid" page, here we would like to create a index of cool ways to use linuxonandroid, prehaps you have made a mini webserver or some other even better use. Simply create a page on the wiki out lining how you did this etc and add a link to it on the uses for linuxonandroid page!

http://wiki.linuxonandroid.org/index.php?title=Uses_for_LinuxonAndroid

And of cause we are looking for people to generally contribute to the wiki, have a good idea for a page that you think people will find useful? Then do it :)

Or maybe you can just help out by checking spelling and grammar, every little helps :) lets get a great library of info built up!
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
My Nexus S 4 G works fine

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Wish Ubuntu

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[Android Software Development] dsvilko:
Did you know that you can use SL4A to access most of the android functions from within the linux chroot environment? I have just tried and it works. You simply install SL4A and start a local server using this script:

am start -a com.googlecode.android_scripting.action.LAUNCH_SERVER -n com.googlecode.android_scripting/.activity.ScriptingLayerServiceLauncher --ei com.googlecode.android_scripting.extra.USE_SERVICE_PORT 45001

(you can select any port you wish).

You then add:

export AP_PORT=45001

to your .bashrc and install the required interpreter module (for example, android.pm to /usr/share/perl/...) and that's it. Now you can get access to a ton of nice phone-related features from within a much nicer scripting environment.

Cool, don't you think? :)
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Very cool will have to look into this!
[Android Software Development] DarkhShadow:
Is it open edit? I might do some stuff on it later(spelling and grammar as I notice people on wikis aren't always that, clear) and maybe some pages, I will create a acc ofc anyway

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Yes completely open to edit :) you dont even need a account if you dont want but your ip address will be used instead of a account name for edits
[Android Software Development] DarkhShadow:
Already registered :P

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[Android Software Development] dragonstalker:
I've downloaded Ubuntu 1204 on torrent and direct about 8 times today , and backtrack both ways , and all i keep getting are corrupt files. What gives.
[Android Software Development] AlCapone:
any chance of runing a application in MONO, that is compiled for windows ?

I am thinking about "APM Mission Planner" - which works fine in mono in linux on a "normal" computer.
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Hmmm The backtrack image the md5 is wrong so this is known and you just need to delete the .md5 file and it should work find, however the ubuntu images arnt wrong so they should be working

To be fair im really not sure not something I have tested, if there is a arm version of mono it may well work but I have never looked into mono, you will jsut have to try and see ;)
[Android Software Development] Tatting:
Problem with Debian administrative rights

Great work! I have this running on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v (GT-P7100) with CM10 experimental. I prefer Debian since it's running smoother in my opinion...

I have one issue though - I can't get admin rights in Debian. I believe there is an issue in the initial start up script as I get this error message during the script:

The obvious symptom is that I can't do anything modifying the Debian system, like running Synaptic etc... My password is not accepted as "administrator" password when asked for it...

Is there a way to solve the root cause/modify the script? Or a work around... :confused:
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Yes I think the grouping might be different in Debian so the admin group is not called admin.. I will have to look into it more and try and stamp it down for the next release.

For not the likes of installing software I suggest using the command line as apt-get does work
[Android Software Development] Tatting:
Ok, just to check: should If do it in the Android terminal or in a Debian terminal?
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Once debian has booted you can use the android terminal
[Android Software Development] toxicpaulution:
I download both the sourceforge and torrent and get bad files and can't extract them. Ideas? Ubuntu 12 full is what I'm trying.
[Android Software Development] stroobach:
http://postimage.org/image/6sc278up3/

Cant Get it to work

Ubuntu 12.04 full 4

Htc sensation cm9
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
Extract it on a pc

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[Android Software Development] bryandrummer:
Hi, i am interested in using this on my tablet for 3 things, file browser, browser for websites that arent tablet friendly but most importantly for an office suite. I am a business student and so i get advanced excel and word docs and the android office apps dont always render files correctly and the "pc" office suite is nice to convert things to a pdf or make a minor change to a file. I had tried the ubuntu 10.xx large version and it handled quite well with open office and was quick to open files. I have upgraded to the small 12.xx version and it takes a lot longer to open libre office to get to a point i can work on files. i no longer have my 10.xx file and it seems no longer available on the sourceforge site. would either backtrack or debian be lightweight enough to improve speed over ubuntu
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
I would extract it via a computer as android devices sometimes struggle to process such a large file

It shouldnt be asking you for a password, but "cant get it to work" im guessing you mean the GUI? as the command line does seem to be working fine

The 10.10 files are still on source forge http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxonandroid/files/Ubuntu/ they are the files outside of the folders as I havnt moved them yet into the folder.

However I think Debian would be your best bet, it is having troubles with root at the moment but for what you need it for it should be fine, unless you would rather stick with ubuntu 10.10, with the release of 12.10 coming up soon I will be looking to build images of this soon and be improving it further so hopefuly 12.10 will give a faster more stable build
[Android Software Development] stroobach:
I pm'd you
[Android Software Development] suleymanovemil8:
I have edited bootscript.sh and now it mounts img as /sd-loop and makes it easier to develop.bootscript.sh
[Android Software Development] bryandrummer:
thank you, i must have been blind to not notice the 10.10 in the parent folder. I have tried debian (small img) this morning just for fun but after it boots about 20 sec in the desktop gui loading the image freezes, (i can still move the cursor in the vnc app and use the rest of my tablet) then upon a reboot i get nothing but a grey screen. I am using a acer a500 and not sure if its because its a tegra device or not. i know from following this thread that tegra's are causing problems in various ways. figured id say something in case this wasnt known yet.
[Android Software Development] suleymanovemil8:
I had the same only at first boot (I have waited for 30 minutes)
[Android Software Development] bionicbee2000:
Hi @all,

I like to try the 10.10 v5 image. But I get an error while extracting it. Also there is no md5-file in the zip-archive. Anybody know what I do wrong?

BR bb
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Its possibly tegra again, once I get a device I will make sure to test debian to on it!

There is no md5 in the 10.10 images as images are outdated and havnt been updated since we started including md5sums in the images
[Android Software Development] bionicbee2000:
Ok, thanks. Because the small image is working ok on my Samsung Tab 8.9. But I like more apps. And 12.04 is to new/heavy, I get no icons under unitiy.

I also tried Debian, but after the screen appears saying "Starting X-window" or so nothing happns. I could still use the cursor.... (But this looks like a Tegra issue, so I wait patiently :) )

Any idea?

Kind regards

sl bb
[Android Software Development] bionicbee2000:
As you mentioned before I extracted it on my pc and copied to the tab. Everything works fine now. Thanks for the quick reply.

sl bb
[Android Software Development] antukubo:
Tried backtrack on my Acer Iconia A200 / Stock ICS 4.0.3 / Stock Kernel 2.6.39.4+ and it works well. But still have some questions...

1- On terminal emulator, i got below issues.

a- /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh[xx]: dirname: not found
(xx --> 29, 144 & 223)
b- mount: can't read '/etc/fstab': No such file or directory

2- I edited bootscript.sh to mount my sdcard (which is under /mnt/external_sd) but still can't access it under Backtrack OS. It shows unreadable, but i can view it under terminal emulator. Any idea?

3- For Acer Iconia A200, the output IP address should use wlan0 instead of eth0. I have to manually edit it on init.sh

4- Backtrack OS should use backtrack wallpaper to make it looks more 'backtrack'. The default wallpaper looks like Debian/Ubuntu. I know we can change the wallpaper manually but can you set the default 'backtrack' wallpaper back on the image?

Overall, i'm very happy with it. Good job mate...
[Android Software Development] scorbut:
Hi,

I tried on my motorola razr 2.3.5 ubuntu 12, both middle and big and middle size of ubuntu 10. With all of them I can get only to x window. I tried also small debian and I can see there normal UI. But I'm not able to install anything because I can't log in as root.

I was looking in older pages, but 99 of them are too much. I find only some hint with echo for ubuntu, but it was not working.

Can someone help my, what should I do to get working Linux.
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
ubuntu12-full-110312 . This is work to my phone since 2.3 .6 so you may get lucky

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They do seem to really disrespect you guys in Europe

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Not lyrics installer people your carriers are the ones it screw you I am all

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[Android Software Development] scorbut:
With full ubuntu I'm stuck in x-window and I cannot get unity
[Android Software Development] thefatalepic:
I used to use AndroZip, which would just crash when I tried to extract the full Ubuntu 12 image. Long story short, get the ZArchiver app instead, I set it to extract and no issues.

RootExplorer was also on an indefinite hang when I tried to extract this file, too.

ZArchiver
[Android Software Development] devwithzachary:
Ok what device are you trying to run it on?

Yes I would personally say that extracting via a computer is the best as many Android extractors are not coded in a way that can handle such large compressed files well
[Android Software Development] sullytrny:
ES File Explorer is now working for me but I had to install the extra archive plug in. They extract from the external SD card as fast as a copy anyway so it works just fine for me

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[Android Software Development] martirio3000:
I have tried it but both ubuntu and Debian which i tried have root access problems though GUI.

Thought terminal root access is fine

( i haven't tried any other linux distro)
[Android Software Development] geeve420:
Great work on this!!!!! I got Ubuntu 12.04 v4 small running on my Stock rooted captivate 2.3.5 with Corn 7.0.5 kernel. runs a little slow, but I am sure that is the age and specs of the phone.

My question is how do I remove the Ubuntu distro? I am going to try Debian and don't want both on the phone.

Thanks and again great job, can't wait to try this on my Note when I get it!

Geeve