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[Asus Transformer TF700] rabits:
No, right now I'm working only on CROMI 4.x support... And yes, 13.04 Ubuntu for tf700 I will release after it official release.

Yeah, for now I have some problems with activation of framebuffer console in new kernel. But I'm trying to solve this and other problems every day))
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Ah, I had the same problem. And since then I'm waiting for you to find the solution. ;)

The framebuffer console appears to "work", but you can't see it. NVidia must have changed something in the display controller code.
[Asus Transformer TF700] PesSarmiento:
Hi, can someone create a video tutorial of the isntallation? And why this is not posting in the Android developing section?
[Asus Transformer TF700] psimyn:
I can't post links, but search youtube for "How To Install Linux on ASUS TF700T" to dig up videos. But the install is extremely extremely simple, just read the "Install Manual" section from the OP. It's about 3 steps, plus waiting for a few minutes.

Because it isn't related to android development...
[Asus Transformer TF700] JoinTheRealms:
Hey guys installed and running great on my tf300t (using the kernel from our xubuntu thread). Theres just a few wee things id like to get working if someone could point me in the right direction. First off theres a black line that runs just below the unity panel(about as wide as the panel also) has anyone else experienced this? also the far right button(containing shutdown, log off etc) drops down to tiny rectangle box with no options in it.

The biggest issue im having is unity wont load on it own, logging into unity just shows the desktop wallpaper, i have to use alt, ctrl, t to bring up terminal and run unity manually(even then it sometimes has errors)

last issue is rc.local wont run at boot, i have scripts to switch wifi drivers and do a quick overclock yet im having to run them manually. Seems to be a 12.10 issue but the various fixes havnt worked.

cheers:)
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
Install fail

I tried installing everything to the microSD, but I could never get past this error.

Well, maybe soon I'll get my Ubuntu mobile.

Cheers rabits, keep hacking at it and have fun.
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
That means it couldn't find the rootfs file. You have to copy it with the installer to the root of your sdcard(internal) - e.g. /sdcard/rootfs-blah.tar.lzma
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
That was one of the first things I tried. same message, every time.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
I just saw this. Maybe it fails to mount my microSD bc it is not formatted ext4? I will try again and see what's up.
[Asus Transformer TF700] psimyn:
the only place it looks for the rootfs is in /sdcard, which is the root of the internal sd card. It won't even look for you external SD card at this stage, only checks the root directory of the internal
[Asus Transformer TF700] dankens:
had some issues myself as well, think its a TWRP 2.5 issue.

Then, i reformated it as 15gb fat32 and 15 ext4, put the rootfs into fat32 and it worked.

2 questions i have, cant seem to mount any storage inside ubuntu?. And is there a way to stop the onscreen keyboard appearing if dock is connected? Everything else works better than i expected, faster/smoother than android.
[Asus Transformer TF700] h?2:
Crypto

Hey guys,

I am trying to get encryption going, but cryptsetup always fails, even when using cbc-aes-tegra as the cipher (which it recognizes apperently). Have you had any luck with this? Are some requird modules maybe disabled in the build?

Thanks for your work!!
[Asus Transformer TF700] xFaultx:
Can sm1 post a list of suggested apps/optimizations for linux noobs like me? Im trying to use it primarily as a daily driver for taking to school and taking notes
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
Hi:

I am having the same problem. Maybe I missed it, but I did not see a solution posted. What can I do?

I downloaded linux-install-0.8.3.zip, rootfs-ubuntu-12.10-0.8.0.tar.lzma, and rootfs-ubuntu-touch-tf700t-0.5.2_20130325.tar.lzma

I checked that the checksums are OK and everything is in /sdcard/

It is currently running CROMi 4.4

Thanks to all of you for doing this. I can't wait to have linux on this thing.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
I haven't tried this yet, but I will soon. The solution I scrounged it in the DEV thread. Try putting the rootfs in /storage/emulated (not /storage/emulated/0 )

The filesystem mounting scheme changed in the last stock update and the installer doesn't quite find the file. Anyway, let me know if it works.
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
Unfortunately, the file is too big. rootfs-ubuntu-12.10-0.8.0.tar.lzma is 686M and I only have 485M of free space. Is there a way to make the file smaller?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
Sorry, that's as far as I go. I think that the other users were putting it in /data/media folder, but I have no media folder in /data. I think that setup is for when you have data2sd on your machine, which I don't have. If you have a /data/media folder, you could try moving it there, but I think you will run into the same problem.

You can see the original posts around here.
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
That work! Thanks!

Note the for reasons I do not understand, when I looked at /data with my file manager there was no media folder, but when I opened a terminal it was there.

Thanks again.

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Hi again:

So I did get Ubunto to boot, but now Android won't. I was running CROMi 4.4, which, I gather is not working. Is that still true? If so, what is the most recent version of CROMi that will work?
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
I think the last of the v3 CROMI, which was based off the tf300 rom, will work (v4 uses tf700 rom). I think I will wait for next release though, when they will have support for CROMI 4 (I suspect).
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
For the record this is what I did to get both OS's working:

1) I flashed CleanROM_3.2.1_Inheritance.zip

2) I rebooted the machine and let it sit for a few minutes and then configured it.

3) I put linux-install-0.8.3.zip in /sdcard/

4) I put rootfs-ubuntu-12.10-0.8.0.tar.lzma in /data/media

.......As I said before, for some reason either of my android file managers saw this directory, but my terminal emulator did after becoming root.

5) I flashed linux-install-0.8.3.zip and followed the instructions.

6) Reboot and you are done.

For fun:

7) I put rootfs-ubuntu-touch-tf700t-0.5.2_20130325.tar.lzma in /data/media

8) reflashed linux-install-0.8.3.zip.

9) booted android and started a terminal

10) entered 'su' and 'cd /data/media/linux/'

11) 'mv rootfs.img rootfs-touch.img' and 'mv rootfs-old.img rootfs.img'

Now during boot it will ask me to choose between two linux images. rootfs.img will boot normal ubuntu and rootfs-touch.img will boot ubuntu touch.

I also deleted the two rootfs-ubuntu*.tar.lzma files from /data/media and everything still works OK.

Thanks to everyone
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
Very cool. Now I have to decide if I'm going to downgrade to try it or wait 'till rabits hits us up with an update. Anyway, thanks for the post, I'm sure others will find it useful. Enjoy!

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Did you flash hundsbuah kernel with CROMI install or did you install stock kernel?
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
I used the stock kernal
[Asus Transformer TF700] monkey10120:
i just flashed this and it works great. I installed xfce, lxde, and cinnamon desktop and lxde works the greatest by far. About 450mb ram on unity and cinnamon, 350 on xfce and 250mb on lxde. i recommend installing that first as it will speed things up.

I do have a question. Can I just run the install again and choose my microsd? And would i be able to right from it or would i need to delete my current file

Edit: I tried to install to microsd and it failed saying error(126) /tmp/dev/something is not /dev/mm*****. It reads my sd just fine I just get the error at the end.
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
2 questions: android file systems & soft keyboard

Hi:

I have two questions for you guys:

1) I noticed that the android file systems (including the microsd card) are automatically mounted by ubuntu, but I cannot read them unless I am root. In particular, they are mounted under /media/ubuntu/, but that directory is not readable by anyone but root. Also, the file systems themselves are owned by user ubuntu. I want to have multiple users on the machine and I would like them all to be able to write to the file systems. I could simply run chmod on all of them, but I am worried that I will screw up the android side. Any ideas?

2) I installed xfce. How do I access the onscreen keyboard?

Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF700] mhier:
unfortunately dual boot doesn't work for me with neither CM 10.0 nor CM 10.1. In both cases it hangs during boot (10.0: endless boot animation, 10.1: black screen). any ideas?
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
read this from the dev thread... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40840078

Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700t - CROMi-X 4.5 ODEX
[Asus Transformer TF700] mhier:
I don't fully understand what you want to tell me. I could guess that CM 10.1 is not working as it requires a newer kernel. But CM 10.0 is still Android 4.1, so it should run?

With which ROM does it work currently?

Thanks everyone for helping!
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
Sorry... It is working with CROMi-3.4.7 and older. I think people were using cm10 also. JB 4.2.1 is causing framebuffer issues. Hence CROMi-X and cm10.1 do not work.

Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700t - CROMi-X 4.5 ODEX
[Asus Transformer TF700] mhier:
Thanks, but CM10.0 isn't working for me either, it hangs at the boot animation... I will try CROMi-3.4.7.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
It sounds like you need to add the default user to a group with access privileges to said storage. You should ask this in ubuntuforums.org, as they may be much more thorough and your issue your issue will be looked at by a huge, helpful audience.
[Asus Transformer TF700] xFaultx:
Noone has any suggestions for apps or tweaks or programs to get with this distro of linux
[Asus Transformer TF700] ostar2:
Which rootfs?

Do you need both of the rootfs files? Or just one?
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
They are 2 different OS's. The one with 'touch' is Ubuntu Touch and not very useful. Normal linux is the other one
[Asus Transformer TF700] ostar2:
Not detecting rootfs file

I put the rootfs file on the /SDCARD partition but the installer does not detect it. So I tried putting it on micro sd card and still does not detect it. I download rootfs-ubuntu-touch-tf700t-0.5.2_20130325.tar.lzma and the installer/multiboot. Please help.

Edit: Now it installs to a virtual disk but how long should it take to boot?

Edit: It refuses to boot the virtual disk, it just hangs.

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Also, how would I build a rootfs on fedora 18? For ubuntu touch preview that is.
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
Rabits, in the development thread (I don't have enough posts yet to respond there), you mentioned a few things that could use a little clarification. First, you said something about tf700 enthusiasm waning, do you mean enthusiasm in general or your enthusiasm? I'm certainly still enthusiastic. Second (I'll limit myself to just two questions), you mentioned rolling back your firmware. Do you think you'll be able to support 4.2 or did I make a huge mistake by upgrading and should find a way to downgrade to 4.1?

Thanks, and I hope you enjoyed your vacation.
[Asus Transformer TF700] yew123:
+1 for enthusiam
[Asus Transformer TF700] workdowg:
+1

Sent from my ASUS Transformer TF700t - CROMi-X 4.5 ODEX
[Asus Transformer TF700] dawid9098:
When it work on CROMI-X 4.X?

Wysłane z mojego TF700T za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Asus Transformer TF700] rabits:
Support of the project - is not so interesting as the first development... I mean that so many interesting things waiting in the winds!))

So, I had already installed the new bootloader firmware and my 3.x not working properly anymore(( I will upgrade to ODEX CROMI-X 4.6.1 and continue work with vt console strange bugs in the new kernel.

No, I don't know))
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
Dear [MENTION=4972873]rabits[/MENTION],

this seems very a great thing, even you may have less motivation than before, I hope you will find someone able to help you.

I'm sorry, I've read last pages, but can't fix my mind on the answer to this question. Can you clarify this to me?

I'm working with the new bootloader on a CM10.1 nigtly. Will your multiboot installation process work for me? Or am I in the case where you are getting some stranges issues after your upgrade?

I would really like having both ubuntu and android on my tablet on a quite easy way.

One more question. If I fully undertand, this flashes the system at every boot. Isn't there any risk with the write limitation of the memory (life)? Or this works a different way?

Thank you for your answer!
[Asus Transformer TF700] darkcroc:
New to ubuntu dual boot

Hey i just installed the newest rom of Cromi 4.6.1 and am on That2 3.1.10-10.6.1.14.4 kernel and im trying to run them and after installation of ubuntu ubuntu works but then when i select android it freezes and doesnt boot what should i do to fix this and if i cant oh well no ubuntu for now

I also wanted to know is it possible to run Diablo 2 on ubuntu using this tablet (i also have the dock) and if so will it run well

If u need more info lemme know

Recover program i have is TWRP 2.5 as well
[Asus Transformer TF700] rabits:
I don't know)) I can't test every configuration, but you can backup your bootimage (TWRP can help you) and try to install multiboot - if no luck, then simple recovery your previous bootimage or reinstall your ROM.

Nono. It writes bootimage & rootfs only at install time. Only modules for kernel (very small size) updated every ubuntu (not android) boot - I can't find better solution for this.

No way. For now CROMI & Stock 4.x is not supported (Android needs some changes from new kernel to boot). Multiboot is replaced your kernel, of course. You can fix your android by reinstall kernel from cromi.

Diablo 2 is proprietary & windows & x86. So, that's mean in simple words - you can't...
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
Ok Thank you. I feared someone said that the new bootloader was not compatible with the process...

So I will try this!

I will give you a feedback after !
[Asus Transformer TF700] kverbr2:
I've been multibooting 4.2 and Ubuntu for a while now with no issues whatsoever - maybe give it a try? And also +1 for enthusiasm
[Asus Transformer TF700] Cheapxj:
anyone have any other links for the root filesystems? I've been trying to download this thing for the past three days and I'm over it. someone with a decent connection want to seed a torrent? I'll put it on my seed box once I have it, and my connection is NOT slow.
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
Ok, so I tried tonight, downloading both the files and starting, everything was perfect until the 90%. Then, the percentage number was not growing anymore nor the size of the bar. But it was not freezed since the orange flash was still running along the bar.

I then flash back my backup.

Do you think I should retry? If this fails again, where and how can I get the log ?

As a remind of my previous post, I'm running the new bootloader with CM10.1. In the menu, I have chosen the internal sdcard, 15GO, a CM10.X with automatic boot on basic. Is there something here wrong ?

Any other clue?

Thank you for your help and best regards!
[Asus Transformer TF700] kverbr2:
I seem to recall the installer taking FOREVER as well. Try it again and leave it for about 20 to 30 minutes (maybe 45?). Also I don't think the actual rom you installed has a lot to do with the text you see in the bootloader because I believe I picked the CM10 one as well but am running ParanoidAndroid.
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
ok sorry. It seems I read a lot of time it took long time = around 10 min, then I thought it had failed... I will try again tomorrow ! Thank you again and 'd night.
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
I'm really interested to hear how this attempt works out, and, if it works, whether you had to do anything special. Looking forward to your updates.

Enthusiasm!
[Asus Transformer TF700] JWRAndroid:
I was also stuck at 90%, I just restarted the install.

I will leave it alone for about an hour and see if it finishes this time.

will post results as soon as the hour passes..

UPDATE: It worked...took exactly 25 Minutes.. be patient.
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
What was the result for you ? For me, it seems I was not able to launch the CM10.1... I will retry tonight
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
So, you installed 0.8.3 and both Ubuntu and Android work on a recent 4.2 Jelly Bean firmware, with CROMI-X or CM 10.1 as your Android, perhaps TWRP 2.5, and no tweaking was necessary? Just making sure we're on the same page.
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
For my case, I installed it again yesterday, the installation went correctly.

But once again, no way to get CM10.1 started. I rolled back and I'm quite sad. Anyone as an idea on what's happenning?
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
An other test failed.

I wondered if one investigation way could be that for the CM10.1, mount points changed and then the multiboot is not able to find it at the correct place?
[Asus Transformer TF700] h?2:
Whats your issue with CM10.1? Are you just seeing the loading screen?

I had that problem, too. I fixed it by reinstalling the CM zip file, but without the boot blob. Just unzip, remove boot blot, rezip and than install the file with CWM. After that CM should come up fine and Ubuntu shouldbe bootable as well.

HTH

edit: I had a blog entry on this in my blog: https://blogs.fsfe.org/h2
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
Just to be sure :

1/ I install the multiboot with ubuntu.

2/ I do the trick with CM10.1 zip and flash it again. => what risks other than my own stupidity? => As this to be exactly the same version as the one that is installed today (today I'm on RC4)

3/ Then I can choose CM or ubuntu at launch

I won't lose anything from CM10.1 ?

Thank you a lot HTH. I am about reading your blog, sorry if this gives the answers!
[Asus Transformer TF700] h?2:
Well, what is your current state after installing the multiboot-stuff as described here? If you get the menu, can start Ubuntu and just CM10.1 hangs while loading, then, yes, what I described above fixes it for me.

The version of cm10.1 doesn't have to be the same one, but after the update, you will be on the new one of course. I always used the nightly builds... You can't really break anything. In the worst case, just flash a regular cm10.1 zip file over it again, and everything should be back to normal. For more detailed instructions, see my blog.
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
The situation after installing the multiboot stuff is that I can start ubuntu successfully, but if I want to start CM10.1, then it prints "Starting CM10.1" (or something like this), then the prompt stop blinking and everything is freezed. I have to force the reboot by holding power button for seconds.

I tried your trick and unless I made a mistake, it doesn't change anything.

I see in your blog post that you have some installation circonvolutions : using two different sdcard and using the encryption. Are those two remarks requirements or advise? What are the reasons of those?

Thank you a lot
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
h?2 I have a few questions about your approach. First off, on your blog you pretty heavily mention android 4.1as a prerequisite, but then also mention it'll work on 4.2, though make the stipulation: [yes, CM-Versions of Android 4.2 work, others don't]. What I want to know from this is if you are running android 4.1 or 4.2, if 4.2, have you experienced ROMs like cromi-x failing where CM versions of 4.2 (nightlies, I assume) succeed? Also, have you ever tried installing ubuntu to the internal memory or just to an SD card (and does anyone know if that would even make a difference to the android portion of the dual boot) (yes, I realize that'd probably mean you'd have to have tried it with an unencrypted data partition, but it is worth asking)?

Thanks in advance for filling me in on these points.

Edit: Just noticed my post number. Well, that's something...
[Asus Transformer TF700] advenclad:
rootfs not found

Hi, i just received my brand new TF700, and i wanted to try dual boot, but the 0.8.3 installer can't find my rootfs file, but it is at the right place (/sdcard) and have the good checksum.

So I would like to know if there was a way to correct that, or to bypass it.

I tried to install without rootfs, and it succeeded, so probably just by copying rootfs files at the right place I could get dual boot to work, but I don't know how ...
[Asus Transformer TF700] hallevison:
Try looking at the discussion that starts near post #621 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41273525#post41273525) and see if that answers your question.
[Asus Transformer TF700] J-Pod:
You're not alone florck, I did the same thing and got the same result, CM10.1 just hangs and I have to do a reboot with the physical power button.
[Asus Transformer TF700] SkimbleShanx:
Replace kernel

I'm currently using Paranoid Rom which is very stable on my Transformer and I'm very happy with it. I would love te add te possibility to boot my tablet into Linux (add dual boot), but I was wondering if the installation of Linux replaces the kernel that was installed by Paranoid. If that is the case, will this influence the stability of Paranoid?

Thanks in advance! :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
hallevison, I'll pose a question to you. Looking at the exchange you had while working on the problem linked above, it sounds like you may be on JB 4.2 10.6.1.14.4 (I derive this from the hundsbuah kernel comment) but flashed CleanROM_3.2.1_Inheritance, then 0.8.3. Was this ROM used on purpose because of issues you came across with later CleanROM-Inheritance[xenogenesis?] versions?
[Asus Transformer TF700] florck:
[MENTION=4756845]h?2[/MENTION], do you have answers to those questions?

[MENTION=4756845]h?2[/MENTION], [MENTION=386670]Rabit[/MENTION], others, do you have any advise ? I would really need the double boot on my tablet to get its full power.

Maybe I can help with the investigation. I have also to precise that I have two accounts on my android. May this be linked?

Thank you a lot for your help
[Asus Transformer TF700] KamikaZeeFu:
Seems to be that the multi boot kernel is incompatible with the new bootloader, or rather that cm 10.1 doesn't work with the boot.img ever since switching to the latest kernel sources (which requires the new bootloader).
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
So, does that mean that installing an older ROM like CROMI 3.2.1 on the latest kernel sources, new bootloader, etc. (which it sounds like what hallevison seems to have done), will allow for a 0.8.3 and Android dual boot?
[Asus Transformer TF700] KamikaZeeFu:
Yup, in theory CM10.1 before they required the new bootloader should also work
[Asus Transformer TF700] yoda-sama:
Oh neat. Thanks a lot for the information, it gives me something solid to finally go on! Hopefully I'll have good news to report back with soon, when I give CROMI 3.2.1 and 0.8.3 a try.
[Asus Transformer TF700] kennyMC:
bluetooth

did someone managed to get bluetooth working? im thinking about switching from tf101 to tf700t and if bluetooth will work on ubuntu it will be easier to decide...