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[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Updated Qtopia image with easy installer

Hi.

I have made a new Qtopia image, It's not more stable than previoues, but it has sound support now.

Unfortantly i can not inlcude helix player, because of license rules. If you want Helix included you have to build it yourself. The phone now alerts on incomming call and sms.

But the huge news is that it has never been easier to install linux on your HTC Universal. Now you wouldnt need any linux computer or a ramdisk image to test linux.

A guy at irc (Kevin2) has created a script that installs linux to a vfat partition. So all you have to do now is to hit the Qtopia-Linux-htcuniversal.exe file and the image will install it self on the SD card.

But you will need at least 128MB free space on your card. Sometimes that isent enough either, i am having 200MB free space on my cards.

When you hit the file it will create a 100MB image file on your card. Linux will install in to this image. If you dont want linux on your universal anymore you can just delete the file. But if you want to have it just hit the Qtopia-Linux-htcuniversal.exe file again and linux will now boot from the image file. The *.tar.bz2 can be deleted after first boot.

So how to do this:

Grab both of the files from here: http://www.linuxtogo.org/~htcpxa/htcuniversal/images/O.P.I.E-II/Qtopia-4.3.1/

1) Place them on the root of your SD card (not inside any folder, it will break).

2) Hit Qtopia-Linux-htcuniversal.exe

3) Linux will start and it will install as explained above. Just so you know,it will take some of time to install, at least 5 min, maybe more, it depends on the speed of your sd card.

4) Next Angstrom boot logo will appear linux is now installed and it runs from the angstrom image and not the installer anymore.

5) Qtopia will start and screen might be a little funny, maybe flash a little (it's normal).

6) Qtopia Linux is running, have fun. The phone might be a liitle unstable, but we are working on it.

If you dont want to run linux anymore just held the power button for a few sec and a shutdown menu will appear.

To shut down linux, just hit RESTART DEVICE and wince will boot.

If the phone doesnt work first time and the screen get locked, just held the powerbutton for a few sec and and choose "Restart Qtopia". Somtimes it hels to get phone working.

If you somehow ended up in the shell just write username root hit enter. To shutdown linux write:

reboot

Or if you want to start Qtopia again from the shell run:

/etc/init.d/qpe.sh start

If you want to test linux again from wince just hit the Qtopia-Linux-htcuniversal.exe file and it will boot, but now it will boot alot faster since the image is installed and the linux distribution is finalized.

Remember, if you are having wifi enabled when booting linux then your touchscreen wouldnt work in linux. So be sure to have wifi disabled when booting linux.

Good luck, have fun...

As allways, you do this at your own risc. It might break your device, it has never happend, but you never know. We do this just for fun, and we dont see the point of not shairing this.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Openmoko image "easy install"

Added also a Openmoko image with the easy install file.

Just place the image and the exe file on the root of your sd card and hit the exe file.

The phone is working with openemoko, but still lacks sms support.

http://www.linuxtogo.org/~htcpxa/htcuniversal/images/OpenMoko/

As allways, you do this at your own risc. It might break your device, it has never happend, but you never know. We do this just for fun, and we dont see the point of not shairing this.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] blackest_knight:
bugged :(

The Open Moko image is looking good but I couldn't find a Shell and ended up having to use the stylus to reset. It's great it has access to the wince side of the card, I was able to make a playlist and play some MP3's I have.

The Qtopia image got stuck it booted up locked and would not unlock.

It did allow me access to the shutdown screen and I got access to the console.

The envelope button seems to act as a 'ctrl' key so i was able to run nano and load the startup script the function key acts as a shift for the keyboard symbols. all text was uppercase but the paths and filenames seem to be case insensitive. with a uk locale specified in wince I saw a couple of lines in the console say lock and unlock failure along with a mention of newyork i switched to an american locale and I didnt see these failures repeated. It also said no network.

The initial interface on Qtopia looks good and I'd like to actually be able to use it :) any idea's how to get round this unlock problem.

Both installers are great they made the installation painless. the only issue I found was both installers went to install the Moko image on to the linux root so i deleted the Moko tar file and the 100meg linux root when attempting to use the qtopia package.

If the qtopia unlock problem is easy to solve i would like to play around with that some more. The interface may be better than the moko.

fantastic work, thank you
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
The openmoko image should include a shell, maybe it's named x-termonal or something.

You are not alone haveing this problem, i have it a few times, but mostly it works for me. So i have no idea what it might be.

You could edit qpe.sh and comment the phone part and uncomment phone part=no in htcuniversal section. But it will diasable the phone support.

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yes, qtopia has a really nice and fast interface.

We have a workaround for that. we should create one and each for diffrents types of images.

Yes, but the drawback is that Qtopia doesnt include a browser and a console app. It will later i think. And mp3 support isent suplied, you have to compile helix yourself to have support for it. Some lisence stuff.

thanks.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] alex_time:
Hi, I would like to try it, but unfortunately this one does not work too with a WM6 coocked ROM.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Yes i know, probably because of the bugs in the linuxdrivers.

I guess cr2 is about to look at it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] blackest_knight:
less bugs :) qtopia

Thanks to goxboxlives, follow up post

I was able to get into qtopia.

using the power button i shutdown qtopia and logged in as root and edited

nano /etc/init.d/qpe.sh

easy to find the two lines in use # them out and disable the phone side.

and activate the two lines below which are commented out.

restarting qtopia

/etc/init.d/qpe.sh start

got me into the interface with out the lock problem.

It could be you just need to press * to get it working.

Alex_time you might get somewhere by disabling the phone side, I am also running a wm6 rom.

The Ui is very fast and responsive there is a padlock icon which locks the phone when activated you have a key at one end of the screen and a padlock at the other you just slide the key into the lock. There seems to be less poking at the screen and more sliding.

It's well worth a look :) but so is Open Moko hopefully it won't be long before we can have both systems installed.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Yes, it's easy to disable the modem.

Could you enable it again, and also edit /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/Log.conf. In Log.conf set enable "1" to section "Atchat", "modem" and "mux (or multiplexer, dont remember".

Start Qtopia again form shell and either pastebin the output or send it to me on mail so i can see where it failes.

No, when modem is activated and it's not connecting to the network it locks. It's an security option in Qtopia. The asterix (*) is for unlocking phone when you have locked it with the left meny "Lock Phone" on home screen. not the lock slider wich i think is the coolest unlock phone option that exist :-) .

No i dont think so, i am also using wm6, but i am using an old version. The problem has shown up with the newer ones. It's a linux bug.

Yes, Qtopia is really fast, i just wish we had the power drivers working correctly so we could have used it as a daily phone, but it's still too unstable for that.

We are bale to do that now. Kevin2 has added it to the script so now, we can have multiple linux systems on the same sd card.

I will make a new one later this evening and upload it.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gopi159:
cldnt go past the lock screen

I couldnt go past the lock screen...

I was not able to edit the files bcos of " \ " not printing when i tried using

combination of "FN" key & "O"

Plz suggest me idea as am a newbie...to linux installation and to linux itself

Advance thanks
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Try [shift] + [O] instead.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] alex_time:
I think you are right, I tried with phone switch off but it crash too.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
New and easier way to install linux

Hi.

Now we have made the linux install process even easier.

Now we do it the wince way. By Installing the cab file to device, the linux booter will appear as a application under the programs menu.

As last the installer you dont need any linux filesystem anymore. It will create a 100MB file on the root of your sd card. After booting linux for the first time you can delete the tar.bz file and the *.cab file. If you dont want to have linux on your device anymore just uninstall it like you do with a regular wince application.

For now i have only made it for Qtopia and Openmoko. Get it from the usual place:

http://www.linuxtogo.org/~htcpxa/htcuniversal/images/O.P.I.E-II/Qtopia-4.3.1/

For thoose of you who have problems with let the phone work in Qtopia just restart Qtopia, thats what i am doing when my phone isent working. Held the power button, and and a menu will appear, choose "Restart Qtopia".

http://www.linuxtogo.org/~htcpxa/htcuniversal/images/OpenMoko/

Now you are also able to have multiple linux envirements on the same sd card. It will create a single image file for each image. It will appear like this in wince: http://www.linuxtogo.org/~htcpxa/htcuniversal/pics/Linux.png

As allways, you do this at your own risc. It might break your device, it has never happend, but you never know. We do this just for fun, and we dont see the point of not sharing this.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] fordero:
Quick question regarding OPIE

Hi

This might sound like a stupid question but what is the easiest way to install the open-moko dialer on the OPIE install?

I have looked at the list of Dependencies on Angstrum and they are huge. I have been running the OPIE image on a universal for a while and its really stable I just wish I had the phone enabled.

I tried the qtopia install and got the lock problem and the other installs don't seem as user friendly on the universal as the OPIE image...

I read that you can install x11 and open moko dialer and then the phone will be enabled..

Please can anyone advise or help me to find the files I need to enable the phone??

Kind Regards and thanks for your help!! Its sooooo nice to have decent quick software running on my otherwise useless WM5 device.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Stupid questions doesnt exist, only stupid answers :-) .

Yes Opie is running quite stable, it's been a while since tested it, but Opie is probably one of the most stable on universal. But as yousaid, phone is missing.

Well they are, but Opie and Qtopia is the fastest and most respnsive ones. Yes seems like a lot have that problem.

There is a worktrue for this. But i havent tested it for a while. What i did was to install Xqt2 and openmoko-dialer. But, Xqt2 doenst exist in Angstrom repo so you have to build it yourself.

I can try to make it work, but have no idea if will work or not since it's been a while since i tested it.

Actually u i have never tested it with Openmoko-dialer2, only openmoko-dialer(1). But you will not get any sms support, it isent ready yet.

Kind Regards and thanks for your help!! Its sooooo nice to have decent quick software running on my otherwise useless WM5 device.[/QUOTE]
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Something intresring i found

FYI:

Note: The dialer of the 4.3.0 flash image and the 4.3.0-snapshot images do not ask for a PIN on first boot. To make the dialer to ask for the PIN, you have to press the power button, select "Restart device" and restart it (You might want to try Restart Qtopia first to see if that might help.

Note: You may have to do the restart without USB connected for this to work (also power charger i think).

If Qtopia did not ask for a PIN and your SIM card needs a PIN to be accessible, you cannot use your SIM to register to a GSM network.

Post-4.3.0 images may fix this issue, but as of 20 November 2007, the post-4.3.0 images seem to never ask for a PIN.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] /b/-TarD:
Hello, I managed to boot up OPIE using your instruction, but the problem is, i think i mess up with the partition , because my SD card now only show the linux partition, vfat, i cant find the ext3, anyway to revert it back? thanks
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] /b/-TarD:
Edit : Never mind, i reinstall the whole thing and put +800M instead of +32M but still i just managed to create 1 partition
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Hi,

with the Qtopia and the OPenmoko image you dont need to have an linux filesystem anymore. The installer will create a 100MB file with linux in it running from the fat partition on your sd card.

I am about to update Opie and x11 to the new easy installer, but i have some problem with adding extra packages to them
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] /b/-TarD:
Hmm, but how to install both opie and openmoko on it? :o sorry if its been asked before..
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Withe opie image you have to create a linux filesystem on the second partition on your sd card.

INstall the cab file and axtract the image (tar.bz2) to the linuix filesystem you created. A howto is made at the wiki .

If you dont know where the wiki is located , read my signature.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] wovens:
Does it work as well if your ROM is WM6? I was never able to boot before after I've installed WM6 on Universal.

Never mind - I've read the other messages about wm6 now.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
TEST

Could other also try this. For me it looks like when USB (not power charger) cable is connected the phone works in Qtopia, otherwise it doesnt.

Could someone else test this too, and please report back to me.

For someone (as for me) maybe "Searching Network" will appear on the homescreen, but to override this do as follow:

Hit Qtopia icon
Settings
Call Networks
GMS
Select operator [nothing will happend, just let it finish]
The exit and go back to Homescreen
The search box should be gone and the phone should work as normal.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
im having some problems installing OPIEII i. i read a few pages back that now opie2 has the phone part working (thats what kept me away from linux since i use my uni mainly for sms and phone calls more than as a PDA) this is what i did.

i copied the 2 cabs qtopia-linux.cab and qtopia.cab then i installed them to my main memory on my universal, then i ran qtopia and it gave me an error then i ran the program in qtopia linux and it boot it created a 100mb file in my sd card but it would not go any further than the main screen it had 4 icons and the text "unlock" on the botton the keybord was not working so i reseted then i tried the other way creating 2 partitions on my SD card but when i tried to untar the file O.P.I.E.II.tar.4.3.0.tar it gave me an error that said "the file ended unexpectedlly" i was thinking that i downloaded a corrupt image so i downloaded again but i gave me the same error. now im installing the gpephone image to test it and see if it really works the phone and the sms bue the question is

how do i install the opie 2 with the phone libs the easy way you discribed. thanks for any replies.

best regard erik
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] blackest_knight:
qtopia no joy yet

i enabled the options on log.conf but there wasnt much in the way of a log wtmp.log

Qtopia seems to default to America/newyork perhaps this is why it cant find an operator in the UK.

sorry i'm not much use is there another logfile?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] hakkinenvthh:
I hit Qtopia icon but nothing happened, I can't enter Settings or call networks or anything. How can I unlock it???
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
I was able to run qtopia (installed the easy way) and it worked beatyfully the first time (i made a phone call and sent a sms) then i rebooted to wince and when i tried to use linux again, boots but the phone part is gone in fact nothing works all i can see is the main screen and nothing happens regardless of what i press or do, i read some pages back that someone had the same issue i was wondering if this is a common bug or if im doing something wrong. any help will be much appreciated. thanks. BTW using linux was totally different more responsive than what wince will ever be and more stable thank GOD you with your hard work made it possible so we can enjoy the GNU world. thanks once again to everyone that contibuted to this excellent work.

best regards. EriK
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
Hi!

Just installed Qtopia on my uni running wm6, looks great....but I cant get to use it :(((

It says No network, and takes me to the phone app, and it says "Please wait..." for ever. I have an Unlock left button, and clicking on it does nothing....

How do i get back to the main menu?

How do i go to the apps section?

Do i need to unlock the device somehow???

Thanks, and sorry for being a nag! :)

Cheers,

San
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
exactlly what happended to me except that i got to use it once. i've searched around in this treahd and found a post that said the we needed to restart qtopia from the shell with the following code: "/etc/init.d/O.P.I.E.II start" BUT that didnt work their is in no such a file named I.P.I.E.II in that folder nor any other executable so im pretty much stuck at the same screen you are until some dear soul come to help us, hope it happends soon.

best regards EriK
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
Qtopia image uses qpe.sh instead of O.P.I.E.II.

/etc/init.d/qpe.sh start

But now i have implemented the shutdown menu in Qtopia. Held the power for a sec and a menu will appear.

Try to start Qtopia with the usb cable connected. Seems like it helps for me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] dreamtheater39:
awww this is just plain sad :(

The look and feel is so much better than winmo, and i cant use it :-/

Anyone here who can help us out?

Erik, did you try running it off wm5 instead of wm6? Did you try opie instead?

I so badly want this to work, i'm sick and tired of using windows....its way more buggy than all the WIP builds of linux available!

Cheers,

San
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
no luck goxboxlive :confused: i have been reading almost all the pages and have not found the answer to this problem :( i tried resetting the phone holding the power button for a sec and then selecting "restart qtopia" (i waited a few minutes as you said in other post) and still no service in fact nothing works i tried formating my sd card and start all over again (the first time it worked like a charm) but that didnt work either im out of ideas i think im gonna do a hard reset and do it again to see if that helps i really want this phone to run linux it's so much better no matter what i have to do i will get it done but i would really appreciate if yo can help us since you seem to know a lot about running linux in the universal and looks like you have yours already running it. thanks goxboxlive for your replies you are much appreciated and i say this because i have seen that you have helped a lot of people by posting a reply or by your contributions to this proyect thanks again.

best regards Erik.

pd. when i first downloaded the OPIE II image i donloaded 2 cab files 1 qtopia-linux and qtopia now i undertand the qtopia-linux is to install linux in the sd card but what dowe use the qtopia.cab for?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
it worked ....

after i hard-reseted my phone, formted my sd card and install qtopia all over again is working now im afraid to reset it because it can happend again what could this be goxboxlive???? :confused:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zolee1988:
Wifi... How?

I downloaded Openmoko (the "easy install version"). It's good, I can make and answer calls. The SMS-sendig isn't tested by me. But I have two question. When I power on the BlueTooth, the phone is invisible (I think). I tried connect by MAC-address (I check it from Wm5), but nothing happened. And the second is the Wifi. In terminal I can power on Wifi (modprobe acx) a Wifi LED is flashing. But how connect to my Wireless router? I don't use any encription. I didn't find any utility for it. And if I succesfully connect to net, will I able to update my system in "Application manager"? Like a desktop linux? It would be fantastic!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
need help after installation of linux

guys i need your help. i was able to succesfully run qtopia after several tries but now the audio and microfone are NOT working. when i got the linux working i had several incoming calls witch i tried to answer but i was not able to, only one i was able to answer (i saw the timing running as if the called was recived) but i counld not hear nothing and this call was important to i held the power button pressed and restated the deviced so i could answer the call. when wince booted i got the call but no ring tone and the person on the other side didn hear me but i did so i hard reseted my universal thinking that would solve the problem but it didnt help now i have my uni without running linux and wince without the microfone and speakers working. any help will be appreciated.

thanks

best regards Erik
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
modprobe acx shoudl connect to your AP. Otherwise try:

iwconfig wlan0 essid "your AP"
ifup wlan0

Yes you can use the app manager, but just notice, i am allways making images from the latest source. And also notice that the repo is for the Ficphone (armv4).

You will have to change the entries in /etc/ipkg/*

Maybe i shall start using Ansgtrom as distro for Openmoko, with Angstrom you wouldnt need to change the repo.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] goxboxlive:
This sound weird. I have never heard of this.

The sound in Linux isent complete. In my latest Qtopia image you might have mediaplayer but this causes the phone to not ring, only vibrate.

But i dont think this has something to do with Linux that your sound isent working propably in Wince. In that cause this should have happend for me a long time ago.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
i've bricked my uni after flashing a WM5 ROM trying to get back my sound and microfone if anyone has an advice or solution take a look at this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=349916

thanks for any help you can provide.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Cagnulein:
Universal.OpenMoko++;

:cool:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cr2:
Can you run 'hcitool scan' on the universal itself ?

The MAC in wince is different from the MAC in Linux. obviously wince

updates/overwrites the RAM copy of MAC with some undocumented command.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kurtslashmx:
sound, mic and camera not wot¡rking after linux installation

well i got my phone working again but the sound its still not working and neither is the camera. i tried directing all audio to bluetooth using BTaudio but that didnt work, i've flashed 3 different ROMs (wm5 and wm6) with the same results all it does is just some noise when the sound should come out of them, the mic is not working either so basiclly i ended up with just the pda with no sound and SMS working. What else can i do im out of ideas. thanks goxboxlive for all your help:( .