[HD2 Ubuntu Development] plopper:
can you tell us what you did on getting ubuntu to boot this way?

i had a quick try on parted but it gave me some errors, due to a time issue here i suggest you look up the man pages of parted.

beside that there are other tools to schrink the filesystem, don't remember all there names tho a google search should bring them up.

a 3th option would be to build the root filesystem from scratch, i personaly stopped doing that due to the hardware limitations i have right now.

android uses the same kernel sources and drivers as ubuntu, so same problem is at hand here.

the wifi drivers aren't finished yet.

currently i have only access to my little netbook and on that i have fedora linux, and fedora has currently some bugs which cause qemu not to run like it should.

the test images run fine, but none of the normal images are showing any life.

and as my harddrive is filled with the maximum amount of partitions, i couldn't install ubuntu on it either (also no usb sticks at hand to install it on 1 of those).

so i had to install ubuntu in a virtual machine (virtualbox), this is great to try and learn linux in.

but running qemu in this virtual machine on this tiny atom cpu which is in the netbook is far from workable.

when i'm back home from holiday i will install ubuntu on a spare normal computer to try again tho.

i had a quick look at the windows version of qemu for windows, and yes that is available, but not the arm extension which is needed for this version of ubuntu, thats a no go.

so it seems you like me have to do a normal instalation of ubuntu (not insde a virtual machine).

the ubuntu installer has a option to schrink the partitions so you can install it beside the windows which is on your laptop.

no look at dmesg as dcordes suggested, that shows all the hardware and the initialization it does.

plug the stick in when the system is running and type "dmesg" in a terminal and the last lines should show the info about the stick.

sda is indeed the sd card, but dmesg should show something like sdb (it counts on)

post the last couple of lines from dmesg for us pls.

what i personaly remember of nidswrapper is that i makes linux able to load windows drivers.

i have no idea in how far this works on an arm cpu tho, and if it works you probably need the arm version of the windows drivers (winmo).

but this brings another problem up, supplying those drivers with a linux distribution (and possible even the ndis package) is not allowed in many country's.

as the hd2 comes shipped with windows mobile this could give a loophole for the licenses tho, but i'm no lawyer so i'm not sure how this works precisely.

the laptop: you have to explain xorg how to use the usb screen and what resolution to use, plus some more details.

in other words, you have to modify the xorg.conf file, info about this should be available on the site from kensington, if not google should be able to help you further.

if that still doesn't work, try compiling your own version of the driver for your current kernel and repeat the above process.

the hd2: reverse order of the above, compile the driver and see if the screen turns green, if yes then jump to the xorg config to set it up (much of this config can be cloned from your laptop, the screen stays the same).

i guess the screen has it's own powersuply as i doubt it works on the standard 5 volts with 0.5 amps which normal usb ports are supplying (2.5 watt).

yesterday i been looking up some powered usb hubs available in the shops here, and they all come with a very weak powersupply.

1.2 amps max, the htc linux site warns about this, those only give 6 watt of power.

this works fine for a keyboard and a mouse, but when it comes to harddisk for example, the lack of power shows up.

i have an external 2.5 inch harddisk which comes shipped with a Y cable, this because it needs more then the 2.5 watt which comes from 1 usb plug, it needs 2 usb plugs to provide the power.

it may work without the Y cable but you risc blowing up your port.

look up the games section of the install centre of ubuntu, wouldn't be suprised if it comes with a minecraft clone.

plopper.