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[HD2 Ubuntu Development] GuimbardePower:
Thank you for your answer plopper, I know that because I regulary use ubuntu and xubuntu. That I want to know is if the version used to make kubuntu for hd2 use some differents logs or other things to use the hd2 (phone/messaging/battery...). It's really difficult for me to explain that in english :p

So I will wait and test when the magdlr version will be here ;)

PS: If I make to many faults in my english tell me and i will try to correct them :p
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] heresandyboy:
Bonjour GuimbardePower votre anglais est tres bien! Not a lot of technical differences really aside from KDE seeming a little more suited to the mobile, I am using the same kernels built for the ubuntu build. Have done some work on a very simple notification app for 3G, Wifi and USB and their internet connection status I plan on doing a much better effort time permitting, also knocked up some new icons to make sphone look a little nicer.

This is currently packaged in a tarball and can be installed with 'sudo ./install' so can be used in the ubuntu build also. I've really spent the time on configuring everything to be finger friendly and clearing up a load of bugs, some of which have been very tricky and unique to kde, for example one i cant seem to fix is that we are unable to add new plasma widgets to the interface as clicking on them has no response so ive had to manually write ones I wanted to appear into the config files, have replaced applications that dont run well etc. I have plans to do a lot more once I have a usable build I can concentrate on more complicated issues like writing a new phone/internet app for the HD2 (prob a plasma widget) I have lots of ideas and being a modern software developer im keen on great GUIs.

The main reason I chose kubuntu for this project is the work going on with kubuntu-mobile and plasma-mobile. I've included the tech preview in the buid, you just need to run it by typing 'plasma-mobile' into the search bar on the home screen, tho it'll need to be killed with Ctrl + Alt + Esc when your done playing as it is full of dummy software and doesn't do a great deal but look nice, offer a few promises then crashes hehe. I'm looking forward to the release of kubuntu mobile in April.

So enough rambling time for a small gift, if you check the first page ill have some lovely pics up in a few moments!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Ramidalf:
there are to many factors in play to say how long it's gone take to learn.
not only you yourself is a factor, also the hardware you are using to build it.
even tho i build my own kernels years back on freebsd, this didn't really help me due to the hardware i am currently using.
just a tiny netbook with the maximum amount of partitions, so i had to install ubuntu in a virtual machine (vm), which slows down the process a lot because it can't supply the vm with direct access to the host hardware.
building a bare minimal rootfs took about 4 or more hours on this setup.
adding to that, i am using fedora linux which currently has some bugs on qemu, so again i had to use the vm there.
running qemu on a allready slow vm makes things even slower, so slow actualy it became close to unworkable.
so i stepped away from this and decided to try and just build the kernel, which can be done on fedora.
this takes just a minute or 15 to build.

currently i'm hacking my way into a very anoying driver (kernel module), and to make it more fun, i'm doing that on the HD2 itself. lol
there is no documentation on the site on how to do that currently, but i'm seeing more and more life appearing in the driver, which makes it all more fun.
beside that i'm just using google so i have to figure out more things myself, so i learn more.
i have backup's on the rootfs on the netbook so i don't have to be afraid of making any mistakes.
actualy the more mistakes i make the more i learn. lol

if you don't wanna spend to much time on this you should go for method 2, you can cheat there by just adding kde, which can be done in 1 single step.

You are too smart bu i m not like that. so it will take me long time to learn. i dont know how much. But its fun to learn.

Definitely I will try method 2 first. I have ubuntu running on my phone. So i need just type commends in terminal [ as heresandyboy sugested in the next post]and i get UI like on the pictures. Or i still have to customize it?

About misstakes you are right. When there are no mistakes it means that the one dont do anything.

p.s.Why did you use virtual machine to do what you did ?

Thank you for help. really appreciate
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] plopper:
nice work so far andy, and indeed plasma mobile looks great.

just found this presentation from the guy's behind plasma, and they got it all pretty figured out.

lets hope they finish it soon to a truelly workable stage.

the pure basic is the next 2 commands.

sudo apt-get remove gnome && sudo apt-get install kde

do not reboot before checking if kdm is replaced by gdm and automaticly launched.

if you don't have an external keyboard like dcordes and i have, you won't be able to signin.

after that the customization starts, part of that would be to install the plasma mobile interface.

i'm currently on holiday and have only my netbook with me.

you can have a maximum of 5 partitions on a harddisk, and having fedore installed on it (2 partitions), a dead windows xp (1 partition) and a recovery for windows which is also dead (1 partition), makes 4.

now this seems like it's possible to install ubuntu beside it as you can have 5, this isn't so, just like fedora it wants 2 partitions.

1 for the the initrd and kernel, and 1 for the actual programs and other stuff.

also the option to install ubuntu on a usb stick was no option, it's pretty hard to find fast and big usb sticks here, the once's i have were all in use or to small (recovery or install and live os sticks for other things).

so i had no other option then to install ubuntu in a vm, far from ideal but it works.

depending on the hardware, virtualbox can give the host direct access to the hardware (an atom cpu like used in netbooks lacks this feature)

beside that it adds a very handy feature, snapshots of the harddisk.

makes it even less of a hassle when you totaly screw up, like my girlfriend did 2 weeks ago.

she switched of the power on the extension cord which i had my netbook connected to, fedora powered down nicely like it should, but it didn't give virtualbox the time to shutdown the running vm.

this resulted in a total crash of ubuntu, sounds devastating, but i had a recent snapshot so it was fixed in 1 single click and a couple minutes.

next week i'll be back home and hunting my attic for a nice box to install ubuntu on to have some real fun (all tho looking at the weather it's gone be busy at work).

hope this give you some idea's, and indeed don't ever be afraid to make mistakes, just make sure you have backups.

plopper
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] vitalij92:
I cant find the Download link to the finished Kubuntu :(

Could someone post it right here ?

Thank you =)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] ricky886:
me too

I hope I can try this:)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] deadman_walking1:
i do not think there is a link yet ,.. as i also did not find it
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] plopper:
the answer is mentioned at least 2x in the first post.

plopper
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] papoble:
Hi, noob question, maybe, but did not watch any post about it: will be possible install apps like wine in this version of linux?

Thanks in advance.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] plopper:
only if you port it to arm yourself, there were some attempts but it' s practricly closed down.

plopper
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] curiousGeorge:
Yeah, the idea was to port wine's high-level emulation easily (a matter of a few tweaks and a recompile), but then relay all x86-specific assembly into qemu, which has an incredible bytecode translation engine and can "re-write" x86 into armv7+neon on the fly.

The idea was it can be used to emulate low-demand x86 windows applications on arm linux relatively easily, but it would be rather slow. Early attempts to do this have proven successful on nokia-based linux handhelds, but at the time both the hardware and software limitations were just too much to produce usable speeds. The hardware limitations were obviously the processor/ram, and the software limitations resulted from an incomplete pairing of semi-ported wine with an unoptimized assembly translator.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] curiousGeorge:
Oh my goodness. Andy, I hate to say it, but KDE 4.6 is where it's at. Take a look at this (and be sure to click on the large headings to read about the ridiculously huge amount of enhancements): http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.6/

Some highlights are significant speedups for the mobile interfaces (netbook shell and so forth).

Wow, this is getting me so excited. I'm moving to KDE 4.6 for my desktop now (it's been on KDE 4.3 for a while now, and there's been no release more compelling to switch to than 4.6).
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] heresandyboy:
Hey have been aware of the imminent release of 4.6 for a while now unfortunately there is no build for armel due to compiler issues. That's a bit of a downer, I waited a few days to see if they got anywhere with it. . Guess ill stop waiting around and release what I have when I get home from work tonight.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Derek0228:
Hey, sorry if this question has been asked before, but will we be able to boot it via magldr ad sd method? :confused: :rolleyes: ;)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Anthonayy:
If you can, please make it bootable via MAGLDR. Appreciate it! :)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] adamvanner:
yes, as others have alluded to, you can pretty much forget about wine for ARM architecture,.. wine relies on the fact that executables on Windows and Linux are built for the same system architecture. Its not an emulator in the traditional sense of the word.

There is a project with Windows 95/98 running on an HD2

http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/htc-hd2-now-running-windows-95-and-98

but as its an emulator, and its slow, expect any modern executable to run excruciatingly slowly!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] adamvanner:
Cant wait for this to be released,.. is there an IRC chat or any other place to check for updates?

Also, has anyone tried this or the other Ubuntu build using a small Bluetooth keyboard and mouse?

Ive got wired KB & Mouse working with a powered USB hub, but would make sense to use bluetooth given the complex connectors that the setup needs!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] plopper:
website with info about updates and the manuals on how to install those.

http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

irc on freenode.

offtopic chat: #htc-linux-chat

(do not ask anything in the dev chat which isn't development related).

dev chat: #htc-linux

dev-chat: #kubuntu-mobile

plopper
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] souljaboy:
@OP

have you considered using an overclocking kernel ? 1.2 that works on all phones compared to standard 1.0 is a 20% gain just like that :o
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Mr.zeus:
hi

can i use sound with Alsa mixer or something kile that?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] cuma_gw:
Awesome...:)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] red_hanks:
excited to have this too...:)
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] bobo972:
Great !! Kde on my hd2!!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Nilesh1:
When will this be released?

Thanks for your hard work!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] heresandyboy:
In between new job and smashing my laptop screen and a dying hd2 I've struggled to work on this. Now things have calmed down a little ill do what I can, I should have released this ages ago sorry everyone.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] Nilesh1:
No worries Im grateful that your still working on it, can you give an approx date for when you'll release it?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] digelo:
Very nice pictures.We are waiting for a download.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] metko:
so is it released?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] fabiere:
This is a very great job !!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] will9895:
I'm still excited about this!

has lasted since january! nice work
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] thinhletien:
awesome maybe i will comeback to Android on nand and run this thing :D

But i can not find the download link :(
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] metko:
me to from the 1 post it seems like its released so is it ? and if yes where is the download link?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] ionbasa:
To everyone asking about when it will be released:

Look over the previous posts and you will find out that it hasn't been released yet.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] mad-monk:
it's oooowwwwwwww so quiet it's ow so stil....i am still waiting...where stil waiting
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] curiousGeorge:
KDE4.6.2 (and Kubuntu arm builds beta2+) are now built for arm. ;)

Looks like things are going well! Wanna take the plunge yet?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] mad-monk:
i would like to take a go for it
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] hendydundy:
Sir,

Where's the download link?

I wanna have a try..

I have no success for running ubuntu on my linux...

May be kubuntu will be oke for my hd2..

Sent from HTC HD2
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] dj_car:
great very nice. tnx for this
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] eric.hayoz:
Sounds great man!

When will you give a download link? Cant wait to try out!
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] toanphung:
I cant see download link. Please help me :(. sorry for my english
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] DorkyDev:
Any news on this being released or has the project died?
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] retsam88:
It's almost the same every time. Great projects rise, there's support(money, devs, whatever) and GREAT interest and then it's dead. Shame, because theres a lot of people who can help, either with money or knowledge, just in order to make this work. Shame enthusiasm get cold really fast.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] DorkyDev:
Yea it really is a shame when stuff like this happens, I wouldn't say there was a lack of interest as much as this is a case of lack of resources, since the project manager's device died and then so did his laptop. This certainly would've been a good charity case for donations to get a beautiful linux distro on our devices, I wish he would've gave someone his files for them to work with and build on/off of, this is what happens when projects go solo and is just a one man team sadly.

I've been using Slackware since it was the only link alive.
[HD2 Ubuntu Development] retsam88:
I could donate 100 euros with no problem, but I need to be sure it's not wasted money. Otherwise it's better off with other project/device. And there are many people like me.
[G Tablet General] Alpha06:
See Here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-zone.html

:D

They are partnering with developers to create more tegra 2 optimized games, looks like things are really picking up.
[G Tablet General] Dr. Light:
really cool. can't wait for this
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
I have always liked Nvidia.. They had drivers for Linux when no one else did, seem interested in what is popular. They build good stuff too. Glad to see a big company get involved with Android. Maybe it will help our OS of choice get more attention with apps from some of the big names. Ipad gets apps for everything.. Hope we do too someday..
[G Tablet General] Andrewb19:
I got excited about this earlier this morning too! I want some really awesome games
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FirefighterDown:
This is for those who aren't with T-Mobile and only have the AT&T, Australia, etc HD2s not the 1024.​

dharvey4651 isn't the only one with a request! Looking for someone to build us a Desire HD NAND ROM that is as 100% Generic and Stock as you can possibly make it.

What it needs to be:

No applications, images, functions, media removed.

No custom applications added, no non default applications added.

Voice control on keyboard must work.

Camera works. Camcorder = Don't care.

GPS Fix?? If possible that is.

Rooted + Superuser installed.

WiFi + Bluetooth working. (MAC addresses)

HTC WiFi Hotspot most work

Default applications work precisely.

All functions must work.

English (United States) as default language. I only speak English, therefore I'm biased and don't care about other languages :cool:

Must work on the NON T-MOBILE HTC HD2s

NO CUSTOM CRAP. I want EVERYTHING stock. That means: NO custom boot-screens, themes, icons, etc. It must be stock, you can add your copyright under About under settings.

NO Carrier specific software. Generic ONLY.

App2SD must work.

Basically want a default Desire HD NAND ROM that feels like the real Desire HD ROM that you'd get if you picked up a HTC Desire HD. I want it as stock as you can make it, not customized. If I or any other users want it custom, we can do it ourselves after.

Example ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857261

Like Harvey, I will pay $50 (VIA PAYPAL) to whoever releases the NAND ROM meeting my requirements above.

(NOTE: This is for your time and services only. It is NOT for the ROM as that would be a violation of Xda rules and the Android GPL)

If you got any features you want, post.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 2happy:
Same from here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FirefighterDown:
Bump.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Moon2:
What about App2SD support? I think you shud include it in request (should/shouldn't be there).... can't see how u'd be able to use a few number of apps without it on a full desire hd build from what ur requesting...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FirefighterDown:
Added to the list!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] famewolf:
I think your specs might be unrealistic.....not squashed...nothing removed....tmobile users could get away with this because they had twice the rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] squish099:
I have a tmous. Just want to add/tell ya.. Rom should be zip aligned for performance.. And if your thinking of theming it, it would have to be deodexed which will make the rom bigger..

swyped from my Desired HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FirefighterDown:
I just removed the squashed bit. Nothing has to be removed, I've seen it worked on NAND without being removed.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FirefighterDown:
To the top.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dogntbone:
Please have working camera effects as well....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ceo4eva:
Lol devs dont read this forum it needs to be in the development forum then get a mod to move it =D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Bedwej:
BUMP! I really want a stock DHD build.
[General Questions and Answers] ten_sev:
I have two htc for the French language. htc htc VOXO EXCA200 and 101 for the French and I wanted the tutorial to flash the USPL and Rom. please help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superdrg:
How to unlock my samsung galaxy s?

I have downgraded it to ECLAIR I9000XXJEC and i have rooted it.

But when I open SGS Unlock Tool by DaGentooBoy to find the codes, it says code not found...

What should I do ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerodi:
Did you have any luck with it?

Did you buy the pRO version ? $5? was ur unit Rooted ? Im also needing to unlock my SGS when it arrives :-(
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] tep065:
Anyone able to get the netflix app off the LG Revolution?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] redpoint73:
Ohh, I want it too!

Hopefully this means we will be getting it soon (hacked or official). Apparently, you can have up to 6 devices linked to one Netflix account. So I will be able to watch using my wife's Netflix account.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] etjrowe:
Please oh please oh please!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] papeshfoo:
I hope soon, I've been waiting fooorrreverrrr for this!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Carloswithac:
That's a quick way to reach your alloted 5gb of 4g data!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] neophyte8:
yeah, sucks having to tether to an ipod touch to get your netflix content while away from a Wi Fi source. Might be the only reason why I haven't sold my ipod actually, the netflix app.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] dustrho:
I would be happy with just a Netflix app that solely provides the opportunity to search for movies and manage your queues, not for watching movies on the G2 (although that would be sweet).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] redpoint73:
Umm, they already have that.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] dustrho:
Care to share which one is actually worth using? I've tried a couple and they're not really good. I'm looking for one designed by Netflix, not some 3rd party developer.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] neophyte8:
as far as i know android hasnt received love from netflix due to security and piracy concerns. Dated November 13th (short article BTW)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/13/netflix-headed-to-select-android-devices-early-next-year/#
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] istrebitjel:
androinica claims they have seen the Netflix app on an LG Revolution. But where can I get it for my G2? ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sino8r:
I've about had it with Netflix and their crappy movie line up anyways. They charge you $8.99 a month (which is fair) but then they offer so few good available and the others are dvd only. Then they "fix" this issue by charging you more dvds out at a time to make up for it. Its just about screwing over folks and milking them for the $20, 30, or 40 plan. I wish they would just upload all digital streaming and offer dvd to those old fashioned folks who actually want it. Plus, their reasoning for not offering their app on android is ludicious.... I hope something better comes along soon:(
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] HYE_TECH:
Damn peoples. You gotta be patient. How are people going to pull and share the Netflix app when they just figured it out recently that one exists for Android. I mean don't get me wrong, I want the app as much as the next person but its not going to magically appear. Let the Android community do its magic. I don't even think people even got to mess with the phone yet let alone the Netflix app.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] tep065:
History of android phones has shown that apps from pre-release dumps and leaks from upcoming phones as well as preview phones have found their way to xda before a phones release. It isn't too far fetched nor unreasonable to have a little expectation that it may have happened or will in this case
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] MATOPETE:
I was under the impression that one of the main reason Netflix has not come to Android is because of the backbone of Netflix streaming, which is M$ Silverlight

Sent by inconveniencing a large number of electrons from my mobile command center
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sundar2012:
Its not netflix - its pressure from hollywood and the studio execs for both the lack of streaming titles and the android app/"drm" concerns. And let's not forget that apple has their tentacles deep in hollywood cuz of their involvement with pixar and apple tv (jobs was the ceo of pixar).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sino8r:
Yeah, that sounds about right about the lack of complete library streams. Other the other matter, I'm sure ports will be on the way. The only issue I foresee is linking the account to the device if its ported. Might be a pain to get the port properly to avoid that issue...
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] urfavoritemazn:
I'd greatly appreciate a netflix app for my g2. I'm jealous of the iphones netflix app. -__-
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] istrebitjel:
You mean, like QueueMan for Netflix?? ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] redpoint73:
I am personally inclined to believe it has more to do with Apple's influence/blackmail than the pirating issue. It seems far fetched that someone would resort to a phone stream to pirate movies or shows.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] -FuRBz-:
Sub for updates... can't wait for a netflix app
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] EchaniDrgn:
There is a media server from PlayOn.TV that has announced android support is in the works. I have their previous server and love it. I'll probably upgrade to lifetime premium when Android support becomes a reality.