OK now that the first hard part is over (getting Webtop running with out dock) now its time to push this to the limits ... I am Currently working on getting apt-get installed and running on Jaunty ... I would love to get some help with all this, obviousy this wont replace my laptop or Desktop, but it would be nice to know that anywhere i am i have a fully function linux machine in my pocket... so lets keep up the good work and push forward, CHARGE !!!
FIRST try and fail... prayed it would be as easy as pushing apt-get to /system/bin and executing ... it was not ... well not with this try anyhow getting a apt-get: cannot execute binary file error
Open a second adb shell and monitor dmesg | grep TOMOYO to see if the MAC is preventing you from executing files not listed in the policy. I had to muck around with it earlier today to get it to run lxterminal.
agentdr8 said:
Open a second adb shell and monitor dmesg | grep TOMOYO to see if the MAC is preventing you from executing files not listed in the policy. I had to muck around with it earlier today to get it to run lxterminal.
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will do !! first thing im doing right now is installing a virtual machine jaunty on my machine to compare and test with figure that will be the most helpful !!
Anyone working on this, be very careful, as the default adbd location is in /sbin, which symlinks to /osh/sbin.
Its possible to use adb to interact with the webtop, its probably easier for these initial command line stages too.
t0dbld said:
FIRST try and fail... prayed it would be as easy as pushing apt-get to /system/bin and executing ... it was not ... well not with this try anyhow getting a apt-get: cannot execute binary file error
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Why did you have to push apt-get to the box? apt and dpkg are already there.
I had this earlier, but reverted due to problems (I tried to uninstall rootfs). The first thing that needs to be taken care of is missing package dependencies, and file collisions. The package rootfs provides the functionality of the packages that are missing, but apt doesn't know that.
Also, consider moving /usr to the /data partition to save space. /osh is pretty cramped as is, and resolving the dependencies will fill it up pretty quickly.
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Why did you have to push apt-get to the box? apt and dpkg are already there.
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I saw a dpkg something cant rmember but wasnt the same thing i see no apt-get either. Also even when running in root apt-get did not exist i used echo $PATH Folowed it and did not see any apt files. If i am wrong and you kniw of there existence and how to make them execute please inform us all as if we have a working apt-get well its all but over
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I saw a dpkg something cant rmember but wasnt the same thing i see no apt-get either. Also even when running in root apt-get did not exist i used echo $PATH Folowed it and did not see any apt files. If i am wrong and you kniw of there existence and how to make them execute please inform us all as if we have a working apt-get well its all but over
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it's already there:
Code:
[email protected]:/osh/usr/bin# ./apt-get moo
./apt-get moo
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
but /osh/etc/apt/sources.list has garbage mirrors listed... They point to 10.77.32.150, which is obviously not a real IP. You could try commenting out what's in there and add in a working jaunty repo.
If you're going to use dpkg to install .debs manually, remember that they'll need to be compiled for arm processors.
Unfortunately my PC monitor doesn't do HDMI, so I can't run webtop right now. I'll play around more tomorrow when I can hook up my atrix to the TV
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I saw a dpkg something cant rmember but wasnt the same thing i see no apt-get either. Also even when running in root apt-get did not exist i used echo $PATH Folowed it and did not see any apt files. If i am wrong and you kniw of there existence and how to make them execute please inform us all as if we have a working apt-get well its all but over
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Apt and dpkg have been verified in this forum to be there for a week, search gets us that as well as some of the dependency issues.
Think about what you are suggesting
Be mindful that when pointing people down the road of running apt and dpkg that the very first thing they should have is a way to recover to stock. It is quite possible and likely that running apt-get or dpkg that you may twiddle some bits on your /osh partition that make webtop fail or unusable.
Have a backout method
At minimum, I would grab a dd of your /osh partition or one from here in the forums and keep it around. In addition, I would suggest you have a way to execute dd (if that is the route you choose to go for backup) outside of the /osh partion in the event you screw /osh up and need to dd back the old working /osh. Is the dd in /bin statically linked? If so, then the plan can be as easy as copying dd to some other partition where it can be executed from. If it is not static, you need one that is or a runtime environment where it can execute.
Have a plan
Why are we trying to get apt working? Is there some goal besides filling up /osh's remaining 77MB of space?
I'll start with a couple of options:
We want a working apt so we can install a less heavy browser than firefox.
We want to be able to replace the awn launcher with something snappier and that does not require compositing, again lowering memory usage and increasing performance.
A working dependency resolving package manager is "the right thing(tm)" to do as opposed to running around with zip files. Zip file are no way to keep a working system.
Exploring and discovering is cool and very fun, but either heading that direction or suggesting others do without a plan is to invite disaster.
If you change sources.lst, please make sure you use ARM repos and not x86 repos. X86 software will break the Webtop if you load it.
For anyone that wants to try, here is the correct repo to use:
Code:
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ jaunty main security universe multiverse restricted
Always make sure /osh can mount on boot, and that /osh/sbin/adbd remains intact. Without it, you have no way of recovering
perkz said:
it's already there:
Code:
[email protected]:/osh/usr/bin# ./apt-get moo
./apt-get moo
(__)
(oo)
/------\/
/ | ||
* /\---/\
~~ ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...
but /osh/etc/apt/sources.list has garbage mirrors listed... They point to 10.77.32.150, which is obviously not a real IP. You could try commenting out what's in there and add in a working jaunty repo.
If you're going to use dpkg to install .debs manually, remember that they'll need to be compiled for arm processors.
Unfortunately my PC monitor doesn't do HDMI, so I can't run webtop right now. I'll play around more tomorrow when I can hook up my atrix to the TV
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well i stand corrected, thank you sir.... although mine doesn't execute, still the same error:
./apt-get: cannot execute binary file
Are you sure you were in /usr/bin when you ran ./apt-get since you were specifiying that it execute from the current directory? Failing that, were you root and/or you might need to adjust your TOMOYO settings, but mine executes just fine as root as long as it is in the path and my /osh is fairly stock outside of the TOMOYO settings I have mucked with and a couple of other changes like adding a password for adas. If you still have problems, can you reload your /osh and start fresh?
i was in right dir , i am reboot it all now and will start over
Suggestion to anyone working this, take a dd copy of /dev/block/mmcblk0p13, and use losetup to mount it on /osh when experimenting.
Edit: the kernel lacks a loop device, working on that now.
t0dbld said:
OK now that the first hard part is over (getting Webtop running with out dock) now its time to push this to the limits ... I am Currently working on getting apt-get installed and running on Jaunty ... I would love to get some help with all this, obviousy this wont replace my laptop or Desktop, but it would be nice to know that anywhere i am i have a fully function linux machine in my pocket... so lets keep up the good work and push forward, CHARGE !!!
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When you say " but it would be nice to know that anywhere i am i have a fully function linux machine in my pocket" do you mean being able to run Jaunty on just the phone itself, not hooked up to a dock? Or do you mean hooked up to a dock, just Jaunty replacing Webtop?
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When you say " but it would be nice to know that anywhere i am i have a fully function linux machine in my pocket" do you mean being able to run Jaunty on just the phone itself, not hooked up to a dock? Or do you mean hooked up to a dock, just Jaunty replacing Webtop?
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well i dont own a dock but i do not plan on running jaunty on a 4" screen
t0dbld said:
well i dont own a dock but i do not plan on running jaunty on a 4" screen
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Yea thats what I thought. That would be sweet though. People think I'm crazy when I run Win95 on my phone, I think it's awesome though. So Jaunty or just Webtop IMO would be REALLY awesome to run on the little 4 inch screen! But most people just think it's a stupid, and pointless idea
shawnbuck said:
Suggestion to anyone working this, take a dd copy of /dev/block/mmcblk0p13, and use losetup to mount it on /osh when experimenting.
Edit: the kernel lacks a loop device, working on that now.
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The loop devices are in /dev/block/loop[X].
Related
Hello,
I was interested in getting Hamachi to work on my newly-acquired G1. After applying Cyanogen's Mod and rooting the thing, installing Debian (yay!) and setting up all the nifty scripts to make it semi-permanent, I focused on getting Hamachi to work.
First I tried the Linux tgz but it failed ("wrong architecture, teabag!" it told me.) ..so I looked around some more, and came across a build for the Nokia N770 (Maemo something-or-other) and decided to give it a try, and holy **** if it didn't work (after some tweaking.)
NOTE: YMMV.
Make sure your phone is r00ted. Can't do it without the r00ty-juice. Also, a Debian distro is required. See here for how: http://www.saurik.com/id/10
**EDIT** I just reflashed my G1, so I had the opportunity to try again and figure out the exact steps! Here they are, as they worked for me:
01) Download the N770 Hamachi tarball: http://files.hamachi.cc/linux/nokia-770/hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx-n770.tar.gz .
02) Untar/ungzip it, it will extract to hamachi-n770-0.9.9.9-20.
03) cd into there, and run sh ./install.
04) mkdir /dev/net to create the node directory in /dev.
05) mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200 to create the tunnel device.
06) apt-get install sudo if you don't already have it.
07) apt-get install libcrypto++7 if you don't already have it.
08) ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
09) sudo tuncfg to get the tunnel driver started.
10) hamachi-init to set up the initial configuration and RSA keys.
11) hamachi start to start up Hamachi.
12) hamachi login to login to the Hamachi network.
13) hamachi set-nick nickname if desired.
14) hamachi join network password if desired.
Success!! Got my G1 online and logged into my Hamachi network! I did apply this Linux fix (to make it stay online within my Hamachi2 network -- this is Hamachi 0.9.9):
echo KeepAlive 10 >/root/.hamachi/config
Maybe overkill, as it's gonna send a ping every 10 seconds over the air, which I'm sure will eat up my battery after a while.
--Weasel5i2
nice! been waiting for something like this for quite some time ;D having some problems though... it won't compile... when i run make install, just keeps on giving me a "Nothing to do for target "install"" Tried removing tuncfg folder and hamachi executable too (which doesn't work btw, says libcrypto is missing), still didn't work... any ideas?
Oh, thanks for reminding me! I also did an apt-get install libcrypto++7 when it gave a linker error.
As far as Make goes, it doesn't really compile (it is precompiled) as much as just copy the binaries to the proper places in the path.. Try doing the install of libcrypto++7 and see if it works for you.
--W5i2
alright... so ive tried installing libcypto 0.9.8 and renamed it to 09.9.7.... however it still says i need to run hamachi-init which doesn"t work!
Edit: alright, got it... i had to do sh install
Thanks, seems to work!
tip: the libcrypto.so.0.9.8 wich you have to rename to libcrypto.so.0.9.7 is located in /usr/lib
Can any of you two (Fish & Zero) whom have gotten this to work confirm what you did, and if "Debian" is needed ?
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Can any of you two (Fish & Zero) whom have gotten this to work confirm what you did, and if "Debian" is needed ?
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it does work, it only works on debian at the moment, since the binaries are not designed for android. however, the network connection should work with android too, since debian and android share their connections...
all you need to do is follow the instructions, but also run
apt-get install libcrypto0.9.8 and
mv /usr/lib/libcrypto0.9.8.so /usr/lib/libcrypto0.9.7.so (something like that check ls /usr/lib)
Alright so im still breaking my neck to get this to work but i dont get it.
This guy says "4) Untar/ungzip the file, run 'make install' and it should install without errors/warnings, IIRC.. (I did this last night)". What is he talking about ? Do i download the zip file, extract the folder in it to the root of my SD ? because thats what i have done so far. And if yes after then what comes next ? I cant put his puzzle together. -.- So lost, and i really want this.
You need a working debian on your android for this to work.
and even then its helluva lot of doing magic until it so much as tells you that it's started.
My Problem for example is that when i do: "hamachi start" it tells me that it can'T access the tun device (no such device) but it's there...
Dont worry about it, i went back to Hero after getting Debian working.
Updated PP
I reflashed my phone, so I had a chance to install Hamachi and document it again. As such, I updated the parent post with the correct instructions.
Enjoy, and please let me know if anything doesn't work and I'll happily try and help with troubleshooting.
--W5i2
Hmm almost eberything works except 'hamachi start' wich throws bad response from tuncfg (/dev/net/tun no such device)
Prolly a problem with my debian installation but you got an idea without reinstalling the whole thing?
You need to make the tun device first:
# mkdir /dev/net
# mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200
I have since rewritten the original post to have more detailed (and proper) instructions.
^_^
-W-
Tried that after it was posted here in a reply (i think)
But to no avail (tried sudo tuncfg too but nothing changed)
Can't wait to go try this.
Does anyone have any VNC viewers (preferably free) that they recommend for use with this? My computer is behind a NAT router so I need to use Hamachi to access it.
Spica
Hi all,
Am I able to install this Debian into my rooted Eclair 2.1 Samsung Spica?
Thanks in advance.
SadaT5700 said:
Hi all,
Am I able to install this Debian into my rooted Eclair 2.1 Samsung Spica?
Thanks in advance.
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Or my Evo 4G?
I have ubuntu running on my Evo 4G per the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720622
I've followed the hamachi install instructions in this thread, but when I try running "hamachi start" I receive the following:
07 04:33:56.732 [ 0] [6315] tap: connect() failed 111 (connection refused)
Does anyone out there have any idea on how to fix this and get hamachi running?
This would be AMAZING on the Evo. Just imagine the possibilities of remote administration.
I have it working however I can only mount linux shares I cant mount windows drives
and what sucks is the ubuntu image wont let you paste files to filesystem ,root, home, or anywere. only from terminal.
I've been running Debian natively from my SD card for a while, so I decided I'd share the [relatively easy] instructions. First, though, here's the status of the hardware support...
* X11 is working quite nicely. 480x640 resolution is best for using E17.
* I'm trying to think up a solution for the 3D accelerator. LLVMpipe works but it's not much faster than classic Mesa. Maybe that's because I'm only testing performance with Mupen64Plus and SuperTux Ideally we would have an open-source OpenGL ES 1.0 driver with an OpenGL 1.3 wrapper/Gallium state tracker, but unfortunately Qualcomm closed it
* The hardware buttons don't generate input events (except the power button, which apparently makes SDL windows fullscreen).
* USB function ether works. This means you can SSH into it or update packages without a data connection (I don't think data even works).
* Sound doesn't work because Android doesn't use ALSA - or maybe because DZO hasn't written the proper driver...
* Camera(s) would need a Video4Linux driver; again, not my area
* Bluetooth is untested.
* GPS needs userspace work (gpsd?) - maybe the HTC Dream page at HTC-Linux.org has info...
* Calling - untested because: 1) I doesn't got the software, and 2) even if it worked, I have no one to call
If you're willing to wait indefinitely for those things to be fixed (or if you don't care), all you need is a Debian chroot on an EXT2-formatted SD card and my special NBH. The NAND should also work*, but Debian probably wouldn't fit on it. These instructions should also work for Ubuntu, Gentoo, FSO/OpenMoko, Angstrom, ARMedSlack, Fedora, or what have you - the only requirements are ARMv6 or lower and a semi-standard root filesystem layout (i.e. /sbin/init).
For those of you who don't trust binaries, I've uploaded my patches to the kernel and tinboot needed for Debian to boot. For everyone else, I have NBH files ready. Just flash the NBH, insert your SD card, and it should boot.
Links:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnv2memddug (source)
http://www.mediafire.com/?immywzmmqjn (binaries)
*LogFS patch included and enabled in my NBH.
Interesting, i'm going to have to try it out, any chance of getting it bootable from within android, like haret is with windows?
what exactly is debian??
is it like ubuntu thats on my computer
jadenj5 said:
what exactly is debian??
is it like ubuntu thats on my computer
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yes
10char
little confused though, where do I get the debian root files though
Debian Root
Instructions to build your own RootFS follow. If you're lazy, Google for a pre-built one.
If you're on Ubuntu:
Code:
sudo apt-get install debootstrap
sudo debootstrap --arch armel --foreign unstable root/ http://http.us.debian.org/debian
Substituting "unstable" for "stable" or "testing", "root/" with the the path to the directory you want the rootfs in (probably your SD card mountpoint), and your country code in ftp.??.debian.org (or another mirror). You might also need to do
Code:
sudo mount -o remount,rw,dev,exec $MOUNTPOINT
to your SD card (which, again, should be ext2-formatted) for debootstrap to work.
Then to complete the bootstrap:
Code:
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras-static
sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $ROOTFS/usr/bin/
sudo chroot $ROOTFS
From inside the chroot, do
Code:
/debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
Then, apt-get install whatever you want on the phone (after configuring /etc/apt/sources.list), exit the chroot, unmount the card, insert it in your phone, and boot!
You'll need - at the very least - xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and xserver-xorg-input-evdev *WITHOUT* installing the other video or input drivers. And a desktop/window manager. If you haven't used Debian before, try e17.
Thanks man, i'm going to go check it out
If you're lazy, Google for a pre-built one.
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can't find one.?
If you're on Ubuntu:
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ubuntu 10.04 debootstrap doesnt know about stable/testing/unstable names, but knows about lenny, squeeze, sid
okay, I maked Debian unstable rootfs - here it is (127MB tar.bz2). here is dpkg -l.
root password is "1", apt sources.list is configured to most close to me mirror. I also added /proc into fstab.
how to pack my rootfs into .img image now?
can you post a screenshots please ???
there is nothing to show now, really. we need to make working pack first.
google e17 screenshots, on device you will have same.
a note about the sound issue. You are correct in that the vogue kernel does not have alsa support at this time.
nice job on this
Code:
E: No such script: /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/stable
debootstrap installed with no errors but that's what I get when I try to run
Code:
sudo debootstrap --arch armel --foreign stable /media/79e9dd5a-174b-4324-a704-6aa06807fe35 http://http.us.debian.org/debianc
Try "lenny" instead of stable.
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Try "lenny" instead of stable.
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progress but now i get
Code:
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://http.us.debian.org/debianc/dists/lenny/Release
Look closely - the mirror URL doesn't contain "debianc", does it?
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Look closely - the mirror URL doesn't contain "debianc", does it?
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I'm F-ing retarded
/facepalm
-Edit- any packages you would advise to install?
New problem
Code:
[email protected]:/$ sudo chroot /media/79e9dd5a-174b-4324-a704-6aa06807fe35_
chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error
Could it be because sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras-static had no packages and I had to install sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm-extras
Code:
sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static $ROOTFS/usr/bin/
This step is essential - without qemu-arm-static in your chroot, you won't be able to run/emulate any ARM binaries (in this case, Debian-armel's /bin/bash).
Yes, you do need the static version. Last I checked it was actually in the Ubuntu repositories, so look again...
As far as what packages to install, here you go.
Essential packages: xserver-xorg-{video-fbdev,input-{mouse,keyboard}}
Essential desktop packages (pick one): e17 fluxbox lxde xfce4
Recommended packages: cellwriter xfce4-goodies
Suggested packages: Whatever floats your boat.
Packages I installed even though having no sound makes them useless: zynaddsubfx supertux sopwith bomberclone
located at /osh/ubuntu.sh
Code:
#!/bin/sh
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
chmod 666 /system/usr/keychars/*
rm -f /tmp/tab*
mkdir -p /home/adas/Desktop
chmod 755 /home/adas/Desktop
chown -R adas.adas /home/adas/Desktop
[ -x /usr/bin/firefox-install-profile ] && /usr/bin/firefox-install-profile
/etc/init.d/rc S
chmod 666 /dev/socket/dbus
chmod 666 /dev/null
/etc/init.d/rc 2
cp /sdcard/*.lic /data/
chmod 666 /data/*.lic
I'm still an amateur, but I'm trying to find stuff
Yeah I found that last night too.. The OSH folder seems to be the Ubuntu filesystem pretty much. I am messing around in it as we speak. Loading up Linux right now and gonna test a few things. If i find something, ill post it back on here
So forgive me for asking, but to make sure: does this mean the Atrix Webtop OS is a customized version of Ubuntu? If so, that's pretty awesome; let's hope dpkg is on it!
From what I am seeing so far, it is pretty much a customized version of Ubuntu and if all goes well. We will be able to install what we want on it. Just gonna take some time to completely figure the entire thing out..
Just a bit of good news.. Its not looking very difficult to make it allow you to run the webtop OS by plugging in the USB cable to a computer.. Won't know if it works until I get home tonight and give it a try.. Steps closer.....
if you load up firefox from a webtop dock or laptop dock and go to "About" it says Firefox for Ubuntu. So that's at least telling us something.
So now really what we need is replace firefox with chrome
AstainHellbring said:
So now really what we need is replace firefox with chrome
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's impossible. While the phone may be running Ubuntu, it's still running it from an ARM processor which means that one would need Chrome compiled for ARM.
Is there a way to get a dump of the entire /osh/ folder? I'd like to see what I can do with it.
note that apt/sources.list in the osh partition includes a mirror of the stock ubuntu jaunty for arm port, as well as a custom webtop mirror. Both point to an internal 10.x url (doh), but this looks like a stock ubuntu with some webtop additions. Should be nice!
Anyone able to launch the webtop environment with a HDMI cable/bluetooth keyboard/mouse?
/osh/var/lib/dpkg
There's a folder with various files in it.. So I assume if we get the arm port of dpkg we could simply add it to /osh/bin..
What's the best way to get a dump?
so I am curious if the /osh only exists in webtop mode, could anyone own a Atrix check and get a dump of that dir or all things in / dir?
Ubuntu DUMP
Thanks to USKR posting this dump in another thread. We can all DIG IN!
http://www.usk.bz/android/ubuntu.img.bz2
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so I am curious if the /osh only exists in webtop mode, could anyone own a Atrix check and get a dump of that dir or all things in / dir?
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/OSH exists at all times. It exists on my phone and I don't own a dock
After using webtop2sd app the next step on using my webtop on motorola atrix was to start using programs like aptitude, synaptic or command line apt-get to install much more useful programs to use offline on this motorola modified ubuntu jaunty distribution.
The first problem faced was that motorola had left a lot of broken dependencies that would break webtop system if someone just try to use any automatic solution.
To help on this task i developed a bash script that fix those broken dependencies using three different approaches:
1 - The first logical step is just install the missing packages from ubuntu jaunty, taking care to not overwrite any original packages developed from motorola
2 - Since some packages were made from motorola and were already installed on webtop, the second step was creating FAKE packages to just tell apt-get that the package is already installed leaving the original motorola installed package intacted.
3 - Somehow, there is one fake package that breaks the system if is installed. For this package, the idea was backup all files provided from the package developed from motorola and install ubuntu jaunty package overwriting motorola's files. After installation restore the original files on top of ubuntu jaunty files to maintain maximum motorola original system.
After fixing apt-get broken dependencies the use of apt-get could upgrade original motorola`s file. To avoid that there is another script that mark to HOLD version installed. Doing that, it is more difficult to normal users to upgrade packages that would overwrite motorola packages.
Now let's explain how to use WebTopScripts.
Requirements:
* Rooted Atrix.
* Working WebTop after webtop2sd modifications.
* webtop configurator running and preliminaries fix applied from this program (most of all corrections are related to sources.list).
* basic skills to run bash scripts and commands from terminal command line
* working lxterminal program on webtop
Install Script on your Atrix:
* Download file from this thread and save on your download folder (/mnt/sdcard/download)
* run these commands on lxterminal:
Until version 1.6:
Code:
cp /mnt/sdcard/download/webtopscripts-1.4.tar ~/
cd ~
sudo tar -xvf ~/webtopscripts-1.4.tar
sudo chmod -R 777 WebTopScripts
bash WebTopScripts/setup.sh
After version 1.7:
Code:
cp /mnt/sdcard/download/webtopscripts-1.7.tar ~/
cd ~
sudo tar -Pxvf ~/webtopscripts-1.7.tar
cd /osh/usr/share/
sudo chmod -R 777 WebTopScripts
bash WebTopScripts/setup.sh
Run Scripts to fix apt-get:
Until version 1.6:
Code:
cd ~
bash WebTopScripts/fix-apt-get.sh
After version 1.7 execute this command and choose options from menu:
Code:
webtopscripts
Just use this script with care, and at your own risk, because apt-get may break your system.
Using webtop2sd you may easily recover from original webtop but since your are on a rooted device all caution is needed.
Good luck and enjoy.
New repository for updated versions on: webtopscripts google code
Version 1.5 released 10/01/2012
Version 1.6 released 11/01/2012
Version 1.7 released 24/01/2012
Many thanks to donation made by:
amenditman
...
Please feel free to contribute on WebTopScripts Project on Google Code
Install script to help use of dpkg -i xx.deb command
If you want to use some functions provided from WebTopScrips to install packages directly from deb files like command "sudo /usr/bin/dpkg -i --root=/osh <<package_deb_file.deb>>", you may run the code:
Code:
cd ~
bash WebTopScripts/scripts/install.sh <<package_name>>
Just need to make sure to write proper settings on file:
Code:
cd ~
leafpad WebTopScripts/scripts/config.txt
Example of config.txt (You just need to include dependencies that are not on webtop yet) :
[gksu]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23917569/gksu_2.0.2-1ubuntu2_armel.deb"
file="gksu_2.0.2-1ubuntu2_armel.deb"
depends="libgksu2-0;gnome-keyring"
[libgksu2-0]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25028748/libgksu2-0_2.0.9-1ubuntu3_armel.deb"
file="libgksu2-0_2.0.9-1ubuntu3_armel.deb"
depends=""
[gnome-keyring]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25333836/gnome-keyring_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
file="gnome-keyring_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
depends="libgcr0;libgp11-0"
[libgcr0]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25333843/libgcr0_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
file="libgcr0_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
depends="libgp11-0"
[libgp11-0]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25333840/libgp11-0_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
file="libgp11-0_2.26.1-0ubuntu1_armel.deb"
depends=""
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To install gksu you just need to run:
Code:
cd ~
bash WebTopScripts/scripts/install.sh gksu
You may contribute with more config text for installing more packages on this thread to share with others users that do not want to use apt-get easy installation process.
Visit site bellow to find path for armel jaunty deb files on web:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/armel/
Hope to have your contribution soon.
Programs Installed after apt-get fix from WebTopScripts
I will list here all applications that were installed and how I did it after fixing apt-get.
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You my friend, have to much time on your hands.
This is freaking wicked GOD like.
Thank you !
very nice I had been working on getting dependencies t work for days and kept breaking the webtop.
I've also been working on this for days and am happy to confirm it works beautifully!
May god carry your soul to heaven when you die.
I am now completely satisfied in replacing my netbook with the lapdock
im installing gnome desktop now =D
youre the man
I think I may have just died! Awesome job.
You make my day
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Thank you everybody that tested the script. My pleasure to help and contribute.
I need your help on this issue:
Sometimes when you are installing programs, the program is not able to configute itself.
I found oout that the main problem is that some programs modified by motorola are preventing that since they don't have all functionalities that are expected from them.
For example program readlink can not be used with option -q, program sed can not be used with some optins, etc....
To fix that the only way is to overwrite motorola file with ubuntu original jaunty file. BUT that sometimes breaks the system.
Here is your possible contribuition: to find out with me wich files can be overwriting without problems.
Here is an example to how to overwrite readlink:
Code:
cd ~
bash WebTopScripts/scripts/install.sh coreutils
rm -R ~/tmp
dpkg-deb -x WebTopScripts/packages/coreutils_6.10-6ubuntu1_armel.deb ~/tmp/
sudo cp ~/tmp/bin/readlink /usr/bin/readlink
To overwrite grep we need to include this package on WebTopScripts like this:
Code:
cd ~
sudo tee -a WebTopScripts/scripts/config.txt <<EOF
[grep]
site="http://launchpadlibrarian.net/[URL="tel:19665074"]19665074[/URL]/grep_2.5.3%7Edfsg-6ubuntu1_armel.deb"
file="grep_2.5.3~dfsg-6ubuntu1_armel.deb"
depends=""
EOF
bash WebTopScripts/scripts/install.sh grep
rm -R ~/tmp
dpkg-deb -x WebTopScripts/packages/grep_2.5.3~dfsg-6ubuntu1_armel.deb ~/tmp/
sudo cp ~/tmp/bin/grep /bin/grep
sudo cp ~/tmp/bin/egrep /bin/egrep
Finally, I am open to yours suggestions ....
This looks awesome! Can't wait to try it out today. has anyone installed a working chrome browser yet?
I am trying to find a working APT source for Jaunty to test against. Anyone have a working /etc/apt/sources.list I can use?
starrwulfe said:
I am trying to find a working APT source for Jaunty to test against. Anyone have a working /etc/apt/sources.list I can use?
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Use WebTop2SD & install webtop configurator. It will fix your apt source and keys.
If you're more advanced than that and just want repo, check out old-releases.ubuntu.com as your starting fqdn.
bb12489 said:
This looks awesome! Can't wait to try it out today. has anyone installed a working chrome browser yet?
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chromium ppa doesn't have jaunty binaries so this isn't possible. You might want to look at debian webtop for chromium.
_Alex_ said:
chromium ppa doesn't have jaunty binaries so this isn't possible. You might want to look at debian webtop for chromium.
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yea i tried debian, but no one can get chrome to work on it. Displays pages for a second then craps out :/
aaron.a said:
im installing gnome desktop now =D
youre the man
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did it work ???
Does any one have sources.list for any armel chromium? I had before for i386 one daily build that could work with jaunty since will not contains many dependencies on ubuntu stuff. But that was i386, i am not familiar with armel yet.
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this is outstanding. well done.
i am one of the many that seem to have been experimenting with this and constantly breaking it. i did find however, that overwriting most of the packages that contain binaries that were included in the original rootfs (coreutils, findutils, etc) helped fix missing arguments especially when trying to build from source using apt-get.
also force overwriting locales let you rebuild a locale for your own language and gets rid of errors and some awn-manager issues due to dependencies on the locale files.
but alas, my awn-launcher is broken so i am out of action for the time being.
arvati said:
Does any one have sources.list for any armel chromium? I had before for i386 one daily build that could work with jaunty since will not contains many dependencies on ubuntu stuff. But that was i386, i am not familiar with armel yet.
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You can find and add PPA ubuntu sources from www.launchpad.net. Unfortunately, there are no armel jaunty binaries for Chromium stable, dev or beta available.
[Project dormant unless someone else picks it up]
NOTE: This is a chroot for the Webtop, not the Android+VNC chroot method.
Hi everyone, this is my first guide (I'm not sure I can call it that yet, or if this is in the right section) so bear with me.
I tried the Debian chroot guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790), and I really liked the idea, but I had too many apt-get issues and it often crashed my Webtop, so I tried building my own Ubuntu Lucid chroot using rootstock, but internet didn't work.
I later saw this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184161, but the links were dead and the scripts it referenced were out of date. I'll sort of combine the two guides here since Backtrack actually works surprisingly well.
Just on a side note though, I haven't fully tested the Backtrack tools, but the only thing I haven't found to work are the wireless tools.
Let's start!
Required:
-Rooted Atrix (with Blur based ROM)
-LXTerminal installed on Webtop
-Enough free space (around 4 GB just for room)
-7-Zip
-Some Linux/Unix distro native or in a VM
1. Install the easy-signed.zip from the Debian chroot guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790
but the other files aren't needed.
Make a folder called WebTopMOD (case-sensitive) on either external or internal memory for later.
2. Look here for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184161, but the links are dead. Active links are here:
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?x9cgxzdx84vc6uj
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?xaoidipkg1o7vgo
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipur
Use 7-Zip to uncompress the three files (called bt.7z.001,002,003) and you'll get a bt.img.
Full bt.img in a zip:
DL from Mega or from Google Drive
3. The image isn't usable in this state yet, since the image is formatted with ext2, and we need ext3.
Copy the image over to your Linux VM or computer on a easy-to-find directory, and open up a Terminal window (usually CTRL+ALT+T).
In Terminal, type this in:
Code:
cd <directory where you put bt.img>
mkdir tmp tmpbt
sudo mount -o loop bt.img tmpbt
dd if=/dev/zero of=linuxdisk count=0 bs=1MB seek=4096 (This is the size of the chroot image you want, in MB)
mkfs.ext3 linuxdisk (just type y when it asks)
sudo mount -o loop linuxdisk tmp
sudo cp -rf tmpbt/* tmp
sudo umount tmp
sudo umount tmpbt
[Sorry, made a mistake twice] Copy the newly made linuxdisk file to a directory named WebTopMOD on your internal memory or sdcard-ext (folder and file names are case-sensitive).
4. Start Webtop, then open LXTerminal, then start the chroot by typing in:
Code:
/usr/sbin/linux
and after it loads for a bit, you'll get an xterm window with the shell for Backtrack!
If you want to quit the Gnome session, closing xterm doesn't work, since by issuing the commands to kill the webtop processes, it also kills the webtop window manager, and if you do close it there's some kind of weird glitch with a small popup window constantly disappearing and reappearing. (It'll be a WIP for now I guess, the only full solution is to reboot your Atrix). It seems to have to do with the way the linux command mounts the chroot disk under loop50, I'll try and make something to fix this later.
-----------------Extras moved below-----------------------
Pictures:
Chromium Running
BT Desktop (Gnome)
BT Desktop with AIW
THANKS TO:
k.taylor89 for the original Backtop Method
SystemR89 for the Debian chroot and scripts to make this work
The original developers of the Backtop chroot image
And any others I may have forgotten!
Extras:
If you want a GUI (Gnome):
k.taylor89 said:
You first need to kill off all the webtop crap do this by typing the following in xterm.
"ps ax|grep awn|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
"ps ax|grep panel|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill"
Then start gnome by typing "gnome-session" in xterm.
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If you want to take it step further and start Gnome after bootup, this isn't a full solution yet but you could edit your start-oshwt-1.sh and 2 scripts so that the chroot automatically starts on bootup without anything else in Webtop, and from there start gnome-session. I'm testing that now.
Installing Apps:
Since this is based off of Ubuntu Lucid, you can install anything from the Lucid repos, you just have to fix the sources list since the Backtrack sources don't seem to work.
Code:
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old (Backup just in case)
sudo nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
Comment out (#) any line with the backtrack servers, and uncomment any line with the Ubuntu repos.
Press Control+X, Y, then Enter, then run apt-get update to update the repos.
Apps like Chromium install and run without a hassle (just run apt-get install chromium-browser), but I actually get the error "Bus error" for some reason when Chromium remains idle, it seems to be an unsolved bug in the version of Chromium for armel devices in the Lucid repos, if anyone else has a fix, please do tell.
First.
I think its only for lapdock ..........
3n3rg1c said:
First.
I think its only for lapdock ..........
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Oh sorry yeah I forgot to mention that. I mean I guess if you have the mod that lets you use Webtop anywhere, that'll work too.
Hi,
The "Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipu" doesn't work.
Could you fix it.
Thank you.
sintoo said:
Hi,
The "Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipu" doesn't work.
Could you fix it.
Thank you.
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Oh sorry I copied the link incorrectly, updated in OP.
i've gotten it running on my ubuntop model, when i ran it from the terminal it would not give me any issues when closing it back up. is there a way to only launch the gnome panel? running: gnome-panel in the terminal didn't work
etruj said:
i've gotten it running on my ubuntop model, when i ran it from the terminal it would not give me any issues when closing it back up. is there a way to only launch the gnome panel? running: gnome-panel in the terminal didn't work
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I'm not sure if there is a way to start just gnome panel because of the way the chroot is implemented, since to run gnome-panel, an X session must already be running within the chroot and I need to figure that out.
My first two times i lUnched the session the wallpaper would flicker and then just the panels would come up. Now i get hit with the errors and loop pop ups. Maybe there is a way to launch the session then kill everything but the panel?
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etruj said:
My first two times i lUnched the session the wallpaper would flicker and then just the panels would come up. Now i get hit with the errors and loop pop ups. Maybe there is a way to launch the session then kill everything but the panel?
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The workaround I found worked so far was to modify the start-oshwt-2 script so that it would run a very slightly modified version of the script that automatically starts gnome-session (gnome-panel alone is really stubborn, still haven't figured that out) and doesn't start whatever window manager in WebTop to avoid flickering errors and panel only errors (but of course you don't have access to anything from the actual WebTop, but you could also have start-oshwt open a Terminal window from WebTop too).
Can you attach the script?
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etruj said:
Can you attach the script?
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Just rename it to linux, and copy it to wherever you like on your Atrix. You can also copy it to a directory within your terminal path.
This isn't my script, it's from the Debian chroot, just modified to automatically start gnome-session (credit to SystemR89)
You might need to chmod +x the file.
Also, if you want to start it automatically from start-oshwt-2.sh, make sure you copy the file to a directory within the terminal path, and add the line
Code:
sfalv -i "linux"
and comment out any other line that starts a different X window manager.
running "sudo gnome-panel" gives me the panel while staying inside the original ubuntop. i think i can just swap out that one line in your script to get it working. thanks! also noticed my chrome crashes after a few minutes, ill post the error code and screen grabs soon but was wondering if you ever experienced anything like it?
etruj said:
running "sudo gnome-panel" gives me the panel while staying inside the original ubuntop. i think i can just swap out that one line in your script to get it working. thanks! also noticed my chrome crashes after a few minutes, ill post the error code and screen grabs soon but was wondering if you ever experienced anything like it?
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Yes, in fact. It's a bus error, and I tried to fix it, but the fix doesn't work (and it only seems to affect Chromium).
Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone wanted to take this project over, since I don't have an Atrix anymore and don't have anything to work with.
Thanks.