Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Too late :D. But judging by the timestamp of the debian-final.img.ext2, it wasn't touched. Actually, it's never been touched :confused:

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Yikes. This is a big problem:

Aaaagh! Bug in my postinst script! I'll be uploading a new version (0.9.12) immediately.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Quick bugfix release uploaded straight to Extras.

Grog: When 0.9.12 appears in your list of updates, install it.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Once you have updated this will I need to reinstall the image file or will this fix the problem with an update?

Thanks

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

This update is just a small fix for the error Grog was receiving, everything else should be the same as this week's 0.9.10 release. So what I said before still applies:

The next version will have clearer wording in the text box that pops up after the install, so it is very clear that you don't have to download an image if you downloaded it as part of a 0.9 release.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

I'm getting an error when I try your install "Unable to download easy-deb-chroot Application package not found"...any ideas?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

oops i edited my bad advice :o

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

karimderrick: Make sure you have enabled "maemo Extras" in your repository list (Application Manager -> Tools -> Application Catalogue), then see if you can find easy-deb-chroot (with the little red diamond icon) in the list of installable applications.

Anyone else have any help for karimderrick?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Thanks Qole:

Awesome work, and the latest update solves the install problem.

Many thanks! K.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

qole, many thanks for Easy Debian !

Two issues:

1) there was an upgrade of 'easy-deb-chroot' yesterday or the day before. Since then 'Debian chroot' crashes. I do not know if error messages are logged in maemo (/var/log is empty) but I can see error messages in the xterm started by 'Debian chroot' before it crashes. When I start chroot from the command line I get the following:

nicola@cumulus:~/svn_pc98$ ssh user@192.168.0.5
user@192.168.0.5's password:
BusyBox v1.6.1 (2008-05-22 10:32:35 EEST) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ sudo chroot /debian/
chroot: cannot execute /bin/sh: No such file or directory
~ $

'sudo chroot /debian' worked perfectly until the new upgrade.


2) I have (had) purged most of the heavyweight Debian GNU/Linux applications and installed a few new. Is there a way to remove the entries of the purged applications from the maemo application launcher ?

best regards,
Nicola

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

There were TWO updates. Please make sure (in Application Manager, under "show installed applications") that you have easy-deb-chroot version 0.9.12, because 0.9.11 has a bug. If you have 0.9.11, please upgrade and your problem will be fixed.

That's really not the way to do it. You should use "sudo debian" to get root access to the chroot; "debbie" or "sudo debian hilda" will run applications as "user". You can run a Debian app (eg. oowriter) by typing, "debbie oowriter".

If you have version 0.9.12, and Easy Debian is still crashing, please post the errors when you reboot and then type "sudo debian".

You delete the correct .desktop files from /usr/share/applications/hildon as root, they are sanely named and should be easy to find.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Thanks a lot qole, 0.9.12 works perfectly ! Best, Nicola

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

hello all,
am a little frustrated.....i think install debian correctly but I don't know how to confirm this. I tapped on 1 off the browsers about 5 mins ago, and nothing isn't loading.

later on maybe someone could install something that tells the user the program is loading........we all are'nt experts.

Thanks

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Hello Everybody:
Yesterday I tried to install Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition without success; I have Nokia N800 with Maemo Linux based OS2008 version 2.20007.50-2. I downloaded easy-deb-chroot.install and verified that Maemo Extras repository was enabled. When I executed the installer appeared “unable to download easy-deb-chroot. Application package not found”
I had changed the language to English for the installation without success (I use Spanish as default language and when I installed KDE had problems which were solved when the language of the SO before the installation was changed to English, when the installation of KDE was finished I returned to Spanish without problems).
Thank you for your help.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Been away. The fix worked for me. Thanks

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

@qole

I'm not an expert on this Debian stuff, so let me ask this...I installed your Easy Debian package back in October when you originally started this thread. Everything has been working great, but this morning I got prompted to update to 0.9.12, which I did. This is the first time I have used my tablet in a few weeks, so I basically skipped over the 0.9.10 and .11 updates.

Do I now need to delete and reinstall my image file? Also, I had moved all of the associated Debian program icons to a separate program list called "Debian", instead of the "Extras" area where they were installed. Will this cause any problems?

I don't mind reinstalling the image file, especially if you have made some improvements in free space to install other apps...

Thanks!

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

orbitalcomp: No, as I've said before, the message about installing the image file is misleading for those, like you, who already have the latest image file.

I'm waiting for an update to Java in Debian before updating the image file.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

qole,

First of all, amazing work. Being able to program drum beats in hydrogen on the subway is just something I never expected the tablet to do.

Alas. there is the end of my portable audio joy. Thus far, I haven't been able find to another audio app to open successfully. Anything midi related complains that

Any ideas about this? I'd love to be able to aseqnet to send midi over wifi into the tablet. Even using rezound would be nice but it seems to not connect to the audio device.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

That's what I thought, I just wanted to double-check before I screwed something up...thanks, qole!

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

looplog: I have been unable to get MIDI working on the tablet, too. I have very little knowledge in this area; I wish someone who does have knowledge here would drop in and help us.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Qole, great work!!
I haven't installed it but is it possible to uninstall iceweasel? I'm pretty happy with the default browser since iceweasel takes a while to start?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Go into "Debian chroot" and type:

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Maybe I am missing something obvious, but I do not see easy-deb-chroot in my extra repository. I tried to click on the ITT message hotlink to the package in my N800 and got the error that the package did not exist (in the package manager).

I used my web browser to look at the following link, and I did not see easy-deb-chroot there, either. Is the package not available, or am I goofing up?

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/4.1/free/e/

Looking forward to using Debian - if only because I hope there will be a better implementation of Ogg Vorbis playback there. Congratulations on the port and the invite to the Nokia conference, too.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Tuxdelux and any others who are getting the "application package doesn't exist" errors:

Currently I have only made this available for Diablo; unless you have a particular reason for staying with the old version of the tablet software, I strongly recommend that you flash your tablet to the latest firmware.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Thank you!

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

I got the congratulations screen, rebooted, but don't know how to switch to Debian. I tried the applications in Extras. Debian Chroot and it flashes by in a second and exits too fast to read any error message. Debian LXHE loads and closes immediately. None of the others appear to do anything.

Should I try to reinstall? Or am I missing an obvious menu or option?

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

bizshop: please open an X Terminal and type
and then post the messages you get.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

~ $ sudo debian
Setting up the chroot...
using device: /media/mmc1/debian-final.img.ext2
insmod: cannot insert '/mnt/initfs/lib/modules/2.6.21-omap1/mbcache.ko': File exists (-1): File existsUsing ext2 file system
insmod: cannot insert '/mnt/initfs/lib/modules/2.6.21-omap1/ext2.ko': File exists (-1): File exists
using /media/mmc1/debian-final.img.ext2 on the turbo-loop ;)
insmod: cannot insert '/lib/modules/2.6.21-omap1/dm-mod.ko': File exists (-1): File exists
insmod: cannot insert '/lib/modules/2.6.21-omap1/dm-loop.ko': File exists (-1): File exists
/sbin/debian: line 140: dmlosetup: not found
mount: mounting /dev/dm-0 on /debian failed
.
mount: mounting /dev on /debian/dev failed
mount: mounting /proc on /debian/proc failed
..
mount: mounting none on /debian/dev/pts failed
mount: mounting /tmp on /debian/tmp failed
mount: mounting /var/tmp on /debian/var/tmp failed
...
mkdir: cannot create directory '/debian/media/mmc2': No such file or directory
mount: mounting /media/mmc2 on /debian/media/mmc2 failed
mkdir: cannot create directory '/debian/media/mmc1': No such file or directory
mount: mounting /media/mmc1 on /debian/media/mmc1 failed
....
mount: mounting /home/user on /debian/home/user failed
mount: mounting /var/run/dbus on /debian/var/run/dbus failed
touch: /debian/tmp/chroot-complete: No such file or directory
Everything set up, running chroot...
chroot: cannot execute /bin/sh: No such file or directory
~ $

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

bizshop: you have the same "dmlosetup: not found" error that people using version 0.9.11 got.

Can you go into Application Manager, Show installed applications, and make sure that you have easy-deb-chroot version 0.9.12?

If that's the version that you have, then you may have found another bug... :(

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Mine shows 0.9.12 - but says on the info "broken but able to update." Odd thing is, when I check for updates it says easy-deb-chroot 0.91.12 there as well. When I try to update that, it fails without explanation. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling the easy-deb-chroot

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

OK, tried to uninstall and reinstall. Trying to install easy-deb-chroot 0.9.12, app-manager says 'unable to install' - but there it is again on my installed programs as 0.9.12, with the same 'broken but able to update' info.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

bizshop, please try this:

1. uninstall
2. reboot (unplug the power cable, completely shut down, power back up)
3. install

Perhaps, for step #3, try going to your X Terminal, gaining root, and entering:
Then post your messages. That will tell us why your install is broken. Alternately, hopefully, everything will go well, and you won't have any errors to post :)

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Something must have been wrong more deeply with my system. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling and then tried using apt-get remove and install. Then my 810 went into endless reboot. I reflashed, and now everything installed fine.

Thanks for all your help anyway.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

hi @qole,

How can we play yahoo games? I think we need java package to start the game. Where can we install java package for os 2008 diablo and easy debian?
Thanks

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Hi, I installed the debian turbo but can't start jar:s from command line using java -jar myapplet.jar. Also does anyone know whether the java on easy debian is fully featured. Meaning that it has AWT in it? I tried to run applet on Iceweasel but it didn't start, only a grey square where the applet were supposed to be.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

Make sure your .jar file is either on an SD card or somewhere in your home directory (so it can be "seen" by Easy Debian), and then, from a X Terminal prompt, type:

Java can take a really, really, REALLY long time to start on the tablet. You often just have to be very, very, VERY patient.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

I tried that earlier and also at Debian chroot (without debbie there) but the result is:
Synaptic did have lots of java packages installed after installing the easy debian but do I need something more in order to have java-command. I only have javaws.

Thanks.

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

jarl:

This post suggests that you might need to run this command from the Debian chroot:

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

That did the trick!

Thanks!

Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!
 

@qole,
Will this code fix yahoo games java applet problem?
Thanks