Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Good. From a terminal run the following copy command:

cp /mnt/and/Xming/SecurityPolicy /etc/X11/xserver

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Well, I did that (before writing my earlier post). That file is there, and looks to contain the same contents as SecurityPolicy in Xming.

But (as I just edited that post to add), it works fine, even with that error message.

Thanks for your post and your responses. And thanks to BOFH and Pete Savage!

Roger

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Glad you got it working. andLinux is pretty awesome as you pointed out about being in both Windows and Linux at the same time with no rebooting or using a full virtual machine host/guest setup.

And thank you for the mention in your earlier article: Me and Linux, round 4 and a half ;)

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

One thing I don't understand —

The KDE apps you mentioned: I don't have any of them to uninstall. Or am I just unaware of where they are?

And what is the Ubuntu aspect? With no Linux desktop, I'm not certain what parts of Ubuntu are there for me to see. (Is it that Synaptic will install Ubuntu versions of the software?)

Also, I got lots more font error messages, so I installed several more x-font packages to avoid them (100dpi, 75dpi and Cyrillic, IIRC). Unnecessary?

And what GTK+ apps have you opted for? (OK, this is more than one question.) I'd like to have the connection between the tablet apps and the Linux apps I use in andLinux and getting to know GTK+ is part of my plan.

Any advice you have on that would be appreciated.

Heck, everything you've done so far is much appreciated! I'm suddenly over the big hump I was dreading having to face (as Pete Savage wrote, it was a heckuva lot more complicated the last time I tried it).

Roger

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Using the andLinux pop-up menu in the Windows systray I launched Synaptic and selectively removed many of the applications and libraries that come with the KDE "desktop environment". I had to make sure I didn't remove any packages that were required for Konqueror or Konsole to run, as I still needed a way to launch those programs from Windows via the systray. Mind you that by uninstalling packages like KWrite, they are no longer launchable via the systray.

Then I used Synaptic to install the basic development packages that after 8 years of minor fooling with Linux and Linux development I knew I needed, including some GTK+ stuff I would need for compiling source code for my favorite emulators - Basilisk II and SheepShaver. And while I was at it I installed some Gnome (GTK+) "desktop environment" packages like GFTP and Nautilus which I like using. At the moment I have to launch Gnome applications using the KDE Konsole, but I believe there is a way to add their icons to the andLinux menu on the Windows systray.

andLinux is just Cooperative Linux running Ubuntu, but without any desktop environment's er desktop. Ubuntu can run KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc. desktop environments and related programs. Most linux distros run the same desktop environments and programs Ubuntu can.

I get those font errors to, it's just Xephyr trying to load as many fonts as it can from the Xserver.

You probably should not uninstall any KDE stuff and just use the ImageResizeTool (zipped inside the andLinux directory) to expand the base.drv hard drive image file to make more room on the image for packages you want to install. Run the following command in Konsole to see how much free space you have available on /dev/cobd0.

df -h

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Let me add a few minor details to the above, before you install scratchbox and the SDK you _need_ to increase the disk space available to andLinux. I found out the hard way the default size isn't big enough. In the windows directory where andLinux was installed there is a zip file called ImageResizeTool. Unzip it, read the directions, and add 500MB to the base file that is used for andLinux.

To add the fonts needed for Xephyr, load the linux app Synaptic, do a search for xfonts-base and install it.

These 2 steps along with the website mentioned above will get you the Maemo SDK running on windows (on andLinux)

Thank you to OSEmuTech for all the information on getting this installed!

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

I'd add that over 1 GB and preferrably 2 GB of free disk space is required to download\install Scratchbox and the Maemo SDK. I think an exact free disk space requirement was around 1.4 to 1.5 GB free. Someone can verify that before\after installing Scratchbox\Maemo.

What is neat (as with standard virtual machines\emulators) is the base.drv can be copied or backed up elsewhere then replaced if the base.drv you are using gets messed up somehow. Also, different versions of Scratchbox\Maemo SDK can be installed on different base.drv files and switched if desired.

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Maybe you installed the xfce version of andlinux (about 150 mb of size).

yes.

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

Hey OSEmuTech,
One quick question: When I installed Scratchbox on my Ubuntu box (which is no more) I noticed the message "Scratchbox cannot be run as user root". In andLinux you are 'root' by default, is this a problem for Scratchbox? That is, do I need to add another user and make sure that I can bring up the terminal as that other user before installing Scratchbox? -- Or will Scratchbox be okay with me running as root?

Thanks in advance,
MrCarney

Re: Run Linux on top of windows, without a virtual machine
 

One has to add a non-root user to whatever Linux distro, add the user to Scratchbox, then "log out of your system and log back in again to allow the permissions to propagate".

Here are good directions to set things up: http://www.progbox.co.uk/wordpress/?p=453

But Scratchbox/Chinook is up to 4.0.1 so use the following instead if you want the latest build stuff (sans Diablo):

wget http://repository.maemo.org/stable/4...stall_4.0.1.sh
chmod +x maemo-scratchbox-install_4.0.1.sh
sudo ./maemo-scratchbox-install_4.0.1.sh -d

wget http://repository.maemo.org/stable/4...stall_4.0.1.sh
chmod +x maemo-sdk-install_4.0.1.sh
./maemo-sdk-install_4.0.1.sh