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Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/...rootfs.tar.bz2
MD5Sum: a76ada218fac7d014115f38d7dfb14b3

(First of all, thanks to xnt14 for allowing me to host the file and giving me a subdomain - I've moved my files to http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/ so you can find everything from me there, again, thanks)

Mouse working! See this Note: as I said above, the mouse pointer is broken, this does NOT seem to be a calibration but a kernel module one, or a broken X/xorg configuration file, the pointer works fine in Fedora 12 and Mer, so I'm assuming this is a cannonical modified X problem, need assistance on this as Ubuntu is be very unusable with a broken pointer.
How unusable is unusable? The pointer is flipped, so up is down, the top part of the screen moves the pointer to the bottom side, and the far ends of the screen cannot be tapped without pressure on the bottom side of the screen, again, I need help from someone who knows C to fix this.

Quick instructions, I'm not really into sfdisk so the instructions are based on gparted, if anyone feels the instructions could be better then please feel free to post what you want :)

1. Connect the N900 to a PC running linux (Live CDs/Virtual machines will suffice).
2. Use gparted to partition the N900's MicroSD card, the image is 2.3GBs uncompressed, so you'll need at least 2.5GBs to run Ubuntu (3GBs if you want extra space for /home or apps).
3. Unpack the tar.bz2 into the root of the partition, an easy way to do this would be to use file-roller, the defualt archive manager in Ubuntu.
4. Disconnect the N900 from your PC.
5. Open terminal, type ls /dev/mmcblk1* to see the partitions on your MicroSD.
Assuming your partition is /dev/mmcblk1p2..

Code:

mkdir -p /mnt/ubuntu && mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt/ubuntu

Code:

cp -r /lib/modules/* /mnt/ubuntu/lib/modules/

cp /lib/firmware/* /mnt/ubuntu/lib/firmware/

chroot /mnt/ubuntu /bin/bash

useradd -m <replace with your username here> (e.g useradd -m mohammad)

# fill in details as you wish.

visudo

# Edit the file and add your username to sudoers using visudo

# Example (replace my username with yours)

# # User privilege specification

# root        ALL=(ALL) ALL

# mohammad    ALL=(ALL) ALL

Code:

cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop /home/mohammad/Desktop/

Code:

exit

6. Install bootmenu-n900 and add a bootmenu entry in /etc/bootmenu.d

Code:

vi /etc/bootmenu.d/ubuntu.ext.item

# Press I to enter input mode.

# Replace partition numbers with the ones on your device.

Code:

ITEM_NAME="Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic (external SD, partition 2)"

ITEM_ID="ubuntu"

ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p2"

ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3"

ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3"

ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime,rw"

Shutdown the N900, hold the U key to go into flashing mode then

Code:

flasher-3.5 --enable-rd-mode --set-rd-flags=no-omap-wd,no-lifeguard-reset,no-ext-wd

The need for R&D mode will be fixed soon, I didn't save how I did last time so I'll need to figure it out again.

Reboot, and pick Ubuntu in the bootmenu and gnome desktop should start.

Edit: oh and to get BT working (thanks giannoug)

Code:

echo "00:11:22:33:44:55" > /sys/devices/platform/hci_h4p/bdaddr; modprobe -r hci_h4p; modprobe hci_h4p

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Nice :)

I don't want to mess with watchdog killing (again), so I think I'll wait for you to fix the watchdog kicker :) Take a look at the watchdog package from the main repos, it does the work ;)

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Thanks for the link. Downloading it right now. Speed is great, but I think you should torrent it. I will be able to seed for 24/7 but my upload speed kinda sucks.

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Quote:

Originally Posted by giannoug (Post 752729)

Nice :)

I don't want to mess with watchdog killing (again), so I think I'll wait for you to fix the watchdog kicker :) Take a look at the watchdog package from the main repos, it does the work ;)

The package already has the watchdog package installed, I forgot to save the config files to make it work though :)
Priority's for the touchscreen atm though

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Hi first of all let me tell you NICE WORK, and second, i't is posible to utilize the bootmenu used for boot nitdroid?

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Not sure if this will fix the problem, but it's possible to add x and y inversion to the xorg.conf

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...ousedrv.4.html

Quote:

Option "FlipXY" "boolean"
Enable/disable swapping the X and Y axes. This transformation
is applied after the InvX, InvY and AngleOffset transformations.
Default: off.

Option "InvX" "boolean"
Invert the X axis. Default: off.

Option "InvY" "boolean"
Invert the Y axis. Default: off.

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Quote:

Originally Posted by juandp77 (Post 752804)

Hi first of all let me tell you NICE WORK, and second, i't is posible to utilize the bootmenu used for boot nitdroid?

multiboot? yeah, just tested it and it works, same instructions above but use instead of /etc/bootmenu.d use /etc/multiboot.d

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Why do I have a feeling that I am on his ignore list? Did anyone try to invert pointer from xorg.conf? Did it fix the problem ? I can't check it myself right now because I forgot to take my microusb cable.

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Quote:

Originally Posted by aligatro (Post 752870)

Thanked you, but internet sucks so much here it didn't go through before I closed the tab.
I already added it to xorg.conf, but it didn't do anything to the pointer, googled around and I think I found a solution, but I was experimenting with something else and ubuntu isn't booting up anymore :p

Re: [WIP] Ubuntu 9.10 on the N900

Code:

root@Nokia-N900:~# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf 

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "Configured Monitor"

EndSection



Section "Screen" 

    Identifier "Default Screen" 

    Device "Configured Video Device"

EndSection



Section "Device"

    Identifier "Configured Video Device"

    Driver "omapfb"

    Option "fb" "/dev/fb0"

    Option "InvY" "True"

EndSection

Code:

root@Nokia-N900:~# cat /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<deviceinfo version="0.2">

    <device>

        <!-- RX-51 -->

        <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.touchpad">

            <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge>

            <merge key="input.x11_options.Calibration" type="string">172 3880 3780 235</merge>

            <merge key="input.x11_options.InvY" type="string">True</merge>

        </match>

Tried InvY, it doesn't seem to be working, any ideas?
Also that calibration thingy is bugging me