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LOL its not exactly useful though at min

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Yep, that nailed it.
It booted up properly now *points finger at self for all the problems*
I kind of like android lol *sticks to maemo*

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LOL least it worked :)

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Sorry I haven't read all pages of the thread and I know nothing of Android (and the libraries that it uses) but does it would be possible to run Android via a chroot (like Debian) ?

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not really due to android kernel modules that it requires

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Not much knowledge in kernel stuff but wouldn't kexec help with that?

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hmmm how long should it take to boot ? cause' i come back to pr1.2 kernel lol took too long to boot android !
is there a way to boot with the bootmenu installed ?

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in theory but kevxec still needs some work and could cause a crash if things are not how the new kernel wants

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i dont think my kernel would boot maemo (doubt it) and the first boot does take a couple mins, it has to dexopt all the various libs

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It took about a minute here, are you sure it didn't kernel-panic.

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I have a 4Gb MicroSD available.

I would like to boot a live CD of Ubuntu on my laptop and partition the SD card using Gparted (I think it's called that) instead of using the command line. How do you suggest I partition the card? (ie. Partition sizes and partition types?)

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first partition make about 256mb fat32 make rest of card ext3

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don't know... will try again tomorrow ;)
is there a way to have the verboose mode enabled with this kernel ?

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nope but if you go download adb you can watch logcat via it

linky:http://guug.org/nit/nitdroid/adb.bz2

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@dj_steve : why wouldn't it dual boot android and maemo ?? it's so bad :(

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i said that kernel may not as i havent tested if it will

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What about porting dalvik VM to maemo ?
http://mjfrey.blogspot.com/
I haven't found more info on this .... Does he has released the source ?

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this has been discussed and discussed, DALVIK + ANDROID APPS ARE HEAVILY TIED TO THEIR UNDERLYING KERNEL MODULES AND AS SUCH WOULD MAKE IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO PORT

edit: and no he never released his progress - i dont have close to the skills to do that either

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oops sorry :) so how could i see if it is a kernel panic ?

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lol get adb and have a look at logcat see if android throws any useful errors

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Umm, you should be able to see kernel messages.
BTW I suggest closing the back cover then flashing the kernel.

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yep the prox sensor on back of phone near camera stops access to mmc slot if covers off

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ok and what do i do with the archive ? lol

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extract it lol

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Great work so far dj_steve.

I'm going to prepare my memory card so long but I'm going to wait until the gsm module works before I try Android because I need to be able to use the phone function in Android if I can't simply boot back into Maemo without reflashing the Kernel. (dual boot)

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phones going to be challenging to get running methinks

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Either way, the progress is interesting to watch and while we wait, Maemo is still great to use. Only really looking towards Android for some extra applications.

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anyone got any more info on pnatd as it looks interesting

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ok ! so got it working now, but something weird : can't boot without the usb plugged in !?

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also, i keep having the message saying that calendar's process failed ! and i think my bluetooth doesn't work lol

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ahah now playing free games :p

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Hmmm... gave it a try but after flashing the NITdroid kernel, it just sat there, nothing happened. Power button did nothing.

I used gparted on a 16g sdcard to make:
1) 2gig fat32
2) 14gig ext3

I extracted the android rootfs to the ext3 partition, edited the module for BT, put the sdcard back in, put the back cover back on, and flashed the kernel.

I'll give it another try after work. But did I miss a step?

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think the usb issue is down to r&d mode being active, and yes calender i suspect needs a network connection which it doesnt have :( - have you tried bluetooth?

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Doh! I forgot the last -R switch in the flasher command to reboot. Works now :D

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lol yep you could of simply pulled the battery and put it back in als o :)

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Screenshots, pictures or video of Android running, anyone?

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video is on my youtube channel - the last video upped

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ohhh just like me ! remove the battery, then plug the usb cable and you have to put the battery and back cover together. it should work then ;)

btw, what fw are u running ? and where does ur n900 come from ?

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ok, i'll try uploading some vids & photos ;) !
@dj steve : i renamed correctly for bluetooth but doesn't seem to work... and do u have a solution for me : it's annoying the need of booting with usb plugged in ! thx ;)

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whats bluetooth do ? and the usb thing i suspect is down to R&D mode - you could try flash and disable rd mode and see if it boots (cant see that happening though)