Damn Wanna try to install Kubuntu - I dont get it -.- I have copied the image to the ext3 partition but how to get the boot files? I have tried to use the meego 1.2 DE Image but I cannot access the 3rd Partition (I cant get to mount it )

Isnt there a simple RAW Image?

Thanks

Robin

It's a little bit tricky, I used too Howto's to get a booting result.

http://ianlawrence.info/random-stuff...le-on-the-n900
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/ARM/n900/

First I use the image from kubuntu omap, unpack it and mount the ext3 partition with the offset option, follow the fdisk howto, and then I copy the files to an microSD with an btrfs partition, then I use the chroot skript with qemu-arm to "apt-get upgrade" and install some tools.

From meego I use the newest 1.2.x image to use the kernel and mount the image to copy the kernel modules to the microSD partition.

I'm still in testmode, so I boot kubuntu over flasher-3.5

this will boot Kubuntu if the partition is on the microSD the first partition, some howto's describe mmcblk1p1 for microSD but this woun't work at my n900.

Please see the too howto's to get some Information, I can only write my way to boot.

Don't forget to create a swap partition and configure this in the fstap, without swap it will be very slow.

My test was with class4 microSD now I arrived class10, I hope it will work faster ;-).

I hope you understand my broken english :-)

have some fun.

My Class 10 also arrived yesterday =D I also had class 4 before... there I had installed MeeGo DE - damn slow now I nstalled it on my class 10 - still slow, but much more faster than with the class 4

Damn it looks all very tricky... Before I will sacrify my weekend - is it better then Maemo or is it much more slow than it and nothing works?

Thanks

Robin

The OMAP releases of Linux are not designed for N900. They are just designed to work with the OMAP3 (or 4) cpu. Nothing more. The rest is up to the hackers/devs of said community to workout (Like Mohammad AG did with Ubuntu 9.xx).

You say you have copied the files, but what kernel and how are you trying to boot the kernel??

You have ran Meego, uboot might not be compatible with this.
Take the kernel from /boot/ on the SD and try boot using Multiboot.
List the steps taken to extract and boot that you have done.

This thread seems very messy...

link1 https://wiki.kubuntu.org/ARM/n900/
link2 http://ianlawrence.info/random-stuff...le-on-the-n900
link3 http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Using_Rescue_Initrd
link4 http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases...kages/armv7hl/
link5 http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/1...-armv7hl-n900/

@mautz001: it's kubuntu on a 3,5" Touchscreen, not more and not less. You can play with it, but it's no option to work daily with kubuntu on n900, kubuntu is not realy optimised for touchscreens, or I don't know to quickly change kde touchscreen capable.

@kingoddball: I download the latest kubuntu omap version and unzip it to my local disk, then I look for offset with fdisk, as described in link1 "Flasher Boot" but the kubuntu image not meego.
I had only a 4GB micoSD, so I can't dd the image to SD.

The kernel libs comes direktly from link4 "kernel-adaptation-n900-2.6.37-11.8.armv7hl.rpm" with fileroller on ubuntu.
Then I copied the kernel lib's to kubuntu filesystem.
(you can also get the libs from meego image link5, there is a kernel too)

Now I have a microSD with one btrfs and swap filesystem, (I add the microSD swap to fstap in kubuntu "/dev//mmcblk0p2")

Now I could start chroot and get newest dpkg packages. With help from link1 "CHROOT"

At this time I had test with meego on emmc and did not wont change the installation.

So I boot the n900 with the flasher in link1 "Flasher boot"
The kernel comes direktly from link4 and with information from link3 to get the kernel from rpm.

I use some information from link3 to get the usb networt running on n900 after kubuntu boot, so I can work with ssh to debug some thinks.

I hope this Information will help you to understand the way, I dont want to copy and past all informations from the howto's, I think the howto's are very informative.

best regards
tobi

Oo after I installed Ubuntu 9.10 my keyboard lights are flashing (only the left and right side of it) anyone know what to do im scared
I cant turn off the lights. When I open the N900 all of them are flashing and when I close it its start to flicker

It sounds like debugmode, at the end of page will be a solution.

http://wiki.freesmartphone.org/index...0/Installation

You're in RD mode.. Be careful. You shouldn't really be using that unless you know what you are doing.
You can switch the keyboard lights off. I made a NITdroid tutorial somewhere here, it's in there.

Thanks for reply =) Just got the blink lights off, Ubuntu also works while NOT in RD Mode (Mouse pointer doesnt,but its because Power Kernel I think)... Thanks everyone, tomorrow Ill try Kubuntu

Hi, we got it working. I've posted scripts in another thread:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73613&page=5