[PORT] Ubuntu 11.10 Native (Alpha 0.0.4)

newellj79 · Feb 24, 2012

JesusFreak316 said:
Uploading them currently. I'm not going to update my scripts until we get a permanent host but in the meantime, you can download the files to your pc, copy them to your touchpad in webos storage mode, then run this script: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/4GBUbuntuReinstallFixedOnlyExtract.sh. This one only formats ubuntu and extracts files already on your device. It doesn't download anything, partition anything, or mess with /boot as you should have all that stuff set up already and I don't want to kill my links. Here's the file links: the main system one is still updating so check periodically to see if it's done. I've got pretty fast internet so it shouldn't take too long. Just run the script as usual, from /tmp.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/ts_srv_init.tar.gz http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/TouchPadBuntuRootfs.tgz
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/Modifications.tar.gz

thanks. check it out in just a minute.

JesusFreak316 · Feb 24, 2012

newellj79 said:
thanks. check it out in just a minute.

Done; try it.

newellj79 · Feb 24, 2012

JesusFreak316 said:
Done; try it.

Downloading now. Will try to run script shortly. Hey, your not the jesusfreak from g1 days r u?

JesusFreak316 · Feb 24, 2012

newellj79 said:
Downloading now. Will try to run script shortly. Hey, your not the jesusfreak from g1 days r u?

Nah, I get that a lot though. We're just both fans of the same band, DC Talk, who had a song named Jesus Freak. I did meet him once in the #cyanogenmod irc channel. I made this name before I heard of him.

newellj79 · Feb 24, 2012

JesusFreak316 said:
Nah, I get that a lot though. We're just both fans of the same band, DC Talk, who had a song named Jesus Freak. I did meet him once in the #cyanogenmod irc channel. I made this name before I heard of him.

Kewl.

10char

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Up and running! Thanks jesusfreak. There isn't enough room in my boot partition for both the cm9 kernal and the ubuntu kernel so i have to swap them out depending on what i want to use, with adb. Does anybody know how i can clear up some room. I read people are tri-booting no problem. I just a hassle is all. thanks again.

ian426 · Feb 24, 2012

newellj79 said:
Kewl.

10char

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Up and running! Thanks jesusfreak. There isn't enough room in my boot partition for both the cm9 kernal and the ubuntu kernel so i have to swap them out depending on what i want to use, with adb. Does anybody know how i can clear up some room. I read people are tri-booting no problem. I just a hassle is all. thanks again.

Glad you've got it! What all are the contents of your boot partition? You might have ended up with some extra junk in there while trying to do the install...

robreefer · Feb 24, 2012

I just gave this a try, and did the install just fine, the tp rebooted and when Ubuntu loads, I get a kernel panic error, and it just reboots. I tried doing the reinstall, and it did the same thing. WebOS and AOKP are booting just fine. Any ideas?

ian426 · Feb 24, 2012

robreefer said:
I just gave this a try, and did the install just fine, the tp rebooted and when Ubuntu loads, I get a kernel panic error, and it just reboots. I tried doing the reinstall, and it did the same thing. WebOS and AOKP are booting just fine. Any ideas?

Which script did you use? The one in the installation instructions from the first post is out of date.

robreefer · Feb 24, 2012

I used the instructions posted on page 30.

JesusFreak316 · Feb 24, 2012

robreefer said:
I used the instructions posted on page 30.

The dropbox account that hosts the files that the script downloads has exceeded its bandwidth, so the script is broken for now. We're trying to get a new file server. Try following the steps I posted for newellj79 in the past page or so, specifically http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22893114&postcount=320.

BodenM · Feb 24, 2012

JesusFreak316 said:
The dropbox account that hosts the files that the script downloads has exceeded its bandwidth, so the script is broken for now. We're trying to get a new file server. Try following the steps I posted for newellj79 in the past page or so, specifically http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22893114&postcount=320.

Since the portal post went up, it caused me to exceed my DropBox bandwidth, so you can't download the rootfs right now. Maybe we can find someone generous enough to let us use their FTP server while we figure out a solution.

z3no · Feb 24, 2012

Guys sorry, I would be glad to offer you some ftp space, but with all these install scripts and the "doesn work, tried it 10 times" there is definitely too much traffic!

There is a really simple way to install this DEVELOPER VERSION(!) on your device (5 commands via terminal or novaterm) and even if you mess something up, you can have the rootfs zip on your internal storage and you dont need to reload it!

If anyone rewrites his/her script to use previously downloaded files which were stored on media/internals, traffic will be reduced to a minimum. Also I think a minimum knowledge of linux and webos/device architecture should be required if you want to install ubuntu.

I would prefere to offer two scripts:

one which is only for partition resizing (after the resize procedure I advice to restart the device) and the other one extracts the previously loaded and stored tar files. A introduction should look like this:

1. Download these files to your internal storage
2. run this script if you havent resized your partition already (reboot req. afterwards)
3. run this script to extract the files stored on media/internal and to install ubuntu.
4. boot ubuntu (passwd ubuntu), run sudo depmod -a in terminal blabla

best, z3no

P.S.: back to developing, I observed a really high cpu usage (both cores about 95%), but cant detect a process that causes this, any ideas?

newellj79 · Feb 24, 2012

How can i view what files are in my boot partition?

BodenM · Feb 24, 2012

How can i view what files are in my boot partition?

when /boot is mounted, run this in terminal or novaterm:

Code:

ls /boot

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lovleshgarg · Feb 24, 2012

Can I make EXT partitions from wTerm or Xecutah on my TouchPad also? Or it can only be done using novaterm on computer?
Actually, I will not have access to any PC or Laptop today, that's why asking.

newellj79 · Feb 24, 2012

BodenM said:
when /boot is mounted, run this in terminal or novaterm:

Code:

ls /boot

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Thank you much. I it figured out. I had two recoveries installed, CWM and TWRP. Removing TWRP freed up enough room to have cm9, webos, and ubuntu kernels all istalled at once. I'm good to go. Thanks again everyone for there help.

robreefer · Feb 24, 2012

Hmmm.... I'm still getting the Kernel Panic, I'm going to WebOS doctor the TP and try again from scratch with just WebOS installed.

z3no · Feb 24, 2012

lovleshgarg said:
Can I make EXT partitions from wTerm or Xecutah on my TouchPad also? Or it can only be done using novaterm on computer?
Actually, I will not have access to any PC or Laptop today, that's why asking.

normally, you can use any terminal you want to create the partitions

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robreefer said:
Hmmm.... I'm still getting the Kernel Panic, I'm going to WebOS doctor the TP and try again from scratch with just WebOS installed.

If you have problems with the doctoring (normally the kernel panics because of wrong partition sizes), try doctoring with webOS 3.0.0 first or use the instructions here to fully recreate the partition system and then doctoring with webOS 3.0.0 and after that with 3.0.x

robreefer · Feb 24, 2012

z3no said:
normally, you can use any terminal you want to create the partitions

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If you have problems with the doctoring (normally the kernel panics because of wrong partition sizes), try doctoring with webOS 3.0.0 first or use the instructions here to fully recreate the partition system and then doctoring with webOS 3.0.0 and after that with 3.0.x

I was having an issue, and 3.0.0 didn't even work. I had to manually delete and remake all the partitions from scratch. But thankfully, after all is said and done, I am back to developer mode WebOs only.

Before I did the doctor, I tried to reboot into ubuntu. I noticed before the kernel panic, I was getting alot of errors before that (wich I didn't notice before). All "not enough space". I wonder if the initial install didn't create the partitions properly?

Is there a log (if the install doesn't work properly) that will tell you where it farked up?

OK, tried it again, and the problem is with the initial install. It doesn't seem to be repartitioning the drive properly. On the initial install, when it asks you "did the line above give you a mount/unmount error, press 1 for yes 0 for no". I press no for no error (cause it doesn't say there is a mounting error). Then it says size of partition and hangs. If I hit enter it gives me some unknown command error.

JesusFreak316 · Feb 24, 2012

z3no said:
Guys sorry, I would be glad to offer you some ftp space, but with all these install scripts and the "doesn work, tried it 10 times" there is definitely too much traffic!

There is a really simple way to install this DEVELOPER VERSION(!) on your device (5 commands via terminal or novaterm) and even if you mess something up, you can have the rootfs zip on your internal storage and you dont need to reload it!

If anyone rewrites his/her script to use previously downloaded files which were stored on media/internals, traffic will be reduced to a minimum. Also I think a minimum knowledge of linux and webos/device architecture should be required if you want to install ubuntu.

I would prefere to offer two scripts:

one which is only for partition resizing (after the resize procedure I advice to restart the device) and the other one extracts the previously loaded and stored tar files. A introduction should look like this:

1. Download these files to your internal storage
2. run this script if you havent resized your partition already (reboot req. afterwards)
3. run this script to extract the files stored on media/internal and to install ubuntu.
4. boot ubuntu (passwd ubuntu), run sudo depmod -a in terminal blabla

best, z3no

P.S.: back to developing, I observed a really high cpu usage (both cores about 95%), but cant detect a process that causes this, any ideas?

I was thinking something similar; I made a script like that that a couple people have used temporarily while the main script is broken but it might be good to do that anyways. It wouldn't be quite as foolproof but would save a ton of bandwidth. Maybe keep the download files in the initial install script but have the reinstall script use local files if the initial download fails. Anyways, here's the script: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/4GBUbuntuUpgrade.sh This only formats ubuntu (not partitions), mounts it to /tmp/linux, and extracts the files from /media/internal to the /tmp/linux mount point.

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robreefer said:
I was having an issue, and 3.0.0 didn't even work. I had to manually delete and remake all the partitions from scratch. But thankfully, after all is said and done, I am back to developer mode WebOs only.

Before I did the doctor, I tried to reboot into ubuntu. I noticed before the kernel panic, I was getting alot of errors before that (wich I didn't notice before). All "not enough space". I wonder if the initial install didn't create the partitions properly?

Is there a log (if the install doesn't work properly) that will tell you where it farked up?

OK, tried it again, and the problem is with the initial install. It doesn't seem to be repartitioning the drive properly. On the initial install, when it asks you "did the line above give you a mount/unmount error, press 1 for yes 0 for no". I press no for no error (cause it doesn't say there is a mounting error). Then it says size of partition and hangs. If I hit enter it gives me some unknown command error.

Odd, those commands haven't changed for weeks and have worked for quite a few people.

What was the last line of text it showed? It should be one of the lines in quotes after an echo command in this block of code: but instead of the $variables it should have numbers.

Code:

PARTITION=4096
echo "Your chosen partition is ${PARTITION}MB."
CURRENTSIZE=$(lvm.static lvdisplay -c store/media | awk -F: '{print $7/2048}')
echo "Your current media partition is ${CURRENTSIZE}MB."
NEWSIZE=$(($CURRENTSIZE - $PARTITION))
echo "Your new partition layout will include a ${PARTITION}MB ext3 partition and a ${NEWSIZE}MB media partition. As this installs a 4GB partition for Ubuntu, your new media partition should be 4GB less than it originally was. Does this seem correct? If so, type 1, if not, type 0."
read OK
if [ $OK ==  1 ];
then echo "Ok, continuing."
else echo "Goodbye."
exit
fi
echo "Now resizing your media partition and creating the ext3 partition for Ubuntu."

Huh, after trying those myself I'm getting syntax errors. Someone just got this successfully installed yesterday though. Huh. Try running this script: it doesn't do anything just prints some relevant information. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11867712/Test.sh

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