[Nook HD/HD+] Ubuntu Touch 13.10 "Saucy" [Project Abandoned]

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 15, 2013

PROJECT ABANDONED AS OF 11/27/2016
I have little knowledge on how to get this rom working. If someone would like to take over then start a new thread. On top of this, it's currently unclear the state of the Ubuntu Touch project as a whole.

Welcome to Ubuntu Touch for Nook HD
Ubuntu Touch is a project from Canonical that aims to create a mobile, touch friendly, unique operating system.

DISCLAIMER
I DO NOT claim to know what I'm doing, half the time I do not, lol.
Installing/flashing anything discussed in this thread is at your own risk. Things break, code is never 100% perfect, I'm not responsible if your device is bricked.

INSTALLATION

Thanks to user ShotSkydiver we have a Hummingbird build! I will post install details later once I get this up on my device.

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 15, 2013

Changelog

10/28

Hummingbird

ShotSkydiver said:
The touch axis is no longer flipped, but the touch zones are still messed up, so tapping is off by about half an inch.

If you run into the same problem I did with not being able to get past the intro screen, reboot into CWM, adb pull /data/ubuntu/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/com.canonical.unity.AccountsService.xml, find the line that says

Code:

<property name="demo-edges" type="b" access="readwrite"> <annotation name="org.freedesktop.Accounts.DefaultValue" value="true"/> </property>

and change the value to "false", push the file back to the same location, and reboot.

I'm still working on getting touch fixed properly, also accelerometer as that doesn't work either.

Ovation

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 15, 2013

Also reserved

lowlife546 · Aug 15, 2013

good luck sir. I am also eager to try this out

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 15, 2013

Currently stuck on a error, anyone who knows please help out.

Code:

make: *** No rule to make target `/home/lance/Nook-HD-Ubuntu-Touch/out/target/product/hummingbird/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libwpa_client_intermediates/export_includes', needed by `/home/lance/Nook-HD-Ubuntu-Touch/out/target/product/hummingbird/obj/SHARED_LIBRARIES/libhardware_legacy_intermediates/import_includes'.  Stop.
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

bpaulien · Aug 15, 2013

Wow! Cool. I almost got excited, then realized that it said "HD" not "HD+". Oh well. Sorry, I don't actually have anything valuable to add. Just that it's exciting to see some more ROMS popping up for this (these) device(s). Good luck, I hope you get it running, and that it inspires somebody to do the same for HD+.

killersloth · Aug 15, 2013

you need wpa_supplicant_8_ti

waflsk8s · Aug 16, 2013

bpaulien said:
Wow! Cool. I almost got excited, then realized that it said "HD" not "HD+". Oh well. Sorry, I don't actually have anything valuable to add. Just that it's exciting to see some more ROMS popping up for this (these) device(s). Good luck, I hope you get it running, and that it inspires somebody to do the same for HD+.

I too have nothing valuable to contribute but would like to see continued progress on this and hopefully also a build for the HD+. :victory:

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 16, 2013

My system began crashing today, I'm not sure why. Something to do with xorg but it locks up before I can fully figure out the issue. I'll try cleaning the dust from the fan inside my laptop to see if it could be a overheating issue.

ShapeShifter499 · Aug 16, 2013

waflsk8s said:
I too have nothing valuable to contribute but would like to see continued progress on this and hopefully also a build for the HD+. :victory:

Should be straightforward once I get a build up for the HD. Maybe a while because my current laptop decided to act up on me at the worse possible time.

bpaulien · Aug 16, 2013

ShapeShifter499 said:
Should be straightforward once I get a build up for the HD. Maybe a while because my current laptop decided to act up on me at the worse possible time.

You're in good company, at least. (FWIW)... KillerSloth has horrible troubles with his laptop too. The laptops are possibly rebelling against compiling OS's for different platforms? Who knows what's going on?

GavinMazey · Aug 16, 2013

I can't wait to try this!

From my experience, most laptops cooling systems are not designed to cool the cpu adequately when doing things that stress the cpu as severely as compiling roms. But my suggestion would be to clean out your fan and heatsink as best you can. If your technically inclined and can find a good tutorial on taking your laptop apart I'd do it to really clean it out. You'll be amazed by how much dust can get up in there. You could also clean wipe the laptop and reinstall Linux fresh which could solve your xorg problems.

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killersloth · Aug 17, 2013

Those xorg issues are incompatible driver issues I believe.
Reinstall clean and setup build environment. Try to refrain from recommended updates after you get everything working right lol

Not sure if I ever sent the PM, but you can add that wpa supplicant tree to your manifest for simplicity.
Any other build errors/issues I can probably walk you through too, I've seen them all lol especially with these nooks now

Sent from my Nook HD+ using xda premium

dejello · Sep 4, 2013

If you can get this booting I'd be happy to know what you did. All of my build attempts since they did the flip have been unsuccessful and I do not apparently have the know-how to get it working (it boot loops on my HD+ and Nook Tablet, both of which seem to actually turn off briefly so I can't pull any logs). Good luck and hopefully your computer gets going again

Amirusownsu · Oct 1, 2013

I really wish there was more work on this, would be fantastic to check out Ubuntu on a tablet without having to make another purchase.

2390 · Oct 1, 2013

I need help

Amirusownsu said:
I really wish there was more work on this, would be fantastic to check out Ubuntu on a tablet without having to make another purchase.

I am working on porting Ubuntu touch to the Nook HD, and it's going rather well, but the guide says i need to write UCM mixer files, and I have no idea what to do. Can anybody help?

juasjuas · Oct 1, 2013

2390 said:
I am working on porting Ubuntu touch to the Nook HD, and it's going rather well, but the guide says i need to write UCM mixer files, and I have no idea what to do. Can anybody help?

Maybe in other threads who speaks about porting to UT maybe healp you if you ask them
I have one Nook HD, I could be your tester if you want :laugh:

Amirusownsu · Oct 1, 2013

2390 said:
I am working on porting Ubuntu touch to the Nook HD, and it's going rather well, but the guide says i need to write UCM mixer files, and I have no idea what to do. Can anybody help?

Yeah, I couldn't help with it since I only really know simple web development stuff (have a few certs, still in school)...but if there is anything we could do to help I'm sure alot of interest would be found.

2390 · Oct 1, 2013

Amirusownsu said:
Yeah, I couldn't help with it since I only really know simple web development stuff (have a few certs, still in school)...but if there is anything we could do to help I'm sure alot of interest would be found.

I honestly had never even heard of UCM mixer files, and I still don't fully understand them. I have my own Nook HD to test on, and when I get it booted, I'll post it. Where should I look?

Deleted member 2092952 · Oct 1, 2013

2390 said:
I am working on porting Ubuntu touch to the Nook HD, and it's going rather well, but the guide says i need to write UCM mixer files, and I have no idea what to do. Can anybody help?

Unless you already figured out how to get it to boot I would focus on that issue first - that of booting - though I suppose you could build for the non-flipped old builds of touch but that won't do much good really. The audio fix is minor compared.

When the ubuntu images were flipped the ability to get a working bootable build became more difficult. It should be rather easy for someone who knows what they are doing with ubuntu touch and possibly a rom dev or similiar but otherwise its quite confusing. The guide says they will update it to explain the needed info and some stuff is explained somewhat at the top.

I've made a lot of boot.img tests which did nothing and then looked into lxc (found inside the touch zip) is very important to booting but haven't felt like doing anything else. Lxc and boot.img need to be repackaged with additional device specific code at this point in time from what I understand... in order to get it to boot.

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