[Mods] WebBuntu Post-Webtop2sd Hacks

tallnerd1985 · Sep 29, 2011

Hey there,

Here is a guide for what to do after you have installed Webtop2sd and moved the Webtop to the sdcard. This guide, using [mbm]'s patch, will install gnome-terminal along with a rebuilt DPKG-repo so that way you can run apt-get, synaptic or aptitude to download new software for your Webtop. Along with this guide there is a link to Fenny's HDMI hack for those who don't have the laptop dock or the HD Dock for the Bionic.

Bionic Webtop Over HDMI Hack

Prerequisites:
1) Rooted Bionic
2) Webtop Patch
3) ADB already configured
4) Patience

First things first, go ahead and download [mbm]'s patch for Webtop that enables apt-get, synaptic package manager and gnome-terminal services in Webtop and place that file on the root of your sdcard. Then follow these commands step by step to apply the patch.

adb shell
su
/bin/bash
-You will get some kind of error message, just ignore and push past it with the following commands
source /upath.sh
cd /osh
tar jxvf /mnt/sdcard-ext/mbm.tar.bz2
mount -o remount, rw /
mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/updates
reboot

After rebooting your phone, run these commands in adb:
su
mount -o remount, rw /

After booting into webtop:

Ctrl+Alt+T
sudo apt-get update

**take note that you must run the "mount -o remount, rw /" command anytime you reboot your phone because any programs you get thru apt-get or synaptic will error out during installation

After that is done, go ahead and rename the folder /etc/tomoyo to something else like /etc/toy or whatever you want (Note, webtop2sd already takes care of this part for the user). After that, go ahead and dock your phone to see what happens cause you will be presented with a normal looking Webtop but if you hold down ctrl+alt+t, then it brings up the terminal!

From here, you can run "gksu synaptic" and use the password "test" to start installing various different programs and packages that are normally available on Ubuntu.

Important!
If you mess up your Webtop partition in any kind of way and need to restore it back to stock, please download this custom FXZ and flash thru RSD to bring you back to stock again.

Webtop RSD Restore

Dependencies
Take caution when modding Webtop because there are some dependencies that will break Webtop if they are upgraded such as anything ending in a .mot or anything resembling that.

Credits
Please thank [mbm] for fixing what Motorola took out, without him, none of this would be possible without his patch.

Sogarth for being the pioneer of Webtop hacking and for porting over his Webtop2sd app to give us more storage to play with.

Fenny for bringing over his Webtop over HDMI hack to our phones.

tallnerd1985 · Sep 29, 2011

Desktop Enviroment:

If you do not like the default LXDE and AWN setup that comes preloaded on Webtop, you do have the ability to change some settings in the phone to use different Desktop environments such XFCE, Gnome-Panel, FBPanel or etc, etc.

After installing your DE of choice thru apt-get or synaptic, navigate on your phone with Root File Explorer to /osh/usr/local/bin/ and open the file "start-oshwt-2.sh" in the text editor and you will be presented with something that looks like this:

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: start_lxde2.sh
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: started by adas user at login
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
export `fbcp_dsba`

log_action_msg "Will now start OSHWT 2 scripts"

sfalv -i "/usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor"

# start OSHWT 2 scripts
sfalv -i "awn-autostart"
sfalv -i "webtop-panel"
#sfalv -i "webtop-wallpaper"
#sfalv -i "evbridge"
webtop-wallpaper &
evbridge &
sfalv -i "window_switcher"
system-config-printer-applet >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
sr-test avahi_start &

# IKXWEBTOP-5690 workaround.
# xkb is broken in 10.10 in that each time a keyboard is connected
# the layout of all other keyboards become the layout of
# the last connected keyboard.
# There is an xorg.conf.d rule that forces all keyboards to
# layout 'us(android)' but for some reason it is not working for
# evfwd. Here we force xkb to work with 'us(android)' so evfwd
# is assigned the right layout.
setxkbmap 'us(android)'

From here, if you comment out the sfalv -i "awn-autostart", then add to the script sfalv -i "xfdesktop" and sfalv -i "xfce4-panel" if you installed xfce4 or whatever Desktop environment you installed. If you followed this, your script should look like this:

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: start_lxde2.sh
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: started by adas user at login
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
export `fbcp_dsba`

log_action_msg "Will now start OSHWT 2 scripts"

sfalv -i "/usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gdu-volume-monitor"

# start OSHWT 2 scripts
#sfalv -i "awn-autostart"
sfalv -i "webtop-panel"
sfalv -i "xfdesktop"
sfalv -i "xfce4-panel"
#sfalv -i "webtop-wallpaper"
#sfalv -i "evbridge"
webtop-wallpaper &
evbridge &
sfalv -i "window_switcher"
system-config-printer-applet >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
sr-test avahi_start &

# IKXWEBTOP-5690 workaround.
# xkb is broken in 10.10 in that each time a keyboard is connected
# the layout of all other keyboards become the layout of
# the last connected keyboard.
# There is an xorg.conf.d rule that forces all keyboards to
# layout 'us(android)' but for some reason it is not working for
# evfwd. Here we force xkb to work with 'us(android)' so evfwd
# is assigned the right layout.
setxkbmap 'us(android)'

Working Programs:
OpenOffice
XFCE4
Xchat
LxTerminal
Transmission
lxpanel
rdesktop
VLC Player (Video is choppy)
Gnome-Panel
Evolution Email
Chrome-Browser

BerkleyJ · Sep 29, 2011

Can we get some more info on this? What programs can I get to work?

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App

tallnerd1985 · Sep 29, 2011

BerkleyJ said:
Can we get some more info on this? What programs can I get to work?

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App

You can check out the Atrix forums to see what others have installed but for me, I've install VLC Player and Xchat, both work very well but I am running out of space but that will be fixed with Webtop2sd app.

v1r7u41 · Sep 29, 2011

OMG! This is awesome!! Good work guys! I will redirect my chromium post to this one instead!

runandhide05 · Sep 29, 2011

Awesome guys!

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frenetic · Sep 30, 2011

These commands for windows?
after /bin/bash
bash: groups: command not found
bash: lesspipe: command not found

tallnerd1985 · Sep 30, 2011

frenetic said:
These commands for windows?
after /bin/bash
bash: groups: command not found
bash: lesspipe: command not found

Those are for within ADB shell

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frenetic · Sep 30, 2011

tallnerd1985 said:
Those are for within ADB shell

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Not working correctly
I will probably feel stupid

runandhide05 · Sep 30, 2011

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runandhide05 · Sep 30, 2011

frenetic said:
Not working correctly
I will probably feel stupid

View attachment 735522

I am getting the same error

danegrclose · Sep 30, 2011

runandhide05 said:
I am getting the same error

Same here

This is getting frustrating, I couldn't get the Webtopchromium hack to work from v1r7u41 and now I can't get this to work. The Webtopchromium would at least install although it wouldn't launch. Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated as the standard lapdock is gimped to say the least.

mistawolfe · Sep 30, 2011

So I'm using the webtop hack and loving it. When it first starts, it prompts you to select your display settings. Well, I picked some I don't like now, and I can't find the option for it again. Can anyone direct me in the right place?

Thanks.

Figured it out. Couldn't see the settings due to the display. Hovered over top right and got settings to show.

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v1r7u41 · Sep 30, 2011

Working great for me. I need to remount / everytime I want to use apt-get (dpkg). I think I got that error too. Run:

Code:

echo $SHELL

to make sure it is bash and just keep going.

@mistawolfe
Click on the settings cog wheel thing (upper right) then display settings (maybe display) resolution I can't remember I got rid of the webtop-panel.

tallnerd1985 · Oct 1, 2011

Added some updates to the process of unlocking Webtop to the main page. Feel free to pm me any hacks or tricks that you have found past my guide or post them here if you feel like.

P.S.
If anybody care to make a flashable zip file for CWM to make this process easier, PM your link to the zip and I will post a mirror for it.

larsdennert · Oct 1, 2011

Could someone bring me up to speed? Are you using the on screen keyboard and mouse functionality or external mouse and keyboard. I can't get anything done with the onscreen controls. They don't work right. Softkeys don't work at all. Mouse jumps all over and keyboard pushes result in totally different keys being typed.

runandhide05 · Oct 1, 2011

ok, followed instructions on the updated op, ignored and continued after getting these " /bin/bash
bash: groups: command not found
bash: lesspipe: command not found"
errors after "apt-get update" command i get 0% [connecting to ports.ubuntu.com] and thats it, just stays at 0%. so after 5-10 mins i unplug phone dock, and alt-ctrl-delete...get nothing...

Reminon · Oct 1, 2011

I also followed the update. When i came to the apt-get update command i get a "not found" error....so i went on in webtop amd opened terminal->sudo synaptic. It started up fine, although i dont see any packages that arent already installed....so i was trying to find some repos, but when i try to add one the button is grayed out after i type the url...so will someone give me some advice on the missing apt-get...and a list of repos compatible with webtop? Sorry for beimg clueless..its been a while since ive used linux "other than android".

danegrclose · Oct 1, 2011

Reminon said:
I also followed the update. When i came to the apt-get update command i get a "not found" error....so i went on in webtop amd opened terminal->sudo synaptic. It started up fine, although i dont see any packages that arent already installed....so i was trying to find some repos, but when i try to add one the button is grayed out after i type the url...so will someone give me some advice on the missing apt-get...and a list of repos compatible with webtop? Sorry for beimg clueless..its been a while since ive used linux "other than android".

I got the same errors until I added the "Update" folder and followed the code that was added tonight. Try the code on the Update folder that was added today and see if that works for you too.

runandhide05 · Oct 1, 2011

danegrclose said:
I got the same errors until I added the "Update" folder and followed the code that was added tonight. Try the code on the Update folder that was added today and see if that works for you too.

so i get that error when apt-get update in cmd, so i go to webtop and open terminal, type sudo...not found, synaptic...not found, what the heck am i doing wrong here?

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