WORKING Ubuntu on G-Tablet *UPDATED With Files*

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***UPDATE***
Files located at the bottom of the post.


Ubuntu runs fairly nice on the GTab. Find a video below to see it boot. Performance is not as smooth as Android, but I've already narrowed down some kernel tweaks to speed it up.

What works:
USB Devices
Wifi
Video (not accelerated)
Internal/external storage

What doesn't work (yet):
Touchscreen
Softkeys
Volume/Power buttons
Accelerometer
Camera
Audio (pulseaudio hangs, haven't investigated)


To get it working, I used a custom kernel with added support for various drivers, but otherwise pretty much the stock VS kernel. It gets the rootfs from the micro SD card, so it only requires a boot.img flash (so it doesn't destroy any user data or the Android system partition).



Youtube video of my gtab booting into Ubuntu


***Instructions:
Using linux (via an existing install, or a LiveCD), format a 4GB or larger micro SD card as ext3, and untar the karmic-rootfs on it.

cd /media/sdcard
tar -xzvf /home/user/Desktop/karmic-rootfs.tar.gz

Install the boot-karmic update zip via ClockworkMod Recovery. ***MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP boot update.zip (or grab one from Clemsyn's Kernel Corner)***

Insert the sd card and boot. You will see some yellowish/gold colored text quickly scrolling across the screen - this is normal. This should boot straight to a GDM login screen.

User=gtab Password=gtab

Wireless will work with wicd (not NetworkManager), and you should use a USB hub with a USB keyboard & mouse.


Karmic rootfs tarball (1.1GB)

Karmic kernel update.zip

sweeeeeettttt.

Will you be creating a Rom from this? If so fantastic!

Knew this was just a matter of time...

I'll throw all sorts of support behind this... a stable, fast ubuntu build for this tablet which just push things SO far over the top. Especially since we have that nice usable USB port!

Sweet.....keep us updated!!

Originally Posted by jersacct

Ubuntu runs fairly nice on the GTab. Find a video below to see it boot. Performance is not as smooth as Android, but I've already narrowed down some kernel tweaks to speed it up.

What works:
USB Devices
Wifi
Video (not accelerated)
Internal/external storage

What doesn't work (yet):
Touchscreen
Softkeys
Volume/Power buttons
Accelerometer
Camera


To get it working, I used a custom kernel with added support for various drivers, but otherwise pretty much the stock VS kernel. It gets the rootfs from the micro SD card, so it only requires a boot.img flash (so it doesnt destry any user data or the Android system partition).



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbLkdvpZVEo

Awesome work. Getting 10.10 working with the Unity interface would actually get me very excited.

I'm sure the touchscreen drivers can be retrofitted into something useful - the drivers themselves are pretty straightforward, I guess they'd need to be made to work with X?

The only concern in terms of making it really usable is getting accelerate X11 support. I found this post which is a bit concerning:
http://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/teg...debian-tegra-2

However, I'm guessing we could always use an older X11 that will work with the supported driver ABI?

This thing just gets better
hope the xoom isn't locked down

xbmc

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Add xbmc to the rom and you'd have a winner.

WOW! Nice work!

But now you got me all worked up....

....Must....have.....ubuntuuuu....................

I had no clue what Ubuntu was until a Google search.. looks really awesome. It could potentially make this into a thin touchscreen netbook with all the features of a PC.

Keep up the work!