Tutorial for meego 1.1

[fahadj2003]

Anyone interested, meego with call support has been released but is still LIMITED TO FEATURES and is jus for playing around with the preview.

READ FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE PROCEEDING. YOU'RE DOING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
*although its not really risky at all.. but i've met some really dumb ppl in my last tutorial which is a shame on humanity*

Instructions

1) http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/
download the 500mb image file *.bz2 File* and 1.5mb kernel file *3-n900 *

2) rename the downloaded image to meego and extract it using winrar to My documents.

3) rename "meego" in my documents to meego.img
and rename the kernel file to kernel simply kernel *remove the .-n900 part too*

4) https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
download this and connect your N900 to pc via mass storage or use a cardreader *preferred* and use the win32-imagewriter to "Write" it to your microSD card

*IT IS VERY IMPORTAND TO REMEMBER TO EXTRACT IT TO MICROSD AND NOT THE BUILTIN OR YOU WILL CORRUPT YOUR eMMC*

5) http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php
download maemo flasher
install it
example you have installed the flasher in C:\flasher-3.5 and downloaded the kernel in C:\downloads
then restart ur pc, press f8 before you see the windows logo, choose "disble driver signature enforcement" then open start menu, search/run "cmd"

6) In cmd, type "C:\flasher-3.5\flasher-3.5 -l -b -k C:\downloads\kernel

then it will ask u to connect a device,
turn off the n900, wait for 1 min, then press the "U" key on the n900's keyboard and THEN connect the usb cable WHILE PRESSING THE 'U' KEY.
then you'll see the kernel being flashed. after its done, remove the cable and wait for some time for Meego to boot up.

*I CANT MAKE THIS ANY MORE NOOB FRIENDLY*

BTW the moment you switch off your cellphone, the meego kernel will go and you'll be back to maemo.
IF YOU WANT TO USE MEEGO AGAIN, FOLLOW THE 6TH STEP AGAIN

BEFORE PERFORMING THE 6TH STEP, MAKE SURE THAT THE BACK COVER IS ON. *Thanks to Stskeeps
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=827620&postcount=15 *

*REFER TO THIS POST IF YOU HAVE KERNEL FLASHING ISSUES http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=834244&postcount=50*

*Dont forget to thank ;)*

[MINKIN2]

Awesome guide fahad, thanks :)

Two questions...

Which is this compatible with the powerkernel?

And...

Can can this be used with an existing nitdroid dual boot

Thanks again

[fahadj2003]

yes and no
the moment u install nitdroid, ur memcard is flashed.. nitdroid is gone

[hassan_badredin]

i cant extract the file winrar just hangs at 100%



oh - finally got it its 1.8 GB???

[fahadj2003]

i cant extract the file winrar just hangs at 100%



oh - finally got it its 1.8 GB???

yesh...........

[andreas.k]

when i try to boot it it says waiting for root device
i have left it like this for 15 minutes but nothing happend
guess i am not lucky enough :) anyone has the same problem?

[Pillum]

@andreas

are u using win 7 x64?
flasher doesnt work with it

[andreas.k]

the flashing went good but when my n900 started to boot it stuck on waiting for root device (and a particion ). this did you try it? maybe my mem card an 8gb class 4 toshiba is the culprit

[fahadj2003]

the flashing went good but when my n900 started to boot it stuck on this did you try it? maybe my mem card an 8gb class 4 toshiba is the culprit

yea
i tried it..
its not stuck
after the flashing, i removed the cable..
then i though it got stuck coz no back light.. but after a minute or so, it worked fine

[andreas.k]

well let me try it and i will post back to you

[fahadj2003]

@andreas

are u using win 7 x64?
flasher doesnt work with it

then restart ur pc, press f8 before you see the windows logo, choose "disble driver signature enforcement" then open start menu, search/run "cmd"

this is the cute for the 64bit version
but if u've wasted one usb slow, then next time, u need to connect to a different slot.. coz the drivers for the previous slot are already installed..
jus..
change the usb port/slot.. whatever

[andreas.k]

i am using windows 7 32 bit the flashing proceedure was succesfull (i think let me try it again

[andreas.k]

now i am waiting for the phonr to boot
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6364/captureoaq.png

[fahadj2003]

now i am waiting for the phonr to boot
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6364/captureoaq.png

seems about right..

[Stskeeps]

Rule number 1 of MeeGo on N900: Remember to have your back cover on when booting!

[andreas.k]

to many guests sing up its free!!! we can help you that way



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[fahadj2003]

to many guests sing up its free!!! We can help you that way

looool!!!!

[andreas.k]

isnt it awkward that it takes so long ?(i think yes)

[andreas.k]

i am not able to finish the boot process
last code line on screen:
mtdops:ready 7,8 (no erase)

[plaban]

Post some screenshots and videos.

[andreas.k]

Post some screenshots and videos.

small problem
why my screen has no light during the boot process?

i had the back on

[Stskeeps]

small problem
why my screen has no light during the boot process?

If it has no light, you have forgotten to put on the back cover or there's something wrong with the way you dd'ed the image.

[andreas.k]

trying to boot once again


THANK you all
it just booted its the 5th time i am trying to boot to meego and it finally worked thank you all

[fahadj2003]

Post some screenshots and videos.

i didnt play with it myself..
why dont you do it for us?

plus, i dont think i'll have internet access for a week or so..
can someone else answer peeps on this thread?

and congrats to the other guy
LOL!

[fahadj2003]

If it has no light, you have forgotten to put on the back cover or there's something wrong with the way you dd'ed the image.

nah, its like that
the back light turns on after meego boots up..
dont know why
last version didnt have backlight at all :S

[EverythingBlaxx]

Worked for me. It was very sluggish and laggy but it worked and I was able to make a phone call.

[koivjann]

It has been always with my device so that during MeeGo boot there is no backlight, when the MeeGo Gui is loaded the light goes on. So was it also with this version. It functioned but no keyboard functions available.

[fahadj2003]

like i said..
its still under development and limited to features..
this is just a preview..

[fahadj2003]

out of 2,473 selfish ppl who viewed this,
only 21 were nice enough to thank me :(
*i'm a karma whore, i know*

[damnshock]

out of 2,473 selfish ppl who viewed this,
only 21 were nice enough to thank me :(
*i'm a karma whore, i know*

I didn't see why I should thank your post. In fact, the fact that you complain only give strenght to my thought...

[fahadj2003]

I didn't see why I should thank your post. In fact, the fact that you complain only give strenght to my thought...

sorry if my post didnt help you, but im not here to please you.

[mikecomputing]

http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/HandsetTestReport/N900Acceptance20100924

Hmm just wonder about this:


"Dial one outgoing call, accept by other party, terminate this call (phonesim, GSM & WCDMA) (GSM and WCDMA cannot be covered until real modem supported,Will use phonesim to test before real modem support) "

Notes (bugs):
"Nokia N900 modem does not turn on in Ofono. But with Phone SIM working?"

What is the difference between "phonesim" and modem :-S

isnt ofono API used in both cases? (I mean in both cases using the modem driver as backend)


Also this: "Browsing website over 3G " Is this because Nokia still doesnt have an open driver or is it because of lack of OSS maintainers to implement it before codefreeze?

[wmarone]

Also this: "Browsing website over 3G " Is this because Nokia still doesnt have an open driver or is it because of lack of OSS maintainers to implement it before codefreeze?

No config GUI. It can be done manually, however.

[Stskeeps]

http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/HandsetTestReport/N900Acceptance20100924

Hmm just wonder about this:


"Dial one outgoing call, accept by other party, terminate this call (phonesim, GSM & WCDMA) (GSM and WCDMA cannot be covered until real modem supported,Will use phonesim to test before real modem support) "


http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/HandsetTestReport/N900Acceptance20100927 is more accurate - 0924 was before things had finished up on friday (0924.4 is an image where it works in)


Also this: "Browsing website over 3G " Is this because Nokia still doesnt have an open driver or is it because of lack of OSS maintainers to implement it before codefreeze?

We didn't get UI implemented for GPRS setup, simple as that.

Browsing website - I've been knee deep in browser **** for the last five days, so we're working hard on that one.. (Weird interaction with gcc4.5 and mozilla)

[alberto1991lucca]

Hi guys, i can't use windows so i try the "dd" command. But when i load the kernel with the flasher, nothing happens.. Maybe i wrong something in the dd?

[ironm8]

it seems that booting times for just about anything are really long..
i really hope it'll get better

[elie-7]

this rocks @who said meego won't be avaible for the n900 ??
and i should get my class 6 memory card next week, first this than nitdroid, but can please someone guive me what apps/widgets/plugins are working ? some screenshots would be awesome .
and is the browser working ?
and how about flash 10 ?

[mistman]

Now just for a tut to dualboot with nitdroid.

Wouldnt we be able to make a new partion on mem card upload meego image to there , kernel in to boot menu then load via boot menu ?

[mistman]

dont tell me ill killed the tread that easly :p

[godofwar424]

I cant extract the archive :/

I get file ended unexpectedly while extracting the meego.raw file using WinRAR??

Help!

[fahadj2003]

I cant extract the archive :/

I get file ended unexpectedly while extracting the meego.raw file using WinRAR??

Help!

download the file again?
maybe the download is corrupted :S

[tebsu]

ok i got a problem here... i thought it might be because of the flasher so i also downloaded another beta version. both failed with that msg. I strictly followed the instructions. The errorlog from windows 7 (32 Bit) gives that below the picture

http://250kb.de/u/101005/p/vSNiVXiDSs80.png

Faulting application name: flasher-3.5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4abb75ae
Faulting module name: flasher-3.5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4abb75ae
Exception code: 0xc0000094
Fault offset: 0x0000e2df
Faulting process id: 0x230
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb64ae5b7dbd42
Faulting application path: c:\flasher\flasher-3.5.exe
Faulting module path: c:\flasher\flasher-3.5.exe
Report Id: 9c6bd360-d0a1-11df-96e6-a3f47d7e1b85

[fahadj2003]

ok i got a problem here... i thought it might be because of the flasher so i also downloaded another beta version. both failed with that msg. I strictly followed the instructions. The errorlog from windows 7 (32 Bit) gives that below the picture

http://250kb.de/u/101005/p/vSNiVXiDSs80.png

Faulting application name: flasher-3.5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4abb75ae
Faulting module name: flasher-3.5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4abb75ae
Exception code: 0xc0000094
Fault offset: 0x0000e2df
Faulting process id: 0x230
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb64ae5b7dbd42
Faulting application path: c:\flasher\flasher-3.5.exe
Faulting module path: c:\flasher\flasher-3.5.exe
Report Id: 9c6bd360-d0a1-11df-96e6-a3f47d7e1b85

i think thats a flasher issue
try the old flasher

[tebsu]

hmm i also tried the version available here:
http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/old-maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

but also doesnt work. same error

[fahadj2003]

hmm i also tried the version available here:
http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/old-maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

but also doesnt work. same error

that kinda error is coz of drivers *usually/mostly*
perhaps u should try removing the old drivers as well
or try a different pc
u can also look for a tutorial for using a live linux disk for flashing..
i'd help u out but i dunno how to use linux either so you'd better look for a tutorial.. its the easiest solution..

[tebsu]

hmm i wonder if a vmware is enough because i dont have any cd here to burn and i am currently sitting in the middle of nowhere without any shop around

[fahadj2003]

yea sure
vmware works

[tebsu]

thanks for the helpful info so far, i will report later how it went out

[fahadj2003]

thanks for the helpful info so far, i will report later how it went out

oki doki (:

[tebsu]

wow not bad, looks like it worked with ubuntu. then download the flash tool with .deb as ending, execute it with just double click on it, after that, you can go to console and directly start with flasher-3.5 and so on (does not need the directory of the file) also what is different, is the fact that you have to give him the full path + filename when selecting the kernel. so my example was this:

flasher-3.5 -l -b -k /home/tebsu/Desktop/kernel (because i placed my kernel directly on desktop) everything else is the same :)

(maybe you can add that note to the initial post so other people with the same problem have the solution direclty

[fahadj2003]

browser works in the latest if anyone is interested to play around with the beta

[elie-7]

does it supports flash ?? 10.1 or 9.4 ?

[Reffyyyy]

@elie-7

I extremely doubt that the performance is that good. MeeGo still is not ready to make it your main OS (or even secondary). For now, it's only something that users will mess with for 20 minutes.

[elie-7]

well, at least we can say that intel is wrong by saying that we won't see a meego device to the first half of 2011, but we r gonna see the n900, the first meego device.
n900 ftw !!

[fahadj2003]

some say its 10.1
dunno man
try it out
i dont have my own pc right now

[elie-7]

and i don't have my memory card mate.
u go to a phones shop in lebanon, u order a class 6 memory card, and boom, wtf is a class 6, i should run a phones shop here.

[fahadj2003]

lol
same here in ksa
-__-
im not arab though
migrated

[elie-7]

i'm half australian mate, u asutralian ? canadian? american ?...
and btw 'fahad' tells that ur arab .

[geneven]

out of 2,473 selfish ppl who viewed this,
only 21 were nice enough to thank me :(
*i'm a karma whore, i know*

I read this and didn't try it. I'm with the other guy. I don't think this makes me selfish. I didn't thank you because I read your information. You could have written that you were sending me the Statue of Liberty in the mail. Should I have thanked you?

BTW: I have a lot of thanks. I never ever begged for Thanks, even one time.

[elie-7]

people now (i think) we can have flash 10.1 via both nitdroid and meego.

[Reffyyyy]

I've just been through the MeeGo filesystem. Flash Player doesn't appear to be present.

[fahadj2003]

I read this and didn't try it. I'm with the other guy. I don't think this makes me selfish. I didn't thank you because I read your information. You could have written that you were sending me the Statue of Liberty in the mail. Should I have thanked you?

BTW: I have a lot of thanks. I never ever begged for Thanks, even one time.

joined feb 2007
alot has changed since that my love
micheal jackson died, obama is the president and kendra wilkinson's sex tape was released in public too..
u missed alot

[fahadj2003]

i'm half australian mate, u asutralian ? canadian? american ?...
and btw 'fahad' tells that ur arab .

arab?
nope
paki yes

[white_ranger]

Hey man. Thanks for the tutorial. I just have one question. I managed to get meego to run perfectly. Now i know it's just a preview, but it's TOO slow. Is it supposed to be like that?

[fahadj2003]

yes..
it is..

[damnshock]

Hey man. Thanks for the tutorial. I just have one question. I managed to get meego to run perfectly. Now i know it's just a preview, but it's TOO slow. Is it supposed to be like that?

The latest 1.2 TRUNK builds are *MUCH* faster than the previous releases. Try them if you feel for it!

Regards

[fahadj2003]

im about to test that right now :D

[dhcmega]

I have diskwrited the raw image to the microsd card. Then flashed the kernel. With winxp and win7 both 32bits OS
The phone starts loading stuff then prints a lot of mesgs complaining about "something /var/run/system_something no such file o directory"
I will try to catch the whole message.
after that shows a "login prompt" then black backlighted screen.

I have tried it more than 5 o 6 times.
any one with the same problem?
thanks

EDIT: It is:
Failed to open connection to "system" message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket no such file or directory"

[pelago]

I think that's this bug: http://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8330

[dhcmega]

I think it is. I tried the proposed solution, comment the policy element but it didn´t work.
Thanks

[fahadj2003]

dunno
i jus burned the latest image to mmc and tried booting..
just a black screen

and dunno bout the login prompt
but it asks for some ssh login thingy in old bootups..
for that, i jus had to wait or press enter..
dunno lol

[dhcmega]

Which is the last release known to work?

[fahadj2003]

latest doesnt seem to..
try the 2nd last..

[dhcmega]

This one is not working
meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1.80.1.20101008.1-mmcblk0p.raw.bz2

should I try the one before?

[fahadj2003]

ur call man

[dhcmega]

I want to try with one known to work!! hahaha

[fahadj2003]

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/trunk/1.0.90.4.20100928.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/

[dhcmega]

it worked!
But this version has no calling feature, doesn´t it?

[fahadj2003]

dude..
my advice
jus wait for the final version
whats left like.. 2 weeks? at most?
this is jus for fun.. to play around..

[dhcmega]

Ok, I will follow your advise.
Thanks again.

[mece]

latest 1.1 (1.0.99.xxx) branch weekly works and latest 1.2 (1.1.80.xxx) branch weekly doesn't due to a dsme bug. It's fixed now though, so the next weekly should not have that problem. Weeklys are out on wednesdays.

[tubeat]

when im trying to flashing the kernel, the flasher always need to closed :(

[fahadj2003]

when im trying to flashing the kernel, the flasher always need to closed :(

i lost you
huh?

[tubeat]

i lost you
huh?

here is the screenshot





http://i56.tinypic.com/dgglfr.jpg

[fahadj2003]

interesting..
windows 7?
i dont really know.. another guy had this kinda issue..
are u using the beta version?
he tried using the live disk method..
try searching for it..

**edit
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62965&page=5

[tubeat]

interesting..
windows 7?
i dont really know.. another guy had this kinda issue..
are u using the beta version?
he tried using the live disk method..
try searching for it..

**edit
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62965&page=5

i know nothing about linux and ubuntu :(

beta version of what??

i tried on windows xp on the other pc, n got the same result :(

[fahadj2003]

beta version of the flasher software
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62965&page=5
read this page..
the guy had almost the same issue..
feel free to message him and ask for help

[tubeat]

beta version of the flasher software
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62965&page=5
read this page..
the guy had almost the same issue..
feel free to message him and ask for help

i got the flasher here (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62965&page=6)
i can open the flasher from start-program-maemo-flasher
before this i can flash my n900 and the emmc without error


the tebsu guy in the page 5 has done the flashing via ubuntu and i dont have the ubuntu

[mannakiosk]

i know nothing about linux and ubuntu :(

beta version of what??

i tried on windows xp on the other pc, n got the same result :(

You don't need to know anything about Ubuntu to use it.

If you can burn an image to a cd or usb-stick and boot your windows computer from cd or usb, then you could follow the linux flasher instructions. Nothing about your computer needs to change (except maybe setting boot order in bios).

When you quit and remove the "live cd" (or live usb) (as it's called when you can run an os from a cd) and reboot, your computer will boot into windows again as if nothing happened. With a live cd your hdd(s) don't need to be used at all.

[tubeat]

You don't need to know anything about Ubuntu to use it.

If you can burn an image to a cd or usb-stick and boot your windows computer from cd or usb, then you could follow the linux flasher instructions. Nothing about your computer needs to change (except maybe setting boot order in bios).

When you quit and remove the "live cd" (or live usb) (as it's called when you can run an os from a cd) and reboot, your computer will boot into windows again as if nothing happened. With a live cd your hdd(s) don't need to be used at all.

its solved bro :D
i place the kernel file in to the installation directory of the flasher
then i type

flasher-3.5 kernelfile -l -k -b

then, the flasher run normally :D
it can boot to meego, i use the 24sept release date
so laggy but can make phone calls n send sms :)

thx for helping all :)

[superhero]

OK so, i downloaded everything, did all these steps... i press U and its successful but when i boot, it just goes right back to maemo? any help?

[fahadj2003]

after u turn off ur mobile and turn it back on, it will switch to maemo

[superhero]

Ok, so i put in the usb while pressing U, and it just loads meamo!

[fahadj2003]

u sure its flashed?
coz that only happens if the flashing is unsuccessful..

[superhero]

ill upload a video,

[afaq]

trust me its not worth all that trouble. it runs really really slow and nothing really works. its like using windows 7 on a pc from the 90s.

[tubeat]

i tried the 15 okt version n its not working :confused:

[superhero]

trust me its not worth all that trouble. it runs really really slow and nothing really works. its like using windows 7 on a pc from the 90s.

Ah well, now my memory card is corrupted so, the vid is useless... and thanx for the heads up, So late (sarcasm) :D

Ah well ill have to provide to this community more... If anyone needs help, with anything, I can help... I think;)

[AapoRantalainen]

I didn't believe what http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Install/MMC said about preparing MMC directly with N900 and I think it is most easy and fast way =)

You need N900 with ssh server (or you must be typing guru) and MMC inside phone.

You need also package bzip2 and root.

On phone
Be sure MMC is not mounted. (umount /dev/mmcblk1)

cd MyDocs
wget http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/1.0.99/1.0.99.2.20101019.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.0.99.2.20101019.1-mmcblk0p.raw.bz2

root

bzcat /home/user/MyDocs/meego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.0.99.2.20101019.1-mmcblk0p.raw.bz2 | dd bs=4096 of=/dev/mmcblk1

Download size is about 500M. Unpacking and writing takes 11 minutes.

Then flash/load related kernel from PC and boot. There are not anymore need to press any key when booting.
(i.e.
shut down phone
PC: flasher-3.5 -l -k <kernel> -b
connect PC<->N900
wait
wait more)


It boots very long and it looks like nothing happens, it is totallly black. After several minutes light will go ON. And then it continues booting.

It is slow and there are many things missing, but MeeGo works on N900!

[AapoRantalainen]

Things I didn't manage on MeeGo:

*How to see running applications?
*How to switch between running applications?
*How to quit applications (e.g. music player)?
[Shortly: Dashboard?]

*How to enter PIN (or is phone calls supported on this version?)
*How to use sudo? (password?)
*Is there any repositories enabled to test more applications?

[fahadj2003]

its not faster actually
its slower
it took me around 15-20 min
and from pc.. not more then 5..
and it says last resort too..
to last resort part is irrelevant but still :P

[fahadj2003]

its on top left.. the multitasking button

no pin code supported yet..
dunno bout xterm.. i dun really use it..
like i said.. its for playing around.. thats all..

[*Sonic*]

Has the latest version got all the icons in white ?

I thought calls could be made now, ive got the latest build running incredibly slow I might add but it could be my memory card

I tried to phone my phone and it rang but the phone didnt do anything (but maybe that was just the lag)

im using 1.0.99.2.201019.1-2

it could see my wireless and a few others too (neighbours wifi) it reports some as correct and some as incorrect

[fahadj2003]

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/1.0.99/
latest one..
works..
*dont try v.1.1
it wont work for some twisted reason :-/

[fahadj2003]

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/

1.1 version
but its pointless till we get a backport from the first meego device..
have fun!

[dhcmega]

http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/

1.1 version
but its pointless till we get a backport from the first meego device..
have fun!

I have tried yesterday. It didn´t work for me.

[fahadj2003]

I have tried yesterday. It didn´t work for me.

can you elaborate?

[dhcmega]

Yes, I have written the raw file to the microSD as usual, then flash -l -b -k kernel, then plugged the phone while pressing the U key, after that unplugged the cable the phone showed a the tipical loading info and freezed at some point. Had to remove the battery to reboot it. Haven´t tried again.

[Ele-Mental]

Yes, I have written the raw file to the microSD as usual, then flash -l -b -k kernel, then plugged the phone while pressing the U key, after that unplugged the cable the phone showed a the tipical loading info and freezed at some point. Had to remove the battery to reboot it. Haven´t tried again.

So if i want to run Meego, 0.9 is better than 1.1?

[fahadj2003]

Yes, I have written the raw file to the microSD as usual, then flash -l -b -k kernel, then plugged the phone while pressing the U key, after that unplugged the cable the phone showed a the tipical loading info and freezed at some point. Had to remove the battery to reboot it. Haven´t tried again.


write the image to SD again.. then flash again.. wait for 5 min..
if it doesnt work, temme the last line of the bootup process..
and you might wanna use a flashlight coz the backlight doesnt lit for me :-/

So if i want to run Meego, 0.9 is better than 1.1?

refer to the 2nd part of ur name..

no, 1.1 is better
"duh"

[dhcmega]

The only one that I have managed to work is this one http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/builds/trunk/1.0.90.4.20100928.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/
But that link is no longer working

[dhcmega]

Ok, I will give a try to night again. Didn´t waited more than a minute.
For the backlight problem you can mount the SD on a linux OS and run this:
echo 255 > /sys/class/backlight/acx565akm/brightness
That will solve the backlight no lighting
Got it from here:
http://thenokiablog.com/2010/07/02/nokia-n900-meego-preview/

Good luck to us all

[Ele-Mental]

Ive flashed and wen i remove the USB cable, the screen stays dark but i can see alot of code on the screen. The last being "Generating SSH2 RSA host key:" What does this mean?

[agdroubi]

what is the benfit of dual boot if we need to flash the kernel everytime we need to use meego?

[basvuyk]

Hey all,

I have downloaded the bz2 file and once I extracted the file i was left with a .raw.bz2 file. The problem is that I can not unpack the file to an img file ad put it on my sd card. So what should I do?

[dqm]

what is the benfit of dual boot if we need to flash the kernel everytime we need to use meego?

I think it's a safety thing, I booted Meego today (using a mac and a linux laptop and these instructions http://http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Install/MMC)

There is a warning at the bottom of the page that states their reasoning for having to flash the kernel every time. Doesn't bother me much, Meego 1.1 is just a looksee, 1.2 should be pretty good and this gives me heart to wait until April.

[krystof_k]

Installed :) Many thanks for the tutorial.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4715/meego.jpg

[fahadj2003]

Installed. Thanks for the tutorial. It worked.
Best thing so far: The kittens_240p video ;-)
But seriously: I like it. It's just not ready now. (i'm not complaining - i know this is a preview).
Now to reformat my card again. See you in 6 months, meego!

i know right?
they're choo cute!
and i wish someone could overclock it.. the laggyness is annoying -__-

[dhcmega]

write the image to SD again.. then flash again.. wait for 5 min..
if it doesnt work, temme the last line of the bootup process..
and you might wanna use a flashlight coz the backlight doesnt lit for me :-/



refer to the 2nd part of ur name..

no, 1.1 is better
"duh"

last two lines:
[ 2.548858] [<c0008a70>] (kernel_init+0x120/0x168) from [<c002c98c>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8)
[ 2.562889] mtdoops: ready 16, 17 (no erase)

but a few lines above there is this one line:

[ 2.475097] No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 ext3 ext4 cramfs
[ 2.484710] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,1)

But if I am not wrong, the microSD is not using any of those formats, isn´t it?

[dhcmega]

image

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/605/n900meegoproblema.jpg

[F2thaK]

Version 1.2 is scheduled for April 2011, by which point the MeeGo handset user experience software should be pretty much complete.

[Russianhaxor]

Hey guys, did anyone have any problems with Win32 Disk Imager not recognizing their drives? it only recognizes drive A and I get an error when I open up the program in both Windows 7 and XP mode.

its Error 8. I can't flash my SD card without it :(

[Ele-Mental]

I still get stuck on "Generating SSH2 RSA host key:"

[fahadj2003]

how do u install the image in the SD?
win32diskimager?
and use a SD card adapter.. dont use the mass memory method..
flash the image on the sd again with win32
and try again

[bl3nch0z]

i also when trying to write the image file to my sd card

when i use image win32diskimager to write the raw file to my sd card after completing my sd card is unreadable is asking to be formatted and the files size of the sd card has changed from 4gb to .1.5 gb in windwos 7

is this correct or should it be readable in windows ?
and how should the file structure look like after its finished ?

[Jayelzibub]

Im surprised with 126 posts and successful attempts nobody has posted a vid of this yet.

[dchky]

is this correct or should it be readable in windows ?
and how should the file structure look like after its finished ?

Yes, this is correct behavior from windows - it can't read Linux partitions by default so it lists them as unreadable.

[longcat]

Im surprised with 126 posts and successful attempts nobody has posted a vid of this yet.

there is nothing to record above what you already saw on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWtMLs3j09U),

i've installed it today, it's great and interesting but slow as f***

[bl3nch0z]

yea they said it will be slow because its running of a memory card and not the internal memory

[Ele-Mental]

Got mine to work. Finally. Had to rewrite the card with a fresh dl. Works but as mentioned above its not fast.

[dchky]

Im surprised with 126 posts and successful attempts nobody has posted a vid of this yet.

I guess there is not a lot to show that you haven't already seen - the UI is a little buggy and kind of quirky though it works okay - beneath that is a surprisingly pleasant Linux distribution that has a bit of everything in familiar places - far more capable out of the box than Maemo - at least for anything not needing X anyway.

SSH is enabled by default, nice touch.

[andyfrommk]

I have downloaded the bz2 file and once I extracted the file i was left with a .raw.bz2 file. The problem is that I can not unpack the file to an img file ad put it on my sd card. So what should I do?

Put your N900 into mass storage mode and type
dd if=/path/to/meego-image.raw of=/path/to/n900/sdcard

So if your N900's sdcard is /dev/sdd the second half of the command should be of=/dev/sdd

Find out which is your N900's sdcard by running fdisk -l and seeing which disk capacity is the same capacity as your sdcard

[ear0wax]

SSH is enabled by default, nice touch.

I dont think they will leave ssh enabled by default in the Consumer devices tho.

[bobcorn]

I installed meego on My n900
BUT NOTHING WORK
and really bad graphics
and no sound
no network connection
very very SLOW !
90% of my taps are BUGS !
and crashes almost all the TIME !

i know this is a developer version or what so ever
but its so bad even for a developer to use

[fahadj2003]

I installed meego on My n900
BUT NOTHING WORK
and really bad graphics
and no sound
no network connection
very very SLOW !
90% of my taps are BUGS !
and crashes almost all the TIME !

i know this is a developer version or what so ever
but its so bad even for a developer to use

welcome to iraq

[n900shamie]

SUITABLE USB DEVICE NOT FOUND,WAITING,,,,then nothing happens yet am pressing U while connecting the USB,,,help

[fahadj2003]

try different windows
preferably windows xp

[andyfrommk]

SUITABLE USB DEVICE NOT FOUND,WAITING,,,,then nothing happens yet am pressing U while connecting the USB,,,help

Make sure the device is off and then hold down the 'U' key ( don't just repeatedly tap it), also make sure the battery is fully charged

[lebo_pride]

Anyone interested, meego with call support has been released but is still LIMITED TO FEATURES and is jus for playing around with the preview.

READ FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE PROCEEDING. YOU'RE DOING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
*although its not really risky at all.. but i've met some really dumb ppl in my last tutorial which is a shame on humanity*

Instructions

1) http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/releases/1.1/handset/images/meego-handset-armv7l-n900/
download the 500mb image file *.bz2 File* and 1.5mb kernel file *3-n900 *

2) rename the downloaded image to meego and extract it using winrar to My documents.

3) rename "meego" in my documents to meego.img
and rename the kernel file to kernel simply kernel *remove the .-n900 part too*

4) https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
download this and connect your N900 to pc via mass storage or use a cardreader *preferred* and use the win32-imagewriter to "Write" it to your microSD card

*IT IS VERY IMPORTAND TO REMEMBER TO EXTRACT IT TO MICROSD AND NOT THE BUILTIN OR YOU WILL CORRUPT YOUR eMMC*

5) http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php
download maemo flasher
install it
example you have installed the flasher in C:\flasher-3.5 and downloaded the kernel in C:\downloads
then restart ur pc, press f8 before you see the windows logo, choose "disble driver signature enforcement" then open start menu, search/run "cmd"

6) In cmd, type "C:\flasher-3.5\flasher-3.5 -l -b -k C:\downloads\kernel

then it will ask u to connect a device,
turn off the n900, wait for 1 min, then press the "U" key on the n900's keyboard and THEN connect the usb cable WHILE PRESSING THE 'U' KEY.
then you'll see the kernel being flashed. after its done, remove the cable and wait for some time for Meego to boot up.

*I CANT MAKE THIS ANY MORE NOOB FRIENDLY*

BTW the moment you switch off your cellphone, the meego kernel will go and you'll be back to maemo.
IF YOU WANT TO USE MEEGO AGAIN, FOLLOW THE 6TH STEP AGAIN

BEFORE PERFORMING THE 6TH STEP, MAKE SURE THAT THE BACK COVER IS ON. *Thanks to Stskeeps
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=827620&postcount=15 *

*REFER TO THIS POST IF YOU HAVE KERNEL FLASHING ISSUES http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=834244&postcount=50*

*Dont forget to thank ;)*


thank you for the guidee
i did all the stepsss but still didnt workk ..
i did write the file the nmeego-handset-armv7l-n900-1.1-mmcblk0p on the sd card
turned off the mobile and used el vmlinuz to flash waited for a while and didnt work ..
plz what am i doing wrong ?

[arief]

is there a way not to always re-flash the image to the device? Is it posible to use multiboot kernel to load the vmlinuz file?

[proberts]

but a few lines above there is this one line:

[ 2.475097] No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 ext3 ext4 cramfs
[ 2.484710] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,1)



Had the same issue twice. Rewrote the fs to the SD card but this time did sync after dd and it's working now.

[dhcmega]

Had the same issue twice. Rewrote the fs to the SD card but this time did sync after dd and it's working now.

Hi, how do you "sync"? It is a command?

[fahadj2003]

Hi, how do you "sync"? It is a command?

if im correct, there is a sync command in the xterm for maemo

is there a way not to always re-flash the image to the device? Is it posible to use multiboot kernel to load the vmlinuz file?

there is but i dunno it either
i asked others for tutorials but well.. tmo and meego forum are both full of ppl complaining rather then being useful..
*few exceptional are there*

[dhcmega]

googled it.
it is a linux command to force changed blocks to disk
maybe there could be some unwritten data being lost
I will try it today

[zylor]

is there a way not to always re-flash the image to the device? Is it posible to use multiboot kernel to load the vmlinuz file?
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65008

[zylor]

Not very friendly tutorial but i know you did the best you could do fahadj2003!
Anyways here is a more friendly tutorial:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65008

It's way easier then this!!! :D

[dhcmega]

not working for me on ubuntu and win7 32bits
same root filesystem missing
will give it a try next month
regards

[dhcmega]

Not very friendly tutorial but i know you did the best you could do fahadj2003!
Anyways here is a more friendly tutorial:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65008

It's way easier then this!!! :D

what if something goes wrong with meego? how can I boot back again to maemo?

[dhcmega]

does it have any conflicts with power-kernel?

[fahadj2003]

Not very friendly tutorial but i know you did the best you could do fahadj2003!
Anyways here is a more friendly tutorial:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=65008

It's way easier then this!!! :D

ok
now i gotta think of a good comeback..
here it is..
first, my tutorial is for all firmwares for maemo..
its also for all versions of meego..
it also has the same steps *except for kernel*..
and so on.. so on..

not working for me on ubuntu and win7 32bits
same root filesystem missing
will give it a try next month
regards
ur call :-/

what if something goes wrong with meego? how can I boot back again to maemo?

if ure following the other tutorial, jus remove the memcard..

does it have any conflicts with power-kernel?

mine?
no
the other tutorial, yes..
its for the stock pr1.3 kernel only
*till what i read, didnt confirm*

[newentrysuraj]

thanks,

it did installed but I think I will switch back to maemo for time being as it is still to have many features... was a bit slow for my device...and was not able to call...

[ganpat]

I tried to write the meego 1.1 image onto my micro SD 32 GB card using the win32 disk imager but was unsuccessful. it was throwing the error "An error occurred while attempting to write data from handle error 8"...i tried many times but got the same message. I also formatted my micro SD card in my N900 using the file manager and then tried using disk imager, but received the same error. I am able to use the micro SD card in my phone without any issues. My PC has windows 7 home basic edition.

I also checked out the diskimager site for this bug and i saw one user posted that if file name contains "-", it will produce error 8... i also renamed the image without any "-" and but no use. Can you please help me to install meego image onto my micro sd card? thanks for your help in advance.

ok this is what i tried just now.... i connected my n900 to my pc using mass storage mode and in windows explorer, it listed the N900 drive(built in) and removeable disk (16 G micro SD card) as another drive. I just copied the latest meego-handset-armv7l-n900-final-mod-1.1.0.0.20101101.3-mmcblk0p.raw file to the micro SD card through the explorer copy menu.

Then I installed Uboot PR1.3 in my N900 that is supposed to boot the meego automatically from micro SD card upon switching off and for some reason it booted to maemo only.

I am not sure if the windows copy is the right way to copy the raw image to the micro sd instead of using disk imager as mentioned in many sites. One thing I noticed that in explorer, the micro SD card file system is FAT32. Last time I formatted the micro SD card in my N900 using File manager, so I guess that is fine.

Can you tell me where is the issue here ? and what I need to do to boot to meego.

[dazars1]

Yo lo logre con P.R 1.3 y con U-boot. Sin flasher

A alguien le interesa???

[fahadj2003]

english please?

[arief]

I have installed uboot after multiboot. when you break uboot booting process into uboot prompt, and type "run noloboot" with the keyboard slide open.. multiboot menu will appear. But... Once you select menu other than os that used maemo's kernel ... uboot kernel will be overwrited by OS you've choosed, and finaly uboot program needs to be reinstalled to make it works.