maemo.org - Talk - [TUTORIAL-WIP] N900-LINUX: Ubuntu, Fedora and Archlinux

Hi all I have manage to port ubuntu, fedora, and archlinux just like easy-debian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZ_eSUtBQo

First of all let me thanks to qole for the job he has done , I modify the scripts he used to run Meego in Xephyr in order to run this linux distros

WARNING: Do this at your own Risk!!!
There are still so much work to do, this is a work in progress project so keep that in mind if you want to install this

So lets go, first of all, you need this:

* Easy-chroot installed
* Easy-Debian (not necessary but recommended)
* Rootsh and nano installed on the device

Please follow all the steps in orden, pay special attention in the locations of the files.

1. Now lets start with UBUNTU

Download the ubuntu image, you can find this in http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9566996/ubun....img.ext2.lzma

Extract it and put it on MyDocs

Install ubuntu-n900.deb using app-manager

To fix your Date take a look here

http://ubuntuone.com/p/Uq9/
http://ubuntuone.com/p/Scp/

2. FEDORA: the process it’s almost the same

Download the fedora image, you can find this in http://db.tt/CG5fZnJ

Install this: fedora-n900.deb

http://ubuntuone.com/p/UqA/

3. It’s ARCHLINUX Time!!

This process its a little bit more complicated, you need this:

a. You can download the rootfs from www.archmobile.org and make your own *.img.ext2 file or download the one that I made (recommended) from http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9p/
b. The scripts made by qole and modified by my self http://ubuntuone.com/p/Unu/

3.1 Extract the scripts folder and put it on /home/user

3.2 Open Xterminal and type

Code:

cd  /home/user/archlinux

sudo chmod +x /home/user/archlinux/archlinux

sudo chmod +x /home/user/archlinux/chrootarch

sudo chmod +x /home/user/archlinux/startarch

./chrootarch

3.3 Install the Desktop Base System. I use e17

Code:

pacman -Syu

pacman -S nano

pacman -S e17-svn

pacman -S ttf-dejavu

3.4 Create a file to tell which Display Xephyr will use

Code:

touch /usr/bin/starte17

chmod +x /usr/bin/starte17

nano /usr/bin/starte17

Now Copy this:

Code:

DISPLAY=:3 enlightenment_start

press ctrl x and save it

Exit all

Now download this file http://ubuntuone.com/p/ScL/ unziped and copy to MyDocs in your device

then open a new xterminal and type

Code:

sudo cp /home/user/MyDocs/wmctrl /.archlinux/usr/bin

rm /home/user/MyDocs/wmctrl 

cd archlinux

./chrootarch

cd /usr/bin

chmod +x wmctrl

touch /usr/bin/archlinux-e17

chmod +x /usr/bin/archlinux-e17

nano /usr/bin/archlinux-e17

copy this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

#archlinux gui

cd  /home/user/archlinux

./archlinux

3.5 Make a closearch file

open a new xterminal and type this

Code:

sudo gainroot

cd /usr/bin

touch closearch

chmod +x closearch

nano closearch

Copy this

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# By Juand

sudo qumount /.archlinux

Save and exit, now you can type closearch in xterminal and the fedora rootfs will be umounted

3.6 keyboard fix: Download this file http://ubuntuone.com/p/Swk/ unziped and put it on MyDocs
Open a new terminal and type

Code:

sudo mv /home/user/MyDocs/set-focus /.archlinux/usr/bin

sudo mv /home/user/MyDocs/qobi-wmhint-fix /.archlinux/sbin

cd /home/user/archlinux

./chrootarch

chmod +x /usr/bin/set-focus\

chmod +x /sbin/qobi-wmhint-fix

exit

3.7 Create a desktop entry for archlinux

PD: Hope that everything works well. Any suggestions and corrections are welcome

Some screenshots:

http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9L/

http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9M/

http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9N/

http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9O/

http://ubuntuone.com/p/S9P/