i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

hi i am struggling to get Easy Debian working on a n800 and a n810, on the n810 i have all the bits in the etxtras and have downloaded the file from the debian image installer. When i try to open the Synaptic package manager or the debian chroot i gat the following message:

ERROR

You have mo debian.img.ext2 file on your memory cards.

please use the Debian image installer in Extras.

########but i have - it says the file is fully recived?

can you suggest what i should do.

do i need to extract the doenloaded file? if so how do i do that?

thanks

ddw

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

what is the output of:

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

~ $ ls -l /media/mmc1
drwxrwxrwx 4 user root 16384 May 22 2007 Data
drwxrwxrwx 2 user root 16384 Nov 3 2007 Documents
drwxrwxrwx 21 user root 32768 Aug 7 11:10 Images
drwxrwxrwx 2 user root 16384 Apr 2 2006 Others
drwxrwxrwx 10 user root 16384 Jun 1 2007 Private
drwxrwxrwx 4 user root 16384 Jun 23 2007 Sounds
drwxrwxrwx 14 user root 16384 May 23 2007 Videos
drwxrwxrwx 3 user root 16384 Jun 23 2007 muveedrwxrwxrwx 5 user root 16384 Sep 12 2007 resource
drwxrwxrwx 4 user root 16384 Sep 12 2007 sys
drwxrwxrwx 5 user root 16384 May 22 2007 system
drwxrwxrwx 3 user root 16384 Aug 7 17:55 tuxpaint
~ $ ls -l /media/mmc2
-rw-r--r-- 1 user root 8311000 Aug 8 2008 Ppppdf (1).pdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 user root 32567 Aug 8 2008 Ppppdf.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 2 user root 2048 Aug 7 11:11 Video-rw-r--r-- 1 user root 349555153 Aug 7 14:47 debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2
drwxrwxrwx 4 user root 2048 Aug 7 11:04 map
-rw

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

try this:

I thought the "Download Debian Image" or whatever in the Easy Debian package did it for you but it doesn't appear there is a ".img" file to be mounted anywhere.

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~ $ cd /media/mmc2
/media/mmc2 $ tar -jxvf debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2
tar: bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
/media/mmc2 $ ls
Ppppdf (1).pdf test.wav
Ppppdf.pdf tmp
Video videocenter
debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2 wget-log
map
/media/mmc2 $


hmmm maybe i should just delet the debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2 file and download again. i'm having different problems trying to get it working on a n800 but at least then has the .img file?

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

You need to install bunzip2 .. Im not sure what the maemo package for it is or where it's at... search in the package manager.. you are looking for either bzip2, bunzip2, bzip, etc...

Install that and see if that command works.

Where did the wget-log come from?

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

thanks i'll try it tomorrrow re the wget-log i don't know

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

~ $ cd /media/mmc2
/media/mmc2 $ tar -jxvf debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2
debian.img.ext2

bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
/media/mmc2 $


i will delet it and re download it, i used a phone/modem maybe that was the problem? some how

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

I don't know exactly what your "phone/modem" setup is, but different connections can cause (or more frequently cause) bad downloads, so if you have more success downloading things with some other connection, and it's not to hard to get, I'd use it. (e.g., it's probably worth a cup of coffee, if you can only get WiFi at the local coffee shop.)

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

as a rule i don't use wifi, but i'll break the rule just this once, the original downloads took over 3 hours.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

is it a good sign to have the debian chroot saying 'password:' ?

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

I never get asked for a password Debian chroot. It sets up chroot and then displays a [root@Debian: /] prompt. It sounds like the img file still didn't copy correctly.

Did you reboot after the install?

I posted on your other thread asking if you had at least 1.3gb free on the card that you're trying to install to. Maybe you're running out of space for the installation to complete.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

nope.... it's a brand new 2gb card, i tryed downloading via a phone again........ it says its done

Downloading and extracting to /media/mmc1...

Downloading DEBIAN IMAGE FILE package...
--10:16:15-- http://qole.maemobox.org/debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2
=> `debian-chroot-img-v2.tar.bz2'
Resolving qole.maemobox.org... 67.205.15.187
Connecting to qole.maemobox.org|67.205.15.187|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable

The file is already fully retrieved; nothing to do.


but i'm also trying a faster computer connection on the other nit

i'll keep trying untill it works

ddw

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

This should probably be taken to the Easy Debian thread. Maybe Qole or somebody else there has a solution.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

hmmmm i've done 2 dowmloads today 'of the big file' and both tablets and both tablets are requesting a password when i open the debian chroot. if this is a common error please let me know and i'll keep trying untill i get it right, on the other hand if the download now reqires a password can some one tell me it.

thanks

p.s. i just noticed THanks T Hanks Tom Hanks
http://swisscharts.com/actorimages/tom_hanks.jpg
i'll never be able to use the word in quite the same was again, funny the way the mind works and ow no if you think aboutit [he he] there are lots and lots of yellow Tom Hanks 'thanks' all over this website...... maybe it's time to change the word thanks to another word... only joking.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

setup a password in xterm first and you won't need to in chroot. :)
Isn't this fun? ;)

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

i actually love it, and if i do some clever stuff with the gimp once i eventually get it working, it will actually be worth while. i will google it later myself but i have to ask...... how do i set up a password in xterm?

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

I'll ask again: Have you rebooted after the img installation before running the chroot terminal per the installation instructions?

Qole says in this post on his Easy Debian thread that you need to reboot to load his changes to the sudoers file that eliminates the need to enter a password.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

Another possible solution from past posts:

I fixed it by:

1. uninstalling the easy chroot package
2. rebooting
3. installing the easy chroot package
4. rebooting


That's the first package you installed. Not the big download. You shouldn't have to do the big download again when trying this.

Re: i wish i could get Easy Debian wotking
 

I'm sorry I didn't see this thread before. If you have problems with Easy Debian, try to post them in one of my threads, so I'll notice it.

Moshing, did you ever get things working?

I also have some tips for getting Gimp working with big images on the tablet.

Make sure, everyone, that you update to the latest version (now in the Extras repository)!