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Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
Back again.... ;)
I've untarred Arch rootfs file onto my microSD card....kept partitioning simple to get this going....figure I can always redo this if I want once I have successfully gotten Arch to run.... So, now onto to Step 5.....have some questions please... Quote:
Where do I create the bootmenu item? Do you mean from inside the /etc/bootmenu.d/ directory on the microSD card where I untarred the rootfs file or ? Question 2 Only have 2 partitions on my microSD card as follows: /dev/mmcblk1p1 vfat /dev/mmcblk1p2 ext2 So, should my bootmenu item look like this: Code:
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All the uboot menu items go in /etc/bootmenu.d/ on the phone itself. Quote:
root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 to root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 as the block numbers are not the same as in maemo. Give that a try, just don't forget to run u-boot-update-bootmenu afterwards. |
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Yes, I extracted to the ext2 partition.... Updated Arch.item per your comments... However, now, having problem trying to run 'u-boot-update-bootmenu'..... Do I run this command while in Terminal in maemo on n900 or u-boot when I start up n900? When I try doing it in terminal on n900 I get: Code:
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If it saying command not found, have you installed u-boot-tools and u-boot itself (not from the repositories)? https://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pa...c3-1_armel.deb Edit: You really need to read the first post of this thread VERY carefully. From the other thread it seems you have installed u-boot from the repositories, which is broken. You need to completely remove u-boot, and install the versions from here. this, this, and this. Quote:
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I have read the first post several times, while it is good overview, it is not that detailed for dummy like me.... :rolleyes: - Yes, installed U-Boot from testing repo as I thought it was the right version..... - Didn't realize that the U-Boot flasher file didn't include everything... :o So, will do as you instruct and try it again.... :) |
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If all else fails, start from scratch and follow this tutorial:
http://tinyurl.com/archn900 |
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Wish I'd seen that sooner..... Meanwhile, I tried installing U-Boot as per your instructions.... Got following error message in terminal: Code:
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Re-ran U-Boot install, but now I see that it updated kernel to another version....is that OK? Also, per blog page, I edited my Arch.item file to say 'EXT_CARD' instead of 'INT_CARD', since I'm using SD card.... Did 'u-boot-update-bootmenu' too... Now I get the following message: Code:
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@ArchiMark
Error you got is pretty straightforward, fix the menu item. There are plenty of examples how it should be done mentioned already, it's not that complicated. If you can't make it, please at least post the contents of the file so we can actually help, but do know that the inability to resolve problem like this will probably mean a very hard learning curve ahead with Arch. @no-one in particular I may sound like an *******, but U-Boot has been discussed already in this thread many times, even though this is not a thread for U-Boot. I understand that it can be a pain to set up, but this thread will not be of any help to anyone, nor constructive in any way, if its filled up by 20 pages of U-Boot errors mostly caused by inability to read instructions. So, the U-Boot thread has very detailed instructions, and in my book, it has every bit of info you may need to have in setting it up. This thread has many useful posts and even examples how it should be done. If someone feels this is not enough, both we and maemo.org have a wiki, feel free to make a documentation of the matter everyone can understand. |
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Skyry & Others,
My apologies for my recent posts about U-Boot issues, etc..... FWIW, I did set up Arch by myself to dual boot with Win7 on the little Fujitsu U820 convertible tabletPC that I had a while back.....so, I have successfully installed Arch before as well as other linux distros in the past. This is also reason that I am interested in getting Arch running on the n900.... I will try to work on this myself... Thanks. |
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Don't take it that way, like I said, post the contents of the item file and we'll help.
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Here's content of item file.... Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM (SD Card)"So, just tried making this change and doing 'u-boot-update-bootmenu' again, but I get the same error message as before about line 6: EXT_CARD not found and rootwait not found...... So, if you think there's mistake in Arch.item let me know and I'll try it again... Also, per previous post, I did let kernel update happen....so, uninstalled it and re-installed the u-boot packages....but no change, when trying to run Arch... If Archi.item not it, then thinking maybe I need to delete everything and start fresh.... Thanks! |
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With the above fixed, it should work |
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I see that I missed the " at the end of the 'EXT_CARD' line at 'p2'.... As for the second error regarding 'omapfb.vram', that was a typing error here on the forum post, not in Arch.item..... :o Now, after doing 'u-boot-update-bootmenu', I get the following: Code:
line 3: EXT_CARD: not found-------------------UPDATE 2---------- I looked at other example and saw that I had () instead of brackets {} around EXT_CARD. Also, re-read your post and changed mmcblk1p2 to mmcblk0p2 and and ran u-boot-update-boot menu again...Now, I still get: Quote:
Rebooted n900 to see what would happen and good news is now I do see a boot item listed for Arch......bad news is that when I selected it and tried to boot it, nothing happened...just ended up at the prompt #.... Searched on the error message: Invalid file - missing kernel or script file on the U-Boot thread and there's a post regarding it.... http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=107 And there's some comments on it after this post.....but not clear to me the fix.... |
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can any body here give detail instructions how to add bootmenu entry through xterm?
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No hot water, it's just that U-Boot have own, separate thread. No reasons for avoiding using it for U-Boot related problems.
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but still unstable _ sometimes the X hangs :) btw : did you consider providing a mirror for your repo :rolleyes: What is the size of the packages in your repo ? Thanks! |
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I booted into Archlinux, but in command mode instead of GUI mode. Any solution?
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Tell us when you have the hosting :) I'll try to have a look at the driver source. Thanks! |
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Btw, everyone, if you feel you can help with something like the above, don't be shy. I'm increasingly busy with other stuff so, can't do everything by myself. |
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What's the best desktop engine to use with Arch? And how to get right click working?
I've tried E17, lxde and I'm now using Xfce |
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right mouse button emulation: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=299 Code:
Option "EmulateThirdButton" "1" |
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New repo is now functional.
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I have got an problem i just managed to extract the arch rootfs to my 16gb micro sd card and i created an u-boot menu item file with following in it
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM (SD Card)" ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage" ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p1" ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4" ITEM_OMAPATAG="1" ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootwait init=/bin/systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet" now when i use the u-boot-update-bootmenu command from xtem in root it give back then following configuration file: /etc/bootmenu.d/20-archlinux.item 'rror: unkown file system 'ext4 what can i do to correct this and be able to run arch linux on my n900 thanx for the advance |
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Or use ext3 on the uSD. |
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re Xorg issues..
It seems the same issue is present for raspi folk, and even someone using chromebook, there's an issue opened at archlinuxarm issue tracker for it. So, nothing to do but wait for update that fixes it or revert to 1.13. EDIT: https://github.com/archlinuxarm/PKGBUILDs/issues/446 http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/vi...38568&p=320464 |
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Forward port for 1.13 was done by Marko Saukko, all I did was a tweak for 1.14 and corrected some paths here and there to match dss changes in more recent kernels, packaging etc. For kernel driver, I bluntly removed dependency to dss bits that appeared to be not upstreamed. I'm not sure at all it's done right, or if it's enough but at least it's been usable for 2D, and the few GLES tests I've done, did work.
So, we have usable driver, which is somewhat faster and more featurefull than the plain fbdev to use until someone comes up with a better one. Unfortunately I don't possess the skills to do that. |
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As far as the kernel goes, IIRC the whole vsync infrastructure never got fully upstreamed. That may mean that page flipping either won't work, or blows up as well :) |
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whats going up?? update a bit abt achivments and still to be achived:)
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Some goals to achieve / ideas / todo: Cleanup all PKGBUILDS etc and put them to github so my absence can be compensated if necessary. Package Xorg 1.13. Fbdev is broken apparently upstream, so this needs to be done to restore functionality. I will try to do that at some point if no one else is going to. Update all neon builds. In addition to neon builds of packages, provide also egl/gles2 builds (like Cairo, Enlightenment, etc) Provide Weston with fbdev backend, and maybe something else too supporting framebuffer at compile time, like netsurf. Sort Pulseaudio mess. Currently call audio works but anything else makes PA go 80% CPU time. Needs packaging. SGX binaries need repackaging. This will probably end in me compiling mesa too. New rootfs, especially since netctl is out. Get people involved, I can't handle this currently by myself. So, what I'm doing? I'm working on Awesome configuration for touchscreen devices, partially inspired by Hildon desktop. I've also been doing some theme work in that department, and otherwise. Kernel side is completely in other hands, so we're going with the current 3.5 until upstream kernel is usable. I guess that's about it. Comments, questions and suggestions are very welcome. |
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skry, are the android drivers for sgx in better shape? just wondering if maybe using them with libhybris would sort out some of your issues.
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Edit: If I understood correctly, this would require us to use Android kernel. |
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