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ArchiMark 2013-03-29 15:08

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:

5- Install and configure U-boot

Install u-boot version (that sports booting 3.x kernels)
add boot entry in /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item

example

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p5"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext4"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p5 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"This should work if you untar the image FileSystem on /dev/mmcblk0p5
run

Code:
u-boot-update-bootmenu

reboot

Question 1

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:

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p2"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext2"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"

Thanks!

jd4200 2013-03-29 15:42

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332792)
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 ?

Not on the microSD, no.
All the uboot menu items go in /etc/bootmenu.d/ on the phone itself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332792)
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:

Code:
ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="${INT_CARD}p2"
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext2"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rootwait init=/bin /systemd omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M quiet"

Thanks!

Assuming you have extracted Arch to the ext2 parition, (I don't know if u-boot reads FAT?), I believe you just need to change:
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.

ArchiMark 2013-03-29 17:22

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jd4200 (Post 1332798)
Not on the microSD, no.
All the uboot menu items go in /etc/bootmenu.d/ on the phone itself.


Assuming you have extracted Arch to the ext2 parition, (I don't know if u-boot reads FAT?), I believe you just need to change:
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.

Thanks for your help!

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:

$ u-boot-update-bootmenu
~sh: u-boot-update-bootmenu: not found

Thanks for your help!

jd4200 2013-03-29 18:04

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332817)
However, now, having problem trying to run 'u-boot-update-bootmenu'.....

You run that inside maemo terminal: any time you make any changes to the files in /etc/bootmenu.d/ you need to run that.

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:

Originally Posted by Front Page
Install U-Boot

Get U-Boot.
Get your system to boot to Maemo first. This is the most trivial part of the installation, and you need to get this done and tested before continuing. I don't want or need any reports of not being able to boot.

NOTE:
U-Boot in Fremantle repos currently can't boot 3.x kernels, see here for a proper build.


ArchiMark 2013-03-29 18:15

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jd4200 (Post 1332827)
You run that inside maemo terminal: any time you make any changes to the files in /etc/bootmenu.d/ you need to run that.

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.

THANK YOU for all your detailed input...really helps!

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.... :)

jd4200 2013-03-29 18:17

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
If all else fails, start from scratch and follow this tutorial:
http://tinyurl.com/archn900

ArchiMark 2013-03-29 19:12

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jd4200 (Post 1332831)
If all else fails, start from scratch and follow this tutorial:
http://tinyurl.com/archn900

THANKS!

Wish I'd seen that sooner.....

Meanwhile, I tried installing U-Boot as per your instructions....

Got following error message in terminal:

Code:

....blah, blah, blah......

Generating u-boot image for kernel 'u-boot-2012.10-rc3-1.bin'...
Adding bootmenu entry for: 'U-Boot 2012.10-rc3-1'

Configuration file: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item:
/usr/bin/u-boot-update-bootmenu: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item: line 6: INT_CARD: not found
/usr/bin/u-boot-update-bootmenu: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item: line 6: rootwait: not found
Setting up u-boot-tools (2012.10-rc3-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 u-boot-flasher_2012.04-2_armel.deb

Just noticed on the blog page that there's one more file to install?

Quote:

(root) apt-get install fiasco-image-update-ask
I did not install that file...did that now....
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:

....blah, blah, blah......

Generating u-boot image for kernel 'u-boot-2012.10-rc3-1.bin'...
Adding bootmenu entry for: 'U-Boot 2012.10-rc3-1'

Configuration file: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item:
/usr/bin/u-boot-update-bootmenu: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item: line 6: EXT_CARD: not found
/usr/bin/u-boot-update-bootmenu: /etc/bootmenu.d/Arch.item: line 6: rootwait: not found


Please advise....

Thanks!

Skry 2013-03-29 23:45

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
@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.

ArchiMark 2013-03-30 00:39

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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.

Skry 2013-03-30 00:47

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Don't take it that way, like I said, post the contents of the item file and we'll help.

ArchiMark 2013-03-30 03:06

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1332886)
Don't take it that way, like I said, post the contents of the item file and we'll help.

Thank you, Skry...appreciate it.....

Here's content of item file....

Code:

ITEM_NAME="Arch Linux ARM (SD Card)"
ITEM_KERNEL="/boot/uImage"
ITEM_DEVICE="$(EXT_CARD)p2
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext2"
ITEM_OMAPATAG="1"
ITEM_CMDLINE="root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait init=/bin/systemd omapfb, vram=0, 3M, 1:3M, 2:3M quiet"

So, looking at this now, I think one mistake is that it should be 'mmcblk1p2' as I just check info after doing 'mount' in terminal ??.... :o

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!

Skry 2013-03-30 09:22

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332901)
Code:

ITEM_DEVICE="$(EXT_CARD)p2

I already knew what's wrong with your config from the error you posted. Now, look very closely at that line, whats missing? Are all characters what they should be?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332901)
Code:

omapfb, vram=0, 3M, 1:3M, 2:3M

Spot the differences:
Code:

omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiMark (Post 1332901)
So, looking at this now, I think one mistake is that it should be 'mmcblk1p2' as I just check info after doing 'mount' in terminal ??.... :o

Already stated multiple times, in instructions and otherwise, mmc devices get swapped in Maemo. So, mmcblk0 is emmc in Maemo only, otherwise it means sd-card and is what you want in your config.

With the above fixed, it should work

ArchiMark 2013-03-30 14:48

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1332930)
I already knew what's wrong with your config from the error you posted. Now, look very closely at that line, whats missing? Are all characters what they should be?



Spot the differences:
Code:

omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M



Already stated multiple times, in instructions and otherwise, mmc devices get swapped in Maemo. So, mmcblk0 is emmc in Maemo only, otherwise it means sd-card and is what you want in your config.

With the above fixed, it should work

THANKS, Skry, for all the help.....

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:

Error: Invalid file - missing kernel or script file
-------------------UPDATE 3----------

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....

ayazpak 2013-03-30 18:43

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
can any body here give detail instructions how to add bootmenu entry through xterm?

ArchiMark 2013-03-30 19:45

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ayazpak (Post 1333062)
can any body here give detail instructions how to add bootmenu entry through xterm?

Per Skry's message above....don't think it's wise to get into such discussion on this thread.....I will try to message you info on your question...I'm already in hot water here, as we say.... :rolleyes:

Estel 2013-03-30 23:31

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
No hot water, it's just that U-Boot have own, separate thread. No reasons for avoiding using it for U-Boot related problems.

ArchiMark 2013-03-31 02:06

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Estel (Post 1333102)
No hot water, it's just that U-Boot have own, separate thread. No reasons for avoiding using it for U-Boot related problems.

Good point, but question now is whether my most recent issue (see prior post...) is due to U-Boot problem or other problem?

:confused:

AhmadMhd 2013-03-31 04:13

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1332742)
@AhmadMhd

You are missing the omapfb.vram kernel boot argument, so you don't have any memory assigned for fb1 and fb2. So, add omapfb.vram=0:3M,1:3M,2:3M to boot arguments and try SGX again, should work, though it's unstable with Xorg 1.14 currently.

True
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!

Skry 2013-04-01 14:08

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AhmadMhd (Post 1333120)
True
but still unstable _ sometimes the X hangs :)

Yes, like I said. If someone wants to fix it, driver source is on my github repo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AhmadMhd (Post 1333120)
btw : did you consider providing a mirror for your repo :rolleyes:
What is the size of the packages in your repo ?

Approx 20MB. I'll be moving it to new host asap, and after that anyone willing can keep a mirror IF he is ready to keep it up to date.

ayazpak 2013-04-01 17:18

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
I booted into Archlinux, but in command mode instead of GUI mode. Any solution?

Skry 2013-04-01 17:25

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ayazpak (Post 1333511)
I booted into Archlinux, but in command mode instead of GUI mode. Any solution?

That's how it's intended to be. Read the instructions.

AhmadMhd 2013-04-03 03:52

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1333447)
Approx 20MB. I'll be moving it to new host asap, and after that anyone willing can keep a mirror IF he is ready to keep it up to date.

20MB is pretty small and easy to handle
Tell us when you have the hosting :)

I'll try to have a look at the driver source.

Thanks!

Skry 2013-04-03 13:52

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AhmadMhd (Post 1333840)
20MB is pretty small and easy to handle
Tell us when you have the hosting :)

Will do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AhmadMhd (Post 1333840)
I'll try to have a look at the driver source.

You probably will need to look at the kernel driver source too, available on the same location.

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.

Keneraali 2013-04-04 11:08

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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

caveman 2013-04-04 13:09

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Keneraali (Post 1334054)
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

The desktop is a matter of taste. Currently I am using e17.

right mouse button emulation: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=299
Code:

        Option "EmulateThirdButton" "1"
        Option "EmulateThirdButtonTimeout" "750"
        Option "EmulateThirdButtonThreshold" "30"


Skry 2013-04-04 14:57

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Keneraali (Post 1334054)
What's the best desktop engine to use with Arch?

Depends on what you are intending to do with it, what kind of functionality you need and are used to. Many seem to like E17 and I too find it quite good. Personally I don't have any DE installed, and I mostly use tiling window manager everywhere I actually need to do something: dwm, spectrwm and awesome being my usual choices. Naturally these require some creativity, especially with keyboard shortcuts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keneraali (Post 1334054)
And how to get right click working?

In addition to what caveman described, it's possible to map right and middle clicks to shift+click and fn+click with xbindkeys and xdotool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keneraali (Post 1334054)
I've tried E17, lxde and I'm now using Xfce

Isn't that a bit heavy?

Skry 2013-04-08 21:49

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
New repo is now functional.

Code:

$ cat /etc/pacman.d/alarm-n900
Server = http://alarm-n900.org/$repo
Server = http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49989728/arch-n900/$repo

Also, I noticed that X crashes appear even with the regular fbdev driver. Not sure what to do about this, might need to revert to 1.13.

caveman 2013-04-09 12:53

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
1 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1334929)
Also, I noticed that X crashes appear even with the regular fbdev driver. Not sure what to do about this, might need to revert to 1.13.

I have been experiencing this as well. Here are the partial logs for reference:

Code:

(EE)
(EE) Backtrace:
(EE)
(EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x4
(EE) BUG: triggered 'if (inSignalContext)'
(EE) BUG: log.c:502 in LogVMessageVerb()
(EE) Warning: attempting to log data in a signal unsafe manner while in signal co
ntext.
Please update to check inSignalContext and/or use LogMessageVerbSigSafe() or ErrorFSigSafe().
The offending log format message is:

Fatal server error:


sojab0on 2013-04-09 16:38

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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

caveman 2013-04-09 18:01

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sojab0on (Post 1335047)
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

My guess is that you are running maemo's kernel. You may try installing kernel-power-bootimg, as it supports ext4, and retry under kp.

Or use ext3 on the uSD.

Skry 2013-04-09 19:24

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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

int_ua 2013-04-09 21:50

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1335063)
there's an issue opened at archlinuxarm issue tracker for it.

Can you please add the link?

syrjala 2013-04-10 22:00

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1334929)
Also, I noticed that X crashes appear even with the regular fbdev driver. Not sure what to do about this, might need to revert to 1.13.

I'm surprised that you got the fbdev-sgx driver to work w/ more recent X servers at all. Mainly I would expect that you'd need to forward port all the dri2 changes from the harmattan xserver that never made it upstream.

Skry 2013-04-10 22:18

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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.

syrjala 2013-04-11 00:09

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Skry (Post 1335324)
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.

I was refering to dri2 patches in the xserver itself, not in the driver. I suspect the result is less than good if the xserver's dri2 code is taken from upstream. But it's possible that the problems won't become visible unless you have a GLES based compositor.

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 :)

Skry 2013-04-11 05:20

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by syrjala (Post 1335331)
I was refering to dri2 patches in the xserver itself, not in the driver. I suspect the result is less than good if the xserver's dri2 code is taken from upstream. But it's possible that the problems won't become visible unless you have a GLES based compositor.

Yes, less than good seems to be the case here. Actually, compiling with -DCOMPOSITE etc does not even work currently, so the support is not there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by syrjala (Post 1335331)
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 :)

That is exactly what the state currently is :) However, I've seen it cause (visual) trouble only with hildon-desktop for far.

nokiabot 2013-04-14 03:43

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
whats going up?? update a bit abt achivments and still to be achived:)

Skry 2013-04-14 09:46

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by nokiabot (Post 1335910)
whats going up?? update a bit abt achivments and still to be achived:)

I'm busy and currently have very little time to put into this, if at all.

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.

Android_808 2013-04-14 12:04

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
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.

Skry 2013-04-14 19:07

Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Android_808 (Post 1335955)
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.

No idea, I can take a look.

Edit:
If I understood correctly, this would require us to use Android kernel.


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