How to install MeeGo on my HTC Desire Z? - maemo.org

riahc3 | # 1 | 2011-05-29, 20:21 | Report

Hello

Is there a way to install MeeGo on my HTC Desire Z? Ive read about ports to Desire and Nexus one.

rocky333 | # 2 | 2011-05-29, 20:40 | Report

You''ve gotta be kidding right??

the only device ( i know ) can have meego one of those days ( and isn't sure at all ) is HTC HD2...

geojoking | # 3 | 2011-05-29, 22:29 | Report

And in the end, why would you want it? MeeGo is far from being finished and usable, unless you are a developer and want to experiment...

lardman | # 4 | 2011-05-30, 09:20 | Report

Based on my experience of porting Meego to the Galaxy Tab, it ought to be possible, but you're going to have to do quite a bit of work.

It's a snapdragon, which is a shame, as I've no idea how one could get OpenGLES working on that without any existing Linux binaries (there is a Meego page about snapdragon porting though).

In any case you'll need to download the kernel source for the device from HTC, modify it so that it will boot the Meego image you create from one of the internal partitions (or external card), write hw adaptation code for those parts that need it. Then deal with the things that Android doesn't expose through the kernel, such as the modem and gps in all likelihood.

It's not trivial, expect to spend a few months once you know what you're doing.

Thomashamka | # 5 | 2011-05-30, 16:50 | Report

http://gingerbreadn900.blogspot.com/

lardman | # 6 | 2011-05-31, 07:23 | Report

Originally Posted by Thomashamka View Post

http://gingerbreadn900.blogspot.com/

That doesn't seem particularly on topic....?

jerryfreak | # 7 | 2011-05-31, 07:24 | Report

hd2 and desire z are almost identical except for the radios i beleive

smoku | # 8 | 2011-05-31, 10:37 | Report

Originally Posted by rocky333 View Post

You''ve gotta be kidding right??

the only device ( i know ) can have meego one of those days ( and isn't sure at all ) is HTC HD2...

http://www.xiaoka.com/portfolio#meego

speculatrix | # 9 | 2011-06-24, 14:07 | Report

I have a desireZ running Modaco rooted Froyo

I took a copy of the meego image for N900 and copied the OS partition into a new ext3 raw image and mounted it, and chroot'ed into it, and this is what I saw...

Code:

[root@desirez-meego etc]# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-3.1-arm:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-arm:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-arm:core-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-arm:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-arm:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-arm:desktop-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: MeeGo
Description:    MeeGo release 1.1.99 (MeeGo)
Release:        1.1.99
Codename:       MeeGo

OK, so what do I do next :-)

here's the script to mount the image BTW

Code:

#!/data/local/bin/sh
# mounts-for-meego - script by PM - released under GPL

ls -la /dev/loop21
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        mknod /dev/loop21 b 7 21
fi

losetup /dev/loop21 /mnt/sdcard/meego/meego.img

mount | grep "/data/local/meego " > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne -0 ] ; then
        mount /dev/loop21 /data/local/meego
else
        echo "/data/local/meego already mounted"
fi

mount | grep "/data/local/meego/dev " > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        mount -o bind /dev /data/local/meego/dev
else
        echo "/data/local/meego/dev already mounted"
fi

mount | grep "/data/local/meego/dev/pts"  > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        mount -o bind /dev/pts /data/local/meego/dev/pts
else
        echo "/data/local/meego/dev/pts already mounted"
fi


mount | grep "/data/local/meego/proc" > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        mount -o bind /proc /data/local/meego/proc
else
        echo "/data/local/meego/proc already mounted"
fi

mount | grep "/data/local/meego/sys" > /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
        mount -o bind /sys /data/local/meego/sys
else
        echo "/data/local/meego/sys already mounted"
fi


cd /data/local/meego/dev/pts
mknod  0 c 136 0
mknod  1 c 136 1
mknod  2 c 136 2

# end mounts-for-meego

Last edited by speculatrix; 2011-06-24 at 14:26.