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Eztran | # 211 | 2012-10-29, 13:44 | Report

Originally Posted by Akkumaru View Post

Since the SCI img has java, is it possible to run minecraft and such?

I experimented with Minecraft back a bit. Firstly, I had trouble logging in, it kept refusing my password. Finally got a login, and it downloaded the files fine. Once past this point, the window blacked out. Minecraft really dislikes OpenJDK, etc. though, so this isn't too surprising. Even if it would work, a keyboard would be necessary, and it'd probably run slowly... not worth it, IMO.

Java isn't a loss overall though, loads of apps work, but games don't seem to, usually.

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Akkumaru | # 212 | 2012-10-29, 13:54 | Report

Sorry for being a newbie here but, how many programs work? Is it basically like installing normal programs on the desktop?

Eztran | # 213 | 2012-10-29, 14:02 | Report

Originally Posted by Akkumaru View Post

Sorry for being a newbie here but, how many programs work? Is it basically like installing normal programs on the desktop?

If you use Debian on your desktop, it's exactly like it. Most programs I've tried work straight off the repositories.

rcolistete | # 214 | 2012-10-29, 17:51 | Report

Originally Posted by death_jax View Post

Yes, I have more tweaks, but most are only grafically tweaks.
Maybe it's possible that when in a terminal I had qchrooted maemo or harmattan SDK, clicking the LXDE icon also qchroot Debian image into qchrooted maemo or harmattan SDK /home/usetr/SDK path, corrupting the mounted /home/user/SDK/home/user/MyDocs path, or there is a sort of control to avoid from mounting an image (different or not) again (I mean between command line and desktop image files)?

If the image is already mounted, it is detected and a warning message is show.

IMHO, I've never seen an image corrupting a partition. But a little damaged partition can become worse if you use large files (like images of GB) a lot.

Suggestion : fix (reinstall, etc) your N9 partition and try again.

v0id | # 215 | 2012-11-03, 18:22 | Report

after some troubles, i finally managed to instal easy debian. i have some questions (sry if they're noob questions, i'm quiet new to the linux world)

- how can i instal Octave? i'd love to have it on my N9
- if i open abiword or other apps that requiers vkb from harmattan homescreen, the vkb doesnt work. any solution?
- the browser in Debian LXDE shut down when i'm typing an url

thx

rcolistete | # 216 | 2012-11-03, 19:10 | Report

Originally Posted by v0id View Post

after some troubles, i finally managed to instal easy debian. i have some questions (sry if they're noob questions, i'm quiet new to the linux world)

- how can i instal Octave? i'd love to have it on my N9
- if i open abiword or other apps that requiers vkb from harmattan homescreen, the vkb doesnt work. any solution?
- the browser in Debian LXDE shut down when i'm typing an url

General answer : read the 1st post of this topic. Because :
1) FAQ item (3) explain how to install additional software;
2) item "Using Easy Debian Harmattan" explains that ony inside LXDE the vkb works. See FAQ item (7) for using vkb inside LXDE.

Which "browser" closes ? Iceweasel web browser ?

Fuzzillogic | # 217 | 2012-11-03, 20:44 | Report

Is it also possible to use a bluetooth mouse and/or a BT keyboard with touchpad on EasyDebian? I have such a keyboard, but only the keyboard-part works on the N9. The touchpad works fine when pairing the keyboard to my (Linux) nettop or (Windows) desktop, so no weird drivers required for that. How to achieve this on the N9?

Mark Twain | # 218 | 2012-11-04, 17:01 | Report

Installation went successful until...

Code:

4) download Easy Debian Harmattan : easy-deb-chroot_1.1.0-1harmattan1_armel.deb. Transfer it to some folder (e.g., "/home/user/") in your Nokia N9/N950 and install it by tapping with a file manager, or by typing "dpkg -i easy-deb-chroot_1.1.0-1harmattan1_armel.deb" as root in X-Terminal.

It says installation could not be completed because of problems with dependencies...

Any hints on this problem?

PR1.3

rcolistete | # 219 | 2012-11-04, 17:12 | Report

Originally Posted by Mark Twain View Post

It says installation could not be completed because of problems with dependencies...

Any hints on this problem?

Redo steps (1)-(3) of manual installation (B). "inception" or "easy-chroot" or "xmimd" wasn't installed, they are needed dependencies for Easy Debian Harmattan using Inception.

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dadaniel | # 220 | 2012-11-05, 11:06 | Report

hey!

so, i managed to install all the files on my n9(pr 1.3) and im able to start a program trough the desktop shortcut (gftpd ... after editing the desktop entry "^M" was at the end of every row)

so, this sounds good, but only the first time i start it!

the debian image is chrooted in a loop device (/dev/loop1) under "/.debian" and i cant start any program or even get to the debian command line after its started once:

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/ # debian
Chroot dir specified: /.debian
/home/user/MyDocs/debian-m5-v3e-Sci-2GB.img.ext2 specified in ~/.chroot
Mounting...
using image file: /home/user/MyDocs/debian-m5-v3e-Sci-2GB.img.ext2
fs type is ext2
Using ext2 file system
mounting /home/user/MyDocs/debian-m5-v3e-Sci-2GB.img.ext2 on loop
Mount failure! /home/user/MyDocs/debian-m5-v3e-Sci-2GB.img.ext2 failed to mount on loop2 mount: mounting /dev/loop1 on /.debian failed: Device or resource busy
Cancelling chroot...

trying to umount the device gives:

Originally Posted by

/ # umount -f -d /.debian/
umount: can't forcibly umount /.debian: Device or resource busy

but it looks like its mounted correct:

Originally Posted by

/ # ls -al /.debian/
total 88
drwxr-xr-x 22 user users 4096 Apr 6 2012 .
drwxrwxr-x 27 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 ..
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 29 2010 .Trash-0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 19 2010 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 5 2008 boot
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 3860 Nov 5 10:54 dev
drwxr-xr-x 111 root root 4096 Aug 3 20:11 etc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 18 2009 home
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 8192 Apr 7 2012 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Sep 9 2008 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 11 2010 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 5 2008 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 2008 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 212 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 proc
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Apr 7 2012 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 18 2012 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 29 2009 selinux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 2008 srv
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 sys
drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 620 Nov 5 11:18 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jan 18 2010 usr
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Dec 18 2009 var

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/ # mount | grep debian
/dev/loop1 on /.debian type ext2 (ro,noatime,nodiratime,errors=continue,nobh)
none on /.debian/dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=10240k,mode=755)
none on /.debian/proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
none on /.debian/dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
tmpfs on /.debian/tmp type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=6144k)
/dev/root on /.debian/var/tmp type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,stripe=8,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /.debian/dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=65536k)
none on /.debian/sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p3 on /.debian/home/user type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,stripe=8,data=ordered)
/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /.debian/home/user/MyDocs type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=299 99,fmask=0133,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage =cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,rodir,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /.debian/var/run/dbus type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,size=512k)
/dev/root on /.debian/var/lib/dbus type ext4 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,stripe=8,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /.debian/var/run/pulse type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,size=512k)

any ideas?

greetz, dadaniel

EDIT: ok ... i managed to chroot back into the debian system through "chroot /.debian" after i done the "opensh -s" ... but is this the only way??
and i figured out that my filesystem is read-only - so i cant install packages or update the apt sources! :/
(i remounted the fs already: (as root) mount -o remount,rw /.debian/ ... and it shows up as rw in mtab)

Last edited by dadaniel; 2012-11-05 at 14:40.